The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.

The usual monthly meeting of the council was held in
the Town Hall, at eleven o'clock, yesterday. The Mayor,
John
Stewart, Esq., presided.
The minutes of the last meeting were read.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.
lowhe proceedings of this committee comprised the fol-
k recommendations :—Recommendation to increase_o
Ltle n
t 'alary Of the chaplain of the Borough Gaol from,xu3pay
o 4'4°o Per annum, the chaplain being allowed to occupy
h h
- -Disc free of rent, the consideral ion of which
wase
P°stlioned at the last monthly council, pursuant to th
Battay"ing orders. Recommendation to purchase from
for s Carnes her leasehold premises, in Blundell street,
Ps„the sum of 300. Recommendatioen to appoint Mr. C.
ts,,,,,:iore temporarily inward bookk efplioin the Town
i,,s Ace, at a salary after the rate o 0 per annum.
"'''''. ' S. Ho me said, in the can, ioued absence
of
m_ naa.
lion r.
t:oHornby, it became his duty to
.move the confirma-
of the proceedings. The first point to which he had
call attention, was the fact that th.e plansfor the daily
would contain
,_ourtts were now complete. The buildings
t e fire engines,
~,,, ponr t s , a coroner's nand various
e
I,:igences for the officers, various other places to be
reed as stores for Clothing and other purposes, so as to
Whe the plans
-yreQrlder the whole perfect and complete.
h,.'re sanctioned by the council, the. surveyr would by
and I
Pared to make out the specifications,
tv._ measures for proceeding, with the work. The pIP-
-0 bridewell had been submitted. to the
there,-14. and received their sanction ; and he hoped, ur
€lof surveyor, he would be enabled Hit-
t()
,_. urn the .
ha Pin those works in operation, so that the "
YP, in the course of a couple years, the ~.
e°llts and br: Jewell to dispose of. The next. pointw
Which , ,
the
he wished to call the attention of the council, That
question of the increase of Mr.. Mansfield's salar
'"at question came before the committee by appointment.
and it was decided that it should be taken into considera-
tie „„ t,
Zs— iday last But in consequence of the licensing
ointintshe".rt Tours terminated, as they were expected to
bl h --rs,-iaY several magistrates unavoid-
a ya an
from th ' *tt e, detained in the licensing
court, and the chairmane"ma% othere members being absent
fro town, there wassuch a small meeting of the c
them
mittee, that it was .
question for another week, consideredlnad
order
that there should be
visable to adjourn
a full Co
lit another
present when a subject of so much
bePortance should be taken into consideration. (Hear,_v
1111.4• 1%) Ile had now to move that the salary of the Rev.
fronlearter, chaplain of the borough gaol, be' in
he had
me 4350 te .t 400 a-year. Upon that subject
Y to s. that he had been requested by Mr. Carter. to
Press to
they ,_the council his thanks for the manner in which
,ha received the application which he made. .
'nr• Alderman Dover seconded the motion, which was
earried.
Mr. LT
Ilium ohne moved that the purchase of the property in
to th ell-street, which he stated would be very valuable
teizieboeunceilli,a%ndedh.ad been made on very advantageous
Mr, !notion was agreed to.
meat of then moved the confirmation of the appoint.
talewaze
thMatrA. Moore. He observed that the council were
iyirv,thatit-. Moore, the late inward book-keeper, was
his son was temporarily appointed.
Reatie„, eLon: May I ask why it is temporarily ? If tne
tees„ "'au be a suitable person why is the appointment
„beorary? 3
he Mav
The a., -, ?I' : We wish to try that.
The ~nointment was confirmed.
the cnol-rne then moved that the general proceedings of
i,„.Mittee be confirmed.
deearpasleitanoclassoll asked whether there had not been some
on the part of one of the collectors of dock
The R.,
kr. T,IYor : It is referred to in the minutes.to
say
that
there 1742110 said he was exceedingly sorry
add, to Z peen sorne defalcations ; but, he was
.happy to Was /1,,,,,YerY slight extent. The name of the individual
of the ',,'°„s' He had been nearly 20 years in the service
Stance
„""rPoration, and, until this unfortunate e.ircu. mad-
ben :tu° fault had been ever found with him, oat h li
officer- waYs considered a very steady and tentive
dlt ~,a..
distress
~- understood that he had seen in somewhat
Portion of,`lircurostances, and some time ago he took a
IMapes,,,
~tue dock fines, which he had collected,eforrtohme
410a,a -°l. PaYing off some money he had borrow d f
auollt --letY• The defalcations altogether amounted
familyto
of the -140th About .t'4o had been recovered—
Itetualiman had sent and paid it—and the dtehfealcattion
c4o4l7:itYte7laining was about £lOO. The reason why '''
did not bring forward before the council '
the,,,,tutable.person to fill the office was,
tnal,is.. ' the circumstance gave them an opportu
lo:ssiu"Aa strict investigation into the whole of the sy _
~
maladyair at the magistrates' office, and a sub-committee h
held several sittings, and were receiving fa
and would be prepared, at the next.meeting of the
to be ' in bleat' before them a report, in which
.theyrhopheed
filtureend to recommend some mode by which,
be
ttlit4ht'kany defalcations, if unhappily there should any,
kr, speedily discovered.
to aecowoodruff asked how often the man was called upon
kririt for the monies which he had in his p'ossesysejornto?
r. 1,,,,;_)re said his duty was to pay the moneiesoro
twice
* we,(,k:lter every day. Mr. Tasker then, onc and paaPcOrding to the amount of the money, brought it
Deared`slt into the treasurer's office.
e'g
October
am Ike 'lad retained monies so far back as last
Mr. B, ap-
aill March he
but very small sums. About
and then
then it
appe."eh he retained some larger sums ; an
Who dred he received subsequent payments from parties
placed Plaesieir,o filled, and with these subsequent NS so'uo former amounts he had abstracted.sumThere
'air 13, rtmcb uncollected, that it excited the attention of
late tiV'ty, the auditor. Mr. Barry proceeded
o
On bolo Matter, and he then discovered the defalcations.
t enquire
at 4,g Made acquainted with the facts, the committee
that
bapPointed a sub.committee.of investigation, and
and Ivo,.,e_,nninaittee was now going into the whole system,
eollueii um
.be prepared to lay their plans before the
the ' which would embrace, and be the best answer to
..04,qtUestio which had been put to him ;
'llleesa, thati thehad no
and he
system they would be enabled to re
a need,eu,o be one, so effective in its character, as to put
%,_ the possibility of any future defalcations.
.11
til(' hab7t"druff: Then it appears that this man i
for t-• , aPPropriating money belonging to the public,
0,,_ ,7ive months, and was not, until now, found out
In'
8'0"47( that affords very decisive evidence of neglect
1 B,e, quarters, besides the instance of this office himself.
ekb",°_l2l.(l like to ask, whether he is in custody for
T,!4ziernent, or whether you intend to prosecute him?,
4.114`T Mayor If you were to see the books, you would
yoi,, that that there is a very great difficulty, from the
Aril. urinous amount of small fines recorded there.
at ..._es-Woodruff :Do I understand that he is in custodyr___
„,,PrL ent, and about obe Prosecuted by the coun Al f
a Hire
Mayor'
, N ad,.. _ Yor . o. h,...._3: tioline: I may at once state, on
ti",,ruift of the circumstance, and hearing of the defal
candidly, that
ea.
~t??!,e.t, acting under the advice of one of the law officers,.m.
°f the
sent an officer to take charge of him.
bet heal?, was supposed, at the time, to be upon his death
actuallviiielously ill of cholera, and fora fortnight
After
the offoe:Tg ol a state between life aud death.
We had as had
tea
in the house for a fortnight, and
reach - ' ' certamed
and
that the defalcations would. barely
cottsidt RA with the mo which had been paid in, .
tons' £IA
tht
tsetse CO-pnoetyation had two bondsmen for_
I, ahlellUt
lutanity, 's officer was really out of motives of
tome nod Pecially as it was believed that if the officer
Pee ed the Poor had I was fellow would be very likely never to
myself excf edingly sorry fot: taheso
inewhat
ft.tray„ 7erY large family, I believe, d
ye,__ ,gadt one. He had borne a good
VitY,unit as az! excellent officer. Let me takreeputhtaistiou.pnpfoorr-
of stating, that the man had never been paid for
14143 lervices. Re' had only a salary of .e9O a year, with
illettsci sums of money to collect, and requiringdutiesear
Preat '. s Thi vigila;me from morning to pight. (El
wo.natuAnly affords anotii,?r proof, Mr. Mayor, if one were
gettjhe'''„of the necessity, in all our appoint4tmenztentrasiroiyf
and f:' toe best men we can payinggell'eaarnllier.) The roan was
liaatd9Y for their services. (
larg' to live upon the salary which was given him'
handsatnount of money was always passing through his
You, His position was one of very great difficulty,
star ~Ar• Mayor, have just stated what I ought to have
ceite`', that from the nature of the accounts, great diffi-
hould think,
how`Y!xisted in discovering any frauds.
hay,,'Pr, that the system we are about to propose will
AI that effect.
th tr. Ho effect.
: My reason for putting the question was
rill I had heard this, and I regretted it as much as Mr.
badlyti°flnaethat any man'should be employed by the eorp.odrso.
f.' such important duties, and should b.e ai
I.,inatt for
ill'ettl,_ • I say that we were to blame in putting
ulna a eil'scuarge such important duties and notl payingfor
the roasnuionti,Y liberal salary. (Hear, headr.)oo feel
t sinall a
the
and ",, nad a very large family an ntnnadteier.et_heooa;ri'll;P:e the corporation will not prosecute him
Mr 117- e'retlinstan ea (Hear, hear.)
_;ime—ot at all satisfied. I think if the
i„ i LeOTUtuitteci had 6madeproper arrangements they
sWe°,.Ct''• have saved this man from being placed in his prleci
.._, litgortunate position. In the first place, they shou.
gunnot ha 4 given him a greater responsibility than they paid
for ; i-nd, if they did so, they should have taken care
fro lookina ~`tore often into the accounts to prevent him
,tti commitang himself to the extent he did.
The subject then dropped.
h„_,r• Gregson wentioned that, in the plans for the new
„,.‘_usewell, the committee were obliged to provide a sepa-
.ate cell for sent to each person, as Colonel Jebb would not
The con
any other arrangement.
e,,'",,urrned.h general proceedings of the committee N;'ere then

watch corn-

resent

hncause tt
fy

WATCH COMMITTEE.
tZuine 14,1% Gregson, in moving the confirmation of the pro-
gS this committee, which were read, alluded to
the recent C
lamentable fire in Shaw's-alley, and declared
inv4ets!.he rompittee, w. ho had instituted the strictest
1 ogation intc the circumstances_ were of nnioi, .
1,e21.11. the _

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";"ouslusliblehatto,
Lapwity of the fi.e, it was utterly .mp •
Ige.sery the lives of the unfortunate people who were at
n • time in the house. •
bnl;_Tr. Alderman Bennett thought that fire-escapes should_
' Kept at different parts of the town, in order that they
tnifitit be at hand when required.
.-I‘re• Gregson replied that a fire-escape was kept at each
ty45,.... the eleven police stations in the town, and that, on
~e,PY alarm of fire, whether in nrivate dwelling or ware
".,.:,e, an escape was at once taken to the place.
r.''.tr'• Robertson Gladstone suggested that when corpo-
e',Lion leases were being granted it should be made one of
a'n conditions, that the parties should make an accessible
....n. c'asY approach to the roof of the house. If such a
tr_aetice were generally adopted the persons in any house
4 fire, if the flames broke out from below, could get at

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once to the roof of the house and escape through the
a Ijoining dwellings.
The matter then dropped, and the proceedings were

confirmed

The proceedings Of the dock committee were confirmed
ST. GEORGE'S HALL COMMITTEE.-" THE LIONS."

Mr. Alderman Turner proposed, and Mr. Alderman
mime seconded, the confirmation of the proceedings of
this committee, which were read.

Mr. Alderman Bennett complained of the expense which
was being incurred in connection with the boondary wall
of the hall. Absurdity after absurdity was being added
to it, until it threatened to become a complete screen to
toe hall itself. He htd seen one of the lions on its pedestal
that morning, and he could not conceive a more absurd
decoration to such a building. The lion itself, he should
candid y declare, was far more like the chairman of the
'
committee (Mr. Alderman J. H. Turner) than a lion.
(Great laughter.) He had stood for ten minutes listening
to the jeers of the passers by, and their remarks were
anything but complimentary to the architect. The time
would come when this expense would he found to be use-
less ; and he would recommend that they should now do
what eventually they would be compelled to effect—
namely, to raise the space in front of the hall, and lower
Lime-street, until they were brought to a level.
Mr. Beckwith replied that the committee were not
responsible for the absurdities to which allusion had been
made by Mr. Bennett. He should have been aware that
a majority of the council had determined that the lions
should be placed in their present position, though each
lion cost £2OO. He (Mr. Beckwith) had voted against it,

s of opinion that they should remove the balus-
trade which now concealed the building.
No resolution being moved in the matter, the proceed-
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