The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-20 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

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THE MElvax STRAITS.—In the Court of Queen's Beech'
on Monday, application was made for a rule to obtaio
new trial in the case of Mr. Russell, who had been aci
quitted, at the last Carnarvonshire assizes, of a charge
having created %nuisance in the Menai Straits by ereZ
ing a stone wall for the protection of oyster beds. 1'
judges ordered the rule to be discharged.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for,
the week ending 11th of June, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £3,301 163. ild.;
steam-boats, £563 2s. 2d.; total, £3,864 19s. ld. ; goods;
£1,517 2s. 6d. ; total (including Carnarvon traffic), Per
rail, £4,818 19s. sd. Corresponding week last year, Per
railway, 3,953 13s. 4d. ; steam-boats, £406 is.
Increase, 1,022 6s. 6d.
NEW WORKS AT RIRIKEN/IRAD..--Mr. Hornblover,
architect, is now preparing plans of the new works toll
built by Messrs. Fawcett, Prest.n & Co., engineers, 3'
Birkenhead. These works, which are intended solely for
the boiler-making department, will extend over two acre'
of land adjoining the Canada works, on the margin of thet
Great Float, and are expected to be completed in Aug
next. They will give employment to about 500 or °"
men.
ANTIQUITIES.—On Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Hume deli'
vered a lecture at the recently-erected national schools
Limekiln-lane, Tranmere, on the subject of " The Earl,
History and Antiquities of the Northern Part of Wirral',
which he illustrated with many coins and other Saxon an'
Roman relics found in the neighbourhood. The lect"
was for the benefit of the schools, and, as there %Os 5
large and respectable audience, the proceeds would 11°
doubt greatly assist in liquidating the debt incurred IV
their erection.

A DEVOTED LOVEE.—On Tuesday, as the ship WeLl'
fell, for China, was leaving the Birkenhead Dock, a Pi"
from Liverpool, threw herself into the river. Her clothes
supported her for a short time, and prompt assistaneet
being afforded, she was rescued. It was ascertained tho
she had formed an attachment with the cook of the shiPt
and, in consequence of his departure, she sought to
self
destruction. tinguish the flame of love by the desperate remedy of sel
destruction.
LAW OF PARTNERSHIP:—The report of the comet"
sioners on the Law of Partnership has been publisheu'
and shows that the statement regarding the divisie°
among them was correct, the document being signed 1),!,
only five of the eight members of which their body rl7l
composed. Mr. Kirkman Hodgson, Mr. Bramwell, an
Mr. Anderson, the dissentient membersy will, it is under
stood, make separate reports. The one now issued I/9
the majority, although not remarkably concise, contain
nothing but a simple expression of opinion, and is advelle
to any coherent alteration of the existing system.
IMPROVED* CONDITION OF BIREENIIEAD.—SO great
the demand for house property, that, in many cases) 11,—
vanced rents have been given, and premiums offered 1":
tenants to leave their dwellings. Within the last tsc,(ll
months nearly 400 houses and cottages have been let, al
within the last six months 1200, which were empty, inest,
of them for nearly three years. This change for the be
ter- may principally be attributed to the great ninollr
interested in the Canada Works and other manufactori t
on the brink of the Great Float, together with the gre3
number now employed in preparing the new shipbuilding
yards for Messrs.. Laird, Messrs. Clover and Co.,
Messrs. Clayton and Co., at the south end of the town,
and which in a few months will be in full work.

ASSAULT ON BOARD A FERRY BOAT.—At the Walla:
sey petty sessions, on Wednesday, before J. C. Ewa'',
Esq., and D. Neilson, Esq., Captain R. Reid, of QueeT•
street, Liverpool,. and residing at Seacombe, was fined £'
and costs for assaulting the engineer, and threatening the
captain of the Seacombe Ferry steamer Elizabeth, while on
her way from,Seacombe slip to the Landing-stage, about 10
o'clock on the previous Sunday night. The steamer Europa,'
just arrived from America, was lying in the riveri. an°
Captain Reid quarrelled with those in charge of the ferr3;
boat, because they directed her course a-head, instead
astern, ot the Europa.
EDUCATION or FARMERS' SONS.--Mr: Tollemself;
M. P. for South Cheshire, has lately opened new seb°f'
at Helmingham, in Suffolk, which have been erec_4lte'llog
gether with a schoolmaster's house, at a cost 0'7,110'
£1,200, for thelenefit of Helmingham and the sarr-hiate•
ing parishes in which that gentleman's estates are 5"1- for
The building consists of two schools, an upper schooh for
100 sons of farmers, yeomen, &c. • and a lower school,W •th
120 children of labourers, &c. They are furnished AIN'
maps, globes, drawings, library, and with all nee ter
school requisites,. and placed under the charge of a mss
from the training establishment at Highbury.
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THE LIVERPOOL AND CANADIAN SmEAIIIN.'"'--
Ottawa, Captain Atkins, which arrived on Sunday week,
left Portland on the 31st of May, thus making
lent run. In one day she made 296 knots, and. frequent/3
ran 14 to 15 knots an hour. The Canadian Steam Navi•
gation Company are already building two new steam screw
propeller boats of 1,800 tons each, and another of 2,500
tons, for the use of their line. Another boat of the
size (2,500) will be commenced at an early day-
company has a capital of X 600,000 sterling, or ago.-
3,000,000, dollars, and its shareholders are among the
wealthiest capitalists and manufacturers of England err
gaged in the Canadian and American. trade. One ye
from this time, and sooner if they can. be built in the
exc-
present press of work in this line, they will have afloatl
fleet of eight first-class steamers.. The merchants of
Portland, U.S., take the warmest interest in the succes
of the line, and are providing inducements to the coral*"
to let their packets call there all the year round.
BTRXENHEAD POLICE-COURT.-011 Thursday, J°l4
Rogers, a ship-carpenter, was fined 10s. and costs, L°
having assaulted and spat in the face of Morris Kelly,
"stranger," or non-unionist, in the same business.
the
man, named John Matthews, was. bound over to keeP
peace for having, while drunk, on Monday night, stre.ko
his father, knocked him down, and then broke nearly
was
whole of the furniture.—Mr. Samuel How, of Orton' 1A
summoned to answer a charge of assault preferred agalr.
him by a young man, a guard. belonging to one of tu4
Evans's omnibuses, plying between Woodside FerrY.t;j
Orton. The assault, which was. admitted, was commita, he
on the previous Friday. The complainant said tafaree,
was on the vehicle, and, being wishful to collect the t re-
he endeavoured to pass along the top. The defers nett
fused to allow him to pass, saying that he woontatuije hcaaiekci
the fares for him. Mr. llow then struck him
and shoulder with a cane. Mr. Case (the chairman) Ling
that passengers ought not to be annoyed by colleiessed,
fares on the top of omnibuses. The case was dism
upon the defendant paying the costs.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the first Mee
of the Birkenhead Commissioners for the current year, °I
Tuesday, Mr. Rae was unanimously elected chairman, w.
the board proceeded to the election of the several c 0470
mittees. After some little discussion with regard to 1„,..
number of members on the Road and Improvement .7,0
mittee, it was ultimately resolved that the conno;ritdi
should be constitubed as follows :—Lighting and. 'SOI
Committee : Messrs. Bradley, Hughes, Mills, Coolie :
borne, Keightley,. Bailiff; Willoughby, and Gab:'
Health and Market Committee : Messrs. Oillierts°'"
Whittingham, Gough, Henderson, Harrison, KeightleY
Hind, Aspinall, and Bradley. oad and Improvemen.a,
Committee : Messrs. Curry, Greene, Hughes,- Mills, Gini
ham, Watson, Hind, Henderson, Bradley, and Whitt'
ham. Finance-Committee : Messrs. Greene, Whittinghatnt4.
Willoughby, Furness, Henderson, CoVc, Calitaen
ley, :Watson, and Golborn, e.
iFerrzneommtraham,
Bradley, Greene, Wkit.% Furness, a
Harri-
son,Hind,
formal bminess, and the announcement of a special meet-
Watson, , and Curry.—After After some further
1,4
Pool..—The new works belonging to Priee...;
ing on the 21st instant, the board adjourned.
Patent Caudle Company, at Brombro', near Easthain,
_rogrosing rapidly towards completion, although seveeljii
months must yet elapse before the actual commencetowthe
of operations. Meantime, on the elevated ground
worsouth of the manufactory, 32 neat, cottages, for the
people and their families, have been erected, and °A. 3
occupied. These houses have been built in blocks re
o—ctro
and eaeh has an allotment of ground for a comforts
garden. The foundations for 16 more houses are n°,,
being excavated, and their erection will be iminediatekv
proceeded with by Mr. Allport, of Bootle, who is the e 01,1,:
tractor. These cottages. are very pleasantly situate, hallo
ing extensive views of the river, and of the picturesc,loo
scenery on both sides of the Mersey. Upon the comPletAio..
of the factory, the number of these cottages will be' stet
creased to 200, all of which will be supplied with to
and gas from the main works at the pool. It is stated
be the intention of this spirited company to erect alt ;:ro-5
her of villa residences on their land immediately fro;so
the Mersey, and also to form a beautiful promenade el
to the river, similar to the one at Rock Ferry.
A
SHREWSDURY AND CHESTER RAILwAy.--.,.. s ter,
meeting was held on Tuesday, at the Royal Hotel, Che
for the purpose of considering the Great Western,,,ne
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and
terAmalgamation Bill now before parliament. The sec '.eg.
read the bill, which contains between 50 and 60 cirs„,
The terms of amalgamation, as already known, area_Yr;
cent. on the capital paid up, and a division of surP._,YAO
fits after working expenses are paid. A provision is 1;,..
in the bill that Sir William Watkins Wynne, or hi. liho
minee, shall be one of the three directors to represent4oo
Shrewsbury and Chester Company at the Great Wet.,;,..
board. The following motion was submitted by the
man, seconded by Mr. Venables, and adopted unanini°%ir,
That the bill now proposed and read to the inee:
entitled an act to authorise the consolidation
dertaking of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and •ee,
mingham, and Shrewsbury and Cheater Railway Conapal_llbo
and the union into one of the three several conapinnet..2ii.
and the same is hereby approved, subject to Stich nl
Park
cations, additions, and alterations as may he made' `47
any
'lament and assented to by the directors of this eedn. 3/410
The proceedings terminated, wig} A Tote of thaulo
directiat into 01.1 113.7;,.

14PERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16.

~The WrrxrosEs' Bar, the object of which is to compel
le attendance of witnesses in civil suits from Scotland
alld Ireland, was read a second time.

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading of
„ Canadian Legislative Council Bill, the object of which
to repeal those clauses in the Union Act which prohibit
legislation by the Canadian Parliament on this subject,
pd to leave the colonial legislature entirely free to act as
ue9 may think fit with respect to the creation of a second
'oamber.
The Earl of DESART begged the postponement of the
°,eond reading until Lord Derby could be present at the
:,'l„scussion. For his own part, he doubted the necessity
" having an elective legislative council at all.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII thought we had gone so far in
eetcession to Canada that the question now was, whether
"e ought not to sever the connexion between that colony
14,11 d the mother country entirely, and thus get rid of a
ReePonsibility from which very little advantage was
'elived in time of peace, while great harm might arise
i'lotn. it in the event of war. He thought it incumbent on
„,1e government to ascertain the opinion of leading per-
,''''cages in the colony on this question with as little delay
"e Possible.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE expressed his astonishment
'Qat any one in Lord Ellenborough's position shd have
elDressed doctrines which were as unpalatable oul
to the
colonists as they were to their lordships' house. For his
°l°ll part, he would never belong to a government which
Ras a party to the separation of the colonies from the
t,other country, for he regarded such a step as hostile to
ethe best interests of the colonies, and as an offence against
the Sovereignty of the CROWN.
After some further discussion, the bill was read a second
"ale.
The High Treason (Ireland) Bill and the Vaccination
kCt Amendment Bill passed through committee.
The Excise Duties Bill was read a second time.
Their lordships adjourned shortly before eight o'clock.