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popular as in the present, 1 am sure it would be an ar-
rangement much approved of. If there were fewer lec-
tures on dry and uninteresting subjects, and more on this
thrilling and pleasing subject, I am confident the atten-
dance would be both more numerous (if possible) and
more respectable. Now that the working classes have
their intellectual musical recreations, why should not the
higher classes have the same. Now gentlemen, what
theatre could be so appropriate as that of the Collegiate,
and what subject more popular or so important as music ?
In this way we might often be favoured with the services
of some of our distinguished vocal performers on the
stage; and in this way there would be a greater taste cul-
tivated for this most ennobling and delightful subject.
What subject is an important as that of singing , or what
sublect so much rends to refinement of feelings and taste;
or what subject tends so much to the progress of civiliza-
tion ; or what subject tends half so much to cheer and
render happy the domestic hearth, as music. I hope
therefore, the spirited directors of this noble ins'itution
will set an example to Env,land at large, in the extending
of the knowledge of, and taste for this delightful subject.
The present theatre would not near accommodate the
members, if the lectures were of a more musical caste.
I am, Gentlemen. &c.,
A LIFE MEMBER OF THE COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTION.

mg Power or volatile influence, shared in the calamity,
and vegan to acquire, in a few hours, a very respect-
able coating of rust; whilst wood-work was not in-
active in absorbing the disgusting fluid. The tenant
had to get a poor ragged urchin out of the Street, having
his feet only natura'ly furnished, to wade ankle-deep over
the invaded tetritory, in order to make some expedient
arrangements about rescuing the dinner out of the oven!
A specimen of the fluid was sent to Dr. Brett, who
states that it was highly charged with suiphuretted
hydrogen (blackening salts of lead copiously).
If no other case had ever been known to occur, it were
amply sufficient to damn one of the celebrated clauses in
the existing Sewerage Act.
1 learnt, further, that this awful state of things was no
novelty—it was an historically periodical fact.* I leave
this, with my respects, at the door of the old Corporation -
it hath a tongue, and may accuse, to the extent of i,n own
" list," the fol.y of old legislation without medical advice.
I turn now to a- few w irds about cellars.—The late Im-
provement Act drove crowds out of cellars which were
not of the required parliamentary height above the door-
sill, or window, or area, or street flagging; but senatorial
wisdom forgot to'stipulate that the depth for the fl ioring
should be required to possess a limit, as well as the height
of the ceiling. The data for reckoning the height of the
ceiling were easily assumed to be at a natural, or at least
reasonable zero. This would have been all right if they
had enforced the zero of flooring, then there had been an
unalterable datum preserved in all cases for gaugUig the
height of the cellar. Many cellar owners, who teund
that their cella s were not in compliance with the require-
ments of the act, through being too low, on ingeniously
reflecting upon a plan for driving their coach-and-six
through an Act so obnoxious to their pockets, found that
they could not gain the. required height for the c ding
-
wittoot lifting the whole house above it the 2 or 3 feet
requisite: but this was not practicable of course, whilst th
second alternative was rattier more feasible, and, withal,
e isv of execution. And why not lower the cellar floor
in t to the depth requisite to give the 13 feet in height?
Tuis bright thought, which would have made the fortune
of many a lawyer, was perOaps hit upon by some inversive
wit, feed for the happy remedy. Away the land orde
went to eager work, and fl to s of cellars of Liverpool
Proper were lowered quickly, and again h Id out their
blandishments to their tellow-townsmen, whose instinctive
habits approached them to the well known burrowing
classes of animals. I have no pretended knowledge as to
the extent to which this refinement upon cellar levels has
been carried, but I may as well give what slender eviJence
I happen to have. I obtained the statements from the
poor people themselves, who have been eye witnesses of
the interesting burrow.system. They were pa:ients com-
ing for advice as out-door patients to the Di,pensary of
the Lying-in Hospital. If on any point they should
have misled me as to the spot or fact, I shotiltl tie sorry,
for it would, if so, do an injustice to the wrrktng of the
act. Leeds.s!reet contains at least two of ttis new de-
vice. I saw these myself in the act of lowering, and on
inquiring what they were sinking for in one corner parti-
cularly, was told by the workmen that a dry well required
to be formed there, as the floor was deepened, " in order
to comply with the act !"

ILiverpool, Dec. 19, 1846.

PAROCHIAL ASSISTANT ASSOCIATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Ste,—The proposed formation of a Parochial Assistant
Association, or Ecclesiastical Town Mission, noticed in
your paper of Tuesday last, is a matter of considerable
importance to Liverpool and its neighbourhood. It is
desirable, therefore, that the intended plan should be laid
before the public, in order that a just opinion may be
formed both as to the soundness of its principle and the
proslect of its ultimate success. The following remarks
are offered chiefly for the purpose of drawing from the
parties concerned an official statement of their views.
The general plan is understood to be this :—That a
college should be established a' Birkenhead, for gentle-
men intending to enter the church; the Vme of study,
the amount of fees, and the class of students, to be the
same as at the present College of St. Bees; but that,
instead of confining their education to theological studies,
they should also be exercised in the pastoral work of the
ministry, by acting as visitors or Scripture-readers in the
various districts of the neighbourhood. It is obvious that
the main part of this scheme is the supply of candidates
for orders, and that the inducement held out of local
assistance in the pastoral work is only additional and
supplementary. Now before establishing an institution
of this sort, we ask,—first,
Is it necessary? To this question, the bare fact that
the Bishop of Chester has taken the office of patron does
not of itself afford a satisfa.-tory reply. For it is ru-
moured that the Bishop and Lord Lonsdale do not agree
in the management of St. Bees, and that the tone of
feeling prevalent there is not altogether approved ; and
these and similar motives may naturally render our di".
cesan favourable to an institution more immediately
under his control, without in any way affording a proof
of its actual necessity.
But if not absolutely necessary; is it advantageous ?
To the students there would be no saving of time or ex-
pense, not even to those residing in Liverpool, unless
specially exempted from living in the institution. And
I as to the knowledge they would obtain of the pastoral
work, it would indeed be a great benefit as an addition to
mental acquirements, but rosy be a doubtful advantage
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
when considered as a d-duction from a short two-years'
course of instruction. To the incumbents of poor and SIR,—It is with pleasure I observe that the R. v. Mr.
populous districts the assistance of twenty or thirty Barker made a collection last. Sunday in aid of this So-
young men acting as gratuitous Scrp'ure readers for two ciety. I trust his example will be followed by other cler-
or three hours a day, would, no doubt, be highly valuable; gymen in this town and neighbourhood,
and yet it may be questioned whether the funds required " Union is strength." I believe two distinct societies
for the present scheme might not he applied so as to are now in existence, one having in view the erection of
furnish more effectual local aid. Supposing that three l three or four churches in Toxteth-pack; the other, the
hundred pounds a year is sufficient to support the same number in the north-eastern district of Liverpool.
the institution, for that sum twelve persons would I should by all means recommend a coalition, or amalga-
give half their time as permanent Scripture readers oration, which would cause them to work together with;
always on the spot; and the services of such men may rea- more energy, and the object of both would be more spee-
sonably be considered as far more valuable than the crude dily accomplished.
efforts of twice the number of mere college students, limi_ A better method for effectine the purpose contemplated
ted to three hours a-day, and ending their labours just at by these societies than continual agitation of the subject
the time when they really were becoming effective. cannot be adopted; and causing collections to be made
There are other points in the plan which require expla- either yearly or half-yearly in the different churches of
nation, but these may form the subject of another letter, the establishment. A considerable addition would thus
in case no satisfactory statement should appear. In the be made to the fund, and I may add almost imperceptibly
or without inconvenience to the contributors.
I am, sir, &c. JUNIUS.
Liverpool, Dec. 21st, 1846.

Others similar are said to grace Lydia Anne-street, and
rheumatism occured in a case occupying one of them,
which was roundly attributed by the poor woman to so

adequate a cause

I am, Sir, yours truly,

Nor. 28, 1846.

G. C. WATSON.

--..
LIVERPOOL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETIES.

mean time,

18th Dec. 1846

I remain, Sir, very truly yiura,
C. M.

[We do not agree with our correspondent ; but as his
letter is written in a becoming style, we l'ave not felt our-
selves justified in withholding it. An advertisement in
our columns to-day will probably give C. M. much of the
information which he seeks for.]

INFALLIBLE CURE FOR THE POTATO
DISORDER.

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—An agriculturist with whom I am acquainted
tried last season, with great success, the following experi-
ment on his potato fields .—The scouring of ditches, mixed
with a considerable portion of lime, soapwaste, and soot,
the component parts of which dressing contained a urge
proportion of the latter ingredients, the detersive rriality
of which is well known, a,s being most likely to counter-
act the putrescent tendency of this useful vegetable, and
restore it to its pristine state. CHARON.
19th Dec. 1816.

ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF SOME
PARTS OF LIVERPOOL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

LETTER XXII

" Property has its duties as well as its rights."

THE DAMP, FOUL STATE OF DWELLINGS, SOURCES

OF DANGER

The remaining cases of disease and distress which I
have to bring forward are perhaps only illustrations of
what is already well known as_the general results of foul,

REMOVAL OF THE CHUUCH FOR THE BLIND.

mat-sanitary tenements: but I advance them as so many
particular proofs of the effects of this cause, reaped by my
own personal observation for the most part, or accurately

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Stn,—lt is, I presume, a mater of cerla'oty, that be-
fore long the Narth Western Railway Company will
require this Church, together with the School, f r an ex-
tension of the Lime-street Station.
This will be matter of regret to many admirers of the
fine arts, as this building is, without exception, the finest
and most perfect specimen of classic architecture in Liver-
pool.

verified by myself on testimony upon Which I have every
reason to rely. A fact may be so general as to lose its
sharpness of character, it may be so widely accepted, as
to require the re-engraving of its outline in general, or
here and there touches in particular ; in order that the

mind may be adequately impressed with the truth of it.
Truth itself seems to lose its effect—principle fails to

energise motive—and the latter thereby slackened, all the
activity that is based upon it, is indifferently carried out.

- Might not the materials be reconstructed elsewhere, if
cautiously taken down, without visiole detriment to any
portion? _

Unless this truth or this principle from time to time be

renewed in its aspect, or .exhit;ited in some freshened

I have been told that in America these things are cle-
verly managed, houses, &c. be ng-tran,ferred to am.ther
locality, without the necessity for demolition, but as we
are unable to compete with Brother Jonathan in this
respect, probably the only feasible plan is what I have
suggested, to preserve intact the noble structure in ques-
tion. CLIO.
Liverpool, 181 h December, 1846.

form, it becomes like a metal obscured by the incrustation
of time—the rust of exposure, which requires a little ap-

plicationto restore its native lustre and party

For this

. .
reason, if I may take the reflections of my own*mind for
an example of the common mind, a great advantage re-

sults froin the endeavour to set down a well• known truth
in the light of fresh incident or novel illustration.

A patient I attended lately, whose residence, like some
cases I have already given, was located on nearly the
highest topographical region of Parliamentary Liverpool, .
and was of a comfortable size for health and convenience. The young agitator and the old one—the man of physi...
His wife lay on the weary couch of lingering consumption's , cal force and the man of moral force—continue dis-united
latter stages. Her personal habits—and not merely habits, in their labours for Repeal, notwithstanding every effort
but the springs il those semi-instinctive domestic apti- has been made to bring about a reconciliation, and the
Ludes—were based on the most exalted Christian virtue, confident prediction of the elder mountebank that he
as tightly poised motives ever tending in well regulated I should succeed in blarney'rig the cellar martyr and his
minds to order, cleanliness, decency, and the ruling well , friends. The interview between the parties, to arrange
of the lesser affairs of hougehold economy. One day, on the terms of a peace, has, indeed, only widened the breach
my visit, I perceived the lobby of the house, and in fact I previously existing between them. At the same time,
every room if, the house, from cellar to attic, in a most I however, it has naturally enlightened the publ c; and
horrid condition frogs stench which was all but insupport- ! may, some of these days, be instrumental in opening the
able. Necessity may tie us down to anything—and so it eyes of the Irish people to the character of the parties by
was with the poor invalid. Though we could seek relief whom they are sought to be either befooled or betrayed
from the nuisance by remaining at open door or window, into rebellion.
yet could not the bed-stricken. Her fate was to The Young Ireland party proposed as the basis of
endure what I (accustomed as some of my readers may settlement that, in the first instance, the legality ,f an
naturally suppose me to be) could not reconcile myself association, amongst whose members are to be found men
to remain longer in than to superintend the ventilation who advocate resort to physical force, if necessary to
needed, and the immediate wants of the patient. 1 es- carry out their projects, should be discussed ; and re-
caped as soon as my duty was done, and rejoiced in the Tilting a pledge that, this point being settled, a new set
comparatively pure air of the street, though not unpractised of regulations for the conduct of the association should
in the professional toleration of sulphuretted hydrogen be determined upon. By one of these it is provided that
gas, whether found in the laboritory, or, as a frequent after the first of January the expenditure of all n o i s col-
accident in Liverpool Improper; yet to the keener sense lectt din the shape- of Repeal rent, shall be audited, and
of the delicate invalid, whose intolerance of dirt and stag- the items published. There was to be no enquiry into
nation, oftner called forth my gentle censure than any- the past. Yet, apparently, this charitable co cession was
thing els 3 ; what must have been the amount of distressing not sufficient for Daniel. Auditing
annoyan 's.e to her for hours during which it bad laited ! hands is not a pleasant process in his estimation. All
this, added to the demand for the purest and most oxy- monies received and no questions asked, with respect to
genised air in consumption, when so much of the lung is their application, is more congenial to his tastes. IC
often incapacitated for respiration, was an evil added to would have been more especially auk ward if those, ques-
the hour of languishing, preventible in itself, and there- tions had been extended to past exactions from an abused
fore vexatious in the extreme. "A stone given for bread " people ; and the Young Irelanders in forbearing to press
is the forcible figure which may be correctly applied here. their demands thus far sheaved much amiability.
The wisdom of a former Parliament and the Riese/It pos-
Another demand of the earnest repealers was that no
ture of the landlord of the row of houses, required that be member of the association should creep up the sleeves of
should drain the foundations, and, as I suspect must have Whig ministers, or accept of government patronage or
been the case too, the super-abundant fluid of the cess- office. But even this reasonable proposition would not go
pools of his own houses, into some lower depth still, since down. The veteran agitator sees too clearly that his
he was not permitted to make use of the main sewer for career of imposture is nearly run ; that he cannot much
this purpose, even if there was one. I belive though there longer fleece his starving fellow countrymen ; and that
may be one now almost so far up in the street, a con- snug births for the young O'Connells, the Ffrenches, and
siderable thoroughfare-too, yet it is of no more ancient Fitzsimonses would be infinitely more agreeable than tit
date than 1846; and the houses have stood ever since I can I dependance upon the profits of habitual mendicancy. A.
date back for Liverpool. The landlord had to bury his
further requirement is that the agitation for repeal should
1
dead water some where then, as the public receptacle was not partake of a religious character, inasmuch as the
not commissioned yet to carry it off for him to the river I members of the association are of all religious parties.,
side. It is, I admit, a puzzle to know what else the Daniel, however, declares that he must "throw the shield
houseowner could do, he did as well as he could; he sunk of protection over the Catholic Church of Ireland ;" that
what is called by builders a dry-well, about twenty-fiva an agitation which is not for the advancement of his own
feet deep, so I am told by the tenant is the fact. Its church is " a creedless thing I"
capacity would, of course, for some time yield sufficient Mr. O'Connell will only enter into a discussion with
reservoir for drainages, so as to carry them out of sight, respect to the legal portion of the question; and every
and, but for occasional gusts of stench, out of mind that hope of a restoration of the Young Ireland party to Con-
suCh agricultural treasures lay buried so far, too low down ciliation Hall is now at an end. In the meantime. whilst
to be useful, yet not to prove innoxious. The natural these patriots (I) are parading their differences, and en-
filtration of the fluid contents through the sand-work deavouring to arrange their joint claims to despoil the
would be tending always to a diminution of the bulk of Irish people, that people are starving—dying in their
the fluid, and a concentration consequently of its chemi- miserable hovels, or resorting to murder and robbery to
cal ingredients; except where a long soaking rainy season find a meal. Verily, Irish patriotism is a strange con-
would charge the superficial and substrata of the soil and trariety !

THE REPEAL SPLIT.-O'BRIEN v. O'CONNELL.

rock, to saturation, when another feature would be added
to this interesting dry-well—this Liverpool gem; the drain- PROBABLE IMPORTANT ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY.
age of waters from the foundations, &c., would be greatly Towards the conclusion of a very interesting seancp of the
increased by the downfall of rain, and the rocky sides of the Royal Irish Academy, on Mopday evening, Sir William
now incapable of leaking out, would return old compli- Hamilton stated the probabllity—in his own o hid, it
ments, and so leak in. This "unexpected return"—this almost amounted to a certainty—that, by a certain ma-
double-duty doing well—there, in the plenitude of its thematical process, which he stated, but which would be
gratitude, would proceed into actual overflow, and thus unintelligible to the general reader—of his having sp.
relieve itself of its natural burthen, presenting landlord preached, if he did not actually hit the central sun, the
arid tenant with a handsome overflow over kitchen-cellar star round which the luminary of our own system and his
floors—not of mere rain-water, but of water black as ink satellites revolve. Should this be arcertained demon_
—being only the diluted mud of the long concentrated stratively, the discovery will be, certainly, the greatest
cesspool drainage at the bottom of the well- Here was achieved in the present century; although, during the
ample return of capital, with compound interest l—usury period which has elapsed, six new Planets have been de-
of domestic economy ! Over such a ricb storehouse, what reefed, one of them attended by moons, and the last, pro.
a pity that the slad cover of the well had not had a bably, also, as well as Saturn, encircled by a ring.—Dus-
- motto cut upon it, just as well entitled as the lin Evening Post.
Wavertree fount—since they are both springs—to appro. WHREZINGS ON THE CHEST, SHORTNESS OF Basta's',
priate the well-known Latin motto—" Qui non dat quod ASTHMAS, COUGHS AND COLDS, HOWER BAD. ARS
habet, dcemorsinfera ridet." I have rtarrated this oppro- EFFECTU ALLY CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS —There
brium of Liverpool sewerage work with a natural smile is no longer any doubt but that these wonderful pills are
over my reflections whilst writing, which I hope will be an effectual cure for any of these complaints, even though
excused; at the time I felt its evils in all this grave form. they may be of several years' standing, more reli, f may
Whilst witnessing its last naturally endowed irruption, be obtained in a few days! Such is the ex! raordirany
and in investigating the nature of the cause, I found that powers of these pills, that many people who appeared
for a short time previous to my call the cellar-kitchen almost to be at death's door, gasping for breath, have
floor had been flooded ankle-deep with the stinking been so relieved in their breathing, and so completely
contents of this overflowing dry well. The iron freed from their coughs, their cold, their whet-sings, and
fender and fire-irons, and every thing within its bath- their spitting, as to astonish all their Irieuds,—See