The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-24 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

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CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Trattic for the
Week ended April 10, 1853 : —Railway : Passengers, parcels,
3,e., £2,724 lie. Id. ; goods, 1.390 7s. 7d. Steamboats :
£376 Bs. Bd. Total, 4,491 7s. 4d. Increase as compared
With the corresponding week last year, £1,533 7s. 3d.
THE DINORBEN PEERAGE is likely to be revived in the
Person of H. R. Hughes, Esq., successor to the Kinmel
estates, who lately married the Hon. Miss Liddell, grand.
daughter of Lord Ravensworth.

EMIGRATION.—A large number of persons are at the
Birkenhead emigration depot ready to be despatched to
Australia. The Banker's Daughter (a large first-class
vessel) is about to sail for Geelong, and will take abou
;00 passengers.
NEW STEADIER.—The new Ramsey steamer is pro-
gressing rapidly at Mr. Laird's yard, Birkenhead, and is
expected to be ready for launching by the 30th inst.
THE " QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE BIRKENHEAD
GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION" is the name of a little book
which has been neatly got up, contributed and edited by
Pupils in Mr, Sorley's Clifton Park Academ. The
articles contained are on miscellaneous subjects, and some
of them creditable to the young authors.
THE REV. R. YARKER, of Neston, Cheshire, died on
the 10th inst. The vicarage of Neston is in the gift of
the dean and chapter of Chester • and, if the usual rule be
followed, the Rev. R. W. Gleadowe will be promoted to
the benefice, and by his preferment a minor canonry in
the cathedral and the mastership of the King's School will
become vacant.—Chester Courant.
LONGEVITY.--On the sth inst., William Hirst, a farm
labourer, died at Micklefield, near Aberford, having at-
tained the great age of 107 years. He followed his em-
ployment as a regular farm labourer until he was upwards
of 90 years of ag
and e, and assisted to harvest at the advanced
age of 100. He coul read a aper without lses,
his memory wasd unimparednewsuntil within a vegryas few
weeks before his death.
MONUMENT TO THE LATE MR. CHURTON.—A beauti-
ful specimen of a new invention in sculpture has been
foofr.vede.d to the Dublin Great Exhibition by Mr. Potts,
the late Birmingham' Tt is a monument to the memory of
r. and Mrs Churton, parents to the eminent
auctioneers of Chester, an reresents the ht children
of the deceased, surrounding and supporting eiag tombstone.
It is composed of white
and after the exhibition wailnldbebdlaecpkosmitaerd in and bronze,
Church.

ROYAL CHESTER ROWING CLun.—On Thursday, the
vice-president, William Titherington, Esq., entertained,
at his residence, on the banks of the Dee, the president
of the far-famed rowing club, its treasurer and secretary,
its gallant crew, who won the regatta cup last year, and
tcany other members as his dining-room could con-
veniently accommodate. INluch kindred interest was ex-
Pressed in another healthful and Old English sport, now
commenced for the season on the Roodee ; and the com-
pany most heartily toasted the Cestrian " Cricket Club."
REcOvERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—At the Birken-
ead police-court, on Wednesday, two men, named
?qs.ro.e-
-s e and Graham, were charged with stealing seven-
teen silver tablespoons from Mr. Walker, of Tranmere.
The
Sunday,r had the spoons in a bundl and on
whilst in a house of entertainment, the e,
prisoners
managed to abstract the property. One of them was
!tained in Liverpool, on Monday, whilst offering some
cir ,the spoons for sale ; the othergave himself into
Clis'ody. Both were committed for triag
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inTHE Wgesu FISHERIES.—The salmon fishing since
e oPening of the season has been extremely good, and
,orne places the take has been very great. In the river
;I"me there is an abundant supply of fish, and no lack of
,:to.t will be felt by the fisherman. The rivers Wye,
Towy, and trout streams throughout the pri
ad tY' have also an abundant supply of fish; and it is now
ti nutted that this is due in a great degree to the preserva-
-410 Of the fisheries. It is not generally known that all
not under 16 inches in length, and all trout that do
uesi'easure seven inches from the eye to the fork, are
throw able fish ; and, if they take the fly, ought to be
n into the water again.
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the "'TLE WITH THIEVES.—The wakes of Tranmere,
Y had strong attractions for the innocent, had equally
Pow
eighterfol allurements for the guilty. Upwards of thirty-
arri . Professional thieves were noticed on Tuesday as
an Y'og by one boat. They were under the guidance of
~, Ind ividual who appeared to be the leader of the gang.
tillanted
were armed with bludgeons. Towards evening they
themselves in a body in the immediate vicinity of
ferry house, their apparent object being to make a
t,',"'Cent upon the " bank" at the first convenient oppor-
:ntity. The few policemen which Tranmere boasts
toldached their movements narrowly, and the inspector
them several times to disperse. They refused. The
suPerinttndent then advanced to the leader and delibe-
rately knocked him down, deeming that this might have a
tendency to put the rest to flight. A general skirmish
..°l,7nmenced, in which the thieves were, after a tough
15. slit completely routed. A considerable number of riot-
depredators have been committed to gaol.
_utr irtIi:ENHEAD TOWNSHIP ACCOUNTS.—At an ad-
Jo tied meeting of the Birkenhead (Improvement) Com-
missioners, on Tuesday, the yearly accounts were passed.
earorm these it atpopeared that the total receipts for the
ibnaglance from the prfcleCiiBn7gB.yeaArmofonilst,
and watching rate, £3,175 ; 2st 111 e; iftreomms
light'vrere,
£2l-1 ; park and othere
sewerage, £1,714 ,• mark improvement, £5,191
houses,
side ferry for two years account, £1,241 ; slaughter-
an expenditure of a • ".
.v rents, £7Bl ; from Wood-
hand and similar amount,
The other side showed
a large sum to be except a balance in
holders. paid as interest to the bond-
Amongsth the items of expenditure were for
.2gowaYs, scavengers, &c., £l,BOB ; market establish-
all
ent, £945 ; slaughter-houses, £l2B • park, £9Ol ; town-
, £377 4377 ; treasurer's establishment', £5BO ; surveyor's,
4C427 ; law-clerk's, £522 ; law and parliamentary charges,
409 ; night soil account, £607 ; lodging-house account,
; lighting and watching account, £3,032 ; and sew-
erage account, £l7l.
PEws IN PARISH CHURCHES.—In the Birkenhead
county court, on Friday, an action was brought to re-
Qover £5 53. for two years' rent of a pew in Bebington
parish church. The plaintiffs were Thomas Lloyd and
Sarah his wife, and the defendant Charles Brittain. The
re
the
nt was claimed in respect of a farm-house and land in
township of Trannaere, to which Mrs. Lloyd suF-
eded same years ago, on the death of a cousin, who, in
pels lifetime, received the rent of the pew in question,
ich was let to the defendant at two guineas and a halt
ojse annum. The defendant did not appear. The judge
muirved that, as a general rule a tenant could not be
it t'Was 'Yed to question his landlord's, title ; that in this case
proved that Mr. Brittain both took the pew
-penetlY frona the plaintiffs and had repeatedly promised to
tthe rent, which would be quite sufficient in an action
tue Y use and occupation of a house or land ; and the
question was whether that principle extended to rent
pernwanded for pews in a parish church. Money rents for
ti,tionio Parish churches were not only repugnant to our
hew °f what was right, but contrary to law. As to
princlari Brittain was bound to pay the rent upon the
s_....ider_fii:daebeZeollnaentioned, he would take time to con-