The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

REGATTA.—It ia in contemplation to hold a regatil
on the Mersey, at .Runcorn, for two or three days, at the
latter end of August or early in September.
OXTON AND OLACEiHTON AGRICVLIIIR.4I, SOCIETY/
The first exhibition of this society is to be held in Birkea
head Park, at the latter end of next month-
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAT.—The traffic f°r,
the week ending 9th of July, 1834, was as followsS,
Passengers, parcels, tic., per railway, £a,412 18s. ;$1;
steam-boats, £678125. Bd. • total, £4,091 10s. Ild.;
£1,615 10s. 9d.; total (imkuding Carnarvort traffic , Pei
rail,. £5,028 9s. Od. Corresponding week last year, Pe
railway, £3,909 Os. 3d. ; steam-boats, £574 lOs. 7a'
goods, £1,127 7s. 9d. ; total (including Carnarvon traner
£6,036 Bs. Od. Increase, £96 3s. ld.

POCKET PICKING ON BOAILD'A WOODSIDE STEAlinni,
At the Birkenhead police court, on Wednesday, a 101
dressed• young man, who gave the name of Henry 14?
hams,• was charged with attempting to pick the pocky,d
several persons on board a Woodside steamer in crosswf,
from the landing stage to the Woodside slip. Two
three silk pocket handkerchiefs were found in his posesi
sion. He was committed for six weeks as a rogue 99
vagabond.

IfORSE:•STEALING.—At the Wrexham petty sessions, ofl
Monday, Joseph Evans, plumber, glazier, and painter,
Chapel-ash, Wolverhampton, was committed for trial?:
the assizes on a charge of receiving a horse, the prope%
of-Mi: Johnson, corn merchant, of Chester; knowing t'
animal-to have been stolen. A man named John Davie!'
was-at the same time committed for stealing the horse'
which; it appeared, he sold to Evans at Wrexham.fair• gt
ESTAIy AccIDENT.—On Thursday an accident happe%
at the works of Mr. J. B. Edelsten, Warrington, by
a young-man-of the name of Tickel was killed almost
stantaneously. A large grinding-wheel of stone, ..„
by a steam-engine, while at its greatest velocity, sudde,lll„
broke in pieces, one-of which passed through the w3l' ~",r
the building, hurling the bricks across a street ; ot"
pieces were driven through the roof, and fell upon the „"
fortunate'youth, who was standing at the wheel,
him on the spot.---Chester Courant.
GRANGE PRIENDLT BENEFIT SOCIETY.—The mernber#
of this society celebrated its anniversary on WednesdaSt
by walking in procession from the club-house, in Gram`'
near Hoylake; to West Kirby Church, where a serene
was preached-by the -Rev. Mr. Graham, of Bidston. After
,
divine service;.the members marched back to their clawh
house, where- they sat down to an excellent dinner P
vided by Mr.. Joseph Ball. This society is in a ve.l,
prosperous conclition:;. it numbers 188 members, and
funds exceed '21;000.

SOITTII WALES-COAT, AND IRON TRADES.—The 4110
for coal and iron- the southern part of the principali
still continues extremely great. The coal trade has ""'
creased to an extraordinary extent, and since the war cog;
menced coals cannot be raised fast enough to supply ,`„e,
wants of home and the commercial and naval ma
,%
Hundreds of vessels, are at Cardiff and Penarth Ecia,"r
taking in cargoes or waiting their turn. The demand !°,4
steam coal has wonderfully increased, and anthracite
fair to take the place of other fuel for steamers. In t`/:
iron trade the demand is very great, and new furnaces a 0
continually being put into blast. The Gwendrneth %Or
have just been put into full operation. None of the nleS
in either branch are out on strike.
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A FATAL ACCIDSNS occurred at Swansea on Fr,
and from a cause that has frequently produced pers°;!
injury at the docks of_iiverpool. Richard Noals, a 113\e
pensioner,. aged fifty-nine, was assisting to cast offtorP
steamer Glendower from• her moorings, at the Troubau°„,
wharf; she being about-to proceed to sea. While so e.O"-.;
ployed the guide. rope-suddenly gave way at the mooilo
post, and the strain upon. it being very great, it str of
the deceased with great force. and he fell over the 3,
the quay into the water. When he was e
found that he had sustained a compound fracture of
left leg, and also a fracture of the right leg and arm.
left leg was amputated at the infirmary, but the man al
on Sunday.

TUE CROPS IN Sburrt WALES.—The recent heal
rains have much retarded harvesting operations, to
dry weather is much required to enabie the farraer_.A
gather in his hay, and tairipen and mature the eerlie
crops. It is generally expected that of hay the S°
will be light, and, indeed, in scarcely any neighbourll4.lo
is it anticipated that an average crop will be obtained. .tt
wheat plants look healthy and strong, and have, to a great
extent, improved by the late falls of rain ; and, sll°o,ll
fine weather be vouchsafed, there is every promise of r
abundant yield. The -potato breadths are noticed as 10°
ing very healthy, and great hope is entertained that cry
year the blight will be escaped. In some places a c,ij
heavy crop of barley is anticipated, but of this grain, a'-j,
likewise of oats, nothing beyond an average can be expet,,
A DISAPPOINTED: LOVER.—At the Chester petty '2:4
sions, on Saturday, Charles Davies, of Whitby, was chrjje
with being drunk and disorderly on:the 30th' ultimo.
defendant is a blacksmith, about 40 years of age, and
fallen desperately in love with Miss Mary Tomkinsoa:#l
girll7 years old, the=daughter of the grocer and publity
of the village. Miss Tomkinson did not reciprocate
passion of her admirer, in consequence of which she he
followed by Davies, and continually annoyed by him },t.
protesting that her image haunted him by day and nig
ao
and that if she would not marry him, he would live '4
longer. Sometimes he took possession of her fati%;
house, from which he had to be ejected by a policeisl,
and at other times paid midnight visits, and saun,lot
around the house hopeless and forlorn. It was allege,,'.`tr
on one of those- latter occasions he had, whilst in Driiir
knocked and- kicked violently at the doors, and `5OO
turbed the peace of all the domestics. Mr. Toin;dlo4
agreed to . relinquish the summons on the defen"wer
paying the• costs of the hearing, and promising Ptgl'
again to, molest him or any of his family.—Cite'
Courant. cif

LAWLESSNESS IN TUE HUNDRED OF WIRRA-14.holl;
labouring. men, named James Davies, Edward Niel!,sl
Samuel ginith, Joseph Smith, William Smith, and Pi— f,
Smith, were brought before the magistrates ona Thu tree.
at the. Birkenhead Police-court, on a charge of. ,„ ,
at
passing_ on the estate of Mr. Hassall, in the townswt.
Raby.. A memorial to the magistrates from a nuillbefortli
farmers in the townships of Baby and Hargrave set coa'
that they had sustained very considerable dasnage ;13,00
sectnence of gangs of persons trespassing upon their
in search of mushrooms, and engaging in. fishing tier
Sunday, no fewer than 70 persons had collected togu,glr,
in: the fields at one time. This system continued thre'tioD
out the summer months ; the result of which was cots
gates and fences were broken, and the standing ethe
trodden down, to a very great extent,, to the loss o'to
farmers. The memorialists prayed the magistrates to ,c 0
steps to prevent such scenes, urging that if somethingh' De'
not done a conflict would in all probability take Al"—a A/
tween the trespassers and the occupiers of the lann astfa
trespassers not only entered the field, but left the fttiv,
open after them, and, in consequence, thirty head 01 le
had been in a field of oats belonging to Mr. Hassall fortf/C
or three hours. In one gang, which went acrogots
country in spite of all remonstrance, there were 00100
persons. They bathed, and ran about the fields ania ,11
in a state of nakedness. Nob satisfied with male OP
Sunday of it, they had carried their proceedings so far
it 00
they had tented in the fields all night, and carrl'oo
from Saturday night until Tuesday morning. The 1:13'—oli
that had been committed to the gates and hedge! t 139
Sunday had generally occupied the farm servaOlioe
whole of Monday in repairing them; and from these Jr,
less proceedings the farmers sought protection. eslje
fendants were ordered to pay the costs of the court'
were discharged.

COMMERCIAL FauxnEs.—lt will be seen, by th ta
e
joined list of the commercial failures during the Piwcll;
year, that the total amount of liabilities has beelli4tio. of
siderable, and that generally the result of a liquw`
promises to prove unfavourable to the various credit°A
each house. The suspensions commenced in January
Messrs. Thornpsea Brothers and Co., calico printe'A
Primrose, Yorkshire, with liabilities of £120,(043 rc'
assets about £84,000; and was followed, during
and the subsequent months, by Messrs. Benjamin
and Son,, of Loudon, in the West Indian and Austrwitli
trades, with liabilities amounting to £140,000, pd'
nominal assets to pay more than 20s. in the P°
Messrs* P. Monteaux alid Co., of London and Paro'3o;
change brokers, liabilities £100,000; Messrs. Die/040V
Co., of Glasgow, in the Australian trade, with tone'
of £300,000, and assets but small; Messrs. Giou'iik
Bond, and Co.; of Manchester, general broke fir,
liabilities of £BO,OOO, and assets uncertain; 10:
McGregor, of London, woollen warehouseman, Islfes
bilities of £50,000, and assets about £25,000 ; or
Warwick, Harrison, and Co., of London, silk anctforl;
manufacturers, with liabilities of about £37,000; fit
Moritz, Baur, and Co., of Hamburg, merchant ,a
40.!,
liabilities of 400,000 marks be. ; Messrs. Salvage
of London and Manohester, Greek merchants, lia
1050,Ye
about £lOO,OOO, and assets £94,000; Messrs. 13.30010
and Gordon, of London, colonial brokers, with consl osej
liabilities, estimated in all about £500,000, and the cife
doubtful; Messrs. T. Taylor and Sons, of 1310001
woollen manufacturers, with liabilities of about XI, 0
110/0
Messrs. Platt and Son, Philadelphia, East Ind,Boot,,
Californian merchants, with liabilities of about
and assets of about £75,000 ; Messrs. H. W. Lordtlih 04
of London, East India and colonial brokers, %"1\
siderable liabilities, estimated at about £100,000;
Cole Brothers and Co., of London, East India reercp,t4
with liabilities of about £400,000, and assets lOC' 040
Messrs. Spiridone Gopcevich, of Odessa and Triest,e2;
liabilities of about £400,000, and assets unknonfilo
believed to be considerable ; and lastly, by Me°1;0(1,4o
Gopcevich, of London, with limited liabilities; „,
addition to these failures, about ten others, lit -414'
1401ad9n) &e., fer araetiag under 46010.09‘