The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

ROYAL INFIRMARY

-ANNUAL

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The annual meeting of the trustees of the LiverP t
Royal Infirmary, and Lunatic Asylum, was held 110
eleven o'clock, yesterday, in the Board-room of the
......d Edward
rs. Gibbon,R . Esq .
' Hutchison,p
Matthews, C. B. Robinson, H. Perkins, T. D. 11°r°
institution.we re
pre
and A. North, Esqrs.
est
Mr. Hutchison, in submitting the annual statento t,
of accounts and report, said that, by the laws or 01,1
senEt
institution, they were bound to hold their o°,o
esicd.edirtirre,ll:ls,..,
meeting in the second Monday in January, but as it.b"eit
impossible to get in all the accounts by that date, 'a.
custom was to submit a statement as closely apPr°s7elf
ting as possible, to what the facts would ultill3'oo
show, and then, in a few days afterwards, issueileir
report in a perfect form. It would be in their ree°'rjr,
ti'm that they had commenced the past year under -pa
cumstanees unfavourable to the institution. IlleLt it
then the heavy balance of £1,400 against them; ,:ti 00
had arisen from circumstances over which they 03-aiii,
control, and which, he hoped, would not occur 3,s'r,if
The years 1853 and 1854 were exceptional years; °Oil
they looked over the returns, they would find that, Isnr tiitit
in the previous twelve years there had been a fair ani..4 it,
of income coming in, in the years 1853 and 18; 01
rapidly fell off. They had three principal sourc%tea
revenue, namely, the dividends arising from ilive- iti
stock, subscriptio, s, and legacies, and donatiolitcriP:
the two years he mentioned, the dividends and sul'ops '
tions were the same, but in legacies and donat'tw- bile
very considerable falling off had taken place ; for, • the
the average receipts from that source alone, f°,3l. ad
previous twelve years, had been £1,400, in 18''3 ace'
1854 it was not more than £l,OOO. That circurns', it
and also the increase in price of nearly every arti,c,,'vistl,,
consumption, would account for the fact of their 01,40 v
had to commence the year with a balance of 4 hick
years, veil
against them; but he was happy to say the appeal.rbeen
they had, in consequence, made to the public, hia",,,ies
most liberally responded to. The donations and 1e,771.2!' it
during the past year amounted to £3,017 (X2' 500
thandonations,in any andyear t 275
during
the exception of 1846, when the amount had 151
inthleegparceiveiso)u,
sbfiefitnegena larger voth
£3,415, and in consequence of that increase, an
a saving on the drug account, which had been re- paa
from £640 in 1854, to £460 in 1855, the trustees of
been enabled to reduce the balance, with which tl
sf'_
commenced the year, to £4OO. He had no doubt °Die
with proper care and management, they would be sore
to go on, though provisions were 4-1 per cent. '-tee#
than in the past year; but, at the same time, the trits,,blo
hoped that the public, by a generous aid, would e°" jl5
it was not generally known, he wished to mention '5ll,
there was now established, in connection with the i11‘,05,
them to maintain the institution in all its efficiencY'oat
tution, a relief fund, which was made up of donattl-tlio
and administered under the superintendence °' ell
chaplain, in relieving poor and deserving patients,or
leaving the hospital. They had commenced last )tlie
with £26 12s 6d; £9 14s 6d was disbursed duriliSgt
year, and there was now a balance on hand of Xl'" oil
The report, and statement of accounts, were °'-1
mously adopted.
by O'
On the motion of J. Matthews, Esq., seconded ' 's(l,'
il Le
Es motionq. ,
M.P.,of t
Langton, Esq , thanks were voted to ohn Naylor' .tj,,a.
for the manner in which he filled the office of Pres; 100
Horsnfat
for the past year, and for his- liberal donation o'
guineaso towards the support of the institution. pq rffe
same gentleman, Thomas
.ide
for the ensuing year.
nf, aft6l
The formal resolutions were then disposed - ' which the meeting separated.
the same
unanimouslyl elected prse:e ilw

SO
The Paris correspondent of the Times writing ° 0
cel)3':
day, expresses an opinion that every hope of Pea" I
not yet passed away. nn
The Emperor of Austria displays great firmile-sso'osa''
insists on the unconditional acceptance of toe Pr°,.`er.
of which Count Valentine Esterhazy was the bea

BIRTH.
On the 13tk inst., at 28, Price-street, Birkenhead, Mr°'
Spalding, of a son.

DEATHS. Bea
On the 13th lest at her son's residence, 9. upper
_d 4.
ettif
Mary, relict of the rate John Nelson, Esq., of Carlisle, agrziyaD
On the 14th inst., at her resithrice, 8, Dingleview, '—
relict of the late Robert Job, Esq., aged 6) years.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, lila