The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-14 00:00:00

afford encouragement to benevolent institutions of- this cha-
racter, is entitled to the liberal support of the Christian public.
The third resolution was moved by the Rev. W W.
EWBANK, and seconded by the Rev. V. R. WHITE.
3.—That the meeting, while recording their high sense of the
self denying exertions of the present teachers in the Ragged
Schools, and whilst rejoicing in the numbers of children who
have been brought within the reach of sound instruction, desire
to express their sense of the necessity of more earnest and united
prayer that God would dispose the hearts of more labourers to
engage in this vast harvest, and would condescend to cause
their labours to be attended with a greater amount of saving
efficacy.
After the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman, the
meeting separated, much gratified by the proceedings of
the evening.

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COLUMN.

We feel pleasure in making it known that the com-
plaints we lately made respecting the Liverpool Botanic
Garden are in a great measure redressed, and the public
in future will enjoy many more privileges than have
hitherto been allowed. The garden might, however, have
been closed altogether on Sundays. The following rules
of the Garden Committee have been confirmed by the
Council :
" ht. The garden will be open to the public en every week
day from sunrise to sunset, except from the 25th of March to
the 29th of September, when it will not open earlier than six
o'clock in the morning, nor remain open later than nine at
night.
"2nd. On every Sunday between the 25th of March and
29th of September the garden will be open to the public from
six o'clock until half-past. nine in the morning, and from two
o'clock in the afternoon until nine o'clock in the evening; and
on every other Sunday throughout the year from one o'clo;k
in the afternoon until sunset.
"3rd. A bell will be rung half an hour before the time of
closing.
"4th. Between the 25th of March and the 29th of Septem-
ber the plant-houses will be open to the public on every Mon-
day, Wednesday, and Friday, from ten o'clock in the forenoon
till six in the evening; and during the remainder of the year
from ten in the forenoon till three o'clock in the afternoon on
the aforesaid days :.the public to enter at one door and pass
out at the ether, to prevent confusion.
"sth. Admission may be had to the plant-houses, during
the above hours, on any of the week days excepted in rule 4th,b
by a written order of a tnember of the Council, and by persons
not resident in the borough on application to the curator,
such persons to enter their name and addresses in the visitors'
book.
"6th. The library to be open to the public during the same
hours as the plant-houses, every day except Saturdays and
Sundays.
" 7th. All persons to be warned not to touch or damage
any of the plants, shrubs. &c., or to walk on the grass.
"Bth. No spirits, wine, or intoxicating. liquors to be
brought into or used in the garden, and smoking to be strictly
prohibited."
Besides these, an admirable code of rules, framed by Mr.
Councillor Beckwith, for the regulation of the library, with
a view to insure the safety of the public property, and the
greatest facility of access to the valuable works in the
collection, have also been adopted, arid are now in force.
The books can now be used by every person who wishes
for improvement, and we are glad to hear that the readers
are increasing in number, and are more numerous than
was anticipated. To the bumble lover of botanical science
this will prove a great boon, because it requires rather ex-
tensive means to become the possessor of expensively-il-
lustrated works, which are ne"essary to prosecuting the
study of botany. The danger so much feared, of injury to
the books, it is hoped will be entirely obviated by the
careful regulations. We, however, saw but little to fear;
the people of this country have got the credit of being
destroyers of property, but we do not believe the English-
man more destructive than his neighbours. When his
honour and good sense are appealed to, he is behind none
in the progress of civilisation.
Another good feature in the new arrangements at the
Botanic Garden is the allotting a piece of ground to the
Medical Society, for the culture of plants illustrative of
medical botany. In the course of time this will prove a
great public benefit, because a more intimate acquaintance
with this subject has long been desiderated by the medical
community, who have had no means of getting practical
information on this important branch of the studies re-
quired by their profession.