Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

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-AN CHAPEL AT SEACOMBE.-Yester-
lay. a commodious Wesleyan chapel, which has been
'rested in the Brighton-road, Seacombe, was opened for
In the morning, at seven o'clock, there
was a prayer-meeting. In the afternoon there was a tea
party in the school-room ; after which, the company
adjourned to the chapel, ;where a selection of sacred
music was performed by Mr. S. Percival. • In the even-
ing divine service was perforMed, the sermon being
preached by the Rev. S. D. Waddy, p resident of the
conference. The services will be continued during the
ensuing week.

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conducted with
The license was granted, with a caution to the owner,
Nathan Caunce; Victoria Vaults. Maddox-street.—An
information was laid against the house, which had been
twice fined for selling spirits to children under, sixteen
^^,- some of whom were girls.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this
committee was held yesterday.—Mr. Dover, . the - chair-
man presiding. The other members present were Messrs.
Beckwith, Hodson, Stitt, Crellin, Shiel, Crosthwaite,
Vernon, Anson, Haydock, and Bowring. From the
statement of the medical officer it appeared that the
deaths last week were 151, being 15 less than the pre-
vious week, and 56 below the deaths
,of the correspond-
ing
week for the last ten years. Zymotic diseases
caused 94 deaths ; scarlatina, 7 ; hooping cough,.
7 ; fever, 6 ; dysentery, 3 ; English cholera, 2 ;
measles, 1 ; typhus. 1; and 4 children died from dip-
theria. Diseases from the lungs and consumption
caused 35 deaths, against 46 in the previous week.
The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspector
of Nuisances; reported various particulars of the opera-
tions
in their several depa-rtments during the week, from
_dgliull-street.—This house had
inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken
tyo
which it appeared that 140 nuisances complained
of .b
been fined on two o(•easions for selling on Sundays.
ternedy them; 916 houses in the unhealthiest districts, The CHAIRMAN said that he was instructed to tellthe
containing 2,889 apartments and 711 cellars, had . applicant that if there should be any more fines inflicted,
been put under examination, with the view of im-
the license would be taken away at the next sessions.
proving their sanitary condition; and 180 lodging-
Mr. Nodwell, Mersey-strect, whoehad been twice
s.-- houses had also been examined and. reported upo with a cantiom . use was granted,'
fined for selling on Sunday
The lie
The Medical Officer made a report upon a letter which was very pleasant
had been received from the Privy. Council, respecting The CHAIRMAi7 -retuarkei that it
for him to say tkat, out oi. the fiitecen or sixteen hull-
the want of hospitals for the reception of sailors ; froni
which it appeared that all seamen who were labouring dred -licensed victuallers in Liverpool, there ' were at
•
under sickness were removed to the Workhouse Hospital t;i
least 1,000 against whom !here was not the shadow of a
and that they never were taken to the subscription. hosppit complaint. It wasonlya f‘; w at were continnallvgiving
tals. He did not think that it was necessary that an hos 'the police troublon e, and occupying the time 'of .the bench
in lev ; fines them. •
tal for the special purpose of receiving se: men should be
-
established. Mr. Stitt drew attention to the fact that the Mary Powell, Royal .II
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hospitals of the town did not receive cholera patients, and the law
for breaking
tap-mr- her est-
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- Air. C. ASPINALL supported the-applicaut, and stated
that the house was to be..conducted by James JOU'es in
future.

The CHAIIIMAV said the bench did not consider that
man was a proper person to be entrusted with a license.
If the girls had fallen in with a disreputable man, they
would have lost their virtue. The man was in the house
himself, and his wife was in the house ; and if he did
sell, spirits to children,, as stated in the information,
it ,wasloo late to come. b2fore the magistrates. after all
that had occurred before the police-court. It was too late
to say that they had got. another limn to conduct the
business under license. , They ,felt bound to take the
license away.
Thomas Simpson,

4, who had been twice fined

at illegal hours in the

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that there was an hosal for contagions &eases alone.
The chairman alludedit to the improved eanitary condi- Ile CHAIRMAN informed the applicant that the ma-
gistrates. were determined to inflict tie same punishment
tion of Liverpool, which was proved from the bet that
the mortality was fully 25 per cent. under peel ions
on the largest hotel as they.. would do on the smallest
years. Mr. Hodson congratulattd the town upon this pablic-hons,s
liable ifor the acts ofn case of a breach
serva nof thts. e law, and that
she wa her
satisfactory state of things, which was, he said, solely
owing to the "good, glorious, and plentiful supply of Mrs POWELL said: she had- dis Charged the servant
water received from the ItivingLiworks." The Deputy 'WIO had chn ar of that department of her business,
'and she would take care, in future, to have goo.: order
Town-clerk read a report of the sub-committee on the
present state of the common lodging-houses in the town, • ma
Which was adopted. It will:: be brought before. the The license teas
fr.
council on Wednesday next. iiitailled.
granted. •
' Peter Norman, New Quay.— Supported by .
Snowball. The license was granted.