The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—On Saturday, an inquest was I
held before Henry Heathcote Statham, deputy coroner —
for the borough, on view of the body of Margaret Wain-
wright, aged 66, who resided with her daughter in Cross- At a meeting of the medical profession in this town on
hall-street. On Mondap Wight week, deceased was left
Tuesday it was resolved to petitionin favour of Mr. Wak-
alone in the house, aint was then in liquor, but able to ,
ley's Medical Bill.
take care of herself. On her daughter's return she found I
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE PRESS.—The
her lying on the first floor landing on her back, and un- usual weekly meeting of this body was held yesterday at
able to get up. She said she had fallen while going the Town-hall, at which the motion, of which notices had
up stairs. She was taken to :Jed. On the following Wed- been recently given by Mr. Higgins, for the admission of
nesday she became unable to speak, and a surgeon was reporters from the public press to the meetings of this
sent for, but she never rallied, and died on Friday last. . body,
was brought under consideration. After a lengthy,
Mr. Lodge, surgeon, who examined the body, said that and we understand somewhat animated discussien, the
death was caused by extravasation of blood on the brain I motion was negatived, on a division by a majority of six.
the result of the fall.—Verdict accordingly. ' The numbers being for the motion seven ; against it
LADIES' INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE FOR IRELAND AND thirteen. However the mattter will, we believe, be
SCOTLAND.—We learn with great pleasure that the sale at brought under the consideration of the Council; at the
the Lyceum has progressed most satisfactorily from the next monthly meeting.
first, and that considerable relief has been afforded to ' DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
many destitute districts in both countries. We have be- , was held on Tuesday in the Savings Bank, Bold-street,
fore pointed out the great advantages of a plan which G. H. Lawrence, Esq., mayor, in the chair. The secre-
stimulates industry in the same proportion that it pro- tary, R. L. Carr, Esq., read the report, from which it ap-
vides relief, and we are gratified to find that our anticipa- peared that relief had been granted to the large number
tions are being realised, not only in the alleviation of dis- of 29,630. They comprised, of English, 9,447 ; Irish,
tress at the present melancholy crisis, but also in the more 18,987; Welsh, 721 ; Scotch, 636; and 78 whose places
lasting benefit of the formation and encouragement of in- ' could not be ascertained ; and the cost of the provisions,
dustrial habits. The greatest praise is due to the ladies &c., with which they were supplied was £2,283 3s. Id.
who have originated and conducted the sale; to their un- ; The number in the year before was 8,102, and the cost
remitting attention and indefatigable labours the success £435 17s. 6d. Since the accounts had been made out a
of the enterprise is due. We trust that the inhabitants of donation of £5O had been received from the Earl of Sefton,
Liverpool will continue to do their duty in forwarding in addition to £7O contributed by his lordship in January.
this good work, and support an institution which not only The Rev. W. Hesketh hoped that a more than common
I
provides relief but teaches thrift. circulation would be given to the report, possessing, as it
THE ATHENIC CLUB.—This literary, scientific, and ar- did, more than common importance. Mr. Payne proposd
tistic association celebrated the close of its first session by the officers for the ensuing year, his worship the Mayor
a dinner at Hamer's Hotel, at Woolton, on Saturday last, being requested to accept the office of pi esident. On the
Mr. Robinson, sculptor (son of our late mayor, Nicholas proposal of Dr. Reynolds, it was agreed, that the annual
Robinson, Esq), who is President of the Society, being meeting, instead of being fixed for the third Tuesday in
unexpectedly prevented from attending until the evening May, should be held on such a day as the committee might
was pretty far advanced, Mr. Ross, of the Chronicle, was appoint.
called on to preside, and the vice-chair was filled by Mr. Docx COMMITTEE,
THURSDAY.—The sub-committee
Norhury, artist. We may as well here state that the club of works recommended that Mr. Richard Chaffers should
excludes the subjects of religion and politics from its dis-
Mr. apsphoaiendted to take charge of the new landing stage.
cussions, and that it embraces parties of every variety of,
opinion on those and other topics. A sumptuous enter-aid
Ctilhaeffengagement was only mude for three
rplicnt that it would
‘ir 1 cost
aee
tainment, embracing every delicacy of the season, was on ths Air.
notm less than £l5OO aerysewarastoof e
served up by Mr. Hamer, in excellent style. After the usual said the present barges cost £6oow
or stage. X-00 .
each
loyal toasts, and the healths of gentlemen officially con- work. t
.1 a year toe
The temporary appointment was agreed
nected with the club, had been given, several very excel-
Warehouse Sub-committee reported that they had offered
lent speeches were delivered on the subjects of paint. to leave the •
question as to the sampling of the salt-
ing, sculpture, architecture, music and poetry, and
etre belonging to Messrs. Grey and Co. to a barriser.
embracing, indeed, the whole range of the fine arts. Klessrs. Grey and Co. declined this, but had no objection
Among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting, besides to leave it to a number of merchants. The Sub-commit-
the chairman and vice-chairman, were Mr. Mc. Bride, tee said that, being advised a barrister was the proper
sculptor; Mr. Reed, architect; Mr. E. H. Strype, the person to whom such a matter ought to be referred, they
poet ; Mr. Isaac, lithographer ; Mr. R. M. Parker, could not accede to the proposition. Here the matter
H. M. C. ; Mr. Gallatley, artist ; Mr. Robinson ; Mr. rested. The Sub-committee reported that an antelope
Crouchiey, (who is, we understand, an admirable judge of p
was killed the Sunday previous, on board the Syria, in the
art,) &c., &c. The toast of " The Strangers present," Alpert Dock, by a dog belonging to one of the watchmen
was responded to by Mr. Clarke, and " Success to the employed there, and recommended that the demand of
Roscoe club" was proposed and drunk with enthusiasm. £lB, less the value of the carcase, should be paid by the
The proceedings were diversified with several excellent committee. The Chairman said the antelope had been
songs, and by an exuberant indulgence in every species of sold to Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological
Gardens, and would
art and humour. Indeed, the intellectual character of the have been removed on Saturday but the Customs inter-
whole tneetins. folk reaii7pd rim ...Ps idea nf " The feast , fered. Mr. Horsfall questioned whether the Customs
could not be made liable. It was a specimen of natural
history, and they had no right to interfere. Mr. Hender-
son thought some inquiry might be made upon the sub-
ject. Mr. Sandbach did not think it reasonable that the
Dock Estate should be made answerable for such an acci-
dent. Mr. Shand wished to know whether the commit-
tee were legally liable, or whether the payment was a
voluntary act on their part? The Chairman said Mr.
Worthington considered the committee were kgally liable.
Mr. Aikin : Suppose the rats had destroyed the animal ?
He thought it a dangerous precedent. The amount was
ordered to be paid.

LOCAL MEETINGS.

of reason and the flow of soul." We never spent a
merrier or more pleasant evening in our lives. We must
do our brother "typo," the chairman, the justice to say,
that he evinced much tact and talent in promoting the

conviviality of the evening, and in preSeming harmony
amid the conflicting opinions expressed in disputed ques-
tions connected with the fine arts, and the respective
merits of their professors and patrons. The party broke
up early. at eleven o'clock, (it being Saturday night,) and
Mr. Hamer sent them home in a well-filled omnibus, to
their respective habitations.
LIVERPOOL, BIRKENHEAD, AND BRISTOL. —The
Bristol Mirror of Saturday, in a complaining article,
draws ,_sAme comparison between the ports we have men-
tioned Wending to exhibit greatly the progressive supe-

MEETING OF THE SELECT VESTRY.—Yesterday week,
the first of the weekly meetings of the Select Vestry was
held at the Parish-office. It was reported that Dr. Swift,
of Canning-street, had been appointed to discharge the
duties of the house. The Workhouse now contains 1526
persons. The children in the nursery are said not to be
in good health. The salaries of six of the relieving offi-
cers were advanced to £2ss. a-week for the present. Mr.
John Canning, jun., was appointed a district medical offi-
cer at £7O per annum, with 20s. a week for an assistant,
during Dr. Gee's illness. It was agreed that the sum of
£440 be paid to Mr. Lowndes. It was reported that the
hulk Akbar was admirably adapted for a fever hospital,
and that government had offered to send down two naval
medical officers, which offer was declined. It was reported
that there were 806 members of the house sick. There
were 952 children in the Industrial Schools, and 152
children in the Infirmary,—being a considerable increase
of tne former numbers. Mr. Weightman, had reported
that two timber sheds as fever hospitals might be erected
near those now built in Mount-pleasant, and three on
the site of Islington Market. The cost of accommodating
1310 patients in this way would be £8,840. He added,
that the area in front of the old Workhouse would answer
as a site for the tents, which are daily expected from Lon-
don. The committee reported that as three medical men
would immediately be required—one to reside on board

riority of Liverpool. Our contemporary. after publishing
the statement in our last relative to the reduction of our
dues, says :—" About forty years ago, when the Bristol
Dock Acts were passed—that is, in the year 1806—the
dock dues on goods and shipping in Liverpool were
£44,530; and those of Bristol £11,353. At this period
the dock rates and dues were about upon a par in the two
ports ; but how does the case stand now ? Whv, in
Liverpool they are reduced to about one-third ; whilst, in
Bristol, they are stationary nn chinnin.r .„,i

- ••• ..,••••••••• AM. y uu ouipp g. min greatly
increased on goods. And what do we find is their relative
position ? Why, whilst the one has increased sixfold in
amount, the other has not increased threefold ! No doubt
it will be said that the rise of the manufacturing districts
in the north has produced this result ; •but our reply is,
that the neighbourhood of Rri.tni • •-•

possesses, every natural element to place it on a par with
the most favoured localities, both as a port and a manu-
facturing district. That which has been, and still remains
wanting, is the accommodation of artificial arrangements
(amongst which, port charges now rank first in importance)
to the variations in the commerce of the world, and the
consequent spirit of liberality and enterprise. Ten years
ago, the leading men amongst our fellow-citizens aroused
the public attention to these facts, and an endeavour w..

hanges,

[e of which

were uasea on tnis principle, that it was essential the city
should regain possession of her port, and full control over
her docks. Great exertions were made, but the city sank
into lethargy again. Again an effort is being made, but
obstacles are thrown in the way ; and in the meantime,

bar, and two to ins

Peet the

..agers daily arriv-
ing from Ireland, they had recommended Mr. Kilner, Mr.
M'Clelland, and Mr. Haverty to be appointed, with in-
structions to enter on their duties at once. They were
accordingly appointed. At the request of the Protestant
patients in Great Howard-street for a clergyman, the Rev.
"41 Wray had been requested to attend to them. To a
the rev it) ,ar a a"— - tr

free, or whet

Je entire

in the charges, the younger ports around us are growing
and thriving on our losses. Birkenhead docks are corn-

• gt. ten nau ended to .a€
request, it was replied that he had not as yet.—Mr. Rid-
ing said that there were now 500 to 600 cases of fever that
required immediate accommodation—the sufferers being
in their own wretched domiciles. The sheds were filled.
It was agreed that the two additional lazarettos should be
respectfully accepted from the government, and that the
admiralty be requested to grant two more. It was agreed
that the Mayor and Town Council be requested to fill up
the cellars that coUld not longer be legally inhabited. It
was further agreed that £l5O per annum be paid for the
new parish-offices in St. Anne-street, and that three
months' notice should terminate the tenancy. Mr. T.
H. Brancker and Mr. J. Rogers were elected members of
the Select Vestry, in the room of Mr. Chesney and Mr.
H. Molyneux, resigned. The Vestry then adjourned.

pietect in less time than we take to construct a new. entrance
to the basin ; and the great leviathan is opening his capa-
aious jaws still wider : Liverpool is about to abolish entirely
the dock dues on its staple article of import, the amount
(£37,000 per annum) being greater than the whole of our
dock receipts, and to reduce and modify other of the dock
charges, the Dock Committee being troubled with a
surplus of £128,000, which- they scarcely know what to
do with ! We earnestly appeal to our fellow-citizens of

an ranks ana classes, and ask them,
____
Bristol to be sacrificed to intestine divisions ?

low much longer is
We appeal
,o the non-proprietary Dock Directors, ana übk them to
deal fairly, candidly, and openly, with the free-port
scheme."

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
On Saturday, Messrs

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Pickering, and others, the contractors with the corporation
for the cleansing of middens, were summoned before Mr.
Rushton for neglect of duties. In two cases they were
acquitted, but in three other cases they were fined £l5
and costs.

A MAGISTERIAL POLICEMAN.—On Tuesday an Irish-
man, named James Murphy, was brought up before the
magistrates, charged with rioting. Mr. Rathbone, who
was the complainant, said, that, when in Brown-street,
he was told that a man was beating his wife. He went
to the place and saw the prisoner in a boxing attitude.

As no officers were about, he said he must turn officer
himself, when the crowd, as usual in such cases, took part
,risoned.

with the man

The man was eventually im

stop to. He applied to the court for protection against
such scenes. The prisoner, however gallant he had been
in abusing his wife at home, showed the white feather in
court, and said he most humbly begged Mr. Ratlibone's

he had no vindictive feeling in bringing him forward.
His object would be accomplished if people were taught
that these scenes could not be allowed. After an admo-
nition, he was fined ss. and costs.
MOT IN ST. ANDREW-STREST.—On Tuesday, tlire
men, named Walthew, Tilston, and Rogers, were brought
up at the Police-court, charged with rioting in St. Andrew-
streot. The prisoners, it annearpd_ hoa 1,--- • •

uou one man having been ‘l.;.;kcnTnt7cuustOeCli (113 nekinf
tempted to rescue him. A mob of people
werye'galthYeraed
together, and stones were Hung at the officers. They
eventually taken to bridewell in a car, which they brweeorne
the way, nine shillings having been paid for damages. Ro-
gers, whose head was bandaged, said he had been working in
Cheshire, and the policeman struck him with his stick.
done so,
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thew 20s. and costs, Tilston 10s. and costs, a fine which
would have been heavier but for the punishment he got,
and Rogers was also fined 10s. and costs, or seven days

las writ

a Contemporary, stating, that if he ha(
would have produced witnt

I been allowed, he
ses to prove his entire limo•

eence—that he was not in St. Andrew-street at all—and
that his only offence was a remark on the brutality of the
police, for which he was taken into custody.

CRUEL FRAUD ON IRISH EMIGRANTS.—A poor emi-
grant complained on Friday at the Police-court of the
conduct towards him of a passenger broker, named Patrick
Gormanby. The evidence was to the effect that Gor-
manby had, by false representations, induced Daniel Har-
ragan and three others to ship themselves for Pugwash,
North America, instead of St. John's, New Brunswick,
the place to which they desired to go ; Harragan landed.
in Liverpool on the 11th April, and two days after en-
quired of Gormanby if he had a ship for St. John's. De-
fendant said he had a vessel called the Sophia for that
place, and asked for the passage money. Harragan re-
plied, that he had his wife and two young women who
had come from Cork to emigrate with him, and as they
were outside he would speak to them first. Gormanby
said there was no time to be lost, mad if he did not pay
the money the vessel would put to sea before they could
reach her. Harragan went and afterwards returned with
his wife, to whose enquiry defendant gave the same an-
swer, and she paid him £B, the passage money for herself
and husband. She then brought in the girls, and they
also paid £8 for their passage. They then left the office,
when Harragan's wife found by the tickets that they had
shipped themselves for Pugwash, in Newfoundland. They
returned and complained to defendant, who laughed at
them, and told :hem they could not go to a better place
than Newfoundland, and that Pugwash was only 36 hours
sail from New Brunswick. Harragan protested against
the fraud, and desired that the money should be returned.
This being refused, he offered the defendant 30s. to re-
store it, but without success. The vessel alluded to had
gone out of dock at eight the same -morning, in place of
at four in the afternoon, as defendant had stated she
would, but she returned next day disabled, and remained
in dock till the 18th. During the interval Harragan re-
peatedly called to get back the money, but never finding
defendant at home, the whole party were constrained to
go by the ship named. She encountered bad weather,
and put into Belfast dismasted. The government officer
then found 50 passengers on board, although he knew she
had cleared the Custom-house here tor only 29, and he
wrote to Lieutenant Hodder of this port. The latter,
from enquiries made of several of the passengers, found
that several of them had been defrauded in the same way.
A defence was attempted, but it failed. Mr. Rushton
said the whole affair was disgraceful on the part of the
broker, and he fined him £lO, and deprived him of his
license,

A (arid Ptlvs.

The Manchester Board of Guardians are making ar-
rangements, by the appointment of additional relieving
officers, to meet the pressure of increased distress.
In the New County Court, Little Bolton, last week,
James Stott, gamekeeper to Henry Tempest, Esq., was
ordered to pay £lO to the owner of a Scotch terrier bitch,
which he had wantonly shot.
THE WARRINGTON JUNCTION STATION.—The new
and beautiful buildings at Warrington Junction were
opened last week. They are in the medieval style, built
of beautiful stone,
RIsE IN VALUE.—The market tolls, &c., of Manches-
ter, were, in 1570, purchased for £3OOO, by Mr. John Lacy,
of London ; sold by him in 1596 to Sir Oswald Mosley,
for £3,500, and by a descendant of the latter, the other
day, to the Manchester Corporation, for £200,000.
A meeting was summoned on Tuesday, at Manchester,
to petition against the corn-laws being allowed to come
again into even partial. operation. The Mayor presided.
The chartists proposed and carried an amendment against
all mercantile monopoly whatever.
A splendid service of plate, valued at £5OO, was pre-
sented at the Cheshire Quarter Sessions, at Knutsford,
on Monday, to Trafford Trafford, Esq., chairman, who
has officiated in that capacity for twenty-seven years, and
has been a magistrate of the county for upwards of half a
century.

A SIGN OF THE TIMES.—We may state as a sign of the
present depressed times, that on Wednesday, a deputation
from the hands employed in a portion of the works of
Messrs. Horrockses, Miller and Co., at Preston, waited
upon the manager to request, as a favour, that they might
be permitted to work on Whitmonday—a day which in
that town, from time immemorial we may almost say, has
been dedicated wholly to festivity. The request, however,
could not conveniently be complied with.
A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF INCENDIARISM
formed the subject for examination before the magistrates
of the Borough Court, Manchester, on Thursday. A girl
about fifteen years of age, named Maria Atkinson, was
charged with setting fire to the house of her master, on
Wednesday last, no less than six different times ! Mr.
John Bragg is a rope and packing-sheet manufacturer,
and also keeps the Crooked Billet, in Back Princess-street,
close by the soup kitchen. She declined to make any
statement, and was committed to the assizes for trial.
WARRINGTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION.—The newly-
created burgesses are now actively engaged in preparing
for the contest for town councillors in the different wards.
Great political excitement prevails. The friends for the
incorporation of the borough have held several meetings
and are canvassing the burgesses in favour of the Liberal
candidates they have put in nomination for each ward ;
and the opponents of the incorporation of the borough (as
they are called) are holding meetings in the different
wards, and putting in nomination gentlemen of proved
" Conservative principles." Each party entertains san-
guine hopes of success. W. Beamont. Esq. is the return-
ing officer for the borough, and he has appointed the Ist
June next for the election.

TRAVELLING POST-OFFICE.—There is now on the Lan-
caster and Preston Railway a travelling post-office, the
beauty and workmanship of which are really charming.
It is of commodious size, claret coloured, and most ele-
gantly embellished with the royal arms, in full blazonry,
the royal cypher, richly gilt, the stars of the different or-
ders of knighthood, and altogether presenting an outward
appearance of dazzling brilliancy. Within is a large
apartment, entirely lined with mahogany, French polished,
having at a convenient part innumerable little deposito-
ries for the reception of letters, all inscribed on gold la-
bels, with the names of the various post towns. Four
lamps are suspended from the ceiling, whilst at the sides
light is admitted by the spacious windows of plate glass,
shielded by crimson silk blinds, such as are used in private
carriages.

THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MANCHESTER Ex-
CHANGE has been commenced, and the foundation stone
oftheinew erection was laid on Thursday morning. by James
Consterdine, Esq. By this enlargement the first floor of
the Exchange, which is now nearly double the size of the
same room in 1840, and contains 5,500 square feet, will
be increased to an area of 14,400 square feet. The new
portion of the building is erecting from designs by Alex.
Mills, Esq., architect, of Manchester, and the cost is esti-
mated at £70,000. Mr. Consterdine, in his address on
laying the foundation stone, declared the intention of the
committee to spare no expense to render every business
facility in their power to the large commercial community
assembling within the building; and said that arrange-
ments had already been entered into with the Electric
Telegraph Company. for connecting the Exchange, by
means of that invention, with London on the one hand,
and with Edinburgh on the other ; and in fact with all the
great towns of the kingdom.

TRAGEDY EXTRAORDINARY.—At the Queen's Theatre,
Manchester, on Monday, the sock and buskin were laid

under peculiar contribution in the representation of King
Richard 111. Mr. Wyndham took a benefit, which, we

trust, proved really what it was hoped to be, and a quintet
of comic actors, including Messrs. Sloan and Wyndham,
undertook the novelty of strutting through the crook'd
back tyrant, one act of the tragedy being apportioned to
each actor. Of course so startling an announcement a%
" five Richards being in the field" astonished " the gods,"
who, as the several tragedians appeared, scarcely knew
whether to laugh or to cry. At length the climax of the
tragic farce arrived, Mr. Sloan dashing upon the stage as
King Dick. In the midst of a very grave soliloquy the
of the and' gybed, and pis

.hence were distur
indecorous facial expression in the midst of a solemn
tragedy was quickly followed by a loud guffaw, which
Richard's philosophy could not scorn. Hastily stepping
to the front of the stage, and with his well-trained tragic
face he said,—" Ladies and gentlemen, pray don't think
we are playing comically, for I assure you we are playing
tragedy as earnestly as we can. You'll oblige us much if
you won't laugh !" The people again hardly knew whe-
ther to laugh or cry; and in a few minutes afterwards the
curtain fell amidst peals of laughter.

THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER.—The result of the ne.
gociations pending between chapter and churchwardens,
on the subject of the ecclesiastical arrangements of the
parish of Manchester, have transpired. The main ques-
tion was whether or not the dignitaries of the Collegiate
Church should be resident in the parish. This. point has
been so far conceded to the parishioners, that hereafter it
will be imperative on all canons to hold, together with
their stalls, one of the livings in the palish, within the
gift of the chapter, so that each shall perform duty in a
church, and reside in the parish. The chapter has also
agreed, that it is desirable that any surplus from the pro-
oerty of the Chapter shall be exclusively devoted to the

spiritual wants of the town, and will use their influence to
secure such application. They have also offered to devote
one of its estates, the best situated for building purposes,
and whose proceeds will soon be great, to secure the ulti-
mate exemption of other churches in the parish from dues
to the mother church, and to endow the poorer livings in
the gift of the chapter. Hereafter the Dean will receive
an annual income of £2OOO, and the four canons £lOOO
eac:t—the surplus to go far the relief of the spiritual ne-
cessities of the parish. The Dean will be required to re-
side, according to the several acts, in the parish at least
8 months in the year, and the canons 9 mnnthq • hnt

contemporary says let arrangements ought to be made
through the ecclesiastical commissioners to secure the ex-
penditure of the church property of Manchester in the
parish, and that it is not certain that the longer residenceof
the Dean and Canons within it can be enforced, the penalty

being insufficient to exert obedience to the injunction.
Objections are also made to giving £lOOO each to the
canons, and also a living, the former being considered an
ample provision for them.
MEETING OF WARRINGTON POLICE COMMISSIONERS.

—On Thursday last, the Police Commissioners of the
township of Warrington held their monthly meeting in

Esq., ;as called to the chair.— The clerk to the commis-
sioners then read the minutes of the last meeting, which
were confirmed. He next read the report of the com-
mittee appointed out of the commissioners to confer with
the Warrington Gas Company, as to the conditions to be
agreed between them for transferring the powers vested
eir;,e,dfirvoeudi, enteredoverse e
rs o
previous n the minutes.
to
the
l A
last in the gas company to the corporation. It was moved
and seconded, and carried unanimously, that the report
be
the
e ce
lettermontu,h-alys
a
next read by the clerk, and which he stated he had re-
meeting, but there not being a sufficient number of com-
missioners
present to form a quorum, g
meetin was ad
jourpcd, and the consideration of the' subject g contained in
the 'letter was deferred. The overseers complained in
rath'er strong terms of the want of proper and in-
creased accommodation at the overseers' office ; that
since the offices had been rented from the coin-
niissioners, four years ago, there had been an in-
crease in the number of weekly paupers cases from 503
to upwards of 1000. That owing to this increase and
the great influx of Irish poor into the town, the only en-
trance into the office was crowded to excess, which not
only rendered it dangerous but impossible for the overseers
and other rate-payers to attend there on ordinary busi-
ness, and if the commissioners would afford them increased
accommodation, they would have no objection to pay an
increased rental. Several commissioners were of opinion
that the present offices were too small, and that at the
present time, when typhus and scarlet fever were spread
ing to such an alarming extent in the town, imme-
diate steps ought to be taken to arrest its progress.
It was then moved and seconded and passed unani-
mously, that "the General Paupers' Committee" be,
and they are hereby appointed to take immediate steps
to remove the museum from the large room next to the
Overseers' Office, and that such increased accommo-
dation be provided for the overseers as the neces-
sities of the case appear to require.—Mr. White then in-
quired whether any and what measures were being taken,
to remove nuisances, and to compel owners of small cot-
tage property to whitewash and properly ventilate the
same.—The Clerk replied, that no steps whatever had
been taken by the Commissioners other than to appoint a
Nuisance Committee, which were the Highway Board ;
and that," if nuisances existed, on the same being repre-
sented to that coMmittee, attention would, he had no
doubt, be paid to them.—Mr. White then expressed the
desirableness of the Commissioners issuing a placard, call-
ing on the owners of cottage property to whitewash them
and to remove all nuisances about their premises. The
matter after considerable discussion was referred to the
Nuisance Committee. Mr. Nicholson then said that he
had a complaint to make against some parties; but as he
was not aware. who were the committee that had given
cause for the complaint, he did not wish it to be under-
stood, in any remarks that he might make, that he was
personally alluding to any one present. He said he had
to complain of the removal, within the last nine months,
of a lamp 'from the corner of his premises, which lighted
up two streets, and had been placed there for many years
previously.—Mr. P. Rylands said he was chairman of the
Lamp Committee, but had no knowledge of any orders
having been given to remove the lamp in question.—Mr.
Nicholson replied, and stated that, from what had fallen
from Mr. Rylands, it appeared that the Lamp Committee
were inefficient, and had a most inefficient chairman.—
Mr.. Moss said he considered that the complaint made by

CORRESPONDENCE

DR. BOWRING AND THE QUARANTINE,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
has afforded me no little amusement, that while the
nrrchants of Liverpool are agitating the fever question, and
using their best exertions to arrest the devastating progress of
pestilence, the hon. member for Bolton should be making the
best use of his parliamentary influence in endeavouring to
counteract those efforts, so requisite for the preservation of
the sanatory condition of the British empire, by seeking to
abrogate the quarantine regulations.
I will not for one moment deny the inconvenience which
merchants must of necessity experience from delay in the
transmission of their goods, but where is the law to he found
unattended with inconvenience to some portion of the com-
munity? Will the Government submit to abandon church-
rates, because dissenters object to pay them? Will the state
refuse support to the army and navy, for the protection of our
commerce and our country, because Quakers object to the
principle of war? If not, then I ask, upon what principle
shall it be urged that Government should abrogate laws for the
preservation of our health, because a few, and a few only, of
our merchants and cotton-spinners object to the trifling delay
arising from the detention of their goods on board the lazaret-
toes ? I have said trifling delay; because it is only on sus-
pected articles, such as cotton, wool, sponges, and others capa-
ble of harbouring contagion, and where vessels do not bring
clean bills of health, that any detention whatever occurs.
1 L- I

a apprenenn the Government would do well to consider so
serious a question, before th 'y consent to withdraw their pre-
sent restrictions; for what would be the consequence if vessels
arriving from ports infected with a contagious disorder were
allowed to enter our (locks, land their produce, and thus carry
contagion to Manchester? What, I repeat, would be the con-
sequence if even one bale of cotton or wool, out of many thou-
sands, (which, from the closeness of the ships' holds, could
receive no advantage from ventilation,) were to convey the
plague or any other disorder into the thickly-populated dis-
tricts of Manchester, Leeds, or even Liverpool ? It is well
known that the chances of life are greatly in favour of the sol-
dier in the most sanguinary engagement, compared with those
who live in an unhealthy town. I hesitate not to say, that the
excitement of the populace would be such, that even the hon.
member himself would be as anxious to retrace his steps, as he
is unremitting in his exertions to repeal the existing laws ;
and should he live long enough to realise his expectations, I
venture to predict he will live to feel the taunts of thousands,
and the reproach of those feelings which now influence hint in
seeking to deprive his fellow-countrymen of the only protec-
tion a judicious Government have afforded them against the
invasion of foreign sickness.
It has been asserted that the p'ague has never been known
to penetrate healthy countries through the medium of ships'
cargoes. I mention the plague, as it seems it has never oc-
zurred to the hon. member that any other infections disorder
might be imported, though I believe if tint' gin!,
than usua -
wo

should prevail in this or

•5 Lyn ", LUC,
ne found those who would,and perhaps not withou
cause, attribute it to the suspension of the quarantine regula
tions.

I am supported in my belief that the inhabitants of Liver-
pool will resist the motion of Dr. Bowring, s'iould he ever
carry the question so far, by the circumstance of the ship
Brutus, which occurred but a few years ago, when that ship
was obliged to return, after having been for several days at sea.

owow, umnera oreaning out on board. The people of Liver-
pool were so horrified at the idea of the emigrants landing on
the cuays, although the same disorder was raging in the town
at the time, that the authorities refused to admit them, and
compelled the ship to proceed to the quarantine station, where
they disembarked the sick on board the lazarettoes.
Permit me to ask the lion. gekleman if lie entertains any
doubt as to the existence of contagion and infection in any
case? or if any change in the nature of the plague has been
observed, that will warrant him in asserting that no fear is to
be apprehended from their existence? If so, then I would ask
him to explain whence arose the plague which swept the streets
and desolated the city of London in the reign of Charles the
Second—Marseilles in 1820 (in reference to which, the Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce a few weeks since uttered
these startling and significant words, "We do not forget the
cruel plague of 1820")—and Malta about the same period, or a
little after, where the disorder was traced to a shoemaker's
stall, conveyed there in some pieces of leather.
A melancholy instance of contagion occurred, not many
years ago, to the relative of a gentleman with whom I am ac-
quainted, who, on his passage through the Dardanelles, called
at a shop in Constantinople, with his wife and a boy from the
ship, to purchase a few articles. The lady and gentleman were
a short time after seized with the plague, then the boy and

mintrs crew, who all died in consequence.
are many such instances ; and, in the face of these facts, can
any reasonable mind believe there is no fear to be apprehended
from contagion ?
In consequence of the present unhealthy state of Liverpool,
the Consuls stationed here dare not withhold communicating
the fact to their different Governments, who will beyond a
doubt apply the good old maxim, that "prevention is better
than cure," and compel our vessels to hog t the yellow flag on
entering their ports, and give them sixty days' quarantine. I
am moreover informed, that captains of Sicilian vessels are
fearful of having three months of it on their arrival out.
I shall not trouble you any further for the present, but am
of opinion that the journals of the day are not fulfil ing their
duty to themselves and to the public in general, by suppress-
ing any communication they may receive calculated to arouse
the inhabitants of our large commercial towns to a sense of
the danger which must inevitably follow, should the Govern-
ment of this country yield to the motion of the hon. member
for Bolton, and abandon the quarantine restrictions on vessels
arriving from contagious countries.

- I am, sir, respectfully, Wiir obedient servant,
Liverpool, May 2181,1817. J. CAVE

SUPPLY OF WATER

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Without incurring the charge of being a friend to joint
stock speculations of any description, yet' I hope I may be per-
mitted to express my antagonism to the monstrous outlay and
the consequent charge on the inhabitants which the " Riving-
ton" water scheme will necessarily impose, not only on the
present generation, but in perpetuity. To save this enormous
expense were worth a trial of some maznitude ; but to save the
expense and realise a purer article than any that can be ob-
tained from a reservoir eaposed above ground, when the trial
can be made for, comparatively, an old song, surely this is such
an appeal to the public spirit, and the patriotism .of every man
in our local community, as cannot be resisted without an im-
peachment of the understanding that idiotcy itself would not
brook. A cost of a million, Mr. Editor, for that which the
earth is yearning to yield to the tapster who shall sue for it by
a simple application to her over-gorged bowels, is enough to
stagger all belief in the assertion of that crippled state of our
finances, both public and private, which is now smiting every
heart with fear. Let any one, however unscientific, take a
suburban walk of four semicircular miles, north, east, and
south, from the Town-hall, see the struggle of the precious
fluid for egress through the fissures of rock even, and then say
if the expensive proposition of the Rivington Pike scheme can
be justified before a trial has been made to realise it at a less
cost.

Now what I would propose through your columns, Mr.
Editor, is a trial of the "Artesian Well," which is very likely
to succeed in Manchester, where it is now being made. Three
hundred yards may be bored for an expense of -t-1,200, or ..t,t
per yard ; but suppose an extra hundred yards were required
to accomplish the desiderated blessing of adequate supply for
every purpose, should a paltry sum of .t1,(00 deter from the
attempt? Well, if we are agreed thus far, could there be, ought
there to he, any difficulty in raising such an insignificant fund
by subscription even, among our townsmen for so noble a pur-
pose. Why, the Corporation itself ought to do it; but if this
were too large a demand on its liberality, surely it would not
scruple to give a thousand, when the residue would be got from
the public in a month. But if both should fail, a public com-
pany. might be formed, create 2,000 shares at 20s. per share,
call itself the "Artesian Well Company," limit itself to that
process exclusively, and to an onside profit of 20 per cent. on a
cost of £2,000, or not exceeding, say £5,000, should extra
boring be necessary, to he stimulated by probabilities of suc-
cess as they proceeded with the perforation.
Mr. Kyle, celebrated in Pope's immortal verse as the "Man
of Ross." conferred, at his own expense. the blessing of a sup-
ply of pure water on his lovely little village on the banks of the
Wye, receiving in return the blessings of his fellow parishioners;
and shall the wealthy town of Liverpool want its" Men of Ross"
to do likewise? Why, Sir, a solitary shilling from each house-
holder would meet the exigency tiir the trial ; and where is
the individual, even though his own pump renders him inde-
pendent of the necessity, who would begrudge five to supply
both poor and rich with a first requisite of existence, the town
with a first essential of health, and all with the first necessary
of enjoyment and comfort, cleanliness, which is very appositely
said to be " next to godliness."

I throw out the hint, Mr7hditor, as worthy of all attention
from any and all who have heavy purges, abundant time, and
patriotism and love of kind,sufficient to attempt the realisation
01 that self complaisant and exquisitely fine feeling of inward de-
light which could not fail to attend the accomplishment of so
great a boon, and at so trifling a cost too. But if we have no
" Men of Ross" among us why then let it be taken up as above
suggested, either by public subscription, or, if that fail, by a
small public company. It were better to be indebted to the
se'fish principle of private gain than miss so great a good; but
better slid to owe that good to the amor patrice of some good
amaritan, who would earn for himself a marble inonument of
fame that would carry down his name and deed to the latest
posterity. I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obliged B.2Tvant..

Mr. Nicholson was a'rerY.Proper one; that there appeared sale of the coke. Mr. Smith, of the Windsor Iron
a want of courtesy in' the committee removing the lamp Foundry (Liverpool), spoke in favour of the new company.
without consulting Mr. -Nicholson;. and he thought it A third company would cause a real not a sham competi-
ought to be restored to its fOrmer situation.—A rather tion, and the public would be better served.—The chair-
recriminatory discussion followed between Messrs. Nichol. man, in addressing the learned counsel, desired to know
son and Rylands, which was interrupted by the chairman if a compromise could not be come to; that is, whether
desiring the committee to inquire by whose direction the the old companies could not make such a reduction in the
lamp had been removed, and recommending that it be price of gas—a liberal and substantial reduction—
fixed as before. The meeting was then adjourned, and would justify the committee in preventing the establish_
separated.
ment of a third company, and entailing the necessity of
breaking up the streets, laying down a third set of mains,
and occasioning various other annoyances and incon-
veniences to which it was unnecessary to allude more par-
ticularly. Unless this was done, the committee was pre-
pared to go on with the case, and to decide upon Mr.
Cox's plan, with which they had every reason to be satis-
fied, and to believe that perfectly responsible persons were
ready to carry it out in the manner that gentleman had
detailed. He (the chairman) had received a communica-
tion, purporting to be an offer on the part of the Dale-
street Company, but it did not satisfy the committee.
The reduction must be liberal, otherwise the preamble of
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the Guardian Company's Bill would be declared to be
uspevseetratlhtaitmaels-
he gave the parties until twelve o'clock next day to make
a proposition, and if it were not such as the interests of the
public demanded, the case would be fully proceeded with.
On Friday the committee again sat. All the counsel
for the various parties were for the first time present.
The rooms were crowded to excess by the parties inter-
ested.—Mr. Slade, for the Liverpool Gas Company, read
his proposition, to the effect,—that their committee has
maturely considered their proposal of yesterday, that the
existing shareholders in the company should be allowed
to take the whole of the new capital at 7 per cent., with
the object of ascertaining whether they could prudently
takes

such a capital at a still lower rate of interest, and they had concluded that they could not—especially front
the state of the money market, and the fact that the
per centage named was not sufficient to pay the dividends
on the present capital. They therefore urged their pro-
position of the day before on the further consideration of
the committee then sitting. To meet the wishes of the cotr-
mittee with regard to a modified plan of raising capital,
they proposed that to the new capital should be given a
dividend of 71 per cent., and appropriating one-half of such
capital, and selling one-half, or appropriating one-third,
and selling two-thirds; and these modes they respectfully
submitted to the committee ; that if the committee
thought the new shareholders ought not to have a pro-
spective advantage, but that all the new capital should be
sold by auction, they were prepared to accede to their
wishes, influenced in no small degree by the belief that it
would afford satisfaction to the Town Council, who rep-
resented a large body of consumers, and meet the object
of the petition against the bill.—Mr. Austin (for the
Corporation) said his clients would be satisfied with the
last p 3rtion of the propositiln.—Mr. Sergeant Wranghani
proposed (for the Guardian Company,)-Ist, That each
company should have their bill, with power to raise
£lOO,OOO each. at 71

per cent. 'idly, That the capital to
be raised (of X2(0.000) be divided equally between the
Dale-street. Company and the Guardian Gas Company.
Maximum interest on new capital to be 71 percent. Maxi-
mum Arica, when the consumption arrives at 250 millions
to be 45., when 300 millions the maximum price be 3s Bd.
—Mr. Lace, chairman of the Corporation Company, said
that this would entail a loss to the nnhlip ne 91 m.- - _

~,..•.„•. s.. av s. p um.; vi cg per cent.
—The room was cleared for about an hour, and when
opened, Mr. Wm. Brown came out and assured the
promoters of the Guardian Bill that naaAv tbo

committee were completely against them, and that all he
and Mr. Brotherton could do, with any likelihood of prac-
tical good, was to propose that the Guardian Company
should have their expenses allowed. To this proposition
the Guardian Company were of course obliged to submit,
and accordingly withdrew their bill.—The chairman said
the committee would pass the preamble of the Old Com-
pany's Bill, on the understanding that the whole of the
new capital will be raised by auction ; that the £200,000
will 1-- -

oe sold by auction, with the precautions necessary to
,nsure the best possible price to the public; that the
maximum price of the gas be fixed at 4s. fid., with a power
of revision by the recorder.—The committee then pro-
ceeded with the clauses of the Dale-street Company's Bill.
—The decision come to created the most extraordinary
surprise amongst the audience, by whom it was most
distinctly understood that the chairman's eug;estion of
the previous day, as to adecided reduction in tha

m
price of gas would be fully acted upon, especially asaximum the
evidence in favour of the Guardian Company was on all
hands admitted to be founded on sound and conclusive
principles.