The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-08-13 00:00:00

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■TORY AT BIRKENHEAD.—ThC tWent
Henry the Eighth, 1534-5, was the
which the king and parliament declm
with the Church of Rome, which 1
many ages, to be at an end ; and in w 1
mined the monarchy and people e'

memorable year in

section

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movement which had already
Europe for upwards of twe

gitated the continent of

Birkenhead. immediately opposite to I

possessing much property in the toe
pressed, along with the smaller mon

year 1545,

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id right

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he priors had

held for above four hundred years, passed, by grant, into
the hands of Ralph Worsley, of Worsley, in Lancashire,
page of the wardrobe and groom of the chamber " of
the unconquered chief," Henry the Eighth, and after-
wards keeper of the lions, lionesses, and leopards in the
tower. This grant included the site of the late priory at
Birkenhead, with all the church, belfry, and churchyard
of the same; all the house, edifices, mills, barns, and

stables, within or nigh the precincts of the same; a rnes-
suage or tenement, in the possession of Rotert Moly-
neux ; one dove-house, one mill, and all the fisn-yards,
with two acres of meadow, seventy acres of arable land,
and one parcel of land where flax was used to be grown ;

the ferry, the ferry-house, the boat called the "Ferribot,"
and the profit of the same, situated and being in Birken-
head, and Bidston, and Kirkby \Wally, otherwise Walla-
sey ; together with all lands and rights belonging to the

Birkenhead, Claughton,
Kirkby Whally. At the time wio
granted to Ralph Worslev, it produce,.
£ll5 13s. sd. After passing through var.
has come into the possession of Francis Richard Price,
E,cl., in whom the manor of Birkenhead and the rights

Bidston, and

n the priory w

hands, it

whit, .ormerly belonged to the priory are now vestec
The monks of Birkenhead had a granary in Water-street,
Liverpool, which produced a rent of 4s. 2d., at the time
when the priory was suppressed. That was the only pro-
perty which they possessed in Liverpool.—Baines' Liver-
pool.
THE DETECTIVE POLICE STAFF'.—lnspector Wield is
a middle-aged man of a portly presence, with a large,
moist, knowing, eye, a husky voice, and a habit of -

sising his conversation by the aid of a corpulent for
finger, which is constantly in juxtaposition with his ey

or nose. Inspector Stalker is a shrewd, hard-headed
Scotchman—in appearance not at all unlike a very acute,
thoroughly-trained schoolmaster from the Normal Estab-
lishment at Glasgow. Inspector Wield one might have
known, perhaps, for what he is—lnspector Stalker, never.
The ceremonies of reception over, Inspectors Wield and
Stalker observe that they have brought some sergeants
with them. The sergeants are presented—five in num-
ber—Sergeant Dornton, Sergeant Witehem, Sergeant
Mith, Sergeant Fendall, and Sergeant Straw. We have
the whole Detective Force from Scotland-yard, with one
exception. They sit down in a semi-circle (the two
inspectors at the two ends) at a little distance from the
round table, facing the editorial sofa. Every man of
them, in a glance, immediately takes an inventory of the
furniture and an accurate sketch of the editorial presence.
The editor feels that any gentleman in company could
take him up, if need should be, without the smallest hesi-
tation, twerty years hence. The whole party are in
plain clothes. Sergeant Dornton, about fifty years of
age, with a ruddy face and -a high sunburnt forehead, has
the air of one who has been sergeant in the army—he
might have sat to Wilkie for the soldier in the " Reading
of the Will." He is famous for steadily pursuing the
inductive process, and, from small beginnings, working
on from clue to clue until he bags his man. Sergeant
Witchern, shorter and thicker set, and marked with the
smallpox has something of a reserved and thoughtful air,
as if lie were engaged in deep arithmetical calculations.
He is renowned for his acquaintance with the swell mob.
Sergeant Mith, a smooth-faced man, with a fresh bright
complexion and a strange air of simplicity, is a dab at
housebreakers. Sergeant Fendall, a light-haired, well-
spoken, polite person, is a prodigious hand at pursuing
private inquiries of a delicate nature. Straw, a little
wiry sergeant of meek demeanour and strong sense, would
knock at a door and ask a series of questions in any mild
character you choose to prescribe to him from a charity
boy upwards, and seem as innocent as an infant. They
are, one and all, respectable looking men, of perfectly
good deportment and unusual intelligence, with nothing
lounging or slinking in their manners, with an air of keen
observation and quick percepti, n when addressed, and
generally presenting in their faces traces more or less
marked of habitually leading lives of strong mental ex-
citement. They have all good eyes, and they all can,
and they all do, look full at whomsoever they speak to.—
Dickens' Household Words.
WONDERFTL ADVENTURE WITH A HIPPOPOTAMUS.—
I soon found fresh spoor, and after holding on for several
miles, just as the sun was going down, and as I entered a
dense reed cover, I came upon the fresh lairs of four hip-
popotami. They had been lying sleeping on the.margin
of the river. and on hearing me come crackling through
the reeds, had plunged into the deep water. lat once
ascertained that they were newly started, for the froth and
bubbles were still on the spot where they had plunged in.
Next moment I heard them blowing a little way down the
river. I then headed them, and, with considerable diffi-
culty, owing to the cover and the reeds, I at length came
right down above where they were sta--.ding. It was a
broad part of the river, with a sandy bottom, and the
water came half, way up their sides. There were four of
them, three cows and an old bull ; they stood in the mid-
dle of the river, and, though alarmed, did not appear
aware of the extent of the impending danger. I took the
sea cow next me, and with my first ball I gave her a mor-
tal wound, knocking loose a great plate on the top of her
skull. She at once commenced plunging round and round,
and then occasionally remained still, sitting for a few
minutes on the same spot. On hearing the report of my
rifle, two of the others took up stream, and the fourth
dashed down the river; they trotted along, like oxen, at
a smart pace, as long as the water was shallow. I was
now in a state of very great anxiety about my wounded
sea-cow, for I feared that she would get down into deep
water, and be lost like the last one ; her struggles were
still carrying her down stream, and the water was be-
coming deeper. To settle the matter, I accordingly fired
a second shot from the bank, which, entering the roof of
her skull, passed out through her eye; she then kept con-
tinually splashing round and round in a circle in the mid-
dle of the river. I had great fears of the crocodiles, and
1 did not know that the sea-cow might not attack me.
Mr anxiety to secure her, however, overcame all hesita-
tion; so, divesting myself of my leathers, and armed
with a sharp knife, I dashed into the water, which, at first
took me up to my arm-pits, but in the middle was shal-
lower. As I approached Behemoth, her eye looked very
wicked. I halted for a moment, ready to dive under the
water if she attacked me, but she was stunned, and did
not know what she was doing so, running in upon her.
and seizing her short tail, I attempted to incline her
course to land. It was extraordinary what enormous
strength she still had in the water. I could not guide her
in the slightest, and she continued to splash, and plunge.
and blow, and make her circular course, carrying me
along with her, as if I was a fly on her tail. Finding her
tail gave me but a poor hold, as the only means of securing
my prey, I took out my knife, and cutting two deep pa-
rallel incisions through the skin on her rump, an,
this skin from the flesh, so that I could get in

hands, I made use of this as a handle ; and, after some
desperate hard work, sometimes pushing and sometime:
pulling,
the sea-cow continuity,. her circular course the

eventually, _ ._. ..„ .
time, and I holding—ottat her rump like grim Death ;
powerful animal to the bank. Here the Bushman quickly
I succeeded in bringing this gigantic and most
brought me a stout buffalo rheim from my horse's neck,
which I passed through the opening in the thick skin,
and moored Behemoth to a tree. I then took my rifle
and sent a ball through the centre of her head, and she
was numbered with the dead.—Cuinniiny's Five Years in
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GOLD FROM JAMAICA.--We state with much
tion that we have just seen and examined a large lump of
auriferous rock or stone just arrived from the neieh-
bourhood of Annatto Bay, Jamaica. Split open, it
almost one compact mass of gold
silver ore lying in small lumps thick
gold particies. This lump will yield

out 70

of the precious metals. This is considerably richer tha
many of the Californian specimens.—Standard.

A tremendous fire occurred at Gravesend on Sunday
morning, by which no fewer than twenty-four houses

. .
sumed. The premises, except two, were insured, chiefly
in the Kent, Sun, and Phoenix offices. They were almost
all shops, and well stocked, being, in fact, the principal
houses of business in the town. Among the property
destroyed is the County Bank. The houses totally des-
troyed were on the eastern side of High-street.

CHEAP TRlPS.—Scarcely a day passes without great
numbers of strangers visiting the town, chiefly from the

eastern dis

trict of county, or the adjoining county of

country people : the fact of the
that day tended to produce such

an effect in

main reason was the arrival of two thousand persons early
in the morning, by the East. Lancashire Railway, from
Burnley : they entered the town with all the parapher-
nalia of banners, brass band, &c., and, like aquatic crea-
tures, made directly for the water.

!—We would call the at.

To THE LOVERS OF MIRTH
tention, particularly of strangers who may be in town
during the assize week, to Mr. Colles's advertisement,
with the above heading, in our paper of this day. His
apartments ii Bold-street have already been visited by
numbers, both of residents and strangers, who have all
expressed the greatest satisfaction at the treat there
afforded them, and we believe all who have become pur-
chasers have found the art of deceiving more easily ac-
quired than they anticipated. Mr. Colles's various illu-
sions are of the most pleasing character, and performed
in the most quiet and easy manner, without any approach
to bombast ; indeed this is the great charm. In former
days a good deal depended upon keeping the attention of
the spectators rivetted by means of the tongue, whilst the
fingers were at work ; but here that is quite abandoned.
Although Mr. Colles keeps up a familiar conversation

with his visitors respecting the various tricks and decep-
tions, in many instances explaining the old method of
performing them, yet he never allows this to interfere for
a moment with the trick in hand. Mr. Colles, however,
not only explains the old method practised, but the new
one likewise; but this latter only--as old Trapbois used
to.say—fora con:si.der.a-tion._ Those who avail them.

selves of Mr. Colles's present visit to Liverpool, to pur-
chase the seeds of amusement, will find them spring up
into a plentiful harvest by their own firesides, when winter
makes these pleasing and innocent amusements doubly
welcome.

GRATIFYING TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO GEORGE
WHITLEY, RSQ.—On Tuesday evening last a number of
gentlemen met at the house of Mr. Whiteman, the
Brunswick Hotel, to present to Mr. George Whitley, (of
the firm of Leigh and Whitley) a substantial testimonial
of the estimation in which he is held by all those honoured
with his acquaintance. A splendid dinner was provided

in the spacious room, which was ventilated and decorated
with all the artistic. skill of Messrs. Cuffley and Heighway
expressly for the occasion ; nearly one hundred gentlemen
sat down, amongst whom were many of the tenants of the
estates of the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Whitley being
the acting agent of that nobleman. Mr. Samuel
Ilolme occupied the chair: Mr. James Thompson and Mr.
Wm. Coward acting as Vice-presidents. After the re-
moval of the cloth and the routine of roasts usual on such
occasions had been fulfilled, the chairman, in a speech
pointed and pithy but abounding in the finest feelings,
paid a just tribute to the public worth and private virtues
of Mr Whitley, whose health he proposed amidstdeafeninz
applause, and, reading the following note, presented the
gentleman they entertained with a service of plate valued
at £2OO :

" Dear Sir,--.4n requesting your arceptair:e of the won)

big plate, we desire to express our sentiments of esteem and
regt.rd for the uniform attention we have at all times received
at your hands during the long period i❑ which we have been
connected with you, evincing on the one hand the strictest re-
gard to the interests of those for whom you acted, and on the
other the greatest urbanity and kindness to all with whom you
were brought into contact ; and we beg to assure you of our

r continued health and
91 11 (We auu iiunt WISIMS WI yOl.l
pros-
perity ; that whenever you see tit to retire from the duties of
an active life, you may have the gratifying consciousness of
carrying with you the esteem and affection of

mfurt you desire:Z'aie

Sir, very respectfully yours.q
The plate was executed by Mr. Mauer, of Lord-street,
and consisted of a large and splendid silver salver, con-
taining a suitable inscription, a smaller salver. a tca kettle,

all of solid silver

After the

MISS CUSHMAN'S PERFORMANCE,
LAST NIGHT.

We have already announced the fact that, at the urgent
request of several friends, this talented lady had consented
to give one performance during her stay in this country, at
our Amphitheatre—a compliment all the greater that she
has declined to appear in any other town. Last night.
accordingly, that place ofam usement was filled early with an
enthusiastic audience to witness one of the very finest of
Miss Cushman's performances. her Men _
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that the charact

is one wl

in this or any other cot
tice. It hid been pre'

b this lady, for the first time
brought into prominent no-