The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-01-21 00:00:00

NNUAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES OF
THE SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL,
YESTERDAY.

The annual meeting of the trustees of this hospital was
held yesterday, at the Clarendon-rooms, J. B. Yates,
Esq., in the chair. A statement of the accounts for the
past year was read, which showed that the hospital was
still £6OO in debt.
The CHAIRMAN explained that this excess had been
caused by the tradesmen's bills for the new building
having been greater than was anticipated. A further
outlay of £3OO would be required in painting and fitting
11P the new building, and altogether it would require
£lOOO to clear the establishment. The amount due for
the new building itself had thus far been paid.
In the course of a conversation which ensued, it was
elicited by Mr. Harmood Banner that the deficiency was
attributable to a want of adequate subscriptions.
Mr. linumaNgss wished it to go forth to the public
that they would require au increase of income of nearly
£lOOO per annum to enable the committee to work the
hospital effectually.
The accounts having been read,. the CHAIRMAN read
the report, from which it appeared that, during the
Past year, 2,653 patients have been treated, of whom
LIM were out-patients. Of the entire number, 402 were
very severe accidents. 617 of the in-patients were dis-
charged cured during the year. Nine were dead when
brought into the house ; and, of the 46 deaths, 7 died
within about an hour after admission. There has been an
increase of 187 in-patients during the year. but•double
that number might have been treated had the fermis ad-
mitted it. No fewer than 350 cases bad to be referred to
other charities. The committee had issued circulars,
enforcing the paramount claims of the charity, and had
adopted other measures for increasin the subscritions,
which had been attended with a measure of succepss, but
ranch yet remains to be done. As the dock works pro-
ceeed at Wapping, and in the southern parts of the town,
th number of casualties will be greatly increased ; and,
in a community so wealthy and enlightened as Liverpool,
surely these will not be turned from theironly means of
relief. The reports concludes with an earnest appeal to
the humane and charitable, on behalf of this invaluable
charity.

A conversation ensued upon the subject of deficient
subscriptions, mooted by Mr. lIOLDRRNESS, in the
course of which the CHAIRMAN explained that the com-
mittee had promises of increased subscriptions for the
conning year, to the extent of £250. They would still,
however, be short, and unable to dfford to the public the
advalitage of their full resources. It was explained that
with about £2OO a year a hundred patients could be
treated. They had now from-subscriptions only £1,250 a
Year : and estimating donations and legacies to produce
another £250,
they would still require five or six hundred
a year more.
The CHAIRMAN entered at length into an explanation
of the fact that this hospital, as well as the Northern and
the
rd Infi
rmarY, were doing the work which the poor-law
guaians ought to perform.; and read a list of the charges,
authorized by the poor-law commissioners to be paid,
which he showed were excessive, and much above what it
cost to the hospital. Yet they had only received from the
5,°,7,1118,.111P of West Derby £l5, and that only promised ;
17_1'. mom the parish of. Liverpool, nothing. The.chairman
rJust received a notice from the Vestry, stating that a
orotriTsition to pay £52 109. per annum, as compensation
althoe Southern and Toxtetlinospital, had been negatived,
Lavi ugh the Northern Hospital was differently dealt with,
parisnhg for triarry years past received £2OO a-year from the
the ir On remonstrating privately with the members of
sic), hews
who had composed the majority on this occa-
„„ told that they considered that private charity
to provide for the treatment of hospital patients ;
`",.Pon inquiry, he learnt that not one member of that
rItY was a contributor to the Southern Hospital.
he Rev. 'Mr. :Dovan, in a very felicitous speech,
love(' a
'ote of thanks to the Chairman for his valuable
a
services rendered, since its foundation, to the institution,
!aid resolution expressive of their regret at his approach-
ing retirement.
the i,,
ANIPTON. seco
Mr.
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wng and valuable.
Hospital, connexion of Air. Yates with the
in a very eloquent and affecting seech
Air. YY.TES, wholes as much overcome rose. to thank
the meeting, but was so much overpowered that he was
compelled to resume his seat.
The Rev. D. D. -STEWART proposed Mr. Edward
Cropper as chairman for the ensuing year.
Mr. Bowes seconded the resolution, which was unani-
roously anopted.
t~Mr. RATRBONE, Jun., moved a vote of thanks to
t teSecretrry, which was pasted.
Mr. FIARMOOD BANNER moved a vote of thanks to
the treasurer, which having been seconded by Mr. PLAtrr,
was passed unanimously.
A vote of thanks having been passed to the auditors,
Messrs 'Matthew Gregson and John Aikin, to the chap-
lain of the institution, the. Rev. Mr. Dover, to the hono-
rarY medical officers, to the house-surgeons and matrons,
and co o the ladies who had furnished linen to the hospital,
the mmittee for the ensuing year was named.
tAt the close of the proceedings a vote of thanks was
aetir°P?sed to the Chairman, who replied by assuring the
heng that although about to retire from the office whi ch
be hads° long filled, his best exertions would continue to
iven to the service of the= charity.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

On Saturday a cabman named Jackson, in the employ
of Mr. _Pearson, was committed for trial charged with
Stealing a £.7.0 note which he found in his cab, and which
bad been dropped by a passenger.
A man, named Davies, was fined 405., on Friday, for
breaking a window, and doing ether damage in the public.
r —ton, Parliamoct-street
Ins

.in :Friday Mr. __ton fined a rough-looking man,
named.James•O'Brien £5, for striking and attempting to
s
lice-officer whilst the latter was endeavouring to
prevent apohim- striking a coloured man.
SUSPIOIOUS•CHARACTERS.--The
frequency, during the
last few weeks., of street robberies after dusk have in-
deced the magistrates to deal summarily with all suspicious
characters .who are found loitering about at a late hour.
'Within the last few days several, persons have been com-
mitted for two months by Mr. Rushton. The whole of
the individuals thus disposed of were known to the police.
On Thursday;Elizabeth Bethell was sent for trial on :
charge of stripping two childrenan the street. On th.
12th.ult. the prisoner met Maria,.Jones, six years old, in
Slanope-street, and, under pretence of giving her some
toys, took her: up a bye street, and decamped with her
shavvl and shoes, 43n the 18th of :the same month the
Ai rgaret
plisorter
also -stole a shawl from, a little girl named
Parr.
.... Sm9xstC ,NsusiPTION--On We&esday, Mr. William
-neattle, iron.f -
9under. near tile Pottories, was summoned
O
answer an .ii,formatio • nuisance caused
by his c •
hittney,
which emu a
9ffence having been,proved, AI r.
smoke. The
r. Bea taa,
In court, ,stated that Mr.
spected the mac! ' . Grantham, engineer,.had in-
who was himself
--- nnerY4 and had described it as perfect ;
and that Mr• M'Conochie al the predecessor of Mr.
Perks, had given him -a si'milasr°,opinion. It was futher
alt9iintimated that Mr.i Beattie was quite willing to make any
t:orts in reason. quite
Rushton saickthat, by way of
Beattie, a trAholesorne admonition to the ;engineer of Mr.
__rattle, he alto me
upon him a penalty of £s.
that•Al • Beattie said that the a aratus which he used was
of Joseph Williams, PP
d been much lauded
in the m which ha sc . I rY.----Mr. Rushton :No plan will answer
unless You stimulate your engineer to care and attention.
steam;-Another information vzas laid respectirig the ferry-
er FaanY., belonging,to the Corporation; and plying
_en 13irkenhead and the Landing-stage. Joseph
Eseurrows th-
aped, w' a-s-` e-aPtain“.upon whom the notice had been
present. •A penalty of £5 was,,imposed.7
Wiars' lablesbton said he , was given to understand that this
settin.g ac"."rati" boat ; they were, by their. servants,
that most abominable ezatuple.—Mr. Preshre marked
f "41 in fines hacLbeen obtained for similar nuisances
_rote ,
tnne Corporation during the previous woak.—Mr.
iluslit
into "n ' Well, but it is merely paying out of one pocket
hand atiothe Overlie Corporatism:pay the fines here, ~gnd we
II theta to the borough fund.
-sonsEP'kuLTEns TO LOAN SociaTtEs.—A number of per-
the dcaelerdeosnliimannloned, on Tuesday, for being defaulters to
Rechabite .Loan-Society, for money Satin guaranteed. °r guaranteed. Much tinae was taken in invecti-
, app g the claims, and, in the ,course of inquiry, it
. ander that the society hail lost £6OO by its business;
rtiore teOrigninal shores, which cost 265., were not wort:e
' s
beha"..?o rdnerZ • Several .of Abe ,parties borrowing wer
In some eases the.money was ordered (to
fac34tV ' and in others the demand twas nullified by the
, at new loans had been used to,pay off old ones.
NIPOaT.A.N
Th 00,.. 1. TO EMIGRAZION AGarixs.—On Tuesday,
1,170,,_03 •Greenleigh Ihler, master of .the American ship
_tict'faomi -Stur.ges, was summoned ,under the Passenger
be h dr clearing out his ship at the Custom-house
.before
of a eatered her at the Emigration office. Mr. Collier,
~
teitor,
'NI put .aPPe.ared for the defendant, and:pleaded guilty,
.iiti eh In mitigatory circumstances to lessen the fine in
: cases Provided, which lies in the cjisczeticn of tie
agistr t • 3:10. la es, a sum not less than X 5, nor exceeding
the st la
Collier's plea was that the ship cleared out on
she iliDecembr, she not then being a passenger ship.
,oou d not c,o to sea until the 9th of the month. Mr.
Ln hton said lie would not abate one fatt hing:;,he would
'n•Pose the ettremexenalty.

XASTERDAY.
14--Iqt,koronic PAtv —lll Wood, the assistant-
,Eß. r. -
blaster of the West Derby Workhouse, who had had ,Ge-
cask% to appear before Air. Rushton very frequently,of
lat
,h: t° complain of the conduct of raupere under his
Esti-rge4 car" into the cart to charge a girl, named
refused"r her,
an inmate of the house, with having
Yards' to work. The girl was required to clean a few
the e
exertion Pace
of .lags ; she obstinately
.refused, although
required was exceed:ngly slight. M.r. Wood.
who wished to avoid if possible bringing the girl before
'Be. magistrates even coaxed her to perform her duty,.in
Nvhich he was aided b h
attemb__ as yt e women paupers. The girl.
owever, only answered by insolence, and opposed all
pts to bring her to her duty. This case is the more
lilk),Pardonable, as it is well known that the dietary in the
est Derby IV 1 h is Eti ient in quantity, and in
socoe
respects
slots c. cense
li d itlioauut anyc limit, save that of the
fto"lr'dsayssto. rna ell)? Mew. Rushton committed her to prison
t,,,jIjVCI:ILE CRM—James Milrea and John Mikes,
-o raggeei wretches,
coat. As ,were Charged with having stolen a
culprits were
she owner of the coat bad not been found, the
dismissed.
e, A DEPENDEa or THE POPE.—A squalid Irishman ;vac
;32ot_barged with having broken a tradesman's window in
land-road on iiaturday. A witness stated that when
Pe, up he observed the prisoner creating a disturb-
tll9rson, and suddenly tile fellow shouted out "There is no
orn
is man in the plane," Accompanying his exciarna-1
to ian attack upon the windows which ha da.ipagied,
the extent of l3s. 4d., and not bkin' roviditl wiUi tilav
8410144 t
$ P
in cash he was sent to ma9ll,

A GIRL CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO STAB HER
MOTHER.—A decent-looking woman, named Henry, came
forward to complain of her daughter, who stood in the
dock. The conduct of the young woman towards her
mother, as described by the complainant, had been most
most revolting. On Saturday she carried her violence to
such excess as to plunge a knife against the breast of her
mother : the blow was ineffectual, owing to the blade of
the knife striking against the stay bone. The magistrate
ordered the girl to find sureties for her good behaviour :
in default to be committed for one month.
IRISH MENDICANTS.—As usual, a number of Irish
beggars were brought up for plying their illegal vocation
in various parts of the town. In one case, a cripple (who
was invisible to the court from his position in the dock),
who was detected begging in Chatham-street, and upon
whom a sum of money was found, was committed for 21
days, the money to be applied to his maintenance. In
nearly all these cases the delinquents stoutly refuse to re-
turn to their native country.
Susinelous CHARACTERS.—A t half-past eleven o'clock
on Friday night, a police constable ondut.y in St. James's-
place, apprehended a loose character, named Alfred Lloyd.
The account the man gave of himself was proved to be
false and Mr. Rushton committed him for two months,
observing that all such persons might depend upon meet-
ing a like fate. John Sullivan, John Howard, and John
Carr, three fellows of ruffianly countenance, and who are
known to the police as the perpetrators of street robberies,
were shortly afterwards placed in the dock. Two con-
stables, in plain clothes, apprehended them in White-
chapel on Sunday evening, having followed them from
street to street. Mr. Owen, who appeared for Sullivan,
produced an old woman, who stated she was attending on
Sullivan's wife, who was confined, and that Sullivan,
when apprehended, was on his way to call in a surgeon.
Mr. Rushton remanded Sullivan in order to test the truth
of the statement and committed the others for two months.
SHOP ROBBERY.— Joseph Raphereon, a boy, was
charged with stealing a piece of dress-print from the door
of Messrs. Brown and 'Baron's, Bold-street. The boy .
had been observed near the door, in company with ano-
ther, one day last week : almost instantly the dress-piece
disappeared. Two days after, Rapherson was seen in the
street, and given into custody. There was no proof that
he had taken the piece egoods, and Mr. Rushton ordered
his discharge. He also remarked that he was 'not sur-

pr►sea at such roubenes. The party who appe;
that the article xvasvifEin the door of the shop.
PICKING PooicETs.—An impudent young thief, named
John Welsh, was committed for trial for picking the
pockets of a gentleman named Simpson, in Byrom street,
on Sunday last. Jn his possession two other handkerchiefs
were found. The thief has been frequently committed for
similar aFences.

!red stated

SHIPWRECK NEAR THE LAND'S 'END

AFFECTING STORY

Early on Saturday morning, the 11th instant, the brig
New Commercial, of Whitby, 250 tons burthen, Sander.
son master, bound from Liverpool to the Spanish Main,
in a thick fog and strong gale from the S.S:W., struck
upon a ledge of "rocks between the Great and the Little
Brissotr—two high rocks rising between ":60 and 70 feet
above 'high-water mark, about one mile off the bluff
headland of Cape Cornwall, and four miles northwards
from the Land's End. The sea running •very high the
vessel immediately went to pieces, and the crew, nine
men, with one woman, the wife of the master, got on the
ledge. They were discovered as soon >as the day broke,
but-no assistance could then possibly be. rendered them.
In this perilous condition the poor creatures remained
until about nine o'clock, when they were all washed off
together by one tremendous wave, and hurled into the
boiling deep. Seven out of the ten sank at once into a