The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-23 00:00:00

THE RATES FOR THE TEAR.

The Finance Committee recommended that the follow-
ing rates be levied for the year :—lmptovement rate,
is. 6d in the pound; watching and lighting, Is. in the
pound (with a special rate for Claughton, also, of Is)
sewerage, 6d. in the pound, and library ld. in the pound.
On the motion of Mr. Keightley the recommendation
was confirmed.

HIGH WAYS, ROADS, &C., BILL.
The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the meeting
to a bill which was now being promoted in Parliament,
the effect of which would be to permit private "Coto`-
panics—such as those for the supply of gas and water--
6 rip up the, streets at any time for the
_purpose'":of
laYing pipes withont previously obtaining the sanction
of the local authorities. He would submit a piopqsal
to them, that the commissioners petition against the bill,
so as to give them a locus ,i;andi in the house, because;
if allowed to pass, Birkenhead might be very seriously
affected.

The CLERK (Mr. Waln) explained the provisions of
the bill more in detail. He said it would have the
effect of giving any person uncontrolled power to break
up the streets, without sanction asked or obtained.
Serious consequences might ensue if the bill was allowed
to go unopposed.
At the request of the Chairman the Clerk then read
the petition it was proposed to transmit to the House of
Commons.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that he had only heard of
the bill when in London during the earlier part of the
week. He felt certain that most of the public bodies
throughout the country would petition against the bill.
Mr. 111iLivEs said the present meeting was called for
a special purpose, that of levying the rates; and they
could not in the meantime take up another subject.
He thought therefore that it should be left over till the
meeting in July.
The CLERK explained that if the petition was allowed
to lie over till the next general meeting, it would be
then too late; If they were to adopt the petition then
it would not be invalidated or rendered informal by
having been agreed to at a meeting without any previous
notice having been given of an intention to bring it
forward.

Mr. KEIGHTLEY said that to put matters in a proper
light he would move that the standing orders be sus-
pended. The motion was agreed to.
Mr. KEIGHTLEY then moved that the petition read
be adopted, sealed, and transmitted to the Mouse of
Commons.
The motion was put and carried unanimously.
This concluded the business.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT..7--YEsTER

(Before Mr: J. Ailing.)
HOW TO RAISE A SPREE.
David Leakle, a young man whose appearance proclaimed
that he cared not for this world, its people, or laws, and whose
notions about property did not at all accord with divine or
human laws, was charged for having stolen a quart bottle full
of alcoholic liquor called gin. A young man named Thomas
Clark, in the employment of Mr. Lupton, publican, of Great
Homer-street, stated that on Saturday morning last the priso-
ner entered the shop and asked for a pint of ale on credit, but
he refused to " trust " him, and painted to a notice that
"tick" was not believed Min that establishment. The priso-
nern thought pfailp troeo drty was extremely ill divided in this town,
was
hit peculiar notions on te
The young man went to the other end of the counter poin
to servet. a customer, when the prisoner walked round the counter,
seized on a quart bottle of gin, ran out at the back door, and
escaped With the liquid. The young man could not follow
him, as there was no one else in the place at the time. The
prisoner came that night again, when a police-officer was sent
for, but he got away, and was not seen after until he was
arrested the previous night by a policeman. Cross-examined
by the prisoner : Did you see me take it ? Yes. Do you
swear it was gin ? Well, it was either gin or whisky. Priso-
ner : Oh ho, I have you there, my boy; you swore just now
it was gin. Witness : It was either gin or whisky. Prisoner:
Could you tell gin from whiskey by the colour ? Not always ;
but
quart of gin. Why did you not offer to stop
me?l missed the
necause you darted out of the back door, and I could
not follow you, as there was no one else in the shop. Priso-
ner : Oh, that will do. I had a bit of a spree out of it at all
events. The magistrate sent him, with. an introduction in the
shape of depositions, the deputy recorder, who, with twelve
good men and true, will decide the fate of Mr. Leakie for the
next six mouths.

STABBING BY A BLACK MAN.
William Brown, a baker, charged Cesar Demise, a black
man, for having stabbed him in the back with a penknife. The
complainant said that at half-past ten the previous night he
was going along Tichfleld-street, when he saw the prisoner
running after two young men ; he had a penknife open in his
Ond, and witness cried out, " Oh, don't stab theml" when
the prisoner turned round and stabbed him in the back. A
surgeon
stated that the complainant had a punctured wound
in the back, but it was not serious. The prisoner, in answer
to the charge, said the prosecutor wanted money from him,
and because he would not give it he made an attack on him.
This was denied by the prosecutor; but he did not know if the
two young men whom the prisoner was following had asked
him f prisoner was fined £5, or to be imprisoned
for
three
r money.months.llh _ The

A LODGING HOUSE PLUNDERER.
Officer Lees, 90, brought up a man, who gave the name of
John Murphy, on several charges of the following description :
It appeared that for some time past, the, police had reports
that a man was going about lodging-houses, and plundering
them of all he could lay his hands on. He used to take lodgings
for a night, and be generallY illanaged to get off in the morn-
ing with bed-clothes or anything he could lay his hands on.
A description of him was given, and the officer saw him in
Vauxhall-road on the previous evening and arrested him. He
found five dozen pawutiekets relating to property pledged in
several towns in Lancashire, and 23 relative to property
pledged in Liverpool ; ten coats, boots, and other things. He
had not had time to look after the affair yet, and as property
to the amount of nearly £lOO had been stolen, be would want
a remand for a week. The prisoner was accordingly remanded.
(Before Messrs. 11,1110014 E and SMITH.)