The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-01-14 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES

THE GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the
GOVERNORS of this Institution will be holden, in the
CLARENDON-ROOMS, South John-street, on_ THURSDAY. the

of the Charity. and to elect Officers for the ensuing year.
By •order of the General Committee,
JONATHAN BROOKS, President

FRANCIS MILL, Esq., Treasurer, 2, India-buildings

lowing C
past year

Ations in aid of the-Dispertgaries during the

DON ATIO
John Huddlestone, Esq., St. A -street
F. A. Hamilton, Esq., Chapel- treet
R. A. Macfie, Esq., Ratc for-street
W. Cafferata, Esq., E ange-street East
J. Caton Thempso .sq.
Moses Montefior oseph, Esq.
William Lassen, Esq., Milton.street
Thomas Watkinson, Esq., Kensington
John Fletcher, Esq., Leamington, formerly of St

'ICO 0 0

5 0 0
10 0 0
4 13 6
1 0 0
1 0 0
1 0 0
10 0 0

michael's-inount, per Ven. Archdeac•n Brooks
John Holmes, Esq., Everton
D. and C. M'lver, Managers of the British and

50 0 0
300 0 0

North American Royal Mail Steam-ship
Misses Cort, of Ki/rkby., in fulfilment of the inten-
tion of their late Father, the Rev. Robert Cort....
Thomas Denison Lewis, Esq., formerly of this town,
late of Cadogan-place, Belgrave-square, Middlesex,
gift in reversion of one-seventh share of £lO,OOO,
after the death of Thomas Smith Tarleton, Esq... 1428 ll 6

20 0 0

200 0 0

he late Thomas Watmough Jeffreyes, Esq., per
Messrs. Watson nod Webster, X5O, with interest,
£2 108.
_6d., less Expenses, lls. 6cl.

47 19 0

The late Wilham Dilhin, being a composition
accepted from his Executors for his Legacy of
£2OO to each Dispensary, £lB9, less expenses,
14s. 6d.

185 5 6

CHURCH AND CHAPEL COLLECTIONS,
Proportion of Collections from the Welsh Calvinistic
Methodists, per Mr. D. Davies
Proportion of the Simultaneous Collections in ti►e
Churches in behalf of Local Charities

115 13 3

Subscriptions and other Contributions will be received at
the Dispensaries'-office, 21, South Castle-street. Attendance
Daily from Three to Four o'clock. Also, at the North Dispen-
sary, Vauxhall-road, and at the South Dispensary, 1, Upper
Parliament-street, at all hours
By order,
21, South Castle-street, lit

D. H. GIBSON, Secretary

AT the .ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEE
_ of the LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY, LUNATIC ASY-
, M, and LOCK HOSPITAL, held in the Board-room, at the
Infirmary, on MONDAY, the 18th day of January, 1831.

The Treasurer haying read the Report, and made a state
meat of his accounts, the following resolutions were dul
moved and seconded and unanimously agreed to :--

That the accounts for the past.) cur with the report bi

and pre

is priEciicabl

2.—That the thanks of th,iistent,eting be given to Richard
Christopher Naylor. Esq., for cepting the office of President
for tbe,past year, and for les handsome donation of one hun-
dred guineas. Ase

2 al.—That the retireThent of Edward Gibbon, Esq., from the
office etChairmatvir the Committee, is an occasion on which
this meeting is called upon to offer him the warmest expression
of their thanks for his long and able services, during a period
of more than forty-two years. To his continued exertions
to promote the interest of the charity, and his superinten-

a great measure that the institution has been able to meet-the
increasing,wanta of the population of this great town during
many seasons ,of difficulty. This meeting desires also to ex-
press the hope that Mr. Gibbon may long rontinue to look
back with satisfaction on the many years during which he has
been permitted to labour so successfully in promoting the
Christian object for which this institution was founded, the
relief of the sic.k_and disabled poor.
3.—That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Treasurer,

don't fire, and I'll come down," was the reply. He was
then brought down by a ladder, and secured.
Every possible means have been resorted to for the
duties of his office, and that he be re-appointed for present I
recapture of the escaped prisoners.
year.

4.—That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Phy-
THE Rini AN CATHOLIC HIERARCIIY.—Dr. Wiseman
sicians and Surgeons of the Infirmary, Lunatic Asylum, and
Lock Hospital, for theable discharge of their arduous duties appears to be most actively employed in carrying out the
during the past year. last bull of the Pope. Another pastoral letter from his
s.—That the thanksof this meeting, be presented to Dr. Bran- Eminence has just; been issued, dated the Ist instant, and
dreth, Dr. Banning, and Or. Freckleton, the consulting PhY- addressed to the clergy of the London district, by which
.sio:ans, and to James I.Jllscvson, Esq., the consulting surgeon, he makes known and promulgates a statute of institutior
for their services during She past year.
Oand organisation of councils for the better a
.—That the thanks of this meeting hegiven to the Rev. Wm. .. ,
lick' '''Nl ' ~ , ti- 'strict in question, formally classic'

ministration

itckson Blundell, . ..A., for the zeal with which he has dis- 1 or Lne tn.—
charged his important duties as Chaplain during the past 1 chapters, and sections. This ..
year. into the world by the following pompous r0t5,,..,-_
70-That the best thanks of this meeting be presented to " Nicholas, by the grace of God and favour ,if the Apos,
Thomas Smith Tarleton, Esq., for the very handsome manner tolic See, Bishop of Melipotamus and Vicar 4 ecstatic of
in which he has secured to this institution, in the names of
trustees ,Gf its nomination, in conjunction with his own, tile the London district. To our dearly beloved hi Chaist,.
sum of x'1,428 lls 6d., the one-seventh share of the munificent . the clergy of the London district."
donation of ten thousand pounds made by his friend the late Among the novelties in the way of public exbititien9
Thomas Denison Lewis, Esq., formerly of this town, and late preparing for the " Great Exhibition of all Nations" is a
of Cadogan-place2 Belgrave-square, in the county of Middlesex, , 0p,.,, „,„„,.A:„_ „ . _ _

oKeial decree is ushered

to this and iiiic other Piddle charities, to Lake effect upon his the - •ci y cairaurainary oh_
..... a building is 1,.
said Thomas Smith Tarleton's decease, erecting on a piece of ground which was formerly the site
B.—That the thanks of this meeting be presented to those of a brewery at Albert-gate, Knightsbridge. An English
Ministers who, during the past year, have advocated the cause poet has written a poem of six hundred stanzas des-.
of this institution. criptive of the creation of the world-- ' --1
n nne.-• r-1,- n.......... T..., L...... 1... M. I..A.Llnnf fnr Hum _. . - _ _

or whic

hundrec

v.--..,........,,iurp“,•,...., =,=3,19 .-, .. ~.------- --- stanzas tor each of the six days in which " the Lord made
present year, heaven and earth ;" and this poem is to be illustrated by
10.-1 hat the Aledical Officers of the Infirmary, Lunatic Asy-
lum, and Lock Hospital he re-appointed. a large and ingeniously designed Diarama, the exhibition
11.—That the Rev, John Bonghey Monk, M.A., and Edmund of which is to he extended over six days—that is to say, a
Molyneux, ----"'es William Reede, Charles Wilson, Thomas day is to 1),

_
.3e devoted to the illustration of each one hundred
Boui•ne, Charles Freer, William Carson, and Edward Gibbon, stanzas of the poem, which will be confined to the work of
Jun., Esqrs., who retire by rotation, be re-elected members of creation of each particular day. The terms of admission
the Committee.
12.—That the eighth law be amended, so that it stands thus i are to 1)e thus arranged, Every purchaser of the poem

. .. . -
"That no PhysiCian shall be eligible-who shall unifies—fel: . (the price of which is to be 153.) will receive a ticket en-
low of the Royal College of Physicians of Lond,in, or who shall titling him to admission every one of the six days •, and
not have graduated, as Doctor of Medicine, at one of the follow- , those who do not purchase it will be charged three shillings
ing Universities, namely, Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Edin- .for each day's exhibition. It is expected the novelt . •
burgh, 01Asgow, or London, or who practices, &c." •
That this Meeting recommend the Committee to take the the scheme, added to the sublin.c interest of the :Iv?
decreasing sista pf the subscription list into its early consi- will ensure it a large amount of patronage ~, ~,
deration. visitors of " all nations" who will throng the melt* . 4fr:
...,--t
'd in 0--- de,- " ---h a result .-

JOHN B. MONK, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the chair, it was unanimously
resolved,—
That t he thanks of this meeting I:,* presented to the Chairman
fDr bis able conduct in the chair.

and in the confidence of suo.. _ t-- -ome twe-a
thousand pounds will be expended on buildinf
fittings-up, as well as paying £4OO for a year's relt . tiSe'
ground.—Oaford Herald.

Life withc
The happi
Work trio,
And grits]

Riteraturr.

POETRY

WORK

BY CHARLES SWAM

Attend, oh Man,

the ministry of mina,
ntain height is free to
Man's heritage is Tune!
Toil on !
Work on and win !

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May conquer fate, and captUre fain(

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Power,
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w can a man who

sn the sk

s said to be " winged"

use in going to fight a

_ an traveller, when intro-
ecial favour, into the lady-chapel of the
al of Shoe, is stated to have found the walls of
)liest of Abyssinian shrines hung round with co-
prints of the great Leicestershire steeple-chase.
.ITE, BUT St.ow.—A. stuttering Vermonter was
the way to Waterbury. With great politeness he
to say that it was right ahead, but in vain. The
he tried, the more he couldn't. At last, red in the
and furious with unavailable exertion, he burst forth
darn ye; you'll gig-gi-get
—New York Cyclops.
—To prove that the

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COINING AT THE MINT.—TiII the present century the
Mint remained in the Tower. But about 1806. the
government, finding the military department had greatly
encroached upon the buildings used for coining, entrusted
to Sir Robert Smirke the erection of a new edifice upon
Tower-hill- It was completed about 1811, at an expense
of above a quarter of a million of money. This immense
sum, however, included Boulton's expensive machinery,
which, by successive improvements, has been brought to
such a surprising degree of perfection, as, in conjunction
with the other arrangements of the admirable establish-

ment, places a power at the disposal of the monevers that
will enable them, if required, to receive fifty thousand
pounds' worth of gold one morning in bullion, and return
it the next in coin. It is amusing to contrast this rapidity
with the state of thiags existing when every piece was
struck by hand, or when the entire process of coining
could he carriz‘A on in a single room. In the present
interesting process of coining, the itirts are first melted
in pots, when the alloy, of copper, is added (to gold, one
part in twelve : to silver, eighteen pennyweights to a
pound weight.), and the mixed metal cast into small
And now begin the operations of the stupen-
machinery, which is unequalled in the Mint
y other country, and is in every way a triumph
mechanical skill. The bars, in a heated state, are
passed through the breaking-down rollers, which
it tremendous crushing power, reduce them to only

do us

bird of their former thickness, ,ocrease them
proportionally in their length. They are now passed
through the cold rollers, which bring them nearly to the
thickness of the coin required, when the last operation of
this kind is performed by the draw-bench—a machine pe•
culiar to our mint, and which secures an extraordinary
degree of accuracy and uniformity to the surface of the
metal, and leaves it of the exact thickness desired. The
cutting-out machines now begin their work. There are
twelve of those engines in the elegant room set apart for
them, all mounted on the same basement, and forming a
circular range. Here the bars, or strips
pieces of the proper shape and weight for the coining-
.

are cut into

press, and then taken to the sizing-room to he separately
weighed, as well as sounded on a circular piece of iron, to
detect any flaws. The protecting rim is next raised in
the marking-room, and the pieces, after blanching
annealing, are ready for stamping. The coining-
room is a most magnificent-looking place, with its co-
lumns, and great iron beams, and the presses ranging
along the stone basement. There are eight presses, each
of them making, when required, sixty or seventy ( or
-en more) strokes a minute; and at each stroke a blank
'ade a perfect coin—that is to say. d on both

stamps(

ge—each press wilt coin
between four and five thousand pieces in the hour, or the
whole eight between thirty and forty thousand. And to
accomplish these mighty results, the attention of one
little boy alone is required, who stands in a sunken place
before the press, supplying it with blanks. The bullion
is now money, and ready for the trial of the pis, which,
at t e Mint, is a kind of tribunal of judgment between
the actual coiners and the owners, as the greater trial
known by the same name in the Court of Exchequer is
t

test the quality of the money as between the
Master of the Mint and the people. This trial gene-
rally takes place on the appointment of a new master,
before the members of the Privy Council and a certain
number of the Goldsmiths' Company ; from the latter a
jury of twelve persons is sworn. The Lord High
Chancellor, or, in his absence, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, presides. Ruding was present at the trial of
the pis in 1799, when, after a great variety of minute
experiments, it was found that a certain quantity of gold,
which should have weighed 190 pounds 9 ounces 9 penny.
vs-eights and 15 grains, did weigh just 1 pennyweight and
the 15 grains less : a closeness of approximation sufficient,
no doubt, to satisfy the nicest tribunal.

BANK-NOTE MActuNEßY.—Considerable mechanical
ingenuity has been shewn in devising the best mode of
manufacturing bank-notes, so that they shall be light,
durable, and not easily imitated by forgers. The making
of the paper, the engraving of the steel plate, and the
numbering of the notes, have all called forth this ingenuity.
It was stated some short time ago, in the public journals,
that many of the banks in the United States had adopted
the use of a peculiar kind of paper made expressly for
bank notes. There are introduced into the body of the
piece of paper for each note as many cotton threads as will
shew the value of the note in dollars, up to certain limits;
or at least, that a definite number of threads shall repre-
sent a definite value in the note ; so that no chemical or
mechanical tampering with the printed part of the note
will prevent the paper from revealing the true original
value. Tn respect to the plates from which the bank-
notes are printed, they must he formed of copper; but
as this material soon wears away, a mode of using steel
plates was devised by Messrs. Perkins and Heath, by
which a surprising number of copies may be taken.
A block of thick plate steel is softened on the upper side;
the device is engraved on this softened surface ; the block
is hardened by a very careful process after the engraving ;
the device is transferred from the hardened block to the
convex surface of a small soft steel roller, by intense
pressure ; the roller is hardened, and the device is trans-
ferred from it to any number of softened steel Oates; these
plates are hardened after the transfer, and are then in a
state to be printed from. By this beautiful train of ope-
rations, one originally engraved block is made to suffice
for an almost endless number of engravings. The mode
in which the writing, the emblems, and the ornaments
are combined i❑ a bank-note, is so planned as to render
forgery difficult. The numbering is a remarkable process,
as now performed. * * * * Four wheels, each di-
vided by ten notches, leaving a facet between each pair,

placed upon a shaft ; a portion of their breadth being
turned down about one-half of their depth, having a boss
or collar between every two. Upon these bosses, and
filling up the spaces, rest latches; and over each wheel is
a pall, the width of the first being equal to that
of the unit wheel, and the breadth of thi others
equalling that of the wheel and latch. The palls
are driven by a crank ; by each revolution of which
the first wheel is moved through a space equal to one-
tenth of its entire circumference, bringing regularly for-
ward the numbers from 1 to 0. When the figure 0 is
reached, the latch of the second wheel is depressed, and
the wheel moves forward one division marking the tens.
The same process is repeated with regard to the other
wheels, and thus any amount of numbers can be regis-
tered, by simply increasing the number of wheels in pro-
portion. Machines of this kind are extensively adopted
in the Bank of England ; with, of course, an inking
apparatus to apply to the types. A patent was taken out
in 1844 for a mode of printing bank-notes intended to
obviate the liability to forgery. The surface is covered
with two designs, one geometrically regular, and the
other very irregular; the two designs are engraved on
different plates, and are printed with different inks, the
one with visible and the other with invisible ink. Both
of the inks are delible or removeable by chemical means ;
and the usual engraving of a bank-note is printed on

paper so prepared. The rationale of the suggestion is
this ; that whatever means a forger might take to alter by
chemical agency the letters or figures, or to transfer them
by lithographic or anastatic processes, the state of the
paper would betray him ; for he would remove some parts
of the design in the one case, and fail to transfer it in the
other.—Knight's Cycloptedia.