The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-11 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly meeting
of this body was held at Liscard on Thursday evening,
Mr. Mann presiding. A communication was read from
Mr. Ewart, declining to support the measure now before
parliament, which sought to alter the Birkenhead dock
trust. A lengthy conversation took place with reference
to the removal of the powder magazines, and the circum-
stances of the schooner Nevin Packet taking fire in the
neighbourhood were detailed.

ST. ANNE'S DISPENSARY.—The annual meeting was
hell'on Wednesday, Mr. Garrat in the chair. The report,
which was read by Mr. Kitchen, showed that 9,000 per-
sons had been relieved during the past year. From the
treasurer's accounts it appeared that the subscriptions
received this year have amounted to £lB5 19s. 6d. ; dona-
tions, £129 19s. sd. ; against £146 4s. 6d. and £63 6s.
the year preceding. The report was adopted, and thanks
were voted to the honorary medical officers and others
for their services during the past year.
'LIVERPOOL FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL EXHIBI-
TION SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was
held at the Clarendon-rooms on Thursday, J. N. Walker,
Esq., of Calderstones, presiding. Amongst the gentle-
men present were, Anthony Henry Winch, Adam Glad-
stone, Charles Wilson, John Herd, Arthur Henderson,
Esqrs., &c. Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow, the honorary se-
cretary, read a brief statement of the accounts, from which
it appeared that the society was in a flourishing condition.
Under these circumstances the committee had decided
upon increasing the value of the prizes by £46, giving
third-class prizes, and increasing others in value. The
chairman said that the report must be exceedingly grati-
fying to all the subscribers ; and. for his part he wondered
how the expenses bad been kept down so low. Mr.
Arthur Henderson and several other gentlemen spoke in
a similar strain, and after votes of thanks had been passed
to the committee of the Corn Exchange, the meeting sepa-
rated. Thanks were also voted to the chairman, treasurer,
and secretary. The first exhibition takes place on the
22nd of May.
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.—
The fourth ordinary meeting of the session was held on
Thursday, in the Collegiate Institution. Mr. D. Lamb
was called to the chair. The following gentlemen were
admitted members : Richard Darlington, mayor of
Wigan ; Wm. Gray, of Wheattield, Bolton, Mayor of
Bolton ; John James Osburne, mayor of Macclesfield.
Several gentlemen, occupying official situations in con-
nexion with various literary and other societies, were
admitted as honorary members. Amongst the donations
were the first part of the proceedings of the Chester Ar-
chzeological and Antiqu ,rian Society, down to July, 1850;
a work on the construction of locks and keys, from Mr.
J. Chubb ; an American copy of " Layard's Nineveh,"
from Mr. J. C. Colton; some curious manuscript 3 ; an
antiquated book of the Roman Catholic Church, with il-
lustrations. A letter was read from Mr. J. Ilarland, one
of the editors of the Manchester Guardian, expressive of
a desire that the meetings of the society should occa-
sionally be held at Manchester. The secretary was in-
structed to communicate to Mr. Harland, that the mem-
bers of the society were inclined to meet the proposition
favourably.

\VEST' DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday, at tho
weekly meeting of the board, Mr. Roskell presided. Mr.
Alpass called the attention of the board to an entry in one
of the books, setting forth that Robert Rankin, one of
the pupil teachers, and sixteen other lads, had absconded
from the house, and had been brought back by the police
from Ormskirk. The lads were called before the board,
and stated, as their reason for leaving the house, that the
schoolmaster had stopped their bread, and threatened to
beat them. Mr. Read, the schoolmaster, said the bread
had not been entirely stopped, as It was only withheld for
a time, as a punishment. It was ordered that Rankin
should be suspended as a pupil teacher, and that he should
be confined for twenty-four hours in the refractory ward :
the other lads to be well whipped. Another boy, who
had been a leader among the gang, was ordered a similar
punishment to Rankin.—The. board resolved to incur the
cost of Prosecuting a man, named lames Wharf. for most
abusive ill-treatment of a young girl, named Jane Gar-
land, a recipient of relief from the union.—lt was agreed,
on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Badnall, to adopt a system
of industrial training, similar to that employed by the
Cardiff union.—Mr. Alpass called attention to a letter
from the Poor-law Board, with respect to a burial-ground
for paupers. He moved that a committee should be ap-
pointed to select a site, somewhat near to the centre of
the union, for the purpose of a burial-ground. After a
lengthy, conversation, the motion was adopted.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting was
held on Thursday, Mr. Thomas Littledalo in the chair.
The chairman intimated that on Thursday next the report
of the Special Sub-Committee on shipbuilding and the
timber trade would be taken into consideration. A com-
munication was read from Mr. Clarke, of the Electric
Telegraph Company, offering to execute all the necessary
works, and do the necessary telegraph business from
Holyhead to Liverpool, for the sum of £BOO per annum.
Mr. Lockett said the committee had considered this pro-
position, and they found that the three stations which it
would do away with cost £3OO a-year, and in place of this
sum they would be charged £BOO. Puffin Island was the
only low station that interposed ; but would they pay £5OO
a-year to get rid of that ?—Mr. Tobin asked was the tele-
graph intended to cross the river Mersey ? Mr. Lockett :
No ; the message goes to Crewe, and it would be commu-
nicated from thence to Liverpool. It being intimated that
Messrs. Rigby and Salkeild, the patentees of the new
telegraph, would, in a very short time, do the same
amount of work at a very reduced rate, Mr. Clarke's offer
was declined for the present. Communications were read
from Mr. Bates and Mr. Powell, asking if the committee
had any land to let for coal yards on the margin of the
river. The latter gentleman stated, in consequence of
the increased demand for his steam coal, he was desirous
of taking from 2,000 to 3,000 square yards of land in the
neighbourhood of the Harrington Dock. The applica-
tions were referred to the surveyor, and the public busi-
ness terminated.

BIRKENHEADCOMMISSIONERS.—Richard Bryan, Esq.,
presided at the usual monthly meeting held on Tuesday
evening. The road and improvement committee reported
that the attention of the railway company had been called
to the bad state of various roads, and that the necessary
repairs were proceeding. The pasturage of the park had
been let to Mr. Leonard Rae for £l2O. The proceedings
of the finance committee comprised a letter from the
dock authorities, requiring payment of interest on bonds
amounting to £55,000. A writ had been served upon the
chairman, at the instance of Mr. Hornblower, for the
sum of £53. The proceedings were confirmed. Upon
the subject of new bills being mooted, Mr. Rae called
attention to the necessity of reconstituting the parliamen-
tary sub-committee. There were two bills of which
notice had been given in which Birkenhead was deeply
interested : one was a bill to alter the constitution of the
dock trust there, and another related to smoke consump-
tion. It was agreed that the finance committee should
watch the proceedings in parliament on behalf of the
ratepayers. The instructions to institute an action
against the corporation in the case of Captain Bennett
had been countermanded, Mr. Wain having advised an
assize trial. Messrs. Brine and Galloway were re-elected
to assess the property of the township, for the purpose of
rates being laid for the ensuing year. The ferry receipts
for the month ending the 31st January bad been £1,697,
against £1,534 in the corresponding month of the pre.
vious year. To the £1,697 was also to be added £72
received from the Liverpool corporation for damage done
to the steamer Wirral. The receipts from the 23rd April
last to the 31st January had been £17,182, against
£16,119 during the like former period, and the expendi-
ture had been £16,724.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting on
Thursday, a deputation from the owners and occupiers of
property in Rodney-street, Russell street, &c., accom-
panied by Mr. J. A. Tobin, were in attendance to present
a memorial to the committee praying that they should not
allow the establishment of a cattle depot in Trowbridge-
street. They also presented a document signed by Mr.
Bickersteth, Mr. Neil, and other surgeons, stating that the
establishment of such a depot would be highly injurious
to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. After some
conversation, the deputation withdrew. The medical
officer of health reported that the return of deaths for the
week ending Saturday last shows an excess of 34 over
the previous week, the aggregate number being 245, of
which 183 were in the parish, and 62 in the extra parochial
wards. The average mortality of the corresponding week
of the three preceding years was 242, or three less than
the present return. The increase is chiefly in the item of
diseases of the lungs, which caused a mortality of 85
against 63 in the previous week. In the mortality from
zymotic or epidemic diseases there was a decrease of two,
the numbers being respectively 58 and 60. Typhus
caused 10 deaths, scarlatina 40, hooping cough 9, small-
pox 9, (of which six were not vaccinated, and the rest vacci-
nated imperfectly,) measles 8, croup 3, and syphilis 4.
Of the total deaths 149 were children, and 99 adults.
The mean daily temperature was 471 degrees on Wednes-
day, when it was highest and 37 degrees on Saturday.
when it was lowest. The mean of the week was 42
degrees-1i degrees lower than the previous week, and
four-fifths of a degree higher than the average of the
same week of the five preceding years. The reading of
the barometer was below the average throughout the
week, the mean being 29.3 p inches. The wind was chiefly
in the S.E.

ARCHI'T'ECTURAL AND ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
Mr. Frank Howard presided at the usual fortnightly
meeting held onWednesday, and the attendance was nume-
rous. Mr. Rawlinson (who is an honorary member of the
society) forwarded a presentation of parliamentary blue-
books'. Mr. J. P. Horner drew attention to a suggestion
which appeared in The Albion for a monument to Mr.
Elmes, the architect, on the centre of the site of the Old
Islington; Market. He was of opinion that the spot
alluded to would be an appropriate situation for a monu-
ment of some sort • and it had been intimated that the
memento! to Sir Robert Peel should be placed there. Mr.
Joseph Bonk thought that Mr. Ernes' statue could not
have a mbre appropriate place than on one of the pedestals
between the square columns on the east front of St.
George's,hall. Hr. Huggins asked could. Air. Elmes have
a more fitting monument than the building itself. Mr.
Boult wished for information on the process for desiccat-
ing timber, and it was agreed that the question should be
put on the next circular. The chairman, alluding to
some remarks which had fallen from Mr. Artbur Holme
at a former meeting, Es to the preparation of American
iron, wished to know whether the recent accident to the
engine of the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic was
to be attributed to the peculiar manufacture of our trans-
atlantic competitors ? Mr. T. D. Barry read the paper of
the evening, entitled " Ecclesiastical Architecture." Mr.
Barry treated his subject very elaborately, and with much
eloquence ; and at the conclusion of his remarks, the
thanks of the society were voted to him for his interesting
and suggestive contribution. A discussion ensued, in
which Messrs. H. P. Horner. Mr. Joseph Boult, Mr.
Rr. Baffles Brown, and the chairman took part.
SELECT VESTRY, TUESDAY.—The proceedings of the
Finance Committee contained a letter from the clerks to
the magistrates, to this effect :—"We beg to inform you
that our bills against the parish for parochial business
transacted by us as clerks of the magistrates of this bo-
rough have not been paid, since the beginning of 1849.
These bills amount to £1,127 and £1,046, making a total
of £2,174 up to the 25th of March last. We have a fur-
ther bill for business since that time, which would render
the debt of serious amount." It has been resolved, it was
further stated, " That the Town-clerk be directed to take
proceedings to recover the amount due." The claim was
for making out summonses for the parish.—The Work-
house Committee reported 1,835 inmates against 1,860 in
the corresponding week last year. It was stated in the
report of the Building Committee that the Workhouse,
fronting Brownlow-hill, was ready for occupation, except
as to the arrangements for the water supply. In reply to
Mr. Woodruff's question, as to how matters stood in re-
ference to the new parish cemetery. Mr. Dover stated
that Mr.' Churchwarden Harbord and himself, finding that
the amended sanatory bill would effectually close most of
the church-yards in Liverpool, had been obliged to push
on the new cemetery much faster than they had wished
to expend the funds. There was an opinion which he
wished to correct, that the place was merely for the inter-
ment of paupers. Every parishioner might own a grave
there by putting a stone upon it, and so long as there was
room for new graves, his right would never be disturbed.
The cemetery was simply an extension of the church-
yards of St. Peter and St. Nicholas, Liverpool, and every
parishioner would have a right to a grave there at a merely
nominal price. Mr. Harbord and himself had wished to
delay the work from financial considerations ; but the pa-
rishioners must be prepared to pay a very large rate for
three years to come. They had paid for the land a large
sum of money, and without great economy in the expen-
diture of the church-rate, it would be impossible to do
without 2d. in the pound. In reply to a question from
Mr. Jeffreys, it was stated that the new cemetery covered
twenty-four acres of land.—The proposed site for the
depot for slaughtering cattle in Trowbridge-street came
up for discussion, and a resolution was passed declaring
the site to be objectionable, and suggesting that it ought
to be established on the margin of the river.