The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-11-21 00:00:00

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OVERSEERS OF TRANMERE AND THE PATRIOTIC
—The inhabitants of Tranmere have been censured
interning an unpatriotic quietude on the subject
ing so much interest for all true and loyal English-
On the Ist instant, Mr. W. Waring Perrey
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ter to the overseers of the township, sug-
b.esting that a public meeting of the inhabitants should
be called in aid of the fund, to which he received the fol-
Nov. 3, 1854. The

Overseers'-office

s of the township of Tranmere have received Mr.
letter, dated the Ist instant, requesting them to

call a public meeting of the inhabitants in aid of the
patriotic fund ; but, as they think that the fact of it being
for a non-parochial purpose precludes them from doing
cannot comply with the request.'

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Wur,xnkat Cutrucn RATE.—Wrexham was on Thurs-
day and .Friday last the scene of contention upon the
subject of church rates. At the vestry meeting on
Thursday,
.Sir R. H. Cunlilfe, Bart., proposed a rate of
twopence an the pound, and Mr. T. Taylor Griffith se-
conded the motion ; which was opposed by Mr. Darby,
Mr. Rawlins, and others, and supported by Mr. John
Lewis. The poll closed on Friday, with the following
result —Far the rate, 450 ; against • the rate, 294;
majority for the rate, 167.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The traffic for
k ending 12th November, 1854, was as follows :
parcels, &e., £2,460 Os. 44.; steam-boats,
total, £2,871 9s. 9d. Goods, £1,793
.195., 7d,

Total, including Carnarvon traffic, £4,665 9s. sd. Cor-
responding • week last year, passengers, parcels, Sr.c.,
£2,142 188. 2d. ; steam-boats, £289 .18s. 9d.: total,
£2,432 16s. 11d. Goods, £1,519 4s. 6d. Total, including
Carnarvon traffic, £3,952 ls. 6d. Increase, £713 7s. 11d.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT. On Tuesday forenoon, as a
cart laden with straw was being drawn by two horses out
of the Woodside Hotel stable-yard, it tilted back so that
the shafts were almost upright, and, the band beneath
giving way, the horse was literally hanged by the
neck. It is -staid that "in the multitude of counsellors
there is safety,;' but the poor animal did not find it so,
for while several schemes to restore the tart to its position
were ineffectually tried, he was choking. At length a
man forced out the kecker, by which the,shafts are con-
fined to the body of the cart, and the horse suddenly fell
to the ground, where he groaned heavily, and- shortly after-
wards died.

THE LATE Ma. STEVENSON, OF BIRICENItEAI).—Mr.
M`Bride, of Liverpool, has just completed the bas-relief,
which, with the - rich architectural decorations, will be
immediately fixed in St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead.
The subject of the bas-relief was suggested by the text,
" Sick, and ye visited me." It represents the deceased
watching over and tending a beautiful maiden, whose
relatives are represented as earnest and anxious-spectators.
The relief is canopied and surrounded by work of a gothic
character, in Caen stone, to harmonise with the character
of the church. The, inscription tablet is fixed below the
relief, and is as follows :—" Sacred to the memory' of
William Stevenson,sof Birkenhead, surgeon, who died 6th
June, 1853, aged sixty-four years. This monument is
erected by public subscription, as a record of the esteem
in which he was regarded by his fellow-townsmen." The
work reflects high credit upon the sculptor.
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CHRISTIANITY ANIOEGST THE JEWS.—On Wednesday,
-a meeting of the friends-of the Society for the Promotion
of Christianity Amongst•the Jews, was held in St. Mary's
School-room, Priory-strept, Birkenhead. .The chair was
occupied by the Rev. A. Knox, and there were several
oti.er clergymen present. The meeting was addressed by
the reverend chairman, the Rev. Mr. Howlett, secretary,
and the Rev. Mr. Hurst, ulto gave some very interesting
details of the progress witieh Christianity was making
amongst the Jews. Resolutions favourable to the objects
were passed, and the meeting separated with a vote .of
thank to the chairman.

ArmIcATIoN or SEw.koE.,--At a meeting of the Man-
chester Town Council, a few days ago, a letter was read
from Mr. Samuel Brooks, in which that gentleman made
the handsome offer of placing £l,OOO at the disposal of the
council, to be expended in preliminary inquiries, and
,premimus for plans and experiments, as to the value of the
.nightsoil of. he town. Mr. Brooks estimated the annual
value of the sewage of the town of Vanchester at £lOO,OOO
.a-year, and his letter referred to the,importance not only
,of properly disposing of it for agricultural purposes, but of
rendering it subservient to other useful objects. . The
thanks of the council were unanimously voted to Mr.
Brooks for hisoffer.

Monxm,rry- LANCA.SIIIILE AND aDESIIIRE.—From
the Registrar-general's returns of the last quarter, we
learn that Cheshire, except in Runcorn and Wirral, expe-
rienced less than the average mortality. In Lancashire,
the deaths in Liverpool and West Derby, in the three
summer quarters of 1852, 1853, 1854, were 3,537, 2,701,
and 4,563; and •the increase is referable to the epidemic
cholera. The deaths from all causes in the summer quar-
ter of 1849, when the,cholera was epidemic, were 8,021 in
the two districts. The population of Liverpool and West
Derby in 1851 was 411,515. The deaths in Manchester

and Salford during the last quarter were 2,789 ; the popu-
lation was 315,956 in 1851. Diarrhcea has been the pre-
vailing form of disease in Manchester, and the mortality
has not been considerable.

LORD ILIRDINGE AND THE TWENTY-TRIED FUSI-
LIERS.—The promoters of the special subscription .on
behalf of the bereaved survivors of the 23rd have felt the

FeeTa;ation of those who oppose the scheme (that the
regiment is chiefly composed of Irishmen and Scotch)
almost as a libel on their countrymen. Their sense of
injustice has reached the ear of the Commander-in-Chief,
who, in a private letter to a friend, thus refers to the sub-
ject :—" I send the last return of the Welsh Fusiliers,
signed by its gallant and distinguished leader, who fell so
nobly at its head in the action of
,the Alma. I wish the
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return had specified Welshmen, and I shall give directions
that, in the Welsh Fusiliers, the four countries shall be
separately and distinctly recorded. The number was 969,
of which only 8 were Scotch and 182 were Irish. But the
Welsh Fusiliers have always been a remarkable regiment,
arid their conduct on every occasion has shown that they
have in no instance degenerated from their former fame.
The Welsh Fusiliers were engaged at Albuera, and, by a
curious coincidence, they lost 14 officers, killed and
wounded, the same as at Alma ; but the loss of men was
greater at Albizera, namely, 324 men, and at the Alma
196 men?! The above has given the greatest satisfaction
to those who felt t.bat the bravery. of the Welsh was
detracted from by being draughted into other regiments
nstead oft at which bean their name,