The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

WALLASEY OTURCII :MISSIONARY S

A meet-

ing was held at t
on Wednesday.

ional School-roor

v Brighton

)f Chester

resided,

OXTON CHURCH is to be consecrated by the Bishop of
hfield on the 3rd of October, on which occasion it is ex-
d the Bishop of New Zealand will preach. The Rev.
- Ad, curate of St. Chad's, is to have the living.
ENTERTAINMENT TO RAILWAY DIRECTORS.-011 Tues-
day, Sir Watkin W. Wynn, Bart., entertained upwards of
thirty directors of the Great Western Railway, at Wynn-
stay-hall, Ruabon. Sir Watkin has become a director of
the Great Western Company, and takes great interest in
the Shrewshury and Chester line, which is now the pro-
perty of the Great Western,

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D. Mount

THE HARVEST IN NORTH WALES.—A gentleman who
has passed through Carnarvonshire and Denbighshire
within the past week says the yield of grain this year far
exceeds that of any harvest since 1832. Harvest opera-
tions are vigorously going forward in both counties, and
nearly the whole of the wheat has been housed.
THE BIRKENHEAD MAGISTRATES have granted new
licenses to the following parties :—Mr. W. Bate, Chester-
street ; Mr. Samuel Street, Dock-quay ; Mr. George
Lacey, Dock-quay ; Mr. John Lea, Oxton-road ; and Mr.
J. T. Williams, St. Mary's-gate.
BIRKENHEAD FERRY RECElPTS.—Receipts for the
month of August, 1853 and 1854: 1853, £2,635 16s. ;
1854, £2,842 15s. 11d. Receipts from 28th April to 31st
August, both inclusive : £10,096 ls. Bd. ; 1854, £11,717
ss. 7d. Expenditure during same period : 1853, £6,390
16s. 10d. ; 1854, £6,888 4s.
THE BIRKENHEAD FERRY STEAMERS.—The Birken-
head Ferry Commissioners recently signed a contract with
Mr. Laird for a new steamer, and Mr. Laird has received
the first three months' instalment (£1,800). Mr. Heb-
son, the superintending engineer, has recommended that
new boilers be supplied to the steamer Wirral, and the
committee have instructed him to prepare specifications,
in order to obtain estimates of the cost. Complaints
having been made of the inability of the captains and
crews of the boats to interfere with drunk or disorderly
passengers, it has been resolved that they should be sworn
specilconstables.
WYNNSTAY HA.LI

The seat of Sir Watkin W: Wynn,
ng extensive alterations. The old portion
of the originacedifice, which was pulled down about seven
years ago, is now being rebuilt of a fine-coloured stone
obtained in the neighbourhood. The present dining-
room will be converted into an entrance-hall; and, there-
fore, the entrance to the mansion will be in front of the
lake, or looking towards Llangollen, and not, as now, at
the side. The hunting stud and hounds now at Wynnstay
are said to be the finest in the kingdom. There are up-
wards of 50 horses and 60 couples of hounds.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 3rd September, 1854, was as follows :
Passengers, parcels, &c., £4,052 13s. 4d. ; steam-boats,
£568 Os. Id. ; total, £4,620 19s. sd. Goods, £1,594 2s. 10d.
Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £5,646 16s. 2d. Cor-
responding week last year, passengers, parcels, &c., £4,530
19s. 5d.; steam-boats, £904 is. 2d.; total, £5,435 Os. 7d.
Goods, £1,331 12s. 2d. Total; including Carnarvon traffic,
£5,862 12s. 7. Decrease £551 10s. 6d.
CHESTER GENERAL RAILWAY STATION.—III order to
show the immense importance of the railways to Chester,
we may mention one fact connected with the traffic at the
railway station. For the year ended 30th June last, the
aggregate of arrivals and departures per trains was up-
wards of 1,200,000 persons ; and the number of small
parcels received through the parcel office, 70,000. Chester
Courant.

Bart., is uiiderg

LLANDUDNO.—On Tuesday, the clergy of the Rural
Deanery cf Bangor held their periodical Decanal meeting,
and, on the present occasion, assembled at that picturesque
watering-place, Llandudno. Above twenty clergymen
were hospitably entertained by the incumbent, the Rev.
Mr. Evans, at his new residence. In the evening, the
clergy attended divine service, and a sermon in Welsh was
delivered at the parish church ; after which a special om-
nibus conveyed them to the Conway station in time for
the evening train for Bangor.
STRIKE OF STONEMASONS.—Dating the past week a
strike has taken place on the part of the stonemasons em-
ployed upon the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal
works, the entire body of men, about 90, having left work.
It seems that some weeks since the men turned out in
consequence of alleged infringements upon their rights
by the foreman of*Mr. Firbank. After three days' sus-
pension an amicable arrangement was made, it being
agreed that the foreman alluded to should be withdrawn
from the works. The men then resulted their work, and
appeared to entertain a friendly feeling towards Mr. Fir-
hank. Having, however, been informed that the foreman
was to he reinstated, .on his making his appearance they
resolved to leave at once.
THE MURDER AT OXTON.—On Thursday afternoon an
inquest was held before Mr. Churton, the county coroner,
at the Talbot Hotel, Oxton, and a verdict of wilful murder
returned against Knowles, who was admitted to be insane,
The jury recommended the widow and family of the de-
ceased to the consideration of the Home Secretary, as he
had died in the execution of his duty. The funeral took
place the same afternoon, at St. Mary's church, Birken-
head, and was attended by the county constabulary of the
Hundred of Wirral, a detachment of the Birkenhead
police force, and several of the magistrates and gentlemen
of Birkenhead and Oxton. The funeral service was per-
formed by the Rev. John Blakeney, of Christ Church,
Claughton.

BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT.—There were upwards
of a hundred cases set down for hearing on Friday, be-
fore J. W. Harden, Esq., but they were devoid of public
interest. The only one which seemed to call for any re-

mark was an action, Williams v. Grice, in which the plain-
tiff, described as a clerk, sought to recover the value of

three books from an attorney at Birkenhead. The plain-
tiff stated that he had lent three volumes to Mr. Grim—
" ArehbOld's Pleadings," in two vols., and " Chitty's

Burns' Justice;7, in one vol. For the defence, it was urged
that the book detained (two having been restored since
the action was brought) was kee.as a set-off against a
similar volume, the property of the defendant, which the
plaintiff had borrowed, and had forgotten to return. His
Honour, after saying that it was disgraceful to bring an
action of the kind into court, recommended the parties to
come to some arrangement.
WADDASEY BOARD OF HEALTIL—The monthly meet-
ing was held on Thursday. The committee of works and
health recommended that plans for the drainage and
supply of water for the district be advertised for, and that
£lOO be offered for the most perfect plan, and £5O for the
second best. After some conversation the proposal was
agreed to. A conversation took place relative to the pur-
chase ofland from Mr. Shaw for suitable offices in which
to transact the public business, and it was ultimately
agreed that the chairman, the Rev. Mr. Roberts, and Mr.
Pooley be authorised to communicate with Mr. Shaw in
reference to the proposed purchase. Posts, to indicate
the stations for donkeys, &c., u era ordered to be obtained ;
also badges for hackney coach drivers.

LLANNI ItST.-A distressing accident happened here on
Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp, of Lancaster, with two
little boys, arrived at the Eagles Hotel, in their own
vehicle, about noon, and set out soon afterwards in a
hired car for Bettwys-y-Coed. About midway between
the two towns a carriage was about to pass the car, when
the horse began to kic violently, and first threw the
driver. 'The others were then thrown out, and Mrs.
Sharp, placing herself in greater peril in the endeavour to
protect her children, sustained a concussion of the brain.
Her husband was much bruised, but the children escaped
with scarcely a scratch. The sufferers were brought back,
and promptly attended to by the landlord and his family,
nd by three medical men' of the neighbourhood.
PROPOSED INCREASE OF TUE RIVER FERRIAGE.-Mr.
it the last meeting of the Birkenhead Commis-
proposed that, in consequence of the increase in
)als, and other articles of steam-boat con-
and after the Ist of October next, provided
rants or lessees of the Birkenhead arid Trantnere

the price of

;ombe Ferries would undertake to abide by the
same scale, the fares by the boats be raised to ltd. each
person for casual passengers ; that boats be run, at the
half-hours, to Monk's Ferry; and that tickets be issued
at that ferry, for the benefit of the working classes only,
"-- --Ate of ten for a shilling, and suggested that a
ieeting should be held to consider the subject.
he proposal exeited a warm discussion. Mi.. Aspmall
considered that, by adopting it, they would be going
backwards instead of forwards. The receipts at the ferry
had increased by about £5,000 during the last twelve
months, and he considered that it would be a most in-
jurious step to raise their fares, especially if Seacombe was
to remain at a penny. Ultimately the proposal for inquiry
was rejected by the casting vote of the chairman.
ROMANIST MEETING AT DIRICENHEAD.—A few days
since the congregation of St. Werburgh's mass-house,
Orange-lane, held a meeting, to hear from the pretended
Bishop of Shrewsbury, a statement relative to the gift of
the Earl of Shrewsbury, who proposes to erect, at his own
expense, a Romanist cathedral in Birkenhead. The
chairman said some circumstances had occurred to pre-
vent the carrying forward of the structure at Shrewsbury,
and he (the chairman) was consequently desirous of
making the new church at Birkenhead the cathedral of
the diocese. He, therefore, hoped that, with such a muni-
ficent example before them, they would contribute gene-
rously towards the means of purchasing the site. The
first resolution, expressive of the gratitude of the Romanist
population of Birkenhead to the Earl of Shrewsbury, was
proposed by Mr. Browne, and seconded by Mr. Gilbertson,
who said that the Earl of Shrewsbury deserved all the
assistance they could give him. Mr. Furniss moved the
second resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Cox. Mr.
Magee moved the third resolution, " That a subscription
list be immediately opened." Mr. Eyre seconded the
resolution ; and after some conversation, a subscription
list was opened, and the sum of £1,350 was announced.

special

EMI R.A.TION FROM THE NORTH OF SCOTLAYD.—The
last of the autumn fleet for Canada has just sailed from
Aberdeen. The total number of passengers from the
north of Scotland this year has exceeded 2,000; the num-
bers that have gone from the county of Aberdeen alone,
during the past six years, are as follows :-1849, 182 ;
1850, 293 ; 1851, 546 ; 1852, 599 ; 1853, 695 ; 1854, 1,550
—total, 3,865. The emigrants are mostly all farm
labourers and small tenant-farmers. The want of agricul-
tural labourers at home now begins to be felt.

EXPLOSION OF GAS AT WOL;SIIIIAMPTON.—An alarm-
ing explosion, occasioned by the escape of gas, occurred on
Tuesday, in an upstairs room at the back of the spirit
shop occupied by Mr. Watson, in Cock street, Wolver-
hampton. The servant, on going into the room in the
morning, perceived that the gas was escaping. Having
opened the window and the door, she made the fact known
to Mrs. Watson and James Mountford, both of whom has-
tened to the place, the latter taking with him a lighted
candle, to ascertain from whence the escape proceeded.
He got upon the table, and on lifting up the candle towards
the gas pendant, an explosion took place, which blew out
the squares of glass in the window, and a large panel in
the door. In an adjoining room on the same story, two
or three panes of glass were broken ; and in a room below
some glass was broken, a door split into two parts, and
other damage done. In the room in which the explosion
took place, the blind and curtains of the window were
much burnt. The boy, after the occurrence, in conse-
quence of being so much alarmed, jumped through the
room window into the yard. He was much burnt and
injured, and was speedily conveyed to the South Stafford-
shire Hospital. Mrs. Watson's hands and face were
scorched, and her little daughter, who followed her. into
the room, was also slightly I;urnt.—Wokerhampton
Chronicle.

DAR

BIRTHS, MAR_RIAGJ

On the 4th inst., at Zarkfield, Birkenhead, Mrs. Edwin

On the 4th inst., at Birkenhead, the wife of Mr. W,
Blackburne, of a son.
On the sth inst., Mrs. F. Elliott, Camden-street. of a

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