The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

Aug, li4, 1846. Zara! anb probiiirtaill)s. The Preston regatta will take place on the Ribble on the 9th September next. On Wednesday, a girl, named Jane Taylor, of Cross hall-street, was very much injured by being run over in Great Charlotte-street, by one of the parish water-carts. On Wednesday, Inspector Thompson, of the police force in this town, was appointed to the situation of su perintendent at the Railway station, Manchester, at a sa lary of £l2O per annum. On Wednesday, a boy, named Mattram, was literally crushed to pieces, by a piece of timber falling upon him when being discharged from the ship Christina, Bruns wick Dock. Miss Kinsley presented Prince Albert, on his visit, with her beautiful poem, " Belissima," written for the occasion. His royal highness was graciously pleased to accept the work, and thank the fair poetess. THE HIGHLAND DWARFS.—The Highland dwarfs, who have twice had the honour of appearing before her Majesty and the royal family, have, we learn, just arrived here, and will shortly hold their levees. STEAM TO M . o.—A regular line of steam communica tion between England and the Brazilian Empire, is about to be opened, by the sailing of the Antelope from this port for Rio. She sails on the 10th of September. The Rev. Rector Brooks, at the earnest request of the gentlemen of the bar, practising at Kirkdale Sessions, is now sitting for his portrait, ,to Mr. Duval, the eminent Manchester artist. When finished, it is to be hung up in the Magistrates'-room, Kirkdale. CHILD WASHED ASHORE.—On Tuesday morning, at high water mark, the body of a female child, about six months old, was found in Bootle Bay. It was dressed in .a blue printed frock. and had on a shirt, binder, and white cotton cap, with frill. The body bore no marks of violence, and had had been dead only a few hours. About eight o'clock, on Wednesday night : the foundry 'of Mr. Ogden, Sefton-street, (nearly destroyed by fire about a month ago,) was again discovered on tire, but by the prompt exertions of the police on the spot, getting the engines at the Brunswick Dock station into play, it was soon extinguished. _ During the past fortnight, railway trucks have conveyed Irish reapers from the Crown-street station, Liverpool, to Birmingham, at the rate of 3s. a-head, in order that they might distribute themselves through the agricultural dis tricts, where the harvest is being very rapidly gathered in at present. The inspectors, guards, station-keepers, and porters, on the London and North Western Railway—the new title for the Liverpool and Manchester, the London and Birmingham, the North U n i on , an d t h e Bolton and Ken yon lines—have assumed a new uniform of green cloth, the superior servants having the collars of their coats or namented with silver lace. LYTHAM. —No fewer than five bodies of drowned per sons have been cast upon the north bank of the Ribble, within a week. Three of them have been identified as the poor fishermen who were unfortunately drowned by the sinking of their boat, off Southport. The other two ap peared to be American sailors, fine looking men, and par ticularly well clothed.—Preston Guardian. MEETING OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS. On Thursday the usual weekly meeting of the Commission ers of Highways was held at the Purish-office ; Mr. John Holmes presided. The following members were present : Messrs. Kaye, Denton, Morris, Lawrence, and Cooper. The business occupied about half an hour only, and was wholly uninteresting to the public. UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—On Saturday, at the Police court, Mr. Thompson, an inspector of markets, appeared against James Stackpole, charged with having unwhole some veal in his possession intended for sale. The veal was seized in Back Parlipment-street. It appeared that the calves were dead Aen brought forth, and had been immedediately dressed, and would, ultimately, have been offered in the market. Fined 40s. and costs. On Wednesday, a woman, named Bridget Carrick, was brought up charged on suspicion with stealing the sum of of £3O) from Aurelia Gordon, lodging-house keeper, Thomas-street. There was not sufficient evidence to warrant the detention of the prisoner, who was discharged. Mr. Rushton remonstrated with the complainant on the impropriety of keeping so large an amount of cash in the house, and in such a situation, to which she replied that it was necessary for the purpose of cashing sailors' notes. LAUNCH OF A PILOT BOAT.—On Tuesday last, a new pilot boat was launched from the building-yard of Mr. Thomas Royden, of Baffin-street. She was christened by Mrs. Bark, the lady of John Bark, Esq., the Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Her length of keel is 47 feet, and her length over all is 59 feet. Her breadth is 16 feet 51 inches, and her d e pth i s 9 f eet. After the launch, which was an excellent one, the c om p an y sa t d own to a dveuner, which Ras presided over by Mr. Watkin Wil liams. LAUNCH OF THE JAMES ATHERTON.—On Tuesday last, a fine neiv iron steamer called the James Atherton, and intended to ply between New Brighton Ferry and the George's Pierhead, was launched from the Messrs. Pearson's building-yard, Baffin-street, amid the rejoicings of assembled hundreds. She is 120 feet in length, and 18i in breadth, and was built by Messrs. Pearson and Co. for the proprietors of the New Brighton Ferry. She has two bows—that is, in other words, she can be steered like the Woodside steamers, both fore and aft, as occasion may require; and we have no doubt that she will be found a rapid and excellent sea•boat. EASTHAM REGATTA.—We have great pleasure in di recting the attention of our readers to an advertisement, which appears in another column, announcing the parti culars of the above regatta. Should the weather prove fine, thousands of our townspeople will, doubtless, re sort to the festive scene. The natural attractions of the spot—the beauty of the scenery around—the pleasant pic-nic cottage, where thousands have whiled away many an agreeable hour—the picturesque garden and pleasure grounds attached to the hotel—and, added to these, the attention of the excellent catering of ' mine host'—all conspire to render this ferry a most delightful and agre agree able retreat for holiday folk. The regatta comes off un der very distinguishd patronage, as will be seen on re ference to the advertisement. THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT BRINDLE.—An action will be tried at the forthcomingi which John Master, Esq , the Rev. assizes, C. E. Kendal, Rev. G. Baldwin, J. N. Farrington, Esq., and T. B. Crosse, Esq., are the defendants. The plaintiffs are the same persons who were convicted at the Chorley petty sessions, on the 24th of March last, for a disturbance in Brindle chapel, and assaulting Thomas Eastwood, Esq. On refusing to pay the penalties inflicted, they were com mitted to the Preston House of Correction, and it is for false imprisonment that the action is now brought, the plaintiffs denying the right of the magistrates to interfere with the internal arrangements of Brindle chapel, and that they had a right to resist Mr. Eastwood's entrance into the chapel, unless he paid the penny demanded. ESCAPE OF A BRIG FROM FOUNDERING ON CROSBY SANDS.—On the forenoon of Tuesday, a brig, inward bound, with a pilot on board, narrowly escaped founder ing on these sands during the squall which set in with the flood tide. The brig had anchored about three o'clock in the morning (about flood tide), to wait for the next tide •to go up the river, the wind being light and blowing from the southward. At about ten o'clock on Thursday morning, a squall came on, and catching the sails which had been made snug the preceding tide, but were in cou rse of being bent, the chai n pa r t e d. Efforts were made to wear her, but she grounded on the sands east of the Crosby Light-ship. A tug boat which was passing was signalled, and the brig was towed off, fottunately without damage, and brought into Coburg Dock. ROBBERY.—At the Police-court on Saturday, a man named Graham, a land steward, from Surrey, complained that he had been robbed of about £B, on Thursday night, in a lodging house in llotham-street. The house is kept by a man named Cunningham. In the night the servant girl who had lighted him to bed, entered the room, and he awaking, observed her removing his watch. On being questioned, she said she was merely putting it in the table drawer lest it should fall. She then left the room, and he starting up in suspicion, found his money gone from his pockets. An alarm was raised, and Cunningham having afterwards been seen in the yard of the house acting sus piciously, was taken into custody, as was the girl, Betsey Develin. She denied the charge, but was committed for trial. The evidence was not sufficient as against Cun ningham and he was discharged. LOAN SOCIETIES.—On Thursday, a great number of poor people were summoned in consequence of having be come defaulters and sureties to various loan societies. Many of them, particularly the sureties, complained bitterly of the hardship of having to pay the full amount owing, when they were, as they imagined, on attaching their names to the societies' contracts, responsible for only a proportion. Mr. Rushton said the magistrates had no alternative but to require that the money owing should be paid, and intimated, as he had done on many previous occasions, that "each party was jointly and severally liable, and bound to pay the whole sum." He regretted there were any loan societies in existence, as many of the parties who availed themselves of what they conceived to be the advantages offered, merely had money for about a week, and were ever afterwards plunged in misery and wretchedness. TIIE OJIBBEWAY INDIANS.—A party of the Ojibbe way Indians, whose appearance excited so much interest in the metropolis, have given a series of four entertain ments, illustrative of Indian life and manners, in the Clncert-hall, this week. The party consists of the chief (who bears the euphonious appellative of Maung-Gwud- Daus,) his squaw, five sons, and another Indian. The chief, who is apparently a very shrewd fellow, talks Eng lish very fluently, and alluding to the simplicity of some of the customs of his tribe, gave roguish hits at some of our more civilised notions. He has, however, caught up a considerable portion of cant, the retail of which never fails to excite in a considerable degree the sympathies of one portion of our people. The lectures were inter spersed with occasional smoking, singing, loud war whoops, &c., &c., and the process of scalping an enemy, to the great delight of the audience, was minutely and familiarly explained. The exhibition was, in some mea sure, an instructive, and, undoubtedly, an attractive one. THE PORT OF RUNCORN.—The commerce of this port is rapidly on the increase. At the present moment the docks are completely fill, .d with vessels, both foreign and coastwise. The Thor, the largest vessel that ever entered the port, arrived on Sunday last, from Windau, with timber. ller regi s t ere d tonnage is 367 tons, and she draws fifteen feet of wate r . T wo other larg e vessels from the same place are also di sc h arging theircargoes here , and a very extensive business is expected from other par t s. With the view of g i v i ng every facility, the new docrk:rona large sc a l e , w ill h e proceeded with forthwith. m kinson, the e m i nent contractor, is engaged to con . const ruct the works. Th e b onded warehouses on the margin o f th dock, it is said, w ill b e let to a company. The p second to no ne i n t h e kingdom for convenience of loading or or unloading goo d s. T he Earl of Ellesmere, in companyg with James Loch, Esq., M.P,, the acting trustee of the Bridgewater property, visited last week the spot intended for the docks, and examined the plans, and, with a slight alteration, approved of both. SELECT VESTRY MEETING.—On Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell was in the chair. Mr. Riding said that Rector Brooks had requested him to communicate to the board that the county magistrates had taken an old ware house, near Preston, and that it would be converted, with all possible expedition, into a Lunatic Asylum, to which the Liverpool patients could be sent at the same charge as was paid for them elsewhere. The magistrates had pur chased an estate at Rainhill, and three arcWtects were now engaged in drawing plans for the erection of a large asylum thereon. The chairman asked whether the board intended to take any steps with reference to the Poor Removals Bill which was now passing with railway speed through the House of Lords. Upon the motion of Mr. Scholfield, a petition against the bill was agreed to. A letter relative to the division of fees on coroner's inquests between Mr. Gilmour and Mr. M'Dougal, at the Workhouse, was re ferred to the honorary medical board. It appeared that one of these gentlemen wanted to keep the whole of the fees, as he said he did all the work, and that the other was of opinion that they should divide the fees equally between them. The chairman expressed a hope that the board would interfere as little as possible with medical men. The board shortly after separated. AN IMPUDENT THIEF CAUGHT.—John Fielding was placed before Mr. Rushton on Saturday, on a charge of robbery. Police-constable 273 stated that he was called on board the Manchester, bound for New York, and lying in the Victoria Dock, about 12 o'clock on Thursday night, to apprehend two men who had come on board without permission ; whilst there be observed a man go to the head of the vessel ; he sent a ship keeper after him, who brought him down, and gave him in charge. Upon instituting inquiries, he discovered that a woman named Mary M'Cormick had been robbed of three sovereigns, which had been taken from her while she had been in bed with her husband and children ; the money was in a purse which was suspended from her neck ; another woman had been robbed of seven halfcrowns andtwo sixpences which bad been cut from her stays whilst she was asleep in her berth ; the pockets of a boy were turned out, and one halfpenny out of two, their whole contents, taken away. The half-penny was marked in a peculiar manner. and was found on the person of the prisoner, as well as the three sovereigns, in the original paper in which they had been wrapped by the woman previous to her putting them into her purse ; seven halfcrowns and two sixpences were also taken from the man, who had besides a silver watch and a purse containing34s.—Committed for three months. WEST DERBY UNION.—At the meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Rowland, relieving officer of Toxteth-park, reported that he had been under the necessity, during the past week, of dispensing casual or temporary relief to an unu sual number of distressed families in that place. He said that very many of them, inhabiting cellars, had been flooded out by the late sudden and drenching rains. The quarter of which he spoke was the source and nursery of diseases of a dangerous description. A correspondence had taken place between the committee of the Southern Dispensary, situate in the Park, and the overseers of that place. The Dispensary, it appears, has long been dispens ing medicine and aid to the poor of the northern division. The committee allege that they can no longer continue, that their funds are exhausted, that they are on the last year's account £4OO in debt, and that they can no longer continue the service on those terms. But it has been conditionally arranged betwen them and the parochial au thorities of the Park, that for an annual payment of £230, out of which sum the Dispensary will be enabled to en gage an additional medical man, the sick poor of the whole of the Park shall be attended to. Mr. Gregson, having spoken in favour of the proposed arrangement, concluded with moving that the papers be sent up to the Poor-law Commissioners; and that they be written to in the name of the board, with an earnest entreaty for their concurrence in the measure. Several guardians arose si multaneously to second the proposition, which was at once unanimously agreed to. Some affairs of minor im portance were afterwards disposed of, and the sitting closed soon after twelve o'clock. THE EMERALD, SCREW STEAMER.--This vessel, which was built by Mr. Cato, with engines by Messrs. Fawcett, Preston, and Co., for the City of Dublin Co., has had several trials previous to taking her station be tween Belfast and London. She was modelled by Mr. Grantham, and the machinery is constructed upon his patent. Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N., superintended the outfit, which is that of a beautiful three-masted schooner. The Emerald, which is 300 tons measurement, and 50 horse power, will doubtless have been noticed by many of our readers, during the last few weeks, sailing in the river. Several other vessels, on the same principle, nearly ready for sea, have been built under Mr. Gran hams directions, the largest of which are the Antelope, 600 tons, and the Sarah Sands, 1000 tons. The Emerald was first tried with seventy tons of dead weight on board, and afterwards with one hundred and twenty tons. Her speed, under steam alone, in smooth water, averaged seven and a quarter nautical miles per hour; and was never less, when going head to wind, with a considerable swell, than five knots. During the trials, few oppor tunities occurred of using her canvas, but enough was seen to show that her speed will be very great with sails. The greatest feat, however, and one that speaks volumes for the success of the principle, was exhibited in towing the Brenda, bark, from the Bell Buoy to the Rock. as certified by the captain, in the following note :—" 1 hereby certify that the ship Bredna, of which I am com mander, was towed by the Emerald, screw steamer, from the Bell Buoy to the Rock, on the 14th instant, at the rate of five and five and a half knots per hour, through the water. The Brenda is a full built ship, barque rigged, is 28 feet beam and area, 14 feet water.—Signed, C. FLANDERS. master." The question as to the success of the screw, as a propeller, perhaps, would not now be doubted, but the difficulty of working it has been con sidered a great obstacle to its adoption. This experiment, however, proves that the high velocity at which it has been usually worked, is unnecessary; and that the ordi nary marine condensinc engine may be connected direct to the screw shaft, without requiring the piston to move at any unusual velocity. The speed - of the piston, when the vessel was going nine knots, was considerably less than that of the common paddle-wheel engine. Captain W. C. Thompson, of the Sarah Sands, witnessed several of the trials, and took the speed of the vessel. THE WHIGS AND THE BRIBERY ACT.-011 Thurs day morning last, loungers about the streets were sur prised by the exhibition of a printed placard which ran thus— "CHESTER REGATTA. SIR JOHN JERVIS, KNIGHT, Having at the last assizes given a prize.to be contended for at the present regatta, to promote the amusements of all his friends ; and as many of them may not have the means of fully enjoying themselves on the occasion, a TICKET, Value 3F. 6d , will be given to such of them as are on the Register as shall call at the Office of Mr. Faulkner, Newgate•street, between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, THE DAY OF THE REGATTA Wednesday, sth August, IRO. The natural consequences Of this unexpected invitation was a rush of hundreds of thirsty applicants to the office of our friend Faulkner, the legal agent of the Attorney- General; and if we may judge from the crowds of jolly fellows who were drinking the health of Sir John Jervis, at the regatta and throughout the city, this fit of libe rality must have proved rather an expensive " fad." Now, we have no wish to be hypocritical, and to affect a virtuous indignation which we do not feel about this pro fuse distribution of the learned gentleman's gifts ; but the matter is worth a passing notice, as an illustration of the sincerity with which your Whig reformers invariably denounce all attempts to tamper with the freedom and purity of election. We remember a terrible outcry being ruised by the " Liberals" in the house of Commons against Sir Frederick Thesiger, the Attorney-General under Sir R. Peel's ministry, for scattering, in confor mity with an ancient practice, a few small silver coins among the crowd during the ceremony of " chairing" after his election ; and a most indignant stir was also made against Sir Fitzroy Kelly, another Conservative law-officer, for "corrupt practices." But thank heaven, the reign of humbug is over : a Whig Attorney-General has a thorough contempt for all such prudish affectations of Roman virtue : and henceforth what is sauce for a goose will be sauce for a gander." Radicals and Tories may alike pay their " friends" who are " on the register" with impunity ; laws against bribery and corruption are all gammon ; and pretensions to political independence, fictions of fancy. The late regatta exhibition must at any rate have had the effect of putting down the popular notion, that Tories are the only politicians who seek to win the " sweet voices" of the " masses" with money. We hope Sir John will be consistant, and laugh at the minister who may instruct him to institute proceedings for offences against the Bribery Act..--Chester Courant. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE. On Thursday, the usual weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held at the Revenue-buildings. Mr. Al derman Bramley-Moore presided. The following mem bers were present . —Messrs. Nicol, Molyneux, Hough ton, Woods, Horsfall, Henderson, Roydon, Gladstone, and Tobin. A list of the persons entitled to vote at the approaching election of Dock Committeemen was ordered to be posted up in the Exchange News-room. The warehouse committee recommended that iron doors be placed at the Albert warehouses, and that sliding hatches, instead of doors, be put up at certain doors in the said warehouse. The ►atter recommendation was re ferred to the committee of works. Mr. JOHN MARSH, leading clerk at the Albert ware houses, tendered his resignation, which was ordered to be accepted. ... Mr. Me. BRIDE, the master of the Albert Dock, sug gested that vessels entering that dock, when the flags were up at the Canning and Salthouse Docks, should be required to go into it, for at present they entered the basin, and went no further. The suggestion was adopted. Mr. HENDERSON remarked, as a somewhat singular fact, that, according to the Gore's Advertiser, ninety vessels arrived at tl'e Mersey last week, and that only two of them went into the Albert Dock. It was very odd, he said, after all the attractions of the Albert Dock, that the committee had to force vessels into it, now that it was opened.• Mr. ToBIN thought that the reluctance to enter it might be accounted for in two ways ; first. the list of rates had not been published ; and secondly, a general im pression prevailed, that if vessels went in, they must ne cessarily discharge their cargoes in the warehouses. Several new appointments of labourers and others were made to the Albert warehouses. A letter was read from Mr. Benjamin Ditrbyshire, the owner of the William Fisher, the first vessel that entered' the Albert Dock, expressing his satisfaction at the de spatch which had attended the landing of h er cargo, and stating that the expense of discharging her was lower than if she had been discharged at the transit sheds, or by one of her own warehousemen. An application from Davidson and Co., for a perma nent berth in George's Dock for their Leith packets, was refused. Applications from W. S. Dixon and Co., and. also THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD from James Brown and Co., for permanent berths, was ordered to be complied with until the 9th of October next, when a general report on the workirg, of all the permanent berths in the town will be presented to the ge neral board. CORRESPONDENCE. An application from Nicol and Peers,for berths for their vessels trading to Constantinople was refused. A letter from Mr. Charles Mc. Iver, saying that the refusal on the part of the Dock Committee, to allow lights to be used on the quays of the docks, would impede pub lic business, and requesting an interview on the subject was read, and referred to the committee of works. A letter was read from Mr. Benjamin Smith, of Club moor, requesting the Dock Committee to convert the sediment at the Sewers of the different dock basins into money, by putting it into flats, conveying it to Bootle and selling it there. There could, he said, be no better ma nure ; and he should wish a small share of the profits (a laugh) in lieu of rendering pecuniary service. . The cOmenittee states they - had ,nothing to do with the sewers. , •• These remarks apply with tenfold force to Liverp'ool, Sheffield, and the towns of the north, where the epidemics in the last quarter were more fatal than they had ever been before, and diseases were, in proportion to the population, at least one third part more numerous than in London." Registrar. General's last Quarterly Report. A letter was read from Mr. Wm. Tomlinson, secretary of the Sailors' Home, thanking the committee for the use of the Albert warehouses for the dinner, and also the use of two large flags. _ A letter from AVi'n. Andrews, asking when the commit tee would require two courts of houses belonging to him, was referred to the committee of works. Messrs. Aikin, Middleton, Henderson, Mann, and Horsffill, were appointed a sub-committee for carrying into effect the provisions of the recent act relative to por terage on the dock quays. __ Bedford-street, Aug. 14 A letter to Mr. Bramley-Moore was read from Mr. G. Anson, of Buckingham Palace, enclosing two sets of prints, one for Mr. Moore and the other for the Mayor, of the Prihcess Royal, the Prince of Wales and the Prin cess Alice, as a small mark of gratitude for the kindness shown Prince Albert on the occasion of his most inte resting visit to Liverpool, one which, and the many gra tifying circumstances connected with it, his royal high ness can never forget. The board then disposed of their financial business,and shortly after separated. LIVERPOOL LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIETY - . This institution, which has for its objects the benevo lent purpose of providing for the widows and orphans of deceaseo members, as well as the protection of the inte rest of the trade, celebrated its sixteenth anniversary on Thursday evening. About 150 of the members of both sexes, jolly bonifaces and buxom landladies, sat down to an excellent dinner, which was served by Mr. Towers, of the Angel Inn, in a temporary banquetting hall. erected for the occasion in the rear of the institutionin St. Anne street. The dinner comprised every delicacy of the sea son ; and the wines and dessert were excellent. The chair was occupied by William Lowe, Esq., and on his right and left, at th e principal table, were Peter Wright, Esq., Clerk of the Peace, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Prescot, Mr. Jos. C. Lowe, Mr. Frederick R. Lowe, Mr. G. B. Den ton, Mr. Christopher Hall, Mr. G. B. Hayes, Mr. P. B. Drinkwater, Mr. E. J. Lowe, Mr. George Aikin, Mr. James Sharp, Mr. John Bent, Mr, Hugh Bellen, Mr. Roland Bent. PUNCH IN LIVERPOOL. The vice-chair was occupied by Thomas Bold, Esq., supported by Mr. Hall, Mr. John Lawrence, Mr. White legg, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Sandars, and Mr. Balmer. Among the ladies present were Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Reyes, Mrs. Allinson, Mrs. Condliffe, Mrs. William Peppit, Mrs. Solomon May, Mrs. Sumner, Mrs. James Thompson (of Manchester), Mrs. Shilcock, Mrs. H. Morris, Miss Gore, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Wildings, and Mrs. John Owen. The Royal Albert brass band, under the direction of Mr. Philips, of Anson-street, was stationed at one end of the dining-room, and during dinner, and at intervals in the course of the evening, played many favourite and ap propriate airs. _ . _ - The following toasts were then given in succession by the Chairman, prefaced by neat and appropriate speeches : " The Queen, and long may she reign in the hearts of her people." (Three times three.) Air—" God save the Queen." " The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family." (Three time s th ree.) Air—" H ail, Star of Brunswick." " The Army and Navy." (Three times three.) Air— " Rule Britannia." Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN replied. The next toast was " The Chairman of the day," air— " See the conquering hero comes," which was changed, amidst loud applause, when the chairman rose to return thanks, to " The fine old English Gentleman." The CHAIRMAN, in a feeliiig manner, responded to the toast, and wished health, happiness, and prosperity to them all. He concluded by proposing the " Health of the Vice-chairman—long life to him." (Three times three.) Mr. S. W. MAY, in an appropriate speech proposed the health of Mr. Clarke, the Treasurer of the Society, and the Trustees. (Three times three.) Mr. CLARKE responded. Mr. SUMNER proposed " The honorary members and donors of the society." (Cheer s.) Mr. JOHN BENT, in a most eloquent address, replied. The CHAIRMAN then gave " Prosperity to the- Li censed Victuallers' Society of Liverpool." Drunk with three times three, and much enthusiasm.) Air, " Willie brew'd a peck o' maut." Mr. HENRY NORRIS as an old member and as a trustee of the institution, sincerely thanked them for the compli ment they had been pleased to pay to the society. The VICE-CHAIRMAN proposed "The members for the borough." (Drunk with three times three.) Air.— " Hearts of Oak." " The members for the county" was then gave with much applause. Air— The VICE-CliAlitMAN said, that with the permission of the Chairman, he would give a toast, which was " The Local Press." (Cheers.) With their able efforts—and the press never took up any question unless it was for the public good—the licensed victuallers need not fear carrying out the objects they had in view. The toast was drunk with three times three. Air by band. Mr. COOKE, reporter for the Mail, returned thanks in a neat and appropriate speech. He concluding by re gretting the toast did not include the London press, as the duty of responding to it would then have fallen on a gentleman (Mr. Hibble, of the Morning Adverlizer) whose whole life had been devoted to their service ; and whose eloquent advocacy of their cause was deserving the highest applause. The VICE-CHAIRMAN said the Licensed Victuallers' Society was a local one, and in giving the " Local Press" be did that which seemed to him most appropriate. His object was to forward the objects of the Society, and drink the healths of those gentlemen who had advocated its claims. (Bear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the correctness of the re marks which had proceeded from the vice-chainalan, but he should be most happy if Mr. Hibble would favour them with a few observations. He begged to propose his health, in connexion with the London press. Mr. S. W. MAY protested against drinking the healths of particular individuals connected with the London press. The CHAIRMAN said he was quite willing to give way, but as it appeared to be the feeling of the meeting that the toast should be given, it was announced, and drunk with three times three. other towns are compelled to carry in their pockets. The treat thus gratuitously Offorded us is greatest in the neighbourhood of the various soaperies and alkali works in the north part of the town LAUNCH OF A SPLENDID IRON " LINE-SHIP" WITH AUXILIARY POWER. On Tuesday last was launched, from the building-yard of Messrs. James Hodgson and Co., south end of Bruns wick Dock, a large and beautiful iron ship "The Sarah Sands,"—named atter the lady of Thomas Sands, Esq., one of the owners, intended to run as a regular" liner," be tween this port and New York, and with a steam-worked screw propeller as an auxiliary to her sails. The day was fine,, and the concourse of spectators was very great and of high respectability, includin g many of the . " merchant princes of our town and their fair wives, daughters, and relatives. There were various stages and stands erected for their accommodation around the ship, so as to afford a good view of the launch. Mr. HIBBLE said he was extremely sorry at the re marks which had fallen from Mr. May, as he had come down from London at the wish of the editor of a paper which produced £9,000 a-year for the purposes of cha rity, to pay that attention to the benevolent institution of Liverpool which it deserved. He was glad to say that -Mr. May was the only chairman in England who would have made such an objection ; and as he considered it must have arisen from some personal feeling, he would throw it to the winds. (Applause.) If a man must have his own way, he should be content with that, and allow others to have theirs. (Applause and a laugh.) He trusted the Liverpool Society would, however, go on and prosper ; its results would be of the most beneficial de scription; and it would tend to place the body in its true position in society. He wi,s happy to see so respectable a gentleman in that chair ; and be was still more happy to say that their claims to respectability were daily be coming more generally acknowledged. (Applause.) It was but lately that in the metropolis 2000 of the Licensed Victuallers sat down to dinner, with the Lord Mayor at their head, and their society was in the most flourishing condition. It had been 111 and truly sa id, b y one o f the speakers, th a t th e people of England were mistaken as to what the term Licensed Victualler meant • and they were subject to all sor t s o f capr i ce an d bad feeling from the authorities and others. Let those who looked upon them with contempt come to their domestic hearths, and see how they brought up their families ; let them look at their liberality, and view their magnificent institutions. They might beast of their Goldsmiths' Company, and their Mercers' Company, but he could tell them that the Licensed Victuallers of the metropolis had the largest and best charitable institutions. (Applause.) They were a united body in London, and he trusted soon to see them equally united in Liverpool. (Cheers.) He concluded by observing that they would best consult their The ship is of very fine model, built from drawings by our talented townsman, I.Zr. John Grantham, and appears as if she would turn out "a regular clipper." The follovving are her dimensions :- Length of keel.. Ditto over figure-head and taffrail 188 feet 220 Beam.... • ..... Depth of hold Tonnage, old measurement.... about 1000 tons Ditto: new ditto 29 6 inches She is clencher-built, and double-rivetted throughout, the strongest system in iron ship-building. When loaded, she will draw about 18 feet of water, and, though of beau tiful fOrm, will carry, in addition to her required fuel, about 1000 tons of goods. 'Her after-cabins will comfor tably accommodate 60 passengers, and there is ample room for second and third class voyagers. The screw will be turned by a double condensing en gine, of 200 horse-power, working directly upon the shaft, on the principle patented by Mr. Grantham. The diameter of the screw is 14 feet, and is on the principle patented by Mr. Woodcroft, of Manchester. The en gines and builers are all some feet below the load water line, and, in place of causing top-heaviness, will serve as ballast. Captain W. C. .Thompson, formerly of the Stephen Whitney line, is part owner, and will command her. Her rig will be peculiar. She will, f rom h er grea t l engt h , have four masts, the two in the middle sauare riffffed. (with yards,) and the two at the extremitie'sWitiaiore sa : and-aft sails. The vessel is divided into six compart ments, by five water-tight iron bulk-beads, giving creat ..... , ..,,,••V WS," own interests by going hand i n h an d w i t h them, their brethren, in all parts of the country, as they had all the same object in view. (Cheers.) Mr. W. LIVERSIDGIt proposed the next toast—" The strangers will have this day honoured us with their presence." (Three times three.) Air—" The peace of the valley." safety in case of coll6ion at sea, or of stranding. Thi ship has a fine fiddle-head, with delicately carved flori ated on the trail boards. The launch was beautiful. The vessel, on being re leased by the daggers being struck down, glided beauti fully down the waves; but, as if impatient of her pro longed restraint, before her whole, bulk reached the water, she kicked out the fore part of her cradle, as if she fancied she would have rocking enough on the ocean hereafter. She scraped the top of the river wall with her fore foot, but - so slightly, that no damage resulted. The cheers, on her floating off and darting towards the Che shire side, were loud and enthusiastic. Her name was given by Miss Sands, the accomplished daughter of the principal owner, and the young lady performed the cere mony in the most spirited manner. We noticed present, on the platform near Mr. Sands, Dr. Tattershall, Messrs. James Tyrer, W. Jevons, Joshua Edwards, W. Drury, Kerr, Mould, Foster, Moulds, Prestman, and many others of our mercantile townsmen, whom we could not distinguish in the crowd. Mr. W. WRIGHT responded. He assured the company that so far as his humble efforts went, as well as those of his friends, they would be glad to aid the Licensed Vic:_ tuallers in all their benevolent efforts. Mr. MELLORPrO;O;ed " The Chairman, Committ ee, and Secret ar y." (Th ree ti mes three .) Air—" Life's a bumper." Mr. S. W. MAY, the Chairman, acknowledged the toast for himself and the committee; and Mr. THOMAS R OWLANDSON en t ere d into the position of the society, showing its usefulness and its flourishing condition. Mr. Lowe, their chairman. bad handed him a donation of £lO towards the benevolent objects of the society, and the other, Mr. Bold, the vice-chairman, had stated his willingness to contribute £5 as a donation towards the same object. Mr. R. resumed his seat amidst loud cheering. . Immediately after the launch, which took place at about half• past one o'clock, the invited company, to the number of upwards of 400 ladies and gentlemen, sat down to a substantial and superb di:if - liner provided by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, in the spacious mould room of Mr. Hodgson's establishment, which was taste fully decorated for the occasion, Mr. Sands occupying the chair. After the repast, the usual loyal toasts were given, and the chairman proposed the health of our worthy dio cesan, the Bishop of Chester, which was responded to by the Bev. Dr. Tattershall, who proposed the health of Mr. Sands. The healths of the President of the United States, success to the new ship, the healths of Captain Thompson, her commander, Mr. Grantham, the archi tect, Messrs., Hodgson, her builders, &c., were subse quently given ; and, after a delightful entertainment, the company broke up. We understand the firm of J. Hodgson and Co. built the first iron ship to trade between this port and China and the East. They are also the builders of the first iron The health of the honorary surgeon was then proposed by the Chairman, and drunk with three times three. The CHAIRMAN then read the following list of dona tions. As each item was read over, three ch eers were given for the donors : — Mr. Hindley £5 ; Mr. J o h n Bent, £10; Mr. James Bent, £5; Mr. Rowl an d B ent, £5. Mr. Garrett, £ 5 ; Mr. Peppit!, £1 Is. ; M r . P. Wright; £1 Is. ; the Messrs. Mellor, £lO. The following toasts were then given : " The Stewards" (Mr. Parkinson responded) ; " The Lancashire Witches" (Mr. Bryden, as "th e W id ows pet," claimed the right of reply, amid loud laughter) • and " Mr. and Mrs. Towers (Mr.*Towe rs responded ; The CHAIRMAN then left his seat; aft er w hi ch Mr : Danson was unanimously called to the chair, and the conviviality of the meeting was kept up until a late hour. the removal of their night-soil, or, leaving it neglected by steamer to connect Liverpool with the continent of South -- the landlord and by themselves, must run the risk of ill- America, and likewise the first iron screw steamer that health. Yet, such a landlord will often subscribe to a has ascended the River Plate. The Sarah Sands is the ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS charily, whilst refusing to do a justice. OF LIVERPOOL. first liner that has been built in Liverpool for a consider s At the present time, Harding-street is in a wretched able time, and, being of iron, we have reason to hope that " Within the last three months ten thousand lives have been plight altogether. The refuse materials are overflowing Liverpool will have in time a fair share of American build destroyed in a part only of England by causes which there is on all hands ; in fact, it will very soon become a serious ing trade. every reason to believe may be removed. question for _people to find out how they can get rid of A report is current that Daniel O'C a peer by [ 0 .' d h e o t r hat Youngt morninghe ? of] "In the metropolis the deaths at the close of June, from their night-soil, for it appears that the night-soil men diarrhoea, dysentery, and common cholera, rose up to forty have combined amongst themselves for refusing to remove the title of Viscount Ire) weekly, and have since increased. Nor is it to be wondered at. this exec t . Notwithstanding the improvements effected when cholera was three places, but last epidemic, the foul untrapped sewers, and the ground party offered .£1 for the emptying of , manure except they are paid . exorbitantly. One motion te of the earth, was heard and felt at Kingstown, areas of the best streets emit noisome smells and volatile could not get it done. The present Sewerage Act forbids poisons, which are as fatal as arsenic to a certain number of the running of cesspool drains into the sewers, and theA Chro nicl e. persons. London is surrozinded, too, by stagnant, putrid present means of removing such accumulations is a bur- low rumbling noise, accompanied by a trembling man journals statet the day on which the Ger ditches, as some cities are by walls. It would be well not to Dublin, on wait carelessly until cholera reaches the country, but to "look before," remove these nuisances, and purify the reeking at-allin January next, and a near . drnsoroe absurdity. The new bill willprovi . de ,_ for it wisely . and . economically, -- uhere. which rives the disease breath_ life ~,„1 ‘.-:-___ --, -earthquake was felt at Mar IRE LAND ell is to be —Limerick iam Walsh and Ellen Benchy, who were concerned in the late murder of Daniel Bei l li T y a , were brought up at aa, UM. U gh. transported e t d o nets arid proportionate mortality will keep up the " bad uur y pre-eminence" of "the good old town." fb t o h er e ili C ui f l en o ,g n f m or or e r a l b a t ei s l assizes, zimne abetting and ra l tni a e s dr t ,Cwoa concealing ecdek a.Ellen th lll e he f n s 7 I understand that the Town Council have in considera tion a temporary bill of Lord Morpeth's, for the speedy abatement of nuisances in a proper and satisfactory man ner. They have the option of placing Liverpool under the edi nce e operation of the bill. It is to be hoped th a t no fear of Tile Orangemen of C avan , i n ob the 1 clashing ju r i s di c ti ons w ill preven t t h e a d opt i on o f so ex - ham, desisted from walki ng on 2th cellent a measure. went down to persuade the C a th o li cs to remain quiet. Mr. Steele speaks in terms of the highest eulogy of the I remain, Sir, yours, faithfully, conduct of Lord Farnham, Colonel and Mr. Saunderson, GEO. C. WATSON, M.D. and the other leaders. Donoghue, alias Green, convicted last assizes of robbing the North Roman Catholic Chapel, Cork, and who es caped with two other prisoners fro m th e S m i thf i eld con- THE NEW CHURCH AT CABBAGE HALL. vict depot some time since, was arrested yesterday week, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVER POOL STANDARD. at Kilworth. His history comprises as many a d ventures and hair-breadth 'stapes from justice, as that of the noto- Sin,—Can any of your readers inform me if it be true rious Jack Sheppard himself. that a Puseyite is appointed to the New Church at Cab- DANIEL AND Hr Gyees.—Mr. O'Connell has given bage Hall. I am very credibly informed that such is the notice of motion, for next session. for a committee to in case, notwithstanding the melancholy results of Puseyite quire into the effect and operation of the Irish act of teaching at St. Martin's. If it be so, the church so math Union. " Next Session" somehow always reminds us of wanted in the neighbourhood may be considered as worse " the Greek Calends." The Liberator was questioned at than useless. Pray insert this, and oblige Conciliation Hall, on Monday, concerning his absence A RESIDENT IN THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD. from the division on the Sugar Duties, after denouncing Liverpool, Aug. 15, 1846. the Slave Trade so strongly as he had been in the habit of doing, when he replied, " he had paired off with a head ache," with which ludicrous answer his dupes seemed perfectly satisfied, totally unconscious of the honourable member's presence in the House the evening of the debate. ARITHMETICAL QUESTION.—Given, the number of His absence from the Irish Arms Act debate may not so bands of music engaged during the visit of Prince Albert, easily be excused. He has been replaced in the Commis and the number of times they intimated that " Britons sion of the Peace by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. never, never, never will be slaves," to find the amo un t o f Th ese f ac t s t a k en toget h er, are significant enough of the Partiality amongst the Liverpool public towards the admix- terms on which he stands with the present administration. sion into the British market of slave-grown sugar. A MURDER THIRTY YEARS AGO.—The following ro- A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ALBERT SHAKO.—An emi- mantic narrative appears in yesterday's Kilkenny Mode nent army clothier, by the command of Prince Albert, rotor :—" During the last week a circumstance was visited Liverpool last week, for the purpose of taking a brought to light in this country, which in horrific interest model of the hat worn by Mr. William Rathbone, with vies with, if it does not excel, the celebrated case of Eu which his royal highness was much struck during his visit gene Aram, and requires but such another cordial fic to Liverpool. It is stated that it is to be worn by the tionist as Sir E. Bulwer to weave it into a tale most sur 13th Hussars, Albert's Own. Madame Tussaud is said passing in romantic effect and tragical excitement. It ap to have bid a large price for an old coat belonging to the pears that on Tuesday, the 4th instant, some labourers same gentleman, which is required to complete a figure of were engaged in removing a large heap of stones which that interesting person, John Tawell. had remained piled together, beyond the memory of man, THE POLICE AND THEIR GOOD LOOKS.—A contempo- in the demesne of Rossenara, the residence of Mr. Wm. rary last week apologises for having omitted to record, in Morres Reade, when they discovered concealed within the his account of Prince Albert's visit, the activity and good heap, the perfect skeleton of a man, whose flesh and looks of inspectors this and that. We have to apologise clothes were entirely rotted away, with the exception of a to the whole force for having omitted to notice any of pair of brogues that were upon the feet, and which are them. Although not quite certain that it is necessary, we stated to be of a fashion and construction not in use for can assure the world that they are all very well, look very the last 25 years. On the following day an inquest was well, did their duty admirably ; and that the mounted po- held on the remains at Kilrnaganny, by Mr. T. Izod, lice, the head constable included, have not suffered much county coroner, when it appeared from the evidence of from their exposure outside, although they might have Dr. Peile that the deceased had been murdered by a blow been safer inside their respective conveyances. inflicted on the skull. No other positive testimony could THE CORPORATION COMPOST MANUFACTORY.—Tnis be procured, but anionast the country people the extra odorous place, we learn, received last week its usual sup- ordinary circumstances of the case are accounted for as ply of decayed vegetables from St. John's Market, and follow :—lt appears that about thirty years since, three fish heads, entrails, &c., from the Fish-market; and the men named Cornelius Cahill, his son John, and R—d whole heap is rapidly attaining an interesting state of pu- L—y were committed to our county gaol on a charge of trescence. We are happy to learn that the inhabitants of being concerned in the burning of a farmhouse. Cornelius the neighbourhood of Roe-street and Queen. square are Cahill escaped condemnation by becoming an approver, leaving their houses for Cheshire, Bootle, and other loca- and, if the story of the peasantry be correct, his evidence lilies, so great is the demand for lodging and accommoda- actually hung his son, but L—y was acquitted for want Lion from philosophic persons, interested in the welfare of of sufficient evidence. The tradition goes on further to our agriculturalists, who are anxious to embrace the oppor- state, that a man named Heany, known by the soubriquet tunity of watchirg the process of manufacturing fertilizing of ' The Thresher'—a Tipperary boy, who did occasional manures. hardy jobs' for the people of that district—had been en- THE LIVERPOOL REPORTERS.—These gentlemen have gaged by the before mentioned parties in burning the earned a perfect harvest of praise during the recent visit house. Shortly after the escape of old Cahill and L—y, of Prince Albert. The Queen is said to have expressed he came to the neighbourhood for the purpose of dem:Tri fler wonder at the facility with which they took upon ing a reward previously promised to him by them for his themselves the avocation of court newsmen, and has no services. The hushed-up story amongst the peasantry at fear of trusting her own person to their imaginative pens. the time, and still well remembered, was, that the parties She is particularly pleased with their accumen in detecting having refused the reward, the man threatened to become singular coincidences —such as the fact that the first vessel King's evidence and hang them, whereupon they murdered which entered the Albert Dock was from the Brazils, and him, and according to one report burned his body in a that the chairman of the Dock Committee was a Brazilian limekiln, whilst another, as it now appears, more correct merchant. Her Majesty expects that when she visits us rumour, pointed out the very place in which the skeleton the coincidence will be that a sovereign will be the price has been now found, as the spot where the murdered re of a bed, and one pound notes at a discount. mains were secreted. Old Cahill died some time since at We were at a loss to divine the reason of Mr. W. the age of 100 years, but L—y is a small farmer still Thornhill being so energetic, on the occasion of the living in the neighbourhood, and bears the character of Prince's entry into the vestibule of the Town Hall, in giv- having, since the occurrence alluded to conducted himself ing orders, through one of the Mayor's servants, that the very properly. St rong, h owever, as the evidence of tra reporters for the !areas should not press forward, "by dition is upon the subject, it is not probable that sufficient order of the Mayor." His worship, who never auth or i se d li g h t w ill b e t h rown on this singular tragedy to bear out the insulting " order," was not aware that, on the morn- further its resemblance to the case of Eugene Aram, by ing in question, William's shirt would not bear the mi- the bringing of the perpetrator of the deed to condign croscopie eyes of those gentlemen ; and that he had un- punishment. The verdict of the jury was :—" ' That fortunately mislaid his tooth-brush. Of all men in the deceased was murdered a long time since by some peison world, the member for Scotland Ward ought to be an ad- or persons unknown. That the injuries affecting life were vocate for public baths and washhouses, as calculated to a heavy fracture on the left temple, and the left malar diminish the cost of his toilet, and render him presentable bone ; and that the skeleton had shoes or brogues on, and to eyes and noses polite. ' was discovered under a heap of stories, on Tuesday last, PUBLIC SMELLING BOTTLES.—The town of Liverpool on the demesne of Rossenarra in this county.'" is at least half a century in advance of most other towns, in the philanthrophy and consideration for the comfort of - - the people at large shown by the authorities. The me tropolitan authorities smuggle away their refuse and offal through closed sewers, never allowing the inhabitants an opportunity of inhaling their delicious odours; whilst our own authorities kindly allow every class of our population to luxuriate upon those odours, straining up fro m th e gratings, which are considerately left open for the pur pose, every few dozen yards. Hence, nothing is so com mon and delightful to the humane, as to see here and there in our streets asthmatical persons and those of deli cate stomachs indulging in fits of coughing, or of nausea, caused by the escape of various familiar smells or pun gent essences, which entirely supersede the use of those preparations of the druggists. which the inhabitants of to Lord Farn • Air. Steele REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-MONDAY The usual weekly meeting of the members of this body was held to-day. The chair was taken by Councellor Fitzpatrick. Mr. O'Connell moved for the suspension of the stand ing order, to refer it to the committee to prepare a pe tition to Parliament, praying that the Arms Bill should not be renewed. (Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) had reason to think that the meaning of the new bill was not understood in Ireland, and he therefore thought that they should be prepared to meet it, and protest against its re enactment. (Loud cheers.) Mr. O'Dovvd (barrister) seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr. O'Connell handed in £1 from Mr. Constantine Smith, who said he had hitherto refrained from joining the association by re ason o f t h e conduct of the " Young Irelanders." He had now a pleasing duty to perform—he had to read a most gratifying letter. Here it was— " Reform Club, Friday, August 7, 1846. " MY DEAR SlR,—Although you affirm that a public letter does not always carry conviction, I am sure you will not be sorry to learn that your letter to me has done so. Last Monday's proceedings at Conciliation Hall have convinced me that the principle of moral force has been finally adopted by the association, and I, therefore, no longer hesitate in enrolling myself a member. En closed is a five pound note for my first years subscription; and dear Sir, faithfully ydurs, ** Daniel O'Connell, Esq., .P. CECIL LAWLESS." He (Mr. O'Connell) had the honour to move that the Honourable Cecil Lawless be enrolled a member of the Repeal Association. (Lcud Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Con nell availed himself of the opportunity to express his heartfelt delight that the son of Lord Cloncurry, who had himself suffered imprisonment for Ireland, and who had ever been the faithful friend of the people—it was truly delightful to find that the son of such a man had joined the ranks of OM Ireland. (Cheers.) The rent for the week was upwards of £3OO. THE C.,URT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD, MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Wednesday morn ing, the marriage of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M. P., eldest son of the late Earl of Pembroke, and Miss A'Court, daughter of General A'Court of Amir Hall, Towcastef, was solemnised at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, London. . , MARRIAGE OF LORD MAIDSTONE.—Tbe Morning Post concludes its account of this ceremony with the following :—" Among the on dill current in fashionable circles relative to the above marriage, is one which, if true, affords a gratifying proof that even in these days of matter of fact and cold calculation the spirit of gallantry and chivalry,, for which their forefathers were erewhile so celebrated, is not yet extinct among the youthful scions of our nobility. It is said that some time before Lord Maidstone solicited the hand of his now lovely bride (and, filing a date at once, we may say immediately before the last Derby race), his lordship offered to present the Lady Constance with his celebrated horse Tom Tulloch, from which it will be remembered so much was expected, pro vided her ladyship would accept it. The Lady Constance consented to a cept ' the horse,' whereupon the noble viscount demanded of his fair beloved whether she would also be content to take ' the master ?' To this arrange- as the noble lover had small difficulty in removir.,, hence the interesting event the record of which we thus bring to a close." THE HARVEST GENERAL REPORT.—The wheat crop is generally good, oats and barley will hardly be an average crop; the bean crop, as well as that of peas, is generally very deficient ; a large quantity of hay has this year been well harvested ; the potato disease is already prevalent, and the root crops as Swedish and other turnips, &c., are late and doubtful. —Agricultural Gazette. _ _ _ A great portion of the wheat in the district around Lin coln, is now safely got in, and the yield promises to be much better than for several years past, (excepting the superabundant harvest of 1844.) that T t h he e cropsh harves t r v e i s n t itsheneigli bourhood of Lincoln some gonßmaEt w mh.e—e i e l l l l,coiyar i ocu v epr e s r i a rsfi g e in e pnios 4 rmht e q adi r ns s . y . ve p Tea e rhs r yees ss iql uoacre.i short rapidityte Tu time l e . quality and condition are both very good. Oats and Barley will not yield so well—but a very good crop of p cptßlo r ri e e:naN e gts e nur l oesmi e sfTi n sesird t lnNa e egs d ixGni) : aeswnAce b diettel u euids t krn".;n our Kirby correspondent informs us that the late heavy rains and the hot gleams of sun have caused some of the best and ripest corn to sprout. The potatoe disease has broken out again in some districts.— No T t li t i E ngtm s T io ß u i r D n i a N / G . throughout the 'West prettyC-idißeaping re is ha n v o e w letters correspondents in Otley, K " eighley, Shipley, Wakefield, Knaresborough, and several other places, intimating. that reaping has commenced in their respective l localities. They all speak of the excellent quality of the new wheat, but some of them say that the straw will be rather short, particularly of the spring corn. As regards the potatoes, froth general our they never looked better. and we hear but little com plaint of the failure of this valuable root in this part of Ow country.—Bradford Observer. LETTER XIV TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD DEAR SlR—After perusing these astounding facts from the first authority in the kingdom who can remain listless and unreflecting at his own assigned post of observation ? Arc not medical men in their calling —not only figuratively but actually—sentinels. at the outposts of this huge en campment of more than 300,000 souls watching the signs of the approach, from any quarter, of the various ene mies which lie in wait around ? If no intelligence is given of approaching danger or of actual attack, how shall the camp be roused in time to stand to arms ? A time of rejoicing has just passed over our heads, and from this gratifying distraction and other causes, an inter ruption to my continuance of letters on the sanitary state of the town has occurred, which I now propose to resume on to the close. The class of facts to be brought forward are no doubt familiar to the medical mind of this town ; but it is not for them, who do know, but for the public, who do not know, taken collectively, that I write. All the medical men need not write—although it would be well if some more and abler hands would commence to sound the alarm, until it produce an impression commensurate with the magnitude of the evil. The wise man says—" To everything there is a season —a time to kill and a time to heal—a time to weep and a time to laugh," The late visit of his Royal Highness Prince Albert has been most truly a time of rejoicing; but who, when reading the announcement that within the last three months ten thousand lives have been sacrificed in a part only of England to preventible causes, will not be compelled to admit that from the date of the fact proved, a time for solemn reflection has not ar rived, even if before this, there bad been little or no re sponsibility incurred by society on the subject. It is im possible for the whole community to turn away from their plain path of duty, which their feet must seek and pur sue—they must bestir themselves, for if not swayed by motives of humanity, the instinctive dictates of selfish fear will urge them to the work in pure self defence. " The rich and the poor meet together" in their personal intercourse and their reciprocal interests, and duties, nay, even in their pleasures. How can either class suffer then alone? I for one rejoice to see Prince Albert patronising the efforts of this increasing port in two noble undertakings ; and though aware that some suitable expenditure must be thereby incurred, to do him honour and the town credit, yet there could have been much less squandered away over the pageant of an hour. Custom in such revolving celebrations may establish a practice—Nos legem regith but does a legal propriety cof►vey a moral propriety ? They are often wide asunder, unfortunately. The plea sant fiction, when swallowed, must be bitter afterwards, when the facts are duly reflected upon, which this town is of all towns the most obnoxious to, and which the Registrar-General has embodied in the following strong but truthful language : "The inadequate supply of water by companies, the imper fect sewerage in ,towns, the open drains and ditches, and the general neglect of cleanliness, leave everywhere great quan tities of organic matter to decay and putrify in the midst of crowded populations , In such circumst ances th e mortality, like putrefaction, is always increased whe n th e t emperature i s high; and epidemics of diarrhwa, dysentery, and cholera pre vail. Many thousands of the people of England were carried off in the last quarter by these diseases and others of the zymotic fermentation-sprung class." HOUSES ADJOINING ASHPITS WHICH ARE OVERFLOW ING LIABLE TO ATTACKS OF VARIOUS DISEASES, ESPECIALLY TO EPIDEMICS. - . In Duckinfield-street there are several cul• de-sac courts on both sides of the street; the street itself is only one great cul-de-sac. In three or four of these courts the ashpits are at the present time overcharged, and for want of proper attention are becoming daily an increasing nuisance and source of danger to the people living in the houses of such courts, and not only to these, but to the fr - o - niage — houses. Several cases of the cholera now epi demic have occurred in the street, and from the state ments of the residents, more than one has proved fatal, both to mature and infant life. I have seen two cases in the street myself, both of which I believe to have been caused by the nuisances above mentioned. In one of these families, occupying a front house adjoining a court, the ashpit of which is full to overflow, I blamed the party for throwing all their refuse, especially a lot of large cabbage leaves, out into the street opposite their door ; their reply was, that they had nowhere else to deposit them, because the ashpit could no longer hold any refuse. In this house the case was cholera in an infant. The other case was one of very severe dysentery, oc curring in a poor woman, just on recovering after her confinement ; and it proved obstinate under treatment — as well it might, for her house was at the top end of one of these courts, the ashpit of which was more than full, and her bed-room window, if it were ever rashly opened, admitted the effluvia of this nosegay. She has had two relapses, because these causes still operate ; therefore I ordered her removal to the hospital, to give her a chance of recovery. How any one could be otherwise than ill when so located in such a mal sanitary spot, it is difficult to imagine. The reader will think such struggles with poverty bad enough, let alone the cramped vicinage of all these opprobrious courts but landlord's devices are not so easily done with as even setting about the task of emptying places the law requires them to look after. They have in these courts a little pet way of their own of managing matters : for instance, they take a brick out of the wall of the ashpit, from the lowest row of bricks, and thus obtain an exit for the fluid lodg ment, which they carefully lead away by a gutter placed in the middle of the flagged floor of the court, and thus carry it to the street channel, where it finally sinks into the sewer gratings, and so escapes. This, every one knows, is contrary to the act of parliament ; and, if this were all, it might not be worth a medical man's trouble to expose it ; but when it is also so clearly contrary to the sanitary laws of nature, it becomes his indispensable duty to point it out with a view to remedy. How can people be healthy residing in a court along the pavement of whi c h a • s t ea d y drainaae, such as I have described, is daily and nightly flowing ? Is it not a comparative farce to establish dis pensaries for the cure of diseases sprung from sources which themselves want curing 7 The engineer and sur veyor ought to pioneer the way to health, and then the medical man follow, where and when lawful occasion demands ; and not the contrary, where the doctor must pioneer the engineer. But at present sanitary engineer ing has to be studied, and, when acquired, enforced, — until which time dispensaries must multiply, and compa ratively fruitless charities flow, because society is altoge ther working traversely. In common weather, the above recited nuisances are bad enough ; but let any one listen to the complaints of the inhabitants near, when a change from fine to wet weather is taking place, or at midnight, when all foul things rise from their graves, and they will hear the nuisance described in no measured terms. The husband of the poor womiiabove-mentioned, smarting daily and hourly under the nuisance of the drainage, proposed to the landlord to block up the brick hole drain—the thing was objected to, on the score of ex pense, trifling as such must prove; the tenant replied that he would go to the expense himself; then, as a finale, it was urged by the landlord that, if done, it would cause the liquid overplus to overflow the adjoining cellars, so here the controversy ended. The cellars do overflow with this filthy drainage even now, and yet all works on as best it may ; the landlord claims his rent weekly, and would be, of course, annoyed if the tenant, of his kind courtesy, happened to fall into arrear through an illness contracted at that landl or d' s i nstance. Such is the condition of tens of thousands of our fellow townsmen, and women and children, and yet the duties of the rich towards a poorer neighbour, and perhaps an ac tual employi:, in their eyes very generally are concluded by the getting up of a charity ball, or some such entertain ment for themselves, whereby, after the bulk of the receipts have been eaten up by expenses, some needed and needy charity is enriched with the drivelling overflo It is iio _ • ... and that gift in gold, often less precious than their time— but they must learn to give witely, and to bestow the same energies they throw into their business, if the grand evils of the degraded and degrading masses are to he met with the wise cure. The " drop to the bucket" plan will not do ; thefuture will revealthe paltriness of the gift—a selfishness, not a charity —a staving off of a certain evil at one's door not a sacred loan to heaven in the name of charity ! If the definitions of this blessed word were rightly compre hended by the better classes, it would render its appeal audible in louder accents than words, and re-echo from our innermost selves, until the wretchedness and degra dation of our fellow-townsmen had been exchanged for well-being and smiling content, through the persevering efforts of a wisely wided philanthropy. NUISANCES COMPEL POOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE OF REMOVAL. A court in Harding-street had three out-offices at the top end, the contents of which were overflowing and run ning down the court—the pavement of the court has a water descent—the condition was most unhealthy. In habitants move and change on account of the smell from the neglected matters described. One party, an asth matic, left the town, as he said, and came up towards the country for fresh air, and alighted in this little stinking court, the "dirty vapour" of which he complained-as ren dering his " change of air" something worse than useless. Setting aside the disappointment in his medical object, yet in an economical view is there no loss to society incurred by fruitless changes ? Most certainly, but . what is that to landlords whose pocket-selfishness . restrains their duties? to express or I dont scruple to say that in this town, as everywhere else, " there are numbers of landlords who are . as much covenant breakers as repudiators of scrip, bargains, or loans. Every übnuirvtehresnaltlyhrirpnlieudpso4ualatteionnals, t! c n or! in tr s a t r a y nc.o of grind ing the faces of the poor," where occurs in the smaller cottages, especially such as courts like these are composed of, and the tenants have only the horns of a dilemma to choose out of, either in self-defence they must pay for