The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

July 30, 1844.

broke out at the extensive homestead of Mr. W.D. Green,
of Greenstead-hall, Colchester, farmer and poor-law
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guardian. The fire originated in a stack of hay, and th e
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flames, driven by the wind, communicated with two
others, (containing in all about 90 tons,) and thence tUst
barn and granary, containing 80 quarters of wheat, I.osl.
coombs of beans, some oats, &c., and these, with the er
bles, a new waggon, and outhouses, were all consumed.
The engines came promptly from Hythe, but all efforteF
preserve the property were ineffectual, saving the dwell-
ing-house and some other buildings. A number of heart.
less wretches from the fair were about, and many of them
seemed to enjoy the blaze. The windows were broken DT
them and the beer cellar ransacked. The farm labourers,
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however, behaved well. Mr. Green was insured. 11.
premises, the property of Earl De Grey, was not insiur4
The damage is estimated at £2,000. Mr. Green is st,
to be an excellent master, and highly respected by his
and neighbours.
THE ROMANISTS AND THE DISSENTERS' ,15,10
BILL.—Sir Robert Peel thinks that the Dissenters' Li%
pels Bill legalizes our present holding as intruders n!`,
Roman Catholic endowments. Mr. Sheil knows better
than that. And we are convinced that he does so, f°,l_
his assertion that the Romanists supported the DisseuteVe
Chapels Bill to a man. We are further convinced Mil.
better knowledge of Mr. Sheil and his party from
O'Connell's visit to London simply to give his vocalia
favour of the same fatal bill. The reason is obvious. "A
Queen has now signed the Dissenters' Chapels Bill, an
as soon as O'Connell regains his liberty he will agitate spec
making Popery the church of Ireland, on the plea tilt
the principle of his motion is already conceded to him
the Dissenters' Chapels Bill—as it is—thus : Pope"
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under Henry Plantagenet, and Adrian, and Alexannel
intruded itself into Ireland. It occupied and iniproli
the church secularities. It found itself, and contin,,
for many years, unchallenged as an intrusionist. Nett;
theless, as an intruder, Popery was at length ejected. D„
this same Popery having never been since then for twee''.
five years together silent as to its claim to recover
holdings—and Protestantism, moreover, having constantl
been made sensible by the Pope, the Pretender, the WT.'
of the Boyne, tae Irish rebellion, Guy Faux, and O'Cerli
nell, cum nueltis aliis, that Popish claims were alive en..
energetic —it -would be unavailing for Protestantism "'
plead twenty-five years quiet and undisturbed possessis.
in Ireland since the Reformation.—Church and SO
Gazette.
ALARMING FIRE AT BOLTON.—On Tuesday afternOo
about half-past four o'clock, an alarming fire broke oat le
the scutching room, at the Coronation Mill, belongil
to Messrs. Bulling. Almost instantaneously the whole,.
room was in a blaze, and the flames rushed through the
windows, creating the utmost terror and alarm througr
out the neighbourhood. The blowing room, the smite!
ing room, and the mixing room, are all above the boiler"
house, and the staircase of the mill adjoins them. Into
this staircase the flames rushed, and filled the mill with $
suffocating smoke, and the means of egress being cut
by the fire, the situation of the hands was, for a timer
most critic -il, and the cries of the women and children
truly heart-rending. At the end of the building next the
street (being the farthest from the fire), the men brow'
the windows on both sides of the mill, and halting
fastened a number of driving straps together, they des'
cended by them, fortunately without any accident takit
place. The women and children were all fortunately
rescued with no further injury than the fright they 1111:
sustained. The fire engines were promptly on the sir':
Part of the building in which the fire originated hen3_%
fire-proof, the progress of the flames was not so rapid 'm
might have been expected. The flames having bee
extinguished, the work-people commenced throwing thie
smouldering cotton through the windows into the yard
whilst one of the engines played upon it, and at elg,ui
o'clock all apprehension of further damage was remove'
A quantity of cotton has been destroyed, but the daroage
will not be heavy.
ATTEMPTED CHILD MURDER.—On Friday morning,"
young woman named Eliza Daly was taken into custodf
by the Manchester police, charged with attempting!
destroy her infant child, and also with concealing t°'
birth ; and her mother of the same name was afterwards
apprehended charged as an accessory to the crime. About
three months ago the prisoners and a brother of the
younger one arrived in Manchester from Cork, and took
lodging with a woman named Evans, in Bedale.street,
Hulme. The daughter worked at needle work, and the
son was employed in a warehouse. On Friday morning
a night-soil man discovered in a dust hole, in an entry
at the back of the house where they lived, an old dres,ll
so curiously wrapped up that he examined it, and found_ll
to contain a newly-born infant. The face was uncovered
by the cloth and in the fall into the hole was slightly
bruized, but the child was alive, and a woman in !ie
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neighbourhood took it into her care. Inspector LiPslt_,
hearing of the circumstances, made enquiries, and leer .%
ing that Eliza Daly, the daughter, was suspected by 40
neighbours to be pregnant, he went to the house. i:
daughter denied having given birth to a chiid, or hallo
been pregnant. The inspector, however, found in. tb,
house and yard indubitable traces of recent child-Woe
and took her into custody, when a surgeon certified 0.
fact, and also to her delicate state in consequencesrecksw
mending her to be takep into the hospital of theokeu.
Bailey for three or fou‘rdays—to which she was to
On the way she acknowledged that she had given
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a child Mrs. Evans with whom she and bet ""
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child cry, and suspecting what had happened went into the
daughter's room to ascertain, but was forcibly ejected by
the mother, but not till after she saw the daughter sitting
in a chair, with something " hutched up" in her arms.
The old dress in which the child (a fine boy, now doing
well in the workhouse) was found is, it is said, identified
to be the property of the elder prisoner. The case up to
Saturday had not been judicially investigated.

THE QUARTERLY TABLE OF MORTALITY•

The quarterly table of the mortality in one hundred
and,
fifteen of the districts (including the principal towns) or
England has just been published, showing the number:
of deaths in the five springs, 1838-42; and the number nt
deaths in the spring quarter ending June 30, 1844. A.
considerable diminution is exhibited in the number or
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deaths in this town during the last quarter. The quartrll
average of the number of deaths during the last five years
is 1875; the quarterly average during five springs, 170;
and the quarterly average of the last spring, only 1547.
The District of West Derby shows an increase, in the
average of five years, being 569, of five springs 455, and
of the last spring quarter, 526. We extract the following
from the remarks on the general return :
The Quarterly Returns are obtained from 115 districtS•
sub-divided into 576 sub-districts. Thirty-four district!
are placed under the metropolis, and the remaining
the
principal comprise, with some agricultural districts, ti"
principal towns and cities of England. The populati°ll
was 6,578,912 in 1841.

The deaths registered in the last quarter (ending June
30th) amounted to 38,925, which is less by 7,116 than the
deaths in the previous quarter, and 1,283 less than the
average of the corresponding spring quarter in the 5
years, (1838-42.) Allowing for the increase of the touts
population, the mortality was 10 per cent. below the
average of the season.

The reduction in the mortality has been unequally dis-
tributed over the kingdom; but, as a general rule, it 11°
been most remarkable in the large manufacturing tits'
tricts.

Average of five previous Deaths in the
Spring Quarters, Quarter ending
1838-42. June 30. 1844.
Manchester 1 543 .. 1,260
Salford....
Ashton and Oldham.. 1,377 .. 993
Leeds
Sheffield ..
Stock port. . .
Liverpool
Birmingham remained the same ; and in a few of the
other manufacturing districts, to be shortly mentioned'
the mortality was above their average.
Districts in which the Mortality was higher than Ms
average Mortality of the Spring Quarter in the same du"rricts.-The south districts of the metropolis, Porton
Island, Northampton, Bedford, Clifton, Stroud,
Here;
ford, Kidderminster, West Derby, Wigan, Bradford
Merthr-Tydfyl.
Districts in which the Mortality was lower than the
average Mortality of the Spring Quarter in the sane
Districts.-Brighton, Oxford, Norwich, Dorchester:
Bristol, Worcester, Wolverhampton, Stockport, 148u
clesfield, Great Broughton, (Chester,) Liverpool,
Bury, Bolton, Prescot, Manchester, Salford, Ashton,
Sheffield, Huddersfield, Leeds, York, Sunderland, Tyne-
mouth, mouth, Newcastle- on-Tyue, Pontypool,
An-
glesey.
notes transmitted by the regis-
trars The following are the
of the several districts:-
Greatd street.-I have registered 20 deaths
Howar -
from small pox, 18 not vaccinated, and 2 after vaccination'
one of which was vaccinated two days after it was takes
ill.
Dale-street.-The deaths in my district are fewer by .93
in the general number than the previous quarter, the (W.'
trict, I conceive, being in a very healthy condition. Still,
there is an increase of 10 deaths more than the last (MT
ter in the disease of small-pox, without previous vacc..
nation.
St. Thomas.-The deaths this quarter are 80 less the
the last, and 25 below the spring of 1843: this if
quarter
the smallest quarter since the commencement of the lw;
gistration Act, which has now completed its seventh Yes" -
the number for the whole year is 40 less than the gliej,
ceding year, and 57 under the year ending June, 1°.17,
The principal diseases are, hydrocephalus 14 ; phthisis :'„g
bronchitis 16, pneumonia 22, diarrhcea, &c. 13, Preston,
boOPro:
cough 9, teething 9, dropsy 8, croup 5, measles 6,
quests 17, delirium tremens 2. f 75
Islington.-There is a decrease in my district of j
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deaths, as comparing with the corresponding quarter '-
last year.
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quarter
Saint George.-The number of deaths in my d
ristr ,t(
this quarter is 42 less than the corresponding
last year, and 71 less than the preceding quarter; OPs;
quently, the district is remarkably healthy.
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West Derby.-There is an increase of 27 in then
..„rt.
of deaths as compared with my last quarterly rejlog
Particulars : teething 2, epilepsy 1, smallpox 3, eceal___ol
1, decline 12, convulsions 15, haemorrhage from the 1.," 5,
1, dropsy 6, cancer of the womb 2, water on the braint_ 7,
consumption
palpitation of the heart 3, scarlatina 6, inflamma
01 Ileor
12, tubercular phthisis 1, decay of nature or
the lungs 5, paralysis 2, child birth 1, asthma 2, aP ll 1,
1, measles 1, croup 5, liver complaint 3, haematerner;39o
hooping cough 3, inflammation of the chest 2, in nel,3".„,rs-
tion of the brain 2, inflammation of the bowels 2, u''' 41
tion of the stomach 1, hydrocephalus acutus 1, inques do
Great Crosby.-Little or no epidemic disease
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nner.
present quarter is below the average. ,
Toxleth-park.-The mortality in my district for tk6