The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-15 00:00:00

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undergone- inspection by the

Official appointed for tlit. purpO.se, who warned the pro-
prietor that it was unsafe, and obtained his promise that
it should be additionally secured.

. The Liverpool Yacht-Club Regatta will take place on
Wednesday and Thursday, the 23rd and 24th instant.
There will be prizes given for all kinds of craft,,including
7a, chts, row-boats, river-gigs, shrimpers, yaehteppunts, &c.
Mr. James Baines, the spirited proprietor of the " Black
Ball" Line of Australian`: Packets, has kindly placed at the
disposal of the committee a steamer and a full band of

The Great National Regatta on the Thames. commenced.
en Tuesday, at Putneyialnder the patronage of the Lord
:Mayor of London, and was.-witnessed by an immense num-
.ber of spectators. The 'first event was the Watermen-'s
'Pair-oared Race, which :was won, in three heats, by H.
,Clasper and W. Pocock. :The chief contest of the day
was the Champion Oar Matth, the final heat for, hich
was won by the Elswick -crew, the London crew second,
and Clasper's third. The _.sport on Wednesday was of. an.,
interesting character, and .the attendance as large as on
the previous day. The Wateenien's Scullers' Race (open.
to the world) was decided in lavour of H. Kelly,-of Ful-
ham. The next contest had:excited considerable interest
.for-some time previously amongst aquatic admirers, and
was a match for ElOO., betweenliobert Newell, of Horse-
lydown, and Henry Clasper, of -I,:ewcastle-on-Tyne. The,
'distance was from Putney Bridgeto Mortlake, and Newell
aindertook to give his opponent two lengths start. Both.
men were in capital condition, and the betting was oven;
but, in some instances, :5 t04,0n Newell. Clasper won.
the choice of station. Newell got the best of the start 'or
the moment, but seemed in the third pull to miss the full
power of his right-hand stroke, aid iii an instant Clasper
regained the slight advantage:his adversary bad acquired
the moment before, and there was a gap of one clear kugth
between them. Both now got to their work in beautiful
style, but there was no changefor the.uext dozen strokes.
-draw away gradually, and
After • that, Clasper began
increased:bis lead to the finishreominqrAn first by above
hundred -yards. Newell, although defeated, rowed very
inairfullY;hut it was obvious that he was-got in a position
to give two lengths to his adversary. the Landsmen's
Four-oared 'Match (for prizes amounting to £7O) was won
by .the Clasper (Newcastle) crew, defeating four other
crews. Other races of minor importance .also came off.—
On Thursday,.the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoress, and
party, honoured the regatta with their presence, the state
barge being anchored at the commencement_ of the course,
where a capitalsgiew could be obtained of -the sport. The
first race was the Tradesmen's Four-oared Match, which
was won by the Lambeth crew, defeatino. • theXive Bro-
thers by four .or .fire lengths. The Gentlemen's Four-
oared (Junior) Match, for four gold oars-and rudder, was
won by the Petrel Club, by two lengths, beating•the Vo-
lante and Phoenix. The Watermen's Apprentices. Match,
bfoertwaeeenoapt,oebocadizge-a,najulwfereeeddonom, endmeda d
Gentlemen's
(Senior) : In this race, H. H. Playford and W. Pyle beat
E. G. Ditton and Ilogam, by a couple of lengths. Theraiir- heatoa
rs
Eight-oared Cutter Race, North against South, was
by the former by four ,lengths.—At the conclusion of -the
sports, the Lord Mayor and party proceeded to Cremorne,
where, in the course of the evening, his lordship presented
the prizes to the different winners.

,VIRTITS, MARRIAGES, and DEATHS.

BIRTHS

On the 3d May, at Adelaide, South Australia, the wife
of Captain Hogg, of the ship Cheshire, of a daughter.
On the 6th inst., at Kenyou,terraee, Birkenhead, Mrs,
George Jevons, of a son. _ _

On the Ilth inst., at Holly Farm, ,Garston, the wife of
Mr. J. A. F. M`Bride, of a daughter.
On the 7th inst., Mrs. George Holrue, of a daughter.
On the Bthiust., at Mosslands, near Wallasey, Cheshire,
Mrs. William Chambers, of a son.

On the 9th ins*., the wife of Mr. Thos. Pughe, Richard-
street, Evertor, of n daughter.

On the 9th inst., in Saekville-street, Everton, Mrs. Ed-
ward Lewis, of a sou.
On the 10th inst., at Bedford-street South, Mrs. Duncan
Graham, of a son.

"it I alt., at Newbr.rgh, U.S., ages 16, Ai,
1" he late Mr. John Bromley, sof the Long
room, Custom-house, in this town.
On thellki ult., at BroOk7rn New Yo k,
S. Thempsun, the well-Irnewn and highly' p
dian, wl:ovas for stme7elrs connected witht
theatres.
Oa the!-Ed inst., at Greysouthen, 75th year, MI
StoLlart. late of Coekermouth. The deceased was mud
and deservedly respected by a large chTle of friends, and
was theltt surviving 'Officer who served in the White-
haven and Cockermouth volunteers; formed in 1802; also,
on the:22.d ult., at Pirerus, near Athens, of cholera, aged
41, William, second son of the above,lin the 97th Regi-
ment .of Foot.
On 'the sth inst., aged 17, Edward, son of Mr. John
Starkey, Albert-street, Paddington.
On' the sth inst., at Little Sutton Hozse, Chiswick, after
a long and painful itness, aged 46, Eleanor, the beloved
wife of Henry Steele, Esq., of Ahercremby-square.
On the sth inst4tat Crewe, aged 41, Mr. Chas. limes,
for,many years storekeeper in the employ of the Lonlon
mid Northwestern Todlway Company.
kin the 6th inst., Ann, the only Child of Mr. Thomas
Over, Basnett-str&l.
-On the 6th
aged 86, Miss [toy'
'On the 6th bat
Anne,'

Ir. Lysand

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he Livelpoo

Canning-st

at New Brighton, aged 11 moil
Lughter of James Jack, Esq., 3lor.

- On the' 7th inrt. ~ in Hope-street, Henrietta
Kenneth Pringle, Esq.

On the 7thiiisi., at Southport, aged 44, Mr. John Knight
Mansell, of the :Union Bank, Manchegter.

On the 7th -inst., aged fib, Najor.General *Humphrey
sobert Hartley. The decease& entered the army in 1812,
end serve&hr-Spain under Major-General Byng,

rind subsequently in France, Canada, Ireland, New
Wales, and India. He received the Peninsular war medal.,
with two clasps, for Nivelle and Busaco.

On the 711riiist., aged 10 weeks, James Nicholas, 50r...,0f
Mr. James MMjison, shipchandler; ffice-street.
()lithe 7th-inst., Mr. John Lewis on, late secretary
and registrar to the Hebrew Manchesrimr Congregatin.
On the Sthinst., at Falkirk PlUmMorrison, wife ofMr.
James Consland.

On the Stli inst., at Old Brompton, aged 57, Thomas
Crofton Crolter, Esq.
On the Sth inst., suddenly, at the'residenee of her hro-
-ther, Byro!n.street, aged 47, Ellen, Mitt of the late Thos.
{spencer, of this town, and daughter of Mr. John Brau-
lahaw, of Aughton.

Ori the 9th-inst., at the residence , of her son, Bruns-
wick-terrace,' Plymouth, aged 78, 'Hannah, relict of the
late Wm. Cumirig, Esq., and mother d Henry earning,
Esq., of this 4awn.

On the 9th inst., at her residence, Bedford-street North,
Miss Sophia Waddington.

On the 9tltinst., at the residence of his father, Upper
:Parliament-street, aged 46, Mr. John -Hutchinson.
,On the 9th inst., at Everton, aged; 26, Frances, the
beloved wife of 'Joseph Kilbee, Esq.; and on the 31st ult.,
Joseph Charles; infant son.of the above.
On the. 9th. inst., at her residence, Tenterden-street,
much regretted, aged 62, Margaret, relict of Thomas Elli-
son, late of St. Wiens. -

On the 10th inst., at Nelson-place, Edge-hill, Alice, re.
list •of the late Mr. John Buckley, of `'Nate: head Mill
near Oldham.

,On the 10th inst., after a few days' - illness, aged 36,
deeply regretted,. FliTabeth, youngest daughter of the late
John Woodburne, of Mount-street, in this town.
.On the 10th inst., aged 9, Nicholas Cunliffe, eldest son
of 'ldr...Nicholas George Wood, of this town.
On -tlie 10th inst., at Prescot, aged 2 years andfnnonths,
Emily Elkington, youngest daughter of Mr. Geo. !Turner,
of Fall-lane.

•
On- the 11. th inst., aged 64, Isaac 'Mason, who for
forty.six years had beensin the employ of Messrs.l)4bson
and Gill, and Gill and Co, of this town.

On the,i2th inst., aged. 3 months, Louisa, daughter of
Mr. Henry Hime, Birkenhead.
On thea2th inst., aged fwar months, Ann, daughter.of
Mr. S. B.,Campbell, tobacconist, Mersey-street.
On the 13th inst., Lydia, infant daughter of Nicholas
Sill, of 35, Sold-street.