The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

111/.
MUIR, of the Monk's Ferry Hotel, gave his annual
lip7rbatud the men connected with the railway on Tuesday last.
Dint f 8 °f 120 persons received each a good dinner and a
0 ale.
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to m 11 IMERNIIEAD COMMISSIONERS have given permission
new 1: Laird to make a tunnel under Ivy-street, from his
ovitiP-building yard to the Monks' Ferry Railway Station,
L'a terms previously agreed upon.
ofthilY°olll'ExTEssiorr BILL.—At the monthly meeting
kr.
J. Birkenhead Commissioners, on Tuesday, the chairman,
doelo bondholders
stated that there had been a meeting of the
ternisndholders and that they had refused to accede to the
amalgamating The offered for the township with the borough.
.ve oecision had been communicated to the town-clerk of Li-
si°tirtill' who had written to say, in consequence of that deci-
le bill would not be proceeded with.
„ WALT ,
Laeoy,,, J'i" BOARD OF HEALTH.—On Thursday evening
l'oornullY meeting of this body was held at Egremont. Mr.
De4l presided. The Works and Health Committees re-
tliat they had asked the Public Works Loan Commis-
dist ,0 advance £5,000 upon the sbcurity of the general
wzariet rate, for the purpose of sewering New Brighton. It
entiall,ll.,°,alleed that the general district rate for the year
Pouna6 iymrch next was recommended to be ls. 6d. in the
'4. The special committee appointed relative to the
to re Lion of that district with Liverpool was requested
nlailt in force, to watch the new Birkenhead Dock Bill.
Roy
ofx AI ROCK FERRY ANNUAL SurpEn.—On the evening
PeZ Year's Day, Messrs. Hetherington, lessees of the Rock
141'1'11 treated the whole of the crews of their boats and work-
iloyelmbering about forty) to a splendid supper at the
Prig Rock Ferry Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Huntriss, the pro-
°ra of the hotel at the same time very kindly treated the
bli:r3,aad families of the men employed at the ferry with tea.
and
that the
band was also engaged for the occasion ;
to Conclusion of the repast, the two parties adjourned
nigh; ball-room, where dancing was kept up till after mid-
a tiL The residents of the neighbourhood have commenced
tise "'erlPtion which will be presented as Christmas gifts to
~,,c,aPtains and crews of the Rock Ferry boats.
1100
ttotithl baIDE FERRY.—At the Birkenhead Commissioners'
-45' meeting, on Tuesday, the usual account of receipts
the ~elPenditure was not presented. It was reported that
""'itrator in the case of the collision between the steamer
„
and the steam-tug Liver had decided against the
the r*(li; and the manager having reported that John Jones,
thh,4'Ptain of the Wirrall, bad shown a great want of seaman-
the' °II the occasion, it was decided that Jones be reduced to
the rank of seaman. The tender of Mr. Charles Jones, for
Licid)Pir of 1,000 gallons of oil for the use of the boats,
had been accepted. An efficient set of moorings for the boats
the ordered from Messrs. Henry Wood and Co. £1,065,
haemunt of a uarter's rent of the ferry, including interest,
ueell paid toq Mr. Price's trustees.

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and DEATH'S.

BIRTHS.

theUu
14th November, at Rawul Pindee, East Indies, the
wife
;
0 Captain T. Henry Sale, Bengal Engineers, of a son.
of the 27th ult., at Newton-house, near Chester, the wife
f,AhWard Henry Roscoe, Esq., of a son.
tki,4l the 28th ult., at Oxton, the wife of Mr. Joseph Godden,
d'eoll, of a daughter.
29thi:ilt., at Grangefield, Oxton, Mrs. Charles C 1
le, of a son
the 31st ult., at Wrotham-park, Viscountess Enfield, of
6,‘ngllter.
4,-bge the 31st ult., at Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, Mrs.
etLanaont, of a daughter.
Ofthe Ist inst., at Torbock-street, Mrs. Edward Dartnell,
b.Za the Ist inst., at Everton, the wife of Major Chambers,
o.' Bth Royal Lancashire Militia, of a daughter.
,„ 4 the 2nd inst at Liscard, the wife of Mr. J. T. Lea, sur-
Z°r to the Walla's'ey Local Board of Health, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.
Out
the the 22nd August, at St. Jame's Church, Melbourne, by
Mr. Budd John Benjamin, eldest son of Mr. Samuel
EC", of this town, to Eliza, eldest daughter of A. Searle,
pee', of South Yara.
n the 16th ult., at the Chapel of the British Embassy,
1'
Swindon,,-;„onstantinple, by the Rev. G. Campbell, M.A., incum-
dal,?! Hants, Mr. William Gordon to Ann, second
\Wet' of the fate Captain William Jones, of Bangor, North
and both late of this town.
llet.'„the 25th ult., at Trinity Church, Birkenhead, by the
o• G. Vernon, Mr. J. Parry to Miss E. H. Carter.
the 11,the 27th ult., at Nottingham, by the Rev. C. Orlebar,
Ilar'ev• Osbert D. Toosey, 8.A., Oxon, of this town, to
0-'43 Youngest daughter of the late R. Pidcocke, Esq.
il the 30th ult., at St. David's Church, by the Rev. E.
Williams,
Mr. J. Davies to Miss C. Owens, Gibraltar-row.
Jon the Ist inst., at St. Augustine's Church, by the Rev. H.
oes' Mr. W. H. Tyrer to Miss A. J. Tate.
tevo the Ist inst., at Trinity Church, Birkenhead, by the
0„g • R. G. Vernon, Mr. T. Simpson to Miss Doyle.
Ir the Ist inst., at Christ Church, Everton, by the Rev.
On Wright, Mr. John Dallen to Miss Catherine M'lnnes.
J 1 the Ist inst., at the Cathedral, Bangor, by the Rev. E.
the, vicar, George Hirst, Esq., of this town, to Emma,
daughter of Samuel Flicker, Esq., of Trosycanol, near
anligor.
the Ist inst., at Ali Saints' Church, Manchester, by the
of 4°,: Dr. Burton, Mr. J. H. Cox, of the Collegiate Institution
r\l'is town, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Isaac Gault.
b.an.,the Ist inst., at Rainhill Church, by the Rev. A. Hume,
taw.',l4.D., John Caspar Colton, Esq., wine-broker, of this
to Mary Gardner, only daughter of the Rev. Thomas
ker Ingham, incumbent of Rainhill.
On the Ist inst., at the Parish Church, Childwall, by the
• E. Campbell, Mr. N. P. Johnson, youngest son of Mr.
to Johnson, of Bolton-le-Sands to Elizabeth, youngest
slglater of Mr. James Hornby Ashton, of H. M. Customs, at
Port.
VII the Ist inst., at St. George's Church, New Mills, by the
I,&* N. Wilson, Mr. Thomas Holmes Jackson, of this town,
ad son of the late Mr. Thomas Jackson, of Warrington, to
only daughter of the late Mr. Samuel Ward, of New
—lAm, Derbyshire.
lie. 4 the 3rd inst., at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the
431,1 Henry Carpenter, M. A., surrogate, the Rev. Thomas
Ilacm Gosling, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary's, New-church.
kfLQudle, near Burnley, to Mrs. Margaret Wilson, (formerly
7 Parkinson, of Knowsley.)
Rep 3rd 3rd inst., at the Parish Church, West Derby, by the
Yo:„ John Stewart, rector, George Pim, Esq., to Agnes,
Irgest daughter of William Fosberry, Esq., of Greenfield,
est Derby.
hyil.n. the 3rd inst., at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico, London,
a,„."" Rev. J. Jameson, Salisbury, youngest son of Joseph
i dale of Woodside, Wheatstone, to Edith Marian, third
,-;tighter Of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Jones, K. C. B.
4,'11 the 4th inst., at Edge-hill Church, by the Rev. R. Wolseley,
OJ. D. Hignett, third son of the late Mr. Hignett, to
garet, second daughter of Mr. John Rigg, of this town.
por the sth inst., at St. Mark's Church, by the Rev. W.
C'tztite,k, Mr. George Martin, of H. M. Customs, to Miss
"'Ord, of Myrtle-street.