Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-18 00:00:00

WELSH CHURCH- SMIREES.

On Tuesday evening last a soiree took place in the
Tabernacle Welsh Church, Great Crosshalteatreet, the
object of which was to further the freedom of the Welsh
Chapel in Birkenhead froth debt. Tea was on the
ales at half-past five o'clock, and was continued up to
seven o'clock, which was prixtdpally owing to the im-
mense party that had congregated. The Rev. Mr.
Thomas, minister of the. Tabernacle, occupied the chair
. after tea, and eloquent speeches were delivered by the
several ministers who attended from the various denomi-
nations of the Independent and Wesleyan- bodies. .
Mr. STITT, town councillor fir. Everton and Kirkdale,
gave a very interesting
~defail of his experience
,as a
bible-clais Sabbath-school teacher.. _ He stated thithe
had made it his business to_ visit personally several dis-
tricts,,of the borough, inhabited only by working men
and their families ; and, he regretted to state; that hun-
dreds, nay thousands, of human beings were huddled
together in such a way as was a disgrace to humanity.
Her was, however, happy to state that, with respect to
Everton and Kirkdale Ward, such• was not the case,. as
a greatimProvenient was observable in the working men's
habitations, nearly 6,000 housei had been built withittiwo
or,three years, averaging rent' from £l3 to £25 annually..
These were
jhouses_in which -a sober,. steady workman
and his family could live happy and- contented. Mr.
"Stitt then wentyon to_ make special- reference to the
Tabours and su:epess of the Welsh Independent ministers
.9f Liverpool ;, and the-inhabitants of that denomination
, were a cre6l, he said, to any society. He was .happy
to be present, on such an occasion, and trusted that the
object in view would in a short .time be accomplished,
of setting free from debtithe Welsh Independent Chap-el
at 'Birkenhead.- (.Hear; hear.) He, Mr. Stitt, would
do all in his power to further so praiseworthy an object,
and to extend the work of church extension and scrip-
turaleducation. Mr. Stitt concluded an eicellent ad-
dnos amidst deafening plaudits.
The Rev. Mr. THOMAS, of Birkenhead,, addressed the
meeting ia an appropriate address, as did also the
minister, of the Tabernacle.

The choir, during the proceedings sang somebeautiful
and aimropriate hymns suited to the oCcasion.-
On the evening of Wednesday, a soiree wee given to
the children of the Snriday School, after- which Mr.
Chadburn, of r Lord-street,. introduced his " magic
lantern,'' which was beautifully attractive.
Mr. 'John Evans, one of the Sunday Scheel teachers,
deserves much credit for his exertions upon the occasion,
and the deep interest he -takes in everything: connected
with, the Tabernacle Church, which has for its object
ihe advancement of Script Ural truth.

It may not be out of pittee to state that at the animal
soiree last year, R. A..Macfie, Esq., was presept artd
after the delivery of d'inost. practical addres§; gave £lO
towards the accomplishment of the object in view.
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HEALTH COMMITTEE.

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Alderman Dover presided at the usual weekly•-meet-
in.. of the Health Committee yesterday, and the other
,
,members present were-31.,..55r5. * Shell; Holden, Credal,
• Beckwith, Bowring, Ridley;. Dickson, Haydock,..A.vison,
Job, Stitt, and :Barton. ,
The Borough Engineer, Bhilding Surveyorond In-
spector of Nuieances reported, variourparticularaof 'the
operations in their several departments during the week,
from which it; appeared that 112 nuisances complained
of by inhabitants had • been inspected, and means taken
to remedy them ; .830 homes in the unhealthiest dia-
tricts, Containing 2,555 apartments and 343 celrdrsiliad
linen put under' examination' with the view of improving
their sanitary Condition, and 260 lodging-houses hact also
bemi eaminatand reported upon. ' ,
The BuildislOurveyor reported that sines January
lost he iad had taken down. and. secured, within the i
borough of Liverpool, 628, dangerous buildings,, :530
fence walls, 2,141. chimneys,. total 3,299, the- result of
whibkhad been. that not a. single accident occurred in
Liverpool during the late hurricane. This, heithought,
must be very gratifying to--the committee, taking into
account the: sefious accidents that occurred in- other
parts 'of the cauntry at that time.
Mr. Sum-observed that if the world was. so, much
inclined to find fault with the Health Conimitteei, they
must try to convince the -world that it was wrong:
Mr, )3ownis-o--We must shut their mouths. ber facts
such as these.. •
The MedicalrTortieer. ai Health reported, that, during
the last four-weeks tlie- mortality of Liverpool, had been
lower than the average of the same season, in former
years, although the sudden falLof nearly,-21, degrees in
the mean temperature- between the 19th, and 25th of
October raised; the mortality -in two subsequent weeks
-to a higher-point than. it had reached since the month
of August. In the second week of October the deathi,
as previously reported, were 149, than lowest weekly
mortality ever recorded in Liverpool. In, the four fol-
lowing weeks they were successively 161,-221, 203, and
182, being fifty-six, twenty, twentyriight, and forty-
eight less, than the average of the same weeks of the
preceding ten years ;•between the second and fourth weeks,
of October, the• sudden fall of temperature baiting.
occurred: in, the interval, the deaths. rose :fifty. per . cent.;:
and those from;cliseases.of the lungs, which-in the first
of those weeks. were 32, .were in the three following,,
weeks 52, 80,, and Bs. Last week. they. fell to 66. • Foom,
epideMic and contagious diseases, constituting .the zyio-
tio class, the-mortality had been lower than, usual •, the
deaths in' the, last four weeks were 148, only 29 of Aich
occurred last week, being fewer than in any week of the
preceding three years—of the.l4B deaths from this class
of diseases, 38 were caused by. diarrhoea; 28 by scar-
Jaime, 27 by, typhus, 22 'looping-cough, 9 dysentery,
8 croup,' 5 measles, and 3 diptheria. Last week there
was no death registered from measles, and only one from
scarlatina; it being nearly five years since the weekly
mortality from scarlatinalad been observed to.he so low..
Not a single death had been registered from 'small-pox
during the last eighteen weeks—a circumstance of un-
precedented occurrence, The deaths of 8 males and 2
females were registered from .delirium tremens and ex-
cessive drinking, their ages varying from 10 to 52 years.
Rain fell, on 20. days of the 28, the amount averaging
9-foths of an inch weekly. •
The Medical Officer of Health reported that several
hduses in Pleasant Hill-street, Texteth-park, were bait
bad sanitary condition from want of 'drainage, there
being no sewer in the street. The committee ordered
that a sewer be constructed,- the cost being provided for .
in the estimates for le present year.
ProceEdings were ordered to be taken against Peter
Callaghan, whose inciting- works, 21, Pownall-square,
were certified by. the -medical officer of health as being
a nuisance injurious'to the public health.
The sub-committee hadeonsidered.the memorial of Mr.
Chadwick, Who prayed to be released from a sewerage
eontract into which he had -entered with the committee.
Mr. Chadwick's contract -was £3,329, being the' lowest
tender, and considerably under the amount of the borough
engineer's estimates and the other tenders. Mr. Chadwick
proposed to be released from the contract, and in consider-
ation to give up all claims upon the committee for the work
already done, to the amount of 420. Thnerror arose
from the, estimate having been" niade on the supposition
that the ground to be excavated' was clay, whereas it
turned out to be red sandstone rock, full of water. The
committee found that Mr. Chadwick's statements "were
true ; that there-had been iinwilful misconduct on his
part ; and they recommended that, under the peouliar -
circumstances of the case, 'Mr. Chadwick's proposal
should be acceded-to. .
Mr.
fallen into the same mistake.
OMr. zsLoi: ssataidtedthtahtaitn.ifftli.tturehe oatuhecroenotnrateratocrtsorisnhc;:dr
the committee should consult the geological map, of
The' Bonbuonr Er/Gni-sea said lie proposed, in future' -
om Liver,eepbo
eofl
0 re whichm ak ei
no
gu
tdh be
ier s
that contractors should:employ some parties to take Out 1
the quantities for them.
work was
e
teeenndienrst.he borough engineer's
The report w-as then agree, to, anl it-wasp esolved
worth,tliat th ewcohonsetraesettineihaotue I
fdo
r beo
ndei virdnetdi
portion
e towretehne Mr.

NOVEMBER -18, 18 W.

£5,870, and 'Mr. Mason, whose estimatufor the re-;
mainder of, the work was £4360, making a total of
£7,230, as against £3,329, at which price the vroric bad
been contracted for by Mr. Chadwick.
Some, conversation took place in. reference to the Pr';
prietf of retaining Mr. Chadwick's name on the list
contractors, and on a diiision it was agreed by sef°'
votes against five that his name should be retained.
Mr. STITT presented a memorial "from Kirkdatey
numerously and respectablysigned, complaining of the
state of Back. Castle-street, Kirkdale ; and, on the 111°-
tion of Mr. Stitt, the document was referred to the
borough engineer for as repOrt.
A letter was.read from Mr. William Chadwick, flag
merchant, Leeds-street, stating that he was not the
person whose contract had been the subject of disenown
in the Town Council.
Mr. AVISON wished to know when it was intended to
make a footpath through St. Peter's Church-yard.
All
The question was discussed at,', some. length, and
Chairman expressed an Opinion that the churchwardierf
would not object to a passage over the church-yar,
the committee put up a sufficient-fence; but llfr
land's, the borough engineer, stated that on a 1°":.
occasion, although the churchwardens would not CO—to
sent to the pathway being made, they did not, ohjectaid
it. The Law-clerk stated that the proper way 095,4
be for the churchwardens to leave the chat-0:1,4
gates, open night and day,- when it would be s
whether the public cared for using the church-yard;r
pathway: The result of the discussion was that a oerthe
tation was appointed to' see the churchwardens on
_,LO.,
subject; the deputation to consist of Messrs. .o'7
Ridley, and Bowring. •
A letter from Mr. T. W. Rathbone on.the subje—
the Common Lodging-houses Act was read, and referred
to the Lodging-houses 'Sub-committee.'' •
After some other business the committee adjourned'
TOXTETH GUARDIANS.
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The usual weekly meetinrof this board was held 3,-
terday, at the:public offices, Park•road; Mr. Alpass Pr:
sided; and the other *guardians present were-3,,,,1!.:4-.
Baynes, Hunter,,John:: -Wilson,- Joseph Wilson, -0-...„ierall
son,,Carter,- Ogden, Hughes, Grindrod, Moss,
Laytand and John S- .
,Gronciu, governor of -West Derby- Workhe.hr
reported. that the number of paupers in that estaba f;
meat, belonging
.to Toxteth-parkrlast week was 3:96,
this weeil, 386; corresponding week of last year, 9,
In the hospital-the patients last. week numbereaa,
Since which 4 had been admitted, and 2 dischato
leaving the number this week at 55,
t-
A cheque to theamount of £lOO.-w 1'
ns granted for .
door relief,. -
_ere
The piebeeding,s of -the Building Committee 1`
confirmed on the motion of Mr. HsniirsoN.
ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST MR. HEATH.... ;0,1
The CHAIRMAN read- a Tornmunication from -501.1
Greig, dated November 14, stating. that it- had been
-ported to him., by Inspector Deka', of the Southert,
Division; that he had .entered a cellar Mana-stree,
on -Saturday last, and found a:woman named 31!),
Bridson about the age of 56; instate- ofi great destlLu
tion, and- a
suffering-from erysipelas: He sent and `,",
~
formed. Mr.. Heath, who, ,on ,visitin.g.-.her, asked if the
would like to go' to the workhouse ; She 'replied in
negative ; Mr.. Heath then left, ancLrefused to give P
relief.
Another communication, dated the 16th inst., stete
that Mr. Heath had again visited lierand again effete
to take her to-the workhouse,--which:she refused, as s'-,,'e
was desirous of seeinr, herdayghter-first. 601
she was dependant on the neighbour:a-4r feed- r
The CHLTrimAxasked Mr. Heath. -what he'had to se,
.to this charge. •
. Mr. HEATH replied that his attention had been -4rSti,,
called to the :case on Saturday evening, about six o'eh'err
by police-eonstahle 807,,: and Mrs,Jones, who rePol
'seated that the woman, Mary Brielson, had. been seve_o
days ill with erysipelas in the face, that nobody V;le
attending to- her,' and that she- was 'destitute.
e 1
promises to, visit " her, which hb • did iernmediaLitii
afterwards,. He found her reclining on a chair 0
a place_
linden :her -head ; • them was also, a fire oi
the place. She had just had some tea, and hrher
from some- neighhours,, as they had. just known °f or
illness. , Alter making: some- irouiries about her 'hi:J(3
tionS• and means= of. livelihood, he. told her he l',for
remove hey,to the workhouse,. and would send a ,r 0
that purpose. She replied that seine neighbours hoes
going over to • Birkenhead to see her. daughter who "oes
. there, and she- would not go .until she had either„-,j to
her or get-an, answer from her, which: she expect
do next day. He examined the place, and having:bieb
where she.‘slept, was shown a. little -back eellar,,roof
he also examined, and found, no• window or 011-140 g,.
ventilationj a profusion' of- bed. elothisgatit 0'
about. He again impressed, upon hen the he'-it the,
going to.: the workhouse, andsalizeifgt
thheartlsohelcil-ashettair'ci
result of communication' with her. daughter. -bole ~igb't
nothing of-the ease on Sunday, but weal down at 'llitet
and found herin bed in the back I
ner daug
had net been there. .Henlin;ads ibueefonirtne:seebY
that the,(l3ridson) had had some victuals given het',,e
•
some one. He again offered to- convey her to
j'iuot
Mherr,s-.
.rnwHweoooaertrad,khutytuy:o)lauie.e33.,.. hica,:tindoie.easninhrtiedse7dge_ebiavcwasuot..4:d:Teawte.
:rya
jast.ea:foeddro
to attozui her. He wrote.. one oat,, which he evB.lp
Mrs. Grant, wilo:pronliseclito, tak.e, it .next morrueg,o,-
the doctor's surgery. HA: then, salted upon Dr. S'iliot
the medical officer
,4f, board, thinking at bt
it fight be him who. hid:
• la her,- but feuudlt."-rdet
had not been there. He told! Mr. Smyth of the ohs
on Monday and tasked- him tio.e,e her. He heart!';',(,),,to: sa
farther about the case till Id. Bait Mr. John, rt"h-e
the stieetnn-Tuesdaoc,who informed him that
not to go to ,oer
catame-clicilealP--ft"eto
',visited the woman- en,Sunday,• and heard- thate-iadw,:e
:offered her the workhouse, and- therefore did e°1;"011";
fere. Mr. Wilson, asked. him to call again, 4, "„l'olitB'
, did on :Wednesday evening, when he found,het
attending her,, andi was told the doetor had 5,e:(111 ,
1 her
0,:
He then heard no. complaint, except that-Mr.
Grant, who occupied house, wished her "-to t'-.
..the cellar. He again offered to-- take her toe'
workhouse. Her daughter-"told. him that herd bee
ther was no m willing to go, and that she he, jt, :
to his office to tell him so.. He _then, said he svfor bet
going_ to the. office, and would send a pr- -
immediately; but, on arriving, he found that nori• S$
had already gone-with a car for thepurpose of re •
her. . -- • . _Ace
By Mr., donms--Ile was not insolent to the f(rill'
and woman, who first called upon him relative,_; roe,
case. All he said was, that his. house was not .'
to fiodhim.so readily as at his. office., lie also be
the pelieemanhow the case came to his knevileMit•
replied that the woman had called his attention w"le.herer
By.. Mr. Moss—He did not think it was a easSteede
it was right' for him to exercise his discretion, aD
immediate relief. of
By Mr.- OonEx---.She dld not ask for immediate ;
Mr. Moss, then said, he could not avoid exP
• the great pain he. felt in this board being agaiil/600, pe
to enquire into the conduct -of the relieving-0
„.o.iit tot.
considering the gravity of _the affair he thot,iit
and fairly and" dispassionately investigate 44
board should take some immediate action in the.r. Xfo';
Heath,: he admitted, had all the* neccssarY r
his situation, but was destitute of the humanity
quired. .
- tOgs
Mr. Joni's- WILSON said he begged to no si e,
. committee be appointed to investigate into to_. )(q7:
against Mr. Heath, and- had it consist of ge.s,s,,il,asea.
Baynes, Grindrod, John 4 Henry Leyland, and
Mr. OGDEN seconded the-resolution • e it"
t
Mr. MILLER .considered. that the destitu e
stauces of the woman ought to have promPt,lion'ji
feelings of every man possessing the least
_ea tbfie
The cases coming before them every week shrthAt
was something very far wrong ; but he hope r,
inveStioation might turn out more in favour a
tter:
than it at present looked. a
start
The 'Cusinaiisrt- said 'he woUld• like to call tii,s
tion of the-board td-tome points in Mr. Hento.aipst bpi
meats, as he did not think -there was a case sio oiade ,
he .begged to
at all:, He then read Some of the statements that
•-::e:- •
frote
differ AbetcMhraliririlineaanl°ll,l3..iNf s everaaid there—was a ease otOte
there had,Jbeeu aegleet • '.:hy a relievig. otio
it.. was this': one.. ;Heath knew: it was 'Zs to
~,i1
visit the wpman. from time to time, yet, accords Fey
it;JJ
own statement, he had. not been near her,
days. If this is allowed 'to go on, Toxteta •
soon be the talk -of LiVea;pdol. . tie
Oct
The motion was then.pnt and carrien• lfrsirije
anal Mrs. Grant, should be -JO
• 4r: JoUrrs *suggested that the
in the inveAigation. meet 0° Toe'
The committee- was appointed to m
morning, at ten o'clock. -* ' inatod•
The business of the meeting then terra
summPotedenitoa give e