The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-13 00:00:00

MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Yesterday the Chamber held a special general
meeting to discuss Mr. Leppos's proposal of tribunals of
commerce for the metlernents of disputes without rewrites
to the courts of
law. The following remilutioa was
adopted
"'That the members of this Chamber, having heard the
proposition which has bee. brought before them, agree as
to the desirableness of establishing a court of arbitration in
the city, em • plan, similar or otherwise, to that advocated
by Mr. ; sad that, in order to test whether the mar.
cautile community is favourably ioclined towards such •
scheme, circulars be sent oat to sll the members, request-
ing their return within a limited period, with an e:preset=
of approval or disapproval."
s plan if adopted, the dime.
According to Mr. Leppoc'
tors of the Chamber would issue 'to their vinstitimets •
list of members of the Chamber, with a request for its
return with a math placed against the name of everyone
considered eligible to sc.-. as • referee In commercial dis-
putes, and from the gentlemen so indicated the referees
would be selected. Twenty-four would be **appointed for a
period of not lam than 12 months, three to form by rota.
tion a tribunal to meet weekly or fortnightly. While 24
would be a number large enough to combine representatives
of all commercial interests and departments, the judicial
quorum being only three, there would be no necessity to
call upon stymie to act more than otos in trio months.
To the court would be attached a registrar conversant with
trade and mercantile usages, and andputation and stand-
ing, who would command respect confidence. As the
deetelons of the tritons' could not at present have any
binding lapl authority, it is provided that before the pre.
holism, steps for beariog sMN were taken, both dispu-
tants should be required te sip a formal declaration. by
which they agreed to make such dionisses at ones binitisg,
and pledged themselves sot to disturb them by having the
cow se to a court of law:

Hosierrer. FOR SIC/ CHILDRItIf.—The fourteenth
anniversary festival to aid of the funds of this institution
was °slob/Med yesterday at Willis'. Boma, King-street,
Bt. James's, under the presideocy of Mr. Beresford Hope,
M.P., who, in proposing "Prosperity to the charity," gave
an interesting Narrative of its origin sad progress, end
placed its claims to public benevolence vivtdiy infers the
company. It appeared that when the hospital was opened
be 1862 it contained only 20 beds. By the end of 1864
theme bad hem gradually multiplied to 82, and duri tag the poet
year 13 more had been added. The total accommodation
Dow afforded is 37 beds for boys and 38 beds fer girl?.
making 75 is all. The number of is-patients admitted
during the past year his, owing to the itcrease4 accommo-
dation, been more than in any jreviotts year, or 658 instead
of 584 A set 11 farther increase of admission might be
looked for is 1866, since the present orraneements were
not completed till the summer was already for advanced.
The number of cut-patients has remained nearly
stattosare. having been 11.800 in the past year,
and 11,623 in the year 1864. In this, however,
the committee saw no cause for dissatisfaction, since
they were eciavieeed that the limit bad been reached of
the numbers who could be treated ellciestly in the pre-
sent building and by the existing medical staff. As each
pays, on an average, eine visite to the hospital, these
numbers mamma more than 100.000 visite in the year,
sod entail on the medical oMests the duty of prescribing
for some 320 children on each of the six days of the week.
The&manses from all slums tiering the past year, Men-
de' of them given at the sasivenary festival, ham been
somewhat smaller than in the year 1864. They amounted,
in the former year, to 3,5381. 18a., while in the year ins§
closed, they reached only to 3,2341. 10e. It was, however, on
the snood subteriptioes that every iostitutioo of this cha-
racter must mainly depend ; and it was therefore grafifyiag
to know that those subscriptions still coatinned to W-
ens" the amount baying risen from 1,9774. is
1864 to 2,302/. in 1865. The expenditure bad increased from
4,281/. to 4,6101. in the present year. Of this merest.
2001. had bets innroPristed Cu Pert Ferment of the ex-
melee incurred in the alteration and enlargement of the
hoepital • the remaining 1321. represented pertly the the
of the ad:Knead number of patients, end partly also the
bleier pries of the memorise of life. In spite of this,
however, the committee had been able to make some addi-
tion to the invested capital, the aocumnlation of which we.
en object at thilideepsd imposition, for the state of the
mania houses, independently of other considerations.
eelete rebuilding of the hospital to
of --