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

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

SAMUEL BARRETT, the late governor of Monmouth
gaol, who pleaded guilty to five indictments for forging
the names of tradesmen to bills against the county, has
been sentenced to fifteen years' transportation.
FERRY-BOAT COLLISION.—On Tuesday afternoon, of_
the steamer Birkenhead was proceeding against the ebb
tide to Birkenhead Ferry, she came in contact with the
steamer Cato, on her way from the ferry to the Landing'
stage. The Cato had one of her paddle-boxes and deck:
houses carried away. A number of children from s'•
Thomas's School were on board the Birkenhead, but ne
one was hurt.

A Funious RIDER.—At the Liscard Court-house, on
Wednesday, John Wardrobe, said to be a seafaring man,
was summoned for cruelty to a horse. On Sunday the
prisoner hired one of the horses kept on the shore at
Egremont. He rode the horse so long, and at so furious,
a rate, and beat it so severely, that, to put the poor aninlei
out of its misery, it had to be shot the same evening. He
was ordered to pay £3, or be committed for six weeks
with hard labour.

THE DIBIGO.—The spread of cholera among the pas'
sengers of the Dirigo has been stopped, owing to the ever'
getic arrangements adopted by Lieutenant Prior, govern;
ment emigration agent, assisted by the authorities an
officials at Birkenhead. No deaths have taken place since
Friday last. The Dirigo will be ready for sea by SAO'
day ; but as the luggage is to be taken out of her and re
loaded, it will be more-than a week before the emigrant°,
re-embark. After the vessel has been again dispatchf!'
the dep6t will be fumigated, in order to ensure the era"'
cation of the epidemic.
CirEsTEB. AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
the week ending 23rd of July, 1854, was as follows
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway, £3,533 15s. 90,"
steam-boats, £643 4s. 6d.; total, £4,177 Os. 3d.; g004.7.,'
£1,632 12s. 6.; total, including Carnarvon traffic,) per 01"
£5,166 Bs. 2d. • steam-boats, £643 4s. 6d. ; tote'
£5,809 12s. Bd. Corresponding week last year, per railo?,:'
;
£4,048 14s. 2d. ; steam-boats, £768 18s. 11d. tot
£4,817 13s. ld.; goods, £1,159 6s. ld.; total, £1,15965. id.;
total (including Carnarvon traffic,) £5,208 Os. 3d.; steam"
boats, £768 18s. 11d.; total, £5,976 19s. 2d. Decreage'
£167 6s. 6d.
ROBBERIES.—About five o'clock on Tuesday afternoo
some thief entered the house of Mr. John Dubbin, CUT
mont-road, Claughton, through a front-parlour windo.7
and stole about £3O worth of silver from the sidebca'.
On the same evening the whole of the property was
covered from a female who offered it at a pawnbroke
shop in Great Howard-street, Liverpool. On Taest.
morning, about ten' o'clock, a man stole some silver Ora
spoons, &c., from the kitchen of Mrs. Haram's bCo‘,e;esg
Seymour-street, Holt-hill, to which he obtained
negligence
of the back door, left open through the negilg'-:
of the servant, who was in a bed-room when the lb"
bery was committed.

STRANGE ATTEMPT AT CHILD MURDER.—On 11111115;
day three girls, who had been at Rock Ferry, in returniii,°'
homeward, heard the screams of a child proceeding fr°';
a field in that neighbourhood, and found an infant a1f.30
rently about a week old, lying on the grass, with a naPai,
tied round its head and mouth, evidently with the intells
tion of producing suffocation. A bundle of clothes trild
also found near the child. The girls took the infant, aneti
were proceeding with it, when a respectably-attic_
female, with a veil thrown over her face and a parasol 11;
her hand, came up and demanded the child, and, after
going back to the field for the parcel of clothes, walked,
hurriedly off. The matter was immediately commtilliu
sated to the Tranmere police, who commenced a scare'
for the suspicious female, but without success.
THE WILL OF THE M
MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY has Just
been proved by the present Marquis, the Duke of Bif
mond, and Viscount Sydney, the executors appoint
under it, with powers reserved to Lord Paget, a son, all
one other of the executors. The personality is syval:cli
under £140,000. According to the will, which is datie
the 20th of February, 1854, a liberal provision is mad
for all the younger sons of the late marquis, an annuity
£5OO is bequeathed his secretary, an annuity of £lOO
continued to Lieut. E. Martin, RN., and £l,OOO is left ,
Hugh Cameron, Esq., as an acknowledgment of his PTO
fessional services. The remainder of the property goes
the present marquis, to whom also are devised all the real
estates, &c. The truncated pillar, ornamented with de ~,
vices, which was presented to the gallant marquis 1
George IV. when Prince Regent, and the officers of
Marquis's hussar regiment, he also bequeathed to ar,
eldest son, to descend as a family heirloom with the ear
dom of Uxbridge.
DEATH OF A LADY FROM BEING THROWN OUT O. A t
VEHICLE.—On Wednesday, Mr. Rutter, held an
at Heaton Norris, on Mrs. Booth, the wife of Mr. Bot,t
owner of considerable property at Heaton Norris, ""a
who resides at Bowdon, Cheshire. On Friday, Mr. 011
Mrs. Booth were proceeding to Heaton Norris in a dam:
Near Withenshaw, on the Altrincham and Stockport Me
Mr. Booth had turned his head to look at some Pra
preserves, when the horse, which at the time was g‘9...,'"-ti
at a sluggish pace, suddenly stumbled, fell, and tiwAs
Mrs. Booth out of the vehicle. Her husband, who wet
thrown across the splash board, immediately went thire.ll
assistance, and had her conveyed to Heaton Norris.
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Booth did not appear, in the first instance, to have receilhe
much injury, except that her head bled a little, an%
complained herself of having been slightly shaken.
next day, however, violent fits of convulsion came on, a-0
in spite of all that medical skill could do she 04)°,3
expired.—A verdict of " Accidental death" was retit,rld\e.
THE ELLAN VANNIN.—The elegant new iron ig
wheel steamer, Ellan Vannin, Capt. Skillicorn, which .g
to form the pioneer boat of the new line betweeu2,fal
port and Castletown, Isle of Man, made another succ7;
trial-trip on Saturday. A large party were taken ral e
the Birkenhead slip by the steam-tug Samson, and w—,be
on board the Ellan Vannin, which lay in the river
building-yard of Mr. Laird, at the Dingle. After n;,,
nessing the launch of the Ethiope, she steamed rapiJ of
the river, with the intention of meeting the Couitt'tirig
Ellesmere, then about due from Runcorn, and of tes se
her speed against that local celebrity. She proceeav-tatt,
far as Ince Lighthouse, about five miles above Gars
where she remained stationary until the Countess c the
up. The Ellan Vannin was placed in motion, and asi
Countess came abreast she was put on full speed, an the
exciting race commenced. From the powder hulks ta,
Garston dock the boats kept almost even each being a1"..,e1
speed. As the vessels came into deeper water the laiD•
vessel began to show an advantage, but the race was
denly stopped by the Countess putting into Garstoo,..o,
her last place of call. The Ellan Vannin afterwards
seeded as far as the
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hour and ten minutes ; so that, with the tide taken
account, she accomplished a speed of rather better bijer
fourteen knots an hour. The Ellan Vannin is to take
place on her station this day.

A YANKEE is making his fortune in the valley °V,
Mississippi, by selling. vegetable pills for the cure °f
diseases. The pills are peas, soaked in a solutioo
liqTHEuorice.
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ROTAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY has decided
hold its meeting and exhibition, for the year 18'"rA"' to;
Carlisle; when handsome premiums will be offere"Arl°
the best Scotch cattle or sheep of the various kinds,
also for seeds, implements, &c.,
STRIKE AMONG SIIIPWRIGHTS.----A few days sine to
shipwrights at Brixham, in Devonshire, struck for w'cyd,
They have lately been in the receipt of 3s. 4d. pers #l.
and an allowance of beer. Their present demand 'it, i 0
and beer ; and it is probable that they will obtaiovia
consequence of the number of vessels which are now
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built and repaired in that port. uq
EICESSIVE DAMAGES.—At the Lincoln assitla
Tuesday, Lydia Hill, a gentleman's housekeeper, ag_rioo„
obtained £6OO damages against a Mr. Foster, for s:oliev
injuries caused by being thrown from a pony at pee'
the defendant had thrown a rhubarb leaf. The f Ile'
duced an affection of the spine, which renders
unable to walk without assistance.
THE MARRIAGE OF THE SVLTAN'S DAUGHTO' )
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marriage of Ali Ghalib Pasha (Redschild Pasha's
the Sultan's daughter is broken off, or at least Put -90 n;
a year. This is a great piece of gossip for the new rVue
gers of Stamboul. The height of ambition in a
statesman seems to be to ally his family to thi°i
Sultan, and Redschild Pasha is much cut 111:, abl9-of
delay in the consummation of the moat ardent
wishes. It is not known what the tittle Sultana,s':
this move. Her intendedutt disgusted at the
crastination,