The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES

A. LARGE PORTION OF DENBIGH CASTLE fell on Satur-
day night week, to the great alarm of the neighbourhood.
Fortunately no one was injured.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
pthaercls, sce.,
eek ended 20th Feb. 1853 :—Railway : Passengers,
£1,741 16s. ld. ; goods : £1,229 193. 2d.—
Steamboats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £192 2s. Id. ;
total, £3,163 17s. 4d. Increase as compared with the cor-
responding week last year, £675 7s.
AT THE BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT, OD Thursday,
two noted poachers, John and William Pollard (brothers,)
were sent to Knutsford gaol for two months, in default
of paying a fine, for al assault upon two gamekeepers in
the employ of J. R. Shaw, Esq., of Arrow.
BURGLARY. —On Saturday week, late at night, the
house of Mr. Thomas Candleton, at Thornton-hough,
near Neston, was entered by six or seven men, who asked
Mrs. Candleton (the only person present) to allow them
to light their pipes. They then abused her, fastened the
doors, proceeded up stairs, and stole nine sovereigns from
a bax. A gentleman passed upon horseback, and Mrs
'Candleton endeavoured to arrest his attention, when one
of the ruffians drew forth a huge knife, and threatened
her life. He then struck her a blow upon the head,
'which produced insensibility, and the plunderers effected
their escape.
MR. T. B. SPRAGUE, 8.A., Scholar of St. John's-
college, Cambridge, and senior wrangler, and first Smith's
Prizernan of the present year. was educated for nearly
seven years at Dr. Brindley's Collegiate Institution,
Tarvin-hall, now Abbott's-grange, Chester, from which
institution he proceeded direct to St. John's, where he
Obtained a proper sizarship and Wood exhibition.
BIRKENHEAD AND WALLASEY BUILDING SOCIETY.—
The third monthly meeting of this society has been
announced for to-morrow, (Wednesday,) at the Castle
Hotel, Birkenhead; and, owing to the flourishing state of
the society's funds, the committee have resolved to hold
a sale of shares, or an appropriation of the funds for invest-
ment in houses or lands. A means is now afforded of
giving a stimulus to the improvement of Birkenhead and
its vicinity ; and those who take an interest in its pros-
perity should avail themselves of the opportunity which is
thus afforded.

THE CONGREGATION OF ST. CATHERINE'S CHURCH,
and other friends of the Rev. Peter Fox, A. 8., presented
to that gentleman, on Wednesday last, a letter, expressive
of their regret at his departure from Tranmere, accom.
pnied with a purse, on his retirement as a curate of the
above church.

QUALMS.—The following letter, bearing the post-mark
of Manchester, February lith, and enclosing twenty-four
Postage stamps, has been received at Woodside Ferry:—
."§ir.—Fifteen years ago, I crossed from Liverpool to
Woodside, twice there awl back, not paying the whole
sum due for such sails. Will you be good enough to see
that the enclosed be put into the hands of such persons as
at that time ought to have received the amount due to
them. I am sorry to trouble you, but am anxious to
return the sum withheld.—September 12th, 1852.—T0 the
Proprietors of the Liverpool and Woodside Steam-
packets, Liverpool."

SKELETON FOUND--Last week, the skeleton of a
buman body was discovered near Gogarth, Llandudno,
buried amid sand and clay. On one of the feet was a
thin shoe, fastened by a ribbon. On the sole of the shoe
Were cut the initials, "W. 0." The bones were white
as ivory. The body is supposed to be that of one of the
Passengers lost in the wreck of the Rothsay Castle.
SEVERAL MINISTERS of the Independent denomination
having
perceived an increasing coldness amongst many
ohUrche3, have proposed to hold a Conference of minis-
ters in to city of Chester, this month, to consider the best
means of countet acting the evil tendencies of the presentday.
d IrEsslts. LITTLEDALE AND TORR'S SALE.—On Mes-
ta; annual sale of cattle, fed at the model farms of
firm, took place at Dank field, llooton. The attend-
4mance of buyers was large, and prices ranged extraordinarily
;n of 67 beasts the average would be about £2l.
Logst those present from Liverpool were—Mr. Banks,
of nerrY-street • Mr. Ithell, Mr. Cross. Mr. Nation, and
T
r. Morrish, of the Merchant's Dining-room.s