The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES

An election took place yesterday, at the Clarendon
Rooms, of an honorary medical officer to the Dispensa-
ries. The first gentleman proposed was Mr. Henry Beh-
rend. Mr. Thorneley, M.P., in proposing this gentle-
man, expatiated on his qualifications, and referred chiefly
to an extended course of study which this candidate had
successfully and honourably passed through.—The motion
was seconded, in the name of Mr. James Mulleneux, by
Mr. Corbally.
Dr. John Gray Sandie was next proposed by the Rev.
G. W. Warr, incumbent of St. Saviour's, who stated that
D. Sandie, during the seven years he had devoted to the
duties of his practice, had proved himself not only to be
possessed in a high degree of the qualifications requisite in
a medical man, but also that he was kind and experienced
in his treatment of the poor. Mr. Warr concluded his
remarks by handing in fifty proxy rotes.—Mr. Clow se-
conded the nomination.

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Dr. David Purdie Thomson was then nominated by Mr.
Jones and seconded by Mr. Heath ; after which, Mr. J.
B. Yates, who was to have proposed Dr. Thomson, but
was two or three minutes too late, added his testimony to
the possession by this candidate of the necessary require-
ments for the office. _ _ _

No other candidate being proposed, the voting was next
proceeded with, and shortly after three o'clock, when the
voting terminated, the result was announced as follows :

For Dr. Sandie..
Mr. Behrend

232 votes.
175 ~

Mr. Thompson retired soon after the voting com-
menced, and Dr. Sandie was therefore declared duly
elected.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DR. M'NEILE'S LECTURE ON THE CANON LAW

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SlR,—Will you be good enough, by the publication of
the enclosed note, to make known to the treasurers of
the respective charities alluded to, that I shall be happy
to hand over to them, as desired, the balance now in my
bands.—Yours most respectfully,
H. J. WEBSTER, Hon. Sec. pro tem.
7, Rumford-street, Dec. 20, 1850.
" Albury House, 20th Dec., 1850.

" MY DEAR SIR,—In reply to your inquiry concerning
the disposal of the proceeds from the sale of tickets for
my lecture, I beg to propose that ten pounds be given to
the treasurer of the Hodson-street Ragged School, ten
pounds to the Soho-street Ragged School, and the balance
to the Northern Hospital.
" In these institutions good of every kind, temporal
and spiritual, is conferred upon poor Roman Catholics;
and it is always gratifying to us all to manifest practical
kindness towards them, while we abhor the cunningly
devised system by which they are kept in degradation and

slavery,
" I cannot close this note without expressing to you
personally, and to the gentlemen who so kindly assisted
you, my warmest thanks for the manner in which the
meeting was arranged and conducted.—l am, my dear
sir, very sincerely yours,

" HUGH M'NEILE.
" 11. J. Webster, Esq., Hon. Sec., pro. tern,"

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

Sin,—ln your paper of Dec. 17th you have inserted
the following paragraph, as extracted from the Morning
Herald :

" On 'Wednesday, a general meeting of the members of this
society, of which Dr. Pusey, the Rev. Mr. Keble, Lord John
Manners, and other tractarians are the leaders, was held at
their rooms, Lancaster-place, Strand, when the following reso-
lution was adopted That this union desires to assure the
Rev. W. J. E. Bennett (of St. Barnabas') of its warmest sym-
pathy, and to thank him for the courageous stand he has made
against recent persecution ; and while it prays him to perse-
vere unto the end, entreats him, for the sake of the Christian
church and poor, not to he induced to desert a post to which
by God's providence, lie has been "
As Lord John Manners' friends believe that such a para-
graph is calculated to convey an impression that his_lord-
ship approved of Mr. Bennett's proceedings, I beg to
send you the following remarks from him on this subject,
and to request that you will publish them in your paper
of Tuesday next
You are quite right in supposing that I knew nothing
of the vote of the London Union to which the paragraph
in the Morning Herald referred, until I saw it in the
papers. Had it been a vote to encourage Mr. Bennett to
resist the Bishop's request, I should at on-..e have with-
drawn my name from the Union, which was formed under
the Bishop's sanction : but as it bore reference solely to
the Sabbath-breaking mob persecution which Mr. Ben-
nett had undergone,—a persecution which every Christian
man must be happy to have an opportunity of denoun-
cing,—I remain, and intend to remain, a member of that
body, so long as it restricts its action to a defence of the
Church of England."
I remain, sir, your obedient servant,
EDMUND MOLYNEUX.
Childwall Hall, 21st December, 1850.

" CRUELTY TO ANIMALS" BY PUBLIC
OFFICERS !

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

trust you will allow me the use of your columns
to expose an act of gross cruelty and official impropriety !
I will merely state the facts of the case, with a few words
of comment. _ _ .

On the evening of Friday, the 6th December, the
driver of a car being found in Sefton-street, Toxteth
Park, in a state of intoxication, by police-officer 638, was
lodged in Brick-street Bridewell, and the horse and car
(belonging to Mr. Edward Davies, of Hunter-street,)
were placed in the Pinfold adjoining. The occurrence
took place about 9 o'clock at night.
As the time for the vehicle being home passed away, the
owner became anxious ; but during the whole night,
(notwithstanding all the search and inquiry which he and
the police could make), he could hear nothing of his
missing property, which, a few months before, cost him
upwards of £lOO. On the following morning, about IO
o'clock, a stranger came to him and informed him that he
had seen one of his cars in Brick-street Pinfold ; Mr.
Davies immediately went there, and found his car as
stated. The horse was left in an open yard, with his
harness on, exposed to all the cold, from 9 o'clock on
Friday night to 11 or 12 o'clock on the following day.
The owner inquired why he was not informed by the
policeman or bridewell-keeper, as to where his car was ?
The keeper replied lie could not ascertain where to send
to ; that the driver would not tell anything more definite
than Byrom-street, or Hunter-street, or somewhere about
there ! Now this is a poor excuse. If the keeper (Wil-
son) had sent up to the stand in St. James's Place, lie
would have found plenty of persons to give him the in-
formation ; and more than that, if he would only have
referred to the Directory on the premises, (which I pre-
sume is kept for that sole purpose,) he would have evaded
even that little trouble to save the horse from such suffer-
ing, and the owner from the great distress of mind which
the matter occasioned him ; and as this would not have
troubled him much, he might have passed word to Mr.
Davies by the police, and thus he would have done his
duty with very little exertion on his part.
Mr. Dowling considers him guilty of great negligence
and cruelty, and leaves him to Mr. Davies to deal with
him as he thinks proper. Mr. D., however, prefers show-
ing more mercy to him tnan he did to the brute unfortu-
nately placed within his power. Itis hoped that the
publication of these facts will be a sufficient warning both
to the keeper and officer, who are equally culpable in this
piece of heedless inhumanity. It is evident they both
preferred leaving the animal to his fate, rather than
make the least inquiry to prevent his suffering. Let them
be cautious for the future : this is the extent of the cen-
sure they will receive for this misconduct, but—(and let
them mark it well)—a repetition of the same remissness
and indifference will receive another and more peremptory
treatment. These facts are authentic, and I put you in
possession of my address for your own satisfaction in that
particular.--I am, Sir, &e.,
A MEMBER OF THE " CAR
PROPRIETORS' ASSOCIATION."
14th Dec., 1850.

The " Christmas Concerts" at the Collegiate, which
have on former occasions dispensed se much delight, com-
mence on Thursday next, when will be performed Han-
del's oratorio of " Israel in Egypt." The vocalists are
Miss S. Lyon, Miss M. Wells, ,Mr. M. Smith, and Mr.
H. Barnby, with a powerful chorus. Owing to the mar-
riage of Miss Thornton. her aervices could not be secured
for this season • but nisa Wells, who is a pleating and
accomplished vticalist,y4ll .Kova, la saidt.a moat effi-
, clout aubatitute.