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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

displayed as chairman of the Dock Committee; and he is a clearly-written exposition of the general and local
I protested that he had not heard a single argument ad- circumstances of the period, which enables the reader at
vanced against the proposed very beneficial extension of once to perceive the motives by which Moore was in.-
the Dock Estate northwards. That extension would pre- fluenced. We shall probably give a few extracts from the
serve the timber trade in Liverpool, and no trade in the book. Fronting. the title, is given a plan of Livernoo/

Mr. AIKIN was in favour of securing posse
trand from the Dingle to Formby Point, but he coi

In of ti

pvva,. ,o,Luey appeared in 1650, which greatly
assists the reader in his fixing the localities of the ancient
" - ' few of which are still preserved
" Launcelot's HPV "A n

in the names of street

ton witt

to be paid for
injudicious tc

dr. Evans, that Lord
al the North Shore, a
le blocks for him as

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t hope this first offering of the Chetham Society to the to-
s po,graphv and history of " Old Liverpool," will be ac-
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Mr. E A RLI

root of tne disposition of the
and that it may be the means
ess MSS. bearing on the his-

he scheme an extren

ity, to.

,e time the negotiations wer

with Lord Der}

whester Guard

HoLmi agreed in some of the remark,

fallen fro►n Ai

CHARGE OF INFANTICIDE

Evans and M

At the Ch(
3 was i

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s of opinion that Mr. Moore murder of Margaret Deays, her infant child, b)
and bad run away with their laudanum. She pleaded not guilty, and immedia
and cries of " hear."). He into hysterics, and fainted. She had no counsel. _
iipbuilding had left the port of,
sand could not be obtained for Townsend (for the prosecution) stated that the prisoner
had lived at Birkenhead, and in the month of April was
He expressed his apprehension that the removal delivered of a female child. Soon after, a wet nurse be-
of the timber trade to the north end of the town would ing wanted by a gentle Man named Drinkwater, the pH-
injure the corporate estate, three-fourths of which were soner's child was left with a Mrs. Jordan, and the prisoner
situated at the south end; and he thought it would be went to Mr. Drinkwater's. She left some time after;
well for the Dock Committee, • before they spent half a called at Mr. Jordan's ; said she was going to apply for
million or a million of money at the North Shore, to turn admission for herself and child at Clatterbridge work-
their attention to a very valuable plot of land, five or six house; went away, and on her return said she could not
acres in extent, situated to the westward of the Queens . obtain admission. Soon after this the child was delivered.
Dock. He also was of opinion that the North Shore to the prisoner, and was subsequently taken ill and died,
ought to be purchased from Lord Derby.

Loud 1

in:prised that

Liverpool when sudei

that it had not been:
ana Drinkwater, suspectinbeen:.ivtr. HOYDEN alluded to the many inconveniences to
which the timber trade would be subjected by going
fairly dealt by, sent for the police. From inquiries them
northwards. made, it appeared that the prisoner had purchased lauda—
Mr- MAN, enr num. and had tra 41. -1_ dminictprpri ~£ ;f 4, 41... -1.- i

I.IIIIU UV Lae LIMO On the
Lav ur i tne scneme. O
22nd April. Mr. Drinkwater, who is a surgeon, stated,
Mr. TYRER expressed his belief that it would costa on his examination, that he had made a post mortern exa-
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million of money to make the blocks for Lord Derby. „,;„1-;‘,„ 4.1.„ •
At- "L,-

as an amen

nent, that the pro-

Ile imme

iate ca

)e contirmec

laudan

~,,.. Fa vuut-c, trs IN OLUU orner causes. He detailed the
re(raraect rue purcnase at the North Shore, which matter effects of laudanum, and said that four drops would kill a
to referred back to the Dock Committee, for the pur- child of that age. A s.ervant girl at Mr. Drinkwater's
pose of making an unrestricted purchase of the property. house said the child was brought there by Mrs. Jordaa
Mr. l‘loortE replied.—He believed the Dock Committee on the 21st April, and at seven in the evening it became
were willing to purchase the hind at the North Shore— ill, and died at' four next morning. She asked prisoner
(hear, hear)—but he denied that the making of the bloc:,cs what she had done to it. and 1 t•
CAP at,. rinm1.a.....,..1 r.l. 1-11 urniil.l pr.'. ill;,-”,

..e autkuumeaged sne had
woutu CUSL, a minion of money. Latour and rent, to the given it some laudanum out of a teaspoon, and did not
amount of £60,000 per annum, would be saved by going think it would kill it. On being asked what made her do
northwards. In reply to Mr. S. Holme, he denied that so, she believed the Devil had instigated her, and that she
the Council were now legislating for the benefit of the would be hanged for it. Evidence was given to show that
corporate estate. The real question before them was, she had twice purchased laudanum, and on the first occa—
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years ago, the Corporation had refused to sell the land to
the westward of the Queen's Dock, except at a most
enormous price. He then, in, reply to Mr. Es'ans, ad-
verted again to the great increase in the timber trade. In
1836, the tonnage of vessels engaged in the Canadian
timber trade was 163,384 tons ; in 1847, it had increased.
to 245,799 tons. In 1836, the tonnage of vessels engaged
A. 1_ T 1 1 •

sion (six days before the death of the child) no less thaw
140 drops. Previously to being taken ill, the child was
heard to scream. The learned judge summed up favour-
ably for the prisoner. There was no apparent motive_
She might have administered a deadly dose several days
before ; but it was not effected until the night in question..
The probability was that the prisoner was in the habit of
taking laudanum herself, and. ;- - w"'

33,672 tons. This showed the trade was not declining,
and there was no reason to expect that it would decline.
(Hear.)

the poor, had wron an an many of
given some to the child to quieten
it. His lordship thought little stress should, under the
circumstances, be laid upon the prisoner's expression as
to being instigated by the Devil. The jury, after a short
consllll-nfinr,

Mr. -EVANS here withdrew his amendment, and the

he understanding that

1 verdict of not guilty. This case

he assizes

Council into consideration, relative t
purchase being in money, instead of ]

le payment for t

LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES

DSTOFFICE

It appeared from the proceedings of the Postal Arrange-
ments Committee, that they had had an interview with

(From Messrs. Hughes and Ronald's Circular qf Aug. 6.)
_W e never remember a more numerous attend an,...

Mr. Rowland Hill—that it was intended to extend the
pre-payment by stamps for late letters into all parts of
England—that it was in contemplation to have foreign
letters sorted on board the packets—and that the packet

the trade than at the public sales yesterday and to-day,
The quantity of fine colonial, although small, excited a
most animated competition. A great part of these wools
were by'no means of a superior character, still the u'lL-
id

station at Nouthampton would not for the present be re-
moved. The committee will present a report relative to
the site for the erection of the new Liverpool Postoffice,
at the next meeting of the Council ; in the meantime they
appear to be of opinion that the best site would be the
bottom of Dale-street.

sold with spirit, at an advance of fully to 2d. per
lb. on the prices of the late sales here and in London, not-
withstanding the advance in the grain market consequent
on the unfavourable change in the weather and the re-
newed pressure in the money market, both circumstances
strongly calculated to operate against the sales.
We are, therefore, glad to have it in our power to report
so favourable a result. Clean, light-conditioned Wools
have commanded most attention, and brought relatively
higher prices than the heavier kinds, and particularly such
as were infected with •1- 'd grass sppd—.l_, • •

The Postmaster applied to know whether the Corpora-
tion had 1500 square yards of land to sell in Lime-street,
for the new Postoffice, and whether the Council would
erect the new building according to certain plans. The
letter was referred to the Finance Committee.

~...urrs and grass seeds, which descrip-
tions are getting more into disrepute, and we expect this
will become more the case, as the arrivals from the river
Plate and other quarters come in more freely ; and, as they
are taking great pains to remove this disadvantage, which
is purticularly apparent in the best managed flocks lately
received from Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, it is impe-
rative on the Australian colonists to pay the greatest at-
tention in this respect.

There was a very small proportion of good combing
Wools in these sales. We regret to notice the continued
depression in this branch of the trade, which has now pre-
vailed for nearly two years ; but still we would recommend
a careful classification of combing and clothing qualities,
as it thereby improves the appearance of each.
In Low Wools, East India, Egyptian, and all other use-
ful qualities met with a ready sale, and at full rates. The
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nueiws tyres comprised chiefly middle and.
mixed qualities, for which there is very little demand : the
greater part was consequently withdrawn. The same with
regard to Turkey Wools, for which, however, we have
found more inquiry since the sales, and at better prices
than could there be obtained.

We annex particulars of the Wools offered and quota-

tions of prices obtained :
Of 1139 bales Port Philip, fleece sold at Is. 2d. to Is. Bd.,
lambs Is. to Is. 7d., skin Is. lid. to Is. 21d., locks and pieces
Bid. to Is. Id., grease 6d. to Bdi. ; of 86 bales South Australian,
fleece sold at Is. to Is. 4d., inferior Bd. to Is.; 9 bales inferior
Cape sold at 6d. to Is.; of 246 bales Portugal (chiefly with-
irawn), R's sold at 10d., black sd. to 6d. ; 34 bales United

States fleece sold at Is. O. to is

of 363 bales East India

Bd., grey 2ad. to 6d. ; of 203 bales Turkey (part withdrawn),
good sold at 72d. to 9d., inferior sad. to 62d. ; of 266 bales
Buenos Ayres (part withdrawn), fair to good sold at 73d. to 10d.,
common burry 4d. to 6ad., and of 52 bales picked, a few lots
sold at Bd. to Is. 2d ; 30 bales Russian, fair sold at 62d ; of 42
bales Egyptian, inferior white sold at 84d., yellow and grey 7d.,
black and fawn 62d. ; inferior sd. to sad. ; of 46 bales Peruvian,
a few lots very prime sold at lid. to Is. id. ; 57 bales Syria sold
at 5d to 6id. ; and of 99 bales sundry, white highland sold at
4ad per lb.

QUARTERLY RETURN OF_ HEALTH AND

MORTALITY

We gave in our last the general results of the
return just published, showing the number of deaths
registered in 117 districts of England, including the prin-
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shall now give the data furnished with respect to our town
and the towns in this district. In St. Martin's District
(Liverpool) the deaths in the quarter ended 30th June,
1847, were 661, being an excess of 203 over the corres-
ponding quarter of last year. The prevailing diseases
have been typhus and diarrhoea, with a slight increase of
small-pox. The deaths have been chiefly amongst the
Irish. In Great Howard-street the deaths have been
1080, which is a very tremendous increase. This, how-
ever, is attributable, in a great measure, to the existence
of a Fever Hospital in the street, together with the great
mortality of the Irish in theneighbourhood. In Dale-

street the deaths were 809, which is an excess of 230 over
those of the corresponding quarter of last year, entirely
owing to increase of fever amidst the lower class of Irish.
280 of the deaths were from fever, and 40 from small-pox.
In St. Thomas's the deaths were 598, considerably-
above the average. Fever was fatal in 173 cases ; small
pox in 13. In Mount-pleasant the deaths were 1007, in-
cluding 690 in the Workhouse, 51 at the Infirmary, and
one at the Lunatic Asylum. The fever sheds in this dis-
trict of course contributed to swell the mortality. The
s this quarter over the corresponding quarter last
was 499. There were 276 fatal cases of fever, 144 of

dysentery, 96 of diarrhoea, and 15 of pthysis, in the Work-
house. There were also 33 fatal cases of fever in the dis-
trict, besides those in the above institutions.

In Islington district the deaths were 466, being am
increase of 193 over the corresponding quarter of 1846,
principally to be attributed to the great increase of fever,
measles, small pox, diarrhoea, dysentery, pthysis, and
pneumonia. The deaths from fever in the quarter were
98, almost all residents of the town. In St. George's the
deaths were 188, being an increase of 88, which is also
attributed to the influx of Irish. In West Derby the
deaths were 227, being an increase of 55. The principal
cases have been typhus and consumption, :Ina fever con—
tinues prevalent. 46 persons died of typhus. In Evertott
the deaths were 238, of which 44 were from fever, and 22
from measles. In Tarteth-park the deaths were 431,
being an increase of 35 as compared with March quarter.
Typhus is on the increase, owing to the number of un—
wholesome cellars, &c., occupied by the poor. There
were 29 deaths in the quarter from tyro-- If ' •k

_ is remark-
able that, amidst all this mortality,
j the health of the

average

Liverpool, it appears from these returns, has been es,
pecially a sufferer from the invasion of Irish pauperism ;
but other neighbouring towns have not been exempt from
the effects of the visitation. In Blackburn, Preston,
Rochdale, Bury, Bolton, W

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says, "the great mortality of this town can only be attri-
buted to the filthy state of the streets, courts, and dwel-
lings of the poor") and Prescot, the deaths have been
largely above an average, and have been resulted mostly
from 'fever amongst the Irish, and small-pox:without pre-
In many of these Places the mnrtstlitv

vious vaccination