The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

OXTON AND CLAUGHTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—
The next meeting of this society is fixed for the sth Septem-
ber, and will be held in Birkenhead Park.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—On Thursday evening, about six
o'clock, two young gentlemen, cousins, went out at New
Brighton to bathe, when one of them was drowned in presence
of his relation. The supposition that a sudden attack of indis-
position must have led to the catastrophe is strengthened by
the fact that it occurred in not more than six or seven feet of
water. The body was removed to the Marine Hotel.
FRAUDULENT WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—At the Bir-
kenhead Police-court, on Thursday, the following dealers were
summoned by Mr.. Joseph Griffith, inspector, for having in
their possession illegal weights and scales :—Patrick Rafferty,
coal dealer, Park-street, fined 7s. 6d. and costs ; John Jones,
St. Ann-street, ss. and costs ; Henry Hamlet, coal dealer,
Victoria-street, to pay costs ; Ellis Jones, Cathcart-street, ss.
and costs; Richard Rowlands, Thomas-street, 6s. and costs.
MR. M'HABG, who, for the last eleven years, has held the
office of superintendent of the Birkenhead police force, died on
Wednesday. He had been for some months confined to his
home by serious indisposition, but continued to control the
movements of the force until last week, when he resigned his
appointment, and was succeeded by Inspector Birnie. The
commissioners of Birkenhead, it was understood, had enter-
tained the idea of presenting the late superintendent with a
handsome testimonial.
AT the late Montgomery assizes, the Right Hon. John
Jervis, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, complained that
the county authorities had recommended to the Queen, for the
position of high sheriff, a gentleman whose slender means
would not allow him to give Her Majesty's representative a
proper reception. He was sorry to be introduced into that
county, as representing the Queen, in the form that he had
been; and he certainly did not expect to have the carriage
opened to him, when he entered the hall, by a stable boy in
his shirt sleeves.
BULL FIGHT.—The Cambrian describes a terrific conflict
which took place last week between two bulls on the banks of
the Cleddan, near the village of Barnsley, Pembrokeshire.
The animals were in separate meadows with the river between
them. After sundry mutual bellowings and hoarse chal-
lenges to the combat, one of them swam across to his anta-
gonist, and the fight commenced. Several men tried to se-
parate them, but in vain. At last one of the bulls were driven
into the river ; the other followed, and the fight was continued
in the water until one of the combatants was killed.
THE SMOKE NUISANCE.—A meeting of the ferry pro-
prietors on the Cheshire side is about to be held, for the pur-
pose of inquiring into the nature of the law' as affects the
consumption of smoke, and forming themselves into a body
for the purpose of resisting any undue attempt to levy fines
against them. They consider that as a body they have not
received that consideration, under the present state of the
law and the difficulties of smoke prevention, to which they
were entitled. In some instances, they say, fines had been
inflicted where the proprietor of the vessel was actually hav-
ing smoke apparatus manufactured. It has been suggested
that a committee of inquiry should be formed for the purpose
of testing the best plan.
PIC-NIC AT EA.STHA.M.—On Tuesday, a number of ladies
and gentlemen, in accordance with an annual custom, held a
pic-nic party at the rural ferry of Eastham. The originators
of the excursion were residents chiefly at the north end of
Liverpool, and many of their friends had joined them by
special invitation. The party numbered upwards of 70. On
reaching Eastham the company rambled over the gardens and
grounds adjoining the hotel, and many of them engaged in
dancing. Tea was served by Mr. Nicholls in the ball-room,
and at the close of the repast, dancing and other amusements
were resumed. The pleasures of-the'day were continued until
about eleven o'clock, when the party returned to Liverpool
highly gratified with their excursion.
CUURCH SCHOOLS AT HOYLAKE.—Through the praise-
worthy exertions of the Rev. P. Haim, the incumbent, and
the liberality of his personal friends, £9O was lately raised
by means of a bazaar ;-and it is expected that government
will give a grant of £lOO towards the £2OO which will be
required for the house. The necessity for a residence for the
schoolmaster was felt by the late incumbent, and his suc-
cessor deserves great credit for the steps he has so promptly
taken to supply the want. A buildingcommittee wasappointed
about a fortnight ago, and to them will be entrusted the dis-
position of the funds, in accordance with the intention of the
contributors.

WALES.—The various fashionable resorts and watering
.places in the principality are now filled with company.
Aberystwith has received its full share of patronage, and every
advantage has been taken of the fine weather by, sea and
land. At Beaumaris the bathing accommodation has been
much improved, and Holyhead has proved a source of, great
attraction to thousands of tourists who have inspected the
gigantic works in progress there. The town of Rhyl has been
filled to overflowing, and, indeed, the whole of the coast
towns have received a full quota of visitors, while, in the
interior, large numbers of tourists have visited the best and
favourite localities.
BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.--The second sailing
match of this club took place on Wednesday. The course was
from Monk's Ferry, round a flag-boat stationed off Eastham,
thence round a flag-boat stationed off the Dingle, back round
the Eastham flag-boat, thence back round the boat at
.the
Dingle, returning direct to Monk's Ferry, passing between the
shore and the flag-boat moored off the club-house. The fol-
lowing boats started :—Mr. Wilkinson's Wave, 7 tons, and
Electric, 7 tons ; Mr. A. Bower's Spray, 7 tons ; Mr. W. L.
Suthberry's White Squall, 4/ tons ; Mr. Thos. Brassey's, jun.,
Spray of the Ocean, 7/ tons ;.and Messrs. W. and C. Wren-
shall's Defiance, 4 tons. The yachts rounded the flag-boat
at Eastham, the first time, in the following order :—Spray,
Electric, Spray of the Ocean, White Squall, Wave, and Defi-
ance. The second time they came round thus :—Electric,
Spray, Spray of the Ocean, White Squall, and Defiance. The
Wave gave up the race before coming to the Eastham flag.
boat a second time. In rounding that boat the first time the
Defiance fouled it, but no damage was sustained. The yachts
came up to Monk's Ferry in the order in which they had
passed the Eastham boat the second time, and the Electric
received the cup.
CURIOUS DISCOVERY.—The street in Chester known as
Whitefriars is being drained ; the workmen are now engaged
in the garden in front of the house occupied by Mr. Job Ha-
rrison. Here, at a depth of five feet to six feet, they found; on
Thursday and Friday last, a great number of human remains,
about twenty skulls, and other bones in proportionate quan-
tity. There are no traces of coffins, either of stone or wood,
but the earth seems to be full of particles of bone. The site
of the intended drain is bounded and crossed in all directions
by solid stone masonry ; and one small piece of stone, that
has probably been a portion of a window, has been turned up.
The inference is, that these remains occupy the site of the
cemetery of the church of St. Mary, attached to the Carmelite
monastery of White Friars, which stood here in the thirteenth
century. This edifice had a lofty spire which served as a
beacon to the River Dee, and was taken down in 1597, by a
baronet of the Egerton family. It seems, therefore, very likely
that these remains are of some of the friars whose resting
place for six hundred years or more is now for the first time
thus sacrilegously disturbed. Some few years ago, when
works were going on in Commonhall-street, at the back of
Mr. Harrison's premises, many mouldings of a highly deco-
rative character were discovered.—Cheste*, Courant.