The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

jiiESHIRE AND WALES.

AT •
it A VESTRY MEETING, in Birkenhead, on Thursday,
ave.," agreed
Thu a large majority to appoint an assistant-
seer, and rsday next was appointed forthe election.
be4e NUMBER OF SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS have
at,,tl Poisoned lately, and the greatest excitement prevails
nUabon. Dr. Muspratt found arsenic in large quantities.
tJOHN JACKSON, a cabinet maker, lately residing in
h eacock-street, Birkenhead, was on Thursday tried at
a Chester Assizes, for the manslaughter of his wife, and
acquitted.

understand that the Chester and Birkenhead Rail-
ay Company are re. laying a portion of their line with
r4tv,,,e,s's cast-iron sleepers. Something is wanting to
Herap:tti,li.e system of permanent w,‘, ; 41-!

IAIESTEtt A„,
week ended A.-0-,1111 HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —Traffic for the
&c., £2,118 12s. 7d.
3, 1853:—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
228 9s. Total,
-:'4o4°6ss. 3d. Increase as compared
xa g° d , £1,057 4s. Bd. Steamboats :
with the corresponding week last
year, £972 4s. ld. A. GENERAL MOVEMENT has been originated for the
Purpose of establishing a university in
Wales, and a
petition was drawn up tithat effect at the last annual
It is
of teh. A !
d to Incorporhatceirf:jn,doern St. David
111441713'3:f 'soPtlyie.
y Wales. the College of S. David, at Lam-
Deter, 8thr Landovery Institution, Brecon College, and
t 6 •2e , endowed Grammar Sc both in North
1„-,,PrIncipai
-"" South Wales.
keet
13iti ENREAD tic , COMMISSIONERS.—AL the monthly
Tuesday, Mr. J. H. Greene in the chair, it
41) ng On Parliamentary Committee had adopted
. :eared that the
Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, now
Letition against the
e in the petition was op-
t7.ore Parliament. One clause
that it empowered any
perTi to the bill on the ground
the
trust to nominate a
4447 advancing £75,000 to .
o of the petition was de-
ferre`e. The further consideration
Committee, in
Ferry Co
the, cl until this evening.—The
statement made by
kr`.r.Nonthly report, repudiated thef the Wallasey Com-
t,i.„ueoulburn, at the last meeting o
worked at a dis-
was
44: tiers, that the Woodside Ferry
it was stated, was
woo."ge; on the contrary, the ferry,
H ssall, law-clerk
Of t,',l`ed at a considerable profit.—Mr. a
1. d for a finan-
ch,l's Wallasey
_Commissioners, had apple
was
rek statement of the ferry, but the application
been pre-
vio„sd, on. the ground that Mr. Penny hadmom-
toeti"!,,Y supplied with the information. It was_ re
tile led that the Woo3side slip be extended 100 feet into
directed
to iptitT" by 50 feet in width. The law-clerk was
_es
*oh, bete to Messrs. Forrester and Co. that penalties
Ite',4l incurred by the non-delivery of the new boat.
13'-15Pts for the month ending 31st March, 1852, £1,338
NI d.; ditto, 1853, £1,659 17s. 3d. Receipts from
183 111•Dril to 31st March, 1852, £19,435 10s. 7d. ; ditto,
to 3, 20,055 SS. ld. Total expenditure from 25th April
'3t Alarch 1853, £18,743 15s. 7d.
vs. k M.--

l'a, et4l,?sl'Eß WAVE.—During the recent gales, a tre-
goase""B wave broke over the top of Noss Head Light-
the 1 , which is one hundred and seventy-five feet above
slid halo f the sea, and threatened to engulph the building
lhoei cpts: The house trembled beneath the
Nte and the keeper supposes that at least a ton of
q4ka`zew.as thus dashed against it, although without