The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY.

Yesterday forenoon, the annual meeting of the sub-
scribers and friends of this excellent Institution took
place, in the Board Room of the establishment, Samuel
Thompson, Esq., in the Chair. There was present a
Considerable number of the most influential friends of the
Institution.
No report was read on this occasion ; but it was stated
that a report was in course of preparation, and would be
presented by the end of February, or the beginning of
March.
The CHAIRMAN read several statements relating to the
Institution during the past year,—of which the following
are the heads :
iNFIRMARY.—Patients in the house, Ist January, 1847,
194 ; admitted during the last year, 1805 ; cured, 1162
relieved and discharged at own request, 365 ; made out-
patients, 62 ; irregular, 48 ; died, 174 ; in the house Ist
January, 1848, 188.
LUNATIC ASYLUM.—In the house Ist January, 1847,
63 ; admitted during the year, 53 ; cured, 32 ; relieved,
1 • discharged at friends' request, 3 ; removed to County
Asylum, 8; died, 5; in the house Ist January, 1848, 67 ;
total during the year, 116.
LOCK HOSPITA L.—Jn the house January Ist, 1847, 43 ,
admitted during the past year, 450; making a total of 493
during the year.
It appeared from the financial statement read, that the

expenditure of the year was £7615 ; being an increase
• on that of the previous year of about £6OO. The income
361 for the year had been £6731. and some amounts yet to be
received would reduce the balance due to the treasurer to
about £5OO. This deficiency, considering the increased
' demands on the benefits of the Institution, during the
year,—one in which disease was, from various causes,
more than usuaily prevalent,—is not more than might
have been expected; and we trust a liberal public will
extend their contributions so as to meet it.
The officers for the ensuing year were elected. Sir T.
B. Birch was chosen president ; Mr. Gibson was re-elected
treasurer; and the previous committee were also re-
instated.
Thanks were voted to the physicians, the surgeons, the
chaplain, and the general staff of the establishment, for
their unwearied and valuable services during the year;
and a tribute of gratitude was in like manner recorded in
behalf of the clergymen who had devoted their efforts
from the pulpit for the benefit of the Institution. Thanks
being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated.

INCREASE OF POOR-LAW EXPENDITURE IN
MANCHESTER IN 1847.

The Manchester Examiner has furnished its readers
with a table of the weekly expenditure for the support of
the poor of the township during the past year, of which
the following is the substance :—ln the first quarter,
ended 27th March, the amount paid for out-door relief
was £7,101, being an increase, as compared with the cor-
responding quarter of the previous year, of £1,805 in the
expense of English cases, and £1,630 10s. 9d. on that of
Irish cases. In the quarter ended 26th June, the amount
paid was £12,387, being an increase of £4,575 on English,
and £3,970 on Irish cases. In the quarter ended the 25th
September, the amount paid was £15,137, of which £6,445
was an increase on English, and £5,298 on Irish cases ;
and on the quarter ended the 25th December, the amount
paid was £13,695, of which 5,828 was the increase on
English, and £3,752 on Irish cases.
The total expenditure in out-door relief has therefore
been £48,321, of which £18,655 is the excess upon English
cases, and £14,652 upon Irish cases; or upon both to-
gether there hos been an excess over the payments in
1846, amounting to £33,308. There has also been a large
increase in the expenditure for in-door relief, the Man-
chester Workhouse having been filled during the whole
year, and four other establishments having been called
into requisition during a great portion of the year.
The total expenditure of the last twelve months is thus
given :7

Out-door relief £48,321
In-door relief 26,000
Establishment charges 31,000
Vaccination, Registration, and Interest 7,000

112,321

The whole expenditure of the board in the parochial
year 1846-7, which includes the first quarter of last year,
was 64,000, or little over half the above amount. A four-
and-sixpenny rate was estimated to produce, from
£lOB,OOO to £112,000 ; and it was accordingly laid ; but
notwithstanding the use of all possible vigilance in its
collection, it is expected to fall short of the amount
which will be required before the close of the parochical
year. The Corporation estimates its requirements for
next year at above £59,000 ; and it is therefore confidently
expected that the inhabitants will have to raise a sum of
above £lBO,OOO very early this year ; and that the rate
required cannot be less than 7s. fid. in the pound. Such
an impost is fearful to contemplate, at a period when a
large portion of those usually assessed are rather in the
position of objects of relief than objects of taxation.

WAREHOUSE BREAKING.—On Saturday Mr. Rushton
committed to gaol for two months Mary Heavy, Eliza
Hoyle, and Mary Roberts, for having broken into the
warehouse of Mr. Isaac Conolly, in Love-lane. Mr.
Rushton expressed his disatisfaction with the non-vigi-
lance of the police in that siistriet.