The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

f HEALTH

ing of the board was held on Wednesday
present Messrs. Kershaw, Marsden, Sharpies;

commissioners, and Mr. Rawlinson, government inspector
In order to secure cleanliness, &c., in the lodging-house

in the town, the two serjeants of the police were apps
inspectors. The board likewise resolved to compel c

which had been

if required, in future.
rHE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE had a meet-
ridav, at which it was determined to recommend

the Corporation for the erection of a new bui
cv;l-1-, rnnniArAnt, dnnatinn of Mr. M

M.P., the sum of £16,000. The committee also fixed upou

the site, in gnaw s-crow, opposite the norm 'ruin
George's-hall, and running back into Clayton-street

committee recommend that the Council: should advertise
for designs ; and that a premium should be given to the
design which may be chosen. The belief of the com-
mittee is, that the new erection will cost £30,000; but it
is intended to restrict the outlay to the £lB,OOO already
named, and to call upon the public to subscribe the
remainder, rather than to levy a Museum-rate on the
inhabitants generally.—Chronicle.
LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND lItSTITUTION.—The
bazaar in aid of the library of this institution is to open on
Monday next. We learn that the arrangements are in a for-
ward state, and that there is every probability of a success-
ful result. Great exertions have been made by the friends
of the institution, both here and elsewhere, to furnish the
stalls and give eclat to the proeeedings. The principal stall
will be held by the lion. Mrs. Edward Cropper. Twenty
volumes of the poetical works of the late Mrs. Sandbach—
the grand-daughter of RosCoe —have been received from
H. R. Sandbach, Esq. A collection of original poems,
all specially contributed for the purpose, by Lord Sohn
Manners, Charles Swain, Rev. W. Pollock, and other
living writers, will also be published on the occasion. The
effort which the members of this valuable institution are
making to extend it's usefulness, is one which well de-
serves, as we hope it will receive

the warm sllpport

the ptiblic

THE NEW SAIGITIRV BILL.--At a meeting of the
Health Committee on Thursday, Mr. Stewart explained
what had been done with regard to the new sanitary bill,
the clauses of Which were prepared, and would be bronght
forward at the next Council. The sub-committee had
made certain amendments, which would 'be submitted for
the consideration of the Health Committee. The thief.
alteration Was that of making owners of property in the
borough liable to pay a certain proportion of the cost of
sewering, at so much per lineal yard, the sewerage in all
cases to be done by the public authorities. No application
would be nude in the next session of parliamentextept for an
alteration of the present bill. The committee .foh.nd the sub-
ject beset with so many difficulties, that they "considered it
better to confine themselves to what appeared the most
presik, matter, that of sewering,, and they had reason to
believe the course they had adopted would'be satisfactory.
lie timed the adoption of the bill in its amended form.
The motion was adopted unanimously.
Htliam OF LIVERPOOL—The general mortality in this
borough continues to be considerably below the average.
This is very satisfactory, although we hare again to report
some fatal cases of cholera. On Tuesday an Irishman,
living at No. 6 court;Lace.,street, was hurried off in a few
hours by this fatal disease. On Wednesday the govern-
ment emigration agent ascertained that some emigrants
on board the ship Silas Greenman, lying in the river, and
bound for New York, had 'been ',attacked with severe
diarrhoea. It is supposed that the passengers, having
suffered from sea sickness during the gale of Sunday, were
subsequently seized with bowel 'complaint, which in three
cases turned to cholera, and proved fatal to the cook of
the ship and two of the Germatemigrants. As the vessel
was about to sail, and had about '6OO passengers on board,
these circumstances were reported to a sub-committee of
the health committee, then sitting, and a consultation
took place on the subject. IV-was ultimately arranged,
after a communication With thcemigration agent and the
custom-house authorities; that the sick persons should be:
separated from the healthy. 'Those in good health were,
to be placed on board one of the lazarettoes in the river,
and the sick removed to' a 'editable place and put under
immediate medical treatment.

ELECTRIC TIME Srn--ase 13A.ee.—The system of drop-
ping the time signal ball onthe buildings of the Electric
Telegraph Company, 448,'Strand, London, by a galvanic
current from tie Royal Observatory, Greenwich, having,
after the experience of -several months, been found per-
fectly efficient (interrupt& only by occasional repairs of
the apparatus), chronometer makers and others are. _in-
formed that, when no 'extraordinary signal is exhilined,
implicit reliance may be placed on the accuracy of thetime
given by the drop of the ball. The same galvanic current
which liberates the ball in the Strand moves a needle-upon
the transit clock at the Royal Observatory. The time of
movement of this needle is observed by the officers of the
Royal Observatory, and dirly registered, and is found tote
sensibly correct. The time occupied by the transmission
of the galvanic current Trom the Royal Observatory to•the
Strand is about 1-3000th part of a second. The time oc-
cupied by the miloosing of the machinery which supports
the ball is less than- one-fifth part of a second. Chrono-
meter makers are requested to remark that the instant
which is to be taken- as truly corresponding to one o'Clock,
Greenwich mean solo:et-line, is that of the commencement
of the drop of the hall. In the event of accidental failure
or error in the dropping of the ball at one o'clock, it will
be raised half-mast high till two o'clock, when it will be
dropped with the same accuracy.—Royal Observatory,
Greenwich.—G. B. Aurr.
ST. HELEN'S 'PETTI" SEssions were held on Tuesday
last, at the Town'halh, before the Rew. .1. S. R.' Evans
(chairman), Z. Sillar, M.D., and R. Pilldugton,
TLsg
Peter Marsh was fined 10s. and costs for assaulting -Janes
Callon, on the tlOth ult.—Mr. Edward Iln.sworth of
Widnes, was siammoued under the Cruelty to Animals
Act, for shooting a -cat, on the 19th ult., belonging to
Thomas Plumpton. It appeared that Mr. Unsworth,
with three persons 'was shooting at Widnes, and that,
when in a field near' complainant's house, he shot-n, cat
belonging to him. • In answer to the charge,the dcien-
dant admitted the shooting of the cat, but stated that :his
dog set at something which appeared to him to' be
rabbit or a hare, and that he of course fired; that imme-
diately he had done solhe animal ran up a tree ; add he
then, suspecting it to.be a cat, fired a second time to put
it out of its misery. He raised an objection to the sum-
mons, on the ground that this case did not come within
the meaning of the -act, the words of the act 'being
" cruelly torturing," Sic., and it did not appearthat
wanton act of cruelty had been committed, as the defen-
dant had, in the first instance, shot at what he believed to
be game. The magistrates, concurring in this view, dis-
missed the case. A second information was laid against
Mr. Unsworth for shoot irg on the highway. It appeared
--that on the night of the same day on which the former
.offence was alleged to 'have been committed, Mr. ions-
,worth and his men were returning home about eleven
o'clock, and that, when-opposite the house of the last
-complainant, a gun was fined close to the window. The
inmates were alarmed, arid opened the window. Ono.of
%ern stated that he saw Mr. Unsworth with a gnn in his
hand. But, on cross-examination he admitted that it was
so dark that he could not 6wear positively to him. Mr.
Unsworth and the keeper. .Troved that one of the men,
mimed Platt, fired the gun, without the previous know-
ledge or consent of Mr. Unsworth. The case was there-
fore -,dismissed —Mr. George 'Houghton, Eccleston, was
sumleoned for breach of the beer act, in selling ale on Sun-
day, at seven o'clock in the morning. Fined £1 and-costs.
SEWCT VESTRY.—The Rev. Rector Campbell pre-
sided at the usual meeting of this body, on Tuesday.—. 4..
discussicn took place relative to the magistrates who had
been newly appointed for the despatch of parochial busi-
ness, on which Mr. Came said, that the parties who had
more itutuediately taken the sahjett in hand had been
absent for some time, Mr. Johnson from ill health, and
Mr. Williekr from having occupations which he did not
anticipate the time. After a fey.- remarks from other
Members. th,l subject dropped.—From the unusually long
minutes of the Workhouse Committee, it appeared that
It-he total irmaber of inmates in the .house on the 21st
;ultimo was 1,801. There were 478 sic& eases, 37 being of
Sever and 50 :of itch. Several of the district•medical
officers had reported the town as being in an'unusually
healthy conditiorn, the cases of diarrhea or dysentery
:being exceedingly few. It was recommended to advertise
for a district medical-officer, in the place of-Mr. Cripps, at
a sali.ry of £lOO a-year.—The Doek Committee's mes-
senger had attended, and pointed out thathe delivered
the note in reference to the oakum in the governor's
office at the workhouse. The governor admitted its
receipt, tut stated that it was a printed circulary Inviting
tenders for a ton of oakum, and, as they were then Manu-
facturing none for sale, lye had taken no further notice of
the comminication.—The workhouse, it was reported,
had been supplied with flour of a better quality lately. It
was recommended that competent assistants be provided
for each of the parish dispensaries, in lieu of pauper as(umt-
ants, the salary to be 20s. per week, with residence atitbe
dispensaries.. It was also recommended that Mr. James
Douglas Kelly, having now qualified, be appointed dis-
trict medical-officer of the district held by the late Mr.
Durcan, and under the like terms and conditions.—Dr.
Brett and Mr. Lingley, to whom had been submitted saner
plea of the flour from which the late gritty bread had
been made, submitted their report. Dr. Brett's abounded
in details of the analysis, but Mr. Lingley's at once met
the point :—" It contains much bran. The slight grit-
tiness, I am of opinion, is caused from some hard grains of
wheat, usually called by millers and grocers flints,' and
not by the admixture of any foreign substance."—ln
consequence of one of the members having eomplained of
the non-employment of the inmates of the workhouse,
the governor submitted a return of their number, and the
manner in which they were employed. This showed
that the number of inmates is 1814, from various causes
only 557 are fit for work. Of these, 276 are over the age
of 60, and a large number are variously afflicted, Of the
women capable of working 172 are over the age of 60
years, who are engaged in knitting. There are 196 under
this age who are employed in household duties.—The pro-
ceedings of the committee were then confirmed, with the
exception of that paragraph relative to advertising for a
medical-officer in place of Mr. Cripps, the proposed salary
being raised from £lOO to £l4O per annum.—A discus-
sion then took place relative to the health of the town, in
which the chairman said, he thought it extremely satis-
factory to hear from their medical men that their districts
were unusually healthy, and that diarrhoea was less pre-
valent than usual. It was also satisfactory to see the
inspector of nuisances on the alert, and to observe the
care taken to cleanse the town. As the town was better
drained, and was in a better sanitary condition than on
any former occasion, we might hope that the visitation of
the disease, if it should come, would be less severe than
before. Mr. Kitchen observed that there were only six
fever eases under the charge of the district-medical
officers, whilst in the corresponding period of last year
there were forty-eight.—A conununication from the
Health Committee was then read, stating that a sub-com-
mittee of that body had been formed, who would be glad
to sit and confer with a like committee to be appointed by
the Vestry, on the subject of the cholera. The following
gontlemen were appointed members of the Medical-relief
Committee :—Messrs. Bradley, Shaw, Troughton, Kitchen,
Banner, Bain, and Luff. Mr. Johnson was re-elected a
member of the Vestry, and Mr, Talbot elected assistant
xuedical-offleer of the Workhouse.