The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-12 00:00:00

memory was treasured up with their dearest re-
col:ections, but the remains of one who to them
was a stranger in all respects. Can any one con-
ceive a case more heartless, more destitute of

anything approaching to humanity, and so
totally deioid of every feeling which is recog-
nsed by civilised communities ? Then there is
another case brought forward, in which 6/. ls. 6d.
was paid for a private grave. Previous to that,
luwever, it was occupied with other bodies, three
persons having been interred therein. The head-
stone was obliterated, and, in order to give a
c'ear possession, the bodies were removed and
placed in the " bone house." Here is an out-
rage upon the feelings of the public at large,
which nothing can palliate or excuse. The
remains of the dead are dug up, and like so many
of the brute creation, they are cast into the
" bone house." Their second interment, if such
it can be termed, is characterised by no marks of
reverence or awe, for SMITH, in a plain,

straightforward way, says, " When they were
" removed to another grave, there was no funeral

" service over them, unless we would swear at

them.''

We have merely glanced at one view of tlie
case. Independent of the dishonesty, and the
outrage upon the feelings of the entire Commu-
nity, there is another consideration of no minor
importance. Mr. W. K. TYR&R, who was the
first witness examined, stated that he resided
Withiri half a mile of the Cemetery, and
has latterly been obliged to avoid passing
it as much as possible, there being very
offensive odours therefrom, which is very
sickening, and is the smell Of putrid flesh.
SMITH also informs us that many of the
bodies removed were buried in the ground where
the " cholera and fever deaths were buried; the
" graves were open to the tops of the cholera and
" fever coffins," The health of a large commu-
nity like that of Liverpool is not to be trifled
with. The Legislature, feeling this to be so, has
empowered the Government, by an Order In
Council, to close up all graveyards or cemeteries
which are likely to prove offensive or endanger
the public_ health. Here is one which, according
to the evidence collected, is eminently so ; and
nothing can justify its continuance as a burial
ground for the public at large any longer. We
hope that the Health Committee, which has
moved in the matter, will not desist until, as
Mr. M'GowAN remarked, the Cemetery is closed
altogether. On the ground of health alone the
public demand it. Mr. LICE, who appeared for
the Trustees, 'was unable to controvert a single
point of the evidence collected, and we are greatly
mistaken if the facts elicited do not cause a sen-
sation throughout the town, aye, and the country
at large—for there are thousands in all parts of
the United Kingdom who have had relatives and
friends interred in this Necropolis. A grave-
yard agitation is too serious and important an
affair to be provoked. We therefore call upon
the authorities to probe the matter to the bottom,
to bring the delinquents to justice, and exact to
the utmost limit every penalty which the law
requires—criminal or civil—to be enforced against
the perpetrators of outrages heretofore unknown,
and which are not only atrocious, and brutal,
but a disgrace to the country to which we
belong.

FUNERAL OF MR. SERJEANT WILK[NS.-011 Tuesday
the mortal remains of the late Mr. Serjeant Wilkins were
removed from his chambers, No. 8, King's Bench walk,
Inner Temple, and interred in Norwood Cemetery. The
funeral was strictly private—a hearse containing the body
of the deceased, a mourning coach and four horses with
the relict and immediate relatives of the deceased, and a
single brougham, made up the procession;

DEATH OF THE EARL OF FIFE.—We learn from the
Banff.hire Journal that this nobleman expired at his
residence at Duff House on Monday night. The deceased
ear', who was in his 81st sear, was Lord Lieutenant of the
county of Banff. lie was likewise a General in the Spanish
army, in which he served as a volunteer throughout the
Peninsular wr. The family is descended from Macduff,
the well-known Thane of FiFe. The late earl is succeeded
in 11;s title and estates by his nephew James Duff, Esq ,
M.P. for the county of Banff.

NUISANCE.—The inhabit ants of Harrington street, elm-
plain of a nuisance about the centre of the street, which
certainly is very objectionable, and should at once cause the
sanitary officers to look after, and cruse it to be abated.
This notice will no doubt be sufficient for the purpose.
The screw steamer City of Baltimore, Captain Robert
Leitch, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam
Ship Company, sailed for New York yesterday, with 272
passengers and an average cargo. She will be followed by
the City of Manchester, Captain P. C. Petrie, for New York
direct, on the 25th inst.
LECTURE BY THE REV. HORATIUS BONAR, D.D., KELSO.
—We understand that this eminent divine is to lecture
to.night, in Hope Hall, upon " Toe Characteristics of the
Age." Adam Hodgson, Esq , is to take the chair. Dr.
Boner, as is extensively ko twn, is the anther of several
valuable religious works, and editor of Lhe Quarterly Jour-
nal of Prophery.
ROBBERY OF £lOO FR7biki THE PERSON,—lnformation
was received at the Central Police o:lice on Tuesday, that

a gentleman had been robbed on the previoas evening, in
the classic neighbourhood of Skelhorn Street, of £loo—
in notes and £5 in gold. As the numb rs of the notes
were kr.own, and pryment stopped, the police were on the
alert, the result of which was that Br;dget Ryan, a
respectably dressed young woman, was arrested at
Birkenhead last night, and a portion of the stolen property
was found on her. The young wom•ie, it appears, lived
with a person named Bennet, a ticket of leave man,
and steps have been taken for the apprehension of the

SEIZURE OF AN EXTENSIVE PRIVATE DISTILLERY.—OR
Monday night lase, bet seen ten and eleven o'clock, Messrs.
J. H. Spriull, B. J. Elmy, and T. Rhodes, proceeded to
Linacre lane Litherland, where they discovered, in a
detached house occupied by Thomas Dobbie, a cc pper still,
heed, worm and other utensils for the purpose of distilla-
tion. The officers f itind in the still-room and other parts
of the house, about 1,500 gallons of molasses wash, about
two tons of molasses, and upwards of forty gallons of spirits.
The spirits and molasses wore seized, and the wash and
low wines destroyed. The occupier of the house was
arrested, and convicted at the County Magistrate's Court,
Clayton-square, on the 10th instant, in the penalty of
£3O, or in default to three month's imprisonment with
hard labour at Kirkdale. Dobbie is an old offender, and
has been several times previously convicted.
NEW MASONIC HALL—AMATEUR PERF )11MANCE.-011
reference to our advertising columns it will be found that a
number of gentlemen amateurs, members of the Masonic
Brotherhood, give an entertainment at the Theatre Royal,
to-morrow (Friday) evening, in aid of the funds towards
the erection of a new Masonic Hall. The want of a
building of this description has long been felt by the
various lodges of this time•hononre.i institution, and sure
we are that the efforts of the amateurs deserve every
encouragement. The gentlemen who will on this occasion
take the various characters are known to possess merits of
no mean order, and we have not the least hesitation in
saying that not only will the acting on this occasion prove
excellent, b it that the audience will be as much gratified as
they possibly can be. T►le plays selected are the " Rent
•Day," " Taming a Tiger," and " ye Bittle of Bosworth
Field,"