The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-11 00:00:00

THE BIRKENHEAD TOWNSHIP SURVEYOR WANTED.
—ln consequence of the bad state of Atherton-street and
Claugh'on-road, Birkenhead, the water mains have been
damaged by heavy vehicles, and a non-supply of water, to
a considerable portion of•the township, for five days, has
been the result.
DEPUTY LIEUTENANTS. The following gentlemen
have been appointed deputy lieutenants for the county
Palatine of Chester :—William Davenport Davenport,
Esq., John Dixon, Esq.. Egerton Leigh, Es.,
Thomas William Tattoo, Esq., Lee Porcher Townshenqd
Esq., and Wm. Jackson, Esq., M.P.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended January 2, 1853 :—Railway : Passengers, par-
cels, ecc., £2,194 Os. 9d. ; Goods, £1,090 16s. 4d. ;
Steam-hoats : passengers, parcels, &c., £227 11s. 7d.—
Total, £3,517 Bs. Bd.—lncrease compared with the corre-
sponding week last year, £1,040 12s. Od.
THE WALLASEY IMPROVEMENT BILL.---The dispute
between the commissioners and ratepayers, relative to the
bill introduced by the former into parliament, Ins been
arranged. The Public Health Act will shortly be intro-
duced'into this parish; and we trust that the recent pro-
ceedings of the ratepayers will show to whoever may be in
authority, that the parish is alive to its own interests.
THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF WESTMINSTER
and the Ladies Grosvenor, who have been staying in Lon-
don during the holidays, on account of the recent mar-
riage of Lady Octavia Grosvenor with Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart, Bart., left Grosvenor House on Tueseay, for
Motcombe, near Shaftesbury. The hon. baronet and his
bride, on leaving the Duke of Somerset's, at Wimbledon
Park, are expected to proceed to Ardgowan Castle, N.B.
WRECK OFF HOLYHEAD.—A great number of oranges
have, during the week, drifted on the Holyhead shore.
Upwards of 100 cartloads have been collected, having
sustained little or no injury. It is feared they are a por-
tion of the cargo of a vessel supposed be from ,
and wrecked on the rocks off Rhosppcoleynto Point duriSngeville the
late gales. It is conjectured that all hands must have
perished, as not a vestige of the vessel has appeared.
REFRACTORY SEAMEN.—OD Thursday, 15 of the crew
of the American ship Princetown were brought before Mr.
Winch, magistrate, at Seacombe, charged with having
disobeyed orders by refusing to work. The men urged
that they were insufficiently fed, and that the provisions
were also bad. The magistrate remanded them until the
evening, in order that he might consult with the American
consul in the meantime ; after which time they were all
discharged.

WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting
was held on Thursday evening, Mr. Holland in the chair.
The proceedings of the different committees having been
confirmed, it was agreed, after some discussion, that a
list of persons in arrear of rates for 1851, should be pre-
pared for the next meeting, Mr. Penny alluded to certain
circumstances relatinz to Seacornbe ferry being advertised
to be let ; but as he did not wish to originate a discussion,
the matter dropped, and the board adjourned.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. —At the monthly
meeting, on Tuesday, Mr. Greene in the chair, on the
recommendation of the Finance Committee, Mr. John
Stewart was selected arbitrator on the part of Mr. Laird
with respect to the valuation of the Park land, and Mr.
J. A. Picton by the committee, the two parties, in a case
of non-agreement, to have the power of selecting an
umpire, whose decision should be final.—The proceedings
of the Ferry Committee showed that the receipts had been
as follows :—Dec., 1851, £1,401 ss. sd. ; for Dec., 1852,
£1,396 ss. 2d. From April 24th to Dec. 31st, in 1851,
£15,021 12s. 10d. ; in 1352, £15,237 Is. Bd. The total
expenditure for the latter period was £12,835 10s. 7d. It
also appeared from the minutes that the committee dis-
sented from the proposed railway bill about to be brought
before Parliament, connected with the Shrewsbury and
Chester line from Chester to Woodside Ferry.—ln reply
to Mr. Thompson, Mr. Rae stated that the outlay on the
new buildings at the ferry had exceeded the estimated cost
by £2OO.

DARING OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY AT BROMBOROUGH.
—Another of those daring robberies, accompanied with
intimidation, which have lately taken place in Cheshire,
was perpetrated on the evening of Monday last, at the
residence of Philip Quirk, Esq., at Brarnborough, near
Easthain. Mr. Quirk is a retired gentleman, living with
his wife and family at a house on the road between the
above-named village and Bromborough railway station,
which is rather lonely situated, there being no other house
within a distance of about a quarter of a mile. Between
seven and eight o'clock, as one of the male servants went
into the house with his milk cans, he was followed by two
men, who immediately seized him and secured him, and
also the other servants (all females), swearing that the
first person who gave any alarm they would blow their
brains out. The two men were dressed in slops, and had
black crape masks over their faces, one being armed with
a blunderbuss, and the other with a brace of pistols.
They also said that there were four others outside within
call, who would come to their assistance in an instant if
any alarm was given. The villains then went into the
drawing-room, where Mr. Quirk was sitting reading, and
demanded his watch and all the plate and money in the
house, one of them presenting the blunderbuss at his
head, and threatening to blow his brains out if he dared
to refuse. They then cleared the sideboard of all the
plate on it. One of the men then went up stairs, whilst
the other stood guard at the bottom. On coming down
stairs the ruffians entered the drawing-room, and in the
presence of Mr. Quirk deliberately packed up their
plunder in the cloth which covered the table, and walked
away. Previous to leaving the house, they told the
inmates that any one who went out of doors within half
an hour, or followed them out, would be shot. A reward
of £5O has been offered for the apprehension of the vil-
lains. The property stolen is estimated at about £l5O.

THE PRINCE ARTHUR EMIGRANT SHIP.

THE strong desire to share in the riches of the Australian
gold fields is, with most persons, considerably damped by
the fears of the discomforts in the " middle paszage."
It is therefore of great importance that in fitting
out
emigrant ships the utmost care should be taken to provide
for the comfort of the passengers ; and intending emi-
grants will do well to regard this point before committing
themselves to a voyage of uncertain length and dangers
little known. Among the many vessels announced to
start for the gold fields, the Prince Arthur, named after
the youngest scion of the Royal stock, has a prominent
title to public favour. She was built at Quebec last year,
and since purchased by Mr. Wm. Sharp, of this town,
under whose inspection she has been entirely overhauled
and fitted for the Australian trade. She registers 1,146
tons, and may be classed about 2,000 tons burthen. She
has been put together with every regard to strength and
speed, and her ponderous timbers are well fastened with
iron knees and bracings. She is 173 feet long ;31 feet
beam ; depth of hold, 23 feet. She has very stout spars,
neatly rigged, and will carry about 4,000 yards of canvas,
under which she can make thirteen knots an hour, " fair
sailing." She has a poop deck and topgallant forecastle,
connected by a long deck-house, and over the whole a
clear promenade 160 ft. long. There is a passage on each
side 9f the main deck, with every protection for passen-
gers in heavy weather. The houses and quarter-deck are
aPpropriated for saloons, one of them the chief cabin, and
ahead of this the Prince's, Victoria, and Albert Saloons ;
the sides of which are panelled into state rooms with
sleeping berths, ventilated above and below. They are all
light and roomy apartments, neatly decorated, and having
a very cheerful appearance. There are spacious cooking
galleys for passengers, and under the forecastle there are
tsaheower-baths and other conveniences permanently at-
lied. The ,and decks are full nine feet high, and the
accommodation here is divided into three classes, the after
part forming the second cabin, 'midships the "inter.
mediate" a d the extreme forward, the third cabin. The
Prince Arthur is
.one of Messrs. J. S. de Wolf and Co.'s
Liverpool
Packets for which Mr. J. M. Walthew
is passenger-40°a
for about 450 p sse She has excellent accommodation
and the greater part of the
berths are alreadya enngrresd.
On Wednesday, a sefeschtiiTintany were entertained on
board this magnificent
need dejeuner, which, for
quantity, quality, and varletnot be surpassed. It
was supplied lveY
'.." Walk °b of
eCnlidaisplll..-7.%t:
Mr. Sharks
the owner, occupied the
Walthew the vice chair.
Gov
Gould, the usual loyal toasts, Mn, Gont.n, of the firm of
Gould, Davis, and Co., proposed the health of Mr. Sharp,
the owner, and success to the Prince Arthur. He us
that the Prince Arthur would be like the late Duke. He
never lost a battle. Might she never losee a voyage 1
and might her owner be as gratified.
_it%h
lri:ex Ploits as
the country was with the services of h
Duke of
Wellington.
Mr. SHARP trusted that the Prince Arthur would do all, for the good of her passengers, as well as her owner which Mr. Gould had anticipated. They
d
that she was tolerably well fitted up, and that
wou would nave
acvoemsfeoerri
and welfare of her passengers bad received much consi-
deration. As with everything in the present day, nothing
had been done for self. The owner's desire was to make
Passengers comfortable, and to benefit the country b
conveying away its surplus population. That was the
only object they had in going to such extravagance. _ Mr. WALTHENV said Mr. Sharp had already named
that he had a good ship ; but they all knew that a good
ship Was nothing without a good captain. lie had great
pleasure in proposing the health of Captain King. He
had a serious responsibility in taking charge of a ship like
that, for he had also to take charge of nearly 500 souls,
who would probably be on board before leaving the port.
From the probably
be
Captain King, they might hope
that he would fulfil that duty efficiently ; and, from what
he could judge of the intercourse which he had already
had with him, he felt Perfectly satisfied that he
wouldstudy the comfort and convenience of all the passengers.
They all knew that a great deal was done by civility; and, although he might have passenger
rnediately connected with him sin the cabin more im-
, yet he should pay the same
attention to the most inferior,--- the one who occupied
the between-decks, equally withto him who dined at his
own table. In drinking Captain King's health, he could
only hope,that ho would emulate the passages of previous