The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-06 00:00:00

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A private of the 90th regiment lost his life whilst
bathing in the Dee, at Chester, on Tuesday evening.
John Brooks, jun., Esq., of Crawshaw Hall, Rawten-
stall, has been placed on the commission of the peace for
this county ; also, Thomas Clapham, Esq., of Stackhouse,
near Settle.

It is with extreme regret that we have to announce
that the old and highly respected firm of Messrs. Clay-
tons, Wilson, and Co., Bankers, of this town, have,
through the pressure of the times, been under the ne-
cessity of suspending payment.—Preston Pilot.
GALVANIC TELEGRAPHS.—On Wednesday afternoon
last, the result of the last race at Rochdale (distance eleven
miles from Manchester) was communicated at the telegraph
office in the Manchester Exchange, in a few seconds of
time !

JENNY LIND AT MANCHESTER.—The prices at the
Manchester Theatre, to hear Jenny Lind, have been fixed
as follows :—Dress circle, 31s. 6d. ; dress stalls (in the pit),
51s. ; upper circle, 15s. ; amphitheatre stall (front row of
gallery circle), 10s. 6d. ; gallery. ss.
HOYLAKE.—This delightful watering-place is now very
full of company, and lodgings are eagerly sought after.
The races are, we understand, fixed to take place on the
25th or 2Gth of August, under very spirited management.
The course has been improved, and greatly altered, so
much as to vie with any small meeting in the country.
The subscriptions are much increased, and all bids fair to
outrival former meetings. •
A COAL PIT ON FIRE AT WORSLEY.—For the last three
or four weeks, an extensive coal-pit at Worsley, belonging
to the trustees of the Duke of Bridgewater, has been on
fire. The fire, it is supposed, originated through the care-
lessness of some of the workmen, who left a quantity of
burning embers in the pit. All efforts to quench the
flame, up to this, have proved unavailing, and the conse-
quence is, that the hands who were employed in the pit
are now thrown out of work.
THE FAMINE FEVER AT MANCHESTER.—We regret
that we are yet unable to report that the fever which pre-
vails amongst the wretched Irish immigrants in the cel-
lars and lowgst lodging-houses has at all abated. All the
sanitary eOrts employed by the guardians, relieving-
officers, and the medical and other officers of the fever-
hospitals and unions on the one hand, and the admirable
system of visitation and prompt relief by the eight sani-
tary officers of the borough police on the other, with the
whitewashing and cleansing carried on under the direction
of these officers, have hitherto done no more than prevent
the fever from spreading.—Manchester Guardian.
FURTHER EXTENSION OF BONDING PRIVILEGES TO
MANCHESTER.—The lords of the treasury have authorised
the commissioners of customs to give directions, in order
that goods warehoused at Manchester may be permitted
to be removed, under bond, to bonding warehouses at
other bonding ports, upon conditition, nevertheless, that
they are in no case to be exported from such warehouses,
but only to be entered there for home consumption, or to
be removed under similar restrictions. This is a great ad-
ditional advantage to those formerly possessed ; and Man-
chester now possesses the privilege of bonding for horae
consumption as fully as any other port in the United
Kingdom. There only remains now to free this borough
from the tax of supporting the customs' establishment
here.—Mgnehester Guardian.