The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-22 00:00:00

THE DISPENSARIES.—The funds of these excellent chari-
ties are, we are sorry to find, quite insufficient to meet the
ordinary expenditure. The institutions, in fact, are many
hundred pounds in debt. This circumstance will, we trust,
induce the benevolent to come to the aid of the dispensaries,
and by subscriptions and dnnatinn. I

litiumaLc butsEanaing debts, and meet the current expenditure.
Meanwhile, we have great pleasure in announcing the receipt
of the handsome benefactions of £lOO to each of the dispen—
saries from the Misses Colquitt, at the request of their late
sister, Miss Mary Colquitt. The treasurer has also received
£4O from Miss Hilton, at the request of her late father ; and
£lOO from Wellwood Maxwell, Esq., as executor to the late
John M'Adam, Esq., formerly of this town.

CURE OF SQUINTING.—It is an extremely pleasing and
satisfactory result of modern science, that that obliquity of
the eyeball called squinting, can be cured in the most perfect
manner by a short, delicate, and not very painful operation.
Our townsman, Mr. Robert Atkinson, has operated M a great
number of cases, and with invariable and complete success.
We perceive from an advertisement that he is about to visit
Liverpool, the inhabitants of which town may safely apply to
him to cure the disfigurement referred to.—Leeds Mercury.
THE " PORT OF WARRINGTON."—CaPtiLI Ellison, the
owner of the flats that have so successfully and so recently
succeeded in bringing cargoes direct from Ireland to Man-
chester and Warrington, is now about to make Warrington
an export town also. The Conservative is now at Bank
Quay, taking in a cargo of railway waggons consigned to
Scotland, and will sail in the course of a few days.—Man-
chester Courier.

GRAND PROTESTANT CONFEDERATION OF LOYAL.
ORANGEMEN.-A new lodge in connexion with the above
association was opened on Saturday evening last, at the house
of Brother Henry Pennington, Wheat Sheaf Inn, Bedford,
West Leigh, for which occasion the room was tastefully de-
corated with evergreens, artificials, flowers, fruit, elegant
banners, &c. About 100 of the brethren partook of a most
sumptuous repast, which was served in a manner highly satis-
factory to all present. At the conclusion of the dinner non
nobis domine was sang by the glee singers present, and on
the removal of the cloth, the chair was taken by J. M. Sil-
rester, Esq., G. M., of Great Britain and Wales, supported
by Henry Rigby, Esq., Gregory, Esq., and others. The
vice-president selected for the occasion was William Hurst,
Esq., of Leigh.—Manchester Courier,

BRIDGEWATER CANAL PLATMEN-It will be gratifying
to all who feel interested in the moral welfare of watermen,
to know that Lord Francis Egerton has accepted the kind
offer of the Rev. F. Master, vicar of Runcorn, to undertake
the special pastoral superintendence and instruction of his
lordship's numerous body of flatmen and others employed on
the Bridgewater Canal at Runcorn : and for the purpose of
carrying the benevolent offer of the vicar into effect, a com-
modious room is ordered to be

prepared upon the premises of the Bridge.water establishmenij,
wherein the men can assemble at convenient opportunities
for instruction ; besides which special religious services will
be afforded them at the parish church. This increased duty,
solwillingly undertaken by the vicar, we fear will be '—
than his strength will long sust&-

.s, .n, and we hope to hear o,
him sharing the labour with a good and active curate.—
Manches:er Courier.

THE BANK OF MANCHESTER.-SWINDLING
EXTRAORDINARY.

(From our own Correspondent.)

On Saturday morning, a person called at the Postoffice,
Manchester, just at the time of opening, and called out for
the number of the box assigned for the letters of the Bank of
Manchester. This call was responded to by the clerk in at-
tendance, by whom the letters were delivered to the indi-
vidual in question, though such individual was a stranger.
It fortunately happened that the London parcel from the
bank's agents, Messrs. Dennison and Co., was so large that
the box assigned for the letters would not admit it ; and, in
consequence, it was laid aside, and therefore not delivered
with the letter. There is some, though not a sufficient excuse
on behalf of the delivering clerk, for so careless and strange
and negligent a proceeding, as the crowd in attendance is so
great, that, unless a point was made of distinctly recognizing
each person to whom the letters were delivered, that such
an occurrence may be supposed as not unlikely to 'occur.
The amount contained in the letters cannot of course be
very soon ascertained, as the bank must be ignorant from
whepce remittances might come on the morning in question.
Notice, however, was promptly given to all the banks in
town and neighbourhood, with a caution not to take any
notes or bills from strangers. This caution was effective in
one case, viz., in that of a check presented to Jones, Loyd,
and Co., for near £5OO. There being sonic hesitation on the
part of the paying clerk, the person presenting it left the
bank, saying he would call again, but this he neglected to do.
If any further particulars trrnspire by five or seven o'clock
you may expect a further communication.