Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL The adj( timed meeting of the Council was held in the Town Hall, at eleven o'clock yesterday, the Mayor, Francis Ehe.nd, Es 3 , in the chair. Some time elapsed before a sufficient number of members arrived to form a Council. The MAYOR said the first basinegs was the confirmation of the proceeding 3 of the Water Ccmmi►teee, including the amendment proposed the la3t day by Mr. Aikin, and adopted by Mr. Alderman Cooper. The proceedings were confirmed without any remark. HACKNEY CARRIAGES' COMMITTEE. Mr. WooreteFr moved the confirmation of the proceed ings. He said, he was again in the unfortunate position of not having a sufficient number of the Council present to allow of the bye laws and regulations being passed. He could only repeat what he had had to soy before that very great inconvenience was caused by these bye-laws not being pasted. They had not sufficient accommodation now for cabs for the legalizdd stands and the New Landing Stage, and many mixer inconveniences were caused from the want c f having the bye-laws passed. The absentees from the Council must therefore be considered as obstr,,c tives to the public business, and the publid °nett to know who the gentlemen were who thus undertook a public duty and made the public t) suffer because of their neglect. (Hear, hear.) He would have to ask the Mayor to call a special meeting of the Council to pass these bye laws on an early day. He had waited six months' and could not get a sufficient number of the Council. The pr)ceedirgi were then confirmed, the bye-laws again etauding over. BATCI3 AND WASIMOURES. The proceedings contained the following er from 3Er. Andrew Clarke, superintendent of the Cornwallis street Baths, resigning his situation, and also that of his daughter, as matron, and recommendation of the committee that such resignations b accepted. Recommendation to appoint Mr. David Morris and wife, snperinten ient and matron of the Pier-head Baths, to the like offices at the - Cornwallis st-eet Baths, a; a salary of £l6O per annum for Mr. Morris, and 164. per week for his wife, being the same salaries as heretofore ,paid at the last named estab lishreeet. Recommendation to appoint John C arkson and wile, superintendent end matron of the Paul-street -establishment, to the I ke offices at the Pier head Baths, at the salary of £l2O per annum for Mr. Clarkson, and 15a per week far his wife, being the same as heretofore paid at the last-named establishment. Recommendation to appoint William Gerratt and wife, superintendent and matron of the Frederick-street Washbonses, to the like offices at the Paul-street establishment, at the salary of .Rl3O per annum for their joint services, being the same as heretofore paid at the last-named place. Mr. Waosreer, in moving that the resignation of Mr. Clarke and his daughter be accepted, said Mr. Clarke had be n superintendent of the baths for fifteen years ; first at Frederick-street, then at Paul-street, and finally at Corn wallis-st eet. His health was on the decline, and he was compelled reluctantly to give up his situation. His daughter also desired to give up her situation as matron. Mr. Clarke had been a provident man, had saved a little money, and he (Mr. Wagstaff) believed it was his intention to retire to his native place (Watrenpoint), there to spend the remain der of his days. Mr. Alderman COOPER seconded the motion for the acceptance of the resignations. Mr. HODSON, in confirmation of the remarks made by Ildr. Wagstaff, said it was a source of pleasure to him to have known Mr. Clarke during a great number of years, and upon his retiring from offile, he could say that he believed him to be a man who bad done his duty faithfully to the Corporation of Liverpo .1. (Hear, hear) His wife lost her life mainly, he believed, through her exertions in the Paul-street Baths, and he had also lost a daughter His health was fast declining, and there could be little rem to doubt that Mr. Clarke, whatever might have been his failings, and he had a few, had been a very faithful and good servant for a great number of years, and that a g reat deal of his ill-he a l h was ow i ng to t h e exertions which he had used in making the baths so serviceable. (Hear, 'hear.) The resignations were then accepted. The other recommenda.ions, involving salaries, were, on the advice of the Deputy Tawn Clerk, allowed to stand over until the next meeting, in accordance with the rule referring to increased salaries. 31r. Alderman PARKER complained, that the water was so foul in the Paul-street baths, that boys would not bathe there. Mr. WAGSTAFF said he could fully confirm the statement. It was supplied with water half-and-half, and it was more like the colour of treac!e-beer than anyling else. If the :colouring matter mid be taken out of the Rivington water, it would be then fit to bathe io, but it was not so at the present moment. In reference to these proceedings, a memorial was read signed by a large number of inhabitants of the central part of the town, prayir g that baths mi g ht b e constructe d upon the site of the Gill-street market. M. JEFFERY moved that the memorial be referred to the Baths and the Market Committees combine . ). Mr. TINNE thought, as sites had been already selected, to entertain the memorial would be only deceiving parties out of doors. Mr. WOODRUFF, and other gentlemen, supported Mr. Jeffery's propolat, which was fivally agred to. The general proceedit ga were then c_nfirmed. QUI COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee contained the follow ing: —Recommendation to appoint Thomas Williams, at present porter, as assistant inspector, at the wages of -El per week, with clothing, and also to appoint a porter in the place of Williams, at the wages of 181. par week, with clothing. Mr. krrentw said it would be seen by the minutes of the precoedings that the Gas Committee found it necessary to provide apparatus for the purpose of testing something like 60 or 70 meters per day. Their present appliances would not go farther than 25 or 30. They had done as many as 32, but that was the greatest number which their present appliances would afford. The committee therefore proposed to avail themselves of a resolution passed some time ago,-to appoint an assistant inspector for the purpose of assisting the inspector in testing meters at his office. The porter who had hitherto been employed had been taught by the inspector, so that he was now perfectly competent to undertake the duties which the committee proposed to assign to him. He could now speak confidently of the result of the committee's labour?. Since the time when the office was opened far teeing meters', is was found to be self-supporting, while the com mittee were only p3rforming halt the work which they were called upon to perform. When the assistant was appointed, they would be able to test about 70 meters a day, which, at n average of 63 each, would give 35a a clay, far more than the cost which the office entailed upon the Council. Tao prozeedings were then confirmed. BiRKENREAD DOCK COMMITTEE Mr. Jong Sezwear, in moving the confirmation of the hroceedings, said the Council would, he h o p e d, b e pl ea t e d to ear that they would be only for a very short time troubled with those proceedings for the future. Perhaps the most satiefactcry part of the new Act of Parliament was the part upon which, at all events, he might congratulate the Council, was thit by w hich the Birken head docks would pass away from that Corporation, and all their interference with that property would cea.e. (Hear, hear.) He only wished that the tran.4er of the Liverpool docks at the Liverpool side would be as satis factory, and he sine rely hoped ihat the wishes of its promoters might be realised, for he was one of those who thought it * would be most fortunate fur th e commerc i a l world, fortuna`e for the town, and fortunate for all parties concerned, if there had been that connexion still kept up between the docks and the CorpoiatiOn which he believed to have been of mutual advantage, and which was now about to be speedily closed. (Meer, hear ) Mr. CLINT, in seconding the moticn, begged to be al lowed to bear his testimony to the very great service which the chairman of the committee had rendered during the last session of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) He could bear witness to the great exertions which that gentlemen had made while at great personal inconvenience, re maining in London ; aryl the amonnt of solicitude and earnest labour he ha I given to the very important duties. (Hear, hear.) No doubt every member of the cemerittee felt the deep responsibility which was laid upon them all durit g the progress of the important aierciations which had led to what he hoped would be considered a satisfactory conclusion; but he houg'lt the chairman most especially felt the responsible position in which the Council had placed him, and had shown himself fully equal to the duties and the responsibilities of that most momentous emergency. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Stewart had very often shown himself to be in some meet:tire a sort of Nestor to the Council. He had always assisted the Council with very excellent advice, and with the sagacity which belonged to him ; and now that he and his colleagues had brought that very important business to a termination, be (Mr. Clint) hoped the Council would have the pleasure of seeing him in that room for many years yet, siding to conduct its business with that sagacity and great intelli gence which so much distinguished him. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings were canfirrned. Mr, CL , ST then moved that a vote of thanks be passed by the Council to Mr. Stewart for the services he had rendered. Mr. KITCHEN seconded the motidn, remarking that, at the same time, he thought all the other gentlemen who THE NORTHERN TIMES,.—LIVERPOOL I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER lo s iss7. belonged to the committee in London ought to be included in it. The MIYOR : Mr. Clint could hardly have made that motion himself, for he was, to my knowledge, one of the most active and intell;gent members. Mr. J. R. jarrnay : It is much better to confine the motinn to the chairman. Mr. CLINT : I quite agree with that opinion. We shall otherwise open up a discussion which would be very unde sirable. (Hear, hear ) Mr. WOODRUFF: If we could elicit any information as to what was done in London, I should be very glad to second the motion. I should like to know a little more myself. Mr JrFFEST : There are only a very few members of the committee present, and it would be very unfair to 'the absent members to allow any discussion to ans . upon the present occasion. (ifear, hear.) Mr. KITCHEN I should not press the raotion, if I thought it likely to lead to anything like discussion. I think we have had quite enough already. At the same time, I do think that the thanks of the Council are'due to the committee for the services they have rendered. The resolution proposed by Mr. Clint was then carried by acclamation. Ma STEWART said : Mr. Mayor, I can assure you that I feel very sensibly the good intentions of 'the Council, and that I am particu arly indebted to Mr. Clint for the very handsome manner in which he has been pleased to speak of my services daring the late tereggle 'in which we have been engaged. 1 can only say, that I have always felt, and I hope that so long as I live, I shall always c .ntinue to feel the deepest interest in the prosperity and welfare of my native town. It has been always my effort, so far as lay in my power, to serve it fairly and honorably to the utmost of my ability. I cannot omit this opportunity of thanking you and the Council generally, not only for the kindness which I have experienced now, but the kindness which during eleven years that I have had a seat in the room I have always experienced. , (Applause.) The proceedings of the special Committee on the memorial to Mr. Brown, M.P., shelved, that the model of M‘Doweli's sculpture had been approved, and that the artist was instructed to proceed without delay. Ma -J B. JEFFERY moved that the proceedings be confirmed, which was agreed to The proceedings of the committee on laying the founda tion stone of the new library and museum were confirmed. • The Coroner's aceone, animating to £27. 3s. was paved. An application was reeeivel from Mr. John Torr, as chairman of the Wellington Testimonial Comm ttee, applying for an eligible site whereon to erect a column as a testimonial to the late Duke of Wellington. The memorial was referred to the Finance Committee. A resolution from the committee which conducted the late Government Art Exhibition was read, thanking the Mayor for his attendance, and the Council for their patronage, and for the use of the building in which the exhibition took place. A. letter was read from Mr. R. S. S'eldon, complaining of the dangerous state of Limekiln-lane. Mr. WOODRUFF moved that the letter be referred to the Improvement Committee, stating that no part of Liverpool required more immediate attention. The motion was agreed to. but he believed Mr. M'Donald was recommended for some situation which he afterwards got. That showed that he had r.ot received any ill-treatment at the hands of the ConnejL;(Hear, hear.) - .Air. Tom did not want to enter into the merits of the case, or to go into the qualifications of Mr. I , ll3onald for the situation he had held, but he thought it shoul i scarcely go forth to the public that he had not really received very kind and roteiderate treatment at the hands of the Coun cil ; and with that view, and solely that view, he would mention the result of the committee's appointment to which Mr. Turner alluded, and of which he was himself a member. It was a special committee Mr. 3l•Donald was then holding office under the Water Committee. Complaints were made, and, he believed, Mr. M'Donald lost his situation. The special committee was appoin ed, of which Mr. Turner was chairman, and sat in Cornwallis street a great number of days. The result of their deliberations was, that they came to the decision that Mr. M'Donald had behaved very improperly, but they recom mended that he should be tried again. He was tried again, but, notwithstanding the warning, he lost the situation again. Subsequently a chmge was made in the police force. In former times Mr. M'Donald had been spoken of very highly by the chief constable, and he was therefore appointed superintendent of the mace. force. That situation, too, he lost, and he remained - some time out of a situation. He then applied to the Council again, and the Smoke Committee appointed him inspector. For some cause—he (Mr. Tobin) forgot the circumstance now —he lost that eitaation. He merely made these remarks, as he did not think Mr. M'Donald or any person in the town ought to be under the impression that the Council had not shown great consideration for his case. (Hear hear.) He agreed that in the Water Committee, and in the old water works, and also originally in the police force, Mr. M'Donald had been a. very efficient servant. There cer tainly must have been a very great change ; he did not think he could have been appointed to so many situations, and failed in giving satisfaction to the various committees under whom he was placed. Mr. Toms hoped the mover and seconder would not press the motion, ale: the very temperate remarks which had just been made. He was quite sure that Mr. M'Donald had received every attention, and every kindness from the Council. (Hear, hear.) He would not have risen to make any observation, but for a remark made by Mr. Jeffdry, as regarded the merit claimed by Mr. M'Donald, with regard to the intiodaetion of the high pressure system of watering the town. Although Mr. M'Donald might have been very instrumental, originally, is Liverpool, )n introducing that system ; in Nottingham and other places, the principle and the adaptation of the principle, were very well known before Mr. M'Donald had, he . believed, got one of the plugs, and he claimed to have invented a particular kind of plug very useful for putting out fires. He certainly was, from his zeal at the time, very instrumental in having the experiment tried in Liver po A. But the Water Committee of that day were se ually in progress of going to apply the principle in this town. He (Mr. Tinne) did not wish to take fr )m Mr. M'Donald the merit of having been an energetic person, but he did not wish it to be considered that he was the actual inventor, or to have had more than the merit of having been very zealous in the performance of his duty. All the matters were under the consideration of the Council at the time. Mr. WAGSTIFF : It was a screw valve. Mr. Alderman COOPER said it was a very painful task to have, in the performance of a public daty, to oppose the motion. Mr. M'Donald had made a statement that ha was discharged for telling the truth Now, he (Mr. Cooper) happened to be a member of the Water Committee upon the occasion referred to. The Water Committee, when the tw) Water Companies came into their hanth, gave notice to every officer of both companies in order that others might select a staff suitable for their parpases. Mr M'Donald was knlwn 'to be a very efficient officer in the police, and the Water Committee appointed him assessor. He (Mr. Cooper) must say that the duties were most shamefully performed. The Committee bore it for weeks and months toge'her, when the man was never near the place. They bore it with great resignation for some time, and he wa , , afterwards discharged for ra'scondact. But by whom was he discharged? The Committee went out of office, and Mr. Harboard was the chairman of the next Cammi:tee. Mr. Harboard was very friendly towards Mr. M'Donald, and did all he could to screen him, in every way, and yet he was compelled t.) sign his dis charge He was discharged by the Water Committee which thus came in and who were almost all his friends. He had gat various appaMtments subsequently under that conned, and he (Mr. Cooper) was very desirious to say nothing di l / 4 re4ptc•fal of an old officer, and therefore should not go any further. But he hai been appointed under various committees, but had been discharged by these committees, and he now again came asking. To recommend such a man would be outrageous, and he (Mr. Cooper) would be no party to it, although he was very sorry for the man, whom h e b e li eve d t o b e very b a dl y off Mr Alderman BENNETT hoped it would be the pleaqure of the Council to refer the memorial to a special commit' ee There could not be a doubt that so much at least was due to Mr. M'Donald, for all the anxiety he had had in connection with the water question. He had lost a good situation. He had been in poverty almost ever since, and he (Mr. Bennett) really hoped the Council would be able to do mething for him. A division was then taken upon the motion, when there appeared : For—Mr. Alderman Bennett; Councillors, Messrs. A C. Stewart, Banner, J R Jeffery-4. Against—The Mayor ; Aldermen, Messrs. Chilton, Bold, Parker, Cooper, Turner ; Councillors, Messrs. Crosth wa it e , Stitt, Woodruff Havdock, Nichohon, Hornby, Livingston, Steams, Wagstaff, Mozley, Brancker. Tobin, Tinne, John son, Kitchen, Mellor, Aikin, Cant, Jahn Stewart, Robert son, Anthony-27. The motion was therefore lost. The follo*irg motions stool next on the paper: —By Mr. Councillor Woodruff—" That the public be admitted to be present at the future meetings of the Council, under such restrictions and regulations as the Council may think fit." By Mr. Alderman Parker—' That the meeting of the Council for October next, be held in the Concert Room, St. George's Hall." Mr. WOODRUFF said, until the Council had decided where they would meet in future, it would be useless to bring forward his motion. B.lt so long as he had a seat in the Council, he would renew it from time to time until he got a sufficient majority to carry it. Being in a small minority did not frighten him, as a recent circumstance had shown. For the present he withd ew his motion. Mr. A'derman PARKER also declined bringing forward his motion. This concluded the business, and the Council then ad journed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YEsTmumr BEFORE MR. DIXON. AN INCORRIGAIIM—A. young woman, named Mary Kelly, an inmate of the workhouse, was charged under the following circumstances. An officer of the house said the prisoner was in the habit of going into the house, and leaving it at inte,vals ; she was in the habit also of creating disorder there, and had several times assaulted some of the inmatoq. On one occasion, she was sent to jail for 21 days f or a n assault. They could not get any good of her in the house. She had five il'egitimate children there. A female inmate, said, at half-past eight the previous evening, the prisonerfollowed her into a bedroom, swearing she would have blood for supper, at the same time making a furious attack on her, and with great difficulty she preserved her young child Porn being killed by the prisoner. She had given her no provocation whatever. She was sent to jail for three months. TUE GREATEST BLACKGUARD IN LIVERPOOL —A young fellow named Wilson Monk; described as the " greate s t blackguard in Liverpool," was Charged with having assaulted and robbed a sailor named Robert Tucker in the street. Mr Bluck was for the prisoner, and on cross-examination of the complainant he shook his evidence as to identity, and the prisoner was discharged. A youth nun ed John Taylor, said to belong to a gang of bake-coiners, was sent for trial for attempting to pass a bld half crown at Mr. Wallbridge's public house. THE FISHERIES ON THE WEST COAST.—The pilchard reason has now sot in, and enormous ca ches of fish have been mad: during the past week, the fi3tietmen being busy day and night, but the pi:chards are still hovering around the caast in shoals, and all the coasting steamers report them as flocking to the West coast in legions. The catch of mackerel has also been unusually heavy on the South Devon coast during the past week, and fine fish have been commonly retailed on the coast at Id end lid eacl‘, but the great bulk have been sent off per rail to Bristol and Bath, and even as far as London and Manchester. Tit E MURDER IN If ORSEMPNGER-LANE GAOL —On Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Cnrt r, Coroner, opened an hove - ligation at Hotscmorger-lane Gaol icto the circumstances attending the death of Johr. Hodges. Mr. Neale, solicitor attended to wa+ch the proceedings on the part of the friends of the murdered me: Preston was then brought into court by the prison officers, and identified as one of thee in the room. The prisoner appears a quiet old man, but very much depressed. He took no apparent notice of what was going on but simply returned witness's gaze when he was identified. Evidence was called which proved the statements, already made, and the coroner then proceeded to sum up. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murd i er against James Preston. ALCOHOL; OR, TUE - MINOR CURSE OF ENGLAND. BEING TUE SUBSTANCE OF A 8111.1E1 OF ADDRES3E4 DELIVERED 111 CONNELTION WITS ST. KART'S TOTAL ♦BSTINENCE SOCIETY, KIBEDALE. DEDICITED TO THE E,EV: MR, TIT rERTON, PRESIDENT, LIVERPOOL WORKING MAN. " Woe mita him Oat give% his nefghb3nr drink, that pnttest thy bottle to him and makes. him drunken."--fiabak. U. 15. [Continued from Bth September.] Major Greig in his Report for 1856, stated that " there are 1,445 Licensed Houses, an i 896 Beerhonees ; making in ail 2,341, Thera are considerably more in proportion to popula` ion in Liverpool than either Manchester or London; anct what is the consequence ? Mr. S. n. J :ckson, a phil ilithrople gen leant', gives the result as follows : —London population. 2,646:278 ; apprehended far being drank and disor lerly, in one year, 11,923 - m Iles, 14,185 females; making in all, 26,108; while in Liverpool the popilation is 423,961, and there were apprehended in one year, for being drank and dis orderly, 7,146 miles, and 5,822 females. This gives to London one apprehension to every hundre 1 persons, to Liverpool, one to thirty three. Mr. Alderman ilolme, in &speech in the Council Camber, made Liverpool even worse than this. Thus affirming the evidence of the publicans themselies, that drunkenness to in proportion to the number of public houses, ant j 'stiffing the demand for prohibition. Robertson Gla Istone, Esquire, of this town, deposed to a Parlia mentary Committee. and on referring to the connection between drunkenness and crime s&d, that " The subject had so freqeen ly come before the magistrates of Liverpool, that they knew that in public houses or beer-houses many thefts, robberies, and o her crimes were arranged. In his own cal:eerie:lee as a magistrate he had known several in Goal, who had told him where their plans ere arranged, and public houses or beer-houses were gener the places." And this gentlemen's evidence is affirmed, by that of the Head Constable, wh3 returned thirty two bear-houses where thieves assemble to m :tare their plane, and fifty seven were they meet to divide their plunder. The Grand Jury of the assizes of Liverp,o', composed of twenty one magistrates, in 1840, through their foreman, Mr. W. Entweatle, M P. presented the following—" The G:and Jary having concluded the ex. amination of the cases committed to thln, feel it their imperative duty to place on reeerd their opinion as to the prevailiag habit of drunken ness, so f .reibly allnied to in the demo delivered to them by Mr. Jae lice Whiteman, as being the cease of more Vets four-titles of the crimes in Cis and o.her calendera, as well as with regard to the adoption of some efficient means for its extinction." As in Great Britain, so it. is in America. In those states where the Main-Law principles have not been adopted out of 203 convicts in Auburn State prison, U.S., it was ascertained that 200 had committed their crimes through drunkenness; and, further, the c3mniitmeats in the city of New York even In 1856, 36,364, of which 32,703 committel their crimes through drunkenness. In France, too, w*.ile the populat on had increased 7 per cent. in 7 years, man-laughter had increased 18, rape on adults, 27; on children. 140; patracide, 28; infanticide, 34; murder, 27; forgery, 47 ; arson, 74; perjury, 81. And whence that fearful increase of crime; the fact is, drunkenness had doubled during the seven years. Seven years ago the consumption was 2t gallons, now it is 5 gallons annually of in toxicating drinks for every men, women and child, in France. To al abstainers would not thereore do with Alcohol as the American Quaker did with the thief—on hearing him in•the adjoining room to that in which he was seeping, got up and takings loid,dgnn , opening-the door and pointing the gun at him very quietly sold, "friend I woall recournsud thee to withdraw speedily lest I should shoot thee." Not convinced of the evils it inflicts on mankind in every part of Europe they a-e determined upan Its destruction teetotally. I will here state a e'reumstance that came under my own observa tion about forty years ago, illustrative of the evil resulting from drunkenne=s. I was gathering fruit on a love'y day; around me :nature wore her liweilest aspect, wood ani stream spread out their alluring, charms, of themselves sufficient to woo the mind to the contemplation of virtue; for surely nature has that tendency, though neither guide to heaven nor fitting object of worship to men ; bat more, the sun seemed in his merHian splendour. All creation, animal and vegetable, animate and inanimate, seeming to vie in acts of homage to the Creator of All Things, every thing around me still and quiet, excepting a gentle and m jostle heaving of the branches of the trees by that meek manifests ton of God's power, the breeze of heaven, the solemnity of silence unbroken, unless the tw tteting of birds, or the lowing of oxen, occasionally caught the ear. The magnificence, loveliness, and grandeur of the panorama, leading the mind irresistably to the con templatioa of the beauties of nature, and thence, onward to the wisapal goodness, and beaevoleace of Almighty God, in the arrangement of all created things, and from the contemplation of nature upwards to nature's Gid, the author of all things— and while the juectaile mind (for I was only 12 years of age,) was filled with gra itnde to Almighty God for his great goodness to man, in ceasing the ea- h to yield its license, I wall remember, that just when my mind was thus employed, the solemnity of silence was indeed broken, by the cries of "stop thief, stop thief l" echoed as the cry reverb:rated through the valley, " stop thief "—solemn moment! So soon as the momentary Impaise creating alarm, fear, and astonish ment in my mied, had to some eaten', subsided, I ascended higher in the tree, in order to ascertain tha cause of this wonderment, when lo I I saw, to my utter amazement, a mortal mau, stalking across the country will terrible rapidity, and three or four others parsalag m with fearfully increasing speed, reiterating the cry, " stop thief " They soon seized the object of pursuit, a Burglar, far whose appre hension £lOl was offered. Next morning I had the pain of witnessing this fins young man, twenty-five years of age, of robust stature, five feet ten inches high, marched past my father's doer in irons, and on his way to prison that day, pointed the offizers in charge of him to the public-house, where he drank the first intoxicating glass; it was at that cursed house, added be, against which, my poor mother so often cautioned me, that I became a drunkard. The landlord encouraged me to steal, first from my parents, then from others, until I committed the crime for which I shall be hung. He had broken into a house, and house breaking being then a capital offence, he was execand at the ensuing Lancaster Assizes. In a letter to his brother, before his execution, he cautioned him against drunkenness. If I have succeeded in demonstrating that intemperance pervades my country, and that to a fearful extent, and that crime and drunk enesse are like iron-bound criminals, that the oae exists on the corresponding ratio of the other, I ask, what is the plain logic of the case; it seems to me to be ,imply this, that intoxicating drinks ought and must be expunged from the list of beverages, and soma unintoxicating drinks substituted—where is the man or woman so destitute of every humane sentiment as to suffer their tastes or prejudices to aid in perpetuating such a vast amount of terrible evils. Callous must be that heart, scared indeed must be that conscience, that would perpetuate drunkeness, which makes women widows, children orphans, trains our youths for infamy and shame, fills our prisons with criminals, our workhouses with paupers, our asylums with lunatics, prosiness f smi te, wra`tched❑ess, disease, and death. Continually does the sigh of the widow, the broken-heated wife, and the orphan plead wilt the christian, the philanthropist, and the p trice, to put an end to drankeness. And can they still stand aloof from the great temperance m , venaent, the o' ject of which is to persu ,de meu to adopt total abstinence principles, as the only safe foothold apart from "Chris: and His Holy Religion," the only safe shelter from the I ave gieg power of intoxicating drink. Total abstinence principles are the only trainee agencies ca'calate,d is la3son those human woes which I have feeely endeavoured to expose—to pu - ge the bosom of the black crime of drankene.s. In order to do that I would affectien ate!), urg upon the victims of alcoholic drinks, the adoption of total abstinence principles—the principles propounded by the inspired Apostle St. Pent, neither to touch, taste, nor handle the accursed thing; for, as there could be no agreement between the temple of God and idols in the Apostles days, so, I mainta'n, there con be no egreement in ours, briween the Lord of Heaven and Earth and the bellyged of Europe, alcholie drinks. There can be no moderation in adultery and murder, neith-r cto there be any snoderati,n in drunk en° a—" Drunkards will not inherit the Kingdom or Heaven,"—they will have their portion will adulterers and murder re in the lake that bumeth will fire and brimstone. Drunkards pause, ere it be too late i —Bat if you will not assert your batter nature, trod achieve the noblest act of your life—a victory over yourielves—then sorro.vfally I must leave you, like some false and hideous image, around which the enemies of God and man have worshipped, end remember that alcohol, with its train of abominations, will soon be cast oat—yes, by brewers and public -,ns themselves, as a d , tested thing forgotten of men, end remembered only as of a vermin-lizzard, that crawls beneath the twilight and entwine themselves eround their victims in midnight darkness. (To be continued ) FORVON TARIFFS.—Since September last the following counteries have made alterations in their respective cus toms dudes:—Russia, France, Austria, Roman States, United States, liew Granada, Venezeula, Salvador, Monte Video, Buenos Ayres, and Peru. The Russian changes involve some very large reductions, but the new rates are still so high as to be inconsistent with the growth of any extensive trade Austria has made only a single alteration, namely, the removal on looms for spinning and weaving. the tariff of the Roman States has been redaced in a more liberal spirit. The new scale adopted by the United States comprises about 440 articles, and in all of these there has been a reduction of duty, generally of 20 or 25 per cant , but in some instances even 90 per cent. The French reductions apply to seven articles, including wool. In Spain the tendency has been rather to impose new duties than to remove old ones. Buenos Ayres has abolished the duty on coals. Peru has declared sugar, rice, butter, cheese, lard, and tallow, free. Granada and Venezuela have made a great variety of changes, and almost entirely in an adverse direction. Monte Video has effected em siderable progress, a reduction of about 25 per cent. being made in the duties of about eighty articles, some of then of much importance, THE CONDITION OF INDIA. MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. The members of the Chamber of Commerce were invited to meet yesterday, to hear some statements relative to the condition of India, from Mr. John Freeman, a gentleman connected 'with India, and resident for many years in that country. There was but a thin attendance. The chair was taken at one o'clock, by Mr. John Torr, president of the Chamber. Among the other gentlemen present were P. Messrs. William Brown,- M., Christopher Bushell, J. T. Denson, C. E. Rawlins, F. Boult, Corballe, &c. The CHAIRMAN briefly introduced Mr. Freeman as a gentleman who, from his long residenc e s in India, and thorough knowledge of its affairs, was eminently qualified to afford the Chamber some valuable information upon the subject. Mr. FezeneN commenced his observations by re marking that he presumed the greatest anxiety of his hearers at present would be as to the probability of India being severed from, the British Crown, in consequence of the rebellion now going on. Pointing out upon the map the comparatively small portion of the uorth-west of the Bengal provinces, to which the rebellion is csnfined, he declared that s he did not think there was the slighest cause whatever for any apprehension as to the ultimate result of the rebellion, so far as British connexion with India was concerned. He had not the slightest doubt that the rebellion, if it was not actually put down at present, would very shortly be so, and that there need be no apprehension whatever as to the result of the means taken to suppress it. He then pointed out the gradual increase is import auce of the imports and exports of India, which in the year 1855-6,. reached the value of 124 crores of rupees, or 124 millions of English money. He showed by statistics taken from a circular published by Mr. George Brown, of the firm of Jardine, Skinner and *Co, of Calcutta, that the amount had been gradually and steadily increasing since 1837. The subjects to which he especialy desired to draw attention were the cause , which principally operated to check the results of British energy and capital from having their due effect in developing the resources of India. In the first instance he referred to the insecurity of the tenure of land. He was the first British-born subject who, after the renewal of the company's charter in 1834, purchased an estate, sold for arrears of revenue by the company. Up to that time lito British subject could hold land oat of Calcutta, Bombay, and Madras. His estate was about 300 miles train Calcutta, and the Ganges ran through it. An estate in India di i not, like an Eng lish estate, consist of 3,000 or 4,000 acres of land. The estate he purchased consisted of 34 villages, and the chief village c tntained 1,800 souls, the estate covering about 75,000 acres of land. He petitioned the company to send down an agent to show him the limits of the estate he bad purchased, but although he offered to pay all the expense himself, they refused to do so. When he endeavoured to collect in his revenues, he found that the old proprietors were still collecting them ; and not only was his authority set at defiance, but ha waecharged before a magistrate with having gone about sacking the villages with a strong fore', although he declared that he had not stirred from his hut. Here he gave a very amusing account of the manner in which, while endea vouring to collect his revenue, he was treated as a culprit before the magistrates, and when he had after much diffi culty disproved the charees, and showed his title to the property, he was not allowed to prosecute his accusers for perjury. By the law releting to land, if the revenue to the company was not paid by sunset upon a certain day, the estate was sequestered and sold. The under tenant-, among whom such estates were usually divided, had no security whatever; for if, after they had paid for their land, the head proprietor did not pay up the revenues to the company, the whole estate was sold. and the under tenants lost their holdings. How, then, he asked, was it possible to expect that British capital would be largely inv-sted in land? Then came the inaptitude and inefficiency of the civil service for putting in force the laws, bad as they were, and the inefficacy of the police and administration of justice. Mr. Freeman detailed instances occurring to himself to show how utterly inefficient was the legal administration to protect indigo and other planters from the rapacity and violence of native extor tioners and plunderers, and how British subjects were forced to have recourse to arms in their own defence. The manner in which judges, magistrates, and assistant magis trates were appointed he also condemned in the strongest terms. The Company did not look to whether a man was competent to be a magistrate. B)s just out of colleee, who had had no training suitable for the purpose, were sometimes entrusted with the administration of justice to a million of people. Any man was good enough to be a judge or a magistrate. Their best men the flempany app.-Anted collectors, because their abilities were greater to contend against the tights of those who might Oppose the collection of the revenues. He knew men in India who admitted their own incompetence to sit upon the bench, but the Company did not discharge their civil servants for such incapacity. There was a judge at Hooghly, who was allowed to remain for years upon the bench. Although he begged and prayed the Government himself to remove him —so much did he feel his incapacity to administer justice; and it was only when the British-born subjects petitioned that he got an agency down in the country. and another judge was appointed. Mr. Freeman painted to the in lifference and want of known:Age evinced by the government, in reftrence to the present awful occasion. Delhi was the greatest arsenal of India. At the time when the insurrectiou took place, there were 1,300 pieces of artillery there, independent of the cannons upon the ramparts. In Delhi there was not one single European soldier, although in February or March, when the first regiment was disarmed at Birrackpora, there was full warning given, and the government subsequently received warning from many sonrc,s, military and civil, that some thing was wrong, something feverish was underneath. Why, at the first warning, was not even one European regiment sent into Delhi? If there had been one European regiment, or even .500 European soldiers there, Delhi would never have answered the purposes of the insurgents and traitors. It had become a second Sebastopol by the negligence of the government, in allowing a city of that imeortante, to remain wholly unguarded by British troops. Mr. Vernon Smith stated in the House of Commons that the ream' of this was the unhealthy climate of Delhi. Why. then, hive made it a groat military depot? Bat he (Slr. Freeman) denied that Delhi was more unhealthy than any other parts of India. Mr. Free mad then proceeded to se yak of what are known as the " Black Acts," by which Bri ish s objects in India are virtu fly deprived of the right of trial by jury, and handed over to the tender mercies of native judges. From the operation of these acts, all the Company's officers, civil and military, were excluded, which he declared of itself sufficiently stamped their character, for if the acts were good enough for a British merchant—a Rothschild or a Baring—why should a mat, because he happened to be servant of the Company, be exempted from their op 'ration ? Ha declared the introduction of these acts an attempt to drive the British settler out of India altogether, because British settlers were energetic and enterprising men— because since they had got the liberty of the press they were apt to expose the acts of the Government, and the Company's system was so bad that it would not bear God's daylight. In 1849, when the Black Acts were introduced, there was a meeting held at Calcutta of British merchants and residents, and such an influential movement was made against them, that they were shelved from that Cm: until last win'er. An attempt was then made to introduce them again, and an equally important meeting was held to protest against them, and all the shops ware closed in Calcutta. Mr. Freeman laid before the meeting newsmen containing reports of the proceedings which took place at the meeting, and called especisl a tention to the speech of Sir Arthur Buller, in the Legislative Council, i n opposidon to the acts. ids. Freeman proceeded to remark, that if the East India Company had done one twentieth part as much for India as Manchester and Livereo )1 had done, they would not have had so much reason to complain. Since the Company had been out of the silk market, the country had produced ten times as much silk as before. At one time they paid an agent £B,OOO a year for purchasing cocoons, and be paid such a price for them that no one else could go near him, thus tieing a ruinous business for the Company, as they must have soon discovered if they had balanced their books. What did India require ? She required radical reform in her administration, radical reform in the constitution of her governmeut, and full encouragement for the British settlers. They should look to India not only for the present day, but for the future, when Canada and New South Wales would probably be separated from England. He pointed out the vast advantages which India possessed as 'a consuming and a producing country. Daring the Russian war, jute, hemp, even tallow, were sent from India. He recollected when not fifty tons of sugar were brought from India, and he had seen 100,000 tons shipped from Calcutta. Tea was beiog cu tivated largely. bilk and linseed were increasing in the same way. The peculiarity of India was, that she was capable of producing any crop called for, and in any quantity, Lie exhibited specimens of cottea from 'lndia. and promised every facility for the growing of any quantity of seed Manchester and Liverpool might send cut. What we required was that the Queen's Government should be proclaimed in India in preference to the East India Company's. The company's authority was so looked up to in India, that when the Queen's effigy was stamped upon the coins, the ignorant natives thought it was the company's wife. (Laughter.) Mr Freeman explained that one of the main .objects of his mission to England, was to urge petitions to parliament that the sovrnrsout.of India should be in the name of the British THE CASE OF MR. JI3IEB M`DONALD. Till following memorial was read from Mr. James M•Donald : To the Worshipful the Mayor and Town Council of the Borough of Liverpool. THE MEMORIAL OF JAMES 31(D1NALp. HUMBLY SBEWETII,—Thit, your memorialist has been for upwards of twenty years in the service of the Corporation, in the various capacities of police constable, inspector, superin tendent, and divisional superintendent in the constabulary force ; then as engineer and manager of water works; then as surveyor and assessor of water rates ; and la•terly, as inspector of smoke nuisances. I t all these various offices your memo rialist hes been influenced by but one oLject—v;z., an earnest desire faithfully to discharge the impor ant duties appertaining to each to the best of his abilities. His conduct in the pollee earned for him the gool opinion of his immediate superiors, and the approval of all the authorities. In that service he sustained mos: severe injuries, whist in the exeeation of his duties, from the effects of which he must be a sufferer for life. As manager of the Water Works, he was enabled to render most important services to the town by introducing a plan for ex:inguishing fires on -a cemprehensive scale by hydraulic pressure. The partial realiza ion of this plan has a ready proved of immense advantage to all classes. As smoke inspector, your memorialist applied himself with all the energy of which he was possessed to suppress the nuisance, and he believes it will be admitted on all hands alit in this he was eminently successful. Without harrassing the wanurae. turer with unnecessary or vexatious information to be followed of course by heavy penalties, or by yielding to any of. the many tempting offers held out to hint by the various patentees of smoke consuming apparatus, and in fisting on the furnance owners adopting ono or other of these, at great cost and inconvenience, your memotialist did, by dint of sheer perseverance and labourious exertion, surmount all the objections urged by engineers, stolters, and others, as to the practicability of consuming, or rather preventing, smoke. These objections Marred m :re pat titularly to the river steamers ; yet, by pursuing the course indicated above, that which on all saes had been pronounced ut e.ly impracticable, was speedily accomplished, and this, too, without entailing on the steamboat proprietors the outlay of a shilling for ahem. Hons. These are facts that will speak for themselves. Your memorialist was appointed to the important offic - of managing engineer of the water works, solely in consequence of the recommendations ha received from all the authorities, inclu leg the then mayor; as to his fitness for the office, He was deprived of that office, and his salary o' £4OO per annum, for having, as in (1117 bound, informed the Council what was the true yield of their own wells. He was afterwards deprived of his office of surveyor and assessor of water rates, his salary being £2OO per annum, in conse quence of a charge masse against him, by an influential mem ber of the Council, of having written a leading article in the Liverpool Courier, on the water question ; of that charge, your memorialist is entirely innocent. When your Worship and the Council, take into consideration the length and nature of his services ; the severe injuries be has sustained in that service; and the sufferings he has endured for having sttte d what all must now acknowledge to be the truth about the water sup,ly, he humbly trusts his case may meet with the favourable consideration of the Council. And your me in duty bound, shaLever pray. JAMES MDONALD. I Mr. PARIKER : I beg the memorial be referred to the Gas Committee. There is an opening for an assistant, and he would do very well there. Mc. J. R. JEFFERY said Mr. Hodson had intended moving that this memorial be referred to a committee, but ' he having unfortunately been called out of the room, had, in his absence, begged him (Mr. Jeffery) to do the duty, which would be so much better done if he were present. He thought there could be no doubt that Mr. M 'Donald laboured under the impression that he had been ill used, that his case had not been f irly heard by the Council, and that that belief was sympathised in by alArge majori y out of doors. He did not think there could be two opinions that the valuable services to which reference had been made in the memorial had been received by the Corporation and by the community, and that Mr. M'Dona?d did introduce, while he was engineer to the water-works, the use of the present fire-plu,ts for the extinguishing of fi , es • and as he (Mr. Jeffery) had been inform', and he believed correctly, that introduction was directly at variance with the opinion of Mr. Simpson and other engikee , s of the day, and the idea was not only opposed, but absolutely ridiculed. It was said that it would be an impossibility— that, if attempted, it could only serve to amuse children —and that it could never accomplish the object which Mr. 2,193,,na1d set forth that he would be able to achieve. Relative to the yielding of the wells, the Council had bad practical experience, subsequently which proved his statements to be correct. Mr. M'Donald was invalided in the service of the Corporation, and be was therefore now unable to obtain a livelihood in consequence of injuries which he had sustained. He (Mr. Jeffery) thought it was due to Mr M'Donald and to the claims he had upon interest out of doors, that the memorial be referred to a committee to report noon. If that were the p'easure of the Council, he (Mr. Jeffery) should be very happy indeed to name a committee, constituted of a mixed number of those who enterta;ne ► opp 'sing views upon that much vexed question, the Rivington question. Mr. BANNER was very glad, indeed, to second the motion, believing it to be a case which ought to be inquired into. Mr. M'Donald had frequently memorialized the Council He would not go now into the merits of the case, but he would second Mr. Jeffery's motion, in order that it might at all events be inquired Iwo. There was one suggestion he would take the liberty of making, and that war', that if differences of calculation and old views with regard to the water Supply coted be forgotten, Mr. lki . Donald would be a very useful man if an additional main of pipes was to be laid down for the purpose of availing a the Rivington water. He had very intimate knowledge of all thu pipes which had been laid, and would, he believed, be able to give some information as to the pipes which were yet to be laid. Notwithstanding the differences in the he believed Mr. M'Donald to be a man vhose case deserved attention at their hands Mr. Alderman J. H. Tuiui thought it only due to the Council, to say that a special committee was appointed some time ago, which sat several days at Cornwallis-street, in reference to a memorial from Mr. M'Donald. Ha did not exactly recollect what the upshot of the sittings was, crown. Having glanced at many important pointit bearing on the question, Mr. Freeman concluded his ad dress, of which the above is:a, mere abstract, amid loud applause. The CHAIRMAN explained that what' was called the Black Acts, were first mooted by Mr. A/Manley in India- They originated in an endeavour to exalt the more intelli gent natives by education, and by the hope that they might rise to the positioCof- being governors in their own dis tricts, under the idea, probably, that every country ought to be governed by its own native population. The idea seemed to have been fostered by Lord Dalhousie. The' Black Acts were to place natives in the position of judges' in native courts. Mr. FREEMAN : The name was given because of the darkness of the intent. It was so villianous an attempt upon the part of government, that it was called the Black Act. (Laughter.) It fully justified the title. It was taking away from , the British settler the right he had hitherto enjoyed in India; taking him out of the hands of the Queen's government, and putting him into the merciless hands of natives in the inferior. A. vote of thanks was proposed to Mr. Freeman by the• Chairman, seconded by . Mr. Bushell, and carried unanimously. This closed the proceedings. THE SPY SYSTEM -THE POLICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—Your correspondent " Truth" only speaks what his name imports, and I am sure the publi cans, aye, and even the, public of Liverpool, must feel indebted to you for having exposed a system disgraceful to the town, for I believe in no other city or town in England are the police allowed to act in the illegal manner adopted in Liverpool. The object or the law of the police force is to prevent crime, not create it. I can vouch for the • following fact. A policeman, dressed as a "navvy,"' entered a respectable hotel on a Sunday morning, and asked for drink, stating that he was a traveller, and had come by rail. He was refused—he begged it might be given to hitn, but to no purpose, and he was obliged to depart. The landlord suspecting something, set a watch on his " customer," who, on leaving the house, was joined by another who was in waiting for him, and both persons turned out to be disguised policemen. Had the assumed traveller been served with drink, his friend would have pounced in and made "a. case" against the house. Is not this thoroughly dis graceful? But, sir, I assure you it is a very common practice amongst the police. Is it unknown to Major Greig? You have, sir, by indomitable perseverance, smashed that giant job of the Pike, and probably saved the lives of thousands; and you will have accomplished the reform of an evil—illegal, immoral, and unlawful-- by persevering against the spy system and navvy clothes of the police, officer on Sunday mornings- With permission to address you again on this , subjeot, I am, sir, your obedient servant, B;.h September, 1857. JUSTICE. THE MURDER IN ALGERIA. We have received the following correspondenoa in reference to this matter from a gentleman, who', vouches for its accuracy. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. Sir,—l sent the subjoined communication by post on Saturday, but perceive it has not been publishe,l. If you think with me that these facts , ought to be made known in order to put people upon their guard, you wiil probably find space for tkem.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, ONE JJST ARRIVED► TO - THE EDITOR OF THE " TIMES." Sir,—ln your article on the extraordinary trial for murder in Algeria, which appeared in your issue of the 4 h heart% you observe, "that summary executions were spoken of as notorious traoeactioas, and in certain districts of the colony the military administrators pro` pounced their decrees, even is matters of life and death, without eo much as the form of a trial." And you add , "that we trust we may assume that in no British de' pendency have the abases of colonial rule been carried to snch a length." rtf To even greater lengths, however, h ave t h e abuse. -, rule in tile colony of Victoria , Australia been carrieot; where, at the present time, t o the 'personal knowledge 01 the writer, cruelties of an abominable natere are systemati cally perpetrated. And it is not the doers alone of evil that are submitted to the murderous attacks of parties in authority, as disclosed by evidence betore the committees of the people in Melbourne, and of the legislature there, but the exposers of it; for as the entire machinery of bath the law and the police is most theroughly corrupt, there is mureh of bribery, perjiry, and murder to conceal, that can only be effected by the destruction of those who may happen to know, or to become acquainted with it. In the towns of Melb , urne and Geelong, life is nemparatively safe, but at a distance from tho-e larger nucleus of population, the officials carry on their impositions and extortions with fearlessness, and destroy their opponents with impunity; for, although there are magistrates on the digging, and in the mining districts, it is found that they are subordinate or subservient to the gees d'arme, the Commissioners of Police ; and the writer having come to know this fact did not h es it a t e to inform his Acellency Sir Henry Barkly the Governor, in the middle of February last, " that whom the police chose they seized and slew without trial or accnsation.'' The fact is, that at some few miles distance from their respective camps, the police chiefs arrange with innkeepers, that the parties who shall be left in their charge from time t time, shall be locked up in some fast room, until it is decided whether instant death or prolonged torture is to be the termination of their career; and at those inns soma dozen of assassins arec )r s aptly at hand, who receive so much for each victim. `Peen the officials order a man to be apprehended whom they intend to destroy, the word of command is, "take him away," " don't take him here to-the camp." Oa the occasion of a body of police being ordered on the night, between the Ist an I 2nd of February last, in the town of Sandhurst, Bendigo, to break open the doors of a house in which a gentleman resided that had become ob noxious to certain officials by his writings, and particularly, as it was publicly alleged to the Right Honourable William Foster Stowell, the Attorney-General, (the same now Chief Ju vice) and " take him away " they refused who is to act, as they thought from his name that he was either an Irishman or of Irish extraction, and in either case would take no part in the illegal outrage. The great noise which the officials of the camp made in striving to induce their men to obey, aroused the pablic from their slumbers, who, on learning the cause of the uproar, resolved to protect the individual themselves for that night, by watching outside his house. In this protective 'duty the men sent to capture the gentleman also joined, and would not return to their quarters till daylight had begun trolawn. Next day being Nestled by two assassins that were engaged to destroy him, he went and claimed . the protection of Dr. Hunt, a magistrate in Sandhurst, who immediately sent for the Commissioner of the District, to know what offence had been cenamitte I. When' that despotic person came to the Doctor's shop, he had the aueooity to sty that there was no char against the gentleman, but that as he was a political writer he must be put to death (ipsissima verba) he must be shot. . Upon this the D ctor persuaded the Commissioner to go with him to the office of Mr: Emmett, another magistrate in the immediate neighbourhood, with a view' to get a modification, if possible, of this degree; but in the interim, the intended v etim ' having no confidence in the magistrat e s' p ower fled, instantly disguising himself ada.digger, and escaped a hot pursuit that was immediately orderee and extended over a hundred miles, by men on foot and on horseback, in gigs and in coaches for six days. He frequently stw his pursuers from the dense bush in which he walke 1 by day and slept :at nigh', but ultimately reached a place of safety. Fresh particulars will shortly be pabliehed. N. 13 I enclose re y card.—l am, Sir, ONE JUST ARRIVED. BOROUGH OP GREENIVICH.—A portion of the politicians of Woolwich have seen Mr. Townsend, and ascertained that he has no wish to resign, and they have resolved to raiser a subscription as a means of extricating their member from his difficulties, and enabling him to remain at his post in the House of Commons. HOOP SKIM'S —The use of hoops in ex - iggerating the circumference of ladies' petticoat ,, , bas caused a great increase in the price of whalebone—nearly double. The expansion of female skirts has a'so expanded the price of, other elastic materials. For in s t ance , th e p reparat i on o f rattan for cane seats, used in chair making, leaves the cen tral portion of the rattan in a cylindrical form, and this has been used as a substitute fur willow in covering demi johns, &o. 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