The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-06 00:00:00

DEAFNESS CURED,

Ik/(R. BENNETT, the eminent AURIST, 28, NORTON-
"VI STREET, Islington, Liverpool, has the honour of an-
nouncing his arrival in Liverpool from Lever-street, Manches•
ter, where, during a Six Months' Visit, 160 persons have been
permanently CURED by him of DEAFNESS, many having
been Deaf from Twenty to Forty Years, to whom those simi-
larly afflicted may be referred. For Lists of Cures performed
there see Manchester and Birmingham Newspapers ; also,
Rep .rte of Cures per foymed by him.
Those so afflicted are informed that he may be Consulted at his
Residence, 28, Norton-street, Islington, Liverpool, every day,
Sundays included, from Ten till Five, on all diseases of the Ear.
The infallible success attendir, his peculiar mode of treatment,
being free from any of those dangerous and experimental ope-
rations usually resorted to, is clearly exemplified by the nu-
merous cures performed by him, not only in Manchester and
Birmingham, above referred to, but in almost every t3wn in
England, France, and America, coupled with the high Testi-
monials, both oral and documentary, from the Faculty, and the
number of persons, still resident in the town, who have been
cured by him, render any further comment unnecessary.
In the Press, Fourth Edition, with Plates, " A Treatise oft
Diseases of the Ear," by John Bennett, Aurist, of London,
Paris, and New York.
Persons in the country may state their case by letter, in re-
ply to which a candid and impartial opinion will be given ; and
from those beyond the power of cure a fee will not be required.
N.B.—Advice gratis to the Poor, on SATURDAYS and MON-
DAYS, from Half-past Four till Seven in the Evening.

A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS of
lA. the Borough of LIVERPOOL, called by the Mayor, pur-
suant to a Requisition numerously and respectably signed by
Merchants and Traders of the Borough, for the purpose of
petitioning Parliament to take immediate measures, by wise
and prudent retrenchment, and a just revision of taxation, to
equalize the ordinary Expenditure with the ordinary Income
of the Country, holden on WEDNESDAY, the 31st May 1848,
at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, in the Sessions'-house, Chapel-
street.

T. B. HORSFALL, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair,
It was moved by Mr. FERO USON, seconded by Mr. CHARLES
HOLLAND, and resolved unanimously,
"That the depression and want of confidence under which
the trading and commercial interests of the country are now
labouring are greatly aggravated by the preseLt unsatisfactory
state of the national finances."

It was moved by Mr. C. ROBERTSON, seconded by Mr. A
H. WY LI Ej
"That the national expenditure is on a scale of unjustifiable
extravagance."

It was moved by Mr. L. HEYWORTH, seconded by Mr
RICHARD VAUGHAN YATES,
"'That, in order to remedy this alarming state of the national
finances, a prudent and immediate retrenchment, with a view
of bringing the expenditure within the income, is a measure
of urgent necessity, and that resorting to any temporary ex-
pedient for meeting the deficit, by borrowing, is eminently
calculated to add to the present distrust, and to increase the
evils from which the community have already so deeply suf-
fered."

It was moved by Mr. J. R. JEFFERY, seconded by Mr. Bo TJLT,
"That, in the opinion of this Meeting, a large measure of
Financial Reform, embracing the remission of those burdens
which press upon industry, and the substitution of an equi-
tably adjusted scheme of direct taxation, in which Property
should be made to bear its fair proportion, is imperatively
demanded at the hands of the Government, the present mode
of raising the Public Revenue by means of Customs and
Excise Duties being unjust in principle, limiting, as it does,
the comfort and subsistence of the People, and lessening their
employment, and, as a consequence, materially retarding the
progressive wealth of the country."
It was moved by Mr. RICHARD TARRALL, seconded by Mr.
THO- MAS ROGERS,
"That, if after every possible retrenchment and the removal,
as far as practicable, of these imposts, which are inimical to the
industry of the country, the revenue be found to require addi-
tional aid, it be recommended to apply the l'robate and Legacy
Duties to real property, or to levy the Stamp Duties on regal
pecuniary instruments by an equitable per centage throughout,
and the substitution, as far Its possible, of direct for indirect
taxation."
It was moved by Mr. J. SMITH, seconded by Mr. BRODERIBB,
" That the following Petition' to the House of Commons be
adopted by the Meeting, and signed by the Mayor :
"To the Hoaourable the Commons of Great Britain and
Ireland, in Parliament assembled,
"The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Liverpool, in
Public Meeting assembled,
" Showeth,—That your Petitioners, being extensively
engaged in Trade and Commerce, have seen with much appre-
hension the National Expenditure gradually increase upon the
National Income, until, at length, a large deficiency exists in
the Public Revenue.
" That your Petitioners have seen, with still greater alarm,
that this state of the Public Finance has not induced her
Majesty's Government to adopt any measures to meet an
emergency alike discreditable to the country and injurious
to all. the pursuits of industry, none of which can flourish
under a failing Exchequer.
"That your Petitioners believe that the present amount of
Taxation is greater than the industry, of the country can sup-
port, and, if continued, must tend to impoverish the nation.
" Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly beg that your
Honourable House will at once adopt the necessary measures
to reduce the Expenditure within the Income of the country;
and, by a large measure of Financial Reform, relieve industry
from its present burdens, and cast upon property its fair pro-
portion of the public charges, a measure which, to effect these
objects fully, ought to include the application of the Probate
and Legacy Duties to real property, the levying of the Stamp
Duties on legal pecuniary instruments on an equitable per
centa,ge throughout, or the substitution, as far as possible, of
direct for indirect taxation. -

" And your Petitioners will ever pray.
" On behalf of the Meeting,
" THOMAS B. HORSFALL, Mayor."
It was moved by Mr. WYLIE, seconded by Mr. JourN
SMITH, and resolved unanimously,
"That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Mayor."