The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

?Loral anb Vrobinrial p.two. On Friday last a fine little girl, named Margaret Fearon, nine years and seven months old, living in Bedford-street. Toxfeth-park, was run over by a car and killed. A deo dand of £lO was laid on the horse and car. On Wednesday last three thieves, named Bolton, Raw linson, and Dawson, were committed for trial, by Francis Heywood, Esq., at the county police-office, for having entered the house of Mr. Jenkinson, merchant, of Crosby, in broad day, and stripped a table of a quantity of valu able plate. THE HOOTON HUNT.—The gentlemen of this hunt have declared their intention of giving a magnificent banquet, at the Monks' Ferry Hotel, to Sir Wm. Massey Stanley, Bart., in acknowledgment of the great courtesy and high sportsman-like qualities of the worthy baronet. It is said that the chair will be taken by Colonel Clegg, of Thursaston-hall. On Wednesday, a poulterer in St. John's Market was fined ss. by Mr. Rushton, for dressing fowls so as to resemble pheasants. The lower jaws of the fowls had been taken away, red wafers placed round the eyes, and large pheasant feathers introduced into the tails. The defendant, in justification, said the practice was quite common in Dublin. CURIOUS DOCUMENT.—A few days ago. in a case that came before the magistrates of Wigan the following docu ment was presented by one of the parties to a solicitor to be laid before the bench :—" This is to in form Her Ma jestes Justisses that Mary-ann Entwistley Bears a very bad Charracter a mongst Her Neighboors hand that Her _Husband as thretned to sell Her for Her bad charrecter." Mr. Edward Martin, licensed victualler, of Greenland street, has been committed by the coroner for trial, for the manslaughter of his wife. She was very much given to intoxication, and on Thursday night, when she was in that state, her husband had struck her and kicked her in the abdomen. The surgeon deposed that the cause of death was a rupture of the small intestines, the result of a fall, a blow, or a kick. HooroN ANNUAL FAIR.—We perceive by an adver tisement in our columns of this day, that the spirited baronet, Sir William Stanley, has turned his attention to agriculture, and has appointed his first annual sale of fat stock to take place at the farm yard on Wednesday next, Messrs. Churton and Co., officiating. This will afford our townsmen an excellent opportunity of obtaining prime animals for consumption. The contiguity of the town to Eastham ferry is very convenient for purchasers ; the conveyance is direct and expeditious, as new steamers are plying every hour. MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF MILLOWNERS.— On Tuesday a meeting of the Association was held at Mr. Heron's offices, Princes-street, on the subject of the Bill now before Parliament relating to reduction in the hours of labour. The meeting was attended by the spinners and manufacturers of Manchester and the inimedate neighbourhood. Mr. R. H. Gregg presided. It being agreed that the measure was both impolitic and unjust, and also opposed to the best interests of the operatives themselves, a deputation' was appointed to proceed to London to give it the most strenuous opposition. The second reading of the Bill is fixed for the 13th instant. DISCHARGING FIRE-ARMS—EXTRAORDINARY CASE. --On Wednesday, police-officer 452 preferred a charge against Margaret Boardman, of Bootle-lane, Kirkdale, for discharging fire-arms several times during the night through her bed-room window. The defendant not ap pearing, Mr. Holmes, the owner of the property, was called, and said that she was in the habit of carrying pistols about her, and discharging them, especially in the night time. and on one occasion fired at him. Mr. Rush ton : " Who is she ?" Mr. Holmes : " 1 don't know anything about her; but I would like very much to get rid of her." Mr. Rushton : "It seems she wants to get rid of you." (Laughter.) The defendant was ultimately fined 40s. and costs. CHANGE RINGING.—On Monday, the 4th instant, the company of St. Peter's Change Ringers, of this town, visited Wrexham, and rung on St. Giles' bells a true peal of grandsire cators. consisting of 5093 changes, in three hours and twenty-five minutes. The company were placed 48 follows : ... Wm. Evans, treble. Hugh Walmsley, 6tb. I George Wy nne . 2d. I John Heron, 7th. Wm. Howard. 3d. Richard Cross, Bth. John Grindrod, 4th. 1 Charles Smith, 9th. William Bates. sth. Robert Davies, tenor. Conducted by Mr. John Heron. The peal was listened to by several of the Shrewsbury ringers, who expressed their admiration at the masterly style in which it was rung. __ FEMALE BURIED ALIVE AT HOYLAKE.—On Monday last, an inquest was held at Hoylake, before Henry Chur ton, Esq., on the body of a young woman, eighteen years of age, named Margaret Drury, who met her death under the following circumstat ces :—The deceased was nurse girl to John Smith, Esq., and on Saturday went out amongst the sand- hills with two of her master's children for the purpose of enjoying the fresh air. Amongst the hills she came to a spot where some of the sand had been excavated, and crept into the hole whilst the children were playing about. She was shortly afrer missing, and the children having given an alarm, the body of the poor girl was discovered about an hour after, under a large quantity of sand, quite dead. The jury found a verdict of " acci dental death." SUICIDE OF SUPERINTENDENT RIPING.—On Mon day week, William Henry Riding, one of the superin tendents of the Liverpool police-force, committed suicide by taking poison. He resided at Seacombe; and on Thursday an inquest was held on the body, at the Odd fellows' Arms, before H. Churton, Esq., the coroner fcr the county of Chester, and a highly respectable jury. From the evidence, it appeared that the deceased on the day of his death called upon a druggist in Paradise -street, Liverpool, and succeeded in procuring sixpennyworth of laudanum, under the pretence that it was for the cure of tooth ache ; and that, after returning home, he said he would have a glass of water, and went to bed, his wife being in Liverpool. On her return, about half-East six o'clock, she went with a servant into his bedroom, and on seeing a glass exclaimed that he had taken poison. He lingered from the effects until about half-past nine, when death ensued. It was given in evidence, that he was in the habit of drinking, and was embarrassed in his pecu niary affairs. A verdict was returned, that the deceased l'ad committed suicide whilst labouring under temporary insanity. MEETING OF THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.— The usual monthly meeting of the commissioners ap pointed under the Wallasey improvement act was held on Thursday evening, at the Queen's Arms, Liscard. fiettry Winch, Esq., presided. The proceedings of the lr oprovernent committee were real in reference to the a pplication for a grant of land at the stone quarry, in ''''''sgazines-roae., for the purpose of building a school, ade hy the Rev. Mr. Tobin, and which had been re ferred back for c ons id era ti on a t a f ormer meet i ne . Th e Co mmittee recommended, after further considering the subject, that the grant be on the terms formerly stated by them. Mr. Crump, seconded by Mr. Mann, moved the confirmation of the proceedings. Mr. North, at con siderable length, urged upon the board the justice of granting a site of land for the purposes of a school, as it Was the centre of a district where upwards of 200 children we re growing up, deficient of all the means of i n str uc ti on . 1,, •Mawdesley objected to the grant, and considered the members of the church who asked for it were ade quate to carry out such an object as that they sought to Obtain, by their own individual efforts. A divi s io n t oo k Place, when the amendment was carried by a nasjority of eleven to eight. The application for the grant of land was, consequently, rrjected. The proceedings of the Anance committee were read and confirmed. The pro ceedings terminated shortly before nine o'clock. I3inrcF.N HI Ft AD COMMISSIONERS.—RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMAN.—Toe usual monthly meeting of this body was held on Tuesday evening last, at the board room. Present.—Messrs. W. Jackson, (chairman.) J. Laird, W. Laird, Appleton, atbbs, Cole, Hind, Watson. Bentham, Adamson, Greene, Potter, Pim, J. N. Wood, and J. S. Jackson. The usual proceedings having been gone through, a long conversation took place with respect to a resolution of the Health Committee, annouucing a ' proposed attempt to pur c h ase the gas and water woks having been sent to the gas and water company, the chair man asserted without authority, and no such order to do so appeared on the minutes of the committee. In the report of the Ferry Committee it appeared that the re ceipts of the past year had been £23,000, and the expen diture £13,000, having a surplus of £lO.OOO, which had been applied to increasing the accommodation at the ferry and not to decreasing the rates of the township. The ac counts of the ferry were stated to be in the hands of the auditors preparatory to their publication. After some un important business had been gone through, the Chairman rose to move that under the circumstances of an intention existing on the part of the commissi , ners to treat for the purchase of the gas and water works, of which he and his brother were the principal proprietors, he could no _Tiger retain his seat at that board, as he should thus "nd in the position of one who was both buyer and Se ller. He thought the time was not come When the commissioners were justified in making such a purchase, as a th ey h ad now more responsibilities upon their hands t han th ey coul.l meet without severely taxing the inhabi behtas• The spea k er procee d e d to express h i s great regret av ing now to leave a position among s t th em w hi ch hail so long occupied, and his sense of the kindness by which hi s services had always been met and rewarded Ilhis broth er commissioners; and concluded by hoping that under whatever guidance they might place themselves for the f uture they would be as successful as they had been under his own. Several members expressed their Igreat regret at the course which the chairman had decided tottlke, and some intimated that if they had anticipated they would not have moved in the matter by which it had_ e be en caused. Mr. Bentham hasin expressed his in n S. g tion to follo w the exampe oessrs. W. Jackson and Jack son b y resigning, l the f M meeting was adjourned to tne:,2/1 of June. _.tr_IORENTINE VENUS AND ADONIS.—The exhibition autre6.ignor Sarti's Florentine Venus and Adonis has, we "IVY to state, been well attended during the week, "d every individual who has visited it has, without excep tion. . e t k een highly delighted. We think an exception ay likely en to the terms "Venus arid Adonis," as being h as ab out to convey an erroneous notion that the exhibition "a:thibnout it something of classical indelicacy ; than which repre sentations is further from the truth. The models are repre tions ions of a male and female finite, of correct propor _, and much beauty of form and feature. The exhibitor, who is a professional gentlemen, removes the skin of the face ' and . shows the nerves, blood vessels, and g.neral anatomy of the. He next removes, as a surgeon wo uld do in t he .e d a i d s . secting room, the covering of the thlir_o:ttumanad breast, and exhibits the internal structure of larivon. arrant form —the heart and its blood vessels, the all arran t I d diaphragm, stomach, and inferior intestines, c h greatest anatomical accuracy, and _ arm ‘, and coloured after na , ure. It is impossible for "rap_ but more especially those previously uninitiated 41 the bpon all complexity of the human form, to look d er . . 411 tine without astonishment and awe, and without " gin g much useful practical information. I MEETING AT THE SESSIONS-HOUSE ON FRIDAY.-THE WATER QUESTION. On Friday, pursuant to notice. a public meeting was held in the Sessions-house, for the purpose of determining as to the bills of the Highway Board end the Town- Council. The doors were not thrown open until a few minutes after twelve o'clock, when almost every part of the spacious building, including the galleries on each side, became immediately filled. There was a rush of the inha bitants into the area of the court. Among the gentlemen present we noticed :—Mr. Samuel Holme, Mr. James Procter, Mr. James Parker, Mr. Eyre Evans, Mr. Chas. Robertson. Mr. Thomas Bolton, Mr. James Aspinall, Mr. William Earle, Mr. William Birkett, Mr. Richard Shell, Mr. Thomas Bold, Mr. Vircent Higgins, Mr. Cooper. Mr. Thos. Thornely, Mr. William Thornhill, Mr. Danson, Mr. Urquhart, Mr. Thomas Bage, Mr. Solomon May, Mr. Wightman, Mr. Leatherbarrow, jun., Mr. Wm. Walthew, Mr. Denton, Mr. James Reay, Mr. Adam liodgeon, Mr. William Rathbone, Mr. Tinne, Mr. Preston, Mr. Chalk, Mr. Shakeehaft, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Taylor, Mr. D. Rowlands, Mr. King, Mr. Robertson Gladstone. Sir Arnold Knight. M.D. Upon the motion of Mr. JAMES ASPINALL, seconded by Mr. WM. WALTHEW, the chair was taken by Mr. John Holmes, amid loud applause. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and briefly opened the pro ceedings. He said that in conformity with a resolution of the Commissioners of Highways, a bill had been prepared by that body for obtaining a better supp!y of water for the inhabitants ; and the meeting was now called together for the purpose of deciding the very importaa question as to whether the Highway Board or the Corporation should proceed to Parliament for the bill for obtaining an increased supply. He hoped that during the discussion of the ques tion a fair and patient hearing would be given to every speaker ; and he concluded by calling on Mr. Deane, law clerk of the Highway Board, to read the resolution con vening ihe meeting. Mr. DEANE having read the advertisement accordingly, proceeded next to read a report from Mr. Simpson. the engineer of the Board, as to the feasibility of obtaining sufficiency of water from Kirby, and also from the red sandstone strata in the immediate vicinity of Liverpool. The CHAIRMAN said, that as it had been represented to the Highway Board that a good supply of water might be obtained from Billinge, they had obtained a report from Mr. Simpson as tg,the desirableness of that locality, and as to the feasibility of obtaining an adequate supply from that quarter. Mr. DEANE having accordingly read Mr. Simpson's report respecting Billinge, Mr. PROCTER said the Commissioners had taken the most honest and straightforward course, and submitted the question to the rate-payers; and he trusted the meet ing would come to a wise and honest conclusion. He al-o hoped some member of the Corporation would introduce the Town-hall Bill, and submit it to the meeting along with those of the Highway Board for the consideration of the rate-payers. If the Corporation Bi►l was approved, he had no wish to proceed further; and he trusted that if the meeting approved the other bills, the corporation would be equally ready to withdraw theirs—(applause)--- and as it was by the wish of the rate-payers that the sup ply of water was entrusted to the highway board, the cor .. poration would devote ten, fifteen, or twenty thousand pounds a-year of its surplus income, for to great and bene- ficial a purpose. (Applause.) He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that an amalgamation of the ' power of draining, paving, and cleansing the town, and the providing an ample supply of water, should be vested in the Commissioners for paving and sewerage, and that they beaccordingly authorized to proceed with their two bills. Mr. S. HOLME seconded the motion, and in doing so, complimented the Highway Board for their judicious new sewerage of the town. The time had arrived for a radical change in supplying the town with water. The only question was, which of three bodies should supply it— the Corporation, the Highway Board, or the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works Company ? After alluding to the several acts of parliament affecting the supply of water to the town, he said that at present the Highway Board were engned in the construction of works and reservoirs in Green-lane, which were likely to prove very efficient, and produce a copious supply of water. The sol-mn compact with the Corporation on the one band, and with the public on tbe other, was an admission on the part of the Corporation that it could not carry out the supply; but had the Board failed in the performance of its duties ? (No.) Was there any reason fo► taking away from the Board tbe powers by which they were to furnish a better supply of water? There were one or two points on which he himself differed from the Highway Board ; but, generally, they had done their duty, and the rate-payers ought not to withdraw their confidence from them. He was glad to hear from Mr. Simpson's report that the great sandstone formation, near Kirkby, would afford such an excellent supply of water. It was bestowed by God, in his infinite wisdom, and it was their duty to raise it from the earth, and distribute it in such copious streams as would be an inestimable boon to the popula tion of the town. (Applause.) He seconded the motion. Mr. BL%CKBURN then rose to propose the following ndment "That, as it appears from the proceedings of the Council, at the special meeting held on Tuesday last, that the sanatory bill promo' ed by the Council received almost unanimous approval ; that that bill contains many import ant provisions for the sanatory regulation of the borough, which are not contained in any bill promoted by this Board; that the Council have also under consideration a plan for affording an ample supply of water for domestic, manufacturing, and public purposes, and that a parlia mentary contest on the several local bills now before Par liament, all having for their professed °Eject the benefit of the public, would be attended with great expense to the rate-payers and public funds. Resolved—That it is not expedient, or necessary for the public interests, to proceed further with any of the bills promoted by this Board." It was quite unnecessary to endeavour to interest the pub lic mind on the sublect ; because it was already agreed that there was not a sufficient supply for the town, and it was determined there should be. They were all agreed upon that point—(hear)--and the only question was whether it would not be wiser to stay awhile so as to per fect their plans, and consider which was the best mode of obtaining a sufficient supply—the cheapest possible way, and of the best quality. (Loud cheers.) Neither the Council nor the Highway Board were in a position to go forward with a bill on this subject during the present ses sion, and therefore it was better to wait for further in formation. (Hear, hear.) They had had mischief enouch arisirg from hasty legislation, and he trusted the rive payers would not involve themselves in any expense, either through the Highway Board or the Council on the subject; but that they would postpone for the present adopting any measure on the subj,..et, in order that they might be enabled to sanction the very best plan, so that shortly Liverpool might become as destinguished for its abundant supply of water as it was new for the reverse. ( A pplause.) He contended that the wisest course to pur sue was to give the whole of the power to the Council. They were sufficient in number to do the work. (Cries of " No," answered by loud cheers.) If they were not sufficient in capacity, thecanstituency had only themselves to blame. (Cheers.) He conceived that any objection made against the Town-Council trust apply with equal force against any other public body. It was from a con viction, in the first place, that they were not proceeding wisely and prudently with regard to the mode of accom plish,ng the object they had in view, and in the next !dace, that the Council was the body in which the power ought ultimately to be placed, that lie begged to propose ' the amendment he had already read to the meeting. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ADAM HODGSON seconded the amendment, be cause lie really felt the occasion to be one of the greatest importance ; and the decision to which they might come would be felt for an indefinite period of time. He gave the Highway Board credit for having acted with a desire to promote the welfare of the town, but he differed entirely from their plans. He had seen much of the inconvenience of conflicting jurisdictions; and the ques tion was wlitther they should avail themselves of the opportunity which presented itself for uniting in one body all the powers relating to the sanitary condition of the town. (Hear.) For the reasons urged by Mr. Black burn it was quite obvious that they were all better lodged in the Common Council of the town ; and it seemed madness to create another body ! He besought the meet ing ri ,, t to let the opportunity pass of consolidating their local management. Mr. BiRKETT said the only que4ion was, which of the two parties should be entru.red with the carrying out of the prcj ct, arm he thought that, as men of business, the H ie hway Board hall the best claim. Mr. TINNE, as a member of the H i_hway Board, as sured the meeting that his experience led him to a di rectly contrary opinion to that of Mr. Birkett, and explained the inconveniences and d'tficulties he had experienced in the exertions he had made to improve the sanatory condition of the town, by the divided nature of the pu'lic bodies, connected with that vital subject. The present movement had been attributed to many causes, but the true one was the wish to avoid the inflic tion of Lord Lincoln's bill upon the town of Liverpool. The two adjuncts more especially indispensable to sana tory excellence were good drainage, especially of the courts and back streets. and an ample supply of water. (Applause.) Liverpool, in both particulars, had no great reason to boast ; and it. pre.ent condition was equally the fault of the Highway Board and the Council. He was in favour of the supply of water being vested in the Council. Mr. J. TAYLOR said that the town was in a dreadful state for want of water, and, as the Highway Board were ready with a measure on the subject, he should support tt vi t body._ (Cheers.) - • Mr A. LACE said the real question was whether they should go to Parliament then, or a heiher they should wait until they could bring forward a more mature mea sure. There was no doubt that all the sanatory regula tions of the town ought to he placed under one body ; and unless they thought the Government were prepared to repeal tine Municipal Reform Bill and place those powers in the Highway Board, it was not at all likely. evea if the meeting agreed to the bills being proceeded with, that they would become law. The Highway Board were going for powers already possessed by the Corporation, and the meeting would at once see the absurdity into which they would be led. He dwelt at some length on the peat advantages of a concentration of local authib_ rity, and concluded by urging the meeting to wait until they could proceed with a well-matured plan which would eventually prove no delay. (Applause.) Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE congratulated them on the large meeting which had then assembled, as an evi dence of the strong feeling which existed of the necessity for a large and complete supply of water. He rooked upon an abundant supply of water to the working classes as most essential to teaching them habits of cleanliness, so important to their health and comfort. (Cheers.) His object was not to take the opinions of the rate-payers as to the details of the bill, but as to whether the power should be invested in the Highway Board or in the Town-. Council. (Applause.) I Mr. WM. EARLE said it was impossible for any b o d y to manage their affairs worse than the Highway Board had done. In proof of this he appealed to the state of the town,—to the state of the streets, and to the state of the sewers ; and he could not imagine a man in his senses who would vote for the motion now brought forward by the Highway Board. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that there were some who were determined not to pay their rates if the hills passed. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said it was evidently the inten tion of the legislature that all separate local bodies should merge into the corporation ; and provisions were mad e i n their acts accordingly. About ten years ago the Watch Committee did so, and if it had not been for the strong political feelings rife at this time, the Highway Board would have done the same. They had been told by Mr. Holme that there never would be a surplus ; but there had been, ever since be had the honour of a seat at the coun cil, a surplus, and there would soon be a very l arge one. But the surplus of each year was the property of the coun cil of that year, and it was illegal to anticipate it. The corporation possessed a most magnificent estate, and the Highway board had none; and though be could not give a pledge for what other councils might choose to do, he thought it very probable, that at no distant period, a large sum might be annually devoted to providing an ample supply of water—(applause)—and he would say too that it would be a wise outlay. (Renewed applause.) He strongly urged the concentration of all power in the bands of the Council, for the more they were entrusted with, the bet ter would they discharge the trust reposed in them. Mr. RATHBONE said there had been £150,000 spent by the Highway Board, which might just as well have been thrown into the river. If they sanctioned those bills they would sanction the expenditure of a million of money ; but if they postponed the measure, in all probability they might obtain what they required for much less, as, in all probability, there would be a large surplus fund belonging to the corporation ; and it would be their own fault it that fund was not applied to lighten the taxation of Liver pool. (Applause.) He concluded by observing that he had no doubt the object they had in view would be ac complished much more economically by the Council. Mr. JAMES ASPINALL wished to explain his conduct with respect to the bills now before them. When the Corporation Bill was coming before the Council, he called on the Mayor and told him that it was his inten tion to absent himself from the Council on that occasion. With respect to the surplus income, he had sat, month after month, at the Finance Committee, and it had been incessantly drummed into their ears by the chairman that they would not have a surplus income for years to come. That he believed Was really the case, if the Council paid what they were bound by contract to pay. On the sth of this month he bad copied a report from the books of the Finance Committee, from which it appeased that the gross amount of contracts for the bare walls of George's Hall, without reckoning joiners' work, furniture, steps, organ, or anything else, was £132,000, and at the present mo ment only £29,000 of this was paid. There was, there fore, £52,000 yet to pay for the bare walls. They would have to expend £lOO,OOO more before they were out of St. George's Hall. He strongly urged the meeting to support the Highway Board. He could have no personal motives, as he intended to withdraw from public life altogether. He had been fifteen years at the Board, and his health had suffered so severely he must now take care of himself. (Laughter.) He did not mean of his pockets, but of his health. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. SHIEL was in favour of the power being in the hands of the Corporation, as the ratepayers bad more power over that body than the Highway Board. Mr. HIGGINS followed on the same side, with some statistics. Mr. COOPER said a few words in behalf of the Highway Board. Mr. JOHN SMITH closed the debate in a luminous, but somewhat miscellaneous speech. The amendment was then put, and carried by an im mense m.jority, and the meeting broke up at half past three o'clock. THE STRIKE IN THE BUILDING TRADES. GREAT MEETING OF MASTER BUILDERS AT NEWTON. On Thursday, at twelve o'clock, a meeting of master builders, contractors, and others, took place at the Legh Arms, Newton, to consider the best means of counter acting the proceedings of the trades' unions, which have caused the stoppage of so much building throughout the manufacturing and other districts. The towns of Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Macclesfield, Ashton-under-Lyne, Leeds, Bolton, Pres ton, Wigan, Warrington, Blackburn, Stockport, Birken head, Sheffield, Bury, Oldham, Bradford, and various other places of minor note, had appointed deputations from the body of master builders in the various localities. The following is a correct statement of the numbers pre sent from the various towns : Manchester.. . Liverpool Birmingham.. 6 Wigan Macclesfield 1 She i eld Bolton Leeds Preston 4 l Birkenhead 7 being a total of 188 members of deputations from the towns named. The deputations met in the Great Hall, and Mr. David Bellhouse, of Manchester, was unani mously called to the chair. The representatives of almost all the large building firms in the various towns enumerated, were present, and the utmost determination was shown not to yield to the demands of the unions. A declaration of the reasons which had called so large and extraordinary an it:-,sem blage together was read to the meeting, and was subse quently signed by every person in the room. The motion for the adoption of the declaration was proposed by Mr. Pooling, of Manchester, and seconded by Mr. Kilpin, of Liverpool. Other resolutions were adopted (which will be found in our advertising columns), in which the masters came to the determination to with stand the unions, especially in the way in which, as it appeared from many documents, which were produced, the unions were interfering with the internal management of the various employs, and the tyranny which they show, especially in the manufacturing districts; and arrange.. ments were made for forming local branches in all towns, to correspond will a central association The various resolutions were moved and seconded by Mr. Tomkinson ' of Liverpool, and Mr. Gwyth er , o f Birmingham ; by Mr. Marsden, of Bolton, and Mr. Boothman of Leeds; by Mr. Wylie of Liverpool, and Mr. Edwards, of Manchester. Mr. Holme, Mr. Johnson, and other gentlemen, also addressed the meeting, and th e whole of the proceedings, which occupied three hours, were characterised by the utmost unanimity and determi nation. A deputation of ten from the workmen of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Manchester, were at Newton. and during the proceedings a note was handed to the chair man, expressing the desire of some of their body to be admitted to the meeting. This was declined, on the ground that their authority to make any proposition could not be recognised ; but it was intimated that if they had any terms to offer, and would put those terms in writing, they would be considered by the committee. After the business had terminated, a letter, of which the following is a copy, was sent to the chairman. It is dated " Newton, Legh Hotel, May 7, 1816," and is in the following terms : " Mr. Chairman—Sir,—The operative c , rpenters and joiners of Manchester agree to resume work upon the terms agreed upon by the deputation of employers and employed, in the con ference before the Worshipful the Mayor of Manchester. May Ist, 180, provided the document be wilidrawn - In behalf of "JAS. LEVENS, Sec." the same, A similar note was also presented from the workmen of Liverpool and Birkenhead. As the meeting had terminated, the chairman (Mr. Bel!house) could give no answer on its behalf to either of these applications; but he gave the Liverpool workmen's letter to members of the association of masters in that town, to be referred to their commi•tee ; and the Man cheater workmen's letter was brought to this town, and hid before the proper parties here, on Friday; when it was resolved that the following answer should be re turned:— " 1, Dneie-place, Exchange hurdings, Manchester, May 8, i. 48. " Gent:emen.—Yonr note stating that the op Tative carpenters and joiners were aereeah'e 1 0 resume work upon the terms agreed up , ,n by the d‘ inflations who had a confer- rice before the Ma , or. on the Ist May, 1,45, came too late to be cnnsi 'ered by the meeting at Newton, yesterday ; but I am desired by the master carpenters and joiners to stlte. that they cannot consent to withdraw the declaration.—By order, " .1. B. ItOGERSON. Secretary " To the Committee of operative carpenters and joiners, "Carpenters'-hall, Manchester." At half-past three o'clock, nearly two hundred gentle men dined together in the Great Hall, Mr. Tomkinson in the chair. The dinner did not occupy more than an hour, and the gentlemen again quitted Newton for their respective towns, at an early hour. SUGGESTION TO WATER THE STREETS, AND SUPPLY BATHS WITH SEA WATER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, you have so long and so ably yourself, and through the correspondence of Dr. Watson, and Mr. H. G. Harbord, advocated measures for the improvement of the health of the town, I would, at the present exciting time of water battles, just mention a plan which 1 think will be conducive to the health of the inhabitants, as a hint to those pa , ties who take an interest in this matter, and are able to work out tne plan to act upon. Some time since, some person proposed a plan to supply the town with salt water. I think he proposed to construct a large wrought iron tank, in the form of a tower, and intended to have a water-wheel, to be worked by the flowing and ebbing of the tide, which would give power to work hydraulic presses to fill the tower. Now, to my mind a much mote simple plan might be adopted. Water from the river may be taken on a level nearly up the bed of the old pool, to the top of Byrom-street, right into the heart of the town, a large reservoir tinder ground cou ld be constructed somewhere in that locality, and, being ail rook in that neighbourhood, it might be made without interfering with ar y property ; a tower and steam engine to supply it might be erected there, and the whole town supplied with salt water. By and bye I wo u ld suppose some of the present water pipes will not be r equ i re d , as the water companies will be in one hand, and the large ones that will be put down will supersede them, th e salt water can easily be turned into them without taking the pipes up. I will leave both medical ge ntlemen named to show the advantages of salt water bathinp,. when you may have it at your doors; and I would ask them what effect upon the health of the town watering the streets with salt water would have, especially in hot we ather, when our streets would be covered with a chloride or muriare of soda. lam no chemist, but they can tell you this, but I have no dcubt it would be of great benefit to the public health I trust you will think thisof sufficient importance to give it room in your columns; and in the hope that it may induce some cowpetent person to take up the question, I remain, &c., DICKEY SA,M,. May 12, 1846. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL-LETTER VII. TOWN COUNCIL MEETING of Mr.the inhabitants. in, but at ton late a s : signed by both the Rectors, and a considerable number i h d our ano fo th r e p r re The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wednesday, D. Hodgson, Esq., in the chair. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.tboatdhebceeonunsecnilt. The MAYOR announced that it had been ascertained signed by 1600 memorialsent at ion persons, in favour of the clause. UPPER PARLIAMENT-STREET. occasion that Prince Albert would visit Liverpool on . the_ so At the request of several of the members, the MAYOR There is a quantity of stinking water opposite Windsor of laying the foundation stone of the Sailors H terrace. Not far from this, there is seen the drainage of m,o n read a letter he had received from the parliamentary receiving a suitable invitation. He could not sufficientlyfhis agents, with regard to the effect the introduction of the eight or ten back-yard doors, which runs upon the open express thug ratification he was sure the honour 0 . clause would have on the bill. The general import of ground. Ashes and vegetable remains are carelessly royal higs's visit would confer on the Corporatto . n this opinion was, that the clause being local, and partial thrown in, which must ultimately prove a prejudicial ac- and the town at large, and preparations would immedl- in its tendency —not affecting any other town —its inset cumulation to the inhabitants themselves it continued. ately be made to celebrate the event with becoming splen- tion might be fatal to the bill at its present stage. Between Crown-street and Falkner-square there is a con dour. Be would say no more on the suhject until it had Mr. BIRKETT opposed the motion because it was an siderable space of vacant ground allotted out for stree's ; been ascertained what day would suit the convenience of attack upon the poor, while it left the rich untouched. some of these are already partially built. The soil is bog, the Prince; but, when the day was fixed, he trusted they Mr. PARKER was quite ready to go heart and hand and forms a part of the old Moss-lake fields. The inter would give him their cordial support, in order that ar- with Mr. Horsfell, if he would carry his principle fairly spaces between the street lines frequently retain large rangements might be m a d e i n a sty l e su i ta bl e t o th e rank and fully out. But they would interfere with the rights plashes of water, over which small fogs may be frequently and position of their illustrious guest, and worthy of the of 200,060 inhabitants of the borough by this motion ; and seen in an evening, indicating the unhealthy condition of loyal, opulent, and liber a l Corpo ra ti on over which he had that without any argument or statistics to support it. these plots. Many people regard with a sort of kindly superstition these pits, perhap s b ecause t h e water re fl ects the honour to preside. (A p pl ause .) He objected to it b ecause it was an unjust attack on the the green hue of rustic life, & c . : suc h a conce i t were b et- Mr. Nicol alluded in feeli ng t erms t o th e l a t e mur - morals of the poor ; he gloried in bearing testimony to ter exorcised. Perhaps the f o ll ow i ng f act may ten d to d o derous attempt upon the lif e of L ouis Phil ippe Ki ng o f the high moral character of thousands of his poorer A professional gentle man i n f orme d me t h at several the French. whom he eulo g i ze d f or hi s m ild b ut fi rm sway, townsmen. The clause would also prejudice the bill. so. individuals happened to p ass b es id e one o f these very his encouragement of the cu lti va ti on o f t h e arts o f peace Mr. EARLE—if they followed out the principle they pools, over which the war n i ng f og was at t h e t i me sus- and civilization, hi s a ff ec ti on to Q ueen Vi ctor i a, and ought themselves to have the corks drawn on the Satur_ • good-will towards the British people, and concluded by day night of all they intended to drink on Sunday. pended. Within twelve hours one of the juniors got scar moving the adoption of the following addresses, which, Mr. CHALMERS considered the motion highly inexpe latina, clearly traceable to that source, for there was no after a short conversation, were unanimously passed : client. contagion of it near the house—no likelihood of deriving " TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE FRENCH." of Mr Mr. H. IlonNer, expressing the opinion . Lace, it elsewhere ; and this is confirmed by the fact, that no " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burge sses of the the ch airinan of the Sanatory Committee, also considered other member of the family caught it—it was simply con- Borou h of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lances _ it highly inexpedient and objectionable. fined to the one individual exposed to the cause. Such ter, • g Council inassembled, venture to approach your Mr. EARLE did not believe that men could be driven circumstances are notorious causes of scarlatina. The results of the s wee pi ngs o f th e stree t s are Majesty with the expression of our h ear tf e l t congratula- into churches by act of parliament. If the public did not t• ns that, b the interposition of divine rovidence the P _ _ a. , t frequent the public-houses, they would go to worse places, laid bete, in order to elevate the street roads. In one la m t tr •t r u y and atr • att t e at oo s ocious emp upon your M jes y's where they would be completely from under the control line of street, from Falkner-street to Parliament-street, . life has been averted. of the magistracy. this embankment of Macadam mud is remarkable. Some " Representing a community qualified by its intercourse Mr. GLAZEBROOK strongly supported the motion, be dust-carts shoot their contents in this district. New with the nations of Europe, and of the world, to appres lieving that, it carried, it would have the effect of inCluc houses are rapidly building up around. The blank win- elate the blessings which the enlightened policy of your ing men to spend their Sabbaths in the bosoms of their dow spaces in which tell graphically the folly of the win- Msjesty's government is calculated to bestow, wt assure families. , dow tax. your Majesty of the feeling of respect and veneration with Mr. MANN opposed the motion as partial, and on the There is a new street called Almond-street, running which your Majesty is regarded by the inhabitants of this ground that there was not yet sufficient church accommo from Myrtle-street to Falkner-street. The horse-road is borough. dation for the inhabitants. evidently unmade, and ankle-deep in mud and slush. „ , A e express our horror and detestation of the crime Mr. ROBERTSON said they had no right legislate to for There is no drainage : water consequently accumulates, and the inhabitant of a ce ll ar ,* o f w h om I i nqu i re d , stated of assassination (whatever be th e mot i ves b y w hi c h i t i s any religious observance whatever. He objected to the that nothing bad y e t b e e n d one to remedy this state of actuated), and we fe rven tly p ray to Al m i g h ty G o d that he present law, which closed tbe public-h ouses at all on the will be pleased to protect your Majesty's person, and to Sabbath. The observance of that day ought to spring things. He had lived there eight weeks, and had had his enable you still to direct the energies of the powerful mind from conscientious motives alone. cellar flooded half-a-dozen times during that period. He with which he has endowed you, to promote the true glory -., Mr. THORNHILL and Mr. RATHBONE opposed the had to lade the water out of hollows of the footpath con and happiness of the great people over whom you have stantly, and to level the horse-road as well as he could, motion. The latter gentleman said he was fur a better been called to rule." to protect his cellar. and not a bitter observance of the Sabbath. " A street called D a t e - s t ree t runs out o f Al mon d -street, To HER MOST G RACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF Mr. HORSFALL, in reply' said he had no desire to FREN CH . of which I give a sma ll p l an , b ecause i t l ea d s i nto a new ~THEj eopardise the bill, but merely that tbe Council should Madame,—We, the Mayor Aldermen, and Burgesses court which is in as bad a state as it can be, seeing it hasrecognise the principle of the clause. He concluded by of the Borouh of Liverpool, in the County Palatine ofthat , as to legislating for the Sabbath, the • , law now Lancaster, in Council assembled, approaell your Majesty said (i sayingthe y t should not ' ' go to the public.bouses in the morn with the expression of our heatfelt congratulations that ing, and on the same principle it might say - they i should the late traitorous and atrocious attempt upon the life of not go in the evening. He had no desire forh y egisla your Royal Consort has by the interposition of Divine tion, but that was a question which had been ast well con- Providence, been rendered ' abortive. sidered • and as to the magistrates , h e did know that Our detestation of so diabolical a cri me i s i ncrease d some oithem had wished them success with the measure. by the consideration that it was attempted in the presence He concluded by hopi ng t h e mem b ers would recollect of your Majesty, and of oth er mem b ers o f your Majesty's that the bill was not to be jeopardised by the clause, and s._ family. calling on the Council to pass a measure, which he bee We cordially join in the prayer fervently offered by lieved to be right in the sight of God and man. the French nation that the life of your Majesty's Consort The votes wete then taken, when there appeared— may long be spared, and that your Majesty may, by the For the motion l6 example of every domestic and soci it virtue, continue to Against it adorn the high station in which you are placed." For.—Messrs Atherton, Hill, Ty rer, Middleton, Little- Mr. Alderman TURNER rose to propose his motion of dale, Rovden, K +ye, Heade, Higgins, Booker, Glazebrook, a vote of thanks t o th e B r i t i s h A rmy i n I nd i a, and after Jones, Horsed!, Sands, C roo k, and the Mayor. au eloquent eulogium on the valour of the troops, both Against. —Messrs. Thornhill, Chalmer, Preston, Rath generals, officers, and men, and a grateful tribute of admi- bone, Evans, Holmes. H ornbv , Tinne, Henderson, Stewart, ration to the merit of the hero e s slain—Sale, Gesell!, Dick, Toul-nin, Robinson, Hornby, B rkett, Robertson, Procter, Taylor, and others—and expressive of deep regret for their Kilshaw, J. Hornby, Parker, Earle, Lawrence, Harbord, loss, the speaker concluded by mentioning the name of a Mann, Houghton, Turner, and Swainson. townsman, Captain Richard Houghton, brother of Mr. The Counc.l adjourned at a quarter past three o'clock Houghton, the tespected Councillor for St. Anne's Ward, until the following day. who had distinguished himself in a lath degree by his bravery and skill, a n d h a d a l rea d y b een rewar d e d b y pro el motion to the r an k o f ma j or. (A pp l ause. ) H e moved Tz - -. the followini:— " That this Council, deeply impressed vr'th the great and increasing importance of the trade of Licht to the commerce of this country, and of this port in particular. reflect with pride and satisfaction on the late brilliant and decisive victories, achieved by our gallant army on the banks of the Sutlej, the beneficial effects of which, in restoring the blessings of peace throughout the Indian empire, and securing the continued seety of our vast pos sessions in that country, cannot be too highly ap preciated. "That, in the accomplishment of these important ob jects, the services of Lieutenant General the Right Hon. Vis omit Hardinge, G. C. 8., Governor-General oflndia ; Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Lord Gough, G. C. 13. and Major-General Sir H. G. Smith, Bart., G. C. 8., are eminently conspicuous, and that the best thanks of this Council be presented to those gallant officers, not only for. the consummate skill, unwearied zeal, and un daunted bravery displayed by them in the several actions of Moodkes and Ferozeshah, Aliwal and Sobraon, but fur the truly Christian moderation and forbearance shown towards the vaequished in the preservation of the capital of Lahore, thus tempering justice with mercy, and evincing to the world that British soldiers are as nobly distin guished for discipline and humanity as for high honour and indomitable courage. " That the best thanks of this council be also presented to Major General Walter Raleigh Gilbert, C. B. ; Mai r- General Sir John Littler, K. C. B. ; Major-General Sir Joseph Tirackwell, K.:.. B. ; and the several officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, European and native, engaged in the actions of the 21st and 22nd of De cember, the 28th of January, and the Bth of February, it being the opinion of this Council that the annals of British valour, glorious as they are, have rarely furnished more signal instances of personal bravery and devoted heroism, than were so generally manifested both by officers and men on those memorable occasions. " That this Council deeply sympathises with the sur viving relations of those gallant heroes who terminated their career of glory on the field of battle, and proved, by an honourable death, their loyalty to their sovereign and their devotedness to the best interests of their country. • "That the Mayor be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to Viscount Hardinge, Lord Gough, and Sir Harry Smith, with a request that they will communi cate the same to the respective officers under their com mand." Mr. AIKIN seconded the resolution. Some slight opposition to the motion was expressed by Mr. R , thbone and Mr. Birkett, but tais was dropped, and the resolution was carried nem. con. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE rose to propose that the adoption of the recommendation of the Finance Committee, that the Corporation should purchase the Botanic Gardens, which had been postponed from the last meeting of the Council. It was very desirable the gardens should be main tained, not for the purpose merely of cultivating exotics, but as a place of recreation for the lower classes. He con cluded by a motion to the effect that thesegardens ought not to be abandoned, and that the Council au'horisethe Finance Committee to secure them on the terms proposed, and to take such steps as might be necessary to carry the Museum Act into effect, in order to the payment, there being so ,nary present and prospective demands upon the he MYRTLE STREET Palm-street I - rShip-' I pon. '.z:4 4 li Victoria Cotta ADJOURNED MEETING. On Thursday, the Council again assembled to dispose of the ordinary business of the ususi monthly meeting, having been occupied the whole of the previous day in special matters. On the proceedings of the Dock Committee being read, another discussion took place on its rights and privileges, and Mr. EvANs complained that they were going on uilding the remainder of the dock warehouses without any authority. 1111 co Mr. Alderman Mem, sail no instructions had been issued by the Chairman of the Dock Committee, or by the Sub-committee of Works, fur the proceedings alluded to by Mr. Evans. Mr Hartley was under the impression that the act of the 4th Victoria authorised the erection of the warehouses up to the first fl , or, and had gone on with them up to the last week, when he was instructed to stop. After some discussion, Mr. MANN said the secret was, that Mr. Hartley had some very valuable bricklayers, and as it was likely the act of parliament would be ob tained for completing these warehouses, he thought there would be no very great harm in letting them go on. It was reported that, in consequence of the strike in the building trade, the works at St. George's Hall were completely at a stand. FALKNER STREET been recently built. The above plan shows it to consist of a number of courts and back streets, all of which, especially after rain, are in a wretched plight, there being no proper escape for the water. I spoke to one poor occupant, who was aware, he said, that such a state " was unhealthy, especially in hot summer time, when it would be very dangerous indeed." The horse-road was a spectacle of accumulated mud and stagnant water, the latter of a green colour. There app eare d t o be no drain age. The people knew of none. If there were any, it must have been choked. An inhabitant of one of these cottages had never seen the scavengers there. She had been residing there eight months. At the enJ of the The proceedings of the Markets Committee recom mended that the Haymarket should be enclosed. and that sheds should be erected, at a cost of £1350. It was also stated that the Agricultural Society could be accom modated on the occasion of their annual show of cattle. Agreed to. court, where three other courts met it, a conjunction of dirty water formed a pool, having no let-off. This cannot be conducive to health, the fact of several children having been ill in this street of courts being rather evidence to the contrary. She had heard of one case of brain fever, and another case with suspicious symptoms. Another inhabitant admitted there had been hoopiug-cough, and confirmed the account of the absence of scavenging. On being asked if they attempted to clear it themselves, they advanced the fact of great discouragements from the ob vious cause of the want of authorised regulations. Two other courts opened into this main also, the condition of which was in a corresponding state. In fact, it was im possible to find a proper sanitary condition here. Be tween these two courts a very large midden existed, and the ground was very much sunk. The whole affair was a very discouraging picture, which nevertheless, from the fact of the houses themselves having the neat appearance of new buildings, admits of being put into a sound sani tary state if properly attended to by the authorities. The first of these sunny days the gutters stunk horribly. The people have since assured me they are gratified to have any notice taken as a chance of redress. Palm-place is cramped up, and the gutters choked high. It is a pity to have to remark the want of regulation in the new parts of the town, which would appear to be compe ting with the older parts for the notorious credit of filth and non-sanitary condition. Sewerage ought to precede new building. The Gaol Committee, to whom letters respecting the houses of occupation were referred, considering the im por ance of the subject, bad called the whole body •of magistrates together, and submitted the proposition to a general meeting. The magiArates had taken the subject under their deliberate consideration, and bad resolved to present a petition to the legidature, which, though it does not pray for the immediate establishment of houses of occupation. does pray that parliament will cause inquiry to be mad, on the whole subject. The petition. which was very lengthy, and principally a compilation of interesting statistical facts, was adopted by the Council, and ordered, after being signed by the Mayor, to be sent up to the members for the borough for presentation. The other business, which was of a routine and unin teresting description, being disposed of, the Council broke up at a quarter past two o'clock. funds. (The price r e q u i re d was 1.:8000 and . - C-1000—the lihbilities of the subscribers ) Mr. TURNER seconded the motion. Mr. BIRRETT objected to anything which imposed a new tax on the town. Mr. HARBORD oi - j-cted the purchase for the same reason. As to the sanatory resu'ts expected from opening these gardens, they were greatly overrated. Unless they improved the habitations of the poor, it was useless to give them places of tecreation in the outskirts of the town. Mr. THORNHILL opposed it on account of the ad di.innal tax. Mr. PARKER objected to going to the Museum Act to ley a tax on toe burees•es. He moved an amendment, " That. the sum of £8 ;00 be offered to the subscribers to the Botanic Garden for their property, without any re strictions whatever as to the mode in which it was to be disposed ot." Mr. Arictx entirely approved of Mr. Parker's sue -,- gestion After a brief and somewhat strong discussion the votes were taken, when there appeared for Mr. Parker's amend ment 10:_against_it 19. For—Mes•rs. Thornhill, Chalmer, Evans, Robinson, Hoyden, Robertson, Ki.ettaw, Parker, Mann, and R. HouAton, sin. .Against—Mes.rs. Preston, Hill. Littledale, Toulmin, G. G. Hornby, Birkett, Wood. Kiye, Procter, Ittacle, Higgins, J. llornby, G. H. Lawrence, Booker, Glaze brook, Harb,)rd, Sands, Crook, and the Mayor. Mr. PROCTE.II then brought forward Ge motion - of which he had given notice—nan ely, "That it be an in struction to the Finance Committee to re-clnsider the propriety and necessity of still adhering to the Wa%ertree hall estate as a site for a new gaol, and also to take into congideration the propriety of laving out Ow Wavertree hall estate in oinnexion with the Botanic Gardens, now uffered to the Corporation for one-half their value, as grounds for recreation, and for promoting the general health of the inhabitants, and report to the Council thereon." After a short discussion, this resolution was agreed to without a division. Mr. HORSFALL then brought forward his motion rela tive to the closing of public-houses on Sunday—namely, "That a clause be inserted in the sanitary hill now before Parliament, enacting that no licensed victualler or other person shall keep open his house within the borough for the sale of wine, spirits, beer, or other fermented or distilled liquors, or p , rmit the same to be sold therein on any Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, betore the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon, or between the hours of three o'clock in the afternoon and five o'clock in the mottling of the next succeeding day, with a proviso that these provisions shall not extend to prevent refresh ments to travellers." He commenced by asking 1)-1-mis sion of the Council to withdraw the words " Christmas Day and Good Friday." He explained that he was in duced to do so from the fact that many of the publicans were in favour of the clause, but not of those two days being included in it, and that if they were taken out, perhaps 360 of them would declare in its favour.' lie then entered, at great length, upon a reply to some of the statements made at an interim meeting of the licensed vic ualh-rs and particularly to same rtmarks upon the morality of his own conduct, by Mr. Atkinson, relative to Sunday sailing of ships, the slave-trade, &c.; but as the character of the speaker (who ably vindicated himself from any possible imputation that may be drawn from the statements alluded to) is of a standing that reneers his observations on this point unnecessary, we omit them. He concluded by expressing a hope that every member would cordially, zealously, faithfully, end fearlessly sup port the resolution, leaving to others the responsibility of endeavouring to defeat it.. Mr. HlGCtris seconded the motion. They had closed the markets earlier on the Saturday night, and must now carry out their principle, by closing dram-shops on a Sunday. The TOWN-CLERK read two memorials which had been received, in reference to this subject. One, from the licensed victuallers., was signed by 4065 ; the other was EDGE-H ILL Nearly at the top of Edge-hill, leading out of Padding. ton, there is a small street, or, more correctly speaking, lane, called Upper Mason -street, the other end of which opens into High -street. At the Paddington end there is a tunnel, which was excavated by the late Mr. William son. Into this tunnel all the refuse water, ashes, and useless household stuff, from several cottages, are being thrown. These in time will cause a tearful stench, and germinate fever. The extent of these tunnellings is very great, running in several directions, and they become dan gerous when no longer worked, from foul air, &c. : their extent is very laconically expressed in a quaintly-worded pertn't, which Mr. Williamson wrote out for me why-n living, and which he told me would enable me to pass the workmen at any time: it runs-- " Dr. Watson is not to he interrupted in his walks on my pre " J. W. E. H. 7th august, 1839." It is so characteristic of this extraordinary man that I put it in evidence. At the upper end of Upper Mason street, are the yards and offices of the houses on the eastern side of Mason street; on the opposite side of this lane is a row of cottages seemingly thickly inhabited. The street runs north and south, and at the upper end turns with a sharp bend into High -street. Here, at the bend, I found the remains of a mass of thick slimy mire, the c,.ntents, as I was told, of a small gutter, and residue of a midden which had been emptied the night before. The cot tagers complained that the smell from filth thrown out by the inhabitant+ of the houses in the neighbourhood is most obnoxious, and all their endeavours to keep the street clean were without avail, in consequence of the inefficient drainage and gutterage of the street. I have not the least doubt that here in the summer a pestilential miasma arises, highly prejudicial to the health of the in habitants. The condition of the tunnelling now unworked will be very likely to prove anything but as conducive to the fu hue health of Edge-hill. 1 know for a fact, and 1 have the authority of others who were tenants of houses over these singular excavations, that some of them have been and are used as reservoirs or receptacles for the con ten,s of ashpits, &c. &c., which, because of their almost unlimited capacity, would seem to have the advantage of nev, r requiring to be looked after for cycles of years. This may be the fact ; but then. can such huge and gra• dually-accumulating reservoirs of refuse exist under ground, having apertures of entrance and of ventilation, vvitlimit proving prejudicial to health. Like the vacated cellars of Freemason's-row, the cessation of busy life within their precincts is a signal for, and cause of, the de velopment of foul accumulations of matter and air, perhaps never anticipated by their eccentric excavator, yet no less the fact. because sanitary forethought was hardly then in fashion. Need I pause to assure all parties who may happen to be concerned in this angular inheritance of caves and tunnels, that my observations are only passed upon public grounds of health alone. This point is marked out by the aphorism of our lawgivers. viz., " So rise thine own as not to injure other." The principle lies at the basis, and is acted upon in all acknowledgements by the law of public or private nuisances. In High-street, Edge hill. there is a court, of a small size. is hich is in sad trim. Heaps of ashes, &c., are in corners of this court, and the so litary house it contains bas been ist a depraved condition as to its walls and impure atmosphere; owing to the leakage through the former of liquid draining From a privy adjoin ing, cne corner near the fireplace becomes intolerable from the stench, when the adjoining nuisance happens to want attention. The approin h to this court is by a low archway, prejudicial to hats. Mr. Greatrex has kindly taken the pains to accompany me here, and to all the re maining places of Edgehill and Windsor, to which I shall have to direct attention. It is always highly satisfactory to have a second 'witness of the scenes revealed in these notices. because truth, strictly assured, is the amount of conviction unqualified. I am, Sir, &c., G. C. WATSON, M.D. Bedford-strot. ROYAL MERSEY YACHT Coos.—The monthly meeting for May was held on Tuesday evening last, and was nu merously attended. Several members were admitted by ballot, and others proposed for next month. The open ing cruise for the season, of the yachts to sail in company, was fixed to take place on Saturday, the 23rd instant. The first club sailing match of the year was also fixed to take place on Friday, the sth of June. A list of defaulters in their subscriptions for last year, 1845. was brought forward,, and the members were expelled the club. SELECT VESTRY The fertnizbily meeting of the board was held on Tues day.; present. the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair, the Rev. Rector Brooks, Messrs. Molyneux, Groom, Bennet, Hand. Mellor, Smith, Scholtield, Riding, Mayor, Swain son, Thornely, Seward, Chesney, Urquhart, Stitt, Haigh, AviFon, Ferguson, Whitby, Houghton, Yates, Blackburn, and Earle. The business was of an unimportant character. From the report of the Industrial School Committee, it appeared there were 138 children in the hcspital at that establishment. Mr. Schulefield was appointed chairman of the Finance Committee, Mr. Ferguson chairman of the Workhouse and Contract Committees, and Mr. Earle chairman of the Building Committee. A new dietary table for the Industrial Schools, as ap proved of by the committee of the schools, was submitted. and after a short conversation approved.' A letter was read from the Poor-Law Commissioners, reminding the Vestry of their present limited surplus. and -- ' to and requiring be furnished with an estimate of the probable cost of the prop,sed new parish-offiees. The attention of the over seers having been directed to the ease of a Mrs, Owen, who had become a pensioner on the parish throngh thp misapplication of one of the trustees of some money left I.r her use. Mr. Thornely proceeded to move the resolu tion, of which notice was given at the last meeting of the Vestry, "That Mr. Charles Hart, the present head su perintendent, be appointed Vestrv-Cleik. and he ctrled the Ve,try-Clerk for the parish of Liverpool, and perform the duties of Vestry-Clerk and Clerk to this Board, with the same salary that he now receives." Mr. RIDING seconded the motion, and it was unani mously agreed to. Thill;trd then proceeded to the appointment of a dis trict medical officer, at a salary of £1(i0 per an n um, in the place of Mr. Atkinson, resigned, and it having been agreed that the votes should be taken by ballot, to prevent soli citation ; the applications and testimonials of the candi dates, Mr. Henry Swift, of Renshaw -street, Mr. J. B. H yam. of Duke-s'reet. and Mr. H. H. Radcliffe, were read, arid on the Board proceeding to the vote, there ap peared for Mr. Swift, 19; Mr. Radcliffe, 6; Mr. Hyam, none. The Board then proceeded to elect two honorary phy sicians in the room of Dr. Macrorie and Dr. Gout hwaite, resigned. Dr. 'Eamon. Dr. Thorburne, and Dr. Car son were the only candidates. The votes were taken as before, and there appeared for Dr. Timmon, 22 ; Dr. Car son, 15 ; Dr. Thorburne, 13. Dr. Timmon and Dr. Car son were declared elected. The B and next proceeded to the election of two vestry men, one in the place of Mr. Ferguson, elected a sideman, and the other in place of Mr. Wheelhouse, disqualified from non-attendance. Mr. BENNEIT proposed Mr. Henry Bremner in the pyre of Mr. Ferguson. The Cii.kiamAN read a letter from Mr. Bremner, sta ting that he understood it was the intention of some of his hien& to elect him to the vacant seat. If it were the unanimous wish of the Select Vestry, bnt on no other conditifons, he would accept a seat at the Board. If any opposition were made, even though he were elected, he could not consistently with his own feelings and honour accept the seat. Mr. RIDING said it would not be very courteous to the pari , honers to elect him after he had been passed over at the Vestry, and he therefore Legged to propose Mr. Thos. Arthur Bushby. Mr. Bushby was elected sidesman last year, and again this year, and would probably be the churchwarden ; and as he could learn more of his duties as churchwarden whilst sidesman, unless he became member of the Select Vestry, he (Mr. R.l had tv.itprt _ - - %I,IILCI.L Wol7him and had obtained his consent to be put in no mination ns successor to Mr. Ferguson. Mr. FERGUSON and Mr. GROOM both rose to second thh: nomination. Mr. BFNNETT.-1 can well conceive why you do not wi•h Mr. Bremner to be a member. Mr. RIDING. —There needs be no personal observation respecting Mr. Bremner, address yourself to tbe ques tion generally. BLACKBURNE expressed his determination to op pose either one parry or the other getting the suprem9cy. and hoped the principle of neutrality would be supported in doors. The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS thought it would be a bad precedent to take this kin 1 of limited n omination, anti proposed they should go to the vote between Mr. Breni ner arid Mr. Bushhy. The vote was then taken, when there appeared for Mr. Bremner 14. for Mr. Buslihy 10, namely :—For Mr. Bremner,—The Rectors, Messrs. Molyneux, Groom, Bennett, Hand, Mellor, Mayor, Swainson, Chesney, A% ison, Ferguson , Whitby and Houghton. For Mr. Bushby,—Messrs. Riding, Smith, Seward, Thornely, tir g uhait, Yates, Haigh, Earle, Blaekburne, and Stitt. Mr. THORNKLY proposed Mr. William lohoson, of South Hunter.street, in place of Mr. Wheelhouse. The Rev. JoNATHAN BROOKS seconded the motion, and it was unanimously agreed to. The Board then adjourned.