The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

INTERMENT AT BISHOP ETON.

The CII.A.IUMIN next brought under the notice of the
board that an interment had taken place at the chapel of
Bishop Eton, a place not in any way licensed for inter-
ments, and one in which it was conceived an infringement
of the law had taken place, by which the parties had in-
curred liability to a penalty of £5O. Intimation of the
fact had been made to Henry Sharpies, Esq., and that
gentleman had sent the following letter in reply :
Oswaldscroft, 29th October.
" Sir,—l have this morning received yours, of the 27th
inst., with a copy of the resolution of the Wavertree
Board of Health. I beg to inform the board that the
chapel at Bishop Eton was built prior to the year 1848,
and it was contemplated using part of the adjoining land
for the purposes of burial for private parties, occupying
the premises within the walls, but no actual interment
was made-

consequence of the intimation I received from your
surveyor, throwing doubt on the legality of the burial, the
facts were immediately reported to.the General Roard of
Health, whose reply has not been received. I trust this
communication will satisfy the board that there was no
intention of acting against the law, and, if it is absolutely
required, the corpse must be removed ; but, as applica-
tion is being made to have the ground licensed for private
burial, it is hoped this will not be necessary.—l am, &c.
" HENRY SHARPLES.
" To the Clerk of the Wavertree Board of Health."
A conversation took place in connection with this sub-
ject, in the course of which
Mr. PICTON suggested that the ground should be sur-
veyed, and the eligibility of applying it to burial purposes
ascertained. This view was concurred in by Messrs.
Rushton and Gore.

TUE SEWERAGE REPORT, DT MR. NEWLAND&
A report by Mr. Newlands, as to the means of getting
rid of the waters in the tank was read. It recommended,
as may be said, in general terms, the construction of a
drain, 434 yards in length, to meet the main sewer in
Oxford-street, with a fall of 1 in 222. The construction
of this would take the water off about two feet below the
lowest cellar. In floods the water might probably stand
a little higher. This would secure an overflow, but if in-
superable difficulties occur in the execution of this plan,
steam-power and a pumping apparatus might be applied to
keep the water in the tank at a lower level.
After some discussion it was agreed to remit the report
back to Mr. Newlands, and to request that he would fur-
nish probable estimates as to the cost of the drain, and cs
to the annual cost of pumping.
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DAI.7GEROCEI lINPENCED PLACE.

Mr. CHAFFER moved, anCiifr.ooaesec(i•nded, the mo-
tion, that the Sandown Park Company be called on to
fence a place called " The Happy Valley," which was a
dangerous place in many respects.
The motion was carried.
THE BURIAL GROUND.

Mr. PICTON directed attention to the condition in which
the village is placed with respect to the burial ground,
which is so filled up that intimation has been given that
no more funerals can take place in it. The village being
thus practically deprived of any burying ground, it was
to the great disgrace of Lord Salisbury, that he had re-
fused to sell one inch of ground for the purpose of being
made into a burying ground. A meeting on the subject
of providing for tins want had been called, but the pro-
ceedings had been characterised by such irregularities that
it had been given up.
Mr. ATHERTON, law-clerk to the board, read clauses of
several acts of parliament relative to this subject, from
which it appeared that the churchwardens were the proper
parties to call such a meeting, which must be held on the
requisition of ten ratepayers, after seven days' notice.
Some other business having been disposed of, the board
adjourned.

THE FLOOD IN IRELAND.—The Cork Examiner says,
that the injury to property by the late floods in that city
will exceed £60,000. The entire country near Macroom
was inundated to even a greater extent than in Cork.
BURY.—AII the mills of the associated masters in this
town, except three, closed on Friday, and about 6250 more
operatives are consequently deprived of employment by
" lock-out" on the part of their employers ; and three
other mills, employing 1200 hands, will close on the 16th
instant. The operatives of Bury formed their union about
three months ago, and gave notice of their intention to
strike unless an advance was conceded.
ROBBERIES.--On Sunday evening, the premises of Mr.
Lea, white-cooper, St. James's-street, were forcibly entered
by thieves. They had broken in with a "jemmy" at the
back, in Moor-street, and ransacked the place, but succeeded
only in finding and carrying
off eighteenpence.--Yesterday
afternoon, a farmer, from Cheshire, was enticed by four
well-dressed men into a public-house in the neighbourhood
of St. George's-hall,
and swindled by the " card trick"
u
Sunday night, an Irish fruit dealer went
with some girls into a house, near Williamson-square, and
was robbed of £5O.
CASE OF STABLING.-011 Sunday afternoon, as a sailor
namedotof £4.—On
Matthews, belonging to the ship Andrew Foster,
was passing along Tithebarn-street, he was rudely pushed
against by a man named William Christie, a butcher, re-
siding in Rose-place, who was the worse for drink at the
time. An altercation took place, during which several
parties joined Christie, among whom was John Kane.
Matthews and Christie were fighting, when the latter
drew a small knife from his pocket, and stabbed Matthews
in the neck and on the face. Christie was taken into cus-
tody, when Kane attempted to rescue him from the police.
Ultimately, they were both secured, and taken to Bride-
well, while Matthews was removed to the hospital, where
his wounds, which bled very profusely, were dressed. The
prisoners were, yesterday, arraigned before the police ma-
gistrates, but on account of the absence of an important
witness, the consideration Of the case was adjourned,