The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-12-15 00:00:00

Dec. 15, i 846 LIVERPOOL DOCKS. THE AUDIT COMMISSIONERS appointed by Virtue of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the Liverpool Docks, are required to MEET, at the DOCK - OFF ICE, OD TUESDAY next, the 15th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, to inspect, audit, and adjust the Accounts of the Dock Estate. --- GEORGE IVITHERS, Treasurer. Deck-office, Liverpool, Bth Dec., 1846._ I IVE RPOOL DOCKS. DOCK DUTIES ON FREE GOODS. BY virtue of the powers and provisions contained in an Act, passed in the Session of Parliament held in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to construct additional Wet Docks and other Works, and to raise a further sum of money ; and for amending and extending the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbours of Liverpool,'" in this behalf, WE; MOROI?, HALL LAWRENCE, Esquire, Mayor of tha•Borough of Liverpool, and JOHN BRAMLET-MOORE, Esquire, Chairman of the Committee for the affairs of the Estate of the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, no adapt the RATES heretofore payab le on COT'l ON WOOL to the Quantity, Number, and Description of the same, which shall hereafter be from time to time expressed in the Entry for the landing thereof in the Port of Liverpool ; and we do fix anti determine that the Rates following shall now and hereafter be payable and paid to the said Trustees, according to such •quantity, number, and description, expressed in snch Entry—that is to say, COTTON WOOL from the UNITED STATES, namely.: From Mobile „ New Orleans 1 „ Natchez „ Alpalachicola „ Galveston „ St. Mark's „ New York „ Boston „ Georgia Virginia „ South Carolina COTTON WOOL from SOUTH AMERICA, namely: From Maranham - } 4d. ~ „ Ceara „ Paraiba „ Pernambuco • „ Bahia 1 3d. IP MaceiO COTTON Wool, fro „ m EovrT, namely: From Alexandria 3d. JP COTTON WOOL from the EAST INDIF.S s d. 3, Orrrrorz WOOL from the WEST INDIES, namely : From Nassau • Bd . 3, „ Barbadoes COTTON Wool, from other Ports at proportionate rates. Given under our hands this Twelfth day of December, 1846. GEORGE H. LAWRENCE Mayor of Li . yerpooL J. BRAMLM-MOORP., - Chairman of the said Committee. N.B.—The above RateS are NOT subject to a Deduction , of one-third. LIVERPOOL DOCKS. TO SHIPOWNERS, .MERCHANTS, AND OTHDRS. MASTER PORTERS. THE Committee of the Liverpool Docks DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the Persons. whose Names and Places •Of Business are mentioned 'underneath, having, in compliancewith the provisions of the Dodk Act of the last Session of Parliament, executed, with two sufficient Sureties, the Bond required by the said Act to be given to the Dock Trustees, are authorised to act as MASTER PORTERS, for Receiving . , Weighing, and Loading off the Cargo of every Vessel arriving fren•any Foreign Port, entering.and using any of the Docks or Basins of the Trustees,on the Quays of which no Warehouses are erected, n addition to the Master Porters whose names have already published:— Mr. Edward Edwards, 7, Exchange-buildings. Mr. Joseph F. Coventry, I, Lower CaStle-street. Mr. James;Perrin, 6, Goree-piazzas. Mr. Daniel Powell. Mr.• Richard Ferrer, 47, North John- , Street. REGULATIONS. The Cargo of each Vessel from any Foreign Port entering and using any' of the said Docks or Basins., shall be received, weighed, and loaded off, by one set of Porters only, who shall be hi the emplo ,, , and under the direction and orders, of one of the authorised Master Porters. The Master Porters are required to atti as far as practicable, in regular, rotation. Every Master Porter, noon receiving -Goods from any Vessel, is required to give immed iate notice to the owner or consignee of 'the goods, - and to proceed, without• delay, in weighing and loading dIF the same, unless the Owner or Consignee alba. Goods - shall. - give notice to such Matter Porter that thesnme Goods, or any part thereof, are to remain on the Quay; :and all Goods shall be loaded off, and removed from, the 'Quay within 48 hours next after the time in-which the same shall:have been landed. And in case such Goods shall not have been remoyed,•as aforesaid, the Dock Trustees may'rareliouse the same in any Warehouse, whether belonging to the Trustees at - not, .and such Goods may be detained in-such Warehouse, as security for all expenses payable to the 'Master Porters, and lor rents, rates, and expenses payable to the Trusates,orra the Owner of the Warehouse in respect of such Goo&s.and,fer- the 'payment of the Freight of such Goods, upon notice to detain llie-sam&far such Freight. Every piaster Porter, after receiving Goods from .any Vessel, is reqmred to receive, weigh,And load off, all the Goods (ruin ouch Vessel. Every Owner or Consignee of the entire Came of any Vessel may employ such Master Pater as lie may think proper; for the•purpose of receiving, weighing, and loadringtrftrthe' Cargo. -of such Vessel. Any :Master Porter may he prohibited train acting,•or con linuingto act, RS a Master FOrter, for such periodand for such cause ac may render each proceeding necessary. Any person acting as Master Porter in reeetvingoveighing,.. .and loading off, or in employing or directing .any Porterkte Teceive weigh, or load off, any Goods, withoutliaying' givereto The Trustees a Bond, with two sufficient suretiesotill incus-a . penaltv not exceeding ..‘650; for every such offence. Additional or substitutetpersons will, from tins to'time'j^he Appointed Master Porters,:as occasion may require. That no Master Porter„atting in pursuance .of.orid underl the powers and provisions of-lie said Act, shall undertake the're -cawing, weighing, and loading off of the Cargoof any Vessel , entering or using the Docks, Basins, or Qnays.of Vie Trustees, until he be thereunto ruminated by the Owners-or Consignees entitled to the largest lacportiou of the said Caro, and carring in such nomination ; or—if such azonitiaitin • _ t , . maria.within the space •Vf forty-elght hours meat. after,;m n ik 'Vessel-shall have been reported at the Castom=honse—.-utittite 'be thereunto nominated ‘a y the Owner or ConaigneeOf.atiab a Vessel. By order, DANIEL MASON, - Secretary. Duck Office, Reverute Buildings. WILSON AND CO.'S -PATENT VENTILATING SPIRAL 'POT, FOR THE CURE OF SMOKY CHIMNEYS. Wirrt. W. BENNETT, IRoxvouNDEß,SlN:Tirom*Vs- IV" BUILDINGS, has been appointed our SOLE AGENTIfor !the .MANUFACTURE•mid SALE of the .itboye,"for LIVER POOLand the Neighbourhood; and we beg 'to call theiraten .tionztif the Public to the Invention, as Lein the best and sim plest Smoke Precentor and:Ventilator yet brought beforelhe WILSON:and Co. SOUTHWARK BRIDGE IRONWORKS, !LONDON, ,'Eteeember,lB46. 'HE EXTENSIVE FAILURES IN THE faLIiSS TRADE. ripo7 , .the casual 'obcerver it must be Inanifest;:that • 1 , :during the last twelve months there 'have 'beein more failures in the Glass Trade than in any similar.peridd-during the memory of the older. inhabitants. "Liverpocd, proud-in her commercial prosperity, and the last to feel a commerciaPem barratintent of the country, has not been exempt : large. iron signments of Glass have been forced into themarket,and:dis- Weed;.tf at sacrifices most ruinous, to closexoncerns a the 211gbeat and oldest character. 'T. SMITH, 38, ,BOLD-STREET, Who has-always conducted his Business ,on Cash prim:4lles, has, with ready money,,secured several of the most extensive Stocks in the country, which, united, forma display of British and Foreign Glints' unequalled by . any Establishment iin the three kingdoms, and• which he is now prepared.to, offer at prices 'that will startle the most conversant with the, trade; indeed,, such as defies• the competition of even the wholesale manufacturer. The Stock comprises Rich Cut besert Dishes, in• every variety.; Decanters, Rummers Tumblers, Wines, Salts;Tollet B o ttles, :Butter Coolers, and Finger Basins; Hock, Liquieur, and Champagne Glasses- Water Crafts, Liq-uieur Bottles ..with Plated add Papier Mac ha Frames ; Cruets, with ditto; Water Jugs, Sugars, Creams, Salad Bowls, Celery Glasses, , lialland Table Lamps, Show Glasses, Deck Lights, Shades and Fittings, . and every ..,cription :Of Glass that is manufactured, suitable to the use of Noblemen, Naval and Military Officers, Merchants, Captains, Hotels, Colleges, Lodging-houses, and Private Fami lies, both for home use and abroad. Every -attention will be paid to persons visiting this. Este blishment,Ashether they purchase or not. A few a tile articles are here subjoined : A complete Cut Glass. Desert Service of Ten Dishes, in sizes, usually sold atilVs., only .el , lO Two Cut Quarts and Two. Cut Pint Decanters, Nibs. weight, per-set Cut Winesttwelve different patterns, per dozen Cut Half-pintTumblers,:per dozen 0 ,4 .6 Rich Cut and-Frosted Hall Lamps, each from 16s. to 1 i 0 White and Gold China, bwith Coffees complete, 40 pieces, the gold warranted , p er set Full size Set Tea Traysjhree to Set Gothic Ditto Large Mache Ditto, from 20s. per Set up to 4 0 Cutlery in Balance Handles and other kinds, in great variety, warranted good; Plated Top Jugs ; Hardware of all kinds ; .a large assortment•of Alabaster Ornaments, China Clocks, Metal • Tea and Coffee Pots; NickleSilver, &c. :GOODS WADE TO ORDER. • • tr - Purehasers at this Establishment to the amount of e 3 can have Goons packed and sent, Carriage Free, to Edinburgh, <Greenock, Glasgow, and Dumfries ; Dublin, Cork, Belfast, ,Limerick, Waterford, Londonderry, Newry, and Dundalk; And to all the principal Railvray Termini in England. All Goods carefully Packed. Free of Expense. .Export Orders in Glass, China, Hardware, &c., to any Ratent, executed on the shortest notice, cheaper than any other juipie in the kingdom. T. SMITH. 54, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Observe that the Signature of theproprietor, "G. C. Serjearat, , is written on the Government btamp. ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy kJ against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout Sciatica, and Lum bago. Sold by the Proprieto r, G. C. SER JI.ANT, No. I, Lo veil's-court, Paternoster-row, and 2 , Bell-yarg, Temple-bar, London; and by all Venders of Medicine. Price 25. 9d. per Bottle. Amongstmany which are being daily received are the follow ing testimonials :- 14, Belmont-place, IV a ndacartls-road, Oct. 26,1844. feel in duty bOund to acknowledge, that after suffer ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection in the hip-joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded be try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that after three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al. though two years have passed, I have no return of the disorder. —1 am, Sir, gratefully yours, RoWARD NOYES. Such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per sons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheu matic Gout, and Lunfaago ' and rendered thereby incap able of Assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours. The astonishing success which has crowned the applicatioB of this external Medicine in the most hopeless and deplorable cases, when the unhappy sufferer had despaired °fever gaining 'even the least relief, and this after the ablest advice and every other means had completely failed, most justly entitles it to the attention of the afflicted. This excellent Medicine, so universally esteemed, is unat tended with the least danger or inconvenience, n ad hundreda have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was first introduced. Sold by Peadlebury, Russell-street ; Titherington, Oxford; street; Hogartti, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street - Coupland, Parker-street • ; Gerrard, 01041-street ; Parkinson, New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Matkow, Vauxhall-road; Britten, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great Homer-street; Cox, Fos-street ; Dillard, Richmond-row; Low, Islington; Walker, London-road; Parry, Christian-street; Wagstaff, Great George-place ; Prieeley, Wrf.l-.4reet; Smiths Woodside ; Price, Wavertroe. - - SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL. THE ANNUAL SERMON in Aid of this Institution will be preached (D.V.) in ST. IIIiRNABAS' CHURCH, PARLIAMENT-STREET, on SUNDAY MORNING next, the 20th instant, by the Rev. T. NOLAN, A.M., Incumbent and Honorary Chaplain to the Aospital. Service to commence at Eleven o'clock. The Mayor and se4ral Members of tl . e Corporation have, as on former occasions, kindly promised to attend. The Committee and Friends of the Institution will meet at St. Barnabas' Schools, Greenland-street. at Half-past Ten, and accompany the Mayor to Church from thence. HAYDOCK LODGE, ASHTON, NEAR WARRINGTON. rpm INSANE.—ADDITIONAL ACCONIMODA i TION has been made in this beautiful, salubrious, and comfortable Residence. There are now VACANCIES for Two Ladies and One Gentleman, in detached rooms, with separate service; for Three Ladies and for Two Gentlemen of the First Class, and for Five Patients in the Second and Third Classes. GRIFFITH JONES, Secretary. NOTICE TO JOHN PRITCHARD. THE Person who wrote a Letter to SAMUEL HOLME, Esq., under date of the 21st ultimo, and bearing the sig nature of JOHN PRITCHARD, is requested immediately to send his Address to Joim Hot:kJEs, Esq., 29, Manchester street. Liverpool, 14fk December, 1846. GENTLEMAN MISSING. WHEREAS, on SATURDAY NIGHT WEEK, the sth instant, Mr. GEORGE FAZAKERLY, of Mersey View-street, Park-street, Toxteth-park, left his home, and has not since been Ireard of, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a reward of .i 72, together with the payment of reasonable expenses, will be given to any Person giving such information as will lead to the recovery of the Gentleman in question. • He ha& considerable sum of money in his possession —wore a Pepper and Salt Over-coat; Black Cravat, Black Waistcoat, and a pair of Black and White Striped Trousers. His Watch made by Richard Pickford, Liverpool. He was dark-com in - plexiPned, about five feet seven inches height. Apply to Mr. HENRY WORTMNOTON, Toxteth Vealts, Soften-street, Toxteth-park. IVIIEREAS, a Fiat in Bankruptcy, bearing date the ninth day of December instant, has been swarded , and issued forth against WILLIAM JONES, of Live-Iwo], in the county of Lancaster, 'boiler-maker, iron bort-builder, blacksmith, dealer and chapman, and he being declared bank rupt, is hereby required to surrender himself to Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW, one of the commissioners of the Liverlool District Court orßaniLruptcy,ton flee nrst anantneteentwasys of Janu- . ary next, at eleven o'claar. in the forenoon, at 'the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy; and make a l ull 'discovery and disclosure of his estate and effects; when anti where the cre ditors are to come prepared . to prove their debts, and at the first sitting to choose assignees, and at the last sitting the said bankrupt is requiredlo finish his examination, and the credi- : tors are to assent to or dissent from the allowance of his sec- • tificate. AR persons indebted to the said bankrupt, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same hilt to whom the commissioner shall appoint, 'but they are to give notice to CIIMILES 71.7RNER, Esq., officitilassignee, or to FRANCIS and ALMOND. 16, Fenwidk-street, Liverpool, 121 k Dceember,"lB46. Solicitors to the said fiat. THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRKEVHEAI) ECO NOMIC CoNVEYANCE COMPANY. OFFICES, 16, CLAYTON-SQUARE, LIVERPOOL, TirtnE Provisional Directors having allotteil the Sharesia this Company, beg'-to express their regret that, , notwithetanding the extension of-lite number of their Shares, they have been wholly unable to comply with the request of many Applicants for Sharee, strut in some cases to grant a less Tivniber than was applied for. -Having engaged to g a pre derence to the Residents of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and the nreighbouillood, they trust that' they have fairly ket.t this en vkgemeht in the Shares allotted. The Deposit is revAred to be haul fit the above Ottice s and , tki - the London Shareholders at _ 22, , king-street, Gaaldhall, London, on or before the 17th instant. Sums of .4'5 and tpwards are to be - paid into the RovAL.BANa, Liverpool, 'or TO Messrs. ROBARTS, CURTIS, and Co., is, Lombard—street,=.London, PETER LOWE, Sktc., pro tern. .911 i Drcember, 1846. katRAT SOUTH TOLGUS COPPER AND TIN MINING COMPANY. (ON THE COST-BOOK SYSTEII.) • CAPITAL, .e'45 . 00, TN 1500 SHARES OP .e 3 EActr. 'DEPOSIT, f 2 PER MlARE—tke renteriniilr, as required, in Calls not err.;eeding 10s. &mit per Mare. m S valuable Mining Property, held under a Lease for 21 years . at the reduced dues of 1-I6th, is situated in thcr,iarish of IteClruth ria the county of Cornwall, and iinme diately adjoins, on the south, the well-rknown Great Wheat •Teigus Mine, which reelised, during its late workings, a profit of aE 280,000—the greater part of Which was derived from the Various levels, from •the edit to 110 tathornsrhelow, and from a • length of ground within 100 fms. east and west of the great cross-course. In this sett there are eight known lodes, three of which have roved very productive, as far as they have.been wrought upon • —.e"9000 worth of (Hell copper ore having . bcon raised therefrom -is a short time. The other five lodes are in the virgin ground, below the edit level. None of the lodes in this set have been '--yet so far wrought upon as to intersectthe great cross-course— to do which, ts.oneeof the leading featurestirat renders the pro secution of this:mire so highly Ciesirable. The report of the ruining agents in the prospectus—emanating from men of aOkfiv , ,vledged celebrity-and most extensive Tree tical knowledgeand infOrmation--isbighly flattering, and tally justifies the conetucion, that, muter judicious management, a liberal profit will hr, the result of a cigorcus prosecution of this work, and as well Tenders the detaibof further particulars un necessary. The individual liability of Shareholders in this Company -is limited to the amcunt and number ,of Shares respectively held ; and any proprietor may, at any time,determine his or he lia bility by a relinquishment of their respective shares. Each applicant for shares, of goodrefe'ence, will immediately receive a letterd allotment for the whcle amount of shares re quired ; but,if the deposit upon such shares be not promptly paid by the 'day - prescribed, in the IMer of allotment, such shares will be aranted to the next unsupplied applicant. Applieatiamortar share., proapeotusev, daa., to be made to the Secretaries:or-the Company, at their Offices, 25, Castle-otreet, Liverpool; %mint the Office of the Mining Journal, 25, Fleet , street, London. JOHN PAINTER and•Go_, Secretaries pro tern. 25, CasUe-street, Liverpool, Deeember 4, 1846. MANCHESTER, MIDLANE#;.&kGREAT GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY. NOTICE HEREBY GINTENT that the above COMPANY has been DISSOLITED, pursuant to Act 9 and 10 Via; .c:25. All Holdersocf Scrip and Batiker'sdieceipts are desired , to forward tke.eatrae to the Secretiusl,<Who, on receipt thereof, will remit the Dividend of 4s. 6d. per Sha'e, together with a Certi ficate entitlin the holder to a further pro rata Division (if any) of the Furids:of the Company, after all the liabilities of the Company are discharged. Ilytorder, FRANCIS :PARKER, Secretary. Rotherham,Ast December, 1846. N.B.—As it.io impossible for the 'Directors to know all 'the present Holders of Scrip, parties Alh&lave not received a Copy of their Report, may obtain one 'on.application to the Secretary. SHEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM;VIND DONCASTER JUNCTION RAIDWAY. MA - SrBROUGH TOOWONCASTER. cApiTAL,•.e.9OO,OOO, IN 12,000 OSITSHARES OF .*"2.5 EACH. .e 1 DEP. I%OTICEIdS HEREBY GIVER, that the PLANS;- SECTIONS, and BOOKS 4 - )F REFERENCE lIAVE BEEN DULY -DEPOSITED, according to the Standing Orders of Parliament. All Holders ruf Scrip of the late. Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway,Avlio -intend to avail them selves of the option of taking SMresrin the above Company, according totheterms of the Arectors'ißeport, are desiredto signify their intention to ,Mr. PA RKIER, ?High-street, Bother ham, on or before the 15th instant r ortherwill forfeit all claim. to a pro rata Allotment. By order, r FRANCIS PARKER, Secretary. Rotherhami Ist December, 1846. _ _ Any Shareholder who may not have .received a Copy of the Report of the Directors of the Manchester, _Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction Railway, may be furuithed with one on ak. plication to Mr. , PnanEtt, High-street, Rotherham. GRAND 'UNION RAILWA'Y{COMPANY. Amben•Gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern • Junction Raiimay. Offices,:•Wheeler Gate, Nottingham, December,lB46. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , tomarties holding Scrip in the Grand Union Railway, who have claimed Shares in the Amber Gate, Nottingh am and , Loston, and East ern Junction Rail wa y, t h a t a CAL of sp. Od. per Share, together with Interest at ..e4 per Cent., from the 6th of May last, pursuant to , the Agreement entered .into.with the Grand Union Railway Company has been made and the same i s re quested to be paid, on orbefore the 6th day of January next, to either of the under-mentioned Bankens,.who will give a Re ceipt for the same ,Du production of which and the Receipt for the Grand Union scrip at the Offices of the Amber Gate, Not tingham and Bostor,.and Eastern Junction Railway Company, in Wheeler Gate, Nottingliam, , the parties will receive the sealed Certificates oftthe Amber Gate, Nottingham and Boston and Eastern Junctio n s: liailway Company. By order, W. F. N. NORT4JN,. Chairman. ."." JOHN . GOUGH, Secittary. BANKERS: ' Messrs. Smith, Payne o and Smith, London. Messrs Glyn, lialifax.,:,end Co., London. 'Messrs. Samuel Smith and Co., Nottingham. 'Messrs. I. and I. C. Wright and Co., Nottingham. Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottingham. 'Messrs. Kewney and Klag, Grantham, Lincolnshire. Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy, Grantham. Messrs. Garfil, Claypons,,and Co., Boston. 'Messrs. Henry and Thomas Gee and Co., Boston. M&ssrs. Arkwright, Wirkaworth. Messrs. Samuel Smith and 03., Derby. The.tiiverpool and Manchester Bank, Manchester. Messrs. Becket and Co. ' Lewis. • The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham. Theßranch Banks of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, at 'Mansfield, Worksop, East Retford, and Newark, Nottinghamshire, Loughborough, Leicester shire,.and Alfreton, Derbysbiie. *** A. Circular will be addressed to each Shareholder, who must present it to the Bankers =payment of the Call and .45 per Cent„-will be charged on all Calls not paid by the said 6th day of January. FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT. — Those who have not yet visited the. Oriental Divan, Clayton-square, should not omit an opportutunity, for the arrangements not only surpass those of.every similar hotel, but the viands are of the choicest kinds. An excellent steak, cut in the London style, with all the etceteras, is charged.igel., and it may be finished with half-Riot of splendid amontillado sherry, or fine flavoured port, fox one shilling. This is but a single article, but others are charged.nroportionstely low; in deed, so low and so excellent as to have called from the local press the following notices The elegance with whichit is fitted, the promptitu•ie and neatness with which every thing is served np, render it the most fashionable restaurant."—Standard. "The dinners and nippers can n ot be excelled for variety, or lowness of charges."—Albion. •• It consolidates the reputation of the proprietor u a caterer for the public."—Mail. Suitable to all classes—the wine is undcniable."—Timm. In fact it will be found that in every department there is manifested a desire to accommodate the public by the proprietor, J. Feeny. A supply of London Oysters received daily, to the delicious flavour of which we can bear our testimony, having been enabled by the polite ness of Mr. Feeny, to put them to the most undeniable of all tests, Ladies Iva{ And the Restaurant a most comfortable kome o pall At.,;-Adcertieereenf. THE SANATORY ACT. A special meeeting of the Town Council was held yes terday for the purpose of receiving the report of the com mittee specially appointed to make the necessary arrange ments for carrying out the several provisions of the Sa natory Act, which comes into operation, in this borough, on the Ist of January next. The council was numerously attended. The Mayor presided. The following report from the committee was read by the TOWN-CLERK " REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY PREPARATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT THE SEVERAL PROVISIONS OF THE SANATORY ACT, WHICH COMES INTO OPERATION ON THE FIRST OF JANUARY NEXT, AND TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS POR SECURING AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE BOROUGH, FOR DO MESTIC, MANUFACTURING, AND OTHER PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PURPOSES. " Before proceeding to their recommendation as to the best mode of carrying into effect the provisions of the Sanatory Act, the committee beg to refer to the ac companying report of the Town-clerk to the committee, in which report the provisions of the Act defining the powers and duties entrusted to, and imposed upon the council, are classified under the following heads : " Ist.—The appointment of officers. " 2nd.—Powers as to paving. " 3rd.—Powers as to severing. "4th.—Powers as to cleansing. " sth.—Powers as to the construction of dwellings. " 6th.—Powers as to the suppression of nuisances. " 7th.—General regulations sanatory purposes not coming under any of the foregoing heads-. " Bth.—Powers relating to the supply of water. " 9th.—Powers as to the levying rates, and borrowing money on the credit of such rates. " 10th.—Powers to make bye-laws. " llth.—Powers for the recovery of penalties under the act and under the bye-laws, and the application of such penalties. " The first section of the act provides that the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, shall, by the Council, be em powered to carry the act, and the several powers thereof, into execution. The present Health Act is then recited, and it is enacted, that the Health Committee and the Surveyors appointed under that act shall have all such and the like power and authorities, and be subject to such and the like duties and .liabilities under the Council for carrying into effect and 'executing the provisions of this sect, as are granted to, or 'vested in, or imposed upon them, for carrying into eirect and executing the Health het. " By that act, the Council are required, from time to 'time, as they shalt deem expedient, to appoint, for such 'time as they may think proper, a sufficient number of their own body, who, together with the mayor, shall be a committee for the purpeses hereinafter mentioned—that is to say, the sanatory purposes specified in the act, and contained in the 4th and following sections of the act, up to the 25th inclusive. But inasmuch as the several ob jects of those sections are more efficiently 'provided for under the Sanatory A:et, those sections of the Health Act are thereby repealed on and after the ;ISt of January next; and in appointing the Health Committee on , the 9th of November last, the duration of that committee w's therefore limited until the lst of January next. " The object of the act in requiring that these various duties should tie carried out by one committee, was to secure that uniformity of action which can only be ob tained under•'combined manageore,rt, and to relieve the public from the inconvenience of being referred to diffe rent Boards. " Your Committee find that this principle has been acted epon by the Council; the members of the 'Watch Committee having been annually, since the passing of the Municipal Act, by a separate resolution appointed the Lighting Committee, and by distinct appointments also the Cleansing Committee and theifire Police Committee. Under these several appointments, the Watch‘ Committee has now 'under its controul, much of the 'machinery re -4:lnked forearrying out the Sanatory Act ; and‘your corn mittee therefore recommend, that the members of the Watch(Committee should., on theist of January next, be appointed the Health Committee under the*Samitory Act, with the addition of such members of the present Health Committee conversant with the peculiar duties of that committee, as the Council may think fit to appoint. " By this arrangement, all' the clerks, collectors, and other bficers now employed in connection•arth the light. ing,•fire, police, and 'other rates, would be available for the performance of similar ditties under • the Sauatory Act ; and as the Watch Committee have the management of the police force constantly on duty in every part of the 'borough, that force wouldt readily be available to insure 'compliance with the directions of the committee, and for the purpose of reporting any neglect-of the officers more immediately employed'under•the act. _ _ The Commitise so cOnstitited would-probably find it necessary to continue the practice of the Watch Commit ttee, of appointing.sub-committees for particular purposes, as for instance, to .one sub-committee might be referred 'the paving, flagging, and-rcpciring of 'public streets; and 'the flagging of courts and passages, the cleansing of stneets, courts, &c, suppression of nuisances and other 'duties in connection with -scavenging .to another sub .-committee, the sowering-and supply Zf-ivater for public purposes ; to another,• all. matters relating to the construe- Con of dwellings, 'regulation .of lodging-horses, and other --scoatory objects; end to another, all financial arrange .cients, the superintendence of the collectors of rates, borrowing of rnoney,Ac. " The proceedings of each sub-conamittee would, of course, be subjectto thesanction of the.general commit tee, to the weekly meetings of which they would be re .ported. • 4 In order to giecure -the advantages ..of combined ma .nagement, it appears to your .committeuessential that all the officers En connexion with the various departments •should be concentratecEin one building, which should .comprise offices for "The LocaiSnrveyor. "Medical Officen Apt-Heal t h " Building 'Surveyor. " Superiute.ndeut of.t•Scavengers. " Inspector of Nuisances and Slivgkter-houses. " Treasurer. " Clerk. " Pay offices, &c. " The Head Constable and police , with committee rooms, Scc. "The Health Committee, when appointed, will be most Isrompetent to inform the Council as to the sufficiency of the present offices for all these purposes ; end your COW anittee therefore only report that the Sanatcry Act enables the Council to purchase or hire lauds or buildings for these purposes. " Your committee beg; again to refer to the report of the Town-clerk -for information as to the cnTicers required to be appointed. It may probably be found more conve nient to leave the recommendation of the officers to the new Health Committee ; but inasmuch as no effectual steps can be taken with reference to sewerfng and other important purposes until the Local Surveyor is appointed, your committee 'recommend the Council -to advertise or take other steps to obtain a .competent •person, qualified as a civil engineer, to:fill- that office. :Your committee, considering the very onerous duties to he discharged by this officer, and how important it is that azentleman is every way qualified for the ;efficient discharge of those duties should be appointed, in whom the Council and the pubic may hype full .confidence, recommend that his salary should be COQ per annum, he devoting his whole time and attention to the duties of the office a:defined by the act, and subject to such, further directions and regu lations as the Counl and , committee may fucm time to time order and make. " Another important officer, is also required to be ap ,,rointed as Medical Officer of, Health ; and as Cs services will be immediately.required, your committee -recommend that be should also be appointed as early as possible, and that his salary be £3OO per annum ; it being.understood that, subject to the regular and efficient discharge of the duties defined by the act, this °Beer be at liberty to continue private medical practice. The appointments.ef the , Local Surveyor and Medi acrael:aooffibiceeert o f Health, the approval o an val d t o h f e t s h a os l o ary c o re f ta th ry e o la f tt s ei t - ate. officer, Your committee have made, application for a copy of the-Ordnance survey Of 411 e. borough, on the scale of 60 inches to .a mile ; and though some difficulties havt, been experienced relative to th e copy, your committee '_tope that it may be obtained .with l i ttl e d e l ay. No effectual measures relative to sewerage can be undertaken ~until the map is obtained. " , .Your committee have applied to the Highway Boazds of Liverpool and Toxteth-park, and to the authorities of the other townships, for information at to the officers employed by them in connexion with the duties now to be performed by the Council, and also the length of streets so their several townships, amount of rates, and other necessary information; and the answers of the Li verpooi and Toxteth-park Boards, being all those yet re ceived, are appended to this rep.srt. " Your.committee will proceed to make such further arrangements, and to collect such additional information, as may be necessary to assist •the Health Committee, when appointed, in carrying out the provisions.of the act. " Wirw N asc ICOL, Chairman." A return prepared in accordance with a resolution of the Special <Committee of the Council. which was ap pended to this-report, shows that the able law adriser to the Highway Board (Mr. E. a Deane) has held that im portant office for upwards of sixteen •years, and the effi cient treasurer (Mr. Capes Ashlin,) has also been ,em ployed by the board nearly the same lenztl, of time. One of the collectors (Mr. Widdows,) has been in that sitLa ition for twenty-nine years. There about 415 {saviours and masons, and 155 labourers and others employed by the board, at a cost of £2OO. The lands or buildings vested in the board, for public purposes, comprise the following :—The Green Lane Estate, West Derby. containing 16*. 3a. 3.P., which originally cost £4,300. The Commissioners have sunk wells, for supplying the town with water, and are now erecting the engine house, &c. ; but only about four acres of the land is used for tbe works. The house, &c., with the remainder of the land, is let for farming purposes, at a rent of 436 per annum ; and the clay alone could now be sold, if thought desirable, at a higher price than was paid for the whole of the property in the first instance, leaving the land to be sold for building purposes after wards. The Kensington Estate, West Derby, contains six acres, and coat £3,630. The Commissioners have built a reservoir thereon, capable of containing nine mil lion gallons of water; and there is sufficient land left to build another reservoir of the same capacity. The Commissioners of Toxteth Park have also furnished a return ; but it merely enumerates the officers employed, with their salaries, &c. Mr. LACE moved the adoption and confirmation of the report, and said he would reserve his observations in the expectation that questions would be put to him. It would be seen that, substantially, the council, in all cases with in the operation of the act, would become only a court of appeal; and that the real business in its details would be divided between the Finance and the new Health Com. Tub LIVERPOOL WfAivbAkb. mittees. The new Health Committee would have, for its branches, the cleansing and so on. The various sub committees would report to the general committee weekly ; and these sub-committees would, in fact, perform the whole business to be done under the act. Mr. TURNER seconded the adoption of the report. . . Mr. Tea rose with reluctance to object to any part of the report, especially as be 'had never sat upon any committee where there had been more unanimity or a greater desire to further the public interests. His objec tion lay against the recommendations relating to the scale of salaries to the two most important officers under the act, the civil engineer and the medical officer. The report stated, fully, the very onerous duties which wouhi fall upon the engineer or surveyor; and he (Mr. Tinne) could not reconcile it to himself that the recommendation of £7OO a year was a competent salary for a gentleman with the acquirements necessary for the efficient discharge of this duty. A civil engineer was required, to act as local surveyor as to drainage and other works required by the act; and when the expensive education which was necessary to qualify any person as a civil engineer was considered, and the great competition there now was for the services of gentlemen in that profession, he could not conceive that for £7OO per annum one could be obtained who would suit the Council. This officer would be re quired not only to have a theoretical knowledge of his profession, but also great practical knowledge of it; in fact, no man who had not had great experience could be properly qualified for it. He must be independent both as to fortune and character. Instead of £7OO being an adequate remuneration, double that amount would, he thought, be required to ensure an efficient man •, at any rate nothing less than £lOOO per annum would be satisfactory to him. With reference to the medical officer, it was recommended in the report that he should be allowed to take private practice. He (Mr. Tinne) had great objections to the principle of divided interests and divided duties. (Hear.) The duties of this officer, like those of the engineer, would be of a very onerous character, as would be seen by the 22d clause of the act. He was required to be a man of skill and experience; be must inspect and report periodi cally upon the sanatory condition of the borough ; he must ascertain the , existence of disease, more especially fevers, the cause of mortality among the inhabitants, and every contingency affecting the public health ; he must attend to the ventilation of•churches end chapels; and in fact many other duties were required of him. The Health of Towns Commissioners reported it to be their opinion that this officer should give direct and undivided atten tion to the duties of his office, and in their 29th recom mendation they gave effect to this opinion. So far as his own personal experience had gone he had never found it to answer to permit a divided interest ; and, therefore, instead of £3OO per annum with a divided duty, Le would give £7OO at least with no divided duty. The whole time of this officer should be devoted to his duties to the cor poration. He (Mr. Tinne) should not, however, move any amendment upon the subject; but he should not have done what he conceived to be his duty if he had not stated his objections to this part of the report, in the rest of , which he entirely concurred. Mr. Nicol. said It was quite true that at the preserit period, which might be considered one of •cxcitement-vs regarded engineers, 'most of them were receiving more than £7OO per annum. But it must be remembered, that this would be a permanent appointment; and that, as the duties to be performed were onerous and extensive, it was scarcely Ito be supposed that this officer, the engineer-in-chief. could perform them unaided. • To a certain extent 'he would superintend their perfertrance ; and assistance 'would be required. It would be ad. vantageous to-secure the services of em officer of the royal engineers, many of whom held appointments throughout the country, and very efficient officers they were. •(Hear.) He was under a strong impression 'that £7oo,per annum would be stiff:dofficer , ent for such an with the prospect of art increase, if it should be thought advisable. At all events, seeing that the sanatory-condition of krge towns had attracted so much attention, opening as it were a new brartzia of the profession, he thought £7OO per annum would be adequate to induce officers of the engi neers—men of high character- and practicaltducation, to offer their services to the 'Corporation. It was the oeinion of Mr. James liolnre, that £7oowould be a fair remuneration. Besides, it ewas easier. to raise salaries when the? were too low, then to lower them when they were too high. Another consideration bad some weight with the committee in recommending this amount. The presenteurveyor, [Mr. Franklin,] had'4loo; and as this was anew office, it was tbeught it would be invidious if the new officer received the larger -sum for analogous duties. As to the salary of £3OO for the medical officer, he conceived it sufficient' to induce amen of the highest qualifcations to offer his services, if, along with it,-be were permitted to retain private 'practice. The per mission as to private practice would not be prejudicial to the public interest; indeed he thoughtit would be almost impossible to restrict the medical officer in this respect, seeing that in the execution of his duties, he would be drawn into contact with persons requiring assistance, at almost every turning. •It -would 'be a disadvantage to him, and to the public service also, if he had •not the privilege Of private practice ; inasmuch as many of his duties would merely' be matters of ordinary detail. At first starting both 'these appointments would of course require a great deal of attention; but • when their duties were once moulded into regular order, they would not, be conceived, beeeonerous as many gen tlemen seemed to suppose. AIKIN inquired what Mr. Lace meant by the ex pression, that the Council would become only a "court-of appeal." Had not the Council', Tower of approbation and confirmation.? Mr. LACE replied in the affirmative. lie merely meant that details would be entirely in the wands of the commit tees, so that althoug4 the proceetlinD would be read in the Council, the Council would be little more than a court of appeal. Mr. Anus: wished to be informed, whether additional powers would be given to the *loalth Committee or the VBinanee Committee. I Mr. LACK.—No. Mr. Hinoms could not help - thinking that the anaalga .rnation (for that was what was ment.t by the union) of the -Health Committee and the Watch Committee, would be throwing such heavy duties upon one, that there must be necessarily an enlargement of that committee to an ex 'tent that he did nct see how it could possibly work. The Match Committee already consisted of 25 members, which was found.te be as many as-could be brought loge :ther to perforereths necessary work; and when that num ber were collected, the business was often delayed by in ! formation, already given, having to be given again. The duties of the Highway Board had been very heavy indeed ; ..and be should think they would require a committee distinct and separate from those necessary for the work ing of this act. Mr. LACE said' Mr. Higgins .had entirely misappre hended the report. The Health Committee, under the new act, woukl embrace everything except watching. 'Health, pavingesewerage, and cleansing were obliged se he under the char.gc of the Health Committee ; and when the report spoke of merging it into.the Watch Cosomit -tee, it was merely that until the let of November next, .the Health Committee might haye.the services of the po lice, not that the powers of watching now vested in the Watch Committee sere to be transferred to the Health Committee. -.A -sob-committee .would then take the highway and the other departments. VMr. HIGGINS replied that the amalgamation of the twasommittees into a general committee, with power to appoint subcommittees, to carry out the details of the aet,,was (and he meant no cffenee by the expression)a clurow way of working machicery, which was already in complete operation. Mr: LACE— Howscrould you work.it otherwise ? Mr, HIGGINS diel.not see the object of making the two committees into (metal the let of November, seeing that all the machinery• required was now in actual operation. No .other board could undertake to , discharge the duties which the Highway Board had had tck discharge, to the satisfaction of the town. The new dut:es as to health, the supply of water, and so on, would. be sufficient to occupy the Health Committee. Mr. :11;not. inquired whether the elisting Health Com mittee did not expire this month ? The TOWN-CLEILK.—.I2S. Mr. Harzouis, in continuation, said east committee might be re-appointed, and there was ~,vower in the act to appo int separate and distinct committees to carry all ottser duties out. He concluded by me* gan amend ment to the effect that the newly created duties under the Sanatory Act be referred to a separate and d:stinct com mittee. Mr. H. 110,RNRY said Mr. Higgins misapprehended the recommendations. The committee recommended that a distinct and .separate committee should be appointed, and they could ,reoommend nothing else, because the act of parliament so. directed. It was to be called the Health Committee, and it was recommended that in,the first place it should.consist of those who were members of the Watch Committee, with such _additions as the:Council might appoint. Mr. .Higgins ,complained of the great ‘increase of duties ,which members of the WatcbcCom ,mittee would have. :Unquestionably the whole Council had very onerous duties imposed upon them by this act. Some memhersof the Council must discharge those duties ; and whether -they devolved upon the Watch, or upon any other committee, the different members woe!,d have greatly increased. duties when the act came into ope ration. But if this recommendation of the Sanatory Committee were adopted, the new committee would pro.- hably,meet altogether upon a different day to the Watch Committee. The new committee would be a distinct and separate, committee, though portly composed of members of the Watch Committee,and would have distinct and sepa rate duties. In the first plac,eit would appoint a Cleansing Sub-cotan-ittee, which was at present done ihy the Watch Committee; and a Paving Sub-committee, those duties being now discharged by the Highway Board. Some members moat discharge these duties, and be could not conceive any better qualified than those who had hitherto discharged analagous duties. This new committee would also have to discharge the duties of the present Health Committee, and it was proposed that the members of that body should ,be re-appointed for that purpose. He could not conceive how Mr. Higgins could make any ar rangement less onm-ous than that now proposed. Mr. I - I ornhrconc should ludee d concluded by zugge is s c t u in s g ted Mr. Higgins thastepthaeraatemlyenfdrmomenttielef questions relating to the engineer and the medical officer. The MAYOR and Council having assented to this sug gestion,— Mr. LACE said, that under the Sanatory Act, the Hi g hway Board, the Health Board, and the Cleansing Board, were all consolidated sad put under one body, to be called the Health Board. Mr, Higgins contended that the Highway Board should have a separate committee. It could not, under the act. The act, and also Lot d Lin coln's Bill, was silent as to sub-committees. The Coun cil was therefore bound to base the parting, draining, and health of the town apparently under the management of one committee. That, however, in praetice, would be impossible: tberefore the idea of the committee who pre sented this report was, that a large number of gentlemen should be appointed ; and that as the new Health Board took all the duties of the Highway Board and the Cleans- ing Board, inasmuch as the services of the police would be wanted with regard to the duties of those boards, all the gentlemen upon the Watch Committee should also be made members, by which the services of the police would be secured. There would still remain a separate Watch Committee, and a separate . Lighting Committee. The object was to divide as equally as possible the duties of these different boards, though under the act they were obliged to call them all one committee. Mr. PARKER said Mr. Hornby had told the Council they must all buckle to, and do their work. They were all quite willing ; but the present fashion of amalgamation and monopoly did not accord with his sentiments. He colvd not agree with the principle that the chairman of the Finance Cornmi tee and the Watch Ccmmittee were to be everybody iu that Council. Why should the Health Committee be merged in the Watch Committee ? and why were all these sub-committees under one general head? What advantage was there in the arrangement? The Watch Committee was constituted differently from any other committee; it was constituted under the Act of Parliament, and why should the Health Committee be merged in it? A difficul , y must be raised, he conceived, on this point. He decidedly objected to so much busi ness being delegated to one body, for, in effect, it was giving all the powers f this act to the Watch Committee, and he quite agreed a ith Mr: Riggings that there was no necessity for the amalgamation. He should certainly vote against the Finance Committee and the Watch Committee having this the whole power of the Council. [A MEM BER : And the patronage, too.] Yes, and the patronage, too. He concluded by seconding the amendment moved by Mr. Higgins. The TOWN-CLERK stated there was a misapprehension upon the subject. The Watch Committee was composed of tour distinct committees. The Watch, Lighting, Cleansing, and Fire-police Committees, were separate committees. Although the same individuals were mem bers of these committees, that did not merge their duties into one cornmitte—any more than merging the members of the Health Committee in the Watch Committee would make the Watch Committee perform the duties required by this act. Unless this amalgamation took place. he did not see how the public were to derive any benefit at all from the act ; because the defies of the Lighting Com mittee, and all the collections must undoubtedly proceed as they had, otherwise the public would be referred from 1 one board to another as before. Mr. iiIGGINS enquired whether the Lighting Com mittee was a dispute') committee. The TOWN-CLERK replied it was, and that it reported monthly to the Council. The members of the Watch Committee, were appointed by a distinct resolution flow the members of Light, Cleansing, and Fire-police Com mittee. Mr. HIGGINS had, then, been under a misappre hension. After a few words from Mr. PROCTER, the Council divided, when there Eppeared For the ainendrnent Against it .. The amendment•was consequently lost. The MAYOR, then, said the council would now discuss Mr. Tinne's suggestions, commencing with tin salary of the engineer. Mr. J. B. MORE agreed generally with the report, and had great pleasure in supporting the committee in their recommendations, with very trifling exceptions. Ile was one of those who always advocated the principle of sole and undivided duty. Whenever the council appointed an officer, they should have the -whole attention and power of that officer, because he was satisfied, from long experience, that whenever the corporation had offi cers in their service, and allowed them to follow private business, that at the moment they were most wanted they were not to be found. It would, therefore, be wise and economical to appoint a permanent engineer, and a permanent medical officer Mr. LACE observed, the engineer was not to do pri vate business. Mr. 'MOORE would put both offides upon the same footing. Before he referred to the medical officer he would say a word upon a suggestion that had fallen from Mr. Nice! respecting the engineer. He (Mr. Moore) was inclined at first to agree with Mr. Tinne ; but when he heard what Mr. Nicol said with reference to officers in the service of her Majesty, he was satisfied that an en gineer could be obtained telly competent to perform the rewired duties at the salary named. He would therefore leave the amount in this case at £7OO. The medical of ficer must be a man of great experience, of great know ledge in fevers and other diseases affecting the health of the town, and he must understand the ventilation of tharches. chapels. schools, and so on. Where would they find a man who would give his undivided attention to these subjects ?—such a man as the Corporation would trequire—for £3OO a-year? They would find great diffi culty in meeting with such a man. They might find some young, and very talented, but inexperienced person who -would undertake these duties; but when they came to eearch for a man of preretical experience, a man who could .speak upon these things from his own knowledge, they -would find the salary , too small to secure him, and that it was a salary unworthy the Corporation to offer. In the particular item of ventilation, what had taken place at St. - George's Hall ? There they had spent in fees only, when he was upon the committee, paid to Dr. Reid, not less than £4OO for opinions on ventilation which turned out to be wholly erroneous—that he recommended the down !draft, and it had to be changed to the upper draft. Mr. J. B. Leorr said the Corporation made that -charge. Mr. MOORE : How much Dr. Reid had since received for his opinions he was unable to say. At all events this -ease proved that if the medical officer was to have under \his care the ventilation of all the churches and chapels in Liverpool, the sum of £3OO per annum was a very small pittance. The most important part of the question, how. ever, was that his services should belong exclusively to the Corporation. flf be had his own patients to attend to, the Corporation could never command him at any par ticular moment that he might be wanted. If he received a stipend he would-know that be would be sure of it, bat I his chief care would• be after his patients, of whom he I /might not feel so sure. It was clear he could attend to 1 his own patients tattle first instance, and when he was -wanted he would-have to be sought for. A very pertinent and excellent question had been asked, sotto voce : whether attendance upon the Council was to be included? (A laugh.) He was unable to answer that question. Mr. ' Moore concluded bye moving, as an amendment, that the medical officer be required to devote his whole time to the service of the Corporation, and that his salary be :4400 per annum. Mr. READS seconded the amendment. Mr. Allure was afraid that the amendment, if carried, would greatly injure the effective operation of the act. ,The only chance of obtaining effectual aid in this depart ,ment, was from some-medical man extensively engaged in private practice. It was hardly to be expected to -get such a man for less than £7OO a-year ; but even if one -were obtained, the- Corporation would loose the advan tage of a knowledge of the causes of fever which existed throughout the town ' • knowledge which could only be ob tained by individual and extensive practice. In fact, -they wanted from some man in large general practice, the fruits and results of his daily experience—a knowledge of facts •in various localities productive of particular disease, resulting from his immediate knowledge. Such an officer would be enabled to generalize his facts and his experi ence, whilst a young man, exclusively devoted to this ser vice, could not, because he could not have obtained the necessary experience. The case of the engineer and that of the medical officer were wholly different. One was required to go into details, but the other was not. Mr. PARKER asked whether the medical officer was to be a surgeon or a physician? The' Mayor.—Either. Mr. LICDGSON said the ambject of the medical appoint , ment was one of considerable importance, upon which it was not necessary to come •to a decision to-day. It struck him as not being a very happy idea to have only one me dical officer to report upon the health of the whole town. He was anxious that every oft cer appointed by the Corpo ration should be amply paid; but there was no rule without and exception ; and with regard to the medical oCcers, it was questionable whether it was not an exception. It the medical Weer were confined to the duty of reporting upon the sanatory state of the town, 1 his power of eking full and aeluable information would be impaired. klis report would be exposed to observa tions from his medical brethren. and leave in doubt the facts which he placed before the. Council. It struck him that any man standing high in the profession would not undertake the exclusive management of this duty ; and if one were appointed in different parts of the town, with the liberty of private practice, a report would then be ob tained which would be useful and desirable. No doubt, a person •might be obtained who would take the proposed salary, and consent to devote his attention exclusively to these duties: but • the Council should take care lest they_ saddled the Corporation' with en olEcer whom they could not afterwards get rid of. _ _ Mr. L.kne.explained thi.t the Council could not appoint more than one medical otlicer,,and that they were obliged to appoint one. Mr. HooosoN,--Aresym obliged to appointone at all 7 Mr. Lacs.—,.Yes. - Mr. S. Hotuftaaid it was clear the Council could not carry out the act without having the most efficient .sery ices in this most important department. The medical officer should stand in the light of 4,consulting .piysician. The Council did not want a medical Attu to devote the whole of hie time to carry out the act ; they did not want him to go from street to street, visiting the people as patients, &In order to ascertain whether they hail disease in their houses. He agreed with Mr. Aikin ,that it would be impossible to obtain the services of.an efficient ',num under a salary of x6OO ,or 4100, if he were prevented from exercising his ability in private practice. He (Mr. ifoline) happened, too, to know, hiving had some experience ventilation of public. buildings, that, as far as concerned ventilation, in every instance where a medical man hid been called in, it had proved a failure. (Hear.) He questioned very much whether St. George's Hall would not have to be added to the number. It was of impertance to obtain the services of a gentleman of experience, great practice, and high standing, becausehis opinions would be wanted . much more than hie services as a distant or local visitcr. As to the engineer, no doubt railways bad called a great amount of talent into exer cise in that .departmenti but whilst he advocated the employ ment of the most efficient services, and ample payment kw them, there was a limit beyond which the Council, as trustees and guardians<of the public purse, had no right to go. When he recollected that Mr. Hartley, the Dock Surveyor, only received £7OO on his first appointment to the situation he so efficiently filled, and when he recollected that it was much easier to raise a salary after they had tried the man to xlOOO than to reduce it from ..*lOOO to .e7OO, he thought the recom mendation of the committee, for a beginning, was quite suffi cient to procure the services of a man of talent and efficiency, and be hoped the Council would not exceed that sum. Mr. RATH BONE supported the recommendation of the com mittee, with regard to the medical officer. Men in large practice would consider it a great distinction to hold this ap- . pointment. The salary proposed appeared to him too low. 500 per annum, he thought, would secure the services of the first man in Liverpool. Mr. Conei:a contended that the recommendations of the committee, as to salary, were quite liberal, seeing that the Council were not dealing with the corporate funds. They were now dealing with the pockets of the burgesses. Mr. DANSON seconded the amendment proposed by Mr. Bramley Moore. He begged permission to O'er a few obser vations upon the general question of the sanatory condition of large towns. (Cries of "Question,") The NATOiI said that, although tide was scarcely ilEt ordor ) j -- - ~... Perhaps the Council would extend some indulgence to a young member who had not spoken on the subject. Mr. DAssoN proceeded for some time to dilate upon the - subject, amidst occasional manifestations of impatience. At length, he was branching off into a new field, commencing with a proposition that it was directly connected with what was called "The condition of England question." (Cries or "Order," and "Question.") The MAYOR interposed, and reminded the speaker that the substantial question was the salam of the medical Nicer. The general principle of the Sanator Act could not now be dis cussed. Mr. DANsoN said his remaining observations would have been very few; but he should reserve them for another oppor tunity. (Hear, hear.) The Council then divided. The numbers were: — For the amendment Against it The amendment was, therefore, lost. The report was then confirmed, and the committee were authorised to advertise for the required officers, whose imam are to be submitted to the first Council in January. The Council then separated, the proceedings having occu pied one hour and a half. LIVERPOOL DECEMBER SESSIONS. These 'intermediate Sessions commenced yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. Th e calendar was unusually heavy, there being no fewer than 106 prisoners'for trial. Of these 44 could read and write imperfectly; 11 could read imperfectly ; 44 could neither read nor write; and only 7 could read and write well. The following gentlemen were called, and sworn in as the GRAND JURY. Joseph King, share broker, Exchange Alley North, (Foreman) William Barry, merchant, Tithebarn-stree• Robert G. Crosbie, merchant, Dale-street James Duncan, merchant, India-buildings Henry Jenkinge, merchant, Goree-piazzas John Job, jun., merchant, Pownal-etreet William Lindsay, merchant, New-quay George Ramsden, gentleman, Cannin-street Simnel F. Symonds, wine merchant, Lower Castle-; William Whitehouse, broker, Henry -street Charles Fairclough, cotton broker, South Castle- sre.A, • Francis Foster, broker, Dale-street _ _ Charles Greves, merchant, Rumford-place Joshua Heap, merchant, North John-street William Hill, drysalter, Vauxhall-road John Owens Johnson, merchant, Cook-stree.t. William Jones, insurance broker, Exchang,e-buildings The RLCORDER in addressing the GranclJury said that the calendar cf the prisoners whose respective cases they would have to inquire into, contained the names of 2 . 0 men and 40 women, who had beet, sent for trial, and that great number had accumulated wiTh •he 54 days that bad elapsed since the last sessions. This was a lamentabk state of things, and if they took into consideration the number of prisoners who had been tried in the preceeding sessions from January last, it would be found that this was the darkest year that has yet occurred. Never there fore was there a time when it was more incumbent on the authorities to use every possible exertion that might tend to the checking of crime. He then called attention to the case, No. 2, amongst the misdemeanours—a case of an unlawful assault upon the person of a child of 11 years of age, and he proceeded to explain the law ' as regarded the protectiau of female children. If the child was under 10 years of age, the offence was a felony, punishable with transportation for life, which the judge had no power to mitigate; if between 10 and 12 years of age, it did not signify (owing to an alteration in the new law) whether the female gave her consent or not, the offence was a misdemeanour, punishable with imprisonment of an unli mited perind ; in this case the child was eleven years old ; and, with respect to the commission of the offence, it appeared that the man had communicated to the child, a disease under which he laboured, which would, perhaps, be enough in their minds to send him for trial. He did not think the other cases required any remark from hint for their guidance: but if they found any difficulty, he should be glad to afford them any assistance. A few true bills having been sent in, the trials pro ceeded. The cases were not of much interest. THE CORN MARKET.-ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN. Our advices per the Great Western respecting this important staple are very interesting. The quantity of flour and Indian corn shipped from New York up to the 26th ultimo was not nearly so great as was expected by the trade here. Vessels were very scarce and freights high, as much as ss. 6d. per barrel having been paid. The shipment of grain was also very much impeded by a new regulation of the Underwriters, who have refused to insure any ship which is loaded with more than half its registered tonnage of wheat, &c. This has caused a decline in the American prices of both wheat and tiour, which, however, is more than abstracted from the English consumer by the advance in freights. The effect produced upon our market by this arrival has been to resider holders firmer and to advance prices. Bonded dour was sold yesterday, In quantity, at 3.55. per barrel, to arrive; and Indian corn has been sold as high as 70s. for immediate delivery. The market is cleared of the latter grain. The following is the resolution of the underwriters referred to:— " Resolved, that each company will refuse to insure vessel, freight, or cargo, in all cases where a vessel hound to a foreig* port (excepting only double decked vessels under 250 tons) shall carry more than one-half her registered tonnage in grain its bulk." On Monday, a girl named Buckley, going down some steps in Eaton -street, with a child in her arms, fell down, and the child's head struck the step. It received such in jury that it died on Saturday . The child's father, named Kitts, lived in Eaton-street. _ _ _ DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Friday evening, Thos. Holman, four years old, living with his mother in Ru- - pert-street, while playing about the fire, stumbled against a pan of hot water that was on the fluor, and failing into it was so severely scalded that he died the following day. CAUTION.—The provincial papers of last week contain a number of accidents from sliding on ice before it is strong enough to bear. On Sunday a boy was drowned while skating on a sheet of ice, in Price-street, Birkenhead, where the ice was not sufficiently, strong. DEATH FROM FMB. —On Saturday night, Jane Roberts Alban, wife of Peter R. Alban, blacksmith, Ferry Street, Tortetb Park, was so severely burnt, through bee clothes accidentally catching fire, while she was tipsy, that she died yesterday morning. Her husband had gone to bed, but on hearing her cry out went down, and found her in flames. He tore her clothes off, and threw a blanket over her, and put out the fire. SUDDEN Daarn.—An • Inquest was he j ldy n B est r e y r e dg . , before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of J ohn aged 18. Deceased and two other boys were going with a hand-cart to the Cattle Market, and while passing along Lime-street, and the boys pushing behind, deceased suddenly fell down, as if in a fit. He died almost instan taneously. He appeared to be quite well when he started with the cart. His death was caused by apoplexy. The proprietors of the cotton factory in this town have given notice to their hands that after Christmas the time of work will be limited to eight hours per day, until the Present disastrous state of the spinning and manufactnr ing interest shall improve ; and we have reason to think that this system will be very generally adopted, it being ti,e only one calculated to check the wild spirit of specu lation at present working on the cotton market, IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL SALE.—We have been gratified to learn that the London and North Western Railway Company, for the accommodation of buyers wishful to att. nd the sale of Mr. Jauions celebrated stock of short horns, to be held at Preston Brook, on Thursday next, the lith instant, have kindly consented that the train leaving Liverpool that morning at 9 15 a.m., shall stop at the Preston Brook Station, as also the return train leaving Birmingham at 4 15 p.m. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Friday a man, named Sloane, employed in discharging the ship Egecora, lying in the Toxteth Dock, was so severely crushed by a bate of tim ber, loosely left on the top of a pile, failing on him whilst in the hold, that he died soon after. The coroner's jury returned a verdictof accidental death ; but the foreman, Mr. F. Jones, said there was decided negligence on the part of the stevedore, and ordered that what was due to him that day from the court, 10s. Gd., should be paid to the widow. The coroner remarked that he supposed the new Act, relative to master porters, would, when it came into operation, require a person to be employed in super intend the loading and discharging of ships. THE ABORIGINAL NATIVES OF AFRICA.—These ex traordinary specimens of the human race are still to be seen at 82, Bold-street. They have been visited by thou sands, and are still great objects of curiosity. O TA WHAO, A M I SSIONARY STATION ON TER WAIPA, NEW ZEALAND. — On the formation of this mission sta tion, nine years ago, there was nut a single Chriatian. native in the vicinity, and after the expiration of the first year the station was removed to a distance of 150 miles; but dive years ago it was again re-formed at Otawhao, anal. in a few months about two hundred natives were gathered into a congregation. They bui,t a chapel, which was blown down dining a gale of wind; they then completed the present commodious place of worship, which will comfortably contain upwards of one thousand natives ; it measures eighty-Biz feet by forty two. The ridge•pok, a single tree stem, eighty-six feet in length, was dragged by the natives from the woods, a distance of three miles; , sad all the other timber was likewise conveyed by them from a similar distance. The rafters are all detached, and most of the woodwork is fastened together with flax ; the sides are beautifully worked with fern stalks, tied to gether in cross• stitch with aka, a species of wild climber, which gives to it a rich and finished appearance. The entire design originated with the natives, who formed this spacious building without rule or scale, and with no other tools than their adzes. a few chisels, and a couple of saws. After the erection of the framework, the season was so far advanced, that, fearing they should not be able to com plete it in time, the Otawhao people requested a party of one hundred Manngataritari natives to assist them in its completion ; to whom they gave the entire sum that hod been paid them by the Missionary Society, amounting in value to about twenty-three pounds ; they also killed a couple cif hundred pigs, that their friends might live w... 11 during the time devoted to their assistance. the windows which are of a Gothic shape, and thirteen in number, were fetched from Tauranga, on the coast—a distance of seventy-five miles from Otawhao—by fourteen men, who carried them on their backs, over mountains and through forests, without-any payment whatever. The whole tribtr, amounting to about 600 or 7CO natives, are now nearly all Christianised.—Angas' Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. RAIIIIITS.-1 war once informed that rabbits have a dislike to treading upon newly turned-up soil—(says a correspondent of the Gardener's Chronicle)--I thought I would give the thing a trial. Five rows of young cauli flower plants were put in where rabbits were known to be; the plants were allowed to remain undisturbed for the first two nights after they were placed ; on the third morning a few plants were destroyed; cn the evening of that day the ground was disturbed with a Dutch hoe ; the next morning when they were examined, all the planta were safe ; the hoeing was continued for some time, until the plants were well taken with the ground, and when that is the case, they are seldom eaten by rabbits, nuless they are very numerous and provisions short. The hoe ing may be done in a few minutes in the evening, aid,. is a benefit to the pla.sti r besides keeping off the rabbits, .r I'