The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-20 00:00:00

REPORT

The Committee of the Northern Hospital have deemed it their
duty to convene this public meeting, with the view of la% ing be-
fore the inhabitants of the town the state of this most excellent
charity, in entire confidence that this step will be the means of
securing for it that support which it so eminently deserves. Pre-
viously to the resolutions which will be proposed for your con-
sideration, a brief account of its rise and progress will afford
some information to those who have not hitherto had their atten-
tion directed to the important benefits which it is conferring upon
that must meritorious class—the labouring poor.
Some of the gentlemen present will recollect that when that
noble • institution, the Infirmary, was removed from the site
whir:hi it forniely occupied in Shaw's-brow to its present situa-
tion in Btowolow-street, from the great and growing extension
of the town to the northward many casualties were daily oc-
curring in that district or so serious a nature as rendered it im-
possible to cat ry the unforiuna:e patients so far withitut extreme
danger of their dying on the toad, or being so exhausted from
the loss of blood as to render limit chance of recovery hopeless;
and, in cases of persons apparently drowned, any attempt to
remove them to that distance was sure to be attended with fatal
results.

Tills state of things prompted those who were aware of it to
endeavour to procure the introduction of a few beds into the
North Dispensary for the reception of such urgent cases as
could not be further removed, and a general meeting of the sub-
Scribe's to the Dispensaries was called to consider how far such
a step could be taken without abridging the usefulness of
those charities. when it was considered that the arrangements
necessary for the good management of an hospital were so to-
tally different from those required for the Dispensaries that it
would be far more efficient plan to seek for some convenient
house still nearer to the docks than to run the risk of interfering
with the arrangements of the Dispensaries. This led to a sub-
sequent meeting of those gentlemen who considered' that the
cause of humanity required their exertions to provide. if possi-
ble, the accommodation that had become necessary to relieve
many of their fellow creatures from that unhappy situation into
which they are brought by unavoidable acciaents, in pursuing
the necessary labours of the port, and which give them the
strogest claims upon the public at large, but more particularly
upon merchants employing them. The meeting to which we
last aholed raised a subset iption, and elected a committee with
instruction to carry the benevolent design into effect. A house
was rented from Mr. Blundell iu Leeds-street, near to the canal,
and fitted up for the reception of patients; but the committee
are sorry to add, that they soon became so numerous that all the
beds which they had been able to put up (thirty-seven, and those
by tar too much crowded) were not adequate to the accommo-
dation of the cases that occurred, and they were obliged to sub-
mit to the painful feeling resulting trout the positive knowledge
that many most heartrending eases occurred of patients being
brought fhere who could not be admitted.
Trusting to the liberal public, and to those christian feelings—
the want of which has never been brought as a charge against
the inhabitants of this town—they ventured to lake another
house, adjoining, that which they occupied, and are now enabled
to make up eighty-four beds. Still, the accommodation is not
adequate to meet the distressing cases which are constantly oc-
curring in so dense a population so situated, and their funds
are Insufficient to meet even this inadequate accominodation.
The sate of our finances will be read to you by our Treasuer,
and it will then rest with you to consider whether you can retire
from this meeting with the certain knowledge that, without your
aid. many human beings would perish, or whether you will re-
solve to tote those exertions which are necessary to acquit your-
selves of such responsibility, and relieve your committee from
their present enl barrasstnent. We cannot doubt the decision to
which you will cmne.

Mr. 'WARNER, as the treasurer to the hospital, then also read
the statement. of the year's accounts of which we gave an ab-
stract alter the annual meeting a fortnight ago, in tibia) it ap-
peared that there was now a balance due to the treasurer of
£51'.2 Gil., beino• a debt now ()win," by the institution. Mr.
Warner al,oi took occasion to reinalk, that the number of pa-
tients received into the hospital since its establishment four
years ago, was 2151—(hear)—who hail been relieved en an
average at the cot of 45, each, so that the contributor of two
guineas would have the satisfaction of knowing that he had been
the means of affording relief to some poor fellow-creature who
had been compelled to seek aid in the Northern Hosrital.
(Applause.)
Mr. Alderman BROWN rose to move the first resolution. As
one of the oldest members of the committee of the Northern
Hospital, he had been appointed by his colleagues to move the
first resolution. When he told them that the report which had
just been read had been brought forward by himself and co!-
leagues, it saved him from the necessity of making any lengthened
remit' ks, for that report spoke fully his sentimeuts and views
respecting that charity; they would not, t het elow, expect Imo
to enter into further details, 'particularly as he was surrounded
by gentlemen whose eloquence would More effectually aid that
charity than anything, that he could say. But teefing, as he
did, a deep interest in the chat itv, of which they bail appointed
him one of the managers, be could not but stand forth to show
the interest he felt in its welfare, and also to express his fears
tnat they lost manv subscribers front its not being veiy gene-
rally known, or confounded with the Infirmary or South Dis-
pensary, front each of which it was separate and distinct, de-
pending on separate and distinct subscriptions and donations.
He should be sorry if the Northern Hospital should abstract
any thing from the Infirmary or the Southern Dispensary, but
still he was anxious that the charity of which he was a guardian,
should net lose a subscription if it could be avoided. tie then
proposed the resolution which he held in his hand, "that the
statement which has now been read claims the most serious
attention of the public, and calls upon them for pecuniary aid,
whiclj ought to be promptly and freely given, to relieve this
valuable charity from the embarassment under which it labours."
Mr. BIRCH rose and said he had great satisfaction in second-
ing the motion which Mr. Brown had, he was sorry to say, so
briefly but nevertheless so feelingly, proposed for theconsviera-
.tion of the meeting. He fully agreed with every word and every
sentiment Mr. Brown had uttered ; and he was sore they would
all feel that it was impossible to advocate, or even imegine, any
.sttonger claim upon the charity and benevolence of the public
than that set forth in the excellent report they had just heard
read 1-yr Mr. \Varner. ( Hear ) They had in this town a great
variety of institutions for charitable objects as well as for other
Purposes—they had institutions for the gratuitous diffusion of
knewiedge among the poor, for the advancement of science as
well as fur many other purposes, valuable and important, be-
cause connected with the moral improvement of society—hut
then they bad other institutions which had more particular
reference to the bodily wants and necessities of the poor, which,
perhaps, more strongly demanded their aid and assistance.
But, although with respect to the usefulness of some of those
institutions, there might be allowed to honest men some little
difference of opinion, he felt convinced, that with regard to the
utility—the absolute necessity—of this institution there could
not possibly exist the slightest difference of op•nion. (Applause.)
tie was sure they all had known cases—either in their own per-
sons. or in the persons of sortie near relatives—in which they
bad hail melancholy experience of the sorrow and agony atten-
dant upon a.period of protracted sickness, even under circum-
stances most favourable to recovery when surrounded by the
alleviation which friendship could a fford, and every hid of medi-
cal and surgical assistance; but when, with that experience,
they were told that cases of the most heart-rending description
were daily dismissed from the door of this hospital, because of
the want of extended accommodation, (-0(11d they look upon the
agony of these poor wretches who were thus carried away by
their destitute and afflicted friends, to sicken and expire in their
damp and comfortless cellars, and the other abodes of poverty
in this town—could they look on that spectacle without feeling
impelled to come forward in defence of suffering humanity, and
without feeling a strong desire to share some of the blessings
which Providence hail bestowed upon themselves with those
who were compelled to endure a harder and more severe destiny.
(Great Applause.) There was something even in the season
at which they were called together that he thought was calcu-
lated to excite pity and to predispose them to acts of mercy and
beniticence. ( Hear.) There never was a period within his
recollection when the wants and privations of the poor were
so excessive as at the present moment. There was an almost
total cessati-mn of out-door employment—an absence of the
usual employment of the shipping and at the docks—a stoppage
of internal communication by the freezing of the canals— all
these were circumstances combined with others to withhold
from the poor their usual means of support and sustenance;
and when to those bodily privations were added the keenness
and inclemency of the present season, the hopeless condition of
the poor might be easily imagined. But the public of Liver-
pool were never insensible to the distresses of their fellow crea-
tures,• and on this trying occasion they had. come forward
uml raised handsome subscriptions, liberally commenced by
their respected chairman. by which they were able to provide
warm and comfortable nutriment for the poor, and by which,
from his own knowledge, he could undertake to say, nu-
merous families had been saved from actual starvation. (Hear.)
Now, let that humane and Christian spirit extend, and reach
other objects, not perhaps of inure pressing emergency', hut un-
happily of-more perms enent and enduring necessity. Having,
relieved time temporal wants of the poor, let them furnish
them with an ass him in the hour of sickness, and ex-
tend to them useful aid in case of accidents. lie felt tt would
be quite presumptuous in him to go further with that subject;
all that he could do was to offer these common-place observe-
Hells to the meeting., leaving to others of more elequence to do
just» e to it , he should therefore satisfied with having given
his feeble but honest support to the object which had brought
them together. (Great applause.)
The CH A iI:MAN then put the resolution which was carried
unanimously, amidst loud applause.
Air. A. lioneeoe then rose to propese
,''That the clergy of all denominations be respectfully re-
quested to lend their powerful assistance in impressing on their
omen-ea:ions the importance of the charity, and that the hope
be expressed that they will preach sermons in aid of the funds."
He proposed that resolution with great pleasure, because he
agreed with the preceding speaker, that no institution in this
town, for the relief of lit pity sical wants and woes of lint cow-
men nature. had stronger cl eimson the inhabitants oft he town
than that which they had assembled to advocate, and in whose
favour, as the resolution stated, they were anxious to secure the
advocacy of the ministers of ieligion. He was well aware that
their ministratiene were directed to wants and woes of a
deeper and more enduring character, hut he remenibere I the
commission to the first preachers of Christianity, which was
net only to preach the gospel, but to " heal the sick," and sure
he was that the obligation to alleviate the temporal miseries of
the pour, held a prominent place in the round of duties of the I

Christian ; and he was persuaded that if tile claims of that so-
ciety were forcibly impressed oiton the commuuttr at large in
counexion with the imperative duties of religion, and the °wig,
lion to relieve temporal suffering, they should nut have that
night to complain of detiinent funds, but to rejoice that they
were ten (hoes their present amount. That institution presented
no question of degree, nor were the objects of the charity in a
situation to wait while they arbitrated the amount to be given.
(Loud cries of hear, hear.) rho appeal was loud, urgent, and
imperative, and if they felt right it would be irresistible, it
It had been well observed by one of the best and wisest of the
human race, that the sick poor, as they were the most legiti-
mate claimants so they ought to be tke first to he relieved. The
mangled limbs, the fractured skulls, the lacerated sinews, the
gushing arteries, the crushed and mangled frame—these could
not wait while they settled iu what proportion they should dole
out their charity to the various objects that urged their claims
upon their atteution. On the objects of that charity no man
could look and then pass them bs without guilt. As an inha-
bitant of this town he rejoiced at the noble provision made for
the business of their commerce—he was proud of the forest of
masts which their docks presented, and of the edifices cur the
purpose of promoting their social liberties and religious lute ,
rests, but he was desirous that there should be much greater
provision of as,luins for the mitigation of human woes. That
the agonising, languishing., and dying should be the last to be
cared for he could not believe would he suffered, ur that the
objects of that charity should suffer for want of funds, for it
would be very like an individual who tin seeing some suffering
fedow creature at his feet passed on with unhalowed heart,
leaving the sufferer to bleed and die on the ground—he did not
believe that the imperative claims of such a society could be
longer disregarded. On some occasions if he used language
like that he should be thought to use the language of exaggera-
tiun but if he used exaggerated Ignguage on that occasion his
feelings were strangely exaggerated, for he was not expressing
one half of what he felt, and it was ouly because he was unable
to give expression to his feelings. They remembered that the
Saviour of the world, whose ternierness for the human trace
was so conspicuous, and who was so often employed in relieving
sickness and the infirmities of the hotly, declared that he would
say to those who had neglected their brethren on earth, •• I was
an hungred, and ye gave me nu meat, I was thirsty and ye gave
me no drink; I was naked and ye clothed me not, and sick and
in prison and ye visited me not;" and they were aware that to
such he would say "depart froor me." And how could they
expect hint to teceivethern if they turned away from still deeper
depths of unmitigated sorrow, and allowed theirfellow-creatures
to perish—not on some inhospitable shores, uur- in an insalu-
brious climate—not iu some exigency, wherethey were'deprived
of the assistance of their companions, or in some calamity that
overwhelmed them in a distant laud,—but at theirown doors, in
perhaps, their native town, surrounded by thousands, and in au
age of refinement and improvement, and amidst the profusion
of superabundance. Mr. H. proceeded to say that there were other
strong claims on the Liverpool public beside the provision for ac-
cidents and cashalties—the poverty of the familiesthrough the af-
flictions of the parents, and the insery of the parents through the
sickness of the child. That charity which atieciated this was il-
lustrated by t he-poet's description of mercy, "it. was twice blessed;
it blessed him that gave and hint that received.' Hardt), any
where in this world was that poetical saying reduced to greater
p,osaic truth than in the Northern Hospital; and he knew of no
place that a man could visit with a greaterchance of beingrelieved
from the mental malady under which hey sometimes butired—
where they were likely to be so effectually released from the rest-
less, feverish appetite for wealth as there; or mute likely to be
thankful than when walking the round of the hospital, and
viewiug, human nature in what had been called its abject-
ness. He remembered the difficulties which had opposed
them when the hospital had been first started. Those had now
been overcome, and they now came before the public, not to ask
them to assist them to trying, au experiment. they came be-
fore them. be had almost said, to demand their assistance,in
support r.f au establishineut of ougoestionable utility. He felt
auxtoos that the publicity or the meeting, rendered more pub.
lie from the Mayor presidinv, over it than it otherwise would
have Lbeen. shoold be still further wade public through the
met-final of the p'ess and the pulpit. lie concluded with se-
condiag the resolution.

Mo. BATEsoN, at some length, seconded the resolution,
which was carried, as were the °dier resolutious, unatitin•iusly
He said it was notch wished that she Institution were enlarged.
Now ei.ghiy-four beds were made up, and by increasing them to
one hundred the hospital might lie registered its a
public and
valuable school of medicine In this toe u.
Toe Rev. H cr.:ft M'NEI LE then rose to propose the next
resolution, and was received with an enthusiastic burst of
applause of long aural ion. When it bad Subsiden he on
iising to propose a iesolui ion to this meeting,! have the calm
and composing satisfaction of feeitiv, fiat t am atio,,teiher in
my place. I was surprised and grieved to hear the state of the
kinds of the Northern Hospital. t ocirssantl v occupied as I ant
in both the public and private ministration of the gospel. l. most
con:'ess I was not awaie of the fact atioirugh the reports of the
Institution lay on my table. But when vimr treasurer called
on me and told me the state of the case, I hesitated not a mo-
ment in I»ornising him to make tiMe to attend lit' annual
meeting at tire sessoms-house •' and when ii was there resolved
to call lois meeting, 1 as litile,bestiaied to arrange ate plans to
devote this evening to this valuable !impose. lam now re-
quested to move, "that the parties now present will use their
best endeavours to Make known the wanks and the value of this
charily, and to increase its foods by subsciiinions and dona-
tions'' And by way of proceeding at once to the point, I
wilt not reserve the practical !Alit of this address In the
end, but commence by presenting a check to )(air Ties-
surer tt hiCh I received from a l'!icirit. Mr. M'Net;e then read
a letter from Mr. C. S. Paiker, begging bill) to present a rites k
to the reasurer for
—2-, and an annual sobsceiptirio of two
gWneas. This announcement was received wilt) loud applause.
In addressing nivsett to this resolutioo. I thinkThal, to urge the
claims of the Northern Hospital Upon our best leelings, it is,
perhaps, enough to say. that if, in any human iustilutron, the
divine example of our' oiessed Saviour, in one rut' its most touch-
ing features is, or can be embodied, it is pecoharly and pre-
eminent ty mien an one as this.

E~ealing 41;se.asp.., applying balm to every wound, hueeling
every sad and cruel binding up the hands 11141. hang
&mil, and the feeble. Lines, and the tractureJ bone"; of our suf-
fering tellow

lothe inscrutable mystery of God's dealings with ow fallen
world, cases are continually occurring which no human being
can wit ness.witlvitit horroi. From the 'nett of soliallid ti retch-
edness. with its tainted atmosphere of iniection—frwn the Linn-
plicaleil fracture uilh its accompanying moans :it agony --from
the ruthless firuise which has !educed the excia;sii,ly wonderful
structure of a human blob into one livid mass of threatening
puttilaciion—frion sighils like these mere homonoy recoil-.
However s•ticeretv she may wish to have them relieved, hot,.
ever sympathetically site iliac sigh over their ‘,2.,1.11!
whatever transport of unfeigned passion she tua; i-xcla ill
Good God, now theauful! --yet, aias, tier heat, s'clo-lis affil
band trembles at the approach of actual contact so as to ad-
minister elief. The compassious ol mere ioittiAs of s
ilual,a.thl.imfaeostetr.
y
are not strong enough to overcome her tris,•llit
But an institution like this, based upon the deep foundation
principle, sod built up in 'he onsettish lo,eliness
and comprehensive lit (portions ot Citi it. lan example, suppresses
•the rectithou• instinct ut the gar vat heart, that it mar e.•;iend
the helping hand of vielmiotts practical oenevoiener.
howeter ainiabie in thetoseltes, which expend thetaselvett ill
their own emotion, and terminate in the breasts of those who
give place to those, more
enpelience them, are here wade t..)
substaniial acts which communicate their benefits to others.
Herr. Ibe hitsittionte wound is closely and carefully inspected:
hems the fractorett bones and torn
;rod lacerated flesh
ate laid in their respective places with precision; heie the tot-
lures s
u:s.es of the Trip
htfoi t,,,,,ti0n ate soothed fiv the v e
; iptect ions eilinvia is palientlyande 'd
heroicallykin-
endukgd—iinti all this with the affectionate tenderness of a
nurse, combine,l with the scientific stiff of a master, and the
untlioritiog iirniness of Purpose and of pirfortnance %%hien ar-
rises out of welt placed confidence ill that science and that skid.
(Loud applause.).
Sir, T cordially avail mvser of this opportunity of bearing
this tribute. which 1 do from toy heart,to the medical gentleinen
connected wiin this institution. Some of the hi2besf and best
feeiiiigs of our pearls stand scripturally connected with the
meal cal pruiession, in the
person of the "beloved Physician"
inspired Evangelist ;

•
Lucas evangelii el medieitlie promera pandit
A rit.ttis hint, illitic religioue poiens :
ttlt• isle tabor, peio,ootp ~Nl..re tot tegri
thittor, pertittem tot dedidire
Sir, I have c•rutured a irauslation of this lo:dutiful epigram :
St. Luke by meoicine and religion joittftl
lte•toro-s the botiy, and relieves the mind.
Blest in both tabours; dark diseases part,
And darker ignorance forsakes the heart.
Thrice happy Luke! sustained by God on high,
Prolongs :u life, and teaches bow to die!
(loud applause.)

Yes, sir, institutions such as these are the triumphs of Chris-
tian principle, the brightest ornaments of a Christian country.
It is in these things that we see practically exhibited the pre-
eminent ascendancy of Christian civi,ization ore' that which is
merely human. For, iu what, I would ask, do we excel the
civiliied ancients? Is it iu codes of dry ['totals, or contempia.
tire ,theories of what man oupat to be? No: Aristotle and
Plato are still our class-books. Is it in imagination, embodying
its creation in exquisite poetry? No; Iloiner and A risto-
phaniis a..e still transcentiant. Is it in the actiiev'ements of the
line arts? No: Militias and Maxiieles are still unrivalled. is
it in the transporting flights of eloquence thrilling and swaying
to the purpose of the orator the hearts-and hands in toast kr mul-
titudes? No: Cicero and Demosthenes are still utireached
tnuttr s. ( Loud applause.) In what then is it It is in prac-
tical diffusive benevolence. It is in hospitals, and asylums, and
dispensaries. and infirinasieQ. It is in the triumphs sf active
love over selfish nature. ( Hear.)
Anil whence this activity of love to man ? II springs from
the rionsirarning love of Christ. lie said to his disciples, "If
ye love me, keep my commandments." ye love ine---here
is the fountain opened by the grace of God in man's heart :
keep my conimanilments—here are the streams flowing from a
renewed heart through man's conduct and conveisation. And
this is Chi ist's peculiar and coinnrehensirie commandment, that
we love one another. not in word, neither in tongue, but in
deed a oil in truth. (Applause.) Such soreams would never
have flowed at all had not the divine fountain bertn opened ; and
they can never continue to flow pare, except where that foun-
tain continues open. The standard of public morals may indeed
lie so elevated; and the tone of public opinion, (refined by the
reflex intlitence of the Gospel, may demand solnuch more costly
sacrifices in miler to keep within thelpale of respectability in so.
ciety ; that the love orappirrhation may, fura season, overcome the
love of money or of ease, and induce men who ate destitute of
• Christian principle within, to be nevertheless forward and distil).
goished in acts of outward ( loud criesof hear, hear).
But such acts will he found, at the best, intermittent. The spring
which animates them becomes relaxed, when unobser yed, and
uncounted by pivotal. applause, and the institution which de-
pends upon them most ever be subject to serious fluctuations.
lint genuine Christian principle is steady. Ile whose love has
quickened it, is never absent. lie whose approtiat ion' it pants
after is never unobservant. Sincere lore to God secures prac-
tical love to man. And we love. God, because he first loved us.
He loved us practically. " Ilerefry," says the beloved disciple,
"perceive tee the love of God, because lie laid down his life for us."
This meets the necessities of our case. This addresses it„.4
to our consciousness of guilt.
This, when lalieyeil. removes
that repugnance to draw near to Gird, wherein we may detect
our natural alienation from him. This sweetly draw; us into
communion with him. Communion enjoyed
gradually mounds
us to conformilY of character, and thus we become atoms of
our Fatikei whit is in heaven, happy (0! there is no happiness
equal lii it, there is no true happiness wiiirout it) imitators 01
the diffusive benevolence of Coll. Yes ! it is iu ihe cross of
Jesus Christ, and there alone, !hat we find the tine harmony
which, while it prolongs the bitty i.trains of the angelic host,
"Glory to God in the highest, a just God and a Saviiini,"
breathes at the soots time in sii;!esi tenderness "On earth
peeve, good will towards men." ( Loud ipplause.)
Yes, 1 repeal, here it is, that gmliike iiislitti, ions such as the
hospital we plead for, have hail their amigo. Natured civiliza-
tion, however extensive. would never have given them birch,
neither viii natural civilization, however cultivated by general
knowledge,.secwe their continuance. It may reline the sen-
sibilities. but it cannot subdue the selfishness of the human
heart. It may deepen the sigh at relative distress, but It can-
not overcome the repugnance to personal exposure.
Having Christian principle to calculate upon, in many,

FEdift (JAR Yk2o, 183&

and an elevated a christianfzA standard of 'nonlife' fo appeal
to, in all, I lon altogether confident as to the result of our ap-
peal. This institution cannot be neglected. We have heinti
lately of many cases of desperate disasters. Let us endeavour
to imagine the consequences of having no such Institutiou as
this. They cannot, be even ,glanced at in thought without
causing a shudder. What! no teluge for the helpless victims
of sudden and fracturing calamity ! 0! sir, the itopoietished
portion of this town adjoiLing the docks and canal, would then.
present wore than the bloody and terrific image of a neglected
field of battle. The shrieks-of the falling, the moans of the
expiring, the lingering agonies of the maimed and mutilated,
putrefying to au untimely and neglected death, under the
beams of that sun, which, at the same moment, would be light-
ing us to our daily round of unnumbered enjoyments ! No,
no, it may not, must not be. Neither can the private hahita,
tat ions of the wretched sufferers meet the exigencies of the case.'
0 ! if we could show you some of those scenes of retired
misery ; where the gentle hand of brotherly kindness never
enters; where the voice of compassion never ministers even the
cheap mitigation of sympathy ; but where, in the dteariness of
neglected solitude every dire visitation wears a face of sublime
horror; where famine is the consequence of arrested toil, where'
the covering of the helpless sufferer, his only covering from the
penetrating cold of such a season as this, is bartered by his•
afflicted wife or daughter, for the last needful support of their
existence; where the very source of tears is dried up; where'
deep despair extorting the language of impatience, perhaps of
imprecation, adds to the horrors of dying sickness the aggra-
,vated features of revolting blasph.ruy— then, then you would
say with us, take, 0 ! take the poor creature to the hospital;.
and when we answered, the hospital is full already, we want
more beds, we want larger, much larger premises, and for this
purpose we want more money—then, instead of the cold calcu-
lation in the bead which lingers, loth to part with the extorted
guinea; we would see the warm undeliberating profusion which
does justice to the emotions of the heart. (The Rev. Gentle-
man sat down amidst loud cheering.)
Mr. LEWIS MOSELY rose to second the resolution. Under
ordinary circumstances he should have placed himself in that
conspicuous situation under feelings of great embarassment ;
but to attempt to follow so brilliant, so eloquent, so luminous
an appeal to the feelings, the heart, and understanding of
man, as they had just heard, was, indeed, a task which he
found of more than ordinary difficulty. For him to attempt
to expatiate on the God-like attributes of charity, when so
many gentlemen were present, who, from their calling as
well as from their education, were more fitted to do so, would
be an unnecessary act; but still there were some few points'
which struck his mind, which called for imperative attention
from all. They had the means at their own doors of succouring
'the needy, add of feeding the hungry, and of administering
suitable nourishment in cases of debility; but where were the
poor to find the great comforts, and the practical application or
a well organised hospital? Where would they find the easy
couch prepared, or the careful nurse in attendance, or the
skilful hand of the practitioner ready at hand to administer the'
required relief? This the poor could not have unless by au ap-
plication at the hospital, which, he trusteo, would be made suffi-
ciently capable to afford it. Asa native of Liverpool, mixed up
in its busiest scenes, and watching its progress With nu little
satisfaction, he had seen institutions of every kind increase in
number, but that description of institution they were met there
that evening to give their aid to—he hoped their powei tut aid.
The ordinary barriers of the town had been broken down ; the
enterprize of its merchants, and the industry of its inhabitants,
formed a phalanx of trade which)iad greatly increased its popu-
lation; yet had they gone on for years increasing in population,.
and increasing in every thing that hazarded life, and yet had
remained content, to within a period of three years ago, with
that God-like institution, the Infirmary of Liverpool. The ne-
cessities of the case became urgent, and a few gentlemen met
together for the purpose of establishing the Northern Hospital,
and the wonders it had done since had only shown them now
far its teal utility had exceeded their most sanguine anticipa-
tions. Ile was quite sure, this being the case, that the inhabi-
tants of the town only wanted their attention drawing to the
fact, to enable the reverend mover of the resolution, and himself
to obtain their assent to it. They were not pledging the meeting-
to carry the resolution without a moral conviction that the public
and the meeting would really enable them to carry the object
they hail in view. (Cheers.) It was quite true that theinstitu-
turn was in debt, and he hoped it was equally true that the inha-
bitants of Liverpool were determined to get it out of debt. It
had been stated that the hospital made up, with difficulty,
85 beds. When he told them that these beds were constantly
full, and that they were obliged every 'day to refuse admittance
to those who required it, they should. make every exertion to•
increase the number of beds to lOU. This would ecable theta
to give great additional aid to those who required it. The
making up of 100 beds would also give a character to the hos-
pital. It would enable it to give a certificate tomedical students
who might attend it, and this make it an object fur pupils to
get admittance, and by this means the aids of the hospital would,
be increased The Rev. Gentieman who had preceded him, had
commenced his observations by saying he would practise first
vawe st
ith heiars arguments
fet(i)etrsl learn a rfl,s
in s. lie hr..o
ipie,Hdoetrr
he caco.touirtl;
elucinit ogtti,irtt leaf`lasnki7eirneaui
con-
sistentaountdr
ate
them to let their hearts and hands go together for good; be:
begged, in the name of the house he represented, to present the
hospital with 50 guineas. (Loud cheering.) They would be-
lieve him that he did not do this through Ostentation ; but he
it from a strong convietion, that unless every man would.
put his shou!der to the wheel, to enable the hospital to do the
went it could do, they would not get gentlemen together again/
for such an object. (Hear.) He concluded amidst loud ap-
plause by seconding the resolution, which was carried una-
nimously.

The liev. Mr. Bunotcom rose to move the next resolution
"That a subscription be forthwith entered into, in order than
the committee may be encouraged to proceed in their benevo-
lent work." The Rev. Gentleman spoke at considerable length
in furtherance of the object of the meeting, going over similar
ground to what the preceding speakers had dons. tie beseeched
the meeting to take time by the forelock, and to administer to.
the wants of those for whom the institution was established,
" to•day, while it was called to-day."
acting un-
etohleptf)oralltoewhion(giy:esolution
The Rev. Mr. JosErus seconded the motion, which was.
adopted unanimously.
the
precluded from assisting the hos-
pital r,;t.
hisl d e
meetingr mit n
regrets
thenot
s,
et
p(-)nweorrs'subscription and which makes it more.
necessary t.r those who are free from such difficulty to come.
forward i 0 its aid." lie explained to the meeting, that by the
the corporation to any other hut a municipal purpose,
municipal act, the town council had -no power to devote the.
lus in baud, which, he wai. happy to say,.
might be soon expected:
fuuuntlillst(hiley had a surp
The Rev. Mr. M A RTINEA ti seconded the motion.
The Rev. Dr. EwaNs moved—" That the Liverpool press he.
requested from time to time to make known to its readers the
usefulness of this charity, and that the report of the committee
and the resolutions of this evening be inserted once in each of
the newspapers."
Mr. GEORGE CROSSFIEID, a member of the SOciety of Friends,
seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted.
It was then resolved—'That the thanks of this meeting be
given to the Mayor, for the promptitude with which he met the-
wishes of the committee that he'would preside on this occasion,
and the able manner in which he has filled the chair."

The MAYOR trusted he should be always ready at the call of
his fellow-townsmen to come forward in aid of any work calcu-
lated to alleviate the distresses of their fellow-men. One class
of persons gave their time, another gave both their time and
money. but there was a third class who seldom attended such
meetings as those, and who, rolling in wealth, seldom contribut-
ed anything, and whose hearts they could not reach. He hop-
ed, however, that the press would reach them, that the press
would put the case strongly before them. He begged the gen-
tlemen connected with the press to remember, that as they were
stewards, so would they at the day of account have to give an,
account of their stewardship and their respon,s►bilities. •
The meeting then broke up shortly after ten o'clock.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Courier.)

131.scaatiaN2—Business in cotton-pieces were anything bur
brisk on Monday. Few sales were effected. • The baud-loom
weavers are still in a frightfully impoverished condition.

WIGAN.—The trade of this town is suffering considerably in
consequence of the frost—the operations of inany labourers and
builders being entirely suspended.

M ACCT.F.SFIELD.—SIICh is the dulness of trade at Macclesfield
that on Tuesday last, the butchers sent the beilman round the,
place, to remind the inhabitants, that it was market day.

THE WOOLLEN TRADE,

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Monday.—There has been
very hale change in the piece market to-day, and prices remain
the same as last week. The wool market has been extremely
dull, and very few sales have been made, although the la 4
week's prices have been fully maintained.
HALIFAX. (Saturday.)—We have again to notice a very dull
market, which puts the manufacturers greatly out of spirits.
There was not, however, any redaction in prices, dull as things
were. Yarns and wool are both stationary.

LEEDS, (Tuesday.)—We hail not quite so brisk a market to
day as compared with !hose of the last four or five weeks. This
is fry many attributed to the uncertain state of things in Ca-
nada; still towards the close of the market the activity noticed,
last mouth was apparently restored, and an average amount of.
business done at previous rates. We noticed a few of the most
eminent of the London buyers, but who, it is generally under-
stood, were very sparing in their orders. Wool is as last re-
ported, but withal very firm.

" HUDDERSFIKI.D, (Tuesday.)---:There was to-day an animated
demand for every description of clothes, without, however, an. 3
advance in prices. The business noticed did not extend to Oleo
fancy trade, and more particularly to that branch of it eaten►•
Weil for the spring trade. The wool market steady, 'aut with•
an upward• tendency.

WAKEFIELD WOOL
_ MARKET, Feb. 16.—We hare again tot
report a week of very uninteresting character as regards trans-.
actions in wool 'Consumers, who are not entirely run out ot
st:.hoecn, k
iarrethieleylacy,niniut buy
gitocome to market until the canals open,.
on better terms, they expect betterr
choice, the stocks on hand being at present very low. Pricer
are without variation.—Leeds Intelligencer.
YORK IVool. MARKET, Feb. 15.—Our market has to.day been
well attended by buyers, from the manufacturing districts, The
supply, considering the period from now to clip-day, has been
as good as could or might be expected, but still not quite equal
to the demand, consequently, prices have experienced a partial
advance, and most lots have been taken away at, for two-thirds,
hogged, 17d to 170; half hugged and ewe 16d to 161,, per lb.

Sir R. W. Horton, late governor of Ceylon, was to proceed:
to Bombay, on his way home, on the 15th 'Of January. His.
successor, Mr. Stuart Mackenzie, bad arrived out.
THE BIRMINGHAM RE.rosTEes.—The Birmingham reporters
have a cunt
phloem paid to he by the adoption, by the com-
missioners of police, of the following regulation :-1. " That the
reporters be not admitted until after the chair is taken, and per-
mission given by the chairman. in order to afford an op port unity
to any commissioner or their clerks, for stating the exclusion
of and if so, that such business be taken first. 2.
That,
reporters;
a commissioner suggesting to the chair that it is
expedient for the reporters to withdraw, the chairman, shall
fnrrhwith desire them to do so•until the question of their admis-
sionshall be determined. 3. That reporters are not to express
approbation or disapprobation by word or gesture during the
meeting. 4. That tile reporters are expected to repot fairly
and impartially ; and if any report shall appear in any paper
which, in the opinion of a majority of a meeting at which com•
plaint shall be made, contains a wilful representation, or any
other breach of these regulations shall be committed, the reporter
of such paper shall be excluded for three months' and, for a
second °Helm', six insulting and strange an-
nouncement w.rs followed by the chairman stating that the .iegn•
had been framed upon general principles, and without
reference to ally particular reporters. As far us his observations
went, he could say that the reporters to Birmingham Rewsp'apers
g,eneralry exbibited the greatest regard to fairness and impar-
tiality in their reports of public proceeding, and he had also ob-
served with pleasure, that when requested to forego the
lion of discussions a Ilich might do injury, without effecting any
good, the reporters had always most religiously regarded the
the wishes of the public bodies to whose meetings they were act*
witted,

FrEqUARY

LIVER THEATRE. CHURCH-STREET.

flints present TUESDAY, and following Evenings, a new
and popular Drama, founded on Lover's celebrated Novel,
with alterations and additions, adapted to this Theatre, called

It 08. Y 0:M Olt E!

--
Rory O'More Mr. Raymond,
Kathleen.. Miss Maturin Mary Miss Cross.

To which will be added, a new laughable Interlude, not acted
here these three years, called
LESSON FOR LOVERS!

Mandeville _ -
Mr. Lee I Splash..... . Mr. Howard.
• 'Mary—Miss Cross I Amelia.. Mrs. Raymond.
To conclude with-a new and splendid Comic Pantomime, which
has been in preparation for several weeks, with new Scenery
painted by Mr.. PA itkEit, new Properties, Tricks, &c., called
HARLEQUIN LITTLE 80-PEEP;
OR, THE OLD WOMAN THAT LIVED IN A SHOE.
Clown Mr. King., I Harlequin
Pantaloon Mr. Brown. Columbine.. Mrs. Gibson.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

GRAND SPECTACLE EXTRAORDINARY,

AND
CLIOSEN WEEK OF NOVEL PRODUCTIONS!!
ri 1 E GRAND SELECTION of NOVELTIES given
.1 for Mr. BATES'S benefit last night, not only produced
one of the greatest houses this season. but hundreds could not
obtain seats: Mr. B. will, therefore continue the Grand Classi-
cal Entertainment, which is submitted to the Public, Artists,
amd the rising generation, called -
CRICHTON;
OR THE
DARK DAYS OF CATHERINE OF. MEDICIS.
Written by Mr. James Brooks; never acted before; and got up
at a very great expense to Mr. Bates, as his own exclusive pro-
perty. The New Music by Mr. Nazeby; Scenery by Mr.
Matthews.
To give an effect never before witnessed in England, a double
Terrace has been formed to the Stage, connecting the Circle,
which will present to the eve of every spectator a Treble action
of the Equestrian. Dramatic, and Tetpsichorian Entertain-
ments, which the resources of this Theatre alone can enable
them to convey an adequate representation.
NEW HISTORICAL SCENES in the CIRCLE,
in which will appear Mr. Ryan, Mr. Powell, Master and Miss
-Ginnett, Mr. Price, Mr. Pa.rrs, Mr. Rondall, &c. &c. &e.
The CHIARINI FAMILY on the TIGHT ROPE.
The-whole of the above most splendid productions will conclude
'with the brilliant Equestrian Pageant and Entri.e, which has
been for months in preparation, and now produced fur the first
time, with entire new and gorgeous Dresses. Equipments, -Pro-
perties, Banners, Music, Decorations, &c. &c. The whole ar-
ranged and produced under the direction of Mr. Buckley, and
entitled

ENGLAND'S QUEEN.
In .which Mr. Ryan's extensive_Stud and brilliant Company
of Equestrian Artists will display some rapid Evolutions and
groupings of clasical grandeur and effect. .
The same splendid rotation of performances wilt be repeated
every Evening during the Week.
Proprietor, Mr. BATES.
-Stage Manager, Mr. NEVILLE.

DURING. THE PRESENT WEEK.
THE HOLY CITY OF JERUSALEM.
AT THE . LARGE ROOM, QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL,
( Entrance by Cook-street,) which is kept warm by two large fires.
AIR. LA ED LA W begs to intimate to those who wish to view
-all his universally admired PANORAMA, which displays
not only the City, hut all the interesting Stations mentioned in
Scripture within twenty miles of it, that it will shortly be re-
moved from Liverpool. This Panorama was visited by nearly
the whole of the a.lult population at Manchester, Leeds, Shef•
field. York. and Hull.
" The pnlvlic is certainly indebted to Mr. Laidlaw for the
introduction of a Panoramic subject so congenial to the feelings
of the pre.sent age ; not only the beauty cif the painting, but the
name of Jerusalem invites the attention of the community at
large."—Shq7field Iris.
The VIEWS of CAPTAIN ROSS'S VOYAGES, where he
passed four years, and his hippy rescue; the BOULEVARDS
of PARIS, FIESCHI FIRING. OFF THE MACHINE,
form also a part of the Panorama. '
- Day Exhibition punctually at One o'clock, in the Evening at
Seven, and again at half-past Eight o'clock.
Boxes, 25.; Gallery, Is. Children tinder ten years of age,
Half Price.—Book and Plate of Jerusalem, 6d.