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

Di trot getus.

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 TELE GR AV H s.—On Wednesday afternoon
last, the result of the last race at Rochdale (distance eleven
miles from Manchester) was communicated at thetelegraph
office in the Manchester Exchange, in a few seconds of
time !

JENNY LIND AT MANCIIESTED.—The prices at the I
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 26th 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-
I 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 lowest lodging-houses has at all abated. All the
sanitary efftirts 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 or 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 home
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
liere,—Mancleester Guardian.

FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.—On Tuesday afternoon
-last, an explosion- of fire-damp took place at the Higher
Patricroft or Kirkless hall colliery, between Ince and As-
pull, on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpol Canal, two
miles from Wigan. The firing of coal by the miners,
which is doubtless practised to save their own.labour, is,
it seems, against the rules laid down by the prOprletors of
the colliery, and on this occasion was practised without
their knowledge or consent. About half-past eleven in
the morning, one of the men. had been having a " blow
up," and the consequence was, the setting on fire the coal
in that part of the mine, which we are told is of a highly
bituminous and inflammable nature. The overlooker,
George Evans, on the first alarm being given, directed all
his efforts to extinguish the tire, collected his best men
for the purpose, and sent several out of the pit for safety.
The pit is divided into two sections, one of which only felt
the effects of the accident. In this section, we believe,
thirty-two persons were the full complement employed,
or sent down in the morning. Of these, six or eight were
sent up and the remaining portion were at the place of
the etpiosion. After an ineffectual attempt to put -out
the fire, all the efforts of the men appear to have been di-
rected to the closing or building up that part where the
fire was burning ; and the confinement of the air, and con-
sequent stopping of the usual current in that direction,
is supposed to have caused the explosion. The overlooker
was severely injured.: All possible efforts were made to
get out the injured parties. At length 23 of them were
got out, but it was impracticable to prosecute the search
with safety until the fire had been effectually blocked up_
The workings were filled with smoke where the fire had
not extended. The workings had to be walled up, leav-
ing in them six of the workmen imprisoned. One man
(Cartwright) was extracted lifeless, and two others (Berry
and Rhodes) were so much burnt that they died next day.
Six others are supposed to be dead. An inquest was held
before the coroner on Friday, on view of the body of
Berry, but the evidence not being complete, it was ad-
journed until Thursday next, when the extent of the fa-
tality will be known. Nine persons beside those num-
bered were more or less burnt—some of them very se-
verely.