The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

CHESHIRE ANI) WALES.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, ♦ND CHESHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY.—In consequence of the Great Western Railway
Company exercising their powers of running over the above
line, the amount of weekly traffic receipts will not be published
until an award is made by the arbitrators appointed to fix the
tolls.

BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.—The house-warming
Will take place at the next monthly meeting, when Mr. Jones's
capabilities will be tested by the club for the first time.
several new yachts are in progress ; amongst others Kelly has
built one for Mr. Wilkinson, the owner of the Electric, from
Which great doings are expected.
Tia COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS POLICE BILL AND THE
'RIPPING DUES BILL.—A special meeting of the Chester
Town-council was held on Thursday, for the purpose of taking
Into consideration these two bills. There was a large attend-
ance of members, and the mayor, Major French, presided.
Petitions to the House of Commons against both bills were
Unanimously adopted ; and a committee was appointed to watch
their progress, and, if necessary, to proceed to London to act
in concert with the deputations from other boroughs and
Places in opposing their passing.
COURSING MATCH.—On Saturday, the subscription bounds,
-clown as the. Royal Rock Beagles, were turned out at Upton,
Where a numberof gentlemen had assembled to enjoy a day's
'BPort. Two hares were started in succession, and after a short
n they were killed ; a third mud then took place, a hare hay-
'tng been started near Upton. After a chase of two hours
Without a check, puss succeeded in eluding her pursuers, and
*was finally lost on the common near Bidston-hill. A number
of subscribers, headed by Mr. King, gentleman huntsman,
lir. H. Walford, and several others, followed the pack during
the chases.
BURGLARY AT BIILIEBNITEAD.—WiIIiam Clarke, aged 21
cabinet-maker, was brought up at the Birkenhead Police-
court, on Saturday, charged with burglary. About three
weeks ago the shop of Mr. Grimshaw, provision-dealer,
Grange-lane, was broken into, and nine hams and a quantity
Of pork and butter were stolen. On Friday Police-officer 32
met Clarke in Liverpool with a cask on his back, and, on
searching him, discovered the stolen property, which was iden-
tified by Mr. Grimshaw. No one lived on the premises. The
Prisoner was committed for trial at the Chester assizes.
TILE GREAT SALE AT EASTHA.3I.—The annual sale by
auction of cattle, fed by Messrs. Torr and Littledale, was held
011 Tuesday, at Bankfield's farm, near Eastham. The pro-
Petty of Messrs. Littledale and Torr that was offered for sale
' consisted of 75 extra prime short-horned and West Highland
heifers, bullocks, and cows, 1(X) fat sheep, and a number of fat
Pigs. The sale was very numerously attended, the buyers
`corning principally from this town and the neighbouring
towns of Cheshire. Gentlemen who had regularly attended
the sale for a great number of years declared that there had
never in their recollection been such a large and well-fed
number of cattle offered by Messrs. Littledale and Torr. The
total amount realised by the sale was £1,657. 6s. 6d.

WIRRALL FARMERS' CLUB.—The fifteenth annual plough'
lug match, exhibition of stock, &c., in connection with the
above club, took place on Wednesday, on the farm of Mr. C.
Paddock, near the Sutton Railway Station. The show was
considered more than an average one, and the number of
visitors was very large, during the day at least 4,000 persons
having been present. The ploughing match, which attracted
upwards of forty teams, was considered highly successful, and
the work done admirably. The show of stock, though'not
numerous, was very select, and appeared to give great satis-
faction. The judges of the ploughing and stock were Messrs.
taongton, Beecroft, Halton, and Cairfoot. The dinner, which
Was partaken of by about 130 gentlemen, was held in the large
room adjoining the Red Lion Inn, Sutton. Charles Stanley,
aq., presided.

ImpunnNT ROBBERY AT BuomnortouGrr.—At the Birken-
head Police-court, on Saturday, Thomas Moore, aged 36,
Margaret Moore, 42, Thomas Moore, jun., 16, Catherine
Moore, 5, Bridget Connor, 48, James Connor, 14, Sarah
Connor, 12, and Michael M'Cann, 12, were charged with pick-
ing the pocket of Mrs. Jane Cooper, in her own shop, at
Bromborough, on Friday, of a purse containing £6 in gold.
Some of the children went into the shop to buy sweets, when
Mrs. Cooper exhibited her purse and money in giving change.
The parents, who had followed the children into the shop,
Managed to get it from her. The property was recovered in a
curious manner. Police-constable Walker, the county con-
stable of Bromborough, met the elder Thomas Moore hurrying
across a field in a state of great excitement. Having heard of
the robbery, he followed and took him into custody, and found
the whole of the stolen property. The prisoners were re-
manded for further evidence.

WILL CAUSE.—HARDEN AND ANOT3ER. V. LANGLEY AND
ANOTHER.—On Thursday, in the Chester Consistory-court,
the Rev. Chancellor Thurlow gave judgment in this cause,
which was argued during the Christmas vacation. This was
a business of showing cause why a probate of the will of Mary
Barber, late of Liverpool, an aged widow, deceased, should
not be granted to Samuel Harden and Henry George Rimmer,
the executors, promoted by the said Samuel Harden and
Henry George. Rimmer against Anne, wife of Stephen Lang-
ley, and Catharine, wife of Thomas Powell, two of the sisters
and next of kin. The deceased died on the 11th of March,
1851, having executed the will in question on the 27th of
January, 1854, leaving behind her six sisters and one brother,
the only parties entitled in distribution in case she should
have died intestate. The counsel for the executors had main-
tained that the proof of capacity, knowledge of contents, and
due execution were complete; and had asked the court to
condemn the next of kin in the costs of the suit, at least as to
the interrogatories, which, he contended, were defamatory, and
contradicted and not supported by evidence. The counsel of
the next of kin, on the other hand, had contended that the court
was justified in inferring fraud on the part of the executors,
Or at least, the absence of knowledge on the part of deceased ;
and that it must refuse probate of the will, if not on the
ground of fraud, at least from failure of proof. After going
minutely into the details of the evidence, the court came to the
conclusion that there was no fraud, but, on the contrary, th,
the deceased was treated with perfect fairness ; also, that there
was judicial proof that the deceased duly executed the will
Propounded with a knowledge of its contents. Accordingly
the court decreed probate of the will to the executors named
in it. With regard to the costs of the suit, the chancellor said
the court had been asked by the counsel of the next of kin, in
ease the will should be pronounced to be sufficiently proved,
to allow costs out of the estate, on the ground that Mr.
narden's conduct, in controlling the deceased in her wish to
have the will read over in her presence by one of the attesting
witnesses, had brought about this suit. Now, if the parties
who had opposed this will had contented themselves with re-
quiring the executors to prove it in solemn form, and had
kept their interrogatories within the limits which the require-
ments of the law warranted to establish capacity, knowledge
of contents, and due execution, such au application might not
have been unreasonable. But the court was of opinion that
the circumstances of this case could not justiry the mode in
which the opposition to the will had been conducted. It was
a settled principle of law that attacks on character, if not sus-
tained, would render those who made them liable for costs,
and the arguments of counsel failed to satisfy the court that
the circumstances of the case relieved the parties from the
operation of this principle. The court must, therefore, not
Merely refuse the application for costs on behalf of the parties
Who had opposed the will, but felt bound to condemn them, as
au act of justice, in the costs of the suit from the time of
3iv ing in their interrogatories on the first allegation.

DEATHS,

Lately, at Marion-place, Stretford New-road, Manchester,
aged 68, Louisa Clotilda, widow of Captain Wm. H. Heron,
R.N., of this town.
On the 23rd August, at Calcutta, Captain Wm. Ritson, late
of the brigantine Telegraph, of this port.
In September last, at St. Helena, in his 25th year, William
Henry, second son of the late John Coltart, Esq., of this town.
On the Bth inst., at Dantzic, C. G. Weber, Esq., formerly of
this town.
On the Bth inst., at her residence, Stanley-street, aged 67,
Miss Jane Falkner.
On the Bth inst„ aged 53, Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas Brown,
marble mason, of this town.
On the 9,th inst., aged 31, Mr. Joseph Evans, for many years
woollen draper and outfitter, in this town.
On the 11th inst., at his seat, Blythfield, near Rugeley, Staf-
fordshire, aged 82, Lord Bagot. He is succeeded by his eldest
son, William, now third Lord Bagot.
On the 12th inst., at Herne Bay, in her 91st year, Sarah,
widow of the late Rev. James Stanley, vicar of Ormskirk, in
this county.
On the 12th-inst., at his residence, Glasnevin-house, Glas-
nevin, near Dublin, Captain Ralph Smythe, late of the 7th
Dragoon Guards.
On the 14th inst., at the residence of her niece, Sussex-street,
Toxteth-park, aged 59, Miis C. Bradshaw.
• On the 11th inst., at her residence, Grenville-street, Mrs.
Boyd, relict of Archibald Boyd, Esq., treasurer of the county of
Londonderry.
On the 14th inst., at Seacombe-street, Everton, aged 25,
Mr. David Thompson.
On the 15th inst., at Calderidge, near Whitehaven, aged
43, Captain S. V. Thompson, late commander of the White-
'haven and Liverpool steamers.
On the 15th inst., in Lonsdale-street, aged 34, Mr. Owen
Owens, pilot, of this port.
On the 15th inst., at Everton, Margery, youngest daughter
of John Sutton, Esq.
On the 16th inst., aged 74, Mr. Melling, sen., of the Rain-
hill Iron Works, near Prescot.
On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Sir Benjamin Fonseca
Ontram, C. 8., Inspector of Her Majesty's Hospitals and Fleets.
On the 16th inst., aged 47, Mr. Edward Tyson, wine and
spirit merchant, Brownlow-hill, second son of the late Mr.
Isaac Tyson, of Berkerwaite, Cumberland.
On the 16th inst., at Brompton-square, London, in his 85th
year, Sir John Stoddart, Knight, Chief Justice of Malta, and
Judge of the Admiralty Court there.
On the 16th inst., at Brighton, aged 46, Colonel H. F. Bon-
ham, commanding Cavalry Depots at Brighton and Canterbury.
On the 16th inst., at Polubo-Guri, aged 46, Ellen, relict of
the late Mr. John Sharpies, veterinary surgeon, of Ormskirk.
On the 16th inst., suddenly, at her residence, Green Acres
Moor, Ellen, relict of the late Mr. Wm. Hall, and sister-in-law
to Mr. James Hall, Church-road, Stanley.
On the 17th inst., aged 28, William, son of the late Mr.
Cornelius Keel, shipbread-baker.
On the 17th inst., at his mother's residence, Richmond-row,
aged 18 months, James Edward Walton.
On the 17th inst., in her 24th year, Elizabeth Jane, wife of
Mr. Richard Hootou, and daughter of Peter Sinclair, Esq., of
Kirkdale.
On the 17th inst., at Paris, of paralysis, aged 47, Henry
Heine, one of the most celebrated of modern German poets.
On the 18th inst., Mrs. Alexander Bohtlingk.
On the 18th inst., aged 6 months, Thomas Charles, son of
Mr. W. C. Bew, Broad-green.
On the 18th inst., in her 79th year, Elizabeth Winch, wife
of Mr. Robert Bell, of Chapel-street.
On the 18th inst., at Bigadon, Devon, aged 73, Lieut.-
General Sir John Hunter Littler, G.C..8., of the Hon. East
Company's Service, Colonel of the 39th 8.N.1., and late De-
puty Governor of Bengal.
On the 19th inst., in her 14th year, Elizabeth Pickstone,
Rupert-street, Everton.
On the 19th inst., in High Park-street, aged 82, Alice,
relict of Mr. William Stokes.
On the 19th inst., aged 58, Sarah, wife of Mr. Wm. Curtis,
of the Postoffice, in this town.
On the 19th instant, Wilson James, infant son of Mr. R.
Macgregor, of St. Domingo-terrace, Everton.
On the 19th inst., aged 35, Agnes, wife of Mr. Edward
Jones, of the Cumberland Arms, Christian-street.
On the 19th inst., aged 27, Mary, wife of Mr. Robert
Postlethwaite, saddler, London-road.
On the 19th inst., at the residence of her uncle, Rupert-
lane, Everton, in her 14th year, Elizabeth Baker, daughter of
Mr. William Baker, Queen-square.
On the 20th inst., at Seaforth, aged 35, Mr. William Porter
Timewell.
On the 20th inst., in Duke-street, the infant son of Mr.
William Henderson.
On the 20th inst.; James Lloyd, infant son of J. R. Mitchell,
Esq., Grove-street.
On the 20th inst., in her 61st year, Susannah, relict of John
Bowers, Esq., Greenfield-house, Olive-mount, Wavertree.
On the 20th inst., after a few days' illness, aged 51,
Elizabeth, wife of Mr. William Johnson, solicitor, of this
town.
On the 21st inst.' at the house of his brcther, Clauzliton,
Cheshire, aged 41, Mr. Charles Loyatt.
On the 21st inst., at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr.
Edward Gill, aged 70, Susannah, relict of Mr. Thomas Jones,
of this town.
On the 21st inst., at the Elms, West Derby, Nancy Thomp-
son, an old and faithful servant of Mrs. Thornton.
On the 21st inst., at her residence, Seymour-street, Miss
Ann Cash, eldest daughter of the late Charles Cash, Esq., of
this town.
On the 21st inst., the infant daughter of Mr. Thomas Arm-
strong, Hope-place.
On the 22nd inst., at her residence, St. James's-place, aged
86, Sarah, relict of the late John Watmough, Esq., of Bidston
and Liverpool.
On the 23rd inst., at Clevedon-street, Toxteth-park, of croup,
Emily Jane, infant daughter of Mr. J. C. Lee, of 1-1.111. Cus-
toms at this port.
On the 23rd inst., at Waterloo. near Liverpool, aged 6 weeks,
Mary, infant daughter of Thomas Postlethwaite, Esq.
On the 21th inst., at the Parsonage, Seaforth, Elizabeth;
the beloved wife of the Rev. William Rawson.
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CIIESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the
week ended February 17th, 1856, was as follows :—Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1,830 Os. Id. ; steam boats, £240 Bs. 3d ,
goods, £1,851 10s. Od. ; total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£3,922 4s. 4d. Corresponding week last year :—Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1,859 7s. Od. ; steam boats, £228 18s. 7d. ;
goods, £1,761 3s. Od. ; total, including Carnarvon traffic,
£3,819 Bs. 7d. Increase, £72 15s. Od.
'l'na Ray. H. P. WRIGIIT, Principal Chaplain to the Forces
in the East, who is now in England, and is about to return to
the Crimea, was present at the last meeting. of the Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge, and took the opportunity of
thanking the society for the aid afforded by it_ to the army in
the East. He said, "It is impossible for me to tell you how
much the society's books are valued in the Crimea, especially
the beautiful copies of the prayer-book, which, while clear in
print, are thoroughly portable. The soldiers sought them
with avidity, and often read them in the trenches. To one of
the chaplains the small prayer-book was, by God's mercy, a
shield indeed. Mr. Robinson having lately arrived, was taken
by an officer to the front, and inadvertently strolled towards
the very advanced works ; there a Russian rifleman perceived
him, and sent a ball into his coat, through half the leaves of the
prayer-book, and bruised the skin immediately over the heart.
The volume had been requested from me during the morning,
as peculiarly calculated for camp use, but a merciful Providence
I allowed it to be a defence little thought of by its bearer when
he entered upon his walk through the trenches."