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

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

BIESENIIEAD, LINCASIIIILS, AND CHESIIIIIE 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line, the amount of weekly traffic receipts will not be published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.
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BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.—The house-warming .--'n ,'—
will take place at the next monthly meeting, when Mr. Jones's Miss Jane Falkner.
capabilities will be tested by the club for the first time.On the Bth inst„ aged 55, Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas Brown
marble mason, of this town.
Several new yachts are in progress ; amongst others Kelly has
one for Mr. Wilkinson On the 9th inst., aged 31, Mr. Joseph Evans, for many years
built
which great doings are expected., the owner of the Electric, from woollen draper and outfitter, in this town.
On the 11th inst., at his seat, Blythfield, near Rugeley, Staf-
THE COUNTIES AND BOROUGHS POLICE BILL AND THE fordshire, aged 82, Lord Bagot. He is succeeded by his eldest
SHIPPING DUES BILL.—A special meeting of the Chester son, William, now third Lord Bagot.
Town-council was held on Thursday, for the purpose of taking On the 12th inst., at Herne Bay, in her 91st year, Sarah,
Into consideration these two bills. There was a large attend- widow of -the late Rev. James Stanley, vicar of Ormskirk, in
ante of members, and the mayor, Major French, presided. this county.
Petitions to the House of Commons against both bills were On the 12th inst., at his residence, Glasnevin-house,
Gies-
unanimously adopted ; and a committee was appointed to watch nevin, near Dublin, Captain Ralph Smythe, late of the 7th
their progress, and, if necessary, to proceed to London to act Dragoon Guards.
in concert with the deputations from other boroughs and On the 14th inst., at the residence of her niece, Sussex-street,
places in opposing their passing. Toxteth.park, aged 59, Miss C. Bradshaw.
COURSING MLTCTI. —On Saturday, the subscription hounds, On the 14th inst. at her residence, Grenville-street, Mrs.
B
known as the Royal Rock Beagles, were turned out at Upton, oyondod, relicnderryt of Archibald Boyd, Esq., treasurer of the county of
where a number of gentlemen had assembled to enjoy a day's L.
On the 14th inst., at Seacombe-street, Everton, aged 25,
sport. Two hares Were started in succession, and after a short Mr. David Thompson.
run they were killed ; a third run then took place, a hare hair-
On the 15th inst., at Calderidge, near Whitehaven, aged
ing been started uear Upton. After a chase of two hours
43 Captain S. V. Thompson, late commander of the White-
without a check, puss succeeded in eluding her pursuers, and .
na, .
ven and Liverpool steamers.
was finally lost on the common near Bidston-hill. A number On the 15th inst., iu Lonsdale-street, aged 34, Mr. Owen
of subscribers, headed by Mr. King, gentleman huntsman,
Owens, pilot, of this port.
Mr. H. Walford, and several others, followed the pack during—
On the 15th inst., at Everton, Margery, youngest daughter
the chases. * of John Sutton, Esq.
BURGLARY AT BIRKENHEAD.—WiIIiam Clarke, aged 24, On the 16th inst., aged 74, Mr. Melling, sen., of the Rain-
a cabinet-maker, was brought up at the Birkenhead Police- hill Iron Works, near Prescot.
eourt, on Saturday, charged with burglary. About three On the 16th inst., at Brighton, Sir Benjamin Fonseca
weeks ago the shop of Mr. Grimshaw, provision-dealer, Outram, C. 8., Inspector of Her Majesty's Hospitals and Fleets.
Grange-lane, was broken into, and nine hams and a quantity On the 16th inst., aged 47, Mr. Edward Tyson, wine and
of pork and butter were stolen. On Friday Police-officer 32 spirit merchant, Brownlow-hill, second son of the late Mr.
met Clarke in Liverpool with a cask on his back, and, on Isaac Tyson, of Berkerwaite, Cumberland.
searching him, discovered the stolen property, which was iden- On the 16th inst., at Brompton-square, London, in his 85th
tified by Mr. Grimshaw. No one lived on the premises. The year, Sir John Stoddart,. Knight, Chief Justice of, Malta, and
prisoner was committed for trial at the Chester assizes. Judge of the Admiralty Court there. .
THE GREAT SALE AT Easmsx.—The annual sale by On the 16th inst., at Brighton, aged 46, Colonel H. F. Bon-
auction of cattle, fed by Messrs. Torr and Littledale, was held ham, commanding Cavalry Depots at Brighton and Canterbury.
on Tuesday, at Backfield's farm, near Eastham. The pro- On the 16th iust., at Polubo-Guri, aged 46, Ellen, relict of
perty of Messrs. Littledale and Torr that was offered for sale the late Mr. John Sharpies, veterinary surgeon, of Ormskirk.
consisted of 75 extra prime short-horned and West Highland On the 16th inst., suddenly, at her residence, Green Acres
heifers, bullocks, and cows, 100 fat sheep, and a number of fat Moor, Ellen, relict of the late Mr. \\Tm. Hall, and sister-in-law
pigs. The sale was very numerously attended, the buyers to Mr. James Hall, Church-road, .tanley.
coming principally from this town and the neighbouring On the 17th inst., aged 28, William, son of the late Mr.
towns of Cheshire. Gentlemen who had regularly attended Cornelius Keef, shipbread-baker.
the sale for a great number of years declared that there had On the 17th inst., at his mother's residence, Richmond-row,
never in their recollection been such a large and well-fed aged 18 months, James Edward Walton.
number of cattle offered by Messrs. Littledale and Torr. The On the 17th inst., in her 24th year, Elizabeth Jane, wife of
total amount realised by the sale was £1,657. 6s. 6d. Mr. Richard Hootou, and daughter of Peter Sinclair, Esq., of
Kirkdale.
WIRRALL FARMERS' CLUB.—The fifteenth annual plough- On the 17th inst., at Paris, of paralysis, aged 47, Henry
ing match, exhibition of stock, &c., in connection with the Heine, one of the most celebrated of modern German poets.
above club, took place on Wednesday, on the farm of Mr. C. On the 18th inst., Mrs. Alexander Bohtlingk.
Maddock, near the Sutton Railway Station. The show was On the 18th inst., aged 6 months, Thomas Charles, son of
considered more than an average one, and the number of Mr. W. C. Bew, Broad-green.
visitors was very large, during the day at least 4,000 persons On the 18th inst., in her 79th year, Elizabeth Winch, wife
haying been present. The ploughing match, which attracted of Mr. Robert Bell, of Chapel-street.
upwards of forty teams, was considered highly successful, and On the 18th inst., at Bigadon, Devon, aged 73, Lieut.-
the work done admirably. The show of stock, though not General Sir John Hunter Littler, G.C.8., of the Hon. East
numerous, was very select, and appeared to give great satis- Company's Service, Colonel of the 39th 8.N.1., and late De-
fection. The judges of the ploughing and stock were Messrs. puty Governor of Bengal.
Longton, Beecroft, Halton, and Cairfoot. The dinner, which On the 19th inst., in her 14th year, Elizabeth Pickstone,
was partaken of by about 130 gentlemen, was held in the large Rupert-street, Everton.
room adjoining the Red Lion Inn, Sutton. Charles Stanley, On the 19th inst., in High Park-street, aged 82, Alice,
Esq., presided. relict of Mr. William Stokes.
On the 19th inst., aged 58,Sarah, wife of Mr. Wm. Curtis,
of the Postoffiee, in this town. ~
On the 19th instant, Wilson James, infant son of Mr. R.
' Macgregor, of St. Domingo-terrace, Everton.
On the 10th 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 brother, Claughton,
Cheshire, aged 41, Mr. Charles Lovett.
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 H.M. 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 24th inst., at the Parsonage, Seaforth, Elizabeth,
the beloved wife of the Rev. William Rawson.

IMPUDRNT ROBBERY AT BROMBOROUGH.—At the Birken-
head Police-court, on Saturday, Thomas Moore, aged 36,
-Margaret Moore, 49, 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 ANOTIER 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 eause why a probate of the will of Mary
Barber, late of Liverpool, au 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 bad 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, that
the deceased was treated with perfect fairness ; also, that there enESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for the
was judicial proof that the deceased duly executed the will week ended February 17th, 1856, was as follows : —Passengers,
propounded with a knowledge of its contents. Accordingly I parcels, &c., £1,830 6s. ld. • steam boats, £240 Ss. 3d ,
the court decreed probate of the will to the executors named goods, £1,851 10s. Od. ; total, including Carnarvon traffic,
in it. With regard to the costs of the suit, the chancellor said £3,992 4s. 4d. Corresponding week last year :—Passengers,
the court had been asked by the counsel of the next of kin, in parcels, &c., £1,859 7s. Od. ; steam boats, £228 18s. 7d. ;
case the will should be pronounced to be sufficiently proved, goods, £1,761 3s. Od. ; total, including Carnarvon traffic,
to allow costs out of the estate, on the ground that Mr. £3,849 Bs. 7d. Increase, £72 15s. 9d.
Harden's conduct, in controlling the deceased in her wish to j THE REV. H. P. WRIGHT, Principal Chaplain to the Forces
have the will read over in her presence by one of the attesting in the East, who is now in England, and is about to return to
witnesses, had brought about this suit. Now, if the parties tire Crimea, was present at the last meeting of the Society for
who had opposed this will had contented themselves with re- promoting Christian Knowledge, and took the opportunity of
quiring the executors to prove it in solemn form, and had thanking the society for the aid afforded by it to the army in
kept their interrogatories within the limits which the require.
the East. He said, "It is impossible for me to tell you how
ments of the law warranted to establish capacity, kn9wledge
much the society's books are valued in the Crimea, especially
of contents, and due execution, such an application might the beautiful copies of the prayer-book, which, while clear in
have been unreasonable. But the court was
.of opinion that print, are thoroughly portable. Tire soldiers sought them
the circumstances of this case could not justify the mode in with avidity, and often read them in the trenches. To one of
which the opposition to the will had been conducted. It was the chaplains the small prayer-book was, by God's mercy, a
a settled principle of law that attacks on character', iff nrot sus- shield indeed. Mr. Robinson having lately arrived, was taken
costs, by an officer to the front, and inadvertently strolled towards
tamed, would render those who made them liable o
the very
and the arguments of counsel failed to satisfy the court that. advanced works ; there a Russian rifleman perceived
from the •
the circumstances of the case relieved the parties t him, and sent a ball into his coat, through half the leaves of the
operation of this principle. The court must, therefore, rio prayer-book, and bruised the skin immediately over the heart.
merely refuse the application for costs on behalf of the parties
The volume had been requested from me during the morning,
wh+ had opposed the will, but felt bound to condemn them, as as as peculiarly calculated for camp use, but a merciful Providence
an act of justice, in the costs of the suit from the time of allowed-it to be a defence little thought of by its bearer when
living in their interrogatories on the first allegation. he entered upon his walk through the trenches."