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

CHESHIRE AND WALES

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THE BIRKENHEAD FERRY COMMITTEE
the Wirral azrie

aturists that so

^Asured
pool

s the Liver

authorities grant a proper landing place for produce, &c.,
the authorities at Birkenhead will establish a ferry for

that purpose

OXTON AND CLAXGITTON HONTICI7LTIIIIAL 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. •
BRITISII AND ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.—The
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.
Film AT HOOTON.—About eleven o'clock on Sunday
morning week, a fire was discovered to have broken out
in the engine .house and farm buildings of Mr. Jones, of
Hooton. Considerable damage has been done to the
It is

machinery

dye charact

ch is of a very
I that the fire was the work of in

had not I

rESTIMONIA

—On Ite

tion for 12 or 1

y, a par

gentlemen

for the
Esq.,
a testi-

resident in North Wales assembled at Ba
purpose of presenting to Richard Morris Griffiths
of the National Provincial Bank, in that City

monial of the re
him, both in h

;pect and e
is public

,m they entertaine.

Lte of the val

held c

arly £2OO.

in -Cleveland-

In the body of Catherine
The deceased resided in Cleve-

y sudden

became unwe

BIRTHS, .3fARRIAGES, and DEATHS

BIRTHS.

On the 15th inst., in Prince's-terrace, Aigburth-street
Windsor, the wife of Mr. Edward B. Wildman, of i

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENE RAL COMMERCI

1, engineer
r.—Henry I

JAL ADVERTISER.

THE LOiVDON GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1854

TAant

1 District

BANKRUPTB.—Alexander Smith, Live
Sept. 24 and 27, at 11 o'clock, at the I _
I Court of Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Duncan, Squarey
and Duncan, Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.—Hugh Brown, Liverpool, merchant, Sept. 1
and 29, a 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of
Bankruptcy : solicitors, Messrs. Harvey, Falcon, and
Harvey, Liverpool ; official assignee, Mr. Turner, Liver-
pool.—Ebenezer Kenipster, Mackenzie Griffiths, Cornelius
Prout Newcombe, and Francis Thowas Griffiths, Grace-
church-street and Liverpool, shipowners, Aug. 30, at 1
o'clock, Sept. 27, at half-past 1, at the Bankrupts' Court :
solicitors, Messrs. Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old
Jewry-chambers ; official assignee, Mr. Graham.—John
MiCalla• and Alexander Fotheringham, Friday-street,
Cheapside, warehousemen.—George and James Prince,
Regent-street, and Carleton-street, Westminster, wine
merchants.—George Hammond. King's-row, Walworth
carpenter.—Charles Henry Tugman and James • Ever
Tugman, Great Tower-street, provision. merchants
Samuel Helbe

,ns of last Saturda;

•
Several samples of new appeared; two small parcels in
fair condition, and one kiln-dried, sold at,33s per 220 lbs.,
equal to 72s per quarter, but the others were so soft as to
render them unsaleable, though one was forced off at 25s
per windle, or 5.1 s 7d per 480 lbs. Foreign in fair retail
demand, at unaltered rates. English flour without change.
American; 6d per barrel lower. Beans offering ineffec-
tually, at an abatement of is per windle. Oats as before.
Oatmeal in steady retail request, at full prices.
WAKEFIELD, AUG. 25.—There was a small show of
.seat, and for choice sorts last week's rates wer
obtained. Inferior samples were in limif.,i --
sold at irregulP nrices. A f

jun., S

Old Swindon, Wiltsh:

fresh w

-rail 14. ew parcels of new brougl
high prices, namely, from 65s to 70s, if ready for deliver:
Oats were steady. Barley and beans unaltered. In othE
articles little was done.

WISBECH, AVG. 2G.—We have a small market am
only a stray sample or two of new and old wheat, th
former from 60s to 635, 62 to 631bs ; the latter about 2

Kildl;ic

Ls. No spring corn offering.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUG. 20.—At
s a short supply of wl

n and Tisc

readily at

eat from

)f this day week. In south count

er. Barley is

iumphr

iand, Sons,

lour a dull sl

weather since ou:

. _
n fine, though during th.,-! earl

Ae, has

Some c

comme

k shall hare elapsed
uG. 2G.—The weat

Is generall,

White Whoa
Red do ..
Barley,grind.
Do., malting
Here.
Oats, old ...

been various, 1

p sum,

vheat

business was done in Ir

t withou

I 03s Od to 00s Od Bakers' F10ur.203 01 to 25s 0J
I•is Od to 15s Od Indian Corn,
16s Gd to ISs 6d per 43011)..35s Od to 39s Od