The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

SAMUEL BARRETT, the late governor of Montri°,„tlt,l4
gaol, who pleaded guilty to five indictments for for
the names of tradesmen to bills against the county,
been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation.
FERRY-BOAT Comasiox.—On Tuesday afternoon' 0
the steamer Birkenhead was proceeding against the e
tide to Birkenhead Ferry, she came in contact with l, steamer Cato, on her way from the ferry to the Land ty
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stage. The Cato had one of her paddle-boxes and d
houses carried away. A number of children from
Thomas's School were on board the Birkenhead, but
one was hurt.

A Funtous RIDER.—At the Liscard Court-house,:
Wednesday, John Wardrobe, said to be a seafaring pity
was summoned for cruelty to a horse. On SundaY
prisoner hired one of the horses kept on the shorf
Egremont. He rode the horse so long, and at so farm
a rate, and beat it so severely, that, to put the poor an
ill
out of its misery, it had to he shot the same evening.
was ordered to pay £3, or be committed for six W'
with hard labour.

THE Drarao.—The spread of cholera among the P:
sengers of the Dirigo has been stopped, owing to the eat%
getic arrangements adopted by Lieutenant Prior, gone,,j
ment emigration agent, assisted by the authorities .6,i
officials at Birkenhead. No deaths have taken place stlo'f,'"
Friday last. The Dirigo will be ready for sea by Sa,
day ; but as the luggage is to be taken out of her ant 4
loaded, it will be more than a week before the emig"-,j41
re-embark. After the vessel has been again dispan,
the dep6t will be fumigated, in order to ensure the e
cation of the epidemic.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The , Ac to
the week ending 23rd of July, 1854, was as felloWs9'4,;
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £3,533
steam-boats, £64.3 4s. 6d.; total, £4,177 Os. 3d.; gy;101,
£1,632 12s. 5.; total, including Carnarvon traffic,) Perojal,
£5,166 Bs. 2d. • steam-boats, £643 4s. 6d. ; .!A
£5,809 12s. Bd. dorresponding week last year, per rao„„"tit
£4,048 14s. 2d. ; steam-boats, £768 18s. 11d. ; Itt;
I £4,817 13s. ld.; goods, £1,159 Os. id.; total, £1,159d54f
total (including Carnarvon traffic,) 5,208 Os. 3d12•
boats, £768 18s. 11d.; total, £5,976 19s. 2d. Dec
£167 6s. 6d.
ROBBERIES.—About five o'clock on Tuesday aftefie
some thief entered the house of Mr. John Dubbin,.`lol6
mont-road, Claughton, through a front-parlour viriLt4
and stole about £3O worth of silver from the sideort
On the same evening the whole of the property 09
covered from a female who offered it at a pawobr°o4.l
shop in Great Howard-street, Liverpool. On Tut.,
morning, about ten o'clock, a man stole some silver
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spoons, &c., from the kitchen of Mrs. Haram's rces!
Seymour-street, Holt-hill, to which he obtaint""keee,
through the back door, left open through the lle1"-Ior
of the servant, who was in a bed-room when tue'
bery was committed.
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STRANGE ATTEMPT AT CHILD MIIRDER.-011 -401
day three girls, who had been at Rock Ferry, in ret fros
homeward, heard the screams of a child proceeding 0
a field in that neighbourhood, and found an infant '
rently about a week old, lying on the grass, with a 0.3000
tied round its head and mouth, evidently with the A
tion of producing suffocation. A bundle of clothe! „,-1".1
also found near the child. The girls took the infaat,,tird
were proceeding with it, when a respectably-o,v 0
female, with a veil thrown over her face and a pordtet,
her hand, came up and demanded the child, ands a 0
going back to the field for the parcel of clothes, W.:tior
hurriedly off. The matter was immediately colll,o
cated to the Tranmere police, who commenced a
for the suspicious female, but without success.
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THE WILL OF THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY --
been proved by the present Marquis, the Duke of td
mond, and Viscount Sydney, the executors apP°lo
under it, with powers reserved to Lord Paget, a son'," -
one other of the executors. The personality is sditt/A
under £140,000. According to the will, which is
the 20th of February, 1851, a liberal provision is .tf
~
for all the younger sons of the late marquis, an anninnd
£5OO is bequeathed his secretary, an annuity of X,1,7611/
continued to Lieut. E. Martin, R.N., and £l,OOO lg.",
Hugh Cameron, Esq., as an acknowledgment of lo!)
fessional services. The remainder of the property
the present present marquis, to whom also are devised all the
estates, &c. The truncated pillar, ornamented 1cl:a 14,,
vices, which was presented to the gallant marl I le,
George IV. when Prince Regent, and the officers 9
Marquis's hussar regiment, he also bequeathed weitil
eldest son, to descend as a family heirloom with the
dom of Uxbridge.
DEATH OF A LADY FROM BEING THRows v.- ~or
VEHICLE.--On Wednesday, Mr. Rutter, held an tt!4,
at Heaton Norris, on Mrs. Booth, the wife of Mr. '
owner of considerable property at Heaton Norris, os
who resides at Bowdon, Cheshire. On Friday, 2410
Mrs. Booth were proceeding to Heaton Norris in
Near Withenshaw, on the Altrincham and Stockperve,
Mr. Booth had turned his head to look at some
preserves, when the horse, which at the time was•
at a sluggish pace, suddenly stumbled, fell, and, -19;„
Mrs. Booth out of the vehicle. Her husband, iv°ooK:
thrown across the splash board, immediately went
assistance, and had her conveyed to Heaton Norris.
Booth did not appear, in the first instance, to have revie,
much injury, except that her head bled a little, an 171
complained herself of having been slightly shaken._ 01:
next day, however, violent fits of convulsion came 01"i01
in spite of all that medical skill could do shetor
expired.—A verdict of "Accidental death" was re.ol;
THE ELLAN VANNIN.—The elegant new iron flickw
wheel steamer, Ellan Vannin, Capt. Skillicorn, ttep
to form the pioneer boat of the new line hetwee„
port and Castletown, Isle of Man, made another fitnc'
trial-trip on Saturday. A large party were taken
the Birkenhead slip by the steam-tug Samson, and ,;if fts,,
on board the Ellan Vannin, which lay in the river
building-yard of Mr.• Laird, at the Dingle.
nessing the launch of the Ethiope, she steamed ror-_. estL,e,"
the river, with the intention of meeting the Conestv;:
Ellesmere, then about due from Runcorn, and 01a641
her speed against that local celebrity. She preoForeo,
far as Ince Lighthouse, about five miles above 0
where she remained stationary until the Countel syj.
up. The Ellan Vannin was placed in motion, allopatif
Countess came abreast she was put on full spee°,L to ,1
exciting race commenced. From the powder huff,ol2.
speed. As theto vshesoswelsanCaomdveanintatkge,
Garston dock the boats kept almost even each bel" istrj,
vessel began
denly stopped by the Countess putting into Gar.,A.-
eebupterthwearteacretilWetplk
her last place of call. The Ellan Vannin aftervi
1), and , a4--Ar
ceeded as far as the Northwest Lightship, a Ji-jir
of her speed was made from that point to the 0'1:: isiol
against tide. The distance, 13i knots, was
hour and ten minutes ;so that, with the tide tird
account, she accomplished a speed of rather bet"r,?
fourteen knots an hour. The Ellan Vannin is to 1-
place on her station this day.

A YANKEE is making his fortune in the valleY of oPd
Mississippi, by selling vegetable pills for the euceioo
diseases. The pills are peas, soaked in a sole' 0
liquorice. 0
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THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY has del6 ,
hold its meeting and exhibition, for the year J
Carlisle; when handsome premiums will be offespil
the best Scotch cattle or sheep of the various kill 00
also for seeds, implements, &c.,
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STRIKE AMONG SHIPWRIGHTS.—A few Lay-, tt•
shipwrights at Brixham, in Devonshire, struck er
They have lately been in the receipt of 3s. 4dN iO,
and an allowance of beer. Their present del:110 i'l4
and beer; and it is probable that they will obtotii Del
consequence of the number of vessels which are O°
built and repaired in that port.
EXCESSIVE DAMAGES.—At the Lincoln Ogeuoos
Tuesday, Lydia Hill, a gentleman's housekeeper; ~
obtained £6OO damages against a Mr. Foster, ic't ifrrY
injuries caused by being thrown from a pony fat
fije
the defendant had thrown a rhubarb leaf. Tll,,,red
duced an affection of the spine, which render
to walk without assistance.
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THE MARRIAGE OF THE SULTAN'S DAUG-I j4l
marriage of Ali Ghalib Pasha (Redschild Pash3''t 0,01:
the Sultan's daughter is broken off, or at least P1149'101:
a year. This is a great piece of gossip for the 13"0157,
gers of Stamboul. The height of ambition 10 at 0 tr,
statesman seems to be to ally his family to tiliouti
Sultan, and Redschild Pasha is much cut 0P,3,-,t o'4 r,
delay in the consummatioA of the most aray„, 9,1,c0r"
this move. Her 440;1(10. is
wishes. It is not known what the little Sult4lll-pe
t a at t
crastination, much disgus4--