The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

THE CHARITIES.

EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT-PLEASANT.
[MONTHLY REPORT.]
EYE DE PA RTM ENT : New Patients admitted in the month o
February, 266 ; Patients prescribed for, and who have received
Surgical assistance during the month of February, 1489: tote
since the commencement, 48,691.—EAR DE PA RTM E NT.—Pa-
tients prescribed for, and who have received Surgical assistance
during the month of February, 253 ; Total since he commence-
ment, 16,564.
Surgeons, Dr. Edwards and Mr. Neill ; Assistant-Surgeon
• J. B. Barrow; Treasurer, Henry Crossfield, Esq.
SOUTHERN & TOXTETH HOSPITAL, FOR MARCH..
' • MONTHLY REPORT.
INDOOR: Cured and relieved. 47; Dead, 5; Entered, 42
Under treatment,'' 53.—OUTDOGR : Cured and relieved, 142 ;
Dead, 0; Entered, 124 ; Under treatment, 36.
Chaplain, Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M.; Treasurer, B. Platt,
Esq. House-Surgeon, Plat.. Morris ; Visitors. John
Aikin and Benjamin , h
Esqs.; Assistant House-
Surgeon, Mr. John Cowburn.

•LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, MARCH 6.'
plscif Ano :. In-patients cured, 30; Relieved and at own
request, 5; Made Out-patients, 1 ; Irregular, 1 ; Dead, 4.
An m lyre In-patients, 40.; Out-patients, 4; Casuals during
the week, 5 ; Remaining in the House, 195.
E
Consulting Surgeon, J. Dawson, sq. ; House Surgeon, Mr.
M`Cheane ; Apothecary, Mr. George Padley ; House Visi-
tors, Edward Gibbon and \V. Pearce. Esqrs.; Chap-
lain, Rev. W. Blundell. Richard Gibson, Treasurer.
NORTHERN HOSPITAL REPORT, MAncx 6.
ADMITTED: Accidents, 13; Medical and Surgical Cases upost,
recommendation, 21 ; Total, 34.—Dtscnaaoan : Cured, 10;=
Relieved and at own request, 3; Attended as Out Patients, 8; -
Irregular, 2; Died, 4; Remaining in the Hospital, 94.
Consulting Surgeon, J. M. Banner, Esq. ; Physician and
Surgeon for the
,ensuing
,weelc,. Dr.. Scott and Mr.
Stubbs •

; House Visitors, Daniel Neilson and R. H.
'Blundell, Esqrs. ; House-Surgeons, Mr. T. B. Gil.
deraleeves and Mr. W. Haines; Treasurer, B. H. Jones,
Esq.; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.
WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FEVER AND WORK-
HOUSE HOSPITALS, MARcri 6, 1847.
ADMITTED: Fever and Small Pox, 48; Medical and Surgical
Wards, 35; Lying-in Wards, 4; Lock, 2; Total, 89.—Dis-
CHARGED: Cured, 56; Relieved, Died, 6; Total, 73.—
REMAINING IN THE HOSPITALS : Fever and Small Pox, 130;
Medical and Surgical Wards, 214; Lying-in Wards, 21; Lock,.
30 ; Total, 395.
Consultitr, Physicians, Dr. Macrorie and Dr. Gouthwaiter

Consulting 'Surgeon, Mr. M'Culloch ; Physician and
Surgeon for the week, Dr. Carson and Mr. Davis ;
House-Surgeon,. Mr. T. F. Grimsdale ; Assist.-Surgeon.
Mr. E. T. Watkins; Apothecary, Mr. Thomas Lingley.

District Ariug.
Short time continues in full vigour. We hear that
Messrs. Bright have entirely closed their mills, and seve-
ral more concerns in Manchester have reduced their hours,
or are working below eight per day.—Manchester Courier.
PRESBYTERIAN CITURC/I.—We learn that the Lanca-
shire Presbytery, in connexion with the English Presby-
terian Synod, have ordered all the ministers within their
bounds, to call their flocks to the exercise of humiliation
connected with the prevailing national calamity, and of
prayer to Almighty God that He would withdraw the visi-
tations of His anger. The day fixed is Sabbath, the 21st
instant.
MURDER. AND SUICIDE.—On Friday evening week,
Mrs. Leadbetter, wife of a sharebroker in Manchester,
who has resided for some time past at Walton-le-Dale,
near Preston, went out after administering what she called
a dose of medicine to her five children. The children
becoming very ill, and the mother who had been in a low
state of mind, not returning, suspicions were excited and
medical assistance was called in. They were found to be
labouring from the effects of
.poison, from which all re-
,' covered except one, a little girl, who died the following
day. Nothing was heard of the wretched mother until
Saturday morning, when her body was discovered drowned
in the River Ribble. The verdict of the coroner's jury
was temporary insanity.
RuNcolot.—Tuesday, Sir Thomas Freemantle, chair-
man of the Board of Customs, F. Gardner, Esq, secre-
tary, and William Gardener, Esq., collector of Manches-
ter ; accompanied by George Loch, Esq., G. S. Ferraday
Smith, Esq., the treasurer, and several of the agents of
the Bridgewater Trust and the Old Quay Company,
visited Runcorn for the purpose of making the necessary
'arrangements consequent upon the formation of Runcorn
as a bonded port. Runcorn, Weston Point, Frodsham,
and Widnes, will be comprised within the limits of the
port. The committee-room and offices of the Old Qtlay
Company, will be used as a custom house pro tern. The
bonded warehouse, for the reception of goods, will be
ready by the sth of April. The port of Runcorn pos-
sesses facilities for the discharge and transhipment of
goods, which, when fully developed, will not be surpassed
by any port in the kingdom. The heavy item of cartage
will be entirely avoided, as goods can be discharged direct
into the warehouses and re-shipped into boats for all parts
of the kingdom. These advantages will speedily be ap-
preciated and adopted by the manufacturing districts of
Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and War-
wickshire. The river flats, we are informed, will not be
subjected to any custom-house formalities, but will pro-
ceed as at present without any interruption. Buildings
are progressing rapidly, and no sooner is the foundation
of any house laid, than there are numerous applications
fora preference.

MEETING OF THE COTTON TRADE IN MANCHESTER.—
On Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of the cotton trade,
convened by. the mayor in compliance wirli a requisition
signed by upwards of thirty of the principal firms, was
held in the Town-hall, Manchester, to consider the pro-
priety of taking some steps to promote and encourage the-
cultivation of cotton in India. Thomas Bazley Esq., pre-
- sidenrof the Manchester Commercial Association, in a
lengthy and excellent speech, moved the first resolution,
expressive of the opinion of the meeting that an appeal
should be made fo the legislature to enforce the develop-
ment of the resources of India, and thus to promote the
increased growth and supply of cotton. He complained
of the heavy land-tax imposed on the native cultivator,—
a tax which corresponded with the
_crop raised. From
calenlatioea he y matte, as ts,
the rapid increase in the spinning establishments of Lan-
cashire, he had arrived at the conclusion that one factory
was erected, on the average, every week. The power of
consumption then amounted, at the termination of the
year, to fully five thousand hales per week ; vet last. year
there was a diminished supply of half a million bales of:
cotton, This showed the necessity for British manufac-
turers to look for more than one field. Cotton might be
grown in forty or fifty parts of the world. A petition to
the House of Commons was, after some discussion,
adopted, praying for the appointment of a select commit-
tee to make a full and searching enquiry into all the cir-
cumstances which affect the cultivation of cotton in India.
THE DANGERS OF LANCASTER SANDS.—On Sunday
week, thcsa sands, which have proved fatal to many an in-
cautious and adventurous traveller, were within an ace of
becoming the theatre of a wholesale catastrophe. On the
arrival, shortly before three o'clock in the afternoon, of
one of the 'Ulverstone coaches from Lancaster, at the
river Keer, which empties itself into Morecambe Bay, a
short distance from Kent's Bank, and is the first stream
of any magnitude to be forded, Croskill, the guide, could
' not be found. Anxious to avoid delay, the driver, W.
Fleming, attempted to cross, but feeling the sands give
way beneath his horses' feet, was compelled to turn back.
The driver then made a second attempt, a little lower
down, but with a still more disastrous result, both coach
and horses gradually sinking until the forewheels were no
longer visible, and the animals themselves above chest-
deep in the unexpected quick-sand. The passengers, of
whom there was a full complement, lent their assistance,
at considerable personal risk, in cutting the traces, and
extricating the horses. The leaders, being near the op-
posite side, were got out with less difficulty than could
have been anticipated ; but the wheelers were so deeply
embedded, that it was feared they would have to be aban-
doned. A last, and, as it fortunately proved, a successful,
effort was made. The poor creatures, however, were so
worn out by their struggles, that on being dragged high
and dry, they could barely retain their footing. Three of
the passengers pursued their journey on foot across the
sands, notwithstanding the unfortunate plight they must
naturally have been in kola half an hour's immersion to
the'breast, and reached Kent's Bank, the next stage, a
distance of about seven miles, in safety. The coach was
not recovered until next morning.
ANNHAL DINNER OF TILE \V IRRAL FARMERS.--This
dinner took place on Thursday at the Horse and Jockey,
in Upton. There was an excellent show of live stock,
including some tine bulls bred by Sir W. M. Stanley.
The ploughing matches were the great feature of the day,
and attract rd crowds of -spectators. They took .place on
the.farms of Mr. Astin and Mr. John Stanley, at Saughalt
masake Upwards of thirty-five competitors were entered,
being eight more than on any former occasion. The deci-
sions of the judges gave great satisfaction. At the dinner,
William Jackson, Esq., presided, and amongst the coin.
piny were many of the first land proprietors of the neigh-
bourhood. After the usual loyal toasts, the success of the
" Wirral Farmer;' Club and Sir William Stanley " was
eloquently proposed by the chairman, and enthusiastically
received. He alluded to the stock exhibited, and added:
—"A still greater advance in agricultural skill has been •
displayed to-day by the competitors for the prizes for
ploughing, which all admit is greatly supetlor to that of
any fn'tmer year.. T am' bet an infant in knowledge on
such matters, yet I could not traverse those fields to-day
' without clearly discerning the skill with which they had
been ploughed. A man more earnest in the cause of Agri.
culture than Sir W. Stanley could not exist." The Gen-
ilenien of the Hooton Hunt, connected with the name of
C. Stanley, Esq., was then given and responded to by that.
gentlemiin in feeling and eloquent terms. lie spoke in
terms of admiration of his two relatives near Hooton, who
had' done so mind, towards draining the bad land on their
estates, in particular a farm in Low-field had almost been
recovered from a marsh. Ile had been delighted, sonic
short time since, to see the extensive scale on which
draining was eonducted.—The first prize of sr, to the
owner of. the best agricultural stallion kept for g_neml
purpose's, was awarded to Mr. Match, of Bidston-cuina
Ford. The second. for the best boar—no competition. .
The third, for the b.--t bull, value £6, was awarded to
Sir Win. Stanley, Bart. The fourth, value £4, for the
best mileh -cow, was awarded to Mr. Everall, Arrovve-
,' farm.—The plougbing,• for which 47 ploughs were en-
! terel. took place on lands belonging to Mr. J. Austen
and J. Stanley, Esq., was of a very superior description,
and elicited the warns admiration of the judges (Mr.
BrOwn, Grange ; Mr. Situp: on, Court-house ; and Mr.-
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