The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—We understand that
the Liverpool Church Missionary Committee 'have ar-
ranged to hold a Missionary meeting in the Concert-hall,
on Friday evening, the 19th instant. The object of this
half-yearly meeting is to furnish an outline of the history
of some of the most important missions of the society.
The mission in the Island of Ceylon, and that in N. W.
America on the banks of the Red River; will be the sub-
ject of two; lectures by clergymen.
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—The annual meeting of
the subscribers took place on Friday, at the Parish-office ;
the, Rev. Jonathan Brooks in the chair. Mr. Gibson, the
secretary, read the report, from which' it appeared that,
in consequence of the diminished reeepts, the institutions
were in debt to the amount of £415 18s. 6d. The num-
ber of patients relieved in 1846 were—North Dispensary-,
24,388 ; South ditto, 22;538. Total relayed in 1846,
49,926 ; in 1845, 38,884, shewing an increase over 1845 of
8;042 patients. A series of resolutions, which will be
found in our advertising columns, were then passed.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The monthly meet-
ing of this club was held on Tuesday evening. The fol-
lowing gentlemen were admitted members by ballot :—Sir
Arthur Aston, Knight, G.C.8., owner of a new yacht,
building, called the Sonnambula; Newton Saville Scott,
Eq., and Duncan M`Vicar, Esq., and two other gentle-
men were proposed for next meeting's election. Two
models were deposited in the club-room, one of a full
sized cutter yacht, and the other a very beautiful built
model of the new Liverpool pilot-boat, lately built at Ips-
wich for Mr. .Hudson, master pilot. This latter vessel
opens a totally new field in the annals of the Liverpool
pilot-boats.
WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting
of this body was held on Thursday ; Mr, Winch in the
chair. The by-laws for the regulation of coaches and
cars, with a scale of rates, &c., being the same as those
adopted at Liverpool and Birkenhead, were read, and
several alterations being proposed, they were after some
discussion approved of. George Wilkinson and William
Kelly were granted licenses for coaches and cars, subject
to the regulations proposed by the commissioners. A let-
ter from J. R. Grote, complaining of the bad state qt' the
foot-path on the left side of Church-street, near Egremont
Ferry, was 'referred to the improvement committee for
consideration. A, letter from Wm. Nisbett, complaining
of the imperfect state of the Post-office arrangements at
Wallasey, and suggesting various remedies, was also re-
ferred to the improvement committee.
LIVERPOOL AND ISLE OF MAN STEAM-PACKET COM-
PANY.—The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in
this company was held last week, in Douglas. The re-
port stated that the increase of passengers for the four
summer months bf last season, over the previous one was
10,712: that freights of goods for the six months had in-
creased ; that the ship Tynwald had been added to their
stock at a cost of nearly £22,000, and to defray part of
' this expense, the sum of £8,250 had been raised by the
creation of new half-shares; and that the dividend of five
per cent., which was expected would be given at the meet-
ing, was likewise withheld for the same purpose. The
value of thesfour steamers, namely, Tynwald, King Orry,
Ben-my-Chree, and Mona's Isle, was stated at £50,121.
The directors have it in contemplation to run the Mona's
Isle between Ramsay, Liverpool, and Whitehaven.
DISSOLUTION OF THE ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION,
LIVERPOOL.—On Monday evening last, a meeting of this
body was held at the Portico, Newington, Liverpool, for
the purpose of bringing their existence to a close, which
was deemed advisable in the present state of affairs.
Most of the leading members of the association were pre-
sent, amongst them being Mr. Thomas Blackburn, Mr.
J. B. Cooke, Mr. James Harvey, Mr. F. Boult, jim., Mr.
C. E. Rawlins, junior, Mr. D. Bailey, &c., &c. Mr.
Charles Robertson proposed, " Thaf, inasmuch as the two
great monopolies of corn and sugar were in a fair way of
being destroyed, and as the leading statesmen of the
country had recognised the principle of free-trade, as the
guiding rule of future commercial legislation, it was ex-
pedient that the Liverpool Anti-Monopoly Association
should be dissolved." The motion was carried.
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the proposed
report was read
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alterations suggested approval
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be masked, so as not 'to be seen so far to theg
about one-third of a mile ; also, that a strong fixeceistiga
be exhibited from such position as to act in conjunction
with the Rock Light, as a leading mark by night up the
Crosby Channel. The secretary was ordered to commu-
nicate with the Trinity Board on the subject. The Ware-
house Management Committee reported that they had
re-heard the case of Hugh Williams, wharfinger at the
Albert dock warehouses, who had been dismissed for mis-
conduct; but he did not bring before them any new mat-
ter calculated to alter the previous decision. Mr. Hors-
fall thought there were reasons why Williams should be
reinstated, and some discussion ensued upon the subject,
several members being of opinion that the punishment of
dismissal was too severe for the offence committed. Ul-
timately Mr. Horsfall submitted a motion to the eact.
that Williamfgehould be reinstated, which was seconded
by Mr. Wood, and carried by a majority of 8 to 5. Se-
veral appointments were made to the Albert dock ware-
houses, and a list of master porters submitted and ap-
proved of. The Chairman said he had received a letter
from Mr. Cubitt, relative to the landing stage. It was to
the effect that he had been down and examined the work,
which he considered in a very forward state, and had no
doubt the stage would be ready for use in April next. A.
letter was read which had been received from the govern-
ment authorities relative to the Tidal Harbour Bill. It
stated that the Harbour Conservancy Bill of last year
would not be proceeded with, and that a modified bill,
affirming the right and superintendence of the crown, and
creating the same machinery, and exercising it so as to
meet the principal defects pointed out by the Tidal Har-
bour Commissioners, was under consideration, and in the
event of such bill being framed, the best attention would
be given to the allegations contained in the memorial of
the Liverpool Dock Trustees.
SELECT VESTRV.—A special meeting of the Select
Vestry was held, on Thursday, to take into consideration
the suggestions of *Mr. Austin, the Assistant Poor-law
Commissioner, with respect to the Irish vagrants. A
special committee had been appointed to carry out Mr.
Austin's views, and they now presented their report.
They bad divided the town into twelve districts, and ap-
pointed two relieving officers for each district. The duty
of these officers is to visit the Irish poor at their residences,
and to those only administer relief, in the shape of tickets
for bread and soup. The relieving officers have been se-
lected from the police force ; they are to receive ss. a
week in addition to their usual pay, and are under the care
of two inspectors. In order to prevent imposition, the
tickets for each district will be of a different colour. Soup
will be delivered at the present soup establishments, and
bread will also be delivered at Gill'street and Fleet-street ;
but as the premises at Pickup-street are not sufficiently
commodious, a house has been taken in Northampton-
street for the delivery of bread in that district. It has
also been determined that no relief, except in sick cases,
should be administered to the Irish casual poor at the
parish-office, and steps were being taken for finding em-
ployment for the vagrants who applied for relief. The
committee had advertised for suitable premises,
and

' several applications had been sent in. Mr. Howard Hors-
ley had offered the•use of two sheds free, and those were
found to be well adapted for the purpose required. The
committee had requested the Rev. Rector Campbell to
prepare auiddress to the inhabitants on the impropriety
of indiscrillainately giving alms, and had passed a resolu-
tion acknowledging the services of the rector in this mat-
ter.—ln the course of the conversation which ensued, it
appeared to be the general opinion that the new plan of
Mr. Austin had worked well, and a vote of thanks was
given to that gentleman.—The CHAIRMAN said the im-
portations since the 13th of January had been 13,941.
In the last eight days in the month of January the im-
portations were 8499. It is worthy of observation that
the number of men had been enormously increased within
the last eight days. The number was 4563, and children
only 1652. The number of men that came last Sunday
was 1216, women 1615, and children 458.—Mr. EARLE
said it was quite possible that those gentlemen had sent
their ladies first, who, finding they got so much money by
begging, and so much good soup and bread, thought they
could not do better than send for their husbands.—
(Laughter.)—Mr. AUSTIN said, that was an ingenious
theory; but if the figures were looked at, it would be
found that every day the number of men exceeded that of
the women. Mr. Austin added that a vote of thanks had
been passed to him ; but he could not help mentioning
the great exertions every officer of the establishment had
made. He never saw a set of officers who did their duty
so well ; they had their hearts in their work. He wished
them to be rewarded.

TIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

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