The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-17 00:00:00

SPECIAL COUNCIL.

A special meeting of the Council was held on Friday,
to consider the proceedings of the Health and Water
Committees, which had been postponed. A letter re-
ceived by the Mayor from Mr. Ferguson, was read by the
clerk. The writer states that he feels it his duty as chair.
man of the equitable rating company, appointed by the
parishioners in vestry, to bring under the Mayor's notice
the subject of the passenger accommodation in steamers
between Ireland and Liverpool, so as government might
interfere to place the passenger carrying-trade on a better
footing. It was absolutely necessary that the Council
should aid the efforts of the parishioners in this matter,
by appointing a deputation from the Council, to wait on
the government respecting it. All were aware of the vast
number of Irish poor who daily arrived in Li verpool ; but
the system of carrying them had been most reckless. His
Worship would be aware of the loss of life on the pas-
sage between Ireland and Liverpool. The system pur-
sued could only be compared to that of the slave-trade.
The Vestry had petitioned parliament, praying that the
system might be put a stop to, and that proper accommo-
dation and shelter might be .provided. They also sent a
deputation to government, who sent down Capt. Denham,
who reported, and offered his suggestions as to a fitting
remedy. The writer then urges on his Worship the pro-
priety of appointing a deputation without further delay—
so that something may be done before the prorogation of
garliament.

The MAYOR said, that, being in London on Wednesday
last, he mentioned the subject to Sir George Grey, during
an interview he had with him. Sir George Grey informed
him that the measure now before parliament, relating to
the subject, would, he had no doubt, be carried out. It
appeared to him (the mayor), that what remained to be
done was to lay the matter before the Board of Trade.
After some discussion, the Mayor, Mr. Rushton, and
Mr. Ferguson were appointed a deputation from the
Council to proceed to London, and Mr. Holme suggested
that a communication should be made to the parish autho-
rities, with a view of their sending up a deputation to
accompany the deputation from the Council.

The proceedings of the Health Committee comprised
a report, after conference with the Water Committee, as to
the duties of the engineer and his staff, in accordance
with the resolution of the Council at their last meeting,
and a recommendation that the local rates laid by the
Council, be collected separately from the water rates and
charges._

Mr. HORNBY (the deputy-chairman of the committee),
in the absence of Mr. Tinne, chairman, moved the con-
firmation of the proceedings. He briefly alluded to the
grounds upon which the committee had concluded to
recommend the appointment of Mr. Newlands as engi-
neer to the waterworks. Ile then explained why the
committee had considered it necessary to have the local
rates collected separately from the water rates and charges,
stating that the system of collecting the local rates and
the water rates together, had been found not to work well.
After considerable discussion the proceedings were
confirmed, with the exception of the report in reference
to the increase of Mr. Newland's salary, and his appoint-
ment as water engineer, which was deferred until the
Water Committee's proceedings were before the Council.
APPOINTMENT OF MR. NEWLANDS AS WATER ENGINEER.

The proceedings of the Water Committee, which were
very lengthy, were next read. They contained, amongst
other things, a report, after conferring with the Health
Committee, recommending the appointment of the
borough engineer to be the engineer of the waterworks,
and that, in consideration of increased duties, the salary
of Mr. Newlands be increased by the sum of £3OO per
annum, to be charged upon the water account.
The proceedings also contained a' letter from Mr.
Hawksley, in which he stated in the event of the Riving-
ton Pike scheme being abandoned, he should release the
Corporation from the obligations and liabilities which
were at present imposed upon them.—(The reading of
this letter was followed by loud cheers.)
M. HARBORD said that before moving the confirmation
of the proceedings, it would perhaps be advisable to state
that the opinion of counsel bad been received on the
several points submitted to then), and if it was the plea-
sure of the council he would suggest that they be now
read, as it was necessary that some steps be at once taken
upon them.
THE TOWN-CLERK then read the several points sub-
mitted to counsel, together with the answers given, which
were as follows:

To the question—whether a mandamus would lie against the
council, upon the application of any person entitled to demand
a supply of water, to compel the council to proceed with the
Rivington works ? the reply was in the affirmative. It was
also held, that it would be no answer to say that they could not
prosecute the works for want of funds. The third question
was—whether the cost of resisting the mandamus could legally
come out of the water account, or the borough fund 7. It was
replied, that if there was a reasonable ground for resistance to
the mandamus, the cost of such resistance might be paid out
of the water or borough fund. The next question and answer
was not material. The fifth question was—" Can the corpora
tion take any step for avoiding any contracts by paying any
sums of money either out of the money borrowed for the pur-
poses of the waterworks act, or paying compensation to con-
tractors for avoiding their contracts ?" The reply was to the
effect that the corporation could not safely take any steps for
avoiding any contracts already entered into, or pay any money
out of the water account for any other purposes than those
mentioned in the act of parliament. The sixth question was—
whether an injunction were applied for and granted would the
council be justified in paying the costs out of the water fund
or the borough fund ? To this the answer was in the negative.
The next question was—whether the water and borough funds
were to be considered in the light of trust funds, and whether
the members of the council could be held personally respon-
sible for the application of the funds ? The reply was that the
funds in question were in the nature of trust font's, and tha.t
the council, as trustees, would be held personally responsible
for any misapplication of the monies. The eighth question
was, whether it was competent for the water committee to
appropriate any portion of the -€480,000 authorised to be bor-
rowed for the execution of the Rivington works to the laying
of new pipes and the improvement of the existing works ?
The reply was, that they would not be justified in doing so, but
they could borrow money for the purpose of laying pipes in
districts where no pipes had as yet been laid ; and in forming
extensions, provided that such extensions were consistent with
a bona fide intention of constructing the new works authorised
by the Rivington water works act. The twelfth question was—
whether the council could abandon the Pike scheme without
the authority of an act of parliament ? And the reply was a
flat negative. There were also some other queries, but we have
given the substance of the most important.

The TOWN-CLERK, in answer to a question, stated that
the opinion which he had read was that of Sir Fitzroy
Kelly, Mr. Rolt, Mr. Gilbert Henderson, and Mr. Bailey.
Mr. HARBORD then rose to move the confirmation of
the proceedings. In doing so he entered at considerable
length into the present position of the Water Committee.
He explained why Mr. Pendlebury's claim of £4,504 had
not been paid, and, in the course of his observations on
this subject, he said he had found out that, according to
certain clauses in the Rivington Pike Act, Mr. Pendlebury,
independently of his claim of £4,500, had powers to pre-
fer a further claim of £2O per diem from the corporation
in the event of certain springs in his neighbourhood fail-
ing to supply him with water. Unless, therefore, Mr.
Pendlebury would release the corporation from all further
claim, the water committee were not disposed to pay him
£4,500, and he (Mr. H.). regretted to say that he was
afraid it would be some time before he should be in a po-
sition to announce to the Council that payment of the
claim had been recommended by the committee. Mr. H.
then proceeded to defend the course which had beentaken
by the committee in obtaining the opinion of counsel as
to the present position of the water account, observing
that it had been considered quite necessary to do so in
order to ascertain the real position in which the commit-
tee legally stood. It would be seen from opinions which
had been received from counsel that the bonds on which
they had received money were not bonds at all, but sim-
ply mortgages on the water account. After explaining
the present position of the bondholders, Mr. IL said that,
although the water committee paid the bondholders last
half year 21 per cent, they could not, from their income
on water account, pay them 21 per. cent. next half year,
unless some other arrangement was made. Mr. H.) in
continuation, proceeded to allude to the general features
of the water act, and the way in which the corporation and
bondholders would be affected by it. He then moved the
confirmation of the proceedings, and also moved, as a sup-
plementary resolution, that in consequence of the opinion
received from counsel, a special committee be appointed
for the purpose of suggesting what steps should be taken
in consequence of that opinion having been. received.
Mr. BENNErrseconded the resolution.

After seine discussion, originated by Mr. Horsfall, in
reference to the alleged deficiency of the water supply in
the neighbourhood of West Derby,
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME rose and said, that when he con-
sidered the important matters that were involved in the
proceedings of the Water Committee, and more particu-
larly the report which had that day been presented to the
Council, he must confess that he felt very much surprised
that the gentleman who had ever economy on his lips
had been silent on the proposal to appoint Mr. Newlands
to the office•of water engineer, at an• increased salary of
£3OO per annum. The great importance of giving to this
vast population of Liverpool an ample supply of one of
the most necessary elements of life was of such magnitude
that he would not apologize to the Council when he said
he should, perhaps, for some considerable time occupy,
their attention upon the question which was now pre-
sented to them with new phases.. In doing so, however,
he was anxious to be guided by the excellent advice given
to him by Mr. Aikin, a short, time since, and was very
anxious to let bygones he bygones, on a question which,
he was sorry to say, had engendered such angry' feelings,
both in that room and out of doors. He would therefore
endeavour to avoid giving any encouragement to such a
feeling on the present occasion ; but it was impossible,
when they found gentlemen, from whose education and
position in life, appearing at public meetings, and urging
the people not to take any notice, or to have any confi-
dence in the Town Conncil,—it was impossible,. he said,
under such circumstances, not to make allusion to it, and
he must, therefore, take the liberty of referring to the
remarks which had, been made by Mr. Harbord at a recent
public meeting on the water question, which he con-
demned as highly improper, and a breach of privilege in
Mr. Harbord as a member of the Council. He then went
into the whole question of the Rivington Pike, arguing
that the present Water Committee and their supporters
had been the sole cause of bringing the water account
into its present position. He then condemned the pro-
posed appointment of Mr. Newlands as the water en-
gineer, on the ground that his duties as borough engineer
were already sufficiently onerous, and concluded a speech
of considerable length by proposing the appointment of a
select committee to inquire into the present actual state
of the water account.
The amendment having been seconded,
Mr. BENT rose, and replied to the observations of Mr.
Holme. He begged to tell Mr. Holme, who seemed to
find it very agreeable to find fault with the present Water
Committee, that if the endeavours of that committee had
not yet been attended with the successes they could have
wished, it was owing to the position in which they found
the affairs of the water aecount, as left them by their
predecessors. Mr. Bent then proceeded to defend the
present Water Committee, and expressed his increased
conviction that to proceed with the Rivington works
would be unwise on many grounds. He entered into a

number of statistical statements, with a view to prove
that there was abundance of water to be obtained from
the red sand stone under the town, as proved by the
supply that was now daily shown by the yield of the wells ;
and concluded a speech, which we regret we are unable to
give at length, by stating that it would be cruel and un-
just to the ratepayers—at present so heavily taxed—to
preceed with the Rivington project, and thus put the
town to such an enormous expense, when there was no
occasion for the works at all.

A very long discussion followed, in which Messrs.
Parker, Langsdale, Beckwith, Ferguson, Hodgson, Holt,
Mann, Fisher, and Bennett took part;
And, on the motion of Mr. Hanosom, the Council was
adjourned to Tuesday, (This Day,) when Mr. Bennett will
resume the debate.

The Council sat from eleven o'clock until a quarter to five.

THE NEW NORTH DOCKS.

The new docks to which we invite attention in this
notice comprise the Salisbury, Collingwood, and Stanley
Docks, continuous from west to east, and the Nelson and
Bramley-Moore Docks, north of the former, all of which
are finished and open for shipping ; and, beyond the last-
named, the Wellington Dock and Half-tide Basin, the
Sandon Dock and Open Basin, and the Sandon Graving
Docks, the whole of which last are verging towards comple-
tion. The space upon which these stand, together with
the spacious quay-room around them, extends from north
to south a length of about 1266 yards ; and the average
width of the area, which is a little irregular at the east
side, is about 550 yards. The entire water space of these
docks and basins as many acres in extent.
Leaving the Clarence Graving Docks on the left hand
in proceeding northward, the visitor finds on the imme-
diate right, in Regent-road, the Sefton Dock, large,
nearly square, and finely enclosed. From the north-east
corner of this dock a chain of locks rises to the Leeds and
Liverpool Canal, which enable flats to pass to and from
any of the docks named, to discharge or receive cargo
alongside the vessels. The mural inclosures of the new
docks are widely different in style and character from
those of the other docks, and give an agreeable and novel
character to that part of the town. The walls, which arc
13 feet in height, and, for strength, wider at the bottom
than the top, are built of grey granite rubble, of all sizes,
the stones employed being irregular lumps and chips, left
over in building the interior walls of the docks, and the
mortar is as hard as the stone. The entrance-gates are
double, with a handsome oval-shaped granite tower divi-
ding them, embattled at the top, and flanked by two
smaller ones to correspond at each side, which receive
the sliding gates into grooves in the masonwork. The
whole three at each gate resemble Martello towers ; and
the stranger might imagine that he had reached the outer
walls of an extensive fortress. A fine wide swing bridge
of great span is crossed by the high road between the
Stanley and Collingwood Docks, and is ornamented by
two towers at each end. The walls of the whole of these
structures, from the stones being of various sizes, have
an appearance of patchwork; but as the surface is on the
whole smoothish, the effect is by no means displeasing.
The mortar is pointed round even the minutest stone, and
is equal in hardness to the adamantine granite itself.
The docks stated to be already open, we will suppose
most of our readers to have cursorily seen; and shall
therefore proceed towards the newer works to the north-
ward, entering by a gate close to a new Custom-house
Depot, opposite the north-east angle of the Nelson Dock,
This building, two stories in height, is also built of granite,
in a neat style of architecture, with a bold bracketted cor-
nice. From this point, the great extent of land already
made into docks and quays, north and south, becomes
visible. The fine granite clock tower at the entrance of
the Salisbury Dock forms a conspicuous object. A view of
the immense area already formed or to be formed, further
north from the Bra.nley-Moore Dock, is here, however,
intercepted by a temporary paling, to pass beyond which
a ticket of admission is required. The dock immediately
beyond this barrier is the Wellington • and beyond that
the Sandon, both nearly finished. There are six fine
graving docks on the north side of the Sandon Dock. The
depth of each of these fine docks from the quay top is 35
feet. The walls ar.) built to-about hilf way up of strong
red free stone, which was quarried out of the respective
excavations, and its presence saved the great outlay that
would have been incurred if it had been necessary to pur-
chase and transport it from a distance. The upper half,
or rather more, of the dock wall-work is entirely of gra-
nite, in blocks, and irregular pieces, excepting at the top,
where the huge stones formng a-finish are finely hewn, as
are those at and about all the dock gates. Many of the
hewn stones (especially at the latter points) are of great
size and weight ; some which we saw would weigh from
five to seven tons ; but there are others laid still more pon-
derous, some of them 14 or 15 feet long. The granite is
from Creetown quarries, Wigtonshire, Scotland, and is
brought by strong vessels built for the purpose. The lime
is made from the limestone brought from Halkin moun-
tain, in Flintshire. There are several lime-kilns on the
ground, and three mortar mills, each driving a number of
pairs of stones. The lime, when burned, is ground up
with fine sea sand, and even salt water is employed, yet
thb mortar sets quickly, even under water, the presence
of which renders it even harder. It is impossible to sepa-
rate stones once cemented in it, without breaking them.
In the whole of these new docks a new system of scouring
out any silt or accumulation has been adopted, by sewers
or openings in the stonework at many points, by which such
water as can at any time be spared in one dock is available
for cleansing out another. The most extraordinary and
triumphant portions of these works, however, are the dock
sills, gates. and entrances : the masonry is truly superb,
and all of granite. There are two-sets of gates. The sill
of the Sandon Dock is of inverted archwork below, to
support the massive gates against the great pressure of
water, as the width is 70 feet. There is another dock en-
trance in course of formation, from the Sandon Basin to
the half-tide dock, which is 90 feet wide! The river en-
trance to the Sandon Basin is 200 feet wide ! The six
graving docks are each 630 feet long, with entrances of 45,
60, and 70 feet wide. The Battery for the government is
a good way to the northward of the works just noticed,
and forms at present the rounded termination of the river
wall. A basin will be formed here, and from this the sea
wall, to enclose the intended new works, will be extended
beyond the Battery up Bootle Bay a distance of a mile and
a half. Upwards of 2,000 men in all are employed on the
works.

We have still to notice the new works north of those
alluded to, also the handsome clock tower, and several
fine swing bridges, &c., but these will form the subject of
another article hereafter.

DR. HAWTHORNE AND THE SELECT VESTRY.

There is a story extant of a worthy village tailor, who
lived during the time when " Boney" and the French
were the goblins which scared women and children from
their rest, whilst they were daily promised to be extin-
guished—over their cups—by thousands of our militia
men, and our various corps of yeomanry and volunteers.
Our tailor, for some horticultural or agricultural purpose,
bad borrowed a scythe from a neighbour, and was return-
ing with it down a lane, which was fringed on each side
by an abundant crop of nettles, when, for some reason or
other, whether flushed with the consciousness of the pos-
session of so formidable a weapon, or inspired by an ex-
traordinary fit of loyalty, we know not, he began vigo-
rously to mow down everything around him ; and as each
tall nettle succumbed to his arm, exclaimed with ardour
—" Oh, that you were all Frenchmen !" In the midst of
his exertions and valorous aspirations, a form jumped
over the hedge, and presenting. itself in the front of our
hero, pronounced the awful words, " Sare, I am one
Frenchman." Of course the reader will anticipate that
the intruder was cut in two by the first remorseless
sweep of the scythe, or that at any rate he was shortened
by the legs, or that he was first maimed and then taken
prisoner by our valiant ninth portion of humanity. No
such thing. For the honour of the craft we grieve to re-
cord that our hero's courage took fright at once, and
that, bending on his knees, and praying for mercy, he
surrendered at discretion.

We think we could find a companion picture to this of
the tailor and the Frenchman, in our own time, and in
our own town ; , of whiCh the hero is a doctor, and his
dread opponent, although not a Frenchman, at It events
a foreigner—in fact, an Asiatic. Week after week,
month after month, our disciple of Galen has been victo-
riously overcoming small diseases, which may stand for
our tailor's nettles. Dozens of cases of unripe gooseber-
ries, raw peahulls, over-gorges of strawberries and cream,
cucumber, and other disturbers of the human internals,
he is said to have met and conquered with his infallible
pills, crying out ever and anon, Oh, that these were all
Asiatics!" But whenever a veritable specimen of the
genus presented itself in an unmistakable form, the doc-
tor, like the tailor. seems to have been startled at the
sight of his customer, and declined an encounter with him.
We are quite !mare that there are occasions when the
most stout-hearted and confident become unnerved; and
the doctor's case may be one of these. We have heard
of a German headsman, who had served a long appren-
ticeship at decapitation of the cabbages in his father's
garden, and could slice them to, a hair's breadth ; but
whose heart and hand failed him on the occasion of his
first performance upon a human. subject. In somewhat
like this predicament is Dr. Hawthorne ; and in request-
ing for him a patient who is a little below humanity in
condition at least—something between the cabbage and
the man--'a creature who " has no friends," and may be
experimented upon without endangering his nerves, (in
other words, one of our unfortunate poor)—his friends in
and out of the vestry manifest great consideration, for the
doctor at least. The infallible gentleman shrinks from
other patients to whose relief he is called,, after the
Asiatic symptoms of cholera have manifested themselves ;
try him then upon a pauper ! This is neither more nor
less than the request of the Mercury and his other friends.
We must demur, however, to such a course. There is
cholera enough, in the Asiatic form, to be found in the
streets and courts of Liverpool; and surely somebody can
• be found, after all the puffing which this man has had,
whose friends are willing to entrust his or her life iu his
hands, without calling on the vestry to submit the poor,
of whom they are the lawful protectors, to a practice
which is protested against as dangerous by nearly the whole
of the faculty.
We observe that the doctor, in reply to the remarks
made upon him in the Select Vestry, refers to the case at
Seacombe, mentioned by us in our last, as one which, for
the sake of the medical men who had been present, it
would have been desirable not to have mentioned. He
does not, however, tell us why; and neither of the gen-
tlemen in question, we are sure, need have any fear of
its being made public. He does not tell us why he
refused to take the responsibility of treating it ; and
the public will conclude that, being cholera in its
Asiatic form, he felt that its result would break
the sequence of the unvarying success atteniding
his cases. With respect to the MO in Scotland-xoadA

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heard of his taking cases, which other medical 10;0
treated, such as that mentioned by Mr• Bighsali ni
heard of
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the fact that the patient recovered, whether
vrrohe oi
Hawthorn's treatment, or that of the doctor! the b,
previously attended him, is not so certain. "Yteteaaes'
vheorwi
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dwietiohaavteh
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of so many cases treated by Dr. Hawthorn, Lou dede
in a state of collapse, of which four h"alvlee
doubtful ?" In its more severe form, it would serreestiof
the Doctor's practice is as little efficacious in a so
death from cholera as that of other Practition.uers_dol
even in its early stages he is not uniformly -,..rc7;, 0.,
Our contemporary, the Journal, has given sncrarP,
one has since come to our own knowledge, whict" poci"
on Friday, in which the patient was attended joglolo
Hawthorne, and another medical gentleman, w' st
his practice, from the commencement of theattell'
terminated fatally.
Had Dr. Hawthorne refrained from p e bat
his extraordinary cures, we should not of ours _,ces
ticed his treatment, as under ordinary circurasw
have nothing to do with a physician's practice•
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CORONER'S INQUESTS.
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Before
rise jury which had been empanelled fdifere°
the the
left the ats for the purpose of visitmg heoltetti
cases to be investigated, Mr. Curry addressed f
following effect :—He said they would have
_reolerj
when the clerk read over the cases, that there w‘"1: two;
a number for their investigation than six ; erlecoos of co.o
these he apprehended might turn out to be ca.._ reito ,
lera. In one case a little suspicion existed ;
put into bridewell ; he was released, and theoand be
day died ; but exclusive of this suspicion, 3_4004
observed on the deceased's head, so that, at e'''iovest',-;
(the coroner) was warranted in instituting a','„ancles'o,l
tion as to the cause of death. There was a '—elsorl'ic
which he believed would turn out to be choleratosaabe
he did think, in fearful times like these, that !toll be
right, if by a public investigation. any mesll;,boalu,ne.
suggested calculated to avert the calamitY, " bead -
instituted. He had met Mr. Palmer, thAetoileboea
stable of Wirral', the previous week, a°,'lloltof
man had informed him that an official or,e,"
a' , olete
received by Mr. Churton, the coroner for •
Cheshire, directing him to hold inquests 00 305 tbePtr'ee',
cases, and be (the coroner) knew that stieb tutee,
tice of Mr. Waklev. He had two reasonsr Per he 'tool
for the views he had given. In the first plate' died Plot
upon cholera as a visitation of God. If a per 57,d fet', ee.
the visitation of God there was no inquiry etbtbeobo,
if any good could result from an inquiry it le!,e of rill
Now, it was well known that in some of the o'—oaueostj
lera certain stages were similar to the effects Prnpaos
poison. He did not mean to say that thoserreerfr
been poisoned ; but they should consider the 'r'tobtsioj
such cases of late, perpetrated with the motive° ..45b
Ile ale
ing fraudulent possession of burial money otoes:00
the jury to investigate the two cases, in the hope
n to
public good would befound toresult probablYfterß' I° of
which might be put to the medical gentleroeo;o3o.,4
whether or not there were any specific effieacilsthat'lls
treatment in cases of cholera. It had been sal bifen,
had occurred in this town, where mercenary 03". Tore
se t
prevented medical men acting before collapse gica.'bii
if any medical gentleman had really acted le t'Llecl ;04
(the coroner) must say that he had not dfseu—entioll•R
duty as a citizen. He should abstain fronl 10,5
names. He believed the premonitory synlPwoclOr,
cases out of 100 were merely those of diarhtetb ptatlti
sequently it was of the utmost importance. nhe ftd
means were resorted to before collapse set in he 'er
turn. The coroner, in conclusion, observed talt be P,,bt
made the remarks in order that the jury Ini° hoe9'
pared to ask any questions of the medical men
elicit
be called before them, that would be likely to
information tending to the benefit of the public.
The following cases were then investigated :1 will
SUDDEN DEATH.—On view of the body e.orvelle
Gregg, a hair-dresser, who resided in Proclacastloo, .0
Hotham-street. Deceased was about 50 years at lib!
appeased to be quite well on Saturday afternlhoekiol
o'clock. About ten o'clock a neighbour was 50$000
him, and he then seemed well. This witness andoe
drink something out of a cup. Between twelleoittia
on Sunday morning another neighbour saw him hi; blte
the steps of his own door, holding his hands toed tale
and his wife standing over him. He complain f tbi!io
witness that he could hardly get his breath,
half
Vat
had complained a week before. In about ha' 0 bar,',.
abfeteenr sehnetehrteaairndedthaagtahineswt
tahsedewaidfe., Some susP'e%to
tody. Mr. Lodge, surgeon, made a post' o°L,' oe
tion, and found the cause of death to be 1"--
o
heart. The wife was discharged. A, of:,to
DEATH FROM DROWNING.—On the bed
Morris Collins, aged 17, the son of a wider'
she was take/1;01.0p
Mann.street. On Friday evening, deceased an.ooc,o,
boy went off in a boat to a vessel in the Bruns eft tbeleo
The other boy went on board the vessel, and le by ~99ifig
ceased in the boat. The latter, soon aftertiash P. re
means unknown, fell into the water, and the sP r, to 6s.t
heard, efforts were made by a customhouse-offiseb'et,lloo°,
him by means of a plank, but without effect, e
instantly sank. The body was grapplediePoit Doe
minutes, quite dead.—Verdict, " Drownea, a 45'
got into the water there waa no evidence."
the body of John Magr3";,' artllltf
s
ianegmpdhtteptuedi
till
On Thursday morning deceased was found cell for 04
k
a
r
tbhyepsotlrieceetoaffincleewrsa.s cHareriwedastolibthereamteadifnrobwridewenA' iiwee:‘",B
the “1
a.napgtpmu,Heraard
aenr.
adwic:edenowieeotshd,dhessanoitmashntueeeordgaohennetod.hnwat,atoieloieicermteeioaszi
nwehed:ii
Wtbh
sable. tecubduaii,;oeijoffleice, telrtotbbi;
from thegey?
asiatic cholera. Some of the jury seemed to —AI bl;"
violence might have been used to the deceik,,s—rell„ife
police officers in taking deceased to bridewell. '""tioc"flei
said that the cut alluded to was not sufficietool',
death, and that from an experience of years ('''''ilistr,e;
to the bridewell in dangerous cases) he could say 04,1"
ties taken in in a state of great drunkenness, 'cc. 9rei
every posssible care of. The cut, and some ethceleceiltert
apparent bruises, might have been caused by boire,4ol
falling in the street. At the request of the jurY,„tlicey
the case was postponed until this day, when the " )1,
the bridewell will be examined. 60'1
ACCIDENTAL.—On the body of Thomas Oed;
bourer, aged 50; who was in the service of gesCiefi'P Jole/o0
and Roberts, near the Union Dock. He sea ichneP
with others, in removing what are called anchor
se o•litbe
a carriage for the the transit of anchors. IhCoe of the
are large, and being of iron, of great weight• tee:
wheels was on a balk, and the other on a Pills
ceased was at the wheel running on the balk.
slipped off, and the upper part of it caught the thillts
on the head, and jammed him against a well' 59011"
received a fracture of the skull, of which I,t'e criket,
Southern Hospital six days afterwards. v e I ,Po
dental death. setfeef;
CHOLERA.—On the body of Honor,Hownsloo'-5100'
years, daughter of a widow living in Sten A.tio;
On Friday night deceased went to bed: quite vit'coo,l„ol,i
two o'clock in the morning she was taken wit':,ooPlift'
and purging, which continued till half-past Wird,. oP,',
and in aboutoi
ui
surgeon,enhl
cua :fdi
examinednadgne athourthhe toe xhtauhafdteveaert
body,o a,nr
beend ofs
and
cnstadhhueesf
reeods4l:. t 'ro:
,14polt.
aoJt
ebr,
even from the mouth, on the slightest press 4
Woods,APboesadi
ar l
lhaainfvotewdedmcf DROWNlNG.—Onewooltnilotniihnncoming to
eeteeroAaasarpepediertnshtoi
nsatnhdpipenwausabHksnoei
adnd.regsydtrrieoonednegf
to..isEuhtEtlreiedwzeasgitabet.ibtehsoi
Tio:rtsere
rve,
the body floating, and with assistance got it °it' eer,‘Y
quite extinct. The coroner and, jury strong'Ll rt/
on the number of pits in that neighbourhood, veriV
were un;nclosed, though close to high roads.
" Found drowned."
Craynatnoepe,
Are pronounced
I tn,
cholera.A .

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Chester Autumn Meeting is-fixed for the 21
tIo
September. ~ 31s
Franconi's equestrian troupe are expected i-beee
ter in a few days. The Free-trade hall has or
for their performances. 's6re,"
Since the late colliery explosion at St. llelenAl/e ° A
ofthe sufferers have died, making, in all, tv°- ajf;
resulting from this melancholy occurrence. 0) 0f,414,11
On the 3rd instant, the restored parish ehut.
bach was opened, when two sermons were Pre:,:itel;oic
Bishop, and on the Sunday following by .t'-',/illl
Ingham, whose former ministry in the Parish '
in
affectionately remebered. ,Cfet
A calenderer, atm Manchester, 36 years ov'alf
days last week drank 30 quarts of ale.
morning of the third day he was found ill'
clothes on—in his last sleep. „iv
,;st If 0
CROPS IN WEST; LANCASHIRE.--The --taPP.,CeeA
from the new line of railway from Preston bov„0-41
have a very healthy appearance. The 50"-e,‘,11
Rufford, Croston, Burscough, &c., is vet,. 501%
and, should the present fine warm weather ceiri; 6
be completed very shcrtly. Beyond Orres", the.eor
drought that prevailed early •
proportion only is now uncut. COUSiderlu,sl'
•ag the most;tV9
in the sprl , oto
the
much heavier than was expected,falthough,' r
it falls short of an average. Wheat looks You Ibee.° co
and, about Maghull and Aintree, almost rcei
sickle. in Rufford, a small close has alrea Ytiv.
Potatoes look well, indeed, remarkably heal tr.
MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE. or Or
are promising.
—Moe treetv ,
t tlc° ;IP
weeks ago, Mrs. Younghusband, of RoPertit to
town. confectioner, left Whitehaven on !,.,"•,) of --at i;
at Southport, near Liverpool. At the Per; years toOld
ing home, Mrs. Younghusband, though 1,,`"polth;900`10
wrs in the enjoyment of her usual good "",i ber
arriving at the end of her journey she foe% itiesloos,,
his family in the full possession of the saThe 9011 aD
'blessing. Little did either the mother ore „,5000„01;
pate the awful calamity which was to COm,. tttet
fatally upon them ! On Monday last, 31rai; stst I.l'leloo
band's son wrote to his relations in this VI e're
his mother and his family were all well ; Ma of ::eci
could have reached its destination, the "s"re vis'l,- is Ile
was laid heavily on his household : they we",rid
cholera, which is still raging in the Plecelts 011tai,r05
son, about twelve months old, Wive? h!„,o1,1p
Mrs. Younghusband was next attackeei itoote_nislbis,
and in a few hours also died ; her son t eti;ij
children took bed, and the son died all33l;opes'ee°lo4f
but the child still survives, and we hear t fe
her 00 011
tamed of her recovery. Thus, in the s race boi
than three victims in one family grg.,Jichaceli
was highly respected in this Wail.'" r""
hours, this fearful disease swept into the toot,'

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