Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

OF HEALTH.

Th 9 usual monthly meeting of th 3 Board was held last
night at Waterloo, Mr. Ridley in the chair. The
following members of the Bard were present: Messrs.
Thakston, Kilshaw, H. Jones, Schofield.
Ma. INIAsox. the clerk read the circular, calling the
meeting, and then the minutes of the last monthly meeting,
and the proceedings of the fin Ince committee, which were
confirmed.

The CLERK read a letter from the general Board of
Health, in reply to a copy of a letter sent from the board,
with a plan of the township. by Mr. Richardson, the
surveyor, in which the general Board of Health expressed
the utmost satisfaction at the plans, &c.. and stated that
a firs..-class certificate should be awarded to t',e plans.
The Board considered this most satisfactory, and compli-
mented the surveyor ou his success. A letter was read
from Sir George Grey, approv ng of 'he bye-laws, and the
cl4use in reference to the common lodgirg house keepers.
Mr. JOHN SCUOLIELD then mo'ed the following reso
lution, which was seconded by Mr. Nixon, and passel :
That the trusters of the new Wesleyan Chapel of Water-
loo he furnished by the Board with a memorandum in
writing, expressive of the terms upon which it was agreed
that part of an adj ,icing cr.-et should be Lit m into the
Chapel yard, and of the land stipulated to be given and
taken."

The text business was :
`• That att ps b 3 immediate!), taken by the Board for hiving
the plan of the district, prepared by the survey-3r, lithovsaphed."
The motion W 39 se3or:del by Mr. JONES and passed.
Cheques were then drawn for the disbursements
required, and the routine business being transacted, the
Board adjourned.

OVERLIND ROUTE TO INDIA.—A. proposal has been made
to the Indian House by the European and Ametican Steam
Company, calculated to facilitate the transport by the
Overland route of such reinforcements to India as will be
necessary throughout the nest six or nine months. The
company possess eight powerful screw steamers ; fonr of
thew could
.establish a fortnightly communication from
Southampton to Alexandria, and the remaining four
between Suez and Bombay. Each vessel taking about
1,100 men a supply of 2,200 per month could thus be con-
tinued.

SHOCKING DE till BY MaLCIIINF ItY.-0.19 of h 9 moat
aliecking deaths by machinery on rec-ird took place a few
days ar, at the village of Raikelr, a few raga from York.
A young married wivaan, !lamed Newto,-, was engaged in
preparing sheave 3 for a thrashing machine, when, owing io
her foot having slipped, she was drawn into the machine,
an 1 her left leg put a s'o7 to is working. When taken
out, it wai discovered that her fiot had been torn off, that
her thigh was broken, and that her leg and other pants of
her person had been m itilited in a frightful manner.
Two sat-geons from Yurk, and another from Essingwold,
attended the unfortunate wo,r,an, and amputatim of the
orn and lacerated limb was performed, but the sufferer
did not survive many hours. It was proved at the inquest
held on the that the irjaries inflicted were en-
tirely the result of accileot, and a verdict to that effect was
returned.

TII2 WAR TN CUINA.—POSITION OP FRANC;.; —The
Debate depicts t:te situation of the Eag!ish at Hong Kong,
aad, after dwelling on tha treacherous character of the
Chinese in geu, r tl, prceseds to consider what effect the
present state of hostilities ought to have eventually on the
relations of France with the Chinese empire. It says--
"The present rel,x Alen in the English operations in
China must necessarily have some influence on those which
France appeared to have proposed to herself to carry on
in those parts. the inconsiderable forces which we
have sent there, and which were intended to support our
jest demand, wait fer the termination of this fores.d inac-
tion on the part of the Easlish ; or, if they act alone, are
they strong enough to dispense with a co-operation which
appeared to be secu ed to them? Since we have done so
much es to go to China, it would be perhaps desirable that
we ghoul.' by ourselves, and independently of any foreign
there acgo;re influeree advantageous to our
commerce,, erce,
and to the ulterior views which we might enter-
tain with respect to that part of the Etste-n world. It is
the only one which the F.urorans have not yet seriously
entered into, and which in its present state of internal dis-
organisation is open to the ae:i )n of a great maritime
power. The English, who had perceived that such was
the case, and had hastened to profit by it, have for some
time past been turned away from their p:ojects by the
events in India. Bat this is not a reason why we should
slacken our particular action, and is porhaps a.Tessoap ler
hastening it.

THE SPY SYSTEM OP THE POLICE. PUBLICANS

TO THE EDITOT, OP TILE NORTIEFOIN THOU.

Sir,--I think the licensed victuallers of Liver-
pool have good reason to thank you for your
exertions, which, after a long time, have proved
successful in breaking up the abominable, uncon-
stitutional, and illegal spy system that has prevailed
in the police force sinee " Make' Greig became
the head of that body. I allude to the " orders"
given by him to the officers, to go out on Sunday
mornings, dressed as navvies, in order to create
crime, not to prevent it. You have combatted that
illegal systerff long—you have denounced it, and
at last a magistrate (Ir. Jeffery) is found with
sufficient moral courage to grapple with the mon-
ster and slay it. Your correct report of Mr.
Jeffery's observations, cannot fail to have due
weight, and the " Major" has now found that he
must resort to some other mode of employing the
police on Sabbath mornings, than by that of sending
them out as " decoy duck" to persecute at any
saorafice, an important and respectable class of
traders, who contribute very largely to the salary
of the " Major." The " Major•" is a pious man,
—for I have seen him at missionary meetings for
the conversion of the Jews and the " benighted
Irish ;"—may I ask would it not be a christian
like act to send his " navvies" to church
on Sundry mornings rather than to "make
up a case" against a publican by " hard
swearing?" The answers of the policeman
to Mr. Bluck and Mr. Jeffery, shows
au amount of moral degradation in the
police force truly frightful. Who is to blame for.
this ? What say the Watch Committee, or are
they aware of it? Again, I say your exertions
have exposed this system; and may I humbly
suggest that stop not, even here, until you have
purified as well as exposed it.—l am, Sir, yours, &e.,
sth Sept., 1857. TRUTH.