The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

NORTHERN HOSPITAL, FEB. 20. WEEKLY REPOZZ..

ADMITTED : Accidents, 21; Medical and Surgical Cases upon,
recommendation, 25 ; Total, 46.—DiscnArtnEn : Cured, 19'1.
Relieved and at own request, 7; Attended as Out Patients,, 4,-;
Irregular, 0; Died, 6; Remaining in the Hospital, 96. •
Consulting Surgeon, J. St Banner, Esq. ; Physician s
Surgeon for the ensuing week, Dr. Turnbull and M
Bainbrigge; House Visitors, Daniel Neilson and
Blundell, Esqrs. ; House-Surgeons, Mr. T.
dersleeves and Mr. W. Haines; Treasurer, B. H. Jew',
Esq.; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.

WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FEVER AND WORE HOUSE HOSPITALS, FEB. 20, 1847.

AniwITTED: Fever and Small Pox, 31 ; Medical andSurgi,=Z
Wards, 41 ; Lying-in Wards, 4 ; I,ock, 13; Total, 80.--I)LS.-
CHARGED: Cured, 54; Relieved, 13; Died, 12; Total, 79.
REMAINING IN THE HOSPITALS : Fever and Small Pox, 133 j;
Medical and Surgical Wards, 226; Lying-in Wards, 13; Lock,.
30; Total, 404.
Consulting Physicians, Dr. Macrorie and Dr. Gouthwaitf^t
ConSulting Surgeon, Mr. M'Culloch ; Physician snit
Surgeon for the week, Dr. Dickinson and Mr. Inman;
House-Surgeon, Mr. T. F. Grimsdale ' • Assist.-Surgeons„
Mr. E. T. Watkins; Apothecary, Mr. Thomas Lingler;

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- 8 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,
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TO CORRESPONDENTS. There is one circumstance connected with the tify personal jealousies, or to advance incipient MEETING OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE ST.
inquiry, which strikes us as rather singular. It ambition. JUDE'S FUND, FOR THE RELIEF OF THE
We are compelled to postpone the insertion of several notices of „ DISTRESSED IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND..
new publications. will be remembered, that our townsman, Mr. Cun- We are glad to perceive, from the rrating of
ningham, the eminent architect, was a few months the Commissioners yesterday, that there seems a A meeting of the above was held yesterday, at the Cla-
ebe Eiberpoot :Otanbarb. ago deputed by the promoters of the Rivington disposition to return to a better state of things.
scheme to visit the locality, and to report upon its •
taken for the relief of their destitute brethren in Ireland
-Yearly Subscription : capability of supply. Such a visit was made by LIVERPOOL COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. • and in Scotland. The chair was taken by the Rev. Canon
In Advance, I:2s. 02i credit, Lis. him ; a report of its results was handed into the Shortly after the sitting of the court on Friday, an ap- M`Neile incumbent of St. Jude's;and we noticed a
number 'of influential members hers of the congregation
Town-hall; and we are informed, upon what we plication was made to Mr. Commissioner Perry, on the
present.
consider trustworthy authority, that it was unfa-
to annul
aongfunlAclareesasrtaestd. Stockdale and. Son, whose failure some
Several letters were read by the rev. chairman, and by
TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1847. vorable both as regards the quantity of water to isnu excitementctiankn t
wiiril
ctiliteha beemercantilebeen
world,npe n ed
the Rev. John Jones, from correspondents in Ireland,
be gained, its quality, and the amount of compen- expressive of their gratitude, and that of the suffering
IN commencing, with this publication, the NINTH against themfiby Mr. Reubepnerlemingway, of this town.
sation to be made. Under the circumstances of a Mr. Norris appeared on behalf a Mr. Thomas Stock- Irish people, for the aid afforded them through the exer-
YEAR of their, connexion with the LIVERPOOL gentleman, so competent to give an opinion upon dale, to support the appliCation ; Mr. Rigg on the part of ti?ns of thde committeef and
tthe beneficenceotvas toafmtohoenirt
STANDARD, the proprietors have to perform the Mr. John Stockdale •; Mr. Bardswell on behalf of the friends?.
of destitution sueffelplc urte
tos bef the vast
such a subject, having so widely disagreed with One rev.
pleasurable duty of returning thanks to their
and
dstees under.i Messrs. Stockdale's deed of inspection;
gentleman, Mr. St. Jobn, writinge to Mr. Jones, stated
friends and the public for the enlarged measure of Mr. Hawksley, we submit that his report should
MMr ilerni ex to sutEepoltgloentt.
support with which their efforts have been re- have been laid before the commissioner ; and Mr. g creditor, having been that he was then relieving 1520 daily ; and intreated
Cunningham himself have been examined upon sworn, was examined at 'great length, as to the amount of assistance to enable him to continue his charitable minis-
warded. The STANDARD may now fairly ranktrations. Another correspondent suggested that, if a
itself second to none of its local contemporaries in the whole Mr. Hawksley would have had debt which he claimed, the mode in which it had been
market for their industry could be opened in this country,
• subject. and might contracted, and the manner in which it had been paid.
the influence and extent of its circulation. an opportunity of cross-examination; the poor women and children in his district would be glad
An important charige, it is well known, has even have been able to rebut Mr. Cunningham's It appeared that the Messrs Stockdale had purchased a
large
e quantityie of palm oil from him (Hein, y)
objection. We have heard, however, nothing inawoollen and worsted. Many harrowing details of the
recently been made in the principle upon which a whichhat there weree distressed state of the population were given, as well as ,
the course of the inquiry of any such report;transactionsa between
ged tehoantsihdeeraTlveeibrlbeen d (Hemingway)
also
portion of the press of Liverpool is conducted; and encomiums upon the promptitude with which the funds
neither has Mr. Cunningham been called to give them, in which he stated that he was also a loser.
in this change the proprietors of the STANDARD received by the committee had been remitted, and the
any evidence.
felt it their duty to their friends and the commu- This allegation, however, was denied on the other side.
, excellent manner in which they had been appropriated.
Mr. Hemingway admitted having signed the
Of course the Health Committee, in directing ankgptties After a short conversation, in which the appointment
nity to take the lead. On the 15th of December deed of composition. On this ground it wastter
their proceedings, have acted with perfect single-of a ladies' committee was suggested by Mr. Grantham
and approved, it was resolved that a second subscription
the publishing price of their paper was reduced to lasted till ness of purpose, and with a view to promoting investigation
h.e asked to annul the fiat. Af oaugpatient
into the nature of the case, which
threepence. The step was a hazardous one ; it was of the congregation of St. Jude's should, at once be en-
tered into •• that the meeting desirous to promoteindustrymitteeto
the success of a project which they regard as one four o'clock in the afternoon, the court adjourned. ,
a direct sacrifice of an ascertained profit resulting The sittings were resumed shortly after eleven o clock
while they relieve destitution, authorise the committee
calculated to benfit the town. We cannot think,
from its circulation. Public interests, however, yesterday, and the evidenceof.Mtr. Heminegway was pro-
however, that it will serve them in those inquiries of whiciihe employ such proportion of the funds as theymmay deem
seemed to them to require that sacrifice. It ap- which will have to be gone into before parliament, statedseeded
6141. e
in
notbe
pound as the desirable in the encouragement of spinning, knitting,
peered to them that a• boon would be secured toweaving, and other domestic occupations; and that a
circular containing such resolutions should be sent to each
should it appear that the evidence of a witness, dividend ilue him under .the deed of composition, he was
the public by conferring upon them, at a cheaper "
rate, the advantages of a well-conducted, moral, selected by themselves, has been kept back • and still a loser to the amount of £7.564, in consequence of
member of the congregation and as many of the contri-
the failure of the Messrs. Stockdale.
that such evidence is opposed to the vaildity of the butors to the fund as could be found. A paper was then
arid healthy press; and they ventured upon the Evidence of a contrary and rebutting character was then
sent round, and the subsciiptions of the members
he
case made out by Mr. Hawksley. An explanation
experiment, in the confident hope that their motives one into, from which it appeared that Mr Hemingway
of the grounds upon which it has been determined gone into from which it appeared that Mr, hemingWaY
committee present collected, to the amount, we under-
experiment, in the confident hope that their motives of the grounds upon which it has been determined ack o 1 d dto Mr. Fry the c untant al. the trustees, committee present collected, to the amount, we ander-
would be appreciated, and the sacrifice submitted not to examine Mr. Cunningham would be most aaftelrl lwiaveingemade arv.ery ,carefual eeexamination of the state stood, of upwards of £lOO. A further meeting was to be
to, made up to them. In this hope, they are happy held in the course of the day, in order to remit such fur-
to state, that they have not been disappointed. they sums of money as were most urgently required.
It does really appear to us, from the whole facts their own ledger, that, although he was by no means satin-
circulation of the STANDARD has been as at present elicited, that the council would do fied with the fact, still it
.appeared._ he had no claim on
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.
TRIPLED SINCE THE CHANGE, wisely, at the present crisis, to withdraw their the bankrupts. The examination of these two witnesses
and it is steadily increasing? not only in Liverpool, occupied the court the entire of the day. At half-past A special meeting of this Board was held at the Com-
scheme, or at least to postpone it for a time. The
4.1.—„,..i, ~....„, .a.,....--1,. ,- 43.- 4-- ---......] _ four o'clock, the court was adjourned till one this day. missioners' Rooms yesterday, for the purpose of receiving

and it is steadily increasing, not only in Liverpool,
_but through new channels in the districts around ;
whilst the advertising favours of their friends are
flowing in in a largely-increased ratio, as the co-
lumns of the STANDARD for the last two months
will abundantly prove.

The enquiry before Mr. Page and Mr. Ellison,
the government commissioners, into the merits of
the scheme, projected by the corporation, for sup-
plying the town with water from the high lands
and streams in the neighbourhood-of Rivington
Pike, has now concluded ; and we may, without
presumption, offer to our readers our views of the
bearing of the evidence adduced, both with respect
to that scheme and the claims of the existing com-
panies, upon the confidence of the public. We
shall principally, however, for reasons which we
shall explain before concluding our remarks, dwell
upon the case made out in behalf of those Com-

panes.
Like others of our fellow townsmen, and of our
contemporaries, we have long been anxious to see
Liverpool possess an ample supply of water for
household and for sanatory purposes ; and we have
never been very indulgent in our comments, when
we have noticed neglect or irregularity in such
supply. We must candidly acknowledge, however,
and the tone of some recent articles in our paper
upon this subject, may have led our readers to an-
ticipate the acknowledgment, that our views, as to
water supply, do not carry us so far, at present, as
Rivington Pike, the Bala Lake, or any other locality
named. And, with such impressions, the enquiry
before the commissioners is not calculated to give
a new direction to our views. Why such is the
case, we shall endeavour to show.

The great object, we presume, which the author-
ities of Liverpool have in view is, to provide an
ample supply of pure water, at all times available,
for household purposes, and water for cleansing
and for the extinguishing of fires. With respect
to the purity of our existing supply, it does not
appear that, any fault is alleged. Mr. Rushton,
stipendiary magistrate, in his evidence on Wednes-
day, admitted "that the quality of the water was
excellent : better than could be obtained in any
other town with which he was acquainted." Dr.
Duncan admits that "the water is clear but hard,
which is good and wholesome for drinking, as only
one instance has come to his knowledge where the
water has not agreed with the constitution of the
persons using it." Both these gentlemen, it must
be stated, arc advocates of the Corporation scheme,
or of some large scheme. Mr. Rushton's chief
complaint is of the want of water in cases of fire ;
and Dr. Duncan complains of the want of a constant
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ipply in the

treets and the courts, and of the
bad constructibn of many of the cisterns in which
it is kept. A supply of softer water he also thinks
would be advisable, and conduce to a great saving,
for domestic uses.
It will be most convenient to us to notice Dr.
Duncan's evidence first. Soft water, he says, is
desirable for washing, &c. Now, we find in other
towns rain water collected for such purposes. Few
of the cottages in Manchester and other manu-
facturing districts throughout the country are
without stone tanks for the collection of ' such

water, in sufficient —quantity for consumption in
average seasons. If similar buildings erected
at Liverpool are planned upon a faulty principle,
surely we cannot blame the water companies, and
need not spend half a million sterling in going to
Rivington Pike for a remedy. There is no neces-
sity, either,.for such tanks being erected over cess-
pools, as complained of by Dr. Duncan. They
may be covered over sufficiently to avoid contact
with effluvia in most localities.

So far as Mr. Rushton's objection, as to the in-
sufficiency in cases of fire, is concerned, the evidence
of Mr. M'Donald, a practical man, as well as a man
of scientific ability, satisfies us that the complaint,
however just in past times, is capable of being re-
medied, and is in course of being remedied. This
gentleman states :

" I have introduced an improvement in the system of
supplying water to extinguish fires, by which we will be
able to give a much better supply. I propose to keep the
water at high pressure on the mains, throughout the
town. I-

defective state of the street valveS- was the
only cause for the want of a proper supply of water in

time of fin

It will be borne in mind that in the course of
his evidence, Mr. Rushton vouched for the ca-
pability of Mr. M'Donald to form a correct opinion
on this subject. The. experiments' made in the
presence of the Commissioners, to show the extent
to which the pressure upon the mains is capable of
being increased for such purposes; and his evi-
dence, as to the practibility of increasing the general
supply of the town, is most conclusive.
When I bored at the Soho station," he says, " below
the depth of the well, I found water in abundance. I
made a boring of 260 feet from the bottom of the well.
The diameter of that boring was six inches. I cannot
tell exactly what accession of water we got, but I think
that we got a great deal, as we allow from that station 150
gallons per minutes to run waste."
The evidence of Mr. Harmood Banner, a gentle-
man who, from his standing amongst us, cannot be
presumed to state anything beyond his honest
convictions, is most important. We give an extract
from the report in our last publication :
.

Of course the Health Committee, in directing
their proceedings, have acted with perfect single-
ness of purpose, and with a view to promoting
the success of a project which they regard as one
calculated to benefit the town. We cannot think,
however, that it will serve them in those inquiries
which will have to be gone into before parliament,
should it appear that the evidence of a witness,
selected by themselves, has been kept back ; and
that such evidence is opposed to the vaildity of the
case made out by Mr. Hawksley. An explanation
of the grounds upon which it has been determined
not to examine Mr. Cunningham would be most
satisfactory to the public mind.
It does really appear to us, from the whole facts
as at present elicited, that the council would do
wisely, at the present crisis, to withdraw their
scheme, or at least to postpone it for a time. The
reasons which justify such a course are many and
weighty. In the first place we regard it as incon-
testibly proved that the supply by the present
companies can be increased so as to afford abun-
dance of water for the requirements of our popu-
lation for years to come ; and as the mode in which
such supply has been managed in years past is
complained of, the council may take the companies'
works into their own hands. They have already
power, we believe, to compel the owners of property
to prepare proper receptacles ; and, if not, they can
easily obtain such in the bill for authorising the
purchase.
In the second place, should we even be com-
pelled ultimately to resort to an extraneous source
for our supply, it would be well to pause in order
to avail ourselves of additional experience and in-
formation, as to the selection of the source and the
mode of carrying out the works. Manchester,
Stockport, and other Towns, not so favourably
situated as ourselves, with regard to present supply,
are about going before Parliament for similar bills
to the proposed Rivington Pike Bill. The pro-
moters of these schemes are opposed upon similar
grounds to those, upon which the Councils' Bill is
opposed, although the opposition in our case is
more formidable. In the case of Manchester an
objection id made to the quality of the water; as af-
fected by the same causes as those which will be
found to affect the Pike water. We may make the
promoters of these Bills our pioneers : let them
try the temper of Parliament for us ; provide us
with data upon which to count the cost of our own
scheme, and permit us to derive useful information
from the conflict of the scientific evidence which
will be produced. Unlike them, we are not driven
into a corner. We are not so urgently in want that
we need rush to operate upon doubtful ground, for
an article of doubtful quality; that we need subsi-
dize the owners of Factories and even entire Towns,
or that we need expend hundreds of thousands in
hot haste, one half or two-thirds of which experi-
ence, and opportunity to enquire, may enable us to
save to this community.

But a further and ✓very important ground for
putting off for a while the adoption of this or any
other large scheme, is to be found in the present
financial position of the town. We have impend-
ing over our heads the certainty of a heavy drain
upon us for the rates during this, and we know not
for how many years to come. A heavy Borough
Rate, in addition to a poor's Rate doubled or
trebled, will not be borne without much ill-will and
_injury to individuals being created. There are
measures, too, provided for by the Sanatory Bill—
extensive sewerage, drainage, cleansing, &c.—which

will be costly in their execution. Much, therefore,
as energy and determination on the part of the
Health Committee are to be commended, undue
precipitation is equally to be avoided. The cleans-
ing out of the Augean Stable, which the folly, the
neglect, or the unwise thrift of past years have
permitted to be erected upon the banks of the
Mersey, is not the work of a day : well, if it can
be accomplished in a generation. It ought not
therefore to be pressed forward so rapidly as to in-
flict suffering upon the existing Ratepayers, by
none of whose acts or omissions the necessity of
the work has been created.

On Sunday last, after sermons by the Rev. Henry
Hampton, the sum of £7B Bs. was collected at St.
James's Church for the distressed Irish and Scotch.

On Sunday mlrning, after a sermon in St. Philip's
Church, Hardman-street, by the Rev. Mr. Burton, In-
cumbent, the sum of £95 was collected for the destitute
Scotch and Irish.

A contemporary is surprised how Mr. Robert Roxby
could be playing in Manchester. It is easily accounted
for; Mr. Roxby had the permission of Mr. Simpson,
lessee of the Theatre-Royal, to appear there for one night.
We hear that the Rev. Mr. Griffiths, who is to preach
at St. David's Church, in this town, on Sunday next, and
likewise the first of March, is one of the most talented
and popular ministers in .Wales.—See adv.
INTERESTING LECTURE.—Last night, Mr. W. M.
Fisher delivered a most interesting lecture on astronomy,
at the Assembly Rooms, Great George-street. The lec-
ture was accompanied with some beautiful illustrations.
We shall probably notice the subject further next week.
DAY OF NATIONAL HUMILIATION.—The petition to
the Queen for a day of national humiliation is still lying
for signatnre at our office, and the usual places. As it
will, we believe, be forwarded for presentation in a day or
two, we hope all who are friendly—and who is- not—to
such an object will sign the memorial without delay.

WEALTH OF LIVERPOOL;—It is stated that nearly one-
half of the half-yearly dividend of the North Western
Railway Company is payable in Liverpool. It is now in
the course of payment, and the portion to be received by
the Liverpool proprietors amounts to £220,000 every six
months.

WE have felt it our duty from time to time to
remonstrate against the extravagant and over-
speculative proceedings of the people of Birken-
head. It struck us, as it did many other parties,
that they were getting on too fast ; that they were
attempting a task too heavy for ordinary mortals
—to build Rome in a day. In part, experience
has proved that we were in error ; that we under-
estimated the amount of sagacity with which the
affairs, private as well as public, of that rising
locality were conducted. We looked upon many
of them as speculators of the ordinary class,
flushed with past success, and likely to illustrate,
in the final issue. of their adventures, that ambi-
tion which overleaps itself; although we felt that,
in the talents, and we may well say the genius, of
their legal adviser, Mr. Mallaby, they had a source
of reliance which was calculated to ward off a host
of difficulties which might otherwise have crushed
even their great energies. _ _ _ _

"Do you Consider that the Company's resources are
ample enough at the present time to supply Liverpool ?
I do.—Does your past experienbe as a director lead you
to believe that no limit has been come to as regards the
quantity of water you can raise at your works ? Cer-
tainly not : there has been no limit come to yet ; nor do
I believe that for very many years to come there could
be the possibility of our finding a limit.—During the last
thirty years you have always obtained an additional sup-
ply when you required it ? Yes ; always.—Do you see
any difficulty in.giving the poor that supply which is ne-
cessary for their welfare ? I do not. If the company shall
be assisted by the public bodies of the town, I will gua-
rantee that they shall be properly supplied. In all the
proposed Sanatory regulations which the Council have

fltered upon, they never offered to assist the present
:ompany in their efforts to supply the poor with good and
vholesome water. If the Council had sought for and
;nforced the powers which we have obtained, many years
go, such things as improper receptacles for water, would
Lot now be heard of."

We are requested to announce that the committee of
the Welsh Charity Ball thought it prudent, at their last
meeting, to postpone the ball until March, next year, in
consequence of the numerous, calls of charity which are
at present made from various other quarters on the
benevolence of the public.
After a sermon, on Sunday morning last, by the Rev.
Geo. Cuthbert, at St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, in
accordance with the Queen's letter, the sum of £l6 ss. Bd.
was collected for the distressed Irish and Scotch. This is
a very liberal sum for so poor a congregation, and is, we
believe, the largest collection ever made in the church.

PAINTING OF THE GREAT BRITAIN ASHORE.—A very
interesting picture has just been completed by Mr. S.
Walters, jun., the subject of which is the steam-tugs
attempting to remove that monster ship from Dundrum
Bay. The composition, considering the subject, is ex-
tremely clever, and the execution by no means inferior.
The distance is beautifully painted, and in the water there
is a brilliancy that cannot fail to be admired. _ _

In contravention of such views, it is undeniable
that the enterprise which has been at work on the
opposite shore of the Mersey has been productive
of results which have not been paralleled in the
history of the progress of any locality in this or
any other country. Whatever may be the success,
or the reverse, of its docks, its dock warehouses,
its railways, which connect its population with the
Manufacturing districts, north and south, and with
the metropolis, Birkenhead may from henceforth
be regarded as one of the most beautiful and pros-
perous suburbs of Liverpool. Its excellence of
sanatory construction; its spacious streets, tho-
roughly sewered and drained ; its well laid out
park; its abundant supply of water and of gas,
give to it a claim upon the public which must
protect those embarked in the ownership of its
property from anything more than the effect of
temporary depreciation. Exaggerated views as to
the value of land and houses in Birkenhead have
no doubt prevailed ; and possible loss may accrue
to some who have invested unwisely. At the
bottom, however, the locality is in a healthy posi-
tion, and must progress. Birkenhead may never
be another Liverpool : it will always, however, be
a part of us.
But to ensure such a consummation,—nay, to
avert the occurrence of serious and ruinous cala-
mity,—the affairs of the township must be con-
ducted in a different spirit to that which we regret
to have seen recently evinced by a portion of its
leading persons. It is a suicidal course on the
part of the Commissioners of Birkenhead, and the
owners of property there, to throw from them the
countenance and prestige of such men as Mr.
Jackson, or their efficient legal adviser, Mr.
Mallaby. Those, whose enterprise and fore-
sight have made Birkenhead what it is—have
converted its barren waste into a town—have
made a muddy and unproductive pool into the
site of magnificent docks and warehouses—cannot
safely be dispensed-with, at a crisis when the ele-
ments of financial difficulty are rife around them.
For the services of such men—business men—,
experienced men—those of the parties, Who appear
to be setting themselves in antagonism to those of
whom, a few years ago, they were proud to rank
themselves as humble followers, can scarcely re-
compense the public. We fear much that the
change cannot fail to damage themselves.
It would be well for the inhabitants and owners
of property in Birkenhead to weigh the present
state of affairs, and to take measures .to recall to
their councils their old and tried generals—those
whose very names are associated in the minds of
the public with the rise and prosperity of the loca-
lity. The fate of the vast property now embarked
in Birkenhead mud not be put in jeopardy to Kra,

On Sunday morning last Mr. Baylee made a powerful
appeal to his congregation, at the church of the Holy Tri-
nity, Woodside, on behalf of the starving Irish, and in-
formed his congregation that, during Lent, anything they
bad to give he would take care was sent to proper minis-
ters for relief. He adverted to Mr. Martineau 's sermon,
and very ably controverted the erroneous principles con-
tained in that discourse.

A special meeting of this Board was held at the Com-
missioners' Rooms yesterday, for the purpose of receiving
the Report of the Gas and Water Committee, it being an
adjournment from the 16th of January last.

: We have declined in previous articles entering
into tire engineering merits of the Rivington Pike
scheme, on the very sufficient ground that such
subjects require both engineering knowledge and
acquaintarke with the country experimented upon
to arrive at any just conclusion. The expensive-
ness of the project, however, will not be denied.
The host of claims for compensation put in are
alone sufficient to affright most men. The people
of Wigan oppose, en masse, the diversion of the
waters of the River Douglas from their town.
Opposing millowners, calico-printers, and bleach-
ers, make up a goodly body of cormorants, ready
to eat up poor Liverpool. The fame of our cor-
porate wealth appears to have attracted all the
black-coated people who could procure briefs or
any species of excuse to prey upon us. We
have said, however, that we shall not enter into
the real merits of this or any of the other new
sehemes ; and we shall keep our promise.

IMPORTANT NAUTICAL ENQUIRIES.—Captain Den-
ham, R.N., F.R.S., yesterday opened his commission of
enquiry, on the part of Government, touching the colli-
sion of the steamer " Finn. McCoull," and the ship
" Venice," at the Adelphi Hotel, and continued it through-

Denham yesterday evening- closed the investigation of the
circumstances attending thewreckof the steamer "Sirius,"

near Cork

On the motion of Mr. Price, Wni. Potter, Esq., was
called to the chair.

Mr. POTTER, on taking the chair, stated that at the
last meeting he had requested the Board to appoint
another chairman ; his reasons for doing so were, because
when he first agreed to accept the office, he understood
that the chief business of the Board would be transacted
in the committees, and that he, as chairman, would be able
to obtain information from the chairman of those com-
mittees from time to time, and that the general Board
meetings would be little more than a record of such pro-
ceedings. He was, therefore, very much surprised at the
last meeting to find a resolution thrown upon the table,
of the contents of which he was entirely ignorant, and
that he should also have been kept in ignorance of
the resignation of Mr. Mallaby. Since then he had re-
ceived letters from a large majority of the commissioners,
requesting his continuance in office, and stating that
his doing so would tend to promote harmony. That
was a strong reason for his doing so ; but a Still
stronger one was, because a sinister motive had been
placed upon his retirement—namely, that the affairs- of
the township were in a state of disorder, and therefore he
wished to withdraw. Nothing could be farther from his
intentions, for he knew that the affairs of the township
were now placed on a more firm basis than ever. If, how-
ever, he accepted the office, it would only be on a con-
dition that there should be a code of standing orders
agreed to similar to those adopted by the Liverpool Town
Council, which would have the effect of preventing what
he complained of. (Cheers.)
Mr. Wm. LAIRD said the resolution he proposed at the
last meeting was no departure from the course previously
pursued, as every Commissioner had hitherto made a mo-
tion on what arose at the time. He, however, should be
very glad to see a code of rules established, and begged to
move that the subject be referred to the same committee
who had the appointment:of Law Clerk.
Mr. GREGORY, the Clerk to the Committees, then read
the reports of the Gas and Water Committee, which is
similar in effect to what occurred before the Court of

the Foreigners' Mission, established in this town. The
reverend gentleman is responsible, as we have before in-
timated, for the payment of a large sum in connection
with the mission, and he ought not to be left to liquidate
any portion of it out of his own resources.
Quicx SAILING.—The ship Defence, 608 tons register,
belonging to Messrs. Wm. Anthony and Robinson, sailed
hence to Quebec on the 9th May last, arriving back in
Liverpool 9th August; -.sailed again for Quebec on the
19th August, arrived back in Liverpool on the 6th Nov,
sailed 23d November for Charleston, and arrived back in
Liverpool on the 20th instant, each time bringing a full
cargo, and completing the whole three voyages in nine
months and eleven days.
BASE CoIN.—At the Police-court yesterday, a man
named Peter M`Donald was charged with passing three
base half-crowns at Mr. Butterworth's, publican, all of
them between six and ten o'clock on Saturday. He was
also charged with uttering a base half-crown at Mr. Win-
gate's, druggist, top of Elliot-street. The case, as re-
gards two of the pieces, was proved. The prisoner was
pursued all the way to Shaw-street, before he was cap-
tured, and was found secreted in a yard. He was sent
for trial.

THE LISBON PACKETS.—The Nautilus, the first of a
line of Screw steamers, intended to ply between this
port and Lisbon, a short time since completed her out-
ward bound passage in the amazingly short time of 4 days
20 hours. The Schooner King of Tyre also made a re-
markably quick passage out, having sailed hence on the
3rd inst., and arrived at Lisbon on the Bth. thus perform-
ing the voyage in days.. The Nautilus started from Lis-
bon, as advertised, on the 15th inst., in the afternoon,And
after encountering a most stormy voyage, arrived in this
port yesterday evening. The Nautilus brought a large
cargo of both goods and passengers.
CHURCH ESTABLISHMENTS.—On Friday next, as may
be seen from an advertisement, a discussion will take
place in this town, between the Rev. Jos. Baylee, of
Birkenhead, and Mr. Miall,.of London, as to the scrip-
tural character of church establishments. The tickets of
admission to the discussion are now ready, and we recom-
mend our friends to make the earliest possible application
for them, as the interest on the subject is very great, and
the demand for tickets has already been very urgent. Mr.
Baylee, we are confident, is a champion well qualified to
meet his opponent, and having studied thoroughly the
question in dispute, the members of the church will have
an excellent opportunity of having their convictions more
deeply settled, and all their difficulties removed. _

EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIONS.—On Sunday last, two
sermons were preached in St. Andrew's church, Renshaw-
street—that in the morning by the Rev. John Jones, the
esteemed incumbent, after which, in compliance with the
Queen's letter, a collection amounting to the handsome
sum of £216 was made for the distressed Irish and Scotch.
In the evening, in the same church, a sermon was preached
by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, who gave some further par-
ticulars as to the existing distress in Ireland, when another
collection was made, which reached the splendid sum of
£230, which is to be handed over to Mr. Webster, the
treasurer of our local fund, for distribution according to
the discretion of that committee. We never before had
the gratification of recording such munificent collections
—amounting together to £446--in the same church on
one day.
WILL BREAD STUFFS BE CHEAPER-'—This day week
455. per barrel was obtainable for American flour. In
the latter part of the week a private sale of 20,000 barrels,
to arrive, was reported. We have been informed since
that, the price was 375. per barrel, and that the sale was
made by one of our best informed, and most wealthy
houses, What but a firm conviction that prices must
soon give way, could induce them to sell ? We take the
same view, and think prices must inevitably fall, and that
very soon. From all sides we hear that stocks are very
heavy in Liverpool, that the warehouses are literally
groaning with corn and flour • and a gentleman, just
arrived from Scotland, tells us, 'that never did he see the
stack yards so full at this season of the year as at present.
We heard of a farmer from Rainford, who came to this
town on Saturday last, to insure his stock, who stated,
he had not sold a grain of corn, either of the harvest of
1845 or 1846.
BURGLARY.—Yesterday, Christopher Toole, a young
man, was charged before Mr. Rushton, with having
broken into Trinity Church School-room. He was found
in the yard between one and two o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing. He had broken the door-lock, and a desk-lock, and
a skeleton-key was found upon him. He succeeded in
carrying off only a flag handkerchief, which he had con-
cealed in a privy in the yard where he was apprehended.
This charge was proved. A more serious one was brought
against him, of robbing the house of a female, on Satur-
day, in Kew-street, into which he had also broken, the
owner having left it locked up a short time before. He
had carried off a large quantity of wearing-apparel, &c.,
which, on being pursued by some neighbours, he dropped
in the street. The neighbours had become alarmed, and
the house being found open was in the possession of a
police-officer when the tenant returned. The prisoner
had before been found guilty of felony. He was com-
mitted for trial at the Sessions.
A Fancy Dress Ball will be held on Thursday evening,
to which the baud of Julisso Adams will be present

Inquiry.
The report, after some little discussion, Was adopted,
and the meeting terminated.

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

The usual fortnightly meeting of the members of this
society was held yesterday evening, at the Royal Institu-
tion, Colquitt-street. There was a very large attendance
of members ; Dr. BOOTH in the chair.
After the transaction of some routine business,
Mr. Surrox read a paper on the importance of a regular
system of government statistics of the agricultural pro-
duce of the empire, advocating, first, the necessity of
having a regular and even supply of food in a country so
thickly. populated as ours, in order to counteract the ruin
and misery entailed upon the people by the present state of
things •, and, secondly , the consideration of the expediency
of such a system of published agricultural and commer-
cial statistics of food, as would give us timely notice of
our probable wants and requirements, as being the best
and most certain means that can be adopted to bring
about such means and regularity in the supply; and
which would, upon the ordinary and acknowledged prin-
ciple of supply and demand, have a direct tendency to
produce a greater uniformity in the supply of food.
Mr. Sutton contended for the accuracy of these two
positions in his paper, which was an exceedingly clear
and lucid essay, adducing examples and arguments in
favour of his views from the systems adopted in France,
Prussia, Holland, and the States, as- contrasted with the
meagreness of the information on this important subject
which is afforded in this country.
At the conclusion of the paper, which was loudly ap-
plauded, -49, very animated conversation ensued upon the
nature of its' contents, in which, as is usual upon such oc-
casions, a considerable diversity of opinion existed.
The CHAIRMAN-explained that the discussion on the
sanatory condition of the schools of Liverpool could not
be resumed this evening, in consequence of the unavoid-
able absence of Dr. Balman. It would, he said, be re-
sumed on the next night of meeting.
Mr. LOUTH was then introduced to the meeting by
Dr. Duncan, when he explained the construction and
movements of a new patent chimney-sweeping machine,
called the Ramoneur Machine. Mr. Louth stated- that
the machine consists of four brushes, forming a square
head, which, by means of elastic and durable springs,
contract or expand according to the space the machine
moves in. The rods attached to this head of four brushes
are supplied at intervals with an universal spring joints
capable of turning over a right angle ; and the whole is
surrounded by a series of double revolving balls, which,
together with a leading double revolving ball, being also
another universal spring joint, conduct the brushes into
every angle, crevice, and corner, cleansing in its route
most thoroughly.
The meeting shortly after adjourned.

M. JULLIEN'S CONCERT, YESTERDAY
EVENING.

This celebrated musician and composer gave yesterday
evening, a grand treat to the public of Liverpool, or to so
many as could be crammed into the Nelson-street Con-
cert Hall, which was filled, a very few minutes after the
opening of the doors, by a most fashionable audience.
After the overture in the first part (William Tell) had
been magnificently played, Jullien's Quadrille, (The
Crusaders,) which has been the delight of our danc-
ing parties, was given with great precision and force.
Miss Birch, who was engaged by the liberality of M.
Jnllien, as an additional attraction, next gave a scena
from Verdi's opera of Ennai., (sorte e la notte,) so
beautifully, that it was only the appeal of Jullien's
baton which saved her from• the fatigue of an encore.
Koenig's valse a deux temps (" The Hyacinth") followed,
and was finely played.
Mons. Prospere next played a-solo on the serpentcleide
—one of the most wonderful performances we ever heard
—and was warmly applauded. Beethoven's celebrated
symphony (the Allegro and storm) was next given with
exquisite taste and finish. The next was the gem of this
part, a Venetian serenade, by Roch Albert, and
which we have sern in Jullien's album for this year. Miss
Birch sang this beautiful song, and was rapturously en-
cored, one of the loudest to applaud being Jullien him=
self—no mean compliment to the fair cantatrice.
The close of the first part was Jullien's new quadrille,
"The British," a thrilling composition, introducing the
whole details of a military 'engagement,. which was re-
ceived with rapturous applause.
Part 2 was commenced with Donnizetti's Lucia di
Lammermoor, with solos from Signor Cioffi, on the
trombone, and Herr Koenig, cornet des pistons,—finely
played. Mons. Baumann followed witk Una voce
poca fa—very clever, but on an instrument which throws
away talent. The remaining pieces were equally well
played ; but the late hour at which the concert-concluded,
forbids detailed notice. We observe that Mons. Jullien
will visit us again in April, when we trust he will be sup-
ported as he merits. A larger house is desirable to con-
tain all his friends.