The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

EXTRA CONSTABLES have been sworn in for the district
of the township of Claug,liton, especially for the winter
months. This precaution was considered necessary owing
to the numerous petty robberies in that neighbourhood.
SANITARY PRECAUTIONS.—In consequence of the pre-
valence of the cholera, Inspectors of Nuisances have been
appointed, who have already visited the locality of
Claughton.
Mr. W. THOMPSON, of Teetotal-cottage, Cottam, pos-
sesses a cow of the short-horn breed, which last week gave
birth to its eleventh calf, having been milked twice each
day during a period of ten years and two months.
NEW CHURCH.—On Wednesday the foundation stone
of a new church was laid at Saltney. The increasing
population of that district, owing mainly to the extensive
iron works of Messrs. Wood Brothers, has given rise to
the want of further church accommodation.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ended October 2, 1853 : Passengers,
parcels, &c., £3,345 10s. 6d. ; goods, £1,548 19s. Bd.
Steam-boats: £499 Bs. 10d. Total, £5,393195. Od. Increase
as compared with the corresponding week last year,
£1.311 11s. 4d.
BIRKENHEAD BIBLE SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
was held on Tuesday, in the Craven-rooms, Birkenhead.
The chair was occupied by the Rev. Mr. Knox. It ap-
peared from the report read by the secretary, that the
receipts had been double those of the preceding year. The
meeting was addressed by the Rev. Mr. Wall, Rev. Mr.
Edwards, Rev. Mark Cooper, and others, and a collection
made in aid of the funds of the society.
THE DOWLAIS AND CYFARTIEFA WORKS.—Twelve
furnaces are now in blast at Dowlais, and 800 colliers have
gone to work. These have turned out a supply of coal
equal to the present consumption. At Cyfarthfa no strike
has taken place, and all is in full activity. Some dissatis-
faction appears to exist between the colliers, who stated
that, owing to the high price of provisions, their pay was
inadequate to support them ; but matters have been ami-
cably arranged.
BIRKENHEAD FERRY RECEIPTS.—The receipts for the
past month were £0,083, against £17,060 in the cor-
responding month of last year. The receipts from the
25th of April last up to the present time were reported to
be £12,179, against £10,656 in the corresponding period
of last year. The total expenditure, including rental and
the price of the new boat (which has now been paid for),
from the 25th April to the 30th ultimo, was £lO,lBB.
OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT.—On Friday, before J. S. Jack-
son, Esq., George Martin, captain of the Swedish schooner
yacht Sverrige, was charged with drunkenness and assault,
in Mr. Roebuck's house, Christian-street, Birkenhead.
On Thursday, about midnight., the prisoner came in very
drunk. He soon quarrelled with one of the company,
and, in order to separate them, Mrs. Roebuck desired him
to go. Instead of doing so, he seized her by the hair, vio-
lently assaulting her. He then attempted to get over the
counter, three or four times, and, in doing so, broke
four bottles of spirits. Ultimately Mrs. Roebuck called
in the police, and he was locked up. He was fined 55., and
ordered to make good the damage, total £1 ls. 6d.
BURGLARY AT RODE HALL.—On Saturday night the
mansion at Rode Hall was broken into by some robbers,
in a most daring manner. An attempt seems to have
been made on the windows of the library, which were
both found open in the morning, but owing to the strength
of the shutters, the thieves ha failed in effecting, an en-
trance. Two of the dining-room windows were found
open, and the shutters shattered, and it was by one of
these that an entrance was effected. A quantity of blood
was found on the shutters of the library, where the
robbers apparently had hurt themselves on the splinters.
The attempt, though bold, has been attended with very
little success, as the thieves must have taken alarm soon
after they got into the house. A handsome massive tea
stand was carried away, the different portions of which
were found broken in the pleasure grounds : this, with a
few articles of trifling value, being the only things missed.
—Chester Courant.
WALLASEY LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH.—On Thursday
the monthly meeting was held at the Queen's Arms, Lis-
card. Mr. Penny in the chair. The law-clerk read the
opinions of Mr. Cowley and the General Board of Health
upon the question of the board taking and working a ferry
for the parish. Both agreed as to the right of the board
to do so, but doubt was expressed as to their power to levy
a district rate for the purpose. The matter was deferred.
Suggestions from Dr. Parr and others were received for
averting the cholera, which the board thankfully ac-
knowledged. The committee were actively engaged
in taking precautionary measures against cholera, by
the removal of every nuisance that tended to attract the
disease. Permission was given to the Wallasey Gas Com-
pany to lay mains in the high roads under the supervision
of the surveyor, the company agreeing to supply the board
with gas for the public lamps at the maximum rate of
6s. Bd. per thousand feet.
CONSOLIDATION OF BIRKENHEAD ACTS.—At the com-
missioners' meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Greene, the chair-
man, submitted a proposal that all the existing acts
relating to Birkenhead be consolidated ; that the present
bonded debt and interest be capitalized ; and an interest
be paid on such capitalized debt at the rate of 32 per cent.
To do this, he said, it was necessary that the ferry should
be completely paid for, that all the landed property be-
longing to the commissioners should be sold, and that in
case the township rates and profit of the ferry were not
sufficient to make 32 per cent., it should be made up by a
guarantee rate, not to exceed a shilling in the pound. It
was time they took into consideration the financial state
of the township. They owed £60,000 arrears of interest
on the bonds, and were adding every year £6,000. The
consideration of the question was postponed.

THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS had a warm dis-
cussion, on Tuesday, upon the recommendation of the
sub-committee, that the office of secretary should be
abolished, and that the law-clerk in future perform the
duties, with an additional salary of £200; all law charges
to be paid for as an extra matter, on the footing of lawyer
and client. Further arrangements were recommended,
by which it was stated the following saving would be
affected: in the Town-hall establishment, £450; trea-
surer's, £175 ; and surveyor's, £233,—making a total of
£B5B. From this, Mr. Waln's charges under the new
arrangement would have to be deducted. Mr. Waln and
Mr. Wartnaby having both appealed against the proposed
changes, Mr. Holme moved that the report be referred
back. He thought £5OO was little enough for Mr. Waln,
and £l5O for the secretary. Mr. Mills seconded the
amendment. Mr. Henderson moved a second amendment,
that the treasurer be offered a reduced salary of £2OO a
year. Mr. Gough moved a third amendment, seconded
by Mr. Storey, that the law-clerk be retained at his pre-
sent salary of £5OO a year, and that he perform the duties
of secretary. Mr. Curry declared that, of all financial
schemes ever brought before a public body, this report
was the most mutilated and disagreeable. He moved
that the law-clerk continue in his present duties at his
present salary, and that the salary of Mr. Wartnaby be
reduced from £l5O to £lOO. Mr. Bradley seconded the
motion. After some further debate, the Board divided
upon the respective amendments, when the propositions
of Mr. Gough and Mr. Henderson were severally carried
and the other portion of the recommendations of the sub-
committee were agreed to, without discussion.
ATTEMPT AT CHILD MURDER.-At the Birkenhead
Police-court, the case of a lady of respectability, who was
charged with having cut her child's throat, was brought
up on Saturday. Wishing to avoid doing anything that
may be painful to the feelings of her friends, we abstain
from mentioning names. She is a married lady, of pre-
possessing appearance, about four-and-twenty years of age.
The evidence adduced in support of this very painful case
was as follows :—About half-past six on Friday morning,
she was lying in bed with her husband and her infant,
about five months old, when she got out of bed and imme-
diately returned. She then sat up in her bed, and, with
an open razor, deliberately cut the little innocent's throat ;
she then proceeded from her bed-room to that of the per-
son in whose house she lodged, rapped at the door, and,
upon his coming out, she handed him her child, which he
perceived had received a severe cut in the throat : it was
bleeding very much. He thereupon sent for a surgeon,
and upon being asked to describe how she appeared when
she brought the child to him, he replied that she ap-
peared to be like a person who had the horrors, and was
comptetely out of her senses ; then he afterwards went
into her bedroom, and found her husband there, who had
got out of bed, and, upon speaking to him, he appeared
perfectly bewildered, as if a man beside himself; not
knowing what to do. The surgeon proved that two gashes
had been inflicted on the infant's throat with some sharp
instrument ' • that he had dressed the wounds, and he be-
lieved, with proper care, that the child would live. And
in addition, he said, that she had, on a previous occasion,
attempted to take the life of the child by administering
laudanum, which he had extracted and saved its life ; and
that she had also, on a previous occasion, inflicted serious
injury upon her own throat. Upon his being asked
what he supposed to be the cause, he stated, that he had
been the attendant upon her family for some years, and
that God only knew what trouble she had gone through.
She is of highly respectable connexions, and her husband
formerly belonged to a very respectable firm in Liverpool,
but from his dissipated habits and other faults, he had
brought her to a very low state, so as to induce her
friends to believe that she is not now in a sound state of
mind. The case was ultimately remanded until Monday,
for the attendance of the surgeon who had been first called
to see the child. She appeared to feel keenly her situa-
tion, and excited the sympathy of the whole court. Her
husband was present during the investigation, but ap-
peared somewhat cooler in the matter.