THE PROVINCES.

Sanitary State of Liverpool.—A Mr Henry Laxton has published a very thin pamphlet, in the shape of a letter to Dr Lyon Playfair, who has been appointed, under the commission of inquiry, to examine and report upon the unhealthy state of Liverpool. But though Mr Laxton's pamphlet is very small, it exposes evils too complicated and large to be remedied without vigorous, continuous, steadily-applied exertion. Groups of houses packed together, with scarcely room for the inhabitants to stir; open cesspools continually sending up their poisonous exhalations, and in hot or wet weather so infesting the air as to render it almost insupportable; smoke from the factories and steam-vessels, which, when the wind is westerly, covers the town, blackening the buildings, soiling goods, and, mixing with the other gases already generated, forming one general conglomeration of deleterious vapours; the state of the inhabited cellars; the neighbourhood of which exhibits scenes of barbarism disgraceful for any civilised state to allow; an inefficient supply of that great necessity of life—water; inefficient drainage, which is only adapted to carry off the surface water;—these are but a sample of the general state of Liverpool, and at the same time very distinct and efficient causes of its excessive mortality.

Sheffield.—It is now understood that there will be no immediate vacancy for Sheffield, and that both Mr Ward and Mr Parker will retain their seats.

Henry Damar, Esq.—The Dorset Chronicle publishes a long account of the festivities which took place at Milton Abbey, in Dorsetshire, on the 5th instant, on the occasion of the coming of age of the proprietor, Henry Damar, Esq.

Proposed Public Meeting in Birmingham.—On Monday a deputation waited on the Mayor of Birmingham, with the requisition requesting him to call a public meeting to petition the Queen to dismiss her present ministers. The requisition was signed by nearly one thousand merchants, manufacturers, and shopkeepers of the town. There was not the name of a working man attached to it. The mayor, however, declined calling the meeting, observing, that although he might not act in accordance with the wishes of many most respectable individuals in the town, he had made up his mind not to call the meeting.

Attendance of the Lancashire Members of the House of Commons in the Session of 1843.—The total number of divisions in the House of Commons, during the session of 1843, was 220, in which there voted—

Times.
1.Joseph BrothertonSalford191
2.Dr BowringBolton153
3.Lord StanleyN. Lancashire129
4.William Sharman CrawfordRochdale120
5.Thomas GreeneLancaster102
6.Charles HindleyAshton92
7.Sir Howard DouglasLiverpool88
8.John Wilson PattenN. Lancashire82
9.John Ireland BlackburneWarrington75
10.Viscount SandonLiverpool69
11.John FieldenOldham61
12.John HornbyBlackburn61
13.Peter GreenalWigan60
14.Thomas Milner GibsonManchester56
15.Sir George StricklandPreston53
16.Hon. Richard Bootle WilbrahamS. Lancashire50
17.Edward CardwellClitheroe47
18.William FieldenBlackburn47
19.Peter AinsworthBolton34
20.General JohnsonOldham32
21.George MartonLancaster31
22.Mark PhilipsManchester26
23.Sir Peter Hesketh FleetwoodPreston19
24.Richard WalkerBury16
25.Lord Francis EgertonS. Lancashire9
26.Charles StandishWigan9

Destructive Fire at Halifax.—We regret to learn that a fire broke out early on Saturday morning, in the warehouse of Messrs James Acroyd and Son, worsted manufacturers, Bowling Dyke, near Halifax, when the building, together with a large quantity of goods, was entirely destroyed. We understand that Messrs Acroyd were insured to the extent of six or seven thousand pounds, but that the loss considerably exceeds that amount.