The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THE BIRKENHEAD COrkIMISSIDNERS have advanced
the wages of the police force one shilling por man. The
Police are of three classes. and the first will now receive
218.
weekly, the second 195., and the third 17s.

•
A.LLABEY COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meet-
'rig, On Thursday evening, there was not a sufficient
!lumber of members present to form a quorum, and no
business was transacted.
THE BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB have fixed
the 29th of June and 27th of August as match days for
their boats of the firs; class. Races for boats of the
second class will take place once a month. Several new
boats, on improved models, have been built.

CRIESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended May 1,1853:—Railway: Passengers, parcels,
Ike., £2,179 Os. ld. ; goods, £1,164 ls. 9d. Steamboats :
't3l6 14s. ld. Total, £3,659 15s. lid. Increase as corn-
Pared with the corresponding week last year, £778 3s. 6d.

WELSH WoniaticN.—The flannel weavers of Carmar-
then have struck for an advance of wages. At Swansea,
4 number of masons have also left off work ; and in Pem-
brokeshire the colliers have been standing out for higher
rages. The journeymen tailors of Aherystwith have fol-
lowed the movement.

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THE TABLE-TURNING 14IYSTERY.—At a social party
try
thintheis city this week, a few young people determined
" table-turning experiment" which has created
ea much sensation on the Continent and in America.
The circumstances were not very favourable—the table
Was heavy and square ; we believe the experiment is more
to succeed with a round table. At the expiration of about
a quarter of an hour, a singular feeling was generally ex-
perienced, somewhat resembling a slight electric shock.
No effect was, however, perceived on the table, but one
of the party must have received the whole of the magnetic
current intended for the table, as ha gave unequivocal
-signs of being in a state of coma. The experiment was
no longer continued, but the remarkable effect produced
AlPott the gentlemanreferred to, remained for a considerable
time. This is an extraordinary fact, and we should like
to hear of this process being successfully tried in Chester.
--Chesser Chronicle.

A. BRUTAL 8", named Roger Dutton, was sent to
Knutsford House of Correction, on Friday, for two
months, for a most disgraceful del;
Mrs. Dutton,Crooked Billet Hotel, Qure.
salliceful attack upon his mother,
Dutton, proprietor of the
This unnatural son, who is eri.street, Lower Tranmere.
little over six feet in height, aboutf 18 years of age, and a
taking advantage of his fathesesorirnmeses, timean breacctlebseselny
spending money. This week he applied to his mother for
more money, for the purpose of visiting Chester races.
This was very properly denied him, but the youth turned
to abusing his parent. in threatening language, and on
Thursday afternoon, his rage had reached such a pitch
that he smashed furniture, glass ware, door panels, and
all sorts of things in the house, On being remonstrated
with by his mother for such absurd conduct, he attacked
her in the most brutal and ruffianly manner, and the
assistance of the neighbours and the police had to be
called in to put a stop to such unmanly proceedings.
The youth, however, is very strong, and three or four
men had the greatest difficulty in securing him. The
Prisoner was fined for the assault on the police £3, or two
months imprisonment, and bound over, himselfin £4O, and
two sureties of £2O each, to keep the peace for six months.

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BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. —At the monthly
meeting, on Tuesday evening, Mr. J. H. Greene pre-
siding, it was agreed to advance the wages of the police
inspectors, and the three classes in the force ls. per week.
It appeared that Mr. Cook, who had resigned the chair-
manship of the Health Committee, had been succeeded by
r.'llrry- The wages of the night watchmen in the park
'had been increased by the road and improvement committee
Iron) 16s. to 18s. a week. Arrangements had been com-
pleted to let the refreshment room in the park to Mr. Charles
„ri,e 417 Gough. The appointing of John Cox to the office
.1 assistant in the surveyor's office, at a salary of £9O,
Treated some discussion, Mr. Henderson stating that Cox
had served his time in the office, and that consequently
It :as considered unnecessary to advertise the situation.
onePpead that an advance of waes had been rnted to
recei" twre° of the officials in the ferry departmengt.a Ferry
1853Pts for the month ending April 24, 1852, £1946 Is. 4d.;
A. 1. 1960 7s. 11d. Receipts for the year ending 24th
a P 11, 1852, £20,912 16s. 6d., 1853, £21,699 9s. 7d. The
:141 of Xl5OO bad been transferred from the ferry account
t the divisible fund. The insurances upon the steamers
were ordered to be included in one policy, amounting alto-
ether to about £7,000. Mr. Fry urged that Mr. Gough
ould Pay for mutilating an iron pillar ; but this was not
concurred in by the board. Mr. Furniss said that com-
Plaints were made that the dock trustees were laying ob-
structions in the way of Mr. Laird proceeding with his
works. lie wished for an explanation. The chairman
(one of the dock trustees) said they had done everything
that was consistent with their rights ; that they had met
Mr. Laird in a most handsome manner; and that they
were still willing to consider any plan which that gentle-
roan had to submit to them. So far as Mr. Laird was
•concerned, the most friendly feeling existed among the
trustees to carry out his wishes. Mr. Laird said he dids
riot wish to come into collision with the dock trustee ;
but he was under lease with the dock company; and if he,
together with Messrs. Arthur and George Hoi me, and
other parties, were prevented from proceeding with their
works, they must go elsewhere ; but it was not to the
interest of Birkenhead to support such parties. The dock
company had taken up the matter. warmly, and the result
might be a long litigation. If it got into chancery, it
would take a long time before the question was settled;
and people would not come there and take land—(hear,
hear)—as the dock trustees might come and take legal
measures against them for taking down the walls. The
matter was most important, as affecting the interests of
Birkenhead ; and unless it was at once settled it would
put a stop to all trade there. The chairman said the only
amendment moved by the trustees was that permission
would be granted to Mr. Laird to make his alterations,
with an understanding that the walls were not to be al-
tered without the permission.of the trustees. The Board
then adjOurned till Tuesday next (to-day).

ECCLESIASTICAL.
DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

CONSECRATION. TARVIN.—The Bishop consecrated
the new piece of ground recently added to the churchyard
of Tarvin, in the county of Chester, for interments, on
Monday, the 2nd instant. It contains about half an acre
of land, and was given to the parish by the Dean and
Chapter of Lichfield and Major General Vyse.

ORDINATION.—The Bishop of Chester intends to hold
an ordination at Chester on Sunday, the 25th September
next. Candidates for ordination on that day are required
to send all necessary papers to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq.,
his lordship's secretary, Chester, on or before Monday
the 15th of August next, at the latest.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
_Rey. A. Broderick, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Baydon,
wilts.
iocev J. D. Browne, Vicar of Braintree, to be a Surrogate,
ese of Rochester.
Rev W. B. Benison, M.A., to the Incumbency of the new
~,..ourch of 'St. Paul, Balsall-heath, Birmingham.
34, :Kev. B. Brooke, Rector of Ahavea, county Fermanagh, to the
ev ~n of Killeeyan.
R. Chilton, M.A. to the Curacy of Woodbury, Wilts.
Rev. R. Deaker, 8.A., to the Rectory of Lyndon, Rutlandshire.
J. Fletcher, ALA., Balliol College, Oxford, Curate of
Willey, Shropshire, to the Vicarage of Cubbington, Warwick.
4,sßev. R. Frost, M.A. Incumbent of St. Matthias, Manchester,
office of one of the Secretaries of the British and Foreign
tbie Society.
Rev. E. Gray, M.A., to the Rectory of Alwalton, Huntingdon.
Rev. J. Hind, to the Curacy of Greetland, Yorkshire.
Rev. F. J. Holland, M.A., to the Vicarage of St. Dunstan,
Canterbury
Rev. E. Holmes, Curate of St. Michael's, Stamford, to the
Rectory of Wakerley, Northamptonshire.
Rev. C. F. G. Jenyns, M.A., Curate of Melbourn, Cambridg-
Shire, to the Vicarage of that parish.
Rey. J. Lawrell, M.A., Preacher of Archbishop Tenison'a
Chapel, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Matthews, City-road.
Rev. J. B. Magennis, the Rectory of Great Horkesley, Essex.
Rev. J. A. Ogle, to the Curacy of Begbrook, Oxon.
Rev. W. L. Onslow, to be Chaplain and Naval Instructor to
the Duke of Wellington, at Portsmouth.
Rev. J. Turner, to the Rectory of Tiffield, Northamptonshire.
Rev. E. Walker, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Matthias'
Church, Salford.

THE VERY REVEREND GEORGE BUTLER, D.D., Dean
of Peterborough, and formerly head-master of Harrow
School, died of disease of the heart, at the Deanery, on
the 30th ult.
THE BISHOP or LoNDoN has signified his intention
not to license any clergyman to an unendowed lectureship
within his diocese, unless his services are also devoted to
the active performance of all the duties of curate in the
parish, in addition to those of lecturer
THE INHABITANT II

SEHOLDERS Of Piddington,
;ilege of electing their own
ecently become vacant by the
Cleobury. As many as 100

Oxfordshire, have the
:Al-lister. The living F
Zigykation of the Rev.
Cana have announ
o edience to
beCeItATION OF THE BISHOP OF LISCOLN.—In
burr fixed Queen's writ, the A chbishop of Canter-
the' r
, -red Thursda ro ' c for the consecration of the
Right Rev. 11
---r• lack?ornnßishop of Lincoln. Shortly
after 11 o'clock the several parties engaged in the cere-
mony left the archiepiscopal palace and proceeded to
Lambeth church. The consecrating bishops were—the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of
Winchester. the Bishop of Oxford, and the
Bishop of Lichfield. There were also present the Bishop
of Quebec and the Bishop of Ohio.

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PROPOSED NEW ORDER IN THE CHURCH.—The Vene-
'rabic Archdeacon Hale held his annual visitation of the
clergy of the City and Archdeaconry of London, in the
Parish church of St. Sepulchre, Snow-hill, on Tuesday.
14 his charge, the archdeacon dwelt particularly on the
necessity which existed for a large extension both of the
episcopate and of the number of the clergy generally.
The efforts of the Additional Curates' Fund and the
Church Pastoral-Aid Society did not meet the exigencies
of the Church. On the contrary, the more active any
Minister was in a populous parish, and the larger the
number of his curates, the more did the demand for spi-
ritual instruction increase, and the extent of spiritual
destitution become apparent. To meet this increasing
Want the archdeacon recommended the establishment of
a Sub-diaconate without the imposition of hands, on a
plan of which the archdeacon stated that the bishop of
London entirely approved. The Latin Church had nine
Orders of ministers, the Greek Church five, so that the
-addition of one order to the ministry of the Church of
Zngland could not be regarded as a slavish imitation of
either of those churches. To carry his recommendation
into effect, the Church mast speak through her Convoca-
'mon, which bad recently been sitting, and would soon
Meet again. In adverting to the subject of Convocation,
the archdeacon deprecated petitions to parliament for its
reconstruction, as that would be surrendering a claim,
disputed, and by the proceedings of the last few months
successfully established. The manner in which the dis-
cussions in Convocation had been carried on proved that
there was not a better conducted body in this country
than the two houses as at present constituted.

CURIOSITIES.—Hats worn on the head of a discourse;
the bucket that hung in " All's well," and fragments of
the man who burst into tears, are said to be among the
past curiosities found.

COURT AND FASHION

A CABINET COUNCIL was held at the Forzign Office
Saturday afternoon, and was attended by all the mi-

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Saturday, at St.
James's church, London, by the Rev. E. H. Cradock,
the Lord Ribblesdale, to Emma, youngest daughter of
Colonel Mure, M.P., of Caldwell.

GENERAL DAUBENY died at Rome on the 10th ult.
He was colonel of the 80th Regiment, ordered home from
India. The colonelcy of the 80th becomes vacant by his
death. He commanded the 55th for some years in the East.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE.—The Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Altenburgh, a near relative of the Queen of Hano-
ver, is on the eve of forming a matrimonial alliance with
the Princess of Anhalt Dessau. The King of Prussia and
other personages of exalted rank are expected to be pre-
sent at the ceremony.
THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE has been obliged, from a
slight illness, to suspend the hospitalities at Devonshire-
house for the present. It is said that his grace intends
to give a magnificent fete in the course of next month, to
celebrate the debut of Lady Louisa Cavendish, eldest
daughter of the Earl of Burlington (the heir presumptive
to the dukedom).
INVITATION TO HER MAJESTY TO VISIT HULL.—The
corporation of Hull have adopted a memorial to her
Majesty, soliciting a royal visit in the course of the ensu-
ing season. It is thought that her Majesty will comply
with the prayer of the petition, and that she will pay her
first visit on her way to Scotland in the autumn, when
the annual gathering of the British Association will pro-
bably be sitting.
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS and the Duke of Bra-
bant left Brussels on Tuesday for Berlin. After a short
stay at Berlin, they intend proceeding to Vienna. King
Leopold and his three children are expected in England
on the occasion of the christening of the infant prince, at
which ceremony the Prince and Princess Royal of Prussia
will also be present.
THE COURT.—It is understood that the court will re-
turn to London on the 27th of May. As her Majesty's
birthday will be celebrated on the 24th of May, no
drawing-room will be held upon that occasion. State
balls will take place on Wednesday, the 15th of June,
and on Wednesday, the 25th of June ; concerts will be
given on Friday, the 3d of June ; Monday, the 20th of
June; and on Monday, the 4th of July ; and, further.
the christening of his royal highness the infant prince will
take place on Monday, the 27th of June next.

DEATH OF LADY DALHOUSIE.—The ship Monarch,
Captain Arrow, of and for London, from Calcutta. arrived
off Falmouth on Thursday, having sailed from that city
on the 2d of January, from Sandheads on the 27th follow-
ing, and from St. Helena on the 29th of March. The
Marchioness of Dalhousie, wife of the Governor-Genes al
of India, was a passenger by this vessel, on her return to
England, and expired on Wednesday from exhaustion,
accelerated by sea-sickness. The body of this distinguished
lady was brought on shore in charge of Captain C. B.
Bowie, of the Royal Artillery, and Mr. J. Howard, the
ship's surgeon, accompanied by two servants, and imme-
diately taken on by post conveyance to London, rid
Plymouth.