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

ie 16th of January
n the motion of Mr. Price, Wm.

the R(

dent from t

called to the chair.
Mr. PotrE.B., on taking the chair, stated that at the
>point

another chairman ; his reasons for doing so were, because
when he first agreed to accept the office,. he understood

that the chief bciisiness of th-e Board would t

in the committees, and that he, as chairman, would be able
to obtain infbrmation from the chairman. of those com-
mittees from time to time, and that the general Board
meetings would be little more than a record of such pro-
ceedings. He was, therefore, very much surprised at the
last meeting to+ find a resolution thrown upon the table,
of the contents of which be was entirely ignorant, and
that he should also have been kept in ignorance of
the resignation of Mr. 'Mallaby. Since them,he had re-
ceived letters from a large majority of the commissioners,

is continuance in office

and• • stating that

his doing so would tend to promote harmony

wn a strong

reason for

ns doing sc

vitas, because a sinister mot

the township were in a state of disorder, and•thereiore ne
wished to withdraw:. Nothing could be farther from his
intentions, for he knew that the affairs of the- township
were now placed on: a more firm basis than ever. If, how-

dition that there should be a code of standing: orders
agreed to similar to those adopted by the Liverpool. Town
Council, which would have the effect of preventing what

he complained of. (Cheers
Mr. Wm. LAIRD said the resolution he impose
last meeting was no departure from the course previousl
pursued, as every Commissioner had hitherto made .a.mo
tine nn whatarose at' the time. He, however,- should be

to- see a corie.of rules established

move that the,subject be referred to the same committee
who had the appointment of Law Clerk.
Mr. Guailoony; the Clerk to the committees, then read
the reports of the Gas and Water Committee, which is
similar in effect to what occurred before the Court of

Inquiry.
The report, after some little discussion, was adopted
and the meeting -terminated.

THE 'FEMALE: ORPHAN ASYLUM

The annual general, meeting of the subscribers an
friends of this -excellent institution was held yesterd,
afternoon, in tire large school-room of the
Myrtle-street, and was attended by, the usual number of

Asylum

and white tippets, and caps, were in an adjoining room,
communicating by foldiaig doors with that in which the
meeting was. held:. They looked remarkably well and
cheerful, and were all,busy sewing during the proceedings.
The Rev. Mr. PARRY being called to the chair, at his
reque3t the proceedings were commenced by prayer, lois
11

cue ttev. _
The CHAIN:MAN, on opening the business, regretted
that neither of the rooters were present to fill the station
to he had, the honour to be called; but he felt.

Higgins

prtant duties elsewhere having, n
eir attendance—if they, were not pre

LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

society was held

yesterd

lay evening, al

-Colquitt-street. There was -a
very large attendance
of members ; Dr. BOOTH in the chair.
After the transaction of some routine business,

Mr. SUTTON read a paper on the importance of a regular
system of government statistics of the agricultural pro-
duce of the- empire, advocating, first, the necessity of
having a regular and even supply of food in a country so
thickly populated as ours, in order to counteract the ruin
and misery entailth npon the people by the present state of

statistics of food

s would-give n timely notice of

and most certain means that can be adopted to bring
about such means and regularity in the supply ; and
II would, upon the ordinary and ackno-oledged prin-
,ave a direct tendency to
in the supply of food.

ater uniformit
1V1+.1% /1 CA

positions. in his paper, which was an exceedingly clear
and lucid% essay, adducing exinples and arguments' in
favour of his views from the systems adopted in Pcance,

Prussia, Hblhincl,..and the Stat

as contrasted With the

afrotded in this country. -
At the conclusion of the paper, rich was loudly ati.
plauded, a very. animated conversation ensued upon the
nature of its contents' in which, as is usual upon such oc-
casions, a considerable diversity of opinion existed.
mt._ that the digenssion on the

sanatory conditimi,of the schools of iiverpool could not
be resumed this evening, in consequent e'of the unavoid-
able absence of Dt:'•Bacnian. It would, he said, be re-

LOUTH wan. then introduced to the
'ha nv,stainpri tb P rant'

meeting by

movements of a new' patent ehimney-sweeping machine,
called the Ramoneuv,Machine. Mr. Louth', stated that
the, machine consists of four brushes, fanning a square

bead, which, by means• of elastic and durable spe►ngs,
contract or expand avearding to the space the machine
moves in. The rods attached to this head of four brushes
are supplied at intervala. with. an universal spring joint,
capable of turning over a? right angle ; and thc;hole is
surrounded by a series of,dbuble revolving balls;. which,
totetherwith a leading double revolving ball, being also
-ze brushes• into