The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-27 00:00:00

should be adopted to secure the permanency of gee;
pressions. From the financial accounts it appeared
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the society was in debt to the amount of £49 59. 1";iirl
resolution was passed to the effect that, as the peee' ar•
difficulties of the institution were but for the present cP
tially removed, it was incumbent on those interested
„p•
its continued existence to renew their efforts for its ,to
port, and that with such view, application be made t°
clergy and ministers in its behalf. 05
SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meetieg°
chair

held on Tuesday ; the Rev. Rector Campbell, cw
The minutes of the Finance Committee included clif,
returns which had been forwarded to committee a 13_,/,d
Rushton, the stipendiary magistrate, containing oe,:,7be,
statistical account of the number of prisoners broug"
fore the magistrates for various offences during the fot
and previous years. It appeared from the minutes ;01,
there had been seventy-four candidates for the eigh,,t :t s
lectors of rates, which the Vestry had determined is
former meetilir to appoint, and that the committee to,
reduced thatirumber to twelve, out of which number;
Atkinson, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Downes,
Arrowsmith. Mr. Christian. Mr. Hampson, and gr. that
tam were elected. It was resolved by the committee to,
the necessity which exists for further accommodattottolst
indoor paupers be laid before the poor-law board, end tot
it be recommended that the necessary steps be taken ot•
the immediate enlargement of the house to a size PrePos
tionate to the increasing wants of the parish. After 900,
discussion the proceedings of the committee were-Aid
firmed, and the feeling in favour of at once proem:,
with the enlargement of the workhouse was unanilocni;es
The report from the Industrial School Committee ris,
very favourable account of the education which thefot
mates are at present receiving.—A letter was read toe
Mr. Dowling, complaining of the great annoyance t°,rhe
public caused by the night asylum in Soho-street. here
letter complained that the class of persons who went tctid
as inmates were in the habit of using the most disge-ros,
language, and were composed chiefly of thieves and P
titutes.

Docx COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on
day, the sub-committee for opposing the Dock 'ratio
Bill presented their report. It stated that " the dePu'or
had had interviews with the leading members of tbetbeit
yernment, and were eventually assured by them of git,
intention to oppose the bill ; while members of the b° oat
of ells parties, equally, and most readily, promised were
committee their support. So numerous, indeedL
these assurances, that, coupled with the effect of tnisce
dared intention of Government, your committee
reason to believe that, if the motion for the secondr, $0
ing had been passed, it would have been rejected ,
almost unanimous vote of the house; a fact whiczytlie
committee think it right to record, for the sake 0 em
conclusive proof which it affords of the opinion of of
bars of the Legislature, and the country general'taa!
the principle of this measure, (the rejection tlP°`l,,
other ground of private bills being seldom resorted !.toR
that stage,) as well as of the hopelessness of anY t!'d be
renewal of the same attempt."—The Chairman s°l tbl
wished to be understood as not pledging himself t° ofr
report. He entertained his former opinions on the big
ject. If he were right before that there was solnetwitti
illegal in their proceedings, he was right still. ,tol
respect to the report. The object of the special we:bee
was to consider the bill for separating the trust, and!.bd
was not a word said in the report as to that. He 0...%ft
to know whether the sub-committee took steps to refit,
that bill before the Standing Orders Committee ?-1,00,
Nicol, said that before the deputation proceeded t° ~/
don, that bill was thrown out on the standing orde
e.ibet
Mr. AIKIN said the notice calling the meeting der,
stated that the business was special and ifloportsProno,
was the opinion of many gentlemen that the spec°,
important meant not only one aggression, but ato get
variety of aggressions, and they had happened n?sc,s,,atlil
rid of some of these aggressions.—Mr. TOBIN WISI'd
bill had gone to the second reading, because the o'
f
ments used would have prevented the measure from ceed
brought forward another year. As it was, the Pr°depir
ings were only pushed back.—Mr. MANN said the 0,01
tation wished the bill to go to the second reading, bjejogll
the number voting for it would have been We'" r
insignificant.—Mr. BOLD : Not exceeding ten.--cKa to
BINSON : Those who "fight and run away,
fight another day."

FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.—The ~t,
sleeting of this association was held on Wednesday' *
Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street; Mr. Charles tiLotfr
in the chair, in the absence of Mr. Robertson Gla"-tint
The Chairman, in opening the business of the riefooll
congratulated the audience upon the fact, that f'°„(11,:l
were the principles of the association being adon
the manufacturers but also by the agriculturists, wha got
now deserted the Duke of Richmond ; they '11,°,011;
adopted the Cobden budget, especially that part svir;100:,
ferred to the repeal of the malt tax. After having ~P,
some inconsistencies in the conduct of Mr. Wl.lsl°;ao
editor of the Economist, in one of his financess4
ments, he stated that the words of the old toast tie j
Colonies, and Commerce."—meant quite the rectebee.r4
the meaning attached to them by the tories of ,j
school, and he objected to colonies being establisroft'
the support of the lazy drones of society; in proc",,dl 100
he quoted the cases of the colonies of Demerara, v..,0
and British Guiana, which he stated cost the countqcotr
shillings in the pound upon the cost of the articles "01
sumption. This he attributed, in a great MeaSlirela, A
absence in those countries of the laws of free trar, tY
the countries where free trade prevailed, he proll:00,4
the principles advocated by the association were brer.4
After a general allusion to the state of the colonies%ritr,
the chairman next adverted to the state of Gre/3,,,.5c1el
and Ireland, and stated that if there was a free 4,,19:4
land—at least in the management of the land i" illd
with
hsentht
ewgarseaotnislty
hheaelfeficutslitievatesedei,e—tyit. 1:01
m whichu
the association with regard to the 125 admirals liafri4
attendedchaptleased at the way in which the late stater'
received by the country and he expressed some cu p,
priPl
•

as to whether any of these admirals wow(' rust. •:- wov,
as had been the case with a general who had sigoosei
himself upon the tailoring question. As to the co
ance of bullion by ships of our own, the chairlpflopi
thatthis was merely a source of emolument tc:c.
and admirals on the station. The amount of t_
of income was one and a half per cent., which 105.06
into three portions,—one quarter went to the and
the station, one-half to the captain in comman°' 01
other quarter to Greenwich Hospital. But cbaoctio.
as these were only given to some few favoured pale
the words of Mr. Cobden, he thought this was o
n the right direction. True it was, that by t11:4,0
s of this day, he saw that there was to be !'r,,e

of the expenditure ; and what did o:ctortf,
a reductipn in the naval exPeno.l
carcely £400,000 per annum. (Hear.)
,ated the abolition of all monopolies, the chairo9so4
peaking three-quarters of an hour, concluded by 5,
ng a hope that this country would not, by her IL_
the lAuffhine stock ^t I c'

in one bran(
it was ? Why

the world-L(louG t
fulland itnhtaetgrthiteyy. wToulhed caforrloywoinugt Ailsra.
nCoebxdtreane'ts
fbrogiodgretji%;
port In laying before the friends of the LW, Dle?
nancial Reform Association the proceedings 01
month, the difficulty has been found to lie, not irl,bt
city, but in the plenitude of the materials from tbe
make a suitable selection. At former meetings, ,c,
ciples and objects of the association have bee,l be'?
and ably expounded and defended, that it woli,".00, 4
of supererogation to repeat them on this occasi„
present report, will, therefore, be confined to 'et.otle,
narration of its more recent experiences and 014$, toil
The daily accession of members, from all quar7heP)
fies to the strong impression already made on of P',/
mind. While the catalogue exhibits the name. 0, !lir
bers of Parliament, clergymen, learned prof.ordio,l

smen of all grades and politica! -'lO.l
_he Council beg to direct especial attention I° icof
a I
least interesting class of contributors, viz., .oe.
men, in different places, who have cornb'tiopfl
al n ries,* manna I.n n xllltab]P. subscriP% si.

thus obtain and circulate among themselN): re's
publications of the association. The Connel,ilfD4
fully and earnestly recommend this example tol,es
similarly circumstanced; and as their continua' c'ego
ing operations draw along with them corral
expenditure, they take this opportunity 1° I'l

all those who wish well

with their peeunia

o the cause to 0,14
Lance, without whiliots
,shed. The Associasd rp
ers, with confidence 100,)
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faction, to their published tracts,—nine d
been already issued, and' hundreds of thousani°,oo!,'
are now being circulated, for the successful
shameless waste, extravagance, and blunderingoi 0!
agement in the various branches of governmel) ret9
tions included under the titles of Civil LislifootP
Army, Navy, Ordnance, Ship-building,
Forests, and Miscellaneous Expenditure."

STEA'.9di

DUBLIN AND LIVERPOOL
COMPANY.

reb
The seventh half-yearly meeting of the silo Ay
this company was held on Wednesday. last, at °,,y,
at the Company's Central-office, 3, Burgh-qu'rt,sl
for the purpose of receiving the director's reP°oo,
balance-sheet of the company's accounts, Trectli
December last, and for the election of nine 15tee
two auditors.for the ensuing year, and of a tr dfol
room of Robert Smyth, Esq., deceased, at'