The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-03 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

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THE AMENDED SANATORY BILL.—The Health f 4,,
mittee held a special meeting on Wednesday. to c°„n".
with deputations froni the Houseowners' and Tradeolt„l
Guardian Societies, with the agents for the several si'l'i"
landv,,itil i
na and h
parliamentaryous e o wne r s obfortohueo amalgamatedand other r,a,trre vies ter;
rested in the various clauses of the proposed Saatbcel
Amendment Act," and to receive any suggestions d.,
might wish to make. Alderman Parker presided. ,",
believe that the meeting separated without arriving stall;
definite result ; but it is expected the committee Will'
meet on the subject, and written objections are invite
of
THE CASE OF MR. W. H. BARBER.--A In
Tuesdoeeti-Pg,
the legal profession was held at Liverpool, on ,
to consider the case of Mr. Barber, which has beet! 7
often brought before the public. Sir George Steplie'..,
solicitor of London, in the chair. Mr. Barber liiinsei:
in the course of the proceedings, delivered a long addrei6o*t;
and resolutions were agreed to expressive of the eta es
of the meeting that Mr. Barber's innocence of theca ne ,
laid to his charge was clearly established, and that ft It
the duty of his professional brethren to protest Wt.
the doctrine that solicitors are to be suspected of Nu',
nwhor ii.dHvoorcialeterdant
plicity with the offences of their clients without evidencw
of guilty knowledge.
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SoctETY."
At the fortniglitly meeting of this society, on WednesdsYci
Mr. J. A. Picton, the president, occupied the chair' gad
C'o the
the interesting debate as to the relative merits of
and Italian architecture, as applied to buildings in, as
country, was resumed. Mr. Frank Howard oPeneu.d.
behalf of the Gothic; and was followed by Mr. 3113 fit;
took part in the debate were, Mr. Chas. Barber, 114.,.
Raffles Brown, (who read a paper on the subject by ...I,
erm.” Hay,) Mr. Frank Horner, and Mr. Loner. ?lr_
1. d and, on a snow
of bands the • ,Gothic styes

by a majority of. 18" to 12. ;.• meeting eu
RECLAIMING LAND. —A t the Polytechn— Yates gave
Monday, after vied reporters left,. Irat`h'e Fur-
for
or
sand,
hills, near that town. This induced's
apnosaecocof usenetial atitemathoafdrpeaaiidaimtoinDati::lvirtktn,
proposed pauper cultivation of the eandbills along
ad
was
shore, near Formby, &c.—Dr. Hume said, wlln la rids
so much depreciated, and thousands and tens of thousands
_
, into
of acres of good land were going out of cultivation' into
T.°
seemed to be little chance of bringing barren sail "ting,
profitable use.—Mr. Gladstone could assure the mewe, ,ch
with regard to some land of the kind in questioani!d
anrie.
had been reclaimed by Mr. Potter, Mr. Bibb)", 'though
lative of his own, in the direction of Formby, that 1 to be
it provetokero
the original price had been extremely low,
the dearest land they ever cultivated.—Mr.BoultsP hood
the high value of land so reclaimed in the eeighbourjanda
of Edinburgh • and after a few words from Mr. New
in defence of the project, the discussion clme I. Wed-
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—This body met WI, react
nesday, at the Workhouse, Everton. A letter Was
from Mr. R. F. North, one of the late honorarYode of
seers of Kirkdale, complaining of the present mode
keeping the accounts of the union, and calling !id been
to one or two instances in which discrepancil "that 0,11
latelniteteebxropiakansoatfotriyle submittedlcea tsteesr t
ot
o alluded t
discovered. Mr. Cleaver, having explained
entry ill
omission had been made in recording a proper write
to, was r?que..,e Niale•
thehe overseers
baard f
from
rao f
the leticseri''ed' i.
Number
rtri bett he
Bradford Union, respecting the transferring ef„alieest_ca
of young female paupers from the Workhouse ',), prod
referenC
the
sea
rarMpeepalspisiileeosl
vsdti
appointed
s.ntNugeedoohtffi.tt
aoi
system, teni
officers
rnh saa
innovation.wuma
diasr,
sheaisrdui Nottinghamshire
thei;tehdial
that
rstiarticelatptrrio:
proposed
apoaurfnetcci
tll tiiaditereli:
datet
ties
gdai.oeti
vs:
sao:oocftiitstoaticee
in the -- ,re

llaries of three of :the officers rwii_coeufarterthe
3ened. Mr. Jones proposed, and )I,,ri.ies On 03).
seconded, as an amendment, that the .s°.ettlll",,ort•
officers remain as they are at present (.-El3Ol the ter
For the amendment, 7 ; for the adoption o
9.

been les

eEt9og of
ThHurEsAdLaTyffa
dCios:
usslirro nEtEo.O--kAptlactehereswpeecetkilnyg
Mr. Clarke, removed from Paul-street to ufa 055°A.
street baths. The advance from £l2O to X1',„013%5,
jected to, but the question was ultimately 0r,,t0 in ,"1,
poned. The inspector of nuisances havinz g'°;fheo",
weekly report of operations, the medical officoer;iosol
reported that during the week ending the 23r"„,01,11?,h
145 deaths were rez,istered in the parish of 0'1;-
61 in the extra parochial wards. The diseas—t
chiefly showed an increased mortality during 13s //hie'
were measles, scarlatina, and disease of the lungs' weel‘'
last caused 68 deaths against 50 in the previous, belof
Of the total deaths, 110, or 57 per cent., occurre,`% weel;
the age of five years. The mean temperature of t!!!1.1 te,
was 47 9-10 deg., being one-half a deg. lower airs' ge
previous week, and It deg. higher than the aleeocill-
the same week of the five preceding years. the,
ations of the barometer were greater than usuu,, jot"
reading fell from 30.07 inches on Sunday to 28.4' 0 the
on Tuesday, at 11 p.m. It was stated that this.
lowest reading, with one or two exceptions, du
preceding five years. On December 6, 1847, at tenoFf the
it was about a quarter of an inch lower. The meal' log the
week was 29.39 inches, about half rai inch ber',.°
average. The horizontal motion of the air from ur!,'e wee°
on Tuesday, was 370 miles. The rainfall during tain _
ae
amounted to one' inch. TOO cases of 'fever d ,19.0
place

fatal case of small-pox, were reported to hove "" -
in different lodging. houses in the town. fort•
SELECT VEsTRY.—On Tuesday, at the usual bell
carnP
fneireeltine;fesorfe
nightly meeting of the vestry, the'Rev. Rector in re-
took the chair. A resultless discussion took Plecebv the
ference to the proposed lighting of the workhouql.,loos
hydro-resin gas ; and it was stated that govc;r_"over
were about to prosecute some of the owners for t11,%d...--
crowding of steam vessels arriving here from Ireiebeing
revision
the a
dietspecial
a pubnd committee,o-ther
internal's
There were, last week, 1,848 inmates in the house,
_., ft.
ten less than in the correspondin. we'k of last Yeeer4.o it
V-. workhouse, was submitted.—Au inc' ease ili !„,i the
inarrrea

of aged and infirm inmates was racommended,
u the
appointment of a clothes storekeeper, to be Llaed....lt
directions of Miss Foulds, the matron, suggest nos/
was agreed to discontinue the allowance of a`v,terlft
afforded to the nurses, &c. ; and give them qua' sub'
st
etint ute.
firms T
inl etirieeptoorg
wt
nwas agreed t
had,
ons
oloi
c.
i—talt
itonvv
if their conduct were ood, some" small gratuitY as tirftbt°
5 reporte too
agreed, °fool
the seafaring apprentices whom they might recta'fbee col'
the Industrial Schools.—Mr. Wilmer stated that ;o•n"e
lec'ion of rates from cottage property was preceeceol,
tisfactorily. Up to this time the amount a ranted to
lected from houses let at £l5 and under amouaLevear•
£5,301 IGs., a much greater amount than last o
Iting
(Applause).—Mr. Abrahams notion for app shoo
medical officer to two district when vacancies

s,
occur, was agreed to; and the vestry adjourned. .....The so;
BIBLE SOCIETY MEETING AT BIRKENHEAD• -societY
nual meeting of the Birkenhead auxiliary to this, e itef.
was held on Tuesday evening, in the Town-bali, the t re'
A. Knox in the chair. It was numerously and lisess
spcctably attended. The Chairman opened the b
0-f the
in an eloquent address, setting forth the advantag,ehl sus
society. Mr. A. Thomson read the report Of usider
liary, from which it appeared that the funds had corocir
ably increased, and the number of copies of Scrip tu '1:11/
culated was three times as great as the past Yief;re.Wah'''
adoption of the report was moved by the Rev; -spesel
incumbent of St. Anne's, who, in the course of
contrasted the efforts made by the Church of ,lad be_al
within the precincts of Westminster with what schu",
done by the Papal Church. The Litter had entetoo4
for these destitute people, whilst, during the 1a,c107;
years, there had been twenty-five Protestan! beloW
erected and eight clinrehes, and out of the Alpe:. soil
ing to the Church of England, connected with eariste
ster Abbey. no less than £B,OOO a-year was app educe.
to the propagation of the Gospel and for Scriptur6 wee";
tion. The motion was seconded, in an elcene° OtPief•
by the Rev. Mr. Towers, of the Scotch Church' 0.
resolutions were proposed and seconded by till PI;
Booth, T. B. Bourne, Esq., the deputation, sndonto
Mr. Bourne, in an able address, shewed the 9, view,
done by the society, its ir.creased operations 'no olio,
parts of the world, and the very gratifying ° had 11,
funds. At the close of the past year its loomed saitio
creased £2,000, and the past half-year stewed Oleo
crease over the corresponding period of last year ,olt Ceh
a sum than £5,080. The same gratifying Script
existed with regard to the circulation of the,',ealect.of
now printed in no less than 144 languages an,
BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY.—A speeiP
this company was held on Thursday at the $
vern, for the purpose of taking into censideratl° the c°,st•
sure for enabling the company to raise funds ler lc rif;101
pletion of the works of the Birkenhead P°csaiklicli
Baron Goldsmid, who was called to the chair'4, e,,eo
their grand object was to make a low water haso,' o,lo`rd
should be capable of affording ample aec°,n, eat,eer
at all stages of the tide for the large ships whleijoeu
the Mersey. That object could not be aecnoWije relet9
cept by the expenditure of about £32,000. "laboidelif
mended a committee to co-operate with the ,1,111. fte!!ooli
committee appointed on the previous day. 1" ,05104"
engineer to the company, stated, in answer to I,,ter,ci bet
that the opening of the float would in no way bf 0.00,D
with by the proposed arrangements ; not that 't woo' tlO
impossible for the float to be opened until tbessareM
January. In
mtahlinitienstubh
annum
nlofficialandrhgnoel
fleets,
eceevareesptn,sa,cut
wiieltayloitifeuhttel:;s,aov,t;l6lloe(sl,,;::aereooltbivel,:retp:oi:i:evro;jci,
were completed, they might as well look for e$
et:h4emoyopcOnny? dapnaed rl
entered and quitted the Mersey with each favos- At
tuedh
swheorolleulluiteirltsidsadcotocoinl
el‘navylaamsrsogttadeonraat
di accommodation
admit
toiul
rlede bsehiapl
smionstto ut
three twdbeeepaaltrht harbour-master
intieldibthe
flow
ow reportedor te t
itl
et:
d:it2i
their
a pool S'
P 1101' fe'
General Campbell, Messrs. M'Vicar, S. aSr" o'l rt
Peek, Dickson, and Radcliffe. It was the;so(l,4e.Or,
committee was then gs ithipopuudi
the next meeting should be held at Btrio°`; offled,eeti
18th of December. A committee, enni6tinr",,t•
.-idolphus Harold Littledale, F. Goldsnaid, t/
son, R. dardener, and the Rev. Ames llascl‘.eth
appointed by the bondholders to confer WI
nrrssagandicinyomaunoLhutliaysgbicy,eercpt iforsofei.ic yo
.031(1tP:eleidet :/to1;:11,:
mentioned committee.

THE CHASE

w are'g;
for co/
The Cheshire Hounds meet to•morrow,,k Roe- t4lO
the Black Dog, Saighton ; Thurday, at 11„)f-10/-0‘"
Saturday, at Twenlow-hall—each (I,o' at
Sir W. W. Wynn's Hounds meet to-aleti'potrl,lo),„
day). at Rhosnesney Toll.har ; Friday. 5' t
and Saturday, at Worthenbury—each daY (Ve,;(l
The Rufford Hounds will meet this d"Y
Bury Hill; on Thursday, at o,:sin.gtont et iv'
day, at Thoresby Park-:each day at balf•P'