The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

LLANDUDNO IMPROVEMENTS.

TUE little village of Llandudno, which within the last
few years has become a favourite bathing-place, is per-
haps one of the most picturesque spots on the coast of
Wales, and, from its convenient distance from Liverpool,
bids fair to become a place of general resort. One of the
curiosities is an enormous cavern, which was discovered
by the copper miners in Oct. 1849, and supposed to be
the work of the ancient Romans, as benches, stone ham-
mers, &c., were found entire, and even mutton bones.
The church dedicated to St. Tudno is situate near the
summit of the Great Orme's Head, and a new church has
also been erected. Under the south-west side of Llandudno
rock is the shell of a large mansion, which, centuries ago,
was a palace belonging to the Bisnop of BANGOR; thence,
along the steep sides of the elevated down, the visitor
may proceed for about two miles to the end of the pro-
montory. Here the rocks are for the most part perpen-
dicular and of amazing height. The deep and beautiful
bay is within three hours' sail or rail of Liverpool, and
some commodious and elegant houses now stud the vil-
lage. It is intended to erect a pier and establish steamers
between the village and Liverpool ; and it will be seen by
our advertising columns that, last week, a public meeting
was held, at which it was 'unanimously agreed to petition
Parliament for a local act to provide for the improvement
of the town. The act will embrace the watching, lighting,
paving, sewage, supply of water, construction of cemetery,
and other general improvements. From the number of
Druidical remains and British antiquities in the neighbour-
hood, there is no doubt that Llandudno will be largely resor-
ted to bythe antiquary as well as the lover of the picuresque

The Carnatvon Herald states 'that the proposed har-
bour of refuge between the Great and Little Orme's Heads,
for the construction of which a bill was obtained by a
company at the last session, is to proceeded with imme-
diately. From the statement of Mr. W. H. Goodwin,
who attended the Admiralty, inquiry, on behalf of the pro-
moters, it appears that Llandudno Bay is formed by na-
ture for a harbour, being expansive, deep, free from rocks,
and having excellent holding ground, lying in the direct
route to Liverpool, between Holyhead and that port : be-
ing the only deep-water bay on that coast, it offers the only
available point for a harbour Of refuge 'for vessels caught
in northerly and northwesterly gales to run for shelter ; it
would be accessible in almost all winds, and at any state of
the tide, without a
_pilot, and would be the only har-
bour on the coast without a bar. When the wind is
from the north to west; (the case the greater part of the'
year,) and the most dangerous for outward-bound ships,
vessels brought in by stress of weather could be towed
round Point Lynas and the Skerries Rocks by a steamer.
and put in their course down Channel, thus saving much
time and expense. It was proposed, in the first instance,
after testing the plan, to form a timber breakwater,,on the
recoil principle, invented by Mr. Smith, and for which be
has received the Royal Exhibition Medal, and the medals
of the engineers, and other societies, as well as the
thanks of the Chambers of Commerce of Liverpool and
Manchester. It has, however; since been determined that
the work shall be of a more durable character by being
constructed of stone, for procuring which the neighbour-
hood affords ample facilities. A-dock of about forty acres
is intended to be formed inside the breakwater.

WAVERTREE LOCAL BOARD
OF HEALTH. .

. LAST, NIGHT themonthly meeting of the board was held
in the public offices, Wavertree, the Rei. W. Badnall,
chairman of the board, presiding. There were also present
Messrs. Hill, Anderton, Davis, 'Witham, Gore, Chaffer, and
Risliton. The business took principally a conversational
turn, in the course of which, complaint was made as to the
dilatoriness exhibited in completing the sewer in the main
street. • The board remarked that although they consi-
dered Mr. Blaikely. the contractor, had not proceeded
so quickly with his operations as they had reason to
think be-ought to have done, still they were led to believe
that his progress had been materially delayed in consequence
of the engineer not having attended to direct the work as had
been fixed on. It was also said that several individuals had
expeenced much inconvenience in consequence of Mr.
.131aikely not having removed the soil in some instances.
It was resolved to intimate these facts to Mr. Blaikely,
and to remind him that the termination of his contract, the
Ist of November, was near at hand. Letters were read from
several gentlemen, complaining of defective drainage ; among
others, a note was read from Mr. Quail, stating that the old
Chapel, in Waterloo-street, was injured in its foundations by
water, which should be removed by drainage. The note con-
cluded by a suggestion that the chapel might be taken by the
board as an hospital, at £3O a year, "these cholera times."
The Board directed all those letters to be courteously an-
us was agreed on, by some of the members,
an-
swered, einrevsd.,rivteinrbgal4,
the clerk. ,Some conversation next ensued
as to the propriety of erecting public lamps in courts; but
after a short consideration, it was resolved that the Board
could not interfere in the matter. —The Chairman then di-
rected the attention of the Board to a recently issued
regulation of the Prescot district magistrates, relative to the
clearance of middens. He remarked that under that regula-
tion parties bad proceeded to clear out pig-styes and other
nuisances during the day. He instanced a case in which he
had himself been exposed to considerable annoyance in Cow-
lane. On inquiry he found that the nuisance lie complained
of was made on the understanding that it was necessary to
comply with the order issued by the magistrates. He (the
chairman) wished to know whether the magistrates were,
under any statute, entitled to override and set at nought the
bye-laws of the board; because, if so, the mandates of the
board must become a dead letter. He trusted the board was
not prepared thus to have their functions superseded. It
was suggested that Mr. Allen, the superintendent of police,
might in this case have misunderstood the instructions of
the magistrates; and it was agreed to instruct the law clerk
of the board to write to him on the subject, pointing out the
encroachment, which had no doubt inadvertently been made
on the powers of the board. The meeting then adjourned.

STRANGE DEATII PROM CHOLERA.—Yesterday, an in-
quest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., the coroner, on
view of the body of John O'Donnell, a child, ten years of
age, who resided with his parents, No. 6 court, Wright-
street. On Friday evening, the deceased, who had been out
all day, brought in with him a handful of dirty sugar, mixed
with guano, and said that he had been eating some. He
was taken very ill with pain in the bowels soon after-
wards, and died at eight o'clock the next morning. Mr.
J. D. Kelly, surgeon, who made a post mortem examina-
tion, deposed that death had resulted from cholera. One
of the jury wished the coroner to notify to the au-
thorities the filthy state of the house and court
in which the poor child died. The Coroner observed that
the end would be answered, perhaps better, as he observed
two reporters present. Well might we have cholera
raging in the town, when human beings were huddled in
a cellar not fit for pigs, There was the body lying in a
perfect state 9f nudity.