The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

EXHIBITION OF LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.

LOCAL MEETINGS.

been maintained at an average cost of Is. 101 d. per head.
Another return showed that there are.now 1,093 children
in the Industrial Schools at Kirkdale. Here, too, there
had been a diminution in the cost of keep. The cost per
head, last week, had Veen ls. nd. against Is. lid. during
the corresponding week of last year.—ln compliance with

a motion passed at a former meeting, a return was sub-
mitted of the reductions made in the assessment of ware-
house property from March, 1848, till March, 1850. It
appeared that during that interval the assessment had
been reduced upwards of £16,000, and that since there
had been further abatement, making the total reduction
£19,589 per annum.—lt was resolved to proceed against
twenty cottage occupiers, for the recovery of last year's
rates, selecting such as were best able to pay.

DOCK COMMITTEE.—Tnt

RSDAT

_ tion from the Wigan Coal Association had an
audience on the subject of the coal trade. The deputa-
tion consisted of the following gentlemen :—Mr. James
Brancker (chairman of the association), Mr. R. A. Thick-
nesse, M.A., Mr. Peace, Mr. R. Neilson, Mr. W. H.
Brancker, Mr. Jerdein, and Mr. W. Laird. The fol-
lowing propositions were submitted for the consideration

of the committee

1. That at different places in this country the high and low
level modes of shipment are practised ; each had its peculiar
advantages, but, at this time, it was generally admitted, that
in places where the former can be easily attained, it offers
superior advantages to the latter; that the high level may be
adopted at the north of George's Dock, in connexion with the
railway station and Leeds canal.
2. That there be provided at the north side of the Stanley
Dock and on the east side of the new steam dock, proper ma-

chinery for the shipment of t
_ 3. That a smooth-water pass,

he coal on a ingn level.
ge be opened between the

Clarence Dock and the CollingvtiOod Dock, in order to allow
steam vessels using the former to take in coal from flats
arriving by the Leeds Canal. _ . _ .

4. That 'the eastern quay of the Victoria Dock be allotted to
the coal trade, in connexion with the London and North-
Western Railway Company, and that proper shipping staiths
be erected at that point.
5. That on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company connect-

clfned railway plain, or an aqueduct, that. the Dock Committee
give suitable facilities for the shipment of coal on the eastern

G.' That on the quays of at least two docks south of the
Duke's Dock, and at the Clarence Dock, be erected one or
more cranes worked by steam power, and capable of delivering
into the vessels' holds sixty to seventy tons of coal per hour,
either from wagons, flats, or carts, and that access to such
cranes Le provided from the railways on the dock quays.

After some conversation the deputation withdrew, and
the following resolution was then adopted :—" That the
committee, feeling the importance of the coal trade, and
of providing suitable accommodation for the same, refer
the question to the Sub-committee of Works, for more
mature consideration of the details of such plans as may
be offered for effecting the object in view."
It was reported that the lock on the north side of the
Sandon Basin was completed, and ready for the recep-
tion of large steam-ships, Mr. Holt said the gates were
eighty feet wide, and the largest by far in the world.

A report from the Marine Committee, giving the re-
sult of an inspection of the telegraph stations in Wales,
and suggesting some trifling repairs, was adopted.
Mr. Harbord called attention to the dispute respecting
the Southport life-boat, but the committee appeared
adverse to any further inquiry, as the matter had been so
frequently under consideration.

are thus brought as it were into immediate contact with
public meeting was held grand, and the migration of a company of settlers is
the observer. The view of a burning prairie is awfully
CHEAP Binflg.—Ciri Pligay a
at St. George's Presbyterian Church, Myrtle-street, in equally interesting. The vast expanse of the western
promotion of a proposed testimonial to the Rev. Dr. prairie meets the eye like an inland sea—one unbroken
Thomson, of Coldstream; as a ;eompensation for the expanse of waving green. The Niagara River is fraught
losses which he has sustained in obeing the Bible. John with objects of interest. The spectator is supposed to
Holmes, Esq., the mayor, occupied the chair, and the proceed on the Canada side until he arrive at the "falls,"
chapel was about one-third tilled. The rceeting was ad. where he obtains a vis-a-vis view of the American cata-
dressed, amongst other gentlemen, by the nceerends Dr. tact ; a sublime stream descending in unchanged charac-
MTarlane and Anderson, a deputation from OiaFgow ter, with all the impetuosity that may be conceived from
and it was shewn that Dr. Thomson had, with his,`.'tmily,the vast depth of the fall. Divided by a small island is
been reduced to a state bordering on litmkruptcy. It .93- the British fall, with its horse-shoe shape, the arc of the
pears that Scoland has raised £2,(00. A collection wa' circle presenting 'to the eye a dull green colour. Then
made at the close of the meeting, but the grmotint realised come the rapids which feed the cataracts, and they pos-
we have not ascertained, sess scarcely less interest than the latter. The appear-
. HEALTH CostiairrEz, THURSDAY.—At the w:ekly ance presented at the falls in winter is still more sublime
meeting of the inspector of nuisances presented hi's usual than it's summer; every tree and edifice in the vicinity is
report, from which, infer did, it appeared that the ship. ornamented with pendant icicles; the face of nature is
meats of manure during the week exceeded the deposits wrapt in a mantle of snow, Owing to the absence of vi-
by 1212 tons.—Various fore grievances, in different parts sitors, a solemn stillness pervades the entire region, inn-
of the town, were considered and disposed of.—An viler broken save by the deep rushing of the mighty element
by Mr. Swallow, to supply a steam-engine for the baths which knows no rest nor in winter nor slimmer. The
and washhouses, for £l5O, was accepted.—The medical' painting diverges, if such a phrase can be applied, to give
officer reported that during the week ending the 14th in- the spectator a view of Brock's monument, which was
stant 200 deaths were registered in the borough, of which erected on the spot where the gallant Brock fell in the
143 were in the pariah of Liverpool. The mortality was year 1812. By another obliging detour a near view of
thus greater by fifteen than in the previous week, but Itonnt Vernon, the residetee of the hero of American in-
forty less than in the same week of last year, excluding dependence, Washington, is- given. The mansion in of
cholera. Bowel complaints were less frequent; the deaths unpretending appearance, ye bespeaks tlra presence of
registered being 43 against 56 during the week previous. comfort ih its arrangements: Its present occupant
The other fatal zymotic diseases were typhus, S cases; John Washington. The door Is-represented as open,
itn-
measles, 8; scarlatina, 5; hopping cough, 5 ; croup, 2; viting the inspection of visitors. Behind the house, en-
syphilis, 1. One death took plate from delirium tremens. circled by iron rails, is the mausolenin of the General;: it
The deaths of 131 children were registered, of which 34 contains two' sarcophagi, one containing the ashes of
were from bowel complaints, 17 from convulsions, and 10 Washington, and the other those of his wile. At one side
from teething. The mean temperature of the week was and immediately without the rails, ira plain monument
54 degrees, being nearly 4 degrees below the average to the memcry of Washington's grand niece; this menu-
mean temperature of the corresponding week of the five ment is also enclosed by rails. The last scene represent§
preceding years. the natural bridge of Virginia : this singular bridge is a
SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting was strip of rock connecting two rugged rocks, whose summits
held on Tuesday. The Rev. Rector Campbell occupied are 215 feet from the ground ; it is supposed that this
the chair. It was recommended that the various wings narrow arch is the only remaining portion of the roof of a
of the Workhouse, also the new offices fronting Brown- i vast cavern, which some convulsion of natars has laid
low-hill, should be insured for £22,500, the original cost open to the view-
of the property being £52,700. The insurance to be WI&
effected in two Liverpool offices. Agreed to.—A letter
from the Town-clerk was read, enclosing a resolution of '79il
the Finance Committee. This claimed £2,100 as owing
for magistrates' clerks' fees to the borough fund ; and it
`en.
was stated that the Town-clerk had been instructed to
" take steps for the recovery of the amount." Mr. liar-
bord said the amount was very large, and that Mr. Hart,
of
the vestry-clerk, Mr. Lowndes, tine solicitor, and Mr.
;
Weightmnn had been instructed to have a conference lace
with the Town-clerk on the subject, tine result of which
would be made known at a future meeting.—The pro-
varea
,
ceedings of the Medical Relief Committee contained a cial ft,
resolution, that tine medical officers of the parish should n affix`
be asked whether they would accept a salary of £l4O per
annum, inclusive of all fees except for vaccination.—Mr. hooted
Weightman was instructed to report as to establishing has re
plunge-baths in some portions of the new additions to
the Workhouse. The Workhouse " consumption ac-
count " showed that there were, for the week ending tine
14th instant, 1,693 paupers in tine establishment, who had

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