The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-30 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LANCASTER,

On Monday last an announcement was received at Lan-
caster that it was Her Majesty's intention, in her progress,
to stay for an hour in Lancaster on the Bth of October, for
the purpose of visiting the castle, &c. The macebearers
and corporation servants are to have new livery for the
f I occasion. The High Sheriff will receive Her Majesty at

►_lie railw

-station(at which she will arrive at 2 o-'clo-ck),
tat& carriage will be in attendance for the ac-
commodatiod,f the Royal suite. The Royal cortege will
then move to the Gateway-tower. built hy .Tohn CVaniint

which her Majesty will have an opportunity of viewing.
Her Majesty will afterwards proceed round the castle to
the entrance to the assize courts, and to the grand jury-
, . •

After luncheon she will proceed through the judges' retir-
ing-room to the Shire-hall, or Nisi Prius Court, where
addresses will probably be presented. A temporary stair-
case will be erected, by which Her Majesty will ascend,
over the roof of the Shire-hall, to the Citadel or Lungess-
tower. She will proceed up to the tr of the Keep to

"John O'Gaunt's chair," the spot from which the Royal
Duke surveyed his extensive and picturesque domain.
From this tower, which is 88 feet from the surface of the

ground, if the weather should be favourable and the atmos-
phere clear, Her Majesty will have a view comprehending
a vast extent of sea and land. On her Majesty's descent
from the tower she will return to the railway in the sheriff's
carriage, and continue her route to the southern division

of the county

CHESHIRE AND NORTH WALES

A WARNING TO lIOUSEKEEPERS.—PROVIDENTIAL
ESCAPE.-On Wednesday evening last the residence of
Mr. Bentley, Fairfield-road, Oxton, narrowly escaped
destruction from fire. In the middle of the night, Mrs.
Bentley was awakened by the crackling of glass, caused,
as she thought, by some one attempting to get into the
house. Naturally alarmed, she aroused her husband, and
on proceeding down stairs the lower part of the house was
discovered to he in flames. The family were at once got
out of bed, and, in their night apparel, souAlit refuge in a
neighbour's house. Mr. Bentley, with the assistance of
one or two gentlemen, eventually succeeded in extinguish-
ing the fire, its ravages being confined to the apartment in
which it had first broken out. It turned out, that the ser-
vant, before retiring to rest, had placed a large quantity of
clothes (the results of a three-weeks' wash) to dry before
the kitchen-fire, a highly-dangerous practice, which can-
not be too strongly condemned. The night was very
stormy, and it is presumed that the drafts of air through
the house must either have drawn the clothes towards
the fire, or blown the flames out of the grate into the in-
terior of the kitchen, and so ignited them. Had the con-
flagration not been so providentially discovered in time,

ere is no doubt the family would have been literally
" burnt in their beds," as, from the house being an old
one, and consequently dry, it would have spread most ra-
pidly. The intensity of the heat may be judged from the
fact, that several feet of gas-piping melted away, and in-
deed the whole of the furniture, clothes, window-framing,
&c., were reduced to a cinder. We hope the mention of
thisincident may act as a salutary warning to housekeepers.

A POST OF HON'OUR—HATMAKER TO THE FRENCH
PRESIDENT.—Not very far from the Albion Rooms, in
Chester-street, Birkenhead, there is a hat-shop, with the
following ambitious announcement :—" Hoskin and Son,
Hat-manufacturers to Prince Louis Napoleon Buona-
parte." (!) We should like to know how many orders
the firm have executed within the last six months for the
nephew of the great Emperor.
The Rey. William White La Barte, A.M., late curate
of Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead, has been licenced by
his Grace the Lord Primate to the Curacy of Mullagh-
brack, County Armagh; patron, the Right lion. and Rev.
the Lord John D. Beresford, A.M., Rector.
The Carnarvon Herald states that the clerk of a certain
parish church recently announced the holding of a vestry
meeting to decide as to what colour the church should be
while-washed. Report says that, after a stormy debate,
slate colour had the preference.
A handsome residence for the Rev. R. Wall, A.M.,
incumbent of St. Ann's Chapel, Birkenhead, is being
erected by Messrs: Crowe and Williams, on the confines
of Claughton-park. The style of architecture is Italian,
and the exterior is formed of tooled-stone, from the Hay-
brick-hill quarries.
Lord Leigh has very kindly given the game upon his
manor of Little Leigh, in Cheshire, for the benefit of the
school and other local and charitable objects within the
township. All the freeholders and occupiers of land
having joined in promoting his lordship's views, it is
hoped that the result will be very beneficial.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NEW BRIGHTON.—On Tuesday
evening a fire broke out in the stable of Mr. Wilkinson,
owner of coaches and cars, near the Albion Hotel, New
Brighton, which destroyed a large quantity of straw, in-
jured one horse, and scorched and smothered a great num-
ber of fowls which had their roosting-place in the stable.
We have not heard how the fire originated. The stable
is insured, but not the stock ; and the damage to the latter
will amount to about £5O. _ _

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CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended 21st Sept.—C. & H. Main Line : passengers,
£2,549 ss. sd. ; parcels, H. C. & D., £B9 16s. 11d.; goods,
cattle, &c. £506 Os. 6d.; mails, £575; total, £3,720 2s. 10d.
—Mold : passengers, £45 7s. sd. ; parcels, H. C. & D.,
£2 103. Od. ; goods, cattle, &c., £97 19s. Od. ; total, £145
7s. sd.—Steam -boats : passengers, £562 94. 2d. • parcels,
H. C. & D., £l7 10s. Od. ; total, £579 19s. 2d.—Grand
total, £4,445 9s. sd.
OYSTERS AT THE MENAL—Oyster dredging has now
become so profitable in the Menai Straits that vessels
from Jersey and other distant places find it to their ad-
vantage to speculate on the profits of a season there. A
schooner from Southampton has lately taken to the trade,
and carries off immense numbers from a depot which has
been formed near the George Hotel, a little below the
ferry. There are vast quantities of fish in the straits,
waiting only the industry and enterprise of some persons
to catch them. Vessels go to the Puffin island from
Hoylake, and send large cargoes to the Liverpool mar-
kets, whilst the fishermen of Bangor and Beaumaris quies-
cently look on and wonder.
TILE RIVER DEE COMPANY.—We understand that on
Saturday last all the labourers employed by the River Dee
Company, in every branch of their service, were discharged
for the present. They were told that this course was
taken, not from any dissatisfaction with their condnct, but
from the psssibility of an altered position of the company,
in consequence of the new act for the restoration of the
standard of the Dee. As it is expected that the standard
will be erected by the Admiralty in the ensuing month of
October, it was judged advisable by the company to await
the proceedings of the then next meeting of the commis-
sioners appointed under that hill, in order that their future
relations may be ascertained and considered.—Chester
Chronicle.
THE WELSH EISTEDDFODA U.—The Welsh people are
reviving with spirit the practice of holding Eisteddfods or
Congresses of Bards. The one got up a few days ago in
Liverpool by the natives of the Principality resident here
is to be followed by one at Port Madoc in Carnarvonshire,
which will take place at the commencement of the next
month. The Marquis of Anglesey has accepted the presi-
dency, and Lieut.-General Sir Love Parry will be the pre-
sident of the meeting. The Lord High Chamberlain of
England, Lord Mostyn, the Bishops of Bangor and St.
David's, the Hon. E. M. LI. Mostyn, Sir John Guest,
M.P., Sir B. Hall, M.P., and other eminent Welshmen
are among the patrons. Next year a grand Eisteddfod
will be held at Dolgelly, on a scale similar to the one held
at Rhyddlan during the present summer, when no expense
was spared to render it worthy of the Principality. The
inhabitants of Denbigh are likewise desirous that an Eis-
teddfod of magnificence be held there in the autumn of the
next year ; the proclamation to be made by a chaired bard.

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MAN FOUND HANGED.-011 Saturday night, about a
quarter past nine o'clock, a man, sixty years of age, in the
employment of Mr. Wm. Chadwick, lime burner, Love-
lane, was found suspended by a handkerchief from a cart
axletree. on some waste land in Falkner-street. The man
was quite dead.—Mr. Chadwick said the deceased was an
exceedingly regular man in his accounts, but from entries
in his pocket-book it appeared that he had received about
£2O which he had not accounted for. It appears that Ben-
nett went into Lewis's public-house, Falkner•street, in
company with a female, whom he treated to a glass of
rum. The woman and deceased went out together. In
a short time after, Bennett returned to the public house
and inquired of the landlord if he knew the female with
whom he had been drinking. The landlord said he did
not. Bennett then replied, " Well, I have lost £2O by
her" ; meaning that she had robbed him of that sum.
He then left the house, and in about an hour afterwards
he was found hanging as already stated. At the inquest
yesterday a verdict of found hanging was returned.