Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

HEALTIL COMMITTEE.

Alderman Dover presided at the usual weekly meeting
of the• Health Committee, yesterday, and the other'
members present were—Messrs. Sheil, Gladstone, Beck-
with,, Ridley, Job, Bowring, Stitt, Ore and Nickson.

SANITA.II.I:.OPERiTIONS.
The Borotgli Engineer, Building Surveyor, and hi-
specter of Nuisances reported various particulars of the '
operations in their. severaldepartments during the week;
from which it appeared that 149 nuisances complained
Of by inhabitants had been inspected and meats taken'
to remedy them. 510 houses in the unhealthiest dis- ' •
trictsf- containing 1,439. apartments and 239 cellars, had "
been put under examination with the view of improvine
their.sanitary condition, and 53 lodging houses had alsoA
been: examined and reported upon. •
HEALTH OPL LIVERPOOL. ' il
The medical officer reported that the mortality of s
Liverpool, which-in the last week of November was 165, ':
had in the four succeeding.,weeks been respectively 198,
207, 242, and (last week)'. 263., The mortality of last
week-was greater than in. any week of the preceding 11
months, and three more- than the corrected average of"
the same week of the previous ten years. The deaths
in the parish were 171 ;. and in the out-townships 92. :.„,`
The-deaths from diseases of the lungs, with consume-
"
tiorli. in the five weeks ending December 3, 10, 17, 24,
and 31, have been successively 73, 77, 84, 114,-.:
and 123 ; the deaths from these diseases last week* "
having been more than in any week for more than
two years previously: In the same five weeks,
the numbers who died- from the infirmities of old' 1;
age were 5,7; 8, 14, and-16. From zymotic diseases, the
deaths last week were 39, including—from' fever, 12 ;:.
hooping cough, 8 ; measles, 6 ; scarlatina, '3
; and-i 1 s
quinsy, 1. The deaths-of persons between 60 and 100: ,
years:of age were 53—a greater weekly number than had'
been recorded since the second week. of Feb., 1855,'
when the mean temperature was less than 281 degrees.
The,temperature during the latter half of the week watt..
above. t.b.e- average. •
The TREASURER reported that there were two vacancies
for clerkships in his offine. . " .
......

The letter from the-Treasury on the Post=offiee ques-
tion was read, and referred to the-Tuesday's Committee.
Mr. Rathbone's letter.on the lodging house question
was read, and referred to the Lodging-houses Sub-cons-'
mittee.

The following letter, which had been referred fraiiiY
the Town Council, WIW3 read :-
70. THE WCM.SHIPFUL THE .MAVOR Aim Toth, eousen,Ago

, Gserreemee,—As it.is proposed by the Health Committee to
induce the Council to adopt certain parts of the Local Govern-
ment Act, I take the liberty, as a leaseholder under the-Cor-
poration' to protest, against the Courted adopting + the- said
bye-law for Liverpool.
,• About 30 years age, I bought-at the- Corporationsales,pieee.!.
Of land fronting Waterloo-road 'and Robert-street North, et
£3.16x. per yard, for a lease far 75 yeaxe,, and -when I paid for . '
the land the late Charles ()kill told me I could have the
renewed at any -time. Now; gendemen, if this hawse was
burned down it could not be' rebuilt under this new bye-law. ' '
The house stands on about 680 feet,.but if you take 151 feet for
a yard the house•would lee-ueeless for a public-house. I also ;•
hold on corporation lease nine chops in Deane-street and
Great Charlotte-itreet. Front street to street it is ,about 69
feet; therefore, if you must 'have 25 .fe,:t clear, those shops e
could not be built again.. I also hold four shops in Strand-
street and Canning-place,-and also a number of shops in other
parts of the town under- the corporation, net one• of which
under your intended act could be rebuilt if burned down, or •
the lease renewed if I wanted it to be done, for the shops
would not be according to your act of parliament, and so my
property *mad be mimed: Is this justice ?
And- now as to stew buildings. If your act, was in force
Messrs. Jeffeey Could; not erect the splendid shop-they are now
-building on iron pillars, and they would have to lose the use of .
twenty-five feet in depth to Leigh-street. You-lately sold •by '
auction a piece of laudat theto,p of Bold-street, now Havelock-
buildings„ at £l2 per yard ; if this had been wilt under this
act, twenty-five•feet at the hack., or about 160 yards, £1,920
worth; would be left clear for a yard. You also sold by auction..
land fronting Church-street, Whitechapel, Leigh-street, and
William-street, 1,2-41 yard Ler £15,300,; do_ypu think it would! ,
have soldjo•r so great a sum if it had beer, known that a large c,l
portion of the land must remain uncovered-for ever " • t.l
Again your present act soya 'that no street must be made--
less than 30 feet wide. Your new act says that if the howler.; • "
are abeye three stories there must be left 2.5 feet clear at the
back, so that the back' part of two streets, with a passage of 4,
feet, there V.ll remain uncovered for ever 5-5 feet '6 inches. '
, Again, your new act says " every. dwelling-house," but the
act deesnot explain what is a dwelling-house, though the Gea..i. -
eral. Health Act does, bythe 11th and I.2llelictoria, which says a- c
house includes every place 'where 20 or more persons are em .
pioyed. Now, if you adopt the new: act you will astonish-the.. '
owners :of all-the new splendid buildings. in Liverpool. Do you
think William litowp., Esq., would have paid you the large. .
. amount of money for the land in Exchange-street West if he
had known he must build agreeably to this most strange act ?'
One thing is •taest- true, that if. you do make this act law in
' Liverpool, you-wflluot dojustice to all to whom you have sold' .
land on Corporetion lease ; but I' do trust that the good sense
of the Council, will not allow atx.svild as act to become law in ~ '
Liverpool.---1 remain, gentlemen, with great respect, your.
Very hux4ble. and obedient servant, JAmexTuezeso,e,
Mr.. Baczwurn,—All he has stated there is. a fact. • '
Mr. GLAnFrown—lt seems to be" a very fair summary P`
of facts, so far as .1 can judge. • (1
. ,
The consideration of the letter was deferred until the

special meeting to be held to-day (Friday.)
A letter from Mr. Hardisty askinc, for au,
_increase to

his salary, and a similar letter from Ashcroft were
referred to the general purposes subocommittee. -
Mr. STITT presented a memorial from several inhabit-
ants of Mill-road. Everton, complaining of a nuisance
caused by. Mt. Nathan Ellison filling up a quarry with
street sweepings. It was also complained that the
pathway had been taken up and the road rendered
dangerous. - • •

The Engineer was directed to report on the 'flitter,
This warthe whole of the public business.-

THE ' ROYAL NAVY 1860.—8 y the official Navy,.
List for the present month and quarter we find.that the -
British navy consists of 518 vessels, including screw..
steamers of every description,. exclusive. of which the-re j,
are 153 gun. boats, 121 brigs, hulks, tc., employed,
in harbour _service, and 47. coastguard
,tenders. •Of
the number of - vessels composing the navy no
less than 314 are in commission, and doing . duty -t-
-in every part 'of the globe. The vessels in commission
are 'distributed as follows :-65 line:of-battle ships,. ~,
frigates, sloops, and gun-boats attached to the East
Indies and China station, 18 on the coast of Africa, 6 ,
at Australia, 13 in the Pacific, 3 in the Brazils, 8 on ..,j
the south-east coast of America, 8 at the Cape of Good
Hope, 21 on the North American and West India
station, 41 in the Mediterranean, 19 attached to the
Channel squadron, and the remaining. 112 are em-
ployed on particular service or attached as guard-
ships to the principal ports in Great Britain tuid Ire-
lands In addition to the above, there are 3,8' powerful
vessels building at the various royal dockyards, many of
which are nearly ready for launching. The names of
these vessels are:—Anson, 91 ; Atlas, 91 ; Aurora, 51;
Barossa, 21; Belvidere, 51; Bristol, 51; Bulwark, 91;,
Camelion, 17.; Columbine, 11 ' • Defiance, 91; Espoir,
5 ; Glasgow, 51 ; Howe, 121; Landrail, 5; Liverpool,
51; Newcastle, 51 ; Nimble, 5; Orestes, 21; Orpheus,
21 • Pandora, 1; Pantaloon, 10 ; Pelican, 17 ; Prince '
of Wales,' 131; Rapid, 11 ; Rattlesnake, 21; Repulse,
91; Rinaldo, 17 ; Robust, 91 ; Rosario, 11; Royal
Alfred; 91;. Royal Frederick, 86; Royal Oak, 91;
Triumph, 91; Undaunted, 51; Wolverine, 21; Zealous
,91; and Zebra, 17 . '

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