The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-25 00:00:00

it well subs Styptics Cze-ar w thing, h. Tne UVoti shoulders Coin to v barites Brown bow sudden you aie. Lord and Lady ar from I ning a drpendan cau-e sh, M r. Tau country hall follow cause I ( the mon small quantitie beautiful vertu now gown Finn, phntations, whi that th N 0 1' 1 Dr. Jeffrey's Pamphlet on t 1 he ab is proof by t co Plant from Souitt 14borious ros, VAR y carried CHALLENGE count of its ttu nt Dr. Jeffrey e him birth LAND iz, and off t is a Lt you fr( ptic and other Virtues America. Third eached another edition, which licinal virtues. made upon t ,aint or usting sots and disgraces to humanity There would be more TUREE s.—On Wec jury stol owledging s made of the materia Styptics, where other ly in cases of eon me before death g remarked that " it the mariners fear no- -smiled of all animals : th aring II 'en on his r who recently invited the inhabitants of Lin !w his gooes, said, in his circular. "all pecu- fined by the coadjutLrs in am how to fellow to a brisk brunette; if you please." "La! M " just let . White, s of Saxon origin. Lord is .if-giver), and he was so called from his ,is own expense a number of retainers or Lady is called Lat-dian (loaf-server), be cut aud served round the bread ro the guests. e barrister. requested a witness the the Nigi Pius Cour give the ipsissima xitness's qui. k reply, one which convulsed the Court and jury with laughter. A certain eminent man lately offered a publisher, in Patern.”.ter-row, a ‘• Treutise ori tne Hand," which the worthy honksellrr deelintd with a shake of the head, say- hands ale On Thu av, an Irishman w Nisi Prius J ever s n oats returned ? ked the b4rtiste ' "In Ike back id was A t 'his )rrespondent of the Cam- ted:it cannot be too net THE 11 Al —Garden abominable in A an emigrant fro which be dei of their Jo sts the . hair, nasal twa of you Who w that Annual tha' I wanted have i She said yot: the ugliest looking man she ever laid N DEAD AT THE HOSPICE OF THE GRAND ST. BM.RNARD 'he scene of t reatest inter rdimiry interest indeed—is that e where the dead bodies of lost There they are, some of them with hi; balmed is thick with nameless ups of poor sufferers in the very position in which they were found, as rigid as mar ble, and in this air, by the preserving element of an eter nal frost, almost as uncrumllsling. There is the molher arid a child, a most affecting image of suffering and love. The face of the little unr remains to the mother's bosom, only the back part of the skull bring visible, the body enfolded in her careful arm., careful in vain. affectionate roan the elemental wrath in vain, to bbield heridT of th hrirrii tied 1 I them c so a tall, strong man, standing but the - white unbroken lig from the fleshless The face seems to 14 awful the rec would tell you story of a fearful death-struggle in the storm. re are other groups more indistinct, but these two are never to be forgotten; and the whole of those dried and frozen remnant. of humanity are a terrific de mo! stratlon of the fearfulness of this mountain pass, when the elements, let loose in fury, encounter the un happy traveller. You look at all this through the grated window; there is plat light enough to make it solemnly and dis:inctly visible. and to read in it a powerful record of mental and physical agony, and of maternal love in death. The little child, hiding i►s face in its mother's bosom, and both frozen 0 death—one can never forget the group, nor the memento mori, nor the token of death less love. — Dr. Cheever's Wanderings. THE WOIII.D'S TEETOTAL CONVENTION.—Upon the sing to revresent the most !ian remar we inquire who the hero utes the official grea this scene a of the day, we discover, among other claims to public at tention and admiration, one very remarkable one put for ward. The chief claim which some of these public gen tlemen have for occupying their di•tinguished position be is the fact, that fore a large and respectat they were once enormous d ,e — wonder and asto- e, and swigged glasses They severally nearly ruined their respective They beat their wives and starved their chil ouseholds to death's door; a em in the face. That is their claim to .ought their take away a Through some mistake, of ltehind led off the dance at a person appointed to tt ndpr. and received tt ierstand why, be should open me in 3s , sowing nitrate of soda in miler under trees a mos .d. I have used it uncle id the g►ass always looks I on a small scale, I have a amongst the long grass in the tie never could eat. I now find rred to the other parts of the —There is one character ►ou not 'lnfrequently meet witl Id country, who hates the lan suAlly hunted out of it for crime 1; from his former fears t-s them and his country- e speech and manner, a hive met with an outcast New World. riry mischievous young lady say a pretty your w—sornethiog good, I boy tell ynu! but it's the truth : Well agreed—you shall ont blu,s6 so— A WHOLE FAMILY I all the membtrs of his fa- Dr. Duke, of •JY e last f. rch. days, conformed to the of bread to t rn loaf ; the I st price is now, cot , nt time there is so much foreign flour, duty rort of London, as may mos Roundantly upply the inhabitants of the metropolis with bread during the next six months, without the assis:ance of one quar ter of Br ti,h win at, or one sack of British-made flour. It has been prep tsed that an Eng'ish nobleman should reside at Rome, in the recignised quality of ambassador. and Hill, on the part of his Holiness, a nuncio should be accredited to London. The negotiations with Rome are, at present, it is said, conducted by a Catholic priest Mrs. La Fontneg, of Witnpole-street, C endish-square, St. Clement's church-yard. on Wednesday afternoon, con taining £307, which she had just received in Fleet-street for the rent of houses. POTATOES FROM VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—A ship ar rived in the London Docks from Hobart Town, the North Briton, iias brought 4228 bags o of flour, and, among a variety of other articles, 20 baskets of potatoes, the production of that distant colony. It was announced in the Commons, on Monday week, that the great statue of the Duke is, after all, to be put on the arch, but only for three weeks on trial. If it looks vised by competent persons ". are displeased with the general effect, it will come down. Hannah Barker, aged 21 years, was on Thursday last be transported for ten years, baying been found guilty on an indictment charging her with administering a quantity of oxalic acid to her husband, with intent to murder him. At pt Bright, dinner given in Durham on Tuesday to ivir. M.P. far that city, that gentleman declined to tin as a candidate for the representation of the borough. It is said that the Manchester people will in vite him to become a candidate for that town in conjunc tion with Mr. Cobden. THE DAGENHAM MIIRDEIL.—Tbe three persons ar rested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of them ; and it with w of spirits families. public attention. They do not profess to be any better than the rest of the world ; they were only once much wore. They glory in that distinction. They revel in descriptions of that aboriginal period of their existence. They refer to it in the same rich and glowing strain, with which poets refer to the heroic ages of the world. The Wonla - -4 -Pride Arunk ; it has was in [IF se oln days magnificently wooed a eivilistd sobriety. In the same way. Mr. ling sot, but is now a respects tie will dwell on all the details of his He will describe the swimming of the Thompkit.s was once. a ree ble shoemaker prior at iners; the Mods of drink the horrible thirst which my COI from Boston. United States, it appears that there is not the slightest foundation for the report that Van Amburgh, the.famous brute-tamer, had been destroyed by a tigress Rhode Island, while endeavouring at the _ lady to take away some meat which 3 some- I the beast was about to devour. The story is a pure fabri- at Voonsuckett requt-st of a your cation, invented to bring a newspaper into notoriety. Vrin Amburgh was reported to be in good health, and making a very successful tour.—Sun of Saturday. John Davie4le mate on board the Citizen " A" steam boat, on the Tffames, whilst trying to disensaze a mop from a chain at the bull of the boat, on Saturday week, lost his balance, fell overboard, and was drowned. de was 45 years of age, and has left a wife and eight children. On the same day, Richard Lewis, the engine driver of the Citizen " D" steam boat, was engaged, unknown to the master, irr one of the paddle-boxes, when the order to " go on" was given, and the poor fellow's brains were it etantly dashed out, and his lifeless body fell into the Thi.mes. Mr. Cobden has lived to sup with royalty. We learn (says the Manchester Guarilian) that Mr. Cobden, nn his way to Paris, received an invitation to dine with the King at the Chateau d'Eu : and he accordingly joined the fa mily dinner party at the chateau, where he was most gra ciously and cordially received by the King, the Queen, and Madame Adelaide. We undetatand, the same auiho , that his Majesty (who speaks English per well) showed an intimate knowledge of the pro- COURT-MARTIAL innot I of the corn- —Her Majesty' '8 pleasure has been 1 respecting the court-martial on gunner and driver Richard Gilbertson, at Woolwich. The sentence of the court finding him guilty of the several charges has been confirmed, and a.: a general bad character he has lergo an imprisonment o eighty-fuur of which are to be solitary, divided into six periods of fourteen days each, and the remainder with hard lar , our, and furthermore that he be placed under DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a frightful na ture occurred at Navenby, on the 23d ultimo, to a boy about ten years of age, nephew to Mr. J. Rollitt. By some mischance, he was precipitated from a loft of hay, and in falling was caught by one of the prongs of a com mon bay-fork, which entered the back and lower part of the bead, and came out at the top completely transfixing and suspending him. The fork was with considerable difficulty extracted by two men in the field, who took home the poor youth to all appearances dead. In a short time reaction took place. The boy is now fast getting bet ter, after using the means which surgical aid suggested, and though he bas lost a considerable portion of his b ra ins, exhibits no proof that his intellect is at all impaired.— Stamford and Lincoln Mercury, MURDER IN WARWICKSHIRE.—WiIIiam Cave, a far mer, of Hornton, in Warwickshire, bas been committed to take his trial for the murder of Hannah Tredwell. The prisoner is a married man, with a wife and family. He bad carried on an illicit intercourse with deceased, who was about forty years old, and had had several children by him. She frequently importuned him for money, and -Red for bim with t'- aat intent on the morning of the murder. A quarrel ensued between them, and he shot her in the neck with his gun. Her body was found lying in an unfrequented pathway which is cut between two STRANGE ACCIDENT.—The wife of Mr. Strutt, the sexton of St. Peter's parish, Colchester, had a narrow escape from death on Sunday week, by accidentally swal lowing a wasp with some beer which she was drinking. The insect in passi down her throat stung it severely, without, however, it in g its sting in the wound ; fortu nately the windpi scaped uninjured, or death must have ensued, but it renewed its attacks upon the stomach, occasioning great pain ; medical aid was soon procured, emetic providentially effected speedy dis-. lodgment of the wasp, though it was alive and vigorous when ejected from the stomach. —Essex Standard. PAUPER. BURIALS.—Our readers will remember the great sensation caused throughout the country by an in structional letter to churchwardens from the Poor-law Commissioners, (acting upon the opinion of Mr. Coode), that the "excessive" charge for tolling the bell at the funeral of paupers could not be allowed : it is right now to state that, from evidence given before the committee of the House of Commons, it appears that Sir T. F. Lewis, one of the commissioners, was no party to any such pro ceeding. He said—" My objection was to the horribly offensive regulation, that the poor pauper was not to have the bell tolled at his funeral. I was not aware that Mr. Coode had been consulted on the subject. But I think Mr. Chadwick (the Secretary) deliberately and intention ally withheld those regulations from me, and had them submitted is my absence." At the Appleby Assizes, last week, a most atrocious case, which excited a great sensation in the neighbourhood at the time of its occurrence, came on for trial. The ac cused v.•ere four young men, the eldest being only twenty one, railway " navies." The vie' ims of the outrage were two young ladies, Miss Jane Dover and Miss Elizabeth Dover, the sisters of a gentleman who occupies a farm at Scarside,near Shap ; they reside there with their widowed mother. On the 19th April last, the ladies had been to visit a married sister, and were returning in the evening, while it was yet light, along a bridle-path, leading from the Shap-road to their home. At about a quarter of a mile from the house they were accosted and assaulted by the prisoners, and detained for hours the victims of re peated violences. The charge was fully established ; the jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty, and the criminals were sentenced to be transported foe life. EGG LAW.—A somewhat ludicrous exhibition of this mode of procedure was witnessed in Stamford butter market, on Friday last, and which was inflicted upon a female vendor of eggs—one of those who visit this market evidently with the intention of defrauding the public P honest wo' -n, it s• ,ears. ~is Ana, _ app. had stood in the market that day with a basket of putrid eggs, part of which she succeeded in palming off at the usual market price, hoping, no doubt, to get clear off before the purchasers found out their mistake; but she had good reason to la ment her dishonesty ; for before she could make her exit her enraged customers returned, and, possessing them selves of the remainder of her ware, pelted her with them so lustily that she was obliged to retreat into a trades- man's shop close by to avoid a further infliction of this not very agreeable punishment, which has doubtless taught her that, after all, honesty is the best policy."—Lincoln shire Chronicle. _ _ SINGULAR DEATII.—On Wednesday, a retired sailor, 71 years of age named Adam Kinghorn, was drowned un der circumstances of a novel and extraordinary kind. It appears that the deceased went into a reservoir in connex ion with a mill at Cowden, Dalkeith, for the twofold pur pose of bathing and of displaying to a number of boys some aquatic feats. After going through a variety of dextrous evolutions, Le put his feet to the ground, where they sunk into the clay, soil, or mud, and were held fast, the water being so deep as to reach about an inch above the crown of his head. The boys stood on the margin of the pool gazing with undivided attention, thinking that this was a preparatory attitude to the performance of another feat. They continued to stare for fully half an hour, till some persons of more advanced age were at tracted to the spot, whose suspicions were awakened, and by whom the poor man was dragged on shore a corpse.— Scotsman. _ _ _ . WITNESSES' EXPENSES.-At the Bristol assizes, last week, an amusing incident occurred, exhibiting the right of witnesses to demand their expenses before giving evi dence. In the course of a trial, an old woman, named Bowles, was called upon to give evidence. The moment she entered the box she desired to know who was to pay her for her trouble? Mr. Justice Erle said the woman must look to the attorney who subpoenaed her; and she had a perfect right to the money if she chose to demand it. The witness replied that she had been in attendance six days, and her claim was 2s. 6d. a-day, and she would rather be paid before she gave evidence. His lordship smiled, and said, " Well, you have a right to say so." The attorney gave her a sovereign, upon which she deli berately took her purse from her pocket and delivered to him 55., the amount of the change. Tne coolness and presence of mind displayed by the old lady excited a great do al o laughter. THE SALT TRADE TO INDIA.—At a Rieeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the White Salt Trade, at North wich, on the 13th inst., this resolution was passed :—" It being highly desirable for the interests of the salt trade of this country, that the Indian markets, (whose annual con sumption, is- at least 250,000 to 890.000 tons,) should be fairly opened for the admission of British manufactnred salt, which can be supplied of a far purer qua{ ty, and at rrrx 11.. 4,14.0k1r, - .andes. lianit, India Company's system,—resolved : that each salt manufactu rer, in Cheshire and Worcestershire, be requested to use his interest to abolish a monopoly so injurious:to the in terests of the salt trade of England." It was also resolved : "That as the admission of British salt into India inti mately affects not only the price, but also the supply, of Bengal sugars, the various merchants and associated bodies should be corresponded with upon the subject."— A general meeting of the salt trade of England is to be held at Nortbwich, on the 31st instant. A BLIND MAN FRANTIC.-At the Leeds Court House, on Monday week, a blind mendicant, named Thomas Philips, was charged by police officer Best with various acts of violence of an aggravated nature. On Sunday af ternoon while under the excitement of intoxication, he seized hold of an aged woman, in Marsh•lane, and ac tually bit a piece out of her arm. He also drew out a knife, and several parties very narrowly escaped being stabbed by him. His conduct attracted a large number of persons, who, however, dreaded to approach him ; but at length he was boldly seized by a young man present, and given into custody. It was not without difficulty that he was conducted to the police-office ; and in doing so, the policeman's coat was literally torn to pieces. The magistrates fined him £5 and costs, and in default of pay went he was committed to Wakefield House of Correction for two months. On hearing the punishment he would have to undergo, he prayed loudly for mercy, and evinced great agony of feeling at the condition in which be was placed. _ _ _ . _ _ POISONOUS BERRIES.—Jobn Hollands, an old Cam bridge man, an herb gatherer, was charged last week, 'at the Thames Police -court, with causing the deaths of Thomas Parker and Samuel Jones, by selling the berries of deadly nightshade as " nettle berries," which the de ceased eating, died. Several persons came forward and deposed that they had also bought berries from the pri soner, and were dangerously ill after eating them. T. e prisoner, who said he bought the berries of a man near the Elephant and Castle, and was not aware of their danger ous properties, was remanded for a week. The magistrate remarked that one of ordinary acuteness, who was in the habit of collecting herbs, and particularly a countryman, ought to know the dangerous properties of berries of the deadly nightshade. He directed the police to ascertain whether the prisoner was in the practice of supplying herbs to the herbalists and others, and whether he had been in the habit of selling the deadly nightshade as nightshade. If he had done so the case might assume a new aspect. DEATH OF SIR CHARLES WETHERELL.—We regret to announce the decease of the above venerable and dis tinguished lawyer. Sir Charles expired on Monday evening, at five o'clock, at Preston Hall, near Maidstone, whither, it will be recol'ected, he was conveyed imme diately after the accident, which has resulted in his death. Sir Charles was the son of the late Dr. Wetherell, Master of University College, Oxford, and was born in 1770. Having undergone the necessary tuition, under the gui dance of his father and other able men, he became a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he pursued his stu dies with unceasing ardour and perseverance, and pro ceeded to the degree of B.A. about 1790. On leaving the Uniursity he came to London, and entered himself a studnit of the Inner Temple, of which society he has for many years past been a bencher. He studied the equity branch of his profession, and after having kept his terms was called to the bar about 1794. His practice was at first inconsiderable, but he suffered no pecuniary inconvenience from this circumstance, in consequence of receiving a handsome paternal allowance. On the death of his fa ther he came into a very large fortune, but, nevertheless, continued his attendance at court, and exerted himself very earnestly in the prosecution of his profession. His first employment of importance was in the year 1818, when Preston, Thistlewood. Hooper, and others were indicted for high treason. The counsel for the prisoners were Wetherell, Copley, and Holt, and upon this occasion the deceased distinguished himself by the delivery of a speech of great force and eloquence, in which he so se verely censured the conduct of government in employing spies, that the Earl of Liverpool. who was present, i 4 said to have been visibly incensed. The talent and boldness, however, displayed by Mr. Wetherell were alo ne remem bered, and on the promotion of Sir Jobn Copley to the Attorney-Generalship, the former was appointed Solicitor- General. About this time he received the honour of knighthood and came into parliament, where be took every opportunity of putting himself forward as a debater and supporter of the government. At this 'Arne the tar diness of the Court of Chancery was constantly the sub- He was, ject of remark, and whenever the name of Lord Chancellor Eldon was brought forward in debate, Sir Chalks wa s immediately upon his lees as his ardent defender. On f Sir John Copley being appointed stet of the Roll s , Si r liCharles became A ttorney. Genera ich office he resi gne d o h n ow th ev e e f r o , r r m oi a n t s io ta n to o d f a by m t in h i e st D ry o b k y o of .WCoainlignointgo.o, but was subsequently dismissed on account of his refusal to sup port, or even to draw the bill for the relief of the Cathol i cs, to whose claims he was a vehement oppon e nt. Sir Charles bas invariably maintained tory principles, and at Bristol, of which city he has for many years been the recorder, about the period of the passing of the reform bill, his po litical tenets had well nigh been fatal to his personal safety. The riots in that city, and narrow escape of the learnedjiibe i n h freshk nig ht tfromor recollection l o f o n t r i y o nof 0o f a licentious . mob, must eil . THE HALIFAX AND BOSTON MAILS.—The following is from the report of the select committee of the House of Commons upon this subject :—" That your committee have inquired into the circumstances connected with the granting of the present contract for the conveyance of mails from England to Halifax and Boston, as well as other matters referred to them, and are of opinion that the arrangement has been concluded on terms advantage ous to the public service, and have been most efficiently performed by Mr. Cunard. But your committee do not wish to express any opinion whether a more advantageous one might not have been entered into had the tender been thrown open to public competition. Your committee, however, cannot but regret that the above arrangements involve consequences injurious to the Great Western Steam-ship Company ; and considering thd meritorious character of the services rendered by the latter company, and its priority of establishment on the New York line, will be glad if, on any future extension of the royal mail service, it receives the favourable consideration of the government." _ FRACAS BETWEEN THE HON. MR. SUTTON AND MR.. CHRISTIE.—Towards the close of the inquiry on Tues day, before the Andover Committee, a scene of great excitement took place. in which the above-named gentle men were the principal actors. It appears that a question was put to Mr. Parker (then under examination) by Mr. Christie. Before the answer was given, the Hon. Mr. Sutton, in a state of excitement, ordered the room to be cleared, and, as we are given to understand, charged Mr. Christie with putting the question with an improper pur pose. This charge was strongly resented by Mr. Chris tie ; and Mr. Sutton, making use of an expression which left an impression upon the minds of those present that he intended to send a hostile message to Mr. Christie, rushed out of the room, and left the house. With a view to prevent this object, immediate application was made to the sitting magistrate at Westminster Police-court for a warrant against the honourable gentleman, and it was expected that he would have been brought up the follow ing day for the purpose of being bound over to keep the peace. Owing, however, to the intervention of some prudent friends on both sides, we believe we may say that the affair has been so far settled as to render judicial interference unnecessary. THE LATE MURDERS AT BARNARD CASTLE.—A further investigation into this tragical affair took place at Greta-bridge, near Barnara Castle, on Tuesday. Fifteen siitnesses were examined, including the girl Humphrey, whose disclosures will be yet fresh in the recollection of those who perused them three weeks ago. A young man, named Harrison, deposed that about a week before Yates (the young man murdered) was missing, George Barker, who then slept with him, asked him (Harrison) to go with him and assist to beat Yates, which he declined to do. He also stated, that on the night of the murder he well remembers it was past two o'clock when Barker came into the house at which they were living as fellow-servants. He slept with him, and he started much in his sleep. The person who laid out Yates after the body was found, stated that he bled very much from his head. Only two of the persons charged were present at the examination. viz., Barker and Raine, the Home Secretary having re fused to order the removal of Breckin from Durham gaol, 'where he is now under sentence. Barker wept much as the witnesses gave their evidence, but Raine was unmoved, and, when they had to retire, left the room with a smile. The magistrates committed them to York Castle, to take their trial at the next Yorkshire assizes, on a charge of wilful murder. A RAILWAY ADVENTURE.—A few days ago two ladies entered the railway station at York, and took tickets for Derby. Their next care was to seat themselves in the train. One of the ladies had made the trip before ; the other had not. It devolved, therefore, on the former to undertake the proud task of making her companion as wise as herself. Not a town or station, castle or church, was passed, but the name was told. Daylight was dying just as they shot by Chesterfield church ; and when the petticoated veteran pointed it out to the travelling tyro, it was barely visible in the twilight. Another hour brought them to the terminus, and they alighted at the station in glad anticipation of a welcome from awaiting friends. But no ! not one familiar face presented itself—no hand was extended to greet them on their arrival. Uneasy suspicions began to arise in their minds, and were strengthened when, emerging from the station, they found themselves on high ground, and dimly perceived, in the valley below, a rolling river, separating two towns, and crowded with shipping. Could this be Derby? " Derby!" exclaimed a by-stander ; "no, ladies, this is Gateshead, and yon is Newcastle!" The fair travellers had "taken the wrong turn" at York ; -and the massive towers of Durham cathedral had been mistaken for the corkscrew steeple of Chesterfield church !—Galeshead Observer. HORRIBLE 11411 RD ER.—A horriblecritnewascommitted, on Saturday week, at the Guildhall Coffee. house, London. John Smith, the cook at that hotel, cut the throat of Su san Rosin, the kitchen-maid. No person was present when the wound was inflicted, but the poor girl was seen by several persons to run from the kitchen with a fright- fill gash in - her throat, from which the blood was pouring in torrents. She fell at the foot of the stairs, and died almost immediately. The prisoner was examined at the Mansion.house, on Saturday afternoon, and the same evening an inquest was held, when a verdict of " wilful murder " was returned. It appears that the deceased and the prisoner were heard disputing about some unkindness on his part towards a Mrs. Reilley ; she told him he had not acted like a man, and he would find it out before many months were over. He replied that she would per haps find it out before many days were o,er. Tne de. ceased was sitting preparing some vegetables for the pot, and at this period the girl who overheard the above re marks was sent by Smith to the bar for some lard. She returned immediately and met the deceased rushing from the kitchen with her throat cut. The surgeon deposed that he found two gashes, one of which was of great depth. The larger vessels on one side being all divided. i a sa avric a 161.---vreamed to suffer great mental agony during his examination before the Lord .. . Mayor. He was committed to take his trial for murder. At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, he was sentenced to death without any hope of mercy. which wrn He informs the now a man, anc g at the pump which followed next. 'dience that he was once a beast, and imself as a wonderful moral thst it w,iuld on a * * * the world. we must beg to state that we would rather see one man reformed from drinking. and really humbled and abased at the recollection of his bill, than twenty of these in waistcoats and cravats, who taces, and rhetorical flou- paraded gentlemen, in stand forward with a that they have been t if tLe were pram amount of good in one penitent, humble-minded Chris tian case of reformation, than in twenty such cases as these, where the vice is reformed, and man is not. Ge nuine reformation changes the whole man : adulterated and quack reformation systems do not make the man but the individual vic So long as that is re oo clearly the inferior b by the exhibition he baakes. show. b reformation MISCELLANY red to the e to be I led down in order to en- South blmj,s With t of Sotherlg Lords S brought in one v 4 week, by her e county of , Holland, Gage, and Denman Linst the second reading of the have signed a pro Sugar Duties Bill. The Duke of Marlboroui statements in the public j danger Just) , ill. , ontradicted " the absurd Is," relative to his being Treat want of reapers h as been felt both in England and Scotland. Irish reaper s three got from 3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. per day; and in addition , crop in of ale each. The failure of the appl Herefordshire has led to a great increase in the pri ce of the bupply of which, the present season, is ex pected be very limited. THE BRITISH QUEEN.—The hulk o f unfortunate ship, we learn from the Brussels jour nals , precently towed to Tamen, preparatory to being broken up. turr. Mr. Newman is about to pay a long visit to Rnme, with the view of completing his preparation for the priest- A man, named Parker, died on Hospital, and several other persons art. eating pie, of poiso Lancaster and Carlisle t Fulal. —The subm day, a bottle of port ain at t Mint. Southwart Monday in London ,eriously ill, from us berries, sold by country- rary wooden fra rs employed on 11 years, tumbled ously injured, b work on duet near K OLD Po ELT p, the c one mass of ruin. Fortunat Envelopes should not Lkt c proot 01 PE RV .SIO.N 0 gs, with 1178 Ii mily, has Roman ( rise in the E At the pr paid, in tt ao case whatever bang been shown agair appearing that all the tare ents made by the boy Welch ally unfounded On Thur►+day week, some reapers working on the farm of Mr. Jt.hn Bloomfield, of Little Stonham, entered upon a wager as to the quantity of work they could perform, but such was the extreme heat that three of them fell down from exhaustion. two of whom died on the spot, and a third lies, it is said, without hopes of recovery. In the House of Lords, on Friday, the Contagious Diseases Prevention• Bill passed through committee, the Marquis of Lansdowne stating that the bill duced to provide especially against cholera not intro , generally connected with want of proper clean- liness and similar causes of disease DEATH BY FLY-WATER.—Mrs. Bsrfo( 3cautiousty left some "fly-water,"'a composition , within the reach of her infant daughter. sweet, and the child moistened with it Essex for killin., bead she was eating. She soon sickened, and died ignorant of the within twelve hours The mother w poisonous nature of th mixture, ANDOVER UNION COMMITTEE .—CLos OF THE IN- QUIKY.—This committee, whose inquiries have been pro tracted for so long a period, on Monday evening brought their labours (as tar as the reception of evidence is con- cerned) to a c They haie since reported to the DEPOSITORS IN SAVINGS-BANKS.-It IS shown by a turn just issued, that on the 20th of November last, in num ter 1,062.930 depositors, and in amount 8. in savings -banks. Of the number, 1,041,194 were individual depositors, and the amount £29,814,455. The remainder of the money was deposited by charitable institutions arid friendly societies. A new claimant as heir-at-law to " Jemmy Wood," £30,7-18.8 Saturday week at Gloucester, and ter ping the proceedings, they being minated by tt: unanimously ofop - inioti that the claimant had not made pedigree, and recorded the verdict for the defen- A city case on the same point was tried the same day, and with a similar result. THE SCREW versus PADDLES.—The Rattler and Alec to were lashed together, and each tried to go a-head at the highest pressure the engines could with saiety be worked at, when the superiority of the screw was proved .9,1 a 1•4, 1,4..01VT.• Zino, Rat tier and the Polyphemus are to he tried in a similar man. from the a bove experiment, it is , elievec the result will be the same MELANCHOLY FACT.—An insane woman was brought before the magistrates on Wednesday, when the Mayor, in the course of some observations, remarked that there was not a single vacant place in any of the asylums at York, Lincoln, Bull, or Hessle. It seems therefore that this dreadful malady is rapidly increasing, the acco modations for the insane' having until a very recent pe riod been amply sufficient.— Hull Packet. INGENIOUS FRAUDS.—An elderly man, named James Wright, was committed for trial from Worship-street Po lice-court, on Monday, charged with having obtained se veral parcels, at the different metropolitan railway sta tions, by means of forging orders These orders pur ported to be signed by persons to whom goods were con signed • and the part of the case that puzzles the police is how Wright. could have obtained the extensive and varied information on which his operations were based. THE PENNY-A-MILE SYSTEM.—Amongst the new projects of the day is one of an omnibus company to com pete with the penny boats. &c., on the river. It is pro posed to raise 10.000 shares of £2 each ; 100 omnibuses to be put on the roads. The company has been duly regis- . tered, and amongst the startling statistics of the road it is stated that the net profit on one omnibus is, if h , lf full, £175 3s. 6d; two-thirds full, £375 3s. 6d.; full £721 3s. 6d per cent. per annum. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON DRUNKENNESS.— When the Duke of Wellington was examined before the Commis.•iouers appointed to inquire into the subject of military punishments, he gave the following pithy answer to a question on military drun V barn- cliffe inquired, " Is drunkenness the great parent 'f crime in the Briiirh army, in your opinion?" The answer of the great captain was, given in a single word ; it was, " INVARIABLY." Comment is here superfluous. The two bills to abolish deodands and coo.nensate the families of persons killed by accidents, which were re ferred to a select committee, have just been issued as amended. Deodands and the forfeiture of chattels are to cease on the 12. h of September next. There are seven clauses in the second bill, by which it is proposed that an action may be maintainable against any person causing eeath through neglect, &c , notwithstanding the death of the person injured. The act is to have immediate opera tion, and not to extend to Scotland. UNFOUNDED REPORT OF VAN AMBURGH'S DEATH. —By letters recei%ed by Mr.Wallett, the clown at Astley's, THE POTATO CROPS Tie evil which last year was proclaimed through our streets without any just reason, is this year really come upon us. Almost universally through the country the late potato crops have been attacked by the disease, and in many places the second early kinds, and even the early ones, 1 ave not escaped. A month at least earlier than its ravages commenced in 1845, it is now really alarming, as the main crops, upon which so many of the working po pulation of Britain chiefly depend for their winter food, are irretrievably damaged. Last year, at least to this country, and this generation, the disease was, with slight local exceptions, entirely new. We knew nothing of its nature, or its cause, beyond what chemical investigation or theory could supply. The pota to being afflicted with a superabundance of moisture, and the season having been very unusually wet, it was natural to suppose that the drenching rains, the superabundant moisture with which the earth had been visited, was the cause of the disease. The only other theory which exten sively prevailed was, tt.at the root was worn out; though we must acknowledge that some few individuals, iu differ ent quarters, made much neater " guesses at the truth" than either of these. _ _ This year, if it has done nothing else, has shown us that these two theories must be exploded as idle dreams. The spring was unusually dr•y—yet the disease has visited us earlier, and is more vitulent than before; and that the disorder does not proceed from the plant being wo►n out is evidenced by the fact, that potatoes raised newly from seed, and from tubers imported from abroad, have suffered in common with the rest. Nor will the Buckland theory of the impregnation of the earth with the spawn of fungi from the last year's clops account for this, as our own ex periments will shew. And now, having thus far dealt in generals, we will come to particulars ; and as all the experiments we detail have been made by ourselves, or those with whom we are intimately acquainted, we will vouch for their accuracy. Our readers are aware that we ail along combatted the idea, petty generally prevalent, that the potatoe root was worn out. In order, however, to try every plan, we last year procured tubers imported from Russia, others im ported from America, others, of a very sound description, from Oxfordshire, others equally sound horn another part of Warwickshire, and, in addition to these, saved some of our own growth, drying the second earlies and "pieing" the late ones. The dried tubers of the second early varie ti,-1 which we had saved for seed being all touched with the disease we planted in autumn, the rest ive planted in and an-acc time potatoes raised from the seed produced by the balls of 1844, Till Thursday week all these appeared to flourish luxuriantly, save that here end there among the late crops from our own seed a rather suspicious-looking top ap peared. Being called on business into Westmoreland, ae left them on that day without the slightest idea that any thing was materially wrong ; but seeing, as we passed through Lancashire, the unmistakeable evidences of the last year's disease in the decayed tops, we enquired how long they had been in that state, and were answered— " Very lately, and in tnany instances it came all in one night." This, of course, made us fear for our own, and at our return we found the same evidences in the tops there, which we immediately ordered to be cut down. The results, then, of our experience and observation are as follow :—None of the uoiatoes we planted have en tirely escaped, save those which were got up before the let his wont ,e sorts appearec tops to have suffered most, the AMerican and Russian ones equally with the rest. Th., only patch in which we have found no tuber touched with the disease is that grown from our own diseased sets, well dried and planted in autumn ; and the new variety planted by our neighbour from seed of 1844 is the worst diseased of any we have seen—utterly worthless. One more fact we may mention. Some of the Ru s sian and American tubers, as well as some of our own, pLinted in land certainly not im pregnated with the spawn of fungi from former crops, ss no potatoes bad ever been grown in it, since it was, some years since, dug in from the turf. The plain result of these facts is, that the cause of the disease must be looke , d for in a ►'ifferent quarter to those where we have looked for it hitherto. It is doubtless ATMOSPHERIC, whether or not connected with the light- yeaTs we cannot say, but of this we are certain, IT IS AT MOSPHERIC-a direct infliction of an inscrutible Provi dence. Respecting the preservation of this year's crops much bas been said, but most of it has been founded on the idea that the disease arose in the potato, and vot in the top,— was generic not atmospheric. Experiment however has proved, that if it cannot be cured it can at least be allevi ated. Mr. Jasper Rogers, of Dublin, has proved that either strewn among the crops when stored, or planted witb the seed, carbon, either in the shape of woodashes, soot, or peat charcoal, has a beneficial tendency. We planted our first crop of kidneys this year in soot, to keep out wire worms, and never had a finer crop. Th e carbon absorbs the moisture of the potatoe, and tends to top the progress of decay. A simpler mode however has proved efficacious. It is to mow down the tops and leave the potatoes in the ground till they are wanted for con sumption. They spoil less there than when exposed to the atmosphere. Of course if they last till frost comes, as many of them are near the surface, it will be safer to cover them over with rubbish or litter. And now for the future. This useful plant must not be lost or given up in despair as worthless, because for two years successively heaven has visited us with a miasma or some other infliction that has partially destroyed it. The duty of man is to use the means, and, even against hope, still hope for a blessing. It is not the first time this root has been afflicted ;. some thirty years ago a somewhat similar visitation came upon it, and, though not so general in its operations, lasted two or three years. We would enjoin the horticulttirists still to persevere in attempts to preserve and raise it, notwithstanding their two years' losses. Let some 9f the soundest small pota toes be selected from those usually given to the pigs, and laid in the sun to green and harden for next year's seed ; and let them be supplied with carbon of some kind when planted, and with heaven's blessing we may not only save the early varieties, which are this year little affected, but also the later and more productive sorts, which keep so much longer. Above all, let all who have opportunity continue to raise new varieties from seed, and persevere, in spite of repeated failures, in their endeavours thus to secure a national as well as an individual good. Since writing the above we have seen a letter from Mr. Balkwill, chemist, of Kingsbridge, to the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, in which he attributes the disease to a green bug, about the size of a common house fly. He says he observed these insects in many cases when the tops were deseased, but never when they were perfectly healthy ; and seeing one of them void a greenish fluid, he smeared it on a healthy le-if, which soon after showed signs of the disease. This idea we saw some weeks ago in an American paper, where it was stated that the " poison fly," which had so injured the potatoes last year, had again commenced its ravages. We fancy, how ever, that though this fly may, in some cases, accompany the disease, it is not the cause of it. Through the state ment alluded to, we watched ours minutely, but saw no such flies or any other kind of blight. Besides, what a quantity of such bugs would it have required to infect a whole field in a night, and a whole kingdom in a few days. They must, like the locusts of Egypt, have been so plen tiful, as to be observed everywhere. [We copy the preceding article from the Birmingham Advertiser. Mr. J. Ptideaux, in a letter to the editor of the Exeter Flying Post, recommends the cutting off of the stem of the growing crop on the first symptoms of dis ease being apparent, as noticed by us last week—a plan which we observe has been adopted in several gardens in this locality. A corer spondent of the Times, writing from the neighbourhood of London, affirms that the disease be gins in the leaf of the plant, next attacks the:stem, and gra dually goes down into the tubers, which seem to receive the infection from the small fibres which attach them to the stem. He suggests, therefore, that if the plants were pulled up, and the roots allowed to remain on the ground, a separation would be made between the diseased and sound parts, and thus a certain amount of food preserved. Every field, he says, should be carefully watched, and, on the very first symptom of disease in the potato the plant should be pulled up, which can be best done by the per son placing a toot on each side of the drill and lifting it out. In the earlier crops this may be done immediately, as the potatoes are full sized, and if not ripe, nearly so. The object of delay in regard to the others is, that the growth may not be checked sooner than necessary, and the risk of springing in the ground at the end of the year diminished; as lie thinks they ought to remain there till he usual time of digging. OrT THE SANITARY STATE, OF SOME PARTS he nuisance. vv OF LIVERPOOL of sanitary principles, has a threefold character. For such must be suicidal on the part of the author, immoral towards the neighbourhood, and impious against the Creator." TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD LETTER XI, MR. EDITOR,—The raising of the Sailors' Home is a most necessary and praise-worthy institution, and for Prince Albert to have laid the foundation-stone is a mat ter of congratulation between its founders and the town. But, after all the bustle, where has it been laid ? upon what site have the Corporation and the Committee ctosen to uprear a building, the estimated cost of which is to be £24,000 ? Why, in a puddle hole, cheek by jowl with the ugly Custom-house. Is not such a locality very question able for residence by day and night? The ground, al though, of course, rock at the bottom of all, yet is nothing but the oh! wash of the tide, and made-ground ; hence it becomes a likely malarious bed, unhealthy for people to live in. The Custom-house stands objectionably, for man beings during the ay time on y, and t hoursit when a same unfavourable district, toe numerous occupants of which will have to pass night as well as day there, the full force of the objection tells against it. There is no doubt the architect will have something in his power, through the resources of art, towards preventing the mis chief; and these aids, no doubt, he will zealously call in to operation for the purpose : but it is questionable whe: ther he can sufficiently forestall the evil to be complained of. Time will show, since the experiment is committed for trial. It is a pity that, in all Liverpool, a spot could not have been pitched upon presenting less obnoxious foundations than the lowest level of Liverpool Proper. It may be thought that it is late in the day to aver these things ; still, if they have validity, it must be replied, " better late than never." It is a pity that such a pos sible source of prejudice to the health of the inmates has not been more maturely weighed. If the Woodside people were to locate an institution, for dap and night abode, upon the site of the middle of Wallasey-pool, when the tide will be shut out, would they be considered as do ing a wise thing ? et the cases would be parallel, excepting in the particular of the period of time, as so much greater which has elapsed between the tidal wash of Paradise-street and its present state. Yet even this hardly weakens the parallel; I question if it do not strengthen it. These remarks are not the first notice of the peculiar unhealthiness of the site of Paradise-street. It has been a matter of general notoriety all along, and no longer since than May 22, of the present year, a talented letter from Dr. Briggs, formerly a practitioner in Liverpool, called the attention of the public, and of the authorities especially, through the columns of the Liverpool Journal, to the errors of planting the Custom-house where it is, and the inhabiting of such quarters as Paradise-street. Now, what would be say to the project of a Sailors' Home on the same unhealthy site ! I shall quote from the doc tor's letter, in the hope that good may come of the exa mination of the question, although it is an unpleasing task to deliberate over a deed past, and all but irrevocable; also in the light of a medical protest against the unsuit able selection, lest otherwise the profession of Liverpool should be reproached hereafter, and elsewhere, for having tacitly approved of until-sanitary arrangements, one after another, in a town where their advice might have been very properly supposed to have weight; a very reasonable supposition for French, German, Austrian, and other na tions to make, but rather a mistake when the English na tion are the party supposed guilty of taking medical advice into their public councils. John Bull likes to have bis own tin-enquiring way in matters of this and nearly all other kinds. I need offer no apology for ample quotation. The sub ject demands it, and the author will not object to the tres pass on his statements. The impression of strangers must be, that Liverpool is a town of bluoders ; and though, as a resident, I may re gret that such should be the case, yet the next best thing, after learning a bitter truth as to facts, is to remedy mat ters if possible, and, as far as possible, to mend that past, to have a care for the future, and to steer through the pre sent, by the light of experience shining on the " compass." Dr. B. observes (1 quote from a slip copy of the Jour nal, dated 22d May, 1846) : " Is it a fact that the present system of dockage is based on a correct principle? or, rather, is it not now a growing persua sion that it is radically bad ? and if so, does it not follow, that whatever is built upon it rests on a rotten foundation ? " All who know anything of the early history of Liverpool must needs hare heard, or read, that before the Old Dock was called into existence there was a stream, or pool , not very un hitt what Wallasey Pool was till the other day. Where it had its origin I c snot say ; but, even in my time, it was to be seen as a perennial rill, in the open space between Great Nel son street North a. d Beau-street. from whence it descended, in some way, l‘y what is now Whitechapel and Paradise-street, till it joined the river. respected gentler n, who has often said that his own lath memberedwben the ground on which King street, and several of the confined streets north ref it. now stand,was a cow pasture, down to the pool, and which for years afterwards remained open, so that there was a ferry across it from Lord-street to what is now Church-street. No doubt there still exist num bers in Liverpool that have conversed with elderly persons who had themselves crossed this same ferry. But from that time there has been nothing but a succession of steps in the wrong direction. The first great error, and that to which all else may be traced, was that ever the old Corpora tion of I,iverpool w s allowed to have any sort of influence or control in the rearing of a new formation Which was destined to attain such gigantic magnitude and importance. Now, for spirits and intellects of such an order, it was quite in keeping to conclude that their town, having got its one deck could never require a second ; and that, therefore, it the po,l . . so much clear gain to themselves; alt which was done . perpetua' e their own sense of the happiness of their exploit, they gave it the name of Paradise-erect! ! steps. let us proceed at once to . the grand consummation—the antiog of that huge pile of fil log up of the Old Dock, and t public huitdi gs oo its site " Unhappily the mischief is of a far more serious abiding character. The fixed laws of the physical world,—which are, indeed, God's own laws —are not, any mote than Lis moral laws, to be habituall) violated with in punity ;—in either case a terrible retribution is sure to follow, sooner or lat. r. I know not whether the cellArs in this earthly Paradise be stilt inhab,ted by human beings or not. In my day, tew, except such of the dispensary doctors as might have to attend pati en t s i n t h em AL Inc M`11,70 a? the extent and tonni I was far fro m b e i ng fully 'mate of it. To w ' .........iossiice ; inueeti, I e ß a t rance , . the cellar w hi c h I first visited was of the b ° e un t t t e e r a'rs o d pa r t o ba er pt , and neat, the family being English ; whereas the great hulk of the occupants of such places were Irish or Welsh. During one of my late evening visits I heard a pump at work in the back cellar, in which, us far as I recollect, sonic of the f.- mily slept, though, of c wnat came ironi the cellar in front. I learnt that in this back apartment the, e was a well, in which the f(ml water that was constantly oozing in from the streetwasCollected. at d that it was necessary to empty the well every night; nor have I yet fcrgotl en the nausea produced by the sight to d smell of a tul of this abominable fluid, all of which mmt needs be bro. ght , vpf , furer. too, a Still more affecting scene, in tne case or a one Irish sailor boy, who died in a cellar on the other side of the street. in hot, damp weather, and who, in addition to all else, was obliged to have 11;s face constantly covered with a net, to protect the swarms of flesh•fl:es and other doleful creatures with mid& ' suet , laces are infested. But I have since heard, though on I o ceprtain authority, that the cellars in Para disc-street are no longer inhabited by human be' ogs, acid if this be a fact so much the better; but is it equally a fact that the constant exhalation of deleterious miasm has ceased? Just the contrary. I advert to the published fact, that Liverpool has the bad pre-emineuce of being one of the most unhealthy of towns. And is it always to be so ? Most assuredly yes, so long as the original sin remains; and, in fact, every additional step taken on the same vicious principle does but the more in crease the generation of the malaria. In every case of eepar- Lure from the right line. whether by individuals or committees, the only way for them to escape is, to measure back their steps to the point from which they have deviated. Re the effort ever so difficult or painful, there is nothing else for it. Never, never, till this fools' paradise and the excrescence which has taken the place of the Old Dock be swept away, can the foul, hidden rottenness, be reached and cured." The extent of cellar living to which Dr. B. alludes has been partially remedied of uy a, _ parliament , tions of heights and depths of windows and door not extinguish malarious exhalations so readil glued by some. It is in past evideneA cated is not. thae-,--- but defini --sills can as ima- etore, a cellar purged of danger, the im mediate subjects of prejudiced health are removed, but the malaria may go on developing at even an increasing rate, unless such places are actually filled up. In the parts of the town above high water mark, filling up cel lars may cure the evil, possibly ; but in parts of the town like this spot, which Dr. B. sarcastically denominates "fool's paradise," the case is very different, for, unless I have been misinformed, the cellarage and kitchen range, empty or filled up, of numerous houses on this le vel, suffer at times insupportably from the fluid retained in the sub-soil around, which is forced upwards in all di rections by the flow of the tide; the sewers regurgitate from the same cause owing to the hydrostatic pressure of the tide, and the stench of such refluent fluids is neither tolerable nor healthy. If it had been the mere oozing of tidal sale water, the thing would be endurable compara tively. although attended with inconvenience and expenses manifold, but when the stinking fluids are constantly bathing the foundation walls of houses so situated, even a fish woman can pronounce a true and wise opinion. Homan cementing has proved fruitless,—against the agency of such immense periodical 'pressure nothing can answer perfectly. This district, reclaimed at so costly a price , of health as well as money. had better have been given up again to the domain of Neptune, in the shape of dockage, as Dr. Briggs points out. The foundation stone of the Sailors' Home now lies in water, and they had to go through a bed of watery slush in order to clear a bedding for the stone, which speaks pretty plainly. By the way, it is a pity Prince Albert did not postpone his visit a week or two later, for he would have had the novel pleasure of laying the stone under water, with a few diving feats : or the whole arena which was covered with planks for the Mayor and allied powers, might have been converted.into a truly Venetian scene of the Doge and the bridal waves —a travestie of the Lord Mayor of London going in-his state wherry —or a naumachia of the Romans revived; for the gratification of the Pr ince. Of course there will be a small hospital and staff of attendants planned in the Sai lors' Home, if people are brought there to run risks of sicknesti from malaria. RIGHT OF ROAD OVER A PIG-STYE. Windsor District. Back Corlet-street to Linden street, which latter is chiefly, if not entirely composed of new houses, presents a connecting pathway to and from these streets, which leads over a very extensive piggery, with all its appurtenances. The pathway is on a plane more elevated now than formerly, by means of a bridge of three planks, whereby the feet of the passers over are carried above the heads of the useful animals below. It is needless to say in the warm weather how pungent the sa lute to your nostrils must be. The road then leads round 'a large heap of muck from a shippon ; and around you on all sides are the varied tenements inhabited by cows, horses, pigs, &e. The whole forms a group such as must surely be rare and incredible to the uninitiated in mat-sanitary prospects. It was desirable to have the road closed, in order to put matters into a more profitable shape; but the blessed " privilege" of right of road has proved an untoward obstacle. Lindon-street is built upon what used to be an open pond. Vested rights here then, though presenting an ideal property in the volatile and diseustine air of a aioatvp worthless, not be inter- feied - w ilh ! THE CLEANLY AND TIDY PEOPLE NOT ONLY PARTAKERS IN COMMON CHANCES WITH THEIR FILTHY NEIGH.. BOORS, BUT ACTUALLY MADE TO CLEAR AWAY THEIR NEIGHBOURS' FILTH. Harding -street is badly scavenged, and has always been, from this cause and its crowded court and cellar popula tion, a complete hot-bed of fever of the common and eruptive forms, and of other diseases. Scarletina used to be very prevalent in this district. It is impossible that a street in so wretched a plight as it has been all along, can be healthy. Two or three weeks back my notes were made upon personal inspection, along with Mr. Greatrex, the surgeon to the district. (Since that time, of course, lam bound to admit a possible improvement in matters, owing to the possible increased vigilance of the authorities.) Inquiry showed that scavengers' carts very seldom visited the street. The people stated that sometimes stray country_ ort carts did pa reet, an id that they prevailed om the street heaps of Qum. Ine street has no proper drain. The inhabitants , poor and ill-conditioned, cannot help themselves. The state of the entire street for years past has always called forth my strongest reprehension when I had to visit parochially the sick and nuisance-struck Now, suppose a poor, hard-working woman, with a keen sense of cleanliness, and with a desire to secure her own health and comparative comfort, does actually take the pains and go to the expense of getting a cart to remove away the accumulated street filth lying opPeeit. e , her own house—because if the au th or iti es d o n ot do 1! she in self-defence must—is not this a hardship ? what if the upshot of such a s acr ifi ce t o cleanliness th e on her part only b r i ngs d own u pon ber v ,7 l ', contributions of her neighbours' offal and s weepings' are too-idle, or indi s posed at l eas t, t o put tbentst" -- an expense which by unfairness they c an impose upo n the shoulders of an exempl ar y ne i g hb our. Is not this har d e st of all ? It is a tact that su c h i s t h e case i n this stree t. Does not the apathy of auth or iti es i n t hi s case leave a poor woman struggling to be cl ean an d or d er l y i n h er place an actual prey to the wanto n an d tO deuce of her idle and worthless neighbours be fashed" outwitting the virtuous. So and yet the rich feel no jar ! mrefaced impu -I—The "canna society works; In the court in Duckinfield-street from which the case I mentioned in my last, of dysentery was obliged to be removed to the hospital, a case of cholera in an infant, in a house opposite, bas proved fatal. NOXIOUS RESULTS FROM ASH-PITS OVERFLOWING At Windsor, in the notoriously bad scavengereelßarg ing-street, a con' t was visited by us, the health of the resi dents in which was jeopardised by an overflowing ashelt• The door was open because it could not be closed, the contents of the place spreading themselves over the yard. It had been in this condition for a month past. one party was ill and complained loudly of the nuisance, to which he attributed his illness—he said the rent collectors had promised to see to it. The court was peculiarly dis advantaged inasmuch as it presented a double cul de sac form, whereby ventilation for the dilution of the noxious gases was rendered impossible. The entrance was through one of the usual cramped archways—the length of the court yard was seven yards—it contained four house!. It was flagged. Many of the terraces and courts Whit/ street have their ashpits full to excess, and in numerous, instances the cellars adjoining are more or l ess fl oo de d thereby. One deserted cellar was said to have its floo r overflowed, where some time back an illi c it w hi s k ey still had been found out. Tenants have to empty these cellars to preserve theol in anything like utility. In one cellar, eight or ten months ago, which was deroP from aslipit overflow, three children living over the cellar had been taken ill at once, and one died. We happened to meet a landlord of about twenty houses at one end of the street, of the name of Ward. He vo lunteered a statement to us that he was ready to do all he could for the well-being and comfort of his tenants—be had done what be could—be was ready to meet the au thorities half way in any improvements, and would gladly' for that end, enter into any bond or agreement. This le highly creditable to him, and it were to be wished that so proper a feeling were responded to more generally. Another landlord in Barton-lane had adopted some im provements on behalf of his tenants, which is praise worthy, and I quote these instances with great pleasure, as lights amongst the gloomy shadows of landlordism. Yet in Barton-lane some asbpits are evidently obnoxious to undue accumulation, and from the escape into them of other asbpits in the rear of Harding -street. A general system of draining is greatly wanted for Harding-street, Barton-lane, &c. and unless the authori ties turn their attention to it in earnest, the occurrence ? g , preventible sickness and its mortality per centage vo," continue to disgrace this unhappy stekreb proper of bacht T • pre-eminent Liverpo Bedford-sired, Yours, &c G. C. WATSON• 'STATE OF TRADE. MaxcussTkrt.—There is no alteration to be noted in the pr ces of our staple here since our report of last week, o _ l ' though business has been more general and steady, and a ve" 4 fair amount done, printing cloths having the call. It is, in ; deed, expected that these fabrics will go higher than they are t, present ranging. The diminution of production which th e resolutions of the Blackburn, Stockport, and other spinners , work short time, will cause, will have its effect in creating thie result. The Yarn market is without change. An error, whos e very magnitude was its own correction, occurred in our last week's publication. where, oy a typographical mistake, we were, made to say Yarns had fallen in price Is ed to Is 4d per . . . . . __ • we refer to our week's quotations ROCIIDALE.—We have had some little improvement lu t : change in prices. 4 of the previous weelL.„ Wool mark e trade continues pretty brisk, and stmfa business has been done this week, ,!" are low. A fair averags. • the general tone of trade tiansactions is good, p r i ces remain fa steady, with a f. it demand for goods, both for the home I' foreign market. BARNSLEY.—The Linen trade continues flat, but the . 9 . 00 drill houses are just beginning to give out more work, and understand that a good season is anticipated. g e BRADFORD.—Our trade has exhibited no feat ures o f char d , this week. The demand for both the raw material and lu e ,Ve factured gods is better than it was a fe w wee k s ago. (le stocks of piece goods are diminishing, and a good winter .tra,ar xi in good demand, bot the home and the foreign trade; and notice of a speedy advag; of prices has been given to th ose p ower l oom h ouses w ho ft..r monthly delivery. Wools sell freely, at firm prices. of HUDDERSFIRLD.—We had only an indiffe ren t ma rket %e i s which we cannot acco un t, un l ess it i s th at t h e autumn ir,roel New styles in J a ., e f. - q freely as e',l4 an it does generally uc uougut up as.. et , There is also a f a i r d eman d f or k erseys and heavy gu generally. LEICESTER. —There is no alteration worthy of notice 01 , 1 ,t last week in the state of the demand. There is a fair an' t r i et torfbeut.iin that sadt na o n ing r i t n er tl_ warehouses. The alteration, or r o ded lowering of th e Amer i can tar iff , i s lik ely to lead to Wer? to e ad The Wnnl reartct is firm nna nric e 5 quarter. The Wool market is firm, and price 600 fu ly supported. Welber skin Wools, short Wools, and tegg Wools are most in demand. tr ot. opriNoham.—The condition of the cotton hosiery _yap which had seemed for a moment to rally, has again given w ot of and we hear little e'se in the town than complaints of va L the% employment. The cut-up hose branch is, if anything. / 0 114coci a better condition. The cotton glove trade has met with2 s bort siderable re-reverse. and many of the bands are once n3T:. 10 03 of employment. It is quite painful to advert to the 5u',7600. branch, which seems to be in a most lamentable T).Pc: The fancy bobbin . net trade is still in a very low condlt ,lo4 " the depression has at length reached France. . THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Aug. 25, 1R46.