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terfere. The coroner immediately gave Mr. Gilmour to
understand that if death ensued he should take the most
prompt steps, and concluded by giving the surgeon legal
notice of the case, upon whidh Mr. Gilmour expressed his
determination to give his best attention to the case. The
verdict was, died from starvation.

ALLEGED DEATH OF A PAUPER LUNATIC FROM VIO-
LENCE.—On Thursday an investigation took place into
the circumstances connected with the death of John My-
ers, whose death was stated to• have resulted from vio-
lence inflicted upon him by one of the keepers of the lu-
natic ward in the Liverpool Workhouse. The evidence

of Daniel Morrey was to the effect that he was a pauper in
the Workhouse, and had been appointed one of the under
keepers to the Lunatic Asylum. He was an inmate of

the asylum, but his conduct was not violent. A man
named Hug,h Evans, one of the under keepers, used to hit
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pushed him out of the dry house, and at the time it was

snowing heavily. The unfortunate deceased fell to the
ground with great force, but did not complain afterwards
of being hurt. Subsequently he (Morrey) had seen Evans
strike the deceased with his open hand on the forehead,
and also with a strap, and there were marks of violence
which appeared to have been produced by such means.
The deceased was taken ill sivirtly afterwards, and conti-
nued in a debilitated state until Saturday last, when he
died. On being questioned Morrey stated that lie had
never made any complaint to the governor, the head
keeper, or the surgeon, as to violence having been used
towards the deceased. It appeared, also, that Morrey
had been sent to the mill, by order of the governor, and

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had been convicted of felony. The governor stated that
no complaint whatever had been made to him ; and the
evidence of Mr. T. F. Grimsdale, surgeon to the house,
went to show that deceased had died of general debility,
connected with the state of mind. Mr. Grimsdale added
that he had freqi

itly visited deceased, but no complaints
ill-usage, and the keepers were not al-

lowed to inflict any description of punishment, or even to
use any kind of re ;traint, without his orders. This'state-
ment was corroborated by Mr. John Timmon, one of the
honorary physicians, who had frequently seen the de-
ceased. The jury returned a' erdict in accordance with
the surgical testimony.

LOCAL MEETINGS

CHuncg MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—We understand that
the Liverpool Church Missionary Committee have ar-
ranged to hold a Missionary meeting in the Concert-hall,
on Friday evening, the 19th instant. The object of this
half-yearly meeting is to fgrnish an outline of the history
of some of the most important missions of the society.
The mission in the Island of Ceylon, and that in N. W.
America, on the banks of the Red River, will be the sub-
ject of two lectures by clergymen. _

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARTES.—The annual meeting of
the subscribers took place on Friday, at the Parish-office ;
the Rev. Jonathan Brooks in the chair. MA Gibson, the

secretary, read the report, from which it appeared that,
in consequence of the diminished recepts, the institutions
were in debt to the amount, of £415 18s. 6d. The num-
ber of patients relieved in 1846 were—North Dispensary,
24,388 ; South ditto, 22,538. Total relieved in 1846,
49,926; in 1845, 38,884, shewing an increase over 1845 of
8,042 patients. A series of resolutions, which will be
found in our advertising columns, were then passed.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meet-
ing of this club was held on Tuesday evening. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were admitted members by ballot :—Sir
Arthur Aston, Knight, G.C.8., Owner of a new yacht,
building, called. the Sonnambula; Newton Saville Scottf
Esq., and Duncan M`Vicar, Esq., and two other gentle-
men were proposed for next meeting's election. Two
models were deposited in the club-room, one of a full
sized cutter yacht, and the other a very beautiful built
model of the new Liverpool pilot-boat, lately built at Ips:

with for Mr. Hudson, y master pilot. This latter vessel
opens a totally new field in the annals of the Liveipool
pilot-boats.
WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting
of this body was held on Thursday ; Mr, Winch in the
chair. The by-laws for the regulation of coaches and
cars, with a scale of rates, &c., being the same as those
adopted at Liverpool and Birkenhead, were read, and
several alterations being proposed, they were after some
discussion approved of. George Wilkinson and William
Kelly were granted licenses for coaches and cars, subject
to the regulations proposed by the commissioners. A let-
ter from Ji,R. Grote, complaining of the bad state of the
foot-path the left side of Church-street, near Egremont
Ferry, was referred to the improvement committee for
consideration. A letter from Wm. Nisbett, complaining
of the imperfect state of the Post-office arrangements at
Wallasey, and suggesting various remedies, was also re-
ferred to the improvement committee.

LIVERPOOL AND ISLE OF MAN STEAM-PACKET COM-
PANY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in
pany was held last week, in Douglas. The re-
ort stated that the increase of passengers for the four

summer months of last season, over the previous one was
10,712: that freights of goods for the six months had in-
creased ; that the ship Tynwald had been added to their
stock at a cost of nearly £22,000, and to defray part of
this expense, the sum of £8,250 had been raised by the
creation of new half-shares ; and that the dividend of five
per cent., which was expected would be given at the meet-
ing, was likewise withheld for the same purpose. The
value of the four steamers, namely, Tynwald, King Orry,
Ben-my-Chree, and,Mona's Isle, was stated at £50,121.

The directors have it in contemplation to run the
Isle between Ramsay, Liverpool, and Whitehaven
DISSOLUTION OF THE ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION
LIVERPOOL.—On Monday evening last, a meeting of this
body was held at the Portico, Newington, Liverpool, for
the purpose of bringing their existence to a close, which
was deemed advisable in the present state of affairs.

Mona's

Most of the leading members of the association were pre-
sent, amongst them being Mr. Thomas Blackburn, Mr.
J. B. Cooke, Mr. James Harvey, Mr. F. Boult, jun., Mr.
C. E. Rawlins, junior, Mr. D. Bulley, &c., &c. Mr.
Charles Robertson proposed, " Thaf, inasmuch as the two
great monopolies of corn and sugar-were in a fair way of
being destroyed, and as the leading statesmen of the
country had recognised the principle of free-trade, as the
guiding rule of future commercial legislation, it was ex-
pedient that the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association
should be dissolved." The motion was carried.

DOCK COMMITTEE, TIIURSDAY.—A report was read
fromrofo rt expressed
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alterations suggested by the Marine Surveyor, which
would be of advantage to the navigation of the port : they
proposed, in addition, that the upper Hoy lake light should
be masked, so as not oilebe seen so far to the west by
so, that a strong fixed light
beab oeuxthoi
bniet-etah ifromrd
in conjunction
efsaucrnth position
ifoht up the
with the Rock Light, as a leadinagsmtharVb
Crosby Channel. The secretary was ordered
commu-
nicate with the-Trinity Board on the subject. Theare-
Ware-
house Management Committee reported that they had
re-heard the case of Hugh Williams, wharfinger at the
Albert clock warehouses, who had been dismissed for mis-
conduct ; but he did not bring before them any new mat-
ter calculated to alter the previous decision. Mr. Hors-
fall thought there were reasons why Williams should be
reinstated, and some discussion ensued upon the subject,
several members being of opinion that the punishment of

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dismissal was too severe for the offence committed. u
timately Mr. Horsfall submitted a motion to the efreci
that Williams should be reinstated, which was seconder
by Mr. Wood, and carried by a majority of 8 to 5. Se.
veral appointments were made to the Albert dock ware.

proved'of. The Chairman said he had received a letter
from Mr. Cubitt, relative to the landing stage. It was to
the effect that he had been down and examined the work,
which he considered in a very forward state, and had no
doubt the stage would be ready for use in April next. A.
letter was read which had been received from the govern-
ment authorities relative to the Tidal Harbour Bill. It
stated that the Harbour Conservancy Bill of last year
would not be proceeded with, and that a modified bill,
affirming the right and superintendence of the crown, and

creating the same machinery, and exercising it so as to
meet the principal defects pointed out by the Tidal Har-
bour Commissioners, was under' onsideration, and in the
event of such bill being framed, the best attention would
be given to the allegations contained in the memorial of
the Liverpool Dock Trustees

- - _ .—.n. apvtaaa ..2eting of the Select
Vestry was held, on Thursday, to take into consideration
the suggestions of Mr. Austin, the . Assistant Poor-law
Commissioher, with respect to the Irish vagrahts. A
special committee had been appointed to carry out Mr.

Austin's views, and they now presented their report.
They had divided the town into twelve districts, and ap-
pointed two relieving officers for each district. The duty
of these officers is to visit the Irish poor at their residences,
and to those only administer relief, in the shape of tickets
for bread and soup. The relieving officers have been se-
lected from the police force ,• they are to receive ss. a
week in addition to their usual pay, and are under the care
of two inspectors. In order to prevent imposition, the
tickets for each district will be of a different colour. Soup
will be delivered at the present soup establishments, and
bread will also be delivered at Gill-street and Fleet-street ;
but as the premises at Pickup-street are not sufficiently
commodious, a house has been taken in Northampton-
stalrseoet for
the delivery of bread in that district. It has
ennffit atnhde
shoabe
determined that no relief, except in sick cases,
ppalonyti
_ e administered to the Irish casual poor at the
stepsw
vagrantser beingewho
appliedtak e n forfor
rfindingelief. Temhe-
committee had i advertsed for suitable premises, and