The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

£2205, 12s. 9d

AI. REGATTA ON THE DEE.—There are to I,' ,
tle°
rs on the banks of the Dee, on to-morrow week, the
nnual regatta is to take place. The total value mime
during the day is £220
n fifty guineas to be coyte,sn76,

Earl of Grosvenor has

for, and the

is a champion prize of £lOO in s

rowed for in four-oar boats, Open to the world.
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EXTRAORDINARY ATTACK.—A few days ago,
John Roderick, of Llanidloes, was returning home PTg.,
Pautygessel, he was attacked by a number of p?lect:cv
which bit him in several places, and one crept up Ills be
and bit him severely on the shoulder. With difficw; he
his escape, and upon arriving at Pantygeste'o,
+he inmates. who set cmt in eha.se of the awn'

and killed four.
PORT or CHESTER.—In consequence of the supereniirll,,
tion of Mr. John White, principal coast officer at 31051-:,;f
Creek, the board of customs, on the recommendation;
the surveyor-general, has transferred Mr. Joseph Jr°,sie;
principal coast officer at Wepre, to Mostyn. iin'ibe
the duties of the Wepre station will be discharged by ; is
officer at Flint. By this arrangement one appointraPbe
abolished. We understand that it is not unlikely
creek at Conway will be added to the Chester jurisdieW)
instead of being in the Beaumaris district, as at present.'
Chester Courant.
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CHESTER Atrlum:x RACES.—A meeting of the t•-
stand committee was held a few days since, when 311'0
W. Topham was unanimously appointed a member of tore
body. The arrangements for the October meeting `s!cti
matured • and on no former occasion were the PrnsP'
of the sport so encouraging, or the inducement for eat!,
ing running. horses so inviting. On Tuesday, the
October, there will be five events ; and on the folio
day there will be six races. The habitues of the 0;7
and the ring will observe that large additions have "el: as
made to the stakes', and that the Chester handicap

£lOO added.
PROPOSED RAILWAY TO RUTIIIN.—A public ineetiDilge
of the inhabitants of Ruthin has just been held for to
purpose of taking into consideration a proposed railitaY
Ruthin; jt
.F. R. West, Esq. M.P. occupied the chair.
appearing that the Mold Railway Company had abandon.t
their intention of making a line from Mold to Ruthin,
was decided that a committee be formed to conunnilie4o
with the adjacent towns, and obtain their co-opera'pr,
towards forming a line from Llangollen rid corl,
Ruthin, and Denbigh, to Rhyl. Another public nee
determined
IN WALES.—Mr. Renick Roberts, the agetot,'
under date Dolgelly, August 16th, informs us that; io
the 10th instant, they opened in the No. 2 level eaof
the bottom of No. 3 sink, depth five fathoms, a before
very rich auriferous ore; in fact, such as was sever
4, asto-
seen in the principality. Mr. Roberts was
nished at the quantity of gold in the .
it will yield a very large per tentage. was
sent a sample to St. Pierre Foley, Esq., for assaY• necl
shown to David Pugh, Esq., of Dolgelly, Web,. retur _
from California, who was surprised at its richness."'
Mining Journal. , • ad'
A HIICT TO MAGTSTBATES.-Mr. Baron inert
quartpze,laeu'd:iiis sere

dressing the grand jury at Chester assizes, remarked 1,
he feared the smallness in the number of prisoners arOe
from an irregularity that he had observed in the count;'
and which certainly ought not to be persisted in. )e
man ought to be imprisoned one hour beyond what 10,
necessary to bring him to trial. Instead of that 136411
the case, he understood there were numerous prison e'
Knutsford gaol who had been committed over the 3551;
in consequence of which they Would have a fortnight
of imprisonment than they needed to have. He 113t° be
•
give notice that if the prisoners themselves wisbed
tried at the assizes they must be sent for. The jac!g place
sent to the county to deliver the gaol, and
't -01°
to perform that duty to the Queen and the countl• stod
THE FORESIIORE OF TUE .MEnsE-r.—We uudercii
that the deputation appointed by the Town C°lllcleorge
their last meeting (with the exception of 'gr.. 1,
Holt, who was unavoidably prevented from johnar,
other deputies) have returned from London, after /,..1 the
had an interview with Mr. Gore, on the part -re ill
Woods and Forests, relative to the right of foresbo
front of the field which was some time ago leased e'or
Wilson for a shipbuilding yard, but which lease, 13 all
sequence of the right of foreshore having been dispute
the Government, was obliged to be cancelled at the 103',
meeting of the Council. We understand that the 00‘,01e
ment have agreed to a reference, and that the %"„fac.,
question is in a fair train for being speedily and sati.-
torily settled.
LLANDUDNO, OR GREAT ORMsnEAD.—Three

this beautiful and interesting watering-place was ee
ratively little known, but now it has become quite the
vourite resort. The present season has filled it more ti s,
ever it was before known—the amount of accommode
though considerably increased since last season, has 1131;01
been equal to the demand. The bathing in the celebr%o
Bay of Llandudno cannot be surpassed, and the walk,'oo
the Great and Little Ormsheads and neighbourbono
beautiful and varied. The inhabitants of the place be
public meeting on Tuesday, in the national school-I°ller
to take into consideration the best means of still fur T.
promoting the improvement of the town ; the
Evans, the incumbent of the parish, presided. Nfifile'ris
suggestions were made, and ultimately a committee. !,0,
appointed, and the whole suggestions referred to tv
and they are to report thereon to a future meetin' • fin'
In
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.—OR Wednesday, at .1 the
firmation held at Bebbington Church, owing t° to
children from Birkenhead and other churches resorties
it, there was an unusual crowd and crush in the ll' the
lanes around that venerable edifice as the processionn;°,o
bishop and clergy left the church. A ear, control,
several females, made its way through the crow"Le
coming suddenly round a sharp declivity, left no o n 5
for a nurse-girl of about fifteen years of age
deaf, and had a baby in her arms. Perceiving 'the ri to
nency of the danger,. she had the presence of In'ij over
throw the child aside, although the car passed °,,ite
herself, and is said to have been brutally driven co,
unconcernedly. Mr. Lyth, surgeon, was pr oulPtlY
gratuitously in attendance both then and afterwardsiier of
the good bishop was so much concerned for then obe,' 01)
the poor girl—who is stated to have met with ft 51CC
of misfortunes, having a child' dead in the llo,tlseieft
having lately lost her husband—that his lordship
liberal donation for her immediate wants.