The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-26 00:00:00

TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL. We, the undersigned Bankers, Merchants, Brokers, Traders, and other Inhal , itants of the Borough of Liverpool, having observed that a Bil! I.as been introduced into the House of Commons by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, by which it is proposed to deprive the Corporation of this Borough of the Properties in the TOWN DUES end ANCHORAGE to which, by the decision of a Court of Law, they have been declared to be entitled, and that without compensation or other equivalent. respectfully request that your Worship will be pleased to convene a PUBLIC MEET ING of the INHABITANTS, to protest against a principld sub versive to all established rights of property. to agree to a Petition to the Houses of Parliament against the proposed Bill, and to adopt such other measures as may best tend to avert so monstrous and unjust an innovation. John Moss, banker Charles Mozley, hanker Thomas Littledale, broker Ralph Brocklebank, merchant William Rathbone, merchant Samuel Smith, banker M. D. Lowndes, solicitor Gilbert W. Moss, banker Ambrose Lace, solicitor Henry Harrison, merchant James Aikin, merchant John H. Barry, merchant George Booker, merchant Francis A. Hamilton, merchant 'William Marwood. merchant James Laidlaw, shipbroker Arnold Barucbson, merchant John P. Heywood, banker Leyland and Bullins, bankers J. C. Boyd, merchant John Torr, broker Charles Saunders, merchant J. P. G. Smith, banker Will. Nevett, broker J. W. Cater and Co., merchants Maxwell Hyslop, merchant Robert Horsfall, sharebroker Edward Moon, merchant J. Palmer Palmer, insurance broker C. Langton, insurance broker P. Rawson, insurance broker Thos. Morris, insurance broker Robertson Gladstone, merchant Alfred M. Power, shipbroker Richard Griffith, broker R. Ham ie Wilson, merchant Jobs Lockett, merchant Joseph Cornish, shipowner Gasket! Johnson, merchant Joseph Gardner, merchant Blythe and Troughton, ship owners Blythe Brothers, provision mer chants Miles Barton and Sons, cotton brokers Wm. Marsden, merchant Charles Barry, cotton broker Wm. Latham, broker H. Crompton Booth, gentleman James H. Butler, merchant Charles Moore, merchant W. H. Hawkins, broker Samuel Downes, broker Will. Farrer, broker Herbert Campbell, broker Elijah Harrison and Co., mer chants Edward Morgan. merchant Edward Clark, merchant J. C. Griffin, clerk James T. Pownall, merchant Peter Jones, broker Francis Foster, broker Alexander Sleigh, broker William H. Jones, merchant Alexander R. Cox, broker William Higgins, broker George Okell, broker John Parrett, merchant William Hill & Sons, drysalters John H. Sloan, merchant William M. Moss, shipowner James L. Cross, broker George Cunliffe, corn merchant Thomas Muir, broker Henry Glynn, broker Robert N. Jones, cotton broker D. S. Leather, merchant A. R. McPherson, agent John L. Cattrall, broker James P. Campbell, broker Joseph Kitchen, merchant Henry Justrum, broker Garnock, Bibby, and Co., rope makers Charles Lane, merchant James Levingston, shipowner Barton Grindrod, broker J. J. Myers, broker Nicholas Duckworth, broker Edward Pyke, corn merchant D. & J. Macdonald, merchants Edward Roberts, accountant Nathaniel Re'ner, merchant Thos. R. Robinson, merchant. John Clare, jun., broker Little and Erskine, merchants John Campbell, merchant John M`Diarmid, broker R J. Tinley, broker Charles Ross, broker Jonathan Grindrod, engineer J. Norman Crosse, shipbroker Wm. Gardner & Co. brokers Will. Reid, shipbroker G. G. Hornby, merchant William Edmonds, merchant Richard Hodgson, teabroker Robert Roberts, teadealer Robso Kelley, merchant Thomas Edwards, shipbroker Holderness and Chilton, ship owners Thomas Denison, shipbroker Jas. Houghton, timber broker R. Rayner, bro ker John Brancker, broker John M. Hannay, shipbroker Y. Verbrackell, shipbroker D. Davies, accountant Samuel Frodsllam, merchant William Rowett, broker Thomas Badland, broker George J. Cornish, broker James Gardner, merchant William Jenkins. merchant Thomes Turner, merchant James Allen, broker William Hinde, broker Robert Kirke, merchant J. J. Grindrod, engineer H. E. Moss, shipbroker Thomas Chilton, merchant Jabez Jones, agent C. Chaloner Smith, merchant :Jas. Birkett, jun., warehouse keeper Harmood Banner, gentleman J. Gladstone, jun., ironfounder Joshua Prowse, shipowner Horatio N. Hughes, broker James Higham, shipowner H. G. Sutton, insurer ce broker Alex. Chalmers, ship chandler and owner John Jones, shipowner John Sutton, insurance broker Stephen Legg, shipbuilder John S. Marwood, shipbroker Thomas Hudson, shipbroker Jos. B. Hignett, merchant A. Stone, insurance manager Samuel Baker, shipbroker W. L. P. Cox, shipchandler James Moore, merchant G. S. Pollock, broker Verney Lace, merchant J. H. Miners, shipbroker Wm. Clay, iron manufacturer Wm. S. Tucker, cotton broker George B. Richardson, cordage manufacturer Thomas Holt, broker William G. Leete, broker C. F. Clements, broker A. Cameron, ship-bread baker R. Frodsham, solicitor John Dutton, broker Thomas F. Bennett, merchant James C. Pigott, merchant J. A. Sharpe, merchant' Charles L. Campbell, broker Isaac Fletcher, broker T. Woodville Jones, gentleman Arthur Henderson. merchant Robert Proctor, broker Thomas Vernon, broker Henry Jones, merchant George Simpson, merchant Charles Wise, slate merchant Abraham Wren, merchant James Cox, broker George H. Horsfall, merchant Francis P. Colley, merchant John A. Black James Beazley John Morris, merchant Anthony Cumming, merchant Edward T. Lowe, broker Joseph White, jun., broker Edward Wevill, broker J. B. Cooper, broker Hugh Craig, jun., merchant William Peers, broker Charles E. Bateson, merchant John Waugh, ahipcbandler John Travis, oil merchant Henry Whittle, merchant Win. F. Sim, kentledge broker W. H. Wilson, steamship agent J. C. Reeves, agent A.Graham Smith, cottonbroker Lawrence T. Kemp, cotton broker Richard Houghton Henry H. Hornby, merchant Richard Nicholson, shipowner Arthur Hunt, shipbroker Thomas Brancker, merchant Robert Houlgrave, turpentine distiller Thomae A. Bentley, broker W. B. Marshall, merchant W. W. White, broker Smith and Moore, merchants James W. Robinson Daniel Clarke, merchant Charles Rowe Cheshire, iron merchant . Ben. Tattersall, merchant Henry John Ward, shipowner James H. Warry,tnerchant George Schofield, merchant John Shimmin, merchant W. M. Keates, merchant C. 0. Ledward, merchant Edward Logan, merchant George Piston, carriers' agent A. Morison, merchant John Carter, jon., merchant Thomas Boyd, merchant Ralph Hugh Clare, broker James M`Dowell, broker Wm. Casson, distiller L. H. Macintyre, shipowner Wm. Evans, merchant Charles Cummins, merchant John B. Spence, merchant B. C. Parkinson, cotton broker Robt. A. Dale, insurance broker Joseph King, broker T. Blayds Molyneux, broker R. A. Macfie, sugar refiner W. J. Powell, broker C. R. Taylor and Son, merchants Jos. Stokes, merchant David Campbell, merchant Richard Alison, gentleman Jr. H. Gregory, attorney -at-law T. Ashcroft, accountant J. Bates, gentleman George Woods, manufacturer W. G. Maddy, draper John Overton, gentleman James Thompson, brewer 3 no.S.Thompson,coal merchant Thomas Yates, ironfounder Joseph Smith, marble mason James Wylie, surveyor W. H. Goore, gentleman John Malone James Eckersley, gentleman William Turner, surgeon Peter Bassford Peter Mactaggarly, draper B. Redfern Thos. P. Holden, cabinetmaker H. Bremner, attorney at law Henry Cross, attorney at law George Orton Owen, accountant Edward Ackerley, auctioneer Richard Hartley William Henderson John Gibson P. Macintyre, M.D. John Johnston, surgeon William Whatham, tea dealer Robert Kirkpatrick, floorcloth manufacturer Willi a m Williamson, provision merchant Alexander White, painter John Ellis, upholsterer Henry H. Peers, secretary, Lyceum W. J. Mason, architect George Gurden.brewer J. P. Overend, shipbroker IV. T. Thompson, bookseller Thomas Connell, gentleman G. Riding, gentleman William Andrews, gentleman Edwary Heathcote, grocer Joseph Hughes, timber dealer John Hall. farrier Joseph Atherton, tailor Henry Brown, merchant Joseph Hardwick J. Pendlebury, chemist John Gabbott, coal dealer E. Priest'ey, gentleman James Bruce, M.D. John Scott, accountant B. Wilson, coachbuilder Arthur Berry, gentleman C. J. Smith, collector John Jones, builder Alexander Stookes, M.D. Richard Edwards, plumber R. A. Payne, attorney at law D. Longbottom, wool merchant John Gradwell, upholsterer George Mason, attorney at law John Lear, broker John Downey, pawnbroker James Smith, music seller John Solomon, gentleman George Atkin, merchant John Perris, librarian Thos. Kaye, proprietor Liver- Tool Courier Robert Hadden, bookkeeper John A. Cowan, flour dealer T. Brakell, printer and stationer William Ellis, bookkeeper Thos. Cooke, insurance broker John Jones, accountant William Roberts, broker John Brack, bookkeeper John Parsonage, clerk Henry Cavanagh, painter John Rigg estate agent John Scott ,' wine merchant William Smith, labourer William Shadracb, joiner James Tayburn, cooper E. Haigh, clerk Wilson Foster, merchant Joseph Green, bookkeeper William Jones, shipchandler David Rowland, secretary pilot commission J.H.Winn, sub-editor Liverpool Courier Joseph Cooke, superintendent of pilots George Goodall, architect Dixon and Holmes, sailmakers J. G. Snowball, attorney-at-law John Forgham, bookkeeper A. M. K., agent James Enema, warehouseman Joseph Hampson, bookkeeper M. Williams, cotton broker Benj. H. Hilton, bookkeeper Alexander Brooke, gentleman Richard Brooke, gentleman Henry Madrell, pilot Raymond Harris, gentleman John Jones . , bookkeeper E. Corlettooiner, &c. George Walker, butcher Peter Capper, bookkeeper R. Amand Brooke, gentleman Edward Jones, broker John Townsend Edward Johnson, gentleman Freers Ranker, mariner Edw. Windsor, warehouseman Frederick Birch, bookkeeper Wm. S. Tyreman, stationer,&c. H. G. Ireland, furrier Harry Cowan, tea dealer John Metcalf, gentleman Thos. Huntington, flour dealer John Roberts, merchant James Edwards, bookbinder 0. Williams, land agent John Williams, merchant Robert Battersby, cooper Edward Jones, tailor & draper James Gorren, printer Samuel Matthews, bookkeeper Valentine Vincent, bookkeeper John Ellison, agent Thomas Ellison, builder Thomas Smith, architect Alfred D. Graham, architect John C. Thompson, bookkeeper James Spence, broker Thomas Bell, merchant H. C. Mesbon, merchant William Nicholson, broker John Rowlinson, broker Trimmer and Grainger, brokers George P. Oxley, merchant Andrew Watson, merchant John S. Tregoning, merchant Robert Bancroft, merchant John R. Cameron, chronometer maker P. Vance, broker J. B. Smith, timber merchant George Wright, jun., merchant George H. Brown, broker Frederick Bliedberg, merchant Godfrey B. Shaw, broker J. Reid, commission merchant Rob. T. Gladstone ' broker William Grierson, broker H. Price, merchant J. R. Gasket!, broker William B. Hilton, merchant Edward Drury, corn broker G. A. Tinley, broker Wm. Davidson, shipbroker Studley Martin, broker Wm. Langton, merchant Henry Worrall, merchant Francis Bonit, shipbroker Thomas Blackburne, merchant Alexander Coghill, shipbroker Law Scott, merchant John T. Lawrence, merchant Alexander Munn, broker H. C. Tomlinson, broker James Baker, merchant William Hand, upholsterer R. D. Hearn, shipbroker G. C. Schwabe, merchant Thomas Burley, merchant Abram Gartside, broker T. W. Harrop, broker Fred. H. Peters, drysalter John Bighorn, broker 1 llamas Smith, merchant George B. Thompson, merchant Joseph Bailey, sailmaker John Okell, broker J. N. Holmes. merchant Alexander M'Gregor, broker James Mulleneux, distiller J. B. Harrison, broker Joseph Robinson, woolbroker William M'Kay, gentleman William Peacop, gentleman John Blake, shipchandler Charles J. English, shipbroker Thomas M. King, broker R. Singlehurst &Co.,merchants A. Claus, merchant Wallace Walker, merchant Joseph Holland, broker Francis F. Eaton, broker R.Miller, commission merchant T. R. Saymore, broker Thomas Brereton, teadealer Andrew Rourke, accountant John Jones, surgeon Henry Kirkham, bookkeeper John R. Harris, merchant W. P. Jeffrey, woollen merchant F. Berton, cooper F. Jefferson R. Bellwood, bookkeeper D. Munro, bookkeeper C T Ross, journalist T Fisher, merchant John Archer, bookkeeper Henry Thomas, warehouse keeper Thomas Jones, plumber W 0 Roberts, saddler John Roberts, joiner George Melley, merchant Robert Melley, broker John Bennett, merchant John Fryer, commission agent Henry Fisher, salesman George Smith, watchmaker B. French, shipchandler R. H. Fraser, printer James Smith, merchant Thomas Jones, mariner James Cunningham, broker James Cartin, hawker William Taylor, bookkeeper Henry 'Mops, law stationer Thomas Avison, attorney Hugh Williams, merchant William Allison, commercial traveller Henry Lyon, agent John Wade, bookkeeper James Whitty, woollen draper John Taylor, commission mer chant Richard Robertson, merchant Richard Hollinsworth, broker Josh. Rowlands, warehouseman Chas. Woolverton, bookkeeper John Lee, compositor William Heaton, ironmonger Benjamin Gibson, bookkeeper William M. Grotty, stationer D. C. Browne, professor of mus:c Owen Elias, builder Thomas Shepherd John Harrison, gentleman W. Fisher and Sons, merchants Joseph Hiles, bookkeeper Bathgate and Wilson, brass founders Robert Maxwell, bookkeeper John P. Steele, nautical instru ment maker Arthur Jones, gentleman H. M'Cann, commission agent John Edwards, shipwright Richard Pritchard, bootmaker James Lowther shipowner John J . Oreig, head constable Thomas Jones, bookkeeper Thomas Walrnsley, stationer John Holford, trunk, &c.,manu facturer James Radcliff, tailor James H. Smith, tailor Thomas G. Codde, agent John Hastings, saddler J. O'Neil & Co., carpet dealers T. H . Satchel!, hat manufacturer John Dyke, draper V. Frisby, draper Michael Aylward, news agent Eliz. Guy, hosier, shirt maker Richard Bent, clothier C. H. Chadburn, optician, &c. J. Stout, boot and shoe maker Isaac Jackson, hosier James Cornish, bookseller Joseph Lewthwaite, perfumer John \Villains, tailor William Dickson, tailor C. Hutchins, lithographer, &c. John Mace, artist Henry Bunk, master mariner W. C. Boris, engineer Wm. Blackwell. watchmaker Thomas Scott, flour dealer P. Thompson, tallow chandler Thomas Holland, beerhouse James Darby, jeweller W. Rigby, pawnbroker, &c. Daniel Cohen, outfitter George Sharp, pawnbroker John Evans, glass dealer Barker and Dobson. confec tioners Joseph Cram, hatter Wm. Stewart, hardware dealer John Rogers, painter Edward Jones, brass founder John Clarkson, accountant Charles West, optician William Band, tailor Charles Bell, woollen draper and tailor William Groom, stationer William Jones, ironmonger John Priestley, chemist, &c. Ronald Livingston,glass manu facturer Jones, Basset, and Co., woollen warehousemen Thomas Turner and Son, boot makers James Atherton, tobacconist Bent and his Brother, outfitters Louis Pedrone, jeweller. &c. Samuel Thorneley, draper Thomas Musker, draper William Halls, glover J. and E. Littler, tailors and drapers Josh. Crook, Lord-street, tailor James D, d, tailor and draper James Wordley, silversmith Richd. Thomas, tailor & draper Henry Thredder, tobacconist W. Samuel, watch manufacturer George Wood, wool sorter William Ahern, outfitter Charles Pozzi, gilder Davies and Roberts, woollen warehousemen James Cooper, umbrella maker James Richardson, hatter Ann Doyle, batter William Moore, soap boiler Thomas Fell, draper Francis Bigg, baker P.obt. Stewart, hardware dealer Sarson and Barrow, grocers,&c. John Ellis, tailor and draper Henry James, tailor and draper Rees Jeffreys, hosier, &c. James Appleton, householder Henry S. Richards, woollen draper Jeffreys, Davies, St Co., woollen drapers Henry Jennings, grocer, &c. Charles Barlow, hatter Peter Williams, linen draper Etches and Wilson, butchers John W. Kernan, butcher P. Dougherty. perfumer Francis Hareley, chemist Elisha Leigh, glass and china dealer Samuel Taylor Charles Taylor Charles William Leiteaturniture dealer William Lloyd Thomas Wright William B. Whittey Thomas Whitty Robert Loftus, provision dealer Thomas Buxton, spirit dealer Hyam Levi, draper C,illiam S. Longrigg, chemist Robert Marrs, pawnbroker Joseph Gorst, saddler Michael Carrigg, grocer James Martin, boot and shoe- maker William Wainwright James Quayle John Goodwin John Whittaker Joseph Blake John Gill Peter Roberts Thomas Royde Richard B. Potts, sawmaker John Murray, confectioner John Sheldon Richard Timmis Thomas Deverill Samuel Brooke, victualler j Geo. Bramwell, nn., druggist Robert H ighway, grocer H. 1. Syred and Co., pawn- brokers Henry Hornby, spirit dealer Thos. Taylor, tobacco manufac• tnrer G. Owens, spirit dealer Andrew Nl'Leod, sboemaker I. Inman, watcbmaker W. Redmond, clothier Robert Clarke, flour dealer William Healing, pawnbroker Richard Woolley Potter, out- fitter E. Hill, shoe manufacturer John Stokes, grocer Thomas Bott and Co., watch manufacturers Frederick Wilson Alfred Brown William Leevers Henry Keet Thomas Hughes Benjamin Bill George Samuel Upton, laceman Agnes Ferguson, outfitter David Kent and Son, hosiers Arthur Littlejohn, ironmonger Woolright and Co., drapers P. L. Mactaggart, outfitter George Carlyle, artist James Ward, glass dealer Robert Anderson George Peel, ironmonger Thomas Brudle, cabinet maker Seaton, Boggs, and Co., paper banging manufacturers Haigh and Gregory,silk mercers Roberts and Butler, chemists Bright, Son, and Legge, silk mercers John Brooks, lace dealer William Hobson William Odell, ironmonger Bucknall and Son R. H. Pugh, silk mercer John Drake N. Collinson Mary Chapman, milliner Henry H. Heckle, jeweller M. Witter, brush manufacturer Eleanor Gator, lace dealer Robert Mason, bootmaker Henry Sutton John Wrenn and Co., clothiers Clay and Abraham, pliarmaceu- tical chemists Brown and Bacon Joseph Hickey Michael Ellis, carpet dealer W. W. Beckett, wine merchant Samuel James Capper, chemist Adam Liddell, jeweller J. Wrigglesworth Somers and Son W. D. Hauck William Litherland James Urquhart Robert Adamson Thomas Rossall H. Martindale and Co. Edward Grundy Watson Peck and Sons William Tassel! George Taylor Stewart James Little Hugh Owen Edward Hartley William Procter, chemist, &c. Joseph Skeaf John Turner Bryan Henshaw, Samuel Jones C. Askew and Co. G. Lloyd Thomas Baty, wine merchant Charles Turner, hatter Thomas Sagar, hair cutter George G. Poore, stationer John Lawson, tailor Thos. Scaif, waterproof dealer Alexander Dempster, outfitter John Antwis, draper, &c. Webb and Hunt, stationers George and James Robinson, booksellers Jos. Penlington, watch maker Kinnear and Simpson, hatters Walter Franklin and Co., bul lion merchants. Thomas Whalley, seedsman R. Robertson, blockmaker, &c George Robins, tobacconist Lewis Daniel, clock and watch maker Thomas, surgeon Alexander M'Cullock, shipstore dealer Henry Budding, eating-house keeper James Smith, shipowner James Waddell, clerk John Morrow, butcher Joseph Campbell, basket maker William Gibbs, eating house keeper Joseph Jones, wine merchant Robert Heatley, victualler R. and T. Woodward and Co., merchants Michael Lea and Sons, white coopers Robert l.oe.mprta B. Dunnett, printer Geo. Owens, foreman in water :pic:rengcgbnitiacnatn John Pitt, stationer John Hubball, victualler Arthur Jackson, agent Philip Mylrea, tailor and drape r W. Roberts, confectioner - Turmeau Brothers,tobacconists David Anderson, Merchants, Dining-rooms Charles Blake Leach Robert Jones, goldsmith Mander and Allender, hatters Rockliffe and Son, stationers Robert Plummer, tobacconist Wm. Dodgson, hosier, dic. Joseph Conway, draper Edw. Holme, bullion merchant John Campbell, watchmaker John Hodgson, confectioner Joseph Bentley, senior Joseph Bentley, junior Owen Owens John Ronford, victualler F. Smith, broker Sutherland and Carlough, ship store dealers Edwin Phillips, ship flag maker Richard Dean, brazier Watts and Woodward, drapers W. H. Lynas, brewer Francis G. Jones, chemist Joseph Roberts, ironmonger Joseph Earp, outfitter Rogerson and Woodward, silk mercers John Pell. hosier William Newton, bookseller W. T. Woodward, carpet dealer Stephen Adams, bookseller Horatio Lewis, tobacconist Richard J. Nodder, hatter William Davies, hosier Thomas Li!wall, tea dealer Harrison Brothers, drapers Henry Herbert, victualler Henry Coupland, druggist Charles Whitehead, zinc manu facturer James Hall and Son, butchers and contractors David Davis. outfitter Robert Melvrum, victualler William H. Lott, commission merchant I Thomas Chapman, fruiterer Joseph Winch, eating-house keeper William Atherton, collector, water-works Francis Pitt, stationer and pa per dealer John Atkin, merchant John G. Jacob, goldsmith J. Carmichael and Co. drapers Charles West, wireworker Henry J. Rutton, chemist Richard Thornton, publican John Taylor, perfumer Jesse Turner, publican William Carobs ell, painter Thos. Kirkam, provision dealer William Culligan, milliner T. E. Watson, outfitter It. Bowden, hatter Thomas Martin, provision merchant James Lloyd, bootmaker Daniel Turner, draper James Bush, hair-dresser James Radley, flour dealer Charles Lomax, publican John Smith, carpet dealer Edward Howell, bookkeeper Thomas W. Shaw, ironmonger Chas. Sharp, tobacco manufac turer Edward Burden, tailor Joseph Naylor, hosier Wm. Henderson, silk mercer Benjamin Woodward, merchant R. Forrester, hosier F. Woodhead, tea dealer T. Clarke, silversmith J. Bagshaw, cutler Lawrie Brothers, hosiers John Sidney, silk mercer H. B. Roe, goldsmith W. Spencer, trunkmaker J. W. Eaglesfield, cheesefactor G. W. Swanwick, tailor J. Price. druggist M. Brier, shoemaker James Pusey, chainmaker T. Rigby, wine merchant M. Walsh, spirit dealer G. H. James, hat manufacturer E. Stewart, tobacconist W. Ringland and Co., provision merchants Henry E. Davy, leather mer chant C. Roberts, eating-house keeper Wm. Jackson, tailor Richard Jackson, bootmaker Thomas Johnston, grocer David Lloyd, hosier Thomas Pearson, bootmaker Frank Barrington, licensed victualler Sidney Briggs, butcher Ellen Morrison, confectioner James Green, tobacconist Julia Nelson, clothier Henry James Cook, draper M. Townshend, draper Elizabeth Wiison, confectioner J. Power, tobacco manufacturer James Oliver, draper Fuller and Ricketts, grocers John Jones, tallow chandler John Pannell, stationer J. Clege, licensed victualler R. Allan, hosier and laceman William M'Gowan, hosier W. Platt, eating-house keeper John Saville Thos. Riley, smallware dealer E. Dix, shoe manufacturer G. Jones, shoe manufacturer Thos. Armistead, clothes dealer Benjamin Scott, tobacconist Francis Beadlow Henry Haskayne George Yates James M. Hassan G. Nickson Samuel Morris William Telfer John Grindley, butcher Francis Elting grocer John James Rose, draper Thomas Gardner, publican Robt. Fairclough, plane maker Benj. Phillips,oil and colourman Anton Benda, toy dealer William Graham, grocer M. Radcliffe, shirtmaker James Robinson, leather dealer Robert Morris, butcher M. Boardman, tobacconist J. W. Golding, ironmonger William Thornton, publican David Forshaw, baker John Balfour, provision dealer William Myers, leather dealer John Wright, collector Vernon Harding, ironmonger Morris Cohen, watchmaker John Barberry, tobacconist • Henry Samuel Phoebe Thomson, confectioner Charles Bromley, chemist S. Lightfoot. milliner John Jacob Hall John Gibbons, baker Mary Leathern ' victualler Charles Owen, bootmaker Peter Ball, greengrocer L. Heatley, licensed victualler John Harrison, dyer R. P. Jones, ironmonger William Sumner, gun maker W. Nation, butcher J. Sparke, provision merchant Mackie and Gladstone, wine and spirit merchants Wm. E. Smeathers, shoe manu facturer Barnard Levy, watchmaker John Garniss, tailor and draper Charles Ratcliffe, stationer J. Sewell, watch manufacturer James Flyn, printer Henry Cohen, outfitter Joseph Blain, stationer Archibald Glassford, commis sion merchant Morrell and Woodward,' agents Samuel Pugh, spirit dealer Thomas Balmer, spirit dealer J. R. Mottram, iron and brass founder Thos. Clark, ship-bread baker T. Clarke, tailor and outfitter W. E. Dobb, store dealer William Scott, chemist Andrew Bathgate, brassfounder J. G. Brown and Co., ship-bis cuit bakers J. H. Hind & Co., merchants Joseph O'Neill, bookseller John Jardine and Son, mer chants Charles Verelst, architect James Meakin, publican Cram. Powell, and Co., ship brokers and owners Richard Rigby, bread baker Henry Jones, bookmaker Thomas Williams, gunmaker Thomas Kay, shipchandler James Montgomery, provision merchant James Tasker, ironmonger Caleb Walker, shopkeeper Thomas Blissett, gunmaker Frderick Dunsford. stationer Thomas Hitchen, bunting fac tory George Gowland, chronometer maker Vos, Brown, and Co., ship brokers George Philip and Son, sta tioners Charles Piers, chronometer maker T. B. Farley, bookkeeper George Wade, jun., wholesale stationer Geo. Howe, licensed victualler Louis Davis, tailor and draper in nkeeper John Ward, John Clusin, merchant John Steele and Co., opticians Thos. H. Sampson, store dealer J. Gardiner, ship-bread baker Hugh H. Gibson, wine and spirit merchant Thos. Nuttall, wine and spirit merchant Ballinghall and Co., merchants A. Gibson, ship-store dealer John Norman, ship-broker Francis G. Harbord, agent William Whitway, shipchandler Jones, Phillips, and Co., ship bread bakers W.Morgan,brush manufacturer C. Barry, stationer W. Entwistle, broker William Dooley, gunmaker Henry E. Brown, silversmith Miller and Co., tea dealers Henry Willey, cutler Anthony Mackenzie, victualler William Williams, accountant Thomas Lea, victualler Thomas Gardner, merchant James Elder, flour dealer J. Vickers, licensed victualler William Hindson, cheese factor W. T. May, licensed victualler Thomas Dodd, glass merchant E. G. Haton, chemist, &c. Charles Regan, dining rooms Samuel Millington, butcher R. Swinbank, licensed victualler Ed. Baker, licensed victualler John Mackey, wireworker W. H. Jacob, lastmaker Patrick Kelly, gasfitter T. Gay, grindery dealer, &c. W. H. Hankin, bacon curer John Wilider, hairdresser Thomas Fisher, victualler William Siks, herring house William Watkin, bustmaker E. Tindle, glass dealer E. Chandler, bird dealer W. Richards, gunmaker Gearce Suntage, eating house Thos. Burrows, watchmaker William Wild, batter Sarah d c e h n e , m li i c s e t nsed victualler Robert Robertson publican Daniel Webster, victualler Richard Edwards, plumber, &c. James Reay, accountant John Parry, bootmaker Thomas Britten, druggi s t Thomas Sorton,-Dale-street Thos. Derham, clothes dealer Thomas Wi g nall Daniel A. Weaver, grocer James Balderston, innkeeper Pet, Mutter, and Heir, clock makers Thos. Lightbound, flour dealer James Massey, Dale-street Wm. Hampton, grocer James Orden, spirit dealer John Waller, tobacco mannfac- turer George Willan, fruiterer Wm. Conway, brush dealer, &c Edward Byford, pawnbroker John Bradburn, jun., cheese factor Wm. Thomas, provision dealer Gerard Donking, draper and clock maker Henry Boote, grocer George Jordan, music seller Thomas Kane, watch maker Wm. Rowell, licensed victualler F. Morath and Brothers, clock and watch makers Robert Little, wine merchant Thomas Hast ings, saddler Wm. Williams, hair dresser John Scragg, licensed victualler Henry Morris, butler Wm. Latt, tailor and draper John Ackroyd, hair dresser Patrick Kearney, bookseller and stationer David Jones, grocer Richard Clamp, trunk maker Alexander Dewar, bookseller Robt. Williams, glass merchant Wm. Herb ridge, wine merchant W. Hetherington, Elias Evans, John Williams, John Macdonald, John A. Capper, Charles Buxton, George F. Fisher, John Roberts, Thomas Price, Thomas Moyle, Henry Roberts, Richard Miller, George Fawcett, Edward Jones, mason Thomas Edmondson, Joseph Wood, William F. Barrett, David Williams, Robert Seddon, H. Akers, engine driver William Lawrie William Waugh John Storey Robert Evans William Harrison Thomas Phoenix William Casement Timothy Gore Andrew M'Clay Cornelius Kaye William Keegan William M'Gregor Robert Storr Edward Ager, cooper Edward Bray, joiner Thomas Jones Francis Johnson John Worsley, joiner Richard Cropper Thomas Haskell Thomas Dexter W. P. Carsons, surgeon John Wilson, ship carpenter John Summers, fitter J. A. Gillmore, schoolmaster Robert M'Clay, joiner John Powell, engineer Hugh Lewis, joiner Thomas Jones Timothy Kenny William Backhouse William Roberts Richard Underwood, carpenter James Smithson James Rankin John Garrett Robert Bretland Samuel Lea Robert Curry Albert Abrahams Andrew Wilson Luke Hurst Edward Williams John Modern George Craggs James M'Murtrie Joseph Briscoe Frederick Holme Andrew Beloe John Hughes Patrick White William Cotter William Scott, jun., builder William Scott, gentleman John Dale, surgeon John Hewitt, gentleman John Arnold, stationer C. Coddington, bookkeeper H. Holden, bookkeeper S. R. Gresson, stationer E. Roberts, publican G. Mitchell, publican J. Roberts, sailmaker Lawrence Kaye, gentleman G. Spencer, mechanic NV. H. Lindell Thomas Shaw Edward Price, draper John Morgan John Williams Adam M'Clellan George Carroll Charles Booth George Ward Edward Malone Henry Bolton Joseph Massey S. B. Jackson William Cross Seth Corless George Scott Thomas Pirks Edward Yakings William Stewart, merchant 1 hos. Cunningham, hotel keeper F. M. Jones, bookseller F. Frodsham, gentleman T. C. Hew, builder Thomas eige, builder J. P. Highton William Sanderson Henry Knox John Roberts J. R. Owen James Jones Henry Blunt Philip Wilton Charles Cooper, coffee-house keeper William Davies, coffee-house keeper Edward Mitchell, victualler John Wilson, plumber G. W. Allman J. C. M'Ostrich A. C. M'Ostrich M. R. Moldenham J. Forber, watch manufacturer E. Hurst, gentleman E. Pearson J. Jones, carpenter E. Beauchamp John Daniel, printer Thomas Macartney, clerk Winstanley, bricklayer J. Guile, iron moulder Josh. Lee Edward Vaughan, warehouse man S. Behington, warehouseman Wm. Bridge, tailor Wm. Farrington, flour dealer Thomas Nodin, printer Henry Curwen R. T. Greetham, shipwright Lawrence Robinson, cattle dealer Henry Hoskinson, butcher Jos. Brightmore, wheelright James Graham, clerk Wm. Shone, wheelwright Wm. Fowler, coal merchant Thomas Brown, cooper Thomas Kay, hairdresser Robert Huddle, pilot Matthew Welch, painter Edward Dovaston, wheelwright J. G. Weatherilt, watchmaker John Hunter, traveller Thomas Ferguson George Smitton, bricklayer Thos. Hall Lightfoot, shipwright Robert Williams, tailor Joseph Parker, joiner Thomas Thompson, smith James Brisk, joiner James Pulson, joiner Thomas Barton, labourer Henry Ince, currier Edward Williams, currier J. Chaplin, watchcase maker Samuel Wallace, cooper Richard Butler, cooper Charles Long Charles Taaffe Walter J. Bromley Thomas Walker Richard Gallagher Robert P. Jones William Peacop Benjamin Williams James Sutcliffe William Barker Peter Seddon Edward Davies John Barnett Joseph Bartington Seth Backhouse, junr. John Coglan Thomas Brown NV. H. Clarke Andrew McCrann, carver and gilder John Wright, house agent Samuel Maddocks, veterinary surgeon Thomas Spencer, licensed vic tualler George Fowler, coal merchant James Phillips, flour dealer Richard Williams, hosier Caleb Bold, watch jeweller Thomas Holden, painter David Jones, painter Thomas S hipman, provision dealer Robert Cook, Scripture reader Thomas Wells, brushmaker John Mason, bookkeeper Joseph Pritchard, grocer Thomas Coulston, tailor Isaac C. Johnston, watchmaker John Singleton, cabinetmaker James Wright, painter William Henry Collins, brewer R. W. Birchall, gentleman James James, bootmaker J.Leyland,commercial traveller Thomas Parry, grocer Thomas Wain, butcher Charles Mayall James H. Roper Samuel Roberts George Newbrook John Fisher A. A. Chudley John Griffith Joseph Ames William Shaw Alexander M'Ardy William Woolfitt James P. Cook William Hood Charles Smith Charles Foden William Leggett James Fraser Richard S. White, decorator James Denton, painter Samuel Seward, gentleman John Beynon, grocer Thomas Smith, provision dealer William H. Harwood, teacher Boyston F. Boultbee, merchant Thomas Dunnett, gentleman Samuel Tomkins, gentleman Robert Tweedle, tea dealer John , Garner, ironfounder James Ashburner, gentleman John Briscoe, gentleman John Daniel, silversmith James Black,.merchant George Davies, wine and spirit merchant Peter Atkin, merchant William Priest, accountant William Tomlinson, merchant Thomas Fleming, merchant Thomas Johnson. dyer Edward Prindiville, bookkeeper Joseph Wharrie, gentleman Richard Greenhalgh, gentleman Robert Cooper, mercer A. E. Heath, chemist Joseph Anderson, physician John Carmichael, merchant Thomas L. Hodson, surgeon John Robinson, tea dealer Thomas Gilbert, tea dealer Edward Watts, surgeon J. H. Pyer, paper dealer Wm. Brewer, coal merchant Robert Cameron Wm. Holmes, tea dealer Hugh B. Macalpine Matthew Jarvis William Butcher S. Frazer: ironmonger Richard Shaw, pawnbroker Joseph Robinson, bookseller George Jordan Peter M'Candlish Thomas Gerrard Timothy Baggot, joiner Robert Molyneux, shopman Wm. Williams, whitesmith John Duckworth, builder, &c. William Rowlandson, timber merchant W. G. Herdman James Rushton James Quaile Thomas J. Shaw Thomas Davies Thomas E. Rudd Hugh Roberts Daniel Ledson John Jones James Hammond George Walker, chemist Thomas Webster, broker Thomas Williams William Gregson Anthony Isaacs, guard Godfrey Parry James Blackledge, flour dealer Edward Martin, bookseller John Jones Robert Holt, watchmaker John Cartwright, printer John Williams, coachsmith Wm. Phillips, string weaver Christopher Cross William Fenton William Gibson M. P. G. Groves, traveller William Tindal Lorymer, pro fessor of languages and music Thomas A. Donald Matthew Cottam Thomas H. Williamson Henry Perris, bookkeeper Wm. Clarke, reporter, Herald Richard Holmes Jonathan Banks Charles D. Byford W. Hetherington, bookseller and stationer David Rae, bookseller Joseph Kendall, warehouseman John Young, land surveyor Samuel Wheney, porter Henry Shaw, salesman Alexander Richardson, compo sitor James Cockburn, warehouse man William Hall, rope maker Henry Cooper, gentleman Robert M`Kingern, salesman John Bennett Archibald Campbell George Walker, assurance and advertising agent Edward Parsons, law agent C. A. A. Morrison, printer W. H. Rishaw, bookkeeper George Highton, gentleman ! David Parry, draper Thomas Bird, estate agent Joseph Wilcox, commercial traveller Edward Brooks, plumber I James Fairhurst, pawnbroker Thomas Tattersall, corn mer chant Edward Maxwell, warehouse man James Steel, cigar manufacturer W. Trench, physician David Hodgson, magistrate J. G. Livingston, merchant William Myers Benson Blundell, barrister F. Shand, merchant Josh. Russell, attorney-at-law Maurice Chas. Jones, solicitor C. W. Reade, gentleman Alfred North William Rodie R. W. Scott, M.D., physician Robt. Edwards, jun., merchant James Lowe, agent Jas. Felton, letter-press printer John Grainger, A.M., merchant Thomas Salusbury, accountant' William Moss, shipwright Charles Barker, outfitter, &c. Richard Woolley, warehouse man Thomas Hughes, accountant James Taylor, chemist Richard 431undell H. Scholefield, brewer David Davies, j oiner Thomas Lowe, accountant J. S. Clare, turpentine distiller Thomas Hodgson, stationer John Mertle, corn dealer James Hewitt, baker Wm. Balshaw, warehouseman Robert M'Gowan, printer R. S. Hughes, land surveyor Julius C. Mott, wine merchant George Smyth, agent James Brownfield Joseph B. Corr James Underhill, accountant Thomas Bean, printer John Newbold, commercial traveller Saml. Martin, insurance broker S. G. Graves, shipowner Thomas Whitehead, reporter J. C. Tonge, clerk T. W. Brown, merchant's clerk W. Heckle, printer S. Ransom, librarian T. Elliott, broker G. S. Armstrong, schoolmaster ' William Hampson, printer Hamerton Crumpe, M.B. W. C. Haskayne, clerk R. 'enables, clerk S. Backhouse, jun., bookkeeper G. C. Crumpe S. Mellor, collector Wm. Whaley, leather merchant John Woods, pawnbroker Lawrence Keizer, glass dealer John Roberts, draper I. D. Taylor, watch manufac turer Joseph Hall, victualler Raphael Buggiani, wine and spirit dealer C. and J. Gillham, bat manu turers Henry Hope, clothier George Stafford, jeweller, &c. Edward Allen. tailor Samuel Blackburn, whitesmith George Goodfellow, bootmaker Edward Fisher, watchmaker Geoffrey Crank, tailor and draper Charly Doyle, tailor and draper Thomas Ellis, bootmaker James Corpie, bootmaker Samuel Hooper, joiner Thomas Jones, hair dresser Joseph Quick, ironmonger Robert Anderson, solicitor John Campion, mariner Thomas Maynagh, chain and anchor manufacturer Edward Sam. Williams, joiner and builder Thomas Travis, painter Jeffery, Morrish, and Co., drapers, &c. John Davies. plumber John Edwards, warehouseman James Rose, contractor John Dumbell, surveyor John Ward, ironmonger L. Heyman, pawnbroker Thomas Evans, hosier Thomas Dalton, boot and shoe warehouse Thomas Ibbotson, cutler, &c. Edward Graham, tobacconist James Kidd, tailor James Porter, outfitter Benj. H yam, clothing manufac turer George Cott, licensed victualler William Potter, 77, Lord-street Thomas Watkins, builder Edward Stephenson. tailor Jos. Whittingham, bootmaker Charles Sumner, clothier Joseph Hewetson, agent Thomas Downward, tailor Thomas Lunt, gilder William Cole, shell-fish monger Henry Peil, paperhanger John Deacon, gilder Edward Weston, bootmaker George Williams, builder George Harper, tailor E. Bickerstetb, rag merchant John Pratt, 20, Brunswick-road George Nicholson, accountant Robert Durning Nuttall, spirit merchant Robert Jones George Lindley, brewer James Mawdsley, stationer John Smith, wine merchant Robert C. Curry, merchant Thomas Kerison, bookkeeper Jas. Platt Mawdsley. stationer John B. Wright, stationer Wm. P. Platt, lithographer Wm. Ornie Carter, commission agent James Hosker, bookkeeper Thomas Barton, sharebroker M. Nagle, bookkeeper R. Pearson, bookkeeper Thomas Gaskell, accountant Edward Davies, warehouseman William Evans, woollen draper William Hal I, J.P. John Jones, accountant William Roberts, bricklayer Thos. J. Turbuck, stonemason Thomas Clare, gentleman Thomas Smith, architect Richard Fisher, merchant James Timmons, builder Thomas Brown, marble mason John Rankin, shipwright Thomas Seymour Hart Wm. John Walls, bookkeeper Bell Williams, land agent Wm. John Thomas, M.R.C.S. Frederick Powell, bookkeeper Harmood W. Banner, account ant Thomas Myers, jun., commis sion agent. Thomas Hilton, bookkeper Wm. Stokes, painter Edward Taylor, accountant M. Donohue, bookkeeper Win. Henry Tnornton, clerk David Gosson, agent Thomas Reason, estate agent Henry Johns, draper Wm. Pennington Richard Metcalfe, cooper B. Bannister, tallow chandler Wm. Jones, builder THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Richard Ashton, stationer Robert Roberts, corn dealer Wm. Thompson, victualler Joseph Pritchard, cooper John Davies Pritchard, cooper M. Y. Colquhoun, wine . mer- chant Owen Williams, agent Wyatt Haywood, bookkeeper Wm. Slater, bookseller Wm. Wood, junr., paper dealer Robert Gill, cotton broker John Pritchard, pilot Richard Woo!fall, gentleman Thomas Savage, coal merchant John Maddock, bookkeeper Edward Condor, warehouseman Charles Williams, printer J. K. Jevons, printer W. Every, jun., merchant E. P. Swinden, bookkeeper J. Howard, painter J. Proctor, printer J. Johnson, gentleman John Roberts, currier George Wilson, merchant John Roberts, tailor W. Currie, herbalist BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL In compliance with the foregoi point a PUBLIC MEETING Borough, to be held at St. GI 22nd day of February instant, at purposes in the said Requisition Given under my hand at thi February, 1856. A. Love and Co., merchants W. Farley, commission agent William Roby, attorney-at-law E. T. Hall, stationer G. Reed, carver and gilder James Moss, attorney-at-law Peter Brown, merchant William Hall, bookkeeper C. J. Fox, bookkeeper Hy. Haddenbrook, gentleman Wm. Davies, bookkeeper John Graham, clerk Thomas Slack, clerk J. J. Broadbridge, clerk J. H. Seed, agent G. Jas. Paris, provision dealer John Stevenson, bookkeeper Wm. Price, bookkeeper John M. Sadler, surveyor Ireland Lowe, timber merchant Henry Dearden, butcher James Holt, plumber W. Brown, shipb, oker Joseph Smith, cooper Wm, Clucas, clerk Robert Brown, plumber Moses Evans, printer Richard Rowland, merchant -JOHN STEWART, ESQ., -01.. ling Requisition, I do hereby ap of the INHABITANTS of this ,eorge's Hatl, on FRIDAY, the t Twelve o'clock at noon, for the i expressed. _ _ _ ie Town Hall this 19th day of JOHN STEWART, Mayor. A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants of AT the Borough of Liverpool, held at ST. GEORGE'S-HALL, on FRIDAY, the 22d day of February, 1856, convened by the Mayor, in compliance vtith a Requisition most numerously and respect ably signed, to protest against the principle of the " Local Dues on Shipping Bill," to agree to a Petition to the Houses of Parlia ment against the proposed Bill, and to adopt such other measures as may best tend to avert so monstrous and unjust an innovation, JOHN STEWART, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair, Letters were read from Charles Turner, Esq., Hugh Hornby, Esq., J. A. Tobin, Esq., William Earle, Esq., J. H. Turner, Esq., and Richard Brooke, Esq., regretting their unavoidable absence from the Meeting. It was moved by JOHN PEMBERTON HEYWOOD, Esq., seconded by GEORGE HOLT, Esq., and Resolved unanimously,—That t,is Meeting has learnt with asto nishment that a Bill has been introduced into Parliament by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, by which it is proposed to deprive the Burgesses and Corporation of this, and many other sea port towns in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, of the Revenues which they now lawfully derive from Dues on Goods and Shipping. It was moved by S. R. GRAVES, Esq., seconded by ROBERT RANKIN, Esq., and Resolved unanimously,—That the Dues on Goods carried in Ships and the Anchorage on Ships (the latter being the only charge made on Ships by the Corporation, and only One Shilling and Threepence per Ship, an amount too insignificant to notice,) now received by the Corporation in the Port of Liverpool, have existed for upwards of six hundred years; that they formed part of the ancient rights of the Crown, and were sold by the Kings of England, with the Assent of Parliament, to the parties from whom they were purchased by the Burgesses and Corporation of Liverpool, and have been declared to be their lawful property, after a full inquiry before the Lord Chief Justice of England and a Special Jury. It was moved by AMBROSE LACE, Esq., seconded by RALPH BROCKLEBANK, Esq., and Resolved unanimously,—That the sum of one hundred and forty-nine thousand pounds was levied by rates on property in the Borough of Liverpool during the year 1855, for sanatory and other public purposes, independent of the sum of one hundred and eighty-three thousand one hundred and forty-six• pounds levied in the same ye,r for the support of the poor, and that the proposal contained in the bill now before Parliament to throw on the burgesses of Liverpool a large amount of debt, contracted on the faith of the continued enjoyment of their property, and also to throw on them the expense of protecting, guarding, and facili tating the transport of upwards of a Hundred Millions worth of property . which passes through the port every year, is contrary to every principle of law and justice. It was moved by R. A. MACFIE, Esq., seconded by CHARLES SAUNDERS, Esq., and . _ . Resolvedunanhisord6,—That the trade and commerce of theking dom have been greatly benefited by the expenditure of the Revenue derived from the Dues collected in Liverpool, of which more than a Million Sterling has been expended in widening or forming new lines of approach to, or communications amongst, the Docks, which now extend five miles in length, and afford accommoda tion to four millions and a half tone of Shipping yearly, and from which Docks the Corporation of Liverpool receive no Revenue whatever. That more than Seventy Thousand Pounds has been expended for purposes connected with the Conservancy and Im provement of the Port, and upwards of Thirty Thousand Pounds in building a Lighthouse at the entrance to the River; whilst the Corporation is under legal obligation to expend One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Pounds in constructing a Landing Stage for the use of Sea-going Steamers, and also to expend not less than Two Millions Sterling to develops the commercial advantages of the Docks of Birkenhead. That the Works, when completed, will render Liverpool the most commodious Port in the world, hut that such great and costly plans cannot be carried into execution if the Corporation of Liverpool is deprived of Two-thirds.of its Income. It was moved by WILLIAM RATFIBONE, Esq., seconded by FRANCIS A. HAMILTON, Esq, and Resolved unanimonsly,—That this Meeting protests against the proposal to transfer the Management of the Funds of this, and other Ports, from parties resident on the spot, and deeply inter ested in, and thoroughly acquainted with, all local questions, to a Government Board, not possessed either of knowledge of the wants of the several Ports, or of any real interest in their prospe rity, all experience having shown that Local Management is generally superior to Management by Government Boards. It was moved by HENRY HANSON, Esq., seconded by JOHN SIDT,EY, Esq., and . . . . Resolved toi;znissio'ruly,—That the Petitions to both Houses of Parliament now read, be adopted, and that his Worship the Mayor do sign the same on behalf of this Meeting. The Mayor having left. the chair, it was moved by DAVID HODGSON, Esq., seconded by Joitx Tong, Esq., and Resolved by acclamation,—That the warmest thanks of this Meeting be and are hereby presented to his Worship the Mayor, for calling the Meeting, and for his impartial conduct in the chair. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Liver. pool, in Public Meeting assembled, HUMBLY SH EIVETH, That your Petitioners have learnt with astonishment that a Bill has been introduced into Parliament by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, by which it is proposed to deprive the Burgesses and Corporation of this and many other sea-port towns in Eng land, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. of the Revenues which they now lawfully derive from Dues on Goods and Shipping. That the dues on goods carried in ships and the anchorage on ships (the latter being the only charge made on ships by the Corporation, and only Is. 3d. per ship, an amount too insignificant to notice) now received by the Corporation in the port of Liver pool have existed for upwards of six hundred years; that they formed part of the ancient Rights of the Crown, and were solo by the Kings of England with the assent of Parliament, to the par ties from whom they were purchased by the Burgesses and Cor poration of Liverpool, and have been declared to be their lawful property, after a full inquiry before the Lord Chief Justice of England and a special jury. That the Sum of £149,000 was levied by Rates on Property in the Borough of Liverpool, during the year 1855, for Sanatory and other Public purposes, independent of the sum of £183,146 levied in the same year for the Support of the Poor, and that the proposal contained in the Bill now before Parliament to throw on the Burgesses of Liverpool a large amount of debt contracted on the faith of the continued enjoyment of their property, and also to throw on them the expense of protecting, guarding, and facilitating the transport of upwards of £100,000,000 worth of Pro perty, which passes through the port every year, is contrary to every principle of law and justice. That the trade and commerce of the kingdom have been greatly benefited by the expenditure of the revenues derived from the Dues collected in Liverpool, of which more than £1,000,000 sterling has been expended in widening or forming new lines of approach to, or communication amongst the Docks, which now extend five miles in length, and afford accommodation to four millions and a-half tons of Shipping yearly, from which Docks the Corporation of Liverpool derive no revenue•whatever. That more than £70,000 have been expended f crpurposes con nected with the Conservancy and Improvement of the Port, and upwards of £30,000 in building a Lighthouse at the entrance of the river, whilst the Corporation is under legal obligation to expend £130,000 in constructing a Landing-stage for the use of sea-going Steamers, and also to expend not less than £2,000,000 sterling to develope the commercial advantages of the Docks at Birkenhead, that the works when completed will render Liverpool the most commodious port in the world; but that such great and costly plans cannot be carried into execution if the Corporation of Liver pool is deprived of two-thirds of its income. That your Petitioners protest against the proposal to transfer the management of the funds of this and other ports from parties resident on the spot, and deeply interested in, and thoroughly acquainted with, all local questions, to a Government Board, •not possessed either of knowledge of the wants of the several ports or of any real interest in their prosperity, all experience having shown that local management is greatly superior to management by Government Boards. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that the said Bill may not pass into a law, as its operation will be most prejudicial, not only to the interests of your Petitioners, but subversive of the rights of property hitherto held sacred in this country, and moat detri mental, as your Petitioners most humbly submit, to the interests of the trade and commerce of the kingdom. WM. SHUTTLEWORTH, Town-Clerk. THE TOWN DUES. THE crowded and enthusiastic meeting which took place on Friday, in St. George's Hall, can leave no lingering doubt as .to the feelings of the inhabitants of Liverpool on the attempted confiscation of the pro perty of the Corporation. There was no mere affirma tion of the resolutions by a respectable majority, but a unanimous and indignant protest against a projected perpetration of one of the most barefaced schemes of legalised robbery ever contemplated. There was no amendment proposed by any apologist for the Govern ment stimulated by political sympathy, no voice raised, no hand held up, no interruption whatever to the unanimity which denounced the ministerial proposition as altogether scandalous and indefensible. This is as it should be, and if the expression of public opinion has any weight whatever with the House of Commons, the resolutions of the great meeting must have con siderable influence in defeating the nefarious scheme. It will not be forgotten that this is no party movement, no demonstration of hostile feelings towards the Go vernment as such ; but Conservatives, Whigs, and Radicals cordially united in defence of those rights which have been so iniquitously assailed, and amply proved that in Liverpool there is no second opinion on the subject. Had the opposition to the bill been confined to the movement of the Town Council, as the constitutional representatives of the public opinion of the borough, it might have been urged that that body had a direct interest in maintaining the control over so large an annual expenditure, and in continuing to enjoy the patronage which it necessarily conferred. It was a wise and judicious step, therefore, to summon a public meeting of the townsmen, for no such argument can now be used. Liverpool to a man is opposed to the Government, and if there be any advantage in the justice of a cause, the scheme must be given up, for the sanction of such a barefaced robbery by the legis lature would render every man's title to his property insecure. There can be no longer any virtue in legal deeds or the decisions of courts of law as to their validity, if this spoliation be permitted ; and those Cor porations who have petitioned Parliament in favour of the Bill, under the delusive notion of its being for the benefit of the shipping interest, would do well to look to their own position, or they may find themselves the next victims of Ministerial robbery. The more this subject is considered on its own merits, the more iniquitous and indefensible appears to be the whole transaction. Brought forward under the shallow pretext of affording relief to the shipping interest, it has not been shown that shipping will have the slightest fraction of relief in any shape whatever, The Town-dues are levied only on merchandise im ported or exported, and until it can be demonstrated by some refinement of microscopical arithmetic that twopence on a bale of cotton of the value of £lO, or fourpence on a hogshead of sugar worth £3O, can make any appreciable difference in the value of either commodity, it is absurd folly to contend that the levy of Town-dues is the slightest hardship whatever, or that the Vice-president of the Board of Trade has any argument insupport of his measure. There can be no doubt that he is animated solely by a petty jealousy of the financial condition of the Corporation of Liverpool being so much better than that of his colleagues, and the proposed transfer of the collection to the Board of Customs is but a stepping-stone towards the confiscation of the dues to Government purposes. The opposition to the Ministerial scheme is not, however, confined to those who may be supposed to partake of the advantages offered by the expenditure of the town dues. - The Shipowners, for whose behalf the measure is said to be propounded, whose claims to relief constitute the only attempt at justification, are equally opposed to it. They deny the efficacy of the pretended boon, and prefer the advantages which they enjoy from the expenditure of the fund by the Corpo ration. At a meeting of the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, they unanimously resolved to petition Parliament against the Bill, and that no doubt might exist as to their feelings and opinions on the subject, they say in their petition :—" That your petitioners feel specially called upon to assure your honourable house that the Shipowners of Liverpool, being im pressed with the useful and beneficial application of the town and anchorage dues by the Corporation, have never complained of the dues so levied by that body ; that they never considered them a tax pressing on British shipping ; that they have never objected to the demand, or asked to be relieved from the dues ; and that any such representations that have been made to your honourable house have been made in error and without inquiry." Mr. Lover attempted to persuade his auditors that the Corporation of Liverpool, in exercising their right of levying dues on merchandise, appropriated them with slight exception to municipal purposes, and he even endeavoured to offer an apology for such appro priation by asserting that it was rendered compulsory by the Municipal Corporation Reform Act ; leaving it consequently to be inferred that the ratepayers of Liverpool had a direct interest in the maintenance of the dues in order to save themselves from the payment of a borough rate. Such an assumption is positively false, and the position, therefore, that the Corporation of Liverpool exercises a right of taxation injurious to, or regardless of, the public good, is utterly untenable. It has been proved in abundant instances that the outlay of the town dues has been ostensibly and really for the benefit of the public at large, adding materially to the facilities of commerce, which, without such aid, might not have been so largely increased ; and, on the other hand, it cannot be shown that the fund has been at any time expended for purposes which otherwise would have been paid for out of a borough rate. The assertions, therefore, of the Minister are utterly devoid of foundation, and, consequently, that pretence of principle with which he vauntingly set out is merely a cover to hide a scheme of confiscation for which no legitimate reason could be shown. It is but the thin edge of a wedge, which, driven horde, may, under equally shallow excuses, bring all corporate property into the hands of the government, and should there fore be resisted by every means which the Constitu tion will allow. MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE RESISTING SAFES. 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Hours of attendance from Nine till Nine—on Sundays till Two. Private Entrance, 1. ,Bailey street, first door from Greuville-street South. THE tbtrpoot tanbarb+ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1856, THE PEACE CONFERENCES. The conferences of the Plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers of Europe to arrange the terms upon which peace with Russia may be concluded were to commence yesterday at Paris, and, if we may judge by the reports recently current as to the intentions of the more important parties, they are likely to terminate more satisfactorily than it was at one time imagined was hardly possible. It is said that the Emperor of the French is in perfect agreement with the English Minister as to the course to be pursued, and that this comprises a firm determination to insist upon those conditions which are deemed indispensable to the security of the future. Such a resolution on the part of the Western Powers will tend materially to weaken the influence of the German States, and render them powerless to defeat the objects of the conference by diplomatic intrigue ; while, at the same time, it may remove many of the objections which Turkey would naturally entertain to any settlement which did not promise her effectual immunity from future aggres sions. Notwithstanding the important part which England and France have occupied in the resistance to the aggressive character of Russian policy, it must not be forgotten that Turkey has the largest and most direct interest at stake. It is her territory and her independence which have been menaced, and should Russia at any time succeed in realising those schemes of ambition which it is believed she has not relin quished, but postponed through urgent necessity, Turkey would be the first victim, and therefore, al though we may entertain but a moderate opinion of Turkish ability to conduct a difficult negotiation, in volving future probabilities,we cannot dispute her right to have a potential voice in a settlement ,in which she is intimately concerned. It is also said that Russia, feeling convinced of the absolute necessity of putting an end to hostilities by which she has been so seriously damaged, and which threaten, if protracted during another year, to render her almost, if not altogether, prostrate by the exhaus tion of her resources, both in men and material, has resolved to make all the concessions demanded by the Allies, even to the dismantling of the fortress of Nico laieff, for which, not being on the Black Sea, exemp tion might reasonably be claimed. Should this state ment prove to be correct, the negotiations will present but little difficulties for a speedy settlement, for the recent official despatches report Sebastopol as having been rendered completely powerless for future mis chief, and, consequently, although the government have acted wisely in persevering with warlike prepa rations, even to the appointment of an Admiral to cora -1 mand the Baltic fleet, we have great reason to antici pate that they will not be required, but that in a short time we shall be relieved from the burdens rendered necessary by a continuance of the contest. The return to a state of peace affords grounds for anticipating an increase in our commercial operations more rapid than any which we have yet experienced.. The re-opening of the trade with Russia will of itself be an important item in our future commerce, while the breaking down of that exclusivenesss which has so long hedged in Mohammedan institutions, owing to the presence of the Allies in Turkey, will augment our trade with that country and the shores of the Black- Sea to almost an indefinite extent. The Christian subjects of the Porte, under the protection of the Western Powers, more liberal and effectual than that of Russia, will be able to develope the almost exhaust less resources of the most fertile district in the world, and the exports of Great Britain, which, according to the returns of the Board of Trade, just published, were nearly a hundred millions in a year of war, may very shortly show a large and permanent addition. These are some of the fruits arising from the war which has opened up for us new markets for traffic, and largely augmented the old ones. If, therefore, we obtain no reimbursement from Russia for the enormous expenditure which the war has occasioned, we shall not be without compensation in that increase of com merce of which this country must enjoy by far the largest share. The alliance with France has also• tended considerably to remove many of those restric tions which formerly impeded trade with that country, while we may reasonably hope that the settlement of a peace with Russia may tend to negotiations of a commercial character by which our exports to that empire may likewise be considerably increased. [FEBIirARY 26, 1856. MINISTERIAL POLICY. IN the days of the notorious Coalition it might be doubtful to define Ministerial policy, inasmuch as the Ministry consisted of every phase of political parties excepting the genuine Conservative ; every question of importance was made an open one, and principle was banished to the winds. About Lord PALMBBSTON, however, there can be no such uncertainty, for his administration appears to be applying the wedge in every direction dangerous to the Constitution ; so that,. unless the voice of public opinion be allowed to make itself heard, there will shortly be no security for any— thing, and the nicely-poised balance of our limited monarchy, the growth of centuries, and the envy of the civilised world, will have degenerated into a Ministerial despotism. There is no mistaking the symptoms, for with characteristic recklessness they are applied in all directions, and should be resisted at once before they have become too powerful to overcome. The creation of a life peerage, in the instance of Lord WENSLEY• DALE, has been nobly met, and the integrity of the. House of Lords vindicated by the steady determina tion of our ablest Conservative statesman, Lord LYND HURST, and those who have acted with him. On Friday, the House of Lords, sitting in Committee for Privileges, resolved, by a major ity of 92 to 67 that the letters patent by which Sir JAMES PARKE was created a baron for life did not entitle him to sit and vote in Parliament. Had the decisign been contrary, and the experiment of Lord PAEMEESTON successful, a prece dent would have been created of which such a minister as the present PREMIER would not be slow to take advantage, in order to swamp the House of Lords whenever he met with opposition to some sweeping measure passed by a Radical House of Commons. The value of the Upper House as one of the safe guards of the Constitution would have been effectually destroyed ; for, instead of independent legislators, the majority would be composed of the tools and de pendants of an unscrupulous ministry. The same insidious intention to revolutionise the country is evident in the attack on the Liverpool Town dues, upon which we have commented more at length in another article. The movement is couched under the fiimsey pretext of affording a boon to the shipping interest ; but the design is evidently to afford a prece.. dent for the confiscation of all corporate property under some equally shallow excuse, so that immediate and energetic resistance has become urgently impera tive, or those who now look on with apathy will find their own interests in danger when too late for a remedy. We might also allude to another innovation in the appointment of the Ven. Archdeacon COURTENAY as a coadjutor to the Bishop of Jamaica, under the title of Bishop of Kingston. There are many who may argue in favour of such an extension of the episcopate, but into the discussion of that question we have no need to enter. Whatever may be the advantages to arise from such a change, the danger is in the mode of its accomplishment at the mere will of the Minister, without reference to or the consent of recognised au thorities. If such an innovation be allowed, some further experiment on popular forbearance may be attempted, until our boasted constitution will have become the mere despotism of a self-willed Minister. RIFLE-BALLS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlB,—Last Saturday afternoon I was walking among the trees above the rocks at Dingle Bank, when I heard the sharp click of a rifle, and the less pleasant sound of a rifle-ball whistling through the branches not far from my head. On turning round, in the direction from which the ball came, I saw two gentlemen on the shore, at the distance of little more than a quarter of a mile : I joined them ; and, I must confess, th e y received my expostulations very courteously. One of 'them acknowledged that he had fired the shot, gave me his name, and expressed his regret as strongly as he could. But he admitted that he had never used a rifle before : as, indeed, was very evident, for he had fired at a great stone, i mme diately behind which were th e groun d s connec t e d w ith a private residence. I am bound in honour not to mention his name : but I request you to do me the favour to insert this letter, that some caution may be given to those gentle men who entertain themselves with powder and ball in the neighbourhood of houses and gardens. A rifle is a dangerous toy, and amateur homicide a very unsatisfactory amusement. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Collegiate Institution, Feb. 25, 1856 J. S. HOWSON. ROBBING EMPLOYEBS.—A man named James Mack, who had recently been employed as foreman to Messrs. Bathgate and Wilson, brassfounders, in Canning-place, was brought before the magistrates yesterday, charged with having stolen a quantity of copper. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been watched by detectives Carlyle and Sullivan, who, on following him to a house in Back Bond-street, found about Sibs. of new copper and some brass on him. These he confessed he had stolen from the premises of his employers. Mr. Wilson gave Mack a good character, and said he had brought up his family in a respectable manner. He expressed his opinion that indulgence in drink had led the prisoner into this trouble. Mack was sentenced to be imprisoned for fourteen days. k