The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-06 00:00:00

IMEMIUM..a CE. iversity of efore the a fire 'ithebarn spot, and trifling. iarendon lialsall, louse, on Park, uded the ay. The s l a y. It was the LI causes, siding in iip Ellen red collar ten Finn, on-street, all-street, monthly ie Public sere were itintyre, the last e of the of which was 110 inflection , was held rhe Rev. nd there gentle arks, the ey of his are mile i acorn ;hip 500, are four '0 is not rard and Adressed this port Steam- Grange with the ffice will Letters i before mptily'S Jeer* Letters oa, with g.Stage, )1. All ship," of Jane .ngaged portant in this Entry .ber of in the Luie 2, ivary, e date f the TOWN'S MEETING YESTE'•RDAY. PROPOSED - CORPORATE OFFICES IN DALE - STREET, AN'D SCHEME OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMEN T T• . In compliance with a requisition- very numerously signed, the mayor, yesterday, called a public meeting of the burgesses and ratepayers, at the- ,Sessioa.s-house, for the purpose of adopting such proceedings relative to the proposed Corporate-offices in Dale-street, and to the scheme of Public Improvement in the borough, as to such meeting would appear fit. There was to good, but not very crowded attendance. T. D. Anderson, Esq., the mayor, presided, and amongst the gentlemen present We observed Aldermen Dover, Bennett, Gardner, And • Turner; Councillors Aspinall, Nieksan, Mosley, Belon s Livingston, Kitchen, Steains, Shell, Robertson, Wood • ruff, Clint, and W. Earle. (Mr. Jeffery, it is understood, was absent from severe indisposition.) Messrs._ John Bigham, Joseph Boult, Denton, Shepherd, S. B. Jackson, Chesney, Brown, James Thompsern - Charles Willmer, McClellan, Yates, Bairstow, Britten, Wadham, Haylock, Greenwood, Urquhart, &c., &c. The Ton-N-ceeng read the requisition convening the meeting, which had appended to it 880 signatures. The Maroa then rose and said that, in compliance With the requisition that they had just heard read, and • Which was very numerously and respectably signed, he had called the meeting. In deference to the wishes of many parties the Council had postponed their decision Upon the proposed corporate offices, until the ratepayers should have had an opportunity of expressing their opinions on the subject, which he hoped the public Would fully appreciate. The gentlemen who had sent the requisition, he believed, were desirous of stating their opinion upon two subjects, both of them of very considerable importance to the interests of the inhabi tants generally of the town. The one was that with regard to the centralisation of all the corporate offices, and the other was that of a scheme of town improve ments. He believed that the gentlemen who had asked him to summon the meeting were prepared With resolutions upon those different heads, and, in order to enable the gentlemen present to conduct the discus ,,sion with regularity and order, he would suggest that the speakers keep these heads distinctly in view, and 'confine their remarks to the one under discussion. It `Was his wish, and would be his endeavour, to give every .gentleman who wished to speak a fair hearing. He hoped the meeting would support him in doing so ; and that the different speakers would not be interrupted. The Mayor then called on Mr. Mattel( to move the first resolution. In doing In, he said that when first asked to take a part in the Itoceedings, he felt some difficulty in doing so, s eeing that he had retired for the last five er six years from public life. He had, however, Consented to do so ; and he was convinced that 'the speakers would be able to lay a case before the ratepayers, which would warrant the requisition which !as sent to the Mayor. The Mayor had said that the Public would appreciate the kindness of the Council. clo, no.) He had heard the word " appreciate " fall From the Mayor, and he really thought they ought to .appreciate the conduct of the Council very highly, after the remarks which had been made by some members of t he Council in regard to the present meeting. One l ueuxber, who had obtained a spurious popularity, and sonmei a position of dictator to the whole Council, and Nit& fain arrogate to himself the dictatorship of the whole town,—had csarged the promoters of the present move tEient•with being "ignorant" . Another gentleman whose ilutecedents world certainly have ledone to think differeut * * him, had said - that he was " tired hearing of it." But Whether this was the case or not, the promoters consider ?hey ought to expret that the opinions expressed at that • meeting would be istened to. It was a common saying !list the stnestn was not one of to-day, and it was true that the question had. been before the public for the last 4 , re or six years, but is had only lately assumed its pre le, lit shape. It was true that the Council had consented S t' one time to spend some few thousand pounds— the subject was discussed at their meetings ad Nauseam - - -- .l3nt the amount had gone on increasing until the Zimate for land alone now readied £141,000. lPere the ratepayers to be blamed, or to be "caged with inconsistency, Incense the Council had, 'fortunately, not been able to sell a certain portion 1; land which unfortunately they bad purchased ? ere they to be blamed because the estimates for this - traprovement" had increased froir, about L 21,000 to 4411 dredS of thousands? He would wish to call the attention of the meeting particularly to the case . 411 it stood. Government had positively refused to bike a portion 'of the reeently acquired lands of the t ?Wil, and etneequenor it was Left in their hands. The L f4 ees in Cornwallis-siCet Were to be removed, and it likelythat the whole establishment would be removed 4130 . Now, that involved the erection of other Wild ' ;1 3gs for the business of the town, and also an official tesidence for the Mayor for the time being, and that was S4rafitted to involve a continually increasing expense. 'pinions were divided as to how the improvements were be carried out—some wanting one thing and others telnething else. Now, would it not be well for the pro tketers to know what they wanted themselves before :tar. ging. any of the ratepayers with ignorance. (Hear, „ e ar.) The position of matters was simply this, that `4l'Mesre called upon to abandon their offices in Corn 'is -st ree t and go to Dale-street, and that without mi c lete • . ned course of action on the part of the corn 141ttee themselves. This committee, by a simple majority , 0 •one had brought up a report recommending the erection of new offices, and he was 'surprised to find a. t t futleman like Mr. Jeffery advocating the expenditure jlarge sum of money for any such purpose. The e lincil would not consent, however, to adopt the recom • Itte sliaticar until the present meeting was held. Now, the fac t Was th a t, a t th e p res ent time, the town was losing t ; ,2 ,000 tt a year or £l,OOO a month. How had this p tea ? He would say that it arose from the incoms ii t ncy of the Council in the first place, a mis-calcu inlon the second place, and wild promises in the third place. He could point - to instances in which the 71 3 oration had acquired property, such as at the bottom : Shaw's-brow—the buildings were taken down, in the case h e had mentioned, the ground had Grained vacant for ten or fifteen years, and, of course, rent was being received. Could the ratepayers be blamed in any way for this ? Then, with respect to ‘‘‘ i t Wild expectations, some members of Council had dem_- • . red that ay cL :erving out the improvements indicated sea • would save about Z6,661:1 Per annum in salaries; an d the T own -Clerk was absolutely hold enough to r ind • that statement, and to say that he cO!ild save s1) 0 00 a year ie his own department. Well, perhaps lownsurerre worms corsasesee s s , ssaass.., Las (1 , -ftte rY• (Hear, hear, and laughter.) If he did so, he Bigham) would then certainly give hiss ,credt for 1 / 1 1 ; 11 cerity in ma ki n g that statement. (Renewed laughter.) e Was not one whoasaid that the Town - Cler k was „ many but there was no disguising the fact that 'ally in . the iDICII. thought so. (Hear, hear.) Where ! at / this saving of £4,000 to be effected ? He : 0 41d ask Mr. Jeffery or the entire Town Connell Petits finger upon any committee that could accom plish the saving mentioned. As to the expense of this s kiprovement, he would refer them to the authority of -Afr. Picion—a gentleman whose judgment could not 1 3e 'impeached. Mr. Pict= bad made a valuation, and said that if once this scheme was commenced it would volt the town between £400,000 a 400,900 before it was trashed, and in the end something like a million would, to all probability, be spent. (Hear, hear.) He objected the public being taxed with an annual rate. The e 4 mlncil had been multiplying pennies and half-pennies 4 Pon them, that the taxation seemed to be going on Uleressenig ad infinitum, until the ratepayers were out of t heir common senses, as Mr. Jeffery said they already *e te• (Laughter.) Mr. Bigham then condemned the Prit'etice of lending out the money of the town at * a certain rate of interest, and at the same 7 1 e proposing to burden the town with addi tional taxa ;:ett• He maintained that the present was no t t he time imposing an additional tax on them. If they wanted 1 b orough, accommodation for transacting the, business of the let them turn the Town-hell to some account. 1 1 0 1:ear, hear.) Let it be altered so as to give ample room all the officials connected with- the establishment. He I rckld not disturb the Mayor ; and though some were averse to granting him £2,000 for expenses connected t i th his office, he would not deprive him of it. The '`‘ayor could also could still have an official chamber, Il ea a room in which to receive his friends. As for the 1 !ealleil, they could easily and a chamber in St. George's a$ --the ball-room, for instance, would answer the Appose very well. These alterations would answer all ~.,t he Purposes required, and they could be e xecuted ate very Ong expense. He urged that this was not the time for ee Ulraencing so large an outlay, as not only were the funds of 'the town in an unsatisfactory ante, WI calls were 111 ing upon them which must he met. They should also consider that the iliCWaie of business might cempel them to build and make considerable alterations in the s heet su9.ning parallel with the docks. It might also e necessary tg improve Park-lane, and the street run frOmCwest to east up to the north end of the town. it his would require to bp done by some one, and he lelieved that it would fall upon the ratepayers. Refe rence had been made in the CoUncil to the manner in I thich Edinburgh was beautified by the expenditure of a large sum of money; but he would remind them that 'Oat city had almost, at one period, become bankrupt, fr om the burdens under whieh it laboured. The addi tional tax had been advocated by Mr. Earle and other m embers of the council ; but he did not think Mr. ssai de would have done so if he had sat and heard the s Pneals from poor people for the reduction of the rates. The rates were not paid by Mr. Earle, Mr. Jeffery, or i b me Wealthy merchant, but by those who could ill afford : e el. (Hear, hear.) He did not want to impute `motives, but he could not help noticing the fact that :cluse• of the most zealous advocates of the measure is /e lled-property in localities which would be affected. ge protested against any such reckless and extravagant ex penditure of the public money. The ratepayers might ignorant, but they could well understand that if this project was entered upon it would result in another St. George's-hall—(hear, hear)—or another improve ment on the water supply—(hear, hear) ;—for once let the Council get their hands in the pockets of the inhabi tants, and there was no,saying where it might end. He could not think- that Mr. Jeffery would so far forget his antecedents as to continue his advocacy of this move ment, and especially he -could not overlook the sentiments of a meeting such as that now assembled. He considered, also, that the resultef the meeting would have great weight with the Council ; it was no political meeting, or composed of one party, but represented all classes. He would also suggest that it would be scarcely fair for any members of Council present to enter into any discussion which might arise. If they did so the public might claim the right of entering into debate with them in their own chamber. Mr. Bighara con cluded by moving the following resolution :—" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the cost of all • buildings which are erected for municipal pu.vposes, and therefore p .. ortiotis of the corporate estate, should- be defrayed out the principal of that estate; if it should be clearly proved to the 'own Council, by detailed and accurate estimates of the probable reduction in annual expen diture, that it is desirable and expedient to erect new public offices, all the costs of that erection should there fore be met by the proteeds of the sale of other portions of the corporate estate. At - the same time, this meeting desires to record its deliberate opinion that it is very undesirable there should be either two Town-hall estab lishments or an-official residence for the Mayor." Mr. F. J. RiEBORD seconded the -motion. He was one of the largest rate-payers in Liverpool, and ques tions of this sort were of great import to the class to which he belonged. Gentlemen who paid sums, large or small, for their offices, could not iodge the question like those who had to pay upon the rental. Mr. Big ham had fairly shown, he thought, that the Town-hall could be so used as to obviate the necessity for increased buildings, and St. Georie's-hall was suitable for the hospitalities of the town. lie did not know but that our local parliament, which was coping with a larger legislative body, might not go on to such an extent but that we should be, having an official residence for the town-clerk and the borough engineer ; and the fine pile might be galled Parliament -street. (Laughter.) He could not see his way to any saving of expenditure by the proposed arrangement, and he hoped that it was not to be effected by reducing the salaries of already under-paid officials. He blushed when he read the list lately pi_blished, and certainly felt ashamed to find that gentlemen of their attainments, and who had to discharge the Aides which they were required to do, were many of them paid little better than porters on the dock quays. Therefore, though a friend of economy, for God's sake don't let them begin at that end. Mr. Bigham had exhausted the subject. With the liabilities which they had to meet, it would be rashness to enter upon such a heavy expenditure; and lie hoped that everything svonld be economised that could be without meanness. Alderman DOVER said, if it was the opinion of the meeting that the town councillors should not take a part in the discussion, they would be excused voting one way or the other: If they were not expected to open their mouths, it should be understood that they were not to be accountable for any decision. - A GENTLEMAN thought it could not be the wish of the meeting that the town councillors' mouths should be shut. - Mr. Tuotsorr—Mr. ,Bigham cannot dictate to this meeting ; certainly not.. , Mr. Btouam---It was not his intention. Mr. BRARELL said his feeling was adverse to the views of Mr. Bigham; and he thought they should court the opinions of thosein our local parliament, of whom he saw several present. Ife should certainly like to hear Mr. Earle, as a gentleman who had taken great interest in town improvementi. (Applause.) Mr. Eantn should be glad- to say something when the time came. He was not afraid of the requisitionists on a November day. He had shown that clearly before. The MAYOR said it seemed to be the opinion of the meeting that gentlemen of the Council might take part in the discussion if they wished to do so. (Applause.) Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, a gentleman who used to take a prominent part in the annual Vestry meetings, said although he signed the requisition it was not with the intention of frustrating any of the proceedings of the Council, but rather to give an opportunity to the ratepayers to speak upon the minor point, with regard .to eaaries, The requisition was framed with a double.purpose. If it had been simply to negative the erectiOn of the new public offices, or the proposed improvements, be should not have signed it. He had been a resident of Liver, pool five-and-twenty years, and during -that '4ine had heard the inhabitants blaming the Council for not being more active in improving the town ; but it seemed to him to be impossible for them to select the right time : it was either too soon or too late—(heig, hear);—and whilst he agreed with the resolution, as to the mode et raising the means, be would rather give his vote in favour of any plan of improvement which would give them value for their money. (Hear, and applause.) There was no doubt that this town way behind every other town in the kingdom, as regarded its approaches. His suspicion was rather aroused at the preliminary meeting in respect to the requi sition. The moment almost he was in the room, an impression was made upon his mind that it was not altogether gust what it seemed. He • was struck with the fact that .a large proportion of the promoters of the movement hold property in the immediate neighbour hood of the Haymarket. They had been looking at the Free Library, and were afraid that was the beginning of a high level bridge, which would be injurious to their interests. He did not agree with them, With regard to salaries, he thought we paid in the higher class of salaries more than we ought. A number of the officials of this borough were thus placed in as good a position as those who had to risk £lO,OOO or £20,000 of capital in business, and !night probably lose it all, where the officials had nothing to risk, but simply give their services to the public ; and he thought if illoy4 OfPrence were paid to the great bulk of the ratepayers, and a little more .censideration shown-to the taxation of their pockets, we should come to a nearer balance between the position of those who paid and these who received the money. At the same time, he would uot be mean or stingy in paying a man for his services. Mr. BaIRSTOW observed, with regard to the remarks just made by Mr. Brown, he might say that, feeling a great interest in the matter of public improvements, and living in the neighbourhood Mr. 4rown had speci fied, better. The liAyoh asked Mr. Bairstow if he could Ro s t reserve his remarks till the second resolution. Mr. Bainnow merely *ished to remark that the movement did not originate in that locality. Tu... M • •-•••— T . % -- - •••••• I, nfil ni• tonnl.lnrnnn IT; AI 4.n speak on the first resolution ? Alderman DOVER did not rise to oppose the motion, but merely to make a remark or two, that the public might be in lassession of the facts of the case in regard to the proposed 'public offices, f t originated ,in this. The Cornwallis-street Offfoes were totally inade quate to the business to . be performed there 7 tot4lY. inadequate ; and either they must lay out 'several tbousand pounds upon that building, or they must adopt the aiternatiye of removing the public offices to ;ome other 3uarter. ?h.O Council having deli= berated upon the point, resolYed not to spend, any blather Means upon Cornwallis-street, but as they had at that time a large plot of land in hand upon which Hengler•'s Circus u:Ff stapds, by the advice of the Health Committee, the Council consented to 411pvy such of the officers as were stationed in p g p.w 4 llip 7 street, to be tritusferred to a building to be erected upon that spot. Well, 44 idea, was started—naind, not by the Council, but by the Chamber of Commerce, which was supposed to represent the feelings of the commercial classes of Liverpool—of having a Post-office more central than the present one, and with greater accom modation than it affords; and this was a view which gentlemen should take in a growing place like Liver.: pool, that what was ,#t and preper thia year might not be fit and proper neat year, with our increasing popu lation and increasing business. Well, the commercial classes finind the post-office totally inadequate to the pur pose for which it was Ogivally intended, and the idea was started that it should be removed to 'pale-street. That caused the Health Committee and the Council to take a different view of the subject altogether. They said, if th a t is the ease, the land on which the Saracen's Head stood, will not be sufficient. They should reqiiire more laud ; and it was thought by combin ing the two together, namely, the public-offices and the post-office, they were justified in acquiring other portions of land in that locality. Well, that was done. They could not help the Government breaking faith; but he said deliberately, that if any commercial gentleman had gone so far into a treaty as the Govern ment did, he should bold himself 'bound in honour to carry the bargain through. The Goyernment declining, and as they had so much more land on their hands, they thought they should still more centralise the public business, 444 thereby ecnnotniss th enenditnre, by concentrating the whole of the public Ofhces on one spot. Mr. Bigham had just put into his (Alderman Dover's) mouth words which he never used. He went as far,----he went farther, he believed, than any gentle man in that meeting. He would not only do away with the Town-hall, so far as the business of the Town clerk and the Mayor's office was concerned, but he would Sell the whole of that building, and let it be .• converted for commercial purposes. (" Hear," and loud cries of "No, no.") He was going to say that he was before his time,—that the public were not prepared for it. (A Voice: "Certainly not.") But he wanted to show that in point of economy he went further than Mr. Bigham, because he was for selling the whole of the old Tdwn-hall. This was the basis of his calculation. If such land was worth £5O or £lOO, and land could be bought for their purpose at £3 a yard, it would be a good exchange ; but from the echo of the meeting, the town was not prepared for such a sweeping reform as that ; therefore he should be sorry to obtrude his opinion upon either the Council or the public. Then, if they would not give up the Town-hall altogether, they must apply it to such purposes as it afforded convenience for, New, it was totally impossible to conduct the public business in Cornwallis-street, arid it . was thought by the Council that if they could hive the whole of thepublicoffices on one spot, they should save, by centralising, several salaries. A very great inconvenience also arose from officers having to pass back and forward between the Town-hall and Corn iiiillis-street. He did not go to the extent'of believing that by concentration they could effect a saving of £6,000 a year; but it was quite evident to all acquainted with the practical working of the business of the Corporation that a very great saving would be effected, not only in the number of Clerks, but in loss of time occasioned by transit from one office to another: But there was another thing. As Mr: Bigham had challenged the inquiry, he must out with it.. They had documents and muniments in that Town-hall which were not safe, if such a calamity hap -pelted as once before did, and for them they wanted a place erected and prepared. (A Voice—" Get a Milnees _ safe," and. laughter.) But if that meet . ing. represented ,the feeling of the town, and if they, should say at once, you must take only a certain portion of the offices away from the Town-hall, the othersinist.reinain, he forrine should how to the decision. The interests of the ratepayers'and of the Council were identified; and he thought the meeting should feel safe in leaving the subject in . their hands. He was sm., Prised to hear Mr. Bigham speak of the Council cham ber as he bad done. He thought they were perfectly nuaniinous,---he., tad never heard a dissenting opinion that the council chambet . was unadapted for meetings of the Ceiincil. There was seare.gy a day in which those who stayed 41 . 940g:int fo do their duty there did not leave worse than when they enro in for his part, he always snffered for a day or two afterwarda. The chamber was not intended for a meeting of silty -four gentlemen, besides the reporters and other officers ; it was originally intended for only forty-one gentlemen. It was not for him' to say - whether the forty-one gentlemen were wiser than they—(a laugh)—they certainly did not sit so long, or make so many speeches. It was neither safc.cientiy large nor ventilated for the num ber who attended ; arid if it were the feeling of the town that the Council chamber should remain where it is, they must not be surprised if they went to the expense of niahing it as fit as it ought to be. He was rejoiced at these rsteetings,---he was glad to know what the feeling of his feliow7tewnsmen might be ; but he would warn. gentlemen that there 'night be such a thing as false economy. A might ae xiiey 4ig4t thwart the transfer of the offices from Cornwallis-street-that the Council might be forced to sell that land; and, if so, they might find some ten years after, when perhaps they wanted it, that they could not get that land for £7 or £8 a square yard, 'but •would have to pay £l2 or £2O fatt . . N - r. Dover then proceeded to argue, amidst cries of " Oh, Op" that as to whether the expense came out of the ratepayers' p9oketa as a rate, or out of the corporate estate, it was the saw thing, because the Council could only appropriate their surplus income to the redaction of the rates. (Mr. Bigham : " Nonsense ;" and cries of "Time.") He did not know that he bed any more to say---(A Voice : " That will do")--and should not have thought proper to rise if his name had not been mentioned by Mr. Bigham. Alderman Tunisnis wished to correct - the rnisvpre hension of Alderman Dover that the. Council-phaniber was originally adapted for forty-one persons only. It was not erected as a Council-chamber, and under the old Corporation it was the court where the Mayor sat to heer police cases. The old Corincil-chamber was the Mayor's room-et present, and the ante-room adjoining. Mr. Conncillor H. 0. pEpoE, who was received with applause, said he thoaght he had very inu.eh 94qtaken the feeling of that meeting, if he did not andersfAnd from it that it was perfectly it could be prwrecl necessary on the orie hand, and economical on the other-,-thet Mil, offices should be concentrated and built, for the purpose of conducting the pilhlie business of the town ; but he was delighted with the phreseologf of the resolution, because it blended with that principle the most vital doctrine which could be spoken of to the burgesses of Liverpool—that was, that if they wanted to build public corporate buildings, they mist he built and_ paid for out of the corporate estate. (Applause.) That resolntien toughed everything he thought, which a ratepayer' on the one hand, or a trustee for the public on the other, could require. It said, " If it can be proved it is desirable and expedient to erect .new public offices, the cost of erection, includ ing land, should be met by the sale_ef some other portion of 'the'. -corporate property?? 'LoOk at the building in they ; which stood. u thcl,pit.of Deiembet that build ing would be tenantless and re..rigels ; .,:-The yaiw, of that building - would more than erect the new pudic offices which we want ; and Vi7a" to be building is to be sold for so much cash, lent out at four per cent., and yon are to be taxed for the erection o: public buildings.?" (Hear; and applause.) The gentle man, whoever framed that. resolution, had earefull , thoughtfully considered the true interests, not only o. the corporate estate, but of the burgesses of Liverpool; - - therefore he should support it. (Loud applause.) Mr. BIOHA claimed a right to reply. lie was not going to occupy many minutes, ut vished to point oup the fallacies of Mr. Dover. He had said that the Cornwallis -street ot4ces were totally inadequate ; but there was plenty of space therefor extensioa. (]rear, hear,) Mr. Dover had said that he rejoiced at that meeting. Why, who dared say, in a great meeting like that, that the ratepayers had not a right to meet, and that he was glad to see them ? Yet Mr. Dover had voted, within the last month, against that meeting ! Alderman DOVER—That I beg leave to deny most distinctly. Mr. BioaFA4—Was there not a question put to the Council that all discussionup4 this. subject shquld be postponed till this meeting was held, and does uOt Mr. Dover's name appear in the division Alderman DOVER explained. A motion was made by Mr. Jeffery, the.chairman of the committee for removing the Public Offices. He was a member of that com mittee, and Mr. Bigham knew perfectly well the etiquette was that unless a member bad divided a sub committee, he was not at liberty to 49 otherwise in the Council thau vote for the confirmation, Mr. BIGHAM—Then the sooner you alter it, the Alderman DOVER further explained that both he and Mr. Jeffery would have concurred in Mr. Avison's amendment if he would have conseuted to alter it. • Mr. BrguAm added, that the whole question had been put in a few words by Mr. Beloe. Jf it could be proved that the removal of the offices was essential, 'they were willing ; but they went further, and said, you shall xiot 'to us while ygu have property that eati'bg applied. m l y l o p ß pla.z n e4 The put the motion, which was carried unanimously—a result bailed with cheers. said :—Allow me to express my surprise at Mr. Brown's remarks. I am sorry that he has put his name to a document without understanding better what he was doing ; and I certainly may say with confidence that nei ther the mover no the seconder of the 41.4 resolution, any more than myself, can be implicated in any sinister, motives n taking the part'we do here to-day. If it be. true that large bodies move slowly, it is no less true that if their. progress be accelerated, by the application of some adequate force inadequately controlled, a momen tum is acCinired Which may terminate in m4chicf. The burgesses of Pverpeol area 4r g e body; 0 . 29 y. (3,99ec1p large powers to their representatives in the COun.cil ; they cheerfully place at its dispoSal a' large revenue of rents and rates for the public service, and nothing will move them to mnrinnr ? or to combined'oppositiou, Intt the application of those revenues to such ¶ilcl scbumes as the hike, the Rouleyards, IPA the 'imposed public , offices, When they de speak, therefore, they do net speak rashly ; they speak as considerate, reflecting men, and in one way or other, in June or in November, they will make themselves heard. (Hear, hear.) But the figures with which I set out may illustrate the progress of sanitary and town improvenlents under the corporation of Liverpool for the last 30 years. At the beginning of that period, and when the resources of the corporation were far in excess of what they have been since the withdrawment of the town dues, the movements of our local authorities in the direction of such improvements were e*entely stow. The money went, hOwever, somewhere—mainly, no doubt, in im proving the port, and wording faCilities for its rising trade. A small portion went to the djminution of rates, and the rest Inipt be fonll4 tc the debit of snch questionable Undertakings as the filling up of the cad Pock, the erection on Its site of that huge dark pile the Revenue-buildings, the erection also of churches, of a market for fish in Deane-street, after wards condemned and abandoned to the pedlars ; the purchase of the Newsham-house estate ; the external enibellishings awl dismantling of - embellishments about St. gegrge's : ' lll.l and the cruel Pke. (Hear, hears Meanwhile our oioWd m ed and unarmed courts and lanes were becoming hotbeds of diease ; and fever, cholera, and a rate of mortality almoA unequalled in the king dom, were the penalty ea. the natural consequences ; By these means the attention and energy of the autho: rities were brought to hear on the more yigorons prose cution of sanitary improvement. A: formidable staff of engineers, surveyors, and inspeCtors was organised, the engine of social science was applied, Parliamentary powers set the train in motions the steam was well up, and away Nye went at a tremendous rate, ripping up streets, lanes, and courts, demolishing houses ; the rough places were literally made plain, and the crooked things straight. Well, all this has been good, and we have not com plained, though we bare suffered by. the cast. A vast amount of abominations have been cleared away which might huye been prevented, and a vast amount of benefit has been realised which we might sooner have enjoyed, and at a tithe of the cost involved, had the public authorities bestirred themselves with energy at an earlier. period. The burgesses at large, but especially the'shop keepers, have paid handsomely for the improvements; yet, to suppose that the rates have paid for all, or nearly all, would, I suppose, be a gross mistake and a cruel ignoring of the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of pounds which the owners of property have been compelled to pay in addition to extraordinary rates for the drainage, flag ging, lalteratio, recopArtlctipn, 41 . 1 . 4 gcticiegottio l 91 their property. (Hear, hear.) In 11 years from the taking effect of the Liverpool Sanitary Act there had been con structed 146 miles of sewers, 100 miles of streets added, all at least 30 feet wide; 257 streets had been entirely paved and flagged ; a cemetery had been provided for Toxteth Park, at an outlay of about £30,000; one near Walton Gaol of about the same extent, and another of 86 acres for Liverpool, the outlay on which will be about £75,000 ; and on sanitary works, water-works, baths, parks, and the like, the Corporation had, during those 11 years, spent nearly £3,000,000 sterling. To say nothing of the effects upon the limited means of the bur gesses in general, of greatly enhanced rents; and a double income-tax, such considerations as those to which I have adverted will constrain every prudent and hu mane man in the Council to forego such metropolitan luxuries as boulevards and the proposed Public offices, and to postpone the consideration of new projects until those in hand, and those for which powers have been obtained, and are most urgently called for, are accomplished. The Rivingtou works are far from finished—(shame) ;—so also are the approaches to St. George's-hall. Limekiln-lane, Shaw's-brow, Hatton garden, Vauxhall-road, Water-street, Paradise-street, Church-street, Park-lane, and Berry -street have yet to be dealt with. The contractors for the present workhouse are still waiting on Mr. Holme, or Mr. Weightman, or some other persons known to them, for measurements, and their money. Mr. Gladstone also, I believe, is still waiting for the report of the whole estate of the Corpo ration, and both the Chancellor and the Corporation are forcing upon our consideration the proverbs,— " Many littles make a mickle," and if we " take care of the pennies the pounds will take care of themselves." (AWanse.) He concluded by moving the following resolution That it is extremely undesirable any extensive scheme of public improvements, or of other works, which involve any addition to the existing heavy burdens on the ratepayers, should be undertaken until the expenditure still required in connection with the supply of water and in the vicinity of St. George's hall has been accurately determined and provided for ; until those improvements which are already commenced, or for the execution of which powers have been con ferred by Parliament, shall he completed; and until it has been ascertained bow far the landed property of the corporate estate can be made available, in conjunction with the property of other landowners, this meeting being of opinion that all property, which is benefited by improvements in roads and thqroqghfares, or by the formation of parks and boulevards, should be made con tributories to the cost as far as may be practicable." Mr. JOSEPH liannlsosr seconded the motion. In the course of a few observations ho said that •the pro moters of the opposition movement might be considered f r ivolous and Ve4atioil3, for daring to express aa opinice publicly with respect to the local legislature, but they wanted those gentlemen to be a little more considerate ICi r tlilhe pockets of the bmgesse§. The shopkeepers of Liverpool had very much to complain of. He had taken the liberty, in company with Mr. Graves, of calling upon Mr. Earle on the subject, and that gentle. man said that as the inhabitants of Edinburgh sub mitted to a 2s. 6d. in the pound taxation, he could not see how the people of Liverpool should object to it. c 4d T:4 4. 9 s Q . T ! . ? yer adyocated a tax of 2s. 6d, Mr. HARRISON, in continuation, said he did not envy the people of Edinburgh under the 2s. 6d. He then referred to the water works at Rivington, which had cost, he said, £1,707,549, and to the building erected through the exertions of that noble spirit, William Brown. (3pplause.) He r:id not grumble at the penny in the pOund charged fOr education. That building had cost the town .£19,000, but if it had cost twice that amount they would not complain. The Corporation had never made five miles of streets, indeed he hardly thought they had made 5,000 yards at their own cost. The owners of land had to make the streets, and the owners of land had also to P 4, six shillings per yard frontage for the sewers. He would also remind them that they had already a debt of £393,388 upon the paving and sewerage rates. He also pointed out the expense con sequent on the new police building in Dale-street, and contended that sufficient accommodation was ag'ardael the Town-clerk's officials in Corriwallis-*eq. The MAYOR interrupted Mr. liarrison, Saying that he had departed from the question. Mr. HARRISON said they were so closely connected that he could hardly separate them. What he wanted to show them was, that the public should not be sub jected to any extraneous taxation. 11!.r. Es..nre then rose ; and said that he considered it would be rather inipor'tant for tile' iwn resolutions to which the Town Council had come on the subject to be read to the meeting, in order that the nature of affairs might be exactly explained. When this was done, he would occupy a short portion of their time. The Mayon—ls it the pleasure of this meeting that the resolutions should be read (Loud applause.) Mr. EARLS—I think it is best that the meeting should know the precise nature of them. Alderman BENNETT called attention to a large plan of the proposed improvements, which was hung within the hall. The Tony-ct,EaK then read the resolutions, both of which have appeared seriatim in our columns. Mr. EARLE rose at the conclusion of the reading of the resolutions, and said that he had been instrumental in the original formation of this Improvement Committee, and he was induced to take the subject in hand in consequence of numerous comments which were made iu the daily papers hardly one of which appeared for some time thLt, did not contain a, auggeatiou as to the improveMeiii. These were, uo donhf,' originated by persons who were interested in the work; but it was quite clear that the improvements were necessary, and shoe he had had a seat in the Council he had frequently brought the sub ject forward, and if it had been done many years ago they would have saved a very large amount of money. He would take a case in point. He had purchased some property between Church -street and Paradise -street many years ago, as au investment fora branch of hie family. The late Town-elc4 v, - us passing onti cfaY; and he (Mr. Earle) had said to him if that property was necessary for improving 'that portion of the town, he would willingly let the Corporation have it at what be had paid for it. They did buy it of his hands, and it was now returningithem sor 6 per cent, per tinnuni : They would see that the committee haye not recommended a great nitro bei- of the things that' were suggested, merely on account of the expense which would be entailed, and he could not think that the rate which was now proposed for improvements would be felt to be a serious burden upon the people of Liverpool. It wr f s all very fine to talk. of the lower orders,':! and the heavy charges they are called upOu.'to Pay,' but he would tell Mr. Bigli&nt that the " higher orders" have a very considerable amount to nay, and he a uestioned very those pct.)... hml not contributed greatly to the taxes. Lately, he had seen in a Liverpool paper a statement showing how very small was the aura paid even upon £2O houses. There was no doubt that; with all classes of the community there 'Would he some causes of hard ship. But let them 414 at the present state of the town. It was impossible that it could continue in that state for a much longer period, Perhaps it would be no impediment to allow the interior of ,the old town to lie as it is for a short time, but if they delt.y . E.d improving the districts of the towr l , in all probability the ground which they. wanted to acquire would be built upon. Even the line of boulevards referred to had Some build ings upon it. He was reminded that some years age, certain of the inhabitants advocated betote.i.he improve- ment committee, of which MEr. Belot and himself had been 174mithem mast of the improvements now suggested. The inhabitants a Liverpool had done so, and why did they now object to it. Mr. BrouAm—We do not object to the improvements. Sell the Newsham-house estate and we will agree, You gave £150,000 for it. Mr. EARLE-1 c l n; not obliged to take what you say for go,spel, "(Laughter.) Ho would remind them, how ever, that one of the improvements he was now advo cating would improve the Newsham-house estate ; it would make a road to it. The Earl of Derby and the Earl of Sefton were making fine roads, but only fo r themselves, so as to be improvements on their large estates. In carrying out the present proposed improve ment, however, they would have to go through the lands of different proprietors, some of them owning only a single field. It could not therefore be expected that they would make roads in the same way as the Earls of Derby and Sefton; and it was quite evident that the longer they delayed making the im provements, they would have to pay the more. He contended also that it would not be a hardship upon Liverpool to pay a small rate. [Here a gent;inan in the hall gav e a t o k en of disapproval.]. They might shake thc.ir liE.aci,s, but he believed it to be a fact, and of course they could not gain imprOvements without pay ing for them. When on the continent lately he had received a paper, in which be saw that his friend Mr. Stewart had pronounced it to be a "theoretical project." Did he aAegrk to, call the wid en i ng ' of the streets "thee-: retical ?" Mr. ; but the boniev. w i s are. (A laugh.) Mr. E A RLE-4 beg your pardon ; nothing is said about the boulevards at all. Mr. Stewart had also said that "he regretted the Corporation had become a rating body at all." He (Mr. Stewart) therefore said, " you are not to take any of the corporate property," Ar i d yet, he objected to laying a rate. What did lie Mean ? Mr. Brouitm-11e des not wani . YoU to spend money at all. Mr. EARl.—That. is very. possible, Igo i ciloNtra w h a t the value of money is very well, (Laughter.) Then Mr. Stewart 404 again tbg " 1 4 turtst raise his voice against making roads fo the benefit of the proprietary of the laud. He thought that the landowners generally ought to join with the public in doing anything in the way of improvement." But they could not call upon a, person who had only one or two fields to ro to si,xpence in making roads. They talked about eixpeuceL-look at the Highway Board that si. - cut £lOO, - 000, where what they did was ric,t worth 100. pence. Alderman DOVER—Mr. Earle, you were a member of that board. (Laughter.) Mr. EARLE—He had always dmouiiced it as an abominable board. (eUevt:ed lauglifer.) He did not care about saying any Pad about the dead, but when he mentioned that thgt Ward was presided over by Mr, Johr Home, they could easily underitand the character of the board generally. (Signs of disapprobation.) Why, at his own house a sewer was made only eight feet deep, and he was obliged to sink a cess-pool directly under his dining-room windows. (Laughter.) But when the present engineer came to manage matters—and he con sidered that the engineer and the committee were now entitled to the thanks of the community—he made a sewer twenty-eight feet deep, and the consequence was that the cess-pool was removed. He would not detain them much longer, else they might begin to think that other than corporate bodies were slow. He would therefore leave the matter in their hands, hoping that the burgesses would exercise a wise discretion in allowing the project to go on. The improvement was necessary for many reasons, among others for raising the poorer classes from those abominable holes in which too many of them resided. Mr. Earle resumed his seat amid applause. Alderman BENNETT said he was exceedingly glad to see so large an attendance of his fellow-townsmen, which convinced him of the deep interest that was taken in a subject of so much importance. He regretted the distinction which Mr. Bigham had drawn between the members of the Town Council and the people of Liver pool—the "we "of the people and the " they" of the Town Council, as if there was a wall or partition between the two. For himself he wished, to be considered one of the "we," and he believed that every member of the Council was actuated by the lama feeling. (Hear, hear.) When they considered also that few occasions occurred on which the people met to discuss the proceedings of the Town Council, it proved that on the whole they were satisfied with their representatives. (Hear, hear, and Oh, oh.) He had taken a great interest in town improvements. He was: happy to hear Mr. Jackson and others, who had followed in the same track, as they had clearly pointed out that some improvement was required. Alderman Bennett then entered at some length on the improvement that had been made in Liverpool since the year 1769, directing at the same time the attention of the audience to a plan of the town made in that year. At that time Oldhall-street was an alley, Castle-street very narrow, Brunswick street did not exist. Fenwick-street was constructed, improvements were made about Derby-square, and D,ale street was widened. Now, when these improvements were carried'out at that time, surely they should not be deterred at the present time from going to Parliament for power to carry out the project proposed. In the act passed in the reign of George IV., authority to make Manchester-street and Strand -street was given. Then, again, in 1837 t S im outh rio Ca a s e le- h stz t he w en s ob t rn a improved e for d o and since that the same purpose, fer the • act of 1846 only included the powers which were embodied in that of 1837. The consequence therefore was that the town was retrograding, and not prospering ; they were not keeping pace with those who had precaded there and they were enjoying the lebeare and expense - of. the generation which had gene by. Alderman Beintetethen described the nature of the iritproeinezits contemplated, referring the andience to the plan. The first was a road between 'West Derby-road and the Botanic Gardens, being nearly a mile in extent. Then there was a street from Grafton- s t ree t, s i xty feet wide,epdi na . at the street which ran east and west , -l t g - the intention of the C4lllllliltee t^ tali'iy this street into Great George's-street, giving a through course of traffic into that great town artery front the extreme south of the tosyn. That could now be benght. at, it 414'1411U/a of cost com pared with what - it ss - oald be after this. Next was the only matter which was expected to cost a large amount of money, viz., to widen Church -street from Lord-street up to St. Peter's Church ; and anyone could see that this was an improvement that was highly desirable. Then there was the formation of a road which would not cost much, as it would go through land of little value. The last was a serious matter, and it was one which must be treated, and 'serioiislY too, in a very short time. Ile alluded tathe apprOaches to the landing-stage, 'and a Safer transit to the Cheshire shore. It was a very large question ; it brought them into con tact with the Mrsey Docks and 'Harbour Board ; . an d there were difficulti es surrounding it which 'made . him fear that they would net lie to include it as a part of their bill. :fie t iptoed the necessity for th e improve menis'indicated; and concluded by expressing a hope that the public generally would have confidence in the committee and in the Town Council, and would give their consent to allowing these very desirable impacee ments to be carried out, Mr. BarissTova said :alderman Bennett had proved the case of the requisitionista to perfection. He had pointed out tiethe meeting what great improvements bad taken place without an improvement rate. Mr. Earle had said, "how can these Ise.done except by a rate ?"—but we ought not to-day to be asked to go to Parliament to spend £300,000 on improvements which might have already been done and paid for—aid he would tell them why. St. Geoage'sshall was projected to cast 490,600, but the Corporation had already paid 'spoil the building and the aproildies . X4oo,Qoo. He said arty architect or any builder would tell them that such a building as that could be produced for £150,000. That would have been a saviug of £l6o,ooo—just one half of the amount. now required. Then he found that the Town Council had pulled down property in Shaw's-brow, the Old Haymarket, and Dale-street, of the annual rateable value of upwards of £2,000. li.ad they purchased that property 4014 an improvement act s and kept it like wise men in their hands; they iiroitld have had £20,000 More, Again, he asked, how came it that the Corporate committees had paid £8 a-yard for their land in Dale street? Why, he need only refer them to the opposite side ;—the land on which those splendid offices were built, the police-offices, was scarcely £3. Mr. Thom- son, who had always an eye to corner lots, and to good corner lots--(a laugh)--gave for a corner lot fronting three streets £8 'per yard: a's- (Mr: Thom son ; "At the top of Manehester-stteet.") Fronting Dale-street, within fifty yards of that back rubbishy property which they had paid £8 per yard fol.. (salut ing they had paid the extreme price of £5 a Yard for it, (and they had 17,000 yards), they would have saved £60,000 more ; and with the interest of the Monty ~uuk iu uther absurdities, 1.,„1 their £300,000 worth of improvements completed to-day. (Applause.) What the people of this town wanted, was a wise economy in the administration of their funds, and not fooling their money away as they saw it fooled in his own neighbourhood. It was his misfortune, shOuid he say, to reside in a locality cursed by town improve ments. They had removed the inhabitants and left the property' in a state of dilapidation ; end he said it w as unfair, n , nwisse; and unjust in any public body of men to d o 'that • Which they were doing. (Applause.) They were perpetrating the same iniquity in Park-lane ; h they ought ino. a handsome sum from, and had t t o h le had re receiving down property which built up a blank wall What were they doing further ? Some time ago, Mr. Henry Booth, a gentleman who felt great interest in public matters, particularly in the neighbourhood of St. George's-hall, said that the Council had unfortunately got some toys', and that they must find a place to put them an. They hadlions—(laughter) —th e y ijad candleStiO(reneWed laughter.) He (Mr. ilairStoAl did' not know where they were remove o, but he supposed, the inhabitants some fine day woul d formerly- ht be Called upon to find a p la c e to p . ,u.t . them. they had a magnificent stone bainstrade, w sur rounded St. Qeoage•a-ball; and, if gentlemen would ua y magnificent present oal go, into his neighbourhood , the would see y of Mr. 113 - elim, they had ac put up a _ plat form, applause. ito exhibit the stone balustrade. (Laughter And people t.o get intoo t the ) He supposed, as a kind of finish to the beau tiful end of the platform which fronted his house, they wou ld ornament it with the two candlesticks. (Loud laughter.) - • it - trifle to put monuments of the Well, after doing that, he should most certa i s 4 bsen 0 a r; q,d chairman and deputy - chairman of the committee and committees who were so extravagantly hod,, (Laughter and loess the tops of the candleatict t _ as. wilfully:and wastefully expendi s n,e . tite public money, upon money he applause.) 4av,is"4sttemt their rEeir l er;iii that the. town might look upon them and say, "these are the ?lieu who have perpetuated this folly," aa,d would be as a warring to succeeding o'eneratious. (Applause.) Let the Finance Committee furnish the members of the corporation with a list of their estate ; and then, like the George Inn, in Dale street, individual members might put their fingers upon some e if sold, might pro duceit r tg e b n i t t ) o w f ih propertywo enable'dWhir them to improve the r,eoiimirlic'Od and' improve the corporate lupde Now; 'he said it Was a wise administration , of the r. r. - ' porate estate that was the want and if t4ey did thin, they world not have to ask, fen a rate ; but by economical rSatiagerießt, any be reps rte feu who,in day and generation, their actiug as faithful stewards, they would had spelt the public money as it ought to be spent. (Loud aid protracted applause), Mr. :AMES THOMSON said—Mr. Bennett says he does hop this year you will go to Parliament. I sip cerely tape you won't go to Parliament this year. There ar some splendid hotels there ; and an et t ei s se t o o t one, but man go to Paliament will ka, - i.Te year by year. I y that is most ,iaga . abefill. 'lir. Earle is pleased to say Now ccuamitt4es ; and the money spent there n small 'lases do not pay much towards rates. d that the rental of £2.08 t I looker this morning at a paper , which showe t at the rats paid upon a nett annua l amountd to £4O 14s. Does Mr. P :41.1e, calf that a small paportion ? for taxes. (Loud Mr. IscialsoN—They 'are assessed Mr. lARLE — What are, they assessed for ? d I to tell tITe distance think M Earle will be kind linilg o li utl. (Mr. Earle t laughter'Then, with respect to those n ew road I from th Tunnel Hotel going he kind s enough to ask your y ea h) Thep will you brother a make that road himself; it is through his own lad. Loud laughter, and applause.) Mr. mi g ht be made without costing them a Thomson concluded by showing how a road twenty yards shilling. He hoped the meetin g would set t h e i r faces against Mr my cheap trip to London. Mr. I+ have been.. very witty, on many occasions.si!, at my ex - 11 rid been charmed With'ite n n e s i e b . (Laughter.). I have heard your wit before in co p I beg to:diyoin as far as my prOperty goes, the public 8 1 1 41 do ith it as Mr. Stewart, or any other indepen dent rai, may say is fair between, man arid map. (Appian) lam no advocate of my own interest ; I am an ar, s. for the, public, good, and shall do all I oce e fe sire to pmote it. I scorn such insinuations. Mi. 66:i Wlantai,3o, thought that there was only one ;spina in tha doom,--that it was desirable to have public itgovements on the same terms that they had had she hitherto. There was a marked distinction betweenhe past and what was proposed for the future. Up to ti present time a corporate property had found the neat of making the improvement;, Taxatiim had incrrasetenormously,—for sanitary purposes and other olsjats, There was 4 point When the retev,ayfAs food i wa; ;ucenyeuieut, to pay farther increased ta.xtiou and he insisted that that point of time w the' iresent. He far one fel', the time had arrived whn' thy should ally as cane man make a stand, and say • the world, not endure inc rease d taxat i on. (Ch eers.) Aso,niniber two improvement, the Corporation had a la)a estate called " Newsharn-house Estate." Why meal that and buy the lands on either side of th 3 road wth thy proposed to cut through, and sell it to what MEarle and others had been pleased to call more than on "ferry builders?" Th.e Corporation had a large incest iu reversions lika those in Catherine-street, Psy-street, and tliford-street. Now, the improves mts were all made there ; and what was the necessity tceelding these reversions ? Why not sell the free lid, and buy the land by the side of-those roads which it,as proposed to improye ? Until' the funds were bier administered it teas ircipiident,'in his opinion, for tiratengyorsi fe consent to the proposal which had been fr. ALPAss was certain that if the town could be p(e'd upon the question submitted to them—whether not they should for some definite period put a stop toll improvement—he was sure a majority of the rate prci would be againA the resolution, (Hear, hear.) The majority were in favour of well considered and judicious improvements. Not a gentleman had addressed them but admitted that he was a friend to well consi dered improvements; but if they adopted the resolution they stopped improvement for an indefinite period. Some of the arguments urged he had been surprised to hear,—especially from the gentleman who spoke last. No man knew better, that it was impos sible to deal with owners of land in laying out streets without an act of Parliament. They would not sell their lands, or they would only do so upon ruinous terms. Therefore, for speakers to argue it was unnecessary . to go for an act of Parliament, showed that they were in perfect ignorance. They could not deal with the smallest of these improvements without an act of Parliament. (Hear, hear.) He should not conclude without an amendment, so that the feeling of the meeting might be tested upon the question. He felt satisfied that there was not one of those improvements —with the exception of that marked number 6 (the approaches to the river), which he contended the Cheshire folks had more to do with than we have— which all would not be ready to admit ought tolbe carried out. And, as had been urged, now was the time to do it. Hesitate for two years, and he knew of his own knowledge that No. 2 would cost them double the money. It was madness to stand still.in these matters. The traffic of the streets was increasinv'aildqh6 =popu lation of LiVerpool did not stand still ;while, they were making ap,,Lheir minds. Th e i ncrease of the districts increased thrtraffic in the centre of the town, and now was the time to begin with what he thought was not a large or extravagant matter. He moved " That the meeting approves of the improvements marked Nos. 1, 2,3, 4, and 5 on the map exhibited, and requests the Town Council, with a proper regard to ecmionly, to carry them out as early as convenient," Re trusted he should find a seconder. He was certain, if the meeting came to a resolution which would have the effect of stopping all improvements, they would commit a great mistake. (Hear, hear.) A gentlaman in the gallery ; of the nano' Of Simons, said he should have great pleasure in seconding the amendment, if the mover would add to it—" after the improved approaches to the St. Ileorge's-hall shall have been completed." Mr. ALPASS said when St, George's-hall would be finished he defied any man to tell. He did not think the further annual expenditure upon St. George's-hall could he very great. Still, seeing what it had for the last seven years, he could not but agree to. affix such a condition to his amendment. Mr. William Evans seconded ;lie amendment, which was put and lost ; only about twelve hands being held up in favour of The original motion was then put, and carried amid great applause. Mr. CLARKS Asi , n4 - Ai.t. then, in a highly complimen tary speech, proposed Et vote of thanks to the Mayor. ills - Worship responded; and the meeting, which had lasted for three hours, then broke up. SAYERS AND HEENAN AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. • . , Yesterday the twn r e d ou bt a bl e ' champions of the P.R. exhibited themselves at the Zoological Gardens, on which occasion, notwithstanding the high price of admission, th4e was a very numerous and respectable audience. The " entertainment" consisted, besides a sparring exhi , bition or " set-to" between Sayers and Heenan, of athletic and acrobatic feats by Messrs. Murray and Hyer, and the ceremony of the presentation belts. There was a baud also present. M. d. M. Morris presided, and read the addresses. Of course the great thing was the sparririn by which both me n s h owe d t h e i r tact, talent, and science. 'Six rounds were sparred. In round 1 both men were well up, and, after some hitting and stopping, Heenan's long left arm succeeded in reaching Tom'a month, 2nd Round—Heenan was again on Tom's face. ;3,14 Vvon,n;i—A good deal of f e i n ti ng , an d at l ast Sayers lunged out, hit Heenan on the face, and nearly knocked him down. 4th Round—Blows exchanged on ±,b,e. face. sth Round—Sayers on HaP , —l's face again. 6th Round—The hitting was really grand in this last round. Three. several times did Heenan hit Sayers on the, forehead; and as many times did Sayers hit Heenan. ria)th men came to close quarters and theca refixed, whereupon they were loudly cheered. TOXTETH 1101 . kR . I) O,F HgALTIL Tiitl monthly meting of this board was held yester day, in the board-room ef the Public-offices, Park-road. Mr. S. itlpass presided ; and the other members present were Messrs. F. Woodhead, E. Hill, G. Walker, Hargreaves, I W. D. Smith, Jos. Boult, ex,d , John Rogers. Before the ordinary business wall proceeded with, Mr. EDWARDS, of WaYertkee, rose to lodge complaints against the conduct of Mr. Monkhouse, the surveyor for the board. In doing so he believed he was per forming a public duty to society in general. He would truly detail the circumstances of the case that they might form a right judgment upon it ; and he would,. first mention that a day or two before the events corn- , • plained of took place he was passing down Wellington road, and remarked what au improvement was being made, He even said to, one of the labourers that he wished, hp could get up a subscription to complete the road and extend the improvements to the end of it. He saw Mr. Monkhouse on the following day, and although that gentleman was not then impertinent, he was rude in his manner. On Tuesday, the 22nd ultimo, he was going down Smithdown-lane in a car when he overtook a friend, Mr. Janion, who got in and accompaniedhim to the place where the men were workng. He then got ~.4, ~.,.1 4 , , , ~,, r .--....2ea giAu .1 , 7 ca;rnig Lt. e folio. tte said to Mr. Monkhouse, who, was standing by, " I will have a dinner,party at m a y how, and I shall be very glad if you will ttuv• the rut filled up." . To, which M. Monkhouse replied, " I will attend to that," Mr. Edwards then said, " The nights are, very dark now, and it is easy to place a light near these altwations." Mr. Monkhouse said—" We do not do that here." He (Mr. Edwards) then con tinued—" Why, even in my country, where they do some strange things, they have lights, " Mr. Monk house, in reply, made some observations to, the effect that they Ittapvi: how te, do things in this cauutry, Mr. Etiwards—" I believe you mean to he impertinent." Mr. Is replied,—," 'Von cl-,,.--. liar, if you do not walk on I will pull your nose." The speaker then said, that, having a great dislike to the operation referred to, he called, Mr. Monkhouse a " confounded ruffian ;" to which that gentleman replied, " If you don't walk on this instant I will kick your backside." Nwe words followed, but the speaker chiefly complained of those we have given. Had he forgotten his position he would certainly have chastised 114. Monkbouse in such a way as to prevent him, from being impertinent to his betters in ktare, lie thought he had describedeverything that took place. Mr. Janion woald, have. appeared at the board to confirm his statement, but he had been called I out of town, as thl follming letter would show : TO TENISON ESQ. "ay dear Sir,— -I regret P.Ntremely that, in consequence of my having to go up to London to-day, I shall not be able to accompany yoll to the meeting of the Board of Health for Tox teth-oark to-morrow, to bear testimony to the unprovoked and gross impertinence which you experienced in my presence t•om the overseer who was superintending the re-making of ~„,, asa.ctuuUß, toe Und ult. ; but this I can say, that no description of big impertinence can exceed the reality. Should the board adjourn the reconsideration of your complaint to aonAe future day after next week I shall be happy to atterdk, fS, I consider you are performing a public service in bringing this matter before the boarck.-,4 aria, my dear sir, yours Taithfully, ROBERT C. JANION. _ . Wellington Lodge, Wv,vertree, 4th June, 1560, Mr, Motikhca.l i sa peribrmed duties for the • board which tpxy they were supposed to perform themselves. lie Would therefore ask them to inflict some punishment to prevent that person from insulting tha public again. He would suggest a fine, the money to, be devoted to some charitable subscription, or. by. any other means which might strike the bpa,rd as being desirable. Mr. MoNv.novsa said he believed he was the person against whom the complaint was made. It was two or three weeks ago, when two gentlemen came along Wel,- lington-road, to where they were working at th,e repairs ; and one of them asked him whether. he was going to have the rut filled up, to which he. replied "Yes." The same gentleman (Mr. Edwards), made remarks about the mode of making the roads, and said he had never seen worse ones in Ireland. Some further conversation took place in which he (Mr. Monkhouse) was called "a d impudent scoundrel." He was ready to take his oath that he was first called "a d- scoundrel." He then told Mr. Edwards he would pull his nose if he didn't go away. He considered that he was the party who. had received the provocation. Mr. EDWARDS most distinctly, denied all that Mr. Monkhouse had said, wild conrieted him of .posi a tixe falsehood. Mr. Janion, who was the other gentleman referred to, could corroborate his statement if he were present, but unfortunately he had been called out of town, Mr. SmITH proposed that the matter be, adjourned until there was some further evidence. The nkotioaa was seconded. Mr. BOVLT said they might have some difficulty in dealing with this question. By Mr. Edward's own statement he was certainly overstepping hi i s duty in remarking upon the way in which th 4 xoad; was made. Mr, EDWARDS—I deny making any unfavourable comments. Mr. Botaa• continued that his opinion was directly opposite, lfter hearing Mr. Edwards' first statement. They knew that a parson was apt to get annoyed when a stranger eamo in criticise his proceedings. It seemed to him to be a case in which the board could not inter fere. Mr. Edwards said Mr. Monkhouse first used impertinent language, and Mr. Monkhouse said Mr. Edwards first used the impertinent language. As far as he could see Mr. Monkhouse's statement was ac, much to be relied upon as that of Mr. Edwards, He would therefore move that they proceed wi,th the ordi nal y business. Mr. HAROREAVES seconded the motion. Mr. EDWARDS—The ge4tlernan who has just addressed you, and of whom I have personally no knowledge, has assumed that I contradict myself about the road. On the contrary, I never said one word against the way in which the repairs were being made, Mr. BOULT hoped that the board would not give encouragement to proceedings of this kind by deferring the matter. Supposing it turned out that Mr. Monk house's stateruPuc was the true one, what j ur i s di ct i on had they over Mr. Edwards ?- The votes were then tAken, and found to be decidedly in fav,onr of Mr. Boulea motion, namely, that the ordi nary business be proeeeded with. Mr. EDWARDS regretted that the board bad not more respect for themselves than to allow their servants to act in this way. Ile then left the room. The ordinary business, which was merely of a formal nature, was then transacted, THE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1860. LrFERATUAE. THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY ; the special organ of six leading photographic societies. Edited by George Shadbolt. Liverpool : Henry Greenwood. June Ist, 1860. Every admirer of this wonderful and most useful art ought to be a subscriber to this valuable organ of the ablest photographers of the day. The present number contains a most elaborate and highly useful "Table of Antidotes to the Poisonous Bodies used in Photography, drawn up from the most recent med authorities," by Samuel Highley, F.G.S., F.C.S.;4lrc. though "pre vention is better than cure," yet it is ibb necessary to possess so reliable a sic of directions ho Ito act in a case of poisoning. The ingredients of tta 'several poisons, the symptoms prOduced by them, and the most effectual treatment for their counteraction, are here most carefully set forth. The public are deeply iudebteci to the indefatigable publisher, Mr. Greenwood, fOr havin secured so valuable an acquisition to ,otkr means of self-, reservation. If th ere woto means else i n . thi s number than j , the ?lc we have named 'it deierves universal ' , itatronag he general merits of this bi monthly publication have been universally acknow ledged, and scarcely need a word of recommendation from us; brit if it did, that worded be "first-rate." Is it-possible (we hope not—in this case, at least) that "a prophet hath honour save in his own countrxif Surely the Liverpool public do not look indiffereatlF on a publication such as this, which is elsewhere, ind in the highest quarters, most highly esteemed. Let not such an aspersion even be hinted ; at. "Th old town e :. ood " only reqt4seiwto.know.a really*.. , ;+ ..to :;- 'and such is the "British Journal of -.Photograph to appreciate and support it. 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The charge for the• insertion of Births will be S;z pence each. - • <- 3 .;•-• " • JAMTS BTEWART-rli'D V OFFER THEIR CELEBBATEL "JJ " WHISKY, 8 years old, at ..... . . . 18s. per , Gall Old BRANDY , Pale or 8rawn...... 24a. „Gall Fittest Schiedam HOLLANDS , i n cases 30s. & 84s. per „ in wood ...... 18s. per Gall London, Plymouth, or Bristol GIN, full I strength l2B .xm op ", IN ANY QUANTITY PRO M ONE PINT UPWA • , JAMES STEWART & CO., WHOLESALE WINE MW SPIRIT MER CHANTS BOTTLERS OF ALES AND PORTER, , QUEEN INSURANCE-BUILDINGS,, 11, DALE-STREET. .• 32, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET Is new the Depot for* BARNARD 1 1 HVY NOTED se' 6d• TIMEPIECE, AKT & ALARM CLOCK AND 'TIMEPfECA Which will grouse thA souraeltl:ll4)loisit any required. - - These Clocks ha established reputation for accuracy, du ility, and cheapness. OFFICE, SHOPtiNvifOITSE CLOCKS, _ Orders by Post proinpNy attended to. CLOSED ON SATURDANs TILL wir Observe the Address 32, SOUTH CASTLE-STREET, LIVERPOC * See opinions of the Liverpool and Local Press. ‘ ART 'UNION ROOMs:':, , 62, CASTLE-STREET, LI VERPOOL. pr. ISAAC, in acknowledging the patronn e h ~;..,,,..- p - 'ed for the last thirty years as - U,f,„' ' Printer, an *thog. rapher, has to thank his rindsFfc ...4 many favours 5 , have bestowed upon him, and his n.. ' • , t . tirm that, in consequence of the constant and im...' -..., reoPti ts, irig' entione is called upon to give to the higher bra 3L. : ' of the Fine Arts generally, more eseciallthe purchas., - ' isplihin sale of Oil Paintings, Water-colour D rawin gs, Bronzes, Z , . .. has become a case of necessity for him to reliquish the f r ',. bradch of business. • . He has, therefore, parted with his interest and connect - Mr. HENRY GREENWOOD. 32, CASTLX-STREET, to Ids., . has handed over all Copper Plates in his possession, an,,' he can recommend as being fully competent to execut .. • ' orders his former customers may be pleased to place i ....• *. Greenwood's hands for Engraving, and Commercial, Plai. ' ... i5 - , Ornamental Lithography. - Liverpool, June 1. 1860. BIRTH. On the 4th inst., at 5, Brunswick-terrace, Waterloo, the wife of Mr. Joseph Emell, of a daughter. MARRIAGE. On the 31st ult., at Eastham Church, by the Rev. E. Owen, William Fraser Stewart, to Jemima izaser, of Culloden, luveruess. DEATH. . On the 4th inst., at No. 12, Daulby-strget, aged 40 years, Mr, Thomas Mahou. ~_ 14 A .