The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-11 00:00:00

THE IRON TRADE,

(From the Mining Journal.)
The iron trade still continues remarkably active, and'
notwithstanding the recent advance, it is confidently ely
pected that the prices will rise still higher during the en'
suing week ; speculators are now turning their attention
to Welsh pigs, which have not advanced in ratio to that of
Scotch. Welsh pig is £6 10s., and our latest letters from
Wales, Staffordshire, and Scotland, advise of further ad'
vances of ss. per ton upon pigs, and frogi 10s. to 20s. pet
ton upon bars, rods, hoops, and sheets. Staffordshire
iron, of every description, is particularly rising, and has'
within the last week, again advanced 20s. per ton, making
a total increase of £4 per ton on last October prices'
Scotch pig is £5 10s., and very few sellers ; £6 is de-
manded, and it is the opinion of parties possessing gc°'
means of information, that the price will be £6 before the
expiration of the month, and that it will even go higl?e,f
within no distant period. The few parcels of Swedoi'
which were in hand last week have been bought up, all
large orders given, for spring shipment, at £lO lOs., an
finally at £ll 10s. for ordinary specifications. The stool,
of steel is very limited, and holders are not only firm atk
our quotations of £lB lOs., but some will not sell excel,'
at £1 or £2 per ton higher.
LP:AD.—There is an extensive demand for home use'
and several orders from the continent have also been fet:
ceived during the last week. There is neither any Span?
or American (except a few lots containing silver) either'?
this city or at Liverpool, remaining unsold. The prise['
pal smelters have disposed of their make, both of common
and refined, for the next few months, and even foreign!
on the way home, has been eagerly bespoke. English
metal may be named at from £l6 to £l6 ss. per ton co`
pig, £l7 ss. for sheet, £l9 for red lead, £24 for whito ,
ditto, £l9 for patent shot—while for Spanish, in bond,
£l6 ss. may be quoted.
YORK, March 4.-1 he rails and chairs, amounting t 6..
27,000 tons, for the Berwick and Newcastle Railway, wet:
contracted for to-day, and £l2 per ton for the forme"
and £7 for the latter.

THE PRINCIPLE OF CALCULATING
INTEREST.

( From the Banker's Circular.)
A farthing is the smallest coin now current in Great
Britain; and as all larger sums whatever consist of a ca.;
tain number of this coin, a tarthing with its interest le
assumed as the radix. The interest of any sum at fi3O
per cent per annum for twenty years, is precisely equal.;
the principal. In twenty common years, there are ef;
actly 7,300 days ; therefore, if a piece of copper, of t°,
same weight and value of a farthing, was heat out into ".
thin sheet, and cut into 7,300 equal parts, one of these
little pieces (which, for distinction sake, might be dea°;
minated a particle), would be the exact interest 0,,. 3t
farthing for one day ; two of them would be the intere
of a farthing for two days ; three of them would be the
interest for three days, and so on for any other number 0
days ; the interest of a farthing at five per cent. when 0;
pressed in particles and the number of days, in this eas„
being always the same. The definite interest of a fa';
thing, for any number of days, being thus ascertained, 54
often as any sum contains a given number of farthings,;s
often will the interest of that sum exceed the interest of
farthing.
tt
The rule to ascertain the interest on any given anioaij
for any given number of days, is to reduce the princiFi.,
into farthings ; multiply by the number of days, and
vide by 7,300, the quotient will be the exact interest t`
quired for the same.
The interest of a pound for one day, at five per ceati;
expressed in the decimal parts of the money integer,i,e
000•1369863'0136„ &c., and these eight figures (over
first and last of which is placed an asterisk,) perpettolir
circulate. In like manner, the interest of a farthing 'go
op
one day, decimally expressed, is 00060014'20940639.20' it
&c. But as these numbers go on circulating for ever' rt
is impossible for the mind of man to conceive what P6er
of a pound they represent. By the particles, the f,
is expressed by 960, and the latter by a single figure, %';
1, and this unit is the 7,330dth part of a farthing. `tl ~,1,13
decimal tables of interest for any number of days in icl
year, and consequently all tables of conversions compooer
from them, are only approximating numbers, excel)! l,e
73, 146, 219, 292, and 365 days, when the decimal ut
interest becomes finite.
The mode of beginning with the interest of farth-rj,oo
may at first sight appear to be carrying matters to 1.46
great a nicety, but when it is considered that oftimes l'ded
hundredth part of the interest of a farthing, being ad
to other parts of a complex sum, a complete farthiog,ile
interest will be obtained, the objection must fall to `,1,.
ground. It is obvious, therefore, that the farther we ad'
vance, the farther will the objection of minuteness bed
moved, as the interest of the fractional parts of the to°a
integer continually increases. The difficulty of ascer!°,.,f,
Mg the exact interest of shillings, pence, and fartln)l;o,
by the old method of computation, is almost i
ceivable

If any sum of interest at 5 per cent. be divided in' op
equal parts, it is evident that one of these parts will bllO6,
actly one-half per cent. ; consequently two-tenths "'D,,,jsi,
equal to 1 per cent. ; 3 equal to 11 ; 4 equal to two; 5(9'40
to 21; 6 equal to 3 ; 7 equal to 39 ; 8 equal to 4 ; o,,en"(of
to 41 per cent. For example, if the interest of X.,"„050
one year, at £5 per cent., is £l, the interest of the 7,g0
sum for the like period at the rate of one-half per osola
1
will be one-tenth of £l, or 2s. • at the rate of 3 per cej
Ol
therefore, it will be 125.; at 3, 1 14s. ; at 4,16 s. ; n/30/
41 per cent., 18s. Having thus found what £1 of iot„osisif
at 5 per cent. is, when reduced to these rates, it is roitP
that we have only to-observe the same proportion 9
respect to any other number of pounds of interest' pe'
like. manner, if the interest of any sum, for a certain, peg
nod, 5 per cent. is one farthing, it is plain that St uieol
cent. it will be six-tenths of a farthing; at 31, $e
tenth; at 4, eight-tenths ; and at 41, nine-tenths or
farthing. Therefore, by adding six, seven, eight, and t'oeol
tenths of a farthing continually together for 960 tl 0.0/
being the number of farthings in £l, we shall have tfr
sum of interest under 20s. at 5 per cent. reduced '-
several rates of 3, 31, 4, and 41 per cent. it!
In the ordinary transactions of computing interest,Po I
scarcely requisite to have recourse to such nicety'
is certainly proper to point out to those who wish Int 540;
treme accuracy how it may be obtained. Tables of
pie interest at five per cent. show the daily or vb.
amount of any annual income, salary, wages,
precision :—in
the greatest ease and :—in example : for t ,f
days the interest at five per cent. of any yearly salads,income, is exactly 1-365th part of itself, consequ,endev
is the true amount of such income for one day. ,
is clear that 40, 60, SO, 100, 120, and 140 days' intact. 10
exactly equal to the amount of such annual salary inter
(0:
come for two. three, four five, six, and seven (13;
spectively. It therefore follows that the amount 0' 001
ries, wages, incomes, &c., for any number of daYs' prtei
be calculated in two ways, each of which will fora' 101
per check to each other. Ist, the amount for nnb-er,i,
being found, multiply the same by the given nurn„,o/'•
days, and the product is the answer. Or, 2ndlY, wr
ply the given days by 20, and take the tnterest .0 030
salary for the days, or years and days, contained tnegiso
product; and the interest so found will be exactly
_ttm
to the amount of the annual salary or inccme for the

required

Mar. 11, 18-IS.

oral alit probintial jleius.

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trj-IP to the present time there are above 50 prisoners for
at the ensuing Chester assizes.
SAtLoß's ElostE.—ln a letter to Mr. Gibson, Lord
Sand,, on leaves no reason to doubt that the Admiralty will
"tesent a copy of their charts, &c., for this institution.
a
114 Isle name of the new iron steamer for the Liverpool
of Man station has been changed to that of Ben-
raaeree, the Manx for—the woman of my heart.
1„°11 Wednesday week, two men were killed in a stone
writrY near Bury by the fall of a It
massand of stone,
▪ch had become undermined by the clay rubbish
• way in consequence of the tha.y.
BLRxENHEAn DOCK L. bill has been referred
to'l„E. Greene, Sir P. Egerton, Mr. Tollemache, and
• L. l'atton Egerton. The committee were to meet yes-
Lerday.

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It will be seen by an advertisement in another column
,khat there has been an alteration in the classes of Mr.
t,"°alpson, writing master, who has so long successfully
''aght: this important branch of education.
Dowdin Surveyor-General of Customs, Mr.
"and, Collector of Liverpool, Mr. Ker, Collector of
llristol, and Mr. Maclean, had an ieterview with Sir R.
isl4e,el, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Dean,
''s airman of the Customs on 1 hursday.
g. IkIIIEZZLEMENT.—At the Manchester borough ses-
in„as,on rida week, Evan Prince, a native of Mold, was
guilty of having embezzled £4,888, the property of
"5 master Percival, , Mr. woollen- draper, of Manchester,
'ad sentenced to fourteen year's transportation.
°fle of the Blue Coat School boys, whilst collectin
sc g
sab • rlptions for the institution, was last week robbed of
12 6s 6d, contained in a purse, which was snatched from
1,
aands by a well-known thief, who was, however, cap-
tured and the whole of the money recovered.
COMPLIMENT TO FREE TRADERS.—The Mere/ass
fof Friday says : " Messrs. Livesey and Son, proprie-
rB of the Preston Guardian and of the Struggle, are
he traders both in theory and practice," and then goes
Q to give the why and wherefore, viz., that they have
robbed the Mercury of its population tables.
ih°Rokßy AND ROBBERY.—James Underwood, resid-
-ts' at 16, Prussia-street, was on Thursday committed for
:Lai to the assizes, for stealing a letter containing a post-
s'ee order for £3 13s, addressed to a fellow-lodger
`li.araed Francis Mayhew, seaman,
then-ad drawing the money
'',,the Post-office, having forged gnature.
r VIIINKENNEss —On Sunday last Thomas Barker, who
he—"ed in es 'Frederick -street, died suddenly. He
,ai_d been a yPePr hard drinker all his life. Ann Clarke,
'd'uo also had byeen much addicted to drinking, died sud-
-enlY from what was afterwards ascertained to be effusion
°I blood
GUANO.—The
on the brain.
th'n4No.—The market last week was free from excite-
si-eat, and the business effected was not extensive without
lets from the previous week's rates. The bulk of
ke arrivals is going into store. The severe weather still
ePs out the farmers, who, as yet, have purchased com-
Parativl
Y nothing.
OccIDENT.—On Saturday Michael Ford, of Henry
Zuward-street, fell from the fourth story of one of the
iisorehouses at present in course of erection at the
.Albert
aodek• He was, as may be supposed, dreadfully injured,
hospital removed at once to the Southern and Toxteth
. The unfortunate man has a wife and child.
SR
the READING-ROOM.—The annual meeting of
r suPporters and friends of the Seamen's Reading-
h°eista, in connexcion with the Mariner's Church will be
the Music-hall, on Friday next, when the chair
te'rtue, taken by his worship. thedMayor. Several emi-
ts ssniergymen of the establishe church will be present
,''''ocate the claims of the institution.
of'3,,C.ARPITy OF HAY.—In consequence of the high price
"us article of agricultural produce through the deficient
Crap of last summer by the long-continued drought, large
?tsilairititles are daily arriving at our quays from Belfast.
aho very closely packed by a patent process, in trusses
r et the sito the Cheshire size of an ordinary
de. cotton-bale. Some of it is
e'SbiPped
theG,,aEENwicti PENSIONERS.—The out-pensioners from
Ortn`tY and marines in the Liverpool district, including
are •smrk, St. Helen's, Prescot, Runcorn, and Frodsham,
r 6 In future to be placed under the superintendence of
Staff 'officer the same as the out-pensioners of Chel-
rin They will be inentified by Captain Greig ; the ma-
to-morrow, and the seamen on Thursday.
I,,LIAILWAYS AND COACHES.—It seems that the inn-
the and posting-houses of Blackburn have not had
Indeed,e ry inflicted on them as most other town
is.
p,o l that town may fairly challe ,ge any other n
the. and at the present time for the number of coaches
to come in and out in the course of a day, there being
aai'ess than sixteen daily and twenty-three on market-
too) and so great is the opposition, that the fare to Bol-
ls only one penny per mile.
rss°ll Monday night, about ten o'clock, an alarm of fire
sirelled the police station-house, and several engines and
r,,_;er.arts were immediately despatched to the spot, the
froreeises of Mr. George Gager, in Blackstock-street,
tiedtPerlY Canning-street.) Mr. Gager is a sugar-refiner,
end !II the room appropriated for the drying of the bags,
the in which there was a stove, the fire took place. By
it
waactive exertions of the fire-police, under Mr. Hewitt,
tatels sPeedily subdued, and the estimated loss is fortu-
V only from £2O to £3O.
Tnel"---A fire was discovered about half-past five on
Wive ay evening on the premises of Mr. Sidney Sherlock.
tie'L'earnerchatit, 22, King-street, which was, by the exer-
wit?_, of the fire police, confined to two of the upper rooms,
(ab'ectlntare used as packing rooms, the contents of which
Iv, ere d 80 dozens of wine, a few dozens of brandy, &c.)
have iestroyed. Had the fire descended, the loss must
raises reen considerable. The damage done to the pre-
Co
verecl shout £BO, and the stock £l7O, but the whole is
by the insurance.
Poliel'ENlA-LE HIGHWAY ROBBER.—On Friday, at the
was f-court, a young woman, named Agnes Gibbons,
seernnunitted for two months for stealing a hat. It ap-
horn'eu, tha!, the prosecutor, an elderly man, was going
Kirkdale, when he was suddenly attacked. near
blow,
andhe took his hat from his Ileac/Tit He turned round
so:nt the injury, but seeing two men standing near,
ori on ,P'
be cted they were aiding and abetting, and walked
°N s met a policeman, to whom he told the story
e
ins_ raaltreatosent. The woman was taken with the hat
Ron Possession.
int V4L EsFY YACHT CLUB—The m
Tw 4s heldMatß se
dr, enty the Mersey Hotel . i
, on uesdamont,hla evy enineet-
g.
oiledead eoemen were elected members. . The commo-
prover a list of names for nomination, to be
o at thenext meeting, amounting to 46. The cap-
that i%,"sed, seconded by the honorary secretary,
Ofh larr • ,•
cere lett s code of signals be adopted by the club."
coiurais, were re-elected by acclamation. The sailing
w ‘.ee
tea,nd officers for the. measurement of the yachts
Ariz- elec
rs to also, a committee appointed to select the
.ooin 13 be sailed for in the ensuing season. The club-
aria the scaine
Very crowded in the course of the evening,
memo
separated at an early hour.
thO,NtzusLA
th.- 31JHAR.—Measrs. J. and J. Ackers, of
statere' e ale addressed a letter to the Times respecting
go"s, that nt of Mr. Labouchere in the House of Com-
th-ea3 whey experienced persons, who are pretty able to
neetr the sugarpr comes from, doubted very much wile-
corne fro (recently arrived from Venezuela) " did
as ug real' °ln Surinam or Porto Rico, and distrusted its
4_,Y that
t, the Produce of Venezuela." Messrs. Ackers
I•:.r.riitted It.'re_Y are the importers of the only cargo of sugar
tat he names -Venezuela, and call upon Mr. Labouchere
Otte they a 8 °f any of the " experienced persons," and
of the a Prepared to prove that the sugar is the pro-
-441 441 state in
Ric" question.
nevr°,n 'l'ne!,;°ComistissioNErts.—Atthe monthly meet-
Scio QOard_l74Y the Board sat for the first time in their
endare. 7,401 n at the south-east corner of Hamilton-
theMarker e proceedings were unimportant. The Watch
for road, s?ornmittees have been amalgamated, as have
, toad iinpro
ss4S4 moote vement committees. The ferry. receipts
stet over t," had been £1,247, being an increase of
seared that 4.? e corresponding month of 1844. It was
donee as
,t./-7,assessment for the improvement rate this
,•59,64,?'1211 11 , which, at 7d. in the pound, will pro-
-ate The Last Last year the assessment was only
thetas stareucsi assessment for the watching and lighting
a4e Pound" to be, this year, .£70,684, which, at ltd.
the searnent wasill Produce £3,239 13s Bd. Last year, the
nest carnniiseir) £57,500 10s. These rates were signed by
Al mooth tiers, and will come into force some time
ova thkeNkstauG„
who - 'Jody rEas--On Thursday an inquest was held
Nit; it was°
ia middle aged female, named Bridget Carr,
Inaog to heinadegect, had died from injuries sustained
eharnarned 4 Pushed under the wheel of a cart by a
the ge' 411", as Carroll, who was in custody on the
ho" Prison aPPeared
ease abQuer, in that deceased rented a cellar from
tioh ove,) watkinson-street, (he occupying the
which and on the 28th ult. he went and asked for
e dte°:l( plecewas due to him for rent. Some alterca-
into , and abusive hi Qui, sr e language was made use of by
Of (Am house the prisoner left the cellar and went
atePs , the deceased following him to then
.op
ueceas While theretatter, the prisoner was seen to give e a Push which caused hes• to fall down into
state4l the , went wheel of a cart which was passing at
,Aitel,°,,finseosiaer her knee. She was taken up in a
bsu,sitterutiere he
and conveyed to the Southern Hos-
t„"t Oot he hadcu on Thursday. The prisoner ad-
are" with , Pushed the deceased down the steps,
and h'! a serdiesui Intention to hurt her. The jury re-
was t °f manoslaught.er against the prisoner,.
tarsF.r
committed t
17.
take his trial at the next assizes.
°iousc3ri sslnsy, TCESDAT.—The reported expendi-
Last yearendis sitirt door poor, as compared with. the pre-
Sere O.ek s's lollows •
Of ,e 101„ se, number of paupers in the house
e.s 1(i: last year" t ls 10d. per head, or .£l/9 4s 2d,
~,,"r eass Per hes ~ the number was 1,940, at an expense
expe reliev or £l6l 12s 10d in money. monoOut-
a+.i nse of during the last fortnight • ht were 7,278, at
ta'eh r Y less ,k 816 18s Kl• being 34e cases and £9 0s d.
aietiets?rt iss7nfofour the ;Lime period last year. Weekly
90,5, I'4 viz.: in the fever hospital 30
eor"Ying woisser,sit' mens' medical and surgical
qnedical, surgical, and lock wards,
reeos:rY, 2-941:ward,
392 s' wars girls' , opthalcnic ward, 9 ; boys' sick
the 'I hes'', 16 ; otte;b' nursery, 23 ; itch wards, 36 ; old
parts of the building, 36 ; total,
Wasll,lclustrsie.,lla,rY attach to the situation of chaplain to
W 5, board Qchooi
tout; lodging wad
fixed at £2OO per annum, with-
riot; 8 new e held th. special meeting of the board
ted'se thetsettlernent day to consider Sir James Gra-
soeYsteni at the Mr. Arthur Henderson gave
alljto the °if obtaioi:' 'fleeting he should move that the
o contract %supplies be
teadhered to with refer-
best'4 t ndustriai
or hoot by Select Vestry being
purchase as they may consider

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SABBATH SCHOOL
TEACHERS' TEA PARTY.—On Thursday evening nearly
100 teachers connected with the Presbyterian Church of
England Sabbath Schools here and at Birkenhead, met
in the Wesleyan Methodists' Association school-room,
Pleasant-street, for the purpose of promoting Christian
fellowship and unity among themselves, and to communi-
cate information regarding the mode of conducting, as
well as the progress made in the respective schools. R.
A. Macfie, Esq., was unanimously called to preside.
Excellent speeches were delivered. Tea and its accom-
paniments and fruit were abundantly served. The meet-
ing was a very pleasant, harmonious, and Lappy one. A
unanimous vote of thanks was given to the chairman,
and after joining in praise and prayer, the meeting broke
up.

BASTERN DISPENSARY.—On Thursday, the sixth an-
nual meeting of this charitable institution was held in the
large room at the Parish-office, Fenwick-street. The
Rev. Fielding Ould occupied the chair. From the report
it appeared that upwards of 5000 cases had been relieved
with medical advice and medicines during the past year.
By the removal of the Dispensary from Islington to Rose-
Hill, a saving of £5O had been effected in the rental, and
another reduction of £lO in the salary of the house-sur-
geon, Mr. Edwards, who had £l4O per annum, having
resigned and gone to Crewe, and two house-surgeons hav-
ing been appointed at the respective salaries of £6O and
40 per annum. The report went on to state that notwith-
standing these economical expedients, the debt on the in-
stitution had increased from £3OO to £4OO, the subscrip-
tions had decreased from £147 to about £l3O, and that
last year £ll7 were received towards its support from the
Corporation, from the parish £56, and £3O by a church
collection. This year there are no allowances to be re-
ceived, and the donations fall far short of the expectations
of the committee.—After a short conversation respecting
the condition of the institution, it was ultimately agreed
to carry it on for another year, in the hope that public at-
tention would be called to it.

LASCAII SEAMEN.—On Thursday several Lascar sea-
men, wretchedly clad and shivering with cold, appeared
before Mr. Rushton to demand payment of wages, al-
leged to be due to them from Captain Dixon, who had
brought them from Bombay, via Madras and Lond,,n.
It appeared that they were in error as to the wages, as
money had been paid to them in advance and otherwise
toward an engagement for six months not yet expired ;
and the captain had provided them with a lodging-house ;
but they complained that they were not sufficiently pro-
vided with clothing, or with su.th food as they could eat
in accordance with the religion of their caste. Mr. Rush-
ton ordered proper officers to visit the boarding-house am'.
make the enquiries necessary to complete the evidence,
which was so far conflicting. On Friday the captain being
in attendance, Mr. Rushton informed him that the result
was that the men were not provided for as was required ;
that their clothing, shoes, &c. were insufficient for this
climate, and that he must insist on the needful being done
without a day's delay otherwise he should enforce the act
of parliament providing for the protection of that class of
persons. The captain said it was difficult to deal with
them, but on promising to comply, was permitted to leave
the court.

PAVING AND SEWERAGE COMMISSIONERS.—At the
meeting on Thursday, Mr. John Holmes presided.
Mr. Hodgson drew the attention of the Board to the gas
question. He said the Town Council had referred the
subject to the Watch Committee, who would take up the
matter on Saturday, and it was important that this board
should consider what part it should take, whether in con-
junction with the Watch Committee, or opposed to them.
He thougnt the object would be answered by the appoint-
ment of a committee to confer with the sub-committee ap-
pointed by the Watch Committee. After some conver-
sation, Mr. Deane said it could not be brought into Par-
liament before Easter. Mr. Kilshaw : If you will have
patience, it will die a natural death.—Mr. Aspinall : We
have gone so far that we must have the amalgamation
settled and the gas at a certain price. Even if the third
company withdrew we must proceed. It is not against
the third comp'lny but for the public that we are acting,
and we must insist on the amalgamation or oppose them
in Parliament.—Mr. Proctor, Mr. Birket, Mr. G. G.
Hornby, and Mr. Hodgson were appointed a committee
to confer with the Watch Chmmittee.—Mr. Aspinall drew
the attention of the board again to the interruption caused
by Messrs. Jeffrey and Morrish, in Basnett-street, and
Mr. Deane was directed to write to the parties, and state
that if the obstructions were not removed during the day,
an information would be laid against them.
THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—On Monday night,
the monthly meeting of the above excellent institution
was numerously attended. The paper for the evening was
by Mr. Waldy on the " Analysis and valuation of guano
for agricultural purposes." The lecturer detailed the
various constituents of guano, showing that it consisted
in various proportions of sulphates and phosphates of
potash and soda and the oxides of ammonia, but it was
generally found to contain a great quantity of deteriorated
matter. such as sand and water. Guano had been long
known in Peru as a valuable manure, and was first
brought to Europe about forty years ago. It was known
to be the excrement of a sea fowl in a state of decomposi-
tion. Guano also contained nitrogen, varying greatly in
quantity, according to the extent of decomposition.
Carbonate of ammonia also existed in some kinds of gu-
ano, but chiefly African. Guano was particularly valua-
ble as a manure from the variety of its constituents, each
having its relative value. In African guano decomposi-
tion seemed to have gone on with much greater rapidity
than Peruvian. This was evidently owing to the large
quantity of water which was found in the former. The
lecturer gave an analysis of a specimen of guano, contain-
ing no less than 25 per cent. of sand and water. The lec-
turer concluded by stating that he bad examined a sam-
ple of what was called white guano, containing 61 per
cent. of organic matter and ammonica salts, which were
of extreme value. A long and somewhat interesting dis-
cussion ensued, after which the meeting adjourned.
TOWN MISSION.—The annual meeting of the friends
of the Liverpool Town Mission was held on Monday
evening last. It appeared from the accounts read by Mr.
John Cropper that the receipts for the past year amounted
to £l6lO and the disbursements to £1433 leaving a ba-
lance in hand of £177. The Rev. E. M. Birrell read the
report. The agents, writing of the temporal privations
of some of the lower classes in Liverpool, said it was no
unusual thing to find the doors and windows of some of
their houses fastened up at late hours of the day, the pa-
rents wishing to exclude the light in order that their
children might think day had not yet dawned, and that
they might thus be prevented, for a time at least, from
crying for bread. During the past year 785 families had
been furnished with scanty assistance in the form of
bread, potatoes, coals, and essential articles of clothing,
the kindness of private friends having subscribed the sum
of £B7 for this purpose. The ignorance of the great body
of the people was most alarming. From a statistical re-
turn made in the poorer districts of the town, it was found
that of 32,640 adults, there were 8,030 who could not
read, and 22,801, being about two-thirds of the whole,
who. by their own acknowledgments, habitually abseated
themselves from places of worship. Eight schools had
been established which were attended on an average by
798. 242 open air services had been held during the year
which had been attended by not fewer than 50,000 persons.
Three additional agents had been employed last year mak-
ing the present number twenty, the largest ever employed
by the society.
TRANNIERE.—On Thursday evening a numerous meet-
ing of the ratepayers of Tranmere was held at the Queen's
Arms, for the purpose of determining whether the provi-
sions of the act 3 and 4 of Wm. IV., for lighting and
watching the parishes of England and Wales, should be
adopted. The meeting was convened by the overseers of
the parish, in consequence of a requisition. Mr. Carr
was called to the chair. Mr. Perry advocated the adop-
tion of the act, as being well fitted to secure the require-
ments of the township. He moved the adoption of the
act. Mr. Richard Taunton seconded the motion. Mr.
James Smith condemned the bill in lobo. The present
movement in favour of applying it to Tranmere was got
up for an interested purpose. The township, at present,
was without water for cleansing and water for domestic
purposes. The roads, too, were in a disgraceful state,
and the whole system required a thorough change. Mr.
Mort showed the inutility of extending the proposed act
to Tranmere. He argued in favour of a general improve-
ment bill. Mr. Routledge and several other gentlemen
expressed similar opinions. Mr. Sharp regarded the ex-
pense of a special improvement act as a primary objection.
Mr. Perry offered £5OO to get the new act, if others
would follow his example. After much altercation the
question was put to the vote, whether the act of 3 and 4
Wm. IV. should be adopted. The names were taken
down in writing, when there appeared ayes, 22 ; noes,
25 ; majority against the act, 3. The act requires that
two-thirds of the ratepayers should vote for its adoption.
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
broke up.
THE LYING-IN HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARY.—We
have received the third report of this institution for the
diseases of women and children, which was established in
November, 1841. The hospital is open at all hours "for
the reception of poor married women about to be confined,
in whom the expected difficulties of their labour may re-
quire the rare and advantages which the institution of-
fers, or whose circumstances were peculiarly needy."
The present report states that the progress of the charity
has been steady and satisfactory during the past year,
though it is to be regretted that there has been some di-
minution of income, owing to the occurrence of deaths,
removals, &c., and which loss requires to be counter-
balanced by fresh activity amongst the officers and friends
of the charity. The amount of relief afforded to poor
women was greater than in former years by upwards of
thirty additional cases, a fact sufficiently encouraging to
the zealot's supporters of the hospital. Were it not for
the lying-in wards, many poor women, about to become
mothers, must get the best assistance they can at their
own cramped and ill-ventilated abodes, and their only
other resource in case of extreme poverty is the degrading
refuge of the workhouse. Here begins the sphere of re-
lief, suitably and economically conducted, the wards of
the hospital. The committee, therefore, implore the libe-
ral aid of the public to enable them to extend its useful-
ness, and also appeal to the clergy to exert themselves
.
amongst their flocks its behalf. The two committees
recom,nend the adoption of the plan of having a school
for nurses attached to the hospital, in accordance with
the recommendation in the sth Report of the Registrar
General. Amongst the accounts we find a " Compara-
tive Economical Statement," from w‘lich it appears that
the average cost per patient, inclusive of rent, has each
year decreased—the cost being in the first year £2 lOs 8d ;
in the second, £2 3s. ; and in the last year, £1 13s. ld. ;
though with one additional bed. In the in-door medical
department the total admissions since the opening were
223 ; the births the same number (119 males and 103 fe-
males ;) and but one patient died. In the out-door de-
partment the number of applicants was, since November,
1841, to last November, 1720-520 males, and 1200 fe-
males ; the number cured was 1216 ; discharged, relieved,
and irregular, 483 ; and died, 21. The school for
monthly nurses was agreed upon, and is already in oper-
ation.