The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY.

THE annual meeting of the friends and supporters of ti'
institution was held in the Clarendon-rooms yesterday' 31r-

Edward Heath presiding.
The Secretary, Mr. CAMPBELL, read the following
REPORT.
Your committee have no particular feature to notice tbe,
working of this charity during the past year except the c9ii,
tinned and increasing advantages of its operation. The
lowing figures will show to the subscribers the very belleap,
results that their bounty has secured to so many poor pecP al
who otherwise would have to suffer unaided by Incd
advice.
The number of patients seeking relief this year for disease'
of the eye has been 4,169, and the attendances 15,497, beiug°„
average visit of 3.72 for each patient. The number for diseal,
of the ear have been 1,270, and the attendances 4,627, beill
an average of 3.63. • el
In addition to the above, 75 persons have been maintail?.
as in-patients, and 143 operations have been performed duds''
the year.
Your committee have great pleasure in bearing testi ,
generally to the zeal and attention of the medical officers,
well as to the success which has resulted from their skill-
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There has been no alteration in the staff this year, the sat,
continuing to conduct the management of the institution W.'
efficient and satisfactory manner.
The finances of the charity are in a fair position ; but, sti:
large proportion of the revenue arises from the precaric,e
source of donations, the committee are anxious to press in,
claims of this valuable institution upon the attention of to
subscribing public.
The committee gratefully acknowledge the receipt oi
legacy of £5O from the executors of the late J. Stringer, -0"'
The treasurer, Mr. War. HAIGIT, read his report, frly
which it appeared that he had a balance of £145 ls. 6d• •
hand.
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The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the rep a
and accounts, said it was most gratifying to perceive the stea
position of usefulness the institution maintained. It W 35,15
strong fact in favour of maintaining the contributions towar`lt
this institution, and inducing others also to contribute, rll%
so large an amount of good had been done by administeri%
well and systematically the comparatively small amorrilt
placed in their hands.
Mr. LIVINGSTON seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the Corl;
tion of Liverpool, for their handsome donation of £lOO. 1„
also proposed a vote of thanks to all the other donors and srl"
s c bheer sduringmotion
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by
Mr. NEILL, and unanimonslY
adopted.
It was announced to the meeting that Sir John Bent had
given twenty guineas ; and that ten guineas had also been re"
ceived from Mr. Welsh, in aid of the funds of the institutioll•
A vote of thanks was then passed to the president and vice-
presidents, and the officers for the current year were 31,?:
pointed ; the only change made in those of last Ye?:,
being the election of John Stewart, Esq., to the presidency
the place of J. A. Tobin, Esq. Thanks were voted to tIT,
medical officers, who were re-appointed. In moving a vote °!,
thanks to Mr. Heath, the retiring president, Mr. Janie'
Holme said he was sorry to see that, although the institution
at present was in a pretty prosperous state, the subscriptions
had greatly decreased, and that if it had not been for the CorPcr
ration grant their expenditure would be very nearly equal to
their income. He hoped that the inhabitants of the tow?'
would come forward and liberally support so useful an instr.
tution by annual subscriptions, which, after all, formed the
most beneficial support. The proceedings then closed.

ATROCIOUS MURDER and ATIEMPTEP

SUICIDE in TOXT.ET_H--PA..RK.

YESTERDAY morning, about half-past six o'clock, a fright-
ful case of murder occurred in Prince William-street, Toxteth'
park. The victim of this atrocity was a woman about thirtY
years of age, named Sarah Drummond, and the perpetrator of
the crime was a man named John Ferguson, who had cohabited
with her for the last twelve months. The two had, at an
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early hour in the morning, in company gone to the Rut
Castle public-house, where they had some ale, and left. DI
short time Ferguson returned to the public-house, and, in au
excited tone, addressing a man named Thomas, with w 1,03111
the deceased had previously lived, and by whom she had two
children, said, "I've cut your wife's bloody throat." Inquiri
was immediately set on foot, which proved that the aesertioo
of the wretched man was too true, his miserable victim being
found on the footway with her throat cut, and quite dead-
although blood was still flowing from the wound. Ferguson
was immediately secured, and conveyed to bridewell, where it
was found that he had attempted to add suicide to his other
crimes, he having inflicted a considerable though neither yell
serious nor dangerous wound on the right side of his neck. 00
being searched, no knife or other cutting instrument :05
found on him.

From inquiry, we learn that the prisoner, who is abellti
twenty-five years of age, has been long known to the police s'
an extremely bad character, as a reputed thief, and the assn,
ciate of thieves ; and that his unfortunate victim had also
been leading a life of wretched intemperance and wickedness,
along with the prisoner and his depraved companions. The
two, it appears, lived in the house of the prisoner's mother, at
87, Prince William-street, and here, and almost in the pre
sence of his parent, he perpetrated that foul crime Ivbit;
launched his guilty companion into eternity. On leaving the
public-house, where, it appears, some altercation took place
between them relative to a jacket, or some trivial matter, theY
went to his mother's, the latter being at the time in bed,
a corner of a cellar in which they all resided. Immediately
on entering, the quarrel was renewed between the prisoner
and the deceased, the latter of whom was heard to utter a 13f.-
culiar and faint cry, accompanied by a gurgling sound, as
something were flowing into her mouth and down her throat'
The prisoner then said, " God bless you : now I'll take thee t(,),
the hospital." They both, it appears, then left the house, but
had not proceeded a hundred yards when she fell down,
hansted from loss of blood, and almost instantly expired. 111_:
No formation having been conveyed to the police, the body "
removed to the dead-house.
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for me; here I am ; I am the man who did the deed." After
somewhat of a difficult search, detective officer MacCulloch
discovered the knife by which the horrible deed had bill
perpetrated. It had been thrown on a dung-heap, and when
found was wet and completely covered with blood. It is a eora-
mon pocket clasp-knife, with a short blade, and was very
sharp.
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before the sitting magistrate at the Police-court. The cab'
was not gone into, and the proceedings were merely pro ford'
He was remanded till this day, when an inquest will be held
on the body by the borough coroner.
Many rumours are afloat in reference to the immedi3tet
cause which led to this horrid tragedy. One df these is, tbas
the quarrel arose out of a threat on the part of the female t_v
denounce some of Ferguson's companions to the police, ,
perpetrators of various crimes. Indeed, it is said that the de'
ceased had, some time ago, declared that she would have the
—meaning some of his companions—"snitched," and that the
prisoner answered that assertion by saying,if she did, be
would cut her throat.

PANORAMA OF THE SEAT OF WAR.—Gompertz's
and spirited panorama of the seat of war in the East will 1?e
continued open for exhibition for the whole of this week v;''
Queen's Hall, Bold-street. It_is painted in a spirited style',
and being on a very large scale, the various points and
cidents of the war are vividly delineated on the canvas. The'
various scenes are described in a clear and succinct manner,
and as a whole the entertainment is of a highly interestOP'
character.

SABBATH DEFENCE ASSOCIATION.—So great has been the
interest attached to the movement here, and so desirous are
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the public generally to take part in pushing it forward, 613'
St. George's-hall, large as it is, has been found inadequate t4l.
accommodate the numbers anxious to be present. Under
these circumstances, it has been deemed requisite to bald,.
another meeting, in the Concert-ball, simultaneously with that
first announced, to be presided over by Adam Hodgson, P4'
which, without doubt, mill also be well attended,

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