The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

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THE GENTRY RESIDENT AT WALLAS,._
new treble put to their peal of five bells.
THE REV. CANON EATON presided on Tuesday la
the sixteenth anniversary dinner of the Eastham Fr:
Society, at which 250 gentlemen were present.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
Week ended July 17, 1853:—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
£3,372 83. 7d. ; goods, £1,164 Is. 5d.; Steam-boats:
£709 15s. Ild. Total, £5,246 ss. 11d. Increase as corn-
Pared with the corresponding week last year, £666 13s. Id.
A NEW CHURCH, designed to supply the place of one
erected some time since by Lord Fielding, at Pantasa,
and afterwards alienated from the establishment on his
conversion to the church of Rome, was consecrated on
Uonday by the Bishop of St. Asaph.
THE CASE OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BIRKENHEAD
DOCK COMPANY V. LAIRD was decided, on Monday, in
the Rolls Court, in favour of the plaintiffs, who claimed
the right of jurisdiction over the wharf wall facing the
defendant's land on the south side of Wallasey Pool ; but
the court refused to give costs, as the acts of parliament
contradicted each other.

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CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—The Rev. R. Smith, M.A•t
curate of Dudleston (of which place the Very Rev. the
Dean is rector), is appointed a minor canon of Chester
cathedral, and the Rev. James Harris, 8.A., is appointed
roaster of the King's school ; the vacancies were both
occasioned by the preferment of the Rev. R. W. Gleadowe,
to the vicarage of Neston.
THE MAYOR OF CHESTER.—Serious apprehensions are
felt by his medical attendants respecting the result of the
ness under which our worthy chief magistrate, Henry
r""t Esq, is suffering. The sympathy of his citizens is is 'deeply excited by the knowledge of the mayor's
:Precarious state, and the apprehension that the community
11l be deprived of his valuable services, is painfully felt
all classes of the community.—Chester Chronicle.
tiet, MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT REFORM
tia-ILETY in Bangor, held the other evening, the Rev. Dr.
d—neY. of Christ Church, Birkenhead, who attended as
Nltheossocielsy
orieerPalititeaeti°P, gave an account of the society's objects and
in large towns. He said it is the intention of
send missionaries to Wales, to make the
Lai h acquainted with the nature of Popery,. and to re-
entatehiees.ra Of the danger of being beguiled by its
wSraree 000 -- OF FIVE THOUSAND MINERS.--Upwards of
miners and colliers, employed at the great iron
of if,s of Dowlais, struck work on Friday, for an advancer
feeaiit Per cent on their wages. The men, withthei
cite lee, are walking about in procession, and much ex-
be rn"t Prevails. It is said that their demand will notl
In ~atnelied with, and that the great blast-furnaces.w.il
are ado course of 24 hours be blown out. The authorities
vra%do,,„
it
the necessary steps to secure the preser-
n of the peace.
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waR ee•eSSING CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest
the- tle',d Yesterday week, before John Hostage, Esq., on
lived ?aY of
'itsband Mrs Acton, aged 31 years. The deceased
her Queen-sireet, Chester, and attended church with
rear lnin on Sunday. At half-past six on Monday
weag he left her in bed with an infant, apparently quite
bed, _ Soon after the servant heard the child fall out oct
her C.ad begin to cry, and on going up stairs she found
had bee'stre dead in bed. It was stated that the deceased
ehildn subject to palpitation of the heart from her
died cood, and the medical testimony proved that she had
'"ona disease of the heart. Verdict accordingly.
causedW
P-sil StraGeoel.—Considerable amusement was
- In the Cardiff Court-house, on Tuesday, by the
singular ap
Who wl Pearance presented by a surgeon named Price,
was final) arraigned on a charge of perjury, of which he
was attireYeaequitted. He conducted his own defence, and
sgcraerelne,taoF in a round jacket and trousers of. Lincoln.h
oral! scarlet waistcoat. His jacket was lined with
with " ; hie collar and cuffs were vandyked and faced
scarlet • h
pending
s?twhite beard de-
e wore long hair, and a w
costume waist. He represents this as being the
viaosorn 10 the royal court of Glamorgan when, pre-
under Ro the conquest of the county by the Normans
mdepondebriersoFveitrzehigannaty7, this place was the seat of an
haverwhaCASTLE.—Perhaps you can convince those
.the preservation and care of this noble old relic
‘lt,toltor ayesges—the Castle of Conway—" that a stitch in
Litee nine." The castle and walls round the town
,;7ouldering fast, not so much by the hand of time as
the want of care and attention, very little of which
Alli" go a long way, and at very little expense, too.
t the small breaches should be made good, and the
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atlons underpinned where stones have been allowed
to be taken away for various purposes. Those who hold
,gardens inside and outside the walls of the town should
be obliged to keep the foundations in repair, instead of
being permitted to take stones from them whenever they
want them. Manure-pits are made outside under the
walls, so that, in emptying them, a certain quantity of
earth is annually disappearing, causing an undermining
`:;)f the foundations. The railway engineer has built a
forge a
fiainst the wall, where it is in a most dilapidated
kate• blackening the wall with smoke by the way he has
contrived the chimney, and thereby showing much bad
taste. I have been told by several at Conway, that there
re a certain sum of money allowed for the purpose of
;444" query, is it expended ? as it does not show, and
1)41 uch wanting to preserve to the tourist the remains of
jicoe of our finest specimens of castellated architecture.—
°''resPondent of The Builder.
pYcIuNEFLAL OF THE LATE HENRY WINCH, ESQ.—OR
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day the remains of the above respected gentleman were
noon. d at Seacombe. The funeral took place about
Alt places of business were closed, and the most
p marks of respect paid to the memory of the de-
but The funeral was intended to be strictly private ;
tende°d many parsons of influence and respectability at-
-, • , that it partook of a public character. The place
1)111 Interment was St. John's Church, Liscard. The
toTierra cortege consisted of a hearse, drawn by four
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.ses, and three mourning coaches. The tete zerr.
j"inch was one of the justices of the peace for the Hun-
ed of Wirrall ; and the following magistrates' carriages
mined the procession as a token of respect :—Sir Edward
leellst_'ll, Mr. Harold Littledale's, Mr. G. H. Lawrence's
'lr. W. Rowson's, and Mr. G. Halliday's. The chief
Mourners were Messrs. J. G. Hollinsworth, J. Hollins-
worth, H. Hollinsworth, and H. Ra•
In the procession
Were the girls of the Female Orphan Asylum, and about
gentlMY members of the Otidfellow's Society, the deceased
eman having been an honorary member of their
Messrs. Willby, Watham, Chamberlin, Horn,
e
and other gentlemen connected with the firm of
e 4: w_ssra. Peek Brothers and Winch, of which the deceased
ithe resident partner, besides a large body of domestic
eevat?ts, followed their late lamented master to the grave.
hoossides of the road all along the route from Mr. Winch's
featel t_,o the church were lined with spectators, who mani-
teat' seeP sorrow at the sad spectacle. About seventy
sbea"nen, merchants of the highest standing, and of all
offices ..of °Pinion, assembled to aid in paying the last sad
lowii; "3 one who was universally respected. The fol-
k gentle naen were present :—Messrs. H. Littledale,
tlltiaiYe'r Bteains, D. Harrison, Smith Harrison, Wm.
(sen. and jun.,) W. Grundy, A. Bewley, y.
Riefler spt Rev. J. Judge, Rebt. Roberts, Mr. Commis-
,c,""Y, T. Sharland, W. Figg, A. Meadows,. B. M.
Vard `7 • Rowson, J. Shepherd, T. Carlisle, J. W.
44w4-111,e(ia„,dge of the Birkenhead County Court,) G. H.
Sim Itev. H. Haggitt, W. J. Millard, W. Nesbitt,
Rod-°ads. T. Blackburne, W. Crump, S. Sampson,
gs°nt Sec., &-