The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

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ports of others—it has been obtained from personal visitation
and attendance upon the indigent at their own houses. When

circumstances—have noticed the state of their dwellings, their
furniture, their clothing, and their fOod. I have heard their own
statements, and compared these with what I have myself seen.
For nearly eighteen years past I have been constantly connected
with the largest public institutions of the town, either as a re-
sident medical officer or as a physician ; and during this period

must candidly own, I have never seen so much and such'aggra.
vated destitution as I have met with during the last few weeks.
Within the range of my observations, the present amount of

numbers are sinking into t 1

grave solely from the want of foo

The patients admitted into the fever ward, Mr. Howard
says, are now frequently brought there from their beds

d almost in a state of nudity

What adds to the distressed outward aspect of the ma-
nufacturing districts are, the swarms of Jrish paupers who
throng all the towns and villages, begging importunately,
and in some of the retired outskirts, even threateningly
Id tip

_ne old turnpike road between this port and the interior
is travelled over from morning till night by parties of
these forlorn-looking beings, tramping onwards without an

apparent object

they extort upon the route; for any chance of procuring
employment is quite hopeless. Putting in force the pro-
visions of the Vagrancy Act towards them is impossible ;
and any attempt at doing so, without the means at hand
to provide for their necessities from the funds of the va-
rious parishes in which they present themselves, would

lanes to die of famine, or of the fever which they bring
with them to be introduced amongst our own resident

poor anc

working c

STEALING FROM THE MARKETS

-Several charges of

stealing me

were Yesterday brought before Mr. Rushton. One
woman, named Jenkins, was sent to prison for fourteen
days, for stealing 24 lbs. of mutton in St. John's ; and

was con

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. -
Viscount Brackley—eldest son of the E

appears in our advertising columns. Mr. Entwisle retires
from the representation and it would appear at nrp--
if Lord Brackley and Air. Brown were to
opposed. It is somewhat strange—if anything was strange
now-a-days—to find a son of Earl Ellesmere announcing
'loner of a Whig Government.

e return(

himself asu

mittee of the Eastern Dispensary held yesterday, Dr.
Ashcroft was unanimously appointed honorary consulting
physician, Dr. Imlach was appointed honorary physician,
'id Mr. George Dodd honorary surgeon. We under-
I t

,tanc. ,e committee intend to appeal for assistance
to the council at their next meeting, and in case of re-
fusal, this most useful charity must be closed for want of
funds. .
GAMBLING TABLES.—A man; named John Omelia,

_ rday chat _ _
..
ith a table containing a ring, or bull's-eye, which
3arties were invited to shoot at with a cross-bow for nuts.
The magistrate enquired whether success at the game de-
pended upon skill, and the answer . being in the affirma-
tive, he dismissed the prisoner, cautioning him, however,
not interrupt any of the thoroughfares, as any obstruc-
tion would involve a breach of the law.
PAOMOTION.—We understand that the Rev. Edward
Roberts, who, as we have stated elsewhere, was last week
presented by the teachers of St. Barnabas' Schools with a
handsome gift of hooks, accompanied with a very flatter-
ing address, expressive of the great respect and affection

was yes

)yapol

they entertained for him, bias been prey
Dr. Byrth to the incumbency of the new churci

nted by the Rev

combo.

that the

these gratifying prf

FIRE IN NIA

.oad, Chorlion-upon

The fire originated from
pantaneous combustion ; the waste cotton, assisted by the
)il used in the spinning and the extreme heat of the wea-
ther, ignited and set fire to a shed attached to the build-
re burnt furiously for some time, but ulti-
'clued with great exertions. The damage is

I the fir

mately NI

estimated at between £506 and £6OO. The Messrs..Bir-
ley, who are now working short time, employ between
1500 and 1600 hands, but the work at the mill will not be
retarded by the accident. The'property, we believe, was

it insured.
WHITMONDAY

rclay being a sort of holvday

,t on ti

were provided for their

!ay's or even a re,
rowded every trii
luring the pi

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erries, the

gremont,

nighs of hawthorn in 1
THE BATHS IN PAUL

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'rom the 23rd April to the 20th instant inclusive

Number of Bath

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