The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-12-30 00:00:00

WARRINGTON

CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE WORKHOUSE. Thurs-
day last, being Christmas Day, the inmates of the work-
house, and the officers of the union, were regaled, bY
order of the guardians, with a plentiful supply of roast
beef, plum-pudding, and ale. About 170 sat down, and
appeared well satisfied with the good things provided, b°
which they did ample justice.
WESLEYAN REFORM.—TIIO Rev. W. Griffiths, the
Rev. W. Kidd, Mr. Raper (of Bolton), &c., addressed a
crowded auditory, on Monday evening last, at the Ile-
chabites'-hall, upon the subject of Wesleyan reform.
An
ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCII
adjourned meeting of the town council took placefa,
Wednesday evening last, when the petition to the ani,i
praying for a borough commission, was unanimous
agreed to. There was no other business.
FIRE AT A CORN-MILL.—On Tuesday night last,
rapid and destructive fire broke out in the corn-ra" _a
Messrs. Worrell, in School-lane. It was discovered g 0 es
after eleven o'clock, and shortly afterwards the fIT.,,
burst out from one of the windows on the middle st,l.'ol;ts
The fire-engines were speedily on the spot ; but oa.etil'and
could save the main body of the building, so raPl ad-
destyuctive was the fire. The engine-house, and an iieg-
joining warehouse, were saved, as well as the surrooulaeied.
dwellings. The cause of the fire has not been disc I-
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BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—The weekly rilee`i-fd r
place on Wednesday ; sixteen were present, aarkhease
Hodgson presided. Number of inmates in the Tved 179.
• d ber
Compared with the corresponding pert° the nurn
159, and the number of varants lodged and
these returns show an increase of 73 jll_9t of relief's('
relieved, an increase of £4 Is. Bd. in the a"' orkhoue,
the 's' The
increase of 8 in the number of inmates in
rants'
and a decrease of 45 in the number of slag
business was of a routine character. EVI,„t year,

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LIST OF PASSENGERS PER STEAM-SHIP ANIE.g7;O3- es
Mrs. Myers and Son, Mr. James WMaster, Jr..., . A.
Monthiers, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. A. 11. Landreaelt..ls._f_
F. Roger, Dr. Fisher, R.A., Mr. H. P. Wilson, Mr.tri.,
ley, Mr. Fisken, Mr. C. Lambert, Mr. R. Lamb?! Bt-
Robertson, Mr. E. Bo9nen, Mr. G. B. Symes, 31r; sou,
lir. terfield,jam Ae Is r.
Phillips,J o h n
Air. Gilmour,
o n eAnldro. r Philip il ip
Mr.Hßlsl:anrdd ail
twbs r ell,
Mr. R. Alexander jun., Mr. Kaufmann, ALr• le, gr.
Peke, Mr. Charles Wickport, Mr. James „.Thowas
Alexander M`Dougall, Mr. C. W. Langley'
Air'
Morland, and Mr. ,James Cauwood..
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GENERAL NEWS

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ROYAL • RELICS.-A case has arrived by a steamer from
Hamburgh, containing a quantity of swords, guns, &c.,
consigned and belonging to his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, being old family relics.
FALKLAND.—The weaving trade is very much depressed
n this weaving part of the country. Some weavers have
oo go idle days for want of work. and the usual bustle
observed among weavers at the approach of a new year is
lost, owing to the want of work.—Fifeahire Journal.
TuE ROYAL BARON or BEEF. —This noble old En

&Iv:feint was brought into the royal kitchen at WindsOr
Castle on Tuesday. The process of roasting commenced
at eleven o'clock on the morning of that day, and was not
completed before eleven o'clock at night. The baron,
which was cut from a handsome Devon ox, weighed 4301b5.
PORTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA.—It

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appears by a letter received at Lloyd's, that the snip
Hamlet, Greatham, master, had been detained at Valpa-
raiso by the British admiral, in consequence of the port
of La Union, in Central America, being " again under
blockade." _

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