The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

THY LIVERPOOL STANDAR:a

LOCAL MEET,INGSI.

RELIEF OF THE POOR. -On Thurgilay a meeting,
called at the request of several of the most respectable
inhabitants, by.the overseers, Messrs. Watson mid East-
wood, was held at Birkenhead, to consider the best means
for relieving the poor during the present- inclement wea-
ther. At the hour appointed the room was completely
full, and on the motion of Mr. Eastwood, the Rev. A.
Knox was called to the chair. Several. excellent speeches
were delivered by the chairman, Wm. Jackson, Esq.,
Wm. Potter, Esq., &c. ; after which committee was
formed, of which Wm. Potter, Esq., was appointed chair-
man, and Wm. Cole, Esq., treasurer. in the course of
the evening upwards of £lOO was collected, and on Fri-
day nearly four hundred persons were supplied with, bread,
soup, coals, &c. _

TOXTETH PARK.—Owing to the requirements of, the
late Act of Parliament, relative to paving,and sewerage,
which are transferred to the Corporation ofLiverpool, a
meeting of the ratepayers was held, on Friday, to re-
adjust salaries, &c.—Mr. Thomas Lloyd in the chair,—
The parish committee recommended -that none of the
assistant-overseers should remain, with the excep,tion.of
Mr. Charles Case, the relieving-officer, whose office was
not affected by the recent change. The committee re-
commended several gentlemen to office. Finally, it was
recommended that Mr. P. Macauliffe, who had been a
faithful servant, be appointed treasurer and general super-
intendent, at a salary of £2OO. Mr. William Dickenson
was appointed rate-book clerk, at a salary of £l6O a year.
Mr. S. B. Rogers was appointed collector, salary, £l3O ;
Mr. J. Kenyon, in-door collector, at £l3O ;. Mr. John
Rowland, out-door collector, at £l3O. The meeting then
separated.

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—On Thursday,
the annual Meeting of the subscribers was held in the
School-room, Great Oxford-street. The chair was occu-
pied by the Rev. Rector Campbell. The report stated
that the largest number of pupils at any one time upon
the books since the commencement of the school, to the
end of 1845, was 56 ; but that the year 1846 closed with
64, of whom 42 were boarders. Mr.. Rhind, the head mas-
ter, reported favourably of the progress of the pupils, and
also that all the inmates were in good health, no unfor-
tunate occurrence having happened during the past year,
except the death of a little boy, from an internal com-
plaint, brought with him when admitted. The master
also reported that he continued to receive additional testi-
monies to the good conduct of those who had been ap-
prenticed from the school. Some instances were menti-
oned. Prom the statement of accounts, it appeared that
the balance in hand at the commencement of the year was
£3lB 4s. 6d., of which sum £3OO had been invested in
dock bond. The receipts, this year, had been (exclusive
of the balance) £1469 18s. 9d., and the expenditure
£1486 18s. 6d., leaving in hands of the treasurer only
£1 4s. 9d. Te usual resolutions were adopted.
THE SAILORS' HOME.—The annual meeting of the
members was held on Wednesday last, at the temporary
offices, in Bath-street. The chairman, Mr. Aikin, being
absent from indisposition, Mr. Colesworth, vice-president,
presided. He stated that though some obstacles had been
met with, the several branches of the institution had been
well sustained. The number of seamen who had regis-
tered during the year was, 3889, making, since the open-
ing, 7221. 470 ships had been supplied with crews.
Notes had been cashed for seamen to the amount of
£2248, and this had reduced. the discount in other quar-
ters. The savings' bank for seamen was going on well ;
£1165 had been deposited during the year, and only £864
drown out. The deposits were principally small, and
made by men now at sea. Agreeably to the arrangements
made, the Rev. Mr. Maynard had, on Wednesday even-
ings, gratuitously officiated as minister in the hall. The
erection of the new building- had been contracted for by
an eminent builder. The committee alluded gratefully to
Prince Albert's visit, and closed with an appeal 'to the
public on behalf of the institution. A number of resolu-
tions, bearing on the business of the meeting, were pro-
posed and carried, as will be seen by the advertisement
in another column.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A clock was ordered
for the turret now erecting at the Albert Dock. Mr.
Horsfall said the telegraph report for the past week,
showed how valuable the electric telegraph would be.
The communication during the whole week had been in-
tercepted by fog, and a greater argument there could not
be, for the introduction of the electric telegraph. The
Chairman said the electric telegraph was about to be in-
troduced at the docks in a small way, and, that would be
preparatory to its introduction on a large scale. The
Harbour-masters' Sub-committee reported that they
could not recommend vessels which had discharged in the
Albert Dock, to have a preference of loading-berths in the
Salthouse and Canning Docks, as recommended by the
American Chamber of Commerce, but. they stated that
every possible facility would be given to such vessels en-
tering the Canning and Salthouse Docks.—A letter from
the Steam Association, wishing steam-vessels to be placed
on the same footing in graving docks as in the open
docks, as regards the charge for tonnage, was referred to
the Harbour-masters' Sub-committee ; as was also a let-
ter from the agent of the Dundalk Steam-packet Corn-
pany.—The Chairman said Mr. Cubitt, the engineer, was
then,in Liverpool, for the purpose of inspecting the land-
ing-stage. The snow would be an impediment to him ;
but he gave him (the Chairman) the strongest assurance
that the stage would be ready within the time.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The usual weekly meet-
ing of this body was held on Wednesday. The Chair-
man stated that at the previous meeting of the board,
Mr. Smith had used offensive language in reference to
Mr. Shaw, one of the members, and called upon him to
retract.—Mr. Smith refused to do so, and a resolution
Was then carried, that Mr. Smith is deserving of, and do
receive the censure of the board. The report of the me-
dical-officer of the fever-house showed that up to the 19th
instant, two patients only had been added to the fifteen
already in the house ; one had died, and another had been
discharged, leaving fifteen as before. There were five
ready to leave the house, but they had no homes to go to,
and the Union Workhouse was already very full. The
report of the Master of the Workhouse showed the fol-
lowing statement :—Up to Saturday, the 16th, there were
in the house 463 inmates-77 men, 169 women, 134 boys,
and 93 girls. The number on the day of meeting was
481, a greater number than the house could conveniently
accommodate. Mr. Alfred Stephens and Mr. John Cow-
burn were proposed as candidates for the situation of me-
dical officer to the Toxteth-park district, vacant by the
resignation of Mr. Harbord. The former was elected by
a majority of 9to 4. It was decided that the medical officers
in each district should be appointed vaccinators in their re-
spective districts. Mr. Rowlands was appointed pro tem,
relieving officer of the West Derby district, (No. 2,) until
some communication was had with the Poor-law Commis-
sioners, when the appointment will be again brought be-
fore the board.

INSTITUTION FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.—The annual
meeting of the subscribers was held on Friday ; Henry
Lawrence, Esq., occupied the chair. Mr. R.W. Houghton
(the treasurer) read a statement of the accounts tbr the
previous year. They began by stating a balance in hand
of £217 10s. 4d. ' • by subscriptions £546 10s. 6d. ; pa-
rishes' allowance £303 ; received for pupils' necessaries,
&c., £l4l 3s. 2d ; found in the poors' boxes £l5 ls. 10d. ;
by interest £B4 9s. 4d. ; by legacies £245 ; by donations
£33 2s. ; making a total of £1586 ss. 2d. Deducting
£925 7s. 4d., would leave a balance in favour of the In-
stitution of £561 17s. Bd. ; to which sum add £404 as
debt received, making a total balance of £965 17s Bd. ;
against which sum there was a set-off Of one year, amount-
ing,. to £1062, leaving the institution in debt £lO3. The
report stated that the number of pupils at present in the
school was 88. During the year 23 boys' had been a&
mitted into, and 35 had departed from the institution.
The candidates for admission were five males and four
females. The resolutions pasged will be found advertised
in another column. Mr. R. W. Houghton laid on the
table a notice which had been served upon the trustees by
the London and North Western Railway Company,
stating that they were going to Parliament for powers to
take from the trustees a portion of the property of the in-
stitution, vested in their hands, namely the church. Mr.
Harmood Banner thought that such notice should be
placed in the hands of their solicitor, hi order that the
matter might be watched. Were- the church to be taken
from them it would be the ruin of the institution. He
thought that if such powers were granted to the railway
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