The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-29 00:00:00

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

THE BIRKENHEAD FERRY COMMITTEE have assured
the Wirral agriculturists that so soon as the Liverpool
authorities grant a proper landing place for produce, &c.,
the authorities at Birkenhead will establish a ferry for
that purpose.

OjTOk AND CLA.UGHTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—
The first exhibition will take place in Birkenhead-park,
on Thursday, and promises to be well attended. The
society has been recently established with the especial
view of encouraging amateur and cottage gardening, and
there can be no doubt that the object of its promotion
will be fully realised.
BRITISH AND ARCHEOLOGICAL Ass
seventh annual congress of this society commenced on
Monday last, at Chepstow, a pretty little town, long
famed for its ancient castle and picturesque neighbourhood,
situated on the right bank of the river Wye, about two
miles and a-half from its conflux with the Severn. The
proceedings and excursions occupied the whole week.
FIRE AT HOOTON.—Abbut eleven o'clock on Sunday
morning week, a fire was discovered to have broken out
in the engine house mid farm buildings of Mr. Jones, of
Hooton. Considerable damage has been done to the
machinery, which is of a very expensive character. It is
believed that the fire was the work of incendiaries, as the
engine had not been in operation for 12 or. 14 days.
TEsnatoNrAm.—On Wednesday, a party of gentlemen
resident in North Wales assembled at Bangor, for the
purpose of presenting to Richard 'Morris Griffiths, Esq.,
of the National Prcrvincial Bank, in. that City, .a testi-
monial of the respect and esteem they entertained towards
him,. both iii his public and private capacity. It con-
sisted of a service of plate of the value of nearly £2OO.
AN INQUEST was held on Thursday, in Cleveland-
street, Birkenhead, on the body of Mrs. Catherine
Urmson, aged 63 years. The deceased resided in Cleve-.
land-street, and on Tuesday suddenly became unwell ;
insensibility immediately followed, and notwithstanding
the exertions of Mr. Godden, surgeon, she continued in
that state up to her death, which took place on the same
night. The jury returned a verdict of "died from natural

OCIATION.—The

BIRTHS,

MARRIAGES, and DEATHS,

BIRTHS

On the 15th inst., in Prince's-terrace, Aigburth-strE
Windsor, the wife of Mr. Edward B. Wildman, o
daughter. _ _

On the 18th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, the wife of
Lieut.-Colonel Vicars, Royal Engineers, of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-square,
London, Mrs. Henry Cust, of a daughter.
On the 21st inst., Mrs. Charles Higgins, Duke-street,
Edge-hill, of a son.
On the 22nd inst., the wife of F. A. Hamilton, Esq., of

On the 22nd inst., in Basnett-street, Mrs. S. K. Gillis

of a son.

On the 22nd inst., the wife of Mr. William Clarkson,
Brook-street, Birkenhead, of a son.
On the 23rd inst., Mrs. Thomas Gair, of a son.
On the 23rd inst., the wife of Mr. Peter M`Naught,
confectioner, of a son and daughter. The daughter lived.
only a few minutes.
On the 24th inst., Mrs. J. R. Clarke, Mount Vernon-
road, of a son.
On the 24th inst., the wife of Henry Lasemann, Esq.,
of a son.
On the 25th inst.,. at Edge-hill, the wife of Alfred Firth,
Esq., of a son. •
On the 26th inst., at Dringhouses, near York, the wife
of the Rev. Gilbert H. Philips, M.A., of a daughter.
On the 28th inst., at New Brighton, Mrs. Samuel Baker,
of a daughter.

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ADVERTISER.

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AtrGtrST 22, 1854

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t 11 o'clock, at -the Liverpool Distric

Court of Bankniptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Duncan, Squarey,
and Duncan, Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr. (azenove,
Liverpool.—Hugh Brown, Liverpool, merchant, Sept. 1
and 29, at 11 o'clotic, at the Liverpool District Court of
Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Harvey, Falcon, and
Harvey, Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr. Turner, Liver-
pooL—Ebenezer Kempster, Mackenzie Griffiths, Cornel
Prout Newcombe, and Francis Thomas Griffiths, Gra
chu,

h-street and Liverpool, shipowners, Aug. 30, at 1
o'clock, Sept. 27, at half-past 1, at the Bankrupts' Court :
solicitors, Messrs. Lawrance, Flews, and Boyer, Old
Jewry-chambers ; official assignee, Mr. Graham.—John
M`Calla and Alexander Fotl
Cheapside, warel
Regent-street