The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-29 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The usual weekly meeting of this commtttee was held
at halr-past two o'clock yesterday, in the Town Hall, Mr.
Dover in the chair. The other members present were—
Messrs. Robertson Gladstone, Beckwith, Crosthwaite, A.
C. Stewart, J. A. Tinne, Johnston, Anthony, and
Ha,yd ock.
The minutes of the last meeting wore read and confimed.

HEALTH OF THE TOWN,.

The Medical officer of Health reported 'hat, owing to a
decrease in the inflammatory affections of the lunge, the
deaths in the borough, which, in the previous week, were
226, tell last week to 192, being 30 less than the average
of the same week of former years. Within the parish the
deaths were 141 ; in the out townships 51. From diseases
of the lunge, with consumption, 51 deaths only were
registered, the number in the previous week having been
83, and the average of the season 69. Zymotic diseases
caused 46 deaths, the same number as in the week
preceding Of these 16 were from hopping-cough (more
than in any week of the previous twelve months) ; from
scarlatina 11 ; typhus 6; diarrhm 5 ; small-pox 1 ;
syphilis 1 ; none from mess; es. The mortality from
measles has never been so low as it is at present, not more
than four deaths having been ascribed to this disease
during the last eleven weeks.
With reference to the memorials referred to him last
week, the medical officer of health reported, as to the
brick-kilns near Kensington, that when the wind blows
from the south-west they must cause annoyance to the
inhabitants in the houses in the neighbourhood, and that
this annoyance cannot be prevented without the entire
removal of the kilns. As to the b-ne mil!s in Great
Howard street, that the owner, Mr. Gordon has undertaken
to make alterations forth With, which it is hop .4:1 will
prevent a continuance of the nuisance complained of. As
to the sugar houses in Earle street, that it has been closely
watched daring the week, and that at no time has it
occasioned such a nuisance as to justify proceedings under
the act. As to the paint and colour works in Bedford
street, Toxteth Park, a certificate, as required by the
sanitary act, wqs submitted.

Mr. iieekwith observed that the brick-kilns complained
of had destroyed all the trees in his garden, both back and
front AS to their being a serious nuisance, there could
not be a doubt on the point.
Mr. Haydock observed, that the annoyance was but
temporary, and that they could not prevent it unless by
suppressing the brick trade altogether in Liverpool.
Mr. A. C. Stewart said it was absurd to call the annoy.
anee temporary, when in many districts the kilns existed
for years. He thought the kilns should be at a distance
from all human habitations, and he thought that could be
done without injury to the trade.
The Chairman observed, that he was informed that in
London the brick-works were so far from habitations that
the clay had to be carted to them. •
Mr. Haydock sail that that was the case, but that bricks,
in consequence, were three times as dear in London as in
Liverpool.

Mr:Johnson remarke', that it would be a serious thing
to the building trade if the works were interfered with.

Mr, Crosthwatte replied, that in Xirkdale th-! proximity
of brickworks to certain house property had materially
depreciated its value.
The Chairman said that the committee had no wish to
interfere with the trade, bat they should deal with it as
with any other nuisance complained of by inhabitants. He
thought the brickmakers themselves should have the dis-
cretion to keep the :kilns at a distance from all human
habitations.

After some further conversation it was agreed that the
committee should wait and see how far the parties engaged
in the works would be disposed to act on this suggesion,
and remove the kilns to a distance from all houses. In
the event of their not doing so the committee would then
interfere. As to all nuisances complained of, the medical
officer was directed to report on them weekly.
The Borongh Er_ gineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspector
of Nuisances reported various particulars of the operations
in their several departments during the week, from which
it appeared that 80 nuisances complained of by inhabitants
had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them.
209 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 563
apartments and 152 lodging houses, had al3o been examined
and reported upon.
After disposing of some routine business the committee
adjourned.

A gamekeeper in the employrn-nt of Mr, Charlesworth,
M.P. for NV?kefield, has b-r.ught down upon himself the
curses, Ion; and deep, of all the naturalioq of the district,
by his barbarity in sbootinT a cuckoo at Lofthouse.

Borne FOUND.—Some days ago a bottle was found
floating in Strangford Tough, by Patrick 3.L•Bride, of
Killinchy. This novel letter carrier was corked, and con-
tained on a slip of paper in the inside, written in a bold
band, the following doleful tidings :—" ship Isaac, of New
Orleans, going down off the Isle of Man—Captain Riley."
We simply give the matter as it has reached us.—Belfast
.Yews-Letter.

THE GREAT EASTERN. -- This truly great steamship is
fast approachiog completion, her stem and stern are up, and
her launch is expected to tike place in august. A number
of navigetore are employed in p-sparing the bank and bed
of the river for the ways along which the ship will be con-
ducted into the water. In order to avoid hindrance to the
workpeeple, the company have stopped the gratuitous orders
of admission to see the ship.
THE EDUCATION BILL.—The passing of the Education
Bill by the Legislature, with an addition of £4,000 to the
grant for common
-schools, is a step for which the country
has cause to congratulate itself. The Common School
Fund is thus raised from £ll,OOO to £15,000. The sum
of £4,000 is a smal matter, it is true ; but by this addi-
tional grant rather more than one third is added to the
provincial allowance of every common school teacher in
the province Not being acquainted with all the p: rticulars
of this bill, we are not prepared to say just what weight
should be :attached to the objection of those who opposed
this additional grant that it tended to postpone a more
permanent measure for establishing schools on the assess-
ment principle. It wouli certainly be advisable—we know
not whether this is provided for or not—that the people
should in every case be required to make an addition to
their quota towards the teachers salary proportiorate
to the increase in the allowance paid by the province. It
is also desirable that some more stringent measure than
any now in force should be enacted to insure the payment
by the people of their proportion of the teacher's salary.
—Acadia ;t Recordee.— (Halifax paper.)
RIOT Al' THE WOOLWICR TH'ATRE.—At the Woolwich
police court, on Tuesday, Mr. William Holbrook, propri-
etor of the Woolwich theatre, applied to the msgist, ate for
summonses against several persons for doing a large amount
of damage to the building on the previous Saturday night.
It appea-ed that some dispute had taken place between
Mr. Holbrook and his professionals, and at the close of
the first play on Saturday night they came to him and de-
mended :heir week's salary, or refused to go on with the
performance. Mr. Holbrook replied that he would pay at
the close of the performances, and not before. One of the
actors then wentupon the stage, and informed the audience
that the curtain would not rise again, and advised al pre-
sent to get their money returned. Much confusion ensued,
and ultimately the gss pipes were torn up, the seats broken,
doors taken off the hinges and destroyed, and every window
in the building was smashed. Mr. Holbrook narrowly
escaped being severely injured, and the estimate] damage
to the building exceeds £5O. The summonses were
granted, and two persons have since been apprehended
for stealing property during the confusion which prevailed.
A DROLL GUN CASE.—At the Manchester County
Court, on Tuesday, a man named Anderton sued James
Schofield, of Failsworth, to recover the sum of £1 15s, for
a double-barrelled gun, said to be sold to the defendant.
The defendant denied the purchase, and said the gun was
not delivered to him, but left at a house near the court;
and asked his honour to allow him to produce the gun in
court, which was granted. On the gun being produced,
it offered a subject for some laughter. The stock having
been principally destroyed by fire, the barrels were sepa-
rated the whole length. Thera were no loops or ramrod ;
it had, however, been repaired by the plaintiff in his own
mechanical way. A piece of wood was attached under-
neath the barrels by means of several shreds of tin,
fastened to the stock by cast iron tacks. The tr:ggers
were two old iron nails, His Honour told the plaintiff
that if any fatal deident had occurred from its use, he
' would have been liable for manslaughter; and gave a
verdict for defendant. Defendant : What am Ito do with
the gun ? His Honour : Take it away, but be sure you
never fire it. (Laughter.)
A MISER.—A man named Leclercq, formerly a weaver,
resided at Roubaix (Nord) in a state of the greatest misery,
sleeping in a filthy shed, and running errands for a basin
of soup or some broken victuals. When remonstrated with
by nephews and nieces, who exhorted him to at least
provide himself with the necessaries of life, his answer
was, " You think I have got money, but you will find
yourselves mistaken." When attacked with illness he was
in the habit of getting admission to the hospital, and on
his recovery again returned to his former habits. He was
lately attacked with a more serious malady, and as usual
hsd himself carried to the hospital. While he was being
undressed and his pockets searched, a receipt was found
for a sum of 20,000 f., which had been placed for ten years
in the hands cf a notary, and also r emoranclems of other
property, amounting in all to about 40,0001 The patient
wished to have these papers left with him, but that was
refused, and they were deposited in the hands of the
administration of the establishment. A few days afreethe
man died, but the grief of his relatives for his loss is much
alleviated by the extent of the property which they have
inherited.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.

BEFORE MR. ALDER3IAN HOLME.

INDECENCY.—John Houghton, described as a coachman
to Mr. Gillespie, of West Derby, was sent to jail for three
mouths for very indecent conduct, which he was guilty of
in Creswell-street, the previous evening at nine o'clock.
(This was his second offence of the same sort.)
PUGNACITY.--James Lewis, a black man, and Elizabeth
Brennan, were charged with fighting in the street, and it
appeared that the female was sixty-six times in jail: She
was ordered to be imprisoned for three months, and when
leaving the bar, she turned on her companion and gave him
two or three desperate blows on the face, for which she was
subsequently sentenced to three months' more. The man
was discharged.
AN INOENIOUS S WINDL E. —Mary Jones, who lives in
Copperas Hill, and William Jenkins, who keep houses of
ill fame in Pellew and Hotham streets,were brought up by
detective officer Patrick, on the following charge. Mr.
Bluck defended the prisoner Jenkins. The history of the
case was as follows :—On Thursday last a Mrs. Grace
Mills, who lives in 02, Gerard-street and keeps a stall in
Gill-street market, rent her grand step-daughter, Lamed
Julia Brown, a girl about 14 years of ago, with a sum of
£l2 to a Mr. Jones, who lives in Mill- treat, to pay an
account, and gave her strict orders not to pay any one ex-
cept Mr. Jones. He was not at home, and she returned
home, but on her way t. he called into the house
of the prisoner Jones, with whose daughter, a girl
about he: own age, she was acquainted. In the course
of conversation, she mentioned the fact to prisoner,
Jones and her daughter. Jones questioned her about the
money, and then went out ; she remained away about 25
minutes, and en her return she was followed instantly by the
man Jenkins, who tapped her on the shoulder and asked,
" are you Julia Brown ? " She replied she was, and he
then said where is the £l2 you were sent to pay me? She
said she had the money, and asked him if he were Mr.
Jones? and he replied he was, and that he came
for the money. She then asked him for a
receipt, and he gave her a small piece of paper
(p.oduced it), and she gave him the cash, in the presence
of the prisoner Jones, who went oat with him. The girl,
thinking all was right, went home and gave the receipt to
her grandmother, who from its appearance suspected all
was not right, and on inquiry, she found that her
suspicions were well grounded, and that the girl had been
swindled out of the money by the prisoners. The girl and
the daughter of the prisoner Jones. both very intelligent
persons, gave a clear statement of the case, that left no
doubt about it, and then Mr. Bluck asked for a remand,
stating that he was instructed to do so in order to produce
witnesses for his clients. The Alderman sail he never
heard a cleverer case in his life, but of course, he would
grant the remand. The prisoners were remanded
accordingly.
MRS. BROCKLEBANK'S LEVER WATCH ! —An interesting
looking and lady-like dressed female, named Catherine
Brocktebank, who said she was a married woman, living
at 77, Christein street, charged two well-dressed men,
named David Rogers and James Thompson, the former for
stealing her silver lever watch and gold chain, and the latter
for having pledged them in London road, for £2, knowing
them to be stolen. The case was a singular one. The
prisoner, James Thompson, who was the moat respectable
looking of the two, was described as a grocer, carrying on
business in Great Newton-street, the other prisoner was
set down as a " gentleman " Mr. Bluck defended
the prisoners. The c nnplainaut said on Monday
evening, at half-past eight o'clock, the prisoner Rogers
called at her house, and, knowing him for some time,
and thinking he was hungry, she gave him something to
eat. Her watch was hanging in the room of a lady named
Mrs. Brown, who lived in the same house, and when the
prisoner went away the watch was miesed, and subse-
quently she found it was pledged by the prisoner
Thompson. She went to seek the prisoners at two or
three betting-houses, as they were well-known characters,
and at last she got them at a well-known gambling beer-
house. Alderman Helene : If you knew Rogers to be a well-
known character, as you say, how did you tolerate him in
your house? Witness: Well. I knew him, and I thought
he might want a dinner. Alderman Holme : Are you a
married woman ? Yes, I am. What is your husband ?
A. fireman, on board the Scamander steamer, and he is up
at Alexandria now. Mr. Bluck proceeded to cross-examine
the woman, and she was subjected to the most fearful
ordeal that the learned gentleman was capable of com-
manding (and that is not small in cross-examination). He
certainly elicited some of the most extraordinary revelations
ever heard in a police court, but we can only state a portion,
' as the remainder was of such an extraordinary and dis-
gusting character as to shock even th 3 most depraved ;
and from' the appearance of the woman, and what she
admitted herself to have been concerned in, it would be
hard to bring the imagination to conclude that human
nature was at so low an ebb. She admitted that she was
what she termed a " gay woman" before her marriage ; her
husband knew it, but he married her for all that. She
knew and lived with the prisoner Rogers before she was
married, and he often gave her sums of money and made her
presents. He frequently visited her since she was married.
She denied having given him the watch to pledge, as she said
if her husband came home and found her without the watch
he would certainly murder her. She then admitted to have
participated in the most diabolical scenes, in company of
the prisoner Rogers and Mra. Brown, whom she said was a
married woman, and a dreesmal:er --but we must close here.
Mr Bluck addressed: the court in a speech that even made
the woman writhe under the laceration that he gave her,
but, notwithstanding that, his Worship said the case was
of such a description that he would not decide it in that
court. He would send both prisoners for trial, but would
take two sureties in £lO for the aprearance of Thompson.
A " FLAT" CASE ----Thomas Meadows was charged with
having stolen a flat and selling it. Mr. 'William Henry
Hunter was the person prefering the charge, but in reply
to his worship, he said he had no evidence to offer, as he
had not time to gat it. Ho asked for a remand, but his
worship said he could not remand him without evidence for
that purpose. The man was diecharg6d.
(BEFORE MESSRS. SANDS AND CROSTIIWAITZ )

THE Sassons. —The scissors is about to supercede the
knife, as it seems now the favourite instrument of attack.
Elizabeth Shaw, was charged with having stabbed Mary
Irving with a scissors. The parties reside in Ormond-
street, and on the previous evening had a quarrel, when
the prisoner seized a scissors and stabbed her opponent
in the face, inflicting a serious wound on her. The
prisoner was rent to jail for two months.

Jams Cahill, formerly in the employ of the admiralty,
and his wife, have been finally committed by the Clerken-
well magistrate!, on a charge of obtaining £250 from a
Mr. Duncan, uader the plea of snaring him a govi:rnmant
appointment.

STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.—One day last week, some
labourers at the old gate of Ury observed six swallows
sitting on the telegraph wires which pass at that place.
While their attention was directed to them, they saw them
suddenly drop off the wires and fall to the ground, and on
picking them up they were found to be dead.
INCOME OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.—The total
sum raised for the various objects of the Free Church
during the year ending 31st March, 1837, was £308,875
31d, being for the sustentation fund, £110,201 7s 7d ;
building fund, £43,433 2s 9d ; congregational fund, £87,870
19s 21d ; missions and education, £48,858 2s lld ; and for
miscellaneous purposes, £18,511 34d. The total amount
of investments for behoof of schemes in connection with
this denomination, exclusive of buildings, sites, burying
grounds, and furniture, is £152,69717s Hid. The revenue
for the previous year, ending March, 1833, was £288,802;
and for the year ending March, 1855, £308,050.
SILK FROM New SOUTu WALES.—.We find in a recent
publication of the Sydney Morning Herald the following
valuable suggestion relative to a subject which is well
worthy of public attention:—Dear Sir, Mr. informed
me that some years ago an attempt was made to rear silk
worms at or near Paramatta. Now the important part
where labour is employed is' the reeling—th.t could be
done in England; all that would be required in Australia
would be to produce the cocoons, press them by hydraulic
pressure, and send them home for the rest of the labour.
At the present very high prices of raw silk a good oppor-
tunity presents itself for fresh experiments. In France
alone the loss in last year's crop is estimated at four mil-
lion sterling, and raw silk, worth 225. to 245. a twelvemonth
ago, is now worth 40s. to 435. I feel sure it would prove
a gold mine worth immediate attention. If you could send
a few cocoons as sample wa would give you an opinion.—
Australian and New Zealand Gazette.

MR. COBDEN AND M. CAIRD.-Mr. Coblen has ad.
dressed the following letter to the Times:—" Will you allow
me to say that my letter to Mr. Lindsay was penned without
the slightest suspicion that it would meet the public eve ?
Otherwise, although the arguments and facts would have
been identically the same, I should have written in a
difraent and more appropriate tone. But I am more
especiolly vnxions to offer this explanation, that I may do
justice to my feeling towards the gentleman for whose
eye alone my hasty and familiar observations on the China
question were intended. Entertaining as I do a sincere
respect and regard for Mr. Cain], at whose feet I sit as a
pupil in my miniature practice of husbandry, and from
whom I have received many personal kindnesses, he is the
last man at whose expense I should have thought of
parading ray superior knowledge on questions of commer-
cial policy— a superiority which, if it really exists, is
attributable solely to his having applied his acute and I
original mind to the study of another and equally impoi-
tant brLnell of national enterprise."