The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

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CHESHIRE AND TVAL.ES.

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week ended September 11,
CHESTER. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Trap
parcels, &c., £4,317 19s. 3d. ; goods, £1,394 55' ge
Steam-boats : £693 4s. Bd. Total, £6,405 9s. 2d. Inc,re*:
as compared with the corresponding week last Yea'
1853 :—Railwa Passentger:

£1,354 17s. ld.
TT 1 head staff'
IA SHOCKING ACCIDENT occured at the „„.
tion of the Chester and Holyhead line. On Mond* rfte
last week, Richard Williams, a porter in the service ottiown.
Ay, was returning from the Old Pier to the stawhen
with several empty excursion carriages. an`A" der'
in the act of crossing a portion of the line which is
going some repairs, his foot slipped into a trench
being made to erect a new platform. His head fell oani
rails whilst the carriages were in motion, and it was
terally crushed to pieces. idasta
TRANMERE NATIONAL SCHOOLS.--These schools
been found inadequate for the increasing juvenile 1043.
tion of the locality, the foundation-stone of a new for
ing was laid some months ago. The new school was ej
many opened on Monday week, by the usual interr.,4,
proceedings. The children walked in processional 5,
their old school on the Holt, and, on arriving t the
new one, they were met by the Rev. B. Arthure,.P';',o,
Rev. A. Willink, M.A., and the committee. After Pr''' A to
and the singing of a hymn, the building was
be opened, amidst the cheers of all present. Tbe
school was erected by subscription. (10,"
MORMONISM IN WALES.—The adherents to t...eb
trines of Mormonism increase rather than dinii:"-clstted,
those districts of South Wales where the have es's- 0'
themselves, and of late they have received an 8,66'1 .4
strength in several persons of middle class statian'tter
well known Welsh lecturer, named Robert Pal,
known by his appellation of " Robyn Ddu," has re-foral
joined the ranks of Mormonism, and is now holding ohea
to these deluded people. An extensive exodus had their,
place during the summer, andnumbers es have four,
deciareuve
way over to the waters of the Salt Lake. Large ',or'
these misguided people have left Glamorganshire,L,'" rj,
thenshire, and the hill country of Monmouth for for
and numbers will leave their native land next sPpleell
their fancied elysium. Miracles are reputed to hav-faitlr
aerformed by the elders of the sect, all of which are

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fully believed by their dupes. ortl
A PLEASANT WELCOME.—On Wednesday
was given by Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, of Ashton , tior,
near Chester, on the occasion of the settlement °`
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new incumbent, the Rev. John W. Lester, late cgriote
St. Andrew's, in this town. The school-room sos„il the
fully decorated with flowers and evergreens, and not.
heads of houses were invited. After a bountiful rerteil
the meeting was addressed by the worthy squire, 11i3eNr
incumbent, the vicar of Tarvin, and the Rev. ~,
Lester, curate of St. Barnabas's, Liverpool. As the sed to
room could not accommodate all the invited, a seconscia
party was given to the remaining half; on the f011°,00,0,
evening, when they were addressed by the Rev.T.C,..C„O t°,
incumbent of St. Andrew's, in this town, in a&B;011'
several of the above gentlemen. Altogether two P'
and profitable evenings were spent. poif
THE RECENT ROYAL VISIT TO HOLVIEA
the stay of the Queen at Holyhead, Mr. John .1-1
-,,for
keeper of the principal tower in darnarvon
warded to the Prince of Wales a basket of apples, 5e,030
panied by a memorial, stating that he had made
garden upon a part of the castle wall, known in tlO feet
sent times as the Green-gate. The garden was g tit
high from the street, was 36 feet in length, au re
width. He had planted an apple tree in it, which IY3A 15
first fruit this year, and of which Mr. Jones beEtIV 11
royal highness's acceptance, "for the name of llicAn
'ot'"
where it had been grown." To this the following,_,3' bee°
ledgment has been received :—" Colonel Phipps following
commanded to thank Mr. John Jones for some l,
grown on Carnarvon Castle, which he has bete 0,
enough to send to His Royal Highness the 1311",,cef'
Wales." Her Majesty was graciously pleased tgt to D 6
the present on behalf of the prince, and to order ost
sent to Balmoral, whither the royal party were ins'
to proceed

gIIREWSTIT'RY AND CHESTER RAILWAY.-011 10
a special meeting of the shareholders of this Rue ider
at the Royal Hotel, Chester, for the purpose of eiVe;-terii
ing terms of amalgamation with the Great " dire
Company. John Williams, Esq., chairman of theced
tors, presided; and, after a lengthy speech, ,r°
resolution to the effect that a memorandum of a 1
mation with the Great Western be ratified,—s the
Johnston, of Edinburgh, proposed an amendment °,4 DP
effect that no offer from any company be con?defoeo
the shareholders until after the half-yearly meetlogaed 11
new directors will be appointed, which was seci)%so'
Mr. Kennedy, of London.—After considerable disc apo
the motion was carried by a large majority, whe nest
was demanded, and the meeting was adjourned,' votegt
day.—On Wednesday the scrutineers declared Ne to be
in favour ogftothtehe
with the Great Western Company. One of tej
mnoutimonbersanofetsiboaniresng rtehperesaeninaigted,
hara,e :efati,oo:
tineers, however, Henry Kennedy, Esq., disr'nrote'":„
validity of some of the votes, and handed in
air
reporting the amendment to be carried. 111.,e , fed. 13',..„
received it, but declared the original motion aufinple
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decision was received with loud cheers A
tary motion was also carried, under a Pru..ctavVl
Mr. Munroe, authorising the directors to --Drava— evil
the bill for amalgamation with the Great Wester%efoSe
should the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company
fo become partl. thereto.

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SEIZURE OP GUNPOWDER.—At the Birkenhea.
court, on Friday, before Sir Edward Cust, J. D. Case e,
Hall, and J. S. Jackson, Esqrs, Mrs. Winder, th 0V;
of the Windermere steamer, and John Lamb, the cap t`;
appeared to a summons granted on the inforrnati9
Captain Gregg, head constable of Liverpool, for barins,,
whiderre;;'i
larger quantity of gunpowder on board the
in the river, than allowed by law. The infermattnd for
supported by Mr. Aspinall, and Mr. Simon aPPe'":,:„, to
the defendants. A short time ago a vessel belengi'Lft,
Mrs. Winder, called the Elizabeth, arrived tbi,,s ;jet,
from Cardiff, having on board 1500 kegs of gunk-ftvo
(about 25,000 lbs.,) which was to be put on board the_,i
Watson, for Africa. The Flimbeth was detahleurrice
Beaumaris Bay from stress of weather, and did neit;,abetft
until the Anna Watson had gone to sea. The,
had ninety tons of coal under the gunpowder' t
Arctic steamer, and the owners not knowing wil'af
with the gunpowder, sent the Windermere out ° the
where she was lying for sale, into the river, Del het
Magazines, and transhipped the powder on board;in tl),e
until it could be returned to Cardiff. Whilst lying t102,'
river, the steamer had a red flag flying to indi made
she had powder on board, and no attempt was 4 tbe-
conceal the fact. She was, however, seized, as vreP:j
gunpowder, the latter being removed to the dePo,,'",,er
present proceeding was to recover a penalty of tilete
for all above the quantity allowed by law (50 lbs.) iio,3
the Bench, at the request of Mr. Simon, re- tied
c iliej
ig their judgment until the govern ni pati'to
be communicated with on the subject, they being - ed
to half the penalty &c. The gunpowder beloeg
Messrs. Wakefield and Co., of Kendal. -pot*
SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS. Mr. :Williare
to
Birmingham, has Laid the foundation of a new,e. te '
most important branch of industry, which bids cl,Ef
the means of producing an entire revolution hl 'l,"ieet
meter of our sepulchral monuments. It is the c;yof tAve,
Mr. Potts to correct the wide and undeveloped osity
age in this respect—to make the grave spots N
parted truly eloquent with the life thoughts ancl.„,,erntioal
of the living—to exalt and dignify the human au'Thicb.„
manifested in those solemn and painful tributes
mikes upon the living to offer to the dead. ''''t,,lo
"_sh this by cheapening monnraello
-4 it in such forms and materials __„oitt
within the reach of all classes of the wain
and models which we have had tefe
.aspect, the intentions of the patentee 9,',fro
sed. He has availed himself of the facilitieS,;lo.lll;
process of electro-deposition to produce elLeiry b,Fj
cures or groups in bronze, in which a
and of art is attained, and which, from the. 7,,t
intv of their reproduction, can be supPlief tV.r."-e
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sonable cost. The principals" "ho
illustrative of Valour dyileer
and represents a general ,
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seen slain in battle reclining in a ,dll.looe
whilst Fame, stretching forth the POI' are ifbtre
At the back of the figarjes. , s
pines of flags and other warlike accesfr'ists loTfin
whole is a deposit. of metal in bronze, allues.
black marble entablature, supported by trlogP7i; the
design conveys the idea of "filial love 11000°-refie4;
memory," and consists of an elegant bfi:t., the 15"-"
centre of which is an urn or an altar, 7gi,„-tbereat ;Ilea°
the deceased, in attitudes of mo
The group is broken by the figure of the gelet,, pipe, pi
kneels in front examining the inscription he is
to have cut upon the tomb. The whole is 1/ed
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a marble border. A third monument, 01. of aP° toe
tensions than either of the above fists bro-ai
slab of dove-coloured marble on Which is eacefifes
trefoil, bearing in very low relief three dehcateve;. TP;
angels, typical of the ascent of the soul to 114e3rays a 11/10
detail is remarkably fine, inasmuch as it P°4-4.,—feffeet4oll
devotional feeling, without' any straining aLv-ber Of ar
addition to the foregoing,' there area num- circtir,s
models ready for execution, and adapted to every
iqubiT die 730,1:0,
stance and emotion—the whole bearing
of the skill of the designer, and the pliability Tile 11°.'"
rials Mr. Potts has ressed into his service.
t:9ll;iele
ment alluded to as "filial love honouring fain of the
has been designed at the request of the family the par,
dui
Mr. Churton, and is intended to be erecte
church of Whitchurch to his memory.

arms of Fame

)ends over him