The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-24 00:00:00

Jilly 24, 1849. total +l.etus. Abi-A ‘ of. —The Ittpe.,•4TAGES OF THE MILITARY TO LIVERPO • _ month, of the troops in Liverpool is beyond £3,000 W `Lalet Hargreaves Manifold, of this town, having s ea sss il,C,ne the necessary examination for his diploma, wa s t 1%7 member of the Royal College of Surgeons, on l' ll4 eg iPstant * kr. 1 • " a Pigeon on board the Corsair, of Baltimo re, _ we e k Lli t lg in the George's Dock, which on Monday a ,7 41 an egg without shell, but exactly in the shape Th ere bird, the head, bill, &c., being quite distinct ere st•n a Was a rum on Sunda that Mr. Fresh te (Ileaao excellent inspector of nu y isances, had sud d en ly ~trq °a t the report, we are happy to state, is totally On . f , towe r °LumaY the fl ag on t h e Revenue-buildings was death da, Led half-mast in t o k en o f t h e gr i e f occasione d b y t h e of th the sne , e benevolent lady of Mr. . James Aikin, one of 0 Frida ysrope of the Dock Committee. Oa • -PathY a coroner's inquiry took place relative to the of age, aee: John Griffiths, about thirty-eight years co'n_ aeasene°:lB,-?ceeper in Salisbury -street, w ho a ll i ed in ithi l ' e n i l?avirtg taken an ounce-an . d- h of laud I s aoouring, under temporary insanity. paintediLiks,s Cuirocu.—This church, after being re missea was reopened on Sunday last, when two stere ke, W ere preached by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank and t b e N°4ll , on behalf of the schools attached o h The collections amounted to £l9. Ilres,'slardaY night there was an alarm of fire in Bareteerg lsode'd Same sulphur, it appeared, had ignited . on s b w i ere eed ii „To a warehouse, from a cart. The eng * itha s ?' 2, r °.ngbt, but the flames were happily exti nguished yt their aid. th e i tl ti AL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. —At k r Ptiog of the Court of Examiners, on the 13th inst., a Pit s ! •`__'°°rP Hodson, late a pupil at the Northern ea ll na: i sas, lith 's town, having passed the necessary exa quowas admitted a member of the College. CalednlTs•Ou Friday last the members ot the Liverpool lllers4an Quoiting Club played a friendly match among st vesthe married men against the bachelors. Th e t o , both married and single. will, of course. be pleased liet o e r er n that the Benedicts gained a signal and decisive b k Y ; Oekt.r OR DER OFFICE. T AKE ° T CARE OF YOUR Nse s — On Tuesday last, a lady was robbed of her as s in ' etoataining between one and two pounds, whilst she ism t o h t. Money-order Office. The thief, who was su . p : ue a woman, escaped. This is the second or third Ale ,ee °I a similar nature during the last few weeks. s'srs• Churton whose monster sale at Parkgate ere t*it to e Tnell interest a few weeks ago, will shortly sub- W ater' the hamme r 24 000 yards of building land, at the 4 it0 14 P l ace of Rti'l with many small estates in the la st' °l4 Place The Y sa'le has been appointed for the 31st Iti r a gel the property will be put up in 57 lots. .„" r dr ;H• eerie .49 a member of the Select Vestry, died "'s s s7 e nlY on e'd d v last He was apparently in hes li • s ,' health in t he es r a ning and by six o'clock m the has ne was a Corpse. e We Understand that his disease tOWEfhalers. , The clecea sed was much respected, and h . e " ( nne years carrie d on a successful business in this .la o ,-,; ,a Painter, plumber, and glazier. Each 01, EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES. 41ee ting of th e b oar d, at t h e b oar d- room, N o . 8, f tlie t a 'r ll o 4 r a , ll eY North, Captain John Buchanan, late ian t ne Anna of Liverpool, was examined, and 14 - I •aqu i arified fora _fi t rst-class master's certificate ; e i rPo o t2 • ) a l n_Cheyne, ,e mat, of the Magellan, ot Vco , e. s found qualified for a second-class master's Itrarylle,,lt,l"oll CATTLE.—The correspondent of a contem tins,-7,s attention o the extreme want of water for 'gar s • c't cattle, at the north docks. During last week ettti.nrrived here upwards of three thousand head hi e `h , and sixteen thousand of sheep and lambs, all o f t ktad h er without a drop of water for 24 hours at leas t ; *(:srsiiee;oti landing, there is none to be had for near ly 4 uL soitY PAYMENT OF LETTERS . IN POSTAGE L i % ~S f 's .' " Probably some misunderstanding may exist h 7a resier,- the recent order of the Postmaster -eaetiY° ref e rence to the discontinuance of mone y pay at te,.°, l etters, we think it right to state, that it is only F p still h g-ho uses the alteration takes place. Letters ne Paid in money at delivery offices. i *lar ri i A L Ace DEN/I.k.fata l accident occurred yesterday asi,,ng in A boy, named Aiken, th,-R T emple Great Terrace Rathbone-street, ste . pped from l'atr,a.l,e,lnent into the road Rut h as a cart belonging to Mr. anningham, and driven by a man named White, I:° 4 st,; . „ • e l t le, and, before the driver was aware of the eir eatl -„; ° e, one of the wheels had passed over the child's kste,""o expired almost immediately. e s fil°l? MAGNIFICENT TAPESTRIES.—On Thursday Itia r b - aY next, Mr. Robert Winstanley, of Manchester, ` l '6ibiv e seen trom our advertisement, will sell, at the I, rt 'Oe,-,T 4 Rooms, Postoffice-place, a magnificent as s'eei!'tiTbsocl Tapestries, of the royal manufacture of Bronze s and and Ormolu, and other similar articles of ‘‘ ,4• 1,1 1 ,, „4 he catalogue comprises some fine specimens, the' "le attention of connoisseurs. Some of them are 11 sh o e beautiful description. t ter e a t is t -t t, ANen POST -OFFICE, BRU NSWICK-ROAD. — We . cpi l e ° Pleased with the recent improvements effect ed t arl l 'oader, on his premises, Brunswick-road, par i `44thllasjwwsiptaltpethe ingenious contrivance for receiving letters very different and superior to any tkfNitsiehfAthe .i ' cl e. ntlie town. Apertures of the usual 1)7 edg e . , tiz ar e e d rilled in the plate glass of the window, Lotder, b eing neatly flanged and protected by a brass elea tube of sufficient size lead . s h to the receiving norlerneath, which are out of . sig t, which renders l i t i llle e iZ,an obje c t of great attraction. pi Na l 7 118 of the gold of California were exhibited on 04s, . 1 ° the Liverpool Exchange News- room. , The ht in number. weigh 20 oz. 11 (lat., and were ° Liverpool by a Captain Thomas, who arr i v ed . tli i s l o ' i t ) ° l by th Halifax steamer. He had sold his e:st,e•e'Lallet!iiranceisco, and returned home via Panama. ock7 s are described as having been dug out of OEtl, ',LIN contain port', ns of stone and sand, and are is th e ), wndst those which have been taken from the bed BARei-ver, are nicely smoothed and rounded. The gold ixfi_nest quality. s ° - T it rh aortnriaa.nY LITTER OF PIGS. —On Monday ill s 4r hri s v i` c '' half -bred Chinese, belonging to Mr. WArdle, Itt i •Xth 11 °w House, Walton, n ear this town, farrowed IA W e erdi narrnum ber of twenty-one pigs, eighteen of 11 1:; i 'mtl o r Pigiedalive; and two days previous another et qesegti a TY the sm a ll num b er o f th ree ; so to ma k e t h em five were taken f the former, are at, ot oo i n , wit h the mothers, ro doing well. Mr. and M`Ardle all 1 / 41 , 4 at t, Possession of the sow which gained the first Londonderry Agricultural Show. This sow Viot,even pigs a fortnight old. Vl e MerV t A. - --A.n inquiry was instituted, yesterday, by jellan i ,, ll gh Coroner, into the cause of . death of M IlOst o - ' a Prostitute, who had been residing at a house d s 'ee 1,, 4-street, kept by a woman named Ryan , . E n i ,s an as 11,a, wt. a dduced to show that, prior to the 'ma lis?it s rle,b took place on Friday morning at the . Cholera to, I , one had been constantly in a state of intsxle %eve b `l'e were marks on the body of violence alleg ed littibeetseen given in drunken brawls, in which surgeons as.ge 4,seoncerned. Mr. M`Lellan, one of the g ts; theisPital, however, decided that the cause of death °4 er n- Tee gentleman alluded to informed . the h sal r that • - • disease is on the increase. . 4 this devastating ,uvE ßLAlN.—Another inquest was held on the tlsjtigh`in i nfant, whose mother (named Parker) r esides _ 44,1114 w-street. The infant was found dead on Satur tb:e_,Y ag• A dose of castor oil had been administered P`n, i s -e ious to the child, and the mother, on going iNkllk fi t tu Placed it between herself and the wall. .ton -4.4 G s SALES. —The second sale of the Is t 4 e AT _ s ata IN 5 , 1 1 states of the Hon. Mr. Mo tyn, in Parkgate, and Thornton took place at the Mostyn Arms Ni o 'it)g tb l nesday and Wednesday last; and, notwith e tn any predictions to the contrary, has been_ 410 fp„' Successful a greater number of buyers (and kiaer"rn eo nsidera'ble distances) attending than upon qiolnts ,i7 e asion ; and we rejoice to state, that out of the t. rs,mvertised, only 12 remain unsold : a most gra 1- 1 4' 4 O4'.hen we look at the vast amount of landed ,ti i t t ,,,,tt em I° the market. We never knew sales to be so ' 4 'st't " t e d o L as these and we think the anxiety and ex- Ollset h a s these, and we think the anxiety and ax 'lY at e the last moment was greater than at i a i o st • tea g e ek' IN N's THE CUSTOMS. —MT. R. Cox, searcher ae s „ to me ass in th e C us t oms , L on d on , h as b een pro ,4 bv-sT retirement landing-surveyor at the same port, ; 'tie of Mr. Rushton. Mr. Thomas IltoseYor-,',,,'elter of Liverpool, and Mr. King, landiog -ILb oontham ton hav been appointed landing „t%ee a .t . Liver P 1 Mr Donelan, comptroller at ‘° he Pee p . tr Her . and landing-surveyor at e( * n oods e , landing-surveyor at Man ia " A ltoll; to ue same office at Southampton. Mr. Ballamy, sloth Lynn, to be comptroller at Aberdeen. stun, 11e,tro, Ptrollr at Berwick, to be comptroller at vlsOlek i .....'" o ta,ir, first clerk at Dundee, to be comptroller K NO Op OSerVer. tileBjromj4,AN.—This delightful island is attracting 0 'One a il Darts, and very deservedly so. The air is I) _ltt s it no w f eLtiery Picturesque, and its bays enlivening. e Pro' sw . Prettier places than the bay of Douglas, kt tt 110 tj Ceti ng reefs, castellated buildings, and cresent s a 1 .°41 1 , r Pls °Y richly d d landscape. On visiting the ha l t ti tle i e ) e end e h 0 1 )4 atl i i ng. ' n e , e a l ci 7e wer e much surprised at finding atth each place. We could not atiltovi4g the wan in t e of spirit their evidently seemed 5 t 7 1 ,41 0 • 11 the y th e the inhabitants, for it was quite evident , 110 t °laid only find the accommodation, th ey d ay i n TIY have plenty of bathers, but many par ties Bight Wh o to take up their abode with them for a tl Ysr e w ° il tl i °yr Pass on, or return to Douglas for the 44, 1 4 e auth upt close these few observations without filth erities of Douglas a hint respecting t h e i ti !th,,Parti eni wn i leh is allowed to be thrown on the sho re , t 't l t3, • ',,l'ern s i t r'Y near the town, and we can assure hem et! it will before very long become a serious t ost re At A m ? ack to the place. Si l d nria g I t IITH EATog.—The entertainments at the ae 4 1etl'ort e t h e Past week comprised a series of trae- Ooottion n am e ery able company , . amongst whom es thes of Mr . Barry S u llivan, Mr. Jam . th • • Ai go Cone Cart, Mr. Chamberlain, rs. e l t t -est tn t:°f . th 4 e ll s d n '__°. The first-named artist under ritz_Aedia„ ~[neparts which, a f-w weeks ago, _th u e . 01 4 ,len cen g_ot this age had represented before enth Vllrribrkhly 4 1 1a 4 4, daring as the attem . pt was,.we can ts, DiN i e OglSe the success attending on it. Our t 4 : 1 3 h y of Mr. S. is perfectly confirmed, and kf t kiti. 4 equ e ,Z gave just and ample reward to his exer ksr. U s A y oun Y a,Malarding and calling him before the }et's, conchlviolinist, Desire Ikelheimer, executed, _ stty. arras 'us n of the tragedies, several . pieces . of att •atid pets from g by himself, and consisting of dif ; 1 / 4 1 4 4 .10, de larger wrks, calculated to show the nept4l his i gr ee of ability which this young man has e , t nstrurnent, which is the most pleasing, ith t.. tal e est difficult, of all. We were much ase with which lie got over the most aud the purity of his aotes. • • ^ Great complaints have been made of the position of the new milk market, in Hood-street. The place is cer tainly a very improper one in all respects, the district being one of the most filthy and disgusting in Liverpool, and one in which no decent person would desire children and respectable servants to congregate. FATAL RAILWAY ACClDENT.—Yesterday, Geo. Mans field, a breaksman in the Wapping Tunnel of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, accidentally fell from one of the carriages in their descent on the inclined plane, and from the passage of the wheels of several carriages over him, both his legs were broken, and, and he died soon afterwards. THE LIVERPOCL ROUTE TO LONDON.—The subjoined hours of arrival in Liverpool, during the last week, of the first-rate vessels which now leave Kingstown at 6 o'clock every evening (Dublin time). show how regularly the London passengers have been enabled to proceed by the early train, reaching London - at one o'clock :- 10th July, Iron Duke, 4.33, A.M., Graenwich time. 11th „ Eblana, . 3.42, „ 12th „ Iron Duke, 4.5, ~ 19 13th „ Elbana, 3.25, ~ PP 14th „ Iron Duke, 4.22, ~ PP 15th „ Eblana, 3.55, ~ —Dublin Evening Post. A DARING THlEF.—During the past week several cases of shoplifting have occurred of a most daring nature, in mid-day, in the principal streets of the town. On Tuesday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a fellow entered a shop in Bold-street, while two individuals were engaged in the back shop, and deliberately clasped three pair of wellington boots in his arms and walked out. He was met at the door by one of the workpeople ; but so cool was he, that he was taken for a fellow-workman, and before the boots were missed, he got clear off through the Newington Arcade. On Friday the same trick was again repeated at a bootmakers's in Lord-street ; but, on being closely pursued, he dropped the boots, and the young man, stopping to pick them up, cried " Stop thief !" but neither the police or any person stopped him, and he again got clear away. It is to be hoped that he may be secured and stopped in his villanous career. . . ROSCOE CLUB EXCURSION TO THE LAKES.—We oh serve that this delightful excursion has been deferred for a week, in consequence of the unsettled state of the wea ther. Seeing that the trip is to be accomplished in one day, it is certainly desirable that the weather should be steadily fine, if possible, on the day chosen for it; and considering the state of the barometer, we think the con ductors have determined judiciously in postponing the oc casion for the time mentioned. The price of the tickets is wonderfully low ; and every arrangement which fore thought and anxious desire for the comfort of the pas sengers could suggest, seems to have been made. The prospectus, which has been freely circulated, and copies of which may still be had of the secretary of the club, is got up in a neat anti creditable style, and it gives all ne cessary particulars, of what promises to be an exceedingly attractive recreation, for all who can snatch a day from the pent up smoky and dingy town. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ELIAS J. MOZLEY.—On Wed nesday, a grand dinner was given by the dissentient direc tors and shareholders of the Birmingham and Oxford line, on the occasion of presenting a piece of plate to Mr. Elias Joseph Mozley, in testimony of the ability, zeal, and energy-with which be had promoted their interests in the recent protracted contest with the Great Western Railway. The entertainment took glace at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich; and amongst the company, which was strictly of a representative character, embracing many of the leading directors and officials of the narrow gunge lines, were Lord Greenock, Mr. Glyn. Mr. T. Smith, Mr. L. Mozley. Colonel Matheson, M.P., the Hon. Capt. Gough, the Hon. Capt. Carnegie, Mr. Locke, M.P., Mr. Peyton, Mr. S. Thornton, Mr. Beale, Mr. A. Dobie, Mr. C. E. Stewart, Mr. Joseph Sanders, Mr. Swift, Mr. S. Carter, &c. Captain Bigge presided, and, at the close of a glow ing euloey on the meritorious and successful exertions of their distinguished guest, presented to Mr. Mozley the superb piece of plate which had been subscribed for him, consisting of a gigantic candelabrum in frosted silver, with two magnificent wine-coolers, valued at between £7OO and £BOO. which bore the following inscription :—" Presented to Elias Joseph Mozley. Esq., by those friends and fellow shareholders in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway who witnessed with admiration, and remember with gratituae, the energy, judgment, and ability displayed by him throughout an arduous and protracted struggle in defence of their common interests.—June, 1849. THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARE.—The three performancee, which the Italian Opera Company have given at this theatre, enable us to pronounce them equal to any other on the stage, and the selection of the operas was well calculated to bring out the abilities of the indivi dual members. " Norma" and " Lucrezia Borgia," par ticularly, were very successful representations. Signora Montenegro, the Prima Donna, gave a most beautiful reading of " Norma," equal to any other we have seen ; her figure is highly suited to the part, and her acting in the principal scenes, particularly in the first scene of the second act, where she discovers Pollio to be the lover of Adalgisa, was sublime, reminding of Grisi's unrivalled acting of that scene. In fact, she would be equal to this singer, if her voice did not show signs of weakness in the upper notes, which, however, are only perceptible to a very acute ear, and which are more than counterbalanced by the most brilliant execution, and a perfect power over her voice in even the most difficult passages. She was ably supported in that great duet, " Deli con te," the gem of the opera, by Signora Montelli, as Adalgisa," who has a very sweet, though not a very strong voice, and whose fine acting equally contributes to the effect. In " Lucrezia Borgia," where she sustains the character of Orsini, she made a decided hit by the drinking song, " Il segreto per esser felice," which was encored. The tenor of the com pany, Signor Santiago, in the parts of Poltio and Gennaro, made a favorable impression as well by his correct singing as by his careful and dramatic acting. The chorus, which was rather deficient on the first evening, had improved in every respect in " Lucrezia Borgia," and we are certain that the representations of the present week will be quite perfect. ALLEGED DERELICTION OF DUTY ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE WORKHOUSE, OR OTHER PARISH OFFICIALS.—On Thursday, a long inquiry took place before the borough coroner relative to the death of Michael Sullivan, formerly a labourer employed by Mrs. Scotson, of Mosely-vale, near Aigburth. The investiga tion had been instituted in consequence of a report made to the coroner, that admittance to the workhouse had been refused to the deceased when be was in a most pre carious, if not a dying state ; and that, in consequence, whilst in that state, he had been exposed for two hours and-a-half in an open shandry—neither nourishment nor medical aid having been furnished to him. Mr. Evans, governor of the Workhouse, and Mr. Gray, of the Parish office, were in attendance before the coroner. The Coro ner asked Mr. Evans whether, before the evidence was entered upon, he would wish to have the attendance of Mr. Hart. or any of the gentlemen connected with the parish. Mr. Evans— " I really do not know why I should be here al: all." Coroner—" If the one half of what is reported to me be proved, it is a most serious case against some one. Ido not say against you, but against some one. I must tell the jury what the duty of an overseer of poor is ; and they must take that from me, and not the vestry." Mr. Evans—" I shall be entirely in your hands, sir; and if you think it desirable, 1 have no objection ; but it does not appear to me a case requir ing it." Mr. Evans was willing to rely upon the coroner's justice and impartiality, and the case proceeded. The facts of it were simply these:--On the previous Tuesday, the deceased was taken ill, and a note given by a surgeon, at Aigburth, to have him admitted to the Liverpool Infirmary ; but itbeing a case which could not be admitted, according to the rules of the institution, it was directed at the Infirmary that he should be taken to the Workhouse. On arriving there, the porter told the man who had charge of the shandry in which the deceased was lying that he could not be taken in there, and directed him to Lowhill Workhouse; but he was taken back to the Infirmary; and, on arriving there, Dr. Bickersteth gave the porter a note to the governor to have the patient admitted ; but, Mr. Evans, having ascertained that he belonged to an out-parish, returned his compliments to Dr. Bickersteth, to say, that the patient could not be admitted, he was re conveyed to the Infirmary. On arriving there, Dr. Bick ersteth was engaged in an operation, and the deceased lay exposed in the shandry upwards of an hour. Upon Dr. Bickersteth again seeing him, and finding that he was in a dying state, lie had him, owing to the emergency of the case, admitted into one of the wards, where he died the following morning of confirmed cholera, being in a state of collapse when taken into the institution. — Mr. Gray asked whether the deceased had been sent to the workhouse by any of the officers at Aigburth, because if so, they were to blame.—Coroner : " Your law is this ; if you have so many medical officers, and you cannot get medical assistance in a case of emergency, and the pauper dies, you will be liable to manslaughter for not having sent him to some one else, If a pauper is brought to you illegally, the authorities of the parish to which lie belongs may be chargeable for misdemeanour ; but you, for not having afforded prompt assistance, are liable to an indictment for manslaughter."—Mr. Gray : " We should be overwhelmed if we were to take the cases of the out parishes."—Coroner : "We should not do wrong that good may come."—Mr. Gray asked permission of the coroner to say a few words to the jury as to the mode of paupers being brought upon the parish, and the onerous and troublesome duties of the officers who had to deal with them.—Coroner : " I have no doubt the jury feel the smart of the heavy rates they have to pay."—Mr. Gray : " Gentlemen, you are taxed for the whole of Eu rope. The consuls continually are sending people to us diseased and in a dying state, and we are compelled to take them in; numbers of persons are picked up from the streets, and the poor emigrants for America come to us fifty and sixty at a time. We parish officers are not to be envied, I assure you. lam called up nightly to give out coffins to the poor,—the other night I gave away no fewer than twenty. Where I live, they are going to indict me for a nuisance, owing to the shoals of poor Irish who are continually coming to the house. I have no peace either at home or at the office."—Mr. Evans submitted that the blame could not attach to him, or any other person at the Workhouse, as the man h av i ng c h arge of the shandry had been distinctly told to take him to Low-hill Workhouse, as he belonged to West Derby Union ; and from the short distance between the places no hazard could have been incurred. Had he known it was a case of cholera, he should have at once sent him to the cholera hospital in Queen-Anne -street. Mr. Evans said he would risk his existence, nay his salvation, that the first note he received said nothing about cholera, but merely stated that the case was inad missible. He then, at great length, entered into the regulations laid down by the Poor-law Commissioners relative to the government of the Workhouse, and said he was bound to carry them out at the peril of his situa tion. The coroner said not, if such regulations were con trary to law. The jury, after a short deliberation, re turned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God," acquitting Mr. Evans of all blame ; and they suggested that the authorities should appoint persons to see that such cases were sent to the proper hospitals, and not be bandied about in the manner this one had been. - _ _ Lawrence, Beckwith, Watson, Benn, Mann, Fisher, Al derman Hodgson, Swainson, Nicol, Sands, Cooper, Wood, Procter, Turner, and the Mayor : total, 34. Against the amendment : Councillors Langdale, Walthew, Woodruff, Bell, Ferguson, Robinson, Harbord, Rogers, Wagstaff, Gardner, Neill, Johnson, Bennett, Parker, Alderman John Holmes, Henderson, and Bent : total, 17. Mr. FERGUSON said as he considered the decision a vote of want of confidence in the Water Committee, he begged to tender his resignation. Mr. BENT, at a subsequent period, also offered to re sign ; but the MAYOR refused to accept the resignations till after due notice, and at the next meeting. Mr. THOMSON moved that the Town-clerk be in structed to take all legal measures to have the Rivington scheme repealed ; but. as it was found that this could not be put except as a substantive motion, after the usual notice, it was withdrawn. A motion 'by Mr. HOLT, to proceed with all vigour and speed with the Rivington works, was also declared out of order. Mr. BECKWITH then moved, as an amendment, that the bill of Messrs. M`Murtagh and Gillis, for work d me in fitting up the water-office for shipping in Strand-street, should be referred back. He attacked Mr. Coopar for having been guilty of jobbing in connexion with it, and stated that the work had cost £33, whereas a tender had been given by another party to do it for £lB. Mr. Alderman COOPER sati.factorily explained. He was not aware of any such tender ever having been pre sented ; and Mr. Wightman, the surveyor, had found that within a few shillings the bill submitted was correct. On a show of hands, the only parties who voted for the motion were, Mr. Beckwith himself, and hip seconder, Mr. Langdale. The MAYOR then asked if the notice of mandamus should be referred to the special committee that had been appointed ? Mr. HARBORD said he would protest against such a course. The Council again divided, when sixteen were found to vote that the notice of mandamus should be referred to the Water Committee, twenty-four that it should be con sidered by the special committee. Mr. HARBORD stated that though it had not been re ferred to them by the Council, he should hold it to be the duty of the Water Committee to consider the notice of mandamus also. He afterwards moved that the part of the Health Committee's proceedings recommending the appointment of Newlands, which had been reserved, should be adopted. The motion, which was held as un necessary after the previous divisions, was lost by a ma jority of 28 to 7. The Council, which had met at eleven o'clock, broke up at half-past four. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. LAUNCH OF A NEW PILOT BOAT. On Saturday shortly after . tovelve o'clock there' was launched, from the building yard of Mr. Royden, Baffin street, a pilot-boat, to supercede the " No. 4" of our fine fleet of that class of vessels. There is something especially interesting in all that appertains to craft of this kind; for though comparatively small in tonnage, they associate in the mind, with those who know them, remi niscences of " dangers and of difficulties" in our outw..rd and perilous channels, which come home to the business and bosoms of all nautical and commercial men. Were we ourselves naval architects, we should deem it as high an honour to be employed to build a boat for the Liver pool Pilots' Committee (though a private body) as by an order to construct a frigate for the Royal Navy. Our talented master-shipwrights have each had their share successively in this pratronage ; and, we believe, we do not overstep the mark when we assert that, over many years, they have turned out as noble, swift, and seaworthy vessels of the prescribed dimensions, as have ever been produced in any part of the world. The fame of these vessels will be enhanced by this addition to the fleet. It would be impertinent in us to put forth in laudatory terms the merits of Mr. Royden as a shipbuilder. It is enough to say that he has constructed some of the finest of our mercantile marine, proving themselves capable of carrying a large cargo on a comparatively small draught. of water, and having sailing and weatherly qualities rarely attained by " fanciful" science. We need but add that, if a " clipper" be wanted, he is equally "at home." The new pilot-boat is of the following dimensions : Length of keel.. .. .. 61 feet. Bea m 164 feet. Measurement .. .. (about) 74 tons. The model was left to Mr. Royden himself, and when we saw her on the stocks some weeks ago we conjectured that she was intended for a " first-rate" yacht. Her frame is of the best English oak, with the grain suited to the curves of the timber; and she is planked with East India teek-wood, so finished, that, but for the paint, a coat of varnish would have rendered her as fine exteriorly as a piece of cabinet-work. She was " christened" in spirited style by Miss Sheppard, the daughter of the head master-pilot of the boat,—who named her " The Auspicious." The launch was altogether beautiful. The vessel is coppered from the keel to the bends. Two other pilot boats were in the offing, and their crews gave hearty cheers as the new vessel glided into the river. The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the owners of the vessel which had that day been launched. The pilots of Liverpool were perfectly fearless of all the " free trade." They were not to be overcome. The vessel was unquestionably a noble specimen of naval architecture, and he felt satisfied, as a practical man, that she would realize the fullest expectations entertained of her excel lent qualities. (Cheers.) Mr. HUGHES returned thanks as one of the owners. He had no doubt but that, the Auspicious would prove herself to be a noble vessel, and he hoped her owners would be as prosperous as the pilots of Liverpool had hitherto been, by pulling together.—(Hear.) The CHAIRMAN said that all must feel a deep interest in the next toast—" The builder of the vessel." Were he an orator, he would endeavour to do him justice, but even then all his encomiums would fall short of the merit due to him. In producing such a specimen, all had been done that could be accomplished, both in the architecture and the fidelity of the workmanship. When a builder was confined to size and capacity in a vessel, he had much to contend with. In this instance the builder deserved well of his country for the specimen of naval architecture which he had that day had the pleasure to see floated off into her destined element.—(Cheers.) Mr. ROYDEN modestly thanked the chairman for the compliment paid to him. He stated that it had always been his endeavour, as it was a pleasure to him, to satisfy all parties—shipowners, pilots, or others. When he un dertook the building of the boat, it was stated to him that she must be something out of the ordinary way, as regarded both safety and speed ; and no pains or expense were spared to make her quite as good a vessel as any of her class. He rejoiced to say, that during her construction, not a word of difference had arisen between the owners and himself, all having acted together in the most cordial good feeling. He proposed the health of Mr. Shepperd, and might he long live to navigate such a vessel.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN seeonded the toast in terms highly complimentary to Mr. Shepperd, who, as a pilot, had long shown that capability, energy, and zeal, which were the characteristics and the honour of all who belonged to his perilous avocation.—(Cheers.) Mr. SHEPPERD replied in feeling terms, alluding to his anxiety to do his utmost for the interests of all who were connected with the boat which he sailed. The health of the Pilots' Committee was proposed, and drunk with enthusiasm. Captain COOKE responded, and spoke to the anxiety of that body to consult the interests of the trade of the port. The CHAIRMAN, in a suitable and complimentary ad dress, proposed the health of Miss Shepperd, who had christened the vessel.—This was ably replied to by Mr. Roydon, jun. Mr. GLADSTONE said he had to propose the health of the gentleman who had so ably presided over them that day, and took occasion to compliment the pilots of the port who had long and faithfully contributed to the safety of life and property in our dangerous outward channels. The health of Mr. Cooke was hailed with " three times three." The CHAIRMAN feelingly responded to the compli mentary remarks of their esteemed friend, Mr. Glad stone. He felt truly proud of being superintendent of the Liverpool pilots, and he might challenge Europe to produ , :e a class of men so competent, and so fearless in their vocation. He proposed the health of Mr. Hudson, master pilot, which was loudly cheered. Mr. HUDSON replied, and alluded to the modern im proved principle of building pilot-boats and other vessels. A number of other toasts were afterwards proposed and responded to, including "Mr. Leece ;" "The Pilots of Liverpool ;" " The Ladies :" " The Town and Trade of Liverpool," &c. ; and the company enjoyed themselves at the festive board for some hours. The new vessel was towed by the Satellite into the Brunswick Dock basin, and was hauled into dock by the apprentices of pilot boats Nos. 2 and 8. [Thus far our reporter, whose account of these proceed ings we have given at greater length, perhaps, than the space at our disposal to-day warrants. At a time, how ever, when the pilots of Liverpool, along with those of other ports, are threatened with a sort of confiscation by our free-trade Ministry, some facts connected with this vessel deserve a little notice, as confirming our views ex pressed last week as to the impropriety of any govern ment interference with the pilotage of this port. The vessel, yesterday launched, only 75 tons in burthen, will cost, we understand, upwards of £2,000 when ready to sea. This is at the rate of above £26 per ton ; and shews not only how different is the character of the vessels re quired for this service at Liverpool from that of most other ports, but also the determination of our pilots to provide such boats, regardless of cost, as will ensure safety of life to their crews, and efficiency in attending to the wants of our commercial marine.—Ed. L. S.l LOCAL MEETINGS. WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, the weekly meeting of this board was held at the Workhouse, Everton, Mr. Ros%ell in the chair. The governor stated that the Workhouse was nearly full of inmates ; that they could only accommodate four more adult persons, and had no more room for boys and girls.—The Rev. W. Badnall complained that some persons had been removed from houses where the cholera had broken out, to the Work house.—A complaint was made against Mr. Johnson, medical officer, of having refused, when called upon, to attend a child attacked with cholera. This led to a long discussion, and it was ultimately agreed that a committee be appointed to investigate the matter.—The other busi ness was unimportant. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Present,—Messrs. Henderson, (in the chair,) Fisher, Holt, Mann, Tobin, Nicol, Molyneux, Rankin, Wocd, Gladstone, Lockett, Bold, and James Holme.—A communication was read from the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, stating that they could not enter into any arrangement with the Dock Committee for the establishment of a depOt for the accommodation of parties emigrating.—A letter was read from Mr. Chapman, of Southport, com plaining of the present position of the buoys at Horse bank, and at the entrance of the Ribble, and that they were liable to lead mariners and fishermen astray. A conference had been held between the marine surveyor and the pilots, and they were of opinion that the buoys were of no use to the navigation of this port, though the place was under the jurisdiction of Liverpool.—A memo rial from the keepers of the Albert Dock warehouses, relative to their application for an increase of salary from £l5O to £2OO, was not entertained, as it had been before discussed, and fully gone into.—A bill was read by the secretary from the Water Committee, claiming £l2OO for water supplied to the machinery of the Albert Dock ware houses for hoisting. After some conversation upon it, the subject dropped. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SELECT VESTRY.-011 Tuesday a special meeting of the vestry was held, to con sider the report of the sub-committee of the Workhouse Committee submitted to the board on the 3rd instant. The Rev. Rector Campbell occupied the chair. After a long discussion, the motion to reduce the salary of the governor (Mr. Evans) was negatived by 11 to 6.—The Chairman wished, before the vestry separated, to say a word or two about the system of puffing the cholera by advertising the number of victims it made every week. This was not done in the case of the influenza or other epidemics, though they were equally destructive. Epi demics were aggravated by fear. The effect was to in crease the alarm. The cholera was a dispensation of Providence, and, like other dispensations, it was miti gated by mercy. When one epidemic appeared, others disappeared. He believed the mortality from cholera was not so great as that from typhus fever or influenza. He had reason to think so, because in 1832, the year of the cholera, mortality was increased, but in 1834, when the population could not have been very much augment ed, the mortality was still greater than in the cholera year. In the former it was 5,764 ; in the latter, 5,772. He had inquired of one of the deputy-registrars in the Dale-street district, where cholera prevailed very much, for the re turns of the last three years ; and he had found, that during the quarter ending the 30th of June, 1847, the number of deaths was 804 ; in 1848, it was 216 ; and in the corresponding quarter of the present year, 344. So that during this time, when cholera had peen prevailing very considerably, the deaths in the quarter ending the 30th of June, 1849, had been only 344, while in 1847 they were 804. He therefore did not think they need be very much alarmed, or that the public need be very much alarmed, at the prevalence of this epidemic. It was no doubt prevailing, and it was a very formidable disease, which they were bound to do everything they possibly could to provide against ; but he considered it very un fortunate that the deaths shouhl, be gazetted in the. man, ner they were, inasmuch as it was calculated to excite needless alarm in the public mind.—Mr. Earle: You are aware, Mr. Chairman, that it is done by the Health Com mittee.—The Chairman : Certainly ; it is not done by us. ADJOURNED COUNCIL MEETING. On Tuesday the Council meeting, adjourned from Fri day last, was held at the Town-hall, to dispose of the bu siness left over in reference to the water question. There was again a pretty numerous attendance. The MAYOR said, before proceeding with the business of the day, he believed it devolved upon him, as a matter of duty, to state that upon the previous day he had had a notice served upon him, which he need scarcely read. It was a legal notice—a mandamus, calling upon them to pro ceed with the Rivington water-works. It was signed by Messrs. Earle, William Rathbone, and Ambrose Lace. At the request of the Council, the mandamus was read. It stated that application for the mandamus would be made unless the Council proceeded with the works under the Rivington Act, so as to be able to supply water at such a pressure as would force it to the highest story of every house in Liverpool. Mr. HARBORD asked the Town-clerk what was the difference between the former notice and the present edition ? The TOWN-CLERK replied, that the former one was a caution to the Council not to expend money for avoiding the contracts for executing the works under the Rivington Act, and that if such measures were taken application would be made to the Court of Chancery. The present was a notice informing the Council that if they did not proceed, as legally bound, to give a good supply of water, application would be made to the Court of Queen's Bench to compel them. Mr. HARBORD. — WouId not the purchase of £175,000 worth of iron pipes be sufficient to shew that we had taken steps to proceed with the works ? The MAY( n. interfered, and said he could not permit an irregular discussion to go on. If any gentleman would put questions in a business-like manner, so as to permit the Town-clerk to answer all at once, he might proceed. The TOWN-CLERK gave his opinion. He said : the no tice produced was a notice signed by Messrs. Earle, Rath bone, and Lace, who described themselves as being re spectively the occupiers of property in Liverpool, and en titled to demand a constant supply of water, by virtue of the Water-works Act of 1847, and required and demanded the Council forthwith to take all necessary steps to make and maintain, subject to the provisions of the act, such works as would give a constant supply • and they stated that in default application would b e made to the Court of Queen's Bench to compel them to comply with the act. Now in order to explain the notice, he must read again the opinion he had read the other day. The first question proposed` to counsel was whether a mandamus would lie to compel the Corporation to proceed with the works un der the act; the second whether such mandamus would issue from those entitled to have the constant supply of water, or on the application of the parties who had re ceived notice that their lands would be required under the works. The answer was that a mandamus would lie, and that it could issue from those entitled to have a constant supply of water, but not from the landowners. They were of opinion that a return, chewing that the Corpora tion were proceeding with the new works in such a man ner as, under all the circumstances, would be deemed reasonable dispatch, would be sufficient; but it would not be a sufficient answer to state that they could not proceed for want of funds. The Town-clerk concluded by stating that although, in consequence of the long vacation coming on, application for the mandamus could not be made till November, the application would have reference to the time of serving the notice. Mr. PARKER did not feel altogether satisfied with the answer that had been given by the Town-clerk. This mandamus was, in fact, but the opinion of three gentle men that we were bound to go on with the works because we had the act. But facts always altered cases. Be it known to them all, and to the town at large, that there never was a case in which so much good bad come out of evil. They had it from Bolton itself, near the very place where these works were to be constructed, that even if the mandamus was obtained, they had not the means of carrying out the works. . . After some further conversation, it was agreed that the discussion as to the way in which the threatened notice of the mandamus should be disposed of, should be taken af ter the question before the Council was settled. Mr. BENNETT then proceeded, in continuation from Friday, in support of the proceedings of the Water Com mittee, and the appointment of Mr. Newlands as water engineer. He said that the present members of the Wa ter Committee, at the time they took office, entered upon duties which were very arduous to undertake. He did, however, hope that before they separated that day all the features of the Rivington project would be fully under stood by every member of the Council. Mr. Bennett then referred to speeches delivered by Mr. Lace and others in support of what he had stated. He then continued, and said it was also a very general impression that the water we should get from Rivington would be so ample in quan tity and quality, and be obtained so cheap, that the pre sent wells and machinery would be sold, and that we should be able easily to repay the bondholders from the Rivington works. The present committee had had to throw all these unfounded statements down, and they could now satisfactorily prove that such was not the case at all. They could also prove that in many towns which were supplied on the gravitation principle, the water was bad in quality and deficient in quantity. (Mr. Bennett here read the extract from the Bolton Chronicle given in our last publication.) The town of Chorley was at pre sent supplied from the same range of hills from which it was proposed to supply Liverpool. On Monday he went to Chorley, accompanied by Mr. Thomson, for the pur pose of making some investigation both as to the capabili ties of that district to supply the town with water, and also to ascertain the quality of it. They found at Chor ley that the water was not fit to drink, indeed altogether too foul for culinary purposes, much less for drinking. The whole district through which they travelled was such that he felt sure that if Mr. Hawksley himself had tra velled it, Rivington would have been the last place where he would have recommended the people of Liverpool to seek for water. Mr. Nicoll, expressed his continued confidence in the Rivington scheme, and concluded by stating that although he considered Mr. Holme's amendment to be defective. as it did not go to the extent of binding the Council to the Rivington works, yet still he should vote for it in pre ference to the motion of Mr. Harbord. Mr. Ald. HODGSON said he never from the outset had felt that the Rivington scheme had been called for by necessity, nor was he now ; but it was the town which had forced on the project. He was always an advocate for taking our supply from the sandstone ; but what posi tion were we in now ? The act had been got, and the Council were placed in a position from which they could not escape. If we had made a bad bargain, we had made it, and were bound to it. If we attempted to repudiate, we should shake the credit of the town. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE, had taken no active part in the water question, but he had on each occasion voted in favour of the Rivington scheme, and remembered the time when one of the sine-gua-eons of a candidate for the Council was to be favourable to an abundant water supply. The question was not now one of going to Ri vington or not; he could see no chance of successfully escaping from the scheme, nor had he any of those ap prehensions that others entertained as to financial diffi culties in carrying it out. We must go forward; but he felt there would be great difficulty in doing so with the present Water Committee, if they were allowed to go on damaging the credit of the Corporation. (No, no.) Lat terly there had been not only great difficulty in borrowing money on the credit of the water account, but the borrow ing of monies by the Corporation, to meet other and or dinary demank had been damaged by it. If those gen tlemen were to resign, and the management of the works were to be placed in the hands of the old committee, or of gentlemen not hitherto mixed up with the question, there would be no difficulty (he spoke financially) in obtaining funds to carry out the works for which the act had been obtained, for the credit of the town would then be re stored. Mr. HARBORD replied to the observation that the mem bers of the late Water Committee were responsible for the present confusion in the affairs. They had done nothing but follow out the instructions of the Council ; and fore told the gentlemen who now filled their situations the em barrassments they would naturally encounter provided they attempted to contravene an existing act of Parlia ment. Unless a total change was made in the Water Committee, the honour of the Corporation would be ma terially damaged. Mr. HARBORD proceeded to discuss the points raised in the debate. Mr. Holme, with good taste, had commenced his speech by expressing a desire to throw oil upon the troubled waters, and deprecating all personalities; but he had forthwith launched his most venomed shafts at his (Mr. Harbord's) head. He could only look upon the attack in the light of instructions given to the Old Bailey practitioner:—" No case; abuse the plaintiff's attorney." (Laughter.) Mr. Holme had quoted largely from a speech that he (Mr. Harbord) had made at a ward meet ing, it was supposed, upon the Council and Town-clerk, but he ought to have read the whole. [This Mr. Harbord himself did.] The following are extracts:—" The only course, he thought, left to them was to open communica tion with other wards, hold a town's meeting on the wa ter question, and have as little to do with the Council as possible, for there were in that body a parcel of calves, and the braying of some municipal donkeys had fright ened them." " Let a deputation be appointed at the town's meeting to go to the Secretary of State, and state the position in which they were placed. He had no doubt but that, if they had an honest lawyer and £50,000, they could get rid of all difficulties." Mr. Harbord said he did not wish to disavow anything he had said. By the term calves, he had merely meant some gentlemen in the Council. A most extraordinary scene hereupon ensued, many of the members indignantly rebuking Mr. Harbord for the insinuation against the integrity of the Town-Clerk. The MAYOR called for the atnende honorable, which, after a very exciting discussion, was given rather reluctantly by Mr. Harbord. Mr. Harbord's original motion was, " That the pro ceedings of the Water Committee be approved; and in consequence of the opinion of counsel just read, a special committee be appointed, consisting of three members of the Water Committee and three members of the Finance Committee, to consider the proper course to be pursued." Mr. Holme's amendment was, " That the proceedings be confirmed, with the exception of the adoption of the report of the joint sub-committees as to the Borough Engineer and his staff; and that it be referred to a special commit tee, such committee to have power to examine witnesses, and if they think necessary, to investigate the whole ques tion of water supply ; that sued committee shall consist of Messrs. G. H. Lawrence, T. B. Horsfall, Aikin, Stitt, Bell, and Henderson." On a division, the amendment was carried by a majority of 34 to 17.—For the amendment: Councillors James Holme, Thomson, Morris, Preston, Hodgson, Briscoe, Tyrer, Littledale, Aikin, Holt, Hornby, Toulrnin, Rim mer, B. Holme, Tobin, Booker, Kaye, Danson, Freme, HEALTH COMMITTEE. The weekly meeting was held on Thursday, present Messrs. Hornby (chairman,) Rimmer, Bennett, Harbord, Neill, Bent, Parker, Tyrer, Walser, and Morris. Mr. Newlands tendered his resignation as engineer of the water-works, in consequence of the recent vote in the Council. Some discussion followed, during which Mr. HARBORD intimated that they might have government interference, which, he thought, was inevitable before long. A deputation from the Houseowners' Guardian Society. consisting of Mr. G. Sumner, Mr. Carson, and Mr. Brad ley, surgeon, waited upon the committee to lay before them the evils resulting from the overcrowding of court houses. After some conversation, the deputation then retired, it being understood that the subject of the overcrowding of court houses should not be lost sight of upon the next application to Parliament. The Inspector of Nuisances reported the cleansing of 1020 cesspools during the week, and the reference of 113 dilapidated places to the building surveyor for repairs, the inspection of 68 nuisances complained of by inhabitants, and the reference of 49 others to the borough engineer for remedy by drainage ; together with a variety of other details of work done in his department during the week, including the re-examination of 781 courts in 51 given streets, where notices to limewash the exterior walls had been given, and in 682 of which the notices had been com plied with, and 149 remained undone, and proceedings were about to be taken to compel the owners of those courts to comply with this necessary sanatory regulation. The Medical Officer reported that the mortality of the town had been more than double the average, in conse quence of the prevailing epidemic. The deaths from all causes were 463 against 445 the previous week : cholera, 233 against 201 the previous week. Deaths from bowel complaint, 55. There had been 45 deaths from cholera in Scotland Ward, 42 in Vauxhall, and 40 in Exchange Ward. During the last four days there had been a gra dual increase, the deaths being 64, 74, 85, and 105, respec tively. Every effort was made to lessen the mortality by cleansing courts, removing the sick. and other means; and the engineer was directed to withdraw a portion of the water used for watering the streets in the better parts of the town, and apply it to the cleansing of the streets and courts where the epidemic was most prevalent. It was also considered desirable that the police force should render any assistance when required to do so. Some conversation ensued as to the quantity of water required for the use of the town, during which Mr. HAR HORD said that the Water Committee were in a difficult position. They had no establishment—no head—and no power to increase the supply from the wells. He would, however, do all in his power to furnish the required sup ply as far as possible. Mr. Newlands said they were distributing 4,000,000 gal lons per day, but that was not sufficient for the wants of the town at the present crisis, though it might do for a domestic supply. Liverpool was, however, in as good a position as other towns. He had previously said that by improved machinery they might get a million of gallons per day additional. The CHAIRMAN intimated that they were getting upon the water question, and the subject dropped. Mr. WALTHEW said a circumstance had been commu nicated to him, which he considered it right to bring be fore the committee. An individual whom he knew, who was now much reduced in circumstances, called upon him to state that his mother, who was on a visit to him, had unfortunately been taken ill (as was understood) of the cholera. He applied to Dr. Hawthorne for assistance, hut he refused to attend unless they gave him a guinea. With great difficulty the guinea was obtained ; the doctor attended the woman four times, and she was no better, after which he refused to give any further assistance un less another guinea was paid to him. He (Mr. Walthew) thought that too much publicity could not be given to such an act, as it might be of benefit to the working classes. Dr. Hawthorne could have no sympathy when he refused going to persons labouring under so dreadful a malady without first having a guinea. Mr.'HARBORD said he had no wish to shield Dr. Haw thorne, hut he thought the committee would be stepping out of their province by interfering in such matters. Mr. PARKER. — Four visits for a guinea is rather a low rate. The CHAIRMAN said the committee had nothing to do with it, and the subject then dropped. The meeting then adjourned. IBtstrfa Retvo. The law-clerks of Blackburn are getting up a movement to obtain a half-holiday on the Saturday. THE YACHT " VISION."—A very beautiful print of this beautiful craft, belonging to Thos. Birchall, Esq., is just published, and makes a very pleasing picture. On Friday evening a meeting similar to those held a Bolton and Ashton, was held in Stockport, when resolu-t tions in support of the Ten Hours Act were unanimously adopted. HEYWOOD.—The Grand Protestant Confederation of Loyal Orangemen, Lodgel7l, held their 30th anniversary at the King's Arms, New Marketplace, Heywood, on Saturday last, when eighty sat down to a very excellent sinner. The company enjoyed themselves as usual, with loyal toasts and songs appropriate for tne occasion. On Wednesday a cow belonging to Mr. Wm. Pritchard, of Sutton, which had taken shelter under an ash tree, was struck by the electric fluid, and killed. The tree was but slightly injured. About three years since three trees were struck by lightning within ten yards of the same spot ; one was entirely destroyed and the others seriously injured. HEALTH OF TOWNS ASSOCIATION.—The annual meet ing of the Working-Mons' Health of Towns Association was held on Monday evening, in the Cairo-street school. The room was well filled. The mayor (Mr. Allcard) pre sided. Among these present were Mr. G. Greenall, M.P., Mr. J. Nicholson, Mr. Hardy, Mr. J. Rylands, the Rev. P. P. Carpenter, and several others who take a deep inte rest in sanatory matters. A report was read, and several resolutions were carried, bearing upon the desirability of effective sanatory measures being adopted; one expressed the hope that the Town Council would not let another session pass without applying for the introduction of the Health of Towns Act. THE TEN HOURS AcT.—A meeting of the Lancashire Central Committee for the protection of the Ten Hours Bill was held on Wednesday night at Manchester, at which a letter from Lord Ashley was read, dated July 17, in answer to one addressed to his Lordship by the meet ing. In this letter his Lordship refers to a letter, dated June 15th last, addressed by him to the Editor of the Manchester Guardian, as explanatory of his views on the subject of the Ten Flours Bill; and concludes by saying, that if the operatives choose to stand on their fall rights he shall not abandon them. To this last letter of Lord Ashley's, the Committee on Wednesday night sent a reply, expressing the firm determination of the workmen to stand to the Ten Hours Bill, and calling on his Lord ship for his support of their cause in Parliament. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An accident of a most unex pected and fatal nature occurred on the bridge crossing the Manchester Railway, in Bridgeman-street, Bolton, on Thursday last. The railway company, for increased ac commodation at the station ' have been laying an addi tional line of rails, an d on this account some alterations have been necessary at the bridge. They are in course of completion, and on Thursday men were engaged in laying water pipes in the road upon the bridge. Jo. Ainsworth, an old man of seventy-two years of age, a weaver, residing in Bleakley-street, stood watching the men, when, from a flow of water being let into the pipes, and forcing itself upon the air contained in them, the plug was driven out with the force of a cannon ball, and striking Ainsworth, who stood near, upon the head, he was killed instanta neously. UNFOUNDED RUMOUR OF CHOLERA AT SOUTHPORT. —ln the early part of last week a melancholy event took place in Southport, not fewer than three members of one family being struck by the hand of death within twenty four hours ! Mr. Younghusband's son, about eighteen mouths old, who had been ill of the scarlet fever, died first; Mrs. Youngbusband, a lady aged 72, died next, of a suffusion of blood in the head ; and lastly, Mr. Young.. husband, her son, and the father of the little boy, who was of a nervous temperament, died of spasms, brought on through excessive grief. These melancholy deaths, coupled with two or three deaths from ordinary causes, appear to have given rise to the report that cholera was raging in the town, and a most injurious paragraph ap- 3 peared in some of the journals to that effect. At a meet ing of the Southport commissioners, held on Tuesday, attention was drawn to the report, and three medical gen tlemen declared that no such disease as Asiatic chslera had made its appearance in the town ; but, on the con trary, the health of the town was such as to strengthen its character of being the healthiest town in her Majesty's dominions. The immense number of visitors, many inva lids, must necessarily inerease the rate of mortality ; but the registrar of the district says it is not by any means excessive. The commissioners are taking steps to remove anything likely to encourage the spread of the disease, should it appear. The scourging epidemic of 1832, and the not less fearful one of 1847, were known in the town but in name, not a single case having occurred there or in the vicinity. MR. BECKWITH'S UNFOUNDED CHARGES AGAINST MR. ALDERMAN COOPER. [The following letter was offered to the Mercury, in whose columns the speech of Mr. Beckwith, in making his absurd charges, was fully reported, whilst the satis factory reply to it, by Mr. Cooper, was greatly abbreviated, and refused to be inserted, except as an advertisement.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY. Sir,—ln the columns of your paper on Friday last appears a portion of a report of the proceedings in the Council, on Tuesday, the 17th instant, distinguished as " Another Charge of Jobbing against Mr. Alderman Cooper in the Water Committee," and although the mem bers of the Council, by their decision, clearly expressed their opinion thereon, yet the statement of Mr. Beckwith is so full of misrepresentations, and so calculated to injure our character as tradesmen, that we feel ourselves called upon to make the public acquainted with the correct circumstances of the case. Mr. Beckwith commences by stating that Mr. Cooper, for some reason or other, thought proper to give us the fitting up of the Water Offices in Strand-street, for which Messrs. Dixon and Hunter had previously given in an estimate agreeing to do the work for £lB, but for which we had sent in a bill amounting to £33 Ss. With respect to Messrs. Dixon and Hunter's estimate, we can distinctly state that no such estimate was ever given in, and that no such thing ever existed ; and our bill, as claimed from the Water Committee, and which was referred back, was £2B 145., and not £33 Bs., as falsely stated by Mr. Beck with. The specification only embraced a small portion of the work required and executed by ourselves, and a statement of the extra work done by us was sent in to the Water Committee amounting to £ll, leaving for the portion done, according to the specification, only £l7 I4s. Mr. Beckwith could not be ignorant that the Water Committee, at the request of Mr. Cooper, got Mr. Whiteman to value the work ; the object, though dark to Mr. Beckwith, is obvious to every thinking man, viz., that they might be fully satisfied of the justice done them, and to disarm those whose object it appears is to take hold of anything whereby to attack an honourable member of the Council. Mr. Whiteman did value the work, and estimates it at £27 9s. 6d., but at the close of his estimate he remarks that he had made no allowance for tongueing and groov ing, or waste of timber, and that considerable detention had been caused by our not being allowed to proceed regu larly with the work. Thus Mr. Whiteman's valuation only differs a very trifling from our bill, his valuation being £27 9s. 6d., and our bill £2B 14s. Mr. Beckwith goes on to say that Mr. Whiteman had over estimated several articles, such as hinges, baize, &c. He states the hinges, charged 175., may be purchased for 9s. 9d., whereas they cost us 14s. 9d., cash. He also states there is 31 yards baize charged 2s. 6d. per yard, and that he remembers distinctly selling the same de scription of goods at Bd. Now there is no such thing as baize named in our account. There is 31- yards of painted oil-cloth, of an extra width, for office tables and desk. This, we presume, is what Mr. Beck w ith a ll u d es t o • he may have sold such an article, as we are aware hi s shop contained an assemblage of many curious commodities, ,stated to have been portions of the cargoes of wrecked vessels ; and, owing to this circumstance, he may have been able to sell it even as low as Bd. per yard. This we have no wish to dispute. He then goes on to say he would have little difficulty in proving that the greater portion of the ironmongery came from Mr. Cooper's shop. This is also untrue; we are not in the least manner bound to Mr. Cooper, neither has he any object in serving us more than any other parties. The whole charge from I,, , ginning to edd is a perversion and gross misrepresentation, and merits the scorn of every upright person. It is a great pity Mr. Beckwith's constituency do not call upon him to attend more to their real interests, instead of wasting his and others' time in bringing forward unfounded charges of this nature, and endeavouring to keep honest tradesmen out of their money, so justly and so long past due, — Requesting the favour of your publishing this letter in d 'MURTRIE & GILLIES. paper of to-morrow, we are, sir, your obedient s y e o r u v r a n ts , 73, Si. James's street, Liverpool, July 23rd, 1849. THE BISHOP OF OXFORD AND THE REV. T. W. ALLIES. 61, Eaton Place, July 3d, 1849. My dear Archdeacon,—l think it right that my Clergy should know what had taken place between the Rev. Mr. Allies and myself ; and as you are the most probable per son by whom I can on this occasion act, I will thank you to communicate this my letter to them. I felt it my painful duty to censure Mr. Allies's volume as in my judgment contradicting the 39 articles. My censnre has drawn from Mr. Allies the following letter, which (there being no copies of the first Edition remaining in his publisher's hands) is held by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and myself to be sufficient to allow me not to originate legal proceedings against him. Mr. Allies's letter is as follows : " Launton, Bicester, May 15th, 1849. " My Lord,—l regret that any thing in the Book that I have published should appear to my Diocesan to be contrary to the Articles of the Church of England, or calculated to depreciate that Church in comparison with the Church of Rome; and I undertake not to publish a second edition of the work. " I declare my adherence to the Articles, in their plain literal and grammatical sense, and will not preach or teach anything contrary to such Articles in their plain literal and grammatical sense. I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's dutiful servant in Christ, (Signed) " THOS. W. ALLIES. _ _ " The Lord Bishop of Oxford." This letter of Mr. Allies, my dear Archdeacon, you will observe applies to two distinct subjects. Ist. As to the publication which I have censured, Mr. Allies regrets my censure, and now proposes not to publish any second edition. Under the circumstances which I have before stated as to the first edition I treat this as if he had originally shewed me his Book, and on my ex pressing my disapprobation of it, had, in deference to the opinion of his Diocesan, abstained from publishing it. I accept this act of deference to my office on his part. But 2ndly. I deem it my duty as Bishop, in consequence of this publication having already taken place, to require an assurance that Mr, Allies will rot, in his narish, teach contrary to the doctrines of the Church of t ngland. AS to this, I apply the same test which I have applied to other cases before. I ssk Mr. Allies whether he, as the rule of his teaching, accepts in oonjunction with the Prayer Book the Articles of the Church in their plain literal and grammatical sense, By this letter he assures me that he does so, and I accept this his assurance. Be lieve me, my dear Archdeacon, yours faithfully. (Signed) S. OxoN. To the Venerable the Archdeacon of Oxford. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL AGRICUL TURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The great meeting and show of this Society has been held this week at Norwich, where extersive preparations had been made for its accommodation. The public exhi bition of implements commenced on Wednesday morning at eight o'clock, from which hour the show yard became the grand centre of attraction to the thousands of agricultu rists who have visited Norwich on the occasion. It is said that the improvements discoverable in this year's exhibition are very many of them of a highly important and valuable character. One of the chief features is, that machinery of a complicated description is gradually being discarded for that which displays greater simplicity and more rigid adherence to strict scientific rules, thus being at one and the same time alike effective and econo mical—desiderata which, in the existing circumstances of the farmer, are superior, perhaps, to every other considera tion. The usual prizes were awarded for the most ingeni. ous implements. After the exhibition, there was an inter esting lecture on the parasitic fungi of the British farm, which was delivered by the Rev. Edward Sidney, in the County Court, and which was listened to with great attention by a numerous audience. The show of stock was on Thursday. The yard was opened to the public at the early hour of eight in the morning, and immediately every means of ingress was besieged by eager applicants for admission. So large and constant were the arrivals—rnd they included almost every class and grade of society--that bylnoon the whole area, covering an extent of ground which measures up wards of 14 acres, became very thronged. It is pleasing to record that, taken as a whole, this year's show affords another convincing illustration of the rapid progress which, mainly owing to the operations of the Royal Agricultural Society—continues to be made in the im provement of every description of farming stock. To the practised eye of the agriculturist this is apparent on every hand. So far as numbers are concerned, it is true, there is a falling off on the present occasion as compared with the exhibition at Derby in 1843, and at York last year. But with these two exceptions, it exceeds every other that has taken place since the establishment of the society. It is due to the society, to the judges, and to the agri culturists, of the eastern counties, to state, that at this exhibition the rage for stock, fattened till they were fit only for the tallow-chandlers' melting tubs, has been en tirely extinguished. Over-feeding, with all its painful and disgusting consequences, does not, at least as far as fat cattle are concerned, exist in this district. The stock exhibited is in excellent condition, and nothing more, and it would really appear as if there was some prospect that the encouragement of the society would now be perma nently given to the production of the best breeds. The council dinner took place at six o'clock in St. Andrew's Hall, and was very numerously and influentially attended. The Earl of Chichester, president of the society, filled the chair ; the Marquis of Downshire, president-elect, the vice-chair. A SINGULAR WILL.—The following extract is from the will of William Beckett, formerly Governor of Plymouth, which was proved in the year 1782 :—" I desire that my body may be kept as long as it may not be offensive, and that one or more of my toes may be cut off to secure the certainty of my being dead. I also make the further request to my dear wife that, as she has been troubled with one old fool, she will not think of marrying another." 1. e rs. `Dad dine , R q 4. rs r ionf eliC6