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

lESHIRE AND WALES

it AT A VESTRY MEETING, in Birkenhead, on Thursday,
ove as agreed by a large majority to appoint an assistant.
"eer, and Thursday next was appointed for the election.
b NUMBER OF SIR W. W. WYNN'S HOUNDS have
4e,sti Poisoned lately, and the greatest excitement prevails
Ituabon. Dr. Muspratt found arsenic in large quantities.
vtjolll,7 JACKSON, a cabinet maker, lately residing in
eacock-street, Birkenhead, was on Thursday tried at
the Chester Assizes, for the manslaughter of his wife, and
acquitted.
WE understand that the C

Span y are relaying a

Preaves's cast-iron ...
Iprove the system o
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ester and Birkenhead Rail-
portion of their line with

tAILWA

—Traffic for the

t,
week 'ITER, AND Fl
01112 s. 7d. ;
Sic Z-Ved April 3,18
22"8
corresponding
with the. otal, £3,404 6s
G, . wee
Purpose"EßAL MOVEMENT has been originated for the
Petit' of establishing a university in Wales, and a
tae ton
was drawn up to that effect at the last annual
s
of the Anglo-Welsh clergy, on St. David's Day.
U
d Proposed to incorporate, under the title of the
Deteversity of Wales, the College of St. David, at Lam
th.. r . the Landovery Institution, Brecon College, and
and ncPlI So uth Wipal enesdowed Grammar Schools, both in North
al.
toeet. .NHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly
ap,„lng on Tuesday, Mr. J. H. Greene in the chair, it
p"ared that the Parliamentary Committee had adopted
befetition against the Birkenhead Dock Trustees Bill, now
pole Parliament. One clause in the petition was op-
p.,*_!, to the bill on the ground that it empowered. any
tr94.,,Y advancing £75,000 to the trust to nominate a
fet,,°. The further onsideration of the petition was df-
theip" until this evening Ferry Committee, in
Iklrr,tl3r,thlY report, repudiated the stater.nent made by
taig,;3lllburn at the last meeting of the Wallasey Cona-
ad;;;(?ers, that' the Woodside Ferry was worked at a dis-
*oric age ; on the contrary, the ferry, it was stated, was
eiaed at a considerable profit.—Mr. Hassan, law-clerk
lute W allaseY Commissioners, had applied fora finan.
r,f`ils statement of the ferry, but the application was
viot,sV, on the ground that Mr. Penny had been pre-
tended pl with the information. It was rec -
that the Woo iside slip be extended 100 feet into
to loitler by 50 feet in width. The law-clerk was directed
/heado to Messrs. Forrester and Co. that penalties
be incurred by the non-delivery of the new boat.
13Zi,Pts for the month ending 31st March, 1852, £1,338
25iC),1. ; ditto, 1853, £1,659 17s. 3d. Receipts from
1850il to 31st March, 1852, X 19,435 10s. 7d. ; ditto.,
to 3,_.20,055 ss. ld. Total expenditure from 25th April
Alarch 1853, £18,743 15s. 7d

Zailway : Passengers, parcels
£1,057 4s. 83. Steamboats

Increase as compared
ear, £972 4s. Id.

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a most dis-
tressing nature occurred in the Great Exhibition building
on Friday. A gang of fifteen painters were painting the
arch of the machinery court of the Great Exhibition
building, when the scaffolding on which they stood gave
tte; W
h,, dolls AVE.—Durinz the recent gales, a tre- way, and thirteen were precipitated to the flooring—two
t1;'11ie,10,'1,'4.3 broke over the top of Noss Head Light- having clung to the ropes by which the scaffolding had
andleyei"Xiis one hundred and seventy-five feet above been suspended, and these only were saved uninjured.
its the sea,and threatened to engulpli the building The sufferers were instantly conveyed to Baggot-street
'r}clc,occupants. The house trembled beneath the Hospital, but death speedily put a period to the sufferings
and the keeper supposes that at least a ton of of three. This is the first accident of any moment which
was thus dashed agaiwt it, although without has happened since the commencement of this. gigantic
work.—Dublin .Evening Mail,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY.
Richmond has been much in favour for the Chester Cup since
his performance in the Metropolitan Stakes; and there is also
an improvement in Honey wood for the Derby. Contentment
is at present a mystery ; we could not learn his price for either
the Chester Cup or Derby, but for the latter 500 to 6 was of-
fered, and 1,000 to 25 was laid on condition t at both bets were
taken. The following is the latest betting:—
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
3to 1 agst Mr. J. Oliver's Ethelbert—taken.
10 to 1 General Anson's Nerve—taken.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
5 to 2 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian—taken.
7to 2 Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourne—taken.

CHESTER CUP.

Bto 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Trifle—taken.
15 to I Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn—taken freely
20 to 1 Mr. C. Peck's Richmond—taken.
25 to 1 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor—taken.
30 to 1 Mr. C. Spence's St. Michael—taken.
33 to 1 Lord Zetland's Gossamer—taken.
1000 to 25 Mr. Farrance's Friday—taken.
1000 to 25 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contentment—taken.
1000 to 20 Mr. T. Stevens's Anne Page—taken.
THE DERBY.
9to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's West Australian—offered.
10 to I Mr. Surtees ns. Honeywood—taken.
11 to 1 Baron Rothschila's Orestes—taken.
1000 to 25 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Contentment—taken,