The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WA LES.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Treffie for the
week ended Jan. 16, 1853 :—Railway : Passengers, par-
cels, &c., £1,768 I3s. Id. ; Goods, £1,015 16s. Id. ;
Steam-boats : passengers, parcels, &c., £2OB 17s. 9d.—
Total, £2,993 6s. 11d.—Tncrease compared with the corre-
sponding week last year, £667 Os. 6d.
WALLASEY LADIES' CHARITY BALL.—The annual
ball on behalf of the ladies' charity of Wallasey took place
on Tuesday evening last, at the Egremont Hotel. The
attendance comprised the principal families of Wallasey
and neighbourhood, together with several parties from
Liverpool. Amongst the company present were Mrs. and
Miss Littledale, Mrs. and Miss Reddy, Mrs. and Miss
Winch, Mr. and Mrs. North and party, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Mann and party, Mrs. and Mr. Commissioner
Perry, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Stringer, Mr. and
Mrs. Coulborn and Miss Bell, Mr., Mrs., and Miss
Wright, Miss Mackay, Miss Wardell, and the Misses
Hutchinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Glynne Bateson and the
Misses Dover, Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson, Mr.
and Mrs. Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Driver, Mr. and Mrs.
Haynes and Miss Jones, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses
Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Fox and the Misses Anderson,
Mr. and Miss Bateson, Mr. and Mrs. Bird, Mr. and
Mrs. H. Hassell, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Bourne, Mr. and
Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. and Miss Rimmer, Mr. William,
Mr. Charles, and the Misses Chambres, Mr. and the
Misses Maine and party, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norris
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Daunt, Mrs. Maunder and Miss
Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Bouch and party, Mr. Ewart, Mr.
Neilson, Dr. Parr, Mr. Peel, Mr. W. L. E. Coulborn,
Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Maude, Mr. Muller,
Mr. Low, Mr. Miles, Mr. Crawley, and Mr. Wilson.
Mrs. Hassall, as lady patroness, admirably discharged
the duties in connection with the ball-room. Gribbin's
brass band occupied the orchestra, and played some very
select pieces of music. Supper was provided by Mr.
Mansell, of the Egremont Hotel.
A TALE OF MYSTERY.—During the last few weeks,
considerable excitement has existed among the residents
in Tranmere and Rock Ferry. About three years ago, an
old gentleman named Green, who was last seen at a
public-house in Limekiln-lane, Tranmere, when he was
supposed to have had a considerable sum of money on his
person, was missing, and has not since been heard of,
though every effort was made at the time to discover the
cause of his sudden disappearance. On the day when he
was last seen he bad been collecting the rents of some
property, and it was supposed that he had been murdered
and buried. After a lapse of time his property was di-
vided amongst his relatives, and by degrees the affair be-
came almost forgotten. Some short time since, a labour-
ing man resident in Tranmere, and yclept "The Admiral,"
dreamt for three successive nights, so it is said, that he
saw the murderer of Mr. Green and the place where that
gentleman's remains were buried. He mentioned the
fact to a neighbouring clergyman, who paid but little
attention to it, but ro strongly was the man impressed
with the truth of his dream, that he began digging about
the spot revealed to him in his dream—a small plantation
adjacent to a house near the Rock Ferry slip. He men-
tioned the facts to Mr. Green's daughter and described
the murderer so minutely, that from the description she
recognised a labourer resident in Tranmere, whom she
met in the public highway, as the alleged murderer, faint-
ing, so say the gossips, at the unexpected sight. Of
course, such a mysterious affair affords ample food for
village gossips, while the strange and sudden disappear-
ance of Mr. Green lends to the affair an air of romance,
attractive even to persons unlikely to be moved by su-
perstitions of any kind. " The Admiral" ceased his
labours a few days ago, although he had previously con-
sulted a clairvoyant as to the truth of the impression left
on his mind, during his sleeping hours, the clairvoyant, as
the story goes, fully confirming him in his previous idea,
which has however turned out to be all moonshine. If
this affair be really worth consideration, why do not the
Cheshire magistrates cause this digger for dead men to be
brought before them, and examined as to the " actual"
rea

sons which induced him to undertake his unwonted
operations.