The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

THE CHARITIES. .•
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EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT-PLEASANT.
• [MONTHLY REPORT.]
EYE DEPARTMENT: New Patients admitted in the month o
February, 266 ; Patients prescribed for, and who have received
Surgical assistance during the month of February, 1489: tota
since the commencement, 48,691.—EAR DE PA RTM E NT.-Pa-
tients prescribed for, and who have received Surgical assistance
during the month of February, 253 ; Total since the commence-
ment, 16,564.
Surgeons, Dr. Edwards and Mr. Neill ; Assistant-Surgeon
J. B. Barrow; Treasurer, Henry Crossfield, Esq. •

SOUTHERN & TOXTETH HOSPITAL, FOR Dancri.
MONTHLY 'MORT.
INDOOR: Cured and relieved. 47; Dead, 5; Entered, 42
Under treatment, 53.--Ournool : Cured and relieved, 149 ;
Dead, 0; Entered, 124; Under treatment, 36.
Chaplain, Bev. Thomas Nolan, A.M.; Treasurer, B. Platt,
Esq. ; House-Surgeon, Mr. Thos. Morris; Visitors, John
Aikin and
_Benmin Platt, Esqs. ; Assistant House-
Surgeon, Mr. John Cowburn.

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, MARCH 6.'
DiscnARGED: la-patients cured, 30; Relieved and at own
request, 5; Made Out-patients, 1 ; Irregular, 1 ; Dead, 4.
ADM ITTED : 111-patientSoo ; Out-patients, 4; Casuals during
the week, 5 ; Remaining in the House, 195.
Consulting Surgeon, J. Dawson, Esq. ; House Surgeon, Mr.
M`Cheane ; Apothecary, Mr. George Padley ; House Vial-,
tors, Edward Gibbon and W. Pearce. Esqrs. ; Chap-
lain, Rev. W. Blundell. Richard Gibson, Treasurer.

NORTHERN HOSPITAL REPORT, MARCH 6.
ADMITTED: Accidents, 13 ; Medical and Surgical Cases upon
recommendation, 21; Total, 34.—DISCHARGED: Cured, 16;
Relieved and at own request, 3; Attended as Out Patients, 8;
Irregular, 2; Died; 4; Remaining in the Hospital, 94.
Consulting Surgeon, J. M. Banner, Esq. ; Physician and
Surgeon for the ensuing week, 1)r. Scott and Mr.
Slubbs ; House Visitors, Daniel Neilson and R. H.
Blundell, . esqrA. ; House-Surgeons, Mr. T. B. Gil.
dersleeves and Mr. W. Haines; Treasurer, B. H. Jones,
Esq.; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Hughes.
WEEKLY REPORT OF THE FEVER AND WORK-
HOUSE HOSPITALS, MARCH 6, 1847.
ADMITTED : 'Fever and Small Pox, 48 ; Medical and Surgical
Wards, 35; Lying-in Wards, 4; Lock, 2; Total, 89.—Dis-
CHARGED: Cured, 56 • Relieved, 11_,- Died, 6; Total, 73.
REMAINING IN THE I-lOSPITALS : Fever and Small Pox, 130; -
Medical and Surgical Wards, 214; Lying-in Wards, 21 ; Lock,
30 ; Total, 395.
Consulting Physicians, Pr. Macrorie and Dr. Gouthwaite;
Consulting Surgeon, Mr. M'Culloch ; Physician and
Surgeon for the week, Dr. Carson and Mr. Davis ;
House-Sorgeon, Mr. T. F. Grimsdale ; Assist.-Surgeon, .
Mr. K T. Watkins; Apothecary, Mr. Thomas Lingley.

Eistrirt pettls,

Short time continues in full vigour. We hear that
Messrs. Bright have entirely closed their mills, and sere-
ral more concerns in Manchester have reduced their hours,
or are working below eight per day.—Manchester Courier.
PRESBYTERIAN Cnuacti.---We learn that the Lanca-
shire Presbytery, in connexion with the English Presby-
terian Synod, have ordered all the ministers within their
bounds, to call their flocks to the exercise of humiliation
connected with the prevailing national calamity, and of
prayer to Almighty God that He would withdraw the visi-
tations
of His anger. The day fixed is Sabbath, the 21st
instant.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.—On Friday evening week,
Mrs. Leadbetter; wife of a sharebroker in Manchester,
who has resided for some time past at Walton-le-Dale, ,
' near Preston, went out after administering what she called
a dose of medicine to her five children. The children -
becoming very ill, and the mother who had been in a low -
state of mind, not returning, suspicions were excited and
medical assistance was called in. They were found to be
labouring from the effects of poison, from which all re-
covered except one, a little girl, who died the following
day. , Nothing was heard of the wretched mother until
Saturday morning, when her body was discovered drowned
in the River Ribble. The verdict of the coroner's jury
was temporary insanity.
RUNCORN.—Tuesday, Sir Thomas Freemantle, chair-
man
of the Board of Customs, F. Gardner, Esq. secre-
tary, and William Gardener, Esq., collector of Manches-
ter; accompanied by George Loch, Esq., G. S. Ferraday •
Smith, Esq., the treasurer, and several of the agents of
the rideewater Trust and the Old Quay Company,
visited Runcorn for the purpose of making the necessary
arrangements consequent upon the formation of Runcorn
as a bonded port. Runcorn, Weston Point, Frodsham, •
and Widnes, will be comprised within the limits of the
port. The committee-room and offices of the Old Quay '
.Company, will he used as a custom house pro tern. The
bonded warehouse, for the reception of goods, will be -
ready by the sth of April. The port of Runcorn pos-
sesses facilities for the discharge and transhipment of -
goods, which, when fully developed, will not be surpassed
by any port in the kingdom. The heavy item of cartage
will he entirely avoided, as goods can be discharged direct -
into the warehouses and re-shipped into boats for all parts
of the kingdom. These advantages will speedily be ap-
preciated and adopted by the manufacturing districts of
Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and War-
wickshire. The river flats, we are informed, will not be
subjected to any custom-house formalities, but will pro-
ceed as at present without any interruption. Buildings
are progressing rapidly, and no sooner is the foundation
of any house laid, than there are numerous applications
for a preference.
MEETING OF THE- COTTON TRADE IN MANCHESTER.—
On Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of the cotton trade,
convened by the mayor in compliance wirh a requisition
signed by upwards of thirty of the principal firms, was
hed in the Town-hall, Manchester, to consider the pro-
priety of taking some steps to promote and encourage the
• cultivation of cotton in India. Thomas 13a-7ley Esq., pre-
sident of the Manchester Commercial Association, in a
lengthy and excellent speech, moved the first resolution, ,
expressive of the opinion of the meeting that an appeal
should be made to the legislature to enforce the develop-
ment of the resources of India, and thus to promote the '
increased growth and supply of cotton. He complained
of the heavy land-tax imposed on the native cultivators--
a tax which corresponded with the crop raised. From
calculations he had in the course of last year made, as to rapid increase in the spinning establishments ofi Lan-
cashire, he had arrived at the conclusion that one factory
was erected, on the average, every week. The power of
consumption then amounted, at the termination of the
year, to fully five thousand bales per week ; yet last year
there was a diminished supply of half a million bales of
cotton. This showed the necessity for British manufac-
turers to look for more than one field. Cotton might be
grown in forty or fifty parts of the world. A petition to
the House of Commons was, after some discussion,
adopted, praying for the appointment of a select commit-
tee to make a full and searching enquiry into all the cir- •
cumstances which affect the cultivation of cotton in India.
THE DANGERS OF LANCASTER SANDS.—On Sunday
week, these sands, which have proved fatal to many an in-
cautious and adventurous traveller, were within an ace of
becoming the theatre of a wholesale catastrophe. On the
arrival, shortly before three o'clock in the afternoon, of
one of the Ulverstone coaches from Lancaster, at the
river Keer, which empties itself into Morecambe Bay, a
short distance from Kent's Bank, and is the first stream
of any magnitude to be forded, Croskill, the guide, could
not be found. Anxious to avoid delay, the driver, W.
Fleming, attempted to cross, but feeling the sands give
way beneath his horses' feet, was compelled to turn back.
The driver then made a second attempt, a little lower
down, but with a still more disastrous result, both coach
and horses gradually sinking until the forewheels were no
longer visible, and the animals themselves above chest-
deep in the unexpected quick-sand. The passengers, of
whom there was a full complement, lent their assistance,
at considerable personal risk, in cutting the traces, and .
extricating the horses. The leaders, being near the op-
posite side, were got out with less difficulty than could
have been anticipated •, but the wheelers were so deeply
embedded, that it was feared they would have to be aban-
doned. A last, and, as it fortunately proved, a successful,
effort was made. The poor creatures, however, were so
worn out by their struggles, that on being dragged high
and dry, they could barely retain their footing. Three of 7
the passengers pursued their journey on foot across the •
sands, notwithstanding the unfortunate plight they must ,
naturally have been in from lmlf an hour's immersion to ,
the breast, and reached Kent's Bank, the next stage, a
distance of about seven miles: in safety. The coach was
not recovered until next morning.
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE WIRRAL FARMERS.—This
dinner took place on Thursday at the Horse and Jockey,
in Upton. There was an excellent show of live stock,
including some fine hulls bred by Sir W. M. Stanley.
The ploughing matches were the great feature of the day,
and attracted crowds of spectators. They took place on
the farms of Mr. Astin and Mr. John Stanley, at Songhai'
Massie. Upwards of thirty-five competitors were entered,
being eight more than on any former occasion. The deci-
sions of the judges gave great satisfaction. At'the dinner,
William Jackson, Esq.' prbsided, and amongst the com-
pany were many of the first land proprietors of the neigh-
bourhood. After the usual loyal toasts, the success of the
"Wirral Farmers' Club and Sir William Stanley " was -
eloquently proposed by the chairman, and enthusiastically
received. He alluded to the stock exhibited, and added :
—" A still greater advance in agricultural skill has been
displayed to-day by •the competitors for the prizes for
pleoehing, which all. admit is greatly superior to that of
any Miler year. I am but an infant in knowledge on.
such matters, yet I could not traverse those fields to-day ,
with Out clearly discerning the skill with which they bad .
been ploughed. A man more earnest in the cause of agri-
culture than Sir W. Stanley could not exist." The Gen-
tlemen of the Hooton Hunt-, connected with the name of
C. Stanley, Esq., was then given and responded to by that
gentleman in feeling and eloquent terms. He spoke in
terms of admiration of his two relatives near Hooton, who -.
had done so much towards draining the bad land on their
estates, particular a farm in Low-field had almost been
recovered from a marsh. He had been delighted, some
short time since, to see the extensive scale on which
draiuing was conducted.—The first prize of £5, to the -
owner of the hest agricultural stallion kept for. general
purposes, was awarded to Mr. Match, of Bidston-cum-
Ford. The second, for the best boar—no competition.
The third, for the best bull, value £6; was awarded to
Sir Wm. Stanley, Bart. The fourth, value £4, for the
best mulch cow, was awarded to Mr. Everall, Arrowe-
firm.—The ploughing, for which 47 ploughs- were en-
tered, took place on lands belonging to Mr. J. Austen
and J. Stanley, Esq., was of a very superior description,
mid elicited the warm admiration of the judges (Mr.
Brown, Grange ; Mr. Simpson, Court-house ; and Mr.
Laiigton,"Raiiihill—who were also judges of the stock.)
--The first prize of £5 a-as awarded to Thomas Bather,
servant to W. Webster, Esq. ; the second, to R. M`Call, •
servant to Mr. Walker, Stourton; the third, to T. Smith,
and time fourth, to J. Cummins, both servants of J.
was
Jackson, Esq.. Easthrun.—For the Youths : The firsdt vtihe
William Griffiths; the second,. Peter Evans,
who had live al longest in her place
wiNiTtsh"glur. ThomasA
third, J. Dcaborough.—The prize for the wo.mveann t-usierv.annnt
ors
Roberts, who has lived eleven r
timid of Mr. Wm.
Ashton, Ssughall
Amery, of Holt-hall, obtained a prise of
tifarglarmourer for Mr. G. Jackson,
X2.—Rie'nard Bennett, a a
for having fourteen children, ancl •
-Massie.—Thteta?).
Noctorin, received
brizzing them up parochial relief.