The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AN]) WALES.

Timm has just been landed, at the Birkenhead Docks, a
log of mahogany weighing 6 tons 18 cwt. This large log was
brought in the ship Agenoria, Capt. Jackson, and is now to be
seen in the Honduras Sheds, Birkenhead.
TEE treasurer of the Tranmere Free Evening School has
received 10s. from William Waring Perrey, Esq., awarded to
him by the Revising Barrister, for attending at Birkenhead,
to oppose a frivolous and vexatious objection to his vote for
South Cheshire.
ON Sunday evening, James Farrell, six years of age, who
lived with his mother in Oak-street, Birkenhead, was left in a
room for a short time by himself, and whilst amusing himself
by playing with some lighted paper his clothes caught fire,
and he was burnt so severely that he died next morning.
MR. J. B. SWEENEY, assistant-overseer of Birkenhead, has
been appointed by the Poor-law Guardians of Birmingham to
the situation of assistant-overseer of that town, at a salary of
£125 per annum. Mr. Sweeney was the successful candidate
out of a large'number of applicants.
ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday, as the train of the Birkenhead,
Lancashirerand Cheshire Junction Railway Company, which
leaves the Landing-stage at six p.m., emerged from the Bir-
kenhead tunnel, and was just quickening speed., the guard van
behind, together with a second-class carriage, were thrown
violently off the line, at the place of the " points. The train
was stopped with promptness, or the consequences might have
been serious, as there was a steep embankment close by.
CAUTION TO SEAMEN.—At the Birkenhead Police-court, on
Thursday, two Dutch seamen, named Caspar Johanus Baring
and Henrick Fanodaker, were charged with deserting from the
ship Sarah Neumann, lying in the Birkenhead docks. The
prisoners shipped about three weeks ago on board the above
vessel, which was bound for Calcutta. After being at sea a
short time, she had to return to port, owing to an injury to
her steering apparatus. On Tuesday they deserted from the
vessel, and shipped on the same day on board the ship Kings-
ton, from which vessel, after receiving advance notes, they ab-
sconded. They were sent to gaol for three months, with hard
labour.
COAL ROBBERIES.—At the Birkenhead Police-court, on
Thursday, several Irish boys and girls were charged with
stealing coals from the waggons on the dock quays. One wit-
ness stated that not less than three or four tons of coal were
stolen by the prowlers who frequent the docks ; whilst another
witness gave it as his opinion that the quantity could not be
less than thirty tons a day. The principal part of the coals
were said to belong to Messrs. W. and H. Laird. Sir Edward
Cust said it would pay the coal proprietors well if they kept
men to protect their property. The Rev. R. M. Fielden re-
marked that if coals to the extent of thirty tons a day were
stolen, half the people of Birkenhead must be engagad in
plundering. The prisoners were summarily disposed of;
ILLEGAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—The following per-
sons were summoned at the instance of Mr. Joseph Griffith,
inspector, for having in their possession illegal weights and
measures :—Joseph Carlisle, Claughton, for using a'piece of
brick instead of a weight, and two deficient weights, was
fined 3s. 6d. and costs ; James Baxter, baker and provision
dealer, Tranmere, for having two s ho rt weights, fined 7s. 6d.
and costs ; Abraham Mallinson, grocer, Neston, was sum-
moned for keeping a public weighing machine 561bs. against
the purchaser, and fined ss. and costs ; Samuel Morris, grocer
and provision dealer, Tranmere, was fined 4s. 6d. and costs
for having two deficient weights ; Peter Lloyd, grocer, Mar-
ket-cross, Birkenhead, for having two pair of fraudulent scales,
was fined 30s. and costs.
BIRKENHEAD CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—On Tues-
day, the annual meeting of this society was held in the Ar-
gyle-rooms, the Rev. A. Knox, of St. Mary's, in the chair.
The chairman stated that their auxiliary had existed for
twenty-eight years, and that last year their subscriptions
amounted to £244 Is. 9d. Re then introduced the Rev.
Mr. Taylor,. who had been seventeen years a missionary in
New Zealand, and who gave a short history of missionary
proceedings in that country, since its discovery by Captain
Cooke. Mr. Taylor was accompanied by John Williams, a
converted New Zealand chief, who also addressed the meeting,
Mr. Taylor translating his words. The reverend chairman
solicited donations towards the restoration of Mr. Taylor's
church, which had been thrown down by the recent earth-
quake. £l5O was required for that purpose. The Rev. Henry
Carpenter subsequently addressed the meeting.
Cunrotrs WELSH Cusrom.—The registrar of the Br to
District Court of Bankruptcy (Mr. Charles Orme) has this
week been sitting at New Quay, Cardiganshire, taking the
examination of several witnesses in the matter of the bank-
ruptcy of Thomas Davies, shipbuilder, of that port. Most of
the witnesses were Welsh people, and the subject of the
inquiry being the extent of the bankrupt's interest in a cer-
tain vessel, some surprise was created by the witnesses speak-
ing of their shares in the vessel as a matter of weight. The
mystery was solved by the interpreter in this way : —A vessel
being about to be built is divided into 64 shares, the total
being=taken by the owners to represent a pound avoirdupois.
Thus, the owner of four 6iths is said to have an ounce ; two
64ths, half an ounce ; one 64th, a quarter of an ounce ; and so
in proportion.
Cauncrt ROBBERY.—A cripple, named Thomas Chambers,
was charged at the Birkenhead Police-court, ou Thursday,
with breaking into the old abbey chapel attached to St. Mary's
Church, and stealing an inkstand and several books. On
Wednesday morning, at four
_o' lock, the prisoner was stopped
Iby police-officer 12, n M laAi.cilisntorxeelt,r.and four books, one
it,teteoni;)inceirt,;ias found
having the name of the RevY
in his possession. Subsequently, detective
-bush where he
went to the house of a woman in Bevington-Bush,
found an inkstand which had been purchased from' the pri-
soner. The keeper of the old abbey chapel of Birkenhead
stated that the building had been entered on Monday night,
an entrance having been effected by a window which had been
broken. The prisoner was remanded for a week.
THE ROCK FERRY SLIP.—John Twaite,- collector at the
Rock Ferry slip, was sommoned at the instance of James
-Hanson, a boatman, for wilfully and maliciously damaging his
boat. The complainant was summoned on the previous
Thursday, by Messrs. Hetherington, for trespassing on the,
slip, but was then acquitted. On Monday,stwo gentlemen
wanted to go on board the American steamer Pacific. The
complainant's boat was lying at a short distance from the
pier, and the gentlemen hailed it. for the purpose of being put
on board the steamer. Hanson accordingly went close to the
slip, but did not touch it with his boat. The defendant then
got a boat-hook and ran it into the sides and sails of the com-
plainant's boat, doing damage to the amount of 255. Mr.
Gill, for the defence, urged that the slip was private property.
i and that the complainant had received notice not to come near
it with his boat. He then called evidence to show that no
more violence was used than was necessary to prevent the
complainant taking on board his boat the gentlemen who
wanted to go to the Pacific. The bench said they could not
decide as to the private right of the lessees of the ferry, and
therefore they could not say whether the damage was or was
not wilfully committ,3d. The summons was dismissed.
WALLASEY BOARD OF HEALTH.—At the meeting of this
board, on Thursday, Mr. Newlands, borough engineer of Li-
verpool, reported that it was necessary that the work com-
prised in contract No. 1, extending from Victoria-road, Sea-
combe, to No. 9, Beaufort-terrace, should be completed
according to the sections and as described in the specification.
It was recommended that Mr. Bugbird's tender for the con.'
struction of such work for £797 10s. be accepted, subject to
a deduction of £9O for old materials, and to give security in
£5OO for the performance of the work. It was ordered that
the names of the various streets in the township be painted
on a conspicuous part of each street, as recognised on the plan
of the district. Mr. Mann' after a few remarks, proposed the
following resolution :—" It appearing to the board highly de-
sirable and advantageous that the Wallasey Free School
-should be removed to another site, the board agrees to the
application of the trustees of the school for permission to
erect a new school, according to a design and plans now sub-
mitted and approved, on land, part of Wallasey-breck, under
the jurisdiction of the board, consisting of 740 yards or there-
abouts, in exchange for the land constituting the site of the
present school and appurtenant thereto, which is henceforth
to become and be the property of the board for the same pur-
poses as the land now agreed to be granted was previously
applicable." The resolution was agreed to. The salary of
Mr. Kerr, collector of the rates, was increased £2O per annum.