The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-03 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

b. °YAL ANGLESEY LIGHT INFANTRY MILITIA.—
Vhard Trygarn Griffith, to be Captain ; Ensign Henry
‘obert Poole, to be Lieutenant ; Stephen Roose, gcntle-
%op to be Ensign.
THE FRIENDS OF WILLIAM LUPTON, ESQ., a few
he
th lungs ago, entertained that gentleman at dinner in
ee Trafalgar Hotel (Mr. Delziel's), Egremont, and pre-
anted him with an elegant silver cup and salver.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
EReekke ended April 24, 1853 :—Railway : Passengers, parcels,
?ls. 6d.; goods, £1,009 Ils. Ild. Steamboats :
Pa 17s. od. Total, £3,507 10s. sd. Increase as corn-
red with the corresponding week last year, £699 17s. sd.
3 EGREmoNT.—On Wednesday, an interesting and in-
c„4„erltial meeting took place in behalf of the Church
01garY Society ; the Rev. Edward Roberts, of Seacombe,
lee'ided. The deputation from the Parent Society were
the"lPanied by the Rev. Henry Carpenter, of St.
Liverpool.
0.-ENHEA.D CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE.—On
Friday,i.. the Rev. Dr. Hume delivered an able and highly -
iteresting
lecture on " Self-improvement, and what
500k53 they ought to read," before the members of this
lodation, at their room, in Brook-street. The lecture
„
°"ye general satisfaction.
„Sr JOHN'SFREE-SCHOOLS, BIRKENHEAD .—Two
will be preached on Sunday next in St. John's
seburo,h, Grange-lane. Birkenhead, in aid of the Free-
. "(IQt Is
connected with the church. This appeal for sup-
por
tp„ 3 the more urgent, as there is a debt due to the
?Wirer, a
for nd
its the
supp o school is dependent on voluntary con-
Ltibutions rt.
CHESHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—The lieutenant-
°°el, Lord De Tabley, has signified to the regiment
that he has received her Majesty's approval of the regi-
ient under hint duty. on themand assem2dbliJungne. at Che
The stre er forment
six
2173 permanegi
ill be inspected on Wednesday, June Bth. The colonel
'as also signified his intention to give several prizes to be
~e°atended for during the six days' permanent duty at
Chester.

CURIOUS INSCRIPTION.—The following curious in-
scription was found, a few days ago, upon a stone at the
foot of an effigy erected in the reign and to the memory of
queen Inn, during
.the repairs of the old Exchange at
Chester : x c
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SCENE IN A WESLEYAN CHAPEL.—On the evening
11 a recent Sunday, as the inhabitants of Ystradganlais,
outh Wales, were crowding to chapel to hear a some-
',hat famous itinerant preacher, a huge dog made his way
Into the building, bolted up the pulpit stairs, and took
:°3aession of the place assigned to the pastor. The un-
tit2ecng itinerant walked u to the in a short
elpe, b .tiu t, assailed with fiercep pulpit
growls and a row of teeth
st" an alligator's, he was glad to get to the bottom of the
ternal A second ventured, but only elicited some addi-
growls. A third sage, thinking discretion the bet-
part of valour, next ascended to make an amicable
7tlement with Tyke; he did not dispute the dog's right
Nizzated
vpossession, but endeavoured to charm him from his
Position with a piece of candle. At this Tyke
illsgrnore furious than ever, deeming the candle an
reading and at length the pastor took his place in the small
tern desk, in which he preached—Tyke all the while
graPing perched aloft listening to the discourse with a
_Ye,nd decorum worthy of a class-leader. The scene
easily imagined than described."