The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

ANNt. ALMEETING OF THE
I H MAMAR OF COMMIE

yt.tertlay, et one o'clock, the annual general meet-
see of the meo.bers of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
piste in the Association floosie, liachange Build-
lie the absent* of the president and vice-president,
Vanua Reuel's., Esq., was celled to the chair.
The Cit•ianew, in opening the proceedings, referred
so the u-Ovinels of the association, the increase of its
in, sobers, the volume subjects embraced in the report, the
drain Ice had and the hope he entertained of seeing the
"Rees wiseciations of the town supporting by their in-
seam. the (Member of Commerce, believing that such • pro-
cv,,,,eg souk! render that institution the most useful in
the weal, and c•mcluded by calling upon the secretary to
seed the WLLewiatt
RIPORT OF Till 001/NCIL:
The Council of the Liverpool Cheinber of Commerce
have the pleaeure of laying before the members an account
cd their proceedings upon the principal subjects which have
eccupied their attention during the year 1862, the third of
the i eidetice of the chamber; and, in doing so, they would
fawn weir regret that owing to late occurrences in poli-
uvi ;Juin, the progress of several subjects of high im-
portance has been unavoidably arrested. Their attention is
weverthele still directed towaids such mitten, as well as
others in the ...".justment of which more immediate action
c‘a be Lei. n. Of the subjects of general interest to the
mercantile eurnmunity thus placed in abeyance, Custom.
house Reform stands first. fiince the Council made its
half yearly report it has been impossible to take any further
steps. but your thereon have much pleasure in repeating
that there exists, on the part of the authorities, every dive'mon to meet the requirements of trade ; and many restric-
tions, now rendered unnecteesery through the altered condi-
wai of the tariff, have either been removed or modified.
The Studio?, C..atnaittee continues its attention to the sub-
ject; and on the re-assembling of parliament, the council
will tarn its influence for the realisation of such other of
the reeonituendetions of the chamber as have not already
been adopted.
" MAIWIAL LAW REFORM AND TRIBUNALS OF
Coßsiiitti as with much gratification that your coun-
cil can report that these important questions, so intimately
anoroand with the original objects of the chamber, are
steadily progreiaing. The special report issued by your
council, labeled to at the last half yearly meetiog, has been
eateasively circulated, ant was tergeently referred to as
eintaiuine valuable information and suggestions at the
conterence, held in London in November last, on law
reform, under the auspices of the Society fur Promoting the
Amendment of the Law, and at which your chamber was
represented by a deputation, in common with most of the
leadiug towns of the kingdom. Although the practical
conclusions of this eooference were confined to bringing
forcibly before her Majesty's government and the public
the role arising out of the want of the consolidation and
swinalation of the law, yet an opportunity was afforded
to the Liverpool deputation for urging upon the representa-
tive' of the commercial communities of the provinces, what,
to them, is a tar greater inconvenience and pecuniary loss,
namely, the absence of permanent local courts, with
sommary powers and equitable jurisdiction over all cases of
meecounde dispates. This clams of tribunals is essentially
main, perhaps, only in the positions throughout which,
at present, the admiaistratton of civil justice in all dia.
rated amounts over MIL is suspended during flee-sixths of
the year, while the costs are multiplied intiedmitely by the
system of working all preliminary proceedings through
Loodon. The late reforms of the courts of law do not
touch the leading grievances under which the amiss and
other towns labour; and your mined cannot declare too
=plastically that, if these grievances are to be abolished,
the commercial communities of the trovioces must help
themselves ; fur it can be neither the interest met tho wish
of
the metropolitan circles, whether pronmeismill IN met-
Smile, to kelp them. As a body, the provimal immuni-
ties entirely concur with the views of the Liverpool cham-
ber, sad par council will take into early enedderation
the expedient, of inviting a general conforms of the
eomatereial association, of the kingdom to be held in
Liverpool. In the meantime, it will be imembent oa
she new manell, at the remaimeblag of parliament,
to embody, as far as they may emakior etit, the
penonoil elniness embraced in Iho mart to by
minims ft em
pediment nein "Maier this sobjed. the
teasel duds to need EMS poomeneatty Moir mom ot
the many and attention which the lopmtatioa hem this
chamber received from the Imasagios essimmittio of the
lambs essisity for Pmeatiog the Animminsat et the Lew,
nod the value they Mimi to the namrying esieksee of
that emedelim to memo the slim of legal Mimi pressing
es the iamestoof trade and imammeme when owes satiated
of their exisisam.

"Passion's ACT ANIXDVIST BlLL—l:fader this
heed yoga, asnail can only repeat their exproaioas of regret
end it• the balf.pearly aisesting, that so few of the amend-
=Ms paned by Wit special twounittee ware adopted by
=l.24end Mat a mason or such important, should
as passed in so objectionable a shape.

..CWILUTRIN WITH I.IIIIIILITY.—A motion was
height before your 001111111i1 by ore of the division to the
effect that tht chamber should memorialise governmein
against granting to shipping companies charter.) with limited
impossibility ; but, after giving the subject the fullest con-
sideration, it was /noised that the question of limited part-
nerships, being one of the greatest inspostaaes, should be
eppeotetteet with the utmost caution. The matter, as re-
gards shipping wets, therefore, deferred untilrefo, the conneil
as hltll its intention of taking up the entire subject.

ENNIWAL OP 11111 EAST INDIA COMPANY'S CNAATIII.
.—This smatter, though brought soder the notice of the
chamber, has bees referred to the East India and China
Assosiation, in deference to the intention expressed by the
body of giving it their full consideration. Your council
will be lad, bersattor, to co-operate with the Bast India
A :for bay desirable object in connexion then-
witL

.....rgicten Dort ow SOAP.—A 11111118rila bail bees kw-
warded to the Cheaeoller et the itieshereer, urging so the
oteridezeties et boor liejiates sevessawat the nail evils
eel*, wet of this ellesetlemehie kopek mg pintail for
it ,belfries. Awl yews abeam have reeeteed, is reply,
the emewese tbet the wiliest will ready, the best eoseklers-
ties et the gmemna.

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awl Ms am bosoms kw; Ils ommlowsis psspaisti=
mail see isimend sa is 1r INS IMlliseely swum
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" Dwetre• CIMAINCT.--41 veibieselisea sepia ee
the ;sweeties seibjest. by • quid.-tarmilles maimed
=bee bees ealemeively eleseleted ; midi • emmeriel,
ea its sessitilems. Were die buds d &pri-
mates et else greeesseae. TYt were bee seteeeled greet
seeados eel pees else es stomeras eoemesieelleme to the
eseei4 may esateksies valuable Wets sod leibresatios.
Tees anima believe that Ilse vestry is mese seedy for
ebe desimsble shop bete Winded dew is sueseelly use"
" Tits 'abaft of a heel ebeneler ere
" Dors ABRANOIXINTS AND inis Ititow 111111 M—It

will to remembeeed that complaints hate latoli beTwori
ferr to the {solid ar est rancomiests at the &sok reap
tlied upset Mode. Nunes' from yews unwell
Warmed We meeshoes of this that a metes of wag-
polkas had boos hreardol sW be Obi yose Se he dela
asseadues on Ws solieeL amen Ohm wqmossa-
laths• boa been mnie. sod per ilk sod ihal Is por-
ter. Oaths deok osershloo Mr shyest ear sordial
sessoores ; bet, to under hi halides litre pert itesimes-
serge with the assideode of hi ozpoot tinily sad to err
the setive rivalry of ober ports, rosy Improvereets ate
still urgently oohed hr. Tito for
menage mode by dr Lair owl IdargiVialleosilikElway
Garay ars rill perisesd la, awl a oesidoesbio penis'
of the export trade geld& would Sow throgli his post is
thereby diverted to Loader TM spiral ..amuse to
whom thew Behjetts kar bees rehired eastran to give
them its hest coosideratica.

"POSTAL Aaautonnairre. —Your council have plume
ia reportme that arrangements him at lost been made for
the despatch of an additional mail for Glasgow and Edits-
berth, truing here at 9 p.m., an advantage the want of
which was mach felt. And they hope eh way also to an.
lona a change in the despatch of the Landau aserniag
mail. now sot du here wild a Reuter past 8 p.m., by for-
warding it by the morning empress train, leaving London
at bait-put 9, and aniline here at halll-past 3, as the ogees-
easy arrangements have lately been suds. It has been in-
timated to your evened that a change is contemplated is the
port of tunesl sad departing of some a the Asterisms mail
steamer*, bat, as nothing is positively knows ma yet, all that
your directors at present can do is to watch events, end so
be prepared to oppose such change.
"Tie RIMOVAL OP TBa BWILLT ROCKIL—A memo-
rial in favour of this wit forwarded to government, and the
stoma is happy to Gad that it has been decided to carry oat
this desirable object.
"Hart ae aa T oe Diaaceona.—During the Fast per
your conned have lost the services of Mr. Ryder, by resig-
nation, and the vacancy thus occasioned has burn tiled up,
is accordance with the laws, by the election et Mr. Junes
smith. The chamber is also deprived of the services at
the Council Board of the following directors, who retire by
Mates, and are ieeligible for re-election for one year;
namely, Mr. H. Husby, Mr. T. B. Houle% M.P.,
Clarks Holland, Mr. Edward Heath, Mr. John Aikin,
sad Mr. Robert Rankin. It will, therefore, be for the
Members of the Chamber to elect successors. In conformity
with the law, a statement of the attendance of the directors
of the meetings of the council is laid upon the table.
" In closing their report, it is with pleasure that your
maned have again to refer to the very valuable IlerviClMl
rendered to the chamber by the members for the borough
sad the southern division of the county, and by Mr. Hots-
WI. )IP. for Derby, and they, therefore, tender to those
geetkmen a most cordial vote of thanks."
After the report had been read, the TkIASVIIEII nude
kis annual statement, from which it anposred that the as-
sociatioa had increased 84 in number during as
the pt ear ;
that several of the leading Arras of the town, whoy had
hitherto held aloof, had now become members; that the
total strength of the emaciation amounts 497 ; and that the
bin ince eikah on band at presen to 871. 19s. Id.,
spout 291. Is. Bd. at the last anneal meeting.
Os the motion of Mr. Baown, M.P.,
seconded by Mr.
Bawb,s, the report and statement were unanimously
. .

A long discussion then followed as to the propriety of
altering the law which readers retiring directors ineligible
for re-election. Po that the chamber might not lose the ser-
vices of th•ne directors who now retire. Ultimately, to
avoid repealing a fiihdamental law for a temporary pur-
Pow. a resolution wasadopted whereby the retiring (heel-
Stis could be associated with any committee on any partl-
RIR suhttet, with full power to act and rot* on that
tollaiittee.
Addams& upon several of the subjecta mentioned In the
Mort were given by the directors in charge of the parti-
es:at matters, after which the members retired to the be

lotimg room to record their votes for the new dire Mon, mod
the sands* them broke up.
The somm of the new directors will not be deelared until
to-day ; and the new thairman. in room of Mr. Hamby,
will be elected by the commit of the chamber.