Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-21 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1859

this, to state that (as already ably pointed out by Mr.
M'Gowen, 'in his paper on "Sanatory Legislation"), that
two fallacies run throughout the report, which entirely
vitiate all his conclusions affecting Liverpool. In the
first place, Dr. Greenhow takes the mortality of a
portion of the borough, and that the most unhealthy
portion, and represents it as the mortality of " Liverpool ; '
entirely omitting from his calculations the more healthy
districts, containing at that time about one-third of the
borough population. Secondly, having taken the most un-
healthy district of the borough, he next selects a most unhealth y
period, within which he confines his calculations of mortality
—a period of six years (1849-54), the first and last of which
were signalised by visitations of epidemic cholera, increasing
the mortality of Liverpool in those two years alone by
upwards of 7,000 deaths. The results obtained by
this process are then contrasted with those afforded
by the most healthy rural district in England—Glendale
—a remote region of Northumberland, bordering
upon Scotland, having the winds of the German Ocean
sweeping over it on one side, and on the other the invigo-
rating breezes of the Cheviot Hills. The unfairness of
such a comparison is self-evident. On the one hand, Liver-
pool—built up in great measure before sanatory require-
ments were dreamt of, suffering from all the evils insepar-
able from a crowded population of 74,000 to the square
mile, with a greater amount of pauperism, and a larger
proportion of the inhabitants at those early ages which inva-
riably yield the highest rate of mortality. On the other
hand Glendale—such as has been described, and with its
population thinly scattered over its surface, in the ratio
of one individual to every ten acres of ground ! Dr.
Greenhow's report may be dismissed from further con-
sideration, after stating that the mortality from all causes
in Liverpool last year—high as it was—was 2,000 less,
and that from zymotic diseases nearly 1,300 less, than
would have been the case had this data been correct. It is
only just to Dr. Greenhow to state that there is no intention
to impute to him any wilful mis-statement of the case, his
error having arisen from want of local knowledge ; but it
illustrates the danger of any individual, however talented,
sitting in judgment - at a distance—upon facts with which
-he is imperfectly acquainted.
The other statement, which remains to be noticed, is
contained in the third Quarterly Report of the Registrar-
General for 1858, iu which the amount of sanatory improve-
ment effected in Liverpool is unfavourably contrasted with
the result of sanatory measures in Ely. It is admitted that
much good has been done in Liverpool, and that " thousands
of lives have been saved," but it is asked, why should not
the mortality be as low as that of Ely? Ely is described
as situated on an eminence, and consisting of one principal
street, with several smaller branching off on either side,
having (in '1851) 6,176 inhabitants, most of whom are
engaged in agricultural pursuits. Any one acquainted with
Liverpool, and hearing this description of Ely, will be at no
loss to see abundant reasons why no means within the
compass of human ingenuity, aided by the most lavish
expenditure, can ever succeed in placing the two towns on
the same level in respect of mortality. What has been said
on this point, respecting the comparison with Glendale applies
—though in a less forcible degree—to the comparison with
Ely. The mortality of rural districts and of country towns
always, unless some very exceptional circumstances exist,
be lower than that of a town like Liverpool with more
than sixty times the population of Ely, and composed within
a smaller proportional space. The Registrar-General
of Scotland, in a report just published, states that the
division of the kingdom into " the three great sections of
principal towns, smaller towns, and rural districts, at once
demonstrates that almost just in proportion to the crowding
together of human beings is the mortality higher." The
two periods selected for comparison in the report of the Regis-
trar-General are the seven years 1843-49, and the like period
1851-57. After showing that the mortality of Ely was
reduced in the latter period to the extent of 7 in 1,000 of
the population, as compared with the former, the authorities
are deservedly eulogised in the most glowing terms, and its
ex

MR. ROEBUCK AND LORD J.
RUSSELL'S RESOLUTIOYS.

The Daily News describes Mr. Roebuck's proceeditiSs-
Friday night as Quixotic, his demand progmatical, and si2vs
that it was received amid the chuckling cheers of anti-
Reformers, and the reproachful silence of all sincere
Liberals. _ .

The Times accounts for the failure, by stating that last
year, when Lord J. Russell established the Indian precedent
he wished to keep the Government in, whereas now he
desires to get them out. _ _ _ _ _

The Star says, the course Mr. Roebuck commends ought
to be equally scouted by Government and the people.

DISORGANISATION OF THE
CABINET.

•
The Times says, the secession of several members has not
left to those who remain the legacy of mutual confidence or
internal peace. The bonds of party discipline are relaxed.
The animosities that always wait on losing cause are
inflamed, and no confidence is felt that, when so many have
gone, the rest will have resolution to stand their ground.
The Morning Star says, it is no secret that Lord J. Man-
ners was stung by the response of the House to his appeal
on the Church Rate question into an offer of resignation.
Still more notorious and significant is the fact that a meet-
ing of upwards of forty Conservative members was held the
other day, in a committee room of the House, and Mr. John
Palmer, one of the oldest and mast respected of country
gentlemen, deputed to withdraw his ill-starred Reform
Bill.

The Daily News says ; Lord Derby, when asked why he
could not throw the Reform Bill overboard, is reported to
have replied that he had found it hard working riding so far
without a saddle, but how could he be expected without a
horse ? In other words, Lord Derby full well understands
that the moment he admits his inability to grapple with
Reform, he virtually surrenders his position. -
The Star reports, as an authentic anecdote, that Lord
Derby induced Lord John Manners not to resign, by
saying that if any more went they would all go together.

MR. CAINE AND MADAM ANNA'S BAILS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES,

Dear Sir,—ln reply to Mr. Caine's letter, in which
he states that at the conviction of Madam Anna the
bail were two disreputable parties, and one of them
now under persecution. Allov4, me to inform that
gentleman that he is labouring under a very great
mistake, as one of the parties is an old Liverpool
tradesman now retired, and living at Windsor, and
proud to say not under any persecution, and has paid
his way as well as Mr. Caine or Mr. Cropper, and is
as well respected as either of them. The other is
residing at Hull, in the-public line, and I am happy
to say doinc, well, and astonished at the charge
made against them, as Madam Anna has paid the
penalty and suffered. Mr. Caine, as a man, ought
to be ashamed of himself to trump up such a base
attempt to deter any one doing a good action, and we
sincerely, hope that he may meet with a glorious
defeat in trying to hinder people from getting a
living, and throwing their employes out of employ-
ment.—l am, sir, yours respectfully,
JOHN WOOD.
Parliament-street, Thursday, March 17.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

A FEW PICKINGS BY A FRIEND OF THE " MAN IN THE
MOON.—" Time was when Warwick 'was the earliest spring
meeting of the season ;" but time is altered. Lincoln,
Derby, Liverpool, and Nottingham have had tkeir gatherings,
and young horses, which had not at the moment of starting
reached their, second birthday, have already contended for
valuable prices. Sticklers for ancient usages yet decline
to consider racing correct before the Craven Meeting on
Easter Monday. The modern antiques have, however, con-
sented to acknowledge the Northampton and PytchleyHunt
Races ; and there they annually resort to meet their aristo-
cratic brethren at the latter end of March. Warwick they
have always considered a " cocktail" meeting—we mean
not to offend—where half-bred horses were, for years
and years, the sole competitors, save in one instance
only, the Trial Stakes for two and three-year-olds.
The " cocktails" which 'ran for the Debdale and other
Welter races on that meadow-like turf were, in the
olden time, most superior animals of their class. The
difference of opinion as to their pedigrees led, after
innumerable disputes, to their downfall ; and cocktails like
Combat, Nike, and Bellissima, Napoleon le Grand, Rufus,
and Rajah, are to be found solely in the pages of an old
calendar. A very deep thinker might be induced to fancy
that those weight-carriers were of equal value with not a
few of the winner-to-be-sold-for-twenty-sovereign wretches
which in the present'day adorn the lists of a spring meeting:
A sound six year old, that could carry off a Granby
Handicap and 12st. at the same time, may be worth as much
money as an unsound one and three quarters old that
cannot carry off a stake of five sovereigns each, with £2O
added, and 4st. 41b. The powers that be, naturally enough,
looked upon stakes for half-bred horses as so many
vehicles to fraud, and set their faces against them
accordingly ; but the present cry for an infusion of
fresh blood would almost seem to say that a stained pedigree
productive of size and power, is likely to become less and
less objectionable in proportion to the increased number of
,racers, and the increased difficulty of finding a market for
under-sized animals, when their brief and inglorious career
upon the turf shall have come to its termination. The
race meetings of this early spring (after the mildest winter
on record since 1822) have certainly been crowned with
eminent success ; but that horses improve because race-
courses prosper is not a sequitur. Foreigners will not pur-
chase any but useful horses, and without the foreign markets
we cannot get rid of the superfluity of our own. They
like size and soundness—in those points they are right. In
their predilections for colour we do not coincide : they
object to white legs, although they know that Eclipse,
Childers, and Velocipede were marked in that way. •
We are glad to hear the arrangements for the appoint-
ment of a detective in the betting rings at Newmarket and
other places are on the eve of completion, and that a
proper officer will be in attendance at Northampton.
R. Ten Broeck, Esq., leaves town this week for England,
leaving with him Starke, a chestnut colt, four years old, by
Wagner out of Reel, by Imp. Glencoe, grandam by Imp.
Leviathan, and a trotting horse of some promise which Mr.
Ten Broeck purchased from Mr, W. D. Ranger, of Lexing-
ton, Ky. Mr. Harlan also leaves town for England this
week with three horses, which he intends running_ for some
of the stakes, and trying his luck. They are called Cin-
cinnati, Des Chiles, and Lincoln.
The funeral of the late Mr Isaac Day took place on
Monday last, when his mortal remains were interred in the
churchyard of Northleach, his native town. The corpse
was borne to its final resting place by six of the deceased's
oldest retainers, the procession being led by the stable-boys
of the establishment, followed by the clergyman and the
mayor and corporation. The shops in the town were closed
during the day, thus testifying to the high esteem in which
the deceased was held ; a feeling shared in not only by
his fellow townsmen, but by ail the surrounding neighbour-
hood.

Gladiolus has got back to Middleham, and has been taking
a little rest. He is walking and trotting about with
Ticket-of-Leave, and both horses look remarkably well.
Little Agnes and Harraton are in good work. I fancy
Harraton very much, and think him just good enough to
win the Flying Dutchman's handicap at York. Under-
hand. and the Herne are in good work for the Chester Cup.
Tunstall Maid is doing well, and I think her chance great
for the Metropolitan. Raspberry has got bandages on her
fore legs, and looks anything buy rosy. At Richmond
Cavendish, is. rather amiss,, for he has been going about in
bandages, which does not look well for a Derby horse.

OUT OF THEIR

NIENT S.

Orest out of all his engage-

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL,

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Evening

This has been an active day in the Liverpool
Cotton market, and a large business has been done,
the sales reaching 10,000 bales, 3,000 of which have
he,:m. taken for speculation and export. The prices
,'save L'een firm, and in some instances rather higher
rate-5 hays been paid.
The one of the Liverpool Share market has been
and some considerable transactions
better to-laY,
took place in London and North-Westerns, Lanca-
shire and Yorkshires, and Midlands. Prices gene-
rally were firmer, aria in some instances were even
higher. The transactions "were as follows
Caledonian, 85, 841; Great Western, 581

581, 59

Lancashire and Yorkshire, 951, 954, 9511 95;1, 951,
951; London and North Western, 95a, 9570 9521, 95,
96, 951; Ditto, One-eighth shares, 13-16 d ; Midl-
land, 10110 1011, 1011, 1014 ; North British, 59 ;
South Eastern 21 5-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 41d; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 8 13-16, 81 ; Ditto, 7 per cent.,
2nd issue, 644 ; Great Western of Canada, 152 ;
Lombardo Venetian, 14 p.
The London Stock Market opened with some con-
siderable excitement ; notwithstanding, there was an
absence of any apparent cause. Some considerable
operations were entered into, and prices were strong
all day, closing very firm at the highest point of the
day. Consols, were first marked 96 for the 7th of
April, and were subsequently quoted 96.3-16 to 96
5-16, or 961 exactly. For Money the prices at two
o'clock was 964 to 961. The Indian Four per Cent.
Debentures have been dealt in at 981; India Bonds
at 14s prem. ; and Exchequer Bills at 33s to 36s
prem. The final closing prices were :-Consols for
Money and Account, 961, 964 ; Exchequer Bills, 961,
961 ; Bank Stock, 33, 37.
The London Market for Railway Shares was also
firm, and the advanced prices of the previous day
were not only maintained, but in some instances in-
creased. Midlands have advanced 1/ per cent.,
Great Westerns about 1 per cent., London and
North-Westerns 4 and Caledonians are 4 per cent.
better. The final closing prices were :-
Ambergate, 64, 67 ; Caledonians, 841, 851;
Eastern Counties, 601, 601 ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 724, 734 ; Great Northern, 103; ;
Ditto A., 88, 89 ; Great Western, 581,
59; Great Western of Canada, 154, 151 ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 84 • Great Southern and
Western, 104, 105 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 954,
954; London and North-Western, 954, 951 ; London
and South Western, 921, 931 ; Leeds Northrn, 461,
47; Manchester, 'Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381,
381 ;Midland 1014, 1011; North British, 594,
591; South Eastern and Dover, 701, 711; York,
Newcastle and Berwick, 921; York and North Mid-
land, 761, 761 ; Lombardy Venetian, 11; Do. New,
1,18.
The demand for Money continues to increase. The
applications at the Bank continue numerous, and
most of the brokers are borrowers. In the Discount
Market the inquiry lias been active, and the whole
of the establishments are transacting a satisfactory
business. Between the present period and the pay-
ment of the dividends the supply of capital will not
be abundant, but subsequently it is thought it must
increase. This opinion is, of course, formed irre-
spective of the probable introduction of foreign
loans, and of any demands that may be made to
encourage industrial enterprise, should favourable
arrangements be effected for consolidating the peace
of Europe. On the Stock Exchange the average
terms for advances is still obout 2 per cent.
It appears that the precise amount of specie to be
despatched to India and China by the Peninsular
and Oriental steamer Indus, on the 21st, amounts to
657,9501., of which .647,8011. is silver, and 10,149/.
gold. Of this, 629,650/. is for India, 350,0001. being
despatched on Government account, and 19,526/. for
China and the straits. The total forwarded at the
same date last year by the Pera was 101,071., and
the comparison, therefore, presents an important
increase. „ , ,

The movements of thP Precious Metals, during the
past week, have been on an extensive scale. The
imports have amounted to about 562,5901., in-
cluding 132,643/. froni the United States by the
Africa, 40,0001. by . the City of Manchester, and
15,1311. by the Fulton; 98,800/. by the Anglesey,
from Australia, and 69,3161. by the Morning Light.
The Warrior, from the North Coast of Africa, has
brought 4,000/. ; the Oporto, from Lima, 2,000/. ;
the Ceylon, from Alexandria, 10,7001. About
40,000/. in gold has arrived from Russia, and about
150,000/. in silver from the Continent. The
exports have been large, and with the 657,950/. to
the East Indies and China, by the Indus, chiefly in
silver, and shipments to the Continent, through
the London Custom House, estimated at 15,6951.,
the total amounting to 673;645. The supplies of
gold from Australia and America seem insufficient
to meet the den And for exportation to the Continent,
and hence a further sum of 40,0001. was withdrawn
from the Bank yesterday afternoon. The inquiry
for silver is supported at.ss. 2d. per ounce for bar
silver. The Sir William Eyre has arrived at this
port, from Melbourne, with 11,741 ounces of gold,
valued at about 45,0001., and nine days' later news
from that port. The price of gold remained without
change. The total shipped for the year was
2,402,507 ounces, valued at 9,245,404/. The news
from the Mines continued favourable, and the supply
of labour was becoming less in excess of the demand.
The last accounts from England had produced a
favourable effect upon the Melbourne Markets.

Nearly 60,0001. in silver arrived in the Thames on
Thursday from Antwerp. _ _

The Warrior Queen has arrived from China with
1,196,0001b5. of tea. _ _

In the American advices it is announced that the
adjournment of Congress without passing the new
loan bill had imparted great buoyancy to the Five
per Cents of 1874, which advanced to 1031, and
were in demand at that quotation. It was intimated
that the Secretary had been authorised to issue
registered instead of coupon bonds, when required,
which it was thought would give snore currency to
the securities in the English market. A general
advance had occurred in most descriptions of stocks
and bonds, and the comparatively easy state of the
Money Market assisted to support the improved po-
sition of prices.

It is stated to he the intention of the directors of
the Great Ship Company to entrust the finishing of
the Great Eastern to Mr. John Scott Russell ; and it
is said that Mr. Yates, the secretary and liquidator
of the late company, will take purt in the arrange:

ment. The poop and forecastle decks, which would
increase the height of the ship about 4 feet, are not
to be added. Stowage room for 300 passengers will
thus be lost. _ _

A special general meeting of the Great Western
Railway Company is called fOr on the 31st instant,
to approve a number of bills now -pending in parlia-
mont. Amongst these is one authorising " the con-
struction of a railway from Hungerford to Devizes, to
be called the Berks and Hants Extension Railway."
Another authorises the Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Company to` make a line from Hooton
to Helsby ; another has reference to raising funds
for the completion of the Bridport Railway, which
is to be leased to the, Great Western; another

authorises a lease of the. Great Western and Brent-
ford Railway and docks ; another is for the construc-
tion of the Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea,- and
Milford Haven Junction Railway ; anethe

authorises