The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

mith those present in.

D'add:

be. quite• unnecessary

Le institution

Mr. HARMOOD BANNER read the retort, which was
the seventh annual one since the commencement of the
It announced gratifying proofs of the utility
which had never flagged,but had year 111.

institution

the last, and if ft-continuectio-go on in the same ratio the
complement that coultibe received into .-the house would:1
before long be. made.up,. There had been admitted, up to
this time, 122 :children,. Three only bad died—one- of:l
them last year, Nineteen had beer. _apprenticed ; and-
there were novr one Naindred in tire asylum, all doing
credit to the matron (Miss Davies), and the teacher (Miss -
Sanders), wllo,still held:their situations, Circumstances,.

including deaths, removals from the locality, &c. had a
_ _

former supporters

"family

as now a

fore, thanldaLl for thepast, claimed from the benevolent.
only in common with: the other charities of the town, the
steady support•hitherto given without urging a preference.
He was glatt, to. say-the accounts were favourable. The
sum of .El,O 495. of arrears had beeu,received, and of sub-
scriptions £944 19t.,; also £32 fore needlework dole by
the orphans. These sums, with some interest, made the
receipts of :the, year £990 9s. ldt. The total disburse-
ments, including some repairs, left & balance in foveuruf

the institution ot,-.1;57 14Is. bd.
Mr. BANNER added, that notwithstanding the dearness.
of provisiousi thtpchildren weresupported, in the comfort-
able manner in which tbey,Were,-.seen, at about £9a-head.
He had also.to.announce donatiOns, &c., to the- amount
of £578,185... 91., which the subscribers would', have to.

invest.
The Rtv. Mtr: HIGGINS, ommoving the first resolution,
entered: at soave length into >the• blessings of " home,""
and home anZ domestic education, concluding by corn-
parino• the institution to a; well, regulated home. The
children ,were- not unduly coerced.. Along with- a proper
and requisite- degree of discipline„ they were allowed a suffi-
cient degree, of liberty to enable those who superintended
them.! to knew their disposition, and to correct Outt was

wrong
stn in

They were all thoroughly happy in:4M sc
e play-ground, and religiously instructed as

feeliaigsof-gratitude for. the kindness they,had received,
and'xeminisences of theitteachers and scho,ol-fellows that
would cemduce to their good conduct and. happiness- in
after life. He moveathat. the Report rind_ accounts be
minted and distributed:

This was seconded;by Jrs. NICOLE al4 uaaniraously

—Jo the clergy who
had• preached durin the past year in behalf of the insti-
tution.—Secondedlby Mgrs. James Lwrence, and carried.
Mr. BANNER in the names of the two committees
for the ensuing dear, Mrs. Jones being proposed president
of the ladies' committee, and Mr, Pptter, president of
the gentlemen's..7—Seconded by Mrs. Mocatta, and carried.
Mr. M'CRAcicEiv, in moving thanks to Mr. Banner,
secretary and treasurer, paid that gentleman ahigh com-
pliment. He had rocked it in its, cradle ; had seen it be-
come a fine cshild ; and he hoped would be spared to wit-
ness its full mat-tic:4y.
Mr. BANNER in returning thanks said that his first
wish at the- commencement of the institution was, that
they should,have a building of tI - • this 0-

obtained tus seeonc
dren ; this, too, they now bad

neir own; -ney had
,hey., should have 100 chil-
His present wish was

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extent ofr accommodation fir 11=1; and he believed a few

by. Miss Mocatta and carried.
Thp. CHAIRMAN neatly, replied, mad the meeting sepa

I rated'

1 VIRST DR

iSS RHILHARMONIC CONCER
•LAST NIGHT., •

The late hour at, which this concert concluded, oom-
biped with the awkwardness of our postal arrangements,
which, to save the post, compel us to go to press at( twelve
o'clock, precludes the possibility of our giving anything
NTT- ' 1

a

best pieces ware Weber's scena from " Der Fteischutz,"
by Miss Rainforth ; Allen's aria from Donizetti's "La
Favorita ;" Miss Sara Flower's cavatina,. from Doni-
zetti ; and the concluding " Quartet E Canone," which
was beautifully sung by Miss Rainforth, Miss Sara Flower,
Allen, and Henry Phillips.

ASTERS ANA MATES.—At a meeting of the Board of
held at the board-room on Tuesday, her.

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