The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-06 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THERE were great rejoicings last week in North Wales
in honour of the coming of age of R. L. M. W. Bulkeley,
Esq., eldest son of Sir Richard Bulkeley, Bart., Baron-
hill, Anglesey. _ . _

dnEsiER CATTLE FAIR.—At the fair on Tuesday there
was a good show of milking stock, and a large quantity
of sheep and lambs. Pigs were numerous. Of fat beef
there was scarcely any in the fair. Calving beasts sold
from £l6 to £l7 each, and ewes and lambs about two
guineas the couple.
MILITIA.--Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant
of the county of Denbigh :—Royal Rifle Regiment of
Denbighshire Militia : Second Lieut. Robert Myddelton
to be First Lieut., vice Roberts, who retires, retaining his
rank ; and Second Lieut. Godfrey Fitzhugh to be First
Lieut., vice Ward, deceased. _ _ _

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 28th of May, 1851, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £2,549 9s. 3d. ;
steam-boats, £426 Bs. 9d.; total, £2,975 18s. Od.: goods,
£1,672 lls. 6d.: total, including Carnarvon traffic, per
rail, £4,222 Os. Bd. ; steam-boats, £426 Bs. 9d. Cor-
responding week last year, per rail, £3,652 7s. id. ; per
steam-boats, £359 ss. 4d. Increase, £636 17s. Od.
BIRKENHEAD COLLECTOR.—On Wednesday, a meeting
of the overseers of Birkenhead was held at their office,
Chester-street, for the purpose of recommending a proper
person as assessor and collector of government taxes for the
township. There were several candidates for the situation.
Mr. H..P. Priest was placed at the head of the list, and in
all probability he will be selected by the magistrates to fill
the office.

MIISICAD PROMENADE AT WOODSIDE.-The Woodside
ferry committee have granted the nse of their prome-
nade to an excellent German band, who will perform on
Thursday evenings, between the hours of six and nine, a
variety of marches, overtures, polkas, and other popular
music. Rules and regulations for the proper conduct of
the promenade will be strictly enforced, and there is no
doubt that the entertainments will be patronised by a
large portion of theynblic. -

hA.NERUPTCY.—On Wednesday, in the case of George
Pearson, grocer, Birkenhead, the certificate was suspended
for 18 months, protection generally being refused, and a
second class certificate then to be granted.—ln the case of
W. Jones, builder, Shaw-street, the commissioner sus-
pended the certificate for six months—the certificate to be
of the second class. _

gUDDE;I"bEATIIS.—On Thursday an inquest was held
before Mr. Churton, coroner, on the body of Ann Moseley,
aged 55 years, who died suddenly at her residence,
Brunswick Avenue, Birkenhead, on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was apparently well in health up to a few
minutes before her demise. A verdict of " Died from
natural causes" was returned.—An inquest was held, on
Tuesday last, at the Mersey Inn, Tranmere, on the body
of James M'Cormack, aged three years, who died suddenly
on Monday. The jury returned a verdict of " Natural
death."

EMIGRATION PROM BIRKENHEAD.—The following are
the particulars of the emigration from the Birkenhead
Docks durinc, the past month:—

... .
May 3 Araminta Sydney...29o adultsprincipally Irish
~ 13 Monsoon Mort'nß. 336 ditto.
„15 Columbia Sydney ...350 ditto.
„ 18 Stamboul Melbonrne3Bo Irish and Scotch.

,-, 26 B. of the Sea Geelong...4oo ditto ditto.
„ 28 China ..... .. Sydney ...214 Irish.
„ 31 Genghis Khan Mort'n B 406 Scotch and Irish.
June 1 Arabian Melbourne....22o Highlanders.

Total

GREAT WESTERN AND SIIREWSBI7RY RAILWAYS.—
The committee of the House of Commons have decided in
favour of the bill for the amalgamation of the Great
Western, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the
Shrewsbury and Chester Railways. They have so decided,
they state, such decision " being of a special character, and
of great importance to the public interest, inasmuch as
without such amalgamation it appears to the committee
that the smaller companies cannot effectually carry out the
traffic within their several districts, and that the result of
such amalgamation will be improved economy of manage-
ment, and greater facility of communication to the public
at large." The Chester Courant expresses a hope that
the shareholders will unanimously support this decision at
the meeting, pursuant to standing orders, which will have
to be held in that city on the 13th instant. The London
and North-Western Railway Company threaten to renew
their opposition in the House of Lords.
WALLASEY Loce.x, BoAD OF HEALTH.—The last
general monthly meeting of the old board was held on
Thursday. Mr. Penny in the chair. The time for the
completion of the survey of the parish was extended to the
Ist of July. It had been recommended that the members
of the board should form themselves into visiting com-
mittees, to inspect the sanitary condition of the districts
they represented. The surveyor's report set forth that in
Wallasey the practice of whitewashing was common. In
Seacombe directions had been given for whitewashing and
cleansing. A great scarcity of water prevailed. In Liscard
the greatest prevailing evil appeared to arise from sewage
matter being allowed to fall into ditches. A want of water
was also felt in the district. A memorial was read com-
plaining of the nuisance arising from brick-kilns. The
matter was referred to the law-clerk, with instructions to
take proceedings against the owners. Some conversation
ensued respecting the establishment of a scavenger force
in connexion with the parish, which was referred to a com-
mittee.

BIRKENHEAD LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCI-
ETY.-T 11,9 monthly meeting of this society was held on
Wednesday, at the Concert-room, Hamilton-street. The
chair was occupied by Dr. 3lacdougal. Mr. Hugh
Gawthrop read a paper on " The Literature of the Eliza-
bethan Era," there being, he considered, no other period
in the history of the world to which an Englishman re-
verted with greater pride, from the large number of first-
class poetical writers who then existed, whose works were
marked by originality of conception, and simplicity of
language. After referring to the mighty genius of Shaks-
peare' he gave short biographical sketches of Spenser,
Gascoyne, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir
John Harrington, Lilly, and others, besides quoting from
poetical productions, and pointing out the beauties which
marked the works of these eminent poets. The chairman
announced that the society would not meet again until
September, in which month they would hold two meet-
ings. He expressed the thanks of the society to those
gentlemen who had kindly favoured them with their
lectures, and observed that the object of the committee
had been to meet the wants of the town of Birkenhead
and the wishes of the members of the society. Their
means had been limited, but he hoped the time was not
far distant when a regular periodical would be commenced,
and published with spirit, in which their proceedings
would be recorded. After urging upon the audience the
necessity of endeavouring to increase the members of the
society, and thereby to augment its funds, the chairman
enumerated the various scientific and other lectures which
had been delivered, showing that the society had gone over
a vast field, not only of literature, but of science, and all
the subjects had been brought before them in a philo-
sophical and pleasing form. o
He thought no fault could
be found with the general management of the committee
in their attempts to gratify and instruct. He called
attention to the desirability of selling the books of the
society, and with the proceeds to purchase apparatus, for
it was their intention to secure lectures of a highly interest-
ing character, combined with experiments, so as to render
them perfectly intelligible to every one. At their next
meeting they would take the subject into consideration.--
The session then terminated.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1854.

THE EARL OF CHESTER'S regiment of yeomanryos3l4
terminated their annual period of training on Toes
last, at Chester.
NARROW ESCAPE.—During the recent festivities 3t
Llanelidan, near Ruthin, the largest bell fell with its franc
from the belfry into the churchyard, which was croly
with children, but no one was hurt. hp
AN UNFEELING SON.—John Norman, stated to
contractor, was summoned on Thursday, before the Itlas7;
trates of Birkenhead, by the overseers of Great Nestori,,'!,
the payment of £1 Bs. and Os. costs, the amount bO!,
incurred by the parish in support of his father and moth'
An order had been made on the defendant, some time ag,
for the payment of 4s. a week towards the maintenance
his aged parents, and he was in arrears seven weeks. n
defendant maintained that he would not pay, and aePe'r
01J
to think that he had no right to do so. The bench
the defendant stood committed for a term not exceed'
twelve months until the claim was paid.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS' BONDS.—On A. 1011.7,
last week, a sale of Birkenhead Commissioners' Bonds taa
a sum of £3,300, with arrears of interest, which made t;
gross total amount to a sum of £4,290, or thereabout
was announced to take place at the Clarendon-rooms
Messrs. Walker and Ackerley, who were instructed to
by the assignees of William Green, auctioneer,
Birkenhead, a bankrupt. The first bid offered was £l2"'iii
which was gradually increased to £1,750, when the reset`
„
price was stated to be L 2,500 ; and no advance havv
been made upon that sum, the sale was adjourned. ',e
THE CANADA Wonxs.—So quietly, yet so rapidly, ht
the shores of Wallasey Pool been dotted lately with
dustrial establishments, that many of our readers a.
doubtless unaware that within the last twelve won'
Messrs. Brassey, Peto and Co. have erected huge building
there, in which five hundred men are daily employed
making locomotive engines, railway carriages, and otb,„et
articles required for the Grand Trunk Railway in Catis.u:;
In these works, called the Canada Works, forty locomen
engines can be turned out each year, the first construe,
there being the Elgin, which made a short but satisfactor4
" trial trip," on Monday, previous to its shipment for tt,
Canada Grand Trunk Railway, which was satisfactoll..i
all respects. The engine in question, which was the
locomotive made at Birkenhead, was named the PI
Elgin, the second is to be called the Lord Elgin, and 1)0,,,
of them are to be dispatched by the steam-ship Ottols:;
The engine tried on Monday has a cylinder 15 inches le.
diameter and 20 inches stroke. It is a coupled ens'
with driving and trailing wheels. The wheels are 0
in diameter, and the leading wheels 3 feet 6 inches t 4
diameter. The engine is tubular, having 178 tubes, esc,,
18-inch in diameter, which is equal to 872 feet of heutilli;
surface. In the fire-box the heating surface is equal to uE
superficial feet,• making a total of 950 superficial feet ;,
heating surface. The American principle of a " span
catcher," has been adopted, as the steam will be genersfrj
by wood fires, which throw sparks up the chimneys, let
which require to be intercepted so as not to damage or
fire to the forests through which the engiubs travel. fo,s
engine is a passenger engine, and it will be able to take.',
or 23 carriages at the rate of 40 miles an hour. The P..,rg
cipals of the establishment celebrated the event by e.dw—
together in the evening, at the Woodside Hotel.

FATAL THUNDERSTORMS.

WITHIN the last ten days severe thunderstorms
visited various parts of England, Ireland and Sentirol
unfortunately in several instances attended with t
results.
abo
ENGLAND.—On the afternoon of the 27th ult., 01 is.
and its neighbourhood was visited by a severe and alarsj
ing thunderstorm. About half way between Oldliala
Rochdale the electric fluid struck a cottage. It 10•5s„.1f
down the chimney, struck a female who was sitting:'''
the fire, and stunned her. On Sunday evening an an,:
ing storm, though of short duration, passed over I[3';'„;,l
There is a footroad leading to the iorley New Ileau,r,o'
when the storm came on two men and a woinan,,`,o;"
shelter from the rain under some trees which overm- e
the footpath, and were all more or less injured 11
as e%
lightning. On Monday a severe thunderstorm w
perienced in North Derbyshire, proving fatal to )1,,
gentleman. Mr. George Oldham, surgeon, of Alfre:o?
had started off to his farm at Morton, and on his ssi:aj
picked up a boy who was returning from school. 11,8 gel;
arrived a short distance from Morton when he was sr 1,0
dead in the gig ; the boy was unhurt. The deceased tilt'
day a wife and eleven children. On the preceding tilt'
day afternoon a violent storm of thunder and ligoG
ning passed over Bakewell. Five men, empleYeumvo
the Duke of Devonshire's farm, at Crackendale, had of
refuge from the storm in an open shed near their 0360,0
labour, when one of them, named Samuel Grego* aiso
struck dead by the electric fluid; three others were 00
struck down, but escaped death. At WolverharuPtt,ble
Wednesday week, the electric fluid struck two Val'
horses under a tree. and killed them instantaneously 3c.
. IRELAND.—On Tuesday, a violent thunderstollllo,
companied by torrents of rain and hail, burst over Placer
and resulted in a fatal accident to a stocking n''",is
named White, who was struck dead in his own 11001:tbe
Mill-street, the electric fluid having entered the top e' by
gable. The sister of the deceased was standing close
v.
him at the time he was struck, and her escape was
,eubi
sidered miraculous. Life has also been sacrificed
lightning at Loughrea, Galway, a farm lad having :!`ct,
killed by the electric fluid on Sunday On Sunday W.,%
when the parish priest, the Be of
baptising a child in the Roman Catholic Chapel
pt
christ, county Galway, the eastern was strue"ty
gable r
lightning, and the electric fluid carried a portion ej,,
Rev Michael Burke, 4.
belfry into the body of the building, some heavrep:
falling upon the altar, and terrifying the assenll,l4ot:
gregation. A young lad, who was holding theZ
horse outside the eastern window, was killed on,,f"kk -
Last week there was a fall of black raisLat Fes'
the county of Kilkenny. (1 r,05 ter°
SCOTLAND.—Dumfries was visited by a the
last week. The peals were terrifically loud, and 110
poured for some time in torrents. At the telegrell'egroZ'
railway station, the electric fluid, acting on the ,tioei,i''
wires which communicate with the testing rthe i 5
exploded with a report like a gun-shot, destraYi"g,,,eltr-'
strument, a portion of the brass index plate being„L; en'
A workman employed by the telegraph company
tU the
gaged on the top of one of the poles, about a nine &wil%
station, repairing the wires, when he was thrown fea.
the action of the electric fluid on the wires, anu aere4
height of twelve feet to the ground. Ile was ren
insensible for nearly an hour.

OPENING OF THE CHELTENIL

EXHIBITION.

Pe
ON Thursday last, the great floral exhibition an':oci la
art display, which had been for a considerable Peri blic•
preparation at Cheltenham, was opened to the llosc•
The exhibition comprises three sections, the first OA
ing horticultural products of all kinds; the seconuAtii
eludes a display of all which is connected directly Id
horticultural art and science ; and the third is coinr'
of designs less or more associated with horticulture.
One feature of the exhibition is a museum, for uoet
the noble music-hall of the Royal Old Wells has heeunder
apart. There are fine fountains in the grounds„,„ the
the exclusive management of Mr. Freeman -u7 the
hydraulic engineer of the Strand, London, art, of
marquees are under the charge of Mr. R. Lus'
Liverpool. Of thisr
The building measures 400 feet in
fine arts' committee. This length•Asted fL,
space, about 80 feet at the upper end is spnroP''n of
a picture gallery, under the immediate directio
perhaps is its most Pool aIL
feature, and arround the walls are some reallY .neut
excellent pictures, painted by artists who are ouro'
their profession. That the picture gallery
of
t „
most attractive part of the exhibition, tonne' f sacie",
doubt. The museum contains a collection 0 ii.rh
bjlo
armour, stuffed birds, and other curiosities, for
committee are mainly indebted to the Cheltenhata
sophical and Literary Institution.cling
lea oic
A magnificent tent is.erected in the broad-vial,',_e
to the pump-room and exhibition, under which tn_t oceu,,
breakfast took place. That part of the building nee,l4lo,
pied as a picture gallery, contains counters for th.,,,7 srtu.
of different manufactures, wares, and merchancut'ok tDoef
altogether has a very pleasing appearance. 1S solueis
leading tradesmen of the town are exhibitors, hseso.,it
workmanship, and beauty in design
the articles are novel and unique, and exhibit rie'iot
We must lie.4tbis
to notice some fine specimens of modelling o,Brersl
also, some very fine ancient black oak carvingl,„. ficaLti, ion
also a good collection of horticultural and erg
implements. The porcelain department of the 4,ectres of
is very rich, and contains some costly and rare;srtic`
in Dresden china, Bohemian glass, and other
(Ire'
curious workmanship and vertu. estlier sing,
At the inauguration the beauty of the oibe Of the
hundreds to the grounds. Introductory tea_ptirsous,
a public breakfast took place under 3134°300 E. sillies
broad-walk. This was attended by ahUiltscliao "cooper'
including numbers of the aristocracy lar; ketion;
of the county. The breakfast was served :si satis'-„,serai
of Cheltenham, and appeared to give geog the g'wheit
This part of the business being dispose' ~reund'l',
public were admitted at two o'clock to the ,'ot of P.- ilev•
a procession formed, headed by the preside ,e, the the
W. N. Skillicorn, Esq., a county magistru`church,oroi
John Brown, M.A., incumbent of Trilliti,be ill3ufarni-
Rev. M. Boyd, who was to deliveisr
countyhlbitioll
address, and leading members of tu'the el,id the
lies. • The procession marched t° open' -WT. N.
Skillicorn, with' the Rev. M. Boyd' two ,•Aeat, johs
building, the doors of which were
building itself was soon crowded. if-`,,c"ci theßeP•
sePt'
Brown, stationed th 1 • cell‘r- the Itec' as
emse ves in t e „ben •
near to the fountain on a raised ,
Boyd delivered the inauguration its deo.
listened to with great attention, and wirisl-ry aPP'"snee,',
the rev. gentleman was frequently war
ai perfornlo,
Previous toe the address, there was a mir.i4e:osi Ant`4ooo-
- the address was followed by the I'Nuthe the
by an orchestra of 100 voices. After
erfornicu'
Anthem," which was most adinirably
~P sacc.ej
"Hallelujah Chorus" was sung in effectisvaegl'ai-n "foi
drew down a burst of applause.,, This Wa
Awake the hurl'' exio;
by "The Heavens are telling, "
of the set,
Rule Britannia." This cljed,,Vie ope
riln f curiositiessur
bition building, after which the rAsentr., and tse
works of art in the royal wells, _..„00n,.
of the atte“i•oed "
of the tra° 31.
room were opened. In the course
modern f the
of • o
the grounds, and performed a selection
ererooo
splendid band of the Coldstream Guards n isstriv
mental music. The above concluded the cue
Horticulture and
Crystal Palace for the Exhibition of
inauguration of what may now be termed t
0314/IY,
Fine Arts. ble co
The grounds were crowded with fashionable
and presented a pleasing and animated appeala j_'-;;01.1c,;
The building, when filled with company, co
ost stri"
the elegant dresses of the ladies, produced a In
effect. The novelty of the exhibition, however,,u,r,r`isgi
crowds to Cheltenham, the trains on each arrivaV",.teripr.
a large accession of company, and the queen of "
places assumed a busy, bustling aspect.
J.l3'
Dir• f the
DRUNK/EDS.—In an oration at Exeter IL , o _
Gough, the American temperance orator, in suvpol_lotterr,
London Temperance League, to show how liar9',„/) pc
it was to save a drunkard, stated that out Unit;'gtateS3
sons who had signed the pledge in tbc,
450,000 had broken it, Chelteoilo;

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