The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting on
Wednesday, much dissatisfaction was expressed at the
manner in which the Fever Committee had contracted
bills, and ultimately all the bills, with the exception of
one from Mr. Shaw, stationer, for goods supplied under

contract, were referred to the Finance CoUimittee. A
letter was submitted to the board, from the ratepayers of
Litherland, praying for a representative at the board.
The clerk was instructed to inform the memorialists that
the board approved of the object. A letter from the Poor-
law Commissioners was also submitted to the board, sanc-
tioning the increase, for three months, of the clerk's
salary, from £2OO to £2BO per annum. A long discussion
arose respecting the appointment of Mr. Rees, as surgeon
for the Bootle and Litherland district, on a complaint from
some of the inhabitants, which ended by a suggestion from
the board that if the inhabitants felt agrieved, a memorial

on the subject from the inhabitants generally had better

be presented.
THE SAILORS' HOME.—The annual meeting of the
subscribers to "The Sailors' Home Registry and Saving
Bank" took place, on Friday, at the Rooms of the East
India Association, Charles Cotesworth, Esq. in the chair.
Mr. Boardman, the secretary, read the report, (the third)
of which the following is a synopsis :—A considerable in-
crease in each branch of the business bad taken place,
though the past year had been one of commercial em-
barrassment. The number of men (well recommended)
who had been registered was, in 1847, 2,212, making
9,433 on the books since the opening. The ships sup-
plied with crews had been 536 during the year, an in-
crease on 1846 of G 6 ; and the number of men shipped
7,535, and of crews paid off in the institution 320. The

great advantages of* thus paying crews are pointed out,
for the information of shipowners. The amount paid in
cashing seamen's notes was £3,150. Great caution is
observed in this department, and the money is advanced
at a small charge as a reward for good conduct. The
Saving Bank is in a flourishing state. On the 31st De-

cembei last, the deposits amounted to £846, exhibiting a
steady increase. The sailors had, during the year, paid
in £1,770 ; the sum drawn out was £1,364 : the whole
balance in the bank is held by 97 individuals, nearly all
of whom are at sea. Many of the sailors had expressed
their surprise and gratitude that their money had been
safely taken care of and increased in their absence. Divine
service had been regularly performed in the house on
Sunday and Wednesday evenings during the year. The
committee regret that greater progress has not been made
with the new building, which is necessary to the full de-
velopment of the objects of the institution, but it was,
after unavoidable delays, in progress, and would become
one of the architectural ornaments of the town. The
committee rely upon the liberality of the public to supply
the balance of the amount requisite for its completion.—
The Chairman said they bad gradually and steadily in-
creased with the object they had in view—increasing the
number of seamen who had registered, and affording
facilities for shipping seamen, &c. The building was
now raised above the level of the ground, and ere long
would become in reality a " home for sailors." Appro.
priate resolutions were then proposed and adopted, after
which the meeting separated.
SRLECT VESTRY.—At the meeting on Tuesday, the
Rev. Rector Brooks was in the chair, and read a note
. from Dr. Collins, in which that gentleman intimated that
he was in attendance, and ready to make some communi-
cation relative to the soup establishment connected with
the parish. Dr. Collins was accordingly admitted. He
expressed a hope that, as there was so much distress
abroad, and such a number of people who had had per-
manent work. and who were now without any, that the
Vestry would sell the soup to all parties, whether they
were or were not upon the parish books, otherwise, he
observed, a great deal of discontent would arise. It was
unanimously determined that the tickets should be sold
to the public at a penny, and the price of the soup should
be a halfpenny per quart. The churchwardens were
authorised to raise the sum of £7,617 to pay for the ground
appertaining to the new parish cemetery ; also the sum of
£1750 for enclosing, &c. And they were further autho-
rised to raise these sums by a rate, or from any person
willing to lend the same on the mortgage of the rates of
the parish. Mr. Bennett moved that a petition be pre-
sented to the churchwardens, strongly urging upon them
to represent the necessity of reducing the duty upon tea.
Mr. Sharpe opposed the motion. The question was put
upon Mr. Bennett's motion for adopting the petition,
when there appeared—For it, 10 ; against it, 12. Mr.
Weightman reported that he had prepared plans and es-
timates of the new buildings at the workhouse, with ad-
ditions thereto, and to combine buildings for the whole of
the parochial officers, together with the offices for the
registrars for births, &c. He observed that, according to
the amended plans accommodation would be afforded to
200 males and 250 females, additional, and that the total
cost of the works would be £46,600. The Building Com -
mittee was instructed to consider whether Mr. Weight-
man should proceed with the work, and whether a new
contract should be sought, now that the original plans had
been amended. Mr. J. A. Picton offered himself as a
candidate 'or the valuation of property for the parish
assessments in place of Mr. Weightman; and the com-
mittee resolved that in future there be two surveyors, in
place of Mr. Weightman. at salaries of £lOO guineas a"-
year each. The Town-clerk sent notice that the time for
the Select Vestry to give up the Parish-offices had arrived. I

The Finance Committee recommended'that the new pre-
mises in Lime-street be occupied as parish-offices, as soon
as the present tenants be. removed. The committee ap-
pointed to investigate certain charges made against the re-
lieving-officer of St. Anne-street, reported that they had
investigated the whole.of the complaints which they had
received ; and having made inquiries from no fewer than
1800 paupers, as to whether they had invariably received
that relief which the parish had allowed them, from Mr.
Lamonley, the relieving-officer, and :being answered in all.
these cases in the negative ; and also having examined the
system of out-door relief pursued by that officer, and
finding that the parish had been overcharged for the
amount of relief given•; -they recommended that he be at
once dismissed, and that the other officers in the relieving
department be furnished with full rules-and regulations for
their guidance in the discharge of their duties. After
some conversation the report was confirmed, and Mr.
Lamonley was accordingly dismissed. Mr. Poole moved
the adjournment of the Vestryto that day week, when he
would submit his motion relative to the rating of the Li-
verpool docks.

SCHOOL FOR THE INDIGENT BLIND.—The annual
meeting of the subscribers to the school for the blind
took place on Friday, R. W. Houghton, Esq., presiding.
Mr. Mills, the treasurer, read a statement of the accounts,
from which it appeared that there was a balance against
the Institution, of 1'283, and in answer to a question put
to him by a gentleman present, stated that the expendi-
ture during the past year had been 4s. lid per week for
each individual in the house, whilst the cost in the pre-
vious year had only. been 3s. 101 d. per head per week.
The increase had been owing to the higher price of pro-
visions. The subscriptions too were less than in the past
year ; but on the whole they came on well Mr. Lockett
asked in what state were the negotiations with the Lon-
don and North-Western Railway Company. The Rev.
Edward. Hull,. the chaplain, stated that he had been
several times in communication with Mr. Henry Booth,
on the part of the railway company, respecting the re-
moval of the school: and the church, but they had not
been able to come to any definitive arrangement. Mr.
Lockett suggested that the chaplain be empowered to
make an arrangement on behalf of the Institution ; but
the rev. gentleman declinedundertaking the responsibility,
and after a short discussion a committee was appointed
for that purpose.

DOCK COMMITTEE

Present,—Messrs. Moore, (in the chair,) Nicol, Ran-
kin, Saunders, Lockett, Kendall, Tobin, Sandbach, Glad-
stone, Holt, Horsfall, Shand, Molyneux, Wood, Robin-
son, Chilton, Mann,. and Henderson.