The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE CHASE.
The CRESIIIRE HOUNDS will meet on
Wednesday, Jan. 30 . Waverton 1,1115
Thursday, 31 •
Tattenh •
Saturday, Feb. 2 Delamere How'

Each day at Half-past Ten o'clock.
- Sir W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS will meet on
Tuesday, Jan. 29 4.. .ITaist°P
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Friday, Feb. 1 • •
Saturday, 2... Cock 130'

Every day at Half-Past Ten o'clock.
ENGLISH ENGRAVING.--" What one man can do (says themce
proverb) another can imitate" but we have an instance he'vof
us, in which we think imitation hopeless. and the perfectiorts
art fully attained. We have an admirable engraving, the vv,o'io
of Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, and Co., the execution of which',
so beautiful, that, when seen, it excites the most intense adni"4,..
tion of its beauty and effect. It is intended by MzssgS.
LAND and F,oNs as a protection against the counterfeiting trig
labels by unprincipled imitators, of their ROWLAND'S MACAS';aI
OIL. To be fully appreciated, it must positively be seen ; 13;iaf
we recommend our readers to purchase a bottle, if onlY
ev
the sake of beholding what is at once so beautiful a specito
of art, and so effective a safeguard against fraudulent imitation'

JANUARY 29, 1856.1

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

4,ll'El,rT/2171, little iron screw-steamer, rigged as a three-
schooner and a very fine model, is completing her
I6;'s' ill the Birkenhead-float. She has been built by Mr.
nor the Admiralty, as a despatch-boat `,or the Bermuda
'l,h4 the Court of Queen's Bencn, an Saturday, in the case of
1,14 Queen v. Moah," a collector of inland revenue. at
tev,
the Lord Chief Baron said that, to remove all diffi-
-4 about the case, the court thought there was sufficient in
4tftaller sum of 2300 to justify a conviction, which would
Toore be confirmed.
tm, EXIGRA.TION DEPOT AT BIRKENITEAD iS now with-
?siti;l occupants, save the officials, and presents a strange
'fies„t in its quiet aspect to its bustling appearance during
ksOng and summer months. The last vessel was des-
-0144..e.a on the 19th November ; and the next batch of mi.
isiZ! about 400 in all, will arrive in about a week for
kleeliteil,
'to Sydney, in Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s mag-
t Black Ball" Australian liner Commodore Perry.
lea ~NIR DEE FISHERY.-Upwards of 10,000 fish, reared by
tki:liacial process, which has been so successful, have been
toe't out into the waters of the river Dee. The young sal-
Vvere recently released from the ponds where they had
ideared. The spawn from which they were raised was
Ile:"11 in appropriate boxes a year ago; it vivified in April
.44 and after remaining in the boxes for a month, the fry
lik(i their way down to the ponds, where they attained a
Of many inches. This mode of replenishing our rivers
d?° found to answer in the Wye, where large numbers
ally reared have been turned into the waters.
q4rLA.ft MATRIMONIAL CASE.-A young man, named
Itik,hi% a butcher at Chester and Denbigh, lately married a
Vavies, who resides with her father at Rosset, near
114:aln. Mr. Davies, who was formerly a licensed victualler
'erPool, was so annoyed at the match that he sum-
kaki the happy swain" before the Wrexham magistrates,
M,arge of making a false statement to the surrogate
tsoulig the bride's age. The magistrates said that the
°ad been proved, and obliged them to commit the
Wo
xte
4th"el' for trial. He was admitted to bail, himself in £2OO,
sureties of £lOO each.
~t
tkt nasE OF ANOTHERLIVERPOOL STEAME BY Go
I!Ezir. The beautiful n Llew iron steamerßEmpress
the second thus completed by Mr. John Laird, for
4iotllrnissioners of Birkenhead, to ply at the Woodside
14(1,and which was to have been put upon the station on
Sie'2, has been purchased, it is said, by Government, for
%lin the Crimea. Workmen are now engaged upon her
.4t14-ellhead-float, making the alterations necessary for her
'kr to the Black Sea. The Empress Eugenie is a sister
N4t` to the Liverpool, and from her light draught of water,
kh.,SPeecl, and capacity of steering at both ends, and dis-
V„ting engines of great power, she will be exceedingly
0,, either as a gun, despatch, or tow boat.
VIRE AT ROCK FERRY.-On Thursday, a soiree and
reazione,in connection with St. Paul's Church, Lower
14,...ere, was held in the Assembly-rooms, at the Rock
t4rjj, ktotel. There was au attendance of nearly 200 persons,
4tt,ittle entertainments consisted of lectures on chemical sub-
and music, by Mr. Edmund Smith, piano-forte, Mr. Has-
ilk' vocalist, and Mr. John Hind, one of the committee, who
Performed on the piano-forte. The pleasures of the even-
Were somewhat marred by the refusal of the Rev. Mr.
4}t, of St. Paul's Church, to sanction dancing, though the
fan of the evening, the Rev. Rector Fielden, cheerfully
ed to the voune•er members of the company enjoying
selves in that manner.
q!'sTER STATION.-At the Chester Railway Station,
1855, there were daily 98 passenger trains, besides
arriving and excursions ; there were 818,000 passengers booked
~54,,'-uo ,"vriving at the station ; 158,000 " booked through ;" and
excursionists ; altogether, 1,273,000, or 3,500 per day.
'47 were 126,000 parcels received and forwarded, and 62,000
being together 188,000, or 700 per day ; and there
4t'htlPwards of 1,000 letters per day, received and delivered
14tile Parcel-office, on the business of the several companies.
t4tlR; goods department there were received, delivered, and
ft, erred to the different companies, in the year, 93,000 tons
44,,etteral goods ; 287 000 requiring more or less attention,
Vi through ; and 'the minerals received, forwarded, and
Itßil were 272,000 tons ; which, with some other things
tillticluded in the above heads, make a total of 681,000 tons,
Tettri3r 2,300 tons per day.
tisl4ll4l3E OF SOUTH WALES.-By the various shipping,
IV, and other returns, it appears that the trade of South
Ns4es is in a most improving state. The quantity of coal
is daily increasing, and a growing amount daily finds
&N'hY to the seaports for shipment. The towns of Cardiff,
4114110 d, Neath, &c., show au increase of exports and imports,
itl.4tat Swansea the rise has been very great, showing an in-
At of import tonnage to the extent of 62,000 tons during
iNTast year. During this period nearly 5,000 vessels en-
ND, the harbour with a tonnage of 450,000 tons. Large
t4l;4,ents of iron are shortly to be made from the new ship-
Vocality at Neylaud terminus, the line to which is now
ki.`leted, The various dock extensions are also progressing,
vast amount of new railways and branches will shortly
he"Pe the resources of hitherto unworked localities, while
afford so much employment that labour is very scarce.
Carmarthen Journal reports the total destruction by
454 St. Fagan's Church, Aberdare. It was erected by the
rhopd, is• Mr. Clive, the owner of considerable estates in the neigh-
kt:,'°°(l, and opened for divine worship in 1854. It afforded
t,l)s„rliodation for about 700 persons. On Saturday week,
4kZ noon, a report was raised that the church was on fire.
tiletears that just previous a woman engaged in cleaning the
ikeo had made a fire in the stove, for the purpose of heating
41tie,Water. She used for the fire a quantity of holly, with
the church had been decorated at Christmas. It is
ltrsed that this fuel, being very dry, sent a flame through
41,1)1Ping beneath the floor, thence through the flue, which
eut off Aloft at the roof, probably because such an append-
kltvas considered unsightly. This roof was composed of an
tt,`,deal in the interior ; there was a layer of felt between the
111-e and the slates. This felt probably became first ignited.
k'nlonnt of damage is estimated at upwards of £2,000.
4kinW RAILWAY OFFICES AT BIRKENHEAD.-The Birken-
iN , Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company
Vrccting a magnificent pile of new offices on the margin of
t4_l3irkenhead-float, near the ' Home. The build-
k's4are of bright red brick, faced with white and red free-
something in the style of \Winer and Apsley-buildings
`he is town, but with more architectural ornamentation about
ft,; Attached to the offices is a spacious new goods station,
ljI:11` With all the modern appliances for lifting heavy weights.
er this shed a small dock has been constructed, which
qaeLt°llinaunicate with the Great Float, and thus vessels can
hoZrge in all weathers without risk of damaging the finest
R7'• The pile altogether will cover about three or four acres
tiiqe(ll4lnd, and this additional accommodation has been pro-
Ni 4 137 the railway iu anticipation of a great increase of
NOss, consequent upon the purchase of the Birkenhead
%I by the Liverpool Corporation. The goods station is
thri,„_3' covered in; the offices have reached the second story,
"ue . whole range is expected to be completed in about two
,1411 s
kNYV.°ObSIDR FERRY DISASTERS.-On Tuesday evening, a
~teri,was discovered in the cashier's office at the Woodside
NZ. It originated from the heat of a large fire igniting the
hem of the r'oom. Mr. Superintendent Birnie and a num-
. Nis`:' Police-officers were promptly in attendance, and the
tlie''.lgration was extinguished before much damage was sus-
ett„. Between one and two o'clock on Wednesday morn-
steamers 'Woodside and the Queen, belonging to the
eaissioners of Birkenhead, which were moored to the
cit4ifax buoys," in the Sloyne, slipped their cables, and
kti7-1 along with the tide. There were two men on board
4steamer, but the want of steam prevented their working
14q,4'ecting their respective boats. The result was that the
side drifted ashore near Egremont, but sustained little
Itliirldarnage. The Queen came in contact with a schooner
hri„"" was lying at anchor in the Sloyne, and had her bul-
-44e," and railing smashed. The schooner, by the collision,
pher bowsprit broken, besides receiving other injuries.
tkiITA.L STABBING CASE IN CHESTER.-Between twelve
,tIR4CIe o'clock on Friday night, the 18th instant, two police-
4On duty in Great Boughton, Chester, heard cries of
%Viler" and " Police," and found lying on the ground the
144 of a man who had been stabbed to the heart with some
141,,,P instrument. The only person near was a woman of the
0,41' named Ann Teggin, whom he conveyed to bridewell.
~1411.1")aturday, it was ascertained that Joseph Kirkham, a
1,14„,e1' residing in the village of Rowton, a few miles from
toter, had been drinking in a public-house in Boughton, in
e,, any with the female, a short time before the fatal occur-
-14), and on Saturday afternoon one of the county constabu-
IL, accompanied by one of the police officers, proceeded to
011, and apprehended him. When told what he was
itifled with, the prisoner stated that he stabbed the man in
defence, as the deceased attempted to rob him, and first
Pqe ePue of the deadly weapon by stabbing him in the thigh.
44!eceased, a bricklayer's labourer, named Dunn, was a
'ilit'olls bad character, and there is, therefore, some proba-
-1 that the statement of the prisoner is correct. A most
thayt'kable feature in this case is, that three or four years ago
brothers of the deceased attempted to rob a boatman on
the canal towing-path, only three or four hundred yards from
the Place where the latter met with such a tragic end ; but
the boatman, who was a big powerful man, grappled with
Kirk, and they all three fell into the canal and were drowned.
b 'AM has been committed for trial at the assizes.
4111.41_111NG BURGLARY AT BIRKENIIEAD.-A most daring
f 81417 was committed early on Sunday evening, at the house
klitaPtain Angell, No. 7, Price-street, Birkenhead. About
tfet,;,l)ast six, Captain Angell and his wife left their house, and
4 e' across the street to the Wesleyan meeting-house, leaving
bong girl and a daughter, about seven years of age, in the
The servant states, that about seven o'clock, while
q,oe:gg in the front parlour with the little girl, some men (she
hih' not know whether four or five) got over the yard wall be-
r, the house, and entered by the back kitchen door, which
Ostitiad forgotten to fasten inside. One man came into the
Qttr, and, holding a large dagger over her and the child,
h,,,eatened them with violence if they moved or spoke. He
1,1,e ,a foreign accent, and the upper part of his face was
Sit'ed. He kept them in this state of terror for about half-
hallPtr, she supposes, having tied them together with a silk
kk,terchief to prevent either of them getting out of the
k itt or to the front window. During this time the other
Itle,l went up-stairs and ransacked the house. At last, all the
the went out again by the back door, and having released
gitivoselves, the servant alarmed the neighbours, and the little
1:14 went across to inform her parents of what had happened.
tith,'earching the house it was discovered that eighteen large
4toie„,l* sPoons, and about half-a-dozen smaller ones, had been
1110, and from Captain Angell's bedroom about £lOO taken.
°ld ~r°)ney was in £5 and £lO Bank of England notes, two
etlemaeas, and a number of sovereigns and foreign gold
skt:' The burglars had also broken into Mrs. Angell's
ses,,!'s box, who was spending the day in Liverpool. The
teeh'44 girl has been in Captain Angel's service about four-
- vnolith s•
the
RESISTANCE TO AN EJECTMENT WARRANT.
411,0 f
a ',luke Birkenhead Police-court, on Thursday, James Smith,
boh",to-dealer in Grange-lane, was charged with an assault
fir Joseph Gleave, bridewell-keeper and constable of
h 'nnead. The prisoner was a sub-tenant to Mr. Knight,
plea*tisio d
lea a n- ealer in the market, who had obtained_ against
t°iPn order of ejectment from the premises, which are in-
ttlis,e4 in chancery. Upon Mr. Gleave and Inspector Gun-
thei;g°ing to the house, they found the door barred against
°f42, and the prisoner refused to give them admittance. The
ttuar attempted to force the door, when Smith broke a
thre," and presented a large hammer, with which he
tlesCelled to kill the first man that entered. Mr. Gleave
NI er,vent to the back door, where he was met by the
8 .
, skins wife, who had armed herself with a pot of boiling
which she swore she would throw on him, and scald.
%I've"' 'Leath. She had also a number of 41b. weights in re-
tand with these she threatened to do execution. The
brot°,_le, however, notwithstanding these threats, succeeded
Ale slkting the outer door with a crowbar, and then sallied to,
I)ouce-offace for a reinforcement of men. Mr. Superb:Ls

DEATHS.
Lately, at Melbourne, Australia, Henry L. Eshelby, Esq,
late of this town.

On the 6th Oct.. on board the Gold Hunter, from Matanzas
to New York, Mr. John Plumbe, nephew of Mr. Clarke,
Greenside, Everton.
On the 16th October, at Calcutta, in the Hon. East India
Company's Service, aged 38, Mr. Frederick George Bolshow.
On the 30th ult., at Gourock, Scotland, aged 7 years, Mar-
garet ; on the 7th inst., aged 5 years, George Murray ; on the
14th inst., aged 12 months, Mary; and, on the 18th inst.,
aged 3 years, John,—the whole of the family of Mr. George
Strachan. The disease which carried off the children was
measles and hooping-cough combined, and the symptoms were
alike in all the cases.

On the 14th inst., at King-street, Edge-hill, in his 65th year,
Mr. Daniel Robert Baker.
On the 17th inst., Mr. John Higham, Irvine-street, Edge-
hill.
On the 17th inst., aged 37, Mr. James Evans, Grove-place,
late one of the officers of Kirkdale Gaol.
On the 17th inst., Joseph Haydn, Esq., author of "The
Dictionary of Dates," " The Book of Dignities," and other
standard works of literature.
On the 17th inst., aged 71, Mary, widow of the late Mr.
John Roberts, of St. John's-lane.
On the 18th inst., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Matthew Murphy,
Chester-street, Tosteth-park.
On the 18th inst., at Everton, in his 27th year, Edward,
youngest son of John Sutton, Esq., and late of H.M. 51st
Regiment. The deceased served in the Burmese and Rangoon
war, in the East Indies.
On the 19th inst., at his residence, Derby-square, Douglas,
Isle of Man, in his 82nd year, John Moore, Esq.
On the 19th inst., in his 21st year, James, youngest son of
Mr. James Howarth, of Park-house, near Burnley.
On the 19th inst., at Birkenhead, Agnes Ronald, widow of
the late John Smith, baker, Dumfries.
On the 20th inst., at Douglas, Isle of Man, Mr. George
Jowett, formerly of Yorkshire.
On the 20th inst., in Huskisson-street, aged 25, Jane, re-
lict of John Grant, Esq., late of St. Vincent.
On the 20th inst., at the house of his daughter, Mrs.
Douglas, Fair-view Cottage, New Ferry, Cheshire, aged 69,
Mr. John Laidlaw, commission merchant, and for many years
of Daulby-street, in this town.
On the 21st inst., Frances Ann, only daughter of Mr. John
C. Ward, of Birkenhead.
On the 21st inst., at Thornes-house, near Wakefield, in his
75th year, Benjamin Gaskell, Esq., for many years one of the
representatives in Parliament of the borough of Maldon.
On the 21st inst., aged 33 years, Mr. John Starkey Berin,
son of Mr. James Berin. High Park-street, and grandson of
the late John Starkey, Esq., of this town.
On the 21st inst., at Salisbury-street, aged 65, Mrs. Mar-
garet Buckley, widow of the late Mr. Samuel Buckley.
On the 22nd inst., aged 38, Alice, wife of Mr. W. P.
Hornby, West Seacombe-terrace.
On the 22nd inst., in his 41th year, of paralysis, Lord Henry
Beauclerk, third son of William, eighth Duke of St. Albans,
and uncle to the present Duke.
On the 22nd inst., Martha, youngest daughter of Mr. John
W. Davey, butcher, Everton.
On the 22nd inst., at Radcliffe-street, Everton, aged 56,
Mr. Joseph Ibbs, for twenty-eight years Inspector of the Li-
verpool Dispensaries.
On the 22nd inst., at Webster-street, aged 76, Mr. John
M'Veagh, for nearly forty years warehouseman to Messrs.
Gibson and Brackenridge, merchants.
On the 23rd iust., aged 30, Arthur Fincham, Esq., of
Ravenhead.
On the 23rd inst., in Chapel-street, Birkenhead, aged 33,
Mr. Richard Hughes, mariner.
On the 23rd inst., aged 33, Sarah, wife of Mr. Thomas
Farrer, flour-dealer, Scotland-road.
On the 23rd inst., in Duke-street, Edge-hill, Alice
Houghton, the wife of Mr. James Aspinall Brancker.
On the 23rd inst., in Blackburne-terrace, aged 59, Edward
Deane Falkner, Esq., last surviving son of the late Edward
Falkner, Esq., of Fairfield-hall, in this county.
On die 23rd inst., at his residence, Hamilton-square, Bir-
kenhead, in his 85th year, David Cram, Esq., formerly of
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
On the 24th inst., of scarlatina, aged five years, Mary Ann,
only daughter of Mr. Joseph Edwards, watchmaker, Tarleton-
street, Everton.
On the 24th inst., aged three years, Louisa, third daughter
of Mr. Wm. Lightfoot, Tosteth-street.
On the 25th inst., Harriet, daughter of the late Jonathan
Roose, Esq., of this town.
On the 25th inst., aged Mr. George Hornby.
On the 25th inst., aged 17, Robert Parker, eldest son. of
Robert Aked, Esq., Sasv-street,. Everton.
On the 26th inst.,, at his residence, High Park-street,, aged:
81, Thomas Belsha:4,. Esq,
On the 28th imst.' the,residence of her father, Cornwallis
street, of consmnption, aged. 15 years, Catherina! Agnes,,
second daugb&x, of. Mr.. John, Mackenzie, cooler,, of. this.
town.