The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THE COMMITTEE OF THE SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY
announce the formation of a branch society at Birkenhead.
A !SERIES OF SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS will
shortly be commenced at Birkenhead, under the manage-
ment of Mr. W. B. Wreay.
THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE.---OR Friday evening,
Mr. R. R. Moore, one of the League lecturers, delivered
a Free-trade address to a numerous assembly of the inha-
bitantsof Birkenhead, in the Craven-roorns,Chester-street.

MENAI STRAITS NAVIGATION.—It is the intention of
Government to propose that a sum of £4,000 be voted in
the present year on account of the Menai Straits naviga-
tion.

HOLYWELL LEAD MINES.-^llO lead mines in the
neighbourhood of this town are, and have been, for some
time past in a flourishing state. An excellent vein has
recently been discovered at the top of Pen-y-bull, in the
works called the " True blue." The majority of the
shareholders are labouring men.

IRON STEAMERS FOR THE AFRICAN TRADE.-Mr.
Laird has now an iron screw vessel of about 400 tons
register in frame, at his building-yard, Birkenhead ; and
in a short time two others, of from 800 to 900 tons each,
will be laid down. These vessels are intended to carry
the mails by the new African route.

ROBBERY OF PLATE.—On Friday morning, between
one and four o'clock, the residence of W. Wardell, Esq.,
Abbotsfield, near Chester, was entered, and a quantity of
silver plate, consisting principally of the equipage used at
a dinner party given on Thursday evening, was stolen.
The value of the property stolen was from £l2O to £l3O.
BALL AT CHESTER.—A ball, to celebrate the marriage
of Lord Grosvenor with Lady Constance Gower, took
elate at the Albion Hotel, on Thursday evening. The
beauty and fashion of Chester, the officers of the garrison,
the mayor, and other distinguished citizens, were present.
Dancing commenced at eleven o'clock, and was kept up
to an early hour next morning with unabated vigour.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for tha
week ended the 25th April, 1852 :—Chester and Holy-
head Main Line: Passengers. £ll9O 16s. Id. ; parcels, H.
C. & D.. £BB lls. Bd. ; goods, cattle, &0., £579 33. Od. ;
mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £34 11s. 6d. ; parcels,
£2 Ys. sd. ; goods, cattle, &c., £ll7 108. Od.—Steam-
boats : Passengers, £l9B 2s. Bd. ; parcels, £2l 16s. Bd.
—Total, £2807 .13s. Od.

BIRKENHEAD Docx. Bmts.—The committee of selec-
tion have nominated a committee of Captain Boldero,
Chippenham, chairman ; Mr. Pole Carew, Cornwall ; Mr.
Bremridge, Barnstaple ; Mr. Roche, Cork county ; and
u. 4- L e
bills comprised in group FF : namely, Birkenhead Dock
Trustees and Birkenhead Dock Company, Birkenhead
Docks, and Birkenhead Dock Trustees ; the members for
South Cheshire being added. To meet this day (Tuesday),
at one o'clock.

REJOICINGS AT CHESTER AND IN WALES.--The cele-
bration of the nuptials of the worthy baronet of Wynn-
stay !Sir W. W. Wynn), as might have been expected,
has been general and most joyous throughout the princi-
pality, in all those places to which his princely possessions
extend, and where his character is known. The Cestrians
also, where he has many admirers, have hien enthusiastic
in their demonstrations of respect towards him ; though
much of their attention has been directed to the obser-
vance of a similar event which has occurred with their
more immediate friend and patron, the Earl of Grosvenor.