The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

MB. HAMILTON LAIRD expired at Hamilton-square, on
Tuesday morning, from an attack of gastric fever. He
was in his 27th year, and was the youngest son of the late
Mr. William Laird, who established iron shipbuilding at
Birkenhead, and brother to the eminent builder, Mr. John
Laird. The event is enshrouded with an additional melan-
choly from the fact that the deceased was within a few
days to have been married. His death will be regretted
by a large circle of friends, who esteemed him not only for
his courtesy in business transactions, but also for his con-
duct in the private relations of life. Mr. H. Laird had
lately entered into partnership with his brother, Mr. Wm.
Laird, and .a prosperous career seemed before him. He
had filled the office of commodore of the Birkenhead
Model Yacht Clnb, and in respect to his memory, the flags
were lowered half-mast at the stations and on board the

On the 28th ult., at St. John's Church, Mr. Henry B.
Hems to Miss Mary Ann Dyer.
On the 28th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Everton, by
the Rev. S. B. Sutton, 8.A., Mr. Thomas Howey to Miss
Elizabeth Ann Joiuson, both of Kirkdale.

On the 29th ult., at Christ 6114ch,Bverton, by the
Rev. F. A. Power, Mr. Frederick Chambers, grocer, Vaux-
hall-road, to Sarah Birch, of Everton.

On the 29th ult., at Bebingtonaurch, David Ander-
son, Esq., merchant, Bahia, to Margaret Pringle, eldest
daughter of the late John Crawford, Esq., H.M.'s Customs,
Greenock. _

- On the 29th ult., at Edinburgh, by the Rev. J. Gordon,
the Rev. Francis Bishop, of this town, to Margaret, third
daughter of Edward John Maughan, of Mary-place, Edin-
burgh. •

BANKRUPTS.—Edwin Maw, Seacombe, Cheshire, iron-
founder, Sept. 13, Oct. 6, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool
District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Evans
and Son, Liverpool; official assignee, Mr. Turner; Liver-
pool.—Robert Brooks, Blackburn, and Blackpool, Lanca-
shire, draper, Sept. 13, Oct. 4, at 12 o'clock, at the Man-
chester District Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs.
Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester, official
assignee, Mr. Fraser, Manchester.—John Dodderidge
Humphreys, New Wharf-road, Caledonian-road, engineer.
—Christopher Alderson, Whitehall-terrace, Lower Tot-
tenham, grocer.—William John Normanville, Seymour-
chambers, Duke-street, Adelphi, and Queen's-road, Re-
gent's Park, commission agent.—Frederick Langman;
Wolverhampton, druggist —Thomas Goodworth Jackson,
Goole, Yorkshire, joiner.—John Dandison, Huddersfield,
wine merchant.

P.uvrivmsnirs DISSOLVED.—CampbeII, Jones, and Co.,
Panama, merchants.—Campbell, Arnott, and Co., Liver-
pool, merchants.—Mather and Whalley, Farnworth, Lan-
cashire, cotton manufacturers.— Brewer, Pope, and Co.,
Manchester, drysalters.—W. Cawley and R. Capper, Ash-
ton-under-Lyne, linendrapers. Greenham and Carr,
Liverpool, stock brokers.—Tattersall, Dunkerley, and
Yarnwell, Salford, machine makers.--B. Richardson, H.
Whitworth, and L. C. Koeffier, Rochdale, bleachers.

DIVIDENDS.—Sept. 22, E. Ashley, Manchester, small-
ware manufacturer.—Sept. 22, S. Walton, Macclesfield,
silk manufacturer.