The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

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THE WATER INQUIT

Rio on Thursday.
The cases of Mr. M`Donald,
,tt will not be ready to enter on his

is the short-hand writer's notes.
Rev. David Brown, late of Dumfries,
he pastoral charge of the Scotch

urs contemplate a benefit for Mrs
low of the late lamented comedian

The Liverpool subscription

last, Francis White, child of
treet, fell into a basin of boil-
and was so severely
,d fatally on Monday.

tries terruir

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'ray in the (hair, it was

it any alteration in

y a young man, named Andrew
it a house where he lodged in

the necl
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who had formerly

good authority, th

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been in very low spirits, the

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a child two

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through tl

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proof that
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a deputation from the teachers and
s of the tiverpool Mechanics' Institution waited
late secretary of the institution, at
presenting a gold
watch, as a mark of their esteem, on his resigning the
office he has held with so much honour to himself during
the last five Tears.

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Liverpool amounted to £BOO. The success of the collec-
tion in Liverpool has been most decided. The attendance
on the last week exceeded a thousand persons nightly, ex-
clusive of the day exhibition. On Tuesday fortnight up-
wards of thirteen hundred persons visited it in the evening.
This amount of success could only compensate the pro-
prietor, considering his heavy expenses, which would as-
tonish by their magnitude, were it prudent to name the
sum. The band, which may truthfully be said to be un-
rivalled, costs many hundreds per annum.

LOCAL MEETINGS

THE SEA SERPENT.-At the Polytechnic Society's
meeting last week, Mr. Cunningham made some remarks
upon the sea serpent, and stated that a friend of his had
a stuffed snake in his possession about. 15 feet long, which
had been captured by some seamen belonging to the ship
Bencoolen, about three miles from the coast of Java.
The animal had raised its head two feet from the water as

and was secured bl
'-vs

if to attack the persons in the boat,
means of a boat-hook. It was kept alive for three
and subsequently stuffed. Its diameter was about six
and ten at the thickest part of the
,n stated that he had been told, on very
at snakes had been known to attain the
length of twenty feet in the fresh water tanks of India.
POISONOUS NUTS.—At the meeting last week of the
Polytechnic Society, Mr. Archer exhibited some nuts,
many of which had been eaten by various individuals,
producing in all symptoms of cholera. The seeds bad
been imported from Lisbon, and were supposed to be
those of the castor oil plant ; some difference could be
detected, though of an unimportant nature. Mr. Hodg-
son stated, that on one day last week there had been no
less than forty cases of poisoning reported at the South
~. Dispensary. The symptoms in each were violent vomit-
.ers- ing, purging, and extreme debility.,. so as to give rise to
)loyed at the works the belief t}

cholera of a formidable nature had made
its appearance. On examination, it appeared that every
person affected had been eating some nuts (so called)
which had been procured from a bag that had burst in its
transit from the ship to the warehouse. From the de-
m of the seeds, they were similar to those
Mr. Archer. Fortunately none of the pa-
Many members bore testimony to the
acrid qualities of the castor oil seed,one gentleman stating
that he had suffered most severely for two days from eat-
ing one only. It appeared that the comparatively mild
castor oil was procured from the Cotyledons only, and
that the substance which acted so powerfully upon the
system resided in the albremen of the seed.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the IT'
day (Mr. Tinne in the chair), the building surveyor sub-
mited plans, and the inspector of nuisances the number
of cesspools that had been emptied during the week.
The police, it was stated, were co-operating with the
health officers in the suppression of nuisances. Dr.
Duncan, in reply to Mr. Parker, said that the repair of
the middens, the court flagging, and the channelling, had
done more than anything else to improve the sanatory
condition of the town. A case of cholera was alluded to
by Mr. Walthew. Dr. Duncan said it was only an ag-
gravated case of English cholera. Deceased was an artil-
leryman from Scotland, who had got drunk on Friday,
and was attacked and died on Sunday. This had been the
only case in the town for three weeks. The attendance at
the bath-houses had amounted to 9553 persons, and the
receipts to £llB 18s. At the wash-houses, 21,400 dozens
of clothes had been washed during the week, and the re-
ceipts had been £45 17s. In addition to the above, 206
persons bad bathed gratuitously. It was agreed that the
Sub-committee should be open to all the members of the
Health :Committee who chose to attend, the committee
to meet at Cornwallis-street every Tuesday at 12 o'clock

reefing on Thurs-

The Sub-committee appointed were—the Chairman and
Deputy-Chairman, cx officio, and Messrs. J. Holme,
Bennett, Walthew' and Hodson.
Sift HUGH OF LINCOLN.—At the third meeting of the
-ry and Philosophical Society, a paper was read by
curious tradition and the popular poe-
try connected with this person. It appears that for se-
veral centuries there has been a tradition among the peo-
ple of Christian nations to the effect that the Jews sacri-
ficed a Christian child once a year, to use his blood in
mysterious rites. Many in-
ons have taken place, criminals have confessed or
, and executions have consequently taken
_:..count given by Matthew Paris of
on- Hugh, a child eight years old, at Lin-
was compared with the facts partially confirming it,
I,rov .ht to light by some repairs of the cathe-
‘ then entered on an investigation of the
which he acknowledged the kindness of
of this town, in furnishing him with certain

el by facts, and that it bad originated in the
vestigation was thrown into a ju-

of interest ; but some of the gentlemen present thought
that the charge was slightly against the accused while the
verdict was strongly in their favour. Four copies of the
popular ballad were then produced, and two of them read
The first was that published by Peter, nearly a century
ago; then Jamieson's, Motherwells, and a version reco-
vered by Dr. Hume in the north ot! Ireland. The four
rented in print, side by side. like a harmony ;
is other copies were noticed, including one in
The origin of the tradition in modern
noticed, at Damascus and Rhodes ; but, by the
of Sit Moses Montefiore, and the liberality both
' ohristians, the question was closed in 1841,

At the fortnightly meeting on
Tuesday, Rector Campbell presided, and read a letter
gent to the City• of Dublin
'-man said that the steam-

aking paupers

at only 2s. 61:1

and moreover that they

in the screw steamers at

me price at which they were brought over.
.ence to Mr. Briscoe's election for St. Paul's
Mr. Shimmin's alleged interference therein,
mmittee of Finance having reported that they
ned several witnesses as to the allegations made
Immond against Mr. Shimmin, and expressed
trong condemnation of his conduct, a long discus-

place as to his being reprimanded or dismissed,
hich ended in the whole subject being referred back to

and not accounting for it in die

and altering the dates, with instructions to lay
the evidence before the next Vestry. The following gen-
tlemen voted in the division on Mr. Earle's amendment
for Shimmin's dismissal:—For it—Messrs. Abraham,

rd, Gardner,_ Urquhar

Earle, and the

it it-

Molyneux,

Hodson, Riding, Cafferata, Clarke, Hand, Mactaggart,
Bennett, Avison, Whitby, Shakeshaft, Poole, Woodruff,
Wylie, Hindley, Mellor, and Ferguson.--Mr. Atherton
was elected pay-clerk.---Mr. Charles Pim and Mr. Adam
Pringle were elected members of the Select Vestry.—The
;e Committee reported that there were 2,008
nd 112 fever cases in the house.—Mr. Riding
e of motion, for the next day, to appoint Miss
schoolmistress at the Workhouse, at £25 per
Dard, washing, and lodging : and also to raise
iss Lightburn's salary to the same rate.—The Indus-
al School Committee reported that there were only 43
k at the school

—The Medical Relief Committee re-
ported that there were 1295 cases of sickness in the seve-
ral districts of the town. Mr. George Luney and Mr.
George Howell were appointed out-door dispensers of
medicines, at a salary of £6O per annum each.—The
Building Committee requested that reports and estimates

ising the fever-sheds at Brown-
low-hill one story higher, in order that these sheds might
be rendered available in the event of cholera breaking
out in Liverpool.—Letters were read from Mr. Taylor

complaining of the late decision of the Vestry to dismiss
them at the expiration of three months ; but it appeared to
be the general opinion that the decision was final, and could
not now be reversed.—The Chairman said he had received
a letter relative to vagrancy in the streets. It may be in
Mr. Wylie's recollection, said he, that when we issued
our first proclamation, requesting the parishioners to give
no money to unknown beggars in the streets, he raised
an objection to the word " unknown," and wished it to
be left out, and the proclamation to have reference to all
beggars in the streets. My answer to that was, that some

hioners were ioo

pay a

ons, and that if we asked t
to do too much, they would do nothing at all. I

er upon this subject, written in a very
d bearine a handsome seal. The Chairman
the letter, which was signed "A Ratepayer,"

in their official

or the poor of the parish," and added
of the charitable societies were not