Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-30 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE,

The usual weekly meeting of thii committee was held
yesterday, in the Council-room of the Town Hall, Mr.

R. Sheil presiding. The other members present were—
Messrs. Gladstone, Anthony, Haydoelc, Bowring, Barton,

Stitt, Avison, Vernon, Crellin, Crosthwait(

The Medical Officer of Health reported that, in the
week ending Saturday last, the deaths registered in the
parish were 12", and in the out-townships 62, niaking a
total of 187, being 53 less than the' corrected 'average
of the same week' the ten previous years, excluding the
cholera. Zymotic' diseases caused 51 deaths, of which
22 were from diarrhvea, 9 from typhus, 6 dysentry, 4
hooping-cough, 3 scarlatina, 3 croop, 1 measles. Diseases
of the lungs, with consumption, caused 50 deaths,
The Borough Engineer, 'Building Surveyor, and
Inspector of .Nuisances reported various particulars of
the operations in their several departments during the
week, from which it appeared that 121 nuisances com-
plained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and mean
taken to remedy them ; 1,196 houses,in the Vihealthiest
districts, containing 3,720 apartments and 712 cellars,
had - been put anger examination, with the view of
improving their sanitary condition ; and 232 lodging:
houses had also been examined and reported upon.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that. Mr. W. P. Jefferys had
-called upon him a day or two ago, and he then com-'
plained of some remarks that had fallen from Mr. Beck-
. with at the last meeting, in refetenee to a remark
that he-was security fot one of .the officials in Cornwah
lis-street. Mr. Jefferys also -disapproved of the prin-
ciple, but he seemed to understand fromidr. Beckwith's
remarks that there was some misunderstanding between
the party,and himself. He (Mr. Gladstone) was satisfied
that the remarks of Mr. Beckwith on that occasion
were not intended to apply to Mr..Jeffays personally,
but that the observations were made with regard to the
principle. lie deemed it right to make these observa-
tions in the absence of Mr. Beckwith.
Mr. CRELLIN thought that Mr. Beckwith laad• said
that it was bad to get a man a situation tinder the cot-
Oration, and then become surety for.him ?
The ;NAUMAN said nobody thought of Mr.
B

,eekwitlfs remarks as applicable to Mr. Jaferfs.
Mr. CaosznwArrE said he had observed by the papers
that a case had been tried on the previous nay' at the
Police-court, of a nuisance:in
,Hodson-street, caused' by'
a party keeping pigs, and the officer had been defeated
because he bad no witnesses. Hi knew, from his own
knowledge, that it was a very great nuisance. He was
sure there were several parties in Scotland-place that
would go as witnesses. If they could not find the proper
owners of the pigs, the .best way would be to throw tb.em
into the street, 'and annwner would then be foind.

M‘GrowAx said the officer bad stated to the
magistrates that he could not" get any one to come as
witness, as the people were rather favourable to that sort
of thing. The custom had been, hOWever, to take the
testimony of the officer when unsupported.
Mr. CROSTRWAITE mentioned the name of Mr. Jonbs,
draper, Scotland-place, as a person who had often com-
plained of the nuisance.

Mr. STITT said a great nuisance was caused in some
of the bye-streets, by dealers in oysters throwing the
shells in the middle of the street.

A letter was read, complaining of a nuisance arising
from •the defective sewerage in the neighbourhood of
Vauxhall-road..
Mr. GLADswoxE said there were one or two matters
which he wished to mention, and the first .was with regard
to a letter that appeared in some of the daily papers
from Mr. Pooley, in reference to the letter read by the
Mayor, regarding the services of their officers in the
Crimea. Mr. Pooley seemed to claim the credit for Mr.
Rawlinson, who was, no doubt, entitled to credit ; but
Mr. Pooley's letter .seemed .to lesiea the' amount of
praise that belonged to the Liverpool staff, and hand it •
over to Mr. Rawlinson, of Cheshire; and, with the per-
mission of the chairman, he would call upon the'borough
engineer to state one or two facts in connection with
the services his staff had rendered in the Crimea.
Mr. NaWLANDS answered that, at the meeting:of the
Social Science Association in 1858, Mr. Rawlinson very
gracefully said, in speaking of the Liverpool offices,
that without the officers of Liverpool, the sanitary com-
mission might have stayed at home. Lord Shaftsbury
said that he would endorse the statement of Mr.
Itawlinson. They could not be too grateful to the
town of Liverpool for those gentlemen whom they had
sent to the Crimea, and who were instrumental in saving
the whole of the British army from destruction. It was
that, and neither more nor less. Mr. Newlands further
stated that he had received a private letter from Miss
Nightingale, and which he could not use, but as private.
One portion of it was, " But you have been sq great a
benefactor to us in a sanitary way, that I cannot refuse
myself - the pleasure in showing you how we fell
into the • condition in which you found us, and how
we .got out of it by other help than, our own." He
thought, after that, that Mr. Pooley could have na
doubt of the efficiency of the Liverpool staff.
• Mr. GIaDSTONE asked if any one was aware that a
government officer had visited Liverpool for the purpose
of fixing a cite for the new. postoffiee ? •
He was answered in the negative, and the Committee
then broke up.

A LOCUST CAPTURED ALIVE IN MAN MESTER,—
About five o'clock on' Sunday evening, Mr., Lewis
Doyle, an amateur naturalist, saw "in Brook-street,. near

Mount-street, a locust, which he at first supposed to_ be
a large dragon-fly, on the wing, _and at once caught it
with his butterfly-net. It is a genuine Eastern locust,
measuring full three inches in length ; and, from its

being can

ht on the wing,.atahandliCLLrefully,it

sion,' appointed to inquire into the a

meet prevatenc

of bribery

)t,io'n at the las'

lectibn fbr Gtou-

cester, has been holding its court 'this treek in-that city'.
Amongst the political notabilitieS. examined were Sir
AVni. : Hayter, fVhiaerly Whig- whipper-in
_; Mr.
,Joseph
Parkes; well knOwn in Liberal political circles ; and Mr.

Moffatt, formerly wither for .9.Blthurton. 'Ail mese
gentlemen, though they acknowledged that they were
more 'or less instrumental in sending down money by
vivate hand to GloUcester,- deified that they had any
reason to suppose it was destined to corrupt' the inde-
pendent electors of that ancient 'city. A certain Mr.
John Clarke, a wholesale fancy milliner, was also ex-
amined, and in his early evidence acknowledged that he
had been engaged in some twenty elections on both sides
with a man named Thompson, who was sent down' as
agent from London to convey the money, and he did not
deny that, in the course of his rather extensive practice,
he bad been guilty of bribery in both the Liberal and
Conservative causes.
THE REV. CANON STOWELL, ON FOREIGN MISSIONS.
—The B. Canon Stowelladressed a meeting at Nor-
wieh,•on Tuesday, over whiehithe Bishop of the diocese
presided. The reverend,gentleman said ha, was de-
lighted to-find that the reproductive, principle was, be-
ginning to appear in connection with the cause of mis
eions. A self-sustaining power appearedin the churches
planted in the wilderness both as regards .pecuniary
contributions and native clergy. New Zealand and
Sierra Leone were instances of this, and in the latter case
he had no sympathy with the lingering prejudice against a
black bishop. For his part, he thought a black bishop in
Sierra Leone would just be the right man 'in the right
place. What more beautiful than to see the lawn sleeves
contrasting with the black skin ? (Laughter and
applause.) He should be just as willing, to have his son
cenfirmed and ordained by black hands ; for it was not
the' colour of the skin but the state of the heart, which
was the essential point. Was not the swarthy Cyprian
a black bishop, and did he not preside over a conclave
of 86 black bishops ? He believed the world would not
be • wholly converted by Europeans, but that the in-
digenous inhabitants of countries brought under the
influence of the Gospel- would most largely spread
the truth. (Hear,. bear.) Referring to India, the
rev. gentleman argued that we had a Christian duty
to perform with regard to that vast portion of
the globe. If we did not lead the natives of India to
believe that we were Christians, that our government
was Christian, and that our creed was Christian, we
should -be unfaithful to our duty, and the, tie which
bound us to India would be severed. What right had
we to seize those mighty nations merely for the aggran-
disement-of our power? What right had we, the people
of this little rock-girt isle, to hold 200,000,000 fellow
immortals under our power, unless we did so for God's
glory, and endeavoured to free them from miserable
superstitions and diabolical impurities ? It was a poor
and pitiful thing merely to conquer by the sword, and
then keep fellow-ereatures, with souls like our own, in
degradation ; but it would be a noble thing to elevate
them and make them heirs with God and joint heirs
with Christ. Let other nations glory if they pleased
their fleets and armies, in conquered provinces, ravag
villages, and ruined hamlets ; but let England's glory
in being earth's benefactress and heaven's ambassaefre