The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

In 1844, the number of eye cases admitted was.... 3077
In 1843

Increase in 1844 over 1843
Ear patients treated in 1844 ..... .
1843

Increase in 1844

This shows, in the two departments, a gross

790
... 2661
... 1995

........ ....... _ . ,
increase, in 1844, of _ 1496
The total number of patients prescribed for, and wh,
have received the necessary dressings, medicines, &c.,
during the ear 1834, was—
Eye cases ~
Ear cases .....

Total
This gives an average of 52 cases each day.
In a 'most important class of patients, namely, the me-
chanics and artizans employed in railways, foundries, on
board steam-boats, and in the great public works under
construction in this town and neighbouring localities, a
great increase has taken place.
Of burns, wounds, &c., in 1844 there has been 225
fI ~ in 1843 the number was

Increase in 1844.
The above return is exclusive of cases that have been
'operated on, as in-patients.
The committee have great satisfaction in finding that
of forty-six individuals received into the infirmary blind,
forty-two have, by operation, badthe inestimable blessing
of sight restored.
Mr. NEILL then addressed the meeting as follows :
It is just ten years since I was elected as surgeon to this
hospital, and half that period has elapsed since, with the
kind assistance of liberal friends, the Ear department of
the Infirmary rose into existence. I promised that peri-
odically I would furnish the public with the result of my
labours, and I have endeavoured each year to render a
faithful account of my stewardship at our annual meeting.
For ten years I have 'kept a table of the diseases as they
have occurred, and as years go on this tabular arrange-
ment becomes a valuable reference, as, from the effects
of season and atmospheric causes, I can now make ar-
rangements to meet many of the ailments which •pay their
periodical visits. It will be scarcely necessary to add,
too, that measures of greater efficiency are now readily
applied in successfully combating both the general and
more curious -cases which apply for relief. I may allude
to two ailments which, at their peculiar seasons, always
show themselves, and which are diseases of difficult cure.
The one is scrofulous ophthalmia, with all its train of
evils ; and the other, the most distressing complaint to
which a human being can`be subjected—rheumatism of
the eye-ball. 'We have had in the last year many inte-
resting cases of these complaints, when the peculiar treat-
ment of this institution has been very satisfactory in its
success. There is .nothing in which this institution is
more useful than in its immediate assistance rendered in
cases of mechanical injury to so delicately formed an
organ as the eye—an organ whose delicate and transparent
structures are, wheninjuries have occurred, so easily dis-
arranged by the least delay in the application of remedial
measures. Poverty and disease being the only recom-
mendation required, and our doors being open every day,
crowds of individuals are afforded 'timely relief, who, if
obliged to seek fora formal introduction, would apply in
vain—destructive inflammation having occurred by the
delay. It was asserted by a very learned writer, that to
operate well for the extraction of cataract, " the surgeon,
in_gaining experience, must put out a hatful of eyes;
and I have no doubt the writer was truthful in what he
wrote. Now is it not A boon to humanity to perform
some other operation, which, in the experience and tact
necessary to success, shall not entail such a cruel sacrifice
as the loss of " a hatful of eyes" ? Our operation of re-
audio,: is successful beyond the returns of the gaudy
operation of extraction to a great extent, and in our other
needle operations we have very rarely to record a failure.
Henced may fairly challenge a publication of results,
end strongly press the claims of the needle operations.—
Mr. Neill then brought before the meeting the successful
results of several operations, which gave the greatest sa-
tisfaction,; and, at er having -done so, added that there
was another interesting case, in which Mr. Hall, a lead-
ing gentleman in the County Down, had taken very great
interest. The Irish papers had published a full account
of the particulars and history of the case; but as the Rev.
Dr. Hume, who was conversant with it, was present, he
would conclude his report by calling upon that rev. gen-
tleman to read the case to the meeting. (Hear, hear..)
The Rev. Dr. :H U M E then said, have great pleasure,
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, in reading the case to
which Mr. Neill •has alluded, as supplementary to and
corroborative of the excellent report and the interesting
statements just laid before the meeting. The statement
referred to is given by Roger Hall, Esq., a gentleman
highly connected with noble and distingnialied families in
the county Down, my native county, and which I know
particularly well. (Hear.) I hold in my hand an Edinburgh
paper, which copies the case alluded to from a newspaper
in the locality where it occurred, and which notices in
high and grateful terms the kindness and consideration of
Mr. Neill and of this institution. (Cheers.) The rev.
gentleman then read the extract from the Edinburgh
Advertiser, but it has already appeared in our columns.
'The other cases, proceeded the rev. gentleman, which I
have noticed, are deserving of similar congratulation to
the institution and to the operating surgeon,—(hear)—but
I should be ri ry sorry if any one should suppose that it
is through the mere interest of locality, which is to some
extent a selfish one, that I take an interest in the welfare
of an institution like this. (Hear.) I first became ac-
quainted with this subject some years ago when engaged
in studying metaphysics and optics,—metaphysics which
reveal the way in which sensations reach the mind, how
the internal world of man becomes acquainted with the
external world of matter, and optics, which analyse and
exhibit the instrument by which this extraordinary result
is effected. (Hear.) The interesting case, which I think
occurred in the latter part of the last century, the very
first operation of this kind performed, excited for many
years a very great sensation among the learned people of
the country ; it was the operation of the celebrated
Cheselden upon the boy John Mitchell, who was blind,
deaf, and dumb at the same time. (Hear.) The conjec-
tures which had been formed, as to what would be the
result of an operation, if one should ever be performed,
upon a person born blind, were here verified ; erroneous
surmises were contradicted ; the results were shewn by
experiment. I felt great interest in this matter, and
being to some extent an amateur surgeon, and anxious to
see an operation of this kind, I have, hrough the kind-
ness of Mr. Neill had an opportunity of seeing very im-
portant operations. performed—operations as interesting to
the man of science as they are interesting to the benevo.
lent and philanthropic individual. kCheers.) I do not
wish, fora moment, to institute a comparison between
this institution and any other which has for its object the
very great and important one of alleviating human suffer-
ing in whattver form it may appear. But there is an
old saying that "prevention is better than cure ;" in this
instance it should be altered "cure is better than ei•dur-
obee ;—(hear)—for here the blind are restored to sight ;
the very circumstances which we read of in the imagina-
tive poetry of early ape, of restoring sight to the blind
and hearing IV the ;leaf, which were verified, only by

miracle, are here, through the triumphs of science, skill,
and benevolence, an every day operation. (Loud applause.)
I do not think it would be possible to exaggerate facts of
such value as these, and I have very great pleasure in
stating what I know of them. (Hear, hear.)

The CHAIRMAN, on the part of the meeting, said he
felt very much indebted to Dr. flume for his interesting
communication. (Hear hear.)
The Rev. HUGH WNEILE here asked the reverend
Doctor whether he would be kind enough to communicate
to the meeting some of the resu is in the case of the boy
John Mitchell ?

Dr. HUME.—A question has been asked what were
some of the results in that case ? The result was, that
vision is a thing that has to be learned—(hear)--that the
eyes have to undergo an apprenticeship, and as it were—
that is tuition and exercise as well as any of our other
senses. (Hear.) Some extremely interesting facts were
developed in the case of Mitchell. Some colours were
pleasing to the eye ; some were distressing. He did net
understand the distinctions of size. He saw his father
and mother•, and he saw a small miniature of them ; but
he did not understand how it was possible for a large man
like his father to get into a small frame which he could
hold in his hand. (Hear.) A similar instance occurred
to a lady to whom half-a-crown was shown; sbe saw it
certainly, but she cl,cl not know where the impression was,
whether it was upon her head, upon the table, or upon
the floor. By experience only she came to know where it
was; by feeling it she detected it to be a half crown,
though she had not known that before. In the same way
the circumstance has been reported, where a halfpenny
and any round object, such as a hat, which had a general
resemblance to the halfpenny, being shown to the patient
he called the halfpenny the hat, judging of the form from
the impression it had made upon his mind. (Hear )
Some of these results are extremely interesting ; they
show us what a very wide field of study is opened up by
these operations ; and I think that a philosophic surgeon
can really be very beneficial to the studies of the enlight-
ened people of the world by occasionally reading facts in
connexion with his own patients, which experience has
shown to be exhibited by the patients who have been
here operated upon. (Hear, hear.)
The Rev. Hugh M'NEILE then came forward and ad-
dressed the meeting as follows—l have been invited, sir,
to move that the report be received, printed, and distri-
buted; and I have very much plea,,ure in complying with
M r. Neill's request that I would take part in the proceed-
ings of this meeting. (Hear.) I shall not attempt any
observation upon the statistical returns that you have
heard, or upon the demand for increased support which
the facts of the case will urge, I hope, upon those who
can best supply that demand in the town. But lam very
happy to hail in Mr. Neill, my friend, and fellow-country-
man —(lear)—a fellow •workman also in the highest
and best departments of what I consider our peculiar
work, sir. This Institution, of which he is the chief
operator, I believe, the soul, I may say—tie living mov-
ing power of it at the present time, is doing
Mr NEILL—NO, not so, quite.

Mr. M'NEILE—WeII, if 1 am saying too much, you
may hide your face for the present. (A laugh.) It is
doing, I say, in its appropriate sphere what we as minis-
ters of the Christian Church are taught to do in our
sphere, namely, to mitigate the sorrows, by alleviating, as
far as possible, the sufferings of our fellow-creatures.
(Hear, and loud applause.) Sir, suffering abounds on
every side, and death reigns, asserting his supremacy over
all. Our best labours both moral and physical can reach
but a fractional mitigation of the calamities by which our
common nature is afflicted. It is a melancholy reflection
to the thoughtful and feeling mind, the whole creation
around us is compared, in holy writ, to a woman groan-
ing in travail, it is a disturbing thought, also, sir, for what
train of ideas is it likely to originate concerning the great
creator and sustainer of all these things ? (Hear.) Is
it possible to contemplate the world as we see it, and
seriously to believe that it is now as it was when it came
from the hands of Him whose name and nature are love ?
No ! A peat disaster has befallen our world, and our only
real and reasonable satisfaction in the midst of the ruins
is that a great efficient remedy is at hand. (Hear.) The
price of the remedy has been paid, but the power requi-
site to render it effectual has not been exercised. Only,
sir, he who paid the price at the same time gave us some
specimens of the power, and among the rest he unstopped
the ears of the deaf, and he opened the eyes of the blind.
(Applause.) While we wait for him to put forth his heal-
ing power over all the earth, we are thankful if we can lessen
but a single groan the surroundingmisery ; and, sir, the hand
of sympathy which wipes away the tear of the mourner, the
h snd ot benevolence that carries food to the hungry and cloth-
ing to the naked, the hand of science which compounds the
required medicine for the sick, or which ente,s into the
delicate interior organization of the human frame, and
with skill and courage—courage resting upon well-
placed confidence in that skill—removes the impediments
to a fellow-creature's enjoyments—these all go, sir, in the
direction which our Lord and Saviour pointed ; these are
all god-like works. (Cheers.) Upon these high grounds
I rejoice in the opportunity of bearing my testimony to
the value of this work, and of expressing a hope that it
will meet with the support that it so richly deserves.
(Cheers.) One observation more and I have done ; it is
upon the interesting history which Dr. Hume has given
us. He alluded in his interesting address to what was
done by miracle, and he told us matter of fact connected
with what was done by science. Now, sir, it is a very
striking thing, that every fresh development of science
serves but to throw fresh light upon that sacred book
which it is our highest privilege to honour and obey.
(Hear, hear.) Most of the milacles of this kind re-
corded in the Scripture were perfect in every part—not
only in the physical restora ion of the organ, but in the
bestowal instantaneously of the habit of using the organ,
and so sight was immediately used as well as regained
But, as if to distingaish between the two, between the
organization restored and the habit acquired in one case,
the point of separation is marked. In one case, after the
organ was restored. the man without the habit—which we
have been just told must be learned—said he saw men
like trees. He had heard of trees and had been told they
were tall; and the first time he saw men he said he saw
them like trees. (Hear.) But again the sacred touch
was applied ; the habit was given by another miracle quite
as great as the physical one, and he then saw all things as
they were ! (Hear.) So that in the scriptural account,
this separation between the restored organ and the ac-
quired habit, is set before us; and who in those daysknew
anything of this science ? No one, sir ; but He who knew
the end from the beginning, He spoke in that book; and
all the acquisitions of science, instead of contradicting,
serve to develope the infinite riches of his revelation
(Loud applause.)

_ . ,
The CHAIRMAN said he was most thankful to the rev.
gentleman who had just sat down for the highly interest-
ing speech that he bad made. The illustrations which be
had given, and the ligbt which he had thrown, upon the
subject, suggested additional motives (if any were wanting)
for supporting this charity. By the great mass of good
which this institution had done, it might be said to be an
institution preventative of misery, inasmuch as there were
numerous instances in which it had prevented the loss of
sight, where, if proper attention had not been paid, it
would have gone for ever. (Hear, hear.) The doors of
the institution were open for six days in the week to every
applicant who could plead affection of the eye and no-
verty (hear); the numbers bad consequently increased
extremely. Frequently, indeed, upwards of a hundred
were prescribed for in one morning. (Hear.) Every fa-
cility was afforded to the afflicted by this charity ; and
witnout meaning any reflection upon any other institution,
he believed it did more good, with less trouble to the pa-
tient, than any other in the town. (Hear.)
Mr. CHARLES TAYLEURE seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously.

Mr. JOSHUA EDWARDS, after expressing his cordial
wishes for the prosperity of the institution, moved the
third resolution, appointing the usual officers for the
ensuing year.

Mr. E. T. KEAvtBLRY seconded the motion.—Carried
unanimously.
Mr. WILLIAM BROWN moved the fourth resolution,
which was an expression of thanks to the medicdl officers
of the institution for their valuable services. (Hear.)
No one, he was sure, could sufficiently appreciate the
value of Mr. Neill's services, for be had undertaken the
management and formation of the institution in the first
instance almost single-handed—

Mr. NElLL.—Pardon me. There was the Eye Insti-
tution established in 1820. I had nothing to do with the
formation of that institution ; but with the establishment
of the Ear department I had.
Mr. BROWN.--Well ; almost single-handed Mr.
Neill had fought the battle, and his humane conduct
entitled him to the thanks of the community in which be
lived. He (Mr. Brown) had, therefore, very great plea-
sure in moving the vote of thanks. (Hear, hear.) He
did not know any individuals who devoted so much time
to the service of the public as the medical men generally
of this town did, or who were so little rewarded for those
services, except by the consciousness of the good they
had done- a feeling which, to them, must be a more suf-
ficient reward than any eulogium he could pronounce
upon the disinterestedness of their conduct. (Hear.)
The facts read to day, of the value of this institution to
the public, spoke, " trumpet-tongued" to the feelings of
every gentleman who had heard them, as they would also
to all who read them ; and he had no doubt at all that
what had been said by the gentlemen preceding him would
be a sufficient appeal to the British public to furnish all
the funds necessary to carry on the useful purposes of this
excellent charity. (Applause.)
Mr. GEORGE CROSFIELD had great pleasure in rising
to second the motion, entirely concurring, as he did, in
all that his friend William Brown had said. He was glad
that he (Mr. Brown) had, in the latter part of his address,
touched upon the subject of pecuniary support to this
institution ; for we must not forget that however great the
might—however delicate the hand in these operations—
however large the benevolence of Him to whom the
institution was so much indebted for extending its bene-
fits to all who came—which was a remarkable feature in
this institution; for a poor person suffering from accidental
or chronic diseases of the eye or ear, had not to go about
to get a printed form of recommendation, and then attend
at a certain time upon a given day in the week, but the
door was always open—still, we were so placed that we
could not carry out these benefits in their proper opera-
tion without some money. (Hear.) He hoped, therefore,
that the interesting facts mentioned to-day would admix.
late us to continue and increase the support which the in.
stitution already received. (Cheers.)
The resolution was cart ied unanimously.
Mr. NEILL returned thanks.

The Rev. Dr. ILIFF said he bad been honoured with
permission to propose the fifth resolution, which he did
with mingled feelings of pleasure and pain. The resolu-
tion was, that the thanks of the meeting be given to those
gentlemen who had prt tented donations to the charity.
The feelings of pleat,ure could not be otherwise than great
bees lideeyawdo, rythe
(Hear, hear.) It rep i
when he knew that the donations of last year had been
considerably larger, he might say, than for many years
past. But they could not but be mingled with pain when
we contemplated that we had lost one of our moat vaned
and staunchest supporters in Mr. .I,a,
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spoke" to us, because, by his will he had lett, as the
Treasurer had reported, a considerable legacy t o the
charity. (Hear.) At the same time, it must be borne
in mind he (Mr. Hey worth) had for many years past been
in the habit of making us almost annual presents; and
with his death, unless warm supporters were rising to us
from out of this influential town, even the handsome
legacy he had bequeathed would not be sufficient to com-
pensate for the loss we had sustained in him. (Hear.)
The treasurer had properly observed, that, although the
balance due to him this year was considerably less than
last year, the donations were a very precarious mode of
support ; but, precarious as they were, we would much
rather have their precariousness than to be in debt, or to
have our funds benefited by the loss of our friends. (Hear.)
He hoped, therefore, that those gentlemen (of whom he
saw many present) who had better opportunities than
himself of speaking to the wealthy of the town, would let
it be known that we had lost a very liberal supporter in
the late Mr. James Heyworth, and that it would be much
more gratifying to us to receive the donations of the living
than the legacies of the dead. (Hear, hear.)
The Rev. lt. L. TOWNSEND said that he had for seve-
ral years past, upon similar occasions to the present, ex-
pressed the interest he felt in the welfare of the Eye and
Ear Institution. He must certainly now say that a
lengthened experienze of, and a lengthened intimacy in,
the working of the charity, and a knowledge of the large
amount of good which it had conferred upon suffering hu-
manity at a very small cost, had tended not to decrease
but to increase that interest. (Hear, hear.) He thought
if it were made known that fifty patients, or rather fifty
applicants, who were suff, ring either from deprivation of
sight or from loss of hearing, presented themselves every
day at the doors of this institution, the fact would at once
speak to the public that a great deal of good had been
conferred. For one he felt grateful to the donors of this
charity, and for the bequest that had been mentioned, but
he trusted that a stimulus would be given to the living,
and that at our nest meeting, upon a similar occasion to
the present, we should have to record a much larger num-
ber of donations than we can at present. (Cheers.)
The resolution was unanimously adopted.
Mr. GEORGE GRANT moved a vote of thanks to the
venerable and reverend Chairman.

Mr. W. P. HUTCHINSON seconded the motion, and it
was carried with applause.

. -
The proceedings then terminated, having occupied about
one hour.

COURSE OF LECTURES BY THE

111'NEILE

On Thursday week, the Rev. Incumbent of St.
Jude's commenced a series of lectures, which were an-
nounced by us a fortnight ago, upon the following sub‘
jects :—" The church of God in Christ which is one," and
" the churches of Christ here on earth which are many."
In the first, which may be called introductory to the sub-
ject, the rev. lecturer, taking his text from the Ist chapter
of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, 22d and 23d verses,
shewed the church of God in Christ to be the aggregate
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aggregate form as comprised of four classes ; consistir g,
on earth who are foreordained in the purposes of God to
be called—and fourthly, of those who are not yet born,
but who are seen of God, and are foreordained to
be born and to be born again. In this unity of
the body the rev. lecturer considered it important
to prove that the Old Testament saints, as well as the
New Testament saints, were included—a point denied by
Romanistandßomanising writers, who,in support of a con-
trary view, point to the 10,c. and 23rd and 24th verses of St.
Luke—" Blessen are the eyes which see the things that
ye see ; for I tell you that many prophets and kings have
desired to see those things which ye see, and have not
s ea them, and to hear those things which ye hear, and
have not heard them ;" and urge therefrom an inferiority
of the Old Testament saints. This view he showed to be
untenable, consistently with the known character of God,
and that the only difference between them was as to time,
the one actually seeing what the other desired to see—the
purpose of God as to the one being completed outwardly
and visibly, and as to the other being completed in his
own mind. The next passage upon which these writers
rely is Matthew, ii. chap. 11 ver.—" Verily I say unto
you, among them that are born of woman there hath not
arisen a greater than JAn the Baptist ; notwithstanding,
he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than
he." They suppose that none of the Old Testament
saints were as great as John, whilst the least of the New
Testament saints was greater than he; thu, placing John
in the middle rank. The meaning of the passage, how-
ever, was not correctly rendered : the original was, " he
that is lesser." On earth Christ himself was treated by
the Jewish nation as " lesser" than John, who was fol-
lowed and believed in, whilst Jesus was despised, although
admitted by John himself to be greater.
The rev. lecturer then went over the direct scriptural
evidence in favour of the old and new testament saints
being both comprehended in the unity of the church,
quoting from St. Paul, " the gospel was preached to
Abram"; "Abram rejoiced to see his (Christ's) day, and
was glad"; " the faithful are blessed with faithful Abra-
ham ; " fellow citizens with them who have received the
promises"; the Gentiles were to be fellow heirs of the
same body, and partakers of his resurrection." Jesus
said, " other sheep I have (the Gentiles), which are not
of this fold (the Jewish); them also must 1 bring, that
there may be one fold under one shepherd."
The lecturer next went on to describe the unity of the
church in ap rit, as distinguished from uniformity of ex-
ternals or observances. in doing which he commented
upon the perplexity and confusion of ideas into which the
Rev. Mr. Palmer had been led whilst attempting to esta-
blish a contrary position,—that an external communion
was required. Romanists say that it is impossible for any
one who leaves their external unity to be saved. If, how-
ever, the essential unity of the church is to be inferred
from its being spoken of in the singular number, a spiri-
tual unity in Christ must be meant. The church has
never been united in externals. Differences existed in
apostolic times ; but these did not interfere with their
amicable intercourse. Abel had faith and was a member
of the church of Christ, though he lead neither circuto-
cision nor baptism. David had circumcision, but not
baptism, yet was a member of the same church, whilst
Paul, who had both, was equally so. All who had faith,
not of externals, but in the Holy Ghost, were recognized
in the unity of the church of God in Christ. The Holy
Ghost influences all ; and by Him alone can we be made
memeers of Christ, or delivered from the antagonist
powers of the world and of evil. Had man been left un-
aided to the influence of these powers, none would have
been saved.

To the church of God, before Christ, the Holy Ghost
was not given ; but we must distinguish between the pur-
poses and performances of God. With God they are one,
though to us his performances seem to partake of the
weakness of ours. Members of the church of God in
Christ were saved for 4,000 years before Christ, on the
credit of what Christ was to do; and, for 1800 years since
he was on earth, others have been saved on the merits of
Christ. The Holy &host was ❑ot given while Christ was
upon earth; but he kept them in the faith by his own in-
fluence. When, however, he was ascended, it was then
poured out. Yet, thou4h it was not given till then, others
had it in the purposes of God. The Old Testament
saints had all the gifts of the New Testament saints, ex-
cept the gift of tongues. Thus, thelecturer proved, that both
the Old and New Testament saints were a portion of the body
of the church of God in Christ, and that the true unity of
the church is open to all, though differing in outward
unformity. Brethren cannot be like one another. Diversi-
ties there must be, and unity in this diversity, for in the
church there is one pervading spirit.

•
The subject of the next lecture will be " The sanctity
of the church of God in Christ."

PAPER DUTY.—A meeting of paper makers in this
county was held at Manchester, on Tuesday last, when
they resolved to memorialize Government to abolish the
duty on paper. A meeting of the Yorkshire aper makers
was held at Leeds, on Wednesday last, for the same pur-
pose.

I.i.VERPOOL INFIRMARY —From the annual statement
it appears that there have been 1983 patients admitted to
the Infirmary during the past year; that 1833 had been
discharged ; and that there were 196 in the house on the
lst instant. There were 119 patients admit ed to the
Lunatic Asylum during the year, 55 were cured, and the
house contains 53 inmates at present. 442 patients had
been admitted to the Lock Hospital during the same time,
439 had been discharged, and there were 43 patients in
the house at present.

NIGHT ASYLUM.—Since the appointment of the pre-
sent committee, on the. 28th July, 1843, the receipts, in-
cluding a previous balance, and subsequent subscriptions
and donations, amounted to the sum of £367. ls. 9d.;
disbursements, £230. 4s. 5d.; leaving a balance in hand
of £136. 17s. 4d. John Joseph Coglan was appointed
superintendent in the room of, and with the same salary
as, his late father. By means of an expenditure not
amounting to £2OO per annum, shelter has been afforded
to 14,704 destitute persons • although this is an increase
of 469, as compared with the number in the preceding
year, indicating greater activity in the itinerancy of the
poor, the number of berths used has been 4,048 fewer than
in the previous year.

WARRINGTON UNION.—It appears that the total num-
ber of individual cases, to which relief has been afforded
during the quarter ending December 24th, 1844, is 3.679;
via., in Warrington 2,001, and in the rural districts 1,678.
Of these, 614 were males, 1,125 females, and 1,862 child-
ren under 16 years of age. The proportion of in and out-
door paupers is 214 of the former to 3,466 of the latter.
The total expenditure, including relief to the poor, medi-
cal relief, registration and vaccination fees, is £2,137
12s 3d ; the proportion being for Warrington £1,130 lie 4id
and for the rural districts £1,007 Os 104 d. As compared
with the corresponding quarter of last year, these state-
ments show a diminution of 729 in the number of cases,
beer-
seller,and of £2 Ils 4id in the expenditure.
PUBLICANS AND BEERSELLERS FINED OR ACQUIT-
TED ON FRIDAY.—John Reid, publican, Robert-street
North, £2 14s. 6d. ; Elizabeth Williams, publican, Blun-
dell-street, £2 I ls. 6cl; Robert hale, publican, Belle-
street, £2 14s. 6d. ; John Gill, publican, Meson-street,
£2 14s. U. ; John Leighton, beerscller. Bond-street,
(second
Naylor-street
con yie ti o n,), acquitted,•
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Owenemas Walling,o,,e es :
bees-
seller,
Queepnr-o%t trieteutt,es.C. lan4da.peGrrim.
i;rtinlNg'idllriaumnkeNnViyo'stst'atfoa
ball in the Commercial-hall, Gloucester-street, at half-
r
harbouring
past three o'clock on the 7th instant : forty prostitutes
and sixty men were there ; ten prostitutes and twelve
men were drunk, £5 4s. 6:f• ; James Gibney, publican,
Bateheldor-street, £2 14s. 64.
TI/E EXHIBITION OF THE ANATOMICAL VENUE, it
will be seen, closes on Thursday next. Those who hays
!lilt yet seen it should avail themselves of this last oppor-
tunity.

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