The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-03 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOGS.
TO E.XCAVATORS•.

TrO be LET bi TENDER, the DE of the
PRINCE'S DOCK BASIN. ans, Sections, and
Specification may be seen at the Oil of the Dock Sur-
veyor, Coburg Dock, on any day, except Sunday,) be-
tween the hours of Ten A.m. and r e P.M., from the 25th
instant to the sth day of Octob r next, inclusive. The
Tenders must be sealed, addres dto the " Chairman of
the Sub-Committee of Dock Works," under cover to
the Secretary, and left at this Office, on or before FRIDAY,
the 6th day of October next.
By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretar►.
Dock-office, Liverpool, 2-Ist Sept., 1843.

INFIRMARY FOR FISTULA, A D OTHER' I
DISEASES OF THE REC' M,
38, CHARTER-HOUSE SQUA , LONDON.
PRESIDENT :
The Right Hon. lonN HUMPHREY, .P., Lord Mayor.
vrca-PREsIDEN
The Right Hon. Earl D:gby Geller Pereira
The Lord Chief JusticeiW. T. Copeland, Esq., Al-

Denman
The Lord Chief Justice
Tindal
The Hon. Mr. Justice Pat-

derman: M.P.
Thomas Keily, Esq., Alder-
Man
,Samuel Wilson, Esq., Al-

teson
Sir Charles Forbes, Bart.
Sir James Shaw, Bart.
Major-General Sir J. L.'
Lnshington, 1C.C.8.
Major-General Sir H. Mac-
lean, K.C.S.
Sir• John Pirie,Bt.,Alderrnan
Sir •Chapmaa Marshall,
Alderman

derman
(David Barclay, Esq., M.P.
John Deacon, Esq.
'Henry Hoare, Esq.
Lewis Loyd, Esq.
'John Masterman.,
Thomas Gage Sebri.;ht,
Esq.

TREASURER

JOHN HOWELL, Esq., 9, Regent-street, & Rutland-gate.

SURGEON:

FREDERICK SALMON, M.R.C.S., 12, Old Broad-street.
ANNUAL REPORT.

TIN this the Seventh Anniversary of the foundation of
NY the infirmary, your Committee, in the discharge of
the trusttreposed in them, are impressed with an earnest
desire that the Public should be made acquainted (so far
at least as they can be, within the kid limits of an An-
nual Report) with the nature of its objects and the extent
•of its usefulness: for they are well assured of two truths—
first, that in proportion as the Charity becomes more ge-
nerally known, its revenues cannot fail to be greatly in-
creased; secondly, that as the sphere of its operations is
enlarged, so one wide field of misery and disease, must,
of a certainty, be narrowed and reduced.
The sufferings to which the Institution extends its heal-
ing hand, affect its victims with an unusual degree of
mental and physical depression. It is a lamentable fact,
which every day's experience verifies, that those who la-
bour under these distressing diseases, frequently conceal
their affliction, even from their dearest friends, until their
disorders which, if treated in an earlier stage, might have
-admitted of a safe and certain .cure, have progressed to
lingering wretchedness, terminating only in the grave.
Neither is this false sensibility confined by any means to
the wealthier portions of society ; on the contrary, its
prevalence among the poor, engenders on their parts an
insuperable repugnance to seek relief at our general Public
Hospitals. And it is na detraction from the merits of
those excellent Institutions, to say, that amidst the.many
more obtrusive shapes of human suffering and agony .con-
Mandy arcking a refuge within their walla, °efficient at-
tention can scarcely be bestowed on slow and shrink:llg
ills like these, which have often been the chronic
growth of years, and are 'frequently in their cure the
tardy work of months.
It was to remedy this, serious defect; to afford-to the

Poor afflicted with 'such diseases an Asylum which, in its
name, and in its plain pretensions, should invite their
confidence, until then too commonly bestowed on igno-
rant etnpirics, who at once tlespoilei them of their hard
earnings, and, by unskiful treatment, robbed them of
their chances of recovery; it was to do thus much to the
extent of its then most, feeble meal's, that in the year
1835, this Institution was founded in one small incommo-
dious chamber. Since that period, Two Thousand One
Hundred and Fifty-four Poor have sought relief. Barely
four years ago, the present Establishment, containing
fourteen beds, was opened; yet in this brief space, Seven
Hundred Patients, all requiring Operative Surgery, have
been received ; and your Committee have the heartfelt
satisfaction of adding, that in no instance, out of this
great amount, has any fatafl•consequence ensued.
That all this relief has been afforded, and all this good
accomplished, with the utmost regard to economy and
prudence in the management of the Charity, is sufficiently
shown by the average amount-of its annual expenditure,

which has been le-ss than Seven Hundred and Fift

Pounds. That the Infirmary solicits investigation and
inquiry, is manifest from its practice being freely open to

•atl Members of the Medical Profession. -That no.undue
influence is, or can be, exercised in the admission- of Pa-
tients, is evidenced by the fact, that suffering and neces.
sky are the only credentials an applicant need • prefer.
That its worth is deeply and•gratefully felt by those who
'have experienced the benetits,it affords, is proved in a
very marked and striking manner, by the existence of an
Auxiliary Society, founded..and entirely supported, by
those who have been relieved.

Your Committee venture to express a hope, that-the
example furnished in this noble and affecting mark of
-sympathy felt by the poor •for the afflictions of their
-fellow-creatures, will not be tlost upon the rich. They
trust that when they appeal, as they now do, to all • who
have any cause for bearing -grateful hearts within their
breasts, to lend some aid towards extending the hlessiogs
of this Infirmary to hundreds, whom it is unable to admit
for-want of room, and unable to-assist for want of funds,
thev.will not make appeal inrvain.
The Judge upon the bench, the Advocate in his court of
justice, the Legislator in parliament. the Scholar in his•
study, the Painter at his easel, the-Clerk at his desk, the
Shoemaker at his last, the Weaver at his loom, the poor
young:Sempstress in her many,hours-ef daily labour, and
her scanty share of rest, all in their turn are liable to be
stricken down by these diseases..which-have no fixed place
in the great social scale ; but are the common lot of all,
though aggravated to an immense extent by poverty and
want. ,Let no man sitting in a high place, say, " these
are the unseemly visitations of the poor and I am safe,"
for avery day's experience shows that costly apparel covers
such miseries quite as often as the humblest clothing.
Neither let.the subject be dismissed as.unsuitable for con-
versation, since Heaven, for its own wise purposes, in-
flicts these ,-ovils every hour, where no intemperance or
vice has called them into being.
We shall .do welt to remember, that the great Teacher
of charity and benevolence did not -disdainto lay his pure
right band upon the foulest leprosy, but sought it out and
healed it. The Pharisee thanked God that'he was not like
unto other men, hut men ot a better leaven thank Him that
they are, and -that they know that they are-; and they do
not turn away with a nice delicacy from an affliction they
cannot brook to bear named to-day, but which they may
be doomed to bear in all its bitterness to-morrow.

Donations and Subscriptions before an-
nounced... ••• £602 17s. 6d.
The Committee base great pleasure in announcing the
additional Donations and Subscriptions since last adver-
tisement :
Barer, Colonel .. £2 2 0 Louch, John, Esq.,
Clarke, Charles, ad. .9.3 3 0
Esq.
Curteis,John,Esq. 12 12 0
Drinkald,Jno,Esq 10 10 0 Magendie,Rev Hen 10 10 0
Duff, W illiam ,Esq do do. an. 1 1 0
an. 1 1 Miarriott, Henry,
• .
Grimaldi, S Esq., Esq.
. • ..... an. 1 1 0 Sebright, Miss ad. 1 0 0
H. E. S. K 5 0 Steadman, John,
Jervoise, Rev. Sir Esq. an. 1 1 0
S. Clarke, Bart. 5 0 0 Tabor, Mrs ad.lo 10 0
Johnstone,Andrew, Wood,Alfred, Esq.,
Esq
The following form of Bequest is recommended to
those charitable individual/ who may feel disposed to as-
sist the Infirmary by Will :
" I give and bequeath out of such part of my personal
Estate as'may lawfully be applied for that purpose, the
sum of X ' INFIRMARY FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE POOR AFFLICTED WITH FISTULA, AND OTHER DIS-
EASES OF THE RECTUM,' established in London, which
sum shall be for the use and benefit of the said Infirma-
ry : and the receipt of the person who shall be Treasurer
thereof at the time when the above Legacy is paid, shall
be a good discharge to my Executors for the same."
Subscriptions will be thankfully received by the Trea-
surer ; at the Banking Houses of Jones, Loyd, and Co. ;
Barnard Dimsdale and Co. ; and Messrs. Ransom, Pall
Mall East; by the Collector, Mr. W. H. Harben, 20,
Great Marlborough-street ; or by the Honorary Secretary,
W. B. OGDEN,
8, St. Mildred's-ccurt, Poultry, London.

The first vessel direct from a foreign port, discharged
her cargo, consisting of timber, at Woodside, on Thurs-
day.

PIG STIES.—On Thursday a great number of poor peo-
ple residing in the Marybone district of the town ap-
peared to answer summonses for keeping pig-sties and
pigs in such situations that they were—contrary to the
local act—a nuisance, and likely to produce disease
amongst the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. It ap-
peared that on the day they were warned by the police,
they all set about removing both pigs and sties; and Mr.
Rushton therefore nominally fined each of them 40s. and
costs, stating that the fine would remain against their
names ; and if they erected other sties in the same or
other places, and in a manner equally objectionable and
illegal, that sum, as well as an additional fine, would un-
doubtedly be levied. He remarked that the town was
one of the most unhealthy in the kingdom; and he was
determined to enforce the law in every case with a view
to redeem it.

AN AMATEUR FIDDLER.—On Saturday, a good-hu-
moured looking customer, named Owen Kelly, was brought
before Mr. Rushton on a ch trg of being disorderly at a
public-house in Great Crosshall-s'reet. The gravamen of
the offence appeared to be that the prisoner had offended
mine host by fiddling and then dancing with the bar maid
without his leave and license. The prisoner said that he
lived within nine yards of the house ; he was attracted to
it by the sound of a fiddle, and being himself fond of the
" concord of swe t sounds," and of playing, he went in,
and gave the fiddler a shilling to allow him to try his hand
upon his violin. He played for some time, and sent for
some ale with which he treated several persons present who
happened to be from his native town. Whether he played
" Arad Lang Syne" deponent said not ; but it appeared
that as Orpheus by the strains he produced made the very
trees and'recks to join in a gallopade, so our musician com-
municated such a tickling into the heels of those present,
that 'they 'one and all began to trip it on " the light fantastic
toe." 'Finally he himself became so enthusiastic in the
fan, thatle handed his fiddle to his co-mate, and besought
the bar-maid to become his partner, to which she, " no-
thing loth," instantly consented, and to work they went,
in such 'round earnest that," roof and rafters a' did dirl."
There had not been such a doment since the night when
" Tam o'Sbanter" got amongst the witches in Kirk Allo-
way. 'Whether the bar maid was a Lancashire " witch,"
or &plain hoiden, did not appear, but Bonnyface became
sorely incensed at the liberty taken with his hand maid
without his leave, and c Ited in a police officer, who, sans
ceremonie, lugged the unlucky wight off from the radiance
of her coal-black eyes, to the gloom.of the coal-hole !
Mr. Rushton : -" You should never dance with a bar-
maid without the landlord's leave'" Prisoner :—" 1 wont
dance with h., again. your wnr.hip, Y uc.iire you, if you'll
only let me off this time." Mr. Rushton :—' Well, as no
assault or riot is spoken to, you may go ; but mind what I
have told you." " I will, your honour," said the prisoner,
and picking up his hat, " danced" out of court.

INDECENT CONDUCT.—At the police-court, on Friday,
Dr. M'lntyre craved the attention of Mr. Rushton for a
few minutes, that he might lay before him an act of gross
indecency and insult committed by some parties on the
previous night. He stated in effect that about half-past
ten o'clock on the previous night, he was walking up
Bold-street with two ladies, and when passing the Palatine
Club-room, a person standing at the entrance most in-
decently exposed his person, and was guilty of other
disgusting conduct. He could not at the moment leave
the ladies, hut soon afterwards, having handed them over
to the protection of a friend, returned to the spot, and on
the way was accosted by another gentleman who informed
him that he, too, had been aggrieved in a similar manner.
He procured a police-officer and endeavoured to identify
the offender, but found a difficulty in doing so, as there
were six persons on the steps at the time. Several of
them pointed out one as the man, but whom he knew was
not so, as that one wore a white hat, which -the offender
did not. They then impertinently asked him his name
and address, which he had no sooner given than he was
abused and laughed at. Mr. 'Rushton said the course to
he pursued was clear. He mustendeavour to identify the
individual, and a summons would be immediately granted
against him, and he (Mr. Rushton) should take care that
he should be punished. The gentlemen at the head of
the establishment alluded to, were, be (Mr. Rushton)
believed, men of respectability, and he was sure they
would be the last to sanction conduct so unmanly and
disgraceful. The complainant said he feared it would be
difficult, if not impossible, for him to identify the party,
as he was Obliged to retreat hastily with the ladies; and
he thought -that the desired object would, perhaps, be
attained by •this public exposition of his shameful be-
haviour. Mr. Rushton said that if the complainant pro-
ceeded with the enquiry, he should have all the assistance
and information which the police could give. The com-
plainant thanked the magistrate and retired.
MORE TRICKS UPON EMIGRANTS.—An Old man,
shabbily-dressed, and a young one, rather smart,
of the name of Brown, were on Thursday before Mr.
Rushton. on a charge of robbing a simple-looking
youth, George Shimwell, of £lO, by the old trick
of cutting cards—the blacks or reds being taken out or the
pack. The complainant was about to embark for New
York, and met the prisoners at the railway station. They
*indly volunteered to show him the town, and, not un-
appropriately, took.him in the first instance to St. James's
Cemetery. After some " contemplations among the
4ombs," which had no moralising effect upon the pri-
soners, they got himinto a public house in the neighbour-
hood, where they, of course, had something to drink, and
in due time a pack of.cards was produced by one of them.
At.first he was allowed to win £3, when a police-officer
came in and sent them all away. One of them said he
would find him lodgings, and also procure him a cheap
passage, telling him to beware of rogues, who would get
his money and then give him a false passage ticket. They
afterwards went to a lodging-house in Chapel-court, and
also into several other public houses, where The cards
were again produced, and, as might be expected, •he soon
became a,considerable loser. He was kept in tow fortwo
days, by.the prisoner Brown, the other having left on the
first day, sad was eventually cheated out of £lO. It ap-
peared that on one occasion, complainant had played with
" a stranger,'" after he knew that the black cards were
taken out of•the pack, and it was urged for the defence
that he was -therefore as bad a•s they ; but " the stranger"
was in all probability one of the same gang, and the com-
plainant said that he was naturally anxious to get back his
money, though ,on that occasion he was again a loser. A
clue was found •to the prisoners, and when apprehended,
one flash note was found on one of them, and two on the
other. Some counters, slightly resembling sovereigns,
were also found. It appeared, too, that the elder prisoner
had before been transported for seven years for a similar
offence. They were,coinmitted for trial.

ESTIMATED POPULATION OF THE COUNTY OF LAN-
gASTER, 1570-1750.—1 n a curious table, given in the
preface to the official enumeration abstract of the census
of 1841, we find the followingestimated population of this
county at the periods specified, calculated on the supposi-
tion that the registered baptisms, burials, and marriages,
on an average of three years, in 1570, 1600, 1630,, 1670,
1700, and 1750, bore the same proportion to the actual
population as in 1801 :

Pop. according
Years. Population according to the to aver. of
Baptisms. Burials. Marriages. three columns.
1570.. .. ..251,381.. 186,870.. 259,711 232,654
1600 226,082 .194,233. 167,744. 196,020
1630 251,794..238,772..169,499 220,022
1670......221,255.. 336,306.. 170,551.. .. 242,704
1700..
1750 352,078.. 322,802. 348,473 341,451
-,--- , -

1801 Actual enumerated population ... 672,731
In note to the table it is stated, that the small proportion
of parish registers of the years 1569, 1570, and 1571, ex-
tant in this county, viz. It per cent, affords do satisfactory
evidence of its population at the first of the six periods
above specified. This little table, however, with all its
imperfections, must be regarded as the nearest approxi-
mation to the truth that has yet been made in a matter
in which certainty can never be attained.