The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-29 00:00:00

MANcnEsitEn ATHENEUM.—The grand annual soirée
of the Manchester Athenaeum, to be held in the Free-
trade Hall, on Thursday. the 22nd of October, under the
presidency of Lord Morpeth, promises to be every way
most attractive. Three prelates have accepted invitations
to attend—the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Whateley ; the
Bishop of Norwich, Dr. Stanley ; and the Bishop of Ox-
ford, Dr. Wilberforce ; as have also the Right Hon. Lord
Viscount Sandon, M.P.. the Right Hon. R. L. Shell,
M.P., the Right Hon. r. M. Gibson, M.P., Captain the
Hon. Henry Keppel, R.N.. Mr. Montague Gore. M.P.,

Mr. J. T. Clitton, M.P.. Mr. J. W. Patten, M.P., Mr.
W. Ewart, M.P.. Mr. M. Phillips, M.l'., Mr. J. Bro-
therton, M.P., Mr. J. Bright, M.P., C. Mackay, LL. D.,
Mr. G. Dawson, M.A., Mr. D. Jerrold, Mr. J. Mac-
gregor. of the Board of Trade, &c.—Munchesttr Guar-
dian. [lt will be seen from a paragraph elsewhere, that
the Bishop of Oxford wi 1 not be present.]

DOCK COMMIT EE.—TH URSD A Y.—The sub-committee
of the Mat ine Department recommended that the sum of
be given to Thomas Procter, an old seaman on board
the north-west light ship, who had lost his sight, and was
incapable of following his employment, in consequence of
injury he received on board the vessel. It was stated
that the money was to be appropriated for buying a wan-
gle, and several members being of opinion that the amount
was insufficient, it was increased to Xtf). A plan for the
cooperage at the Albert Dock was submitted, which had
received the sanction of the Custom-house authorities; it
was ordered to lie on the table for a few days, for the in-
spection of members, and in the meantime referred V) the
Committee of Works. A letter from several patties inte-
rested, recommending that the north end of the shed on
the east quay of the King's Dock be boarded up, for the
better protection of goods, was referred to the Committee
of Works. The Dock Surveyor requested permission to
run the Clarence and Canning Half-tide Docks dry at the
next spring tides. Granted, with the usual notices.
WEST DERBY UNION.—At the weekly meeting, on
Tuesday, it was resolved to fit up an hospital for fever
patients, under the direction of Mr. Fell, the medical
officer of the union house, the hospital at Liverpool being
quite full. A report was read from Messrs. eppard,
Parker, Smith, an•t Shaw, the committee appointed to
inquire into the state of the lunatic asylums chargeable to
the union. The Lancaster asylum, in which are twenty-
four West Dei by patients, they found in every respect
most satisfactory. Five of them were found to be so
tranquil and sensible that the committee recommended
that an application should be made for their discharge
immediately, if suitable accommodation can be provided
in the workhouse or elsewhere. The six patients in the
Haydock Lodge Asylum were found in as comfortable a
condition as their mental state will allow. Improvements
are in progress to add to the accommodation of the house
and the comfort of the inmates. The committee record
their approbation of the conciliatory and affectionate
manner in which the superintendent and matron conduct
the establishment, and entertain the hope that in a short
time they will effect a very great improvement therein.
THE PACKET-SHIP NNGLO-SAXON.—This magnificent
new liner, which lett Boston on her first voyage on the
sth instant, reached the river on Thursday, atter a fine
run of eighteen and a half days. She brings 50(10 brls of
flour and butter, lard, and tallow; and it is stated that
immense quantities of corn and flour are on the way
hither, so that the famine cry ought not to have any
effect on the serious-thinking portion of the community
in this country. The captain and his nob'e ship have
already won warm commendations, as will he seen from
the following :—" We, the cabin passengers, grateful to
Captain Gordon for his gentlemanly conduct, and duly
appreciating the good seamanship he has displayed, beg to
recommend this line of packets to the notice of all who
cross the Atlantic, whether for business or pleasure."
The following is a list of her passengers :—Mrs. J. R.
Gordon, Dwight Hoyden, Esq. and lady, and Miss Stick-
ney, of Boston ; Lieut. L. F. G Bernard, of the 82nd
Regiment, and lady, from Canada; Rev. James Esans
and lady, of the British Foreign Missions ; J W. D.
Maclagan, Esq., of Scotland ; Messrs. Daniel Murphy,
Alfred Peppercorn, Griffin Owen; Mr. Robert 'Watt,
lady. and Miss Watt; Messrs. Henry and Charles Wells,
of Boston ; and two others, of Germany ; and 100 in the
steerage.

SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual meeting, on Tuesday,
a report was read, from Mr. Churchwarden Riding and
Mr. Hart, as to the lunatic asylums, chat-gest-de to the
parish of Liverpool. In the Kingsland Asylum, near
Shrewsburv, healthily situated on the Severn, there are
fourteen Liverprol patients, at a charge of Bs. 6d. per
head per week, with clothing, all of whom were found
clean and comfortable, and in good health, except William
Rigg, who, by continued fits of epilepsy, is reduced almost
to death. In the Camberwell Asylum are twenty-four
Liverpool patients, cowing the parish 10s. per week each.
They looked healthy and c:tntented, and the establishment
in every department was clean and well established. In
the County Asylum are 114 Liverpool patients, at a
charge of 7s. each per week. The building is excellently
constructed, and the patients were generally healthy and
tranquil. The deputation vit.ited Haydoek Lodge twice,
in which are twenty-seven patients, at a charge of 7s. per
head. The patients are described as being clean and com-
fortable, and generally in good health. The sleeping-rooms
occupied by the patients were considered objectionable. as
requiring more light, and ventilation, and not being alto-
gether free trim damp. These defects are to be imme-
diately remedied, and there is, it is said, an evident de-
sire on the part of the present management, to render the
asylum as perfect as possible. Some conversation then
took pla e as to the accommodation for pauper lunatics at
the workhouse, the old building having been pulled down.
It was resolved to give the Workhouse Committee p:•wer
to obtain a place for the pauper lunatics.

THE NORTHWICH SALT-FIELD.—Mr. G. W. Orme-
rod read a paper on this subject. and produced a map, at
the meeting of the British Association, at Southamt ton :
—The rock salt at Northwich is part of the new red
sandstone series: it forms two strata. the uppermost of
which is 75 fret thick, and the lower 105 feet ; they are
separated by 30 feet of stone, containing veins of salt.
Throughout the district, the brine is reached at the same
level—about 87 feet—below the river Weaver ; and varies
uniformly in all the elm is when any change takes place.
In this district there ate three faults, which have dis-
placed the strata to a considerable amount. The first
fault is a throw down to the east of 400 yards; it inter-
sects the South Lancashire coal-field, and passes into
Cheshire, along the valley to the west of Bellefield and
H ill Cliff, a ranee of new red sandstone (bunter sandal, in),
capped by the ripple-marked beds denominated " water-
stones," in which the footmarks of the Cheirof herium oc-
cur; the summit is 352 feet above the level of the sea.
Near Nor licvieh this fault appears to pass into another,
which is en vpthrow to the east of 400 feet, and passes

also through the South Lancashire coal-field, by Wigan
Churd. and east of Warrington into Cheshire, when it
continues along the valley, east of the Benefield range.

Through the coal district, this line is prove(' by numer-
ous workings; and in the salt district, by the extent to
which the workings and the sinking of the land have
gone. The third great fault, passing by Northwich, ranges
by south-west to north-east, passing near Holt, and
running up the valley between the Peckforton Hills,
and the low range occupying the east side of the Dee.
This valley is occupied by marl, in which saline
springs are frequent. At Northwich the line runs in a
north-easterly irection, forming the north west boun-
dary of the rock-salt. The subsidences already men-
tioned as taking place in the salt district are either sudden
or gradual, and have been noticed for many years. At
the yard of the Weaver Navigation Office, the sinking is
at least six feet ; and, on the road from that place to Win-
nington. the depressions are shown by cracks in houses
and visible subsidences in the land. From the same
cause, a lock and a factory have required to be removed.
meadows are laid under water, and the towing-path by
the river has had to he raised. The Whitton Bro k has
also been made six feet deeper, to enable the navigation
to proceed as formerly. Mr. W. Sharpe withdrew his
paper which had been announced, on the same suhj--ct,
recommending a visit to one of the salt-mines, the shalt
of which was one hundred and twelve yards deep, hut so
large, dry. and clean, that lades might descend with
safety; at the bottom was a square excavation in the rock-
salt, fir een feet high, and four hundred yards each way—
the root supported by several hundred pillars of salt, of a
beautiful red colour. When illuminated by blue lights, it
formed a magnificent exhibition.
We beg to call the attention of our readers to the ad .
vertisement of Signor Sapio, the eminent teacher of vocal
mu,ic. Signor Sapio is a graduate and associate of the
Royal Ac.demv of Music, and the instructor of Miss
H sy..s, the celebrated prima donna at La Scala, N.ilan.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDICNS.—The concluding gala of the
season tin,k place yesterday evening, and we cannot allow
the opportunity to pass without congratulating the pro-
prietor and his assistants on the great and deserved
patronage they lia,e received. The season, owing to the
various improvements and the number of talented indi-
viduals who have periodically appeared, Its been a most
extensive one. We are, however, glad to learn that the
patronage that has this 'tear been extended to these gar-

dins is such as will give a stimulus to the exertions of
another sea-on. Indeed, Mr. Atkins, who, as a caterer
for puhl c divertion, is unsurpassed, seems de' ermined to
leftvt all other similar estabhsliments at an immeasureable
distani7e.

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—Mr. Henry Smith
gave his vocal raer.ainment on Saturday evening, to, if
possible, a more cr-wdrd audience than on the previous
Saturday evenims since the comatencement of the season.
Long before the time of opening the doors some hundreds
had fathered about the ball, and before Mr. Smith ap-
peared on the platform every available spot seemed occu-
pied. On his entrance he was favourably received; but.
at the conclusion of his second song, " The Old A-ul.
&at r," he was greeted with unbounded arplause. The
music he sang to this beautiful poem differed somewhat
from Russell's arrangement, as did also all the other
pieces that he introduced which are known as Mr. li ussel
songs. Mr. Smith stared. that, in consequence of Mr.
Henry Russell having given notice to the committee Ih4
he would commenc- legal proce, dings against them if they
allowed him (Air. Smith) to sing his compositiot s, he
would therefore .'ing his own arrangement of music; and,
that the izentli•m«-ti of the institution might be in no way
comoromised, h.: would omit " The Gambler's Wife" and

Ship on Fire," the words of these songs being COPY-
right. This explanation was received in good part by the
audttorv• who warmly applauded the songs substituted.
Our Welsh friends will have a treat next Saturday and

iVloocav• The vocalists, we understand, will appear in
the old bart'ic costume.
A DANI,ROUS CASE OF ERISPELAS, ATTENDED WITH
SWELLING AND INFLAMATION. CURED DY HOLLO-
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use of your Oiutm' nt I was cured, to the surprise of all
who knew me. Signed, Joseph Gildou (a Fbrmer).—See
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