The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended May 29, 1853:—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
&c., £2,529 13s. 10d. ; goods, £1,122 13s. 3d. Steam-
boats: £359 59.4 d. Total, £4,011 12s. sd. Increase as com-
pared with the corresponding week last year, £704 6s. 7d.

EGREMONT.—The annual meeting of the Wallasey
Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society was held
on Monday, at the Egremont Hotel. The chair was oc-
cupied by Thomas Boucb, Esq., and interesting details
were given as to the operations of the society, more par-
ticularly with reference to this, its year of jubilee, by the
Revs. Dr. M'Neile, Knox, Carter, &c.
NEW BRIGHTON.—On Monday, as Mrs. Donnelly,
the widow of the late Mr. John Donnelly, architect, of
Birkenhead, was walking with her daughter, she fell
down near the New Brighton Inn, Magazines. Some
ladies who were passing immediately helped her daughter
to carry her into the inn, where every needful attention
was paid ; but she was insensible, and in a few hours
breathed her last. A subscription has been commenced
for the benefit of the family, who are left destitute.
THE BIRKENHEAD Docis.—On Friday, a contract
was entered into between the Birkenhead Dock Ware-
house Company and Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, and
Jackson, the contractors for the Grand Trunk of Canada
Railway, for the leasing by the later, for 14 years, of
22,076 yards of land on the margin of the Great Float,
Birkenhead. This land is required by the contractors for
the construction of tubular bridges, machinery, locomo-
tives, and carriages for the line above-mentioned, and
others in which they are concerned. We are informed
that from 500 to 1,000 mechanics will find employ on
these works, besides labourers. Mr. Meakin, the agent
of Messrs. Brassey and Co., will commence operations on
the land forthwith.

EMIGRATION FROM SOUTH WALES.—A very large
exodus still continues from various districts in the south
of Wales. The Mormonite emigration is, if anything,
increasing, as large bodies of these deluded people, prin-
cipally from Carmarthenshire and the county of Glamor-
gan, still continue to leave their native land for the banks
of the Salt Lake. These followers of Joe Smith get to
Liverpool, where they embark in the liners for New York.
As many as 100 persons have left Swansea in one body
for Liverpool. A large number of colliers, principally
from Aberdare and neighbourhood, have left Wales for
Australia, taking with them their wives and families, and
their example will also be followed by many others.
Labour is now scarce in most parts of Wales.
PEWS IN PARISH CHURCHES.—In the case of Lloyd
and Wife v. Brittain, which was a short time ago before
the Birkenhead County Court, the judge has given his
decision. The action was brought to recover two years'
rent of one of two pews in the body of the parish church
of Bebington, claimed by the plaintiffs as appurtenant to
a farm-house in the parish to which the female plaintiff
had succeeded some years ago on the death of a cousin.
His Honour, after citing various legal authorities to show
that pews in parish churches could not be dealt with as
with a house or field, said that trafficking in pews in
parish churches was wholly illegal, and Mr. Brittain's
express promise, though it ought to be, and he hoped
would be, binding upon his conscience, was not binding
at law, and the verdict must be entered for the defendant.
BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB.—The first race
for the season in connection with this club took place on
Saturday week, in the upper section of the Great Float.
Fifteen models were entered for the race, and as this was
a larger number than could conveniently start together,
the race was divided into three heats, five boats sailing in
each heat, and the successful boat in the three heats
sailing for the plate, which was a handsome silver salver,
presented by a member of the club. For the deciding
heat, the Anglia, the Electric, and the Nereid, the suc-
cessful boats in the first three heats, started. The
models had sailed about half way across the pool, the
Anglia and the Electric being considerably ahead, and
the Anglia evidently winning the race, when the leading
boats ran into each other, thus destroying the chance of
both models, and leaving the Nereid to win the plate in
her own way. The plate was subsequently presented to
the owner of the Nereid, who replied in suitable terms.
ABBOT'S GRANGE.—The Senior Wrangler of the pre-
sent year, it will be seen by reference to our advertising
columns, will be entertained at Abbot's Grange, on the
16th inst. We feel justified in calling special attention to
the announcement of the public proceedings on that
occasion, when Dr. Brindley will have the proud gratifi-
cation of entertaining three gentlemen, former pupils of
the school, who have respectively taken the highest
honours the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and
the Metropolitan Medical Schools have it in their power
to confer. This is the first instance of a private school
turning out a Senior Wrangler, while the success of Mr.
Moreton, we are informed. is altogether unprecedented.
In addition to these gentlemen, Mr. Long, of Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge, has just been awarded
another scholarship and an additional prize for his place
at the examination just ended. These facts prove beyond
dispute that the school is a thoroughly good one, and in
recording them we offer no empty praise, but merely
leave them to speak for themselves.—Chester Chronicle.
[Of these three gentlemen, Mr. Sprague's name, as Senior
Wrangler, is well known, but the career of Mr. Moreton
is less public. We had the pleasure of seeing a letter on
the subject from Dr. Solly, who declares him the most
extraordinary and successful student ever known in the
London School, in which he has taken every first-class
prize.]

HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE
AND CHESHIRE.

The eighth and concluding meeting for the session was
held in the Collegiate Institution, on Thursday evening
last, the Rev. Dr. Thom, vice-president, in the chair. The
Lord Bishop of Chester was elected a member by accla-
mation, and four other gentlemen, whose names had been
announced in the circular, were also elected. These were
Messrs. William Collingwood and James T. Foard, of
Liverpool, and Messrs, William Sharp and George Whit-
ley, who are non-resident.

-The donations embraced a volume from the Cambridge
Antiquarian Society, illustrative of Ancient Cambridge-
shire; the large Lithographic Illustrations of the Frescoes
on the walls of Gawsworth Church, i. e., " The Doom,"
" St. Christopher," and " St. George," presented by
A. Crabtree, Esq. ; various Tracts on the Slave Trade in
Liverpool, by the Rev. P. S. Dale and Mr. Stonehonse ;
A Guide to the Mersey and its Ferries, by the author,
Mr. Gawthrop ; and A Representation of the Chairs of
Dr. Enfield and Dr. Aikin, by the possessor, Dr. Ken-
drick, of Warrington. An error was corrected respecting
a donation by Mr. Mortimer last session : it consisted of
Adams's Chester Courant for 1747-48-49.
Mr. T. LANGTON BIRLEY exhibited a gold coin of the
Emperor Vespasian, found in a field near Kirkham ; and
Mr. R. J. BUCKLEY twenty-four interesting antiquities
from the neighbourhood of Mexico, consisting of terra
cotta human heads, javelin beads, an arrow head of flint,
and a sacrificial knife of the same material, with beads in
various states of progressive manufacture.
Mr. LAMBERT produced a curious treatise, published
towards the close of Queen Elizabeth's reign, relative to the
succession to the crown ; and Mr. Robinson exhibited
five curious rubbings of church brasses, obtained chiefly
on his excursions in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Mr.
Mayer exhibited a curious representation of the General
Judgment, in Limoges enamel; also an illustration of the
Judgment in the Journal of the Archaeological Association,
taken from the walls of S. John's, Winchester. Dr.
Hume drew attention to curious woodcuts in a copy of the
vulgate Bible, in his possession.
The letter of Professor Phillips was read, announcing
the favourable reception of the application respecting the
meeting of the British Association for the Advancement
of Science ; and there is a strong probability that the
meeting will be held in this town in 1854.
Dr. HUME announced that 41 new members had been
added to the society during the session, 37 by election
and four ex-mayors by enrolment, with their consent.
Sixteen papers, most of them of great interest and import-
ance, would have been read at the close of the session,
and a similar number was promised already for next
session.
Mr. MAYER drew attention to the discovery of a
Roman stone coffin, which ho had seen last week at the
Minories, London. It contains the body of a female,
whose portrait is engraved on the lid, and the whole is
clasped with iron. He had also visited Pevensey Castle,
at which antiquarian researches are going forward.
The first paper for the evening was a long one, consist-
ing of an Essay, by John Robson, Esq., of Warrington,
entitled, " Materials for the History of the two Counties,
and the mode of using them." The second was a short
one by Dr. HUME, explanatory of the judgment scene, on
the Limoges enamel, and showing its identity of design
with that of similar pieces.
Thanks were voted to the donors, exhibitors, and
authors of papers, and the meeting closed at an unusually
late hour.