Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

„, TOWN COUNCIL. +Re 0 1 4'6 t eia - f . - '7 l , monthly meeting of the Town Cotmcil was 44 Yor,Nv li I tvn-hall at eleven o'clock yesterday. The L'eston, Esq., presided. L the Proceedings lOttinNen COMMITTEE. 'his committee contained the follow recernmendations : — Recommendation of Mr. William Joht. on , Recommendation to increase the District Building Surveyor, RI& 42 6 s. to 10s. 1 3, - week, the consideration of to Was postponed at the last monthly council, pursuant co e Was orders. Recommend a tion to increase the dob w f „, al lee Payable to Mr. Baines, of theT.,iverpool Office, Lon "eta 4100 to fftoo per annum, being the amount form- It e i e Paid by this corporation to the late kt-Wainewright. t o tZTniendation to adopt the plan of proposea wroaches the 1 ,-; 'ew Free-library and Museum, and to au o .-nrise of t i C r nediate prosecution of the work, under the direct°. ext,4 s urveyor. Report that funds are available to the tern a 42,200, should the council thi n k fit t o a d o pt th e be ln lendation of baths' committee, to erect a plunge te e , ; Everton at that cost New table of fees to be accept by the clerk-of-the-peace. Recommendation to pr in ' - v i .‘ t he tender of Messrs. M'Corquodale and Co., for ," 4 1,1 for three years, from the Id of June next 0 1141 end th e A , 14111),?ilittn exen Pte sen qs o p f t k the p: 5. font b e a t Wide .Pilte2 v 'than). IV, and 1 Vic t will b, Ne b: tle level with Shaw's- two kirra ►eh:1 1 1 ti :~a' 6 3 V f ~ipll ~ D,,. b. Fan„,"reet by t stirr.4..., kPorati c Pa re ti t6j, r ' Ali r ee of t •. t Add 4 e ed to. 1101 "e d e ,„ '4ij 111eni Loud .11,1,qg at AT bp~ l nQtiui, lit visit of t to London, 6 ' 31 er , d ob, ad conta cap 19, as to th Mayor and two i; , ;eps. 3 extent .tii of a those of hi otion, which was carried with- ;s to her 31 d to be £74-71 ?lan of a Iroache3 to the new Library and Museum council agreed upon in August, 1857• it features in the plan is a hi ;h-level terrace e-yard will be appropriated ius the northern boundary of the Islinnton end The terrace at .t the Dale-st will be eigl- 'end, the and ascent will rm . ounted Nl4st i ka.,°t4aoi will be fronted ;ervals, thirteen The - terrace will be aple carriage way, with room width of the st: the ( t will be en or sixteen yards to about considered that the communi g-t. on at the one end, and Aber, will be tions. The c facilitated and st of these approaches the extent of land izilich the the purpose will be about 4,000. .ed that the recommendation of Mr. Johnson, who had been in• the arteen ycars, !condo(' the be adopted Loiioa, - which was the allowance to Mr. Baines be from £lOO to £2OO per annum. aced use made of the Liverpool council, and other public bodies, lied Mr. Baines to take larger and the. finance committee, r. Baines'S gFcat knowledge, great efficiency, acquaintance in the local affairs and genefal time ha to the sa 11 4 ,, 11 3 7 opposition. tee Alderman Holme proposed the adoption of til;, l lendation regarding the approaches to the Pre. the b r Y. He said, some gentlemen seemed to consider that tot ' t i, ° Posed plan was getting in the thin end, of the wedge, lt,lie n , - ; e 'burpo se of carrying' out the "high-level bridge He now wished to state, with all frankness, that, idea considered the originator, as probably he was, ‘,N - ;„ ; ,.;j 1 00 of a high-level bridge there, having b. Ll/411'h scheme before the council, and the council by a ver, int end I llajoritv having rejected it, he never since had , 4 14 a - l' e l) nor did he now intend, in opposition to so large as y, to moot that question at all. (Hear, hear.) So 4 tv Q ;Pese plans were concerned, he never saw them, and te,,,',uad the slightest communication with the surveyor with to them ; and knew no more about them than any trikZ,lrlernb r , until they were laid upon the table of the )e k .'"ttee. This much, however, he found that, - some two tf s aZo in consequen ce o f difficulties regarding the levels George's Hall and the neighbourhood, which included G eo 'evels o f Sh aw ' s -b row, a jo i nt committee of the St. tlia t r4 e's Hall and library committees was formed, and to got onllll,ln_i_ttee, the _whole subject of the levels was referred, -'s Hall, but also with refer -- Thecommitteemet in trough - ueu c. George t° l l , ll ,22evels around Shaw's-b. 4 3', ,`" 1 —be believed he was himself absent at the time fbc,„the drawings which he now held in his hand were 4 ro e The plan was brought before the council, with kbies,-PraMendation that it should be adopted, and it was th e iloted by the council. ' The plan now brought up by ty v Ti llice committee was precisely a copy of that sanctioned be e ,; l e council in 1857, and, in consequence of its having ' the platform of the building was erected. t(ist bad, been asked, since he came into that room, what the t i %„the platform was, and whether the surveyor's estimate ,Nbry o was an addition to the amount. He had ascer kr that the original estimate of the surveyor for the krb,° l ', ll l of the building was £2,000, but he stated as a tlti i ,?nat marvellous circumstance that, instead of £2,000 bo n !Pent, in consequence of the excellence of the founda kaih-' entire cost of the platform was ,E 1,452 18s sd, being Naill'°/lsiderably less then the original estimate. Then, that ,',, a ving . been approved by the council, it became the dit ee - f i e l's duty to carry it out. He had carried out the riaeris which he then received; and although the as at present contemplated, might be as, under Ni i f a tt e ll :nstances it would be, a high level 'platform, it ee so constructed that it might, at any future day, , 4 ei a ',„: 4l lded without anything more than merely the end 'tr o t ' taken out, if the council should even hereafter think it r PSite to c o n struct a hi g h le v el b r id g e f or the purpose °th e le ving the pressure of traffic upon Church-street, and places. It wou ld no t, how ever , b e a t a ll necess a r y, lite:, s p the council so thought fit, to carry it out beyond the N t he baildino . itself. At present, Shaw's-brow was fkilr:Plirteen yards' wide, and it was now contemplated to t4l - all imnroved street by means of land purchased under ek t ,t 4 provement Aet—a street of twenty yards wide—thus tkc' t i ng cut in that neighbourhood a very great and impor to" improvemea If the plan had not been sane qed, they would be in the same difficulty as with regard (14 t• George's Hall,' only to a much greater extent. The li l y ,bther course would b e t o h ave a li ne o f s t e p s , w hich 1 , ( l have been so objecti ona bl e th a t th e w h o l e t ow n would le tei Condemned it. The surveyor had therefore made a are a a pproach to the building, so that carriages could drive lr e '„the upper portion of Shaw's Brow, and set down 4 4 , 1 .`"Y at the door ; and in so doing, had made the only blamable sa f e an d p ro p e r app r oaches to a building of that e ver and importance ; and had scrupulously, in , gen' respect carried out--and only carried out -- the dime -41,1,4 Which the council gave him in 1857. Mr. Holme ai moved that the recommendation be confirmed. ,11 1 ; Cooper seconded the motion. e • e tie" Town-clerk read the following memorial on the e ' which was signed by a large number of inhabitants 4 2 0 t i e j e idtbonrhood Il r orshipful the _Vizor and the Corporation of the Borough of Liverpool. I ,I I IIZJ'Y it please your Worship,—We, the undersigned, I, La 'ats of Dale-street, Shaw's-brow, Byrom-street, ` 4l l . 6, llll arket. and Whitechapel, beg most respectfully to th.e,me attentiOn of your Worship and the council to the Ro tat e proposed to be made in the approaches to the 11 % ar in Shaw's-brow. While yielding to Re T . y, e edi n g the 'desire of seeing improvements made in the ar e t horoughfares of this great and rapidly rising town, ;Net' a pprehensive that the platform, proposed to be con din froni. of the Free Public-library, is but the thin ohotlftipe wedge, adroitly attempted to be inserted, whereby i l lenitie for a level bridge leading from the north ''t• George's Hall to Dale-street '(iVhich was rejected t b e -a , r ge majority of the council in 1852) is now expected ,afalf ar rled. If the platform, with the intended street i i.ra t z el thereto, should he executed as proposed, the whole o; e „_cif the district will, in the opinion of the undersigned, 140‘,:eifted from the existing channels, and consequently will 41 '4111 re' dicial to the interests of the inhabitants of ltb he k lJac ill k Po rt ent streets. 'We are of opinion that great and f t improvements may be made in the gradients o 'k t th e _ , and :in the approaches thereto, . and tie se will render the proposed platforM unnecessary. enh. th Plea that is advanced to us by- your surveyor t 're a‘ of gaining access to the Free Public -library , bu e(l f t 4 it'cli i, l ; (l resnectfull submit to .your Worship, that all the lacl" v e plans for that structure exhibited a ready mode 'mPe e t ' from the existing street' level. Trusting that this L an t subject may receive the attention of your Worship hi ghcouncil, and. 'that this attempt' to force upon us the. I '6ll be v el bridge w ( hich we have always , strong l y o pp osed) rejected- ' - thi Alderman Parker said his attention had been called subject by a large number of the inhabitants, and a when his he thought it was rather an unfortunate coincidence that the very circumstance of this platform should give the idea of a high level bridge. He thought it 'would have been much better for Mr. Holme to have said at once, that a high level bridge was his "hobby," and that was the first step towards it. Mr. Holme hoped that after the declaration he had made, Mr. Parker would not make such assertions. Mr. Dover thought the deputy chairman of the finance committee ought to allciw them some time for the conside ration of this subject, as it was a very important one, and they were most of them taken by surprise. To the owners of property in that neighbourhood, it was also a matter of great importance. It was not the cost alone that they ought to consider, because, in the first place, he was told a carriage drive was asked for. Now, he understood that this place was erected for the special use of the working classes. There was no doubt, whatever, if the Platform was put out on the street, it would materially affect: the inhabitants in the neighbourhood. He did not say he Yrould vote for it when it came up again if it were deferral, but, he thought, time - should be given to the council, and to those Out of doors, for consideration. He moved . that the matter be postponed to the next monthly PIA T of the con Mr. 'Earle said, it seemed to him a self-evident improve- ment. Talk about the wor ere was the Derby- 11.1113GU111, 1411 U. a ‘-" which would be deposited in the new building, and, of course, it would' be for the working classes as well as the higher classes to use. He was - would not interfere with_ the prop opinion that way whatever ) was a differen If they t t matter. ty in any evel bridge, it He could not see any,. reason for Steains said there were some distant relations of his with other lom he had communicated - with, were perfectly this platform would be a 'very decided im- Mr. Dovei• had said this was a building for g classes, but he forgot that it would be a d a reference library, not a lending library; and gentlemen, would be driving in their carriages there. Mr. Dover was quite wrong in his premises altogether. His prevenient the workii museum an, gume,nts were based on the high level bridge sing the platform. He begged to say y thought this would be a very of prop, merely disc great improvement. Mr. Jeffery said he would second Mr. Dover's amend ment, not so much for delay, but that the question might be taken o: is own m rits, as to the propriety of making this o much as that the people in the Jocality important change, should be told fairly and fully what w so that that might know the who ;o - ing to be don( g to be carried out ments that were f. He thouglit the owners of property 'had been dealt in that neighbourhood The tion in which that place had been kept old wall and the stone yard, which were • kept in e on Shaw's-brow, had depreciated the property there con siderably. He did think that, the inhabitants had just the neglected condition of that very unfairly with delapidated • condi and the to con neighbourhood. He believed a great deal of the dissatisfac tion arose from the ignorance' the people were kept in, as to what was going to be do%O with the locality. For that reason, he should have been glad that a plan of the whole of the locality, as intended to be dealt with by the finance or other committee, should be made known to the people in the neighbourhood. He thought this was only aid, he thought it would be a very great pity er should be delayed. If it was likely to h leVel bridge—on that subject he had very invoh:e the h strong opinions It he the ter the assurance of deputy-chairman of_thefinance comm.ittee, that that question was not at all involved in any way whatever, it was not fair to keep the question open unnecessarily before the public. - An objection had been made as to the building being for the working classes especially classes to visit th He wanted all ?lace, both working classes and gentry, if there were such things. (Laughter.) Thu former would be advantaged by mixing,- and no harm would accrue to those who were, more largely blessed with pecuniary means. It would be an improvement which he thought would be for the advantage of everybody. Mr. Stitt said, after the difficulties which the council had in finding . a site for this building, and the unfortunate delay which had followed that, he should be very sorry that any thing should be done to stay' the completion of the building. The noblehearted donor was in old age and declining health, and was wishful, and anxious no doubt, to see it finished, before he departed this life. He was very much surprised in reading a copy of the memorial which had been read to the council from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. He thought they took a very short view of the matter. A good road would be given instead of. an impractical one, as at present, fur every u - u . e vikloa brow, that could, on account of its steepness. Mr. Alderman Cooper said, the plans had been before, and passed by, the council, nearly two years ago ; also before the public. It was then very strange, he'thonght, to ask for a further delay. He was quite satisfied that the surveyor had laid down plans that would be extremely satis factory. He thought there had been delay enough in this matter: (ilear,.hear.) Mr. Gladstone said, he believed he was correct in stating, that these were the same plans as were before them about two years ago. (Yes.) If that were. so, they came now before them under very different circumstances; and, there fore, he perceived they were not justified in coming to a conclusion to-day in reference to this change,,whiCh was . . calculated, in hi.; opinion, to inflict very serious injury on the property in the neighbourhood. They were told that, on account of Mr. Brown's health, and 'his advanced years, that it was 'desirable to 'bring everything connected with this new library, to as early completion as possible. In that opinion he most cordially concurred. , But with all due respect to Mr. Brown, and entertaining a very high opinion of his character, both private and Public, as he • did, he begged, leave to say that there were other interests of imeh greater import ance than there was connected with any which could be put forward on the part of Mr. Brown, A very large num ber of owners of property, and gentlemen resident in the locality at the bottom of Shaw's-brow and the immediat Old-haymarket who were. engaged in business, and who were competent, if any men were, to deal with the matter, to decide for themselves whether this change were desirable or hot, in reference to its ultimate designation. They were of opinion that the idea of a high-level bridge was calculated to depreciate their property to a fearful extent. On the other hand, he differed with those, gentlemen connected with property in that neighbonrhood, who memorialised the council as to the carriage way. He did admit that it would be a very strange proceeding on the part of that council if such a structure were to be completed, and yet that there should not be ample room and space for the accommoda tion of carriages and vehicles. It was just like the man who built a house of several .stories high, but failed to introduce the staircase. :He felt that the.two, points which . . bore upon the council most materially were, first, that in reference to Mr. Brown and secondly, the position of owners of property in that locality, who considered that there was mischief brewing towards them. He said, taking these two matters into - consideration it did appear to him a reasonable proposition to ask that 'this subject should be deferred for a month from this time. It, had been stated, and he had no doubt with perfect truth, that at present there was no intention of carrying . out the ultimate design of a high-level bridge, but still, when this platform was erected, there was no dc:kubt stones would be laid in order that that this platform could be made available for a high-level bridge. Before they came to a conclusion on the subject, he thought it was desirable to leave time for reflection, both for themselves and those out of doors. He thought it was due to those who had property in that locality that they might be able to satisfy themselves with regard to the intentions of the council. There were many gentlemen in the council who thought that the high-level bridge would not be injurious to property; others were of the contrary opinion. Taking the importance of the matter, and the fact that they had, for the first time, these plans brought before their notice for, consideration, be could not think it reasonable, even ,on the ground of Mr. Brown's health, to be called upon to say yea or nay on the propriety of this s cheme that day. Under these circumstances, he did hope that the council would delay, for a month, giving their sanction to this scheme. In the meantime, conferences might take place with those gentlemen who were owners of property, and they might possibly feel assured that no change would be ultimately made to injure them in any shape or form. If such an understanding could be come to in this matter, he thought it would be well, and an opportunity should be given for that purpose ; and if they came to a conclusion that day, such a desideratum would not be obtained. • Mr. Piston said, ho quite agreed with almost all the statements made by Mr. Gladstone, and if he differed from him at all, it was with 'Tigard to the question of postpone ment. To the question itself, he had no particular objection, but he had a great objection to any delay, as they had had nothing'but delays and postponements from the beginning of the building, ten.years ago, up to the present time, and they were now getting weary of such postponements. He thought the time was now come when they should get the work completed. It would be remembered that, when the plans were made by their own surveyor in April, 1857, a memorial was sent to the' council, signed by some of the TRE NORTHERN TIMES, most respectable bankers and merchants in' town begging that the site of the library should not be on Shaw's-brow, That,'however, was not agreed to, and on the motion of Mr. Tobin ajoint committee was appointed to consider the whole question relating to the platform. The subject lay over till August in that year, and the com mittee recommended, that a platform should be made, and that the building should be raised several feet above the teen level. According to the resolution of the committee, the width of the platform was not' at that time specified. When the consent of Mr. Brown was asked to have a carriage road in front of the building, he at once sanctioned the proposal. The council had given their sanction to the formation of a platform, and also of a carria g e road in front of the building. The only question he thought to lie answered was the width of that platform. It was proposed to give twenty-four yards to the platform, and twenty to the street, making, in all, forty yards, and if it should be thought better to divide it equally, and give twenty-two to each, he should not object. But they were told that the building was for the working classes, and they did not need, a carriage entrance—the working classes ! anything may do them! But the better class of people must be indulged in a carriage way, and because it was for the poor working man, he was not to have the opportunity of driving to the door if caught in a shower of rain, and simply because he was a working-man. Let him get in at any hour he could, was the doctrine of some people ; but was the Town-council to adopt such a doctrine ? It was for them to take care of th themselves, and, for That . institution and all se who could not-take care of he repudiated such a doctrine, the: benefit. of all classes, I to equal accommodation, for the time of the owners of propert the existing channel?, a But, I when sad rer. It was that traffic would be driven from I ,would lessen the vat of pro m one of the 6haw's- existing channels of traffic ? It had long been deserted, though it had once been such; but that traffic had gone into other channels. It was now a street of low competitors, and no gentleman ever thought of coming down it. There was mention made of the property above, and the property below, but he looked iri vain foi stfch p that of the corpora' lefty, a le property above was rd to the prOperty en, with r below, he happened to bean unfortunate owner of property r of one of the men that had signed the within a c The matter r€ : . itself into the bugbear the ." high-level bridge." be that these men who lived in theOld-bavmar had sign€ the memorial, we 1 , to twent widened from fourt nearer to them you must not allow t munn he would ask, eenerat all.. Arid if there should arise in future " a tctug who 1 e* not Joseph," why should they sit in judgment ;er' He thought it would be a great piece of nence, and they ought not fora moinent to hesitate ich the resolution of the finance committee. ‘ , ll. Tobin said, the:subject had been _fully considered by 'ouncil in. 1857, A strong feeling arose on the public -"rnittee was appointed by the council to go '-tone's objection seemed - where ..they He could not e done, because it 1 bridge, and thou; to do v on DosteritN into the, 'hot( to him to be th as not th, in 1857, but if it N 1 the ni. council in lE Mr. GI Mr. To j ecnon w m said, he believed t rm thatwas . , few inches, but further , than that it had not been . altered, and in every respect he believed it to be the same plan. He had it on the authority of 'the surveyor that it was the same plan that was laid on the table in 1857. He "thought it would. be unjust to postpone the matter further, as if the question was coming before them for the first time. It seemed to be, because this was likely to be a stepping-stone to a high-level bridge, but he would ask the council, as sensible men, did they believe that a great work such as that, would be effected ,by their having spent £l,BOO, or spent £l,BOO. lie thought it would not interfere with their decision in any way. Mr. Dover begged to say that it had been stated that he not. havi had been from ti st opposed to this establishment. All he had to say in answer to that charge was that he begged to give such a statement the most unqualified contradiction, and in the strongest language that it was possible for any ... _. _ gentleman to use. .._ ~.. , , . Mr. Kitchen said he was happy to hear the explanation that had been given by Mr. Tobin as to the plans, and that they were the same as were agreed to in 1857, at which time ho had the honour of being a member of the library regret V that the question had not received earlier attention. Since the Islington-market had been pulled -down, he had Theard great complaints from his constituents, as to the state of the streets. On one side there was continually much fighting and was a general nuisance,' and the other was but little better, only that it was enclosed. He thought the question was one of 'such great importance, that the plans should be immediately proceeded with, and that no further delay should take place in such a great improvement to that locality. Mr. Alderman Cooper said he had been out, and consulted Mr. Wighttnan, and he had found that the plans were the same as 11r. Tobin had stated as those previously sanctioned in 1357, except with "regard to a few inches as to width. Surely, for such a trifling object as that, it was not worth discussing, but leave the matter entirely in the hands of the committee. Mr. Holme replied : lie contended that the scheme would improve the property in the neighbourhood, and appealed to Mr. Anthony, as the owner of the most valuable piece of property in the neighbourhood, to confirm that opinion. Mr. Anthony said he believed the result of the plan would be to improve the property of the neighbourhood. Mr. Holme said, if the council did not adopt these plans, they must have an immense heap of steps going eighteen feet high, and every one who came in a carriage to the building, must leave the carriage up or down kill on an inclined plane, and mount up the steps in the wet. As regarded a remark made, that the public were under the impression that by this scheme some mischief , was intended,' in refer ence, he presumed, to the high-level bridge scheme. If, however, while putting the platform upon a necessary and proper level, it happened to be the same level which might be required hereafter, in case some future council should .think it proper to carry out the high-level scheme, he could not see that that fact was in the slightest degree a reason for not adopting the present proposal. He appealed to the common sense of all present to say.whether it would ever be possible to carry out such an undertaking as the high level-bridge scheme, without. the full knowledge and consent of the council and th public. The Council then divided upon Mr. Dover when there appeared— For. —Aldermen : Dover and Parket amendment, Councillors WOOdruff„ --- Sheil, Corbally, Haydock, Gladstone, S. It. Jeffery, Cropper-9. Against. -- The Mayor Aldermen : Bennett, Bold, Cooper, Turner, Houghton, Holm°, Councillors : Stitt, Crosthwaito, Anderson, Crellin, Shimmin, Barton, Turner, Steains, Ryley, Bowring, W. P. Jeffreys, Ridley, Wagstaff, Rogers, Tobin, Mozley, Job, Earle, Johnson, Pict - on, Mellor, Kitchen, Hodson, Clint, Beckwith, Robert son, Farnwork Antony, and Vernori— 36. • The amendment was - therefore 1, tion of the committee was confirme, The recommenda- Mr. Holme then referred to the report of the finance committee, stating that £2,200 was available, if thought necessary, for the construction of plunge baths in Everton. 'Under the Baths and Workhouses Act, the council had still power to borrow £2,073 145.. The cost of the baths at Everton was estimated at £2,200. If the council adopted the recommendation to construct the baths, they would have to vote £136 6s. out of the borough fund. The money could be found if the council thought fit so to appropriate it. (Hear, hear.) But he would venture to suggest that, £2 200 appeared a very small sum, and he could no t help thinking that it would grow into something very much larger, as the cost of the other baths had done. There was great necessity for caution, and he desired it to be distinctly understood, that the finance committee were merelyasked to report on one point, as to whether the money was available, and gave no opinion whatever as to the propriety of appropriating the money to the purpose proposed. Mr. Cooper stated that it was not proposed to do more than erect a simple plunge-bath. The report of the committee was adopted. The question as to the construction of the baths, did not arise in con nection with it—its object merely being to inform the council that so much money was available, if the council should hereafter decide upon applying it to the object proposed. The-Town-clerk laid before the council the new table of fees for the clerk-of-the-peace. He said, the table had been prepared under the direction of the finance committee, on a reasonable and proper scale. The object • had been to calculate a fair and proper scale of fees upon all the business of the office ; and, after a very careful cOusideration, the table now submitted had been prepared. ," Mr. Woodruff asked whether the question between THURSDAY, JUNE 2 1859 he clerk-of-the-peace and the council had been ettled. The Town-clerk : No, sir. Mr. Woodruff : That question then does not affect this ? The Town-clerk answered in the negative. Mr. Beckwith asked, what the amount of the fees would be at the end of the next year, supposing the business done to be the same as during the previous year. The Town-clerk said, £893, as nearly as he could calculate Mr. Jeffer ~.Aeu, in what position the council would be, supposing the revenues of the court were to fall short of the salary of the clerk-o!-the-peace. The fees augmented to more than double their amount immediately upon a change having been adopted by Mr. Mansfield, according to which a larger number of prisoners were committed to tb sessions than had previously been the case. the former system should be reverted to again , and the diminished, until they fell below the amount of the clerk of-the-peace's salary, who would have to .make deficiency ? Suppose that up the The Town-clerk said the treasurer wo Mr. Jeffery said he was satisfied with that ex The rei Mr. Holme moved that 1 11 have to do so 1-nation. printin was then ad the tender of Mr d for three yea The work h baen•very satisfactorily done before much lower than anv of the other to Mr. jeffory said Air. Picton had told him that the co the - contract w ration c mode of coat Te a large amount by altering their present tinp• for nrintinz. Mr. Picton had been called away, and he, therefore, "suggested that the contra be. postponed for a month. lUr. Holme said the contract had expired, knoW, therefore, how he could adopt the su; and he did not iodale was about half lower than an: .ess his motion, and the tender `►lr. Mime then moved the confirmatien of the general Mr. Stilt put a question in regard to the progress of negotiations for the widening of Whitfield-lane, Everton. lie sated that land necessary for the widening of that lane could now be obtained at - one tenth of, the cost which would be involved, if it were postponed for some years. The neighbourhood would render some improve- traffic i [tent ther Mr. ilo ary in a short time, me difficulti ;hat P 1 was a q r far, himself; )n village •cred ttia ement of Whitf ry undertaking. ane was a most urgent g the full eonsi e finally - promised that the subject should have Aeration of, the finance committee._ A memorial was read from the committee of th pathi Dispensary, prayi )111CCO- (=lvied for many years, mig posed sales of property Mr. Holine thong} sat the house which they had at not be included in the pro- that looked like asking the counci 1 i they woulC to make have,no r them a pr ialt to do sent of the house, wh. Mr. Jeffery . move( d that the question be re recommendation .that the com angement could not be made, by see whett la the Dispensa Le Town-, tx to take Jerk said - the dispensary committee were ie house at of the question That could not Sett It could not eti and who a rental fora lease did not object to the referring to•the committee. The general proceedings of the committee were then confirm - WATCH COMMITT Theproceedings of this committee were read, but contained nothing of any importance. Mr. Clint moved that they be confirmed, agreed to without opposition. which wa! HEALTH COMMITTEE The proceedings of this committee contained the following : Recommendation to adopt certain parts of the Local Government Act, 1853, comprised in sections 32 and 34 thereof. Recommendation to ma:_ alterations in the treasurer's department, consp( death of Mr. Widdows, late col' e the following pent on the tor of sanitary and other rates :-1. To appoint Mr. James Rogers, at present a clerk at £lOO per annum, as collector on the lowest scale of salary, namely, £l5O per annum, 2. To increase the salary of Mr. James B. Tyrer, from £7O to £B5 per annum. 3. To appoint Mr. M'Kay to fill Mr. Tyrer's situation, and increase his salary from £65 to £7o' per annum. 4. To appoint Mr. Joseph VT. Cooke as junior clerk, at £6O per Some discussion took place upon the first recommen , .nil Mr A 1 d nrman Dover nronosed for confirmation Mr. Picton and other gentlemen urged that they had not had an opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the sections of the act referred to. Mr. Dover offered to allow the question to be postponed for a month, but Mr. Gladstone objected to this course, urging that buildings of a dangerous character were being erected, over which at present the committee had no control. The Town-clerk explained that the committee only sought power to obtain certain sections of the act which would enable them to make bye-laws to control certain modes of building, certain obstructions &c. When this power has been obtained, the committee must prepare bye-laws, which would have to come before the council for consider. With this explanation the recommendation of the committee was allowed to pass. Mr. Dover stated that the recommendations with regard to increase of salaries must be allowed to remain over for a month, in accordance with the standing orders. Mr. Deirer said he had to move the following resolution, which had been put into his hand :--"That it is now of im portance to the interests of the town, that proceedings be taken, with . the least possible delay, towards erecting the public offices in Dale-street, which cannot be done until the Government has given a decided answer respecting the land offered to them for a post-office ; that the Mayor be re quested to apply at once to the proper authorities, to ascer tain the quantity of land that will be taken as a site for a post-office, its position on the plan, and whether the proposed site be agreed to ; and in case a reply be not speedily received, the health committee be authorised to send a deputation to the Government on the subject." The prin cipal reason he had for moving the resolution, was the unsteadiness of the present Government—as the Govern-, ments of the present day were very unsteady—and he thought the council would see that there should be no objection. ion and sanction Beckwith seconded the resolutions, which were passed „ ceedings of the health committee, he wis Mr. Dover that u allusion had been of a very old and valuable who, for forty years, had been a servant of the council, during which time he was found to be a very industrious, honest, and a most respectable man. He might mention that for some time he had been unable to perform' his duties, and servant, Mr. Wo, he was so much respected by the Wier officers that, during that time, they performed the duties for him gratuitously. He did not know that it would be quite in order to say anything more on the subject, but he thought what he had said was due to his memory. (Hear, hear.) The proceedings were then cenfirnied. Mr. Earle said he had a resolution to move, and he hoped there would be no objection to it, and it was to, the following effect :—" That the health committee be required to lay before the council, at its next meeting, a tabular statement of the registration of lodging•houses for the past five year, and the number registered in each year. He hoped that nobody would object to that, as there was no •doubt that there had been bad work with regard to them, and he was sure if the resolution was passed they would have some light thrown on it. Mr. Steains seconded the motion. _ Mr. Sheil said he could .not see any objection to the resolution, but he thought Mr. Earle should not pre-judge the conduct of any one. . _ Mr. Earle said: he did not want Mr. Sheil to tell Lim what he was to do. _ _ The motion was then agreed to IWARKETS COMMITTET The following is a short abstract from the report of the treasurer to the committee, as read before the council : " That many of the subsidiary books have either been destroyed or cannot be found. This applies to the whole of the records of the weekly collections, excepting some of the collector's cash-books, in which are entered the totals of the amounts paid over to Mr. Luya. From the books found in the office, the treasurer said, that it would be seen that, the investigation as to St. John's Market was necessarily imperfect as to a period of two and a-half years ; and furthermore, in consequence of the cash journal, previous to March, 1853. Also, a cursory examination of any of the hooks, would demonstrate that so much deliberate falsifica tion existed, or the errors were so frequent, that in many respects, an attempt at comparison or the tracing out of a tenancy was almost impossible, and further, to add to the diffi culty, an alteration was made in the market as to the stalls in 1854, on which occasion a re-distribution of many of them was Made. These facts have all tended to make the result, as undershown, generally uncertain, but most frequently in fa , iour of Mr. Luya, many doubts arising, of Iv cases the - benefit has 'been given to - him. - investigation of : the 1" - .itch is all 1. As to the ish-market accounts, although the !ct, the other points above-mentioned and omissions, and, deliberate .ostract herewith, it is shown that. the .b.nount appropriated by Mr. Luya, from )f the shops and stalls and cellars, in St. John's `, appears to amount to £1,710 14s Bd, and from 'ource in the Fish-market £1,012 19s, making `L,723 13s Bd. The treasurer further reported , lination of the accounts and books of the .• .0 chief books a exist— frequent errors falsifications. By the that the e North and Mr. Johnson s proceedings c id, in moving the confirmation of the pro - I to observe iu moving _the c rmation of the __pence of stones having been tarket, which had been thrown open - . The comm Tended the comm e rezretted - • visited the pl imittev, .ed to e: at deal to contend )btain as full informatio many taken n 1 bt to St. .1( )ifttel trean £5 or £8 in t the time th Febt cr on the ants in hat the committee were anx state of matters between the treasure] then officials; and also the report of the to the .ons. went on to 11 voin who was a member of the and the reps en presenterl The com- a an investigation into tl had not been able to preser rrli of his time to that matte] a to be ver :ctinz t ae tney w the committee had had a loi4 of Juvenal-street, ii thrown out of the H of the- comp they had o'clock. I the mar they had llonn in year 134 and in, 11 had been obi Comm had o the re ,r audit rst inst t , easurer in rer Mr. Johnson iittee were Queen's-sqn be in a posit to be appointed, Mr. Beekwitl blamed markets, and they NN le an IT accomnioaation in a t oned tt to have Mr. Ba lad been so carol( t kept open, under th( clock in the igation ir e to time, in tl: amp a. In his o bored that he Upon, from iat the coma ect of the invest vision c that, some months ago, Mr. Bally applied for an increase of salary. He (➢ir. Jeffery) then objected to the increase, and called the attention of the finance committee to what he believed to be irregularities and deficiencies in the workino• of the audit system. It was with regret that he observed no step had been taken with regard to an investigation into that particular subject. Previous to the appointment of Mr. Bally, in 1848, the chairman of each Committee audited the accounts of his own committee, and up to that time the accounts were very correctly kept. A few weeks after the appointment of Mr. Bally, whose time was to be g iven exclusively to the auditing of the accounts, the peculation began, until it reached a degree which might fairly be termed robbery. It had gone on increasing from 1848, until it reached an amount exceeding £3,000. He took the present opportunity of giving notice that, at the next meeting of the council, he would move that a special committee be appointed to examine into the system of book keeping, and the audit, as at present acted upon by the corporate officials. He thought it was a subject which ought .to command the attention of a special committee, seeing that a system of corruption had developed itself, suoh as. he believed, could not be paralleled in the affairs of any 'nd such as, he tru a would never c d the audit cornthit. x, hear.) corporation, in examining the accounts of sonic of the torpor which they found to prevail iii Cornwallis system of book-keeping was as near perfec be. He was himself amazed to see the perfection of the treasurer's department. Mr. Beckwith : Have you included the bath committee ? Mr. Steains said the committee had not done so. In )f time they would have gone through the various asaciions in the - market cu zittee intervened in tt cation of I been carri had hoped the council would h gratifi- collusion upon the part of officers. The Mayor reminded ir. Stitt that the eni 'V had not the infants it ten, and the boys and girls, at eleven &clock on those days. -Mr. T. - 'B. Anderson begged proceedings of this committee be c eluded by inviting the members of move, that the firmed. He con ic council and the blictO be preserit attheexamitiation of the children, and y would be able to judge whether the education t should be. The motion having been se con d e d an d Mr. Alderman S. Hol until W, confirmed he adjournment of the flow which NI STOP A It - he battle, and there ed to Harold before G 0 0 D iIIEDICIN CHEAP COFFINS DVIC BREAD ; BACON In answer to a question from Mr. Crellin there was an erasure in one of the collectors books, lint the collector denied that he knew anything about it. He stated that it must have bean done by Mr. Lnya after the books had passed through his hands. Johnson s' Mr. Creflin : Were t Mr. Johnson 3 more than one eraser 'here may have been more than one Mr. Crellin : Were there - half a dozen Mr. Johnson : No, certainly not. • •• Mr. Alderman Holme strongly deprecated discussion until the enquiry had terminated, and the council had the whole subject before them. He thought the remark of Mr. Beckwith, as to the dismissal of Mr. Bally, a little cruel, and a little premature. In justice to an absent man; he thought such expresssions ought not to be used. They ought not to condemn a man while the case was yet under enquiry, and who, for aught they know to the contrary, might not have been in fault. . Mr. Woodruff said, in rererence to Mr. Kitchen's reso - - onfinuance of the market state that some time ago the mark committee thou - ght it desirable to open that - space of ground for the poor children of the neighbourhood, and for children livin i cellars, courts, a walk out in t ,-InttlVl‘l. b with their fat r being run in tb. committee would not have thought of closing it, but, instead of that they found some hundreds of men playing at leapfrog, and some throwing stones there every evening', and the peoples' windows were broken, and they were con sequently complaining very loudly against this, and that which was intended to do good was turned into a positive evil. Mr. Haydock said he bad visited the place on several evenings, and he could sec nothing such as Mr. Woodruff described. He was of opinion that the market should be left open to dusk. Mr. Gladstone referred to the circumstance of a woman, named Agnes Gibson, who had memorialised the market committee, to let her have her stall back which she had. a short time previously occupied, and which she was obliged to close on account of severe family bereavement, in the loss of two sons. The • committee refused to accede to the memorial, and the poor woman, seeing nothing before her but the workhouse, threw herself into tht • river, and was drowned. Ile (Mr. Glad- stone) did not attach any blame to the markets' committee, but he thought it was not too much to ask that the officials should in future report more particularly in such cases. It appeared that she positively tendered the rent to the collector, but unfortunately it was too late, as it had been let to another party. Mr. Cropper agreed with Mr. Jeffery that, there should be a play-ground in the north end, as well as in the south. Mr. Dover said, he was in the neighbourhood of this market often, and he never observed any disturbances, such as had been referred to, and he thought, under the circum stances, the place should be kept open. Mr. Johnson said, there was no one could regret the circumstance which Mr. Gladstone had alluded to, more than him, but the committee were bound up by their own resolution, to re-let a stall un-occupied more than seven days. In reference to Mr. Bally, he thought the markets' committee were not to blame for not dealing with him. —______ Mr. Kitchen's amendment was then put to the .vote, and was carried by a majority of 32 to 7. The general proceedings were then confirmed. THE EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE. The proceedings of this committee w ere read, and included a recommendation, that the half-yearly examina tion of the South School should take plamon Monday, the 20th ; and the North School, on , Tuesday, the 21st inst. ; AND FORK RMAN NE, WIN .tiNDERS & U 0 LADIES.—Thc CAUTTO: of Dr.,Torren'l GO TO SEA Parker-street, ;On Broti MEN . Strengthen the nerves !! 1 LEWIS AND COMPAN ending week last ye HOITSEKEr No.—Number of pay ls. Bd. for at ai A HINT TO Wry In to DM old w gown.' —lncicas Cher of of 6aunders 1 for the week "NoU may be sure," saying to his wiff than you mumbled that when a man lite out To SHIPPERS AND EXPORTI lasts a T iort., to NVII Juy for a petticc A. most pr ;al - 13. y Messrs cleansu and Co f 16, P he Self- S. anC Sauudi re is b al discount or t they are time is money e the other. We Mr. Rictlev a niodc It is a well kßown maxim th are relativ impers, when we h ale steel pcni dens at is per 1 whol ;0 to save one T avrn , c ss. Goo, RVOUS CO MPLAINTg.- state of the fluic the brain, or the n consequently some potent remedy is required to assist nature there are few possess any intrinsic merit Holloway's Pills, however, may be said to be an exception, for while they relieve the head and stomach, they act upon the very main springs of life, freeing the human frame- from all unhealthy obstructions, causing a in this r of the spirits, and otherwise rectorin tone and d :ngth to the entire sy a at iravre g arithmetical calculation nd Jmploys himself on an aye onth, fete days being deducted 1 to 'find that th dwelt. on ur neighbou is stronger i very cheap, and mused hit --How much time wi followin to foitr), to Lred and seven n of the late loan, sup- twenty-five dais pei - Many persons will be DperdtioU will require 42 years, 8 months, 16 days, and 4 hours! AN ARTIST. JUSTLY PUNISHED. Celebrated forms of animals hare been made in all ages. Pliny ' -- of the famous bull of Perillus. No one spo with eulogy. More cruel than the tyrant Ph, lie presented to him a brazen bull, which was coast with such artifice as to enclose a man within it, t enkindling a brazier underneath, the bull commenced to bellow. Phalaris, cruel at all times ity, and ri Thus was punished an artist who sae consecrated to render just hot AN ANECDOTE OP LORD NORTH one of the in discussin le a violet mention nation, a d momise patienc L, then, by purchnsi r, at E. T. Hall's 23, onth John-st Pen Hold,rs 2d (l °thr makes per dozen. d a are caused by the bad was for once ju trial on Perill us p which had c Te of Commons t have disconcerted an ordinary 5. h who knew how to convert the most awkward occur e a advantage, having waited till the roar had idk and preserving all his gravity, said to the u ike , " Sir, I have been interrupted by a new member not acquainted with the forms of the gouge; I therefore yielded to him ; but as he has concluded his argument, I Sneaker shall resnme mine. EXTRAORDINArt N VENT IO nothing t valt things can hina, or earth not be matched, a cannot be ra n extraordinary and Derby Pottery, near It is ac to kcal in it p A 0 1 3 eri of feet man is the agent for its sa juage ror tuemseh Agent for Liverpoi Sold in bottles. is 'e. "E. T a in the glass ti without it and all inter( than in any other can be 1( in Li Fhd article Mr. H looking in at his establishment. T. Hall, 23, South John-street or sent free on receipt of sixtee None are genuine, except bca AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOO All tho kings Conmiero princesses, ci Wax-Work exhibition i and including 'William the Victoria; t., princes and eminent 11 the most noted r- ,, ,ii,, ages, au. Allsop's sculpture ball containing upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parti of the world, varying from five to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereostopie views o f i ntense i nterest All Sop's musical promenade. The aboe attractions are 'now combined, forming one large establishment, in the immense and magnificent building known as the Teutonic-ball, next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearlylo,Pl_)f e s h it ; the Adelphi Hotel, and is open to the public nt r. 66 " children under ten years of age, 3d each. 4 Allsop's exhibition has been pronounced by the press of Lirerpool., London, and elsewhere, to be the superbly magnificent, and largest establishmeTtt perfect, the world ; a fact that cannot possibly be contradi cte d . c, Sole proprietor, Be sure to observe M r. the name, "Allsop," at the e ntran e d Wm. Alleop. warriors, poets, of the past