The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ended 6th Feb. 1833 :—Railway : Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1,821 Os. 11d. ; goods : £1,126 15s. 10d.—
Steamboats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £199 10s. 10d. ;
total, £3,147 7s. 7d. Increase as compared with the cor-
responding week last year, £694 Os. 3d.
WIRRAL FARMERS' CLUB. - The annual ploughing
match and exhibition of stock, poultry, &c., of this ex-
cellent association will take place to-morrow (Wednes-
day) week, upon the farm of Robert Morris, Esq., at
Lowfields, near the Hooton station of the Birkenhead
and Chester Railway. At the dinner, which will be held
at the Royal Hotel, Rock Ferry, Charles Stanley, Esq.,
of Dinhall, will preside, and John Deane Case, Esq.,
will officiate as Vice-Chairman. A numerous attendance
is anticipated.

EASTHAM FERRY.—Preparations are now being made
for commencing the works for the new pier, which is to
run out to dead low water mark, immediately opposita
to the hotel, and will enable passengers to land from the
steamers at all states of the tide, without the slightest in-
convenience. The contractor for the work is Mr. Graham,
of Bebbington. The ferry will open for the season, as
usual, the day before Good Friday.

VISCOUNT and VISCOUNTESS COMBERMERE have
arrived at Burghley on a visit to the Marquis and
Marchioness of Exeter. The noble and gallant Viscount
is enjoying his usual excellent health, and may be
expected in town shortly after the opening of the session.
—Chester Courant.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE RAIL-
WAY.—The Bill before Parliament for powers to lease the
undertaking to the London and North-Western, and for
revision of tolls, has passed the standing orders of the
House of Commons.

EIGHT PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH.-At Llangasty-
tallyllyn, a village in Breconshire, lives John Morgan, a
tiler and plasterer, who keeps a public-house, and also a
shop adjoining. The family, consisting of Morgan, his wife,
mother-in-law, five children, and a servant girl, retired to
bed at their usual hour on Tuesday last week. By some
means the premises took fire, and the only person who
escaped was John Morgan ; the rest of the family perished
in the flames.

BIRKENHEAD CHURCH OF ENGLAND
INSTITUTE.

Oa Friday, the Rev. Dr. BAILEE delivered the second
of a series of six lectures on " the Philosophy of the
Bible," before the members of this institution. The rev.
lecturer explained that while religion was a belief in the
doctrines of Scripture, because they were the word of
God, the philosophy of the Bible was a reasoning on the
truth and beauty and goodness of all that was therein
revealed to man. Turning his attention more particularly
to the subject of the Incarnation of our Redeemer, he
illustrated by many familiar instances the harmony and
beauty of the doctrine. He, however, cautioned his
hearers against the sin of not believing, because they
could not understand, and pointed out some modern
errors and controversies which had arisen solely from a
want of understanding the proper use of words and appli-
cations of terms. The lecture was listened to with great
attention by a respectable, though not crowded, auditory.
As this institution is not, perhaps, generally known, we
may state that it was established about two years since,
with the especial object of providing a course of sound
and healthy instruction in a popular form for the popu-
lation, but especially the labouring classes of Birkenhead
and the neighbourhood. In order to accomplish this,
Lectures by able men are delivered every alternate
Friday, in a spacious school-room in Brook-street, and
the intermediate Fridays are devoted to Conversation
meetings, which are open to strangers. There is also a
reading room open every evening, a Lending Library open
Monday morning and Friday evening, and an Evening
School open four nights in the week. All these advantages
are obtained at the rate of 2s. 6d. a-year for the reading-
room, and another 2s. 6d. for all the rest, while visitors
are admitted to the lectures for a small payment. The
list of lectures for the present season includes some good
names, of which we need only mention Rev. Dr. Baylee,
Rev. Dr. Hume, Dr. Blakeney, Rev. H. P. Linton, and
Mr. Scott, of Manchester, who will lecture next week.
The institution promises much real good, and only re-
quires to be generally known to receive a large share of
public support.