Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

Wednesday, February :8, 1860

SANITARY CONDITION OF LIVERPOOL.

~.3:PamPhlet has come into our hands entitled-" The
41r we breathe : Shall every one Do as he Likes with
't? with Facts from Liverpool relative to the Inquiry,"
tile Association for promoting Social Science, at Brad-,
ford,
h in October last, by. W. T. McGowen, Solicitor,
Zrincipal. Assistant to- tie, Town-Clerk of Liverpool,
'aitary Department. The object of the paper is not
merely to show how inexpedient it is that every one should
do as he likes with the air, we breathe, since "nearly
everY dwelling in a town yields its contribution to the
general stock of air-defiling nuisances, intensified by vitia-
ti°4 of the atmosphere, through thousands of lungs cast-
ing forth, their refuse gas, through dirty pigs and:filth of
'Patious kinds lying about, by personal uncleanliness, by
l° Palaces, by overwrought minds, dissipation, passion,
intellectual effort, and the like ;" but principally to
defend Liverpool from the accusation so repeatedly
"aught against it by the Registrar-General as to its
unhealthy condition, and the comparatively little that,
it
Pretended, has been done to improve it.. " The
Only Way ,to answer these -aceumulated accusations,"
saps Mr. MeGowen, "is to appeal to facts. The writer
Woald) in plain terms, 'venture to ask the Registrar-
General what he can suggest in the way of sanitary
WIE) that is not being done. Mr.
,Newlands, the
erpool Engineer, showed before Lord Shaftesbury,
last October, that in eleven years since tae Liverpool
sanitary,,, Act took effect the sewers constructed were 146
'lles in length, including an outlet for rural and muni-
cipal
districts 6 feet high and 4 feet wide, besides defects
remedied_ in old'sewers. ' The streets bad been increased
nearly 100 milei in length—all of them at least 30 feet
th Wide. • 257 streets had been entirely paved and flagged;
e
sorToPavi" of the old parts of the town, formerly the
with wr
of
Pedestrians, replaced—so far as practicable—
Nevdapn°lB7hnlaterials. A subsequent Return from Mr.
more of sew:7B that, since this time last year, 17 miles
relieving sewer
rhave been made, as also . a portion, of a
basins, Which is!" removing outlets from the dock
: 2
in progress—a work estimated to
cost nearly £13,000 In the same twelvemonth, t
miles more street have been paved, and as much again
is in hand, besides several thousands of premises drained
and cesspools swept away. All the graveyards are closed
Or under rigid control, in many instances through the
Corporation having solicited from Government' 'the
assistance of Mr. nand ; the Burial Board have taken
land for an extramural cemetery, 96 acres in extent ;•
'vigilant house-to-house inspection is made of the inside
of inferior dwellings throughout the Borough, and the
Owners Or tenants are' eomPelled-to keep them whole-
'°ll3o. This is no sudden spirt, but the ordinary course
of business. Nor should it be overlOoked that during
the
Past year the Health Committee, comprising gentle-
Ten, heads of great commercial houses, whose time is
bank notes, have attended no less than 217 meetings in
connection with their public duties. The outlay is upon
a gigantic scale. On sanitary works, water work, baths,
Parks, and the like, the Corporation had during the above
eleven
,tears speut nearly three ,millions sterling. Since
the
they have expended upwards of £248,000 more on
same objects—the whole out of rates- lelied on the
Lahabitants, or money borrowed on security thereot,
"respective of the cost to private persons in respect. of
their
own works. In proof of the firmness with which
"(inisances are assailed, it is sufficient to state that the
Proceedings heard before justiCes on such matters since
October 1858, have, exceeded 370, besides a far greater
number of nuisances abated without legal proceed-
ings, on notice from the' sanitary officers." Now,
here we have a very complete refutation, it must
be admitted, of the Registrar-General's accusations ;
and not only the authorities of Liverpool, but the town
at large, since its credit is involved in 'such sweeping
charges,:,,. are certainly.ander great' obligations to Mr.
'''icGowen for the pains he has taken in defence-of their
interests knd their honouii.

It is with great justice and fairness admitted, how-
ever, that in Liverpool muoh, unquestionably, remains
to be done ere the work of sanitary improvement is
completed. It is well observed that " the success' which
has rewarded her efforts affords every encouragement to
other towns to adopt *good sanitary laWs.; large as the
cost may appear, no investment brings such profitable
returns. Liverpool was the first town to admit her
errors, and the .first to reform. Her great satisfaction
is, that amidst all the attacks made upon her, she is
steadily advancing in improvement, saving life at a
great rate, preventing disease, alleviating suffering, and
giving her inhabitants longer life, and more uninter-
rupted health to follow their occupations; thus substan-
tially promoting their happiness and prosperity." May
this course of improvement be persevered in, until a con-
summation so devoutly to be wished is fully attained.

THE LATEST NEWS.

IBY BRITISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.I

functionaries, -shouted a -great deal ; half the
audience remained silent, and the belies 'were
empty.
The Pairie gives a denial to the rumour that
the 13th battalion Of the Neapolitan chasseurs
at Avelini had revolted.
NICE (via Tniin), Feb. 7.
At the theatre last night the national song
was_ repeated -three times, and was received with
shouts of "the King Pia. ever," "Tice Italian."
Perfect order prevailed.

THE FRENCH TROOPS IN ROME.
A letter from Rome states that there. is not
the slighteit foundation for the report that the
French troops were about to evacuate Rome.
General De Goyon adopts the greatest precau-
tions. French patrols are on duty every night
in the streets.

THE FRENCH ARMY IN NORTHERN
ITALY.
A letter from an officer of rank in the French
army in Northern Italy, observes that Italian
affairs must be assuming a very important aspect
as all the divisions of the French army have
received orders to be ready to march at a
moment's notice. Rumours were current at
Milan that Florence would soon be the head-
quarters of the army of Italy, which would be'
put in mov.ment the moment the Neapolitan
troops set foot on the Pope's territory. The feel-
ing was very general in the. French army that
the spring would not pass without collision.

SPEECH OF THE POPE.
The Jourital des Jiebats contains a speech
' delivered by the Pope, on the occasion of his
visit 'to a seminary in the vicinity of Rome on
the 29th of January. His Holiness, in replying
to an address, said he'was grateful for the thanks
expressed to him, but that his devotion to Catho-
licism was only that of his predecessors ; the
trials which he experienced others experienced,
and remained triumphant. One remedy alone
existed against the perverse doctrines prevailing
in a portion of the Christian world, and against
the disloyal manoeuvres which attack the Church ;
the remedy was constant prayer. What he
asked on making an appeal on behalf of the
justice of his cause was prayer—incessant
prayer ; but he 'must add, that never was there
a bitterer trial, or a peril more menacing. It
was in Italy that the perversion of men's minds
was most to be seen—in the peninsula that a
'spirit of revolt against all which is sacred found
nourishment and support, the distinction between
truth and falsehood was lost, vice became virtue'
virture was called vice ; but neither humiliation,
nor martyrdom, nor captivity, could shake the
confidence of the Church, nor the firmness of its
head.

THE PONTIFICIAL GOVERNMENT.
The Perugia petition to Napoleon 111. for,
reduction of .grievances suffered under Pontifical
Government is signed by 12 members of the
municipal council and 110 of the local gentry
and aristocracy, 359 traders and professional men,
and 474 artisans and workmen.

HUNGARY.

VIENNA,FebIy.

The official Weiner Zeitung contains the follow-
ing At a bal masque which took place, on
Sunday evening last, at the Hungarian Theatre,
at Pesth, the National Kakoczy dance was de-
manded. The students of the University did not
take part in the manifestation. Three workmen
employed in a machine manufactory were arrested;
and in consequence of their liberation being in-
sisted upon,, a body of soldiers who had been
kept in readiness were summoned, and restored
.tranquility without recourse to arms. Dancing
:was then resumed."

THE WAR IN MOROCCO.

FALL OF TETUAN.
MADRID, Feb. 7.

Tetuan has been taken by the Spaniards, after
the battle which was fought on the 4th. 800
large tents, forming the sth encampment of the
enemy, the artillery camels, and all other equi-
pages of the Moorish army, have been taken.
The brothers of the Emperor took flight. A
summons having been transmitted to the enemy
to surrender Tetuan within twenty-four hours, a
deputation from the city came into the Spanish
camp to:beg for mercy, as the Mussulmans had
commenced to pillage and slaughter in the town.
The division of General Rios entered the place
without any opposition, and was received with
manifestations of joy.
Immense popular rejoicings are taking place at
Madrid, which is splendidly illuminated. The
acclamations are general, and preparations are
being made for grand public fetes.

CREW OF THE ZOULIEKA.

The steamship Ripon, which arrived yesterday
at Southampton, with the Mediterranean mail,
brought the crew of the ship Zoulieka, which
was wrecked on the 24th ult., on the coast of
Morocco. The whole crew would probably have
lost their lives through the hostility of the Moors
but for the intrepidity of Mr. Hay, the British
charge daffaires who escaped by a miracle, two
balls having passed through his dress. One of
the seamen was killed.