The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

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3tS of the establishment, and his clear and corn-
ense views in regard to the Bank Charter Act ; and
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the Preston Club and the Liverpool Olymptis., oh the
ground of the former, the Preston Club proved victorious,

with 128 runs to spare.
The Rev. George R. Gleig, chaplain general to the
forces, and well known as author of the " Subaltern," and
other works—military and theological—preached on Sun-
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n St. Philip's Church, Salford, the
congregation including the Ist Royal Regiment.
COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Right
Hon. Francis Earl of Ellesmere to be lieut.-col., R. T.
Gerard, Esq., to be major, in Duke of Lancaster's Own
Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry ; J. Ridgway, gent., to be
lieut., Hon. A. Egerton to be cornet, in Furness Troop.

The Manchester Theatre Royal will open for the regu-
lar winter season, on Saturday the 9th October, with the
performance of tragedy ; and Charles Kean and Mrs. C.
Kean (better known as Ellen Tree) are on that evening
to make their first appearance on the British stage, on
their return from the United States.

In the case of the two men who came by their deaths in
consequence of an explosion of gunpowder, in a shed be-
longing to the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal Company, while they, with three others, were en-
gaged in endeavouring to destroy a number of rats, by-
which the place was infested, the coroner's jury found a

verdict of "accidental death." • _ _
SUPPLY OF COTTON FROM INDIA.—The subject of cot-
ton culture in India begins to excite considerable interest
in Blackburn, and orders are being sent to Calcutta by
several of the leading firms. This, it is expected, will act
successfully as a stimulus to the merchants and cotton
growers of our eastern possessions, and in time produce
an increased demand for our manufactures.
Manchester gave us the Anti-Corn Law League. It 1,1.
now trying to manufacture " A Nonconformist League
—a confederacy of Dissenters, whose sphere of operatin
for the present, is to be the county of Lancashire, an
whose avowed objects are, to make fierce war upon the es"
tabjished Church. A preliminary meeting for the pur-
pose of organizing the means of carrying out this notable
scheme was held in the Town-hall on Thursday evening,
at which Mr. Bright was present.

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;srs. Clayton. and Wilson, cis

rving on business at what was called the" New Bail

Preston, and it was ascertained that the amount-of liabi-
lities would be about £lOO,OOO. Mr. John Stevenson,
ironfonnder, Preston, and Mr. Wm. M'Cartney, commis-
sion agent, Manchester. were chosen assignees without

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course at Newton
10.000 persons cl

CHARTIST MEETING.—On Sunday, a great demonstra-
tion of the shire Chartists came off on the race-
There were no less than from 7000 to
-qted on the occasion, principal/.

operaties from the manufacturing districts of Manchester,
Preston, Bolton, Bury, Wigan. Blackburn, Rochdale,
Oldham, Stockport, Huddersfield, &c. A little before
rgus O'Connor, the newly-elected
lam, accompanied by Mr. Roberts,
came upon the platform, a
he absence of a more suitable

lreneral