The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY4—Traffic for the
week ended 20th March, 1853 :—Railway : Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1,886 4s. 5d.; goods : £1,076 9s. 2d.—
Steamboats: Passengers. parcels, &c., £232 2s. 9d.;
total, £3,194 16s. 4d. Increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year, £709 3s. 3d.
THE ROYAL CHESHIRE MILITIA.—This regiment, 800
strong, assembled at Chester on the 23d of February for
their 21 days' training, and were dismissed on the 15th
inst. During this short period the progress the men
made and the general efficiency they attained gained for
them universal praise. At the end of 10 days the whole
body were thoroughly armed, equipped, and accoutred.
There being no barrack accommodation the whole 800
men were in billets, and it speaks well for their general
orderly behaviour that during the entire three weeks no
case was brought under the jurisdiction of the city magis-
trates. The regiment will be completed without delay to
1,000.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY BY Two LADIES AT BIR-•
KENHEAD.—A CRUEL MOTHER.—On Tuesday last, the
body of a male infant, about four days old, was discovered
at Claughton Firs, by two ladies who happened to be
passing near the spot. The " little stranger" was taken
to the Shrewsbury Arms, by Matthews, the township con-
stable of Oxton, where, by the judicious attention of Miss
More, it was, though nearly dead from exposure, soon re-
stored to a state of convalescence. The child is now under
the care of the Birkenhead overseers, who are endeavour-
ing to find out the unnatural •mother, whose name, we
understand, is Catherine Boardman.
CLAUGHTON ANNUAL MEETING.—The annual meet-
ing of the ratepayers was held at the Claughton Hotel, on
Tuesday, the 22d instant, Mr. Highton in the chair ; it
was resolved to nominate the following persons as fit and
proper to serve the office of overseers for the ensuing
year, viz. :—Mr. James Highton, Mr. John Hartley Hind,
Mr. Thomas M. Blythe, Mr. Charles Henry Webb, Mr.
Henry Kelsall Aspinall, Mr. Charles Verelst, Mr. Henry
Cox, and Mr. Percival. A long discussion took place re-
garding the land tax, and the desirableness of having the
same redeemed, when a committee, consisting of William
Jackson, Esq., M.P., Mr. Thomas Blackburn, Mr. John
Hartley Hind, Mr. George Rae, Mr. Henry Bell, Mr.
James Highton, and Mr. Charles Verelst, was named with
the view of making arrangements with the commissioners
of Birkenhead and other land proprietors, to have the tax
redeemed. A complimentary vote was passed on the new
assistant overseer, Mr. 'William Scott.
CHESTER LENT ASSIZES.—The judges will arrive at
Chester on Saturday next, the 2nd April, and business
will commence in the Crown and Nisi Prius Courts on
Monday,the 4th. The following appointments have been
made by the High Sheriff. Under-Sheriff :—Richard
Barker, of Chester, Esq. Acting Under-Sheriff :—John
Hostage, of Chester, Esq. The following is a statement
of the number of prisoners who, up to the present time,
have been committed to Chester Castle for trial at the
assizes. The calendar contains the names of 87 prisoners
charged with the following crimes :—Arson, 2 ; bigamy,
2 ; burglary, 19 ; cattle stealing, 1 ; concealing birth, 1 ;
conspiracy 2 ; cutting and maiming, 13 ; embezzlement,
2 ; forgery, 1 ; housebreaking, 15 ; manslaughter, 4 ;
murder, 9; night poaching, 2; rape, 4; robbery, 6; unna-
tural crime, 1; returning from transportation, 1; stealing
money from a letter, 1; escaping from Chester Castle, 1.