The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

HIGHWAY BOARD.-THURSDAY

An application was received from two builders, to be
allowed two feet of space opposite some houses they had
built in Penrith-street, Scotland-road, the extent allowed
by law being sixteen and a half inches. The Chairman
informed them, on their being introduced into the room,
that the Board had come to the determination not to
countenance any extenuation beyond what the law allowed.
Mr. WEIGHTMAN read a report which he had drawn
upon the subject of the sewers in Vine-street, Heath-
street, and Mulberry-street. He proposed to make a
branch from Vine-street down Myrtle-street, which
would drain all the property to the east and south of that
neighbourhood. The plan was approved of.
Mr. Simpson, the engineer to the new Water Works,
was in attendance, and, with the members of the Board,
proceeded to examine an improved fire-plug, made on a
plan suggested by Aid. Gavin, of Dublin, where it had
been tried with success. Mr. Simpson thought the prin-
cipal objection would be, that the water would be too near
the surface of the ground, which would render it, in frosty
weather, liable to freeze. Another part of the plan, by
which several engines could be supplied at one time from
the same plug, was considered a decided improvement.
After some conversation, it was thought desirable to try a
few of the new plugs as an experiment, with the view of
testing their efficacy, and that Mr. Simpson should make
a report on the subject, and submit it to the Board.
The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the board to
the following important report, drawn up by John A.
Tinne, Esq., Commissioner, and Mr. Capes Ashlin, Se-
cretary, and signed by them :
The undersigned, in accordance with the resolution of
the B .ard, passed on the 3d of April last, have to report
of their examination of the list of sewers made out by the
surveyors, Messrs. Cunningham and Davies, and laid be-
fore the Board on the previous Thursday. These returns
exhibited the total length of the sewers in the

" South district" to be, at that date,
And in the " Noah District" ditto..

Miles. Yards
.. 26 693
.. 21 1717

Total length

The particulars drawn up in the book herewith laid be-
fore the Board, show,-
Ist. The sizes and shapes of the several sewers, the
names cf the streets sewered, &c. _

Miles. Yards

2nd. The lengths of sewerage made previ-
ous to obtaining the act in 1830, to

14 13

3rd. The lengths of sewers made by pri-
vate individuals, to be
4th. The lengths of sewerage constructed
by the Board, under the act of 1830,
to be
sth. The lengths of sewers constructed by
the Board, under the act of 1842, to
30th April, 1845, to be .
6th. The cost of each sewer, as far as can
be ascertained at the present time..

9 121

6 332

Total length

Making a difference of 1917 yards, or one mile and 157
yards more in length than was returned by the surveyors
in their report to the Board.
The book now submitted, taken in connexion with that
already prepared, showing the depths and sizes of the
sewers, will, on reference to the map, form a correct in-
dex, as well as useful arid indispensable statement of facts,
which are constantly required regarding the sewer -ge of
the town. _ _

The obtaining of this information, and compiling the
s ime, it will be easily understood, has not been accom-
plished without considerable extra trouble and labour, but
which will not be requisite in future, provided the Board
direct that similar returns be made (and whichwe strongly
recommend should be done) by the proper officers, as
soon as any sewers are completed, and the same entered
immediately into the said book by the treasurer. The
Board will thus he enabled to ascertain the exact quantity
of sewerage made up to any given time.
Several members acknowledged that the reprt con-
tained much valuable information, and was highly credi-
table to those by whom it had been drawn up.

Mr. Ti NNE said the chief merit was due to tha secre-
tary and surveyors, the former especially. He intended
on that day fortnight (being about to leave town) to draw
the attention of the Board to the extra labour that had
been incurred in drawing up so useful and valuable a do-
cument.

We understand that Dr. Brett, at the request of seve-
ral of the members of the medical profession in Liverpool,
is about to cimmence a course of lectures on the chemical
pathology of certain animal fluids, at the Medical Institu-
Von. The first lecture will, we believe, be delivered to-
rcorrow evening.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—The performances at this
theatre during the past week have been exceedingly attrac-
tive, comprising many of the leading tragedies, in which
the principal characters have been most ably sustained by
Mr. Lyon, Mr. Chamberlain, and Mr. Wild. Mrs. Cau-
dle's Curtain Lectures are most enthusiastically received.
SCOTCH BREAD.—The ability of Edinburgh bakers has
long been acknowledged, and the very numerous improve-
ments that Mr. Gibbons, of the bread and biscuit ware-
house, London-road, has recently made in his bakery,
have enabled him to compete successfully with the hitherto
more favoured portion of his country. There is no article
in his establishment but of the first class, and his friends
from the Land o'Cakes will find everything to suit their
taste, from a bawbee bannock to a royal Athol cake.
THE CHINESE LANGUAGE.—It will be seen from the
advertisement that this language may now be learned at
our Collegiate Institution, from Woo Siensaug, a native
professor, whose services the directors have been so for-
tunate as to secure. This is, perhaps, the first attempt
which has hitherto been made to introduce the study of
the Chinese language within the walls of an educational
establishment in this part of the kingdom ; and if the di-
rectors be supported as they ought to be in this mercan-
tile community, whence a large exportation to China may
be expected to take place, we have no doubt that such a
professorship will be permanently attached to this impor-
tant institution. Professor Woo is said to speak the
court dialect of his country, having been for some years
an employe of the Chinese government. He has visited
this country as the tutor of the son of a distinguished
missionary, and report speaks highly of his ability to im-
part a knowledge of his vernacular tongue in its purest
form.

THE CARD TRICIC.—On Friday, Joseph Davies was
brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of having
swindled James Russell, an Irishman, out of five sove-
reigns. Russell bad left the town, however, and the ma-
gistrate was reluctantly compelled to order the prisoner
to be discharged. The particulars of the case were mainly
as follows :—tlussell had been gaping about in the neigh-
bourhood of the Clarence Dock, when the prisoner, who
spoke in a broad Irish accent, came up to him, entered
into a conversation, and they afterwards repaired to a
public-house. Cards were introduced, and a bet was of-
fered by the prisoner, that out of the pack he would draw
a knave. Russell accepted it, and the prisoner lost. He
pulled out a £5 note, and Russell changed it, and paid
himself the bet which he had won. On receiving the five
sovereigns, the prisoner immediately decamped, and it
was soon found that the note retained by Russell was on
a Carlisle bank, which had gong since stopped psyment.
The prisoner was afterwards apprehended by Tuck, but,
owing to the want of the necessary evidence, he was, as
we have stated, discharged.