The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-03 00:00:00

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion.")

The make of dresses this month offers more variety as
to ornament than form. The corsage with lacings having
become rather common, is often replaced by those a revers,
or a pates, many terminating at the waist with small
jackets, more or less deep, which gives length to the
waist ; this style will be a prevailing one for autumnal
dresses. Many corsages are round with ceinture and
buckle, which is now insensibly returning to favour;
large buttons are very fashionable ; sleeves vary much,
and may be worn long or short, wide or tight, but the
Oriental is still the favourite.
Cannezous with sleeves are worn with low bodies ; they
are of embroiders d muslin, terminating at the waist with
a small jacket embroidered in a wreath, which forms
heading to a narrow lice, the half-long sleeve correspond-
ing. Guimpes are also made with sleeves.
Pelisses or dolmans, lightly wadded and quite distinct
from the winter costume, are made for the promenade;
they are taffetas d' Italie of pale colours ; the hood and
sleeves only are trimmed with lace ; some are of plain
Indian foulard, buttoning from top to bottom.
The manteau de voyage is of silk or thin merino, lightly
wadded, and lined with coloured silk, made very full and
with hood, often with a large pelerine and a running
string at the waist, and wide sleeves with wristbands.
The mantelets of transparent materials with sleeves, worn
during the summer, are now made in fancy silks, either
checked or striped glace-es, trimmed with a small chicoree
ruche.

Acacia, lilies of the valley, roses, tretnieres, double
poppies mixed with corn-flowers, are selected at this mo-
ment to ornament bonnets ; a bouquet of field flowers on
a paille de ri: is very pretty. Fancy straws are worn
with flowers or feathers : veils anrl voiletles are much
used, particularly at tke sea-side. Pretty little caps are
made with simple crowns, small and round in front, with
papillous of tulle bouillonn6 having a ribbon through
them.

Sept. 3, 1844.

CORRESPONDENCE.

MEDICAL REFORM BILL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARTh.
SlR,—Will you allow me to occupy a small space I_ll.
your columns, in order to arouse the attention of the Lac:
dical profession and the public to the proposed measure
ere'
medical reform, which is now before the country. Viet,
are nearly 300 medical men in Liverpool, and it is a el'lt
ter of surprise that a bill, which will alter the whole asP.l7"_
of the profession, seems to have excited no attentioeas
amongst them. And yet it is a fact, that the conFeclue°,%,
to society, which will follow from its adoption by paths'
the country
eaomungtlrl
onto othbesesruvhejetehta,t
atnhedriet
talent, will be evil, and only evil.
also the sentiments of the body whose interests are ter_s
immediately concerned, will be freely expressed. It is
to be supposed that the intentions of government.l
otherwise than good ; but in legislating on Matters ivolf4
iiss tao mbe()%heorap
are only known to professional men, they must dye
entirely on information derived from without ; and inbeen
present case there can be no doubt that they have ni
most grossly misled. Indeed, if the British Colleg,Lj
Health, which vends Morison's Pills, had been consul'sl'e
it is impossible to conceive any piece of legislation 01!0,
calculated to degrade medicine, and exalt quackery', P`
ceeding from such advice. h yes
Quackery is acknowledged, for the first time, to -8 d.'
legal existence by this bill; while its restrictions on Teel,•
cal education are such, that it holds out a direct Wino
went to the increase of unlicensed pratitioners• but
medical men are to be registered, not by compulsioo,B
by certain inducements, which they are either in Pshiepg
sines of at present, or which 19-twentieths care 11°,0.
about; and all parties who choose to practise with,°,l°;,,lo.
gistering, may do so, whether they be possessed 01,`"rus
was or not. In short, any one may put a brass Imatlao
his door, with the title doctor or surgeon thereon, an.tiou
man has a right to prevent him. The pecuniary 06.,104.
of the quack is much better than that of the regulai lye
titioner, and the only difference between them is, tull'dis•
quack cannot hod an appointment to an hospital ors is
eedn movement
thatall hetol_
et
pensary, which, indeed, he cares nothing about- °Ol
obliged to serve on juries (which his fellow subjects Ow
also submit to), and he cannot prosecute his Patie°l9oo,
debt, which be can easily evade by not trusting rt it
The all but universal opinion of the measure is, tido!
degrades the noble science of medicine into a higber oe
of quackery, and it lets loose all sorts of imPesitrer
society. A temperate, and, at the same time, fic`,7',,re•
pression of opinion, on the part of medical men, vrZed,
vent the sanctuary of their profession from being prontle•
so as to become a place within whose precincts noge-tbp
man or man of honour can enter ; and to such
state
proposed bill would at once debase it.

I am, yours, &c. fig.
ACADEMIC

ST. GEORGE'S CLOCK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND-AB 0r
Sin.,—What the reason is of St. George's clock
nt
told so many falsehoods latterly, I do not know; 'foe,
really wonder that he is not ashamed of showing his hit
Possibly he is in affliction, as he keeps his hands t 5 d,
lll's (eyes). At all events, as he is so much look I
he ought to be better looked after; and if he wont g
would humbly suggest that he be taken off.
Yours, &c., VS.
ONE OF THE POW'
Monday morning.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—Mr. Moore iv at
chair. An additional lamp was ordered to be Place, tbe
each of the dock-police stations.—lt was ordered tbt
house of the master of the Queen's Dock should Penis
altered as to make it more convenient, and that a Soy .
hut should be furnished for the dock gatemen.--The the
rine surveyor presented a report with reference t4O
breaking adrift of the bell beacon. He stated that „,'"d of
been repeatedly run foul of, but being construel"baie
iron, found to be uninjured. On examining tbe cdito;
where it had snapped, it was found to be strong 01°11:04
hold a vessel of 150 tons, whereas the buoy only raets
22 tons. He stated also that the proportion of 10%rolcs,„
stroyed, stove, or struck by steamers to those whie,t
their moorings by severity of the weather was at e'" the
to 1, and these casualties were likely to increase et ja
trade increased in the narrow entrances to this 61)500
the harbour of Liverpool there were 65 buoys witthe ar
fathoms of chain mooring in continual motion by ,00
tion of the sea, and subject to the friction attendant' from
sandy bottom. 61 of these buoys rode by moorings, are
twelve to twenty fathoms in length. The red b 73016
changed every six or eight months, and the blacetiond at
every twelve months, and their moorings are e,14 !',hips lot!
the same time. Since 1839 not one of the lig" oas oet
broken from her station or altered her position, t..,,t me
to be a proper guide to the channels. During ts"'n_the
the bell beacon was twice drifted, but in each instna
inference is, that she has been dragged away i of
quence of vessels running foul of her. The nunlosiB4l
eight, in 1842 six, and in 1813 two.
buoys drifted or torn away in 1840 was
servicessevente, no, tar
Formby Life-boat, in going to the assistance of ref/
schooner, ashore on the Mad Wharf, was report
Thomas Herbert, master of the Toxteth Dock, was
pointed to the Salthouse Dock, at the same salary', Ills
Thomas Prenton was appointed to take charge.
and
Toxteth Dock, at 30s. a week.—The receipts for hgl:_ia
dock dues for vessels entering the port of Runcorn an.oins,
--The
the
the past month, was stated to be—vessels 209 ; ;or
1178; receipts, £5B 175., being a decrease of' £I9A
pared with the corresponding month of last year.--,_',,`10,
was also submitted, showing the land necessary to Pe, me'
chased for forming the navigable cut to the canal. the
morial was read from.the shippers to Portugal 511:h a.
Mediterranean, praying for the allotment of a o+r It
shed'
berth for the line of vessels trading to these„,ll;ritee, the
Chairman remarking that it would
was referred to the harbour. masters' nof space ta
accede to the wishes of the memorialist r •
to be paid nY,
deed for securing the instalment of .£50,00 übtpittea
the Leeds and Liverpool Canal CompanY, sere
ts
nr
ed to
by the solicitor, and the seal of the trust was au letor6
be placed to the deed. The Chairman said the peras 030
were to pay the next instalment, £28,000, as so 11
land for the cut was purchased.
Jane sour
OFFICE ROBBERIES.-011 Thursday,
o,„,as
who gets her living by going round the different n'o3',de
the town begging, was brought before Mr. Rushtonoriio
the following circumstances. On Wednesday Plopito
she called at the office of Mr. Darlington, wine 'ttiold bet
be a Sal
afts of the
dealer, Great Charlotte-street; Mr. Darlington
,e 0 o_
not to come again, but in the afternoon she was Ag 000°,
the staircase near the door of the private office• nd
as she found she was observed she made off, s fora to
shortly afterwards 18 sovereigns were missed sbeivof
drawer, which had been left open in the office t aeoeo,
taken into custody at eleven o'clock at night, bunisadeof
the money being found upon her, she was re faee.A.
Money having lately been missed from the Ott:,
Messrs. Leigh and Whitley, 18s. were marked in pe;„
nesday, and being stolen, were afterwards found bo tb,A,
session of the office boy, William Hickson' li,arttlyor
cmfessed his guilt. Fir was brought up and r,e"iyienei
doubtless with the view of being restored to bisect
AI
without the contamination received by imprisontn
10
felons.
SOO'
oil
THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE ON BOARD iint gt,
our last week's publication we furnished an ace ° boa,
disclosure made to Sir John Pirie, at the Mansion; trrt,
London, by a seaman named Laidlow, relative ibis patio
section on board the ship Jam Campbell, of laver p
the property of Mr. William Sharp, of DrurYh pro
this town—not (as erroneously stated) Sir JoseP.,o
From that statement an inference might have te: all
that the conduct of the supercargo—who, it Wailip JO
had wrongfully assumed the command of the beu'ot
the death of the captain (Nelson) on the voYagerollVe
the f rst instance, been unjustifiable, and eve,.'l`,.J.,vilie
Old Calabar, murderous towards the crew. 0.1,',„ 01,3f1
very reasonably doubted (as stated) the veraeoo, niter
seaman's rather unaccountable story ; and, ttetsleo
himself, wrote to the owner here. The magistra iaterir
was received yesterday week by Mr. Sharp, witt.°'d his to
states that Mr. H. Burnley, the supercargo, usosloto
thority in writing to take the command of IhNieceepP
case of the death of Captain Nelson, and d33:1; terdt-
his was the only lawful authority on board after I'LP-et
Before taking the command, he read to the t"ksrPrOi,
Mr. Sharp's latter, so authorising him. Mr. 7000;91
furnished to a contemporary Air. Burnley's '3)0011,
the proceedings, which is dated 27th Februarlo,
was received in Liverpool six or seven weeks °g v ertlir
this it appears that the crew broke out into cr aaacat
on the 9th February, in Old Calabar RivePos,,atli..i
Captain Burnley, after consulting Capt. se rpira
Smith, and other English captains in the river' OP ce
proper course to be adopted with the mutineelarso4l
to the native king for his protection and asso 0f
quelling the mutiny. The letter to his net;fe,..,Pdate,vi
was signed by every English captain in th,f,..„'"d $9 ad
attack on the vessel is thus described :—"
sent some canoes off, with strict orders not t° 000'05
gentleman in each canoe for the purpose of Pre ion 06
those who might be so disposed. At about 9 Pre
ral armed canoes went off to the ship, but sc boleti:o
to get on hoard in consequence of the sidestildi
high out of the water, the side ladder on c'n-ittePtbe;
hauled up ; and the other cut away as soon pc ooletwio
got on it; firing pistols and throwing hot we': elyeel'of
As they would not give in, King Evamba aoter
necessity, after having two men shot, to gnots, cstRAI
orders to fire. They fired two or three cons This
which shot Edward Callaghan on the cheek' 01",,e
cooled them. The Kroomen then con3rn,":,ceerest'wolfees
the carpenter over the side into a canoe. l'—aof '130.1,0
saraue
itra
nw abseliotswe useless attempting astttnTepdttinh ge oeeki
themselves
possess, ocntie.oo tanil acAnotfBd,tiorr,
ley proceeds to describe the condition
son, Joseph King, Edward Johnson, of4loo,
o,a of
were sent to prison, namely, William
Hall, Walker, Williams, Benest, and C 3 ean'enlieti
these only three required surgical assistanceo,, suPriey
derson, Laidlow, and Callaghan, and it 6t rOi
tides were found, and also gunpowder, sin_goefeo roi?,/
them. On searching the men's chests sec's, adit'a Oetldf
various descriptions. Captain BurnleYs.pn' s and l'oflit,e'd
that the men were furnished with provi Ibeoggr,
l
attended to, but does not give the t-equei;„doa to:
Mr. Sher 's letter to the authorities in 4,15011,,e0e
at the Mansion House on Tuesday last.,
_",dic,v,
dition to some of the above facts, that .1-lat, io
plainant, was one of the mutineers, and, If derosynaergo
Captain Burnley, he has published t.r in
~.c0e.,,y1
statement of the meeting, received fron
_lrl.';,ea
He also states that the ship had not Yctt"captain Let or
that he has no reason to suppose tha.., whic.h
would commit such an act as that ririe Tero
charges him.—The Lord Mayor and Slc.J, nroPe_o,
the matter should be inquired into when; trealoA
of information arrived, and Laidlovv,
mised to attend.



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