The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES

BODY FouND.—On Thursday the men on boa-tn tti
the mazine boats found a dead body floatin'•es.
river, between tbe Egremont and Seacombe Fer!"4
the deadhouse the body was recognized as that of set of
Gant, the captain of the flat Neversweat, from the be gall
which he fell into the river, off Hale-bank,during' t
on the 30th January last. . Led theLt
THE ROYAL CHESHIRE MILITIA termmat
annual period of training on Monday, last week, uno',
received the unqualified approbation of Colonel rie';`,,,f,
for their steadiness, cleanliness, and soldier-like al3f;i,
ance, and the rapidity and precision of their evolan7o
the field. The conduct of the regiment during its
stay in Chester has been most exemplary. ohs
ST. JOHN'S, BIRKENHEAD. —The choir ofcorn,
District Church, Grange-lane, will give a choral I)er'm
in
ance of sacred and secular music, at the Scho°.„l"„7o.
Oliver-street, on Friday next. Admission Rill "-Af the
but a collection will be made on behalf of the funds "
church schools.
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CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RA 'LICA-Y.-7Th- rtiiraW n 5
the week ending 9th April, 1854, was as Le—p;
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £2270 15s•
steam-boats, £361 Os. ld. ; total, £2631 155. 11d. v;,ir
£1516 7s. 9d.: total, including Carnarvon troc,6i,
rail, £3787 3s. Id ; steam-boat, £361 Os. ld•
responding week last year, per rail, £2960 86*
per steam-boats, £242 3s. Bd. Increase, £945 113'
10,4
HOYLAKE. —Four fatal cases of cholera have lie it
at Hoylake ; but as the disease confined itself to t,
mates of one house, which is situated in the centre olotio
and the malady can be clearly traced to the fdt,11,40,
of the occupants, no alarm is felt by the in°3—,t'
ved
generally, especially as the present excitement haseat"
the authorities to bestir themselves, and a cl
of the village is now being proceeded with.
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VIOLATION OF THE GAME LAWS.-011 Tuesday'l4so;
Jeffries was brought before the magistrates at •`:.,litoi
head, and fined £2 and costs, for trespassing in Purstog
game on the lands of Joseph Brocklebank, Es,l•9°,i'teclv
ton, a short time ago. It appeared that he was r.," ona
by the keeper, who, after a struggle, took awaY
but failed in securing him. A warrant was subsegt ty
issued for his apprehension. In default of Win'
fine, he was to be imprisoned for one month.Cf
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.— On Wednesday 131, °O)
about eleven o'clock, a pretty little child, mined
Jane Jones, aged four years, daughter of Mr. Jolla' •
government tax collector, Birkenhead, was ran over.*
horse and cart, the property of William Hope theJo over"
Chiltren, Thornton. The driver was loading' beol,
with timber, in Crowe and Williams's yard, Birkeaver
when the horse took fright, and, running along 'a ill
street, threw down the child, who was plaYing -
time. The poor little innocent was rolled over'eoi
received such severe injuries about the chest and
to cause immediate death. court'
WILFUL DAMAGE.—At the Birkenhead Pollee; wit!!
Patrick Cheamers, an Irish youth, was charge%rtli)
breaking the palisading of Claughton-park, on t 4)
afternoon-. The prisoner, with two others, was
~;40
break with his feet the stone in which the raultA la
fixed, and abstract the lead. The officer 511600:
jot
capturing the prisoner, but his companions escaPed„'
forty railings, together with the plinthing,-
destroyed ; and Mr. J. A. Byrne, surveyor to the
sioners, stated that damage to the extent of ten r, von!
had been sustained. The magistrate, Mr. J. S• J3Ftoprr
ordered him to pay a fine of £5, or, in default, to be
Boned for two months.
BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUD.—Mr. • lice'
has been elected. commodore, Mr. W. Laird, in"f tl
commodore, and Mr. W. Scott honorary secretary' it
Birkenhead Model Yacht Club. At the last meetarß'ot,
was stated that the finances of the club were elect° be
Two cups were voted, of the value of £2O each—oae with
sailed for by fixed keel boats, and the other by boa for
centre boards. Two cups were also voted to adder)sal' 10
by yachts of the second-class (two tons and. the
the event of there being no yachts of this class reacb''loo
,0 be
money is to be applied to the purchase of a cup "
("ether.
for by boats with fixed keels and centre boards te7o
Iwaddition to the foregoing, there will be the Inahieb 15
the challenge cup of £5O, the present owner of w It '3
building a new boat to sail the deciding course. 101
proposed to run the second-class yachts in the nirkeli t
some
Float, to be manned by members only; so tha
amusing races may be expected. 15
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REFUSAL TO PROCEED TO SEA.— +h
NO fewer Do-
seamen, belonging to the troop-ship Shooting St"343oatli
lying in the river, under orders to proceed to PI) up Ori
to take on board troops for Malta, were bough.; on 3,
Thursday before the magistrates at Birkenhea°, sowed
charge of refusing to proceed to sea, after having„, cap'
the ship's articles. Their objection was that a earnestly
taro had been appointed. The prisoners were but
the
advised by the magistrates to fulfil their contractel Pre;
whole of them, with the exception of one, exPre3l,,cese„.
ference for goal and hard labour to sailing ivith,",.;
The refractory men were then each sentence,' tir,ose
days' iinprisonment, with hard labour, ill the -
correction.