The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-18 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING and show of stock will be held at
Ruthin, on Thursday, the 27th inst. The main ploughing
will take place in a field near the town of Ruthin, at nine in
the morning.
CHESTER CHEESE FAIR.—At the Sept. fair on Wednesday
there was an average supply of cheese for the time of year.
There were many buyers on the ground, and the sale was very
brisk, and prices ranging from 50s. to 605., 685., 725. and 735.
ON TUESDAY, Patrick Kelly, a labourer employed at the
Birkenhead graving docks, fell a distance of about 30 feet and
sustained very severe general contusions. He was taken to
the Dispensary, where he yet remains in a very precarious
state.
ON TUESDAY, Thomas Meek was taken before Sir E. Cust,
on a charge of having embezzled various sums of money, the
property of Mr. Robert Hughes, house agent. He was re-
manded. On Thursday he was again brought up and dis-
charged.
CHESTER CATTLE FAIR.—A few fat cattle were shown,
which sold at 7d.; not much mutton on offer. Sheep 7d. A
large number of store sheep were on sale, but did not change
hands readily, as high prices were asked, and many remained
unsold. Fat pigs fetched from 511 to 6d. ; store pigs were
also very dear.
AN INQUEST was held at Egremont on Thursday, on the
body of a child which had been washed ashore. A verdict of
found drowned was returned, but since the inquest certain
facts have transpired, from which there is reason to believe
that some further investigation will be made in the matter.
The child was full grown, and when found was wrapped in
some pieces of cloth.
PENMON, ANGLESEA..—The ancient and most interesting
church at this place has just been restored, in good and cor-
rect taste, under the auspices of Sir R. W. Bulkeley, Bart.,
and the zealous and indefatigable rector of the parish, the
Rev. P. Constable Ellis. It is to be re-opened, we learn, to-
morrow ; and as a sum of nigh £2OO is still wanted to clear off
the expenses incurred, some exertion should be made to raise it.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, a child, five years old,
named Joseph Welsh, residing in Albion-street, was run over
by the Oxton omnibus. He was playing in the street, and
got too near the vehicle, one of the wheels of which passed
over his thigh and fractured it. He was taken to the hospital,
where he died the same night. It was considered that no
blame rested upon the driver.
FALL or SEBASTOPOL.—The glorious news of the fall of
Sebastopol was received in Chester with every loyal demon-
stration of joy ; the bells of the cathedral and the other
churches rang out animating peals ; flags were displayed at
the Exchange and other public buildings, and many private
residences also "hung out their banners on the outer walls ;"
while each man congratulated his neighbour on the welcome
intelligence.—Chester Courant.
HIGHER BEBINGTON.—At the special general meeting of
the ratepayers of Higher Bebington, held for the purpose of
appointing an assistant overseer to fill up the vacancy oc-
casioned by the flight of Mr. John Dakin, jun., two candidates
were proposed, Robert Dobson and Richard Oxton. A poll
took place, which resulted in the election of Mr. Dobson, by a
majority of 52 persons and 111 votes.
A CHILD BURNED.—On Friday afternoon, Sarah Murray,
who resides with her parents in Leicester-street, Birkenhead,
was putting some shavings on the fire, when her clothes be-
came ignited, and she was very severely burned about the
chest. She was removed to the Infirmary, where she is pro-
gressing favourably towards recovery.
THE LATE CRIMINAL CHARGE AT EGRBMONT.—It will be
remembered that the application to the local magistrates to
admit James Dalziel to bail, on the charge of having assaulted
Jane Jones, a domestic in the hotel kept by his brother, was
declined. Since then application has been made to the judges,
and on Wednesday a judge's order was received, admitting
the prisoner to bail, himself in £3OO, with two sureties of
£l5O each, or three in £lOO each. On Thursday the bail was
tendered and accepted.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the
week ended September 9th, 1855, was as follows :—Passengers,
parcels, Szc., £4,103 2s. 4d.; steam-boats, £527 ss. 10d; goods,
£2,162 lls. 11d.; total, including Carnarvon traffic, £6,793
Os. ld. Corresponding week last year : —Passengers, parcels,
&c., £4,008 Bs. ld. ; steam-boats, £558 16s. 4d. ; goods,
£1,582 9s. 7d.; total, including Carnarvon traffic, £6,149
11s. Od. Increase, £643 Os. ld.
TIIR HARVEST IN NORTH WALES.—The harvest in the
various counties of North Wales is rapidly being gathered
during the present magnificent weather, and there is every
probability that the season this year will be an unusually short
one. In the more forward districts the major portion has been
housed, while upon the hills and later districts operations will
soon commence. There is no doubt that the yield of all cereals
will be a very abundant one, and the grain is full, firm, and
very sound, More cheering harvest weather could not be
imagined, and the farmers have taken every advantage of it.

THE AREA. OF THE DIOCESE OF CIISSTER.—From a
schedule appended to the last report on cathedral and colle-
giate churches, it appears that in the diocese of Chester the
population numbers over a million of souls, that its area in
acres is one and a-half million, and that its ecclesiastical bene-
fices are 430. The diocese of Manchester has the largest po-
pulation of any see save that of London, and the acreage of
York is the most extensive with the same exception.
AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATIL—A gentleman named Ro-
binson, a resident of Liverpool, making a tour through Wales
for the benefit of his health, arrived at the Uxbridge Arms
Hotel, Carnarvon, on Thursday evening, having travelled in
a carriage, accompanied by a friend and a servant, from Con-
way. About eleven o'clock the same night he was attacked
with apoplexy, and expired in a few minutes. His body,
placed in a coffin, and enclosed in a box, was conveyed to
Liverpool the following morning by steamer.— Carnarvon
Herald.
EXPLOSION OF STEAM COAL.—At about six o'clock on Fri-
day morning, the 7th inst., the inhabitants of the Bute dis-
trict of the town of Cardiff were alarmed by a loud explosion,
which turned out to have been occasioned by an explosion of
On IJUail of a MAUL vessel, called the Jacob
Hunger, which was lying in the port preparatory to her sail-
ing. The force of the explosion tore up and shattered the
decks, throwing fragments of the woodwork to considerable
distances, and actually hurling the anchor overboard into the
water. The captain was very much burned about the head
face, &c., and the first mate was also scorched considerably.

CoNGLExoN.—The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Francis
Moon, being on a visit to Mr. Thomas Johnson of Buglaton, the
people of Congleton seized upon the opportunity as a favour-
able one for the exercise of hospitality, and invited his Lord-
ship to an entertainment of cakes and sack at the Town-hall
at two o'clock on Friday. His Lordship arrived at the Town-
hall at the appointed hour, and was introduced to the Council-
room, when, in the absence of the Mayor from family affliction,
Alderman Hogg presided. After an introductory speech from
the chairman, Alderman Goods proposed, and Alderman Sut-
ton seconded, the presentation of an address to the Lord Mayor,
which proposition being unanimously approved, the address was
read and suitably acknowledged by his Lordship. The cor-
poration and guest then adjourned to the Assembly-rooms,
where a handsome collation was prepared, consisting of the
time-honoured cakes of Congleton, and dessert wines.