The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-28 00:00:00

SURGEON TO THE BOROUGH GAOL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.,IND./IRD.
generally understood, that to-morrow is fixed
by the it is
R—magistrates for the filling up this appointment. The
electors should be really alive to the true interests of the
office; residence in the immediate neighbourhood ought to be
a prime condition to be complied with by the candidate they
may select. It is well known that upwards of half the salary
attached to the situation was spent last year in fees to medical
men called in in cases of emergency, the then surgeon to the
prison living at too great a distance to be procured in time,
besides the delay consequent on such proceeding.
Should the council elect other than a gentleman resident
near the scene of his duties, they will ill discharge the duty
they owe to the public, and prove how little they value the
welfare of those "who are sick and in prison.ours, &e.,
A CONSERVATIVE.
September 27th, 1838.

LOCAL NEWS.

Considerable alarm was experienced at Egremont and Sea.
combs on Saturday last, by the appearance of a dog apparently
in a highly rabid state; several dogs were bitten by the ani-
mal, which have been since destroyed. The dog was after•
wards, it is said drowned from one of the steam-boats.
At the sale of pictures on Wednesday, by Mr. Hodgson,
the Rubella fetched 155 guineas; the Storck, 38; the Wy•
nants, 38; the Terburg, 41; the Moreland, 30; the Ostade,
30; the Zuccarelli, 25 ; and the other pictures in proportion.
The room was crowded by a highly respectable company.
BOTANY.—At the annual examinations in botany, held at
the Liverpool School of Medicine, Royal Institution, the sil-
ver medals for superior attainments in that science, and the
hest collection of native plants made in the vicinity during
the season 1838, were awarded to Mr. Robert Slack, (pupil of
Mr. Neill) of this town, and Mr. John Edward Norton.
A FACT FOR PHRENOLOGISTS.—A short time ago alabour-
ing man was brought into the South Dispensary, having re-
ceived a severe blow on the forehead from the handle of a
winch. The seat of the injury was the part where phrenology
and since then we have
has located the organ of tune; and it is singular, that after
the accident, though perfectly sensible, he forgot his usual
'ntion, for the satisfaction
mode of utterance, and everything that he had to say he sung.
wasar
dremoved to
butth ewlenmfframy amr
of the sceptical, that the statement we here give rests upon
unimpeachable authority. Phrenologists, of course, will re-
gard it as a perfectly natural, though rare, occurrence.
RODNEY-STREET WARD.—A public meeting of the elec-
tors other inhabitants of this wardtook place on Tuesday
tots and
evening last, at Mr. Hampson's, in Copperas-hill. The
nHoet heard
meeting, which was very numerously and respectably at-
tended, was convened for the purpose of receiving the answer
of Mr. H. Lawrence to a deputation appointed to request that
gentleman's
consent to be again nominated as the, candidate
in the conservative interest at the ensuing municipal election.
Mr. Lawrence having signified his assent to the wishes of his
deputation, a resolution was unanimously passed expressive
of their determination to give their zealous support to their
present respected representative in the town-council. A com-
mittee was then appointed to conduct the general business
of the ward at the forthcoming election.
ST. PETER'S WAR D.—At a meeting of the Conservatives of
this ward on Tuesday, it was unanimously resolved to put Wil-
fred Troutbeck, Esq., in nomination at the ensuing municipal
election; and a deputation having waited upon that gentle-
man, be consented, on public grounds, to accede to the wishes
of the electors. As a bold and uncompromising friend of
our national institutions, the steady advocate of our local
charities, and a tradesman of high standing and character,
we do not think the Conservatives could have made a better
choice; and we are sure that, from the open and straight-
forward character of Mr. Troutbeck, he will be a fitting and
independent representative for the numerous and intelligent
tradesmen who compose the majority of the electors of that
ward. Of one thing we are certain, that on any important
division he will not be found retiring out of the council
chamber without having the manliness to record his vote.
We trust that no exertions will be spared to place Mr. Trout•
beck in a situation for which in every •
respect he is so em
inently qualified.
LIVER THEATRE.—This pretty little temple of amusement
is at present converted into the palace of a min•ht • •
who nightly astonishes a numerous party of the
magician,
e public with
all sorts of mystic phenomena, of that class which, not quite
two centuries ago, gained for their exhibitors the comfortable
reputation of having sold their souls to the_ gentleman in
black; and we must acknowledge that we do
of them made a better bargain than AI r.
übt whether any
Anderson. This
gentleman's exploits are the more wonderful
owing to the
evident impossibility of confederacy I: resorted to in
scarcely any instance. On the occasions'eln
when we have been
present, the spectators who have stepped on to the stage to
aid him in the feats, have invariably been parties who could
not by any stretch of the imagination be
jurors. In the midst of a bewildering host of unaccountably
odd and perplexing tricks, in which
etsuccess would appear an
absolute impossibility, and which
it . rarely or never fail to
be accomplished thorouAl
y,is difficult to select any for
more particular wonderment. The one, however, in which,
placing a pair of Brobdignag dice on two hats borrowed for
the purpose, the magician coolly proceeds to cut the crown
of each, (amid the glee of the gallery, and half-suppressed
fears of sire owners lest the
new broad brims should be re-
turned in a shocking bad state,) may be quoted as highly
attractive; the whole ending in the dice being under
the found
the hats, without the least damage to their waterproof pro-
perties. Query—could Mr. A. m to insert a little
additional brains at the same time, for the benefit of those
who happen to own the hats ? If he would promise us to
perform that part, we have a few friends whom we will per-
suade to pay him another visit, for the express purpose, and
then he may indeed say, that he has made them wiser. At
all events, judging from the universal good humour which
prevails during the performance, we have no doubt that those
who visit him return home all the merrier, which is a great
part towards true wisdom.
THE JOHN BULL, LUMBER-STREET.—The anniversary
dinner of Mr. Rowland's, John 13u11, Lumber-street, was
held at his house last evening ; upwards of 50 gentlemen sat
down to a sumptuous and excellent repast, which did credit
to the worthy host and hostess. Among the individuals who
honoured the feast with their presence were John Barton,
Esq., member of St. Paul's Ward ; Joseph Cooper, Esq.,
member of Great George's Ward;
candidate for St. Paul's Waid; Mr. Wilkinson, &c. Geo.
Gurden, Esq. very ably filled the chair, supported in a very
efficient manner by Mr. R. L. Roberts. The health of the
"Queen," "Queen Dowager," "The Duke," "Sir Robert
Peel," and the " Members for the Borough," with several
other loyal and patriotic toasts, were given in true old En-
glish style, and the meeting passed off with the greatest hi-
larity and glee.