The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-18 00:00:00

Lota! anTi Ilrobturtal D-.rive.

The Preston regatta will take place on the Ribble on
the 9th September next.
On Wednesday, a girl, named Jane Taylor, of Cross-
ball-street, was very much injured by being run over in
Great Charlotte-street, by one of the parish water-carts.
On Wednesday, Inspector Thompson, of the police
:force in this town, was appointed to the situation of su-
perintendent at the Railway station, Manchester, at a sa-
lary of £l2O per annum.
On Wednesday, a boy. named Mattram, was literally
crushed to pieces, by a piece of timber falling upon him
when being discharged from the ship Christina, Bruns-
wick Dock.
Miss Kinsley presented Prince Albert, on his visit,
with her beautiful poem, " Belissima," written for the
occasion. His royal highness was graciously pleased to
accept the work, and thank the fair poetess.
THE HIGHLAND DWARFS.—The Highland dwarfs,
who have twice had the honour of appearing before her
Majesty and the royal family, have, we learn, just arrived
here, and will shortly bold their levees.
STEAM TO Rio.—A regular line of steam communica-
tion between England and the Brazilian Empire, is about
to be opened, by the sailing of the Antelope from this
port for Rio. She sails on the 10th of September.
The Rev. Rector Brooks, at the earnest request of the
gentlemen of the bar, practising at Kirkdale Sessions, is
now sitting for his portrait, to Mr. Duval, the eminent
Manchester artist. When finished, it is to be hung up
in the Magistrates'-room, Kirkdale.
CHILD WASHED ASHORE.—On Tuesday morning,
at high water mark, the body of a female child, about six
months old, was found in Bootle Bay. It was dressed in
a blue printed frock, and had on a shirt, binder, and
white cotton cap, with frill. The body bore no marks of
violence, and had had been dead only a few hours.
About eight o'clock, on Wednesday night, the foundry
of Mr. Ogden, Sefton-street, (nearly destroyed by fire
about a month ago,) was again discovered on fire, but by
the prompt exertions of the police on the spot, getting the
engines at the Brunswick Dock station into play, it was
soon extinguished.
During the past fortnight, railway trucks have conveyed
Irish reapers from the Crown-street station, Liverpool, to
Birmingham, at the rate of 3s. a-head, in order that they
might distribute themselves through the agricultural dis-
tricts, where the harvest is being very rapidly gathered in
at present.

The inspectors, guards, station-keepers, and porters,
on the London and North Western Railway—the new
title for the Liverpool and Manchester, the London and
Birmingham, the North Union, and the Bolton and Ken-
yon lines—have assumed a new uniform of green cloth,
the superior servants having the collars of their coats or-
namented with silver lace._

LYTti Am.—No fewer than five bodies of drowned per-
sons have been cast upon the north bank of the Ribble,
within a week. Three of them have been identified as the
poor fishermen who were unfortunately drowned by the
sinking of their boat, off Southport. The other two ap-
peared to be American sailors, fine looking men, and par-
ticularly well clothed.—Preston Guardian.
MEETING OF HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS. —On
Thursday the usual weekly meeting of the Commission-
ers of Highways was held at the Perish-office; Mr. John
Holmes presided. The following members were present :
'Messrs. Kaye; Denton, Morris, Lawrence, and Cooper.
The business occupied about half an hour only, and was
wholly uninteresting to the public.
UNWHOLESOME MEAT.—On Saturday, at the Police-
court, Mr. Thompson, an inspector of markets, appeared
against James Stackpole, charged with having unwhole-
some veal in his possession intended for sale. The veal
was seized in Back Parliament-street. It appeared that
the calves were dead when brought forth, and had been
immedediately dressed, and would, ultimately, have been
offered in the market. Fined 40s. and costs.

On Wednesday, a woman, named Bridget Carrick, was
brought up charged on suspicion with stealing the sum of
of £309 from Aurelia Gordon, lodging-house keeper,
Thomas-street. There was not sufficient evidence to
warrant the detention of the prisoner, who was discharged.
Mr. Rushton remonstrated with the complainant on the
impropriety of keeping so large an amount of cash in the
house, and in such a situation, to which she replied that
it was viessary for the purpose of cashing sailors' notes.
LAUNCH OF A PILOT BOAT.—On Tuesday last, a new
pilot boat was launched from the building-yard of Mr.
Thomas Boyden, of Baffin-street. She was christened by
Mrs. Bark, the lady of John Bark, Esq., the Albert
Edward, Prince of Wales. Her length of keel is 47 feet,
and her length over all is 59 feet. Her breadth is 16 feet
54 inches, and her depth is 9 feet. After the launch,
which was an excellent one, the company sat down to a
thjeuner, which was presided over by Mr. Watkin Wil-
liams.

LAUNCH OF THE JAMES ATHERTON.-00 Tuesday
last, a fine new iron steamer called the James Atherton,
and intended to ply between New Brighton Ferry and
the George's Pierbead, was launched from the Messrs.
Pearson's building-yard, Baffin-street, amid the rejoicings
of assembled hundreds.. She is 120 feet in length, and 18i
in breadth, and was built by Messrs. Pearson and Co. for
the proprietors of the New Brighton Ferry. She has two
bows—that is, in other words, she can be steered like the
Woodside steamers, both fore and aft, as occasion may
require; and we have no doubt that she will be found a
rapid and excellent sea•boat.

EASTISAM REGATTA.—We have great pleasure in di-
recting the attention of our readers to an advertisement,
which appears in another column, announcing the parti-
culars of the above regatta. Should the weather prove
fine, thousands of our townspeople will, doubtless, re-
sort to the festive scene. The natural attractions of the
spot—the beauty of the scenery around—the pleasant
picnic cottage, where thousands have whiled away many
an agreeable hour—the picturesque garden and pleasure
grounds attached to the hotel—and, added to these, the
attention of the excellent catering of ' mine host'—all
conspire to render this ferry a most delightful and agree-
able retreat for holiday folk. The regatta comes off un-
der very distinguishd patronage, as will be seen on re-
ference to the advertisement.

THE LATE DISTURBANCES AT BRINDLE.—An action
will be tried at the forthcoming Liverpool assizes, in
which John Master, Esq
s the Rev. C. E. Kendal, Rev.
G. Baldwin, J. N. Farrington, Esq., and T. B. Crosse,
Esq., are the defendants. The plaintiffs are the same
persons who were convicted at the Chorley petty sessions,
on the 24th of March last, for a disturbance in Brindle
chapel, and assaulting Thomas Eastwood, Esq. On
refusing to pay the penalties inflicted, they were com-
mitted to the Preston House of Correction, and it is for
false imprisonment that the action is now brought, the
plaintiffs denying the right of the magistrates to interfere
with the internal arrangements of Brindle chapel, and
that they had a right to resist Mr. Eastwood's entrance
into the chapel, unless he paid the penny demanded.
ESCAPE OF A BRIG FROM FOUNDERING ON CROSBY
SANDS.—On the forenoon of Tuesday, a brig, inward
bound, with a pilot on board, narrowly escaped founder-
ing on these sands during the squall which set in with the
flood tide. The brig had anchored about three o'clock in
the morning (about flood tide), to wait for the next tide
to go up the river, the wind being light and blowing from
the southward. At about ten o'clock on Thursday
morning, a squall came on, and catching the sails which
had been made snug the preceding tide, but were in course
of being bent, the chain parted. Efforts were made to
wear her, but she grounded on the sands east of the
Crosby Light-ship. A tug boat which was passing was
signalled, and the brig was towed off, fortunately without
damage, and brought into Coburg Dock.
ROBBERY.—At the Police.court on Saturday, a man
named Graham, a land steward, from Surrey, complained
that he had been robbed of about £B, on Thursday night,
in a lodging house in otham-street. The house is kept
by a man named Cunningham. In the night the servant
girl who had lighted him to bed, entered the room, and
he awaking, observed her removing his watch. On being
questioned, she said she was merely putting it in the table
drawer lest it should fall. She then left the room, arid he
starting up in suspicion, found his money gone from his
pockets. An alarm was raised, and Cunningham having
afterwards been seen in the yard of the house acting sus-
piciously, was taken into custody, as was the girl, Betsey
Develin. She denied the charge, but was committed for
trial. The evidence was not sufficient as against Cun-
ningham and he was discharged.
LOAN SOCIETIES.—On Thursday, a great number of
poor people were summoned in consequence of having be-
come defaulters and sureties to various loan societies.
Many of them, particularly the sureties, complained
bitterly of the hardship of having to pay the full amount
owing, when they were, as they imagined, on attaching
their names to the societies' contracts, responsible for
only a proportion. Mr. Rushton said the magistrates
had no alternative but to require that the money owing
should be paid, and Intimated, as lie had done on many
previous occasions, that "each party was jointly and
severally liable, and bound to pay the whole sum." He
regretted there were any loan societies in existence, as
many of the parties who availed themselves of what they
conceived to be the advantages offered, merely had money
for about a week, and were ever afterwards plunged in
misery and wretchedness.
THE OJIBBEWAY INDIANS.—A party of the Ojibbe-
way Indians, whose appearance excited so much interest
in the. metropolis, have given a series of four entertain-
ments, illustrative of Indian life and manners, in the
Concert-hall, this week. The party consists of the chief
(who bears the euphonious appellative of Maung-Gwud-
Daus.) his squaw, five sons, and another Indian. The
chief, who is apparently a very shrewd fellow, talks Eng-
lish very fluently, and alluding to the simplicity of some
of the custims of his tribe, gave roguish hits at some of
our more civilised notions. He has, however, caught up
a considerable portion of cant, the retail of which never
fails to excite in a considerable degree the sympathies of
one portion of our people. The lectures were inter-
spersed with occas'onal smoking, singing, loud wat-
whoops, &c., &c., and the process of scalping an enemy,
to the great delight of the audience, was minutely and
familiarly explained. The exhibition was, in some mea-
sure, an instructive, and, undoubtedly, an attractive one.
THE PORT OF RUNCORN.—The commerce of this port
is rapidly on the increase. At the present moment the
docks are completely filled with vessels, both foreign and
coastwise. The Thor, the largest vessel that ever entered
the port, arrived on Sunday last, from Windau, with
timber. Her registered tonnage is 367 tons, and she
draws
fifteen feet of water. Two other large vessels from the
same place are also discharging their cargoes here, and a
very extensive business is expected from other parts.
With the view of giving every facility, the new dock, on a
large scale, will be proceeded with forthwith. Mr. Tom-
kinson, the eminent contractor, is engaged to construct
the works. The bonded warehouses on the margin of the
dock, it is said, will be let to a company. The plans are
second to none in the kingdom for convenience of loading
or unloading goods. The Earl of Ellesmere, in company
with James Loch, Esq., M.P., the acting trustee of the
Bridgewater property, visited last week the spot intended
•for the docks, and examined the plans, and, with a slight
alteration, approved of both.

SELECT VESTRY MEETING.—On Tuesday, the Rev.
Rector Campbell was in the chair. Mr. Riding said that
Rector Brooks had requested him to communicate to the
board that the county magistrates had taken an old ware-
house, near Preston, and that it would be converted, with
all possible expedition, into a Lunatic Asylum, to which
the Liverpool patients could be sent at the same charge as
was paid for them elsewhere. The magistrates had pur-
chased an estate at Rainhill, and three architects were now
engaged in drawing plans for the erection of a large asylum
thereon. The chairman asked whether the board intended
to take any steps with reference to the Poor Removals
Bill which was now passing with railway speed through
the House of Lords. Upon the motion of Mr. Scholfield,
a petition against the bill was agreed to. A letter relative
to the division of fees on coroner's inquests between Mr.
Gilmour and Mr. M`Dougal, at the Workhouse, was re-
ferred to the honorary medical board. It appeared that
one of these gentlemen wanted to keep the whole of the
fees, as he said he did all the work, and that the other
was of opinion that they should divide the fees equally
between them. The chairma❑ expressed a hope that the
board would interfere as little as possible with medical
men. The board shortly after separated.
AN IMPUDENT THIEF CAUGHT.—John Fielding was

from James Brown and Co., for permanent berths, was
ordered to be complied with until the 9th of October
next, when a general report on the working of all the
permanent berths in the town will be presented to the ge-
neral board.

An application from Nicol and Peers,for berths for their
vessels trading to Constantinople was refused.

A letter from Mr. Charles Mc. Iver, saying that the
refusal on the part of the Dock Committee, to allow lights
to be used on the quays of the docks, would impede pub-
lic business, and requesting an interview on the subject
was read, and referred to the committee of works.

A letter was read from Mr. Benjamin Smith, of Club-
moor, requesting the Dock Committee to convert the
sediment at the Sewers of the different dock basins into
money, by putting it into flats, conveying it to Bootle and
selling it there. There could, he said, be no better ma-
nure ; and he should wish a small share of the profits
(a laugh) in lieu of rendering pecuniary service.

The committee states they had nothing to do with the
sewers.

A letter was read from Mr. Wm. Tomlinson, secretary
of the Sailors' Home, thanking the committee for the
use of the Albert warehouses for the dinner, and also the
use of two large flags.

placed before Mr. Rushton on Saturday, on a charge_ of

'robbery. Police-constable 273 stated tiVat he was called
on board the Manchester, bound for New York, and lying
in the Victoria Dock, about 12 o'clock on Thursday
night, to apprehend two men who had come on board
without permission ; whilst there he observed a man go
to the head of the vessel ; he sent a ship keeper after him,
who brought him down, and gave him in charge. Upon
instituting inquiries, he discovered that a woman named
Mary M'Cormick had been robbed of three sovereigns,
which had been taken from her while she had been in bed
with her husband and children ; the money was in a purse
which was suspended from her neck ; another woman had
been robbed of seven haltcrowns and two sixpences which
had been cut from her stays whilst she was asleep in her
berth ; the pockets of a boy were turned out, and one
halfpenny out of two, their, whole contents, taken away.
The half-penny was marked in a peculiar manner. and
was found on the person of the prisoner, as well as the
three sovereigns, in the original paper in which they had
been wrapped by the woman previous to her putting them
into her purse ; seven halfcrowns and two sixpences were
also taken from the man, who had besides a silver watch
and a purse containing 34s.—Committed for three months.
WEST DERBY UNION.—At the meeting on Tuesday,
Mr. Rowland, relieving officer of Tosteth.park, reported
that he had been under the necessity, during the past
week, of dispensing casual or temporary relief to an unu-
sual number of distressed families in that place. He said
that very many of them, inhabiting cellars, had been
flooded out by the late sudden and drenching rains. The
quarter of which he spoke was the source and nursery of
diseases of a dangerous description. A correspondence
had taken place between the committee of the Southern
Dispensary, situate in the Park, and the overseers of that
place. The Dispensary, it appears, has long been dispens-
ing medicine and aid to the poor of the northern di vision.
The committee allege that they can no longer continue,
that their funds are exhausted, that they are on the last
year's account £4OO in debt, and that they can no longer
continue the service on those terms. But it has been
conditionally arranged betwen them and the parochial au-
thorities of the Park, that for an annual payment of £250,
out of which sum the Dispensary will be enabled to en-
gage an additional medical man, the sick poor of the
whole of the Park shall be attended to. Mr. Gregson,
having spoken in favour of the proposed arrangement,
concluded with moving that the papers be sent up to the
Poor-law Commissioners; and that they be written to in
the name of the board, with an earnest entreaty for their
concurrence in the measure. Several guardians arose si-
multaneously to second the proposition, which was at
once unanimously agreed to. Some affairs of minor im-
portance were afterwards disposed of, and the sitting
closed soon after twelve o'clock.

A letter from Win. Andrews, asking when the commit-
tee would require two courts of houses belonging to him,
was referred to the committee of works.

Messrs. Aikin, Middleton, Henderson, Mann, and
Hor,fall, were appointed a sub-committee for carrying
into effect the provisions of the recent act relative to por-
terage on the dock quays.
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A letter to Mr. Biamley-Moore was read from Mr. G.
Anson, of Buckingham Palace, enclosing two sets of
prints, one for Mr. Moore and the other for the Mayor,
of the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales and the Prin-
cess Alice, as a small mark of gratitude for the kindness
shown Prince Albert on the occasion of his most inte-
resting visit to Liverpool, one which, and the many gra-
tifying circumstances connected with it, his royal high-
ness can never forget.
The board then disposed of their financial business,and
shortly after separated.

LIVERPOOL LICENSED VICTUALLERS'

SOCIETY

This institution, which has for its objects the benevo-
lent purpose of providing for the widows and orphans of
deceased members, as well as the protection of the inte-
rest of the trade, celebrated its sixteenth anniversary on
Thursday evening. About 150 of the members of both
sexes, jolly bonifaces and buxom landladies, sat' awn to
an excellent dinner, which was served by Mr. Towers, of
the Angel Inn, in a temporary banquetting hall, erected
for the occasion in the rear of the institution in St. Anne-
street. The dinner comprised every delicacy of the sea-
son ; and the wines and dessert were excellent.

The chair was occupied by William Lowe, Esq.,_ and on
his right and left, at the principal table, were Peter Wright,
Esq., Clerk of the Peace, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Prescot, Mr.
Jos. C. Lowe, Mr. Frederick R. Lowe, Mr. G. B Den-
ton, Mr. Christopher Hall, Mr. G. B. Hayes, Mr. I'. B.
Drinkwater, Mr. E. J. Lowe, Mr. George Aikin, Mr.
James Sharp, Mr. John Bent, Mr, Hugh Bellen, Mr.
Roland Bent.

The vice-chair was occupied by Thomas Bold, Esq.,
supported by Mr. Hall, Mr. John Lawrence, Mr. White-
legg, Mr. Anderson, Mr. Sanders, an Mr. Balmer.
Among the ladies present were Mrs. Pearson, Mrs.
Heyes, Mrs. Allinson, Mrs. Condliffe, Mrs. William
Peppit, Mrs. Solomon May, Mrs. Sumner, Mrs. James
Thompson (of Manchester), Mrs. Shilcock, Mrs. H.
Morris, Miss Gore, Mrs. Radcliffe, Mrs. Wildings, and
Mrs. John Owen.

The Royal Albert brass band, under the direction of
Mr. Philips, of Anson-street, was stationed at. one end of
the dining-room, and during dinner, and at intervals in
the course of the evening, played many favourite and .ap-
propriatetiirs: _

THE EMERALD, SCREW STEAMER.—This vessel,
which was built by Mr. Cato, with engines by Met•srs.
Fawcett, Preston, and Co., for the City of Dublin Co.,
has had several trials previous to taking her station be-
tween Belfast and London. She was modelled by Mr.
Grantham, and the machinery is constructed upon his
patent. Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N., superintended the
outfit, which is that of a beautiful three-masted schooner.
The Emerald, which is 300 tons measurement, and 50
horse power, will doubtless have been noticed by many of
our readers, during the last few weeks, sailing in the
river. Several other vessels, on the same principle,
nearly ready for sea, have been built under Mr. Gran-
t hams directions, the largest of which are the Antelope,
600 tons, and the Sarah Sands, 1000 tons. The Emerald
was first tried with seventy tons of dead weight on board,
and afterwards with one hundred and twenty tons. Her
speed, under steam alone, in smooth water, averaged
seven and a quarter nautical miles per hour; and was
never less, when going head to wind, with a considerable
swell, than five knots. During the trials, few oppor-
tunities occurred of using her canvas, but enough was
seen to show that her speed will be very great with sails.
The greatest feat, however, and one that speaks volumes
for the success of the principle, was exhibited in towing '
the Brenda, bark, from the Bell Buoy to the Rock. as
certified by the captain, in the following note :—" 1
hereby certify that the ship Bredna, of which I am corn-
mander, was towed by the Emerald, screw steamer, from
the Bell Buoy to the Rock, on the 14th instant, at the
rate of five and five and a half knots per hour, through
the water. The Brenda is a full built ship, barque-
rigged, is 28 feet beam and area, 14 feet water.—Signed,
C. FLANDERS. master." The question as to the success
of the screw, as a propeller, perhaps, would not now be
doubted, but the difficulty of working it has been con-
sidered a great obstacle to its adoption. This experiment,
however, proves that the high velocity at which it has
been usually worked, is unnecessary; and that the ordi-
nary marine condensing engine may be connected direct
to the screw shaft, without requiring the piston to move
at any unusual velocity. The speed of the piston, when
the vessel was going nine knots, was considerably less
than that of the common paddle-wheel engine. Captain
W. C. Thompson, of the Sarah Sands, witnessed several
of the trials, and took the speed of the vessel.
THE WHIGS AND THE BRIBERY ACT.—On Thurs-
day morning last, loungers about the streets were sur-
prised by the exhibition of a printed placard which ran
thus—

- The following toasts were then given in succession by
the Chairman, prefaced by neat and appropriate speeches :
" The Queen, and long may she reign in the hearts of
her people." (Three times three.) Air—" God save the
Queen."

" The Queen Dowager, Prince Albert, Prince of Wales,
and the rest of the Royal Family. (Three Limes three.)
Air—" Hail, Star of Brunswick."

" The Army and Navy." (Three times three.) Air—
" Rule Britannia."
Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN replied.
The next toast was " The Chairman of the day," air—
" See the conquering hero comes," which was changed,
amidst loud applause, when the chairman rose to return
thanks, to " The fine old English Gentleman."

The CHAIRMAN, in a feelirii manner, responded to the
toast, and wished health, happiness, and prosperity to
them all. He concluded by proposing the " Health of
the Vice-chairman—long life to him." (Three times
three.)

Mr. S. W. MAY, in an appropriate speech proposed the
health of Mr. Clarke, the Treasurer of the Society, and
the Trustees. (Three times three.)
Mr. CLARKE responded.
Mr. SUMNER proposed " The honorary members and
donors of the society." (Cherei s.)
Mr. JOHN BENT, in a most eloquent address, replied.
The CHAIRMAN then gave " Prosperity to the Li-
censed Victuallers' Society of Liverpool." Drunk with
three times three, and much enthusiasm.)
Air, " Willie brew'd a peck o' maut."
Mr. HENRY NORRIS as an old member and as a trustee
of the institution, sincerely thanked them for the compli-
ment they had been pleased to pay to the society.

The VICE-CD AIRMAN proposed " The members for
the borough." (Drunk with three times three.) Air.—
" Hearts of Oak."

" The members for the county" was then gave with
much applause. Air—

The VICE-CHAIRMAN said, that with the permrssion
of the Chairman, he would give a toast, which was "The
Local Press." Cheers.) With their able efforts—and
the press never took up any question unless it was for
the public good—the licensed victuallers need not fear
carrying out the objects they had in view.
The toast was drunk with three times three. Air by
band.

Mr. COOKE, reporter for the Mail, returned thanks in
a neat and appropriate speech. He concluding by re-
gretting the toast did not include the London press, as
the duty of responding to it would then have fallen on a
gentleman (Mr. nibble, of the Morning Adverlizer)
whose whole life bad been devoted to their service; and
whose eloquent advocacy of their cause was deserving
the highest applause.

" CHESTEIL REGATTA.
SIR JOHN JERVIS, KNIGHT,
Having at the last assizes given a prize to be contended for at
the present regatta, to promote the amusements of all his
friends ; and as many of them may not have the means of fully
enjoying themselves on the occasion, a

TICKET,
Value 3s. 6d ,
will be given to such of them as are on the Register as shall
call at the Office of Mr. Faulkner, Newgate-street, between the
hours of eight o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the
afternoon of Thursday,

The VICE-CHAIRMAN said the Licensed Victuallers'
Society was a local one, and in giving the " Local Press"
be did that which seemed to him most appropriate. His
object was to forward the objects of the Society, and
drink the healths of those gentlemen who had advocated
its claims. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the correctness of the re-
marks which bad proceeded from the vice-chairman, but
he should be most happy if Mr. Hibble would favour
them with a few observations. He begged to propose his
health, in connexion with the London press.
Mr. S. W. MAY protested against drinking the healths
of particular individuals connected with the London press.
The CHAIRMAN said he was quite willing to give way,
but as it appeared to be the feeling of the meeting that
the toast should be given, it was announced, and drunk
with three times three.

THE DAY OF THE REGATTA.
Wednesday, sth August, 1846.
The natural consequences of this unexpected invitation
was a riph of hundreds of thirsty applicants to the office
of our friend Faulkner, lbe legal agent of the Attorney-
General ; and if we may judge from the crowds of jolly
fellows who were drinking the health of Sir John Jervis,
at the regatta and throughout the city, this fit of libe-
rality must have proved rather an expensive " fad."
Now, we have no wish to be hypocritical, and to affect a
virtuous indignation which we do not feel about this pro-
fuse distribution of the learned gentleman's gifts; but
the matter is worth a passing notice, as an illustration of
the sincerity with which your Whig reformers invariably
denounce all attempts to tamper with the freedom and
purity of election. We remember a terrible outcry
being ruised by the " Liberals" in the house of Commons
against Sir Frederick Thesiger, the Attorney-General
under Sir R. Peel's ministry, for scattering, in confor-
mity with an ancient practice, a few small silver coins
among the crowd during the ceremony of " chairing"
after his election ; and a most indignant stir was also
made against Sir Fitzroy Kelly, another Conservative
law-officer, for "corrupt practices." But thank heaven,
the reign of humbug is over : a Whig Attorney-General
has a thorough contempt for all such prudish affectations
of Roman virtue : and henceforth what is sauce for a
goose will be sauce for a gander." Radicals and Tories
may alike pay their " friends" who are " on the register"
with impunity ; laws against bribery and corruption are
all gammon ; and pretensions to political independence,
fictions of fancy. The late regatta exhibition must at
any rate have had the effect of putting down the popular
notion, that Tories are the only politicians who seek to
win the " sweet voices" of the " masses" with money.
We hope Sir John will be consistant, and laugh at the
minister who may instruct him to institute proceedings
for offences against the Bribery Act.—Chester Courant.

Mr. HIBBLE said he was extremely sorry at the re-
marks which had fallen from Mr. May, as he had come
down from London at the wish of the editor of a paper
which produced £9,000 a-year for the purposes of cha-
rity, to pay that attention 'o the benevolent institution
of Liverpool which it deserved. He was glad to say that
Mr. May was the only chairman in England who would
have made such an objection; and as he considered it
must have arisen from some personal feeling, he would
throw it lo the winds. (Applause.) If a man must have
his own way, he should be content with that, and allow
others to have theirs. (Applause and a laugh.) He
trusted the Liverpool Society would, however, go on and
prosper; its results would be of the most beneficial de-
scription; and it would tend to place the body in its true
position in society. He wLs happy to see so respectable
a gentleman in that chair; and he was still more happy
to say that their claims to respectability were daily be-
coming more generally acknowledged. (Applause.) It
was but lately that in the metropolis 2000 of the Licensed
Victuallers sat down to dinner, with the Lord Mayor at
their head, and their society was in the most flourishing
condit l It had been well and truly said, by one of
sib
thers, that the people of England were mistaken
as to wat the term Licensed Victualler meant; and they
were subject to all sorts of caprice and bad feeling from
the authorities and others. Let those who looked upon
them with contempt come to their domestic hearths, and
see how they brought up their families • let them look at
their liberality, and view their magnificent institutions.
They might boat of their Goldsmiths' Company, and
their Mercers' Company, but he could tell then
Licensed Victuallers of the metropolis had tl
and best charitable institutions. (Applause

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE.
On Thursday, the usual weekly meeting of the Dock
Committee was held at the Revenue-buildings. Mr. Al-
derman Bramley-Moore presided. The following mem-
bers were present .—Messrs. Nicol, Molyneux, Hough-
ton' Woods, liorsfall, Henderson, Roydon, Gladstone,
and Tobin.

lat the

A list of the persons entitled to vote at the approaching
election of Dock Committeemen was ordered to be posted
up in the Exchauge News-room.
The warehouse committee recommended that iron doors
be placed at the Albert warehouses, and that sliding
hatches, instead of doors, be put up at certain doors in
the said warehouse. The latter recommendation was re-
ferred to the committee of works.
Mr. JOHN MARSH, leading clerk at the Albert ware-
houses, tendered his resignation, which was ordered to be
accepted.
Mr. Mc. BRIDE, the master of the Albert Dock, sug-
gested that vessels entering that dock, when the
flags were up at the Canning and Salthouse Docks, should
be required to go into it, for at present they entered the
basin, and went no further.
The suggestion was adopted.
Mr. HENDERSON remarked, as a somewhat singular
fact, that, according to the Gore's Advertiser, ninety
vessels arrived at tl•e Mersey last week, and that only two
of them went into the Albert Dock. It was very odd, he
said, after all the attractions of the Albert Dock, that
the committee had to force vessels into it, now that it was

were a united body in London, and he trusted soon to
see them equally united in Liverpool. (Cheers.) He
concluded by observing that they would best consult their
own interests by going hand in hand with them, their.
brethren, in all parts of the country, as they bad all the
same object in view. (Cheers.)
Mr. W. LIVERSIDGE proposed the next toast—" The
strangers who have this day honoured us with their
presence." (Three times three.) Air—" The peace of
the valley."

Mr. W. WRIGHT responded. He assured the company
that so far as his humble efforts went, as well as those of
his friends, they would be glad to aid the Licensed Vic-
tuallers in all their benevolent efforts.

Mr. MELLOR pro;,sedThe6llairman, Committee,
and Secretary." (Three times three.) Air—" Life's a
bumper."

Mr. S. W. MAY, the Chairman, acknowledged the
toast for himself and the committee; and

Mr. THOMAS ROWLANDSON entered into the position
of the society, showing its usefulness and its flourishing
condition. Mr. Lowe, their chairman. had banded him
a donation of £lO towards the benevolent objects of the
society, and the other, Mr. Bold, the vice-chairman, had
stated his willingness to contribute £5 as a donation
towards the same object. Mr. R. resumed his seat amidst
loud cheering.

Mr. TOBIN thought that the reluctance to enter it
might be accounted for in two ways ; first, the list of
rates had not been published ; and secondly, a general im-
pression prevailed, that if vessels went in, they must ne-
cessarily discharge their cargoes in the warehouses.
Several new appointments of labourers and others were
made to the Albert warehouses.

The health of the honorary surgeon was then proposed
by the Chairman, and drunk with three times three.
The CHAIRMAN then read the following list of dona-
tions. As each item was read over, three cheers were
given for the donors :—Mr. Hindley £5 ; Mr. John Bent,
£10; Mr. James Bent, £5 ; Mr. Rowland Bent, £5
Mr. Garrett, £5 ; Mr. Peppitt, £1 ls. ; Mr. P. Wright,
£1 ls_ : the Messrs. Mellor, £lO.

A letter was read from Mr. Benjamin Darbyshire, the
owner of the William Fisher, the first vessel that entered'
the Albert Dock, expressing his satisfaction at the de-
spatch which had attended the landing of her cargo, and
stating that the expense of discharging her was lower
than if the had been discharged at the transit sheds, or
by one of her own warehousemen.
An application from Davidson and Co., for a perma-
ne❑t berth in George's Dock for their Leith packets, was
refused.

The following toasts were then given :
" The Stewards" (Mr. Parkinson responded) ; " The
Lancashire Witches" (Mr. Bryden, as "the widow's
pet," claimed the right of reply, amid loud laughter).
and " Mr. and Mrs. Towers" (Mr. Towers responded;
The CHAIRMAN then left his seat; after which Mr.
Danson was unanimously called to the chair, and the.
conviviality of the meeting was kept up until a late hour.

Applications from NV. S. Dixon and Co., and also

the removal of their night-soil, or, leaving it neglected by steamer to connect Liverpool with the continent of South
the landlord and by themselves, must run the risk of ill- America, and likewise the first iron screw steamer that
ON THE SANITARY STATE OF SOME PARTS 1 health. Yet, such a landlord will often subscribe to a has ascended the River Plate. The Sarah Sands is the
OF LIVERPOOL. I charity, whilst refusing to do a justice. first liner that has been built in Liverpool for a consider
•
At the present time, Harding-street is in a wretched able time, and, , p
being of iron we have reason to hoe that
"Within the last three months ten thousand lives have been plight altogether. The refuse materials are overflowing Liverpool will have in time a fair share of American build..
destroyed in a part only of England by causes which there is on all hands ; in fact, it will very soon become a serious ing trade.
every reason to believe may be removed. question for people to find out how they can get rid of
"In the metropolis the deaths at the close of June, from their night-soil, for it appears that the night-soil men
diarrhoea, dysentery, and common cholera, rose up to forty have combined amongst themselves for refusing to remove
weekly, and have since increased. Nor is it to be wondered at. \otwithstanding the improvements effected when cholera was this manure except they are paid exorbitantly. One

CORR SPONDENCE.

the foul untrap

areas 'of the 'best streets emit noisorm

poisons, which are as fatal as arsenic to a certain number of
persons. London is surrounded, too, by stagnant, putrid
ditches, as some cities are by It would be well not to

Darts, of

IRELAND,

A rPpoj t is currant that Daniel O'Connell is to be

could not ffet it done
the runnit

—Limerick

A. low rumbling noise, accompanied by a trembling
. The present Sewerage Act forbids created a peer by the title of 1
Chronicle.
„zspool drains into the sewers, and the [Old or Young ?]
densonie insofbill will provide for it
mf.tortii..stolzthe earth, was heard and fair nt
absurdity. removing
The suchnew accumulations is a bur-

the Ger-
at Mar-

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present a

before," remove these nuisanc.
mosphere, which gives the diseacur, lur,
These remarks apply with tenfold force to Liverpool, ..,hetliela,
and the towns of the north, where the epidemics in the last
quarter were more fatal than they had ever been before, and
diseases were, in proportion to the population, at least one-
third part more numerous than in London."
Registrar-General's last Quarterly Repo-

al ori rr. i d
quiet.
Steele
i-:'William 'Walsh and Ellen Benchy, who were concerned
inl the late murder of Daniel Benchy, were brought up at
waenedk.Ellen Benchy transported
uurcie
great
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ness and proportionate mortality will keep up the "Gad
pre-eminence" of "the good old town."
I understand that the Town Council have in considera-
It:lee
hung lo n mfnerl assizes,ti
murder,last tion a temporary bill of Lord Morpeth's, for the speedy'Walsh was sentenced to
abatement of nuisances in a proper and satisfactory man- life,
neg
Catholics
htnhl
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sl2t
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mlt
for for abetting and concealing the fact
1 ner. They have the option of placing Liverpool under the
The Orangemen of Cavan, in obedience fact.
L
operation of the bill. It is to be hoped that no fear of 'arn-
walktlii
clashing jurisdictions will prevent the adoption of so ex-
celleut a measure. went down
ddnewsinstettni
persuadefrom
' Mr. Steele speaks in terms of the highest eulogy of the
I remain, Sir, yours, faithfully, conduct of Lord Farnham, Colonel and Mr. Saunderson,
GEO. C. WATSON, M.D. and the other leaders.
Donoghue, alias Green, convicted last assizes of robbing
the North Roman Catholic Chapel, Cork, and who es-
caped with two other prisoners from the Smithfield con-
vict depot some time since, was arrested yesterday week,
TO THE. EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. at Kilworth. His history comprises as many adventures
and hair-breadth 'scapes from justice, as that of the noto-
SlR,—Can any of your readers inform me if it be true rious Jack Sheppard himself.
that a Puseyite is appointed to the New Church at Cab- DANIEL AND HIS GULLS.—Mr. O'Connell has given
bage Hall. I am very credibly informed that such is the notice of motion, for next session, for a committee to in-
case, notwithstanding the melancholy results of Puseyite quire into the effect and operation of the Irish act of
teaching at St. Martin's. If it be so, the church so much Union. " Next Session" somehow always reminds us of
wanted in the neighbourhood may be considered as worse " the Greek Calends." The Liberator was questioned at
than useless. Pray insert this, and oblige Conciliation Hal. on Monday, concerning his absence
A RESIDENT IN THAT NEIGHBOURHOOD. from the division on the Sugar Duties, after denouncing
Liverpool, Aug. 15, 1846. the Slave Trade so strongly as he had been in the habit of
doing, when he replied, " he had paired off with a head
--
ache," with which ludicrous answer his dupes seemed
perfectly satisfied, totally unconscious of the honourable
member's presence in the House the evening of the debate.
ARITHMETICAL QUESTION.—Given, the number of His absence from the Irish Arms Act debate may not so
bands of music engaged during the visit of Prince Albert, easily be excused. He has been replaced in the Commis-
and the number of times they intimated that " Britons sion of the Peace by the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
never, never, never will be slaves," to find the amount of These facts taken together, are significant enough of the
Partiality amongst the Liverpool public towards the adosis- terms on which he stands with the present administration.
sion into the British market of slave-grown sugar. A MURDER THIRTY YEARS AGO.—The following ro.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ALBERT SHAKO.—An emi- mantic narrative appears in yesterday's Kilkenny Mode..
nent army clothier, by the command of Prince Albert, rator :—" During the last week a c7rcumstrince was
visited Liverpool last week, for the purpose of taking a brought to light in this country, which in horrific interest
model of the hat worn by Mr. William Ratbbone, with vies with, if it does not excel, the celebrated case of Eu-
which his royal highness was much struck during his visit gene Aram, and requires but such another cordial fic-
to Liverpool. It is stated that it is to be worn by the tionist as Sir E. Bulwer to weave it into a tale most sue-
13th Hussars, Albert's Own. Madame Tussaud is said passing in romantic effect and tragical excitement. It ap-
to have bid a large price for an old coat belonging to the pears that on Tuesday, the 4th instant, some labourers
same gentleman, which is required to complete a figure of were engaged in removing a large heap of stones which
that interesting person, John Tawell. had remained piled together, beyond the memory of man,
THE POLICE AND THEIR GOOD LOOKS.—A contempo- in the demesne of Rossenara, the residence of Mr. Wm.
rary last week apologises for having omitted to record, in Morres Reade, when they-discovered concealed within the
his account of Prince Albert's visit, the activity and good heap, the perfect skeleton of a man, whose flesh and
looks of inspectors this and that. We have to apologise clothes were entirely rotted away, with the exception of a
to the whole force for having omitted to notice any of pair of brogues that were upon the feet, and whieh are
them. Although not quite certain that it is necessary, we stated to be of a fashion and construction not in use for
can assure the world that they are all very well, look very the last 25 years. On the following day an inquest was
well, did their duty admirably; and that the mounted po- held on the remains at Kilmaganny, by Mr. T. hod,
lice, the head constable included, have not suffered much county coroner, when it appeared from the evidence of
from their exposure outside, although they might have Dr. Peile that the deceased had been murdered by a blow
been safer inside their respective conveyances. inflicted on the skull. No other positive testimony could
THE CORPORATION COMPOST MANUFACTORY.—TuiS be procured, but amonstst the country people the extra-
odorous place, we learn, received last week its usual sup- ordinary circumstances of the case are accounted for as
p:y of decayed vegetables from St. John's Market, and follow :—lt appears that about thirty years since, three
fish heads, entrails, &c., from the Fish-market; and the men named Cornelius Cahill, his son John, and R----d
whole heap is rapidly attaining an interesting state of pu- L—y were committed to our county gaol on a charge of
trescence. We are happy to learn that the inhabitants of being concerned in the burning of a farmhouse. Cornelius
the neighbourhood of Roe-street and Queen-square are Cahill escaped condemnation by becoming an approver,
leaving their houses for Cheshire, Bootle, and other loca- and, if the story of the peasantry be correct, his evidence
lities, so great is the demand for lodging and accommoda. actually hung his son, but L—y was acquitted for want
tion from philosophic persons, interested in the welfare of of sufficient evidence. The tradition goes on further to
our agriculturalists, who are anxious to embrace the oppor- state, that a man named Ileany, known by the soubriquet
tunity of watchirg the process of manufacturing fertilizing of ' The Thresher'—a Tipperary boy, who did occasional
manures. ' handy jobs for the people of that district—had bred en-
THE LIVERPOOL REPORTERS.—These gentlemen have gaged by the before mentioned parties in burning; the
earned a perfect harvest of praise during the recent visit house. Shortly after the escape of old Cahill and L—y,
of Prince Albert. The Queen is said to have expressed he came to the neighbourhood for the purpose of demitnd-
her wonder at the facility with which they took upon ing a reward previously promised to him by them for his
themselves the avocation of court newsmen, and has no services. The hushed-up story amongst the peasantry at
fear of trusting her own person to their imaginative pens. the time, and still well remembered, was, that the parties
She is particularly pleased with their accumen in detecting having refused the reward, the man threatened to become
singular coincidences--such as the fact that the first vessel King's evidence and hang them, whereupon they murdered
which entered the Albert Dock was from the Brazils, and him, and according to one report burned his body in a
that the chairman of the Dock Committee was a Brazilian limekiln, whilst another, as it now appears, more correct
merchant. Her Majesty expects that when she visits us rumour, pointed out the very place in which the skeleton
the coincidence will be that a sovereign will be the price has been now found, as the spot where the murdered re-
of a bed, and one pound notes at a discount. mains were secreted. Old Cahill died some time since at
We were at a loss to divine the reason of Mr. W. the age of 100 years, but L—y is a small farmer still
Thornhill being so energetic, on the occasion of the , living in the neighbourhood, and bears the character of
!
Prince's entry into the vestibule of the Town Hall, in giv- having, since the occurrence alluded to conducted himself
ing orders, through one of the Mayor's servants, that the very properly. Strong, however, as the evidence of A
re ra-
reporters for the pss should not press forward, "by dition is upon the subject, it is not probable that sufficient
order of the Mayor." His worship, who never authorised light will be thrown on this singular tragedy to bear-out
the insulting " order," was not aware that, on the morn- further its resemblance to the case of Eugene Aram, by
ing in questicn, William's shirt would not bear the mi- the bringing of the perpetrator of the deed to condign
croscopic eyes of those gentlemen; and that he had un- punishment. The verdict of the jury was :—" ' That
fortunately mislaid his tooth-brush. Of all men in the deceased was murdered a long time since by some person
world, the member for Scotland Ward ought to be an ad- or persons unknown. That the injuries affecting life were
vacate for public -baths and washhouses, as calculated to , a heavy fracture on the left temple, and the left molar
diminish the cost of his toilet, and render him presentable I bone ; and that the skeleton had shoes or brogues on, and
to eyes and noses polite. I was discovered under a heap of stories, on Tuesday last,
runmc SMELLING BOTTLES.—The town of Liverpool 1 on the demesne of Rossenarra in this county.' "
is at least half a century in advance of most other towns, i
in the philanthrophy and consideration for the comfort of '
the people at large shown by the authorities. The me-
tropolitan authorities smuggle away their refuse and offal
through closed sewers, never allowing the inhabitants an
opportunity of inhaling their delicious odours; whilst our
own authorities kindly allow every class of onr population
to luxuriate upon those odours, straining up from the
gratings, which are considerately left open for the pur-
pose, every few dozen yards. Hence, nothing is so com-
mon and delightful to the humane, as to see here and
there in our streets asthtnatical persons and those of deli-

man jot

LETTER XIV

, ,ile mornini.,
Journals state that the e

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

DEAR SlR—After perusing these astounding facts from
the first authority in the kingdom who can remain listless
and unreflecting at his own assigned pest of observation ?
Arc not medical men in their calling—not only figuratively
but actually—sentinels at the outposts of this huge en-
campment of more than 300,000 souls watching the signs
of the approach, from any quarter, of the various ene-
mies which lie in wait around ? If no intelligence is
given of approaching danger or of actual attack, how
shall the camp be roused in time to stand to arms ?
A time of rejoicing has just passed over our heads, and
from this gratifying distraction and other causes, an inter-
ruption to my continuance of letters on the sanitary state
of the town has occurred, which I now propose to resume
on to the close.

Bedford-street, Aug. 14

THE NEW CHURCH AT CABBAGE HALL

The class of facts to be brought forward are no doubt
familiar to the medical mind of this town ; but it is not
for them, who do know, but for the public, who do not
know, taken collectively, that I write. All the medical
men need not write—although it would be well if some
more and abler hands would commence to sound the
alarm, until it produce an impression commensurate with
the magnitude of the evil.
The wise man says—" To everything there is a season
—a time to kill and a time to heal—a time to weep and a
time to laugh."
The late visit of bis Royal Highness Prince Albert
has been most truly a time of rejoicing; but who,
when reading the announcement that within the last
three months ten thousand lives have been sacrificed
in a part only of England to prev?ntible causes, will
not be compelled to admit that from the date of the
fact proved, a time for solemn reflection has not ar-
rived, even if before this, there had been little or no re-
sponsibility incurred by society on the subject. It is im-
possible for the whole community to turn away from their
plain oath of duty, which their feet must seek and pur-
sue—they must bestir themselves, for if not swayed by
motives of humanity, the instinctive dictates of selfish
fear will urge them to the work in pure self defence.
" The rich and the poor meet together" in their personal
intercourse and their reciprocal interests, and duties, nay,
even in their pleasures. How can either class suffer
then alone?

PUNCH IN LIVERPOOL.

I for one rejoice to see Prince Albert patronising the
efforts of this increasing port in two noble undertakings ;
and though aware that some suitable expenditure must be
thereby incurred, to do him honour and the town credit,
yet there could have been much less squandered away
over the pageant of an hour. Custom in such revolving
celebrations may establish a practice—Nos legem regit);
but does a legal propriety convey a moral propriety ?
They are often wide asunder, unfortunately. The plea-
sant fiction, when swallowed, must be bitter afterwards,
when the facts are duly reflected upon, which this town
is of all towns the most obnoxious to, and which the
Registrar-General has embodied in the following strong
but truthful language :
"The inadequate supply of water by companies, the imper-
fect sewerage in towns, the open drains and ditches, and the
general neglect of cleanliness, leave everywhere great quan-
tities of organic matter to decay and putrify in the midst of
crowded populations, In such circumstances the mortality,
like putrefaction, is always increased when the temperature is
high; and epidemics of diarrhFea, dysentery, and cholera pre-
vail. Many thousands of the people of England were carried
off in the last quarter by these diseases and others of the
zymotic fermentation-sprung class."

HOUSES ADJOINING ASHPITS WHICH ARE OVERFLOW-
ING LIABLE TO ATTACKS OF VARIOUS DISEASES,
ESPECIALLY TO EPIDEMICS.

In Duckinfield-street there are several cut de-sac courts
on both sides of the street ; the street itself is only one
great cul-de-sac. In three or four of these courts the
ashpits are at the present time overcharged, and for want
of proper attention are becoming daily an increasing
nuisance and source of danger to the people living in the
houses of such courts, and not only to these, but to the
frontage houses. Several cases of the cholera now epi-
demic have occurred in the street, and from the state-
ments of the residents, more than one has proved fatal,
both to mature and infant life. I have seen two cases in
the street myself, both of which I believe to have been
caused by the nuisances above mentioned. In one of
these families, occupying a front house adjoining a court,
the ashpit of which is full to overflow, I blamed the party
for throwing all their refuse, especially a lot of large
cabbage leaves, out into the street opposite their door ;
their reply was, that they had nowhere else to deposit
them, because the ashpit could no longer hold any refuse.
In this house the case was cholera in an infant.

The other case was one of very severe dysentery, oc-
curring in a poor woman, just on recovering after her
confinement ; and it proved obstinate under treatment—
as well it might, for bar house was at the top end of one
of these courts, the ashpit of which was more than full,
and her bed-room window, if it were ever rashly opened,
admitted the effluvia of this nosegay. She has
had two relapses, because these causes still operate;
therefore I ordered her removal to the hospital, to
give her a chance of recovery. How any one could
be otherwise than ill when so located in such a mal-
sanitary spot, it is difficult to imagine. The reader will
think such struggles with poverty bad enough, let alone
the cramped vicinage of all these opprobrious courts ;
but landlord's devices are not so easily done with as even
setting about the task of emptying places the law requires
them to bok after. They have in these courts a little pet
way of their own of managing matters : for instance, they
take a brick out of the wall of the ashpit, from the lowest
row of bricks, anti thus obtain an exit for the fluid lodg-
ment, which they carefully lead away by a gutter placed in
the middle of the flagged floor of the court, and thus carry
it to the street channel, where it finally sinks into the
sewer gratings, and so escapes. This, every one knows,
is contrary to the act of parliament; and, if this were all,
it might not be worth a medical man's trouble to expose
it ; but when it is also so clearly contrary to the sanitary
laws of nature, it becomes his indispensable duty to point
it out with a view to remedy. How can people be healthy
residing in a court along the pavement of which a steady
drainape, such as I have described, is daily and nightly
flowing ? Is it not a comparative farce to establish dis-
pensaries for the cure of diseases sprung from sources
which themselves want curing ? The engineer and sur-
veyor ought to pioneer the way to health, and then the
medical man follow, where and when lawful occasion
demands ; and not the contrary, where the doctor must
pioneer the engineer. But at present sanitary engineer-
ing has to be studied, and, when acquired, enforced,—
until which time dispensaries must multiply, and compa-
ratively fruitless charities flow, because society is altoge-
ther working traversely.

cate stomachs indulging in fits of coughing, or of nausea,
caused by the escape of various familiar smells or pun-

gent essences, which entirely supersede the use of those
preparations of the druggists. which the inhabitants of

. .
other towns are compelled to carry in their pockets. The
treat thus gratuitously offorded us is greatest in the
neighbourhood of the various soaperies and alkali works

in the north part of the town

LAUNCH OF A SPLENDID IRON "LINE-SHIP"
WITH AUXILIARY POWER.

On Tuesday last was launched, from the building-yard
of Messrs. James Hodgson and Co., south end of Bruns-
wick Dock, a large and beautiful iron ship " The Sarah
Sands,"—named atter the lady of Thomas Sands, Esq.,
one of the owners, intended to run as a regular " liner," be-
tween this port and New York, and with a steam-worked
screw propeller as an auxiliary to her sails. The day was
fine, and the concourse of spectators was very great and
of high respectability, including many of the " merchant
princes of our town and their fair wives, daughters, and
relatives. There were various stagez and stands erected
for their accommodation around the ship, so as to afford
a good view of the launch.

The ship is of very fine model, built from drawin,.,
our talented townsman, .nlr. John Grantham, and appears
as if she would turn out " a regular clipper-"
The following are her dimensions :-
Length of
Ditto over figure-head and taffrail
Beam....

In common weather, the above recited nuisances are
bad enough ; but let any one listen to the complaints of
the inhabitants near, when a change from fine to wet
weather is taking place, or at midnight, when all foul
things rise from their graves, and they will hear the
nuisance described in no measured terms.
The husband of the poor woman above-mentioned,
smarting daily and hourly under the nuisance of the

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drainage, proposed to the landlord to block up the brick
hole drain—the thing was objected to, on the score of ex-
pense, trifling as such must prove; the tenant replied
that he would go to the expense himself; then, as a
finale, it was urged by the landlord that, if done, it would
cause the liquid overplus to overflow the adjoining cellars,
so here the controversy ended. The cellars do overflow
with this filthy drainage even now, and yet all works on
as best it may ; the landlord claims his rent weekly, and
would be, of course, annoyed if the tenant, of his kind
courtesy, happened to fall into arrear through an illness
contracted at that landlord's instance.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.-MONDAY,

The usual weekly meeting of the members of this body
was held to-day. The chair was taken by Councellor
Fitzpatrick.

Such is the condition of tens of thousands of our fellow-
townsmen, and women and children, and yet the duties of
the rich towards a poorer neighbour, and perhaps an ac-

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heir eyes verygenerally are concluded

went for themselves, where

by, after the bulk of t

Mr. O'Connell moved for the suspension of the stand-
ing- order, to refer it to the committee to prepare a pe-
tition to Parliament, praying that the Arms Bill should
not be renewed. (Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Connell) had
reason to think that the meaning of the new bill was not
understood in Ireland, and he therefore thought that they
should be prepared to meet it, and protest against its re-
enactment. - (Loud cheers.)
Mr. O'Dowd (barrister) seconded the motion, which
was carried.
Mr. O'Connell banded in £1 from Tfr. Constaniine
Smith, who said he had hitherto refrained from joining
the association by reason of the conduct of the " Young
Irelanders.” He had now a pleasing duty to perform—he
had to read a most gratifying letter. Here it was—
" Reform Club, Friday, August 7, 1846.
" Mr DEAR SlR,—Although you affirm that a public
letter does not always carry conviction, I am sure you
will not be sorry to learn that your letter to me has done
so. Last Monday's proceedings at Conciliation Hall
have convinced me that the principle of moral force has
been finally adopted by the association, and 1, therefore,
no longer hesitate in enrolling myself a member. En-
closed is a five pound note for my first yeats subscription;
and I am, dear Sir, faithfully yours,
" Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. " CECIL LAWLESS."
He (Mr. O'Connell) had the honour to move that the
Honourable Cecil Lawless be enrolled a member of the
Repeal Association. (Loud Cheers.) He (Mr. O'Con-
nell availed himself of the opportunity to express his
heartfelt delight that the son of Lord Cloncurry, who had
himself suffered imprisonment for Ireland, and who bad
ever been the faithful friend of the people—it was truly
delightful to find that the son of such a man bad joined
the ranks of Old Ireland. (Cheers.)
The rent for the week was upwards of £3OO.

ge, old measurement

about 1000 tons

charity is enriched with the driv

'al A'Court of Amington
Hall, Towcaster, was solemnised at St. George's Church,
Hanover-square, London.
MARRIAGE OF LORD MAIDSTONE.—The Morning
Post concludes its account of this ceremony with the
following:—" Among the on dill current in fashionable
circles relative to the above marriage, is one which, if
true, affords a gratifying proof that even in these days of
matter of fact and cold calculation the spirit of gallantry
and chivalry, for which their forefathers were erewbile so
celebrated, is not yet extinct among the youthful scions
of our nobility. It is said that some time before Lord
Maidstone solicited the hand of his now lovely bride (and,
fixing a date at once, we may say immediately before the
last Derby race), his lordship offered to present the Lady
Constance with his celebrated horse Tom Tu'loch, from
which it will be remembered so much was expected, pro-
!), I vided her ladyship would accept it. The Lady Constance

sufficient for the merchant princes to give on occrsions—
and that gift in gold, often less precious than their time—
but they must learn to give wisely, and to bestow the same
energies they throw into their business, if the grand evils of
the degraded and degrading masses are to he met with the
wise cure. The " drop to the. bucket" plan will not do ;
thefuture will revealthe paltriness of the gift—a selfist ness,
not a charity—a staving off of a certain evil at one's door
not a sacred loan.to heaven in the name of charity! If
the definitions of this blessed word were rightly compre-
hended by the better classes, it would render its appeal
audible in louder accents than words, and re-echo from
our innermost selves, until the wretchedness and deara-
dation of our fellow-townsmen had been exchanged for
well-being and smiling content, through the persevering
efforts of a wisely guided philanthropy.

1111.111•11111==.1
THE C✓URT 4• FASHIONABLE WORLD,

IARRIAGE Is HIGH LIFE.—On Wednesday MOTH-
, the marriage of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
P., eldest son of the late Earl of Pembroke, and Miss

NUISANCES COMPEL POOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE

EXPENSE

AND INCONVENIENCE OF REMOVAL

A court in Harding-street had three ont-offices at the
top end, the contents of which were overflowing and run-
ning down the court—the pavement of the court has a
water descent—the condition was most unhealthy. In-
habitants move and change on account of the smell from
the neglected matters described. One party, an asth-
matic, left the town, as he said, and came up towards the
country for fresh air, and alighted in this little stinking
court, the "dirty vapour" of which he complained as ren-
dering his "change of air" something worse than useless.
Setting aside the disappointment in his medical object, yet
in an economical view is there no loss to society incurred
by fruitless changes? Most certainly, but what is that to
landlords whose pocket-selfishness restrains their duties?
I dont scruple to say that in this town, as everywhere else,
there arc numbers of landlords who are as much covenant
breakers as repudiators of scrip, bargains, or loans. Every
burthen thrown upon a tenant, contrary to express or
universally implied stipulation, is an instance of " grind-
ing the faces of the poor,' where it occurs in the smaller
cottages, especially such as courts like these are composed
of, and the tenants have only the horns of a dilemma to
choose out of, either in self-defence they must pay for

the strongest sys!em in iron ship-building. 'When loaded,
she will draw about 18 feet of water, and, though of beau-
tiful form, will carry, in addition to her required fuel,
about 1000 tons of goods— Her after-cabins will comfor-
tably accommodate 60 passengers, and there is ample
room for second and third class voyagers.
The screw will be turned by a double condensing en-
gine, of 200 horse-power, working directly upon the
shaft, on the principle patented by Mr. Grantham. The
diameter of the screw is 14 feet, and is on the principle
patented by Mr. Woodcroft, of Manchester. The en-
gines and boilers are all some feet below the load water
line, and, in place of causing top-heaviness, will serve as
ballast.
Captain W

C. Thompson, formerly of the Stephen
s part owner, and will command her. Her

middle square rigged

consented

to accept ' the horse,' al

,on the noble
her Ehe would

'he vessel is divided into six corripart-

iron bulk-

s, giving grea

P 0 J 0
safety in case of collision at sea, or of stranding. The
ship has a fine fiddle-head, with delicately carved flori-
ated on the trail boards.

The launch was beautiful. The vessel, on being re-
leased by the daggers being struck down, glided beauti-
fully down the waves; but, as if impatient of her pro-
longed restraint, before her whole bulk reached the
water, she kicked out the fore part of her cradle, as if
she fancied she would have rocking enough on the ocean
hereafter. She scraped the top of the river wall with her
fore foot, but so slightly, that no damage resulted. The
cheers, on her floating off and darting towards the Che-
shire side, were loud and enthusiastic. Her name was
given by Miss Sands, the, accomplished daughter of the
principal owner, and the young lady performed the cere-
mony in the most spirited manner. We noticed present,
on the platform near Mr. Sands, Dr. Tattershall, Messrs.
James Tyrer, W. Jevons, Joshua Edwards, W. Drury,
Kerr, Mould, Foster, Moulds, Prestman, and many
others of our mercantile townsmen, whom we could not
distinguish in the crowd.

Immediately after the launch, which took place at
about half past one o'clock, the invited company, to the
number of upwards of 400 ladies and gentlemen, sat down
to a substantial and superb dejeuner rrovided by Mr.
Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel, in the spacious mould
room of Mr. Hodgson's establishment, which was taste-
fully decorated for the occasion, Mr. Sands occupying the
chair. After the repast, the usual loyal toasts were given,
and the chairman proposed the health of our worthy dio-
cesan, the Bishop of Chester, which was responded to by
the Rev. Dr. Tattershall, who proposed the health of Mr.
Sands. The healths of the President of the United
States, success Ito the new ship, the healths of Captain
Thompson, her commander, Mr. Grantham, the archi-
tect, Messrs Hodgson, her builders, &c., were subse-
quently given • and, after a delightful entertainment, the
company broke up.
We und-rstand the firm of J. Hodgson and Co. built
the first iron ship to trade between this port and China
and the East. They are also the builders of the first iron

,r, To sail immediately.
't,t, For SANTA MARTHA,
AN,
--ii The fine A 1 Barque MARY ELIZABETH,
PATRICK THOM, Master ;
-1-,-,-
British-built ; registers 338 tons ; coppered and
d ; sails fast; will be found an excellent convey-
-For freight or, passage apply to
IMItIE and TOMLINSON.

copper-f
ance for fine goods