The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-01 00:00:00

THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1860.

he late lateiMr. hohertsirt,; and paid a tribute to that
gentleman's memory. In Attending to the. education of
the poor children, there waa no one more willing and
zealous.

ittr: Ridlej seconded the motion, which was carried
without Further aisddssicitt:

THE .cuoi;,

The
,proceedings of the Gaol and House of Corrmtion
Committee were net read, and confirmed vrithout
comment.

•
1163 TO' N-yALL ESTA:B'LISIXIKEI`7.

The proceedings of ibis committee were read and con-
firmed without any comment
THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMITTEE.

In moving the confirmation of the proceedings of this
committee, Mr. Beckwith said he begged to be allowed
to move that a,spegial vote of thanks be given from that
Council to Mr. Shipley, of America, for his munificent
donation of 51,000 for the purchase of books for the
Free Library. That amount had been given without
the least restriction, and the 'committee could do as they
pleased,itith it: He hoped the Council would unite
with him, and present the liberal donor with a special
vote of thanks:
The 11141?da said he did not read the letter hi. the
wav, Mr. B'eckwith had doze'.
Sir. AM. Y. H. TijßNEli thought the prober way Would
be for the Malor to cOnifey the thanks of the Council
to Mr. Shipley,
Mr. Alderman S. }forma said the eoti;rse au;-
bested by Mr., Turner was the one that had beed
variably pursued by the Council.
Mr. BEeßwrnr. next proposed a vote of thanks to
the VritiSli and Foreign Bible Society for their muni-
ficent gift of 160 r ddltfnAes of the Holy
M Scriptures pre-
sented to the library by eth, bqing copies in every
language in which they were printed.
The Mayor was then requested to convey the Conneil',s
thanks to Mr. Shipley and the Bible Society for their
donations, and the general proceedings of the committee
were confirmed.

THE WATER COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee contained a recom-
mendation to appoint Mr. T. J. Nicholson to the vacant
satiation tff Ofiedot of the'third class of .water rents
mid elddikes, his salarY and ponniciagc money being cal-
culated to realise £ISG per aririlinl.
Hodgsonme'ved the eonftrUfaticid of tile pro-
ceedin'gß.
Mr..Atleitnap said,-Before that Osolution
k 4 qltrhough he had no amendment to.propose, he
wished to throdinfit -0: sitige.dtion, Which„Wai, whether
the water-rates could not ue 6aTiected with theiaWitary-
rates. (Hear, hear.) The rates were tht;il ecteeted by
the Corporation, and were not as formerly under seed-
rate trusts. He thought if that course was adopted, it
ould be a great saving to the town. (Hear, hear.)
ihd eijnor vr4s collected and paid into the hands of the
treasurer. The'fa iTas then a proposition before the
Health Committee tti that effect. and if it received the
.s.
sanction of the Council, the recooken'dation to appoint
Mr. Nicholson would not be a permanent, bob Et tempo-
rary appointment.
The proceedings were then confirmed.
THE BATHS COMMITTEE.
On the motion of Mr. Wagstaff, the proceedings of
this committee were confirmed.

TAB fMrdOyEASENTS COMMITTEE
ttf. PRIA in moving the confirmation. of the pro-
ceedings ooftieVinittee, said all that was sought for
was that the Town-tlerle
power to giro
the necessary notices for making- a i t.
rod to Par-
liament, should the Council agree, after` difeifssiien' to
carry out any, or all, of those improvements.- ha%
been said that by the delay in making some improve-
meats the town had been driven to an additional expense
of something like £3,000, in consequence of having tose
take down houses that had recently been built. It was
9,sseetiel that that part of plan No. 2, for a street across
Ledge-lane td the Newshernshouse Estate, should be
carried Out ; and also 4, 14d. rts the Earl of Derby was
maiiin,g, great imptoVenients. in that Ideality, There
were two plQ3.;whicli reqiuired that notice shotild he
given, hi Order till itfoy rpight haie the power of going
to Parliament. thd one was for the fr'o'm Hatton-
garden to Tithebarn-street. There waii let of rubbish
there that required to be removed. He tholiffit bbfo7
long the plans would have to be altered entirdf. Ire
begged to move that the town-clerk be instructed to
take out the necessary notices for going to Parliament,
and said if it was not done then, it would be too late to
go for act this year.
CRELLIN—What is to be done with Park-lane ?
Mr. Aiderniert DOVER said he had omitted to mention
Vark-lane, hitt he tied intended to have done so. He
belided that theie Weald be no difficulty in carrying
out th'a part of the iMproVement, as there were only
three freehold tenbments that stood hi the way, or in
the least interfered with, carrying that improvement into
effect. He moved that the Park lane improVonent he'
included in the notice.
Mr. Alderman Bennett seconded the'
Mr. CRELLIN—There is the widening of biniekihre
lane. That had been decided upon long sinde, and'
surely it should not stand over any longer.
Mr. STITT directed attention to the approaches to the
landing-stage, which were a disgrace to the town. He
ehottld he glad if some steps were taken to improve that
locality:
Thu TOlvie-er,Eirk: said it would he utterly impossible
to get ii estimates' for Clef this year.
Mr. Steid'Aui thought that at this late period of the
Council's elistenee, the subject of the approaches to the
landing-stage shotridi liabe been brought for'wa'rd,
Mr. Alderman Honite urged that, as to the proposed
new street, he thought that d a small expense' they
might give relief to the thousands of versant's who crowd
Church-street. With the great questions Irfai'e them'
of considering the appropriation of any surplus iheY
might have, he did not intend to say anything further"
than this : that there was now a good opportunity, as
there were no shopkeepers to whom they would have to
pay large sums of money as compensations for taking
then' &Obey i; there' were now no gin shops to
pureha'se malimg their two or three, or four thousand a
year, on the' land to' he' purchased for the new street.
Mr. MOZELf said the gnestion was simply whether
they should give notice to-Pirfiament to make these
' improvements in the outskirts of the town.. He thought
it was very bad judgment and fery bud' taste' to. come to
the Council at this period of the municipal' year, and
ask permission for an act of Parliament anon sileh
important questions as those of the approaches to Om'
landing-stage. _
' Mi. STITT considergd the question had been very
fairly stated ; and he could agree with what had been
stated ore the eubject of improved approaches to the
landing-stage.. did he think this the proper time to dis-
c6s if. Ali improvement in those parts of the town
which We rte crowded With human beings was urgently
demanded; Nothing,conld exceed the inconvenience of
the approaches to the' Landing-stet:re and river ; every
gentleman who was Id toe' habit O'f crossing would be
well aware of the condition of that portion situate
between the bottom of Water-street and the Landing-
stage.
Mr. JEFFERY said, as he understood, the motion of
Mr. Earle was, that certain minor improvements should
be carried out if possible; but the Counciiwas also asked
to add, first, Limekiln-lane and then the approaches to
the Landing-stage: He thought it very bad taste on
the Part of Mr. Stewart to complain of their coming at
this late p'erio'd of the year to consider such important
questions, when that gentleman was himself the ori-
ginator of a resolitticra passed two years ago, which it
had taken four months to have rescinded. As fo''the
improvements which Mr. Earle had mentioned, he (Mr.
Jeffery) thought it necessary that they should be at
once proceeded with. The others were very necessary
deo but it was now too late in the year to discuss
than. Still he could not help thinking that Mr. Stewart
should net have been the person to blame the Council
for bringing them forward.
Mr. Surat coortplaiued of the manner in which this
subject had been deferred frOm hay to day.
Mr. Alderman Hormel wished to say one thing upon
his own particular crotchet. Every one had a crotchet,
and and his was, as they all knew, with regard to the erec-
tion of hign-level bridges.. His health would p
not
him to remain in town at present, hut he hoped to return
in time to move in what he had no doubt would be a
great benefit to the town.
The Town-,Clerk was then instructed to give the neces-
sary notices, and the further discussion with reference to
the town improvement generally was postponed to a spe-
cial meeting of the Council to be held on the 14th inst.
THE OPENING OF THE FREE LIBRARY,
The proceedings of this committee were read, and gave
a detailed account of what had been done at each of the
sittings, with the amount expended, which it was stated
was £827 35.7 d.
Mr. Alderman WOODRUFF wished to know in what
that money had been expended ?
The Clerk then read over the several items—adver-
tising, £3O; printing, £l5 ; theatre, £4O. &c.,
Mr. J. R. JEFFERY, in the absence of Mr. Picton, the
vice-chairman, moved the adoption of the proceedings.
He did not think, after the able report that had been
read, it was necessary for him to detain the Council
with any further explanation. In reference to the
voting of the £5O for the publishing of the proceedings,
there had been a diversity of opinion in the committee ;
but it was decided that it should be expended. But lie
would inform the Council that the committee had kept
within the sum placed at their disposal, for although
the Council had given them £l,OOO they had only
expended a little over £BOO. It might also be interest-
ing for them to know that on a former occasion,—the
laying of the foundation stone of the Free Library--
there were 593 persons sat down to dinner in St.
George's-hall : on the late occasion there were 823, and
every ticket was sold, with the exception of four. On
the first occasion there were 21 invited guests : on
the late occasion there were 60. On the first
occasion there were 529 , persons in the galleries,
and on the last 622, and he might state
that the committee received expressions of satisfaction
at the way in which the banquet had been conducted,l
and it was most gratifying to find, that throughout the
whole day there was .not a single accident. He would
also take that opportunity in saying that the route was
shortened, not by the wish of the committee, but at the
request of the officers of the volunteers, who did not
wish to go down Islington, and it was extended to the
Park, a change which was most beneficial. He con-
cluded by moving the confirmation of the proceedings,
and saying that lie should be happy to give any further
information, if it was required, as far as he was able.
Mr. Estill seconded the motion.
The MAYOR said gentlemen would recollect that they
had already confirmed the payment of the amounts in
the proceedings of the Finance Committee.
Mr. Alderman BRAMLEY-MOORE said there was not a
man, woman, or child in the whole town of Liverpool
who was not only desirous, but anxious, to pay homage
to Mr. Brown on that occasion. He believed that that
feeling prevailed in all ranks—(hear, hear); and tii4
desire was to express their grateful thanks to Mr. Brown
for his munificent gift, and for the great trouble and
anxiety he manifested,' not only for the working classes,
but for the benefit of the whole town. But that object
was defeated. It was a demonstration merely for, the
working classes. Did it come up to that ? He thought
it right, and said he must confess that he was greatly
disappointed with the explanation that had had been
to them by Mr. Jeffery. He did expect to have heard
some 'particulars of the success of the undertaking, in
which he played so prominent a part, and which, he
might say, had given such universal dissatisfaction
throughout the whole of the town. (Hear, hear.)
They had' lately had the festivities to celebrate the
opening of the Free Public Library ; and he believed
that he• should be perfectly correct when he said
as Mr. Jeffery had not ventured to give an explanation,
that, as a demonstration, it fell very far short of what
was anticipated, and, in his opinion, he thought it
should act as a beacon for future committees—that they
might take warning, and not strike upon the same rock
and founder, as that committee had done. He would
commence by going into the
question of the procession.

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(Laughter.) He, 'Would appeal to anybody who g`rfw. it,
and ask if it was not the most contemptible exhilation,
—(laughter)—that ever epuld begot together. They
were told it was to do honour to Mr. .Brown, who had
done so much for the working classes. But the working
classes were completely.ignored. They were not invited
to it, If they had been, they would have attended with
their flee and banners, and the emblems of their trades,
and mire a isfodasgicrn of 400,000, instead of a proces-
Sion; the' only. part of which that was really worth
soein' heft* that-noble body of weft—the volunteers.
There was nothing elSe fri in irOrth lopking at. (Laughter.)
Mr. STuf—Eicept the Tthiri (Laughter.)
Mr; Alderman Busari.Ey-Moont dinitinit'ed—There
\41.-.ts one thing , that.eccarred to'him, and it Was the most
imposing sight of the whole, and he had himself stopped
in Brunswiek-street to looks:at it, hilt that brought up
the rear—it was the magnilcent team, of eleven horses
in. a lorry belonging to Messrs. Blundell: (Cheers.) If
the working classes of this town had been invited, it
would hare been a sight worth looking at, but they were
ignored and were not there at all. He would not tres-
pass upon their time further about the procession—
it was the opinion of one and all that it was a
Most contemptible exhibition. (Cheers and laughter.)
Ike r4olleeted during the time the Emperor of
the kteWeli as proclaimed. He was at that
time in Aifferig. There he saw all the trades
in procession, and the sung Ong Might have been done
here ifthe coinmittee had knoWtf tfhat they woe abont.
(Cheers) Jliit heWished to he allOWed to refer' to' the
great meeting at the Amphitheatre: That was to be a
great meeting r:,t the working Classes: It Was. to be a
meeting of the worlag e 44. to exlyre'ss their thanks
to Mr. Brown. There was an inipiession prevailingin
the town that that was to be a working' niats ineetnig ;
but he would endeavour to disabuse the minds of the
public. The committee engaged the Amphitheatre, he
believed, and paid 440 for it. But the working classes
were made to
.pav for going, in, and the receipts
amounted to Z4"5. so that the balance went to
pay for other things --Able; esßenses of the banquet, &c.
(Laughter.) The actital amount ,fllori; from the work-
ing classes was £49 75., and the, eipehkepf, the Arephi-
theatre was £45 ss. 3d. He would Ins/ eist,' glanceat
the great and talented and distinguished individuals,.
He must,' however, say that the Mayor presided ofer
the meeting with the greatest ability, and gave satisfac-
tion to all; but when he came to look at the distin-
gnisited guests on the platform, he thought what a
miserable gore they cut in their eloquence, after the
two able' a'ddresAeg delivered by the working men. He
would tell, the Mayer denedmitially—(laughter)—that
he had MOM' heard such an' eleelitent speech as that
delirered Pliest, he thee...4ft Ms mate was ;
fearing that snipe pers.* might MA hid td go ft
few words, he jot out of the theatre as seen as he could.
(Cheers.) Having doiitY -Ali the procession, and the
meeting at the Amphitheatre, he ease to'fhe banquet.
The question of the tickets had been before fentilated in'
that room, and he thought some of them would be snify
to burn their fingers with tickets again. (Laughter.) He
would say a word or two about the banquet. If he had
been tightly informed., the contractor took the dinner at
21s. per heat,-,,anci, besides that the contractor was to
have the benefit Cr tiff' gaperies- and the proceeds from
the galleries was over 4W. Ile!had never before heard
of such a contract being made ; thtrefor.e, he said there
bad been the most irregular proceedings eV the part of
the committee. With respect to the dinner, he wade/
most certainly say that he had tasted better turtle.
(Laughter.) With reference to the wine, he had read
a letter, which appeared in one of the papers, saying
that Mr. Millman had supplied all the pale sherry for
the' upper table. He did not understand how there
came to be ItY &dent sorts of wine.
Mr. Ilteuv;erii---iSolne of it Was.very bad.
,(Laughter.)
Mr. BRA3ILEY•MOOIti:-.lle. claimed the right to have
the same as others, and if he' gals:` Irtibvtit that there was
to be a distinction, he would hare fain' bbftle from
his own house, and he knew many gentlemen iihe'WOuld
have done the same. (Cheers.) They were all indebted
to the press on the' occasion, but the press was alsd
ignored. As little as they could have done would have
Nett tit have toasted the press on the occasion. (Cheers.)
He exceediugly regretted that the gallant captain was
not present. (Isaughter) Had the gallant Captain
Piston' been present, With his medal and in his uniform,
he shbiii.d have had a; Word to' say to him. (Cheers.)
Ike littd 4' great deal More to' say on the subject, but
he had sonde . regard for. their .time---41.aughted--and in
the absence of the Oilani, captain he was waiting for
some further explanations, and he shbtild be very glad
if the committee could rectify the opifrieif thatpreVailed
in the town, and explai.i why the festival had not
been more successful in doing honour to Mr.
(Cheers.)
Mr. CLARKE AsinNaLL thought that
,the less that
was said about-the whole affair, and the sooner it was
allowed to drop, the better. He defended Mr. Morrish,
the contractor, and said a more rational light to look at
the wine question was that he (Mr. Morrish) had in
givin extra wine for the upper table, done it with
the intention of trying to excel, and had done it beyond
the: lehns of his Contract.
Aiderinan J. li. TtliNgg said the wine at his
table was eo had that he could not drink it, and that he
could not get attended, upon,• and had only a small piece
of cold chicken, and sdnie sweets afterdirrner.
After a few words from- Mt. Shimmin,
Mr. Alderman Woohnuer denied that' the Council
were to be blamed as a body, because many of them had
never been, called upon to take a part in the proceedings.
Ile alludedto the expenditure of £62 Os. Bd. for ribhons,
&C., which had been supplied by Mr. Jeffery ; and said
that he had always understood that no member of _the
Council could legally .supply the Council with goods.
The Maxou said he was only an honorary chairman
of the emmilittee., and he thought the committee had not
received the courtesy that was due to them, He explained
ti-.'at the' goods which had been ordered of Mr. Jeffery
had bee'n' done by the committee; and as that committee
was a joint eeninittee of 'the members of the Council
and non-members of. the* Council, Mr. Jeffery was not
responsible. He Oen, explained that at the first day
they had been disappointed in not having the presence
of some distinguished gentlemen, and that was the rea-
son there was not a greater number of speakers at the
meeting at the Amphitheatre.
After a few words from Mr. William Earle, Mr. Kit-.
alien, Mr. Clint, and other gentlemen,
Mr. JEFFEur.replied to the remarks of Mr. Bramley-
Moore, stating- that he had in this instance been pan-
dering to the public taste in denouncing the committee,
and it was cowardly on his part to leave the room with-
out waiting to' hear his reply, and that the whole pro-
ceedings' had been looked on with jaundiced optics.
The Maxon said that Mr. Bramley-Moore had
expressed his regret at leaving, but had to leave by the
train for London. •
The proceedings of the committee Were then confirmed.
The MAYOR stated that he had received a letter from
Mr. Crossman, requesting the use of the Town-hall for
the purposes of a ball for the Benevolent Istitution.
The letter was referred to the Town-hall Committee.

VOTE OF THANKS TO THE MAYOR.
Mr. CHARLES TURNER rose to propose a vote of
thanks to the Mayor. They would be doing an injustice
to their own feelings if they were to separate at the
dose of the municipal year without expressing the very
great satisfaction they all felt at the manner in which his
worship had discharged the important duties of his office.
Ire had presided over their deliberations with dignity
and impartiality; he bad preserved order in the Council
with perfect courtesy to all its members. His conduct
on the bench had been noticed with approbation by his
fellow-niagistrates and the public generally. He had
dispensed the hospitality of the town with a munificence
rarely equalled, and never excelled ; and whenever he
had been called upon to represent the town, he had
done so in a manner which left nothing to be desired.
He would retire into private life with a consciousness
that the dignity of his high office had lost nothing in
his hands. He (Mr. Turner) had great pleasure in
moving the thanks of the Council to his worship the
Mayor. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. EARLE had much 'pleasure in seconding Mr.
Turner's motion, and he for one could speak most par-
ticularly of the kind hospitality he had received at the

hands of the mayor: -
Mr. MOZELY said that whatever reluctance or diffi-
culty ,he might have in addressing the Council on
ordinary occasions, at present he had none. He felt
very,, proud to be able to support the motion. He
thought that no one could have been more courteous or
more gentlemanly—(hear, hear) ;—and he was sure that
it would be a proud satisfaction to his Worship to know
that in retiring to private life he would take with him
the cordial good feeling of every member of the Council.
Whoever might be his successor, might attempt to dis-
charge the duties of the office with the same good feeling
as Mr. Anderson had done, and, the speaker hoped,
Would bear with him the same respeGt as was now
offered to the retiring mayor.
The motion was carried with loud applause.
The MAYOR, in returning thanks, said :—Gentlemen,
I think you will believe me, that I find it very difficult
to express my feelings on the present occasion, and I
beg that you will accept my warmest acknowledgments
for the hearty manner in which you have received the
vote of thanks which has been so flatteringly proposed.
When you did me the honour to place me in the impor-
tant position of chief magistrate of this large town, I
was only desirous of fulfilling its duties to your satisfac-
tion, and if I have done that lam more than repaid I
assure you I am deeply gratified ; and although I can-
not suppose that I have given satisfaction to all, I think
I may hope from the kind expressions you have used
to-day that I still retain your confidence, and that the
dignity of the office which has been preserved unsullied
by abler hands than mine, has not suffered any diminu-
tion - -
in-my year of office. If I have been successful in
conducting the discussions of your chamber, it is to the
ready manner in which you have supported me that it is
wing. If I have given offence to any member,r, it ha)
s
been quite unintentional on ray part. (Hea hear.
Allow me to tender again to one and all of you my
warmest thanks for all your kindness. (Applause.)
This terminated the business of the Council.

CORONER'S COURT.—Yesterday, the deputy-coroner,
John Wybergh, Esq., held the following inquests :—On
the body of William Sharp, 67, who was drowned at the
George's Pierhead. He jumped over ilst in a state
of drunkenness, and was drowned. relict accordingly.
—On the body of Thomas Lilburn, 40 years of age, a
car driver. He was knocked off the seat of his car in
Manchester-street, on Tuesday night, and his head
coming against a lamppost, his skull was broken, and he
died immediately. Verdict, " Accidental death."—On
the body of Margaret Brownson, 52 years of age. She
lived in St. Anne-street,
and a few nights since, her
clothes caught fire, and she was so much injured that
she died. Verdict, " Accidental death." —On the, body
of a child named Sinnott, that fell into a tuh of water,
by accident, in Headly-street, and was drowned. Ver-
dict, "Accidental death."
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The ordinary weekly
meeting of this board of guardians was held 3rday,
in the boardroom of the • workhouse, Mr. Heyes in the
chair. The following guardians were present :
Messrs. Abrahams, Ledger, Wareham,Roscoe,
Shaw, and Woods. Cheques were ordered tobe drawn
for, out-door relief as follows : Mr. Potts, £ll4 ; Mr.
Tt oberton, LP; Mr. Lythgoe, £22.—Mr. Gough, the
governor, reported the number of paupers in the work-
house to be—last week, 343 ; admitted since, 19 ;
discharged, 21; dead, 1 ; in the house this week, 340 ;
corresponding week last year, 290.—Mr. Abrahams
made a motion to the effect that the wages of the tailor
should should be increased from 18s. to 20s. per week, in con-
sequence of extra duties which that official had to
perform at present, but the resolution on being p
the meeting was declared lost by a majority of two.—
The usual routine business having been disposed of, the
board shortly after rose.

BUTTEEMAN
VOTE FOR THE