The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

the week
Passenge

aa6, £568 13s. ld.

railwa

,051 1,

£3,619 14.5. 5,

£2,2:6, 13s. Bd. ; total (inchadinF Carnarvon traffic), pe;
rail, £5, 77 15s. Od. Corresponding week last ye..
railway, £3,726 7s. 7d. ; steam-boats, R•r •
goods, £1,725 9s. Od. ; total (includi.
£6,005. 18s. 9d. Decrease, £159 18s. Od.
Ma. JOSEPH GRIFFITH, of Birkenkead, was, yester-
day week, chosen by the magistrates.of Cheshire to fin
pituatioii of inspector of weights and. measur^

grCarnarron traffic),

Jenkin,

CRICKET .—Yesterday week a cricket match was played
between eleven of the Liverpool Cricket Clubs and eleven
of the Chester Cricket Clubs, on the ground of the latter,
on the Roodee, Chester. The Liverpool Clubs won easily,
beating Cheater in one innings, by 77 runs.

DB.ltairrnLny, of the Corlegillte Institution, Abbott's
Grange, Chester, in a recent action, recovered £3l
damages,. for the removal, by Mr. Henning, a linen ma-
nufacturer, in the north of Ireland, of the defendant's
two sons and'a nephew from the plaintiff's school, without
giving a quarter's. notice, as required by the prospectus
of the school.

YA.CHTING.MWALEs.—Thoma&Assheton Smith, Esq.,
of Vaynor-park; the owner of the yacht Sea Serpent, has
been'elected commodore of the Royal Welsh Yacht Club,
vice the late Marquis of Anglesea. The club have deter-
mined upon a new house for their meeting, and have

selected the ancient towerii of Porth•yr=Am, or the Golden
Gate, the archway of which forms the mai i entrance from
the sea into Carnarvon.
WELSH-SALMON Font NG.—Th e various saln
in the principality have this year been very goo(

on fisheries

fine lar

fish hiving been taken. From the Severn down to tha
small trout stream there is a plentiful supply of fish, which
is of an unusually fine description. In the Tivy very
many large salmon have been captured, and the fisher-
men generally consider the season an excellent one. The
men at St. Dogmells are clearing £3OO per week, and at
other places large sums are being made.
DISGRACEFUL CRUELTY TO A CHILD.—At the Birken-
head Police-court, on Thursday, William Sykes, a tinplate
worker, in Chester-street, Birkenhead, was fined £5, and
in default was ordered to be committed to the House of
Correction for three months, for a brutal assault on Jas.
Lloyd, a boy twelve years old, who had been in his ser-
vice. The boy was partially stripped in court, and his
person examined by the magistrates, who seemed horror-
stricken at the appearance he presented. His body, more
especially the back and arms, exhibited numerous marks
indicative of the most extreme and cruel corporal punish-
ment. A police-constable deposed to finding the boy in
Albert-street, on Tuesday ; he was scarcely able to walk,
and at first it was thought that one of his arms was broken.
After the circumstances had been reported to Mr. Jackson,
the boy was placed under thecare of Mrs. Nolan, a lodging-
house keeper, where he was treated with the utmost kind-
ness. Witness afterwards saw Sykes, who expressed his
sorrow for what he had done, but added that he had long
been for giving the boy a good beating, and he had really
"given him a solid good beating: it was not a half beating,
but it was a real good beating." The defendant further
said that the instrument with which he used to inflict the
punishment was a sasheord, eight times doubled. Defen-
dant said he was very sorry for what he had done; it was
the first time in his life that he had ever done so, and it
would be the last.

ST. AIDAN'S COLLEGE, BIRKENHEAD,

FOR several years past this college has been rising in
public estimation, under the principalship of the Rev. Dr.
Baylee, although labouring under a considerable degree of
inconvenience from the want of proper accommodation as
regards buildings. To obviate such inconvenience, means
have been successfully adopted for the erection of buildings
suitable in all respects for the purposes of the institution.
An eligible site has also been procured on which the
edifice is to be erected. This is situated to the rear of
Claughton Firs, between Forest-road and Shrewsbury-
road, and commands an extensive view. The edifice when.
completed will consist of a quadrangle ; but, in the mean-
time, it is proposed to proceed with no more than the
principal or northern front, and portions of the east and
west sides. The building will be of the Tudor style of
architecture, containing in the centre the main entrance,
the principal's house on one side, and residences for the
students on the other. It is intended that the style of
the decorations shall distinguish the purposes to which the
different portions of the building are appropriated. The
hall, through which entrance is obtained by a decorated
door-way, is commodious, and is surmounted externally by
an ornate spire of unique design, in which a bell will he
hung. The apex of the gable is to be ornamented with
a floriated cross, a similar one being placed at the corres-
ponding end of the building. All the roof is high pitched,
and surmounted by a cresset ; and the faVade will have a
pleasing effect, without too much elaboration.
The front of the building will command a fine view of
the sea, and the ground floor of the east wing will contain
the principal's house and the class-rooms. The west wing
will be appropriated to the masters' room, the refectory,
and the students' residences. The centre will embrace the
entrance hall, and grand staircase leading to the college
library and museum. The students' chambers will contan
thirty residences, and will be so constructed as to serve
both for sitting-rooms and reading-rooms ; but the dor-
mitories will be separate.

The remaining portions of the edifice will be constructed
when sufficient funds have been obtained to carry out the
plan in its integrity. When finished the college will
occupy an area of about 19,000 square yards, or nearly
four acres of ground, and will contain commodious resi-
dences for a large number of students.
This afternoon, at three o'clock, the ceremonial of laying
the chief corner stone of the edifice will be performed with
due formality by the Most Noble the Marquis of Bland:
ford, and the other trustees and leading men connected
with the institution.

The architects are Messrs. T. H. Wyatt and Henry Cole,
and the contractors for thee erection of the building are
Messrs. J. and W. Walker, of Birkenhead. The building
operations are being carried on under the immediate super-
intendence of Mr. Henry Cole.
St. Aidan's College is under the patronage of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and the following trustees :—The
Marquis of Blandford, M.P., J. Naylor, Esq., and J. Torr,
Esq. The principal, as already stated, is the Her. Joseph
Baylee, D.D.