The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-02 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Ipk,atr4AN BOYS' ASYLIIM.-On Wednesday, a sermon
tau Preached at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. Mr.
wner,when a collection, amounting to £26 10s. 6d.,
Aade in aid of the building fund of the Orphan Boys'
41. At Holy Innocents', Myrtle-street, a sermon
of
,t Preached by the Rev. Mr. Toulmin, and a collection
A 8 Was made for the same object.
noon AFFRAY occurred on Wednesday fore-
"
the er for Philadelphia, in consequence of a dispute between
ornate and some of the crew. One of the men, Thomas
the
shot in the breast by the mate, was put ashore in
lat S'eara-tug, and conveyed to the Northern Hospital,
14,1 the vessel proceeding on her,voyage, there can be no
testigation at present.
tv,bßize of RAILWAY PORTERS.-The porters of the
age railway station having ineffectually applied for
kie'‘.acrease of wages, in consequence of the increased
trn 7 of provision; they have given notice to quit their
t„t3Yment on the Bth instant. The wages on other
statione from 19s. to 20s. a week, whilst at the Exchange
c,,,„, the wages are only from 16s. to 18s. a week.
Irm--,PLAGRATION AT BOOTLE.-A fire broke out, On
itanesday afternoon, in the farm-yard of Mr. Johr.
Ist-e""cr, Bootle Village, which partially destroyed two
altli'laf hay, and, from its contiguity to the farm build-
' fears were at first entertained that they would be
ad Mr. Mr. Hewitt and his men, with two engines,
the the West of England fire-engine were speedily on
lib,eralind, and a plentiful supply of water being at
ctum, the conflagration was suppressed, and prevented
join' "tending to the barns and other out-houses ad-
chillang• It is supposed the fire originatedthrough some
",ell Playing near the stacks with Congreve matches.
the
PLANT.-There is now in full bloom,
t,e Botanic Gardens Edge-lane, a beautiful specimen
ipeci'le Wistaria sinensis. It is considered the finest
loi),„'ne,ll in Britain, and covers a space of wall amounting
ro4rlY 900 square feet. At present it bears about 6,000
44'4'8, or bunches of flowers, each with an average of
4,30(1,%reers so that the individual flowers number about
Yiel'as' 'ln addition to its other attractions, the plant
„LBCT a grateful perfume.
VESTRY.-The first meeting of the new board
to held on Tuesday, at the Workhouse, the Rev. Rector
kec.rell in the chair. Several tenders having been
*hrLed, the proceedings of the Workhouse Committee,
nest embraced the appointment of David Grimes as
cOnG.aut-schoolmaster, in place of James Pelisier, were
t„.'uted- The following members were chosen to con-
bei„'‘e the committees, the two rectors and churchwardens
441 Members of all committees, ex officio : -Finance :
Sav-"s• Banner, Bradley, Blain, Clarke, Crawford, Luff,
81x1 e, Mellor, and Whitby. Workhouse : Messrs.
sad n> Jones, Mellor, Brancker, Shaw, Whitby,
Y- Industrial School Messrs. Hughes,
VeY, Jones Luff, Rawle Satchell, Troughton, and
itty. Medical Relief Messrs. Blain, Bradley,
e haw, and Troughton. Mr. Denton moved a
07iution to the effect that, in future, when. there is only
Viltetellder sent in for the supply of any particnlar kind
of
e',„lt be not opened, unless there be an intention
kicriLttig it. He said that in several instances tenders
othe,,7a opened, their amounts made known, and then
by
•rlkllders advertised for. The motion was seconded
• Laff, and unanimously adopted.
LAUNCH.-On Thursday a large iron vessel was
3eft,,,''eced from the building-yard of Mr. John Getty,
41r:4-street. She is 1,404 tons burthen, builders' mea-
taiogent. Her dimensions are-length of keel, 200 feet;
tlev`i,cf stern, 18 feet ; breadth amidships, 371 feet ; and
built hold amidships, 22 feet 10 inches. She has been
t‘ tt4'ip,r Edward Bates, Esq., of this town, and is intended
conarh,spetween this port and the East Indies, under the
altge;44,l of Captain Widdicombe, late master of the Jam-
41ht."Airtsigee. She has been named the James
lki.h'agton, after James Pilkington, Esq., M.P. for Black-
WO whose niece Miss Ecles, broke
gracefully bottle f wine
r the ' 1 she glided glly into the
/Net booty of the vesse asc
As 3
alNi„„i,4ll CASES.-In the superior courts, last week,
thlcions were made in reference to several cases tried
h. ,eustast assizes in this town. In the case of Roderiguez
41 .-"ajahand Jones, the pilot and the owner of the
"dsatilt, Wattenbach, a new trial was granted. In the
tke,- ,Of Evans, of Mill-street v. the Royal Insurance
i-iP,a4, a riile nisi was obtained to show cause why a
1144!lal should not be granted, the chief baron remark-
tie; 'cat if the defendants could make out that the con-
-114 of the plaintiff was fraudulent, the rule would be
cae absolute, without the usual penalty of costs. In the
itkg „..°f,Yarris v. Carter, a rule to set aside the nonsuit
Sie,i,:c,,msed. An application was made in the case of
V. M'Clellan for a new trial, on the ground of
Itil;:s.liwe damages. Refused. In :the case of Thomas v.Str;eu, relating to the oyster fishery in the Menai
04" c Foundoruun , a led
of thge reject was ranted
ion of evidences for a new trial,
at,4,4tßcu MISSIONARY SOCIETY.-The following is a
op raent of the sums collected at the various churches,
A 44„ day week, in behalf of the funds of this society :-
41-"lle's, Aigburtb, 224 St. Mary's, Grassen-
e t 25; St. Mary's, Bootle, £4O; St. Mary's, Edge-hill,
Aja• 9d. ; St. Stephen's, Crown-street, £6 ss. ; St.
Pe-5ti5,... tine's £29 ss. ; St. Chrysostom's, £25 4s. 7d. ; St.
Everton, £2l 7s. 3d. ; All Saint's, £ll 7s. 6d.;
tli,Pc Church, £2l ; St. Andrew's, £33 7s. 7d. ; St. Bar-
,°lllew's, 210 ; St. Barnabas's, ZlO 14s. Cxl. ; St.
S4ti..es, £77 14s. 3d. ; St. Jude's, £24, ; St. Luke's, £9 17s. ;
s ruler's Church, £5 13s. ld. ; St. Mark's, £47 17s. 4d. ;
Michael's, £8 lls. ; St. Paul's,, £2 15s St. Silas's,
to„,`,; St. Thomas's, Park-lane, £4 25.: St. Thomas's,i Sea-
£2l ; St. Anne's, Stanley, £l3 ; Christ Church,
teth-park, £1 16s. ld.; St. James's, Toxteth-park,
,0 12s. ; St. John the Baptist's, £7 25.; St. Matthew's,
i't.l,,..teth-park, £4. 3s ; St. Paul's, Prince's-park, £lO4 25.9 d.;
'ilit%Lhomas's, Toxteth-park, £6 13s. 2d.; Christ Church,
keqloo, £lB 13s. ; St. Mary's, Wavertree, £6; St. Cle-
Windsor, £ll 9s. ; St. Mary's, Kirkdale, £25.
utttiTl
-TIONAD ASSOCIATION OF LANCASHIRE AND
Or), the annual meeting of this society, it was
hvQ°L '1 that Prince Albert had. offered to present a box
Te1,,40,,0 the free itinerating library of this association.
'44 1 books on cottage or domestic economy ass üb-
,e4t t, his
the Lord Bishop of Manchester, and afterwards
bleeirp-fluis Royal Highness. The following reply has been
,'"-" Windsor Castle, 21st April, 1854.-Sir,-I
'llt,b',4q the honour to submit your letter of the 18th
PptiOa
together with the list of books and copy of reso-
rieZ which ae p flied it, to his Royal Highness the
tt,,q% isam em-commandeda to' inform you that his Royal
4,7
l approves of the list of books, which his
tgrlness considers well selected. and likely to be
l 11.1 am further commanded t? inforn! you that his
I.°rat ‘llghness has much pleasure in acceding to the re-
contained in the resolution of which you have for-
Me
flslke ,eOPy, that his Royal Highness would allow his
'e blished as patron of the association.-I have
Published
At), °lir to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, C. B.
Dr. Hudson."-His Royal Highness's box con-
i Nth 56 volumes on household management,. sickness,
:net, sanitary economy, gardening, farming, cook-
II) he
botany,chemistry, and family receipts.
e box
o_ rural
1 books in circulation are this month at Bury,
rkto, Newton-in-the- illows, Newton Heath, War-
htlie"' and Facit. There are two more nearly ready for
.**---111anchester Guardian.
c BATES AND WAHL HOUSES.-At the meeting
t Baths and Wash-houses Committee on Monday,
L'krd'„eet, there were present Messrs. Wagstaff (chairman),
3/Muffie, Fernihough, Mellor, Gladstone, jun.,
and Jeffreys. The chairman reported that an
httrA:,4!oll had been made by Sir Thomas Hesketh for
gn redl-; far the militia to bathe gratuitously. It ap-
‘uat the question had been previously considered in
'r case and that the men could only be admitted on
e
the tL, the usual charge.. The officer commanding
Fie 84'14 was satisfied on finding that he was only having
red._t4e rule applied to himself as to others. The
40t or -4.. -street wash-houses were opened for the inspec-
°rked die public, and yesterday were commenced to be
1; 4.1 The business of all the establishments continues
tl,'elt%"'"eb, • Thus, at Cornwallis-street, the bathers last
gsa,Zaanted to 3,849 being 1,879 above the number of
hee vreek last year. At the • pier-head they w?re
ek 486, 306 above the number of the corresponding
Year At Paul-street they were 1,676, being 521
tre c the • ,
re 202 uumber in the like week last year. The washers
being an increase of 26.
A ALL'ci
q4t, lletti-ORXEDS AND THE UNIVERSITIES.-A meeting
14teet fo:1 Tuesday evening, in the Queen's-hall, Bold-
,f
./.1e purpose of adopting apetition to the legis-
tk, eteevfa..'ing to have the universities opened to men of
p,"ltilaeru-s, and not to be restricted, as at present, to
014 B°f the church. The meeting was to have been
p:l4 over by Mr. Robertson Gladstone, but as he sent
op, the chair was occupied by Mr. L. Heyworth,
p,rlr4(C-11 moving the first resolution, the Rev. Mr.
tle for ezPressed his gratification at meeting, in the pur-
aeittly ~wa_ich they had met, with " a self-rehant truth,,
li,`,4fiee„kiess of consequences." He also claimed for him
kor p,,cor every soul under heaven, Jew or Gentile, Catho
j),rciei'''estant, Churchman or Dissenter, Mahomedan,
14,` and or Atheist, for all and each, and equally for all,
tot 1,41 qualified liberty of thought, and to do all that
lh .Power by moral means, to bring all the world
himself." He was followed by Mr. Martineau,
'414 ''arlan clergyman, who, in a speech of considerable
011 d less latitudinarianism, endeavoured to deduce
Vet4alttorical dates that by their original constitution
k aewers.ities Were free alike to all nations and creeds.
tv,lltnients were endorsed by Mr. Simon (barrister,
cf the Jewish persuasion), after. which Mr. C.
Itit"slly. aloved the adoption of a petition to parliament,
oakegn.g the sentiments expressed by the different
", The other speakers were the Revs. J. H. Thom
sods' 15. Joseph, the latter gentleman saying, he de-
-I)l4etn,,mlliission into the universities, not as a Protestant
telat "'r, but as a citizen of the country ; not as a favour,
krt thetright• The doors of Oxford might be shut now,
mw 1-11(1 raise before them such an enemy, such a
ope-iira,l Opinion, such a park of artillery that would
'uose doors, and they would go in and take
tkeloti,,„ °J. the seats of learning for themselves.-On
t.,.‘vere-: 5 Mr. W. Rathbone, the thanks of the meet-
-414 'kTit',.'ed to the chairman.
S,°,lce, eeTisbixeny RAILWAY ACCIDENT.-The perfor-
S flie dragoon sergeant who cuts an
singletsdefinite
Nr.,."rotZi is'ea of mutton in twain by a !troke of
eley b has been outdone by a Yorkshire train. . The
k ,-coesm 'such of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
11110; tche,tb rigglestone on a dead level by the high road.
oitia consequently obliged to be located at this
rie. line, in order to keep the gates closed
titt‘ray,il.ulgli-road traffic when the trains are du.e. On
`erlloon week the watchman was not at his post,
firNoblin ,Z„bsent from duty a spring cart, the_property of
(44 boys")°,l, butcher of Wakefield, and having two
of e tow '
Etll, g it, approached the railway to cross the
re eo vakefield The boys knew the regulations
thellcaslinpanY, having:
14,4vate Y. thfrequently travelled on that road
140, c execution of orders, but the absence of
N 4 taeere wax to them a sufficient guarantee that no
.44Theearly due. They therefore proceeded across
x. 44 no
speller aPring. cart was drawn by a heavyn_u
ciasF_(.l fairly upon the rails than lwgas
's' the ell e'! uP, and in a moment the pony
e k_r!gine and cut to pieces, fragments of the
ebtriCa.„43' was"eig dragged some 60 yards up the line.
tf,411-'4B. 1...,W0rth Z2O. Its harness was entirely cut
;h4offt.e:Teafnorocffe. of the collision was so great as to
The two boys were left sitting in
44 shek.the vehicle quite uninjured, if we except the
ing th
4'0.16;e37 experienced from the collision. How
thrown out becomes a matter of wonder,

ART.—At the London Art Union drawing, on Tuesday,
Mr. R. Bribbar, of this town, drew a prize for a work of
art value £6O ; and J. B. Hughes, one of £l5.
THE ATLANTIC, United States mail steamship, Captain
West, arrived in the river on Friday afternoon from New
York, with the usual mails from the United States and
Canadian provinces, 180 passengers, and 700,000 dollars
in specie.
Mr. THomes JOHNSON, clerk to the magistrates at Lan-
caster, has just resigned his office, because, being a tee-
totaller, he feels a conscientious objection to having any-
thing to do with preparing licenses for the sale of intox-
icating. drink.
AMERICAN 3/liNrsTEßs.—There were three American
ministers in Liverpool last week. The Hon. Mr. Buchanan
and Mr. Belmont were waiting the arrival of relatives by
the Atlantic, and Mr. O'Sullivan was on his way to
Lisbon.

BANKRUPTCY.—On Tuesday, Mr. Commissioner Ste-
venson delivered his judgment on the certificate of James
Scoble Riley, who was a partner with William M'Curtin,
who was outlawed by the court for not surrendering at
his last examination. He thought the justice of the case
would be met by the suspension of the certificate for six
months from the day of hearing, and when granted to be
of the second class.

REDUCTION OF WAGES IN BLA.CIEBITEN.—III most of
the mills in this town notices of a reduction were posted
up on Thursday morning. "To our workpeople,—After
fourteen days from the date hereof, the wages paid at these
works will be reduced ten per cent. on weaving and its
dependencies, and five per cent. on the spinning and card-
loom hands."

RELIGION ON THE BACK.--An enterprising manufac-
turer of "the Manchester School" has hit upon the nota-
ble experiment of sending out a large cargo of cotton
shirts to the East on which are printed verses of the
Koran, and they have been bought up at ten times their
value by the Turkish soldiers.
ROBBERY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.—Thomas Simp-
son and James Jones were, on Friday, placed before the
borough magistrates, being under remand, charged with
stealing a large quantity of flutes, accordeons, and other
musical instruments, from the shop of Mr. Smith, Lord-
street. Seventeen pawnbrokers were in attendance, to
depose to receiving portions of the stolen property from
the prisoners,who were committed for trial at the sessions.
MOVEMENTS OF Tuoors.—A strong detachment of the
46th Regiment, about 500 rank and file, marched through
Liverpool on Friday, en route for Weedon, which is to be
their head-quarters, and Manchester. They had arrived
from Dublin, by the Dublin steamer at noon, having left
about 500 men belonging to the regiment at Cork, who
were to follow them yesterday. They are commanded by
Colonel Garrett, and are chiefly armed with the Mini 6
rifle. They marched to the Edge-hill station of the Lon-
don and Northwestern Railway, which they left for their
destination by the half-past two o'clock train.

THE WORKS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL.—On Thursday
the wooden paling which has stood so long in front of
the hall, facing Roe-street, was removed further out on
the footway, in order to allow the workmen to commence
operations by putting up iron railing on the exterior side
of the steps, which lead right and left to the entrance at
this point of the fine building. There will be an iron
gate on the fiat ; and this, with one at the entranee on
each side of the flight of steps, with the side railing, will
add much to the appearance at that part, making it look
light and elegant. The stone palisading—from the north-
east corner facing St. John's Church, and coming round
to the grand entrance opposite Lime-street—is now com-
plete. The exterior wall, from the corner of St. John's-
lane into Uwe-street, so far as the great entrance
opposite Lorstelson-street, is now topped by the stone
palisading ; and the works at the east corner are going on
with rapidity. From the activity now going forward in
the entire of the works, the close of the year must bring
operations to a state bordering on completion—so far as
outward walls go.
hr WARRINGTON church. on Wednesday, there was a
service at 9 o'clock a.m., expressly for the 4th Regiment of
Lancashire Militia, now on duty in that town. The men
and those who attended the service contributed £9 10s. 6d.
A second service took place at eleven o'clock, when more
than an average congregation was in attendance, the Hon.
and Rev. Horace Powys preaching from Deut. xx. 4. A
collection made after this service realised the sum of
ls. 3d. Total, £2B 11s. 9d.

THE NATIONAL FAST.-In obedience to her Majesty's
proclamation, the shops were closed, and all business sus-
pended in Liverpool on Wednesday, the day being in all
respects observed as a Sunday. Most of the churches and
chapels were open for divine service, and in the great ma-
jority of them collections were made for the wives and
children of soldiers now in active service in the East. The
following are the returns of the collections, so far as we
have been able to ascertain them : -St. Nicholas's, £2O ;
St. Paul's, Prince's-park, £199 ; Mariners' Church, £Blls.
4d. ; St. John the Divine, Fairfield, £36; St. Chrysostom's,
Everton, £l9; St. Peter's, ditto, £l5 13s. 10d.; Christ
Church,
ditto, £2O ; St. Mary's, Kirkdale, £25 ; St. Mary's,
Edge-hill, £3B 10s. ; St. Stephen's, £8 13s. 9d. ; St. An-
drew's Church, £33 125.; St. Alban's, £2 ; Great George-
street Chapel, £3B 10s.; St. Jude's, £42; St. Catherine's,
Tranmere, £5 ; St. Mary's, Birkenhead, £lO Os. 2d. ; St.
Silas's, £3O ; St. Mark's, £62 55.; United Presbyterian
Church, Mount-pleasant, £lB ; St. Augustine's, £26 14s. ;
Christ Church, 223 ; St. George's, Ev erton , 236 ; St. John's,
£2l 17s. ; St. Luke's, £9 2s. 9d.; All Saints, £3 12s. 9d. ;
St. Bride's, £B6 Bs. 6d. ; St. Clement's, £23 16s. 8;d.; St.
Matthew's, Toxteth-park, £8 16s. 6'Z-d. ; St. James's, £3l
18s. 6d. ; St. Michael's, £8 10s. ; St. Anne's, Birkenhead,
£l2; St. John's, ditto, £l5; Holy Trinity, ditto, £4O 18s.
4d, ' • St. Peter's, Rock Ferry, £47 3s. Bd.; St. Michael's,
Toxteth-park, £3l lOs 3d.; Walton-on-the-Hill, £33; St.
James's, West Derby, £36. The inmates of the Female
Penitentiary, who number under 50, are allowed ld. out of
every ls. for the work done in the institution. From their
small means they contributed £1 13s. 11d. towards the
wives and children of the soldiers in the East. The ag-
gregate amount raised by collections in this neighbourhood
amounted to nearly £1,500.
VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY CORPS.-The mayor, a short
time since, received a deputation of four gentlemen, who
brought under his notice the defenceless state of the port.
The deputation consisted of Mr. Thomas Bouch, president
of the Chamber of Commerce ; the chairman of the Dock
Committee ; Mr. Jas. Mann, president of the Shipowners'
Association ; and Mr. William Potter, on behalf of the
Underwriters' Association. In consequence of the repre-
sentations made to him by these gentlemen, the mayor
corresponded with the Home Secretary, and his commu-
nications were referred by Lord Palmerston to the Admi-
ralty and Ordnance Departments, but as yet nothing
definite has been decided upon. During last week, how-
ever, Mr. William Brown, M.P., and Mr. Horsfall, M.P.,
had an interview with Lord Palmerston, at the Home-
office, upon some Liverpool business, when his lordship
suggested the formation of an artillery corps in Liverpool.
The subject has been mooted amongst several influential
gentlemen in the town, and further steps will, doubtless,
soon be taken to carry out his lordship's suggestions.
DEFENCES OF THE POBT.-At the meeting of the Dock
Committee, on Thursday, after the public business,
the chairman announced that a deputation from the Ship-
owners' Association was in attendance, seeking an inter-
view with the Dock Committee relative to the defenceless
state of the port. He (the chairman) stated that he and
the president of the Chamber of Commerce had accompa-
nied this deputation to the mayor, with the view of induc-
ing the Government to send a vessel of war to Liverpool,
for the protection of the port. A communication accor-
dingly was made to Lord Palmerston, who had replied
that the matter had been handed over by him to the
Admiralty. Mr. Mann (as chairman), with the deputation
from the Shipowners' Association, was then introduced.
It was suggested by a member of the Dock Committee,
that the subject was safe in the hands of government, and
that, when the necessity required it, they would take care
to have the means on the spot for protecting the port. A
member of the committee considered that it was the busi-
ness of the Corporation to see that the port was properly
defended. It had been previously mentioned that the Mayor
was of opinion that a volunteer corps should be raised in
the town. Another member of the committee suggested
that the necessity had not yet arisen ; but, when it did
arise, it would be a proper subject for the public autho-
rities to take up, and amongst them the Dock Committee.
After some further discussion the deputation withdrew,
when it was determined to defer further consideration
until Thursday next, when the meeting of the Council on
Wednesday would have taken place, and where, it was
probable, the application from the Shipowners' Association
would be discussed. It was understood that the Dock
Trust would be willing to unite with the Council in any
effort to secure protection for the port, if such be decided
on by the latter body. The committee then broke up. ,
DOCK COMMITTEE.-The committee met on Thursday,
Mr. Turner presided. The Sub-Committee of Works pro-
duced tenders for the slating of sheds on the east quay of
the Clarence Dock, and recommended that the offer of
Mr. Thomas Jones be accepted. The amount of the ten-
der was £369 Ms.-Confirmed. The marine department
produced a report of the marine surveyor as to the state
of the channel outside, and recommended that a new sur-
vey be made during the present season. It was stated
that the cost of the survey would be about £4OO or £5OO,
and that it would last through the summer. The Chair-
man remarked that it was to ascertain the exact state of
the approaches to the port.-The recommendation was
confirmed. An application from the keepers of the weigh-
ing machines at the dock quays, for an increase of ls. per
week, gave rise to a long conversation. Ultimately, Mr.
Robinson gave notice of a motion, for next week, that the
request be complied with. A letter from Mr. John Hor-
ridge, offering facilities for working the traffic at the
docks, at a saving of £lOO,OOO a year, was referred to the
special committee appointed some time ago. The Finance
Committee recommended that the salary of Mr. Beedle,
check clerk, be increased from £l5O to £2OO per year.-
After a short conversation the recommendation was con-
firmed.

WEST DEBBY GUABDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held on Thursday, the Rev. W. Badnall in the chair. The
governor reported the number of paupers in the work-
house to be 604, against 641 last week, and 700 for the
corresponding week of last year. The clerk read the fol-
lowing letter from Dr. Duncan, the medical officer of
health, addressed to the chairman of the board :—" Dear
Sir,—At a meeting of the joint sub-committee on cholera,
in October last, the representatives of the West Derby
Board of Guardians undertook that arrangements should
be made to procure the names of a sufficient number of
medical men who would be willing to act as house-to-
house visitors, when called upon to do so, and they also
promised to bring under the notice of the board the ne-
cessity of providing hospital accommodation. As the
time is at hand when we expect the re-appearance of
cholera, and probably in an epidemic form, may I inquire
what has been done in reference to this point, as it will be
my duty shortly to report to the general board of health
the arrangements which have been made within the
borough for the meeting of the epidemic, should it unfor-
tunately appear ?"—Some conversation ensued, and ulti-
mately a committee was appointed to consider the subject
and report. The board signed a petition for closing
public-houses entirely on the Sunday. A conversation
took place respecting the providing of burial ground for
the interment of paupers, Mr. Roskell remarking that
there was sufficient land at Walton to receive all the
paupers in the union. The price of a grave was only 4d.,
and the making, &c., would average from 6s. 6d. to 9s. 6d.
After a brief conversation the subject dropped.—The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted :—" That the several
relieving officers be requested to denote in their relief lists
the names of all the medical officers giving orders for meat,
wine, spirits, ale, and porter, by entering the names of
such medical officer opposite each order. SUCI. regigatiejn
to commence from the 19th natant."

THE 0110LEEA..—Three cases occurred in this town
last week, two of which terminated fatally at the work-
house hospital, and the third—a young woman—is still
there in a very critical state. They originated in the over-
crowded parts of the north end of the town.
DAY OP'HUMILIATION.—WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE.
—An interesting circumstance took place at this work-
house on the fast day. Divine service was celebrated
morning and afternoon, as usual. At the morning ser-
vice, the chaplain announced to the inmates that, as in all
the churches in Liverpool collections, were to be made for
the soldiers' wives, it had been arranged to have a collec-
tion there in the afternoon, to give them an, opportunity
of contributihg a few shillings from such pence as they
happened to possess. That none need be deterred by the
smallness of their offering, but that all should remember
the blessing pronounced on the widow's mite. This pro-
posal was so. well received by the inmates, that the most
infirm, even, responded to it, and those who had not suffi-
cient strength to come were assisted, and, in some in-
stances, carried, that they might have the opportunity of
contributing. We understand that it has. a most interest-
ing sight to see the plate going round, such was the
eagerness of all to give something. The text was Daniel
xi, v. 32, and the amount of the collection was Eh 7s. sd.

CHURCIE-RATES.—On. Sunday,. the Rev. Rector Campbell
delivered the• following address to his congregation after
the conclusion of his sermon :—" And now, my friends, I
am constrained to address you on a subject not very agree-
able to myself, and which, perhaps, will not be more
agreeable to you. You are aware, of course, that the
parishioners have, for the first time, I believe, since Liver-
pool was a parish, refused a Church-rate of three farthings
in the pound, and that, consequently, there is no fund for
the repair of our parish church, or the maintenance of our
parochial worship. Whether it was a kind and gracious
act to permit this to be done it is not for me to say.
Whether it was well done by those who absented them-
selves, to permit theinfliction of this heavy blow and great
discouragement upon myself and the archdeacon, (on my-
self after twenty-eight years' active service, and on the
archdeacon after fifty-two years of laborious ministerial
duty, in promoting the religious and charitable interests
of his native town,) I leave them to judge. I bring no
railing accusation against any man. I only state a fact.
The blow has been struck, the discouragement has been
inflicted, and it becomes us to meet it in the best way we
can. The churchwardens have no funds for the sustenta-
tion of our church or the maintenance of our parochial
worship. The repairs of the fabric will, perhaps, be pro-
vided for by the Legislature. So long as there is an es-
tablished church, the parish churches, perhaps, will not
be permitted to fall down. But the maintenance of our
parochial worship must, it seems, be provided by our-
selves, and I have now to ask you whether you wish that
it should be maintained as it has been for the last two
years. If that is your wish I think it may be done. I
must remind you again that there are no pew rents in
this church, and that we, the rectors, have given up our
legal claims to pews, secured to us by act of Parliament,
which formerly produced £6O a year. Our congregation,
though far from rich, is numerous, and I think that if
each of you will contribute what you can really afford, a
very little exercise of self-denial, a very slight abstinence
from needless or, perhaps, injurious superfluities, will ena-
ble you to contribute enough to meet the exigency. I
shall be happy to contribute largely myself, but unhappily
at this particular crisis cannot contribute as much as I
could desire. Calculating what I have given, and am
pledged to give, I shall have contributed to different ob-
jects in connexion with the church no less a sum than
£5OO in the course of the year, besides what I have given
in annual subscriptions to public institutions and casual
charities. I do not mention this, of course, by way of
boast, but simply as a fact, the truth of which I could
prove to you arithmetically by stating the items. Now,
£5OO in one year is a large sum out of the income of a
parochial clergyman, with a family, however large his in-
come may be ; and my obligation to pay this will prevent
me from contributing to our congregational worship as
much as I could desire. Still, however, if we act har-
moniously and liberally, I think we may accomplish our
object without any sacrifice or self-denial worth a thought.
The choir, about which there seems to have been some
misunderstanding, costs the parish very little more than
it has done for a long course of years. A large majority
of the choir are musical students, or volunteers; the
organist giving up his salary to the choir. The other
attendants must also be paid, and the church and vest-
ments kept in decency and order. In what manner the
adequate sum is to be raised, whether by a weekly o•s'er-
tory, or by individual subscriptions, it is for you, as a
congregation, to decide; and if the heads of families can
do me the favour to remain for a very short time after the
close of the service to-day, five minutes of friendly council
may acquaint me with their wishes, and tend to the sug-
gestion of some plan which may lead, perhaps, to a satis-
factory conclnsion."

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the usual meeting, on
Thursday, Mr. Alderman Langsdale, the chairman, pre-
sided, and the foll Owing members were also present :
Messrs. Dover, Gladstone, Beckwith, Fleming, Nicholson,
Johnson, Henderson, Bigham, Moss, and M`Nicol. A
letter was read from Mr. Alderman Bennett relative to
the nuisance existing upon the vacant land belonging to
him opposite the south front of St. George's-hall. Mr.
Bennett submitted that an inclosure-wall on the south
side of the laud would have the effect of preventing the
nuisance occasioned by the market refuse being placed on
the vacant space. He had refrained from building on the
land, or selling it for others to do so, on the ground that
it might probably be required by the Corporation for the
widening of the space in front of St. George's-hall. The
engineer expressed an opinion that nothing less than the
land being entirely fenced round would have the effect of
suppressing the evil complained of. The medical officer
of health reported that for the week ending April 22, there
was a slight decrease in the mortality of the borough, the
deaths being 222 against 233 in the pftvious week. The
mortality was about the same as the average of the same
week of former years, after correcting for increase of popu-
lation. Two-thirds of the deaths took place in the parish,
and one-third in the out-townships. Diseases of the lungs,
with consumption, were the cause of 76 deaths, the average
being 64. From zymotic diseases the deaths were 57, of
which no fewer than 23 were from measles (ten of these
in Toxteth-park), ten from diarrhcea (the average being
eight), eight from typhus, nine from hooping-cough, two
from cholera, one from chicken-pox. No fatal case of
small-pox or scarlatina was registered. A male, aged 40,
died from delirium tremens. Daring the quarter ending
Ist instant, the mortality of Liverpool differed little from
the corrected average of the same quarter of former years.
The deaths (including 158 on which inquests were held)
were 3,254, the corrected average being 3,275. The fre-
quent and sudden changes of temperature caused a com-
parative high mortality from diseases of the lungs, which
amounted to 1,285, against a former average of 1,036.
From zymotic diseases, on the other hand, the mortality
was rather below the average. It amounted to 646,
including from hopping-couch 153, measles 125, typhus
108, diarrhoea 74, cholera 30 (nearly all emigrants), scar-
latina 41, small-pox 7. The deaths from hooping-cough
were more numerous than in any previous quarter, from
measles more than any quarter in the previous five years,
while the mortality from small-pox is the lowest ever
recorded, and that from scarlatina lower than it has been
for nearly four years. The mortality from typhus was
also below the average.—The report of the Rating Com-
mittee, setting forth the amount of rates levied on the
borough and out-townships for the previous year, with
the amount to be levied for the current year, which report
was read at the previous meeting, was confirmed. The
report attributed the increase on some of the items over
last year to the high price of materials and labour. The
following are the amounts levied for the two years re-
spectively :

1853. LIVERPOOL. 1854.
s. d. s. d.
0 8 Paving 0 10

1853. EVE RTON. 1854.
s. d. s. d.
1 0 Paving 1 0
0 3 Sewerage
0 1 Water 0 1
0 4 General

O 2 Sewerage 0 2
O I Water 0 I
O 4 General

WEST DERBY.

0 10 Paving --------
0 10
O 4 Sewerage
O 1 Water 0 1
O 4 General

TOXTETH-PARK
0 10 Paving 1 0
0 4 Sewerage
O 1 Water 0 1
O 7 General