The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-18 00:00:00

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MANCHESTER.

A most destructive conflagration occurred in Manches-
ter on Monday week, when the extensive warehouse
occupied by Messrs. Mark Nightingale and Co., the ex-
tensive carriers, in which was stored upwards of 1,000
bales of cotton, and about 300 sacks of flour, was, with
its contents, totally destroyed.
The warehouse in question is situate near to a vacant
plot of land, well known in Manchester as Granby Row
Fields, and fortunately stood detached from any other
building.
The fire was discovered soon after six o'clock in the
morning, and the alarm was instantly given, but from the
combustible nature of the materials the progress of the
flames was very rapid ; and when the engines arrived the
roof had fallen in.

Water was soon procured from the canal, and the en-
gines played with great effect on the burning pile, but in
forty minutes after the arrival of the engines the building
was completely gutted, and the south wall fell with a tre-
mendous crash just as the engines and men had been or-
dered from beneath. The other walls fell in succession,
the east one falling into the canal, which is thus partially
blocked up. The value of the materials in the building is
estimated at £12,000, and the building itself at £2,500.
Amongst the owners of the cotton are Mr. Bailey and
Mr. Ashton.

The building, &c. are insured, and the heaviest losses
will fall on the West of England, the Manchester, the
Sian, the Phoenix, and the Imperial.
At present, not the remotest idea can be formed as to
how the fire originated. It appears that two or three
cargoes of cotton from Liverpool were delivered at this
warehouse on Friday last ; and one way in which it has
been attempted to account for the fire, is, by supposing
that these bales had been near some napththa or other sub-
stance, which may have led to their spontaneous combus-
tion. Taken in connexion with the late fires of cotton in
this town, the matter has excited the utmost alarm at
Manchester; and an idea is becoming prevalent there,
that some of the materials used in America for cleaning
cotton may be the means of causing its combustion
when it comes to be closely packed in warehouses.
Our neighbours in Manchester have, however, proba-
bly not seen the Cotton :packed in a ship, at one of the
American ports, or they would not give countenance to
the latter supposition, for if there is any ground for it,
we see no reason why so many cotton ships escape the
destructive element, seeing their cargoes are packed with
all attainable tightness.

THE BROUGHTON AND MANCHESTER CRICKET
CLUBS.—The cricket match between the Broughton and
Manchester Clubs, on Wednesday last, was won by the
former, with nine wickets to go down.
SOUTIIPORT.—This fashionable -sea-bathing place now
presents a very lively appearance, and is nearly filled with
isitors : great numbers continue to arrive every day.
During the past fortnight no fewer than 3,200 persons
have arrived. At the time of high water the beach and
marine parade are crowded, and present a scene of much
brilliancy.
Lady Stanley, accompanied by the Hon. Edward Stan-
ley, and the younger branches of the family, left town on
Tuesday for Tunbridge Wells, where they intend to re-
main for two months. Lord Stanley left town for Knows-
ley-ball after the debate was concluded in the House of
Commons on Thursday morning. An express engine
was engaged to convey his lordship in time to be present
at the Aintree Races in the afternoon. His lordship re-
turned to town on Saturday.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday last Jobn Arnold, aged
two years, son of William Arnold, cowkeeper, was playing
opposite his father's door, where stood a cart loaded with
grains. He stooped near the cart and fell ; the horse
moved on and the wheel crushed the poor child's head
against the curb-stone. Surgical aid was procured, but
the child died in about two hours.

SELECT VESTRY.—We understand that a special meet-
ing of the Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, to decide
on the plans for the alterations to be madein the Workhouse
for the better classification of its inmates. The one sent in
by Messrs. Lockwood and Allom, of London, was unani-
mously chosen, as the most simple and complete. These
are the same gentlemen who gained the first prize for the
icLools now building at Kirldale for the %lair= Delug-
ing to the workhouse.

ATHEN.EUM.—The annual meeting of the proprietors
was held in the library of the institution on Tuesday, J.
H. Turner, Esq., the late president, in the chair. The
meeting was of a desultory character, there being no mo-
tion before the meeting except the one for a fixed salary
to the master in lieu of the usual perquisites, which was
carried; and the appointment of seven members to fill the
vacancy of those who go out by rotation, the names of
whom are as follows :—Mr. Cunningham, Rev. E. Hull,
Rev. J. Brooks, Mr. J. B. Moore, Mr. Swinton Boult,
Mr. Daniel Mather, Mr. P. Wright.
DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION.—On Monday evening
I last, Margaret Cook, an inmate of the Liverpool Work-
-1 house, retired to bed, about seven o'clock, taking with
:: c, r infant child, Honor Cook, aged two weeks, and
onher awaking aL',.,t eleven o'clock, found the child dead.
Qd that she saw the chid die, but.
The mother at first sta., aq_nowled. gel. that it
afterwards, on cross-examinaL"' the ju_nr,or, house
was dead when she awoke. Mr. Woou,
surgeon, Made a post mortent examination of tn... body,
and gave it as his opinion, that death was caused by suffo-
cation, arising, probably, from the child having been over-
lain. Verdict, 1

accidents

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF
TOX'TETiI-PARK.—The annual meeting of the commis-
sioners for the better paving and sewerage of Toxteth-
park, was held on Friday morning, in the Public-office,
for the purpose of laying before the inhabitants an account
of all the moneys expended by them, assessments made,
and contracts entered into previous to the new election.
Mr. Alexander Smith, jun., presided, and printed state-

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ments of the accounts were laid on the table. Very few
of the rate-payers were present. From the statement it
appears that the township is under the following
ties :

Debts due to sundry persons 30th of June.. £1,535 9 11
Due to Messrs. Moss and Co., bankers.... 1,210 10 8
Required to pay the debts of the late I
Board of Surveyors

368 14 11

£3,114 15 6
As applicable to meet these liabilities there are certain
rates to be received, which are now being collected, and
£4OO fur arrears of highway rates. Some desultory con-
versation took place as to how this state of affairs had
arisen, in the course of which it was strongly urged•that
sufficient publicity had not been given to the object of the
meeting. Eventually a motion that the meeting adjourn,
and die. placards be issued calling another, was carried
unanimously. An adjournment then took place till Fri-
day next.

ROWLAND'S MACA Mitt Om.—There cannot be a more
just criterion of the excellence of any article than the at-
tempt to imitate it. The very idea of a counterfeit is a
proud testimony to the great utility and value of the
original. The universally high repute of ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL has induced some unprincipled Shop-
keepers to try to impose upon the public a spurious imita-
tion for the genuine; and who, to increase the deception,
have copied the Labels and Bottles of the Original Article
—for which fraud the said Parties have lately been pu-
nished in a Court of Law. The principle on which Row-
LAND'S MACASSAR OIL (the Original and only Genuine)
is prepared. is confined solely to the knowledge and
practice of A. ROWLAND and Sox, 20, Hatton Garden,
London, who are still at an immense expense in complet-
ing its preparation. Any Saltinbanco may pretend to
give an analization of its ingredients ; but the fact is, the
amalgamation of this purely vegetable compound neu-
tralizes all attempts to separate its component parts :
therefore such a declaration only brings disgrace and con-
tempt on any wretched pretender. ROWLAND'S MA-
CASSAR OIL is a compound of the most costly materials,
has stood the test for nearly fifty years, is Patronised by
the Royal Family of England, the whole " elite" of the
Aristocracy and " haut ton," as well as the several Courts
of Europe, while the thousands of testimonials in its
favour, and the general use of it in all countries, suffi-
ciently confirm its value as a nourisher, preserver, and
beautifier of the Human Hair.