The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-21 00:00:00

THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.

.At the usual weekly meeting of this 'committee held
itt thu council-chamber of the Town-hall, yesterday,
14r; Alderrnan Doter presided. The other. members of
the Cormirittee _present were=-Messrs. ftheil, Beckwith,
lob, Ridley, Nicksoni !idSidoelt, and Orellin, The
minutes' of . proceedings of the last meeting were
read arid signed. 'the, follo'win'g report of the' Medical
officer was submitted :
The Medical Officer Of Ilearti,` I'4oo that the
deaths registered in Liverpool during the Walr, ending
15th December were 166, being fewer than in the Pre-
vious week, and 60 less than the average (without cor-
rection for increase of population) of the same week of
the preceding ten years. In the parish the deaths were
108; in the -out-townships 60. From diseases of the
ivmotic class the deaths were 32, being only one-half
of the corrected average. Of these 8 were from typhus,
'7 from &cages, 5 front scarlatina, 4 pooping-cough, 4
diarrheia, 2 "croup', and 1 syphilis. Diseases of the
lungs, with consuniption; occasioned 'if deaths, against
160 in the week previous; being 26 less than the Cor-
rected average: 15 persons died from diseases of the
heart, a number unusuall late, the average being
about seven. The temperature, was above the average
on every day except Friday and atitirdaY, when it was
one degree below it. The mean 'of the lied( was 43
1-10th degrees. The rainfall amounted to 14-16Iths of
an inch. The Medical Officer of Health begs to recom-
mend that a sewer be constructed in Grafton-street,
where many houses require drainage on sanitary grounds.
The portion of the street referred to, between Hill-
street and Warwick-street, is in the estimates for the
present year. The cost is stated by the, engineer at
X3OO. W. IL DUNCAN
Dec. 20, 186 e. nfn,,ne of Ti.L,lth.

The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and
Inspector of Nuisances, reported various particulars of
the operations in their several departments during the
week, from which it appeared that 135 nuisances com-
plained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means
had been taken to remedy them. 1254 houses in the
unhealthiest districts, containing 3692 apartments, and
683 cellars, had been put under examination with a view
to improving their sanitary. condition.
Mr. HAYDOCK said he had a few remarks to make
upon the inspector's report. He said that the inspector
had qualified his report by stating that the wharves, at
least some of them, were not so well attended to. He
himself knew that, for he could appeal to a few members
of the committee, who, along with himself, had seen a
large deposit of filthy stuff placed near one of the most
conspicuous wharves, and no attempt had been made to
remove it—it appeared to be a mixing of the night soil
with the street sweepings, and he thought it should not
be allowed to be placed there.
The Inspector replied that the matter was under the
consideration of a special committee appointed for that
purpose, who would attend to the nuisance complained
of.
The 'Joint Committee appointed to inquire into the
subject' of having the water and sanitary rates collected
by one set of collectors, reported that they found that
the cost did not exceed 2 per cent ; and they could not
by any other arrangement do
.the work except as at
present.
There being no other business to dispose of the com-
mittee rose.

THE TRI-CENTENARY OF THE REFORMATION IN SCOT-
LAND.—A public meeting in commemoration of the
tri.centenary.of the Reformation in Scotland, was held
last evening in the school-room attached to the United
Presbyterian Church, Mount-pleasant. Addresses were
delivered by the Rev. Dr. Chilton, Rev. C. M. Birrell,
and the Rev. William Graham and others. The
meeting was numerously attended. A lecture upon the
Reformation was delivered also at St. George's Church,
Canning-street, by the Rev. Dr. McCrie.
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—Last night a
conversazione of the above association was held in the
Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, and was attended by
a large assemblage of persons, including a brilliant array
of ladies. The whole of the museums and the Gallery
of Art were thrown open, and were visited frequently
throughout the evening by large numbers. Stereo-
scopes, debusacopes, chromeidoscopes, photographs, and
various other objects of interest and curiosity were
exhibited in the Bird-room and other parts of the insti-
tution. In the Geological Gallery a large variety of
objects, illustrative of the subjects named, were exhibited
under the microscope, by the following gentlemen :
" Diatomacew," by Messrs. L. Hardman, Geo. Mansfield
Brown, and Rev. W. Banister; "Objects by polarised
light," by Mr. Geo. Williams and Mr. Elliot; "Living
objects, and circulation of the blood in the lower animals,"
by Mr. John Abraham ; "Physiological preparations
with the blood-vessels injected (transparent and opaque),"
by Mr. C. J. English ; " Insect anatomy," by Mr. James
Samuelson; "Foraminifera," by Mr. W. H. Weightman ;
"Micro-photographs," by Mr. Nathan Mercer; "Marine
zoology," by Mr. T. J. Moore ; " Textile fibres," by
Mr. H. S. Evans. Mr. Evans also explained the method
of rendering textile fabrics non-inflammable. Mr. I.
B. Cooke exhibited Kirchkoff & Bursen's spectra meter;
and Mr. Barrow exhibited Soleil's saccharometer. The
refreshment rooms were open during the evening, and
were supplied with abundance of excellent fare. The.
chair was taken, in the large Lecture-room, by the pre-
sident, S. B. Edwards, ' Ph.D. F.C.S., who delivered
explanatory observations on " Spectrum analysis,"
"Polarised light," " Magnetic and electric light," illus-
trated by projections by the oxy-calcium lantern, and
polariscope, and by electrical discharges in vacuo, &c.
Professor T. Way, of London, was present, and exhibited
his new electric lamp, adapted to lighthouse illumination.

THE LIVERPOOL LAND AND llousEowNEns' Asso-
CIATION.—The annual meeting of this society was held
last night, at the Clarendon-rooms, Mr. Owen Williams
in the chair, and there was a numerous attendance of
members. The report, which was read by Mr. Bremner,
solicitor, congratulated the members upon the present
position of the association. It now numbered 240
members, and a very great proportion of the whole
property of the town was already represented in the
association. The report then reviewed the various mat-
ters on which the council of the association had taken
action within the year. These were severally
the proposed bye-laws, the rage for increasing
salaries, . the water rating question, the public
offices, town improvements, the increase of sanitary
rates, and the library and museum rate. In refe-
rence to the latter, the members were assured that
no more than one penny in the pound could
be legally enforced. The report was adopted on the
motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Bannister,
when Mr. Bremner at some length dwelt upon the
various topics contained in the report, as showing the
good which the society had accomplished. The Chair-
man afterwards addressed the meeting, complaining
personally of the system of whitewashing courts at the
order of officers of the Health Committee, and which he
said had depreciated that class of property. In reference
to the Public-offices, he suggested that the Town Council
should build a villa on the Newsham-house estate as a
judge's lodgings, with rooms for the mayor, a dining
room, and ball-room ; whilst, by having all rates
collected by the parish, the Town-hall could
be made to suffice. for all other departments
of the public service. Mr. J. B. Hughes, the secretary,
then read a statement of the accounts; from which it
appeared that the subscriptions had amounted to £99,
leaving a balance due to the treasurer of £l4 ss. Bd.
The president, secretary, treasurer, and auditors were
re-appointed; and a committee having been chosen for
the ensuing year, the meeting was made special for the
alteration of one of the rules ; and after the usual com-
pliment to the chair, the meeting broke up.

HIE GRAND CONCERT IN ST. GEORGE:S.
HALL, THIS &ENING.

Speiiaity intfte the intention of our readers to the
ex‘.Ceedili6l)). .111iYii ltfta eliog lihich awaits them
In a • -c nor s- a , r 17,5;.. .n The programme
6+t.
the
.naintis e 4 d%tigguished
artistes, 6sid' , 4 tVe of sot's- aft 4 tittie
assigned to them. it 0? 19e ribtidedltilat
on this occasion the celebrated seeiii ga.Cfarien's
new grand opera of •`Robin Hood'.' will be irnitrodried
fol the first time to a Liverpool audience by Madame'
f,enitrreilS Phertinffton, a lady who herself makes her
first ap'pFaratte therpool, a circumstance which,
combine-d
fhe other. .Wreti-Ittrorn names, and the
other fa.,?Otiiite thereedre.f clesdtit'ed in the adver-
, tisement, cannot
,fair for this toneett a most
!brillaht, iashion'able,-and we feritiiire. alfd, etifthirsiastic
es.l'e'mtlage: Tlie arra)? Of filent H6'61;1000.4 teget'a.er
at an enorilloWs expense; has been manifestly' rarely
'equalled on any similar eetaiibri'. We would' also re-
mind our readers of the expedier4,- thei.dtisiie to
obtain a share in the best places, to apply is tvaily as
possible this morning to Messrs. Hime and Son, uncle/
whose spirited direction the concert has been, got up.