The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDAWD:

In the chorus,. " And Glory of the Lord," the deep and
sonorous tones of Mr. Lunt's voice, over which he has
every command, were powerfully contrasted with those of
Mrs. Hiles, which were sweet and beautiful ; and on no
occasion do we remember to have heard that lady to
more advantage. There was a warbling softness and
melody in every note that claimed a breathless silence
from the company. In the solo, " But thou didst not
leave his soul in hell," she was loudly and deservedly
encored. The choruses generally were powerful and
effective, particularly those of " For unto us a Child is
born," and " Hallelujah." " Why do the Nations," by
Mr. George Lunt, was well sung, and unanimously
encored. After the concert was concluded, the Chairman
moved a vote of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who
had formed the powerful choir by which they had been
entertained, a vote of thanks to the ladies who had
managed the tea, and a similar compliment to Mr. Windle,
through whose individual energies the whole affair had
originated. Each motion was carried by acclamation.
The choir then sang " God Save the Queen." We
should not omit to state, that Mr. Lassells gave the
room gratuitously for the occasion.

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS,

The usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on
Wednesday, the Mayor in the chair.

The proCeedinmbs cdthe'Finance Committee comprised a
recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. Henry Wal-
ter, clerk in the office of the clerks to the magistrates,
from £llO to £l3O per annum, and a recommendation for
the following subscriptions:—The Dispensaries, £157 10s. ;
the Northern Hospital, £lOO ; the Southern Hospital,
£100; the Opthalmic Institution, £3O ; the Refuge for
the Destitute; £25 ; the Royal Institution, 100 ; the La-
dies' Charity, £3o.—The committee reported that the
nett income of the corporation estate for the current year
could not be estimated at more than £146,185, and the
obligatory expenditure at not less than £122,916, leaving
a gross surplus of £23,269. The continuance of oranches
of discretionary expenditure, hitherto sanctioned, were
stated at £1942, leaving a nett surplus of £21,327, out of
which £l3OO will have to be expended on the Observatory,
£l9OO on various improvements, and £4215 on the baths
in Paul-street, making a total of £7415, and leaving
£13,912 as available surplus. Existing contracts and en-
gagements, it was said, might more than swamp the whole
of this available surplus, and, therefore, the Council were
informed that there was no ability on the part of the
corporate income to meet any demands for new works.—
Sir T. BRANCKER moved the confirmation of the pro-
ceedings. He said the report relative to the finances had
been adopted after grave consideration, and that it was
quite evident many years would not elapse before the ex-
penditure would swallow up the whole of the income.
The present surplus had arisen in a great degree from the
sale of property at Wallasey Pool and at the north end of
the town. He feared that, in a short time, the Corpora-
tion would be reduced to what might be called their dry
leasehold estate, and, therefore, he called upon the Coun-
cil to exercise prudence and to preserve the finances in a
sound state.—Mr. PARKER sympathised with Sir" Tho-
mas, but could not sanction the woful, pitiable tales, the
worthy knight had been telling. He could not believe
that a Corporation, with an estate amounting to four mil-
lions and a half sterling, were in the condition of the poor
Irish. Thousands were annually spent in Parliament,
and in embellishments, and the public charities were al-
lowed to languish. He believed that if a subscription list
were opened that day in the Council Chamber, the trifling
sum now proposed for the public charities would he snee-
...

dily raised. He disapproved of the principle upon which
the magistrates were recommending an increase of sala-
ries.—Mr. Robinson and several other members thought
that the subscriptions to the charities ought to be in
creased; whilst others considered that even the proposed
grants ought to be rejected, because the funds of the Cor-
poration were not intended for charitable purposes ; and,
moreover, because the liberality of the Corporation
checked the flow of private charity. The discussion was
brought to a close in consequence of an opinion expressed
by the Town-clerk, that if the proposed increase were
carried the money could not legally be paid, and the pro-
ceedings were confirmed.

The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been
read, Mr. PARKER asked whether the Albert Dock ware-
houses were insured I—Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said they
were not insured, but that they would be very soon.
Certain arrangements had delayed the insurance a little,
but it would shortly be effected.—Mr. ROBINSON ex-
pressed great approbation with the recent proceedings of
the Dock Committee relative to the Albert Dock. The
principle of the rates was now so fair and equitable that it
must impart general satisfaction. (Hear, hear.) The
warehouses imposed a great degree of responsibility upon
the Dock Committee, and with a view to the security and
safety of property many advantages must be held out to
the proprietors of goods there. The charges on produce
placed in the warehouses would be found more moderate
than in any port in the kingdom, and by and by, when the
arrangements for working the warehouses got more ma-
tured, he believed the time predicted by Mr. Evans would
arrive when there would be a competition amongst the
merchants about lodging their goods there.—Mr. SANDS
bore testimony to the quick despatch he had experienced
at the Albert Dock with a very large cargo. He was sure
he could not have discharged his vessel in five times the
time occupied at the Albert Dock.—Mr. BRAMLEY-
MOORE.—No, nor in ten times. Mr. SANDS be-
lieved he might say ten times. She was discharged in
three days, and it would take three weeks in the ordinary
way. He was quite sure that when such advantages be-
came known they would be appreciated, mid that there
would be great competition shortly as to who should get
into the dock.—Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said it was highly
satisfactory to him to hear these statements. He had to
inform the public that the book of rates for the Albert
Dock was printed, and that it might be had by calling at
the Dock Office.—The proceedings of the committee were
then confirmed.
The Gaol Committee recommended an increase in the
salary of the Governor of the Gaol fiom £350 to £450 per
annum.—ln reply to Mr. Horsfall, Mr. HoncsoN said
that out of fifteen governors there were only two with sa-
laries so low as the keeper of the borough gaol.—The pro-
ceedings were confirmed on the understanding that this
subject is to be discussed at the next monthly meeting.
The MAYOR read a letter from the Licensed Victual-
lers' Society requesting the use of the Town Hall for their
annual ball. The Mayor said that the use of the Town
Hall had been refused to that body, as the society was
not so much a charitable society as a society for the pro-
tection of their own particular trade.—Sir THOMAS
BRANCKER said that, without particularising, he would
mention that great irregularities had taken place at some
of the balls of the Town Hall.—Mr. LIrrLEDALE ex-
pressed regret that the Town Hall had also been refused
to the Royal Mersey Yacht Club for their approaching
ball.—A motion was then made that the hall be granted
to the Licensed Victuallers, but it was negatived by a ma-
jority of 33 to 15.—Mr. J. B. LLOYD then moved that the
hall be granted to the Yacht Club on condition of their
presenting 100 guineas to the Sailors' Home, but the mo-
tion was not pressed to a division.—The MAYOR said he
hoped it would not go abroad that the Town-hall would
not .be granted for any charitable purpose. The room
would be given to the Welsh Society, and an application
from the Roman Catholics would be taken into favoura-
ble consideration by the Committee.
On the Health Committee's proceedings being read,
Mr. LACE said he wished to state that there was no truth
in the report the Rivington Pike Scheme had been aban-
doned ; on the contrary, the Committee were perfectly
satisfied with the ample supply of water at the Pike, and
the excellency of its quality, and a report on the subject
would be shortly presented.
A memorial for certain improvements in Great Howard;
street, Oldhall-street, and that neighbourhood; was pre-
sented to the Special Improvement Committee.
The consideration of the motion for the increase of Mr.
Rushton's salary was postponed until an adjourned meet-
ing, to be held on Wednesday (to-morrow), the Mayor
having acknowledged the receipt of a memorial, most re-
spectably signed, praying for .a reform in the Police Court.

have invaded, in grouped (epidemically) or in isolated
forms (sporadically), the town of Liverpool to an extent
and in a ratio unprecedented. _ _

It matters not to the strict argument, whether the
exciting cause was found in concurrent atmospheric
changes themselves, or was simply conveyed by wind
mechanically as it were, or was the result of contact with
the contaminated—whether the exciting cause were re-
alized, in other words, by mediate or immediate means—
as seeds of infection or contagion. In .several instances
adduced, if I mistake not the nature and scope of the evi-
dence,both the primary and secondary, the predispo*ngand
exciting causes presented themselves in the bosom of the
nuisance itself ; whilst in a host of other • examples' the
primary one was shewn as an adequate cause, and was
the alone object of investigation—the secondary being
well known to exist in the wide field of varying atmo-
spheric constitutions, &c., the inquiry into• which, per-
haps for ages to come, will baffle the persevering scrutiny
of science.

The date of my second letter was March of the present
year. The date of the fulfilled prediction was September
of the same year ; when the parish of Liverpool adver-
tised the fact, that, " in consequence of the overcrowded
state of the Fever Hospital, it is absolutely necessary to
discontinue the admission of fever patients to the Hospi-
tal far the present."
The West Derby Union of townships suburban to Li-
verpool, had, in consequence of this fact, to open wards
for their own cases, which hitherto had been: sent in to
the fever wards of the parish of Liverpool,—their fever
cases being unusually numerous from the prevalence of
the same causes.

Finally, the parish of Liverpool itself had to provide
temporary additional fever wards in another- part of the
town.

These facts require not a word of comment.
I claim for the whole medical profession here, and not
for myself, the warning voice of these approaching evils.
At the most, I have only constituted myself a voluntary
mouthpiece, defective I know, but still I venture to hope,
in the main accepted by them, and acceptable as from
them, saving, of course, all errors or failings of the
individual writer.
I felt so satisfied as to the nature and amount of the
evidence that could be brought forward, that I ventured
before the public in what may have been considered a
questionable manner for a medical practitioner, upon the
sole ground of the capability of making good the proposi-
tion, and of the necessity for so doing ; in order to arouse
further attention to the magnitude of those evils, brood-
ing like a curse over and amongst our labouring popula-
tion, and threatening not them alone,—which facts, if
brought home to every man's power or opportunity of
personal scrutiny, would, if undenied and undeniable,
tend in no little measure to ripen the public mind for the
forthcoming operation of the new Sanatory Bill.
_ _

I consented-also to the alternative, that; if I failed in a
satisfactory public proof of the proposition asserted, I
should have silence imposed upon me, wi

le wor

not proven" inscribed-publicly upon the attempt.
No one has assailed my facts—no one, that I know of,
has even attempted to disprove their veracity in number,
nature, or accuracy, or even to mitigate the rigour of

CONCENTRATK)N OF POLICE COURTS AND

OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS

I TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,---I perfectly agree with your idea of a division of
labour, by creating an extra police magistrate for the
growing business of this important borough ; and I would
humbly suggest, if you can afford a small space in your
columns, that the north side of Shaw's-brOw is an appro-
priate site (there being plenty of back land of little value)
for a range of public ()likes, main bridewell, &c.
The land and buildings now retained as Bridewell, and
the present Courts of Assize, have become of more value
for mercantile purposes, and it is a question whether the
price to be obtained for it would not be amply sufficient
for the erection of other more suitable offices in another
situation ; in which case I would propose that two capa-
cious daily courts (one for the north and the other for the
southern part of the town), with a main bridewell, and
every convenience for the proper classification of prisoners,

together with a borough court for the business of the
Sessions, and offices for the Sanatory Board, be placed on
the snot aforesaid. If reanisite. the nresent district bride-

. .
wells might be multiplied and enlarged. The prisoners to
be conveyed to the large bridewell in vans, for the sake of
security and dispatch.—l am, sir, &c.

January 9th, 1847

OSWALD

" THE ROSCOE CLUB, AND LIVERPOOL
ATHENEUM."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sir,—We have, for some weeks past, had our attention
directed to the proposed establishment of a club for the
accommodation of the young men of this town.
" Taniensis ;" in a newly-started contemporary, has
forcibly shewn the want of such an institution, and has
generally described the nature of that proposed. I should

much wish' that the advocacy of your old-established and
standard publication were now enlisted in its service. A
few words on the subject must have their due influence
by appearing in its columns.
The " Whittington Club" of London is very properly
to be taken as the model of the " Roscoe Club, and Li-
verpool Atheneum." The principal features of the for-
mer are generally known ; suffice it to say here, that they
combine harmless amusement with instruction ; comfort
with economy ; and the indispensibles of the cuisine,
minus the few de'sagrements of a public eating house. _ _

,A few " good men_ and true". have already set their
heart upon the project, and are at present engaged with
some preliminaries, previous to calling a public meeting,

may judge of the feasibility of the object to be there pro-
posed, and co-operate for its attainments.

_
A very few months have passed since the " Whitting-
ton Club" was first mooted in London. Its success, so
far, is decided. Many provincial towns, both in England
and Scotland, have followed th.
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polls. ....Averpool, the second in importance, to be still
left to beg for the like privilege to its young men ? Of
its thousands of merchants, clerks, and others, who stand
so much in need of an institution of the kind, can a few
hundreds not be found to come forward in behalf of their

own interests ? and must it still be said of them that they
rest contented with a routine of pleasures producing but
fleeting enjoyments, and too often hurtful consequences ?
Let them now grasp at the proffered opportunity of pos-
sessing an establishment, founded on rational principles,
and with the express object of filling up a vacuum in our
social economy
The a

mthy with regard to this subject, existing amongst
those whom I now more particularly address, is most re-
markable. I stall, notwithstanding, endeavour to thaw
their cold indifference to what I consider a most impor-
tant movement, by a few simple observations :
Some, on their sentiments being sounded, express

themselves in this manner :—" The institution you pro-
pose may be all that you say, but we should like to see it
fairly in operation before joining its ranks." Why, if all
made a similar determination, these would never have an
opportunity of judging of its claims on their patronage;
and therefore their immediate support is requisite. For,
as the bucket is not full without the additional drop, so
will a single subscriber to the club add so much to the
certainty of its success. Others meet every appeal by
We allow that this club, whose merits you advo-