The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-01-16 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS

WOODSIDE FERRY.—At an adjourned meeting of the
Birkenhead Com missioners, on Tuesday, the subject of rais-
ing the ferry contracts was again discussed, when the re-
commendation of the Ferry Committee, to raise the con-
tract to £2, was negatived by a large majority—only the
proposer and seconder voting for the increase.—The
Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that the con-
tracts only contributed a seventh of the ferry receipts, the
total of which daring 1848 was £14,922; of which £1875
were received from contracts.—Several of the members
thought that raising the contracts would have the effect of
driving back again numbers of persons who had left Li-
verpool to live at Birkenhead.—Aft. Bentham said that
he was convinced the penny fare would never pay ; but
until the Corporation of Liverpool developed their plans,
it would be premature for the Commissioners to move.
SELECT VESTRY.—At the fortnightly meeting, on
Tuesday, the Finance Committee recommended that, as
Mr. Hart had many official duties to perform, he be not
expected to attend the meetings of the committees, but
be afforded an opportunity of visiting the different parish
offices for the purpose of exercising a generahlerveillance.
They suggested that one of the clerks should attend the
meetings of the committees in his stead. The recom-
mendation was adopted.—Dis. Gee and Burgess reported
that they had examined the condition of the paupers ad-
mitted into the vagrant-sheds at the workhouse, and that
they found the majority of them encased in dirt. The
smell from the sheds was very offensive, and they recom-
mended the use of baths and ablutions for the vagrants
admitted. It was understood that this recommendation
would be adopted. It was reported that there were 581
sick persons in the house, including 91 fever cases.—The
Chairman announced that a letter had been received from
the Poor-law Commissioners, which had been referred to
the Medical Relief Committee, with instructions to confer
with the medical men at the workhouse, but that until it

was reported upon, it had better not be publicly read at
the board.—Dr. Duncan forwarded a letter relative to the
treatment of cholera in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumfries,
and other parts of Scotland. It specified the symptoms
which usually accompanied the breaking out of the dis-
ease, and imparted many useful hints as to the mode of
treatment which had been most successfully adopted in
Scotland. It strongly recommended sanatory measures in
Liverpool, and the payment of additional medical officers.
It warned the public against being led away by any so-
called " specifics," and it advised that the directions of
the general board of health ought to be acted upon in
most cases.

LIVERPOOL ART UNION ANNUAL MEETING—DRAW-
ING OF THE PRlZES.—Wednesday was fixed for this
event, at the Rooms of the Academy, Old Post-office-
place, where a number of shareholders had assembled.
Mr. Joseph Brooks Yates was called to the chair, and
opened the business in an elegant address, expressing his
satisfaction at the position Liverpool held in being the
first town in the country in its support of art. He traced
the cause of this to the parents of the fine arts formerly
resident amongst us, referring, in terms of just praise and
greatest friendship, to his late friend, Mr. Winstanley,
and expressing the hope that the good seed sown by such
men would be widely disseminated amongst us. The
secretary, Mr. Barber, said that, spite of the bad times
and mercantile depression we had suffered, and were still
experiencing, the love for art was advancing amongst us,
and that already the legitimate—i.e., private—sales in
Liverpool doubled those of any other town in the kingdom.
From the report it appeared that the subscriptions were
£4O more than last year,—leaving £225 to be divided in
prizes. Every subscriber for the next year would

receive an original print, and it was to be hoped
that each might also receive a season ticket. The
report was approved of and passed, as were thanks to
the committee. The drawing then began, and gave much
amusement. The prizes were declared the property of
the several parties named below :—£3o, Thomas Norris ;
£25, " Annie, 21;" £25, James Robinson ; £2O, Jessie
Miller ; £2O, Thomas Redhead ; £l5, Owen Jones ; £l5,
T. B. Gibbons ; £lO, Samuel Thompson ; £lO, Robert
Greenharn ; £5, Thomas Clarke ; £lO, John Mather ;
£5, J. A. Black ; £5, J. B. Cooper ; £5. Jonathan At-
kinson ; £5, T. H. Syers ; £5, Arthur Henderson; and
£5, R. J. Keen. The last prize drawn was the first in
amount. namely. £4O. which was won by Mr. James Pel-

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Votes of thanks were

voted to the president (the Earl of Sefton) and the offi-
cers. The chairman ably replied. It is a matter of much
satisfaction to state, that the sales out of this exhibition,
including the Art-Union purchases, will amount to very
little, if anything, short of £lBOO, being at least £BOO
more than £1847.