The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-18 00:00:00

TUE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

buildings thereon suitable for all the purposes of a workhouse,
lunatic asylum, and receptacle for idiots and imbeciles, in
order that it mio.ht .11

paupers belonging to theparish Wfn Liverpool, and also that
they had come to the conclusion of recommending the vestry
to consider how far the recently erected wing of the Work-
house, situate opposite Mount-pleasant and the end of Hope-
street, might be converted from its present purpose, as a part
of the Workhouse, and rendered available for the parish-offices.
It appeared that, in committee, an amendment was moved to

building the VVOrili-c'

..se at grownlow-hill, but that, upon a
division, there were only three members who supported the
amendment, and that the foregoing recommendations were
accordingly adopted.
The start];

; nature of these recommendations seemed to
lerabla surprise in the minds of some of the

members of the vestry w

he vestry-clerk

ItEatT II A RT, in a 1

gthened speech, moved the adop

tion of the r

DING pronounced the scheme to he wild and vision-

cry, and one nit was worthy only of the " new lights" who
had been lately elected members of the board. (Hear, and
laughter.) People talked of the march of intellect, but he
thought that if the board adopted these recommendations,
they would be marching backwards. The plan of going out
of the town to erect the Liverpool Workhouse had been consi-
dered heretofore, but it was abandoned for a variety of consi-
derations. He concluded by moving as an amendment, that
the plans already adopted by the board for enlarging the
workhouse at Brownlow-hill, and which had been approved of
by the Poor-law Commissioners, be proceeded with forthwith.
The CHAIRMAN said he could not take Mr. Urquhart's mo-
tion, because, if adopted, it would completely rescind what the
board had previously done; and, in order to do that, notice of
such a motion must be given in due form, and it must be de-
bated at a subsequent meeting of the board
Mr. Po

said that they Could get £50,000 for the land in
Brownlow-hill, and the buildings thereon ; and that for £5,000
more they could erect a workhouse out of the town, with luna-
tic asylum and other offices, to stand on from 27 to 30 acres of
land.
Mr. EARLE

id that the very utmost they could get for the
sod in Brownlow-hill was £30,000, and they could not expect
to realise the other £20,000 from the buildings. The land was
not worth more than 15s. per yard, and one-third of it would
have to be laid out in streets.

divided

when there appeared—For Mr. Riding's amendment,
st it, 13. The amendment was consequently lost. The

ment—Migsrs. Riding, Bennett, Molyneux, Earle, Ferguson,
Wylie, Hand, Mellor, and the Chairman. Against it— Messrs.
Clarke, M'Taggart, Watson, Hodgson, Cafferata, Seward.
Brown, Shakeshaft, Poole, Woodruff, Urquhart, Abraham,
and Hindley.

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Mr. URQUHART said he had no doubt, after the decision to
which the board had just arrived, that the recommendations
of the Building Committee would be adopted, and that on that
day fortnight he would submit a motion for their adoption
forthwith.

Scotland-road, was elected a member of the vestry, in the
place of Mr. Haigh, resigned.
The vestry agreed to print, in a pamphlet form, the names
and residences of all persons at present on the books of the
parish, and receiving relief, with the amount of such relief,
and also the names and residences of all persons who, for the
last nine months, have been excused their rates, together with
the amount of the rate excused. They also agreed to notify
this resolution by public placards oa the walls, and to distri-
bute the pamphlets in the various wards of the town.
MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WORKHOU.E.

mittee of the Workhouse Committee appointed to consider the
medical arrangements for the Workhouse, submitted a printed
report of their recommendations, of which the following is a
brief abstract :—That the medical staff consist of a physician,
a surgeon, a house surgeon, and an apothecary, with a medical
qualification; and 14-- 'nrth t'--

town of considerable importance, which had a very good
harbour, and was the main staple place of the Russian
trade in flax, hemp, tallow, and the like articles for foreign
exportation. He there pointed out to them some of the
most remarkable and striking buildings of the place, such
as the Rathhause, i.e., Townhall, the Exchange, St. Pe-
ter's Church, with a spire more than 300 feet In height,
the Domkirche, or Cathedral, the Ritter-saal, or assem-
bly-rooms, which was the property of the nobility residing
in the Baltic provinces. He gave also a description of the
character of the natives, by far the greater portion of
which were Germans. They were, the Doctor said, ge-
nerally speaking, well-informed, hospitable, and courteous
towards strangers, especially the English, whom they es-
teemed on account of their integrity, love of peace, and

Hon. S. Maxwell, &c.) took their places amongst their
loyal countrymen; and, in some instances, the clergy—
however naturally dis;nclined to mix themselves up in the
turmoils of politics—felt it their sacred duty to identify
themselves with their parishioners, especially at a season
so critical as the present. " I am happy to say," quoth
one of our correspondents, " that the greater part of the
gentry of this influential county are going to join the in-
stitution [the Orange] and become members of the grand
committee."

Indeed, from all that we can observe of the signs of
the times, and collect from the incidents of this great
demonstration, there is every likelihood that a very short
time, indeed, will elapse before we shall see the Orange
Institution placed upon a broader, firmer, and more ex-
tensive basis than ever. Does not the state of the country
demand it ?

We must, before we conclude, call attention to the fact,
that the legal and constitutional object of those assem-
blies was to adopt an address to her sacred Majesty, the
Queen, and that in no instance was this solemn duty neg-
lected.

We have only to repeat the gratifying fact, that in no
instance that we have heard was there the slightest ten-
dency to a breach of the peace. The meetings seem to
have inspired the well-affected peasantry with joy and
confidence.