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

LOCAL MEETINGS.

HORTICULTURAL SHOws.—At a meeting of the nur-
serymen of this town and a number of amateur florists, at
the Brunswick Hotel, on Thursday, a committee was ap-
pointed for the purpose of taking the necessary steps to
recommence the Liverpool Horticultural Exhibitions, not
one having been held in the town during the whole of last
year. Mr. R. M. Beckwith and Mr. Thomas Davies
were deputed to wait on the Botanic Gardens Committee,
and ascertain whether permission may be had to use the
gardens for the exhibition. _

- PRICE OF ALE.—At a meeting of the brewers of this
town on Saturday, it was resolved that the price of the
two lowest qualities of ale should be the same as an-
nounced at the public meeting of the licensed victuallers
of the day previous ; namely, 365. and 445., with no inter-
mediate price ; also, that the system of taking back bot-
toms should be absolutely discontinued. We understand
that these resolutions were signed by forty brewers, and
that a copy of them 'will be forwarded to every licensed
victualler in the town and neighbourhood.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN ENGLAND.—This evening a
meeting of the congregation of St. George's Presbyterian
Church, Myrtle-street, will be held to receive a deputation
from the Liverpool synod, with reference to the various
schemes of the church. Since the disruption of the Church
of Scot land, when the body in England declared its independ-
ence, the numbers have rapidly increased, so much so, that
at present it comprises six presbyteries, with eighty congre-
gations besides preaching stations
' • and, on Tuesday, the
foundation stone of another church was laid at Dudley, by
John Henderson, Esq.,The church, which
will he of the early Gothic style, is. from the design of
John Hay, Esq., of this town, whohas rendered himself
by his admirable ecclesiastical designs.
NEW GAS AND COKE COMPANY.—The half yearly
meeting of the proprietors of this company was held on
Wednesday ; William Fosberry, Esq., in the chair. Mr. '
Steele read the report as follows :—The act of parliament
under which this meeting is held prescribing that the
accounts should be made up annually to the 30th June,
the, yearly statement was laid before the proprietors at
their meeting on the 29th July last. Excluding premiums
paid on shares sold by public auction, which arc added to
the capital without dividend, the dividend agreeably to
the company's acts of parliament will be on subscribed
capital as follows, namely, on 250 £25 shares issued on
the 31st October last, Bs. 4d. per share; on the 470 £25.
shares issued on the Ist September last, 16s. Bd. ; and on
the £25 shares issued previously, 255. per share ; and on
each £lOO share, £s,—being at the rate of 5 per cent.
for the half-year. It is now for the proprietors to order
the dividend accordingly, payable on the 6th February,'
subject to the deduction of the income-tax as heretofore.
The report was adopted and the dividend declared.
WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the usual
weekly meeting on Wednesday, the Law-clerk was re-
quested to write to the Cleansing Committee of the
Council, to draw, their attention to the filthy and almost
impassable state id Mill-lane, leading from Everton-road
to the Workhouse. The report of the Fever-house me-
dical officer showed that the number of patients remaining
in the house was 15 ; admitted since last report, 6 ; dis-
charged cured, 4 ; relieved, 17 ; of those admitted two
were very bad cases, and required great attention. No
deaths had occurred. Mr. Cleaver, the Law-clerk,
called the attention of the Board to a paragraph which
had appeared in the papers, stating that so crowded was
the state of the Workhouse, in consequence of the preva-
lent distress, that some of the poor were sleeping on the
floor, and the overseers of Toxteth-park had paid £220
in outdoor relief in the course of one week. These state-
ments, he believed, were untrue, and he hoped the error
would be corrected, in order that the ratepayers might be
rightly informed. The Chairman (Mr. Sheppard) said
he had that morning gone over the house, and was much
pleased with the general order and cleanliness of the
building. The beds placed on the boards were clean and
comfortable. The excellent condition of the house re-
flected great credit on the governor, and he was entitled
wtoathe approbation of the Board, every member of which
9 satisfied with his arrangements. Mr. Lloyd said he
heard Mr Latham, the relieving officer, say that £220
statbee
ed wnas paid for relief. The officer said the amount
was stated, init After some further,, conversation, it
tioned, that t tradiction to the paragraph above men-
on the floor, ;I',,° beds were the most which had been placed
out a bed. andattititao one had ever slept on the floor with-
relief in Torteth. ,atrkthe greatest amount ever paid for
a person be temPorarirs £llB. Mr. Lloyd moved that
Rowland, who was required in the place of Mr.
park. It was agreed that b,-r the overseers of Toxteth-
situation till the 10th of February,Purnell should fill his
his motion for dividing Toxtet Mr. Smith withdrew
-park into two districts,
and taking Bootle-cum-Linacre from West Derby, and
adding it to Crosby district.