The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

TREATMENT OP PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS

OF CHOLERA.

The London Times contains on this subject the follow-
ing paragraph :

„ .
” In reply to a letter which appeared in our yesterday's
impression, we are requested to state that the remedies
recommended by the General Board of Health in the
case of premonitory diarrhoea are the following—namely,
for an adult, 20 grains of opiate confection, mixed with
two table spoonsful of peppermint water, or with a little
weak brandy and water, and repeated every three or four
hours, or oftener if the attack is severe, until the loose-
ness of the bowels is stopped ; or an ounce of the com-
pound chalk mixture, with 10 or 15 grains of the aromatic
confection, and from 5 to 10 drops of laudanum, repeated
in the same manner. From half a drachm to a drachm
of tincture of catechu may be added to this last if the
attack is severe. It is recommended to repeat these reme-
dies night and morning for some days after the looseness
of the bowels has been stopped. But in all cases, it is
desirable. whenever practicable, that even in this earliest
stage of the disorder, recourse should be had to medical
advice on the spot." •

COMMUNICATION THRICE A DAY WITH DUBLIN, VIA
•We see that in consequence of a notice from

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stmaster-general, there will lie daily communication
with Dabli❑, both ways, thrice a day, the trains leaving
Chester in the afternoon, night, and early morning, and
the mail steamers leaving Kingstown in the moming, fore
noun, and evening. There are to be connecting

)etween Liverpool and Chester, and doubtless between

Crewe and Manchester

TRADING TO CALIFORNIA.—Among other articles
going out to San Francisco by the Jane Dixon, which is
to sail from Liverpool this week for California, there are
a lot of patent portable forces, smiths' hearths, and other
materials connected w;" -matt^ S -of the

_A such ers. Some t.
ced forges are fitted with cupolas and close fur-
,s—the latter being lined with fire-clay; and they are
made so as to fit over the hearth. The furnaces contain
cru'ibles, in which gold, silver, and other metals can be
melted—so that in fact one machine fttrnishes all that can

be wanted in the " di

THE MONUMENT TO P

—We briefly
ply rippri

to point out-the vast benefits which the Artisans of this
—and, it may be safely said, of the civilized wild

countr

derived from the invaluable labours of
Nicholson. His genius was devoted to arts and
es; and no man which this country ever produced
grasped them with a more vigorous mind, or has done so
much to simplify them, and to lay down so many practi-
cal and unerring rules for the guidance of the working
man. His whole life was devoted to these noble pursuits.

genius and powers of mind. Like many other highly-
gifted and single-minded men, he bequeathed a valuable
legacy to his country, but little to his family.
LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—The annual
examinations of the pupils receiving instruction in the
various schools connected with this highly valuable insti-
tution commenced on Wednesday morning. The attend-
ance has been large and respectable, the fair sex forming
great portion of the audience. The Lower School, the
School, and the Class-room, presented a most

Girls
gratifvin

drawing, &C.-, exhibited, were highly credit-able, and in
all the schools the examinations proceeded with the ut-
most regularity, and seemed to give satisfaction to all

tions propounded was surprisingly correct, and showed

'here are about

and Preparatory Schools, and in the Higher School
about 140. At the Girls' School, in Blackburn House,
which is under the able direction of Miss Ellison, upwards

lish, writing, arithmetic, needle-work, drawing, vocal mu-
sic, dancing, calisthenic exercises, French, natural philo-
sophy, and chemistry. The specimens of drawing and
needle-work exhibited in the girls' school were of a high

The vocal efforts of the girls were very good, and several
of them promise to become good vocalists.
BREACH OF TRUST.—At the London insolvent Debtor's
Court, on Monday, Mr. Commissioner Law gave judg-
ment in the case of William Jones, late tea merchant and
sharedealer, at Liverpool, whose discharge was opposed
by Mr. Cooke, for two ladies, named Whyting, who com-
plained that having, upon insolvent's advice, sold out
£5OOO from the Bank of Ireland, they trusted him with
the money to invest, which he did, as he tot(
Midland Counties Railway shares, which would

the ladies, wishing to have the securities in their own
hands, applied for them, but were put oft', until finally it
was discovered that the insolvent had, the day after pur-
chasing the shares for the Misses Whyting, deposited
them with his bankers, at Liverpool, as security for a debt
due to them on his own account. The Commissioner
expressed his opinion that the case was one of a clear
breach of trust, the insolvent having received the money
for one purpose, and applied it to another for his own
b2nefit ; and the handing over of the shares to the bank
as a security for his own debts was equally as dishonest as
if he lima mit the ninnnv nriainallv roraivPrl into hie

pocket without buying the shares at all. The judgment
of the court was that the insolvent would be dis-
charged at the expiration of four calendar months, from
the suit of all his creditors but the Misses Whyting, at
whose suit_he would hasie to remain_ in custody for the
space of eighteen calendar months from the dote of hts
Vesting order.

STATE OF THE POTATOE CROP.—We are concerned to
hear from some portions of this neighbourhood, that ap-
prehensions are entertained for the fate of a portion of the
potatoe crop, principally the second earlies. With the
exception of a few, which were cut down by frost when
only a few inches above the ground, the first crop was an
unusually fine one; and until the last two weeks, the se-
cond earlies were looking remarkably healthy, strong in
the tubers, and altogether most promising. On the light
soil, during the past ten days, the absence of moisture
has been severely felt ; and cold nights, on one of which
we were visited with a hoar frost—have injured their ap-
pearance. We now learn that the disease, in some in-
stances in a slightly different form to that of last year has
decidedly manifested itself ; and it is to be feared will be
productive of serious injury, unless checked by a favour-
able change of the weather. In some cases a kind of grub
or wevil is found to have eaten its way into the centre of
the tuber; and here the indication of damage is the shri-
velling up of top leaves. In others, black spots are ob-
served, and the indications are similar to those of pre-
ceding years. The most decided case that has come to
our knowledge has occurred in the neighbourhood of
Chester. A few have also occurred amongst the growers
of Wallasey and other portions of the Hundred of Wirral.
It must be observed that the disease had scarcely shown
itself at this period last year, the root only suffering injury
at a later period of its growth. It is therefore premature
forming any decisive opinion. Partial failures and blights
occurred here and there long before we heard of the po-
tatoe disease, or experienced its disastrous effects ; and
the potatoe may now only be affected by the same causes,
which until lately we were not in the habit of regarding
as incidental to the cultivation of this and other crops.

LOCAL MEETINGS,

HEALTH COMMITTET

THURSDAY.—Mr. J. A. Tinne

in the chair. Tip consequence of some complaints respect-
ing the filthy state of the ditches in the fields in Breck-
road, Everton, a sewer was ordered to be constructed to
drain them. A sub-committee was appointed to co-ope-
rate with the Water Committee, relative to the appoint-
ment and duties of the borough engineer. The reports
of the borough engineer, the inspector of nuisances, and
the medical officer were all satisfactory. Cholera had
increased to sixty-three cases against forty-one in the
previous week. One-half of those who had died of this
disease were residents in Vauxhall, Exchange, and Scot-
land wards. Mr. M'Conkey was appointed in the room
_ l, to make inspections in cases

ham, resig

a nuisar

veral members of the board corn

plained of the nuisance arising from the water allowed to
run from the fever hospital of the West Derby Union,
and also of the plan of placing cholera patients in that
hospital. One of the members had been told that a man
with cholera had been put into that hospital, and after he
had recovered he took ill of fever. Mr. Neill said they
were liable to a fine of £5 a. day, as the hospital had not
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%netioned by the legislature

ing of the Liverpool branch of this asso-
mcert-hall. In the

;ld on Tuesday, in the (

absence of Mr. Samuel Holme, (who was announced to
take the chair,) Mr. Jones presided. The report stated
that since the establishment of the Liverpool branch.

seven hundred members had been enrolled. The meeting
was then addressed by Mr. Burns, corresponding secretary
of the central committee in London. Mr. B. minutely
pointed out the several distinguishing features and advan-
tages offered by the society, both as to general life assur-
ance, endowments, and annuities. He also drew par-
ticular attention to that part of the society's operations
relating to allowance to members during sickness. In
the course of his remarks Mr. B. analysed the constitution
and general regulations of trade benefit societies and local
orders, forcibly pointing out the causes of failure. He
strongly condemned the system of their meetings being
held at public-houses, and contended that this was one
great cause of their failure, in proof of which he cited the
statement made by an eminent London actuary, that
amongst the various benefit societies throughout the
country the enormous sum of £250,000 a-year was ex-
pended in liquor alone. He then stated that the tables
of the association having been drawn up from a calcula-
tion of the general average sickness throughout the
country, the members might rely upon the safety of their
investments. After pointing out several other details,
Mr. B. feelingly urged upon the meeting the duty of all
classes, but more partFularly. the working classes, of
providing for their families by insurance, in case of sick-
ness, old age, and death. The meeting was afterwards
addressed by Mr. C. Robertson and other gentlemen.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.7The first meeting of
the Board of Commissioners of Birkenhead, since the
election, took place on Tuesday last. Mr. Bryans was
again elected chairman, and thanked the board for the
honour conferred upon him, by electing him for the
second time chairman of the general board. The differ-
ent committees were then unanimously appointed. Mr,
Greene suggested, as there were now only thirteen police-
men, and the committee being nearly as numerous, the
members should act as special constables.—The minutes
of the Lighting and Watching Committee were read and
confirmed.—On the minutes of the Road and Improve-
ment Committee being read, 'which contained a recom-
mendation to let a portion of land, in the park, for the
erection of a refreshment saloon, Mr. Greene and Mr.
Ravenscroft moved and seconded a motion that the sa-
loon should be allowed to be open on Sundays the same
hours as publicans had their houses open. The motion