The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-08-19 00:00:00

was accorded to Mr.

avote of than

,ord for the

lecture on the causes and remedies of insalubrity lately
delivered by him at Toxteth-hall ; and that gentleman was

he pub

different districts of the town. A desultory conversation
arose, in which Messrs. Blackburn, Holme, Picton,
Yates, and others joined, from which it appeared, that
there is every prospect of immediate experiments being
made, under the sanction of the Health Committee of the
Town Council, in the building of small dwellings on such
a plan as to lessen considerably the insalubrity of courts,
&c. A sub-committee was, on the motion of Mr. Macre,
seconded by Mr. Blackburn, then appointed to consider
and report upon the proposed government bill for the im-
proved drainage and sewerage of towns, the applicability

iwn was qu,

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—A circumstance which
has lately t►anspired at Ormskirk, has been the theme
of much gossip. A person names William B--, of
Lathom, near Ormskirk. about twelve years ago, paid his
addresses to Miss A., of the same village. Both were

respectably connected, and it was fully expected that the
acquaintance would end in wedlock ; but the fickle fair
one eventually discarded her suitor, who, in consequence.
was seized with deep melancholy, and, though in perfect
good health, has ever since confined himself to his room.
The prevailing report, when this first happened, was, that
13 had gone to America • but three or four years
afterwards, a person affirmed that he had seen him walk-
ing, one day, near the house in which he and his family
then lived ; and another person, about four years since,
when looking through the parlour window, saw him dis-
tinctly, and stated that his beard I ad grown to an enor-
mous length. These reports, nevertheless, never gained
much credence ; and as hia immediate friends never al-
luded to him, the general belief was, that he had for ever
left the country. Last Wednesday, however, at the fu-
neral of his mother, B--- again made his appearance
in public, to attend the corpse to the church. He is ap-
parently about forty years of age, and, from his protracted
seclusion, his friends had some difficulty in recognising
him. It was in the year 1834 when he thus withdrew
from all intercourse with society; since which he has
constantly resided in the same house, unknown to any ex-
cept his nearest relations. The lady who was the cause of
13 's singular melancholy has been dead some years.
—Preston Chronicle.
THE WEATHER AND RURAL AFFAIRS.—The storms

and heavy rains at the latter end of the last, and the more
early part of the present month, have done much damage
to the crops of grain, especially the more heavy ones, by
beating them down ; and the wind changing about, some-
times blowing from the west, and at other times from the
east, has caused them to be twisted and cross-lcd2ecl, so
that some crops of oats have the appearance of having
bet n trampled down by the feet of cattle. The grain is
in a very backward state, and very little, if any, wheat
will bc ready for the sickle before September ; conse-
quently, it wi l not be so well fed, nor so good in quality,
as would have been the case had there been plenty of
sunshine, and otherwise favourable weather. The greater
part of the hay harvest was concluded during the fine
weather in July, when a more than usual quantity, and a
better than usual quality, of crop was secured, in most
excellent condition ; but, in some places, there is a con-
siderable quantity of hay not yet secured, some of which
has been mown three weeks the weather never having, in
that time, been dry long enough to have it carried in good
condition ; consequently, its quality must be greatly
deteriorated. The second crop of clover will be heavy.
Turnips are thriving fast. Potatoes, in general, look well
in the haulm ; but many of the more early kinds, in some
places, have become rotten. A few days ago, the ground
was so wet that the ploughs were kept out of the fellows;
but now they have been set to work again, and some
farmers have commenced " blending" fora wheat crop.—
At length an improvement has taken place in the weather :
with the exception of a slight passing shower, yesterday
was dry and sunny ; and not much rain fell on the two
previous days, altliou;11 frequent changes were noticeable
in the temperature. On Saturday last it rained without
ceasing, from morning to night ; and Sunday was more or
less squally. In the afternoon of Monday, a thunder-
storm passed over this town, but it was not so violent
here as in other places in the neighbourhood. We trust
that it has had the effect of settling the weather, and that
a bright sky and a warm sun will speedily bring the grain
crops to maturity.—Preston Chronicle.
CHANGE OF HAIR.—The following observations relative
to the hair we copy from an essay on that subject, written
by Mr. Ayres, of whose successful treatment we have be-
fore spoken. Our readers will perceive his address in
another part of our paper. "In the convalescence of
fevers and recovery to health after long-continued indis-
position, the hair invariably indicates considerable change..
The changes prevented are various. With some a loss of
colour is observed, the hair first assuming a lighter ap-
pearance, which continues to decrease in shade until actual
grayness supervenes. Probably the change most generally
perceived is a giadual falling off of the hair, extending
frequently so ravidly that unless arrested in time it is sure
to be followed by partial baldness or its entire loss.