Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-11 00:00:00

TEE PIKE DEAD WATER.

TO MN EDITOR or THE NOBTOE'TNZS•
Sir,— I wish much that I could express mildly tni
approval of the dead water from the Pike; nothing a<
be worse than such for wholesale destruction 0",
I feel satisfied that thnneands of families will emig'ate.',o
get out of the town as soon as poseible, for the ma to
by the cattle is impregnated aith the dead water. ,
poor man can test it. for himself by washing his wont Alit
it, and then, spirting it out, at any of the fountanr,
leaves a dead taste on tho tongue. lam quite snre..o,:oo
gee the Dv
pure well water and it was placed side by
would not drink the Pike water. , rue
If we had had the Windermere water, and it ham' here
the surface of the ground to this town, the silo,
might have purified it; rolling over pebbles, °set de'
would have taken away the ammonicsl putresnil.tio.
particles, and may hare given it the mineral clerui
the well water. But, oh ! the wickedness of this I,°so
cannot be calculated ; perhaps, if 000 is VreeLorge*„
M.D.'s and surgeons to discuss the matter in St- hoell
hall to the people, we shall obtain some knowledge ;,4 0
is teat in Ceylon, and other eastern places, reser/be-1-0
still in existence dry, seventy miles long, on hg.ed ittl
that once supplied greater cities than Nineveh, l'-cortter
the.ther
walls are standing, with the names on them et
of the streets, but no one can tell their newel., e,leeplel
the city or of the streets ; but where are tile:,f P
Was- it the dead water that killed them by diseeLdf,e,
the year 1813 I was travelling in Ireland. andr;li
days at Killarney; the horse refused to drink tuegsrete"
the Kenmare Arms for two dAys ; the servant syseee es
cri ter
I examined it as above desbed, and found te7,016f
similar to this dead Pike stuff. I obtained O°Z,- be l
from another well, not 100 yards distant, end he oeu
drank it immediately, being impregnatedhen'i-svet
ie elite,
other mineral healthy properties so well lal° .7,tet
Liverpool well water. I consider the. Pilo ",.; bot
natural sweepings of the hills—not such as w° I.orelle-
to obtain from the living rick. Who is it cha
us imitating the Divine law giver ? the 11,7
There are 284 surgeons and 67 bysicians_ae-di to b
ibs
(see Gore's Directory). If our TownP Council ste,":
" a decided of for protection of health" t""„ds `.ll_-°
proper parties to appeal to officially. A fee of ~,°.0.1111
guineas each for a certificate to be left at 0(1..4'; 5c1190.-
will soon show the common sense view of the cche. tee'
a vote of the Council pay for the certificates, Ile „-ellll
rial of the town is not respected —Yours resPe"ti
WILLI ,te Deessoe,doet.
A Memorialist who Signed hiej'.
too.
Everton, 6, Shaw-street, May 21. 1857.d0
N.B.—We cannot expect ihe ,pinion of the
sion in the town without the Corporation peYiegefelOeitill
advertisement in ca •h newspaper by the Sealtll
could call for it without mech discussion. Lenee-ce;
important, no delay shruld arise, else in rapid '
$,O
we may hear of silen'. death ANDREW be ell
" Let not the wells of salvation of mire water
up," so says Dr. M'Neile, &c.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY I Olt
A White Sun, holding in suspension Dead ttaettill7
&e., for the bogs, thence to run into !la
East, &c., especially the Rivington Pike,
for death in Liverpool. itg. ,
TO THE FDITOR OF THE NORTHERN Tl,`;
Sir.—l send with this, your paper, 2311,7669
containing, my letter on the above subject, 811%09
parent White Sun, visible all this sacred day' obi dcl
reflections n.-ted, and again renews those ideas Ptdol+
in your paper of the 18:h August, &c., in inY 11°— rel
which I beg to confirm. 4' id
This town being a controversity truu-, 1 +L-0
or Living water " should be easily solved, no 50
before proposed, and solicit your insertion of dst,ft,
letter again, striking off 100 copies for me to 0T:id"?
Board of Health in London, to protect ray. fri,e,oo
Thomas Spencer. whose talents are quite safe
I Deg,
and Lirerp lot —Yours truly, 66;
Everton, 6 Sbax--street.
Sunday, Bth 3 p.m. ; Bar. 30 20,
'""
calm ; wind high up, 55 w. ; glass unusually
Santa day—same T.:A—same hour..
1856
1855
1854 ...... .. 30.33 ..
. 600 bril6iPlig'
1853 ..... ... 30 321
1852
1851

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At LEWIS & OOVIPANY'S, Rarelach-`treat
BOYS are CLOTHED from tle Ages of Six to Tiven

t/f1f,,118
AN Or 13 LEGAL PRINCIPLE A BARDONED.---- j
De Salvi's ease has rl, ns what the law failed o..,„esi4ii
hartsrart is th ,t bo fr;ilo
jeopardy for the same off nec. The meaaly.thes-f
plain enough—that if the cha-ge be substontnatittnes,eg
a man shall Lot be hurted to death by re4,l3' ineal3l,ol
But the courts have gradu Ily restr:.cted•t"e„ 130,‘"1100,
this once cherished maxim, until. in the
cons'deration, it has loan redeced to an onll":rablef deof
not prepared to say v.hether such a result i; d'!lsecaletil 0
it is not for the public advantage that psrsen', 000
crime sheuld suhj eted to continual tr'° oeteuota
conviction is obtaine I. oir rrese.nt purrneslhe (11°0
rotord the Lot of the annihilation of another I'l `bate,
old maxims of rur jurisprudence, in the h'pe.eto °4 alt
spirit and letter of the law may be brought iiiedl°A i 0
meat, and that one impartial rule may be °P2
offenders. If the principle is sound, let it befit be
spirit, and wletter •t merely in the of it.
sound, atholishrsl altogether.—Law ,trfri,
THR REVER7NCE FOR MONEr.—Mr. jfd
Who, in the naive of all that's wonderful,
at
0.05 e, 01
son ? it what everybody will say. It is what sv,l iSt°r4lectr
mentally excl.aimel when we observed a 'Ott; o:ptr
the deceased gentleman in the coltunrls of 3 ''.113011,
porary, clabor ;red in the most prominent type' dot'
renting all the outward appeararces of 08-jost°'?
newspaper memoirs which usually form the firstf osey
of tae funeral ohsequi s offered to a man ° r SP/
celebrity. Wilat intrie the matter more pugZl'l''''as!
on travelling down the co'umn wt could not 5,.ef, 10)00
remarkable that Mr. Morrison had done all nt' Al'° 08
appeared to be the most ordinary career of a 11'1,11,5, b,!001
me& a large fortnns in traee, and reminded o`4
generality of its app;ic otioo. of Mr. C trlyie'6,e„rs th,"cl/8",
gentleman who had no oth:r occupation t°
14,'"e ret"ooo'
oresersiag and destroy i,g game. But when iip§etsil
the end of the memoir, we found that theo
oioscore, as we had thought him, was f 1004°
He died, says his biographer, with a kilVte 4
reverence, worth four milli• ns sterlino. If f
Aa
title to public honour, what is ?—John 8u11„,,„00%t,°5
Mrs. A SSTIE roN HOUNDS.--L 34 o"jiaPoas
the "opening day" of this eentlenimi's far-fie:4°4,lo hroj
which occasion the hospitality of the veteran "ore(' 1015
if possible, on a more m ignificent scale than itlie,dl"
breakfast was laid cut in the dining-roomt (1,!11
every imaginary luxury suited to the season. isrelittall
service of gold plate, inclaCing the celebrated
eafog and
statuette, was displayed on the tables. The bt;e.stri'llitl°
partak-n of by about 600 of the nobility', n 01001
0
yeomanry of this and the adjoining coun'tlitieo et
tsstified to their appreciation of the qu;'r the eat'
venerable sportsman, and flair gratitude I°olo9'filepi
which he had afforded to this locality for '°„srlg!sfte„
After the repast the magnificent conservator,'
elto'tlf°4 Irie
were thrown open to the asoernbled guests, and his fa„aoo
twelve o'clock the 'Sq lire mounted en one 0' 1, sPe.,
04
hunters, and, surrounded by nearly 610 horeenseoe btedb
in front of Ted‘vorb House with his pack.,,, greet,
peannce the worthy 'Sciaire was most cordiaTejle4
his numerous fricods, ani although in his B:fitta,°,as
1 aoke well and hearty. Ashdown Copse wag as gar
to il
and there were plenty of foxes, but the Been tf
none of them would break coves. New 1301-diePabli
Woods were afterwards drawn, but without mit' for!gibt‘
then tried Sidbury Hill, found, and ran the 1...9"
tbl
with had scent. The hounds were then called off.
113
Journal. „ 06 tbp
ACTION UNDER THE FUGITIVE Srivs. Olanars,„/
tint ed States District Court, at Columbne' rand J 14A
21st ultimo, Judge Le rvitt charged the geiaVe estro
relation to the provisions of the fugitive.feetp, atioo.
remarking that a compiniat founded on the a",„fssoirett,
of that act would be submitted for their, 're ad seri:,
The camrlaint is against who particiPeteuelhargheii to
His Honour does not appear to have led t"atta'6o
strongly in defence of the law. He tiled ;
nature of the offence mss` be definitely' se,„ act ,og,
reality. nollifi, d the worst features of
,14"orbour; etc
following declarati tn The offence of
~:01 pre I eh,
not committed unless the rt suit is the ee'"ora tot t",
of the re-capture of the fugitive. In regtha Par 40,1,
cealing,' it implies actual knowledge, (Abe part,' vet 01
person charged with the offence, that
.t (00 se .01
fugitive slave, and that he concealed him
' ttet
tion ia such way as to defeat the the state°e 01
001
intentions of the party seeking to maits thatt he iwtso
speaking of this, I will remark eget° scae'poeribe
have been a knowledge that the person be ae
of jM
fugitive slave, and that knowledge, rlstanees eto til 01
knowledge, or deduced from the crcu song.osctis
case. It has been decided in this and other 3, the °l' 101
under this law ard the old law of 17? is 0;000
harbouring, and concealing, and assistiotogrev
of a negro, was not censummated 111 that 0,
to his wants, and giving to hits a;foit
assistance which might unite for his CO
shift."