The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-24 00:00:00

TDB LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LOCAL MEETINGS.

At the weekly meeting of the West Derby Board of
Guardians, on Wednesday, two sureties for £l5O, provided
by Mr. Stain, relieving officer, were accepted. The re-
signation of Mr. Andrews, as registrar of births and deaths
for the district of Wavertree, was accepted, the clerk being
empowered to make arrangements for the supply of the
vacancy.

THE GUNPOWDER MAGAZINES.—On Thursday a meet-
ing of the African Association was held in the Exchange-
buildings, to take into consideration a clause in the bill
now before Parliament for the removal of the Magazines.
which, if passed, will prevent the storing, in this port, of
more than 4,000 harrelsat one time. The chair wasoccupied
by Mr. T. B. Horsfall, who explained that two African
vessels would take 4,000 barrels, and that serious incon-
venience and loss would result to the trade if the quantity
were so limited. It was agreed to write to Mr. Labouchere
with the view of having an alteration made in the clause.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting, on
Thursday, Mr. Bennett and Mr. Newlands reported the
result of their visit to Manchester, for the purpose of in-
specting the apparatus for the consumption of smoke.
The furnace, they stated, was a split furnaces in the in-
terior of the boiler two fire-tubes being placed, so that the
smoke from the fresh-burnt fuel, heated as it was, passed
into the other tube. Mr. Fernihough observed that these
furnaces could only be adapted to new boilers. Mr. New-
lands replied that it was not necessary to have new boilers
at all : those that they (the deputation) had seen were all
old boilers. Mr. Bennett remarked that, according to
the statement of the engineer in Manchester, the new ap-
paratus saved fourteen out of every fifty-four tons of fuel;
and the party who fixed up the boilers was quite willing
to engage with any large manufacturer to adapt his con-
trivance to boilers, receiving only in compensation the
value of the fuel which was saved in four years.--The mor-
tality of the borough, during the last week, was reported
by the Medical-officer to have been lower than in any
week of the preceding eight months, the deaths registered
in the parish being 126, and in the extra-parochial wards
36 ; making a total of 162 in the borough, against 205 in
the week previous, and 25 less than the average of the
same week of the preceding three years, excluding cholera
in 1849. The decrease was chiefly in diseases of the
lungs. The deaths of four men, aged from twenty-nine to
forty-six, were registered, from delirium tremens and apo
plexy, caused by intoxication.—The engineer reported that
a Mr. Bebington, in Duke-street, had employed a nem to
make a drain from a house into the sewer, without the
permission of the committee. The drain was only pre-
vented from falling into the sewer by staves and casks
which had been placed across it, and the other day, while
a bricklayer of Mr. Arthur Holme's was at work, the sewer
fell in and he was suffocated.—The proprietor of the Emi-
grants' Home, in Moorfields, and several shopkeepers in
that locality, memorialised the committee upon the state
of the pavement in the street. Macadamizing was sug-
gested, but the general opinion of the committee appeared
to be, that it would not bear the' enormous traffic. The
momorial was referred to the engineer to report.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of this
committee was held on Wednesday.—The Marine De-
partment Sub-committee recommended the dismissal of
Caulet, the mate of the landing-stage, and the appoint-
ment of William Tyrer in his stead, at 255. per week.
Confirmed.—The annual inspection of the floating-lights
was fixed for Friday, the 27th.—The Committee of Works
submitted a plan for protecting the railway crossings
along the docks, which was approved of.—Mr. Langsdale
asked what number of men the committee had at work
north of the Huskisson Dock ? Mr. John Hartley :
About fifty.—The Committee of Warehouse Management
recommended that the resignation of Charles Ives, land-
ing-clerk, be accepted, and that the vacancies in the
offices of the Albert Dock be filled up. Agreed to.--
It was also recommended that a sum of-X9OOO be tran-
ferred from the Albert Dock Warehouse account to the
general credit of the Dock Committee. Mr. Bold sup-
posed this was the profit on the half-year. Mr. Robin-
son said the accounts were in a very satisfactory state.
£9,000 had been paid before, and this £9,000 made
£lB,OOO during the past year. Mr. Langsdale said that
was very little over four per cent. Mr. Robinson said
this was the money collected, but there were still out-
standing accounts. Mr. Bold understood the warehouses
were full, and he wanted to know what was the amount
of rental they were receiving weekly, now that they were
full. Mr. Robinson said the accounts would be made out
to the 25th, and they should let the committee know.
The warehouses had been full for the last six months.
Agreed to.—The Master Porters Committee recommended
the appointment of eight persons to take charge of the
weights and scales transferred to the dock trustees by the
customs authorities, and also that a charge for their use,
of Is. for every fifty tons, should be made, to be paid by
the master porters. Mr. Hall thought no charge should
be made. Mr. Robinson moved the confirmation of the
recommendations, which was seconded by Mr. Fisher,
and agreed to. The secretary was directed to issue the
necessary notices in connection with the levying of this
charge.—A sum of £5O was granted to the Rev. David
James, on the motion of Mr. Hall, seconded by Mr.
Bold, as a grant towards the establishment of religious
services on the North Shore, it being understood that the
grant was only for one year.—A letter from Mr. Kennedy,
chairman of the committee of master stevedores, was
referred to the Master Porters' Committee, without being
read.

A Fox IN A Fix.—Mr. Reidpath, vintner, Pones,
Morayshire. went early one morning lately to work in his
garden, at North Back-street, and on looking in the direc-
tion of his new two storey house there, was surprised to
observe what he took to be a dog's head composedly peer-
ing over the chimney-top, the animal's paws resting on
the cope. On closer examination, it appeared the intruder
was a fox, which by some means had obtained access to
one of the rooms on the previous night, and had clam-
bered up the chimney vent, in expectation of making
good his exit. Having gained his unenviable position.
Mr. Fox could neither move backward nor forward, and
patiently resigned to his captor.—Forres Gazette.