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

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CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended July 17, 1853:—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
&e., £3,372 Bs. 7d. ; goods, £1,16415. 5d.; Steam-boats:
709 15s. Ild. Total, £5,246 ss. 11d. Increase as com-

pared withtheco;responding week last year, £1366 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
tionday 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.

CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—The Rev. R. Smith, M.A.,
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
master of the King's school ; the vacancies were both
occasioned by the preferment of the Rev. R. W. Gleadowe,
M.A., to the vicarage of Neston.
THE MAYOR OF CHESTER.—Serious apprehensions are
felt by his medical attendants respecting the result of the
illness under which our worthy chief magistrate, Henry
Brown, Esq., is suffering. The sympathy of his fellow-
Citizens is deeply excited by the knowledge of the mayor's
precarious state, and the apprehension that the community
will be deprived' of his valuable services, is painfully felt
by all classes of the community.—Chester Chronicle.

AT
S A MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT REFORM
137,,1zTY in Bangor, held the other evening, the Rev. Dr.
:1' n, .er, of Christ Church, Birkenhead, who attended as
tte-rsa:tita
tition, gave an account of the society's objects and
in large towns. He said it is the intention of
Weis."_clety to send missionaries to Wales, to make the
min'°" acquainted with the nature of Popery, and to re-
d them of the danger of being beguiled by its
enaissaries.
500 OF rive THOUSAND MlNERS.—Upwards of
w miners and colliers, employed at the great iron
0? 11 of Dowlais, struck work on Friday, for an advance
farm ”' Per cent on their wages. The men, with their
rne!, are walkin Itobout in procession, and much ex-
ef:tient prevails. is said that their demand will not
In the
with, and that the great blast-furnaces will
tee course of 24 hours be blown out. The authorities
;re .ea,, „
ef --"Pung the
01 the peacenecessary steps to secure the preser-
-nen
knsre.EsslNG CASE OF SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest
the held yesterday week, before John Hostage, Esq., on
livedof
, Mrs. Acton, aged 31 years. The deceased
e in Queen-street. Chester, and attendfd church with
r husband on Sunday. At half-past six on Monday
~,,,°T,ning he left her in bed with an infant, apparently quite
bed Soon after servant heard the child fall out of
he_ and begin to cry, and on going up stairs she found
hadr mistress dead in bed. It was stated that the deceased
chiideeen subject to palpitation of the heart from her
deed s , and the medical testimony proved that she had
trom disease of the heart. Vco
erdict acrdingly.
Nv
esianused iraLsTl SURGEON.—Considerable amusement was
the Cardiff Court-house, on Tuesday, by the
whgoltar Innearance presented by a surgeon named Price,
was fi.rilfilatraigned on a charge of perjury, of which he
was as-41 r3uitted. He conducted his own defence, and
green, 'are(' .
an 4 ,n a round jacket and trousers of Lincoln
scarlet 41:14 scarlet waistcoat. His jacket was lined with
with scarlet • . 1 collar
and cuffs were vandyked and faced
Pending he
, wore long hair, and a white beard de-
costurna to the waist. He represents this as being the
pious " "tia in the royal court of Glamorgan when, pre-
Under the conquest of the county by the Normans
Robert Fitzhamon, this place was the seat of an
independent sovereignty.
CONN-v.
Who AY CASTLE.—Perhaps you can convince those
„ 0 have the preservation and care of this noble old relic
1` pr ages—the Castle of Conway—" that a stitch in
'line saves nine." The castle and walls round the town
are mouldering fast, not so much by the hand of time as
by the want of care and attention, very little of which
Would go a long way, and at very little expense, too
All the small breaches should be
made 1
good, and the. foundations underpinned where stones
have been allowed
to be taken away for various purposes. Those who hold
gardens inside and outside thesills of the town should
be obliged to keep the foundations in
repair,Lievsetreatt
eo f
being permitted to take stones from thenawhe
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
of the foundations. The railway engineer has built a
forge against the wall, where it is in a most dilapidated
state, 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
is a certain sum of money allowed for the purpose of
repair : query, is it expended ? as it does not show, and
is much wanting to preserve to the tourist the remains of
One of our finest specimens of castellated architecture.—
correspondent of The Builder.
_ FUNERAL OF THE LATE HENRY WINCIL ESA.—Onyriday the remains of the above respected gentleman were
interred at Seacombe. The funeral took place about
All places of business were closed, and the most
solemna marks of respect paid to the memory of the de-
sed. The funeral was intended to be strictly private ;
tut so many persons of influence and respectability at-
tended, that it partook of a public character. The place
of interment was St. John's Church, Liscard. The
funeral cortege consisted of a hearse, drawn by four
horses' and three mourning coaches. The late Mr.
Winch was one of the justices of the peace for the Hun-
dred of Wirrall ; and the following magistrates' carriages
joined the procession as a token of respect :—Sir Edward
Cult's. Mr. Harold Littledale's, Mr. G. H. Lawrence's
Mr. W. Rowson's, and Mr. G. Helliday's. The chief
mourners were Messrs. J. G. Hollinsworth, J. Hollins-
worth, H. Hollinsworth, and H. Ray. In the procession
were the girls of the Female Orphan Asylum, and about
fifty members of the Oddfellosv's Society, the deceased
gentleman having been an honorary member of their
order. Messrs. Willby, Watham, Chamberlin, Horn,
Ash, and other gentlemen connected with the firm of
lessrs. Peek Brothers and Winch, of which the deceased
was the resident partner, besides a large body of domestic
servants, followed their late lamented master to the grave.
The sides of the road all along the route from Mr. Winch's
house to the church were lined with spectators, who mani-
fl
ested deep sorrow at the sad spectacle. About seventy
gentlemen, merchants of the highest standing, and of all
shades of opinion, assembled to aid in paying the last sad
'paces to one who was universally respected. The fol-
i4v,ing gentlemen were present :—Messrs. H. Littledale,
Ch'rY• A. Steams, D. Harrison, Smith Harrison, Wm.
allThres, (sen. and jun.,) W. Grundy, A. Bewley, T.
'atheson, Rev. J. Judge, Robt. Roberts, Mr. Commis-
Mlles Perry,
T. Sharland, W. Figg, A. Meadows, B. M.
Hardy " • Rowson, J. Shepherd, T. Carlisle, J. W.
La (judge of the Birkenhead County Court,) G..H.
wsiria-nh,ee. Rev. H. Haggitt, W. J.Millard, W. Nesbitt,
R. tiod-4nds. T. Blackburne, W. Crump, S. Sampson,
Sce.