The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

Oct. 27, 1846. total anb probincial .t 1 6. TH•E GREAT BRITAIN.—Some) hopes are still enter tained of the Great Britain being extricated from her perilous position. It is stated that, at a board meeting held at Bristol, on Tuesday last, the directors accepted a proposal from a scientific party to raise and float her ; that this party considers the leviathan steamer to be much less strained, and not near so deep in the sand, as is com monly supposed, and that she could scarcely be in a more favourable situation for being floated off, provided ade quate means and appliances be promptly and skilfully used. The operator left Bristol for Dundrum that same day. HEROIC CONDUCT.—On Thursday the weather• was exceedingly boisterous the whole day, but the evening set in with a tremendous gale from the north-west. The river was much rougher than had been known for several years ; and indeed the waves ran so high that the Wood side ferry-boats could only ply between George's Pier and the Cheshire shore hourly, instead of half-hourly. The Birkenhead boats, however, whether from abetter cxistruction, or from a greater skill of their• crews, or probably from the courage inspired by a spirit of compe tition against their rivals of Woodside, maintained, during the whole evening, their usual half-hourly communica tion with Liverpool. William Kane, one of the hands of the half-past eight Birkenhead boat, jumped into the river after a butcher of Birkenhead, named Goodall, and fastened a rope round him, by which he was hauled out. Kane has previously saved eight lives under similar cir cumstances. The Birkenhead, steam-frigate, is reported to be ready at Sheerness for commission in three weeks. THE WIGAN CHIMNEY.—A chimney has lately been erected by a chemist at Wigan, which is 420 feet high and contains 3,000,000 bricks. _ _ On Wednesday, two publicans were fined by Mr. Rush ton 40s. each, for refusing to receive soldiers provided with billets into their houses. We are glad to learn that a number of gentlemen of this town, have organised themselves into a provisional committee to form an Anti-Tea-Tax League. The potato disease has caused an immense increase in the demand for milk, owing to the extensive use of rice, meal, &c. Many farmers along the railways about here bays abandoned cheesemaking. Mr. Potter, Chairman of the Manchester Reform As socia:ion has resigned the Presidency, on the ground that he cannot concur in the nomination of Mr. Bright as M.P., for the borough. At the Lancaster quarter sevions, yesterday week, William Sharp, Esq.. of Linden Hall, and James Garth Marshall, Esq., of Coniston Water Head, qualified as magistrates for the county. Cuatous FACT.—During the nights of Saturday and Sunday, sixteen prisoners were lodged in the Birkenhead Bridewell, out of which number there were no less than fifteen Irishmen. Samuel Woodhouse, Esq., of Liverpool, and Norley ball, Cheshire, at his last rent day, returned all his Cheshire tenantry ten per cent. upon their respective rents, in consequence of the potato blight. At a meeting of the Manchester Town Council, on Wednesday, a memorial to government, praying for the immediate opening of the ports, was carried by a large LICENSED VICTUALLERS PROTECTION SOCIETY.— On Wednesday the annual public meeting of the mem bers of this society was held in the large room of Mr. Whiteman's Brunswick Hotel, Hanover-street. The chair was taken by Mr. Timothy Parkinson, who recom mended that an amalgamation should take place between this society and the Licensed Victuallers' Society. Up on the motion of Mr. Luff, the two societies were amal gamated, and the members of the Protection. Soeiety were strongly recommended to continue their subscriptions as before. _ _ AN INCOMPETENT, STEWARD. —On Wednesday Captain John Jennings, of the Swithamley, now lying hi the Albert Dock, was summoned before M. Rushton, by William Hughes, for £lO 25., the balance of wages alleged'to be due. The complainant stated that he had shipped as steward at Calcutta, on the 28th of May, at £4 a month; but was thrown off duty on the 30th, and appointed as cook's mate, at only £2 a month. The cap ta in stated that the complainant was found totally inca pable of discharging the duties of steward, and had caused him much annoyance in consequence. He had intended to return him to Calcutta with the pilot when he left, but he kept out of the way, and the pilot refused to take him. The complainant, in reply, said the inca pacity arose from sickness, and alleged various acts of cruelty against the captain. Of fitty-one passengers twenty-five died on the voyage. The mate strongly confirmed the captain's statement. Mr. Rushton said, if he had been in the place of the captain, he would not have paid him any balance at all, and dismissed the com plaint. majority. Mr. Reynolds, insolvent commissioner, will pay his autumnal visit to Lancaster on Nov. 11, Liverpool Nov. 18, Welshpool Nov. 21, Carnarvon Nov. 26, Beaumaris Nov. 27, Ruthin Nov. 30, Mold Dec. 1, Chester Dec. 2. On Wednesday afternoon, a house in Pembroke-place, corner of Pembroke-street, fell with a tremendous crash. It belonged to Mr. Booth. No life was lost, the workmen engaged in converting it into three shops being at dinner. CANADIAN FLOUR.—A vessel, named the Belinda, arrived at the port of Liverpool from Quebec, has brought, in addition to a quantity of wood goods, the large number of 9540 barrels of flour, of Canadian produce. A society is being formed in this town on the model of the London Conversation Club, having for its object the bringing together, at stated times, all professional men ; artists, literateurs, &c. to converse freely on the matters studied by them. On Monday, at Knutsford sessions, sixteen gentlemen qualified as m agistrates for the county of Chester. Among them were John Somerville Jackson, Esq., John Laird, E sq ., of Birkenhead ; and Swann, Esq., of Back ford, in the hundred of Wirral. Mr. R. B. Bate, agent for the admiralty charts says, that " the admiralty has never published any cherts whatever of Murray Firth. The chart used by Capt. Hoskens was a Liverpool publication, and though sold by my agent at Liverpool, has no authority on that account. i ' At the meeting of the Liverpool Literary and Philoso phical Society, last week, Mr. J. B. Yates res , giied the presidents dp, and Dr. Booth was elected in his stead. A votenf thanks was passed to Mr. Yates for his long and valuable services. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.—On Friday, a meeting of the trustees of this hospital was heed in the Clarendon Rooms. Jos. B. Yates, Esq., occupied the chair. Mr. Yates explained that the object of the meeting was to consider the present state of the hospital, and the propriety of increasing the present accommodation. The new docks that are about to be mr.de at the south end of the town would render this step imperatively necessary. To he enabled to do it, however, the committee must have funds. The regular annual expenses of the hospital were not less than £l6OO, to meet which the committee received per annum in subscriptions £lOOO ; for the remaining £6OO they were dependent on contingent con tributions. The committee applied to Mr. Ai thur Holme, the architect, and he estimated the cost at £l9OO. The funds which the committee had amounted only to .f.-100. After a lengthened conversation, a resolution was unani mously agreed to, to appeal to the public for the means of relieving the charity from debt, and that the intention of extending the building be deferred till spring. WORKING SHORT TIME:—We refire; we have this week to extend our notice of the master spinners' deter mination to work their mills short time, in consequence of the two-fold difficulties 11 ey have to encounter in the greatly enhanced price of cotton, and the diminished de mand for their goods. The following mills in this town and neighbourhood are already working short time, viz., Mr. 'John Cooper's (three mills) ; Mr. W. Eccles, Bom ber Bridee, (two) and the respective establishments of Mr. George Smith, Messrs. Spencer and Barton, and Mr. James Sleddon. Some of these work four full days per week, lighting up each night. and others run six days, but from light to dark only, which amounts to the same thing. Notice has also been given of the change at the following mills, viz., Mr. John Paleys, jun.; Mr. Postle thwaite's, Messrs. Gardner and Naylor's; Mr. Thomas Clayton's and Mr. W. Evans'. These commence, we believe, to-morrow or on Monday. Several other esta blishments are expected to resort to the short time expe dient next week. One weaving shop (Mr. Ralph Wor den's) has likewise been placed upon short time.— Preston Guardian. . WEST DERBY BOARD OF GU ARDIANS.—On Tuesday, a letter was read from Mr. Austin, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, stating that he would attend the board on the 27th, for the purpose of conferring on the long-pending question of an increase of the number of guardians for certain of the townships of the union. A conversation took place upon the new act " to amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor," the general disposition being to treat the act as a dead letter, until explained and defined by some competent legal authority. An instructional letter was received from the Poor Law Commissioners, apprising the guardians of the duties devolving on them by the 9th and 10th Victoria, c. 96, for the removal of unwholesome filth and nuisances from the habitations of the people in their several localities. The medical officer of 'foxteth-park reported that fever in general is now assuming a much more mitigated form. The medical officer of the temporary fever hospital in Smithdown-lane reported that he expected soon to be able to remove the whole of the patients. He also called the attention of the board to the fact that most of the patients came from Albert-street, Toxteth-park, and expressed an opinion that such quarter of the town ought to be visited. INQUESTS.—On Tuesday, three inquests were held be fore the borough coroner. The first was on Thomas Spencer; 39 years of age, who accidentally fell off the plank of a vessel, and was drowned in the Trafalgar Dock. The second was on William Dale, who whilst lifting a plate of iron, about 15 cwt, at Mr. Horsfall's forge, in Tox teth-park, had his leg broken by the falling of the plate upon it. The third was on a new-born female child, who was found floating in a pit at Kirkdale. On Saturday, two inquests were held, the first on Michael Conley, aged 70 years. On Thursday evening, a labourer named Mur ray went down to the new North Docks, where he was jvlessrs. Evans, Son and Co. of this town, have written a letter to a contemporary in which they state that " rough Epsom Salts, in a strong solution are an absolute preventative to the future progress of the disease in po tatoes, saving even those which are taken up with the surface quite rotten and offensive." BREAD STUFFS.—In the Sheridan, from New York, which arrived on Monday, there are : 1678 barrels flour, 335 barrels Indian corn meal, 10,400 bushels Indian corn, 9000 bushels wheat : and in the Wyoming, from Philadel phia, arrived some time, 1000 barrels flour, 563 barrels corn meal, 14,700 bushels Indian corn, 6400 bush. wheat. A MAN DROWNED.—On Tuesday, a man unknown jumped into the lock of the Prince's Dock. A grapnel was thrown to him, but he refused to take hold of it. A man afterwards jumped in to his assistance, but he re fused his aid, and sunk. He was taken out in about ten minutes, awl every effort was made to restore animation, but without effect. DEATH FROM A SCALD.—On Tuesday week, Daniel O'Neill, who is in the employ of Messrs. Hime and Son, music-sellers, Church-street, was boiling some oil in a field in Myrtle-street; on taking the pot off the fire he upset it, and the contents went over his face and body, scalding him severely. He was taken to the Infirmary, where he died on Tuesday. A statue of Shakespere for the Theatre Royal, Man chester, has arrived in that town. It has been chiselled from one immense and apparently very pure and perfect specimen of the white statuary marble at Carrara. It is a copy of the celebrated statue of the poet in Westminster Abbey, which represents him as standing by the side of a round pillar or pedestal, on which his right arm rests. CHEAP SUGAR.—On the application of Messrs. Chris tian and Wilkinson, Commission Agents, Liverpool, through Dr. Bowring M.P., the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to permit the importation of slave grown sugar into this island, and at the same duty as free labour sugar, viz., Is. per cwt.— .Manx Liberal. KAFFIRS IN Livznroon.—A party of five Kaffirs, consisting of two males, two females, and during the voyage to this country, arrivec on INlonilay, in the ship Fanny, from the Hope. The position of affairs on the Cape frontier at this moment lends a considerable degree of interest to this arrival. DESPERATE OUTRAGE. — On Friday. at noonday, near the highroad between Knutsford and Northwich, as Mr. M'Gill, a tea•dealer, of Manchester, was passing Water less-brook, near the house of Mr. John Foster, at Tablev, he was met by a man who formerly travelled for him, who, having saluted and passed him, turned round, and fired a pistol at his head. Fortunately the ball did not precisely hit the mark aimed at, but struck Mr. M'Gill at the back of his neck, and immediately brought him motionless, but not senseless, to the ground. t he wretch hastily rifled his intended victim, robbing him of upwards of £BO, and leaving him for dead, immediately hastened to Northwich, where he made Lis appearance in the pub lic streets, and to many persons who knew him, in two hours after the commission of the crime. Mr. M`Gill, when found in the road, was able to give full particulars of the transaction, and to describe the assassin, whom he well knew, and who, being well acquainted with the habits, route, and business transactions of his former employer, had no doubt premeditated the act. The assassin was taken into custody in the public room of the Crown engaged to work, and on going down to the shore outside the wall, he found the body of the deceased lyine on the bank. lle informed a police-officer, and the body was taken to the dead-house. A m trried female, named Fagan, recognized the body as that of her father. He had been missing for a fortnight.—On view of the body of Robert Blair, aged 21, a seaman on board the schooner Grimaldi. The mate stated in his evidence, that on Thursday forenoon, when the vessel was off Point Lynas, on her way to Glasgow, she shipped a s ea , which nearly washed him overboard, and sent the boat which was over the hatchway against the rails. O Hotel, Northwich, in the presence of a large company. He denied the charge. Mr. M'Gill's friends removed him to his house id Manchester. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday last a dreadful oc t„ntr Weston. in the quarry of John recovering himself be found deceasod clinging to the rigging, but could not say that the boat was touching him. He (deceased) gave a loud cry, and put his hand to the de, but wasunableto more iiimser low, and afterwards into the cabin lie was tllcen The vessel returned Tomkinson, Esq., of this town, the celebrated contrac tor. A number of men were engaged in cutting under a portion of rock, which suddenly fell, bringing with it the seam, or " back," that is the stratum intervening between the two strata of solid rock, and a portion of the adjacent upper surface, burying 6 individuals. The mass that fell might weigh 5 tons. The last brought out had died from suffocation, but no injury was observed except a fracture of the cheek bone. An inquest was held on Thursday. It appeared that the men had been instructed to fix an other beam against the breast to support it, but this they had somehow neglects;). The verdict was, " Accidentally killed," with a recommendation that Mr. Tomkinson should adopt all practicable securities for the preservation of human life hereafter. The coroner said he knew Mr. Tomkinson had given such directions. Some dissatisfac tion has, however, been expressed at the fact that the foreman of the quarry, Dlr. J. Shaw, was also made foreman of the jury, on which there were others of Mr. Tomkinson's men. The following were the other suf . , died. Witness thought deceased must have been jammed between the rails by the boat when it was washed out cf its place. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A conversation, as to the storing of saltpetre at the new Albert Docks, took place, during which it was mentioned that room bad been provided at the north end of the dock for the purpose, a portion of that part being separated by a br;ck wall from any connexion with the other parts of the building. —A letter was read from Messrs. Cwhhert and Grindley, com plaining of having been overcharged the sum of £25 10s. Gd. It stated that the ship Lena, from Singapore, belonging to them, had entered the Albert Dock for the purpose of un loading with an understanding that 9:1. per ton, registered measurement, was to be charged. In addition, however, the above sum was demanded. A discussion ensued, and it was stated that the vessel was laden with gambia, which, during the voyage, had gone into a del'quescent state, in consequence of which, crowbars and hammers had to be ape o require amputation; George Hampton, fractured leg, but not very severely ; William Parker, several severe contu sions en the shoulders and back ; James Norman, con tused wounds of the leg and back; Fletcher Gayter, fracture of the hip bone. Mr. Pye, surgeon, gave most assiduous gratuitous attention to the sufferers. CAPTURE EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday week in formation was received by the Brighton police that two men who had absconded from Liverpool, and were charged with fraud, had arrived at Brighton, and were about to sail by the Fame packet for Dieppe; but the police having no certain information of the men, and no particulars of the charge, suffered them to depart by the steamer, which left the harbour on Tuesday morning. The packet had got half way over, and the men, no doubt, congratulated themselves on having effected their escape, when some accident occurred to the machinery, and the weather being boisterous, the captain determined on returning to England. On learning this fact, Mr. Chase, the chief officer of the pollee, directed Superintendent White to pro- SUGAR REFINERIES.—A large plot of land has been bought by Messrs. Fairie and Co., Greenock, on the Ca nal-bank, near Bury'sfoundry, and also a quantity of land near the Birkenhead Docks, by a joint stock comp any , to be under the superintendence of Mr. Beho , sugar - b oile r in the late concern of Messrs. Brancker and Co. Messrs. Macfie and Sons house is to be built fire-proof also. A commission from the Court of Chancery for the exa mination of witnesses in connexion with Lady Hewley's charity sat last week at the Adelphi Hotel. The suit, since its original institution, has changed its character. It is not an affair in which the Unitarian body is interested. The Kirk of Scotland and the Secession Church of that kingdom, have each asserted a right to the estates in question. On Thursday, the election of an honorary surgeon to the Northern Hospital, took place at the Clarendon rooms. Thomas A. Ashcroft, Esq., M.D., physician to the Eastern Dispensary, was elected honorary physician. We congratulate Thomas Ashcroft on his appointment. A better selection could not have been made. For the office of surgeon a poll took place, which resulted as followsee :—Mr. Ellis Jones, 230 ; Mr. Chalmers, 190 ; Mr. "igginson, 102 ; and Mr. Balman, 45. g i :'', i t e ltieneree SHIPPING DISASTER . — On Tuesday, the ' 1) vCyoming, Captain Miercken, arrived in the Mersey fronte Philadelphia, with loss of maintoprnast and a num ber of her crew. It appears that she encountered a dread ful storm in the Atlantic, and that during the time 20 of the hands were on the yards, a heavy sea struck the ship, and knocked five of them overboard. No efforts could be made to save them, and they were drowned. Three others were very seriously injured in the legs and various Parts of the body. ,WATER.—The Council have decided on abandonin g tne Bala Lake water scheme, in consequence of being too late for next session. They have determined to adopt Mr. Hawkesley's plan, which is this :—ln the high lands above Horwich, at Rivington Pike, a few miles from Bol ton, there are half a dozen brooks—no rivers,—and these brooks he proposes to conduct into a valley, im- Pound the water, and form an artificial lake, the con tents of which are to be augmented, of course, by the drainage, when it rains, from the h i g h lands around. From this pond a covered canal is to bring the water Within twenty miles of Liverpool, and it is to flow along these twenty miles in a single pipe, of four feet diameter. The quantity is estimated at 10,000,000 gallons per day. ,MANCHESTER JUVENILE REFUGE AND SCHOOL or Eliza Ann Hill, with whom he had £500; but, in conse- law-clerk. Mr. Mallaby read an extract trout hall, Manchester , washeld intheTown. quence of his ill treatment, she also left him, in about notes of the proceedings of the Chester and Birkenhead °all, Manchester, for the purpose of promoting this insti.. five months afterwards. Mr. Earle having lately visited Railway Company, at a special general meeting, held in tution, and was attended by the archbishop of D • istingu several d . ' ished visitors to the a " i This comprised documents cont lining taken by W. B.Watkins , Esq., mayor, who opened the although he bad represented her as dead , and hence the ' heads of arrange , 'm e at proposed 'between the railway company named and the commissioners, as to the railway goods traffic between proceedings briefly, and called on Dr. Whately to move attempt at prosecution. After hearing the statement of Liverpool and Birkenhead, namely, (in brief :) " That the railway company should be at liberty (subject to the first resolution, which the most rev. prelate did in a Mr. Earle, who wa s . sub cened the occasion , the claims to protect the ferry rights of the feeling address. The resolution merely approved of the magistrates decided that the ' s , could not se nd the prisoner carry their own goods, or contract with the I%lTeillsiPriounSeres ) too objects of the institution, which was to provide an asylum to trial upon such unsatisfactory evidence as that of the r,o,ils:;wregleeetlgtrtehAectombgneeanisceseii.raorinie;erisete'roamt Monk'searry iniferrthye,mte; pre_ for the children of the destitute poor, in which they would first wife's paramour. A local contemporary publishes the e p , i t s e s n e= t rs r ; ai t i his be taught the principles of morality and industry. The following particulars respecting this gentleman :—" Mr. Re v . Hugh Stowell seconded the resolution, which was Earle's life is romantic, and one chapter of it relates to mveenitactoentjueskioen effectivitb Tose soon as e t i h r e y Grange-lane to the docks should be opened, and dee " d 'a s y to f fl c l7 agree carried unanimously. Several other resolutions were Liverpool. Some two months since he arrived here in a adopted, and the meeting was addressed by Edwin Chad- packet-ship from New York, and, although not encum- effect to be proposed and settled. This arrangement was zip wick,Esq., the Rev. Canon Clifton, William Chambers, bered with superfluous luggage, he patronised Mr. Lynn, , p roved i by the meeting in question. It was also proposed, that Esq., and several other gentlemen. at the Waterloo. Ile had all the ease and elegant apps- MELANCHOLY DEATH. — On Friday, an inquiry be- tite of an accomplished gentleman, and the cook was de- ' tfolretf' het s i ter and Birkenhead Railway Company sliould proceed forthwith l i t i l) .k l e ll e e . lNl n n c e a fm r n e G a r n a t i i i g i. ta: l n r t e o the n docks,t() Junction 7 :11 d fore the Borough Coroner took place, touching the death lighted in having in the hotel so admirable a critic of the- that liar'} should agree to transfer one-half of the station la nd, i ne a t ' n : of James 1 atlock, formerly a saddler in this town, but ' productions of his cuisine. He drank rio wine but claret, Bridge-end flock, to the Chester and Birkenhead Company, on lately in destitute circumstances. It was stated that on save and except a pint bottle of champagne during the t i le t i e n i geTid the l cost of the land,. interest, and expenses: proper The docu- Saturday afternoon the deceased was found by one of the process of mastigation, and his habits were exceedingly ni . el ' lt ' s a lCa o tt o further it l re i stated , ared and thetas s i gned n e ° N u t t o ''' t t t h ei point.s iat i police-officers, at the upper end of the town, in a very regular. like the Irish Dragoon of Washiegton Irving, distressed state, trying to get to the Infirmary, for which 1 he gave the house a world of trouble, but every body was at that meeting to conclude a contracrt i• or e the com e l e il n ell i g e o i rth d e . le had an order. When taken there the surgeon recom - I de li g hted with him. He talked so p leasantly, and pro- extension line, upon which contract being entered into the ar rangements to carry the goods' trallic for the Cheshire .Tunction mended him to be taken to the workhouse; but on being , mised so liberally, that the waiters were delighted to Company might commence; and that, subject to this inoditica conducted thither, the governor relused him admission ' obey his orders. To us he described himself as being e o n n i , ,e t a lw a rra n geme nts Commissioners and the iiir without an order from the Parish-office, and stating that i the agent of a great American land company ; the V L a nca shire, an a d lt ae t sVire Junction railway should be the disease under which the deceased laboured was more ; lessee of two theatres; the proprietor of one newspa. confirmed." fitted for the Lockups, and the workhouse being quite per in New York, and the editor of another. His The CHAIRMAN said there had been some modification full, he did not like to exercise any discretionary power. I means were ample, and no one asked him for money. in the terms of the arrangement, the question having He died on Monday morning. The jury brought in ai To the Mayor, on his arrival, he applied respecting the been subsequently discussed at a meeting of the Dock verdict of delirium tremens, brought on by excessive police, and he invited half the Town Council, from time Commissioners, a body composed of the same persons as drinking, to time, to dine with him ; almost every d a y a g uest or that board, when it was agreed to support the modifica- INS URANCE ON THE GREAT BRITAIN. — A private two honoured him to dinner, and the resources of the tions proposed, en condition that the plan came into ;fleeting of some of the proprietors of t he Great Western Waterloo were sufficient to satisfy them all. Amon g operation when the extension line, to the docks should be Steam -ship Company was held in Bristol, on Monday other projects which brought him to England, was to ne- opened. This was objected to by the company, and a we ek, for the purpose of taking into consideration the gotiate wills the L on d unass urance-office to open an office committee was appointed consisting of two members o f c ourse adopted by the directors of the company in not in- in America, and, in the way of business, he appointed an that board and three of the directors of the railway cor n . miring the vessel. It appears that at a late meeting of the advertising agent in the Goree. In his moments of lei- Pony, all anxious to have the arrangements carried out company. at their offices, in Princess-street, and before the sure he sauntered up and down Bold.street, and got quite without delay, and it would be for the meeting to decide Great. Britain left Liverpool. a 'question was put to the familiar with several shopkeepers. To them he repre- whether they would adopt the resolutions to be submitted to them. Since the meeting alluded to it had been agreed chairman_ as to whether the ship was fully insured or not. sented himself as a man of fortune ; and, by way of en 'robe c hairman, in reply, stated it was no t, beyond the sum couragement, he gave an order to on e for a £l5O worth of that the extension line should be proceeded with immede, ately. He concluded by proposing the following resolu -1 £lB,OOO, to secure M r . Mitosis mortgage to that ladies' stays, and from another he ordered a twenty gut- stele : amount on the vessel, as there was some difficulty or nea shawl. He received them, but did not pay for them! "That this board . approves of the proposals now read, as mo difference as to effecting the insurance . One of the pro- In due time, be announced his intention of departing, dified by the meeting of the proprietors of the Chester and Prietors then observed, that if the insurance should not took his berth in the Halifax boat, and ordered his bill. _ Birkenhead Railway Company, provided proper instruments be be eff ected before the shipstar o te f d it f rothma A mer i ca, the pro - He expressed his astonishment at the moderation of toe . executed by both parties , whereby the ferry right shall b e prietors ought to be infor med charges, put the bill in his pocket, walked out, and did amply secured and protected, and time details of the existing ar. himself , t each, :by a sepa rate insura nce , might secure to the extent of h i s no t re turn that day nor the next. He will no doubt re- rangements between the Commissioners and the Rail way share from loss. The chairman concur propriety of this course, and said concurred at once in the .turn—for he is an honourable man—pay the bill for the Company for the p u rchase i of the conductingfor of the railway traffic as that a minute should be stays, and for the shawl!" made to that effect, and the proprietors furnished with the HOLLOWAY'S PILLS. — Coughs, colds, asthmas, and now modified, shall be at the same time stated and formally necessary information in ratified; anti that Messrs. Brownrigg, Cole, Adamson, Hind, intimation, however • and anti W. Laird, be a committee for carrying this resolution into aground, was only insured t to e th e fit extent we hav e st a t e d , cases of asthmas, of many years' standing, have been Mr. John LAIRD denied that the delay in carrying out hold the:chairman or di prietors conceive that they circumstancesmay completely b y s . high legal opinion is about to procured on the doubt but that they are a sovereign remedy when taken obstacles thrown in the way of the Ferry Committee, and 1 ;1; and we have heard that for any wheezing or shortness of breath, even of twenty also positively denied that there hod been any compro- On the merits of the case we d o e not presume to d p ec e i i d e e t. are pretty accurate in the g eneral sta te- ' • ' rid yt the e ti v r sb' be, it a i t n d n i e n e g d ian onlyd b e e s tthoecwouogrkbsoafnad few days y h e ow to ev g e e r t bean d . mthiesecteetswteerenantdheßCirokmenn.hieassdionßearisiwaanyd. the Directors of ) 31 4 we believe we tirely of them by the means o stmt.—Bris Cl Journal . ' of this astonishing me- The resolutions were then passed unanimously, and the meeting adjourned. dicine. OS THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS OF LIVERPOOL. CEMETERY LETTER xvrr, NUISANCE-POUR •CABEB Two young ladies, a short time ago, took a walk into one of our cemeteries ; they saw three or four graves open, one of which was supposed to be a parish grave, kept open for receiving the mortality of paupers, These individuals were relatives of some patients of mime. I have the facts from their own bps. They, passed' out at the gate, when, just as they were crossing the road, they perceived a most disgusting stench for• several yards of walking, and whilst passing the grating of a sewer ; they set off and ran to get away as fast as possible from the annoyance. They felt overcome with the odour, and had about a quarter of a mile to go before reaching home, when they. both felt sick and both vomited. One of them fell down, and cut her face in several places ; she was rallied, and fainted again and again;, in fact, it was with difficulty she could be prevented from fainting away. The other did not stop with her friend, but walked on some streets further to call upon a relative she was anxious to ' see. On the road, and when passing along ilope•street, she felt dizzy, and did not know where she was, or what she did—in tact, was " insensible,"' until she found her self at the bottom of Duke-street. When she arrived at her relative's house, she was seized with vomiting, which partly relieved her. She was able to return back to her companion, when she learnt that they both had been similarly made sick. They could take no food the re mainder of that day; they passed a disturbed night, and could eat nothing at breakfast the next morning. They took a little medicine, and gradually regained their usual health. They were both in good health when they entered the cemetery, and the fact of both sickening together gives a great weight to the conclusion that the alluvia they encountered was the cause. Either the graves they had passed,, or the sewerage, was naturally accused. The drain, the stench from which was so re pugnant, passes near to the front of the cemetery ; and I, teal no doubt but that its waters may have some partial source from the drainage of the burial-place. One of the parties had once in Manchester attended the funeral of a friend in the Rusholme Cemetery, and was made ill for a whole night afterwards from the odour of the grave. Another party, then in delicate health, told me about that time that she had been walking in the same cemetery, and had distinctly perceived an offensive heavy odour from the ground, and did not feel as well as usual after. I forbade her ever going there again, under ordinary cir cumstances. The fourth instance occurred to a member of my own family, who had been walking round St. Mary's Ceme tery, at Kirkdabs, and felt the odour oppressive, so as hardly to be able to reach my house, from sudden languor and headache. I will not say these are demonstrations of cause and effect in a rigorous philosophical sense, but, for the prac tical purposes of life, they are, I think, nevertheless, sufficiently convincing ; and the impression upon the minds of all is so strong, that all three parties declared they would be very cautious bow they perambulated grave-yards again. I put the fourth case out of the question, because my own opinion was added in the shape of a veto. The husband of the patient just mentioned, whilt at tending the funeral of a sister in St. James's Cemetery, standing close to the borders of the grave, suddenly per ceived such an offensive odour rising up from the ground as almost to overpower him. He hardly could remain throughout the service, and felt distinctly the horrible odour in his nostrils for four or five days after. He was nauseated for a long time after, and states that he would have been very glad on that night or the following morn ing if he could have actually vomitted for relief. A ne phew at the same funeral was also similarly affected with the smell, which he had perceived before he reached the grave :" it left a bad pain in his chest for an hour or two afterwards," as if from a sense of constriction or opposi tion to the foul air remaining in the lungs. He was a tee totaller, and would have been compelled to break the pledge if he had not struggled hard with the nuisance, aided by copious draughts of cold water. Of course he would have been fully justified in departing from the rule self-imposed, in " using a little wine for his stomach's sake." In fact, every party forming the funeral company complained of the stench on the ground, with one excep tion, for whose hardihood of the faculty of smell, &c. there were some adequate reasons. A friend, Mr. G., tells me that three weeks ago he had crossed the river early from the Seacombe ferry, and passed through St. Nicholas's churchyard as he was wont. One part of this old, crowded burial-ground of the mother church of Liverpool is lower than the rest. The reader will recollect"that this lowest part is towards the docks; perhaps it is a yard or more below the remainder. Three stone steps mark the dif ference at the north end of the burial ground. The rain had been very plentiful for some days previous, and whilst crossing this lower part to gain the steps, Mr. G— perceived a most disgusting smell coming off the higher ground, which gave him an immediate headache, lasting the whole of that day and night. He has felt since uneasiness at the stomach, which he attributes to this source. He called the attention of a companion who was along with him to the fact, and who assured him that such, in his daily experience, was no novelty, especially early in the morning, and that he had encountered more intolerable grave salutes than in the present case on the same site. This churchyard is a common thoroughfare, without a common beaten path ! What would a Turk, or any other heathen, think of the decencies of life in Christendom, where the hurrying footsteps of the busy crowd re-echo through the desecrated roofs of the other wise silent halls of the dead ? In the name of health to the living, decen' these things so to be ?" Chapel-street bounds this church yard on tue north, many yards below the level of the burial ground, and here the passers along frequently detect the noxious °clouts of the spot. Moreover, this peipendicular side of the churchyard was once the un selected locality for planting a receptacle for chance dead—a morgue, as the French term - it—presenting through its gloomy and loathsome grated portal the pain ful and disgusting spectacles within to every passer-by, most unsuitably—nay, barbarously. There was no venti lation, save through the grilled gate itself, for the stagnant horrors entombed therein; the light scarcely discovered the dark blank walls or their unconscious tenants. To what purpose, then. such publicity, unless the seal of darkness could be lifted off, or the horrid effiuvisi miti gated ? How could the claiming recognition of the found dead be accomplished adequately to counterbalance the inevitable evils of such exhibition of the frequently putrid and irrecognisable wrecks of humanity ? For this slight chance of difficult recognition, the footpath was contami nated by unseen dangers planted in ambush, or the sus ceptibilities of expecting maternity liable to be startled and hideously impressed. In ancient Persia, Greece, or Rome, this refinement of civilised Britain would have been a stronger argument against our claims to reputation, than anything short of cannibalism itself can be now urged against those nations we choose to denominate flushes and twitchings of the muscles ofi the'face and ral interesting anecdotes, and,making si strong appeal in neck. He had lately come to a small house: On my behalf of'die society. frrst or second visit, I perceived such a disagreeable The Rev. Mr. CRAIG also ably advocated the cause of odour in , the house, that I,set to investigate shn order of the orphans, and dwelt upon the circumstance that not things. I soon found, that ever since they had occupied only were the children rescued from misery and error, the house, they had been annoyed by these foul smells, an d ma d e goo d mem b ers o f soc i e t y , b u t that it had fre and that they proceeded from the s ink-hole of the front q uen tl y b een found that t h ey h a d b een th e means o f kitchen, which had a very short communicat ion with the bringi nz ot h er c h i ld ren, an d even a d u lt s , b e fore . lost in drain from. several houses. This drain was not stink. the da r k ness - o f Popery, to the light of true relig ion, by restrained effluvia escaped up through every connecting ing juveniles. H e s t ate d t h at h e had received a n orphan trapptd as it ought to have been, and therefore the un- the example and s cr ipt ura l ex p os itions of these interest orifice. Any one knowing what use the smaller cottages b oy from hi s d y i ng.father, and had promised to get him often, nay systematically, make use of these out_ , out s ets, will into the Protestant school of th e soc i e ty on his responsi not be apt to underrate the quality of the odour. The br.try, which he could ill afford without their assi.• - wife stated that this sink-stone always stunk, more espe- as the cost would be fie— • _ cially in any change of the: weather. at sucn the whole house would become absolutely unbearable. The only expedient they had adapted, and which she admitted k eve with a we nuisance She had never year tne applications for- the admission of orphans were 23,and, from the limited amount of the funds, only 10 of these could be admitted, though most of the other cases she had lived there. (TaFlo The tracery. of the causation lludes to the for them both, in which they folly conourret] five guir rae fur- ther medical details Lreserv r e for more I - congratulate the to upon the present prospect of municipal improvement. The new candidates, wanting a ' ate now in seeming earnestness pledging them- .4 , 0 to receive, oelore be left the room, the for which he bad pleaded for his protege; benevolent ladies who were oreetit 1 Cards were then distributed to ti who unde -4 rtook to t their fr eparated s, the doxology was si " cry, ()L. on Wednesday, selves to us their utmost endeavc to carry out the much needed sanitary requirements of our domestic state. It is surprising to mark how soon a subject but very lately absolutely so unpopular, is now the universal theme of all classes ; so soon are the tables turned, that comparatively a few months witness its full acknowledgment by all can didates for future office ;: nav, insomuch has this obtained, that it proves a better " cry" than Toryism or Whiggism, or ultra politics. Why so? Because the majority of the reflecting portion of society are alive to the need of sani tary provisions. and regulations. Public opinion has dic tated the " cry" in reality, in which the convictions of the candidates must coincide, in order that they may be at one with the public mind. Hence, then, a day of " new life" is dawning over Liverpool, and this municipal elec tion witnesses nothing short of a tion, greater, as far as it extends, than less, for good; fruitful but in evil strifes ; heartburnings are found out at last to be bt for the real feudal age of politicalnicknarnin srecoverably before the adva savages. I remember this black hole—have endeavoured to re cognise human shape in its blackened tenants, but have been repulsed as often by the intolerable stench, repent ing an exercise of otherwise objectless pursuit, than mere medical curiosity arresting my attention in passing. The same curiosity, in common with thousands of my class and of the public at large, foreign and native, has led me to the Morgue in Paris, where the dead (mostly the drowned victims of the Seine) are suitably disposed on benches, within a large, lofty, light, and ventilated hall or chamber, having an access from the street, but not obtruded upon the passers by. Those who have any business, or object, or even mere curiosity, to inspect the victims of chance or self destruction, must deviate from the path, and then do as they list—receiving impressions of horror which frequently are never erased from their memories. Yet the risk to health, in spite of ventilation, was not always slight; but they had only themselves to blame for whatever moral lesson or physical annoyance they might reap there. The authorities were not in fault. In our own morgue, until removed, the public outrage was an authorised sin against society. Happily, however, this is now a matter of the past history of Liverpool Im proper. An appropriate building has been provided, every way most suitable and convenient; the stigma has been removed, and the authorities deserve great credit for the improvement. Ventilation, light, public convenience and decency, have been attended to. To return to the eruptive fever cases. The public will now be able to comprehend what relation such will hold to the grand archetype of fever—the plague, and will re cognise in the milder form the same essential features of poisoning of the blood with the less diluted poison cases. The difference is one of degree then, not in kind, and the shadings down even of these degrees to the smallest dis turbance of the harmony of the functions of our complex framework, constituting deviations from health. I shall give two or three brief examples—fresh facts around our own homesteads, producing more conviction than others more remote, though better told. lam inclined to view this form as a species of typhoid fever hitherto very im perfectly described, and which perhaps may hereafter, in honour of Liverpool, be denominated the cloacinal va riety, or species I was called upon to attend profes sionally a family where, from the dense packing of the buildings in the heart of the town, there was no option scarcely but to plant an ashpit and privy close to a back kitchen, the access to which was through the kitchens. The consequence was that the house was always more or less obnoxious to the effluvia from a source so proximate. My own attention was called to it from the fact of my having to prescribe for a bowel complaint which both heads of the house complained of. When I reached the house, I had to complain of the intolerable smell. I tracked it to the source above described. I told them that little physic was wanted if they would only do away with the nuisance, which, as I was peremptory, was forthwith done. I amused them by saying that the only prescription I should write would be the Latin terms for bricks and mortar, to form a blockade. The thing was done imme diately: they were people of sense; they saw it when pointed out. I may add that upon this discovery another tale hangs—that of the death o f an infant in convulsions, which I attended in the same house only a few months Previously, the rightful and probable cause infant of which I could now accuse, and which they felt constrained to ad mit as most probable. The was in a fair and pro mising condition at first, until the health of the mother began to deteriorate from the close atmosphere of the v h u o u l s s i se s a n t ta d child e t k lie s. h s e u d a d t e m n o l y s p s h a e n r k after e , used three to to point po r f in o t u o r con vulsive n at the time as oppressive and bad. The rooms were dark, from tall blocks of warehouses, & c., so as to compel them in winter to burn gas on the stairs all day long, and half the daytime in the chamber. Children do die in shoals from convulsions, in . Liverpool more than in other places, at the epoch of teething, but this infant was not six weeks old, and there were no signs of dentition as yet, so that that the case in my mind stands out in clear relief, as an effect pure and unambiguous of gaseous poisoning. In another instance of Cloacma, nnpropitiated, I was requested by a surgeon to see a patient of his suffering from an accession of nervous disorders, occuring in a journeyman painter. He bad every few minutes sudden THE EIVERPOOL STANDARD:- :en on weighed from six to seven tons. The extra sum was for the additional labour which was required. Mr. llorsfall and several other members considered that as the discharg ing of the vessel was a contract, no extra charge could pro perly be made, and it was ultimately decided that the £25 10F. 6d. be remitted. In the next rate-book excep tions will be made to this kind of merchandise.—The Harbour Masters' Committee reported that they had con sidered the application of Messrs. Lanwry and Co. for compensation, in consequence of the damage the steamer Sea King had sustained by coming into collision with some mud flats at the Clarence Basin, and they were of opinion hat no such compensation should be allowed.—A letter was read from Messrs. Hardman and Co. complaining bf the exorbitant charges demanded by some of the master porters, and requesting the interference of the Commit tee. The Chairman said it was a matter with which they hail nothing to do, as all persons were at liberty to put what value they chose upon their labour. A long conversation then took place as to who should have the appointment of . the porters—the consignees of the ceed to Kingstown, and watch the men as they came cargo or of the vessel. It subsequently.appeared that the ashore, so as to know where to find them if necessary. committee bad power to dismiss any porter for miscon- White proceeded to Kingstown accordingly, and about duct, and the matter was referred to the Porters' Corn three o'clock the packet came into the harbour. The mittee.—Mr. Sandars brought before the committee the passengers were forwarded to Brighton by an omnibus, subject of lights being allowed on shipboard, or in the and White, who was in plain clothes, placed himself in dockyards, and stated that it was of the greatest impor the vehicle near the two men in question, and came with lance that upon some occasions lights be permitted. them to Brighton. On the way he took occasion to Several cases had come under his own observation where recommend them to a public-house, and on their arrival it was of the greatest importance that a light should b e here kindly showed them to the Jolly Fisherman. On granted for a short time, but that privilege bad been with- Wednesday, Mr. Searle, of the firm of Reeve and Searle, held. The Chairman stated that the power was vested solicitors, of Liverpool, accompanied by an officer, arrived alone in himself, and it was only in cases of a very urgent with a warrant signed by Mr. Commissioner Perry, o f nature indeed that he allowed any light to be on boatd— the Bankruptcy Court, for the apprehension of James it was the exception to the rule. So long as that autho- Maw and William Chapman, the names of the parties in rity rested with him. be should cortinue to act in the question. White accompanied his brother officer to the same manner, but if the committee thought that Mr. San- Jolly Fisherman, and there found the two men, who we re dars's suggestion ought to be acted upon, it would be ne _ forthwith lodged in the Town-hall for the night, and on cessary to frame some bye-laws on the subject. Several Thursday White proceeded with them to Liverpool.— members considered that the law might be a litle re- Brighton Guardian. _ I laxed, and the matter was referred. -..v• SINGULAR CHARGE OF — BIGAMY.—Mr. WM. Witt, COMMlS described as a surgeon dentist, was, on Friday week, at MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMIS the Guildhall, charged with having committed b i g ,im y . SIONERS. It appeared that the prisoner married, in the year 1828, a female named Emma Matilday Murphy, with whom he A special meeting of the Commissioners of Birkenhead lived about two years. He then got into difficulties, and was held, at their rooms, on Fri Jay evening, " for the into the Fleet. During his incarceration his wife, with purpose of taking into consideration certain proposed ar whom it is said he had not lived on the best of terms, rangements with the Chester and Birkenhead Railway eloped with a gentleman named Earle, to America, since Company, relative to the conveyance of goods across the which time the prisoner and his wife had not seen each I Mersey." The chair was occupied by Wm. Potter , Esq. , hp rtinrried another nerson. Miss . L.__ 7 T. - ..,.... Q.ll and there were present twelve other members. and the . t moral regene isjord and .steps of an en- lightelied and enlightening political economy ; so that the strife henceforward will lie between old parties, as to who. can best wield the shepherd's crook, for folding, instruct ing, and cheering the flock. The crook is no bad emblem of sanitary police; it is a manifold weapon in skilful bands ; it is more useful than the sword of justice itself; for it would greatly monisb the wayward member of society, and often thereby wisely anticipate his prone ness to crime; or it could persuade with kind words and sympathies to better purposes and prudential cares. It is an eloquent missile, in trained hands, to recover the straying, prompt the laggard, and regulate the whole flock. Increase of knowledge developes new sources of power and influence; and for penally, there comes in prevention —kind encouragement, for frowns and stern reproaches— and all the mighty leverage of sound t• ives, which sym- pathy with the poor man struggling in his own ignorance and infirm ities, bring.into play. What has ever mere Toryism for him? What Wi,;,,,,krri All these ridiculous old-fashioned dispu .bore the tractions of heads of the degraded masses—l political economy, which the poor man could not com prehend, but yet which often scathed the hopes of his honest industry, unless, like a parrot ; he would learn cff by rote some party watchword a mockery, because the worst principles of human nature were set to work, by both sides, to warp his judgment and steal his reluctant, or perhaps his besotted, suffrage. The light of heaven sas filched from him in his home, and no path left smooth for his feet, but that of yielding himself and his a prey to dirt, disease, and to a degrada tion moral as well RS physical. somest promises can eff•ct the we are of the people. Their opponents have not bee:, "fortes in talm'as,"—to borrow a term of Oide.. but it can scarcely be questioned that they have, thot4, too timid of changes, generally occupied themselves labf riously and steadily in fulfilling " liberal" promises ph of S a class, netic of their actions, by the eloquent party ! flowever, to be rising to the real height of its position, and to feel let all who have the town's welfare really at heart, rejoice the true dignity of its calling. (Cheers.) But this the that a nobler grasp of public duty is recognise''., and must Tuscan, the Genne6e, the Venetian may have done ; the not only be promised, but performed. Our municipal worthies of our English commerce are content to be mer parliament meets in the heart of its constituency ; its de- chants, without being princes. If we have our princes, bates and decisions are open to public scrutiny ;—their they are not intent upon seeking alliances with the thrones praise will be commensurate with their labours. of Europe. But they feel that it ought to be now their I remain ) Sir, yours, truly, sole aim to raise to the same level of knowledge, of happi- GEO. C. WATSON, M.D. ness, of virtue with themselves, the whole body of the Bedford-street, Oct. 24. people. (Cheers.) I rejoice that in Manchester, beyond 411 dispute the first city in the ancient or _ern world for manufacturing enterprise and mechanical skill, you have not been content with that display of wealth which may jostle in the street, cr may be piled in your warehouses. You have not thought it sufficient to raise factories tier upon tier, or magazines that will accommo date the traffic of the world, but you have thought it your THE PROTESTANT ORPHAN SOCIETY OF IRELAND. The annual public meetings in behalf of this society were held, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings last,— the Rev. Fieldit School-house, Christian-stree in the chair. The weather being unfavourable tendance, though respectable, was not so numer the last anniversary, the room being but about t . , . g Ould for inn-ocent enjoyment, for useful instruction, for grace 'he at- ful accomplishments, for lofty thought." His lordship subsequently alluded to the industrial schools of Man -6 chester, the weekly half-holiday at the warehouses, th e e. early Closing movement, thP -- 1- " ' qths, and After an appropriate prayer washbouses c parks, e upon t culture, the advan- society for the year 1845, as s, Seventeenth Report, adopted at Dublin, in A pril last, and now piug dix containing a list of the subscribers names, and the amounts given by each hlished, with an appen ' -nd donors' The Archbishop of Dublin next addressed the meeting on the advantages to he derived from the Athenaeum as an educational institution. He stated that he had been eges of connecter with instruction in the schools anc income o he pus ews an increa all sources. The increase in the ordinary sources—sub- scriptions, donations, and collections—was about the same as in the year preceding—something over £lOO ; and for the increase in legacies the society was indebted to the trustees of Cave's Charity, who had vested the sum of £l,OOO, the interest of which only was to be ap plied in aid of the fund for the fees of apprentices, and which (£32 10s.) would but meet the fees of three or four apprentices. The total income for the year was £4361, including interest of the apprentice-fee fund. Of this the auxiliaries had by their united exertions produced £2157, and amongst them St. Mary's (Birkenhead) had raised £3O lls., Christ Church (Liverpool) £29 19s. 8,1:, was i mpossible by keePing'rnen in darkness to keep them from etw t t e eme m rr sae p k ct t eo a o t tus i h o lhed n u m . tn toah l nt e t mfi wt make u o fop u r l d ans o n tmmh o eea t b ei e ul nl gn p ofi o ft s a s fi else.ho b er l er hermit, Lis lot d ,al o f that oomtr aans t heyi were certain to b e t empte d i n some way. A knowledge n f a f labouring m an , an d per h aps a little more knowledge of wouldot hrely cultivated intellect was a bad man, he was of course more dangerous than he was before his intellect was cultivated —a man who had the use of his limbs would be more dangerous than a cripple, and a man who had eyes would be more dangerous than one who was blind, or a deaf mute. He wished to be distinguished from those persons who thought that the mere diffusion of knowledge consti tuted the whole of education. He did say that it was a good thing, but he did not say that it was the whole of educa tion. He warned them against the dangers of ill-balanced knowledge; for if a person devoted himself to the culti vation of his intellect and neglected his morals, that was an injudicious and hurtful education. It was not the knowledge of tome things that did the harm, but the ig norance of others. He had had difficulties to encounter during the fourteen years that he had been engaged in the work of education. They would understand that he al luded to the introduction of national education in Ireland; but he was happy to say that in spite of all the storms that had arisen, they were advancing towards the right pa th ; and he believed that under the blessing of Divine Providence, the national system of education in Ireland, when it should have had time to be felt throughout the beneficial en den cy ,wo e u w l d g p e r n o e v r e a t o i n o en of should have the greatestve felt bles sings to the whole empire. and St. Jude's (Liverpool) £l4 I 5..7d. - The such.. proceeded to say that those whom he addressed bad been accustomed to do something for thib and it had this year more than ordinary claims upo, their attention. A gentleman who had been accustomed to address them on these occasions, and who had always left a delightful impression upon their minds, had since excellent society their last meeting been called' from his earthly labours He alluded to the Rev. Thomas Gregg, late honorarl secretary of the society, who, after a few days' illness died deeply lamented by a large circle of friends, and what would have affected him still more, amidst the tears of the orphan, of whom be had long been the affectionate and unwavering friend. That valued person possessed considerable property, a large proportion of which he expended in acts of charity and benevolence. He (the chairman) related several instances of the devotedness of the deceased to acts of disinterested kindness, amongst others his refusing all professional advancement, through an influential member of the government, and preferring in lieu that one orphan boy should be supported and educated through this member of parliament, which was done. Mr. Gregg had visited them from their commence ment as an auxiliary, and had left them a legacy in the orphans, whose welfare he had so warmly at heart. The society had increasing claims upon them, by the position of Ireland, the encroachments of popery, and the cala mity which had visited that country—half of the popula tion being in want of food, and almost solely dependent upon government for the necessaries of life. The orphans were as much the objects of God's protection as before. There were 338 orphans (male and female) to be sup ported, religiously taught, and fitted for suitable stations in life by the society. The funds, without the aid of England, could not accomplish this desirable object ; and they should remember that " he that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord." Ile called on one of the gentlemen of the deputation to address the meeting. The Rev. B. CLARKE, in a speech of considerable length. called upon then to sympathise with their Pro testant brethren in the sister country, and considered it a privilege granted them to be enabled to give their mite towards the object in view. It was an honour to form a Protestant union with their fellow-Christians in that ill fated land. Like the daughter of Pharaoh, who drew to land the infant Moses, and provided a nurse, for it, the society drew the Protestant orphan from danger and moral death, and procured him a nurse, thus rescuing him from the destructive influences of Popery, The other speakers were G. Dawson, Esq., Lord Ebrington, W. Chalmers, Esq., John M'Gregor, Esq., of the Board of Trade, and W. Brown, Esq. A vote of thanks was passed to Lord Morpeth. The ball that followed, and for which the Hall was leered, was numerously attended by the elite, of the free nd the fair, and was altogether a delightful entertain- For the further accommodation of the guests, the theatre was also thrown open. Socinian- ism, and vice. The Rev. RICHARD CONNOLLY, of St. James's, Dub lin, impressed upon his hearers that there was no work more acceptable to God than the care of orphans, and their nurture in the saving truths of the gospel. He ad duced instances in which the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylums insidiously took up Protestant orphans, even in preference to their own, and instilled into their minds all the pernicious and debasing doctrines and superstitions of , Popery . The society had originated in the discovery of I this practice. A Protestant widow left with two children, and without means to suoport them, was induced to give up her son to one of these Popish societies, which were found to be numerous in Dublin, and which zealously strive to withdraw destitute children from the faith of their fathers. To meet this evil the Protestant Orphan Society was instituted, the originators of which were in very humble stations in life, and commenced with a fund of only a few pence; but by perseverance the society now had 338 children under their care, Al with their respec tive nurses, which, with 197 will had bren apprenticed, 40 who died, and 84 who were given up to their friends or otherwise provided for, made a total of 656. to whom the society had afforded an asylum. There was no society that did more goof upon such small means. The average expense of maintaining a child was but Is. 10d. a week, or £3 10s. a year,—a smaller sum than they could be supported for in the workhouse, where they would be in contact with a degraded class, and moreover exposed to the machinations of Popery, for seven-eighths of the offi-, cers of poorhouses in Ireland were Roman Catholics. In these places 69 Protestant children had been converted to Popery in two years. The Romish missal was constantly in their bedrooms. He explained the regulations . of the society—the manner kn which proper nu r s es were selected in the different counties ; the apprenticing of the boys to tradesmen, and sending the girls to service, both with fees ; the premiums given to the orphans for goodconduct and attention; the superiority of th e clothing gi ven to them; their being regularly visited and looked after in' the different counties by the Protestant clergymen ; the finish they received at the Dublin Asylum before being sent into the world, &c. He concluded by relating me- 1 HIGHWAY BOARD.—A. letter was ordered to be sent to the parties who are building the premises in North John-street, ordering them immediately to repair Prin ces-street, otherwise proceedings will be commenced against them. The Chairman stated that the wall in Boundary-street bad fallen in consequence of the late heavy rains. Orders for repairing th e s ame were given. It was also ordered that the alteration recommended by Mr. Kaye at the previous meeting to be made at the top of Dutten-street by Oldhall-street be made, and that the work be immediately proceeded with. A letter was read from W. Duncan, stating the progress of the works at Green-lane. The roof of the boiler-house was not yet on ; another eight days will be required to complete the iron work. The letter also stated that 250 yards of the 9-inch main had been laid down along Byrom-street, to the baths in Paul-street, and through Messrs. Tinne and Kaye nc;:otiations had been entered into with the Har rington Works for supplying the water. The baths were expected to be opened in eight days. Great delay had been occasioned by the recent bad weather. SELECT VESTRY.—There was a full attendance at the weekly meeting on Tuesday last, all the members but two or three being present. The Workhouse Committee pre sented a quarterly summary, ended Michaelmas of the present year, of the number admitted into and discharged from the house. At the beginning of the quarter (mid summer) the inmates were 1142, and there were admitted during the quarter 1947, making 3089; of these 1936 were discharged ; leaving, on 26th September, 1153. Some statistics follow, showing the number of those who re spectively (admitted in the quarter) could read and write (677); who could only read (389) ; and who could not I read (821). The greater number had before received 'parochial relief, and a considerable number were children. Out of the 969 females admitted, 170 were under 15 years' of age, and 799 above. O n comparing these numbers with the corresponding period of last year, it would appear that the number of single pregnant women has been, relatively to the entire number of females admitted, nearly 34 per cent. less this quarter than that ; whilst th e number of prostitutes exh ibits an increase both numeri cally and relatively. The number of women confi ne d i n the house had been 41-30 single and 11 who said they were married ; being, compared with the same quarter last year, 32 per cent. less. Fifteen deserted children were received, two of them sucklings —an unusually large number. The deaths during the quarter were 156. The whole number in the house at present i s 1220. Mr. Riding mentioned that a house had been te mporarily engaged in Soho-street, at th e ra t e o f £4 p er week, for the reception of fever case s , an d t h at a nurse bad been appointed at a salary of £2O per annum. A letter was read from the medical officers, alluding to the grea t excess of duty which they had to perform during the preva ilin g epidemiF, and soliciting some pecuniary aid, in order that they might engage assistants. It was stated by Mr. Scholfield that more money was paid for medical relief in. , Liverpool than in any other town in the kingdom. It was ultimately decided that a letter Should be sent to e medical officers, informing them that the s e been considered, and requesting the m to wait e e longer. ' he meeting was hut thinly attended, the night being wet and storm The Rev. D. Anderson presided, and opened the busine - s's in a feeling ;Ind argumentative address. He was followed by the Rev. Mr. Connolly and the Rev. Mr. Craig, who Ilent effects of the and the necessity for its support, for the preser vation of the Protestant religion in Ireland, against the insidious inroads cf Popery and Arianism. A further claim was urged on behalf of the society, on the ground that the present high price of provisions in Ireland ren dered it impossible far the nurses to support the children without an additional suns of £1 each this year. Both gentlemen were listened•to with profound attention. The meeting closed with prayer, and a collection was made. a meeting of the Birkenhead branch of the society took place, the Rev. A. Knox in the chair. On Frida MANCHESTER ATHENEUM SOIREE on took pl off with great prefaced by About eight. and passed ents were this sear the Albion Hotel. town, Mark Philips, lisq., int. The entertain % public breakfast a ;entlemen ca' M P., in t'n3 chair, supported by the Mayor, his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Right Hon. M. Gibson, M.P., Wm. Brown, Eeq., M.P., Dr. West, John Potter, Esq., M.P.. and a number of other distinguished mem-, bers of Parliament and literary gentlemen, including W. H. Ainsworth, Esq., W. Chalmers, Eeq., of Edinburgh. C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D., &c. The Chairman remarked that the institution had been threatened with destruction, but it was now based on a rock, and was supported by the united efforts of tits members..--The Archbishop of Dublin said he had left numerous and pressing calls in Dublin to attend, thinking it incumbent upon him to show the interest he had in every thing which concerned the diffusion of knowledge, and with that view he had great pleasure in attending the present proceedings; and he must say, that from every thing be bad seen, and every thing he had he h 9-1 -leant in the inquiries . Liao made, he had no reason to repent ; for every thing had eome up to the opinion he had formed of their institution. He need not say aoy thing about his anxiety to promote education, because his life had been occupied in official or non official efforts of that kind. The soiree. followed by a ball, took place in the Free Trade Hall, and the vast building was crowded, upwards of 5000 persons being present. The Right lion. Viscount Morpeth, M.P., presided, and the Archbishop of Dublin, and many distinguished parties from far and near, were present, including the I turers of the town and neighl The Chairman addressed the meetly manly eloquence worthy of the occasic iding merchants and inanufac )otirhood. in a strain of He paid well He said— It would be at bes tittence to ir.culcate that knowledge in any community will be a dangerous thing ; that commerce, which ori ginally formed, and which still ennobles, such a com munity as this, is the national ally of literature and art. I rejoice that English commerce seems, in these our days, at the