The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-05-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY.
A T the ANNUAL MEETING of the Friends of the DIS-
_AL 'muff PROVIDENT Y, held at the Savings
Bank, 17th May, 1836.
The Rev. A. CAMPBELL, Rector in the Chair.

Mr, James Irving, Treasurer, read the Treasurer's Account,
and Mr. R. L. Carr, the Report of the Committee.
Moved by the Rev. Thomas Bold, seconded by the Rev.
J. B. Winstanley, and resolved,—That the Report and Abstract
of the Treasurer's Accounts be approved and adopted, and that
the same be printed and circulated as early as possible.
Moved by Dr. Matins, seconded by the Rev. C. Morrall, and
resolved,—That the thanks and best acknowledgments of this
meeting be presented to the President, the Vice-presidents,
the Treasurer, the Secretaries,andtke Members of the Ge-
neral Committee, for their zeal aniKdiligence in discharging
the duties of their several offices.
Moved by the Rev. R. L. Townsend, seconded by Mr. Ed.
Cropper, and resolved,—Tbat the thanks of this meeting be pre-
sented to the Members of the District Committees, for their
benevolent services during the past year.
Moved by the Rev. James Lister, seconded by Dr. Reynolds,
and resolved,—That in recording their grateful sense of the
manner in which the Visitors have fulfilled their arduous duties,
this meeting regret that they have again' to notice the de-
ficiency in this department of the Society's operations; but, at
the same time, from the prospect held forth in the Report of
the Committee they do not yet despair of the Society accom-
plishing the objects which were contemplated at the time of its
institution.
Moved by Mr. R. L. Carr, seconded by Mr. Browne, and re-
solved,—That the thanks of the Society be especially presented
to the Rev. It. W. Lawrence, upon his retirement from the
duties of Secretary to the Institution ; an office which he has
discharged for three years with ability and attention.
Moved by Mr. James Irving, seconded by Mr. G. B. Carter,
and resolved,—That this meeting record their deep regret at the
loss which the Society sustained during the past year, by the
death of their Treasurer, Mr. Richard Dobson, who, by his
unwearied attention to the general interests of the Institution,
and his able administration of its financial concerns, contri-
buted perhaps more than any other individual to its present state
of usefulness.

Moved by Mr. John Eden, jun. seconded by the Rev. Thos.
Gardner, and resolved,—That the Worshipful the Mayor be re-
quested to act as President of the Society for the ensuing year:
that the Rev. Jon. Brooks, the Rev. A. Campbell, Rectors;
Mr. James Cropper and John Moss, Esq., be Vice-Presidents;
that Mr. James Irving, be the Treasurer; Mr. R. L. Carr,
and the Rev. Richd. Appleton, be the joint Secretaries.
That the following gentlemen constitute the General Com-
mittee for the year ensuing :•
Rev. J. Aspinall, A.M.
H. Berry,
R. Blacow, A.M.
W. D. Blundell, A,M.
T. Bold, A.M.
Mr. J. Booker

Rev. T. S. Bowstead, A.M.

Mr. W. H. Buchanan

Rev. It. P. Buddicom, A.M.
Mr. John Cheveley
Thomas Clare
Richard Cooper
Edward Cropper
Rev. R. Davies, A.M.
Mr. J. Eden

J. Eden, jun.
Rev. M. Formby, A.M.
T. Gardiner, B.A.
Mr. E. Gibbon

T. Gladwin, L.L.B.

Mr. Geo. Groom

Rev. T. G. Leigh, A.M.
Mr. H. Lucas
M. Martindale
Rev. J. B. Monk, A.M.
C. Morrall, A.M.
J. North, A.M.
0. Ormerod, A.M.
J. Picton, A.M.
J. C. Prince, A.M.
T. Raffles, D.D.
;Mr. R. Rathbone
T. W. Rathbone
William Reynolds, M.D.
Mr. H. R. Sandbach
R. W. Scott, M.D.
Rev. —. Spencer
J. H. Stafford, B.A.
J. Stewart, D.D.
T. Stringer, M.A.
'l'. Tattershall, A.M.
J. R. Tetlow, A.M.
J. H. Thom•
It. L. Townsend, A.M.
W. Tvrer, B.A.
. J. B. Winstanley, A.M.
C. Wray, A.M.
Mr. J. B. Yates

Rev. 'l'. Halton, A.M.
J. Hassall, A.M.
M. Hawtrey, A.M.
W. Hesketh, A.M.
Mr. A. Hodgson
D. Hodgson
Rev. C. W, Lawrence, A.M. ,
Mr. Wna. Shand and Mr. John Marriott, Churchwardens.
JAMES SHAW, Agent.

Moved by the Rev. A. Campbell, seconded by Mr. James
Irving, and resolved—That the approbation and satisfaction of
the meeting are due to Mr. James Shaw, the Agett, for his in-
tegrity and zeal in the discharge of his duties.
Moved by Mr. Richard Rathlione, seconded by the Rev. C.
W. Lawrence, and resolved,—That this meeting cordially and
gratefully receive the offer of the " Ladies' Visitor Society,"
to arrange a system for obtaining a regular supply of Visitors,
and that their request, to be furnished with Maps of the several
Districts into which the Town and its Environs are divided be
referred to the General Committee.

Moved by the Rev. C. T. Gladwin, seconded by the Rev.
James Lister, and resolved,—That a respectful application be
made from this Society to the Mayor and Council of the Town
and the Borough Magistrates to forward its benevolent objects
by directing the particular attention of the Police to the Beer
and Spirit Shops, in the facility of resort to which much the
greater part of the present immorality and destitution of the
labouring classes originates.
Moved- by the Rev. James Lister, seconded by Mr. Thomas
Clare, and resolved,--That the thanks of this meeting be given
to the Bev. A. Campbell, for his kindness in presiding on the
present occasion, and for his conduct in the Chair.