The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-25 00:00:00

CAPTAIN HINRICHSON.

Our readers will be glad to know that this gentleman
continues to improve in health, and that he will soon be
able to proceed to Hull. It will be recollected that the
Rev. William Pollock wrote a letter, twelve copies of
which were taken, in order that the pilot who boarded the
Duncan might be enabled to hand to the captain an inti-
mation of his great loss. The letter is as follows. It
was handed to Captain Hinrichson, on his arrival, by Mr.
Charles Christie, third master of No. 4, pilot-boat :
"51, Rodney-street, 20th April, 1849.
"MY DEAR Sin,—My name will, I doubt not, be familiar to
you as that of the clergyman under whose pastoral charge your
dear wife had for some time placed herself. That, on your re-
turn to England, you would receive your first communication,
made by my hand, will, 1 fear, but too naturally suggest to your
mind the apprehension of evil tidings; and I would to God it
were in my power to say that such apprehension were uncalled
for. But, alt, my dear Sir, I have a very different duty to per-
form. I have to call upon you to throw yourself at once upon
a power higher than human for support—even on His who has
said, Cast thy burden on the Lord and he will sustain thee."
I have to beseech you to consider well what changes may have
occurred in such a world as this, during the period of your ab-
sence from home; how, after all, it were little to be wondered
at, if disease, or accident, or even violence (so wicked a world
it is) had robbed you of those that were the nearest and dearest
to you,—if those whose smiles you looked to welcome you at
the fireside were rather gathered to the grave. And yet, my
dear Sir, even •if it were so, I would appeal to your Christian
principle, to your faith in Christ, to your trust in God,—!
would remind you of the precious truth, that whom the Lord
loveth he chasteneth ;' I would bid you not to weep as
one that bath no hope;' for, however overwhelming is your
loss, to your darlings it is countless gain. And sorrows, after
all, far more crushing, might have come to you than that,
having lived in a Saviour's service, they should have entered
into His rest—than that without one blemish upon their names
before men, and cleansed from all their sins before the Father,
they should have'departed to he with Christ, which is far
better.' I cannot, my dear Sir, indeed I cannot, bring myself
to write more definitely now, and it will be enough if I have, in
some sort, prepared you for the fulness of the sad intelligence
which awaits you, and if I have, by God's grace, suggested
some of those thoughts and consolations in which you may yet
find your sustainment. For the rest, before that mercy seat to
which I point you for peace, your name is already pres-nted by
many a suppliant, in many an earnest, many a sympathising
prayer; for many.a heart is grieving for you, and there is no
one who does not feel that your loss is a public calamity in
the midst of ns. With every heartfelt prayer for you, that you
may be abundantly strengthened and comforted, and that it
may be even good for you to be afflicted, believe me, my very
dear Sir, your most faithful friend and servant in the Gospel
of Christ,

" W. PoLtooK. Incumbent of St. Mark's."

Mr. A. H. Jones. of Falkner-square, is to be brought
out as a candidate for the representation of Rodney-
street Ward, at the next election, in opposition to Mr.
Samuel Holme. Mr. Jones is a Tory, an anti-Pike-

man, and a Dock-rater.
SHIP-BUILDING IN AMERICA.-It iS universally ad-
mitted that the naval architects of America have long ex-
celled in the construction of clipper craft ; and while they
are yearly turning out for the trade to our own port a
fleet of snips which for beauty of model, capacity, and
equipment, are unparalleled, we are glad to find they
have made equal progress in that great desideratum,
strength. We had the pleasure of a cursory glance at the
bottom of the noble packet-ship, St. George, while being
recoppered, after running five years, and found it as sound
RS the day she was built; indeed, Commander Watson
Ferris justly classes her as equal to the day of launching.
THE TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN LIVERPOOL.—On
Friday Mehmed Pacha, the Turkish ambassador to the
Court of St. James', arrived in Liverpool from Manches-
ter, and took up his residence at the Adelphi Hotel.
After the arrival of his excellency in Liverpool, the Mayor
placed his private carriage at his disposal; and on Satur-
day morning his excellency visited the Albert Dock, after
which he crossed over the river and proceeded to the resi-
dence of Mr. P. Mussabini, the Turkish consul, in Hamil-
ton-square. There he spent some time, and partook of a
lunch. He subsequently visited the Town-hall. the Cus-
tom-house, St. George's-hall, and other public buildings.
He was accompanied in his visits by Mr. Henderson, the
chairman of the dock committee, and other gentlemen.
On Sunday morning his Excellency visited the Prince's
Park and Zoological Gardens, both of which he much ad-
mired, and in the afternoon he proceeded by railway
(rid Preston) to Scotland. where, after visiting Edinburgh
and Glasgow, he will become the guest of the Earl of
Eglinton for a few days. His Excellency and suite are
attired in the costume of their country.
EXTENSIVE. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY. A gentle-
man, named Goldstein, a jeweller, of Liverpool, was tra-
velling on Wednesday between that town and York. It
was in the evening, and he got out of the train at Nor-
manton-station, where he remained about two hours. He
had a carpet bag, containing sixteen gold Geneva lever
watches, twenty-two gold horizontal, three gold hunters',
eighteen silver Geneva levers, twelve silver horizontal,
eight silver levers, fifteen silver verge watches, seventeen
and a half ounces of gold guard chains, forty-six sets of
gold studs, six dozen gold watch keys, fifteen pair gold
cameo brooches, eight gold lockets, and twenty-four cold
pencil cases, which he took with him into the refresh-
ment-rooms. Whilst there he fell asleep, during which it
is conjectured that some person cut the bag open and
made off with the above-mentioned articles. It would
seem, however, that he came to Burton Salmon Station,
which is not far from York, before he found out his loss,
amounting to about £4OO. He was in a third-class car-
riage, and during the journey from Normanton to Burton
Salmon only three persons left the carriage. The police
are on the look-out for the thieves.—York paper.

CHOLERA FROM DRINKING IMPURE WATER.—Re-
cently, at Hartlepool, an experienced medical practitioner
stated, before a coroner's inquest, that the cause of death
was cholera produced by drinking. impure water. It
might also be well to remark that the passengers of one of
the New York packets recently arrived here have been
complaining of the impurity of the water they had for use
on their passage, and from the result of the chemical ex-
amination by our highly talented townsman, Dr. Brett,
it would appear that these complaints must have arisen
from mechanical impurities, and not chemical ones, as he
states that the water examined was more free from che-
mical impurities than he generally finds it. But taking
the evidence that can be gathered from both cases, if fully
bears us out in urging both sailor and civilian to be ex-
tremely careful as to the water they drink, particularly
when the evil can be shunned at so small a cost as pro-
curing one of Forster's patent rapid water purifiers, an
apparatus that both ourselves and many of our friends
have been using for nearly two years with the most satis-
factory results. Captains who take an interest in the
lives and safety of those committed to their charge will
act wisely in giving him a call, and inspecting this inven-
tion. At the present season, when death is stalking about
so fearfully in the shape of the existing epidemic, such a
duty becomes not only necessary but imperative.
BANVARD'S PANORAMA.—A more curious and inter-
esting effort of art than the celebrated three-mile picture,
representing the Mississippi, and the cities and towns on
its banks, never certainly was exhibited before in this or
any other English town. The painting is on such a scale
of magnitude that it loses the characteristic of a picture,
and impresses the spectator with the belief that he wit-
nesses a reality. The body of water composing that
gigantic stream appears to flow past with all its native
solemnity and grandeur as the expansive canvas glides
along, the colossal steam-boats and the singular river
craft, eccentric in shape and purpose, contribute to the
delusion, as do the inimitable and truth-telling objects
ashore. But the painting is excellent above all as a work of
art, for it evinces many of the merits attaching to a master.
There are all the essentials of a picture—good perspective,
successful blending of light and shade, and natural colour-
ing. An inspection of this wonderful picture is the next
best treat to an actual sail down the great American
river, nay, it positively affords advantages over the bodily
visitation, as the intelligent artist truly observes, for you
get a sight of the entire line of country in the picture,
much of which would never be seen by an actual pro-
gress,—for instance, those portions passed during the
night. The interest it has excited in this country is best
shewn by the unexceptionable success the proprietor has
experienced in the two principal cities in England (if «e
may designate our own town so), a success that cannot
fail to attend its future movements.
GRAVE YARDS OF LIVERPOOL.—At the meeting of the
Health Committee on Thursday. Dr. Duncan submitted
a report on this subject, which was unanimously adopted.
The following are the heads of this important document.
There are 39 burial-grounds within the borough, and the
interments take place in graves, vanits, or pits. In 23
burial-grounds, graves only are used ; in 7, graves and
vaults only ; in 4, graves and pits ; in 2, graves, vaults,
and pits; and in 1, pits only. The aggregate annual
number of interments within the borough is, in ordinary
years, from 10,000 to 11,000. Of this number, as nearly
as can be estimated, about two-thirds take place in pits,
and one-third in graves; the interments in vaults proba-
bly not exceeding twenty annually. The following 12 bu-
rial-grounds are either crowded, or fully occupied :—St.
Nicholas's, St. Peter's, St. Paul's. St. John's, St. James's,
Trinity, St. Thomas's, St. Anne's, All Saint's, St. Peter's
Catholic Chapel, St. Nicholas's Catholic Chapel, small
Cemetery, Everton-road. All these, but the last, have
been in use for more than half a century, several a cen-
tury, and one (St. Nicholas's) five centuries. Complaints
have been made of offensive emanations. In St. John's
alone about 500 burials take place annually, and the smell
penetrates the church in warm weather. The objection-
able practice of burying in vaults, under churches or cha-
pels, appears to be confined to the nine following places
of worship ; namely, St. Nicholas's, St. Anne's, Trinity,
Christ Church, St. Mark's, St. Mary's (Edge-bill), St.
Andrew's, and St. Patrick's and St. Anthony's Catholic
chapels. Where pits are used, they vary from 18 to 30
feet in depth. The number of bodies deposited in each
pit varies from 30 in St. James's and St. Mary's Ceme-
teries to 120 in St. Patrick's, according to the statements
of the sextons themselves. In St. James's Cemetery,
about six inches of earth are placed over the coffins after
e.,011 day's interments ; in the others, the coffins are co-
N.-red with two and a half feet of soil, x,hich is removed
previous to the next interments ; but, with this excep-
tion, the pits remain open, or only covered with a frame-
work of boards, until filled with coffins,—a period varying
from ten days in the case of the smaller, to ten weeks in
the case of the larger pits. The practice of burying
within towns is productive of injury to the health of the
inhabitants. In some of the places it is almost impossi-
ble to dig a new grave without disturbing bodies pre•
viously buried, and in some, the soil, when opened up,
appears to be composed of human remains in a state of
decomposition, rather than of ordinary earth. But the
grand evil in the case of Liverpool, and that which calls
most urgently for interference, is the practice of burying
large numbers of bodies in open pits. It must be unne-
cessary to say anything as to the injurious nature of this
practice, if it be considered that, in the hot weather of
summer, more than a hundred bodies are collected toge-
ther in an open pit, in all stages of decomposition, some
of them having lain there for upwards of two 'tenths. In
conclusion. Dr. Duncan represents that the health and
comfort of the inhabitants require that further interments
be prohibited in the following burial-grounds :—St. Ni-
cholas's, St. Peter's,. St. Paul's, St. John's, and that the
practice of interment in pits be regulated in such a way as
to prevent its becoming a source of public nuisance.