The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

election of Mr. Jos-. Gardner and Mr. Robert Blezard as
members of the board, by the vestry itself, was brought
before the meeting for confirmation, but it having been
discovered that the full legal number had been elected,—
Mr. Lowndes, the law-

4.erk. de

ded tk

the power of the meeting to confirm the election of these
gentlemen.—lt is worthy of remark that the two last-
named gentlemen, who have thus been disqualified, have

me opposition by Mr. Bighorn an.
L-rate of 2d. in the pound was laid.—

the board, and taken pa'

alread_
the ve.9
Mr. K
The surn.of £5O was then

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Welsh service in St. Paul's Church, mid £3O to St.
Mathias's Church.—On the voluntary rate of one half-
penny in the pound being proposed and seconded, Mr.
Earle rose and said that he had some objections to make
to that motion. He did not say that a small tax ought
not to be taken from the docks for the support of the poor
Irish ; but there was a great objection to tax people in
order to carry on a parliamentary warfare, in which they

would never succeec
tion who went to London in favour of the dock-rat
had received such a reception, that it would prayer

Then yc

going up on to
ver : No, it will not, Mr. Earle.—
have a deal inure pluck than I have, that's all_ (grea
laught&

with their tails un

their legs than that deputation had. It was awful (lou
laughter).—Mr. Ferguson . Were you there ?—Mr. Earle
No hot. T know as ninnh as von do about it. whether

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was there or not. You might hear smooth things said to
your faces by government, but when you had turned your

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these must be to come up here on s
(great and continued laughter).—Mr. Dover denied t
the deputation in London had been treat • • • •
courtesy as Mr. Earle had named.—Mr.
sir, I said courtesy (laughter).—Mr.
told that we must not go about it in the
we next made the application.—Mr. E
(These words were delivered in such a peculiarly emphatic
manner as to cause the whole assembly to indulge in an
immoderate fit of laughter.)—The voluntary rate was ulti-
mately carried by a large majority; and a motion of Mr.
Smith's, that £lOO be paid out of that rate.

ARTISANS' SOIREE

Earle : No, no,
Dover: We were

Ai ! ay !

On Tuesday evening, the Artisans' Soiree was held at
the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, when from six to
seven hundred persons sat down to a substantial and ele-
gant repast, provided by Mr. Garland, the keeper of the
hall. The hall was decorated with a number of paintings
and framed drawings, which presented an elegant appear-

The Earl of Sefton and the principal guests took their
seats on the platform, and immediately after the enter-

tainment comr

To add to the gratifications of
the evening, the services of Miss. Ransford and Mr.
Bishop, the well-known vocalists, were secured, who con-
tributed much to the pleasure of the guests;
The Chairman having called upon Mr. Bishop, he sung,
" In the spring-time of youth," Mr. H. V. I•
panying on the piano-for

neither talents nor

I,ewis acco r

Physical piTer to do ju.

subject. He had first to thank them for the kind manner
in which they had received him. He had for several
weeks past seen advertisements in the different newspa-
pers, in which his name had been used as having " most
handsomely" offered to take the chair. He took no merit

whatever to himself in undertaking that most pleasurabl
In the lottery of life, rank and wealth fell to th,
It was his humble opinion that the rea

duty
share of some

should set an example to their fellow-m
given that it might be used for the hem

Wealth was

own ca,
the sut

I befor

He felt •interested in everything relating to tl
welfare of the town of Liverpool, and more particularly
that institution which he had seen prospering so long

to many of them, and

it, but there

qu
pared with tl

Rent charges
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Weeding
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0 13 0
0 12 0

Housekeeping and inc

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0 3 6
0 1 0

£3 0 0

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O❑ Thursday last the New Church of St. John's,
7tham,_ was opened for public worship, on which occa-

Mr. Andrews delivered a very instructive and
ing lecture on the " Appearances of the Heav
1849. at Rainhill, on Thursday last. The audi

highly respectable, and, judgiti

)m the r

anchester en

fined a numerous party
is were General Earl

Bishop of Manchester
'fayor of Liverpool, 11

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