The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY.

The usual weekly meeting of the Select Vestry was held
on Tuesday ; the Rev. Rector Brooks in the chair.

Mr. HART, the Vestry-clerk, read the proceedings of
the various committees. The Irish Relief Committee
expressed their strong remonstrance against the proposed
conversion of the Industrial Schools into a fever hospital,
as recommended by Mr. Austin ; feeling convinced, that
such steps would seriously interfere with the system of
industrial training, which the Vestry were anxious to
carry to perfection. There would also, it was apprehend-
ed, be serious difficulty on the part of the parents who
would have a great objection to their children being re-
moved from town ; and many obstacles would be raised
against the conversion of the building to its original
purpose. _

From the report of the medical officers it appeared that
the fever cases had greatly increased during the past week.
It was reported to the vestry that an assistant of Mr.
Emmett, one of the medical officers had been found in a
state of intoxication last Friday, and unable to attend his
duty. It was also stated that on Sunday he was seen
distributing some of the parish sick-tickets for liquor. A
resolution was passed severely censuring him, and dismis-
sing him from parochial service.

IMPROPER CONDUCT OF PAUPERS.
Mr. WOODRUFF said he had a matter of some importance
to bring under the notice of the Board, respecting the dis-
tribution of relief at the offices in St. Anne-street. He
believed they were working under a very wrong system.
In consequence of some representations he had heard, he
was induced to go up to the offices about eight o'clock that
morning, and found upwards of a thousand people about
the doors, many of them reeling drunk. He watched
them for some time, and saw many of the people who nad
been receiving relief go direct to a public-house, and there
spend the money which they had improperly received from
the parish. In fact, they were crowding in by dozens, and
here and there two or three might be seen together, mak-
ing inquiry as to what each other had got from the reliev-
ing officer. Now, he was quite convinced from what he
had observed that a great deal of imposition was practised ;
and he wished to know whether it was not possible to re-
lieve really deserving individuals without giving them
money at all.

Mr. AvisoN suggested that the distribution of relief in
kind should be carried on to a larger extent.
Mr. FERGUSON said this was the result of the distribu-
tion being removed from their own immediate control, and
left in the hands of the relieving officers. It showed the
necessity for the completion of the offices at the New
Workhouse as soon as possible. _

Mr. HART said there must have been gross neglect on
the part of some of the relieving officers if half of what
had been stated was true.

On the motion of Mr. FERGUSON, the subject was re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.

THE IRISH IMMIGRATION

The following is a return of the number of Irish poor
who have landed here from the 14th to the 21st instant,
inclusive :-14th, 1196; 15th, 1107 ; 16th, 993 ; 17th,
932 ; 18th, 1119 ; 19th, 530 ; 20th, 1710 ; 21st, 1534 ;
making a total for the last seven days of 7924, being 1910
over the previous week.

THE ELIEF—THE SICKNESS.
The numbers of casual poor relieved during the week
were reported to be as follow :—On the 14th, 8413 ; 15th,
10,155 ; 16th, 9348 ; 17th, 6839 ; 18th, 7634 ; 19th, 19,322.
The cost of relieving these numbers was £756 12s. 9d.,
exhibiting an increase for the out-doorrelief for this week
in money and kind, compared with the corresponding
week of last year of £822 7s. 7d. In the corresponding
week of last year 161 were relieved at au expense of only
£ll 9s. 6d.

It was reported that there were 883 fever cases in the
Workhouse at present, and that 80 of the inmates had

attributed to the circumstance of a considerable number of
patients having been brought there in a dying state.
lt was ordered that in future notices of the deaths, and
also of the discharges of the fever patients, should be pub-
licly posted on the outer gates of the fever sheds for the
information of their relatives and friends.

THE STATE OF THE TOWN.
Mr. POOLE said that after all which had been said and
done respecting the prevalence of disease in the town, the
root of the matter—which was to be found in the lower
classes being allowed to congregate together in great
masses in little ill-ventilated cellar residences—had not

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the Town Council would make every exertion in their
power to drive the people from those dens, and by in-
creased activity make some amends for their former inac-
tivity. He begged to move-4, That in the opinion of
this committee all their efforts to stop the progress of
.L.lnipss will be fruitless, ante,,.

co-operation Ua Laac auag,..ztey m the suppression of va-
grancy, and the application of the Sanatory Act."
Mr. SHARPE seconded the motion, which ultimately was
passed.
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could not put that act in rorce, or, if they did, it ;ouid--1;e
productive of no beneficial result. They could summon
the people who tenanted those wretched abodes, and fine
them, or, in default of payment, commit them to prison ;
but what good would that do ? They would immediately
return to the cellars, and take up their abode there ; and

the same process would have to be repeated again.
Mr. BENNErr moved that an application be made to
government for twelve lazarettos to he moored in the
river, where all the fever patients could be sent, and im-
mediately upon their recovery be shipped back to Ireland.
—The resolution was not seconded.
A resolution proposed by Mr. Earle, praying that the
municipal authorities might be invested with power to
treat the inhabiting of such cellars as a penal offence, was
also negatived.
A letter was read from the Mayor, stating that he had
received a communication from Lord Sandon, to the ef-
fect that the Admiralty were willing to place an 84-gun
line of battle ship at the disposal of the parish authorities,
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for the fever patients, on condition that they sent steamers
for her to Pembroke. The offer was referred to the Fi.
Dance Committee..

R. C. Naylor, Esq., owner

The Sultan, 99 tons_ _
The Queen of the Ocean,
49 tons .
The Vision, 44 tons.... T. Birchall, Esq., owner.
The Gondola, 76 tons .. W. If. Woodhouse, Esq., owner
The Bacchante, 80 tons. B. H. Jones, Esq., owner.
The Water Wyvern. 40 ts.. J. E. Stopford, Esq., own(
The Vision and the Bacchante were built by Messr
Wanhill, of Poole, who I

aye turned out

named

yachts, of which the latter-
The Sultana and the. Gondola were constructeL.
Ratsay, of Cowes, the celebrated builder of sea-g_
cutter yachts. The Gondola is a beautiful and finely
modelled snecimen of that mThri..„.—t., —b—

it wurtuaimuip•
The Commodore, and
most of the officers of the club
and their friends (including a number of ladies), embarked
at Prince's Pier, at ten o'clock, in the City of Dublin
Company's fine steam-ship Iron Duke, to follow and wit-
ness the race. Mr. Gribbins's excellent hand was on
board, and played (on both brass and. stringed instru-
ments) a variety of airs and dances during the day. They
proceeded with the down-going tide to New Brighton,
from which the start was to take place, the competing
vessels having previously been placed in their respective

took the duty in the absence of Captain Ho

uommoaore. The tiondola had the Cheshire, or mo
westerly position, and others further out in line in tl
stream. They presented a fine appearance, with the

mated-by ec

ing was occasioned by a heavy summer shower and
The course was what is called " The Queen's CI

ki...Litnioui ul nvr in.ajesty, woo is patron ot tne oun,)
and was down the channels to the Bell Beacon ' • within
the buoys, thence to the North-west Lightship • back to
the Bell Beacon; back again to the N. W. Lightship;

and thence, by the Bell Beacon, borne to New Brighton
—a straight distance, in all, of 38 nautical miles, but re-
quiring with any one wind a distance of about 50 miles to
be sailed, and affording, by the necessity of considerable
beating, an opportunity of testing the hest

pies or a yacht, the whole space being free seaward, and
unobstructed. The flag-vessel for the day (anchored off
New Brighton) was the beautiful fairy-looking yacht in
miniature, " The Gem," one of those belonging to the
Honorary Secretary.

At about half-past eleven o'clock the signal given was
fired by order of the Commodore, and the race com-
menced. The Gondola was first off, the Vision close noon

her. The Sultana was third, the Bacchante fourth, and
the Water Wyvern. The Queen of the Ocean, by some
accident, made an unfortunate start, and could not after-
wards recover her proper position. The wind, at first
from S.W., changed to W. and W.S.W., at times rather
fresh. The sailing down channel past the two first light-
ships was interesting, the Vision taking the lead. In ap-
proaching the Bell Beacon, the Vision, Sultana, and Gon-
dola steered on the port tack to get to windward of that
point. The Bacchante, which was fourth ahead, cleverly
tacked close to windward of the Bell, and stood on the
start.- ' -

Joara ack, passing it first smartly and unexpectedly,
—a piece of seamanship which elicited hearty cheers from
the steamship. Shortly before, the Water Wyvern car-
ried away her cross-trees, and could not afterwards set her
gaff-topsail to advantage.
The yachts, in rounding the N.W. light-ship, the
first time appeared to great advantage. The Vision
first at about 12 hours 5 minutes. The sailing back
to the Bell Beacon was equal or more interesting, the
four headmost of the fleet, the Vision first. In ap-
proaching the Beacon the four boats were so close together
that they might almost have been covered with a fishing
net, and the race had to be commenced afresh between
them, each seeming again to challenge the other. They
had temporally failed at the Beacon, and the vessels had
great difficulty in doubling it. The Vision, which had
also hung fire, at last got round and stond
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others cow. not accompt. .1 it for some little time, and as
the tide was making up, the Vision got well ahead, and
still maintained her head, though the other three craft
had before gained considerably upon her. While the latter
j were hanging in stays at the Buoy, the Water Wyvern,
which was considerably astern of them, brought up the
renovated breeze with her, and by clever management cut
off the whole three, io the admiration of all in the steamer.
In making the N.W. Lightship the second time several
attempts were made to weather her without another tack.
The Vision succeeded, and bore away, homeward bound,
with a flowing sheet. The Water Wyvern and Sultana
then got close up to the Lightship. The latter, after a
tack, had to shake up in the wind, and before filling to
put the helm a starboard, when the way she had on her
carried her clear and away. This successful manoeuvre
was due to her superior weight and power. The Water
Wyvern and Gondola had each to make an additional

short-board to weather the Lightship. These four head-
most vessels then all went off with flowing sheets, some
of them setting awfully large balloon jibs. The time of
rounding the N.W. Lightship the hiat time (which cmicti-
tuted the outward point of the race) was—
Vision, at 3 hours 19 minutes 25 seconds.
Bacchante.. 3 „ 26 „ 45 „
Sultana 3 „ 36 „ 8 „
Water Wyvern
Gondola
_The Queen of the Ocean considerably in the rear.

The run home was fine and extremely rapid, wind and
tide being both favourable. The yachts looked beautiful
under a full press of canvas, and the Sultana especially,
with her tremendous gaff-topsail and jib, loomed like a
seventy-four amongst a fleet of craft of humbler stature.

The company on board the steamer partook, in three
relays in the salloon, of a sumptuous collation, wines, &c.,
provided by Mr. Gough,_of the Woodside Hotel.

The coining in at the flag-vessel 'at
follows :

New Brighton was

1. Vision 4 hours 59 minutes 20 seconds
2. Bacchante. 5 /t 3 II 0 I,
3. Sultana
4. Gondola 5 „ 17 „ 30 „
5. Water Wyvern .. 5 „ 21 „ 0 „
The Queen of the Ocean was not placed.

The Water Wyvern, though fifth in coming in, was
third in placing, on account of the time allowed her for
smaller tonnage; and when all is right with her, she will
no doubt be a speedy vessel. The Bacchanite is also a
new yacht, and her trim not yet found out, but from her
performance this day she will probably be a first-rater.
Had the breeze been a little heavier, she would have
beaten the Vision ; and had it blown hard, the Sultana
would have shown her power, and probably been first in
by along distance. The Vision, it will be seen, won the prize,
without reference to the allowance made for her tonnage.

On Mr. Birchall, the successful competitor, coming on
board the steamer, the COMMODORE, in presenting him
with the prise—a large and massive silver tea-kettle and
stand—said he had great pleasure in presenting it, and
complimenting the receiver on the admirable manner in
which he had sailed his yacht, thus proving himself vic-
torious a second time. (The same gentleman obtained
possession of the challenge cup last year.)
Mr. BURCHALL, in a modest address, returned thanks,
stating that, although he could not but be proud of such a
prize, he could not attribute his success to any merit of his
own, but solely to the good q 'alities of the vessel herself.
He expressed his good wishes for the Club, and proposed
the health of her most gracious Majesty the Queen, patron
of the institution, which was drunk in wine from the piece
of plate, followed by repeated cheers. Three cheers were
also given for the ladies, and three for the Commodore and
the Club. We should have stated that, before reaching
the winning-post, waltzes, &c., were danced on the quarter
deck of the steamer—the commander of which, Captain
Williams, was most polite to all on board, and so navigated
his ship that the whole race could be distinctly seen by
those on board. The company were afterwards landed on
the Prince's Pier. highly delighted with the race (which
was one of the best that was ever witnessed), and with the
whole of the day's proceedings.

THE CORPORATION WATER BILL
AVERAGE FALLS OF RAIN_
Mr. Hawksley calculates that he will be enabled to im-
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AND TIIE I

pound an average of 36 inches in his reservoirs. Thus,
allowing 14 inches, for absorption and evaporation, other

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THE ROYAL- MERSEY YACHT CLUB. mills on the Esk were brought to a stand-still ; while the
inhab of EdinbtFgh endured the utmost privations
D SAILING MATCH FOR A PRIZE OF FIFTY SOVE.. for wantitants %vat
of ... +1.,......._ 1 . . - -

" being solely dependent on
REIGNS VALUE. the springs, which last had well nigh failed also ; for some
On Thursday last a sailing. match, by vessels belonging time the quantity of water supplied to the 190,000 inha-
to this prosperous club, took place on the outward waters bitants was considerably under one million gallons. The
of the Mersey. The coming contest had excited much • people were glad to get a supply of water once a week, as
interest amnnrat varhtmcm.ancl lovers of aim:alio enn,t. "ns-.1,1 r

iich the

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the yachts bell.. first_ciass, and the expectations of a company were compelled to meet were enormous.
hard struggle being considerable. The anticipations Nor was this evil of short duration ; for it will be seen
formed were fully realized. The vessels entered, six in that 1843 and 1844, the two succeeding years, were both
very dry years, and that the rain fall was considerably
under the estimated average. No more valuable practical
lesson could be read to our water committee than this;
it is worth all the theoretical verbiage with which they
have been deluded by the various
schemes during the past two year.
to deny that the causes which comf

s project
No one

ive operation on the R
and although we may

average, les

rain falls On the •.1

asons may occur—wili
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ie former, yet
a less fall of

wilt rase place at Rivington than has ever yet oc-
curred at Crainley. This is no hypothetical case-
experience of the past fully warrants the cor^l
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asion wt

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;ht to it, unless we
re are to ur

it in seasons of drought we
gallon of water for our own
who may have obtained the
the eternal laws

reservoir