The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND. NORTH I WAIFS'

Daniel Neilson, Esq., of New Brighton, ea
has been ester,
to the commission of the peace for the county of Ch hoe
CONGLETON.—The Town Council of Congletoe;tie.
dismissed the town-clerk, Mr. Latham ; but that gtecir,
man refuses to " go," and threatens law. Another "toe 01
clerk, Mr. Wilson, has been appointed. The ca
Mr. Latham's dismissal is not stated. CIS
REVISING* BARRISTERS OF THE NORTH v, 11*- vdso,-
CUIT FOR THE PRESENT YEAR.—FilnlShire
Bevan, Esq. Denbighshire : George Wilkin, E.94' Esq
glesey and Carnarvonshire : Charles W. W. WY°l4-0111°1
Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire : F. J• sow
Jones, Esq. North Cheshire : H. R. Denton, EN'
Cheshire : Matthew Gaunt, 'Esq.
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OPENING OF A NEW UNITARIAN MEETIN,,
BIRKENHEAD.—On Thursday, the new Unitarian.':. l
ing"-house, Grange-lane. was opened for divine sere' boot
is built in the gothic style, and is capable of seating tDO
320 persons. In the evening a tea party was
Craven-rooms, to celebrate the opening. Upwards :for'
persons sat down to tea. Several addresses weret,
wards delivered, and an agreeable evening was sPen,,„osoo,
SHOP ROBBERY.—The shop occupied by Mr. SI
oil and colour merchant, Market-street, Birkenheg,orn'
on Monday night last robbed of £3. On Tuesday :del°
ing the back door was found open, and it is supP°!o`,o to
thief had concealed himself on the premises erett is till
the shop being closed on the preceding night. Jere
second second time that Mr. Sampson's shop has been 01-
within the last six months. reit°
Throughout the principality of Wales the crops est;
• WI I
very promising condition, particularly the grain whe bah
and there is every prospect of an abundant yield. -1.".
throughout has been secured in excellent conditi°"}oblf
is generally considered that the crops are reunr., free
healthy,. and that wheat and barley are particelaT,i'be
from smut and rust. In a short time the sickle al"
general, operation. kir tII6
held 1300
m tsr
CHHSTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—AID nge
week ended 24th August : C. & H. Main Line : Pass%-ootil'
£3,065 ss. sd. ; parcels, H. C. & D., £B3 93. Stl,'"iss.
cattle, &e., £633 Os. Id.; Mails, £575; t0ta1,X4,35u,' 16 VA
—Mold : passengers, £39 13s. 3d. ; parcels, H. it'
£1 9s. 3d. • goods,, cattle, &c., £lO2 9s. 2d. ; tots isreel!,
lls. Bd.—Steam-boats : passengers, £536 15s. 4d ;.13,1 tot°
H. C.'& D., £22 19s. ; total, £559 14s. 4d.—Gran"
£5,060 is. 2d.

AN ECCENTRIC INCENDIARY NEAR CHESTEI4:-„4;501
Chester police court, on Monday last, Andrew ItY- VA'
to
was charged with having set fire to a stack of bay' eta
ten tons, the property of Mr. Edwards, liver"' seeioi
keeper, in that city. Police-officer Williams, en, lootli
the prisoner, recognised him as having been 010000;
twelve months ago, for arsen, and on being in.teArr44ll4o
charge,tot
officers
i the
aanbdo
as to his business there at that hour, he relalle"'setu 0
know me well enough, and I am the man that has „,
01,
stack."xo
ofn Hh
Luciferies ww aa symttaohtecnthhees, taken
proel ieanr tkooffi cgu se, the d...kig
990 0
eu,,c
00 to. 10:
the things that have done it." The prisoner Otte ha'
mitted to the assizes to take his trial for arson• rtio.
we understand, been confined in some lunatic 3,r'l
THE STEPHENSON BANQUET AT BANGOR.--- 1)1105-1101
banquet of the principality to Mr. Robert Steletion
M.P., the eminent civil engineer, on his een3Pl cid °co
the. Menai and Conway Tubular-bridges, was erect
Wednesday evening, as announced, in a pavf"°-itb "he
for the occasion, in the gardens connected vt of lo
George Hotel, Bangor Ferry. The .appearanc7. Th
apartment was that of a beautiful Orient al teri;ent'-iii
company, amounting to upwards of
sembled in the large coffee-room of the Geetg,te to t„bor.
five o'clock ; the ladies were at once conduete"„joii 1419
seats in the north galleries, and during the eve- Sp,°,,-01
took of refreshments in the adjacent rooms' C 07004
before six dinner was announced. The 11011-00 F.
Pennant, M.P., presided. On his right wererharlerSit
Edward L. Mostyn, M.P., Major-General Sir ors' E.
Smith, C. 8., Mr. Edwin Clarke, Lieutenant-%. ./.00
L. P. J. Parry, C. 8., Mr. Joseph Paxton, "'epret,oo
Sanderson, Mr. M. A. Borthwick. Nubar r left Sit
ing hie Highness the Pasha of Egypt ; on bi9g,1%.p.,
the guest of the day, Mr. Robert Stephenson, 'll,
Richard Bulkeley, Bart., M.P., Mr, W. Jacks°o of cra
Mr. Joseph Locke, M.P., the Very Rev. the 1).8%,0, ;I'oo
gor, Mr. W. B. Hughes, M.P., Mr. John Will'are oescivitll
and Mr. R. H. Wyatt. At the other tables weafityt.,ol
of 300 of the leading gentlemen of the princiPthe the
many of the most distinguished personages i.tl cies °ibeen
world. The dinner comprised all the ilelictaciag,ol‘.
season, and was admirably served. The clot')
_ere clr,beif
withdrawn, the usual loyal and national toasts " fill tof
to 09
The chairman, calling upon the company the °sit:
glasses, said he had now to propose to thcimstepin, the
the day, 4. Their distinguished guest, Robert
,et fort tioo.
Esq." In an eloquent address the chairn3B°,%jrnirt`ccitli
claims of Mr. Stephenson to their respect atr 010
and concluded by proposing that gentleman B,,ive0b 84
nine times nine, British cheers. These were peel,
company with a hearty demonstration Of rriv, thesoplll
salute was fired from the Fairy yacht, moorlsin, to
below the pavilion. Mr. Stephenson, en r ri;
was received with most enthusiastic cheers., :pressl,lo,oo;
thanked those present for the uneeiliwea hot eB°of
their feelings towards him. It was true t action -irxe
difficulties had been overcome in the COnstr he rue,
f win!
Britannia Bridge, in the surmounting ° win oliel
much
.to his friend and valued assistant, Ivi,,_uarters,4 00,
whose excellent work was well known in aj,!,13 hes"ortai;i;
engineering skill could be appreciated.
most frill'aliali%
Holyhead Railway would form one of theo thatisingvd latehilo
links in the empire, all of which were due
350 gentle ooteleit
Pd P-4tlor ;
mineral, iron; of which a Copenhagen Prd- 00 ine-,08,:ot
in his presence, ingeniously illustrate.e_d by pr.',iK fires,
value. The honourable gentleman concle:_',ed fns
the health of the chairman, which was.o and. to
_o
che'ring. Numerous other toasts foil ve„,„fid ifir„b or!,
tivities were prolonged to a late hour. cuing, mile
place in the pavilion on the followin for in 8'
attended by the elite of beauty and fashion
around Bangor.

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BRISTOL.—The mercantile interests at seven ni,&;:i6;
represented as very flourishing. During the, wits itioo
of the present year the tonnage of arrivogoe P°Btoril
against 61,798 in the same period last year. atisfse
of the outward trade of the port is equaill Ss 00 001
The docks are well occupied, and the ,clhutasYandcgir
much bustle and activity. All the sbipwrig-n-re c'oo'
are employed, and it stated that sores u'v
work.