The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-12 00:00:00

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The fare at Bi • ead has b he Jenny again reduced to hi. dt a Lind steamer ran on Tranmere slip on ur Y, and sustained considerable damage. ,•;,.1 G. Ireland has been appointed president, and . Estlin vice- Yln of the Guardian Society. Wednesdfiy a labourer named Charles Duffy, aged 1 10 ..7a9 lived in Hockenhall-alley, while at a public theur la Cheapside, fell down suddenly and died. upon bpot. tint icE NHEAD DocKs.--These docks will be opened to 'P.Mber trade on the Ist of June next. Mr. M'Cormick L e lPdged t o the that ti committee to accomplish his contract u tore Air,r. R. me ' Ormond Smith, some or whose works in snip ;.se exe cuted at Rome, obtained very fl attering notice, Z y t, illSt modelled a fine figure of a youthful Bacchus, 11 ;h is now on private view at his studio in Duke-street. tya We dnesday, as M r . H enry Mill er B arc l ay , o f th e of Provvse and Co., was proceeding to Cheshire, he t w .. ', B taken ill upon the landing-stage, and died in the tuoiFofittyeatilminwutees, before medical aid could be procured. perceive, has been giving a series of to e l eett s at Waterford, Wexford, New Ross, and Clon- R ile assisted by . Mons. Wehli, Miss Ryalls, and Mrs. pr a i a s A * ....The Waterford Mail is enthusiastic in. their •of auttthey appear to have obtained an unusual meed B neeeBB We • k a _ understand that a large " drapery firm" in Dublin With taken the Liver Theatre, and the shops under it, s ok the intention of making it one large establishment— ewilat similar to Compton House. Messrs. Falkner of ghat of Manchester, did the same with the Olympic 'etre in that town about eleven years ago. Ech o " COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS.—These well-conducted 'thy°ls are once more in operation , and it is gratifying to a that the attendance is greater than at the close of is er Ye ar. The U pper S c h oo l, i n par ti cu l ar , h as f e lt th e at ah e as.e, its number of scholars being now greater than b;..Y Period s i nce the open i ng of the i nst i tut i on . tati 4 .2n PROM A FALL.—A female, from Ormskirk, Itith°°, Elizabeth Rice, aged 60, went on Friday evening, clov,,,',er daughter, to a house in Clarence-street, Smith "bne, to sleep f or th e n i g ht. D ur i ng the night the much'"L n au, by some accident, fell down stairs, and was so diauliured a b ou t th e h ea d , th a t no t w ith s t an di ng me t att ention, she died on Saturday evening. lio r L 4l.ll , PROM BURNING.—On Tuesday Charles Pearce ": 4 °lt, aged 5 months, living in Back Bittern-street,. feu st tang on his mother's knee at the fire, when a brick al l a'% l l the chimney, bringing with it a quantity of soot, Ithip - h" n eroely ignited in the fire, and blew out flames 14 4 . - "' set the child's clothes on fire. He was badly t o fl ed in various parts of his body, and died on Sunday klhe St. Patrick steam-ship, belonging to the Drogheda ie - : 11 ,, - Paeket Company (whose powerful fleet of steamers sep,:linown for speed and safety in a gale of wind), sg s ailed Ijoin Liverp 00l with cargo on Tuesday evening, at o .2e '°olc, and arrived at the bar of Drogheda at two l io - n ' ° eK the next day, thereby making the passage in 20 - ta o Z. B , , ,against a hurricane unprecedented since the me g,,,aule gale of July, 1839. lab r L r il)Elsr DEATH.—On Friday night, Evan Evans, a dey,""srer in a tan-yard in Kirkdale, went to Summer Gar ita;,9,f Kirkdale, to lodge. Ho w: • thou drunk, and L e 'Led more drink, but coffee only :vas .zivc, , n to him, and , L o W ent to b e d. H e moane d muc h 14 noon next day was foui.d ,1 - 1 ,7 p. that on th e p rece di ng J. , la an upper room, fell down and injured his head. t em uf o tervrards f e ll from a l adder into a pit containing bark night, and. d. It ap- bile at IttEll. or CommEncE.--- . -The ballot for eighteen 'l , ..bens to serve on the council was taken on Tuesday, teolliorsfall, Esq., in the chair. .The undermentioned -•,106 - A nle,n were announced as being elected : Messrs. ar;.. 3 Kin, Wm. Brown, M.P., H. K. Claypole, John 1 0 17°I . th, Robertson Gladstone, Edward Heath, Charles 1k ; nand, Geo. Holt, Hugh Hornby, T. B. Horsfall, R. k o htuacfie, Robert Rankin, Chas. Robertson, Thomas lol i t , 4l , iv s ° . l %ju m nr.,..Richard Sheil, James Stitt, H. Stoller the ..,• J. Tomlinson. T l / 4 . CHURCH.—On Tuesday evening week, soCf 'Esher will d e li ver hi s very i n t erest i ng l ec t ure on t h e system, illustrated by a series of beautiful dissolving to t , s and chromat r opes—the p roce ed s t o b e a pp ro p r i a t e d he discharge of a debt incurred by the inclosure and Oveveraent of St. Saviour's Church. We are glad to e. plllat a lar g e p or tio n o f th e ti c k e ts are a l rea dy dis or,Z of, and we hope the worthy and talented incumbent church will not long be burdened with an encum t;; 41 oe with which no such pains-taking pastor should ever orpreßACsse. y ou d HELORS' BALL...-. The bachelors, old and ili ng, wh o are assoc i ate d i n Li verpool f or the purpose of th e ° A v eing each other, gave a splendid ball and suppe r a t i i , * _,Assenably Rooms, in Great George-street, on Wed a,.;,°.?aY evening. They seem to b e f avoure d w ith th e ips of the young and beautiful, for a more charming ;le el egantly -dressed party of ladies was never before tl vol sad in one room. The company comprised nearly g r uandred of both sexes, and dancing was kept up with vigour until nearly five o'clock in the morning. tZeCIDENT AT THE RAILWAY STATION, TITHEBARN. ,11;kket.r.—.0n Wednesday, Isaac Brown, aged 40, and e t her roan, were engaged in roofing over the station. beenfas at one end of a piece of iron spouting which 137 hoisted on to the top of the wall, and both the 1 4 1 1 Were in the act of lifting it into its place. There was th e ° OI K with a rope attached to it to lift the spout, and w„ho ord was given to lift it along. Browne stooped to epout, when he fell backwards off the wall into ^al aTh er-street from a Heimht of upwards of 39 feet. He so much hurt tnat en Mt OaLUlVity. Alt/BICIAL JUDGMENTS AT KIRKDALE.—The Bread trh as been put in force in the Kirkdale division the county, and several bakers and sellers of bread fined for infractions of the statute, at the petty 13 1 : 8 '° 11 o, held at Kirkdale on Friday ir . Purchasers of Ztd Would do well now to make the bargains for this i t 'lt'ete by the pound : they will then be assured of getting 1 44 ht or their money. Three men were, at the same li e s1 "8, frond 20s. and costs each for removing from the t le shore so me l um ps o f wr e c ked flou r : i n d e f au lt o f Invent one month's imprisonment. too(natE.—The annual soiree of the United Presbyterian gvegation, Birkenhead, was held on Tuesday, in the ,*ol.r oom under the church, Grange-road, when, not elstanding the inclemency of the weather, nearly 300 as were present. The most interesting p ar t o f th e tedings was the presentation to the Rev. Mr. Towers, Pastor of the congregation, of a gold watch and ap- Ilt e : a fies, valued at £25, and a purse containing £75, as Dr e Vaanial of his people's esteem. The wind, which had pro - ",„„ n °11 , 8 . 1 Y been blowing hard, became violent during the — vutags, and the upper part of the belfry over the 14v of the church, through which the people had entered Q Oll little before, was blown down. Some damage was e to 1.1 the church. i h ~o/coun. TO WHOM Ho:storm is Dtra.—ln a paragraph re h Lue Journal's account of the gale of last week, his Ile?vter takes credit for the Magazine Life-boat for st o , l ,ng saved the Vale of Conway schooner, laden with Ila; es '. 84 c., when in distress between Egremont and the Thezme, and brought her into the Birkenhead Dock. tees vt - ssel in question, we are informed on good authority, tee ' relieved from her dangerous position by some boat )(1,11 f rom Seacombe,—viz., Samuel Johnson, William, ka o - „,._ a rd, and' ohn Griffiths, John Davis, and a labourer e t i, r " ul ,only Joseph,—and was moored safely off Dosi; ° ; r ° o o. She was subsequently taken to her present evo"'n in Bramley-Moore Dock. Her captain and part 4 1 0; Richard Owens, presented the men with £2O for th e gai vase of the vessel, and £6 additional for getting up "hor 121 • I -;; ` - Prelim's LECTURE.—On Tuesday evening last, Ch' F isher d e li vere d a l ecture i n b e h a lf o f St. J ames ' s fav t , c 2 l and Schools. Though the weather was very un tiodie",able, yet the attractions offered drew an excellent b ad „ ri ce. The subject was treated in a masterly style, brile°filsely illustrated by a series of exquisite diagrams, illuminated. The dissolving views were re titeditl sweet and beautiful. Everything went on spi aud the whole company seemed highly delighted y. in „,,,ettertainment. At the close of the lecture, the q t ak Hampton requested the audience to unite with gea o - c ongratulating Dr. Fisher on the high literary mortars recently conferred upon him, in which they all lo h , c °rdially joined • and, with three cheers, wished that aap h i' e u and esteemed gentleman long life, health, and tialio'lless, and continued success to his large and tlou c establishment. , Il kli e ,„ c EßT SALOONS A CAUSE OF 31I'VENILB INTEMPE• P A ktly - ,:',"'„ On a recent Saturday evening I visited, in com st one a policeman, a casino close upon my district. add at end of the room was a regular stage with scenery, liew the opp os it e en d, ra i se d su ffi c i en tl y t o .command a tltilikqall present, and railed off, was the bar whence the ' W as fi t ted tobacco were supplied. The body of the room 4S narrow bp with benches, at the back of each of which ), 41 4 a pi", n a tvoNv end guarded ledge, which served as a rest -I"eeeh"`-e for the glasses of the occupants of the next an The orchestra consisted of a grand piano, a vio ,_4l)(l A f ,.' cornopean. There were about two hundred ,tr e Y . Persons present, more than a third of whom ere eg people (chiefly lads) from about thirteen to 'a, ew• ee a years of ae. any of the boys, whom I °fqaerylarnediatol recognised me, and' I was glad to to, presence seemed to produce amongst them . a • °` shame. Each had his glass of beer before him, Zat i t°4ll l , aping' their seniors-had a pipe besides, so ` 4 so t ° ads of smoke rolled through the room. Of the „, _ "aqe charwomen w Men present some appeared to be of a resp_ect ream eyacter, but many of the latter were of an aban ,,,ere t ts ,” s . The performances going on when I entered ;Mrioo- cti es of feats by two tumblers, which excited up '4°ll of ,aPPIaUSe, especially amongst the younger por- I N of kilo audience. At the close of this performance, t ltl l lace d sei ‘,,u,e men stepiied forward to the front . of t_h_e stage, to Pads'ciahsubstance, they were two "artistes" out of ti,_ had been kindly permitted by the proprietor '4nta tie , ra that evening ; they would therefore throw til i,e l V 'yes on the generosity of tho ladies and gentle m "Therese ✓ ,,n . t, and gratefully acknowledge any contribu fay,f,iisight be pleased to make. This appeal was d e g th ro 4aoly received, and drew forth showers of cop t eatee 4 ,4 from the audience on the stage. A lady more °ace ~Tllvard,—in full evening dress of muslin that ee ,,re the colourtilte, I .lippose, but which had now hecome j ja. of a London fug,—and sung a sentimental vti t , ° ; l it :l'TP; and comic singing were, I was told, to 1 30 ,;less ed I had seen enough, and left the place. I th, 4l. of tC° gross impropriety or disorder in the demea b to audience but I could not help looking on in ra c' e f e c ' rc : e tl Le dark future of many of the young persons 'We r , c lag, o uPecluent on the habits they were then corn ah;: for rhi a n ti the intimacies and companionship they ZDeseiteli;llll.to -:o'r-clerrrcillreia t. dmission to rooms like this, which ivepool, is free ; but all who enter are he h e ur th e sak a-. Thus many a tyro who at first 0„„7)2oes then of the spectacle is gradually led on till 0 0 1`,.. 1 a t o ; lave of the bottle; and if I can induce !ro to 'k the/ an the temperance Society, I feel that I am tot _ .the e_nprieeless service, if only in shielding them forninating influences of such §01241141 . 10$ Of 4-iwnestic minion Report. EXAMiNATION OP MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet. ing of the - board of eximiners; held on Friday, Captain Adam John Bray, late master of the Palnierston, of Gloucester, and Captain William Roberts, late master of the John Bright, of Liverpool, were found qualified for second-class masters' certificates; and on Saturday, Cap tain William Wylie, late master of the Swan, of Liver pool, Mr. William Williams, late mate of the Arab steamer of Glasgow, and Captain John Woodcock, late master of the Supply of Bristol, were found qualified for second-class masters certificates. THE WEATHER.—Since the storm of Tuesday and Wednesday the weather has, for the most part, been boisterous, unsettled, and frequently squally and rainy, with the wind chiefly from the westward. It blew heavily at tithes before daylight yesterday, and much rain, aceom. panied by very heavy gusts of wind, continued until late in the afternoon, when it brightened up a little, though still blowing.. After all the severity of the season we have lately experienced, (beginning with severe frost and changing to heavy gales,) out, and it is by no means iniprob. have an even and kindly tern,— vourable to sowing growilig crop and fh n upon the decline getation is already peeping ble but that we shall are in the sprin ,s of the al al piogre evening the barome ;ter was MESSRS. HARWOOD'S PRIVATE ASSEMBLIES.--The third assembly of the season took -place on Wednesday evening, when there was, as usual, a very numerous at tendance, and dancing was continued with great spirit and vigour even beyond the customary hour. All the most fashionable dances were gone through in a, style which and the utmost gratification was af- Refreshments were served about cannot be sur forded to all present eleven, and the entire accommodation was greatly eu logised, the strangers who were invited being especial', warm in their commendations, they not being at all pre pared for the treat which awaited them, and which th( abilities of the Messrs. Harwood and the ext premises never fail to secure to all who 1 their countenance. THE GUY MANNERING.—I will be remembered touch( of their onour them with This fine vessel, which it on the entrance of the Prince's Dock, is now in the North Grav ing Dock, and we are glad to announce that our opinion, as to the damage she had sustained being slight, has been fully borne out. - After being placed on the blocks, and her trennels loosened, she was found to be as straight as a die; and when stripped for examination, not a single timber was found to have been broken. A series of strong diagonal pieces of white oak, at angles of about 45 de grees, running reversely from amidships, aft and forward are being fitted to her; by an alteration in one of the thick streaks of the ceiling, a bearing of nine inches is obtained, and the trusses are prevented moving a by kind of stringe fitted between each. As these diagonals cross the timber theywill be bolted through and through, and bearingdirectl under the hanging knees, they will contribute gi increase her already tested enormous strength 'eatly to . ,Her water ways will also be considerably increased in measure ment and strength. Her renovation has been entrusted to Mr. Wilson Green, who has followed the plan he adopted with the steamer Hindostan, which met the high approval of government. There can be little doubt (for it is the opinion of all nautical men who have seen her) that she will not only be stronger than ever, as wood and iron can make her. strong TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The usual monthly meeting of the Con Wednesday, the Mayor presiding. Mr. Alderman Horsfall brought before the Council a breach of privilege, arising out of charges brought against him at the last Council. The statement of which he complained was that made by Mr. A. F. Jones, " that he could not give his support to a gentleman, who, by his signature for contracts, had involved the town to an immense amount. That alone would deprive him of his vote for the office of dock chairman." He (Mr. Hors fall) had involved the town in no expence. He affixed his signature to the documents, to which he was directed to affix them by the unanimous vote of the Council, and he should like to see that member of the Council, be he Mr. Jones, or any other man, who would dare to show such marked disrespect to the unanimous vote of the Council, as to refuse to affix his signature to it. He thought he was justified in saying the remark was un founded, most unjust, and not warranted by the fact — (hear, hear.) After an explanation by Mr. Jones, that gentleman withdrew the statement ; and Mr. Horsfall said he was satisfied if the Council were. ii was held on The Finance Committee submitted again their report presented on the 7th August last, relative to master por terage, and stated, after several interviews with the ope ratives, they saw no reason to alter or add to it. They also recommended that the Birkenhead ferry be let after the Ist of April next. An animated discussion followed the reading of the report, Mr. Hornby, who moved its confirmation, stating, that it would be unwise to revert to the old system of porterage, which was productive of the most wasteful delays in discharging cargoes. Mr. Parker moved that that part of the report affecting the porters should be referred back. He said there were 14,000 porters in the town, and that the present system led to pauperism. Mr. Thomson seconded the amend ment, which was afterwards withdrawn, and the proceed ings were confirmed. The Watch Committee procedings comprised a recom mendation that the annual sum paid to Mr. William Parkincnri onrucnayort etn n 4 rvionimewa bo from £330 to £275, to commence from the Ist June next, —the proceedings were confirmed. With the Dock Committee proceedings a return was submitted of land given and sold by the Corporation, at various periods for dock purposes. it appeared that the total quantity of land given for the construction of docks, &c., was 39 acres 274 yards ; that sold, was 367 acres 2213 yards, at a cost of £909,187, or 10s. 2d. a square yard. In addition to which, the amount to be paid for the purchase of works now in progress would probably amount to £200,000. The return was accompanied by a report from Mr. John Stewart, which showed, among other matters, that the Corporation had made for them by the construction of the docks, 49 acres of land near the docks, which could not otherwise have been reclaimed. The report further stated, that the free grants of land to the Dock Estate were of benefit to the Corporation. These minutes included a recommendation to raise the salaries of various deserving officers in the Albert Dock to the amount of £2lO per annum. The TOWN-CLERK stated that he had not had an op portunity of looking at the return before, but formerly it was the practice for the corporation to buy land in order to sell to the docks, and it struck him that many of these items were included and charged in the return. Mr. Alderman Moons said there were only three. Per haps he would name them. The TOWN-CLERK said there was one entry he saw of 150 acres transferred in that manner. Mr. THOMAS LITTLEDALE moved the confirmation of the proceedings, and, after glancing at the facts stated in the return, alluded to the timber trade. Previous to a deputation from the timber trade waiting on the dock committee the matter had been under consideration. Subsequently a special committee had been appointed by the dock committee. That committee had met on Satur day last, and would meet again on next Saturday, when the timber trade alone would not be considered, but also the ship-building trade of the town. (Applause.) Un der these circumstances he would not farther refer to the subject, but merely to assure the public mind that it was receiving the most anxious consideration from the dock committee. After some remarks from Mr. Porker and Mr. Thomson Mr. HORNBY said with reference to the increase of sala ries he had no objection to them, because they were small in amount; but he certainly did think that the new Dock Committee would have turned its attention to a reduction of the salaries paid. It appeared to him (Mr. Hornby) that some of the dock officers were most enormously overpaid—(hear); and he did hope that the new chairman of the Dock Committee, who appeared to have enterad with great vigour on the discharge of his new (Auk,,e, would have turned his attention to the point. There were some of the salaries of the dock officers vvbich, in his (Mr. Hornby's) opinion, called most loudly for a reduc tion. (Hear, hear.) There was another point with reference to the Dock Committee he wished to mention— it was the extraordinary rctnrn which they had heard read. The object of that was, he thought, to show that the dock estate had derived little or no benefit from its connection with the Corporation. He thought, before they admitted snob a statement, it ought to be examined into by one of their own committees. (Hear, hear.) He should suggest that the return be referred to the Finance Committee, to investigate and report upon it. (Hear, hear.) There was one portion of Mr. btewert's letter which certainly struck him as extraordinary. It was re ferred to Mr. Stewart, bee tuse his authority would give some eclat to the report. He stated that the Corporation making the original grant of land did nothing more than what was evidently for their own interest and benefit, and that it was still usual, in undertakings of this kind, when parties were greatly benefited by a grant of land of little value, to do so without cost. (Hear.) He (Mr. Hornby) would ask, in the recent transactions they had had with the Earl of Derby, whether they had obtained grants of land free of cost? (Hear, hear.) He recollected as a member of the Finance Committee, making a purchase from the Earl of Derby, which cost £17,000 or £lB,OOO, for a mere piece of shore, from which it was beyond the bounds of possibility that he would ever derive a farthing of benefit, if it were not for the use of the dock estate. He recollected, recently, when they concluded a bargain against his wish, by which, he had no doubt, they had added £1,000,000 to the Earl of Derby's property. At the same time that it would benefit, to an enormous extent, his adjacent property; and yet they were to be told that the ground given by the Corporation was of no value whatever. (Hear.) He (Mr, H.) confessed his surprise that the chairman of the Dock Committee, who had been so recently elected by that Council to represent its interests at the Dock Committee, should not rather have stood up for the Council. and these benefits which the Council had so frequently, in his (Mr. Hornby's) opinion, conferred on the Dock Estate. There was another point in the report. It was stated that the Corporation of Liverpool had made grants of land to the extent of 39 acres, and in return that the Dock Committee had made purchases to the amount of £600,000. It was not stated whether in making the purchases they did not get them very considerably under their real value. (Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hornby) was aware of one purchase, where, to a considerable extent they sold the property, in bia opinion, greatly below its value, and where they agreed at the same time to lend the purchase money to the Dock Estate at the rate of 31 per cent., at a time when they were borrowing money at 41 per cent., and thereby confer ring a benefit on the Dock Estate. He did not mean to say that the Corporation acted unwisely is the part they had invariably adopted towards the Dock property. He thought they had acted very wisely; 1)14 still igs TUE LlVilitrOOL ,STANDAIIL think it was highly improper' oil the part of the Dock Committee in return for all this, say that they had received no benefit from thei r connecti,' n with the Cor poration. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman J. B. MOORE, in a long spet.7lll stated that Mr. Hornby had now given expression to oi!nions different from those he once held. He described the no:th extension as one of the best arrangements that ever was made since the time of Queen Elizabeth down to the pre sent day for the benefit of the Dock Estate and the port of Liverpool. He contended that the vaunted morality of the. Corporation was to serve itself, not the Dock What was the opinion which Mr. Hornby had 'on this point ? He said, If the Dock Com [been an independent body, with ordinary and ommonest forecast, they would have taken care, to e the land between the docks and the river." Re ig to the contract with the Earl of Derby, Mr. Moore there was this great difference in what he had pointed out, between the pm chases from the Earl of Derby. which cost them nothi rig at all, and the - system adopted by the Corporation of old. In the one case they took care when the committee secured the north shore they should have the river frontage. They took care there should be no intermediate land, and that they should get an amount of land there that would accommodate not only the pre sent but the future wants of the port. As this land had been particularly ail Ivied to, he would undertake to say that there never was such an arrangement attended with the same amount of accommodation, and at the same cost, When he told them they would have accommodation and storeage much lower than at presont, when he said at half the cost, or at a quarter the cost, he was far above the mark, for they would have it a great deal less. It was in evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons by himself, that the.works, including the cost of the sea-wall, and everything connected with it, would come out under £5 per yard, and he was sure, even then, it would be considerably uuder that sum, therefore, they could afford to accommodate timber there at a rental that was unheard of at the southern end of the town. Con nected with the securing of the frontage of the river, he would refer to the conduct of the Corporation on pur chasing a portion of the shore at th e sou th en d from Lord Sefton. They took care not to give Lord Sefton tli front age of the river. They had forecast, and were wise enough to secure that to themselves, and very properly so. They did not follow out the same doctrine when treating with the docks ; they made them a present of the waste inland and obliged them to fill up and make the land between that and the river frontage for themselves. They pursued one system for themselves and another for the docks. The Dock Committee, in modern times, had im proved by their example ; and seeing the great error com mitted by them in former days, they took care to secure the privilege of the river frontage in the northern part of the town, and, therefore, whatever advantage Lord Derby derived from the adjacent property W'li contingent on the success of the undertaking, so tar as r .carded the dock estate. What would have been their position if they had not got this property ? TI ey were about to excavate for docks at Wapping ; and it they had not this waste land to put down the deposits upon, they would have been obliged to go to Lord Derby over again, cap in hand, to ask permission to put the spoil of the excavations on this land ; and then, when this was done, they would be obliged to go and purchase this land, having first made this land worth some 15s. or 20s. per yard, by the deposits they had placed upon it. (Hear, hear.) He said they had got some 200 or 300 acres of land for nothing, for which they did not pay one shilling, and which they might have greatly enhanced in value for Lord Derby, if they had not taken it from him. They would find that the only land and the only purchase which had been made by the Corporation for the Dock Committee, and handed over at cost price, was a part of the Queen's Dock, and a part of the ground on the other side of Bath-street, which led to the river. These purchases did not amount to more than £60,000 or £7o,ooo—he would say £100,000; and when they took that fr0m , £909,000, they would still have a balance of £809,000 left, which had principally been made from the sale of land formed from the spoil of the dock estate, and sold to them by the Corporation. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the document.which Mr. Hornby had referred to on the north shore question, it had always been the doctrine, and a very proper one, too, when they had land to sell, to get as much for it as it was worth. But to talk to him (Mr. Moore) of giving land to the dock estate for less than its value was preposterous. Why, the last time that he bad the honour, in connection with Mr. J. N. Wood, now no longer a member of the Dock Committee, and Mr. Middleton, to treat for land which was princi pally made by the spoil of the dock estate, the Finance Committee demanded £460,000 for it; that which was so much under the value of the property, they subsequently sold for £225,000. Mr. Moore concluded by referring to a pamphlet which had been published that day upon the subject of the removal of the timber trade to the north, on one of the statements of which he commented. Mr. LANGSDALE defied Mr. Moore to show one instance where a timber merchant had to dispose of timber for want of storage room. Mr. MOORE replied that in many instances he bad known parties to apply to him, to use his inflaence to prevent them being fined for having timber lying on the quays. _ _ _ Mr. LLOYD contended there was sufficient room for the timber trade at the south end. Mr. Moore's st atements were all nonsense. He begged to. tell Mr. Moore he knew more about the timber trade than he could possibly know. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. FISHER, as an importer of timber, stated that owing to the want of room at the south end of the town, he was at the mercy of the timber dealers. Mr: Ala 01 . 1,, an if ....or WIi6AL _ aa-a of the Dock committee on the statement which had been that day made. He could not agree with Mr. Parker that the chairman of the Dock Committee had any inten tion of turning the tables. The statement was clear and lucid ; and there was no turnimg the tables, for the sub ject would come before the Council for discussion. With regard to the observations which had been made about the old Corporation and the Dock Committee, the gen tlemen forgot that they were the same, and could have no interest but the general interest of the town at heart. He (Mr. Horsfall) regretted the unseemly discussion and the unseemly dissension which had taken place between the Council and the Dock Committee, and he thought it was high time that an end should be put to it. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the chairman of the Dock Committee would endeavour to promote a friendly feeling between the two bodies. If he did so, he would be deserving of the thanks of the community. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HORNBY explained that the circumstances referred to by Mr. Moore, did not at present exist, and the justi fication for his present course was in the altered state of the circumstances.—(Hear.) The document which had been referred to was signed seventeen years ago, when the corporation was managed by thirty gentlemen, self elected. It was on that ground he objected to the con tinuance of the Dock Trust in their hands. The moment the altered state of things took place, the moment the burgesses returned their own representatives, ho became the advocate for placing_the estate in their . hapds. _ Alderman MooRE said that Mr. Hornby had stated one thing which was not the fact, that the time he signed the petition in question the Dock Committee and Council were one. Now, an alteration of the trust took place under the 6th of Geo. IV., in 1825, and the document was signed in 1838. _ _ _ _ Mr. - Housny (warmly).--I beg - to say that I have stated nothing but what is the fact. Mr. All. MOORE.—Not as to dates. Mr. HORNBY said what he mentioned was this—his reason for opposing the corporation in the management of the Dock Trust was because the members of the cor poration were self-elected.—(Hear.) The moment the change took place in 1836, when the inhabitants elected their own representatives, he became an advocate for the connection between the Corporation and Dock Estate ; until that time he was opposed to it. After a few words in reply from Mr. Littledale, the pro ceedings were confirmed._ _ _ _ _ _ Mr. HoRNBY moved that the statement of the Dock Committee, together with Mr. Stewart's letter, should be referred to the Finance Committee. Carried, DRAWAL OF THE NEW SANATORY BILL On the suggestion of the Town-clerk, Mr. PARKER moved that the amended Sanatory Bill should be withdrawn for the present, in accordance with the recommendation of the Health Committee. Agreed. The Council then adjourned to Wednesday next, leav ing a considerable amount of business undisposed of. BLUE-COAT BROTRERLY SOCIETY...—OR. Wednesday evening, the eleventh annual dinner of the-members of this excellent society was held at Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel. Upwards of seventy members sat down to dinner. Mr. Wood occupied the chair. Several excellent speeches were made during the evening, and the proceedings went off with great eclat. It may be necessary to state that the members of this society were all educated in the Bine coat School, and that the object of the society is to supply clothing to Blue-coat boys, whilst serving their appren ticeships, who may be unable to clothe themselves. Each member is also supplied with a sum of money to com mence business with ; no interest is charged, and the money is repaid by monthly instalments. WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly meeting took place on Thursday evening, Mr. Mann in the chair. It was decided to fill in a ditch situated between Seacombe and Egremont, by which three feet would be gained in the footpath, and which would cost £l3. At the . desire of Mr.. Barton. the letter from Mr. Colbourn, relative to the state of the inclined planes, on the north and south side of Egremont Ferry, which had been considered at the last meeting, was again read. It bad been decided that the repairs on the north side should be done, but, in consequence of the non-fulfilment of an agreement on the part of Mr. Fletcher, it was agreed that the south side should not be repaired. It was agreed to increase the present police force by the addition of three officers. ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHMOLOGICAL The fortnightly meeting was held at the Royal Institu tion, Colquitt-street, on Wednesday night, Mr. J. A. Picton in the chair, Mr. S. Huggin read a paper on " The architecture of the day." He reminded us of the connexion of architecture with art, and its consequent dignity. Art shed a halo round the lowest soldier in the army she employed ; and a mason or a joiner would be none the worse for understanding the true nature of his occupation. He expressed an opinion that architecture in the present day was moving in the right direction. There were some buildings in this town which would not dis grace the age in which we live ; but the principal objection againgst the Liverpool buildings was their diminutiveness. He alluded to several of our modern buildings and com plained of their incompleteness. There were niches with out ste.tues ; chimneys without ornament,. He referred to the, wretched condition of the dwellings of the poor in. Liverpool, and recommended the erection of " model lodg ing'-houses." Architecture was an art which should be ID ore generally diffused. History was written in stone, 'and not only the history of nations, but of families and individuals. A discussion, in which the chairman, Mr. Charles Reed, Mr. Frank Howard, and alien took part, , followed he reAding of the paper, LIVERPOOL UNION BANK.—On Thursday, the yearly meeting of this bank was held in the Clarendon-rooms. Mr. Alderman Chilton presided. Mr. Lister, the manager of the bank, read the report of the directors, from which it appeared that the nett profit arising from the transac tions of the bank, for the year, deducting all bad debts, was £23,748 35., and after deducting a dividend of 6 per cent. on the paid-up capital, amounting to £18,748 35., i n •rluding income tax, a balance of £5OOO remained to be cartieJ to the surplus fund, whicli would then amount to f.. 35,000-. The thanks of the rneeti2 s , together with a sum of £5OO, were then voted to th e d::ectors for their services during the past year. -The thanks of ,the meeting were then voted to Mr. Lister. HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND r The fourth meeting of, this society for the seas in the Coll eg i ate Institution, on Thursday l' when ut , fewer than three papers were read, and others laid upon the table. The Rev. Dr. Thom road an account of the origin of Scotch Kirks in Liverpool, noticing order from their first introduction to the/pre& paper of the Rev. G. B. Sandford's was n "FSTI/Itt. 1 way' lie scriptive of the writer's parish of Church Ai Middlewich, in which the statistical and Ott ith great care and minuten .Ivery one in A hou •ead, ae- ter facts were account of 4 ssity of ejt4 .e cup a , ceiver may b, z. atop-cOcK. to the air, or admit it as required. 3. Spring piston-gauge, which would indicate to a nicety the vacuum in the receiver, and consequently show the degree of exhaustion on the surface of the abscess. 4. Air-pump. 5. Tube from air-pump to receiver. 6. Elastic gutta percha tube to the patient. Seacombe, Ist Feb. 1850. C. J. M. THE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE ROADE CUTTING AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stn,—l observe in your paper of the sth the following passage in your article on the " Accident and Detention of the Mails on the London and North-Western Rail way" : " With reference to some remarks in our last week's paper, upon the non arrival of a portion of our telegraphic news, we have learnt that the Company's wires were thrown down by the accident." What the cause of the non-arrival of the telegraphic news at Liverpool and Manchester was I know not, but it cer tainly did not result from the cause stated, for the acci dent happened in the Roade cutting, near to Wolverton, and at this deep cutting the wires of the Electric Tele graph Company are carried on the top of the cutting, which, being in rock, has nearly perpendicular sides ; so that it was impossible that the running of the train off the line could affect the telegraph of the Electric Telegraph Company. Neither the telegraph of the Electric Tele graph Company, nor that of the Railway Company, which passes on the other side of the line, was in any way in. jured by the accident. I have sent you the above, in the belief that you would not knowingly allow your paper to lay the blame of the absence of the telegraphic news from London on the day alluded to on the wrong party, nor endeavour to excul pate the guilty by accusing the innocent.—l am, sir, &c., VERAX. [Our correspondent, who furnishes his name, is per fectly correct in assuming that we would not knowingly publish an incorrect statement. We were authorised by the clerks of the Electric Telegraph Company to make oa je luLlotataLlp ct..a L 4 is Iva. 41..0ni tints. to Dot thomoolyto right.] THE " DISTRESSING CASE." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD Sin,—A regular reader of the STANDARD, " t 142 dis tressing case," described in your last paper, came under my notice. How it affected others I know not; but, though no chicken, it melted me to tears. Would that younger hearts, that ought naturally to be more suscepti ble of tender emotions than mine, whose ? f ears are in the yellow leaf, would let the instance here stated, of filial love sinking under the weight of its obligations, awaken in theirs a sympathetic chord of devotion, to those to whom they are by nature allied—to whom a small share of that devotion, carried in this case to a melancholy extreme, would prove a balm and comfort in hours of anxious re flection, and painful apprehension for their future good. In this busy hive of commerce, how many youths, Mr. Editor, are recipients of salaries in their several vocations, more than ample for their own proper wants, who in frivolous, not to say sinful pursuits, squander what might be taken home to parents, to be by them applied towards the general comforts or wants of the family ; nay, will meet the anxious looks, and affectionate, solicitous in quiry of a mother with impatient remarks, and reply in an insulting tone of speech, as though their manliness were questioned, the only indications they can shew of which are the liberty they have assumed to break the fifth com mandment, and the wretched counterfeit, under the name of it, exhibited in pallid and haggard cheeks the effects of dissipation and late hours. Poor unfortunate youth ! who out of his hard earnings of 3s. 6d. a-week could pay his mother 2s. ; and to be so overwhelmed at having taken a trifle for a little recrea tion on one occasion for himself, as to sink under the op pression ! How precious —and, alas ! for the truth of the remark — for its rarity, is the excellence of such conscientiousness ! How melancholy that such testimony of charitable feeling should have been so miserably supported ! that a heart so framed to be the recipient of that enjoyment that doubles itself in the interchange of charity, blesses him that gives as well as him that takes," nay, more, the Scripture saith, "the giver than the receiver,—should have been so early and cruelly debarred of its happiness by chilling poverty, and nipped by the winter of despair!_ ALIQUIS. Liverpool, 31st January, 1830, FIRES AND LIGHTS ON BOARD SHIPS IN DOCK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—In your last publication a correspondent, under the signature of " A Sailor's Friend," has come forward to advocate the necessity of permitting the use of fires and lights on shipboard, in this port; and alleges that such an alteration in the dock regulations would be, socially and morally, a material benefit to sailors and others connected with shipping. I quarrel not with the tone and temper of that letter— the writer is, I doubt not, actuated by the best motives ; but as I am one who, on a former occasion, endeavoured to point out, through the medium of your valuable jour nal, tllp inernaqrd eaneer to Property which such an alteration would involve, and to demonstrate that the ad vantages which we are told would fall to the sailor's lot, exist chiefly in the fertile imaginations of those who first ilroached this startling innovation, perhaps you would permit the insertion of a few remarks. The pith of your correspondent's assertions is, that he conceives those who have hitherto, through the medium of the press, represented this case to the public, have endeavoured to give it an unfavourable and partial colour ing, and that the statements made at the public meeting, got up to petition for an abolition of the present restric tions, are as yet unanswered. To these assertions, in all their bearings, I entirely demur. Those who first set the agitation on foot did so with all the advantages of pre concerted and united purposes ; their object was clearly defined ; and they had the necessary time at their disposal, to bring forward whatever facts or arguments might strengthen their position. The proposers and seconders had their speeches " made to order" for the occasion, and the whole fire and light artillery was brought on the ground primed and loaded. In addition to this, a few American captains were enlisted, whose duty it was to add a certain prestige to the affair, by detailing the result of their experience, with reference to the present working of the law. On the whole, the affair was well got up. With all these advantages to start with, nothing approach ing to a proof of a necessity for a change was elicited. On the contrary ; assertions filled the place of argument, and assumption was substituted for fact. Even the nau tical speakers materially damaged the cause they were brought forward to strengthen ; for they imprudently let out that pecuniary and personal gain was at the bottom of their motives, and their audience were by no means slow in giving them full credit for their intentions. In a word, their efforts to achieve the desired boon fell still born. On the other hand, the serious obstacles in the way ,of an alteration stand out in bold relief, and gain an addi tional importance from the weakness of those ar g uments which are resorted to in order to get r id of them. Ad ditional risk would attend all descripti o ns of property in the vicinity of the Docks, and therefore its owners would be subjected to the additional burdens in increased rates of insurance. By permitting the foreigner to consume his own produce on board, without having recourse to the home market for supply, you would injure, to a very 1 great extent, your own tradesmen. You will deteriorate to a ruinous extent much house property ; and, in effect, the community generally would be losers. 'Therefore, as far as we in Liverpool are concerned, I may very aptly remark, that this is not the cause of faction, or of party, or of any individual, but the common interest of every man. Your correspondent is, I think, much mistaken if ha imagines that the change he advocates would have the effect of adding to the comfort of the sailor; for I hold it to be utterly impossible for these men to be so well pro— vided for on board their vessels as they are at present ott shore : and as for the " hnrnip." whom 'he thinks the T_ hat there are a rand I present system fosters, he is in error. class of men who, under a decent PYt like appearance, live up( who frequent this port, know ith an exr d by on a future pose of their 1 have of the seamen itortunately' but rienar•, 'C given 'IC 1L 0 aML CU tillU U M N, ancient looks, bolts, bars next given by Edward Higgin, and oth His rem al asp was illustrated by a large collealon of drawings, models, cu rious locks, &c. Eight new members were elected. ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY.—The annual meeting of the subscribers to this institution took place on Thursday, Mr. Wood in the chair. Tno report was read by Mr. Kitchen, the secretary and treasurer, which stated that the dispensary had afforded relief, during the past year, to great numbers of the suffering poor, who had been viited at their own homes, as well as to many who had been able to attend at the institution from all parts of the town. Some alterations and improvements had been made in the building granted to the institution by the Council, and it was now in a condition of utility and good working order, and surpassing any establishment having similar objects in view. The receipts for the year are £417 19s. 3d., and after defraying all expel a balance due to the institution of £2 is. 9 there was The number of cases treated since the opening of the institution in April last, is 4,600. SELECT VESTRY.—The usual meeting of the Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Augustus Campbell pre siding. Mr. Willmer gave notice that at the next meet ing he would move that the resolution of the boaid on the 28th December, in reference to the rating of cottage pro perty, and which interfered with the carrying out of the resolution passed at the special meeting last week, relative to the collection of rates on cottage property, could not apply to the present year. On Mr. Brown moving' their adoption, a very long and rather personal discussion fol lowed. An amendment moved by Mr. Willmer referring the proceedings back to the committee was subsequently , withdrawn, an assurance being given that the confirma tion of the proceedings would not affect his resolutions. The other matters brought before the Vestry were unim portant and routine. Before the business had concluded a petition to Parliament in favour of the bill about being introduced into Parliament by Mr. Milner. Gibson for the reduction of county expenditure was agreed to. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of this com mittee, on Thursday, the medical officer of health re ported that the low rate of mortality observed since Octo ber still continues, the number of deaths being 185, against 179 the week previous, and 219 the =responding • period last year. 30 of the deaths were from consump tion, 42 from other diseases of the lungs, 12 from typhus fever, and 9 from hooping cough. There had been no deaths from smallpox, scarlet fever, or measles. 86 were below the age of 5, 71 between 5 and 60, 28 above 60, and one woman was 98 years of age. 136 occurred in the pa rish, and 49 in the extra-parochial wards. There were 94 males, and 91 females.—An application was read from Mr. Richard Harbord, wishing to have his son apprenti ced to the borough engineer. This led to a long discus sion, Mr. Newlands objecting to teach his profession without a fee, and the committee thinking that if a fee were paid, it should go to the borough fund. Ultimately it was referred to the Sub-committee of Works, to consi der whether it was desirable to continue the system of apprentices; and if it were, to recommend another plan. . . EXTENSION OF THE CORN EXCHANGE.-It has for some time past been in contemplation to extend the Corn Exchange in Brunswick-street, and a meeting was held on Wednesday to receive a report of the committee of management, recommending the purchase of land for the extension and improvement of the Exchange. Mr. William Lowe, the chairman, presided, and a resolution for the purchase of Mrs. James Molineaux's pro perty, adjacent to the Exchange, was agreed to. This will afford means for extending the exchange so as to give ample accommodation to the gentlemen attending the market. A beautiful range of offices will be erected in the front over the exchange. It is alleged that the proposed extension will be adequate to the rising require ments of the trade for the next half century. The Ex change at present is 116 feet by 62 feet ; the area, 763 square yards ; the number of stands, 129; and the mean height, 15 feet. The exchange, when extended, will be 103 feet by 99 feet; the area, 1,133 square yards, exclu sive of the offices ; and the number of stands may be in creased to 190 ; the mean height to be 29 feet. The room will be lighted from the roof, which will be of open iron-work. MARINERS' CHURCH SCHOOLS..--A tea-party of the members and friends of the congregation worshipping at the Mariners' Church, was held on Tuesday evening, at the Concert-hall. The choir of the School for the Blind was present on the occasion. Tea having been disposed or, s!apio i.iv z eiagagu 111 prt!yt:r, pstt ter re e bmob c fai h stt a ehh i sreswwec school rsoneogt rented e l ew c ng e n ata est di b oo y pfnre, t on h wm i dh t ß oh e ae v d C. aboutd Corporation . erl eleven ls . oec A rvda l et a nti y ho i yne e a maa i t d r esx , e a t tli h gsno e y i TTe n a i hhr s- The The building was adapted to its uses, and opened for the benefit of sailors. Another object of the institution was, to form a navigation school for the use of sailors, to which every subscriber of a guinea might recommend as many pupils as he liked. They bad then formed a school for the daughters of seamen, and finally they had established a Sabbath school. The number receiving instruction was upwards of 800. Many of the pupils had been promoted to be officers, and some to the command of vessels. They still required assistance. They were anxious to procure a supply of books for the use of sailors going to sea, and he suggested that help might be afforded that way, as well as in the presents of religious tracts. The Mayor and several clergymen and gentlemen subsequently addressed the meeting, after which the proceedings terminated. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.-Mr. Dawson re ported the services of the crew of the life-boat to the crew of the schooner Mary, Captain Pendlebury, loaded with palm oil, and wrecked on the Ist instant, on West Hoyle. The captain and crew, sixteen in number, were taken off the wreck ; but one man, who had met with an accident a fortnight previous by falling from the rigging, died half an hour after he got into the life-boat. The Chairman announced that, on Wednesday, the North west Lightship dragged her moorings, but she was brought up again, and was enabled to show her lights during the night. Mr. Tobin said the chains were equal to ride a vessel of one thousand tons, and yet they fre quently broke with the lightships. It was a remarkable thing. A complaint from the Underwriters'-room ' that the intelligence of the breaking adrift of the North-west Lightship was not communicated by the telegraph keeper till after a delay of two hours, was referred to the Marine Sub-committee. Mr. Chaffers reported trifling damage to the landing stage during the gale. Mr. Robinson an nounced that the Master Porters' Sub-committee had under their consideration the desirability of making a re gulation directing that the consignee of the largest portion of the cargo of any vessel should appoint the master porter. If this regulation were adopted, it would no doubt do away with one great grievance of which the operative porters complained. The sub-committee ex pected to be able to report next week. WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.-At the meeting on Wednesday Mr. Roskell presided. It was resolved that a call of 55 per cent. on the declared averages, deducting therefrom the balances due to the credit of the several townships should be made; one half of such call to be made on or before the 26th instant, and the remain ing half to be paid on or before the 19th7of March next. It was resolved that the motion passed on the 23rd of January last for reducing the salary of the medical officers to £2 25., be rescinded, and in lieu thereof the salary of such officer be X 5 per annnm, as recommended by the committee.—lt was agreed that the salary of the medical officers for the township of Childwall be £3 3s. instead of £2 2s. per annum.—A relieving officer was appointed at a salary of £lOO per annum and travelling expenses, to perform the following duties :—To remove Irish and Scotch poor ; apprehend vagrants who desert. er neglect to maintain, their families ; to report to the Board upon the settlement of all paupers alleged to be chargeable to the common fund of the union ; to convey lunatic paupers to the asylum, &c.—Mr. Shaw's motion to increase .the salary of Dr. Chalmer not meeting with a seconder fell to the ground.—ln the course of the proceedings a dispute of a somewhat personal and stormy nature arose between Mr. Hyde and Mr. Ledger, and other members of the Board, when the Chairman interfered, and called upon the vice-president to assist him in keeping order, other wise he must leave the chair. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS. - At the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Golborne complained of the number of shops which were open on Sunday. Mr. Hughes said that the ma gistrates, especially Mr. Hall, had often expressed their determination to put down the practice, which had been almost entirely stopped at the north end, and he had no doubt it might easily stopped at the south.—Mr. Picker ing having failed to enter into sureties as a contractor for cleansing the ash-pits, the contract of Mr. Rose was ac cepted.—From the proceedings of the Ferry Committee it appeared that the Liverpool Dock Committee had de clined to interfere to prevent vessels anchoring in the river, in the track of the Woodside boats ; also, that the negociations between the Commissioners and the Corpo ration of Liverpool,_ relative to the collision between the Fanny and the Queen, had not resulted in a successful issue, and proceedings were ordered to be taken in the matter.—The receipts from the Ferries in the month of January, 1850, was £1662 Bs. 1d.,. against £ll9O 10s. in the corresponding month of the previous year. The total receipts from 23d. of April, 1848, to the 31st of January, 1849, were £12,495, whilst the receipts from the 23d of April, 1849, to the 31st of January, 1850, was £15,119 7s. The total expenditure within the same period was £15,605 Rave fr n o s na crotfhtestated, Ferry, thatthe 179. ld., including a sum of £ 2OOO p aid as in te r est in liquidation of the debt. —Mr. in allusion to the increased recei pts contractors had increased 70 per cent. during the past year. This was the best index to the prosperity of Bir kenhead, for although they might have a good week from fine weather, or some other incidental cause, the number of their contracts was the best index of the prosperity of Birkenhead.—Mr. Fox asked if the 6d. night-boats were paying ?—Mr. Ravenscroft : It is paying a great deal more Shan the expenses ; there was about £5O profit on the last month.—On the motion of Mr. Golborne ' it was resolved to hold the future meeting of the Board at half-pa4t nine is the totes' of Nix bl the eyening. CORRESPONDENCE. A HINT TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Often has it occurred to me that the action of atmospheric pressure may be made available to surgical operations, and whether s uc h b e th e f ac t or o th erw i se I leave to the gentlemen engaged in the profession to decide. Should the suggestion which I now lay before them tend to alleviate the dreadful sufferings which many of our fellow-creatures undergo, I shall feel thankful in being instrumental in assuaging them. I think it probable that, in a case of abscess especially, that this principle might judiciously be applied where the surface is so irritable and possibly an open wound fecting, or even coming into a command all the effect dsired, • .1 al 1 • • matter from it with the le. )se a rec of 15 or 18 inc 10 r liinches in diameter, wl pump, Ns. iuttS r 'perela - shall lead to . the the terminus Of the tube I awning beyond t to cover, bu The o e size of the abscess to be drawn. no'i eh apparatus is and the in t. P matter may IVULtir, ,th round may be drawn therefro to nullify the nec, t „to rec convenience attending vantage obtained, that Ow pus s almost v drawn from the absc. in; the operation of the the gutta percha tube frc composition of gutta percha or of a hollow interstice round it. tl ,to cause a w heated air, or vapour, may pas, the surface of the abscess. tube may of course be made remove.... And any size affixed as required ; and likewise sponges be fixed in the cup, also removeable principle I have I may The cup at the end of the I de by u screwing, might prudently sere state, also have the same effect as a blister, that is to s. in drawing the humours from the body, without in tating or creating a sore on the skin, or, in cases of apo plexy, in causing the egress of the blood which flows si sluggishly from the severed _, would be, that the power of exhaustion by a i r -p um p i great, and the effect on the patient's feelings in the - exec cise of it almost imperceptible. The point ob DESCRIPTION. 9 P r-'' and without in any way of [tact with it, would to draw the pus and enlace to the patient. ts in h of ei icli a flexible tube of art atrected - of the pati g a description of: 2ortfrultamt rests" flower, we do not film., _ um) has yet met with its due share of attet. merits well understood. One reason why - . 4 it is, that it is not - a plant which, the snar "--) or ranunculus, Can be ad is place Ind shrub'- ope.rlyi in th , ery boid wer bor. in the latterposition it seen its bright c 0.., In cont of ever: ..urs have a moat ileasing effect, is of longer duration th an that affooded by most . It forestalls the dahlia, and braves frost; But itx atest merit !ncy to produce varieties, many of which a., Ind handsome. We cannot yet tell to what extent it may be carried, but there is strong reason for hoping that muclz nay be done : the colours of the dahlias were not so bril— iant for several years after their introduction to the pub_ is notice as they now are, so that the objection: oft= mged against the antirrhinum, that the colours are not ever bright, cannot amount to anything until florists have riven it a fair trial ; on the contrary, it °tight, rather, to move a stimulus to their industry, which has ' 'omplished such exfr- remarkably distinct I ...L.raordinary triumphs. We have no over in our garden which has a prettier habit, bears more •eely, or lasts longer in perfection, and already at lease le hundred fine varieties have received names and are the market. At the metropolitan exhibitions they place, and grown in pots for the purpose igly pretty objects, being under good ma iect balls of lively coloured flowers. At ey have received but little attention in the pro at we hope to see the Liverpool florists take them Iready occupy a NO. XVIII! Et AL CHEMI The next class of manures to which we shall allude aret those termed inorganic. They are both numerous and valuable, but at present they are not fully appreciated. The best known are the alkalies, the importance of which we have already shown, lime, chalk, gypsum, (sulphate oE lime,) marl, the nitrates of soda and potash, salt, burnt clay, soot, and charcoal. The use of earthy or inorganic manures may be thus exemplified if we were to feed our infant upon arrowroot made with pure water, death would, in all probability, be the result. Now, the nutri— tive qualities of arrowroot are well known, and its value 'n supplying the constituents of muscular fibre is, doubt.. (Teat ; but the body has other requirements.. fr- 'ework is constantly the v 'ous secretions less, very g The bony frar rowing or requiring and the nervous tissue _ ed with matter ; the nails require albumen, the teeth enamel, and the hair sulphur, of which it con— tains, at least, 5 per cent; All these, and many more, cannot be supplied from the arrowroot alone, for there is but one known substance (and that is milk) which of itself can supply all that is necessary for the nutrition of the animal body, and this is only sufficient in infancy.. The after development of the body requires more com— plex arrangements. If these facts be applied to the vege table organism, the same will be found to take place. Farm-yard manure may represent the arrowroot, but it will be found that, however well adapted to supply the means of developing the structure of a pl an t, o th er manures, especially inorganic ones, must b e su ppli e d from time to time, to repair the w ast e o f suc h mater i a l s which is constantly going on in the soil, the natural source of such matters. Nitrate of soda exerts a bene— ficial effect upon many soils, but, if applied to the cereals, it is found to produce strength and vigour in all the parts except the seed ; hence it will generally improve a grass crop, but ought not byany means to be usedalone with wheat or other corn. It is thought that the beneficial action of this manure is attributable to the nitrogen contained irr the nitric acid with which its base is in combination, and this view is most likely correct ; but it may have other uses arising from its stimulating powers, and also from the combination of the alkaline base with other substances contained in the soil. This is borne out by the extraor -I:frretice perceivable in different soils where nitrate of potash, containing the same equivalent of nitrogen, does not produce the same benefit. The nitrates of Soda and Potash are produced naturally in great abun— dance, and appear to originate from the decomposition of animal matter, and the natural presence of the alkaline bases. Thus the ammonia constantly given off in stables is fixed by its chemical affinity by the potash or soda itr the materials of the wall, and nitrate of potash or soda is formed, and appears as a conspicuous efflorescence on the surface of the wall. The larger deposits in.various places, called Natron-beds, are caused by the decomposition of organic remains. This, at first sight, may appear too bold a supposition, but be it remembered that the operations of nature are on a grand scale, and we can readily conceive that if all the nitrogen and soda of the great guano depo sits were to combine they would form very extensive beds of nitrate of soda ; this combination would be effected if these beds were inundated. As manures, the nitrates are very valuable, but their application requires care ; ant indiscriminate use of them would prove very detrimental. REVIEWS. Gardener's Magazine of Botany, Horticulture, and Fla- riculture, London : W. S. Orr and Co. This magazine has taken the place of " Paxton's Maga- , zine," which has become defunct. Our surprise is that it lasted so long, for in every respect it was useless to tha practical gardener, and the man of taste could not fee! pleasure in looking at its wretched plates. In the new serial which has sprung, phoenix-like from its ashes, wa have good promise of better things. Its conductors. Mr. Thomas Moore, of the Chelsea Gardens, and Mr. W. P. Ayres, of Brooklands. are fully capable of doing justice to the undertaking. We abstain from passing any further opinion until we have seen how it progresses, except that with five handsomely-coloured plates, a profusion of highly-finished woodcuts, and a whole volume of most useful letter-press, this work is the cheapest we have ever -. No work with which we are acquainted contains sa h useful gardening and botanical information more aptly illustrated. Magazines for the Month. Curtis's Botanrcal Magazine contains figures of two very beautiful orchids, Acanthophippium Javanicum and. Coelogyne Wallichii: the pseudo-bulbs of the latter aret very beautiful. Zauschneria Californica, Dipteracanthusi spectabilis, and Clematis graveolens, ara alr,o beautifully figured. Sowerby's English Botany illustrates the genera itu mex, Scheuchzeria, Triglochin, Tofieldia, Colchicum, Actinocarpus, and Alisma. Not beauty and truthfulness of ltla - und's Botanic Garden a the handsome Amyrillad, Neri frigida, Pentstemon diffusum, Coro Beaurr6 d'Aremberg Pear. Hooker's Journal of Botany. Reeve, Benham,. and - Reeve. Several of our readers were fearful that the inte resting journal of Dr. Hooker, published in the " Journal of Botany," would be discontinued owing to his tempo.. rary imprisonment : this is not the case ; it is continued. and its interest is unabated. d Fruitist has figures of o eurvifolia ; Cotoneaster auca, and that MISCELLANEA. The following varieties of Azaleas are found most suit= able for forcing : A : In3ica lateritia, rariegata, Mineha, rosea puno. tata, (Knight's,) optima, Prostantissima, Broughtonzi, (Knight,) Itfurryana, Coro-. nata, (Smith,) Cartninata, (Pawley,) Put pens, (Smith,) Phcenicea Alba, (Smith,] Vivicans, Duke of Devonshire (Pince,) La teritia formosa (Ivery,) Apollo, White, (Fielder,) Speciosissima, and A Sinensis.—* Gardeners' Magazine. OPRRATIONS FOR THE WEGY. Stove, Conservatory, frc.—Flowers for forcing must be supplied regularly from the pits and frames. One of the most beautiful plants for this purpose' is Weigela roscapi which is now beginning to be known generally. It forces admirably, and for early cut flowers it is invaluable. Deutzia scaber is another pretty thing. These added to forced roses, lilacs, Chinese primrose s, and the variou s spring bulbs, greatly improve the ap pearance of the con.. servatory, where much taste may be breught into play irt, their distribution. 3lost stove plants, especially orchids, are best kept free from excitement at present, aS severe, weather may yet be expected. Flower Garden.—Proceed wi▪ th priming roses, corn.' menciog with the hardest sorts. Plant herbaceous plants, and put in ranuncu luses, for whi▪ ch no time is better than th e present. a a r n d d e n e . v — e r T y h t h e n g g r o u may nd is be no f w or i w n a fi rd n e e d co i n f d s i o ti m or: o f the rough work is do ne now, such as manuring , level ling, and forming forKwioternkeinng?' beds, and similar operations. AN'AVVEIIB TO CORRIISPONDIINYS. J. 13 . — G I pine 's aßritish Botany is 'rather scarce, but you may probably meet with it second-hand. As tot Sowerby's English Botany, even if you meet with it at the book-stalls ' we would not advise you t o bu y i t. Get the re-issue which is now coming out,'and has the advan. tage of being freshly coloured, and q to as cheap as yo% will get a second-hand copy of the old work. .H. Elston—Try the nurseries for winter. Anconifa you will have no difficulty in getting, and it i ncreases freely by seed and roots. Wooltonian.—We have deferred mentioning the 1104 bazaar for want of space at present,