The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THE BIRKENHEAD COMNIISSIONERS have advanced
the wages of the police force one shilling p9r man. The
Police are of three classes. and the first trill nor; receive
21s. weekly, the second 195., and the third 17s.

WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meet-
ing, on Thursday evening, there was not a sufficient
number of members present to form a quorum, and no
business was transacted.

THE BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB have fixed
the 29th of June and 27th of August as match days for
their boats of the first class. Races for boats of the
!econd class will take place once a month. Several new
boats, on improved models, have been built.

•
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended May 1,1853:—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
84e. £2,179 Os. ld. ; goods, £1,164 Is. 9d. Steamboats :
X 316 14s. ld. Total, £3,659 15s. 11d. Increase as com-
Pared with the corresponding week last year, £778 3s. 6d.

WELSH WORKMEN.—The flannel weavers of Carmar-
then have struck for an advance of wages. At Swansea,
number of masons have also left off work ; and in Pem-
brokeshire the colliers have been standing out for higher
!ages. The journeymen tailors of Aherystwith have fol-
lowed the movement.
THE TABLE-TURNING MYSTERY.—At a social party
held in this city this week, a few young people determined
to try the " table-turning experiment " which has created
so much sensation on the Continent and in America.
The circumstances were not very favourable—the table
ar, as heavy and squarebelieve the experiment is more
to succeed with a round table. At the expiration of about
a quarter of an hour, a singular feeling was generally ex-
perienced, somewhat resembling a slight electric shock.
No effect was, however, perceived on the table, but one
of the party must have received the whole of the magnetic
current intended for the table, as he gave unequivocal
Signs of being in a state of coma. The experiment was
no longer continued, but the remarkable effect produced
upon the gentleman referred to, remained for a considerable
tune. This is an extraordinary fact, and we should like
to hear of this process being successfully tried in Chester.
---Chesier Chronicle.
Ki.utßfaUT AL SON, named Roger Dutton, was sent to
s
Mrs. Dutton,use of Correction, on Friday, for two
months,
or a most disgraceful attack upon his mother,
Crooked Litt wife of Mr. Dutton, proprietor of the
Billet
Hotel, Queen-street, Lower Tranmere.
,This unnatural son, who is about 18 years of age. and a
little over six feet in height. has for some time back been
'taking advantage of his father's illness, and recklessly
'spending money. This week he applied to his mother for
More money, for the purpose of visiting Chester races.
This was very properly denied him, but the youth turned
to abusing his parent. in threatening language, and on
Thursday afternoon, his rage had reached such a pitch
that he smashed furuiture, glass ware, door panels, and
all sorts of things in the house, On being remonstrated
With by his mother for such absurd conduct, he attacked
.her in the most brutal and ruffianly manner, and the
assistance of the neighbours and the police had to be
called in to put a stop to such unmanly proceedings.
The Youth, however, is very strong, and three or four
men had the greatest difficulty in securing him. The
prisoner was fined for the assault on the police £5, or two
months imprisonment, and bound over, himselfin £4O, and
two sureties of £2O each, to keep the peace for six months.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. —At the monthly
meeting, on Tuesday evening, Mr. J. H. Greene pre-
siding,it was agreed to advance the wages of the police
~,sPectors, and the three classes in the force Is. per week.
appeared that Mr. Cook, who had resigned the chair-
manship of the Health Committee, had been succeeded by
r; Curry. The wages of' the night watchmen in the park
had been increased by the road and improvement committee
from 16s. to 18s. a week. Arrangements bad been corn-
-I)teted tolet the refreshment room in the park to Mr. Charles
oenrY Gough. The appointing of John Cox to the office
assistant in the surveyor's office, at a salary of £9O,
created some discussion, Mr. Henderson stating that Cox
Ta was
his time in the office, and that consequently
It anas considered unnecessary to advertise the situation.
onste,ared that an advance of wages had been granted to
recs. "ve of the officials in the ferry department. Ferry
18,IPts for the month ending April 24, 1852, £1946 Is. 4d.;
`, £1960 7s. 11d. Receipts for the year ending 24th
A
":ril. 1852, £20,912 16s. 6d., 1853, £21,699 9s. 7d. The
to
thewere ordered
divisible fund. The insurances upon the steamers
'__ve,e ordered to be included in one policy, amounting alto-
shgether to about £7,000. Mr. Fry urged that Mr. Gough
ould pay for mutilating an iron pillar; but this was not
T.curred in by the board. Mr. Furniss said that com-
plaints were made that the dock trustees were laying ob-
Eructions in the way of Mr. Laird proceeding with his
Works, He wished for an explanation. The chairman
(one of the duck trustees) said they had done everything
that was consistent with their rights ; that they had met
Air. Laird in a most handsome manner; and that they
Were still willing to consider any plan which that gentle-
Man had to submit to them. So far as Mr. Laird was
Concerned, the most friendly feeling existed among the
trustees to carry out his wishes. Mr. Laird said he did
not wish to come into collision with the dock trustees ;
but he was under lease with the dock company; and if he,
together with Messrs. Arthur and George Holme, and
other parties, were prevented from proceeding with their
Works, they must go elsewhere ; but it was not to the
interest of Birkenhead to support such parties. The dock
company bad taken up the matter warmly, and the result
might be a long litigation. If it got into chancery, it
would take a long time before the question was settled ;
and people would not come there and take land—(bear,
hear)—as the dock trustees might come and take legal
measures against them for taking down the walls. The
matter was most important, as affecting the interests of
Birkenhead ; and unless it was at once settled it would
Put a stop to all trade there. The chairman said the only
amendment moved by the trustees was that permission
Would be granted to Mr. Laird to make his alterations,
with an understanding that the walls were not to be al-
tered without the permission of the trustees. The Board
'then adjourned till Tuesday next (to-day).

ECCLESIASTICAL.

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

CONSECRATION.— TARvis.--The Bishop consecrated
the new piece of ground recently added to the churchyard
of Tarvin, in the county of Chester, for interments, on
Monday, the 2nd instant. It contains about half an acre
of land, and was given to the parish by the Dean and
Chapter of Lichfield and Major General Vyse.
ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chester intends to hold
an ordination at Chester on Sunday, the 25th September
uezt• Candidates for ordination on that day are required
to send all necessary papers to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq.,
his lordship's secretary, Chester, on or before Monday
the 15th of August next, at the latest.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
'wilts.
A. Broderick, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Baydon,
Rey J. H. Browne, Vicar of Braintree, to be a Surrogate,
wocese of Rochester.
cillev• W. B. Benison, M.A., to the Incumbency of the new
Rev, B. of St. Paul, Balsall-heath, Birmingham.
B. Brooke, Rector of Ahavea, county Fermanagh, to the
'Ling of Killeevan.
R. Chilton, M.A.' to the Curacy of Woodbury, Wilts.
Rev. R. Deaker, 8.A., to the Rectory of Lyndon, Rutlandshire.
J. Fletcher, M.A., Balliol College, Oxford, Curate of
"Tilley, Shropshire, to the Vicarage of Cubbington, Warwick.
R. Frost, M.A., Incumbent of St. Matthias, Manchester,
!,11., he office of one of the Secretaries of the British and Foreign
'Able Society.
Rev. E. Gray, M.A., to the Rectory of Alwalton, Huntingdon.
t beT• J. Hind, to the Curacy of Greetland, Yorkshire.
e47l?evr.bu F. J.
Holland, M.A., to the Vicarage of St. Dunstan,
Rev.lte . olmes, Curate of St. Michael's, Stamford, to the
brY of Wakerley, Northamptonshire.
-,_!‘eT. C. F. G. Jenyns, M.A., Curate of Melbourn, Cambridg-
e, to the Vicarage of that parish.
clitev• J. Lawrell, M.A. Preacher of Archbishop_ Tenison's
i
aPel, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Matthews, City-road.
Rev. J. B. Magennis, the Rectory of Great Horkesley, Essex.
Rev. J. A. ogle, M.A., to the Curacy or Begbrook, Oxon.
the -‘t.„ev.
uke of Wellingto Onslow,
n, at Portsmouth to be Chalainnd Naval Instructor to
,Du.
"ev• J. Turner, to the Rectory of Tiffield, Northamptonshire.
ri:sev• E. Walker, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Matthias'
-"urch, Salford.
THE VERY REVEREND GEORGE BUTLER, D.D., Dean
5 -
eterbrogh diseaseandormerly headmaster of Harrow
C-001 died uof of the heart, at the Deanery, on
the 30th ult.
THE BISHOP oP LONDON has signified his intention
t to license any clergyman to an unendowed lectureship
the within his diocese, unless his services are also devoted to
active performance of all the duties of curate in the
Parish, in addition to those of lecturer.
ozTtr.B.lNr-enmarrA.wr HOUSEHOLDERS of Piddington,
IniniaTerht 2_ have the privilege of electing their own
candidates
resignatienvi_he living has recently become vacant by the
ilialvtle Rev. John Cleobury. As many as 100
:nnounced themselves.
CoNsEcaml
obedience to thelto7e THE BISHOP OF LINCOLN.—III
bury fixed Thursday rirt's writ, the Archbishop of Canter-
Right Rev. Dr, jacksoninz for the consecration of the
after 11 o'clock the severnall3ishoP of Lincoln. Shortly
mony left the archiepiscopal Pries engaged in the cere-
°lstehcerating bishops were—the
Lambeth church. The Palace and proceeded to
Archbishop of Canterbury,
Bishop of Winchester, the niabßishol) of London, the
Bishop of Lichfield. There were ,Xso
Of Oxford, and the
°
of Quebec and the Bishop of Ohio. Present the Bishop
PROPOSED NEW ORDER IN THE CHIT
ReR.--The Vene-
P articul both
rable Archdeacon Hale held his annual .t
Tuesday.
ay .
clergy of the City and Archdeacons yof sl_a.toionn of the
Darisb. church of St. Sepulchre, Snow of T, in the
In his charge, the archdeacon dwelt
necessity which existed for a large extensionthe
of the
Disco pate and of the number of the cler nerally'
The efforts of the Additional Curates' Funds and the'
and the larger the
Church Pastoral-Aid Society did not meet the exigencies
of the Church. On the contrary., the more active any
minister was in a populous parish,
number of his curates, the more did the demand for spi_
ritual instruction increase, and the extent of spiritual
destitution become apparent. To meet this increasing
Want the archdeacon recommended the establishment of
a Sub-diaconate without the imposition of hands, on a
Plan of which the archdeacon stated that the bishop of
London entirely approved. The Latin Church had nine
orders of ministers, the Greek Church five, so that the
addition of one order to the ministry of the Church ot
England could not be regarded as a slavish imitation.of
.ither of those churches. To carry his recommendation
14!'t0 effect, the Church must speak through her Convoca-
"n, which had recently been sitting, and would soon
!neet again. In adverting to the subject of Convocation,
_tile archdeacon deprecated petitions to parliament for its
Construction, as that would be surrendering a claim,
disputed, and by the proceedings of the last few months
sUacessfully established. The manner in which the dis-
cussions in Convocation had been carried on proved that
there was not a better conducted body in this country
than the two houses as at present constituted.

„ 'LATRIOSITIES.—H worn on the head of a discourse ;
the bucket that hungats
in ” All's well," and fragments of
the
alit man
curiositi whoes found burst into tears, are said to be among the

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT AinNctiESTER.—FRIDAY.

vunng no week in the year is Manchester so much deserted
by the racing fraternity, as during the Chester Spring Meeting,
nor has this week been an exception; consequently we are
unable to give alist of quotations upon future events ; but from
information we have received from Chester, we are enabled to
say that West Australian for the Derby remains firm at 3 to 1 ;
12 to 1 was offered against Honeywood, with a disposition to
lay, and 1000 to 15 was offered against Brother to Shylock.