The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1856-01-22 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

REPORT. Your committee have no particular feature to notice tbe, working of this charity during the past year except the c9ii, tinned and increasing advantages of its operation. The lowing figures will show to the subscribers the very belleap, results that their bounty has secured to so many poor pecP al who otherwise would have to suffer unaided by Incd advice. The number of patients seeking relief this year for disease' of the eye has been 4,169, and the attendances 15,497, beiug°„ average visit of 3.72 for each patient. The number for diseal, of the ear have been 1,270, and the attendances 4,627, beill an average of 3.63. • el In addition to the above, 75 persons have been maintail?. as in-patients, and 143 operations have been performed duds'' the year. Your committee have great pleasure in bearing testi , generally to the zeal and attention of the medical officers, well as to the success which has resulted from their skill_..„8 There has been no alteration in the staff this year, the sat, continuing to conduct the management of the institution W.' efficient and satisfactory manner. The finances of the charity are in a fair position ; but, sti: large proportion of the revenue arises from the precaric,e source of donations, the committee are anxious to press in, claims of this valuable institution upon the attention of to subscribing public. The committee gratefully acknowledge the receipt oi legacy of £5O from the executors of the late J. Stringer, -0"' The treasurer, Mr. War. HAIGIT, read his report, frly which it appeared that he had a balance of £145 ls. 6d• • hand. orty The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the rep a and accounts, said it was most gratifying to perceive the stea position of usefulness the institution maintained. It W 35,15 strong fact in favour of maintaining the contributions towar`lt this institution, and inducing others also to contribute, rll% so large an amount of good had been done by administeri% well and systematically the comparatively small amorrilt placed in their hands. Mr. LIVINGSTON seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to the Corl; tion of Liverpool, for their handsome donation of £lOO. 1„ also proposed a vote of thanks to all the other donors and srl" s c bheer sduringmotion wtalsi espe cit so itidyeeda r. by Mr. NEILL, and unanimonslY adopted. It was announced to the meeting that Sir John Bent had given twenty guineas ; and that ten guineas had also been re" ceived from Mr. Welsh, in aid of the funds of the institutioll• A vote of thanks was then passed to the president and vicepresidents, and the officers for the current year were 31,?: pointed ; the only change made in those of last Ye?:, being the election of John Stewart, Esq., to the presidency the place of J. A. Tobin, Esq. Thanks were voted to tIT, medical officers, who were re-appointed. In moving a vote °!, thanks to Mr. Heath, the retiring president, Mr. Janie' Holme said he was sorry to see that, although the institution at present was in a pretty prosperous state, the subscriptions had greatly decreased, and that if it had not been for the CorPcr ration grant their expenditure would be very nearly equal to their income. He hoped that the inhabitants of the tow?' would come forward and liberally support so useful an instr. tution by annual subscriptions, which, after all, formed the most beneficial support. The proceedings then closed.  ATROCIOUS MURDER and ATIEMPTEP  SUICIDE in