Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

ant fulfil his part of the . contract and purchase. the
cotton. Mr, James,' Q.C. and two other learned g'enlit
men were counsel for the plaintiffs; anti Mr. Monk, Q•1-1'
and,Mr.-..Quain- represented the 'defendant. The de-
fendant pleaded: _that the cotton Iva& not Paraiba _cotton
at all, but of that very inferior kind commonly called
Paraiba Mascen-____Tlic_ learned_ judge in remarking
upon the evidence whie.h had, been brought forwar4,
said that the plea of lion4dlfilniiimt h,e,
which had been put.
_in, _raised the question as to
the -precise meaning of the term Paraiba cotton.
If under that designation was included only those
.which
had been marked by the Brazilian Government? the
Verdict must be for the 'defendant, as it had been proved
that very few of the balei were so marked. - If, hovf"
ever; they thought that the, independent quality 'of the
Cotton was meant, and that that quality came within
the class termed "ordiriarya'araiba,'! the verdict would
be for the idaintiffs. Theijury, afterachre considers'
tion found for 'the, defendant, and that the terms fire;
second, and third are •to •be taken in their Liverpool
signification.

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HEAL'T'H COMMITTER
At the weekly meeting of this committee,:yeiterd*
Alderman Dover presided ; and - the. other meniher6
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present were--LlWessrs: Sheil, Beckwith; Cretin, Crostb
.
tvaite,,Haydock, Stitt Bowring, Rial-ev 'Job, Nickson)
Holden and Gladstone.
•
THE. HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE MAGISTRATES• •
.The follovin c, report waitubmitted to the committee
•
. The inspector rcporti that, • yesterday, informatloo
against parties letting prohibited cellars in-courts-and streets'
were heard before the justices,. Mews., Shand and Bean:: --T e
Inspector deems it his duty to mention these ,facts, asp P'..„
Courts and Alleys Committee censure him f. ,r not having
occuPatiOn of prithiblttid Cellars at• once, stippressed.
Inspector can, no.wever,do.no more than summons the part4Ti
Six . officers were detained in court on these• cases from
,o'clock, a.m., up to -2 o'clock, '
p.m.,- and wilt alsp have `;',
attend' on next. Wednesday; in consequence. of an adjourntnel'd
The courts and.streets in.whieh the above Sellars are ,sittlafyi
are in the mast unhealthy localities the-tdvin ; 'they arS,
totally unfit. for habitation„and . the_parlaci-n.l'
bees previously fined for the same offence. The cellar of :It
6, Gay-street,. let off by, atharizie Gratithp,
.is a. most felt -
place. When the officer' -served, the. sunamons. he-found 11%
large logs in,, the said cellar with.the-occupiers. This Pers°-,,
has .been already fined twice, 205.. and costs, for the sal-
offence: In 11 of the cases' no fine whatever 'wag inflicted,
under the advice of Mr. Wybergh, the magistrates!' clerk, t•I?;
parties were al/bwed seven 41?.y5.t0 remove the tenants,_ and,
the case of Griffithi ' the -case was:dismissed; simply with,,
warning. ' Tti the other'easig a fine -of 2s. 6c1., and 2s. 6d.
inflicted. .

SANITARY, OFEMILTIGNS.
The borough en_gineer, building surveyor, and ill'
specter of nuisances, ;reported various particulars of the
operations in. their several departments during the Week'
from which it appeared that 208 nuisances; complain
of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means tak.°
to remedy titem ; 1,294 houses inthe unhealthiest th9ti
trict, containing 3,963 apartments and 897 cellars, b$
been put under examination with the vievrof improvini
their: sanitary condition, and 199 lodging-houses inB"
also been examined- and rep'orted upon.
HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH.
. The medical officer of health reported that the severe
cold of the last four da-As of the. week which ended, n k
17th instant, has infittenced only to n.sinall extent tte
returns of mortality for that week. Its influen.cd,Wil,l,,tl,
more` apparent in the returns for the present. week,-4-;
deaths from all causes last week were, pariah, I‘,l'
and in the out-townships, 60; in all, 207=nine rll°',
than in the previous week,: but forty less than the e°`;
rected average of the same week of the preceding t°l_
years. The deaths ascribed to avyrtic diseases were 4,4;
, the average,being 66. From fever there were
diarrhcea, Six ; scarlatina, five ; IfOoping cough, v'f,
measle,s,, three ; diphtheria, two ; carbuncle, oue.
young Man died Of unvaccinated ; this being e
only fatal ease'VihiCh has occurred in Liverpool since
first week ofJuly--a period longer than any previonllls
corded. Diseases of the lungs, with consumption, cat,
84 deaths, being iiien more: than in the'previous ifeeoic
The temperature was lower than in any previous' To
since February, ,18,55.. • The, mean was ,more tha*
degrees below the average. , •
• - THE NEW BYE-LAWS. Of
The Law-clerk stated that at -the last meeting to
the Council a resolution was paised, re-committitig„g
this- committeethe: proposed; bye-laws under the l',T:l",e
Government Act, of 1858. The standing orders•of
council required that - bye-laws should pass at
-o
meeting to which ,the Wore deg; submitted, but tee,
they,Ahould be re-committed to some special
So that the matter might be fully :considered.
Mr. STITT said that this committee were aware that
.;to
at their last naeetingftheY passed nresolittion, ,reqin
that a certain numr Of bye-laws should be print 1{
order that those oat' of doors might have anpppertuuste3
_of fully.informin_g themselves as to, what. they uitento
t-e. do, „But'he dared to say that the committee
agree withhint in regretting that considerable
:.prehension seemed to prevail outside 41:5
comimittee really, proposed to. do, andthat misapPr,-
ejic
~sion,lead,ing to . considerable irritation on, the4,l'l'llit
mind. As .far as he had. been abletOgather, the ,P_„Fitet
out of doors appeared to_lioagine that the corn'im.tbi)
were the originators of thisect.' -Now), in reality bee.
Was the Local Government Act of 1858 ; and the noif
laws framed under that act were similar to the onPcill
preposed, and had already been adopted in some`
different placesithroyhout 'the' kingdom: Aohti
Mr. BECKWITH-I-MI you name any of the• "0
places ? toll'
- Mr. STITT said that Toxteth-park had adopted itp
with the,exception-of a slight alteration respectillg,„joe•
In addition to this the'res'eenied to be an iniPreiPn
that this committee had
.attempted to steal a Marcioiri
the builders and-householders in getting those ti°- pit
panecl.;,hreugh the 'Council without: giving th(foye
',86 far froth that being the ease, they,ll,3•
a little out of their Way to make the Councillloo
with the byei.aws by publishing and distributes
to each member. He could therefore repudiate tns.-iti
of stealing any march alien the holders of property ,e
instead of:the anonymous letters which appeare" fey
•ne*epe.peFs ,on ^this subject -from the ,parties Nth! tbii,
themselves aggrieved, if they had come' befOr.tini44
committee they would always find the committee woo
to give every inforniation. It- was also "lithe
that the Health:Committee,- or rather the officnt6ool°'
Health.• ComMittee were: esponsible for. those bY.
Theylfiought,thut.they grasped a .power in theii., •'t
mittee which ought to be vested in the Co';'L.' tOt
Was well known to thomembeth of corn
very frequently; measures and matters requiringcie,
attention, came beforethe Health Committee all orta,
who came to ,Cornwallis-street to press Ontoo
matter were disappointed when told, that it 30 0
;
be confirmed -by the Council. To avoid tha_si 0 orie
ventence, the Health Committee and its oedty'be„ °
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named as-the parties to whom; reference 11211 s,
it harrying out these bye-laws.' But if parties
delays and- the appeals to the Council, of,
the committee had no wish to do other
intention'ef the co-diMittee was to fitcilitate•,ver;-i!y !mei
T because every. act of this: committee -.earn° 4" ofello
Council to have its sanction,;-and therefore_er itude
like an attempt on their part to assume, a.??7,dikePAl
iid not,-belong*,toithem was perfectly an;;:joqfP;r
•would• therefore , metre that wheriever _
"'Health' COmmittee", occurred in those Too
•it Officers of the' Calth Committee," 'they
stitute the wordi,." fOr'the approval of the °f *e
The Cnktuawv said he thought the fee..." tie
Council *at ;decidedly—that they
Coeirai'
Council in the place: Ofo the: Health
bye-laws. • ,0 otkrit,
Mr. Srrrr to'i meet ,ibe objection! u, hot 7
pared to move the resolution
which he pat'
_A st
should ',`.00-'lO
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in the dirk. '•deputyi
;
Mr.' .CuOsritwArre; aaidilai*ery largejo
tendedtnivitit upon the eanibattee. deti by
.A for
On the- motion': of- Stitt, see" „c,fitpaiepiit'
the consideration of ;the. question'. wasp . •
}week, so as
wttk n to wait :asP:gisellorrider'ftel:ltetilcbh°°e,
iiitlelithactteObsero:rotrl'inunr.aell'elttr:des.
the. D(' tie.
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