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

TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF
LIVERPOOL.

We, the undersigned Bankers, Merchants, Brokers, Traders, and
other Inhal,itants of the Borough of Liverpool, having observed
that a Bil! I.as been introduced into the House of Commons by the
Vice-President of the Board of Trade, by which it is proposed to
deprive the Corporation of this Borough of the Properties in the
TOWN DUES end ANCHORAGE to which, by the decision of a
Court of Law, they have been declared to be entitled, and that
without compensation or other equivalent. respectfully request
that your Worship will be pleased to convene a PUBLIC MEET-
ING of the INHABITANTS, to protest against a principld sub-
versive to all established rights of property. to agree to a Petition
to the Houses of Parliament against the proposed Bill, and to
adopt such other measures as may best tend to avert so monstrous
and unjust an innovation.

John Moss, banker
Charles Mozley, hanker
Thomas Littledale, broker
Ralph Brocklebank, merchant
William Rathbone, merchant
Samuel Smith, banker
M. D. Lowndes, solicitor
Gilbert W. Moss, banker
Ambrose Lace, solicitor
Henry Harrison, merchant
James Aikin, merchant
John H. Barry, merchant
George Booker, merchant
Francis A. Hamilton, merchant
'William Marwood. merchant
James Laidlaw, shipbroker
Arnold Barucbson, merchant
John P. Heywood, banker
Leyland and Bullins, bankers
J. C. Boyd, merchant
John Torr, broker
Charles Saunders, merchant
J. P. G. Smith, banker
Will. Nevett, broker
J. W. Cater and Co., merchants
Maxwell Hyslop, merchant
Robert Horsfall, sharebroker
Edward Moon, merchant
J. Palmer Palmer, insurance
broker
C. Langton, insurance broker
P. Rawson, insurance broker
Thos. Morris, insurance broker
Robertson Gladstone, merchant
Alfred M. Power, shipbroker
Richard Griffith, broker
R. Ham ie Wilson, merchant
Jobs Lockett, merchant
Joseph Cornish, shipowner
Gasket! Johnson, merchant
Joseph Gardner, merchant
Blythe and Troughton,
ship-
owners
Blythe Brothers, provision mer-
chants
Miles Barton and Sons, cotton
brokers
Wm. Marsden, merchant
Charles Barry, cotton broker
Wm. Latham, broker
H. Crompton Booth, gentleman
James H. Butler, merchant
Charles Moore, merchant
W. H. Hawkins, broker
Samuel Downes, broker
Will. Farrer, broker
Herbert Campbell, broker
Elijah Harrison and Co., mer-
chants
Edward Morgan. merchant
Edward Clark, merchant
J. C. Griffin, clerk
James T. Pownall, merchant
Peter Jones, broker
Francis Foster, broker
Alexander Sleigh, broker
William H. Jones, merchant
Alexander R. Cox, broker
William Higgins, broker
George Okell, broker
John Parrett, merchant
William Hill & Sons, drysalters
John H. Sloan, merchant
William M. Moss, shipowner
James L. Cross, broker
George Cunliffe, corn merchant
Thomas Muir, broker
Henry Glynn, broker
Robert N. Jones, cotton broker
D. S. Leather, merchant
A. R. McPherson, agent
John L. Cattrall, broker
James P. Campbell, broker
Joseph Kitchen, merchant
Henry Justrum, broker
Garnock, Bibby, and Co., rope-
makers
Charles Lane, merchant
James Levingston, shipowner
Barton Grindrod, broker
J. J. Myers, broker
Nicholas Duckworth, broker
Edward Pyke, corn merchant
D. & J. Macdonald, merchants
Edward Roberts, accountant
Nathaniel Re'ner, merchant
Thos. R. Robinson, merchant.
John Clare, jun., broker
Little and Erskine, merchants
John Campbell, merchant
John M`Diarmid, broker
R J. Tinley, broker
Charles Ross, broker
Jonathan Grindrod, engineer
J. Norman Crosse, shipbroker
Wm. Gardner & Co. brokers
Will. Reid, shipbroker
G. G. Hornby, merchant
William Edmonds, merchant
Richard Hodgson, teabroker
Robert Roberts, teadealer
Robso Kelley, merchant
Thomas Edwards, shipbroker
Holderness and Chilton, ship-
owners
Thomas Denison, shipbroker
Jas. Houghton, timber broker
R. Rayner, bro ker
John Brancker, broker
John M. Hannay, shipbroker
Y. Verbrackell, shipbroker
D. Davies, accountant
Samuel Frodsllam, merchant
William Rowett, broker
Thomas Badland, broker
George J. Cornish, broker
James Gardner, merchant
William Jenkins. merchant
Thomes Turner, merchant
James Allen, broker
William Hinde, broker
Robert Kirke, merchant
J. J. Grindrod, engineer
H. E. Moss, shipbroker
Thomas Chilton, merchant
Jabez Jones, agent
C. Chaloner Smith, merchant
:Jas. Birkett, jun., warehouse-
keeper
Harmood Banner, gentleman
J. Gladstone, jun., ironfounder
Joshua Prowse, shipowner
Horatio N. Hughes, broker
James Higham, shipowner
H. G. Sutton, insurer ce broker
Alex. Chalmers, ship chandler
and owner
John Jones, shipowner
John Sutton, insurance broker
Stephen Legg, shipbuilder
John S. Marwood, shipbroker
Thomas Hudson, shipbroker
Jos. B. Hignett, merchant
A. Stone, insurance manager
Samuel Baker, shipbroker
W. L. P. Cox, shipchandler
James Moore, merchant
G. S. Pollock, broker
Verney Lace, merchant
J. H. Miners, shipbroker
Wm. Clay, iron manufacturer
Wm. S. Tucker, cotton broker
George B. Richardson, cordage
manufacturer
Thomas Holt, broker
William G. Leete, broker
C. F. Clements, broker
A. Cameron, ship-bread baker
R. Frodsham, solicitor
John Dutton, broker
Thomas F. Bennett, merchant
James C. Pigott, merchant
J. A. Sharpe, merchant'
Charles L. Campbell, broker
Isaac Fletcher, broker
T. Woodville Jones, gentleman
Arthur Henderson. merchant
Robert Proctor, broker
Thomas Vernon, broker
Henry Jones, merchant
George Simpson, merchant
Charles Wise, slate merchant
Abraham Wren, merchant
James Cox, broker
George H. Horsfall, merchant
Francis P. Colley, merchant
John A. Black
James Beazley
John Morris, merchant
Anthony Cumming, merchant
Edward T. Lowe, broker
Joseph White, jun., broker
Edward Wevill, broker
J. B. Cooper, broker
Hugh Craig, jun., merchant
William Peers, broker
Charles E. Bateson, merchant
John Waugh, ahipcbandler
John Travis, oil merchant
Henry Whittle, merchant
Win. F. Sim, kentledge broker
W. H. Wilson, steamship agent
J. C. Reeves, agent
A.Graham Smith, cottonbroker
Lawrence T. Kemp, cotton
broker
Richard Houghton
Henry H. Hornby, merchant
Richard Nicholson, shipowner
Arthur Hunt, shipbroker
Thomas Brancker, merchant
Robert Houlgrave, turpentine
distiller
Thomae A. Bentley, broker
W. B. Marshall, merchant
W. W. White, broker
Smith and Moore, merchants
James W. Robinson
Daniel Clarke, merchant
Charles Rowe Cheshire, iron
merchant .
Ben. Tattersall, merchant
Henry John Ward, shipowner
James H. Warry,tnerchant
George Schofield, merchant
John Shimmin, merchant
W. M. Keates, merchant
C. 0. Ledward, merchant
Edward Logan, merchant
George Piston, carriers' agent
A. Morison, merchant
John Carter, jon., merchant
Thomas Boyd, merchant
Ralph Hugh Clare, broker
James M`Dowell, broker
Wm. Casson, distiller
L. H. Macintyre, shipowner
Wm. Evans, merchant
Charles Cummins, merchant
John B. Spence, merchant
B. C. Parkinson, cotton broker
Robt. A. Dale, insurance broker
Joseph King, broker
T. Blayds Molyneux, broker
R. A. Macfie, sugar refiner
W. J. Powell, broker
C. R. Taylor and Son, merchants
Jos. Stokes, merchant
David Campbell, merchant
Richard Alison, gentleman
Jr. H. Gregory, attorney-at-law
T. Ashcroft, accountant
J. Bates, gentleman
George Woods, manufacturer
W. G. Maddy, draper
John Overton, gentleman
James Thompson, brewer
3no.S.Thompson,coal merchant
Thomas Yates, ironfounder
Joseph Smith, marble mason
James Wylie, surveyor
W. H. Goore, gentleman
John Malone
James Eckersley, gentleman
William Turner, surgeon

Peter Bassford
Peter Mactaggarly, draper
B. Redfern
Thos. P. Holden, cabinetmaker
H. Bremner, attorney at law
Henry Cross, attorney at law
George Orton Owen, accountant
Edward Ackerley, auctioneer
Richard Hartley
William Henderson
John Gibson
P. Macintyre, M.D.
John Johnston, surgeon
William Whatham, tea dealer
Robert Kirkpatrick, floorcloth

manufacturer
William Williamson, provision
merchant
Alexander White, painter
John Ellis, upholsterer
Henry H. Peers, secretary,
Lyceum
W. J. Mason, architect
George Gurden.brewer
J. P. Overend, shipbroker
IV. T. Thompson, bookseller
Thomas Connell, gentleman
G. Riding, gentleman
William Andrews, gentleman
Edwary Heathcote, grocer
Joseph Hughes, timber dealer
John Hall. farrier
Joseph Atherton, tailor
Henry Brown, merchant
Joseph Hardwick
J. Pendlebury, chemist
John Gabbott, coal dealer
E. Priest'ey, gentleman
James Bruce, M.D.
John Scott, accountant
B. Wilson, coachbuilder
Arthur Berry, gentleman
C. J. Smith, collector
John Jones, builder
Alexander Stookes, M.D.
Richard Edwards, plumber
R. A. Payne, attorney at law
D. Longbottom, wool merchant
John Gradwell, upholsterer
George Mason, attorney at law
John Lear, broker
John Downey, pawnbroker
James Smith, music seller
John Solomon, gentleman
George Atkin, merchant
John Perris, librarian
Thos. Kaye, proprietor Liver-
Tool Courier
Robert Hadden, bookkeeper
John A. Cowan, flour dealer
T. Brakell, printer and stationer
William Ellis, bookkeeper
Thos. Cooke, insurance broker
John Jones, accountant
William Roberts, broker
John Brack, bookkeeper
John Parsonage, clerk
Henry Cavanagh, painter
John Rigg estate agent
John Scott,' wine merchant
William Smith, labourer
William Shadracb, joiner
James Tayburn, cooper
E. Haigh, clerk
Wilson Foster, merchant
Joseph Green, bookkeeper
William Jones, shipchandler
David Rowland, secretary pilot
commission
J.H.Winn, sub-editor Liverpool
Courier
Joseph Cooke, superintendent
of pilots
George Goodall, architect
Dixon and Holmes, sailmakers
J. G. Snowball, attorney-at-law
John Forgham, bookkeeper
A. M. K., agent
James Enema, warehouseman
Joseph Hampson, bookkeeper
M. Williams, cotton broker
Benj. H. Hilton, bookkeeper
Alexander Brooke, gentleman
Richard Brooke, gentleman
Henry Madrell, pilot
Raymond Harris, gentleman
John Jones., bookkeeper
E. Corlettooiner, &c.
George Walker, butcher
Peter Capper, bookkeeper
R. Amand Brooke, gentleman
Edward Jones, broker
John Townsend
Edward Johnson, gentleman
Freers Ranker, mariner
Edw. Windsor, warehouseman
Frederick Birch, bookkeeper
Wm. S. Tyreman, stationer,&c.
H. G. Ireland, furrier
Harry Cowan, tea dealer
John Metcalf, gentleman
Thos. Huntington, flour dealer
John Roberts, merchant
James Edwards, bookbinder
0. Williams, land agent
John Williams, merchant
Robert Battersby, cooper
Edward Jones, tailor & draper
James Gorren, printer
Samuel Matthews, bookkeeper
Valentine Vincent, bookkeeper
John Ellison, agent
Thomas Ellison, builder
Thomas Smith, architect
Alfred D. Graham, architect
John C. Thompson, bookkeeper
James Spence, broker
Thomas Bell, merchant
H. C. Mesbon, merchant
William Nicholson, broker
John Rowlinson, broker
Trimmer and Grainger, brokers
George P. Oxley, merchant
Andrew Watson, merchant
John S. Tregoning, merchant
Robert Bancroft, merchant
John R. Cameron, chronometer
maker
P. Vance, broker
J. B. Smith, timber merchant
George Wright, jun., merchant
George H. Brown, broker
Frederick Bliedberg, merchant
Godfrey B. Shaw, broker
J. Reid, commission merchant
Rob. T. Gladstone' broker
William Grierson, broker
H. Price, merchant
J. R. Gasket!, broker
William B. Hilton, merchant
Edward Drury, corn broker
G. A. Tinley, broker
Wm. Davidson, shipbroker
Studley Martin, broker
Wm. Langton, merchant
Henry Worrall, merchant
Francis Bonit, shipbroker
Thomas Blackburne, merchant
Alexander Coghill, shipbroker
Law Scott, merchant
John T. Lawrence, merchant
Alexander Munn, broker
H. C. Tomlinson, broker
James Baker, merchant
William Hand, upholsterer
R. D. Hearn, shipbroker
G. C. Schwabe, merchant
Thomas Burley, merchant
Abram Gartside, broker
T. W. Harrop, broker
Fred. H. Peters, drysalter
John Bighorn, broker
1 llamas Smith, merchant
George B. Thompson, merchant
Joseph Bailey, sailmaker
John Okell, broker
J. N. Holmes. merchant
Alexander M'Gregor, broker
James Mulleneux, distiller
J. B. Harrison, broker
Joseph Robinson, woolbroker
William M'Kay, gentleman
William Peacop, gentleman
John Blake, shipchandler
Charles J. English, shipbroker
Thomas M. King, broker
R. Singlehurst &Co.,merchants
A. Claus, merchant
Wallace Walker, merchant
Joseph Holland, broker
Francis F. Eaton, broker
R.Miller, commission merchant
T. R. Saymore, broker
Thomas Brereton, teadealer
Andrew Rourke, accountant
John Jones, surgeon
Henry Kirkham, bookkeeper
John R. Harris, merchant
W. P. Jeffrey, woollen merchant
F. Berton, cooper
F. Jefferson
R. Bellwood, bookkeeper
D. Munro, bookkeeper
C T Ross, journalist
T Fisher, merchant
John Archer, bookkeeper
Henry Thomas, warehouse
keeper
Thomas Jones, plumber
W 0 Roberts, saddler
John Roberts, joiner
George Melley, merchant
Robert Melley, broker
John Bennett, merchant
John Fryer, commission agent
Henry Fisher, salesman
George Smith, watchmaker
B. French, shipchandler
R. H. Fraser, printer
James Smith, merchant
Thomas Jones, mariner
James Cunningham, broker
James Cartin, hawker
William Taylor, bookkeeper
Henry 'Mops, law stationer
Thomas Avison, attorney
Hugh Williams, merchant
William Allison, commercial
traveller
Henry Lyon, agent
John Wade, bookkeeper
James Whitty, woollen draper
John Taylor, commission mer-
chant
Richard Robertson, merchant
Richard Hollinsworth, broker
Josh. Rowlands, warehouseman
Chas. Woolverton, bookkeeper
John Lee, compositor
William Heaton, ironmonger
Benjamin Gibson, bookkeeper
William M. Grotty, stationer
D. C. Browne, professor of
mus:c
Owen Elias, builder
Thomas Shepherd
John Harrison, gentleman
W. Fisher and Sons, merchants
Joseph Hiles, bookkeeper
Bathgate and Wilson, brass
founders
Robert Maxwell, bookkeeper
John P. Steele, nautical instru-
ment maker
Arthur Jones, gentleman
H. M'Cann, commission agent
John Edwards, shipwright
Richard Pritchard, bootmaker
James Lowther shipowner
John J. Oreig, head constable
Thomas Jones, bookkeeper
Thomas Walrnsley, stationer
John Holford, trunk, &c.,manu-
facturer
James Radcliff, tailor