The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

THE T/ITERPOOL STANDARD.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Saturday, an inquest was i
held before Henry Heathcote Statham, deputy coroner I
for the borough, on view of the' body of Margaret Wain-
wright, aged 66, who resided with her daughter in Cross- At a meeting of the medical profession in this town on
hall-street. On Monday night week, deceased was left Tuesday it was resolved to petition in favour of Mr. Wak-
alone in the house, and was then in liquor, but able to ley's Medical Bill.
take care of herself. On her daughter's return she found THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE PRESS.—The
her lying on the first floor landing on her back, and un-
usual weekly meeting of this body was held yesterday at
able to get up. She said she had fallen while going
the Town-hall, at which the motion, of which notices had
up stairs. She was taken to bed. On the following Wed- been recently given by Mr. Higgins, for the admission of
nesday she became unable to speak, and a surgeon was reporters from the public .press to the meetings of this
sent for, but she never rallied, and died on Friday last. body, was brought under consideration. After a lengthy,
Mr. Lodge, surgeon, who examined the body, said that and we understand somewhat animated discussion, the
death was caused by extravasation of blood on the brain, motion was negatived, on a division by a majority of six.
the result of the fall.—Verdict accordingly. The numbers being for the motion seven ; against it
LADIES' INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND AND thirteen. However the mattter will, we believe, be
that the sale at
SCOTLAND.—We learn with great pleasure brought under the consideration of the Council, at the
the Lyceum has progressed most satisfactorily from the next monthly meeting.
first, and that considerable relief has been afforded to DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
many destitute districts in both countries. We have be- was held on Tuesday in the Savings Bank, Bold-street,
fore pointed out the great advantages of a plan which G. H. Lawrence, Esq., mayor, in the chair. The secre-
stimulates industry in the same proportion that it pro- tary, R. L. Carr, Esq., read the report, from which it ap-
vides relief, and we are gratified to find that our anticipa- peared that relief had been granted to the large number
Lions are being realised, not only in the alleviation of dis- of 29,630. They comprised, of English, 9,447 ; Irish,
tress at the present melancholy crisis, but also in the more 18,987 ; Welsh, 721 ; Scotch, 636 ; and 78 whose places
lasting benefit of the formation and encouragement of in- could not be ascertained ; and the cost of the provisions,
dustrial habits. The greatest praise is due to the ladies &c., with which they were supplied was £2,283 3s. ld.
who have originated and conducted the sale; to their un- The number in the year before was 8,102, and the cost
remitting attention and indefatigable labours the success £435 17s. 6d. Since the accounts had been made out a.
of the enterprise is due. We trust that the inhabitants of donation of £5O had been received from the Earl of Sefton,
Liverpool will continue to do their duty in forwarding in addition to £7O contributed by his lordship in January.
this good work, and support an institution which not only The Rev. W. Hesketh hoped that a more than common
provides relief but teaches thrift. circulation would be given to the report, possessing, as it
THE ATHENIC CLUB.—This literary, scientific, and ar- did, more than common importance. Mr. Payne proposd
tistic association celebrated the close of its first session by the officers for the ensuing year, his worship the Mayor
a dinner at Hamer's Hotel, at Woolton, on Saturday last. being requested to accept the office of president. On the
Mr. Robinson, sculptor (son of our late mayor, Nicholas proposal of Dr. Reynolds, it was agreed, that the annual,
Robinson, Esq), who is President of the Society, being meeting, instead of being fixed for the third Tuesday in
unexpectedly prevented from attending until the evening May, should be held on such a day as the committee might
was pretty far advanced, Mr. Ross, of the Chronicle, was appoint.
called on to preside, and the vice-chair was filled by Mr.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The sub-committee
Norbury, artist. We may as well here state that the club of works recommended that Mr. Richard Chaffers should
excludes the subjects of religion and politics from its dis- be appointed to take charge of the new landing stage.
cussions, and that it embraces parties of every variety of Mr. Shand said the engagement was only made for throe
opinion on those and other topics. A sumptuous enter-
months. Mr. Chaffers was of opinion that it would cost
tainment, embracing every delicacy of the season, was
not less than £l5OO a year to work the stage. Mr. Mann
served up by
ndr. Htheamer, in excellent style. After thell usua said the present barges cost £6OO or £7OO a year each to
nestedo with the club, had been ggial
ven, several very y toasts a healthentlemen officia coal
-1 work. The temporary appointment was agreed to.—The
e
lent speeches were delivered on the subjects of paint- Warehouse Sub-committee reported that they had offered
to leave the question as to the sampling of the salt-
ing, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, and Detre belonging:to Messrs. Grey' and Co. to a barriser.
embracing, indeed, the whole range of the fine arts. Niessrs. Grey and Co. declined this, but had no objection
Among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting besides to leave it to a number of merchants. The Sub-commit-
the chairman and vice-chairman, were Mr. Mc'. Bride, tee said that, being advised a barrister was the proper
sculptor; Mr. Reed, architect; Mr. E. H. Strype, the person to whom such a matter ought to be referred, they
poet;
Mr. Isaac, lithographer; Mr. R. M. Parker, could not accede to the proposition. Here the matter
H. M. C.; Mr. Gallatley, artist; Mr. Robinson; Mr. rested. The Sub-committee reported that an antelope
Crouchley, (who is, we understand, an admirable judge of was killed the Sunday previous, on board the Syria, in the
art,) &c., &c. The toast of "The Strangers present,' Albert Dock, by a dog belonging to one of the watchmen was responded to by Mr. Clarke, and " Success to the employed there, and recommended that the demand of
The
Roscoe club"
ngs w was proposed and dru
th several k with enthusias
llent m. £lB, less the value of the carcase, should be paid by the
proceedi exce committee. The Chairman said the antelope had been
songs, and by an exuberant indulgence in every species of sold to Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, and would
art and humour. Indeed, the intellectual character of the be have en removed Saturday but the Customs inter-
whole meeting fully realized the poet's idea of " The feast
Mr. Horsfallon questioned whether the Customs
of reason and the flow of soul." We never spent a could not be made liable. It was a specimen of natural
merrier or more leasant evening in our lives. We must history, and they had no right to interfere. Mr. Hender-
do our brother `typo," the chairman, the justice to say, son thought some inquiry might be made upon the sub-
that he evinced much tact and talent in promoting the sect. Mr. Sandbach did not think it reasonable that the
conviviality of the evening, and in preserving harmony Dock Estate should be made answerable for such an acci-
amid the conflicting opinions expressed in disputed ques- dent. Mr. Shand wished to know whether the commit-
merits connected with the fine arts, and the respective tee were legally liable, or whether the payment was a
merits of their professors and patrons. The party broke voluntary act on their part? The Chairman said Mr.
tip early, at eleven o'clock, (it being Saturday night,) and
Worthington considered the committee were legally liable.
Mr. Hamer sent them home in a well-filled omnibus, to Mr. Aikin : Suppose the rats had destroyed the animal ?
their respective habitations.
L e He thought it a dangerous precedent. The amount was
LIVERPOOL, BIRKENHEAD, AND BRISTOL. —Tn
Bristol Mirror of Saturday, in a complaining article, ordered to be paid.
dMEETINGraws
OF THE
__
SELECT VESTRY.—Yesterday week,
draws some comparison between the ports we have men-
the first of the weekly meetings of the Select Vestry was
tioned, tending to exhibit greatly the progressive supe-
held at the Parish-office. It was reported that Dr. Swift,
riority of Liverpool. Our contemporary, after publishing
the statement in our last relative to the reduction of our of Canning-street, had been appointed to discharge the
dues, says :—" About forty years ago, when the Bristol duties of the house. The Workhouse now contains 1526
Dock Acts were passed—that is, in the year 1806—the .persons. The children in the nursery are said not to be
dock dues on goods and shipping in Liverpool were in good health. The salaries of six of the relieving 0ffi-
£44,530 ; and those of Bristol £11,353. At this period cers were advanced to £2ss. a..week for the present. _ Mr.
the dock rates and dues were about upon a par in the two Canning,jun.,
John
ports ; but how does the case stand now ? Why, incarat £7O per annum with 20s. a week for an assistant,
Liverpool they are reduced to about one-third ; whilst, in during Dr.Gee's illness.P
it was agreed that the sum of
Bristol, they are stationary on shipping, and greatly £440 be paid to Mr. Lowndes. It was reported that the
increased on goods. And what do we find is their relative. hulk Akbar was admirably
position ? Why, whilst the one has increased sixfold in and that government
had adapted for a fever hospital,
offered to send down two naval
amount, the other has not increased threefold ! No doubt
medicalofficers, which
6 offer was declined.re
ported
it was
it will be said that the rise of the manufacturing districts that there were 80 members of the house sick. there
in the north has produced this result; but our reply is
that the neighbourhood of Bristol possessed, and still were 952 children in the Industrial Schools, and 152
children in the Infirmary,—being a considerable increase
possesses, every natural element to place it on a par wit
• h of the former numbers. Mr. Weightman, had reported
the most favoured localities, both as a port and a mane- that two timber sheds as fever hospitals might be erected
facturing district. That which has been, and still remainsi
near those now builtn Mount-pleasant, and three on
wanting, is the accommodation of artificial arrangements the site of Islington Market. The cost of accommodating
(amongst which, port charges now rank first in importance) 1310 patients in this way would be £8,840. He added,
. _
in front of the old Workhouse would answer
that the area to the variations in the commerce of the world, and the
consequent spirit of liberality and enterprise. Ten years

LOCAL MEETINGS.

as a site for the tents, which are daily expected komLon-

ago, the leading men amongst our fellow-citizens aroused
the public attention to these facts, and an endeavour was
made to bring about great changes, the whole of which
were based on this principle, that it was essential the city
should regain possession of her port, and full control over
her docks. Great exertions were made, but the city sank
into lethargy again. Again an effort is being made, but
obstacles are thrown in the way ; and in the meantime,
whilst we are disputing whether the port should be entirely
free, or whether there should be only a moderate reduction

don. The committee reported that as three medical men
would immediately be required—one to reside on board
the Akbar, and two to inspect the passengers daily arriv-
ing from Ireland, they had recommended Mr. Kilner, Mr.
M`Clelland, and Mr. Haverty to be appointed, with in-
structions to enter on their duties at once. They were
accordingly appointed. At the request of the Protestant
patients in Great Howard-street for a clergyman, the Rev.
Cecil Wray had been requested to attend to them. To a
question whether the rev. gentleman had attended to the

in the charges, the younger ports around us are growing
and Thriving on our losses. Birkenhead docks are com-
pleted in less time than we take to construct a new entrance
to the basin ; and the great leviathan is opening his capa-
cious jaws still wider : Liverpool is about to abolish entirely
the dock dues on its staple article of import, the amount
(X 37,000 per annum) being greater than the whole of our
dock receipts, and to reduce and modify other of the dock
charges, the Dock Comtnittee being troubled with a
surplus of £128,000, which they scarcely know what to
do with ! We earnestly appeal to our fellow-citizens of
all ranks and classes, and ask them, how much longer is
Bristol to be sacrificed to intestine divisions ? We appeal
to the non-proprietary Dock Directors, and ask them to
deal fairly, candidly, and openly, with the free-port
scheme."

request, it was replied that-he had not as yet.—Mr. Rid-
ing said that there were now 500 to 600 cases of fever that
required immediate accommodation—the sufferers being
in their own wretched domiciles. The sheds were filled.
It was agreed that the two additional lazarettos should be
respectfully accepted from the government, and that the
admiralty be requested to grant two more. It was agreed
that the Mayor and Town Council be requested to till up
the cellars that oiuld not longer be legally inhabited. It
was further agreed that £l5O per annum be paid for the
new parish-offices in St. Anne-street, and that three
months' notice should terminate the tenancy. Mr. T.
H. Brancker and Mr. J. Rogers were elected members of
the Select Vestry, in the room of Mr. Chesney and Mr.
H. Molyneux, resigned. The Vestry then adjourned.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

On Tuesday the second meeting of the Liverpool Auxi-
liary to this Society was held at the Amphitheatre, Adam
Hodgson, Esq., in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN commenced the proceedings by re-
gretting the absence of the Chancellor, and by expressing
his hearty approval of the society, which, he said, was a
living, untainted witness of evangelical truth. In these
times of trouble and rebuke it was essentially necessary
that so valuable a society should be nobly sustained in
Liverpool and throughout the country. He then alluded
to the embarassments by which we are surrounded—to
the monetary depression, and to the apprehended famine ;
and said that now we were made acquainted with the im-
portant fact, that our trust ought not to be reposed in
man—but on the Most High. It was a question of serious
moment—whether we had used our prosperity in com-
merce, arts, and manufactures for the propagation of
Christian truth ? He recommended the society to the
notice and consideration of the young men of the Church
of England ; and in conclusion he passed a glowing eulo-
gium upon the memory of the late Dr. Tattershall, the sa-
lient points of whose character were—simplicity of mind
and feeling.
The Rev. W. W. EWBANK read extracts from the un-
published report of the Parent Society, and mentioned,
that Mr. Tuton had sent his annual thank-offering of £25
to the funds of the society.

The Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE moved the first resolution,
which alluded particularly to the great opening China now
presented.

The Rev. HENRY POWELL, church missionary from
Ceylon, 'seconded it.

The CHAIRMAN said the next speaker would be the
Rev. Hugh M`Neile.

1.31T1V1-.liMre.`ECNliAnle:-.LK
;S,Naoidupdlta heyienllerysx
cheers.)
The would be the Rev.
Intendeted, ttohebße
Rev. Hugh
uponugii
whNimeii for
Hhaevih'nagd,
oped that no reflection was
bMe‘Nei before he could sink the honoured
rever-
ence for new-tangled names •
de.indeed,
to them all, of his revered and valued friend, the. Rev.
Hugh M`Neile, in.canon, or doctor,
add, bishop. (Great' cheers and laughter.)
The was going to
The Rev. Dr. M'NEILE, or rising, was hailed with loud
applause. He proposed the next resolutien, which was
an long,naln len,dseoe
ldhcao. t,
ntsllgiheekodnuolMd irnt.
one of thanks to God that the principles of the society
were unchanged. One of the fundamental principles of
the society was, confidence in divine truth as contained in
the scripture. It contended that the fundamentals of
Christianity were plain and true. Influential men in the
state had no confidence in revealed truth. They hesi-
tated to say that bowing down to images was wrong. It

was of all things necessary that a man should be sure of
his message. The saving fact of Christ's atonement was
to be preached ; and the more there was of confidence in
these fundamental principles of Christianity the more there
would be of missionary exertion. There would be more
of the young men of the land reared up and sent out to
preach the gospel. Missionaries were looked down upon.
They were supposed to be a rhapsodical set of beings. But
what was comparable to the work of Christian missiona-
ries ? It was the noblest, the most glorious to which man
could be called, and compared with which everything else
sank into insignificance. This society, he contended, was
doing a great work for the Church of England. An at-
tempt had been made to make her a clergy-church—to se-
parate her from the sympathies of the people. (Applause.)
A popular element must be infused into her ; and this so-
ciety infused it and rallied thousands round the church.
If the people became infected with the prevailing poison
of doubtfulness about truth, how should we have a strong
spring of missionary effect in the land ? Englishmen must
know that if the Church of England be true, the Church
of Rome must be false, and that Romanists were idolators.
(Applause.) True Protestantism was not a mere nega-
tion. There was a time coming when hereditary notions
about truth would not answer. All the seminaries in the
universe could not make a Christian ; they might make
doctors of divinity, but they could not make a single
Christian. The Church Missionary Society was honest,
and faithful, for it believed that the heathen world, and
the Romish world, and the Mahommedan world, were in
the hands of " the wicked one." He commended the
Churchman's Penny Magazine to the notice of the pub-
lic, and said that that excellent publication had a circula-
tion of 110,000 a month. He said the attacks on the
Church had not ceased, for a Dissenting publication had
lately made a libellous attack upon her, and a reply had
been sent by Mr. Seely, and insertion to it as a whole had
been refused. _

The Rev. Dr. BYRTR seconded the resolution in brief
but forcible terms.

The last resolution was moved by the Rev. FIELDING
Otn.n, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. DALLAS. It ex-
pressed regret that the atuatal aubocriptiona iu Liverpool
had fallen oft;

ii: farirt petus.

The Manchester Board of Gliardians are making ar-
rangements, by the appointment of additional relieving
officers, to meet the pressure of increased distress.
In the New County Court, Little Bolton, last week,
-James Stott, gamekeeper to Henry. Tempest, Esq., was
ordered to pay £lO to the owner au Scotch terrier itch,
which he had wantonly shot.
THE WARRINGTON JUNCTION STATION.—The new
'and beautiful buildings at Warrington Junction were
opened last week. They are in the medieval style, built
of beautiful stone,
RISE IN VALUE.—The market tolls &c., of Manches-
ter, were, in 1570, purchased for £3ooo:by Mr. John Lacy,
of London ; sold by him in 1596 to Sir. Oswald Mosley,
for £3,500, and by a descendant of the latter, the other
day, to the Manchester Corp Oration, f0r.£200,000.
A meeting was summoned on Tuesday, at Manchester,
to petition against the corn-laws being allowed to come
again into even partial operation. The. Mayor presided.
'The chartists proposed and carried an amendment against
all mercantile monopoly whatever.
A• splendid service of plate, valued at £5OO, was pre-
sented at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions, at Knutsford,
on Monday, to Trafford Trafford, Esq., chairman, who
has officiated in that capacity fortwentyrsaven years, and
has been a magistrate of the county for upwards of half a
century.

A .SIGN or THE TIMES.—We may state as a sign of the
present depressed times, that on Wednesday, a deputation
from the hands employed in a portion of the works of
Messrs. Horrockses, Miller and Co., at Preston, waited
upon the manager to request, as a favour, that they might
be permitted to work on Whitmonday—a day which in
that town, from time immemorial we may almost say, has
been dedicated wholly to festivity. The request, however,
could not conveniently be complied with.
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INCENDIARISM
formed the subject for examination before the magistrates
of the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday. A girl
about fifteen years of age, named Maria Atkinson, was
charged with setting fire to the house of her master. on
Wednesday last, no less than six different times ! Mr.
John Bragg is a rope and packing-sheet manufacturer,
and also keeps the Crooked Billet, in Back Princess street,.
close by the soup kitchen. She declined to make any
statement, and was committed to the assizes for trial.
WARRINGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION.— The newly-
created burgesses are now actively, engaged in preparing
for the contest for town councilors in the different wards.
Great political excitement prevails. The friends for the
incorporation of the borough have held several meetings
and aro canvassing the burgesses in favour of the Liberal
candidates they have put in nomination for each ward;
and the opponents of the incorporation of the borough (as
they are called) are holding meetings in the different
wards, and putting in nomination gentlemen of proved
" Conservative principles." Each party entertains san-
guine hopes of success. W. Beamont. Esq. is the return-
ing officer for the borough, and he has appointed the Ist
June next for the election.

TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.—There is now on the Lan-
caster and Preston Railway a travelling post-office, the
beauty and workmanship of which are really charming.
It is of commodious size, claret coloured, and most ele-
gantly embellished with the royal arms, in full blazonry,
the royal cypher, richly gilt, the stars of the different or-
ders of knighthood, and altogether presenting an outward
appearance of dazzling brilliancy. Within is a large
apartment, entirely lined with mahogany, French polished,
having at a convenient part innumerable little deposito-
ries for the reception of letters, all inscribed on gold la-
bels, with the names of the various post towns. Four
lamps are suspended from the ceiling, whilst at the sides
light is admitted by the spacious windows of plate glass,
shielded by crimson silk blinds, such as are used in private
carriages.

THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER Ex-
CHANGE has been commenced, and the foundation stone
ofthejnew erection was laid on Thursday morning, by James
Consterdine, Esq. By this enlargement the first floor of
the Exchange, which is now nearly double the size of the
same room in 1840, and contains 5,500 square feet, will
be increased to an area of 14,400 square feet. The new
portion of the building is erecting from designs by Alex.
Mills, Esq., architect, of Manchester, and the cost is esti-
mated at £70,000. Mr. Consterdine, in his address on
laying the foundation stone, declared the intention of the
committee to spare no expense to render every business
facility in their power to the large commercial community
assembling within the building; and said that arrange-
ments Wad already been entered into with the Electric
Telegraph Company for connecting the Exchange, by
means of that invention, with London on the one hand,
and with Edinburgh on the other ; and in fact with all the
great towns of the kingdom.

TRAGEDY EXTRAORDINARY.-At the Queen's Theatre,
Manchester, on Monday, the sock and buskin were laid
under peculiar contribution in the representation of King
Richard 111. Mr. Wyndham took a benefit, which, we
trust, proved really what it was hoped to be, and a quintet
of comic actors, including Messrs. Sloan and Wyndham,
undertook the novelty of strutting through the crook'd
back tyrant, one act of the tragedy being apportioned to
each actor. Of course so startling an announcement as
" five Richards being in the field" astonished " the gods,"
who, as the several tragedians appeared, scarcely knew

whether to laugh or to cry. At length the climax of the
tragic farce arrived, Mr. Sloan dashing upon the stage as
King Dick. In the midst of a very grave soliloquy the
risible muscles of the audience were disturbed, and this
indecorous facial_ expression in the midst of a solemn

tragedy was quickly 'followed by a loud guffaw, which
Richard's philosophy could not scorn. Hastily stepping
to the front of the stage, and with his well-trained tragic
face he said,—" Ladies and gentlemen, pray don't think
we are playing comically, for I assure you we are playing
tragedy'as earnestly as we can. You'll oblige us much if
you won't laugh !" The people again hardly know whe-
ther to laugh or cry; and in a few minutes afterwards the
curtain fell amidst peals of laughter.
THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER.—The result of the ne-
gociations pending between chapter and churchwardens,
on the subject of the ecclesiastical arrangements of the

parish of Manchester, have transpired. The main ques-
tion was whether or not the dignitaries of the Collegiate

Church should be resident in the parish. This point has
been so far conceded to the parishioners, that hereafter it
will be imperative on all canons to hold, together with
their stalls, one of the livings in the parish, within the
gift of the chapter, so that each shall perform duty in a
church, and reside in the parish. The chapter has also
agreed, that it is desirable that any surplus from the pro-
perty of the Chapter shall be exclusively devoted to the
spiritual wants of the town, and will use their influence to
secure such application. They have also offered to devote
one of its estates, the best situated for building purposes,
and whose proceeds will soon be great, to secure the ulti-
mate exemption of other churches in the parish from dues
to the mother church, and to endow the poorer livings in
the gift of the chapter. Hereafter the Dean will receive

an annual income-of £2OOO, and the four canons £lOOO
,each---the surplus to go for the relief of the spiritual ne-
cessities of the parish. The Dean will be required to re-
side, according to the several acts, in the parish at least
8 months in the year, and the canons 9 months ; but a
contemporary says that arrangements ought to be made
through the ecclesiastical commissioners to secure the ex-
penditure of_ the church property of Manchester in the

parish, and that it is not certa-inthatihe longer residenceof
the Dean and Canons within it can be enforced, the penalty
being insufficient to exert obedience to the injunction.
Objections are also made to giving £lOOO each to the
canons, and also a living, the former being considered an
ample provision for them.
MEETING OF WARRINGTON POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
—Qn Thursday last, the Police Commissioners of the

township of Warrington held their monthly meeting in
the large room over the police station. Joseph Perrin,
Esq., was called to the chair.—The clerk to the commis-

sion-ers then read the minutes of the last meeting, which

were confirmed. He next read the report of the com-
mittee appointed out of the commissioners to confer with

the Warrington Gas Company, as to the conditions to be
agreed between them for transferring the powers vested
in the gas company to the corporation. It was moved
and seconded, and carried unanimously, that the report
be received, and entered on the minutes. A letter was
next read by the clerk, and which he stated he had re-
ceived from the overseers previous to the last monthly
meeting, but there not being a sufficient number of com-
missioners present to form a quorum, the meeting was ad-
journed, and the consideration of the subject contained in
the letter was deferred. The overseers complained in
rather strong terms of the want of proper and in-
creased accommodation at the overseers' office ; that
since the offices had been rented from the com-
missioners, four years ago, there had been an in-
crease in the number of weekly paupers cases from 503
to upwards of 1000. That owing to this increase and
the great influx of Irish poor into the town, the only en-

trance into• the office was crowded to excess, which not

onty rennerect it dangerous but impossible for the overseers
and other rate-payers to attend there on ordinary busi-
nuoeososm, amndodifuttihoenc, otbmemyiwssoiounlderi
siawvoe
u ul do aoffboj re do
tti hemouthi n
pc rueya s
and
ud
increased rental. Several commissioners were of opinion
that the present offices were too small, and that at the
present time, when typhus and scarlet fever were spread.
ing to s such
then
e n
anm moved
el alarming natad
i ng
seconded
nt hde
passed town,
unani-
mously,
at
imme-
diate steps ought to be taken to arrest its progress.lt w
that " the General Paupers' Committee " be,
and they are hereby appointed to take immediate steps
to remove the museum from the large room next to the
Overseers' Office, and that such increased accommo-
dation be provided for the overseers as the neces-
sities of the case appear to require.--Mr. White then in-
quired whether any and what measures were being taken
-
to remove nuisances, and to compel owners of small cot-
tage property to whitewash and properly ventilate the
same.—The Clerk replied, that no steps whatever had
been taken by the Commissioners other than to appoint a
Nuisance Committee, which were the Highway Board ;
and that, if nuisances existed, on the same being repre-
sented,doubt tobe
paidt at
to tbete committee,--mart.t attention
twould,then
expressed the he had no
desirableness of the Commissioners issuing a placard, call-
ing on the owners of cottage property to whitewash them
and to remove all nuisances about their premises. The
matter after considerable discussion was referred to the
Nuisance Committee. Mr. Nicholson then said that he
had a complaint to make against some parties; but as he
was not aware who were the committee that had given
cause for the complaint, he did not wish it to be under-
stood, in any remarks that he might make, that he was
personally alluding to any one present. He said he had
to complain of the removal, within the last nine months,
of a' lamp from the corner of his premises, which lighted
up two streets, and had been placed there for many years
previonsly.—Mr. P. Rylands said he was chairman of the
Lamp Committee, but had no knowledge of any orders
having been given to remove the lamp in question.—Mr.
Nicholson replied, and stated that, from what had fallen
from Mr. Rylands, it appeared that the Lamp Committee
Were inefficient, and had a most inefficient chairman.—
Mr. Moss said he considered that the complaint made by

Mr:--Nicholson.was avvery proper one ; that there appeared
a want of courtesy in the committee removing the lamp
without consulting Mr.. Nicholson; and he thought it
ought' to bet,Testored 'to its former situation.—A rather
recriminatory .discussion followed between Messrs. Nichol-
son and Rylinds, which'•was interrupted by the chairman
desiring the .committee to inquire by whose direction the
lamp had- been xemoved, and recommending that it be
fixed as before... The meeting was then adjourned, and
separated.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DR. BOW-RING AND THE QUARANTINE

'0 THE EDITOR. OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sin,—lt has afforded me.no little amusement, that while the
merchants of Liverpool are agitating the fever question, and
using their best exertions to arrest the devastating progress of
pestilence, the hon. member for Bolton should be making the
best use of his parliamentary influence in endeavouring to
counteract those efforts, so requisite for the preservation of
the sanatory condition of the British empire, by seeking to
abrogate the quarantine regulations.
I will not for one moment deny the inconvenience which
merchants must of necessity experience from delay in the
transmission of their goods, but where is the law tobe-found
unattended with inconvenience to some portion of the com-
munity? Will the Government submit to abandon church-
rates, because dissenters object to pay them? Will the state
refuse support to the army and navy, for the protection of our
commerce and our• country, because Quakers object to the
principle of war? If not, then. I ask, upon what principle
shall it be urged that Government should abrogate laws for the
preservation of health, because a few, and a few only, of
our merchants and cotton-spinners object to the trifling delay
arising from the detention of their goods on board the lazaret-
toes ? I have said trifling delay; because it is only on sus-
pected articles, such as cotton, wool, sponges, and others capa-
ble of harbouring contagion, and where vessels do not bring
clean bills of health, that any detention whatever occurs.
I apprehend the Government would do well to consider so
serious a question, before they consent to withdraw their pre-
sent restrictions; for what would be the consequence if vessels
arriving from, ports infected with a contagious disorder were
allowed to enter our docks, land their produce, and thus carry
contagion to Manchester? What, I repeat, would be the con-
sequence if even one bale of cotton or wool, out of many thou-
sands, (which, from the closeness of the ships' holds, could
receive no advantage from ventilation,) were to convey the
plague or any other disorder into the thickly-populated dis-
tricts of Manchester; Leeds, or even Liverpool ? It is well
known that the chances of life are greatly in favour of the sol-
dier in the most sanguinary engagement, compared with those
who live in an unhealthy town. I hesitate not to say, that the
excitement of the populace would be such, that even the lion.
member himself would be as anxious to retrace his steps, as lie
is unremitting in his exertions to repeal the existing laws ;
and should he live long enough to realise his expectations, I
venture to predict he will live to feel the taunts of thousands,
and the reproach of those feelings which now influence him in
seeking to deprive his fellow-countrymen of the only protec-
tion a Judicious Government have afforded them against the
invasion of foreign sickness.
It has been asserted that the plague has never been known
to penetrate healthy countries through the medium of ships'
cargoes. I mention the plague, as it seems it has never oc-
curred to the hon. member that any other infectious disorder
might be imported, though I believe if any sickness greater
than usual should prevail in this or any other town, there
would be found those who would, and perhaps not without
cause, attribute it to the suspension of the quarantine regula-
tions.

lam supporte in my belief hat the inhatants of Lver-
pool will resist d the motion oft Dr. Bowring,bi should het ever
carry the question so far, by the circumstance of the ship
Brutus, which occurred but a few years ago, when that ship
was obliged to return, after having been for several days at sea,
owing to cholera breaking out on board. The people of Liver-
pool were so horrified at the idea of the emigrants landing on
the quays, although the same disorder was raging in the town
at the time, that the authorities refused to admit them, and
compelled the ship to proceed to the quarantine station, where
they disembarked the sick on board the lazarettoes.
Permit me to ask the hon. gentleman if he entertains any
doubt as to the existence of contagion and infection in any
case? or if any change in the nature of the plague has been
observed, that will warrant him in asserting that no fear is to
be apprehended from their existence? If so, then I would ask
him to explain whence arose the plague which swept the streets
and desolated the city of London in the reign of Charles the
Second—Marseilles in 1820 (in reference to which, the Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce a few weeks since uttered
these startling and significant words, "We do not forget the
cruel plague of 1820")—and Malta about the same period, or a
little after, where the disorder was traced to a shoemaker's
stall, conveyed there in some pieces of leather.
A melancholy instance of contagion occurred, not many
years ago, to the relative of a gentleman with whom I am ac-
quainted, who, on his passage through the Dardanelles, called
at a shop in Constantinople, with his wife and a boy from the
ship, to purchase a few articles. The lady and gentleman were
a short time after seized with the plague, then the boy and
several of the ship's crew, who all died in consequence. There
are many such instances ; and, in the face of these facts, can
any reasonable mind believe there is no fear to be apprehended
from contagion ?
In consequence of the present unhealthy state of Liverpool,
the Consuls stationed here dare not withhold communicating
the fact to their different Governments, who will beyond a
doubt apply the good old maxim, that " prevention is better
than cure," and compel our vessels to hoizt the yellow flag on
entering their ports, and give them sixty days' quarantine. I
am moreover informed, that captains of Sicilian vessels are
fearful of having three months of it on their arrival out.
I shall not trouble you any further for the present, but am
of opinion that the journals of the day are not fulfilling their
duty to themselves and to the public in general by suppress-
ing any communication they may receive calculated to arouse
the inhabitants of our large commercial towns to a sense of
the danger which must inevitably follow, should the Govern..
ment of this country yield to the motion Of the hon. member
for Bolton, and abandon the quarantine restrictions on vessels
arriving from contagious countries.

- I am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, •
Liverpool, May 21&t, 1817. J. CAVE

SUPPLY OF WATER

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Without incurring the charge of being a friend to joint
stock speculations of any description, itt I hope I may be per-
mitted to express my antagonism to te monstrous outlay and
the consequent charge on the inhabitants which the " Riving-
ton" water scheme will necessarily impose, not
.only on the
present generation, but in perpetuity. To save this enormous
expense were worth a trial of some magnitude; but to save the
expense and realise a purer article than any that can be ob-
tained from a reservoir exposed above ground, when the trial
can be made for, comparatively, an old song, surely this is such
an appeal to the public spirit, and the patriotism of every man
in our local community, as cannot be resisted without an im-
peachment of the understanding that idiotcy itself would not
brook. A cost of a million, Air. Editor, for that which the
earth is yearning to yield to the tapster who shall sue for it by
a simple application to her over-gorged bowels, is enough to
stagger all belief in the assertion of that crippled state of our
finances, both public and nrivate_ which ;.

..c is now smiting every
heart with fear. Let any one, however unscientific, take a
suburban walk of four semicircular miles, north, east, and
south, from the Town-hall, see the struggle of the precious
fluid for egress through the fissures of rock even, and then say
if the expensive proposition of the Rivington Pike scheme can
be justified before a trial has been made to realise it at a less
cost.

Now what I would propose through your columns, Mr.
Editor, is a trial of the "Artesian Well," which is very likely
to succeed in Manchester, where it is now being made. Three
hundred yards may be bored for an expense of .e 1,200, or £4
per yard ; but suppose an extra hundred yards were required
to accomplish the desiderated blessing of adequate supply for
every purpose, should a paltry sum of .e 1,600 deter from the
attempt? Well, if we are agreed thus far, could there be, ought
there to be, any difficulty in raising such an insignificant fund
by subscription even, among our townsmen for so noble a pur-
pose. Why, the Corporation itself ought to do it j but if this
were too large a demand on its liberality, surely it would not
scruple to give a thousand, when the residue would be got from
the public m a month. But if both should fail. a nubile rnm-

ea navll,
pany might be formed, create 2,000 shares at 20s.i
per share,
call itself the " Artesian Well Company," limit itself to that
process exclusively, and to an ouside profit of 20 per cent, on a
cost of £2,000, or not exceeding, say £5,000, should extra
boring be necessary, to be stimulated by probabilities of suc-
cess as they proceeded with the perforation.
Mr. Kyle, celebrated in Pope's immortal verse as the "Man
of Ross," conferred, at his own expense, the blessing of a sup-
ply of pure water on his lovely little village on the banks of the
Wye, receiving in return the blessings of his fellow parishioners ;
and shall the wealthy town of Liverpool want its" Alen of Ross"
to do likewise? Why, Sir, a solitary shilling from each house-
holder would meet the exigency for the trial ; and where is
the individual, even though his own pump renders him inde-
pendent of the necessity, who would begrudge five to supply
both poor and rich with a first requisite of existence, the town
with a first essential of health, and all with the first necessary
of enjoyment and comfort, cleanliness, which is very appositely
said to be "next to godliness."

I throw out the hint, Mr. Editor, as worthy of all attention
from any and all who have heavy purses, abundant time, and
patriotism and love of kind, sufficient to attempt the realisation
of that self complaisant and exquisitely fine feeling of inward de-
light which could not fail to attend the accomplishment of so
great a boon, and at so trifling a cost too. But if we have no
` Men of Ross" among us, why then let it be taken up as above
suggested, either by public subscription, or, if that fail, by a
small public company. It were better to be indebted to the
selfish principle of private gain than miss so great a good; but
better still to owe that good to the amor patrice of some good
Samaritan, who would earn for himself a marble monument of
fame that would carry down his name and deed to the latest
posterity. I have the honour to be. Sir,
Your obliged Sarvant, _

PUBLIC NUISANCES,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
"Shilling wise and Pound foolish," appears to be the motto
adopted by the Town Council of Liverpool'; they issue strict
orders that no cigar smoking be allowed on the Pierheads,
because one or two of their fair friends affect to dislike the
smell of tobacco, and pronounce the custom a public nuisance,
and if this is really a nuisance, pray Mr. Editor what term can
we use sufficiently expressive of the dust we experience in Lord-
street, and to-day in particular, five days out of six, and to
check which there is no exertion whatever made by the council.
—Yours very obediently,

A LORD-STREET TRADESMAN

24th May,