The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

and religious education, are
wh'n the very advoca4
withhold the pecuniary

mere hypocritical pretence,
yes themselves, when applied to,
aid necessary to maintain it ?

CONDUCT OF THE CHIEFS
THEIR CLERKS.—Mr. Thore
verpool Post-office. I

THE POST-OFFICE TO
Plant, a clerk in the Li-
ritten a letter to the Postmaster

the inconsiderate and illiberal conduct of the Post-office
authorities to their clerks. He states that after a faithful
and diligent service of eight years, and notwithstanding

fellow clerks for
he is no better paid than
and that even
stampers (of inferior standing) have risen to
equal to clerks who have been longer in the service,
ith extras besides, which are denied to the clerks. He
Odds that, weary of beseeching the Postmaster-General
to consider these facts, and his patience being exhausted,
he has sought and obtained employment elsewhere, where
faithful services will be requited, and therefore would retire
from his situation at the post-office on the 21st, yesterday.
THE POOR OF LIVERPOOL.-At the meeting of the
Select Vestry, on Tuesday, it was stated that five able-

equitable §cale a

he novice of yesterda
ome of t 1

,ppointment

at whic

if industrious, they might earn 9s. or 10s. per week, had
been sent into the workhouse by Mr. Gray, who was
alarmed by the threats of Mr. Rushton. The uncourte-
ous treatment of the overseers and committee by the sti-
pendiary magistrate was much deprecated, but it appeared
that his remarks had not applied to the above case, but to
one in which a young man who was lame had been refused
relief. The Rev Rector Brooks stated that the allowance
of food to tramping casual poor had been fixed by a recent
regulation of the Poor-Law Commissioners, at six ounces
of bread for supper, and the same for brerkfast, after
lodgings during the night. This regulation has not yet
been addressed to Liverpool. A total of £175 4s. had
been expended in bread and soup from the 7th to the 15th
February. The chairman expressed his conviction that
there was more distress at present amongst our local me-
chanics than last year.
TEE CELLAR NUISANCE.—The formidable work of
clearing the unwholesome cellars from occupation as
dwellings, is steadily advancing. There are no fewer than
14,0850 f these wretched abodes, occupied by 27;128 hu-
man beings; and in 5,841 of the cellars there are found
open wells or cesspools for receiving the drainage and
filth of the upper and adjacent property. 132 of the worst
streets have been selected, and notices to clear out the
tenants have been served upon 4,204 owners, 344, occu-
pants, and for 312 cellars in courts. The number of cel-
lars entirely vacated are 2,726. By sleeping on the floor,
or worse contrivances, in about 500, the inmatesevade
the operation of the act, which requires proof that a bed
is found in the premises, and 749 cellars have been so far
altered as to keep within the letter of the law, although
still unfit for residence. In these respects, and in several
others, improvements might be introduced into the sani-
tary act ; but, on comparing it with Lord Morpeth's
Health of Towns' Bill, which, as it now stands, would
supersede the provisions of the local act, the proposed bill
is found to be very deficient in several important practical
details, and will, therefore, probably, be resisted so far
as its operation might extend to this borough.

ST. DAVID'S DAY AND THE WELSH SCHOOLS.--We
are sorry to hear that the Welsh Schools, in Prussia-
street, are languishing for want of funds. There are 400
children receiving instruction daily in the schools at pre-
sent. The Committee feel it their duty to make an
earnest appeal, to the public to come to their aid, other-
wise their present efficiency cannot be maintained. The
inhabitants of Liverpool are aware, that education based
upon the Word of God, is the only system of instruction
calculated to make the poor good subjects and good
Christians. This old-established and excellent institu-
tion therefore ought not to be suffered to remain under a
cloud. Sermons on behalf of the Schools will, we per-
ceive by an advertisement elsewhere, be preached next
Sunday in St. David's Church. The Rev. J. Baylee will
preach in Welsh. Mr. Baylee, like the learned Bishop
of St. David's, in addition to his other mental attain-
ments, is now able to preach fluently in Welsh. The
Rev. Mr. Pollock, the able and esteemed minister of St.
Marks, is to preach in English, and the Rev. Mr. James,
of Kirkdale, whose talents and patriotism are too well
known to require any remark, is to preach in Welsh.
An eminent minister from North Wales will preach on
the Anniversary of St. David.
NEW " BLACK STAB!' PACKET SHIP.—The New York
Journal of Commerce gives the following description of
the noble ship Columbus, which lately arrived in, our
river, and is certainly worthy of the character. " &new
three-decker merchantman, of 1.800 tons, carpenter's
measurement, has just come round from Portsmouth,
where she was built by Fernald and Pettigrew, for Messrs.
D. and A. Kingsland, of this city, to be employed as one of
C. Grirnshaw and Co.'s Liverpool and New York 'Black
Star line of packets, under the command of Capt. Robt.
M`Cerran, late of the `America,' and who is favourably
known in the trade for his rapid passages. The ship has
been built. at extraordinary expense of workmanship ; the
keel and kelson are immensely heavy, being 8} ft. deep,
besides sister kelsons and bilge kelsons. The knees,
braces, and timbers, of every name, are large and tho-
roughly bolted with copper in every direction, until the
whole seems to he formed into a solid mass ; the masts
are trunks of a noble pine of Maine, 90 feet long, and 21-
feet, in diameter, at top ; she has three full decks running
the whole length of the ship ; the cabins arebeautiful and
commodious, and all the arrangements, for passengers
and crew, of the most perfect order. She is the largest
merchant vessel in the United States;; length 186. feet,
breadth 41 feet, and depth of hold 30 6-10 feet. She is
now loading at No. 5 , pier and makes an 800 ton ship
by her side look like a boat. We recommend all who are
curious in naval architecture to pay her .a visit, and can
assure them they will not be disappointed."
THE WATER GUARD OF THE CUSTOMS.—A pamphlet
has just been published by Mr. Dignan, South John-
street, bearing the following title, " The Waterguard of
the Customs : the inhuman treatment of Tidewaiters of
H.M.Customs—the absurdity of the duties required of
them—the impossibility of their compliance with the
instructions issued for their guidance; and their useless-
ness as guardians of the revenue : by W. Short, of Park-
lane, Liverpool."—This work comprises a series of letters
and editorial remarks, originally published in a contem-
porary, by which all that is stated in the title page quoted,
as well as much more on behalf of tidewaiters, is made
out in an undeniable manner. Mr. Short exposes, in
indignant language, the severe and indeed impracticable
duties imposed upon that class of revenue servants ; their
long and continuous hours of attendance on board ship,
(24 hours one day, and 15 the next) ; their inadequate
pay ; their constant liability to be discharged for not
doing what mortal man cannot accomplish ; and their
consequent inutility (under the present system) as pro-
tectors of the revenue. His objects, as stated in his in-
troduction at more length, are "to abolish the worse
than Egyptian bondage under which the unfortunate tide-
waiters labour" ; "to free the community from undue
pressure upon their purses in the support of a larger and
more expensive Customs establishment than is required " ;
and " to afford the necessary security to the Crown by a
more rational system of duties for the tidewaiters." The
author points out a plan to accomplish these objects.
The subject is well worthy of the serious attention of the
general public, and we recommend a perusal of the book,
which may be had for a very small sum.
MR. BUCKINGHAM'S LECTURES ON PALESTINE.—NO
lecturer who has visited our town for years past has given
more satisfaction to the audiences whom he has addressed
than the veteran in travel and in literature, Mr. Buck-
ingham,—not only from the variety and extent of the in-
formation he has personally collected on the subjects of
which he treats, but from the perspicuity with which he
arranges his matter, and his elegant and pleasing manner
in
conveying it. His evening course
recently delivered at the Mechanics Institution,
of lectures on Italy,
Institution, were lis-
tened to with delight. The morning course, now in pro-
gress of delivery at the same place, are even more inte-
resting to the general auditor ; for what country presents,
in
its ancient and present condition, and in its associa-
tions with scriptural records, so wide a field for study and
affecting historical reminiscence as Palestine, or the Holy
Land. On this subject the lecturer may be said to be in
Ins favourite element ; and no traveller, we believe, ever
bestowed upon it, by reading, and by acute observation
during his sojourn in the country, more unremitting at-
tention. He brought to his task a love of research in this
peculiar department, and, it may be added, a gifted and
indefatigable mind. He has already given his two first
lectures,—embracing the history and geographical features
of the country, &c., and the cities and ports on the sea
coast, but four remain to be delivered in succession, on
Tuesdays and Fridays, all of them of high interest, whe-
ther heard in order or apart, each being important in
itself. This evening he will speak of the cities and towns
of the interior, and on Friday, on Jerusalem and its en-
virons. The closing lectures, next week, will be on the
regions beyond Jordan, and on Damascus, Baalbeck, and
Palmyra. The prices for admission are extremely moderate.