The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-11 00:00:00

May 11, 1847. coral fttbis. Two pick-pockets, apprehended on the ferry, boats have been committed to prison for a month. Three hundred and forty-two pounds have been raised by the congregation of Trinity Church at Birkenhead for the Irish and Scotch. The balance in hand is £2l. Col. White, of Woodlands, near Dublin, on his pas sage from that port to Liverpool, was seized with an apo plectic fit, and died at the Adelphi Hotel on Tuesday. On Wednesday evening, Rosa Kegean, about to embark in a Drogheda steamer, fell down, and died from disease of the heart, at the Clarence Dock. On Wednesday, a middle-aged female, named Margaret Whittle, residing in a cellar in Hunter-street, fell in a fit beneath the grate, and was burned to death. A fire broke out, on Saturday, in the premises of Messrs. Ewing, ship bread bakers, Queen-street, and considerable damage was done to the stock. Mary Burns, a stout masculine woman, well-known in London, according to the reporter of The Times, as "Liverpool Poll," has been committed to Newgate for manslaughter, she having killed a painter. Mr. George Vandenhoff arrived here from America, on Thursday, in the Yorkshire. The New York papers were unanimous in giiing him such a farewell of praises and good wishes as few actors are fortunate enough to obtain. Mr. Gibson, the celebrated sculptor, now in Rome, has just completed the freize of a mantle-piece raised to the height of six feet from the ground, representing "The Hours leading the Horses of the Sun to the Chariot of Apollo." It has been executed for Earl Fitz william, and is spoken of as a work of great artistic beauty. Mr. Thomas Rowlandson has obtained the prize given by the Royal Agricultural Society for the best essay on the burning of land for manure. This is the second prize Mr. R. has obtained from the society. The emigrants who have left Londonderry for America and Canada since the commencement of the season amount -to 5003, and it is said that 3500 have left that port to proceed by Liverpool and Glasgow. It is calculated •that 8000 more will have left before September. BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILLS.—The parliamentary com mittee have passed the bill for constructing a new dock and altering the culvert. The preamble of the bill for altering the mode of assessing the frontagers upon the upper pool was also declared proved on Wednesday. The number of horned cattle exported from Ireland to Liverpool between Ist Jan. and 26th April last has ex ceeded that exported in the same period of 1846, by 5,581. The excess in sheep was 2,000, but in pigs there has been .the enormous decrease of 100,138. THE CORPORATION WATER BILL.—On Thursday, Mr. Rendel, the engineer, was examined before the par liamentary committee, and approved of the plan for sup plying the town with water. This closed the case for the promoters of the bill, and Mr. Hill addressed the com mittee at great length in opposition to the bill. On Fri day, after the examination of several witnesses, the chair man said, that perhaps it might be convenient to the parties to state what was the opinion of the committee in cases similar to those of Mr. Chippendale. It had been re solved, that the committee were of opinion that the de terioration of the quality of the water was a matter for compensation only. Mr. Webster said, under these cir cumstances, he would offer ne further objection to the preamble of the bill. The committee then adjourned to yesterday, (Monday.) THE LAKES.—Parties leaving Liverpool at 3 p.m. may reach Milnthorpe by railway in time for the mail coach at half-past seven, and be at Newby Bridge, at the foot of Windermere lake, at half-past nine the same evening. The whole lake district may thus be travelled with ease in a very few days. INCLUEST. — On Saturday, an inquest was held, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Richard Reed, aged 18 months, who lived with his parents in Chapel Build ings, Cockspur-street. On Thursday morning, deceased 'went out into the yard, and by some accident fell down into the privy midden, where he was soon afterwards found floating in the water with his face down, and quite dead.—Verdict, " Accidentally suffocated." THE FUCHSIA CHALLENGE. — This long talked of match is settled at last ; the gentlemen composing the committee of the Bebbington Horticultural Society have arranged the terms which are as follows :—Four gentlemen of Che shire will show. two Fuschias each, against a similar num ber shown by any four Lancashire gentlemen, at the first show of the Bebbington Society at Rock Ferry. The stakes, we understand, are to be £4 aside. The Vice-Chancellor has dissolved, with costs, the in junction granted to the Corporation, and restraining Mr. Norris from erecting his house in Islington and corner of Christian-street. His honour said that the case was re markably plain. The language of the act obtained in 1842, applied to any house "which now projects" and the house of the defendant rather receded than projected from the line of the houses on each side, neither could the area be said to project within the meaning of the act. THE SWATARA, from Liverpool, left Belfast with 290 passengers for Philadelphia, and having been dismasted in the gales of Monday and Tuesday, put into Lough Foyle on Sunday week, and is now lying at Moville. This is the third time that she has been obliged to turn back, under jury masts, since she left Liverpool, about nine weeks ago. Before she left Belfast, a few weeks ago, where she was refitted, typhus fever broke out among the passengers to an alarming extent, and many were cut off by its ravages. Fever is still prevalent. On Tuesday, the mail steamer Britannia, Captain Har rison, started from Liverpool with the mails and passen gers for Halifax and Boston. The amount of specie shipped by this vessel is considerably less than by previ -ous steamers for some time past, amounting to only £150,000. In proof of this diminution arising solely from the present monetary pressure, and not from any altera tion in the exchanges. it is said that upwards of £lOO,OOO was put on board the steamer, and afterwards re-landed, without any arrival from America having occurred in the meantime. UNEXPECTEDLY CAUGHT.—OD Tuesday week, Super intendent Leveratt, being on his way to London, to give -evidence before a committee of the House of Commons, on the Water Bill, whilst seated in the train at Stafford station, observed a fellow steal a parcel from a lady who was getting into a carriage, seized the thief, apprised the lady of the theft, and gave him into the custody of a policeman, who conveyed him to Stafford. The following day the prisoner was recognised as being a man who, a day or two previous, had committed a murderous assault in the neighbourhood, from which he was making his es cape to London. MR. GEORGE VANDENHOFF.—Mr. W. J. Hammond has secured the services of this gentleman (who has just 'returned from the United States) for five nights • he will make his first appearance on Wednesday. The New York Mirror thus speaks of him on his departure. He has our best wishes, and those of many sincere friends here, for his success on the other side of the water. There is a great opening for him there just now, where the English -stage is confessedly so much in want of young and vigorous talent, the infusion of young blood, to revive it. His style is energetic, elegant, fervid, and yet free from vio lence and exaggeration.; and in this country he has esta blished for himself a solid reputation as a refined and clas sical artiste . His range of characters is extraordinary in its compass, embracing the highest roles in tragedy and comedy. We recollect on one occasion he performed (and to the entire satisfaction of his audience) two characters of extreme opposition, Cato and Doricourt ; somewhat of a feat for any man. In Hamlet, Benedict, Ranger, Mer cutio, &c., there are few actors who have won greater ap plause ; while in the characters of Kitely and Matthew Elmore, he surprised his audience by the exhibition of a totally different order of talent ; and his Falconbridge, in the revival of " King John," will not soon be forgotten. Success to him in hi s o wn c o un t r y, f rom w hi c h, we trust, he will return to us with the halo of a great European re putation. MR. GOODALL'S FAREWEL L C ONCERT . —M r . J o h n Goodall, our townsman,tluiesie_hai celebratedl violinist, took his Wednesday. As farewell benefit at the m regards the talent di s pl aye d, it ; on Ue was a ' sfirst-rate in tl s ff t a l r. The star of the night was Mr. Good a ll ; as a v is unequalled save by one or two, his command of th e :ein strument is surprising, and he pours mind into his music, his execution ranges from power and rapidity to the gen tlest and softest notes the ear can retain, and indeed, under his guidence, the violin " discourses most eloquent music." As a violoncello player, he is second only to Linley, and yet a man possessing so much genius is com pelled to leave his native town to seek that support from strangers which is withheld from him at home. This fact does not speak well for the taste or liberality of our proud .Salopians. When Mr. Goodall has made for himself a high name in the musical world, which he assuredly will do, then, in the flush of his fame and prosperity he will be proudly claimed as a townsman by those who have left him to seek a shelter for his great talents in a distant town. Mr. Adams presided at the pianoforte, and ac companied the songs, exhibiting a very great command of the instrument which he touches with infinite skill. His Concertante Duet with Mr. Goodall was brilliant in the extreme. The concert, as a whole, however, went off with great eclat. It was a pity the audience was so scanty, for every lover of music absent on the occasion has lost a rich treat. We regret to state that Mr. Goodall must sustain considerable loss by his speculation ; but it is not the first time that men of genius have had to strug gle with neglect, and had the cold shoulder of those who ought to be their friends turned upon them. It is to be hoped —nay, we are assured, that in Liverpool Mr. Goodall will make hosts of friends; already he has been taken by the hand by several gentlemen who admire his wonderful Powers on the violin and the more he becomes known so much the more will he be appreciated.—Shrewsbury Corpervative. The splendid panoramic and dioramic views at the Liver l'heatre, attract the notice of thousands. WRITING, BOOK-BEEPING, &C.—We have frequently taken occasion to speak favourably of Mr. Thompson's effective mode of communicating instruction in writing, bookkeeping, &c.; and, again directing attention to the s ame subject, we feel that we can, with the confidence Which the long familiarity with that gentleman's admi ruble system induces, recommended the advertisement, ° l ,serted elsewhere, to the serious consideration of those W "o must inevitably suffer, in an active commercial com munity like ours ' from a deficiency in the all-important ' re quisites taught by Mr. Thompson.—See adv. I ,,,The never-failing effects of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic 1 1 1118 in curing every description of gout and rheum , have secured to them a celebrity unequalled b y medi ?lle of past or present times. They not y give relief :1 1 a few hours, where,the patient has en driven nearly r madness by the excruciating tort es of this disease, out restore to perfect health in a inconceivably short !Pace of ti me . They arequall speedy and certain in rh eumatism, either chronic cute, lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head or face, an indeed for every rheumatic °r gouty a ff ect i on : in fact such 'has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and comple safety of this medicine, that it no:itastonished all who ave taken it ; and ttmrpjs . scarcely gra d i lowl?, or villa in the kingdom but conams many u n evidences f its benign influence. Sold by all vendo . Price 2s. 9d per box. Observe the name, Thpnfas Prout, 229 Strand, London," on the P v ernment stamp. Issed. lAGE. , was ndon, emale d the train some Mor- Marl ;e why tess of to the state peared vas of he de ain in- iusband aro years t Liver ce died, y report ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The opening cruise of the season for the yachts to sail in company has been fixed for the 14th of May, the Queen's birth-day, who is the patroness of the club : the yachts to assemble off New Brighton at ten a.m. The first club sailing match for three classes of yachts to come off on the 9th of June, — to be sailed the " Egerton Course." A prize o! Xso' value has also been voted for the larger class of yachts belonging to the club —a time race, above thirty-five tone, and the time of sailing fixed for the 24th June,—to be sailed the " Queen's Course,"—sailing regulations same as the Challenge Cup. The Challenge Cup of 100 gui neas value, and Purse of 50 guineas added is fixed for the 24th of July. Won last year by the " Vision." _ _ _ BODY FOUND IN THE RlVER.—An g inquest was held on Saturday, before the borough coroner, on view of the body of James Henning, a Custom-Louse officer, aged 26. On the morning of Friday last, a workman e nployed at Messrs. Vernon and Co.'s building yard, near the Dingle, saw the body floating in the river, and got a police officer, who had it conveyed to Booth's public house, Wellington-road. The sum of £1 Bs. 10d was found in his pocket. It was found that deceased lived in. Sillitoe's Buildings, Chesterfield-street. On Thursday night he went out in liquor, with another person, with whom he parted—saying he was going on board a vessel called the Eliza Morrison, lying in the Salthouse Dock.— Verdict, " Found drowned." MORE TRICKS OF IRISH PAUPERS.—Perhaps the most cunning of the many tricks resorted to by those miserable creatures from the other side of the Channel, who at pre sent infest our thoroughfares, was revealed on Friday at the parish office. An Irishman applied at this office for the requisite ticket to insure a free passage back to his native country•.; his request was about to be complied with, when a countryman, impelled doubtless by a friendly feeling, informed Mr. Evans, that the applicant had con cealed five shillings and sixpence between the soles of his shoe at the instep. The shoe was examined, but pre sented no appearance that could indicate such a conceal ment. Upon dividing the sole, however, the money was found snugly deposited between the soles and the part re ferred to. The man's passage was paid out of his hoard, and the balance restored to him. Four shillings were found stitched beneath a button hole in the coat of a man who made a similar application at the parish office last week. ACCIDENT AT THE NEW NORTH DOCKS,-011 Satur day, an inquest was held in the Coroner's Court, Lord street, on view of the body of James Robinson, aged 35 years. Deceased was employed at the North Graving Docks, conveying stones to the masons. The stones were removed by means of a four-wheeled carriage which ran on two lines of balks, the length of the dock. The two front wheels worked on a pivot, so as to allow the carriage to turn in any direction. There was nothing attached, either to the wheels of the carriage or the balks to pre vent the latter from falling off. The carriage is pushed along by a man at each wheel. While thus removing a stone, the two smaller wheels got off the balks, and the deceased and another man fell down into the dock. De ceased was taken up insensible, and bleeding from the nose and mouth. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died soon afterwards. Two of the witnesses were of opinion that there ought to be something to keep the wheels upon the balks ; for if the man at one side pushed harder than he at the other, the wheels were liable to be thrown off. A foreman of the works considered that no such operations were without danger; but that if the men were careful, few or no accidents would occur. He did not see low the wheels could be kept on the balks by pieces fixed at the sides, as these would trip up the men as they walked along. Verdict. " accidental death." SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS IN BLASTING WITH GUN CorroN.—Some of the most successful experiments that have yet been made, testing the comparative advantages of gunpowder and gun cotton, have recently been made in Wales, by Mr. Wheeler, engineer, of London, and other gentlemen; Holyhead, Penrhyn, and Festiniog having been chosen as the scenes of their operations. On Friday the same gentlemen, accompanied by Messrs. Ingram, and Clarke, of Liverpool, agents for the cotton, Mr. Brown, resident engineer of the Birkenhead Docks, and a number of scientific gentlemen, repeated the experiments at Flay brick Hill quarry, whence almost all the stone used in the construction of the Birkenhead Docks has been taken. The greatest success attended their operations, large blocks of stone being removed by the cotton, whereas the gunpowder broke it into comparatively small piebes. In one instance, a mass of stone, almost 14 tons weight, was removed by 6oz. of gun cotton ; and in another in stance a large mass of stone was severed from the rock by Boz. of cotton, a much smaller quantity being displaced by a charge of 241 b. of gunpowder. Mr. Brown expressed himself delighted with the experiments, and to Mr. Whee ler, Mr. Ingram, Dr. Nevins, of London, and the other gentlemen they appeared to be quite satisfactory ; and de cided the superiority of gun cotton in removing large and valuable masses of stone. In the afterpart of the day, similar experiments, attended with equal success, were made at the tunnel at Edge Hill, which is being con structed for the conveyance of cattle from the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to the north docks. EASTHAM FERRY.—The openinc , of the ferry to East ham, which may with propriety betermed the Richmond of Liverpool, has taken place. In former years, our readers will remember, that at low water considerable difficulty existed in effecting a landing or embarkation, owing to the rapidity with which the tide ebbs at that part of the river ; but now a pier is in progress of forma tion, and a recurrence of the only drawback to the plea sures of a trip to Eastham will for the future be avoided. Hitherto it has only been customary to run one steamer to this ferry, but the reduction of the fares to threepence (not one half-penny per mile) has rendered it necessary that the spirited proprietor should procure another steamer from Scotland, and during the summer months they are intended to ply between St. George's Pier-head and East ham every hour. Not only have the pleasure grounds been extended and improved, but a spacious new building has been erected for the accommodation of pie nic and other parties, at a scale of charges lower than those adopted at the hotel, and the visitors have the privilege of frequent ing the woods at the back, belonging to Sir William Mas sey Stanley, Bart. The floral and horticultural exhibi tions will be held here on the 9th June and 26th August, under very promising auspices ; and we can ensure our readers a treat of no ordinary kind. We also perceive that improvements of great magnitude are contemplated by Sir William M. Stanley, who has directed Mr. Ramp ling, the architect, to lay down a plan of a large plot of land for building purposes ; and we understand that the sale has been fixed to come off in the course of a few days. If the designs of Mr. Rampling be carried out, then East ham may vie with any other place in England for beauty of scenery.. _ THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—We beg to call the attention of our readers to the above named truly excellent charity, a branch of which has been established in this town for many years, but which, we feel confident, would have re ceived a larger measure of support from our benevolent townsmen, had its objects been more generally known. The object of its formation, in 1839, was to assist the widows and orphans of los;fishermen and mariners, and for boarding, lodging, clothing, and forwarding home wrecked seamen and other poor persons. We are happy to learn that there are upwards of 15,000 sailor members, who subscribe their 2s. 6d. annually : but the society de pends mainly for its support on the larger subscriptions and donations of those in more affluent station. Hun dreds of shipwrecked seamen, who have been brought into Liverpool, or sent here by the society's agents on other parts of the coast, have been duly relieved and fdrwarded to their homes at its expense, whilst many poor widow and orphan's heart has been made glad through the instrumentality and benevolence of this in stitution. In the case of the emigrants, wrecked near Wexford, a few weeks since, the Board of Management sent their travelling secretary Lieut. W. H. Symons R.N., to Wexford, with authority to present £3O to the Relief Committee, towards disbursing the expenses incurred by them on that occasion, and relieve the extra pressure on their funds. In the still more recently melancholy loss of life in datG t he emigrant aiagsegnot,aenuitl. s i li p immediately Forrest, R.N. t k. l e t e n s sc u ian r r v ce i e v o o tc r ib s w eyfot e hr r m e e i l ar a t td ho norary itonof the institution, upwards of Hudson 14,000 persons have been f r u e l l l i y eve r d ec . ei,Seidtbsbcryiptthioen honorarysanddona g tior t i s s are most thank fully R. Aimley, Saturday, on and onCo.Czw Sailors' Home, Live r p oo l, and Maeiseirq SUICIDE.—An Inquest wa s h e ld on the body of Catherine Pugh, aced 15, the servant of Mr. Sutcliffe, publican, Richmond-street. Deceased was respectably connected. On Thursday night she went to bed apparently well, and was found dead in bed on the following morning. She had had a conversation just be fore going to bed with a youth named Green, ;during which she said " Henry, I don't think I shall be here long." When he bid her good night she said, "if I don't see Will again give my love to him," alluding to a young man wholoccasionally went to the house with Green. Mr. Lockwood, surgeon, made a post mortem examination, and found that death was caused from arsenic. She did not appear to be all* affected her mind, and was of a rather cheerful disposition. The surgeon also found that deceased was pregnant. A cup was found under the bed in the room occupied by disceased, and it contained a yellowish white substance which proved to be arsenic. Margaret Pugh, mother oideceased, who resides with her husband in Manchester, received a letter from deceased on Thursday morning. It was dated May, but without any day of the month. The name of the man alluded to by her named Will is Wm. Burroughs, a youth employed at the railway station in Wapping. Mrs. Sutcliffe ob served that deceased during the last month appeared at times rather depressed, and when spoken to on the sub ject complained of her head. William Burroughs being sent for, and being told that he need not say anything un less he pleased, said he had nothing to state. The coroner, in summing up, said that if the medical evidence was correct as to the deceased being pregnant she must have been the victim of a heartless seducer. There was no evidence in the letter (which was not publicly read) to show that she was labouring under aberation of mind. After some other remarks on the painful nature of the case, he left the matter in the hands of the jury, who returned a verdict of felo de se. The coroner, addressing Mrs. Pugh, said he sincerely sympathised with her. Her daughter had, no doubt, fallen a victim to the arts of a rascally seducer; and, from the verdict, deceased must be buried at midnight, and without burial service. Mrs. Pugh said, that she was not aware that any person of the name of William Burroughs was paying his addresses to deceased, CURIOSITIES IN NATURAL HISTORY : WALLASEY POOL IN DANGER.—It is, wo believe, on record that, about the year 1613, the low laud on each side of Walla sey Pool and, probably, part of the pool itself, were covered with stately forest trees, including the noble oak, as also that it was prolific in hazel nuts, &c. Certain it is, that from a survey at low water, some three years ago, between New Brighton and Hoylake, by a number of scientific gentlemen, chiefly from this town, various re mains of forest trees, &c., were found epmbedded, in or under the sand, manly clay, peat, gravel, and other strata., evidently indicating that, at one time, the land had ex tended much further to the north than the present sand-- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARM, hill near Leasowe, and the strand beyond it, stretching westward toward Hilber Island, and that a great extent of wooded country, and probably of rich pasturage, has since been gradually eaten away by the voracious deep during north and north-west gales. That the sea is still making encroachments when left'to its own natural operations is even at present rather alariningly demonstrated, the high sand-hill terminating the range on the westward near Leasowe castle having, duringthe gales of the last few weeks been encroached up, a large hole being formed round a part of it on the northward and westward, threatening to under mine it. The Corporation of Liverpool, and the Wallasey Commissioners, at whose joint expense the stone embank ' went from Leasowe Castle to Hoylake is still in progress (and of which about two miles in length is already con structed), would do well to look to this ; and the Birken head authorities and proprietary are equally interested ; for if the sea break through, there would not only be an end of the grand Birkenhead speculation, but a probability that the port of Liverpool would be sanded up. It ap pears to us, that a strong sea-wall may, in place of, or in addition to the embankment—where it is already formed, become necessary, extending from the free stone cliffs, known as the caves of the Red Noses to Hoylake ; and if this should be the opinion of practi ca l engmeeri, accustomed to study ocean and tidal force, the sooner it is determined upon the better for safety, whatever be the cost. Connected with this subject of the former state of the Pool, we may state that, on Sa turday, we obtained four hazel nuts, perfect in the shells, but blackened, which were dug out of the peaty soil now being excavated across the road between the new bridge at Poulton-cum-Seacombe and Flaybrick-hill, for the purpose of a water-course, to collect the fresh water from Bedston marsh, and conduct it down to the Birkenhead docks for cleansing purposes. It is curious to reflect that these nuts have probably remained on the spot where they were found for upwards of 200 years. A number of trunks of oak trees, also black, from long immersion in the peaty soil, but nearly as hard as iron, have also been dug out, being preserved by the tannin of the bog. Some of these are about a yard in diameter.—(Prom our Wallasey Cor respondent.) the works, which terminated in a resolution offering to refer the subject to arbitration, and the Board of Trade to have the appointment of a referee, and the latter some alterations in the improvement and sanatory hills now before parliament.—The proceedings of the Ferry Committee stated that a draft of an agreement had been submitted to the Chester and Birkenhead Railway. Com pany and the Commissioners as to the regulation of the carriageof goods and passengers at. the Monks' Ferry. The receipts of the ferry were stated to be, for the last month, £1614 16s: 2d., and for the corresponding month of last year, £1417 19s. 7d. Mr Strong. was appointed sub-manager to the ferry at a salary of £lOO per annum , . Mr. W. Laird called the attention of the board to, the consideration of the reduction of the ferry rates from 2d. to Ids, and that the boats should run from 12 p.m. to 5 a.m. and every quarter of an hour, now that facilities would be afforded at the Liverpool side for landing by means of the new stage, which would shortly be•launched. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that a committee should be appointed to consider how far it would be judicious to reduce the rates : Mr. Hind moved as an amendment, that it was inexpedient and injudicious to recommend to the consideration of the Ferry Commit tee the matter suggested in the maim.. of Mr. Laird. Mr. Thompson seconded the amendment. The votes were then.taken, when there appeared—For the amendment,. 4; and for the motion, 4; upon which the chairman gave the casting vote in favour of Mr. Laird's motion, which was accordingly carried. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. On Friday evening, during the hearing of a case against a loan society, Mr. Rushton said he sincerely wished there was not such a society in existence. REMOVAL OF NIGHT SOIL BY AN UNAUTHORISED PARTY.—A man, named John Hindle, was summoned before Mr. Rushton on Friday, for having removed night soil from a court in Stockton-street, the regulations of the sanatory act requiring that no such deposit shall be removed except by a contractor. The contractor for this neighbourhood is a Mr. Pickering. He was not in court, nor did any person attend to support his privilege for him. The man Hindle stated that there was more than two tons of matter deposited in the receptacle which he was charged with having emptied, and the odour was so offensive as to be a nuisance to the neighbourhood he also alleged that notice had been duly given at the Parish office. Mr. Rushton said, under these circumstances, he should not convict the defendant. POLICE AND CRIMINAL STATISTICS OF LIVERPOOL. — The Watch Committee have prepared the usual annual statistical returns for 1846, and at the Council meeting, on Wednesday, they were ordered to be printed and dis tributed. There was an increase in the number of police- ' men reported to the committee, as compared with the previous year, of 168 cases, and of constables charged with intoxication, 29. The constables reported were 2,134 ; for drunkenness, 177 ; dismissed, 2 ; and one bridewell keeper. The property destroyed by fire in 1846 was of the value of £87,869—a large increase on that of 1845, which was but £32,727. The number of offences com mitted within the borough last year was 17,310. The number of persons apprehended by the police was 15,476, and by other persons 2,636. Of this number 5,219 were either discharged by the magistrates or acquitted on their trial, and 12,898 were convicted. The summary convic tions were 12,198, and committals for trial 852. This re turn shows an increase over 1845 of 1,025 offences, and 1,205 apprehensions, which is attributed to the increased population, resulting from a large influx of Irish immi grants, and of navigators and labourers employed on rail ways, new docks, &c. In 1845, the number of apprehen sions was 16,743, and in 1844, 15,284. The number of houses of ill fame, and of prostitutes, was rather on the decrease. The informations for breaches of the bye-laws amounted to 1,845, being an increase over 1845 of 1805. The amount of the penalties inflicted was £4,210. The cost of the police-force last year was £39,983 16s. ; and adding £4,316 4s. for clothes, the total expense was £44,300. The number of the force was increased by 21 during the year, at a cost of £1,092 per annum, and, from the increase of the town, a further augmentation will, no doubt, be necessary. LOCAL MEETINGS. Docx COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held on Thursday. After the accounts had been gone through it was ordered that the Meteor, Crosby light-ship, which has been at that station for about four years, should be brought into port, to have her bottom repaired, and that the Queen, light-ship, should be placed in the Crqsby Channel in her place. Some conversation having arisen upon the subject of the new landing stage, which it was stated was now afloat, and would be opened for the use of the public on the 13th inst., several members of the committee expressed a hope that the manager of the present landing stage would be appointed to take care of the new one. The chairman gave notice of a motion for the next meeting. It was to the effect, that a special committee be appointed, to be composed of the finance committee, and three other mem bers of the general committee, to take into consideration and report upon the expediency of a suspension or reduc tion of the dock dues on cotton wool, and a modification of any other dues or rates which are now levied by the dock trustees, to the end of the 24th June next, which is the end of their official year. The chairman further stated, in answer to a question from Mr, Tobin, that the reason for this proposal was the flourishing state of their revenue, the receipts for the last ten months being £28,000 more than in the corresponding ten months of any previous year. Mr. Horsfall also gave notice of a motion to com pel the master porters to charge the rates fixed by the Council. THE FEVER SHEDS. — Another meeting of the inhabi tants of Abercromby Ward was held on Thursday. Mr. Cooper, surgeon of the Infirmary, occupied the chair. Dr. Sutherland, who, at the request of the last meeting, formed one of the deputation which waited upon Sir George Grey, on Tuesday, detailed the result of the inter view with the home secretary. The Chairman said he understood the lazarettoes would hold about 750 patients, An unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the members of Parliament, to Dr. Sutherland, and the other members of the deputation, for their services on the occasion. Mr. Neill referred to the fever sheds in Great Howard-street, and said in passing them that day the smell of his poor unfortunate rotten countrymen was intolerable, and there was little doubt that when the fever wards in Mount pleasant were brought into use, a similar offensive odour would be experienced, and wherever that odour was per ceptible no doubt danger existed. There were only four upper windows to great Howard-street, in the whole line of that immense building. Dr. Watson said he met with a surgeon who had been in the sheds that day, and he said that unless they were better ventilated, that would be the last time he would visit them. A long conversation en sued, in the course of which the most determined feeling of opposition to the use of the fever sheds now erecting in the ward was displayed, and upon its being intimated that there was a probability of the offer of the Govern ment to lend the lazarettoes noting be accepted, a de putation, consisting of the Chairman, Dr. Sutherland, Mr. Neill, Mr. R. Gladstone Mr. Ald. Griffith, Mr. Procter, Mr. Kaye, and Mr. Aid. Nicol, was appointed to wait upon the Select Vestry, with the following resolu tion, which was passed unanimously, "That the inhabi tants of Abercromby Ward respectfully but earnestly re quest the Select Vestry to avail themselves of the offer of Government, to place the fever patients, without delay, in the lazarettoes, on the Mersey. IMMIGRATION OF IRISH PAUPERS.—PUBLIC MEET p,on; the mayor into t i o icao calla rnhsoi rdtlpruaeobteiloci occupied the best ING.—A meeti ng was h e ld on T ues d ay , a t th e Cl aren d on Rooms, for the p ur p ose o f cons id er i ng t h e propr i ety o f e e d e t t in h g e o c mhf chair the ir . s n I o t - ine o t b i li t . tiaonnti Mr. sg to ß ic hard take f preventing the great influx o f I r i s h paupers i n t o Liver pappeared that a number of gentlemen had signed a requi sition to the mayor for this purpose, but kr. Rushton ' thought it advisable not to call a public meeting, con sidering that it would answer no end; as nothing could be done more than the simple presentation of a petition. The prevailing sentiment of the meeting was, that another memorial should be presented to his worship, urging upon him the necessity of a general meeting of the inhabitants being called, to petition government to adopt some • mea sures to prevent the influx of paupers, who were spreading disease in the town.--A resolution to this effect was passed.—ln addition to the mayor's comniunication to the council on Wednesday, we learn that his worship was informed on Thursday that instructions have been given to the Customs authorities, to direct that all passenger vessels arriving from Ireland shall be boarded by the tide-surveyors, who shall cause the yellow flag to be hoisted, and kept flying at the mast head, until such ves sel shall have been examined by the medical staff ap pointed for the purpose, and until the sick, if there be any such on board, shall have been removed direct to the lazaretto. In order, still further, to carry out these strin gent regulations, a notification will be given to the corn-, manders of all passenger vessels from Ireland, that should any of their vessels arrive here a second time with sick on. board, they will be subjected to quarantine for a certain length of time. Of course the mail packets, which do not bring over the Irish poor, will be exempted from this regulation. As a still further proof of the determination of Government to give relief, two experienced medical officers will be sent here to co-operate with our local medical staff. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.- - At the monthly meeting on Tuesday, an improvement rate of ls. was laid.—Mr. Churchill attended the meeting for the pur pose of asking the Commissioners to use their influence to obtain a second mail train on the Chester railway, so that the inhabitants of the town might have the benefit of a second London mail both ways. The Chairman said the Commissioners would use their influence with the railway company, and he hoped before Mr. Churchill left the next day to be able to effect the required arrangement. The proceedings of the Health Committee contained a long statement respecting the state of fever in the town, and the fact of the Commissioners having offered a stone house on Flaybrick-hill, as a fever hospital.—ln answer to a question from Mr. Thompson, the Chairman said £5166 4s. 64-d of the new street accounts remained to be collected, but the sum had been very much diminished lately.—The proceedings of the Gas and Water, and Par liamentary Committees were read ; the former contained several letters respecting a negociation for the purchase or TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, in the Town Hall. The Finance Committee's proceedings having been read, Sir T. Brancker moved their confirmation, and called attention to the contract made for the purchase of the Yellow-house estate, on the London road. The property, in connection with the Newsham-house estate, would give the Council a frontage of two roads, and enable them to lay it out to more advantage. The price of the estate was £20,000, and it contained 53 statute acres. The committee had also concluded a contract with the Earl of Derby for a piece of land for a gaol at Walton, where water-had lately been found, and they had- concluded to purchase it for £228 per statute acre. The site was upon the line of the Liverpool and Bury Railway. There would• be a station close to the gaol ; and every conveni ence which could be required.-In reply to questions, Sir T. Brancker said that nothing could be done, in the absence of the Town-clerk, towards improving Park-lane, but that everything was being done with a view to the widening of Everton-road. Mr. S. Holme cordially ap proved of the purchase of the Yellow-house estate, and the site at Walton, being exceedingly desirable as mere investments, almost as speculations. The Yellow-house estate only averaged is. 6d. per square yard. With reference to the site of the new gaol, the one chosen had removed a very vexatious question, and was very superior to the one formerly chosen. This also averaged only about one shilling per square yard. He considered these purchases extremely judicious, and trusted the Council would unanimously approve of them. He now suggested that as they had possession of the Newsham-house estate, the Yellow-house estate, and, as he presumed, the Waver tre-hall estate, it would be well to open a new road or thoroughfare, so as to connect Bootle with Aigburth and Swithdown-lane. The purchases were then confirmed. -The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been read, Mr. Bramley-Moore moved their confirmation, and informed the Council that the landing-stage was now actually afloat in the dock. The pontoons were under it; it was floated on Monday : it drew 2 feet 9 inches of water ; and, notwithstanding the extreme size of the stage, 500 feet long, the " swag," as it was called, was not more than about an inch. THE FEVER CASES. - IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION FROM THE GQVERNMENT. The MAYOR said, that as he had a matter to commu nicate relative to the health of the town, he would pro ceed at once to put the Council in possession of the in formation he had received. He was fully aware of the evils which the town was suffering under, and which in volved the health of the community at large ; he was also aware that great apprehensions existed in consequence. However, until the morning of that day (Wednesday) he (theMayor)had seen very little chance of any practical good being effected, but an interview had taken place in Lon don the day before, from which he expected much benefit to arise. Lord Sandon, Sir Howard Douglas, Dr. Suther land, (who was in London on behalf of the inhabitants of Abercromby Ward,) and Mr. James Reay, hat' had an interview with the government respecting the state of alarm into which the town was now plunged ; many remedies were suggested, and at last it was con sidered desirable that the Admiralty should be authorised to place at the disposal of the parish authorities here the lazarettoes which now lie in the river Mersey. (Loud applause from all parts of the Council.) And further, that Irish steamers arriving here should be compelled •to go to the lazarettoes, not to perform quarantine, but that the medical officers connected with the lazarettoes should go on board those Irish steamers and see if there were any parties in a state of fever there, and, if there were, that they should at once remove them to the lazarettoes. (Hear and applause.) It was thought that by this means a great deal of fever might be checked in Liverpool, and the new plan would throw a little impediment in bringing those unhappy people over here from Ireland, at a cost almost next to nothing. (Hear.) And if it should please the parish authorities to fit the lazarettoes up for the re ception of fever patients from the town, they would have the power of doing so ; but this was a matter for them to consider at once, and as he had no communication with them, he knew not that they would accept of this part of the proposal. Every one must see at once the great ad vantage arising from this last suggestion of the Govern ment. (Hear, hear.) Captain Bevis, R.N., had called upon him (the Mayor) and said that he had received a letter of instructions from the Admiralty to the effect now stated, and he had expressed his willingness to give up such of the lazarettoes as could be spared, (and they were all nearly empty at present), so that in a few days the ne cessary arrangements for availing ourselves of this pro posal of the Government would be carried into effect. Several members of the Council expressed their warm est acknowledgements to the Government for this great boon, and said that the moment it became generally known to the public the existing alarm would be immediately dissipated, and confidence would be restored. It was the general opinion of the members of the Council that al though fever did exist to a great extent, it was confined to certain localities, and that the other districts of the town were never in a more healthy state. Mr. S. Holme stated that his brother and be employed some hundreds of workmen from all quarters of the town, and the amount of health amongst them was very great. The Council adjourned at two o'clock. DEATH FROM STARVATION-DREADFUL DES TITUTION AND DISEASE IN SOME DIS TRICTS OF THE TOWN. On Saturday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., borough coroner, on view of the body of Luke Brothers, a child of eight years of age, who lived in a court in Bannaster-street, and who died from want of sufficient food. The coroner and jury, who had been viewing the body, returned heartsick at the scenes of disease, destitution, and filth which they witnessed in the court and its neighbour hood. The population is dense, and huddled together in miserable dirty holes called houses by the owners, but in reality perfect sties—appropriate nests of disease and death. The coroner, before his return to his court, deemed it his duty to call upon the Mayor, and represent to him the fearful state of the place, and of others equally miserable, which it had recently been his and the jury's painful and dangerous duty to visit, in order to see the several victims whose cases have of late fallen within his investigation. The authorities of the town do not seem to be fully aware of the extent of the evil ; and it is clear that if the town generally is to be spared the infliction of wide spread ing disease, a greater number of medical and relieving officers, and subordinary assistants must be employed, the present staff being quite inadequate to meet the emer gency. The Mayor, on hearing the recital of the facts, was much surprised and chagrined. and stated that he should lose no time in taking steps towards a remedy, so far as it was within his power. The Coroner remarked in the Court, that in the present case, and in others of a similar kind in various parts of the town, it would be much better for those suffering under fever in such vile abodes,lo be placed under ship' sails, or awning ranged along the inside of the west wall of the Prince's Dock. Dr. Walton, the medical officer of the district, being examined, said he made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased, and found that, beyond doubt, death was caused from want of necessary food. There was not the least particle of food in the stomach or intestines, and both were in a perfectly healthy state. In the same room where the deceased lay there were five other persons laid on the floor in fever. The floor was a mud one, and not fit for any human being to live in. There were four other patients in the same house in fever besides. He had 67 cases of fever in his own district,—more than one indivi dual could well attend to. Mr. Joseph Blower, relieving-officer, said the family of the deceased had received 3s. a week from the parish office, and this allowance would have been increased had it been known they were in such a state ; but he had so many cases to attend to that, altho ug h h e s t rove hi s Utmost, he found it impossible to attend to all. The Coroner remarked that Mr. Walton, one of the district surgeons, had informed him that he had frequently prescribed medicines to poor parties in fever, and, on calling next day, found that they had not taken it, they having no one to send For it. or no money to pay for it, or both hindrances. He added that the fever raged most in such localities as Bannaster-street, where the dwellings were filthy and unventilated, and the population unwhole somely dense. There were in. Thomas-street alone no fewer than 52 persons ill of fever. The Coroner spoke highly of Mr. Walton's services, of which he was well aware, and urged him to go on in the good work, however discouraging the task, and to report to the proper quarter every day. He believed also that the relieving-officer had zealously exerted himself. The Coroner furnished our reporter with the following authentic account of the num ber of fever patients on Saturday, in only three districts out of twelve, in the town : Workhouse, about • Under Mr. Lockwood .. 8 Under Mr. Walton 243 Under Mr. Burgess 100 Great Howard-street, Scc 250 Mr. Gee's District 2OO Total ............ The Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Died from starvation.` FINANCIAL. AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The tightness off the money market still continues, and the difficulty felt in, procuring discounts has even increased, especially in the manufacturing districts and throughout the provinces generally. The best paper, except at short dates, is almost useless ; and, as the result, commercial operations are almost suspended, and in the manufacturing districts, in particular, matters are approaching a very serious crisis. It is said, however, that the Bank of Eng land is disposed and w ill .shortly be in a position to afford assistance, which will relieve all parties. But there will still remain the difficulty for the cotton manufacturer to surmount—that as the money pressure is relaxed, the raw material will be forced up beyond the point at which it can be worked up remuneratively. At present, the difficulty of holding and the worldng..of short time alone prevents its reaching an extravagant price; and although the Bank of England has set its face resolutely against discounting any bills which are based upon cotton speculations, it is not easy to see by what means other paper can be taken off the market, without the speculator being strengthened in his position. - The stock of bullion still continues to decline. The issue department of the Bank has decreased £42,550 within the last week, the stock being now £8,506,585. In the banking department the stock is-now 4).1.31,131, being an increase since the last account of £166,361. To relieve the commence of the country generally, ap peals have been made to-government to relax the strin gency of the operation of the bank act of 1844, by which the hands of that body are tied up.; and there can be little doubt that . some interference of this sort will be found necessary. But we- suspect that the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Premier have imbibed an impres sion of the difficulty referred tonbove which the specula tion has th rown i n th e way. Th e fo llowing incident in proof of this is given by the London. Standard as having occurred at the interview with government of the Liver pool deputation, last week:— "One rather graphic account has indeed been allowed to transpire, respecting the interview which the Liverpool deputa tion had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Atter hearing all they had to say in the usual courteous manner which ministers of state receive all such deputations, the right honor able gentleman inquired of one of the members who had made himself conspicuous in preferring the complaint, if their house was not a considerable holder of cotton? The answer was, "The largest holders in. Liverpool."—When the Chancellor quickly rejoined, "Then the best advice I can give you is to re turn home and sell it." Whatever view may be taken upon this subject in Liverpool,_the advice of the Chancellor is con sidered sound and orthcrdox in London, notwithstanding that the right honourable gentleman is no very special favourite in the city." What amount of truth there may be in this "graphic account," we are not at present prepared to say but that little sympathy,is felt towards parties placed is diffi culty by speculative operations may be gathered from the following remarks of the city correspondent of the London Times of Saturday " With regard to the Liverpool deputation yesterday, the members of which.are alleged to have founded their application for assistance on the peril to arise from the general closing of the mills in Lancashire, a correspondent shrewdly remarks that to establishtheir claims it would be desirable. for these parties to furnish.evidence that there are no other steps than such as they propose by which the present pressure can be met. so as to avert the threatened stoppage of. employment. When people seek for remedies against any existing evils it must always be on the condition that they shall have previously tried all the means. of extrication within their own reach, and con sequently we are entitled to ask those who clamour for such an extraordinary alteration in the existing order of things as would be involved in the creation of " cheap money," if they have first .used every method ordinarily open to them for the supply of their wants. The questions, therefore, to the mem bers of the Liverpool deputation would be, "Have you ex hausted all your available resources, and do you hold no stocks of any kind which you could with facility turn into money ?" If the answer to this is not in the negative, then it is clear that in asking for aid they are merely asking for aid to assist them in a speculative holding of certain articles, whatever they may be, in order to get better prices hereafter, and it is, in fact, suggested that circumstanc e s o f this kind really prevail, and that it is by no means improbable that all [ the parties in Liverpool who are now most anxious for extraordinary supplies of money would be found to have overlooked the i tact that they are large holders of cotton, and that by a sale of this article they might easily relieve their wants, and this in a more legitimate manner than at the expense of the nation, which would be the case in the event of Government interference. And here it is asserted we arrive at one essential cause of the closing of the mills. It is believed that if the manufacturers of Manchester could get their sup plies of raw material at a lower rate, such as under the present prospect of a continued drain of gold, and, consequently, of dear money for two or three years to come, together with the aspect of foreign import markets, might seem to warrant the expectation of a fair return,_ they would immediately resume their operations, but that the price of cotton is at present so high as to render that step undesirable. It is evident, there fcre, that any interference that would protract this state of things would, so far from benefiting the Lancashire poor, prove utterly destructive to them, because simultaneously with an increase of circulation cotton would rise in proportion, so that the only effect upon the manufacturer would be to render it still more perilous for him to lay up stocks than it is at the present moment, inasmuch as in all questions of this kind, cheapness of production and the consequent temptation to foreigners must constitute the grand element of safety. This is consequently the condition which, if we would see our mills again at work, it should be our sole object to promote; but unfortunately it is one h'ch, if we rightly understand there, would be entirely extinguished by the "remedial" measures of the Liverpool deputation." Such writers, however, put out of sight the very impor tant fact that, from the short supply of cotton, the re sumption of the week by the manufactures must of itself produce the high prices, in expectation of which specula tors are holding, and without a prospect of which it will not, as may be seen from the last accounts from America, be sent from the country where it is grown. Our Cotton market during the week has been much de pressed by the necessity of some parties to sell ; and we may note a decline at the close of the week of 4d. per lb. below the price of Friday se'nnight. The sales have been 27,070 bales, of which 24,000 were for consumption. There is no improvement to note in the manufacturing districts. Buyers operate very sparingly ; and a reduction of the present low prices is only prevented by the short production. An additional item of difficulty has pre sented itself in the turnout of three large factories (two in Manchester and one in Droylesden) to resist an attempted reduction of wages ; and it is greatly feared that serious consequences may result, and possible danger to the peace of the district, especially if other employers follow the ex ample of reducing during the present high prices of food. The short time movement continues. Of 1252 factories in Lancashire, including Stockport and Staylybridge, 6 , 13 are working full time, 515 short time, and 134 stopped working entirely. Of the number of hands employed in the above, in all 259,688, the num ber working full time is 132,153, those working short time 102,973, and stopped altogether 24,562. In Man chester itself, out of a total of 177 mills of all kinds, 102 are working full time, 24 short time, and 21 stopped. The number of hands working full time are 22,988, short time 11,612, stopped 6,235. The distress caused amongst the population throughout the district is painted as most lamentable. The important statement made in the House of Corn mons on Friday night, by the Chancellor of the Exche quer, has had the effect of carrying the value of Exchequer Bills to a premium, and they are now quoted par to 5 pm. It appears that it is the intention of the Treasury autho rities to advance the rate of interest on all these securities to 3d., whether due in June or not, with a view of render ing them marketable and available in monetary concerns. Sir C. Wood also proposes to ask for an allowance of dis count on scrip, to remedy, we suppose, the error he first made when the loan was negotiated, and to induce the public to pay in advance. It is gratifying to state th the payments of revenue have been greater the last few days, and that a prospect exists of the Government not seeking for the present increased advances on deficiency bills. On Friday the Bank gave notice to the brokers at the Stock Exchange, that Exchequer bills would be received as deposits against advances at the rate of five per cent. for one fortnight, which at once brought them up for Bs. discount to par. It was then fully anticipated that the Chancellor was prepared to make the proposition stated, and which seems is to be taken into the consideration of the House on Monday. The third instalment payable on the loan on Friday was greatly facilitated by the general disposition manifested on the part of the Bank to afford all the accommodation they could to the monied interest. Gold at last begins to flow into the coffers of that esta blishment, and arrivals this week to the extent of £400,000 are reported. There appears at present little prospect of the imme diate approach of the only consummation which can re store the cotton and other manufactures to their wonted prosperity, viz.: such a demand as will enable the manu facturer to secure an advance in the price of his fabrics corresponding with the advance on the raw material. The advices from India by the Overland mail brought most disheartening accounts; and although there is a fair prospect of orders from the United States, which, when the state of the money market will allow us to procure discounts at reasonable rates will produce some activity, yet there are a few manufacturers who are sanguine enough to believe that their position is likely to be materially im proved for some months to come at least. The recent advance in the corn market is fully main tained, 425. to 425. 6d. being the quotation in Liverpool for Western Canal Flour; and there appears to be every probability of a further advance, in part owing to the in creasing demand from Europe, and the supply in America not proving sufficient to meet the heavy drain made upon it. At present the stocks on hand in all the principal ports are nearly exhausted, and freights can only be pro cured at 4s. per barrel, or one-half of what was freely paid a few weeks previous to the dates of the last arrival. A good harvest at home and throughout Europe is all that we have to look to for the reduction of our present high prices. HEALTH AND MORTALITY IN 117 DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1847: • The quarterly return of the Registrar General on this subject has just been published, and forms a large pamph let of 30 pages, full of interesting statistics. From its voluminous nature we can find space for only the princi pal facts, and especially those of our locality and its neighbourhood. The population of the whole of the districts was at the time of the last census (1841) 6,612,800. For many years the mortality had been highest in the winter quarter, and lowest in the summer. But the summer quarter of 1846 was the reverse, the mortality having been greater than it had been for any quarter of the seven preceding years. In the last winter quarter, the deaths in all England and Wales were about 120,000, or 6035 above the corrected average. In 1840, 1841, 1845, and 1846, the mortality was considerably above the average in the winter quarters (ending 31st March) ; and much below the average of the same quarters in 1839, 1842, 1843, 1844, and 1846. The lowness of the temperature, and the severity of the wea ther, was one cause of the increased mortality, causing in flammation of the lungs, typhus, &c. The high prices of provisions is also mentioned. The deaths in the March quarters of 1846 and 1847 were, in Birmingham 876 and 1187 ; in Liverpool 1934 and 3068 ; Preston 566 and 813 ; Manchester 1527 and 2385 ; Leeds 996 and 1557 ; Chester 279 and 394; Wrexham 207 and 336. The disastrous effect of the immigration of the Irish poor is dwelt upon. The evil increased in the winter quarter ; .and the deaths of Liverpool were 3068, or 1134 more than in the winter quarter of 1846. Ihe re p or t states, " Notwithstandi ng the depressing aspect of this overflow-of pauperism. from a third part of the Unit.ed Kingdom, left for centuries without an efficient poor-law, the authorities of the, English towns, which the visitation has reached, appear to have made every provision in their power for' the relief of the unfortunate people. For thousands of the Irish peasantry they have found food ; for thousands,. graves ; and many of their officers and townsmen have fallen in the courageo us discharge of the duties thrown upon them,—in one sense by a natural ea lamity,—in another by a national crime." In London, during the quarter, 15,289 deaths were registered, a greater number than in any previous winter quarter since the weekly table commenced. The health of the city, like than of the rest of the country, has been below the average. "It is evident," says the report, " that the health of towns in England is at present stationary, not to say retrograding." The report 'remarks at great length on the Health. of Towns' Bill, which will probably bo discussed in Parliament this session, and the writer sees no reason why London shall be excluded from its oi.Trations, From•the deaths registered in the quarters ending March 31st, of the last and present year, we take— Population in 1841. D ea th s, 1846. Deaths, 1947. London 1,948,211 12,518 15,289 Bristol Birmingham.... 138,187 867 1,187 Liverpool 223,054 1,934 3,068 Breston ... 77,189 566 813. Manchester.... 192,408 1,527 2,185 Sheffield ...... 85,076 611 623 Leeds, &c...... 168,667 996 1,557 York 47,779 336 372 We now come to the registrar's notes respecting their several districts, selecting only such particulars as may interest our reader. The deaths in towns were nearly all above the average. Birmingham—Deaths considerably more than, in the same quarter last year. Liverpool—St. Martin's district, deaths 520 above the `average. _ Great Howard-street, a great excess in mortality, solely attributable to the influx of many thousands of Irish paupers, bringing with them malignant fever. Vale-street, deaths, 580, being an increase of 183 above the preceding quarter, owing principally to= the above cause. St. Thomas, deaths, 362, considerably above the aye-. rage. 7111ount-pleasant, 508, including the Workhouse, being 154 more than last year. Same cause attributed. Islington, 294, increase on corresponding quarter 1846, of 37. St. George, 176, which is above the corresponding quarter of last year. West Derby, 172, a decrease of G 7. 7baleth-park. 396; a decrease of 12. i compared with the last quarter. The general diseases have been typhus, diarrhea, dysen tery, bronchitis, pneumonia, fever, phthisis, measles and small pox, and bowel disease. With regard to the weather during the quarter, the mean temperature at Greenwich was 37 4, which is 6 3 below that of the corresponding quarter of 1846. In some localities the thermometer varied much on certain days. In February and March there was great dryness through out many of the districts, and particularly when the tem perature was very low. Vegetation during the quarter was subjected to frequent low temperatures, and upon the whole the weather was more severe and painful to the senses than in either of the corresponding quarters of the three previous years. The winter of 1846-7 may be con.. sidered to have commenced on November 27, 1816, and to have continued fully to the end of March. 3 Dir,tritt get . Miss Cushman is said to be lying dangerously ill at Chester. The Mayor of Manchester has, in compliance with a requisition, consented to call a public meeting to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parlia ment that the Corn-law may not be allowed again to come into operation. CHESTER RACECOURSE. - Further improvements of the Rhodee for next year are in contemplation. Th 2 cop is to be removed nearer to the river's edge, by which means considerably more space will be gained at the Grosvenor Bridge turn and at the Dee side of the course. Some alteration is also to be made in the area at the Grand Stand. Mr. Tollemache, M.P. for South Cheshire, has pre sented to the House of Commons a petition from the parish of Wallasey, signed by 320 owners and ratepayers of property, in favour of the government bills for the better sewerage and drainage, securing supplies of water, gas, &c., and other conveniences for towns and populous dis. tricts. The health of towns bill incorporates the towns improvement clause bill, commissioners' clauses bill, water-works clauses bill, and gas-works clauses bill. THE FEVER.—In the temporary hospital at Manchester there are now upwards of two hundred cases of malignant fever, an-I in the crowded part of that town new cases are daily occurring. In Ashton-under-Lyne a relieving officer has fallen a sacrifice to the malady, having caught infec.. tion from the Irish. At Rochdale one of the Union dis trict surgeons died a few days ago of typhus, caught during his attendance on Irish fever cases ; and another district surgeon there is now confined to bed with fever. At Bol ton the mayor has issued a notice exhorting the inhabit ants to cleanliness. ALARMING SPREAD OF FEVER. - This contagious disease is greatly on the increase, and is widely spreading amongst the Irish poor in most of the courts, alleys, and narrow passages in the townships of Warrington and Latchford. Several deaths have taken place during the past week, and many others are in an almost hopeless condition. One of the nurses in the Fever Hospital died on Saturday evening last of this dreadful malady. Mr. Aspinal, the assistant relieving officer, is still unable to attend his duties by reason of fever imbibed from this class of cases at the office. The different parts of these townships where the regular inhabitants reside, are healthful and free from desease. The Times states that the pressure for money was felt on Monday with as much severity as on any previous oc casion ; and that the accounts from the provinces indicate that in the manufacturing districts matters are daily be coming more critical. Speaking of the high rates paid for money at Manchester, one writer,_ occupying a leading position, observes, "Ere long there will be very little to pay or receive in this town, for business seems entirely suspended. Nobody dares to buy, and spinners and ma nufacturers must slop their works. A great number are now standing still, and if discount accommodation is not to lie had, the whole must cease, AND THEN WE SHALL SOON HAVE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE AS BAD OR WORSE THAN IRELAND," THE SEASON.—The season continues most unfavour able for the grass crops, and the farmers' granaries are, consequently, very heavily drawn upon for the sustinenco of cattle. The frosty mornings have prevented the moss farmers in this neighbourhood from burning their land for grain and potatoes. Where the latter have already appeared above ground, they appear to stand the weather well, and are strong and luxuriant. This has rather caused the price of seed potatoes in the market to recede. The young wheat and corn have not been so much affected as the grass, as the winds have not been so injurious to them. The cookoo has been heard in the neighbourhood now for about I ,a week,—rather later than usual for this welcome visitor to appear. The swallow, and other birds of passage, are also late this year.—Preston Pilot. MURDER AT CHORLTON, NEAR MANCHESTER.—On Wednesday evening last, a barbarous murder was perpe trated by a man named George Leach, a beerhouse-keeper at Chorlton, upon the body of Francis Deakin, a former and market gardener. Words had occurred in the house between Leach and his wife, and the former used an ap probrious epithet to the latter, for which Deakin remon strated with the ruffian, who forthwith went to the kitchen, selected a scimetar-shaped carving -knife, and, returning, thrust it into the breast of his victim, whom he met in the passage. The weapon penetrated to the vertebrae of the back, and killed Deakin on the instant.—An inquest was held on the body on Thursday evening, when a ver dict of " Wilful murder " was returned against George Leach, who was present, and indeed had never attempted to escape. The prisoner was committed to Kirkdale gaol, to take his trial at the next Liverpool Assizes. The Manchester papers of Wednesday contain further returns of the present state of the mills and mill-hands in the county of Lancaster. From these returns it appears that of 1161 mills, 603 are working short time, and 125 are stopped. The total number of hands usually engaged in these mills is 226,087 ; of these, 125,330 are working full time, 76,918 short time, and 23,893 are out of employ ment. The Manchester Courier remarks with reference to these returns, that " the borough of Bolton is not in cluded ; neither is the town of Stockport, or that of Staly bridge, both of which latter towns are situated partly in Lancashire and partly in Cheshire. In the Blackburn district there are, besides the mill-hands mentioned in the ' return, about 23,000 mechanics and handloom weavers out of employ. It must be remarked that these returns do not show the depressed state of the cotton manufacture to its fullest extent, as the return comprises silk and flax mills as well as cotton mills, the two former of which are generally fully employed ; the adding of these mills to the aggregate, therefore, makes the depression of the cotton trade relatively less apparent." THE ASSESSED TAXES QUALIFICATION.—In conse quence of the payment of assessed taxes, as one qualifica tion for voting, being deemed by some members of parlia ment a hardship, a return has been printed of the number of houses of the value of £lO and upwards, in England and Wales, in boroughs returning members, and of the number of persons omitted from the lists of voters in 1846, for the non-payment of assessed taxes. From this return it appears, with respect to Lancashire, the follow ing is the result : Houses of .£lO Persons omitted and upwards. from the Lists. Blackburn Bolton Liverpool 39,266 89 Manchester Preston 2.680 0 Salford Warrington Wigan From the summary, the following results.appear : Houses as above. Omitted as above. England 487,760 18,065 Wales 10,665 808 Total 498,425 18,873 Wolverhampton has suffered most. The qualified hous es are 3,769; the persons left out of the list 1,423, in 1846. c ap [..k. of aving e and ulous which mer and ray to Ts he '1