The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

Lora! aith tarobinciat Rms.

The usual meeting of thetligi,way Board was held on
Tnursdiy. The bus,ness was merely of a routine cha-
racter, and did not possess any pubic interest.
FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT —Oll Friday last, a col-
lier in a mine at Shevington fell taut of a ba-ket from a
height of twentv.three yards, and was k lied on the spot.
Mr. John Wright, t to lessee of the Runcorn quarries,
gave to his labourna a gratuity on the nee:as on of Prince
Albert's visit to Liverpool, leaving to themselves the dis-
poen, thereof.
Yesterday week, a dog which was left in a house near
Blaatkhurn. while the family went to worship. by some
means bolted the door inside, so that the master of the
house was compelled to obtain access through the window.
James Thompson, of this town, engatieer, h as taken out
a patent for certain improvements in machinery or ap aa-
ratus for obtaiaaing motive power. part or pat ts of which
improvements are appltc•ble to other useful pur,oses.
THE LivEpeoot. NI AIL FROM DUBLIN.—The sailing
of the afternoon mail from Knagstown commenced o❑
Thursday, according to the old arrangement, at half-past
six o'clock.

PUBLIC BATHS AND WASH•HOUS;ES —The public
baths and wash-houses, M.:leo:es er. will be pened about
4het9sne of the opening of the public parks, on Saturday,
the 22.1 instant.

The Manchester Reform Association have resolved to
invite Mr. Cobden to off•r himself as a can li.l.te for th.
Tepresentation of Maucoester, in the place of Mr. Mark
rtnliips, woo ititemis to retire on a di,solution of Parlia-
ment.

PRESBYI RATAN CHURCH. ISLINGTON.—On Tuesday
evening a soiree was held in the ,chool-room attached to
the Pie-byterian Ch rch. 1-I:ngton. when the pastor of
the church. the Rev. V. M. White, was presented with an
address and a vitt watch and chain.
Miss Ward, daughter of Mr. James Wa-d, o' this
town, may he short y expected to make her de'bat in the
musical world Her skill, taste, and executi.tn, are sue.
prising, and. fir so young an artiste. al.nost wiego died.
Mk Ward has not yet attained her fifteenth year.
THE HIGH SHERIFF'S CAVALCADE.—The High
Sheriff. W. Standi- h Stan fish, Eeq., of Duxhury
w 11 .nske his public vi.it to Line kter ibis day, sec ,m-
-panted by the usual refit ue of tiff .ers, j ivel,n men, & t.
lie wll proceed by "rail," and not, as on the last occa-
sion. t ravel by "toad."

CH kSHIRE t'ATTLE FOR AMFRlCA.—Twocipital three
years old heifers, from the exeelieht and well bred stork
of Mr. W. Pain, of Stapleford hall, were shipped on Fri-
day week. be the ship Roman, tor America. Tree were
bought by an entrrarisiag agriculturist from Massachu-
setts. The price arts £6l. —Ore./Er Conant
SUN STROKE —Ou Thursday nioi 'ling. as a danehter
of John Rae, Buttiiii-'treat, was playing with some other
Thildren. she was a rue k by he min, and remnioed inaen•
sihte t.,r three hours, when, tinder the ewe of Mr. Taylor,
she was restored to ani aeon, and is now, we are happy
to hear, e,insidered nut of danger.
Sivnor Ztailoti has ri•iceived the following reply, ac-
knowl•alging t .e receipt o' the It iliaii amine, , addressed
to Prince A lb.rt. pithlistie I in our last :—" Hui kingh•-im
Palace, August Ist, 1446.—Mr. Ainion is commanded to
acknowledge the ri-c-ipt of Mr. Zintiotti's letter of the
30b ult., aad to thank him for the poem with which it
was accompanied."
EFFP.CTS OF FREE TRADE —Tie Charm Spinners' and
Cotton Manutartur rs' Ass.iciation, at a meeting held on
Wednesday, det-tmined to vto k the mil a only tour dais
a week. A fortnight's notice h.s he, n gireti to the work-
people, sighed by all the, leading firms, and caLing upon
the trade generally to work -hi rt time.
FIRE CAUaED BY LIGHTNING.—I)UrinE the thunder-
at irm on Saturday evening vieek, the o H
farm at Carden, the property a Mr. John Harker, of
Nantwich, were ign t-d by the lightning. arid in a wry
chart time were entirely dear, nved, together rvlth their
cmiteots. The pr.igress of the fl trues was so rapid that it
was impossible to attest them. _

A man named l'ye, iq Preston, having been deputed by
the Teo perince Excor-ion Committee of ti at olace to
collect the mune), for tickets for a cheap twin to 01. tow ,
during Prince Albert's rft•it, recely,d uncy.ed...l 1 Q

Ititb which he decamped, and his not suice been heard
di Toe poor working torn wh't compose the committee
have paid the whole t.um to ,he railway company.
ANNIVERSARY DINNER ON THE LICENSED VICTUAL•
LERS. As,,OCIATION.—Wr tram that the auni.er•arp
dinner of this a.eful and benevolent association, other

tied for Thursday last, was pos'poned to Thursday the
Dili instant, when it will take plitcr at their his itution in
St. Anne-str.et Wm. Lowe, I'm., will occupy the
chair, and Th s. Bold. Esq., the vice-cha'r ; and the pro-
ceedings msy be exo. Ord to posses. great iotere.r.
THR MANCHESTER CORPORATION.—T e members of
us' b ,olv h.ve bo far nrif,,t,-,1