The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-28 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOVS.

BATH AND WELLS.—DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING As-
SOCIATION.-7-A public meeting was held last week at Wes-
ton-super-Mare, to form a district committee of the associa-
tion for the' deanery of Axbridge, and jurisdiction of Glaston.
The Right Rev. the President of the Association occupied
the chair, in his lordship's usual courteous and able manner.
A very appropriate and admirably arranged sermon was
preached on the occasion by the Rev. Edward Wilson, from
St. Luke, ch. vii., vers. 4,5, and part of the 6th. The reso-
lutions were severally moved and seconded by Hutchinson
Synge, Esq., the Rev. Roger Carus Wilson (who has had
great experience in church building in his own populous
parish of Preston in Lancashire), the Rev. Edward Wilson,
the Rev. Josh. Ditcher, the Rev. D. M. Clerk, the Rev. W.
Gunning, the Rev. Itichd. A'Court Beadon, Henry Davies,
Esq., the Rev. S. Rowley, the Rev. Joseph Haythorne, H.
Seymour, Esq., and the Rev. H. Barker. The following
gentlemen were appointed the committee:—Hon. and Rev.
Lord George Thynne, Rev. Alford Harford, Rev. G.
Templer, Rev. Joseph Haythorne, Rev. John Kempthorne,
Rev. Richard A'Court Beadon. The lay members are the
High Sheriff, Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., J. H. S. Pigott,
Esq., Thos. Rowot th, Esq., H. Synge, Esq., J. T. Knyfton,
Esq. The Hon. and Rev. Lord George Thynne, and H.
Synge, Esq., were elected the clerical and lay members to
attend the quarterly and other meetings of the general com-
mittee at Wells, as the representatives of the district com-
mittee. The collection amounted to upwards of £6O, of
which about 15 guineas were annual subscriptions.
NEW CHURCHES IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH.—The
new church at Greenfield, near Mold, which contains• 524
sittings, two-thirds of which are free, was consecrated by the
Bishop of St. Asaph on Monday week. On Tuesday his
lordship consecrated the new church at Bryinbo, in the pa-
rish of Wrexham ; and on Wednesday performed the same
ceremony at the new church at Cefn Bychan, near Ruabon :
on Thursday he also repeated the same rite at Rhyd y Croe-
sau, in the parish of Llansilin, near Oswestry ; and on Fri
day his lordship completed his interesting labours, by conse-
crating the new church recently erected by a liberal indivi-
dual in the parish of Llantawr, near Bala.
The Rev. A. Grant, the much-respected Curate of Chelms-
ford, having been removed to the pastorship of Rotuford, the
parishioners of the former town resolved to present him some
token of their esteem for the exemplary manner in which he
had discharged the duties of a curate in that parish. A sub-
scription was promptly entered into, ann an elegant tea ser-
vice, furnished by Mr. Spencer, was selected, and presented
to the rev. gentleman on Monday last; it consists of a tea-
pot, coffee pot, sugar-basin, and cream ewer, bearing the fol-
lowing incription :—" Presented to the Rev. Anthony Grant,
LL.B., by the inhabitants of Chelmsford, in testimony of
their affection and respect."
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol commenced his tri-
ennial visitation in this city on Tuesday last, when the clergy
of the city and deanery of Gloucester were visited in this ca-
thedral. The sermon was preached by the Rev. C. H. Martin,
incumbent of Maisemore. His Lordship delivered to a very
numerous body of clergy a most eloquent and luminous
charge, entering very fully into many of the most important
matters vitally affecting the interests of the church. The
Bishop afterwards invited alt the clergy of the city and dean-
ery to dine with him, and nearly fifty partook of the hospita-
lities of the palace. On Wednesday his Lordship visited the
Deanery 'ef Wynchcomb, at Cheltenham, and the sermon
there was preached by the Rev. J. F. Christie, Rector of
Badgworth with Shurdington. On Thursday, the clergy of
the Deanery of Stonehouse were visited at Stroud, at which
place the sermon was preached by the Rev. W. H. B. Dan-
beneyithe incumbent of the newly-erected church of St.
Matthew, near Stroud. Friday, the Deanery of the Forest
was visited at Newnham, when the sermon was preached by
the Rev. J. Symons, the Vicar of Dymock. The Bishop also
held a confirmation at Newnham for a few parishes in the
neighbourhood.—Gloucestershire Chronicle.
The inhabitants of Great Clacton have presented their
late minister, the Rev. Patrick Fenn, with an elegant silver
tea-pot as a token. of their personal esteem for him, and of
grateful remembrance of his ministerial labours among them
for a period of fifteen years.
The first stone of Tipton church, in the parish of Ottery
St. Mary, was laid on Friday, by the Venerable the Arch-
deacon of Exeter, in the presence of upwards of 15,000 per-
sons, clergy and laity.—Exeter Post.

THE EARL OF LINCOLN, M.P.—The Earl and Countess
of Lincoln left London last week for the baths of Nassau.
We regret to hear that the health of his amiable countess is
not yet thoroughly re-established, and that if the benefit an-
ticipated from the baths, be not realised, a residence in a
warmer climate; till the next meeting of parliament may,
perhaps, be thought necessary.—Nottingham Journal.
Lord and Lady Ilowick have arrived at Ems, from Aix-la-
Chapelle. During his lordship's absence on the Continent
the routine business of the war is transacted by the deputy-
secretary, Mr. SuJavan, assisted by Mr. Channer Raper, the
chief clerk. The Hon. Capt. Frederick Grey, private secre-
tary to Lord Howick, has left town for Buxton Wells.

It is very common for poultry belonging to farmers to de-
posit their eggs in nests of their own making iu preference to
those provided for them, and in the present season a hen be-
longing to Mr. M'Credie, in Dinduff, formed her nest in a
field adjoining to the house. After she had deposited two
eggs, however, she was ejected by a partridge, which took
and kept possession of the nest, but by way of making amends
hatched the two eggs left by her predecessor, and the pro-
duce, a pair of white chickens, are now to be seen picking
about the barn-door with the other fowls.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—The neighbourhood of
Horsham was thrown into great excitement and alarm on
Saturday last, by the sudden disappearance of the Rev.
James Aldridge, chaplain to the county gaol. The rev.
gentleman left his residence, on the East Parade, about three
o'clock in the afternoon on that day, having ordered dinner
to be got ready by five. •He did not, however, return; and
as evening closed in his family became alarmed for his
safety, and despatched persons in all directions in search of
him, and on Sunday morning he was found drowned in Haw-
kins's Pond, near New Lodge. It appears that the de-
ceased, who was an excellent swimmer, was in the habit of.
bathing in this pond, which is about three miles from his
house. It is conjectured that the unfortunate gentleman
was seized with cramp, and being thus rendered powerless,
sank and perished.—Brighton Guardian.
SIR ROBERT PEEL.--A recent and well authenticated occur-
rence of no great moment., perhaps, except to the recipients,
displays a mark of condescension in this distinguished states-
man and orator which might justly be termed truly benevolent
and amiable. An ingenious worker in British fossil, whose
business was on the wane, applied to Sir Robert for his pa-
tronage, in order to give an impulse to, and thereby, if possi-
ble, revive his drooping trade. As splendid equipages were,
in quick succession,arr►ving at the mansion, the artist cherished
but a very faint hope that his humble application could be
responded to; he was, however, promptly ordered into the
library in his working habiliments, where he received not only
the most cheering encouragement, hut orders also; Sir Robert
himself making classic and elegant designs for his guidance
in correcting his taste; and on the mechanic respectfully
intimating that some doubt might be thrown on his veracity
when stating this circumstance, without having some proof
thereof, he was immediately furnished with recommendatory
autograph letters to various noblemen and gentle►nen of rank.
Thus, in the time of need, did this worthy baronet "temper
the wind" to a numerous family, by increasing Vie business
and comforts of a very industrious and persevering man.—
Correspondent of the Morning Herald.

SINGLE WICKET MATCH FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS
A-SIDF..—The match between Mr. James Dearman and Mr.
Alfred Mym, for £lOO a-side, came off on Monday last, (yes-
terday week,) on Pilch's ground, Town Mailing, Kent. The
greatest interest had been excited, and at the time that the
wirkets-were-pitchFdi hundreds of spectators-had nascinhleil
from Gravesend, Rochester, Maidstone, &c. to witness the
skill of David and Goliah, as the competitors were termed,
Mym standing 6 feet 2 inches high, while Dearman barely
reached 5 feet 2 inches. Mr. Mym won the toss, and went
in first; and It was soon evident that his batting was equal
to the bowling. He scored 33 in 58 minutes, when he was
caught out. In about half an hour, Dearman took the bat,
and the most intense anxiety was manifested, and the terrific
bowling of Mym, soon put it beyond doubt how the match
would terminate, for the ninth ball took the top off the middle
wicket, and split it. Dearman was in 8 minutes, and only
touched one ball. In the second innings Mr. Mym displayed
wonderful command over his bat, and the runs were made
rapidly. He scored 89 in his second innings; after which
Dearman again took the bat. He soon scored eight, but the
tremendous force and fine pitch of Mym's balls could not be
withstood, even by Dearman. The 18th ball was a ripper,
and up went the stumps, leaving Dearman in a minority of
112. The return match will be played at the Hyde Park.
cricket-ground, Sheffield, on Monday. next. An opportu-
nity will then be presented of witnessing the finest batting
and bowling in the world.—Leeds paper.

DREADFUL FIRE AT MANCHESTER.
MELANCHOLY LOSS OF SEVERAL LIVES.

MANCHESTER, SUNDAY EVENING,-It is our painful duty
to record one of the most fatal calamities which has befallen
Manchester for some time.

About twelve o'clock on Saturday night, Patrick Chilton,
private watchman on the premises of Messrs. Macintosh
and C 0.., manufacturers of the celebrated waterproof material
for cloaks, &c., at Chorlton-upon-Medlock, discovered smoke
issuing from one of the tipper windows of the manufactory ;
he instantly gave the alarm, and the fire-bell had scarcely
began to toll, ere Mr. Rose and his fire-brigade, accom-
panied by two engines, were on the spot. By this time,
however, the flames bad burst forth with alarming fierceness;
and although the engines immediately commenced playing
on the building, in an incredibly short space of time the
whole of the upper part was inveloped in one vast sheet of
fire. About one o'clock the hose of one of the engines was
passed up to Watson, a fireman, who with great intrepidity
had mounted to one of the upper rooms, and he continued,
assisted by fireman No. 37, who had followed him with se-
veral others, to play upon the burning pile beneath, but with-
out much apparent effect. In the adjoining room to that in
which they were at work, was an immense cylindrical cis-
tern, filled, or nearly so, with a composition, which, by some
means unknown to the firemen, the fire reached, when it
exploded with terrific violence; several of the men in the
adjoining room being blown off their legs, and forced vio-
lently against the walls, by which many of them was severely
injured.
It is reported that about this time some one set the ma-
chine of the manufactory going, which being placed in the
upper part of the building, and thereby shaking the burning
pile from the roof to the foundation, probably might have
bee as is conjectured, the cause of the dreadfull catastrophe
which immediately followed:
A fireman, who was near Watsen at the moment the en-
gine or machine of the Manufactory was set going, says, that
feeling the boards under his feet trembling, he exclaimed—
" Oh, James (Watson), it's like to be all up with us." He
had hardly uttered these words, and gone into the next room,
before an awful crash was heard, and instantly following it
the whole of the flooring on which the machinery was resting
gave .way, and poor Watson, together with the whole of that
part of the building, was precipitated into the flaming abyss
beneath ! This was quickly followed by the roof, the falling
of which for a few seconds appeared to have entirely ex-
tinguished the fire, but as soon as the dense volume of
smoke and dust, which resulted from such a mass of ma-
chinery, brick-work, ,and timber coining down on it, had
rolled away, the flames, "like a giant refreshed," burst
forth with redoubled vigour, presenting at once a magni-
ficent, though awful sight. This occurred about two
o'clock. and although the force-pumps of the inanufac-
tory, aided by the engines brought by the fire-
brigade, did not cease playing on the premises, it was
not till three o'clock that the tire was anything "like sub-
dued. As soon as it was, active exertions were made by the
fire-brigade, the police, and in fact by every person congre-
gated within the walls of Messrs. Macintosh's wet-irises, to
give relief or assistance to the unhappy sufferers, who, it was
truly conjectured, lay buried beneath the ruins. At a quar-
ter past three, fireman James Johnson heard some one groan-
ing under a heap of burning materials, a portion of which
being quickly removed, the head and shoulders of a poor
fellow named Jones, it is believed, who had volunteered as-
sistance to the firemen, appeared, covered up to the waist by
a vast quantity of the fallen building. Ile cried out faintly,
though imploringly, to Johnson, "Give me adrop of water!
Oh water ! Oh Lord! my poor wife and children !" Johnson
procured hint some water, and then turned round to speak to
a fellow-fireman, who stood only a few yards off, when a mass
of rubbish again fell, completely covering, and, as it after-
wards proved, killing the wretched man, already half-buried
there.

The two firemen and Mr: Rose had a most providential
and narrow escape, being struck and coveted with portions
of the same fall as killed Jones; indeed, Mr. Rose was seri-
ously crushed by it. After unremitting and strenuous exer-
tions, about six o'clock the body of the unfortunate Watson
was discovered; and, strange to say, (when it is recollected
that he apparently fell into, as it were, a vast blazing furnace,)
although dreadfully crushed, yet, with the exception of his
hands, the fingers of which were either burned or torn off,
leaving little but the stumps, his person did not appear in-
jured by the fire. As soon as the body could be got out from
the dangerous situation in which it lay, which was the work
of infinite labour, it was carried to the King's Arms tun,
Chorlton. there to await the Coroner's inquest.
It may be as well to state here, that the unhappy man, who
was an honest, industrious, fellow, and reckoned a skilful
fireman, has left a wife and family to bewail his loss.
Shortly afterwards the men engaged in searching, which,
from the extremely tottering state of the remaining walls,
was a work of great danger, discovered another body, which
turned out to be also that of a volunteer, who, previously to
offering his services, had given, as is believed, the name of
Morgan. It presented a frightful appearance. No sooner
had this body been dug out, than another was seen, which,
after much labour, was also taken, with the body of Morgan,
to the King's Arms. It proved to be the remains of a person
named Mash or Marsh.

Just at this time, about twelve o'clock, the excitement of
the vast multitude assembled was extreme. The carrying
out of the dead bodies—the wailitter of the relatives—and the
anxiety of many to ascertain the fate of those who were miss-
ing—altogether presented a scene painful to the bceolder,
and difficult to describe.

There are several persons still missing, and it is feared that
ere the efforts of the searchers are finished, a frightful addi-
tion will tie made to the catalogue now given.
One of the gable-ends of the manufactory being in a very
tottering condition, it was thought advisable to pull it down;
accordingly, a man ventured up, and fixed, a rope to it, when
nearly every one in the yard lending a hand, and pulling al-
together, down it came, with a noise resembling thunder.
Mr. Molyneux, the chief engineer at Messrs. Macintosh's
manufactory, may be reckoned a singularly unfortunate man;
for it is but -a few weeks since, when falling from the third
story of the building, he was seriously injured, and now, on
the present occasion, he has had his arm broken.
It is utterly impossible to form an estimate of the loss of
Messrs. Macintosh and Co., but that it is considerable there
can be no doubt. We hear that they are insured in the fol-
lowing offices :—" Atlas," "West of England," and "York
and London."

Mr. Ostler, conductor of the Salford Fire Brigade, was
injured by the falling of the ruins; and a fireman,
I'ollit, was taken to the Infirmary in a pitiable state,
a
many others whose names arc at present unknown.
seriouslynsalwle emdre ust be considered a most providential circumstance,
that the fire did not reach an immense cistern containing
about 40,0(X) gallons of Naptha, which was not more than
five yards off from where it was raging with violence--had it
done so, the consequences to those in the neighbourhood
must necessarily have been frightful.
The exertions of the parties employed to clear away the
rubbish are unremitting, and too much praise cannot be
given to those who conduct the proceedings.
Not the slightest conjecture can be formed as to the cause
of this lamentable fire; neither is it known, at present, in
what part of the ptemises it broke out, although the watch-
man first discovered the symptoms in the upper part of the
manufactorv.—Lancashire herald.