The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

HOLIDAY NOTICE,

MIS DAT (Friday); the 30th instant, there will be a GRAND
PAY PERFORMANCE. Doors open at One, commence at Two.
Tats Evarrtnia (Friday), 30th instant, and following Evenints,
the Entertainments wi l commence with, for the Sixth Time in
England.- It 011 ROY! produced by Mr. Peblo Perique as an
EQUESTRIAN SPECTACLE! with new Scenes and lnciuents
introduced from the Novel. In order to pronuce the Celebrated
Drama in its new form in the most creditable manner possible,
Pablo Fanque has engaged, at a considerable expense, the valuable
services of MR. GOURLAY. the Acknowledged Successor of
MR. MACKAY, for the representation of Scotch Character, and who
will make his Sixth appearance in Liverpool, This Evening. in
the arduous character of BAILIE NICOL JARVlE.—Several of the
roost popular members of the Metropolitan Theatres are engaged,
among whom will he found Mr. Rayner, Mr. T. Kirk, Mr. Birken-
heft; Idr. Cooper, Mrs. Raymond, Miss Hodson, the popular vocalise,
and various others. Rob Roy has been pronounced by the Press of
Edinburgh and Glasgow neva to have been correctly produced
until brought forth by Mr. Pablo Fanque with his celebrated horses.
In consequence of the extreme length of the Evening Performances,
the Doors will Open at a quarter past Six, and commence at Seven.
Admission: Dress Circle, 35.; Side Boxes, 2s. ed. • Pit, In. 6d.;
Gallery, ed. Second Price—Dress Circle, 2s. • Side Boxes. Is.;
Pit, Is. ; no second price to Gallery; second price to Boxes and Pit
at nine o'clock.

ROYAL ADELPHI THEATRE,
Christian Street, Islington.

Tutu EV*IIINGI (Friday), the 80th Instant, the Performances
to commence with Mr. Courtney's celebrated Drama, entitled
'l` H E HEART TEST ! The Principal characters by
Messrs. Hill, Hastings, Irckscn, Mesdames Oliver, Peel, &c., &c.
After which, the Interlnde of THE HOLE IN THE WLL
To conclude with an entirely New, Grand, Gorgeous, Glittering,
Historical, Comic Pantomime, entitled THE VALE OF GEMS I or,
HARLEQUIN AND SINBAD THE SAILOR, alio TILS FAIRY
as CORAL GROT (written expressly for this Establishment, by Mr.
John Courtney, author of " Time Tries All," " Tricks and Trials,"
&C.,) which has been in preparation for the last three months,
ulth new end magnificent scenery, costumes, and appointments.
Sin bad the Sailor, Miss Carre, from the Theatre Royal. Haymarket.
Nautita, Miss M. A. Egan. Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown. Pantaloon, Mr.
Jackson. Columbine, Miss E. Gibbs. Clown, Herr Teesale. Sprite,
Signor Sylvani.—Dress Boxes, 25.; Side Boxes, Is. 6d.; Stalls, Is.
Pit 6d.; Gallery, 3d.
Tomorrow—RlCHAßD THE THIRD.
On Monday—A NEW DRAMA.

ROYAL PARK THEATRE
Parliament-Street, near St, James's Market.

ear GLORIOUS'StICCESS OF THE COMIC PAN I'OMIME.
Tais Evitiszsro (Friday), 30th instant, the Performances will
commence with the beautiful Drama of ELLEN WAREHAM !
To conclude with (fifth time) the New Magniloquently Grand,
Comical, Local, Operatical, Caballsticat, and Anachrouismatical
CMRISTMAS PANTOMIME, entitIed,ORBISHEADTse
GREAT; or, HARLEQUIN & JENNY JONES, AND THE
FLOWER OF SNOWDON, Written expteasly for this theatre
by the author of "Ye Siege of Leverpole," &c., with new and beauti-
ful scenery, by Mr.' John Wright, from her Majesty's Theatre, Mr.
Liver, and assistants; properties by Mr. Barnes; Music, composed
by. Mr. Hoot: Machinery, by Mr. Jackson; dresses by Mr.
West and assistants; and the whole produced under the Immediate
superintendence of the Lessee, air. R. Edgar. Snowdrop, the Fair
Flower of Snowdon, with a few " airs " which the author has thrust
upon her. Miss Marriott ; Lushiane, a doubtful specimen'of a Fairy,
afterwards Clown. Mr, J. Appleby ; Davydd Jones, an ancient Briton,
Mr. Wilraore, afterwards Pantaloon, Mr. P. Anderson, from the
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane ; Edward Morgan, with a " terrific com-
bat," Mr. S. Lennox, afterwards Harlequin, Signor Guarrino, from
her Majesty's Theatre; Jenny Jones, the Flower of North Wales,
Mrs. J. Appleby. afterwards Columbine, Mad'ile Rost, from the
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh; Sprite, Signor Vilderiai, the wonderful
toetortionist from the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The remainder
of the characters by the entire Dramatic and Pantomimic artistes
attached to the establishment, forming the most complete and
owerful cast ever submitted. to the puldic of Liverpool.—
Doors open at half past six, to commence at seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Prices of admission.—Dress Boxes. 3e.; Front Boxes, 21.
Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d, Half-price to the Boxes at Nine o'clock.
Books of the Pantomime may be obtained at the Theatre.

GAME PIES I. GAME PIES !—The Celebrated
Yorkshire Game Pies !—The greatest Treat of the
lesson for Christmas. Parties. Suitable for Ladies, ati well as
.Epicure., and everybody else. Made only by W. LAwTeN,
Tian IlorsL, Queen-square—who contracts for Public Balls,
Suppers,and other large Entertainments—where will be
found ood Beds, Good Viands, Good Wines, &C.

THE NEW YEAR!
A BARON OF BEEF WILL BE ROASTED
LAT THE MANSION-HOUSE HOTEL,
11, DRiEY-LANE,
ON THE' 2ND OF J'ANUARY.

niGn WATER IN THE MERSEY.
Taw Des—Morning, 11h. 0m.... Afternoon, 11h. 28m.

FRIDAY,.DECE4BER . 30; 1853

TuE extraordinary mortality which has occurred
on board thoSe . emigrant ships whiCh left
Liverpool . and other English ports for the
United States, and arrived 'at their destination
during the month of November, has created no
small degree of excitement, both on this and the
other\s. i1.19,1f-itltp:#4lantic, • 'Various causes, have
been",assgried 'fel: tin:awful calamity—Some affirm-
ing t,ii'atiXis oving.4,-?Ae cupidity of ship-owners,
th tiadittr,43 and i,;c;' Yof provisions, and 'the,
dtley of Vetito4lsl--, Others again *attribute,
45.
th:tilt' -eful evil 4,4.30..:•.e. diametrically opposite,
aneasSert that thO filtlit habits of the emigrants
theilisel9C4inAßatititeasure tend to produce c9,n-
tagion, cholOribsinapraailit , With the latter, view we
entirely concur;, and our readers will remember

that we have lately endeayckured to,-sul*tantiate it,
and to free ship-owners, and others directly con-
nected with the ethigration movement, from unjust
and; as we consider unmerited censure.

We. have been,induced to `take up this melan-
choly -subject in consequence of a leading article
which appeared in the Times of Tuesday last,
..wherein the. onus .is cast upon ,those very parties
whom we regard as having neither hand, act, nor
part in the matter. And certainly, the Thunderer
should have looked before he leaped, and not have
so recklessly rushed to a conclusion, which seriously
reflected upon the humanity, morality, and Chris-
tianity of some of the most. distinguished 'indivi-
duals in this and other seaport towns, whose charac-
ters • for benevolence, philanthropy, and conscien•
tiousness stand unrivalled, and can no more be dis-
puted than that of the Times editor himself. We
can easily conceive how his feelings were wrought
upon to a high degree of tension after perusing the
complaining scrawls of a few captious, querulous,
petulant emigrants, who,, at the best of times, are
no novices at fault-finding, and who_would be sure
to discover causes of complaint, even if_ they had
been' furnished with a- passage at one quarter
the cost, and had double the accommodation:
They complain of the scantiness and badness
of provisions ! Poor n;retehes! many of
whom came • from that country, • where, as
CARLTON says, " starvation is a diversion ;" and
who 'seldom have enjoyed a dinner half so substan
tial or wholesome as that which is served on board
ship.. Wrought upon by the doleful tales of a few
emigrants who wrote from -New York, the , Times
jumps at once to a conclusion which certainly re-,
fleets little credit, upon its -discriminativness and
_still less upon its judgment. All connected with
Emigration vessels—owners, agents, officers--all
come Within its sweeping denunciation. Hear, 0
reader ! the intellectual AUTOCRAT of Printing-house.
Square !—" There is a disgusting and repulsive:
"uniformity in-the process by which sordid and.
"heartless avarice extracts its booty from helplessi
"poverty and ignorance. The emigrant_ is shown;
" a berth, a shelf of coarse , pinewood, situated
"in a noisome dungeon, airless and lightless, ini
",which several hundred persons of both sexes and
" all ages are stowed away on shelves two feet one
"-inch above the other, three feet Wide, and six feet ,
" long, still reeking from the ineradicable stench
" left by the emigrants of the last voyage, which no,
fumigation can remove, no perfume overcome.
" Still he dreams that this plank, which he has
" bought and paid. for, is his own ;
.and only finds,
"when thd anchor is up and complaint unavailing,
"that he must share his six feet by three with an
"unwelcome bedfellow. He finds that cleanliness'

is impossible, that no attempt is made to purify

" the reeking den into which he has been thrust,
" and•that the thirty days' voyage which he was
"promised will.not, from the rottenness of the rig-
ging and the "unsoundness of the hull, be COM-
• " pletßd in'less than sixty. He is lucky, indeed, if
" the provisions correspond to sample, if the, water,
be served out according to contract, or if he can
" prevail upon the cook, selected from among the
"'emigrants, to dress his meals in such a shape that
he can eat them without mortal loathing." We
say that this is a inost unjust and unjustifiableattack.
We Are-always as ready as the Times to advocate
.the cause of the destitute and oppressed ;
but we are cautious in laying undeserved accusa-
tions at the rich man's door. We remind himnf
his duties—we inform him of his obligations—but
.we dare not visit hith with unmerited censure.
Emigration is and ever will be attended with
disadvantages. Emigrants cannot cross the ocean
in a railway carriage. Ships must convey them to
other lands. Few that enjoy comforts at home
will seek a livelihood abroad. And most emigrants
have been accustomed to long and bitter privations.
NOw. those who. pay 21. 10s. or 31. for a passage, to
New York cannot expect a state apartment on
board. • Nor can ship-owners afford to convey
emigrants at that low price if there be not a great
number of them. Hence all they, can expect is a
space sufficient for health, which we maintain
most emigrant ships afford that leave -our port.

No " sordid and heartless avarice extracts its
" booty from helpless poverty and ignorance."
If delays occur, they
.cannot be avoided. Ships
are completely under the control of the elements.
And if by reason of contrary winds an emigrant
ship be detained on her passage, why the loss
extends to the owner and not so much to the
emigrant.. The Times says that "the thirty days'
"voyage will not, from the rottenness of the rigging
" and the unsoundness of the hull be completed
in less than sixty," Now we have before us the
list of fifteen vessels that left this port during the
months of
.September and October, the majority of
which performed their voyage to New York within
forty days—the Calhoun accomplishing it in twenty-
nine; the Hibernia in thirty, the New World in
thirty-four, and the Fidelia in thirty-one days;
the longest voyages being made by the Forest
King and the arathon, extending respectively to
forty-eight and fifty-days. Out of the eight-and-
twenty emigrant vessels that left the English and
Continental ports for New York immediately pre-
ceding the month of November, the longest passage
was that performed by the Corinthian from Havre,
and the Marathon from Liverpool, viz. fifty days.
The Times has indeed been employing the decimal
System with a vengeance ! •
That the fruitful sources of pestilential nuisance
and dreaded cholera do not arise from the
" noisome dungeon, airless and lightless" as the
London oracle describes the " between decks"
of a_ ship, is clear even upon its own testimony,
independent of-the arguments we can adduce frOm
other sources. The Times speaks of the com-
parative immunity of Australian emigration, and
alludes to the. Universe which conveyed large num-
bers
_of_emigrants from our own port to the
New World in perfect health and comfort, obsery
ing that "in these ships, the personal cleanliness
" of the emigrant is strictly enforced ; their dor-
" mitories are cleaned out every day, their food
" and eomfort is strictly attended to, and they, are
" encouraged, WI even compelled to take exercise.
" and inhale fresh air " We thank the Times for
that-W.OM' eamt)elled !" 'lt speaks voltirnes as to
the sanitary habits of the emigrant, and tacitly and
by implication corroborates all we have-previously
said' on" the subject. However, as our space for-
bids us entering any further into the real causes
of the calamity at the present, we shall resume the
subject to morrow; and proVe from the diaries of
the 'physicians of ernigrantShipS, and the testimony
of American journalists, that the Times has been
wrong in its deductions, and that neither ill-venti-
lation; dtbr:croNVding, or want of Proper- and sutli-
ciet food, have produced ouch excessive mortality
as we mutually deplore.

MINISTERIAL follies are matters with which we
deal without mercy. And we care as little for the
unites of ministry as we do for the individual frac-
tions of the great masses moving around us. We
warmly and hopefully regard all ; but we do not
deify any man or bet of men. The Press, indeed,
has a higher—a more glorious mission in 'hand'.
As- the bumble. sentinels on the watch-towers of
au ever wayward world, we have industry to foster,
j.tiEitiee' to. up6ld:tvirtue u) exalt, and vice and
hypocrisy to expose to the world's gaze: We may

fall shortookthe prompt and efficient-discharge of
the onerous duties we.have4alten upon ourselves,
but still the spirit shall speak, even where no other
power can be invoked.
In measuring distance- with the hypocrite or
slanderer we will not be nice. He shall have his
own space ; but, like other blind bats that venture
put, by day, we promise him a place in our collec-
tion, of the fossil remains of men and things. Still,
as. *.re despise cruelty, the trespassers on ,our path
need not dread the torture of being transfixed by
a pin, or consigned to a lengthened rest in the glass
case. Beauties can be preserved without the aid
of brass wire orerystal boxes. Per example, when
the French contemplated a movemeiat. which was
likely to produce pain in the breast •of their
adversary, they were silent ; and when they
had the life and fortune of the monarch in
their 'lambi, .they: politely saluted 'the man they
despised and abjured as. a king. Their barri-
cades were raised against a ministry, - and
-not against the man whom the Collective wis-
dom of a Cabinet could • not control. We are
strongly opposed,- however, to that order of news-
paper scribbling which •attempts to draw a high
moral precept from mere vulgar traditions.
If great changes are to be undertaken, we ought,
as a practical nation, to see that the means are
suited to the end. Flying off
,at. ministerial tar-
gents, or following the steps of our good street folk,
is not exactly the course we should adopt in steer-
ing our little craft through the mazes of political
life. We' .would' rather follow the lamplighter
through all hiS meanderings, than expose our ig-
norance, by asking the way to the Palmerston
Billet; or, the Albert Arms, through the Aberdeen
Tap, or the Downing street Hypogeum. Here we
may be. wrong, but yet we, do not belong to.the
circle of Political drunkards. Still we deal heavily
with the spirit of the times, and while we have our
friends, our. foeS, and all those ties which bind poli-
ticians to life, -we neither quarrel in our cups, nor
outrage public decency in our intoxication. We
offer this as a preface to the remarks
:we are about
to make on the attack which has I)een made on
Prince ALBERT by our London cotemporaries. The
Prince Consort is simply one of th6Se children
of fortune; whose good luck- might be surpassed
to-morrow by some of the hurnbleSt mortals around
us, but while he has used fortune as a friend,we
have never heard until 'now of his having abused
the stars andjarters which distinguish him from
other men.

The London Morning Adtertiser, however,
has evidently met the ghost of some
" stunted corporal " , who has poured the tale
of some stiff-necked military malcontent's. horrors
into the Editorial box of that notable• journal. But
we beg to assure the organ of the metropolitan
"tap tub," that all vows made in wine, :or whis.
pered
_through a pair of grey-7-pesitively grey—
monsiaches, are not exactly true. And to the
sapient correspondent of the Daily Ne=rs•we would
recommend the study of that spirit
.of fair play,
which may be found even in the wild democratic
scribes who direct the republican press of the
United States: ,If .Prince ALBERT were in the
"land of the free " his acts would be openly can-
vassed, and his accusers Would be named as
openly 'as their imputations were made We should
have no anonymous correspondents making charges
-and entering into a discussion of great national
importance, involving both the purity of the
Sovereign power, and the moral properties of the
State.

They would not use a Prince to screen a Mini-
ster;
.nor- allow a Minister to compromise the
State to screen itself from the force of untoward
appearances. Impressed with the moral rectitude
and political honesty of this ultra democratic spirit
of the_ age, if we knew half as much :Ls our cotem-
poraries and their corres.pondents appear to know,
we should at once charge facts, - and stand by
the consequences of—

"The sober zeal
" Of age, commenting on prodigious things."
Such is not the manner in which the London
journals handle their cause; and, we must say, that
if their's are the grounds om which the Liberal
journals of London hope to carry the public
voice with them,—we cannot conceive anything
more dastardly or contemptible. As for our-
selves, our lot has been cast among the mines,
minerals, spindles, .and cotton bales of the
North, and magi Cally as we should like to find the
figures of Royalty touching upon these sensitive com-
modities, still we should be ashamed to give place
itl our columns to such articles as our readers have
doubtlessly seen in. the pages .of the Advertiser
and Daily News. They are not only worthy of
perusal, but they deserve the severest reprobation
from the Liberal party in England. Such advo-
cates do immeasurable mischief, o the cause with
which they identify themselves, and no time ought
to be lost in giving them to understand that they
have:failed in securing the sympathy and support
of those who have hitherto sustained them in the
position they hold.

The Rev. E. Hartopp, Cradock, son of Sir E. C. Ilartopp,
is the new principal of Brasenose college, Oxford.
"Vigilans Secundus"' calls the attention of Sir James
Graham to the unprotected state of the Clyde.
The bishop of Kilmore in Ireland, Dr. Leslie, is very ill.
He in consecrated in 1812.

DEATH OF RAriowirc.—General RadOwitz died at Berlin
on Christmas-day, at noon. His death was tranquil, and
without pain.
A Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign-office
to-day.. •
EASTERN COUNTIES AMALGAMATION. —The amalgama-
tion of this company's system with that of the Eastern
union and Norfolk comes into: operation on Monday next.
. NEWPORT. ABERGAVENNT, AND HERESFORD • E,AIWAY.
—Captain Wynn, the government inspector, has been over
this line, and reported it as fit for publie opening, which
will take place on Monday.
‘,
A VEsszt FOUNDERED,—By the arrival of the Prince,
one of the city of Dublin company's steamers, from Dublin
last evening, we learn that a three-masted was seen to
founder:by the parties on board the Prince, at ten o'clock
yesterday morning, about 20 miles of the Irish light. The
quarter boats of the Prince were lowered for the purpose of
rendering assistance to the crew, but there was such a heavy
sea running at the time, that one boat was swamped and the
other stove in, consequently no insistence could be rendered.
Six of the crew are said to have been saved from the sinking
ship by a fishing boat.
THE BURIAL SOCIETY.—Last evening a meeting was an-
nounced to to take place at the Argyle Rooms, Newington,
to transact business connected with this society. Long before
the time for holding the meeting a large number of the
members had assembled, but were refused admittance. This
was the cause of much discontent being manifested, and a
large body of police had to be in attendance to preserve order.
The meeting was postponed, it being stated on a placard, that
the room was not large enough to hold all 'those who kid
assembled, _ _

NEXT MONDAY IN MANCHEETEE.—New Year's day ha
ing an annual holiday in Manchester, and falling, this year
on •Sunday, the holiday will be kept on the Monday. The
municipll offices in the Town-halls of Manchester and Sal-
ford are to be closed during the whole of Monday, as are
some of the large warehouses ; and the banks are to close
at noon on that day.
ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW.—The screw steam-
ship City of Glasgow, Captain Wylie, arrived in the Mersey
yesterday, from Philadelphia, after a rather protracted
passage of 19 days. The City of Glasgow sailed frimn
Philadelphia on the 10th 'instant, and encountered strong
easterly gales during nearly the whole of the voyage. When
three days out, in lat. 38 N., lon. 66 W., her bowsprit was
carried away in a heavy sea. The City of Glasgow had a
fair number of passengers, and bring.... about £20,100 in
specie on freight
FURTHER DETENTION OF TRH BALTIC.-oWillg to the
thickness of the fog in the river yesterday morning, the
United States mail steam-ship Baltic failed in an attempt
to get to sea. It was so thick when she got below the
Rock-lighthouse, it was found necessary to come to anchor.
The, Baltic has on board 80 passengers, a full cargo, and
the usual mails. She proceeds to sea as soon as the weather
clears.

HEALTH COMMI7'TEE—YEsriiDA.ic:

Thenstial weety meeting of this committee was held on
yesterday, Mr. LANOSDALE, in the chair.
Other members present—Messrs. Beckwith, Moss, God-
frey, "M'Nicoll, Johnson, Fleming, Stewart, Henderson,
Hodson, Roberston Gladstone, and Halhead.
Mr. FRESH reported that the nuisance complained of by
Mr. Laird, would be totally removed by Mr. Rose in a
month or six weeks. He is removing the heap at the rate
of 200 ions it week. ° t.
A minute WAS made to the effect that Mr. Rose should
be required to have the heap entirely removed by the 20th
of January.
The MEDICAL OFFICER reported that the progressive de-
crease of the temperature has been accompanied, as in the
previous four weeks, with a corresponding increase in the
mortality from diseases of the lungs, which, as well as the_
general mortality of the borough, was greater during last
week than in any week of the ten months preceding. The
deathsfrom all causes were 262, being 15 more than in the
week previous, and 26 more than the average of the same•
week of the preceding six years. The deaths from diseases
of the lungs, were 129, being nearly one halfof the total morta-
lity, and more than in. any week with one exception of the six
previous years. The deaths from other diseases were 55
above the average, and if this excess were deducted the
mortality from all other causes is shown to have been last
week 29 below the average of the corresponding week
of former years. From zymotie diseases the deaths were
66, about the average number. They include 15 from hoop-
ing cough, 14 from typhus, 5 from cholera, 4 from diarrhoea;
3 from scarlatina,
.2 from measles, 2 from syphilis, 1 from
influenza. No death was reported from small pox. _Delirium
tremens was fatal to a male, aged 35. The injurious influ-
ence of the extreme cold upon persons in advanced life is
shown by the fact that the death above the age of 60
amounted to 42, a greater number than in any previous
week, with one exception, since January, 1848. The mean
temperature of the week was 37 3-10ths degrees—three de-
grees below the average of the same week of the preceding
seven years. The wind blew from south-east to north-east
'nearly throughout the week. Rain fell on two days to the
extent of 9.looths of an inch. The medical officer sub-
witted to the committee a letter received from the general
board of health, with documents showing the advantage, in
a pecuniary as well as sanitary point of view; of substituting.
Water-closets for cesspools.
_The board of health, in the communication referred
said that the mortality of Liverpool was 48 in 1,000.
To this the MEDICAL OFFICER replied that it was not
more than 34 in 1,000. That the number of deaths last
year was, as nearly as could be ascertained, 11,150, out of
a population of 309,000, _showing that on au average the
mortality was only, a fraction, above .28 in 1,000.
Mr. HODSON observed that Liverpool had become, from
one of the most unhealthy, one of the most healthy towns in
the kingdom ; and it was exceedingly bad taste on the part
of the board of health to send down their officer to institute
inquiries here, when they were absolutely in a worse position
in London than in Liverpool.
The MEDICAL OFFICER remarked that the board of health
probably fell into their error by taking the deaths of the
borough, and the population of the parish of Liverpool.
Mr. RistrroN the building surveyor reported the inspec-
tion of 110 delapidated privies and ashpits, 92 of which were
undergoing alterations and repairs, and 18 of which required
such, together with various other details in his department.
Mr. I\ EWLANDS the borough engineer reported numerous
particulars of the work done and in hand in his depart-
ment, and
Mr. FRESH the inspector of nuisances reported the empty-
ing of 1161 cesspools, the inspection of 71 nuisances com-
plained of by inhabitants, and the reference of 38 others to
the borough engineer for remedy by drainage, &c., with a
detail of the other operations of his staff, including- particu-
lars of a sanitary examination of 409 court houses, and 235
cellars, formerly cleitred of inmates in the lower parts of the
town; and from which it appeared that the sanitary officers
had made special examination during the week of 884 dif-
ferent apartments in street houses, 1115 rooms in court
houses, in the districts named for the purpose of eradicating
unhealthiness therefrom, besides the cellar inspections above
named.

Orders were given to take steps to compel the cleansing
and purification of 163 houses reported to be in a filthy and
unwholesome condition.
Mr. Fuzsn who reported that John Rose is fulfilling his
contract in the south part of the town, and that 2000 tons
of the old deposits complained of by Mr. Laird had been
removed, and the remainder is going away at the rate of two
hundred tons weekly. Mr. Rose has at a great expense ex-
cavated another place for boats, aad where the south manure
will during the remainder-of his contract be tipped from his
carts into the boats and be at once taken away.