Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL PILOT BOATS.

The Pilot-bpats of Liverno :1 are among, if not, the finest
in the world, and equal to many a fi:st-class viCht. Some
thirty or more years ago Ilicy were litt'e betterthan
sizei fishing-boils, but have wonderfully iml:roved t.ioea
then.

They are twelve in numbar, and range in length from
fifty to seventy feet, more or 1e45, and in tonnage froM fifty
to up .vards of a hund7o 1 tom ; and carry from fifteen to
twenty hands each, including masters (for there are two,
first and second) journeymen, and sporentices.
There are two crui3ing-groun3s, viz.—the Heylake and
Westward Stations—the former fif•oen to twenty, and the
latter above sixty mile's from Liverpo.)l. From point
Lvnas to • HolVhead—some few miles—constitutes the
Western Station. There ate always six in dock, and an
equal numbm- at see—two Ha the I:Toylike and the remain.
ingifour on the Westward S ation.

The inoe_c in which they go to work is this :—A beat
leaves the dock with her crew on bard .1,,r as she proceeds
to sea, takes them from outward-bsund ship,),.and arrives
on the H Ilake Ste Fn second in turn. W11:31 the brat
before her h finished she then beotnes fist in turn, and
boards all her hands. Th'e vessels that they board on this
station msis's of coasting vessels, steamers, &v., and
a)tuelimes foreign vessels which have passed the Western
boats in the night time. She then proceeds to Liverpool
for her ham's, and departs the same or next tide for the
Western Station; unless, as is generally the else, her
hands csme down to her on the station in an Au' boat or
a tug. She then makes the best of her way west, and
errives on the station fourth in turn ; when the other three
boats finish ehe then becomes first i i turn. Ste then boards
all her hands but t wo (unliceused appret,t cm which mirk the
boat, excepted), which she pats on board of the bolt talc-
g her place. She then proceeds to Liverpool, in charge
of the master and apprentices (the master never going on
board a vessel excer.t in case of urgent npc?ssity), and
remains in dock till the boat carves up that sends her
out.

Originally they were all cnt'ers, but within the last five
yeas they have got six slhooners ; so that there ale an
equal number of schloners and cutters. The first e chooner
No. 6, was launchei 9th Jun., 1852.

A good westerly wind gives them plenty to cl.), whereas
a prevalence of easterly winds keeps the ships knocking
about in the Channel; and consequently their cruise is
prolonged. The wisdom of hiving so mirky boats o❑ the
station at once will easily be undorstood—in case of a
crowd of vessels coming up there is always a boat ready to.
take the 0 her's place. The boats in dock arc also kept
in readirrss ti go to sea There is also great wisdom in
having two masters; fir, while oae is at sea with the b,)at,
the other attends to the busines► of that boat on shore.

The cotittee is composed of half a d (ir more) of
the priticipil sh!po flees in the port ; there are also a
superintendent and a treasurer attached.; mil it is alto-
gethcr as well•conducted and as well-regulated as any like
establishment in the worli.

The boats are on their several stations in all weathers,
blow high or blow low ; and the pilot's life is an arduous
one, and extremly dangerous at times One of the rosily
dangers to which they ars anti of is biarding vessels in a
heavy sea with tha Woen there is a very heavy sea
on, one in which a punt c.)uld not live, they boari the ship
with the big boat, which is done in this manner : —The
pilot-boat approaches the ship on the lee side within a
yard or tno, or as near as she dare ; a line is then passed
fram the deck of the ship through LI block on the lower
yardarm, anal made fast to the pilot's body, who, watching
the opportunity, eitherjumps or is swung on board.

IMPORTANT TO RECRUITING PARTIE 3 AND

OTHERS.

DR-GEEEDA, Sian. 29.—1 t our Patty sessions on eelfer-
day afternoen two ieteres icg cases we,e heard with
reference to billeting and the conduct of recruits. A
sergeaat of the 18th Royal Lisle, named Henry kl‘geeen,
summoned a publican named Johnston, for having refused
to receive a recruit on his billet. The evidence was that
the b llet sent to Johnston c,nta:ned the names of two
recruits, and that they rippled at nine o'clock p.m. Mr.
Johnston, in reply to the bench, observed that the two
men cone to h's house at tea o'clock with 'the billet, ore of
whom was apparently tipsy aed the other beastly drunk ;
that he refused to receive them, and hurried to the paice-
cffi .e to learn wh-ther he was iustifled in so doing ; that
the head constable informed him that he was not obliged
to receive a drunken man into his house. Sergeant King,
of the 40th, who is also recruitine here, saw both men
after being refused admission at Johnston's. One of the
mm he said had "a glass cn him," and the other was in
charge of a witchin n lie ch..rged Johnston with refthing
to entertain the sober man, and S rg.‘ant M Queen was
obliged to give the men money subs quently to •provide a
bed. The Mayor and o'hers of the magistrates remarked,
that no man was obliged. to take a drunken person into his
house. Mr. Codrington said that Mr. Johnston should
have taken in the sober man a !past. M. Johnston in
reply said both were name,l in one Mlle, and the session's
Clerk stated that all billets were is,ued for tso persons.
The bench consulted, and referred to the Mitiny Aet,
but the Mayor seemed to be against a conviction, stating
that while he would ever prceect parties raising recruits,
yet he should not overlook the interests of the householders
and the mnrali'y of the town. Af.er conFultation there
appearel three meeistrates for a conviction, and three
against it—the mayor voting. The mayor said he would
undertake to dismiss the case. The other case was a
charge against Charles M.Entep, a tliseha,ged soldier from
the 88th Regiment. A 3 stated in Saunder's News-Letter
of Fri lay last, this c.ss was sent from the mayor's court.
the present scssioa for hearing. Ineorinstioas were
taken against him I,r roc iviae nein y under false pretences.
The case was sent f,r trial to the Quarter Sessions, the
mayor remarking. that plrti,s raising recruits for the
service should not be trifled with in th s m.urier.

THE CHOLERA AND THE BDARD OF HEiLTH.

A letter of " Pa.ciationary Ad yice" has been addressed
by the General Boird of Health to the local board in the
metropolis, with. reference to 1.4 e po Bible outbrt ak of
cholera in this am-I'l-y. Caolera, it is stated by the beard,
has again became epidemic in several of the Baltic ports
and at Hamburg+, whilh, on three occasion, when the
disease visited Englan.l, has been the treenraor of its
appearance.- Diarrt ce i has h!ea observei to be unusually
fatal in London, aid some other parts of England, within
the kst three. ni ;Whet, and this circum tance has al mays
preceded the Cornmencemmt of the epidemic . periods of
cholera. The . board., therefofe, deems it expedient to
recommend ;h it e:psci.l vigilanc- be eisreisad in all matrers
relating to khe public health... In. the cit Qllar the, have
i sued they proceed to give particular instructions in
reference to the rental, 11 of all i sources of cant imination
of air within and w ithout dwelling-hous?s, such .as filthy
accumulations of refuse, defecti7e sewrage, and also as
regards the means for ensuring the parity of the public
supply of water. The officers of health are enj tin- dto
pay particular attention to every circarnstance likely to
atEct the health of the community. Trey, refer FpL•CiarY
to what occurred on the last outbreak of cho'e -a at New-
castle. and the successful means then taken to prevent the
calamitous results of the v station ; and likewise to the
southern districts .of London, as deelonstr.iting the im-
pot lance of the pure i water supply, niece, during the
epidem"c in 1833 4, it was f wad that the th)e a mortality
in the houses fillpplied by b.d watt r had- been 3,1 tams
as greet es in the houses to which better water had h >en
tarnished. This striking result is earnestly itnpresied
,upon the local b ,ards, le collection with the other pre-
,,u ions laii down, as being im erative'y necessary- for
the prevention of &Beau and the preservation of the
public health. .

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, at an
COMPANY'S, It anslagh-street.

Iluissie EAR VirAx.—ln Lucknoe it is co'lec'eo, and is
the chief ingredient in ase for intoxicating elephants
previous to their furious cautests.—Notes and Queries.
BraTirs.—Two infartin • lions were birn at the
Clifton Z °logical Gardfus, Bristol, on the Temperance
Fete Day, and the committee hatiog called one "Father
Mathew,' were willing to give a teetotal name to the
other, if ore were suggested. This week a letter was
rreeived by the authorities from the local secretary of. the
United Kingdom Alliance, earning " Neal Dow," the
author of the celebrated Maine Lev, as the appropriate
sponsor of the seconl cob, which suggestion has been
adopted, so that. Father Matthew and the Hon. Neal Dow
may now be seen gambolling and frisking together is the
same c go.
At:mamas. OIITRAGs.—A night nr two ago a party of
arnrql men attacked the house of Edward Moreny, Esq.,
at Ballyclough, within four miles of Limerick, and fired
shots through the parlour window in the direCi.m where
that gentleman was supposed to be seated. The sluts
shatlered the walls in.the vicinity, wbi, h he (mom, a rid
penetrated the back of the chair upon whi h. be was
,roclining. as son seized a gun, and proceetEng to the
ball, fired ct the fellows, but without doing any injary, as
no blood was discernible. .There was an auct'on the same
day, at Ballyclough House, and' it is sup.to.=ed the object
was punier of the antnint of sale. No west has been
made.

At LEWIS & OSIPANY'S, Ranelagb-street.
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Agee of Six to Twenty year,.