The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

field-rovi, Haydock, and two of her chili
burn*

n were severe
eaves of oats in Mr. P. Ford's fiel

Parr Hall, took fire and were burnt to cinders. The new
gas works' chimney of Messrs. Bromilow, Brother, and

ern, at Blacklirook Colliery, is split ; also two large
engine chimnies belonging to Messrs. Bournes and Robin-
son, of the Broadoak Colliery, are damaged ; one of them
was nearly levelled once befs)re by a similar stroke; and
the side of the engine-house was also completely brought
to the ground. Horses on the road were dreadfully
frightened, some_running away, others remaining Ued to

the spot. Cattle in the fields ran to and fro terror-
stricken, and we have heard that several have run dry
The rain filled the brooks, and all the corn in the
hood is laid and likely to sprout.

AND W

CHESHIRE

ALES.

Mr. C. P. RONEY has retired from the traffic manage-
ment of the Chester and Holyhead Railway.

FATHER GAVAZZI AT HOLYWELL.—On Tuesday last
Father Gavazzi delivered a lecture at Winifre l's Hall,
Holywell, to a very numerous and respectable audience.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
THE COUNTY OF CARMARTHEN.—AIan James Gulston.
Esq., and John Lloyd Davies, Esq., to be deputy-
lieutenants.

TUE BIRKENHEAD Docx COMPANY hold their half-
yearly meeting on the 25th instant. After the usual

business has been gone through the meeting will be made
special, and the bill of the Birkenhead Dock Trustees will
then be under discussion.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY.THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
THE COUNTY OF FLINT.—Sir John Hanmer, Bart., Sir
Wm. Henry Clerke, Bart., Philip Davies Cooke, Esq.,
Edward Morgan, Esq.., Edmund Peel, Esq., and Charles
Butler Clough, Esq., to be deputy-lieutenants.
THE MILITIA.—There was a meeting of the Deputy
Lieutenants of Cheshire at Crewe on Tuesday. to consult
with the Lord Lieutenant of the County, as to the best
means of giving effect to the provisions of the new Act for
enrolling an effective militia force.— Chester Courant.
NEW STEAMER FOR WOODSIDE FERRY.—The Cleve-
land, steam-boat, which plied on the Monks' Ferry station,
having been condemned, the Nun is to be substituted and
a new boat-built to ply between Woodside and the Land-
ing-stage. Mr. John Laird is to execute the work, and
the boat is to be double bowed.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ending Aug,l, 1852.—Railway : Passengers, par-

eels, &c., £3,186 183.7 d. ; goods, £650 17s. 4d7—Stearn-
boats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £354 7s. lld.—Total,
£4,192 3s. 10d., being a decrease under the correspond-
ing week last year of £l3B 4s.
POPERY Iv CARNARVON.—We hear that a house has
been taken at Carnarvon as a branch from the Jesuit Col-

lege at Tremeirchion. The mission is composed of young
priests, who have acquired a knowledge of colloquial
Welsh, and who expect thereby to ingratiate themselves
with, and make converts trona amongst the lower orders.
—Eddowes's Journal.

THE HARVEST IN CHESHIRE.—Reaping is now general
in this neighbourhood and county, and is being carried on
generally under the most favourable circumstances. Some
heavy rain which fell in the beginning of the week has laid
the wheat in certain places, but not to any rerious extent.
It is, as yet, obviously premature to say anything about
the yield.—Chester Chronicle.

IN THE ROLLS' COURT, on Thursday, in the case of
Brassey v. Chalmers, a motion was made involving the
question whether a partition of certain lands in Birken-
head, which had been made under certain agreements,
was valid under the will by which the testator had devised
the lands in question to certain persons, in trust for pur-
poses named in the will. The Master of the Rolls took
time to consider his judgment.

EXCLUSIVE DEALING.—We have heard that one of the
leaders of the " Liberal" party in Chester has commenced
the system of " exclusive dealing" I:ere by closing his
accounts with respectable tradesmen who promised to vote
for Mr. Holme. If the Radicals are bent on this game,
they may find that the Conservatives can " better the
instruction"—though we should regret the imitation of
so bad an example.—Chester Courant.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—Oa Tuesday, an inquest was held
at North Birkenhead, before Henry Churton, Esq., on
the body of a boy, aged 13, named Charles Newman. On
the previous Saturday he was engaged at some railway wag-
gons, at the upper end of the docks, when he either fell or
was knocked down, and one wheel passed over his body.
He was carried home, and died from the injuries the fol-
lowing day.—Verdict, accidental death.
PRESENT TO THE QUEEN.—Mr. William Rogers, gar-
dener, of Oxton-hill, lately forwarded a basket of peas to
her Majesty. The present to the Queen has been acknow-
ledged as follows :—" Lieut.-Colonel Biddulph's compli.
ments to Mr. Rogers. He begs to acknowledge the arri-
val of the basket of peas forwarded by Mr. Rogers for her
Majesty's use, and is commanded by the Queen to thank
him for this mark of attention. Osborne, August 3, 1832."

VOCAL ADVERTISEMENT AT WREXHAM.—The inha-
bitants of this town were on Friday last week much
amused on hearing the town-crier give to the shop-
keepers and others public notice not to trust a female
named Barton for goods, under a penalty of not being
paid. The woman's husband, to give due weight to
the announcement, went around the town with the crier,
followed by some hundreds of urchins, who shouted to
their hearts' content, and appeared to enjoy the fun
exceedingly.

CHANGE RINGING.—On Sunday reek, the change-
ringers of St. Peter's Church. Liverpool, paid a visit to
the Parish Church of St. James's, Christleton, near
Chester, and rang on the eight bells a true and complete
peal of grandside triples, consisting of 5,010 changes, in
two hours and forty-two minutes, by the following per-
sons, viz., George Helsby, treble ; William Evans, jun.,
second ; Joseph Mears, of Christleton, third ; John
Grindrod, fourth ; Richard Cross, fifth ; Thomas Gay,
sixth ; John Burkinshaw, seventh ; Hugh Walmsley,
tenor. Conducted by T. Gay. Weight of tenor, 9 cwt.

LOVE AND ROBBERY.—On Tuesday, a young man
named William Poynton was committed for trial at the
Birkenhead Pollee-court, on the following charge. He
was employed as the letter-carrier for the New Ferry dis-
trict, and, in the pursuit of his daily avocation, became
acquainted with a servant girl in the establishment of Mr.
Okell, broker. On the night of Thursday week he re-
mained in company with the girl at the house all night—
Mr. and Mrs. Okell being from home—and, on the fol-
lowing morning, departed with a gold watch, two gold
rings, and other articles.

THE RIOTS AT STOCKPORT.—The magistrates have at
length concluded their lengthened investigation. Twenty
prisoners have been committed for trial, ten being English,
and ten Irish. The prosecution of the English prisoners
at the assizes will be conducted by Mr. Gibson, the Go-
vernment defraying the extra expenses. The Irish will be
prosecuted by Mr. Reddish, solicitor, of Stockport, the
expenses being borne by some of the persons whose pro-
perty the Irish were charged with destroying, and for
whom Mr. Reddish has appeared during the inquiry. A
committee has been formed for the purpose of raising
funds to meet the expenses of defending the English pri-
soners; and a " grand ball" was to be given in the Coro-
nation-gardens, Shaw-heath, close to the scene of the dis-
turbances at Edgeley, in furtherance of this project.
THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.--The usual
monthly meeting of this board was held on Tuesday even-
ing: Mr. Greene, chairman. The chief entry in the mi-
nutes of the road and improvement committee was a reso-
lution that each commissioner should have a ticket which
he might lend to a friend for fishing at the lakes in the
park. —Mr. Curry moved that fifty tickets for the purpose
should be sold for a guinea each ; but, after that and
another amendment had been put, the original resolution
was, by a large majority, confirrned.—A refreshment room
is about to be erected in the park.—From the proceedings
of the Ferries Committee, it appeared that a new boat
had been ordered of 70-horse power. The receipts of the
last month were stated to be £2,592 against £2,490 in the
corresponding month of last year.—Mr. Ravenscroft
wrote, resigning his seat as a member of the board. The
meeting then broke up.

WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The first monthly
meeting of the ne-y board was held on Thursday evening,
at the Queen's Arms Hotel, Liscard. Mr. Charles Hol-
land presided. The first subject for consideration was a
plan and estimates for the construction of the proposed
culvert across the north reserve at Seacombe, which, after
some conversation, were referred to the Improvement
Committee. Mr. Coulborn proposed that two additional
constables he appointed, one for Seacombe and the other
for New Brighton, and that it be referred to the Watch
Committee to make the appointments. An order sent
down by the hoard of health, respecting the application of
the Public Health Act to the district of Wallasey, was
referred to a special committee. On the proposition of
Mr. Poolev a resolution was passed to the effect " that it
be an instruceion to the Improvement Committee to as-
certain what power the commissioners possess to main-
tain good footroads in such public roads as are not yet
under the power of the commissioners, and that if the
commissioners have the power, such footroads be at once
put in good order." The meeting then broke up.

THE ELECTIONS

ORKNEY ELECTION.—CIOSC of the poll ;—lntdis, 194 ;
Dundas, 227 ; majority for Dundas, 33. The declaration
of the poll took place on Tuesday.

GOVERNALENT, it is stated, is sending barristers down
to various boroughs for the purpose of inquiring into the
practices at the recent elections.

SIR GEORGE GREY, Mr. Cornewall Lewis, and Arr.
Horsman, are talked of as Liber_d candidates for the seat
vacated at Peterborough by the death of the Hon. R.
Watson.

DEATH OF MR. GRANGER, M.P. FOR DURHAM CITY.
—lt is our melancholy duty to record the death of Mr.
Granger, the member for the city of Durham. The me-
lancholy event took place in York, on Thursday last. The
hon. member had been on the northern circuit at the
Durham assizes, and arrived in York on Saturday evening.
Mr. Granger was Recorder of Hull, Queen's Counsel, and
Bencher of the Inner Temple. This is now the third
vacancy by death in the new Parliament.