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

JANUARY 29) 1856--

CJESHIRE A 117) WALES.

4;4VIIML little iron screw-steamer, rigged as a three-
t e
°Vet% and a ve fine model, is completing her.
,f 5 Birkenhead-flry oat. She has been built by Mr.
Admiralty, as a despatch-boat `or the Bermuda

sert.
r,'eeolirt of IQ Queen's Bencn, an Saturday, in the case of
*, th4.,r. Moah," a collector of inland revenue at
Sief.,l4ord Chief Baron said that, to remove all diffi-
e "to case, the court thought there was sufficient in
reir,:ant of 2300 to justify a conviction, which would
COnfiMd.
,31/0,,
'4e, ".TION DEPOT IT BIRKENHEA.D is now with-
.,„ aPants, save the officials, and presents a strange
'i Itscilijet aspect to its bustling appearance during
osa1!1 summer months. The last vessel was des-
-40 the 19th November ; and the next batch of enai-
htal4
_,400 in all, will arrive in about a week for
111,13.uney, in Messrs. James Baines and Co.'s mag-
ea Ball" Australian liner Commodore Perry.
;NoE
liai n VlSHERY.—Upwards of 10,000 fish, reared by
"tit' Process, which has been so successful; have been.
,t,te the waters of the river Dee. The young sal-
'tleedPeeerttlY released from the ponds where they had
'roc The spawn from which they were raised was
"Id :paPPropriate boxes a year ago; it vivified in April
their 'er remaining in the boxes for a month, the fry
of to- Way down to the ponds, where they attained a
L 44 inches. This mode of replenishing our rivers
'114.'41 to answer in the Wye, where large numbers
ttl'earea have been turned into the waters.
41,14 /I-STUDIO:VIAL CASE.—A young man, named
tl,„lesull,
.ter at Chester and Denbigh lately married a
' . %no resides with her father at Rosset, near
Aa
toorl.• Davies, who was formerly a licensed victualler
gtee 'Lwas so annoyed at the match that he sum-
4ag:"aPpy swain" before the Wrexham magistrates,
a -I. °f making a false statement to the surrogate
ead the bride's age. The magistrates said that the
foeen proved, and obliged them to commit the
ili..trlal. He was admitted to bail, himself in £2OO,
~. urhes of 2100 each.
18R ,
ea....,e ANOTHER LIVERPOOL STEAMER BY Go-
al; the beautiful new iron steamer Empress
„• e second thus completed by Mr. John Laird, for
kfr sLieners of Birkenhead, to ply at the Woodside
~which was to have been put upon the station on
it% been purchased, it is said, by Government, for
4114 e Crimea. Workmen are .now engaged upon her
to thau-float, making the alterations necessary for her
btl e Black Sea. The Empress Eugenie is a sister
k.. tie I •
'Red Liverpool, and from her light draught of water,
Ile.' and capacity of steering at both ends, and dis-
tiCtigines of great power, she will be exceedingly
ttp`t as a gun, despatch, or tow boat.
ri''`e.,•t„T
in
i'ERRY.—On Thursday, a soir6e and
, in connection with St. Paul's Church, Lower
ttoiteivas held in the Assembly-rooms, at the. Rock
en": There was an attendance of nearly 200 persons,
4,lras!taiuments consisted of lectures on chemical sub-
-1/4ea1,,7. 'e, by Mr. Edmund Smith, piano-forte, Mr. Has-
lorm-1, and Mr. John Hind, one of the committee, who
e limed on the .piano-forte. The pleasures of the even-
„etewliat marred by the refusal of the Rev. Mr.
I,' k Paul's Church, to sanction dancing, though the
to thee evening, the Rev. Rector Fielden, cheerfully
es "'e younger members of the company enjoying
la that. manner.
14. ST-km:v.—At the Chester Railway Station,
;oe, there were daily 98 passenger trains, besides
via excursions ; there were 818,000 passengers booked
iq , at the station ; 158,000 "booked through ;" and
wtreorsionists ; altogether, 1,273,000, or 3,500 per day.
~h ,1,,_21P)00 parcels received and forwarded, and 62,000
''As 'elm.. together 188,000, or 700 per day ; and there
ard s,
heem3 Of 1,000 letters per day, received and delivered
t- -"face, on the business of the several companies.
e(i, department there were received, delivered, and
1 (o the different companies, in the year, 93,000 tons
th k,,e°ds ; 287,000 requiring more or less attention,
'lte;"go and the minerals received, forwarded, and
1/4,"te 272,000 tons ; which, with some other things
y 2d ht the above heads, make a total of 684,000 tons,
4 '''uo tons per day.
asi°P 801.7 TH WALES.—By the various shipping,
s •Other returns, it appears that the trade of South
11 ;114„ a most improving state. The quantity of coal
to tkaitY increasing, and a growing amount daily finds
1 .I'e seaports for shipment. The towns of Cardiff,
't Leath, (tic., show an increase of exports and imports,
q i'Lansea the rise has been very great, showing an ''Port to tonnage to the extent of 62,000 tons during
the 'ear. During this period nearly 5,000 vessels en-
,
1 harbourtC with a tonnage of 450,000 tons. Large
Nait°f iron are shortly to be made from the new ship-
., '3','•t Neyland terminus, the line to which is now
v?at the various dock extensions are also progressing,
entount of new railways and branches will shortly
like resources of hitherto unworked localities, while
tao s° much employment that labour is very scarce.
All'tarthen Journal reports the total destruction by
. 'lscif:agan's Church, Aberdare. It was erected by the
I n"ve, the owner of considerable estates in the neigh-
-111,4 opened for divine worship in 1854. It afforded
0o0„on for about 700 persons. On Saturday week,
-rs"a a report was raised that the church was on fire.
'' liod"lat just previous a woman engaged in cleaning the
Rater made a fire in the stove, for the purpose of heating
the
" She used for the fire a quantity of holly, with
that
had' been decorated at Christmas. It is
this fuel, being very dry, sent a flame through
'teirueneath the floor, thence through the flue, which
ea short at the roof, probably because such an append-
V,osideied unsightly. This roof was composed of an
'then the interior ; there was a layer of felt between the
o,the slates. This felt probably became first ignited.
't of damage is estimated at upwards of £2,000.
, h ~„,.. _
'Alit— "AY OFFICES AT BIRKENHEAD.—The Birken-
,, ieashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Company
NA a magnificent pile of new offices on the margin of
oPead-float, near the Emigrants' Home. The build-
bright' red brick, faced with white and red free-
4Ao,thing in the style of Walmer and Apsley-buildings
'AI2 but with more architectural ornamentation about
ttached to the offices is a spacious new goods station,
, tai all the modern appliances for lifting heavy weights.
, tied a small dock has been constructed, which
The Cllicate with the Great Float, and thus vessels cau
~' all weathers without risk of damaging the finest
Li', il ,Di,le altogether will cover about three or four acres
by 'trio' this additional accommodation has been pro-
'tl3, he railway iu anticipation of a great increase of
by ePsequent upon the purchase of the Birkenhead
1,,Y%, tile Liverpool Corporation. The goods station is
k:,4e wi,ered in • the offices have reached the second story,
R5l:
d;l37lte range
Re
yis epiiipseciateTdEntos.—beocnomTpuleetsedda3i,neavboenuitngt!woa
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't'overed in the cashier's office at the W9odside
,tsa
~, oftf.,°riginated from the heat of a large fire igniting the
pore room. Mr. Superintendent Birme and a num-
' Ze-officers were promptly in attendance, and the
t iLlt was extinguished before much damage was sus-
s7tween one and two o'clock on Wednesday morn-
:'tlo7l mers Woodside and the Queen, belonging to the
\‘4l buoys f Birkenhead, which were moored to the
"e'''al.)4" in the Sloyne, slipped their cables, and
it'teu,eg with the tide. There were two men on board
`teet'er, but the want of steam prevented their working
tial(l',,{4 their respective boats. The result was that the
itlati-I,lrifted ashore near Egremont, but sustained little
mate. The Queen came in contact with a schooner
aand .ying at anchor in the Sloyne, and had her hill-
'I: railing smashed. The schoonir, by the collision,
l!t
titrkt-"it,Prit broken, besides receiving other injuries.
'l'4 oiS,Ttnnism CASE IN CHESTER.—Between twelve
011 de,,Tel: on Friday night, the 18th instant, two police-
liNrq'Y in Great Boughton, Chester, heard cries of
.S'l% 'hand " Police," and found lying on the ground the
'tti bast tot who had been stabbed to the heart with some
k Lkiki;4rtkent. The only person near was a woman of the
Vttirtri Ann Teggin, whom he conveyed to bridewell.
Ve,,iri it was ascertained that Joseph Kirkham. a
V,1144°`4 in the village of li9wton, a. few miles from
e, ay , been drinking in a public-house in Boughton, in
ratlccltil the female, a short time before the fatal occur-
4i!teo,,,,°n Saturday afternoon one of the county constabu-
atk'ali, .'4Danied by one of the police officers, proceeded to
t N wi,e,(l apprehended him. When told what he was
lit,terip'o, the prisoner stated that be stabbed the man in
IF aye e' as the deceased attempted to rob him, and first
t, ti:k,,,°! the deadly weapon by stabbing him in the thigh.
~,,i)ita-'e,,d, a bricklayer's labourer, named Dunn, was a
e:1 toll bad character, and there is, therefore, some proba-
Okti the statement of the prisoner is correct. A most
I:,ukthe feature in this case is, that three or four years ago
.`,44 ,era of the deceased attempted to rob a boatman on
k, dace "wing-path, only three or four hundred yards from
'; t Ivbere the latter met with such a tragic end ; but
;411tasil,lia,t, who was a big powerful man, grappled with
ktiaatii hileY all three fell into the canal and were drowned.
q,,,kkl'l/448 been committed for trial at the assizes.
ttrillat'y 13URGLint AT BIRKENHEAD.—A most daring
,fkla4C, as committed early on Sunday evening, at the house
iikt Amgen, No. '7, Price-street, Birkenhead. About
‘acr, ix, Captain Angell and his wife left their house, and
, '4litsa.the street to the Wesleyan meeting-house, leaving.
it,,—
.i?'lrl and a daughter, about seven years of age, in the
tit„ t a servant states, that about seven o'clock, while
Viet kite front parlour with the little girl, some men (she
eith,llle I,°Nv whether four or five) got over the yard wall be-
'irs. („qonae, and entered by the back kitchen door, which
,11 ''''Rotten to fasten inside. One man came into the
'files' ''ed, holding a large dagger over her and the child,
a t:1 them with violence if they moved or spoke. He
.11N, ltigla accent, _and the upper part of his face was
4,1114 0,41 e kept them in this state of terror for about half-
Vel'ah-.7e supposes, having tied them together with a silk
ely'' or —ef to prevent either of them getting out of the
Web? the front window. During this time the other
.Ivellt e9-stairs and ransacked the house. At last, all the
11° es again by the back door, and having released
4,n_keia-s, the servant alarmed the neighbours, and the little
4ull'eercYas to inform her parents of what bad happened.
of' a),-IN the house it was discovered that eighteen large
it:11.24-41, d about half-a-dozen smaller ones., had been
' I mos,, from Captain Angell's bedroom about £lOO taken.
itioilie'l was in £5 and £lO Bank of England notes, two
,ti•, o and a number of sovereigns and foreign gold
n„'s b'e burglars had also broken into Mrs. Angell's
:s4ot c,.`, who was spending the day in Liverpool. The
' la "n'i has been in Captain Angell's service about four-
top Nils.
tNt
pos...tlat PE RESISTANCE TO AN EJECT3IENT WARRANT.
Llk,;4to. Irkellheßd Police-court, on Thursday, James Smith,
Neltitr..ealer. in Grange-lane, was charged with an assault
14441learsePh Gleave, bridewell-keeper and constable of
iik viajoic., 'The prisoner was a sub-tenant to Mr. Kuight,
,loan or -dealer in the market, who had obtained against
S:(I is „ei,e of ejectment from the premises, which are in-
Voin,r ancery. Upon Mr. Gleave and Inspector Gun-
,l, a 54,10 the house, they found the door barred against
. htir%
ef‘e° Prisoner refused to give them admittance. The
V4V.lotr4—eloPted to force the door, when Smith broke a
Aa am
~,it,stieti 4. Presented a large hammer, with which he
wen t'° kill the first man that entered. Mr. Gleave
lek;hs wii.o the back door, where he was met by the pri-
STY," „t!. who had armed herself with a pot of boiling
‘'ry ‘o a ''''lleh she swore she would throw on him, and scald
A e eath
i 40._ atilt
.: She had also a number of illb. weights in re-
Alrt6i, in ith these she threatened to do execution. The
'ke ettlzi;ir.l°,‘,vever notwithstanding these threats, succeeded
voliekalue outer door with a crowbar, and then sallied tO
-'wo for a reinforcement of men. Mr. Superiu-

tendent Bourne immediate]. under the direction
of Inspector Davies;afOree i:tio,-e. to the scene of action,
and a large sledge hammer . _ ••!, obtained, Mr. Gleave
broke in the front door and z of the premises.
In the affray the constable s,- -t by the prisoner with a
shutter. Smith, finding that hr could not succeed against
the besiegers, retreated to az-. attic. act.ess to which was ob-
tained by a ladder. Of this p:tik., lie was determined to hold
possession, and wielding. over the heads of the besiegers a
hammer and an axe, swore decapitate the first man
who ventured on the ladder. The itlirers, finding they could
not apprehend the prisoner, cut away the ceiling from
under him. Smith then cri.:4l to tie bracers to take care of
his children, which was tir,t intimation they had that
there were other persons it. t He was then obliged
to surrender, after a desperate t e , and was lodged in
bridewell.—The bench ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of
ss. and costs.