The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

nd eleven years, wer

drowned, on Aloiiday, whilst skatim

worth, near Rochdal

Simpson, butler to Mr. liesk€

:h, of Tulketh-hall

has left £4OO to the R

THE LATE MRS. TOWNELEY.—SCaTeeIy a week ha
elapsed since we had to record the death of Mr. Towneley
of Towneley, and we now have to add the death of hi
lamented widow.—Prtston Chronicle.

A. meeting was held in Manchester, ou Wednesday, tc

, on account of

consequent on the late brevet. -----
rday, there was a fall of coal at the Blaci
gon Colliery, Rowley, by which four men were killed
and three others so much injured that they are not ex•
petted to recover.

promotion
On Sat

On Tuesday, an old woman in the t

got out on the wrong side at Huyton, just as the tTaii

passing: It went over her, and tore

She died almost instantly

The late extraordinary rise in the price of barley and
malt has compelled the brewers of Chester and the ad-

joining neighbourhood; and the county of Flint, to make
an advance of four-pence per gallon on the previous

- RATHER UNLUCKY.—A butcher of Kendal last week
took a drove of sheep for sale to Manchester, for which
he there received about £2OO. News arrived at Kendal
on Thursday morning of his having been robbed of the
whole sum.

Mr. Fitzsimon, an actor belonging to the Queen's
Theatre, Manchester, cut his throat with a razor, on the
sth instant. The deceased was greatly addited to drun-
kenness, and had in consequence been discharge by the
manager..

_ -
STRANGE AMUSEMENT.-While the mayor of Chester
was engaged at the late fire at the Dee Mills, some person,
for a " lark," entered his dining-room and carried out
several articles of furniture into the street, amongst
)thers, an open plate chest, containing articles of consi

le valu,

HAYDOCK LODGE ASYLUM
me time ago

This asylum, wine}
lured a not very creditable notoriety

iw contain

private

female patients; 147 pauper male patients

and 197 pau

per femal,

SIGNS OF THE TIMES.—The stocks of the
in Wigan have latterly increased so rapid]

have cor

) the conclusion either to lin

the days of taking in goods on pledge, or to close 1
shops altogether, for a day or two in each week, du

he prevailing pressure

SHORT Tziii IN BURY. None of the mills are work-
ing full time. The extensive mills of Messrs. Greg have
been at a stand for six weeks ; and those of Mr. L. R.
Openshaw have been stopped since the beginning of last
week. The foundries are also working shorter hours than
usual. The shopkeepers are loudly complaining, and
many families are in great distress. The applicants for
relief increase every week, and it is in contemplation to
establish soup kitchens.

A PROPHECY OF NIXON,—The superstitious in and
about Chester see in the recent destruction of a consider-
able portion of the Dee Mills by fire, the fulfilment of a
prophecy reputed to have been uttered by the celebrated
Cheshire prophet, who, tradition says, flourished in the
reign of Henry the Seventh. It was to the effect that the
Dee Mills, at Chester, shoUld be thrice burnt down in the
space of 60 years, which is really the fact, the first fire
having occurred in 1789, the next in 1812, and the third
and last in 1847.
WHICH IS THE POPULAR COLOUR

Yesierday a lady

alighted from her carriage near St. Ann's-square, and
entering a fashionable mercer's requested to be shown
the newestfdbrigues de modes. The polite shopman was
assiduous in his attentions, and profuse in his commen-
dations of the beautiful products of British looms, which
lay outspread on the counter. "It is yet early," said
the lady, "to choose spring patterns. Pray, which arc
likely to be the prevailing colours here in the coming
season ? " The lady's accent was that of London ; and
the draper inferring she was but newly a resident in Man-
chester, and his mind having been running on election
matters, he promptly replied : " Lincoln green for my
lord, and Bright drab for the quaker. Since his lord-
sl'ip's Visit here the Forester's colour has been decidedly
ietr-
istitiv the ascendant, all the drabs are down, and even the
shade is at a discount, with the veriest of the
rou
to hedrhe_rds.:' The lady was surprised at the turn given
chose tttn`llurY, but the draper having explained, she
‘,Tature.a.:sucamveadli
here'rs colour;ownbea utainfitcll
hdueteewrmitihntehde tahpaptrowahchen_
inoglosur—
she would also array herself in the popular
green.—Manchester paper.
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