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

LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

rlis society held its annual meeting, on Thursday, at
the New Haymarket, which has been recently enclosed.
and the dinner took place in the evening at Lucas's Re-
pository.. The show of cattle wns not better than usual.
A bull belonging to Mr. Atherton, of Upholland, gained
the principal prize of £l3, and to one of Mr. Cropper's.
of Melling, the prize of £lO was awarded. The show of
pigs was good. There were few sheep on the ground, but
some were good specimens of Southdowns. Mr. Whalley,
of the Crescent, Mr. Peake, of Dale-street, Mr. Newton,
of Manchester. Mr. CHwson, of Salford, and other gen-
tlemen, showed a variety of ploughs, harrows, and other
agricultural implements. A curious atmospheric churn,
by Mr. A. Weston, attracted some attention.

The report of the committee spoke warmly of the ac-
commodation which the Corporation had provided, by
enclosing the flaymarket—regretted that circumstances
had prevented the junction of the Liverpool with the
Manchester Agricultural Society—stated that the ar-
rangements for doing so would be submitted to a general
meeting—and that the society had sustained a loss by the
contract for the dinner last year, owing to the limited
a,tendance.

The report of the inspectors of farms spoke of the ex-
cellence of the first and second grass and clover crops—
described the hay season as having been most favourable—
said that wheat would prove a full average—that oars were
under an averave crop—that the bean crop is a failure—
and that potatoes, as every one knew, were in a lamentable
state. The committee wind up by declaring that the
crop of weeds has been the most abundant and flourisning
of any.
The accounts showed the receipts of the pact year to
have been .
And the expenditure 5ll 17 7

to see what advantage we can derive from the amount of
misfortune; and it will be no small advantage to one part
of this empire, and I will venture to say even more—no
small advantage to this part of the country in which I am
now speaking, if the uncertainty, or rather the general
failure, of the potato crop shall lead the farmers—small
farmers especially—to rest their attention and their trust
less exclusively upon potatoes as a green crop, to the
exclusion of many others that might be adopted. (Hear,
and applause.) I think we have in this country, and I
know it to my cost as an Irish landlord, relied too exten-
sively upon the cultivation of the potato. That sole stay
tailing, distress has grievously increased. I recollect the
time when it was confidently declared that the turnip
would not grow in this country—that the soil, climate,

and I know not what, were so a(

cultivation,

that to expect to grow turnips was looked upon as the
height of absurdity. I will now venture to say that, take
the distri.q of thisesociety throughout, there is no dis-
trict in England which, with proper cultivation and
proper attention, wilt yield a more remunerative—perhaps
there is hardly any one which will yield an equally remu-
nerative—return, in crops of turnips, than the district
comprised in the limits of this society. He proceeded to
impress upon farmers the necessity of cultivating the tur-
nip, for which the soil of this county was well adapted,
now that the potato bad failed. His lordship next re-
ferred to the attendance of the . how. The money taken
at the door last year was £63, this year it reached £lO3.
He alluded to the poverty of the show, more especially. to
the wretched display of horses. This was not a sheep
growing county, but it might become so when the culti-
vation of turnips was extended. He impressed upon the
farmers the necessity of draining. He concluded in the
following terms :—Permit me to say that while I see in
the cause of this society much to encourage, and much to
induce us to be thankful for the exertions made, and to
be pleased with the progress that has been made, I see,
also, we have still much before us, and my earnest hope
is that, stimulated by the emulation produced by such so-
cieties, both landlords and tenants will exert themselves,
hand in hand, to meet the difficulties to which they may
be exposed, whether by visitations of Providence, by the
legislation of man, or by difficulties to which they may be
unused Let them exert themselves with true English spirit
to meet all these difficulties with corresponding exertions;
and my belief and confidence is, more especially in this
district, where we have the advantage of an abundant
supply of manure, and the still greater advantage of con-
stant and overflowing markets close at our doors, those
exertions, if applied to the soil, will not be invested in a
treasury that will yield no return, but one which will
yield a liberal return to both landlord and tenant. More
than this, these increased exertions, and the increased in-
terest felt by both, will tend to that which is most for the
interest of all classes of the community, namely, to a
cordial and thorough good understanding between land-
lords and tenant farmers. (Cheers.) With these senti-
ments and apology for the length of my observations, I.
beg to propose, as a bumper toast—" Prosperity to the
Liverpool Agricultural Society." (Loud cheers.)
Sir RICHARD. BROOKE proposed the health of Lord
Stanley.
The noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and in doing
so. proposed the health of his father, the Earl of Derby,
the president of the society.

Tr,e CHAIRMAN then gave the Mayor and Corpo;ation,
which was responded to by Mr. Alderman Lawrence, and
the health of Thomas Weld Blundell, the senior vice-
president. which was responded to by that geniletnan in
a suitable spe,-ch. The Chairman, with a flattering eulo-
gium on Mr. Robert Neilson, proposed his health.

Mr. NEtr.soN responded. He thanked them for the
manner in which the last toast had been received, and as
a member of the commi•tee, he felt it to be his duty and
privilege to give all the information in his power to every
member of the society; he would accordingly state the
result of some experiments he had made, as to the advan- •
tages connected with the sowing of large and small grain,
and when he mentioned the name of Mr. Woodman Earle
as an authority on the subject, they would be well assured
that that was a sufficient recommendation for the sugges-
tions he was about to make. He alluded to a paper he
held in his hand, which had been furnished by that gen-
tleman, and he had given him liberty to make it public if
he thought proper. He would, however, call their atten-
tion to one or two points as to sowing. There was a por-
tion of land, of twenty-four square yards; a number of
grains of large and small seed were taken from a sample
wheat, of the large 296, and of the small 2a9, those were
plaaed in rows six inches apart, and the return on the,
large wheat was three bushels per acre over that of the
small ; the value per acre was as 7s. 9d. for the large, and
7s. 3d. for the small. He instanced a number of other
improvements for the purpose of showing how much'
might be gained by paying attention to th quantity of
wheat placed in the ground. It was also necessary that
the seed should on no account be placed in the ground
until it was in proper order to receive it. It should be
well tilled and well cultivated. He next alluded to t
culture of Italian ryegrass and red clover, and stated that
in April he tried the experiment of sowing one bushel of
the grass and 1211 as. of red clover. The result was, that
be had a sixth crop on the ground, and before Christmas..
expected to get a seventh. That was a proof what might,:
be produced by proper attention. It was manured twelve'
times, ten of which were with liquid manure, and so cola
vinced was he of the efficacy of the liquid manure, Oaths-,
gave it ten doses of the one against one of the otber''
Such was the result of using that portion of the walla'
of the farm yard which, in nine cases out of ten, was
suffered to go to waste. lie urged the necessity of erect:-
ing proper tanks for preserving the liquid manure, whica
was quite as necessary, and ought to be as much the duty
of the landlord as proper drainage. There was another
subject, rind he was interested with the observations that
bad fallen from their noble chairman as to touching upon
politics ; but he did think that in consequence of the
repeal of the corn laws it became the duty of agriculturists
to take into consideration whatever might be conducive,
under the circumstances, to their own interests. He re-
ferred to the restriction on the growth of barley, owing to
the malt tax. (Hear.) He had heard opinions favourable
to it from many of the greatest farmers in the country.
With reference to the disease which was so prevalent.
amongst the cattle, and from which he bad suffered to a
great extent, he stated that, from experiments which he
had made, the disease might be mitigated, if not entirely
removed by the use of mashed malt, and which, if the
duty were taken off, the malt n.ight be used to a large
extent. Mr. Harold Littledale, who kept about 100 cows,
had told him the effect of grains as a food for cows,.
which increased the milk fifteen per cent., and the dimi-
nution was perceptible to that extent when the food was
changed. The consumption of malt would be very great
if the duty were removed, and it might be cultivated with
preater advantage than other grain, especially on some
descriptions of land, and would be advantageous to the
labourers, by opening a wider field for their operations..
He recommended the repeal of the malt tax upon certaia
conditions, and felt convinced that it would be for the
benefit of the farmers and the country at large. It might
be objected that the repeal duty on an article from which
an intoxicating beverage was manufactured would be pro-
ductive of evil results to the people ; but he trusted to
the movement which was now going on for improving
their tastes and habits, as a check to any of these cala-
mities which might be apprehended on that score. In
conclusion, he thanked them for the patience with which
they had listened to him, and the honor they bad done
him by drinking his health. (Applause.)
Several other toasts followed, amongst which was the
health of Messrs. Lucas and Co., and thanks to them for
the use of the room for the dinner.
Lord STAN LEy and his son, the Hon. E. Stanley then
left the room amidst most enthusiastic cheers.

So large a number of premiums were awarded in ever),
department, that the full list would occupy more space
than we can spare, and, moreover, be tedious to peruse.
We shall, therefore, confine ourselves chiefly to the
principal prizes awarded to parties in our own more im-
mediate locality.
BEST CULTIVATED FARMS, &c.—To Richard Watt,
Esq.. of Speke, as owner and occupier of 117 acres—the
Medal; to Mr. Birch, of Orrell, £6 ; Mr. Ashton, of
Speke,; Mr. Birch, of Sefton, for hedge planting,

CROPS GROWN IN 1815.—Sir P. Mosiyii, Bart:, best
Swedish turnips, the Silver Medal; Mrs. Ardern, of
Penketh, ditto, £3.
HORNED CATTLE.—Mr. Atherton, Upholland, the
best bull, £l3; Sir T. de Trafford, Barr., best, ditto.
under two years old, the Medal ; also other prizes—G-
Greenall, Esq., best cow, the Medal ; 4lso other prizes--
Mr. Birch, Sefton, best cow in milk, Mrs. Howard.
Knowsley, 2d best, ditto, £3.
Honsgs.—Mr. Thos. H. Hardinge. Liverpool. (best
stalli,n for agricultural purposes, £6; Mr. Howard,
Knowsley. best filly for ditto, Li ; Mr. J. Ashcroft, .W!,-
vertree, best three-year-old ditto, £o; Mr. Haigh,
Sefton, best brood mare for ditto, £4; Mr. Thos.
'Wavertree, best pair of horses for general agric°"l-
-
Purposes, the silver medal; Mr. Howard, Knowsley

dittO, £5.
AlPfrteods.l3—.Mwerr., GofilbAerigtbuHrathls,allob,taoiLef Bdalzw2ooodlo,,,. aenadchlVTr.
for
fine sows.
EXTRA.—For the best pair of draught horses employed
in Liverpool Mr. Harbridge received .C 1 ; for the second-
best, Messrs. Woodall and Jones, £2 ; and for the best
pair of draught-horses at all, the Earl of Sefton.
Rewards were given to James Howard, carter to Mr.

, ~.
Ashcroft, of Bank-hall, near Liverpool, and to James
Harrison, labourer to Colonel Williams, Woolton, for 37
years faithful service each—to the first £4, and to the se-
cond, £2.
IMPLEMENTS.—A silver medal was awarded to each of
the following makers, &c., for general assortments
M r. William Thomas, Liverpool.
Mr. Robert Elliot, Liverpool.
Mrs. Cartmell, Liverpool.
Robert Neilson, Esq., Halewood, for his liquid manure
cart and pump, &c.
The following implements were commended by the

judges :
Mr. William Thomas, Liverpool, for an oil box for
wheels.
Mr. John Craig. Liverpool, for an improved sacl‘
weighing machine.
Mr. John Craig, Liverpool, for a household weighin;
machine.
M r. R. Elli
Mrs. Carttnell, I

verpool, fora turnip cutter

Liverpool, for a f

straw catt€
Alr
I‘,l

tx. Weston, Toxteth-

Mr.
IPPIe
Mr. J

James C

rt, Liverr

swin trees fin• three [

Mr. T. Wli

ie.
Mr. T. "Whalley, Liverpool, for an improved sibsoil

plough.
Mr. W. H. Peake. Liverpool,
111anv of our neighbours got
superb Swedish turnips.

;ate.
for the growing of

Sept. 29, 1846.

Root anb probtnrial ptlys.

There were 205 couples "asked at Church" (Manches-
ter) on Sunday last.
Mrs. Lucy, sister-in-law to the postmaster at Birken-
head, has been elected matron, and Mr. Hobson house-
surgeon to the Birkenhead hospital and dispensary.
There is not a single objection to the Manchester
borough voters—a fact almost incredible, when it is con-
sidered that there are from 11,000 to 12,000 voters.
The Receiver General of the Droits of Adm,ralty has
appointed Messrs. Chapman, Bowman, and Co., agents
for Lloyd's at this port, receivers for the port of Liver-
pool, including the rivers Dee and Mersey.
On Wednesday last, was lau-chtd from the building
yard of Messrs. James Hodgson and Co., iron ship-
builders, a beautiful iron steamer, of upwards of 200 tons
burthen. She is fur the East India t. ade.
CLOVER-CUTTING.—Such has been the recent exu-
berance in veget ition, that last week Mr. W. Whittle, of
the Lion Inn, Longton, cut a portion of clover for the
third time!—Preston Chronicle.
GOOD.—A butcher was the other day taken before the
Chester magistrates for violating the market rules by
weighing a larer quantity than was a lowed in some
public scales ; but when the case bad been proved it
turned out there was no penalty a.tached to the offence !

JAMES'S CHU RCH.— file collections at St. James's
Church, on Sunday last, towards the Lund for the recent
extension and other improvement of the church, amounted
to £54. No fewer than 400 sittings have been added to
the previous amount of accommodation, of which 330
will ue devoted as free seats.
Messrs. Blakeley and Mr. S. Marshall have becomethe
contractors for the rebuilding of Runcorn Church. The
cost is estimated at £6500. The monuments are now be-
ing taken down, and service, it is supposed, will not be
performed in the present edifice, for more than a Sunday
or two longer. . . .

A REVEREND VESSEL—A vessel has arrived in the
'river ,rom the county Galway, Ireland, having the re-
markable name of the Bev. Thtobald Mathew. The
vessel christened with the nomenclature of the apostle of
temperance brought 550 quarters of oats and 500 casks of
butter, of Irish produce, for consumption here:
Mr. Cobden has written from the Pyrenees. under date
of 17th instant, to the President of the Reform Ass,,c a-
tion, declining in positive terms to stand as a candidate
for Manchester ; and in another letter to the electors of
Stockport, accepts " with pride and gratitude the offer of
a renewal of the high trust, as their representative in Par-
liament."
The Rev. Hugh Stowell has written a letter to the Man-
chester Courier, stating that the Bishop of Oxford has
withdrawn his promise to attend the soiree at the Man-
Chester Athenaeum, in consequence of the directors hav-
ing re-engaged a lecturer who holds sen,iments at variance
With Christiani,y, and who takes advantage of an avow-
edly neutral plattorm to obtrude his opinions on persons
who ought to be protected from such obtrusion.
THE I OAN SOCIETIES.—A number of poor wretches
appeared again at the Police-court on Thursday, to sum-
monses issued on the part of the societies for the recovery
of sums of money for which the parties had become liable
as sureties. As usual, in the majority of cases the un-
fortunate victims were quite ignorant of the liability they
bad incurred, and protested against the seeming injustice
of being compelled to pay money for other persons.
CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE.—A few days since, Mr.
Leek-, the gams keeper to the Rev. J. Maiuwaring, of
Bromborough, near Eastham, killed a hare which was
perfectly white. It had been bred upon the estate, having
been observt d since it was a levertt. It is now being
stuffed, and being the only one ever known to have been
killed in that part of the country, is considered a great
cur'osity.

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.—On Wednesday last, the
City of Dublin Company shipped by the steamers Royal
Adelaide and Duchess of Kent, upwards of 160 of the 4th
Dragoon Guards, with horses. &c., as also a company of
sappers and miners; and on Friday, a similar number of
the same regiment embarked. On the sth of Octob,sr the
11th Dragoon Guards will proceed by the same route to
Ireland.

MELANCHOI Y DEATH.—One day last week, a little
boy between twelve and thirtten, named Ber,jimin
'Wilkes, was flying a kite in a field in the neighbourhood
of Bilston, when, while moving backwards and forwards,
and eagerly engaged in elevating his kite, he became un-
conscious of his proximity to the shalt of a coalpit. down
which he was precipitated, meeting with a melancholy
death.
LORD SICELMERSDALE. —On Thursday week, the
Right Honourable L.rrd Skelmersdale returned from Lon-
don to his seat at Lathom-house, and, on passing through
Ormskirk, a number of the inhabitants met on the Li-
verpool-road, determined to pay that respect which is
due to his lordship for his valuable exertions in assisting
to obtain the passing of the bill for the Liverpool, Orms-
kirk, and Preston railway. The parties drew his carriage
through the town, amidst loud cheers._

LIVERPOOL TRADESMAN" LOAN COMPANY.—A new
company under this title has been formed, for the purpose
of accommodating tradesmen and others with loans from
£2O to £5OO. We understand that this company does not
class amongst the small loan societies, which have given
so much dissatisfaction of late in this town, being framed
Upon a different act of parliament, and on a much more
comprehensive system. The chairman, treasurer, and
secretary, are members of the Guardian Society.— See adv.
FORGED ORDER.—On Thursday, a boy 12 or 14 years
of age was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged with
forging the name of Mrs. Gressier, shopkeeper, Great
Charlotte-street. It appeared the boy took a small note
to Mr. John Mason, draper, Old Haymarket, purporting
to be an order from Mrs. Gressier for one piece of sa-
tin turc, with an acceptance at the bottom. Believing the
thing to be a forgery, Mr. Mason detained the boy, and
Immediately sent for Mrs. Gre-sier. de was committed.

A MAN IN A FEMALE ATTIRE:LOII
young man, who gave his name Thomas Martley, was
brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having been
found in the streets dressed in female apparel. The Officer
on duty stated, that ongoing his roundabout one o'clock
that morning, he found the prisoner dressed in n gown,
bonnet, and shawl, in an entry in Simpson-street. He
could assign no reason for dressing himselt after such n
fashion, nor could any be divined. Mr. Rushton ordered
him to be discharged.
The Oxford Chronicle states that as two gentlemen
Were going towards He,:dington-hill, they passed through
a current of air as hot as if coming from the mouth of a
furnace. It did not extend more than twenty feet. In
order to satisfy themselves they retreated a few steps and
then entered the line of the current again, when they met
with the same result. [A few days ago two gentlemen,
belongingls-i t"
bink in Liverpool, felt a similar blast while
cro
f ng a field at Allerton. It almost scorched their
aces,.and did not extend beyond a few feet. To ascertain
the fact theyLINTER, Pissed it three times.]
sit RE._ 1,001- POLLING DISTRICT OF SOUTH LANCA-
hurmiay he revision took place on Wednesday and
last. The objections were all on the part of the
Refor
John mgrs' for whom Edward Bretherton, Esq., and
Yates, junior, Esq., solicitors, appeared. The
lister,
number of objections were, by Mr. Chatles M'Al-
ter, of the Anti-Monopoly Associati n, 350; by Mr.
7ce Bartley, of the Reform Association, 350; total,b Of these several were duplicates, being objected to
t 7 both. The total number struck off was 442. with only
costs against each objector. At the conclusion, the
b rristers complimented the objectors on the nature of
their objections, which was altogether free from frivolity.
STABBING A POLICEMAN.-0n Friday, at the Police-.
court, a dirty-looking middle-aged Irishman was brought
bp• charged with having stabbed, about half-past one
.7 clock that morning, Police-officer No. 202 ine groin.
aopeared that the officer was walking down White-
-0)4'0, when he observed the prisoner talking to a pros-
"e; he went up and desired them to go away, when
the fellow bestowed upon him much foul abuse for his
interference. The girl went away, and shortly afterwards
the Policeman, on going his rounds up Derby-street, met
the Prisoner again, who immediately made a rush at the
Policeman and stabbed him. Another policeman coming
,deesecured the prisoner, and the prosecutor, who was
!I, ing profusely, was taken to the Northern Hospital.
Pal Where Mr Cripps found a wound about an inch and a
deep in the groin, but which fortunately was not
"rig:Finns. The prisoner stated that the policeman first
Struck him, but that he certainly never stabbed the police-
A knife with a broken blade was found near the
aPot. The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
Svatous ASSAULT.—On Thursday, Mrs. Susan Kelly
Preferred a charge of assault against a man whose name
did not transpite. It appeared that the prosecutrix and a
Young girl of respectable appearance were passing a!ong
Oldhall-street, about twelve o'clock on the morning of
Wednesday last, when the prisoner came up and seized
the voung,ur prisoner with considerable violence, asserting
that he '• wanted' her. The poor girl became so much
alarmed from the prisoner's manner. that she gladly
sought refug- from her assailant in the shop of Mr. Cohen.
The prisoner then attacked Mrs. Kelly and a number of
women a ho had congregated f.:r the purpose of rendering
assist:nee to the two females. Upon the man being ques-
tioned as to his motives for such lawless conduct_ lie

charged the elder witness with having robbed him of 15s.
Mr. Cohen, house-hrcker, Old hall .street, stepped forward
and corroborated the testimony of the women, arid asserted
that the charge made by the prisoner was totally without
foundation' as he had wirnrssed the whole transaction..
_ _

ne fellow had made a general assault on all the women
in the street; he had attacked fourteen or fifteen. Fined
4:5, or one month's imprisonment.
THE PACKET-SHIP COLUMBIA.*TbiA fine ship, under
the command of Captain Rathnone, reached the Mersey,
•on Thursday, after an nceellent run. The passengers
presented the following address to the captain :—" We,
the under,igned cabin passengers on beard the ship Co.
lunobia, Iron, New York to Liverpool, feel it no less a
'duty which we owe to Captain Ralhbone on now taking
teave of 'after a delightful passage of not quite twen •

personal grat to vens,
?cilleetivelvys and h
individually, to expressification the senser
ael e -
ten'tio of his uniform kindness and attention to us
througnont the voyage, and to acknowledge our unquali-
fied satisfaction with the liberal arrangements which di -
tioguished all that regards the comforts of the table, and
the general accommodation provided on board this splen-
uid ship• This is only the second trip of this new packet.
ller sailing capabilities are unquestionable, and the splen-
Aiour of her cabins refl-cts the highest credit on the liber-
ality of her proprietors; whilst, at the same time, the
alost delicate consideration has been given in the con-
struction
of the staterooms, to the privacy and conveni-
ence of lady passengers, who have the advantage of a se-
par4te saloon. We now take leave of our excellent friend,
Cap'ain Rathbone, wishing him, with all sincerity, every
possible happiness and prosperity." The following is a
list of her passengers :—William Yonge, captain British
Army ; Lieut. Eustice, 3d Buffs, A.M. service ; William
rower ; Charles F. Stovin ; David S. Ramsay ; Nathaniel
F. Bamowe; Wm. BlancharWd ; B. Coney; Alfred Sharpe:
Willi Ketcham ; . O'Callaghan ; George Wil-
Ward Haynes,Di
son.; A. Stoke: John W. H.
Scott; . 4, Scott, And Ed...

MANCHESTER ATHENAUM:,—The grand annual soiree
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 invkations.
to at'cnd—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.
Vi.courit 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. Clifton, M.P.. Mr. J. W. Patten, M.P., Mr.
W. f4.:wart, M.P., Mr. M. Phillips, M.P., 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, &e.--Munchestrr Guar-
(ban. [lt will be seen from a paragraph elsewhere, that
the Bishop of Oxford wi 1 not be present.]
DOCK COMMITEE.—THURSDAY.—The subcommittee
of the Marine Department recommended that the sum of
£5 be given to Teomas 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 man-
gle, and several members being of opinion that the amount
was insufficient, it was increased to £;O. 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 ott the table for a few days, for the in-
spection of members, and in the meantime referred to the
Committee of Works. A letter from several parties 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 limo:tr.—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. &heppard,
Parker, Smith, ant Shaw, the committee appointed to
inquire into the state of the lunatic asylums chargeable to
the union. The Lancaster asylum, in which are twenty-
tour NN est Derby 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 eff-ct a very great improvement therein.
TH E PACKET-SHIP ANGLO-SAXON.—This magnificent
new liner, which left Boston on her first voyage on the
s:h instant, resched the river on Thursday, after a fine
run of eighteen and a half days. She brings 5000 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 noble 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-
nev, of Boston; Lieut. L. F. G. Bernard, of the 82nd
lieg;nrerit, and lady, from Canada; Rev. James Evans
and lady, of the British Foreign Missions; J. W. D.
Maclagan, Esq., of Scotland ; Messrs. Daniel Murphy,
Alfieri Peppercorn, Griffin Owen; Mr. Robert Watt,
lady. and Miss Watt ; Messrs. Henry arid 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, chargeable to the
parish of Liverpool. in the Kingsland Asylum, near
Shrewsbury, healthily situated on the Severn, there are
tourieen Liverpool 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 contented, and the establishment
in every department was clean and well established. In
the County Asylum a-e 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 visited Haydock 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 from 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 power
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 Southatrit.ton
—The rock salt at Nortbwich is part of the new red
sandstone series it forms two strata, the uppermost of
which is 75 feet thick, and the lower 105 feet; they are
separated by 30 feat 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 sha'ts when any change takes place.
In this disttict there are 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 hip
Cheshire, along the valley to the west of Bellefield and
Hill CI I% a range of new red sandstone (bunOr sandsitin),
capped by the ripple-marked beds denominated " water-
stones," in which the footmarks of the Cheirotherium oc-
cur; the sun.mit is 352 feet above the level of the sea.
Near Nor hwich this fault appears to pass into another,
which is en t'plhrow 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 Bellefield 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 Nortbwich, 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 mail, in which saline
springs are frequt nt. At Nurthwich the line runs in a
north-easterly vireccion, forming the north-west boun-
dary of the rock-salt. The suhsidences already men-

tioned as taking place in the salt district are either awdden
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 be raised. The Whitton Brork has
also been made six feet deeper, to enable the navigation
to proceed as formerly. Mr. W. Sharpe withdrew his
pa per which had been announced, on the same subject,
recorntnetiding a visit to one of the salt-mines, the shaft
of which was one hundred and twelve yards deep, hut so
large, dry, and clean, that ladies might descend with
safety ; at the bottom was a square excavation in the rock-
saq, fifteen feet high, and four hundred yards each wav—
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
muaic. Signor Sapio is a graduate and associate of the
Royal Academy of Music, and the instructor of Miss
Hayes, the celebrated prima donna at La Scala, NMan.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDKNS.—The concluding gala of the
season took place yesterday evening, and we cannot allow
the opportunity to pass without congratulating the pro-
piietor and his assistants on the great and deserved
patronage they have received. The season, owing to the
vari•tus improvements and the number of talented indi-
viduals who have periodically appeared, has been a most
expeosive one. We are, however, glad to learn that the
patronage that has this year bet n extended to these gar-
dens is such as will give a stimulus to the exertions of
another sea-on. Indeed, Mr. Atkins, who, as a caterer
for publ'c &vet tion, is unsurpassed, seems delermined to
I,shments at an IITIMPI.ItrPtihIP

lenve all oth

distance,

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—Mr. Henry Smith
give his vocal entertainment on Saturday evening, to, if
possible, a more•crowded audience than on the previous
Saturday evenings Fince the ermmencement of the season.

Long before the'time of opening the doors some hundreds
had fathered about the hall, 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 snug, " The Old Arm-
chair," lie was greeted ;vial unbounded, applause. The

music he sang to this beautiful poem umereo somewhat
from Russell's arrangement, as did also all the other
pieces that he introduced which are known as Mr. Russell's
,songs.i Mr. Smith stated, that, in consequence of Mr.
Henry Russell having given notice to the committee that
he would commence legal proceedings against them if they
allowed him (Mr. Smith) to sing his' compositions, he
would therefore sing his own arrangement of music; and.
that the gentlemen of the institution might he in no way
compromised, he 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
auditory. who warmly applauded the songs substituted.
Our Welsh friends will have a treat next Saturday and
Monday. The vocalists, we understand, will appear in
the old bardic costume.
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SWELLING AND INFLAMATION. CURED BY HOLLO-
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Spilsby, Lincolnshire, Oct. 8, 1845 :—" I beg to announce
to you a most wonderful cure wrought upon myself by
your Ointment. I had a very severe attack of Erysipelas
in my right foot and and ancle, with swelling an inflame.
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the assistance of crutches. 1 consulted an eminent physician
to no purpo.e • however, in less than two weeks, by the
use of your Ointment 1 was cured, to the surprise of all
who knew me. Signed, Joseph Gildon (a Farmer).—See
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