Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-16 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--YEsrEADAy.

(Before Mr. J. S. MANSFIELDias
CHARGE OF AlsizsLiticarrint.—Nicho Flynn, a
young man, was brought up on remand, charged with ,
the manslaughter of his stepmother. It appeared that,
on' last Friday Week, the prisonei; his father, and step-
mother were sitting round the _ fire, in their residence
Cherry-lane, when a •quarrel arose between the
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strike him, and he gave her a push, she fell, and the
stool falling under her leg,,broke it. She-was taken to
the Northern 'Hospital, where she died on. Saturday
last. In her dying declaration she stated that the pri-
soner kicked her ; his father-, however, who is the only
witness, distinctly states that he used no violence farther
than to give her a push, when she threatened to strike
him with the stool. A surgeon from the Northern
Hospital stated that death was caused by pleurisy, and
the broken leg: The prisoner. was committed for trial.
A Tairomnit.-,-John Lynch was charged by John
Anderson, a seaman, with swindling him out of a
sovereign. It appears ;that the pr9secutor was in a
public-house in Whitechapel, in, company with several
females. The. prisoner entered the place where _they
were, and induced the prosecutor to play with him for
a penny. According to the general . practice of these
characters, he wished him- to stake a large sum. He
pleaded he had no small change, but would venture if
the, prisoner could change him a sovereign. The
prisoner, only, too happy to accommodate him, said he
could. The sovereign was laid on the table, and ,was •
• immediately picked up by the prisoner, who suddenly
discovered that he had no silver, and consequently
handed back the,sovereign. fa, the prosecutor. Re then
took his' departure, immediately after which the sove-
reign was discovered to be it " Cali fo r n ." • Ond of the
females instantly started forth in pursuit,, and overtook
the prisoner in Marybone. she charged him with • the
theft, and laid hold of hint-till -an officer came to her
assistance, and conveyed hini •tii--Brielewell. The firi-
soner was ,sentenced to imprisonment for six months
with hard, labour. • • •
Itirriumenns,,BEwAnE I—Daniel A. Pritchard, a re-.
spectable-looking young man, was brought. up by Mr.:
Griffiths, of the Grapes Hotel, Lime-street, on the
charge of coming. to his 'hotel on :Sunday evenine,
and representing that he had' just lately • arrived •in
town on business at St, ,G.eorgg'slhall. His luggage
he said, would arrive next,daY,l?y the train from Chas-
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ter, 'and lie..gaie the "boots;" a note to. the railway
officials desiring the-delivery of -day luggage that might
come" to• the of 'Henry .Lloyd.: He' left on
Monday evening- without paying his. bill, whiCh
amounted to 7s , 6d. - was„amehended, on the.
previous evening, and, being. unable to give a reference,
Mr. Griffiths had him conveyed to -bridewell. Mr.
Bluck,,who appeared for the prisoner, said that it was a
case for the ('aunty-coart,:and, although he could not
'defend the 'cOnduct of the pritioner, he had no doubt but
the demands
_•orMr. GriffithS• Would' paicl4. ,
as the
pasotiVei fithkr was in a respectable paSition. in.
Mr. Minssileidiplisetiarged the prisoner; •

ta WA- undelistands t) ,Mr. Anthony Trollope will sue-
ceed.,.Mil•G-em.ggirl ial., las,ROSi.efape Surveyor fpri this
diltriAt.i, :21*. Trp.. . pe islie *xi : of-I4rs.. Txiave, the,,,
celebrated writer, and is himself a tatentedlan.dipoptilar,;,
....
author.—Essex Gazette. _
A yv,Fix.*ll,ll TI.T yA,yr—A large bottle;nosekyluale
was, seen, on Saturday afternopii, in the Tay, near: Igver-
gowrie .Buy---:p 0 -doubt
,in pgritit of the herrings, which.,
have been up the river, in largeshbals. It swam, about
fearlesilyt and it is soniewliat,
recently aurpising that it was not
made a: prize by some. ot.the :menreturned from
the northern whale fishi. . ' •
THE DUNGANNON MURDER,—A. subscription kas
been opened.* .the .rpli yaf;'l,,thei'_vridowiand family of
the late . Constable:gicr V,: who 2wfw.:Alarblrpusly
inurdered on the night a thec.6.th.,i444attrbi" 11.. s C9lll`
rade IftMen. Sub-uispector :Mattllo,ll, who was griey-,.
ouSly Woancled on the same ,night, spiitinues in al-ery.
k mitictil at.lte. The doctors .in
,attendan
~,say,;tholigh
pr%resswg favourably, kis .not ,c)Ppe) C4\l ..7r , i-
51-7iV9g67--Pie4fAml4 ;40. . 1?;,-7- • ,e, e:a•M, TO. at
6.p0.A.m,,, Sha-was.,de.tained in a gale O i, enn.antePec,„
forty hOurs. 'She ' brings, the follOWing itema:(rom7
Mexico :—' The Conservatves,_ledl, General Jondo,
and the Liberal by General porp, 0, met, at Tepic,
Mexipo, alivi'the Bth ' instant. - he -nServatiyos
were - victortimis'ilkilling General Coronadot'o iniictctdiir
hundred of his men. The loss • 'of We Conservatives' is
not exactly known, but it is supposed to be great.
The Liberals fled •to Mazatlan. General Coronado
imprisoned her Britannic Majesty'S Consulnt Maxatldn,
on account of his4.efuSing to pay. a second duty on the
treasures shipped in her Britannic Majesty's steamship
Calypso. Captain Sidney- -Greenfall, of her Britannic
MajesVts .-;steamship- , Amethyst, rreleard . him' , : and '
blockaded the port,..seizing two of `their ships loaded
with, cotton. ' • The Liberal party, at Mazatlan-hid
refused; to recognise : the American ,Consul until the
arrival of the, St. Mary's, when all .difactilties will be
amicably settled. Captain Stone.returns to Sonora with
an escort of 200 ;United States troops and 100 civilians,

HEALTH COMMITTEE:

Alderman Dover presided at the usual weekly meet-
ing of the Health Committee, yesterday, and the other
members present were—Messrs. Shell, erellin, Cros-
thwaite, Hodson, Beck With, Holdea Bowring, Ridley,
Nickson, Haidock, Stitt, Barton, Job.
SANITARY OPERATIONS.
The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and In-
spector of Nuisances, reported various. particulars of the'
operations in their several departments during the week,
from which it appeared that 223 nuisances complained
of by the inhabitants- had been inspected and means
taken to remedy them; 1,208 houses in the unhealthiest
districts, containing 3,759 apartments, and 742 cellarshad
been put under examination' with the view of improving
their sanitary condition, and 25 lodging-houses had also
been examined and reported upon. -
HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH.
• The medical officer of health reportedthat in the week
ending 10th instant, 198 deaths were registered in Li-
verpool, of which 133 were in the parish, and 65 in the
out-townships. This number shows an excess of - 33
over the previous week, but is 58 less than the corrected
average of the same week of the preceding.ten years.
The deaths of 26 children and .6 adults—in all '32 —were
ascribed, to diseases of the zymotic class. Of these, 8
were caused by fever, 5 by scarlatina, 5 by croup, 4 by.
hooping-cough; 3 measles, 2 sYphilis, and I diptheria.
Diseases of the .lungs caused:77 deaths, of ,which--18 only
were from consumption, and not less than 40 from bron-
chitis. The deaths above 60 years of age formed a larger
proportion than usual of. the total deaths, 21 males and
15 females having died between the ages of 60 and 90..
Of these 36 deaths, 14 'were caused by affections of the
lungs, .and 7 by infirmities of age. The mean tempera-
ture of the week was 1-4.- degrees below the average.
THE BUILDERS AND THE PROPOSED NEW BYE-LAWS.
Mr. CRELLIN moved that 200 copies of the bye-laws
proposed for adoption, under the Local Government
Act, be printed, and circulated amongst the builders of
the town, and other parties interested in those bye-laws.
There was considerable excitement out of doors in the
minds of the builders, because they believed that powers
were given to the building surveyor and his officers
which: should not be given. If furnished with copies
of these bye-Laws, the builders would be able to see for
themselves whether the committee were right or Wrong.,
He moved that 200 copies of the bye-laws be printed,
and that they might be had on application at Corn-
wallis-street. ;
Mr. CROSTHWAITE had great pleasure in seconding
the resolution.
The _CHAIRMAN said it was only :right th i public
should know that the committee
,had been very careful
in bringing the matter forward, after considerable dis-
cussion ; and, having placed copies of the proposed bye-
laws in the hands of 'all the members of the Town'
Council, so that they could . have a full month foi their
oonsideration, it could not be said that the public had
been.taken by_ surprise: . • • -
The motion motion was agreed to ; and it. was resolved, on the
motion of Mr. Crellin, seconded by Mr. Beck With, that
a charge of . 3d. should , be made for each 'copy of the
proposed bye-laws above referred to. .
The LAW CLERK said there was a misapprehension as
to what the bye-laws were. They-were those suggested
by the Government and already adopted in seventy-eight
other large towns in the' kingdonl.
Mr. CRELLIN said there was an impression out of
doors that there was something wrong, and, therefore,
, every information should-be afforded to the public. Per-
sonally he did not concur in the opinion referred to.
Mr. Istiexsow hoped that in all matters connected with
the heuses of the working classes, and the protection of
the poor, the committee would not submit to outside
pressure. These bye-laws ~ivere . prospective, not retro-
spective ;c and in such an important matter as thewel-
fare of the poor, he would . advise the committee net to
yield too much to outside pressure.
Mr: CROSTHWAITE said the committee had nothing
to conceal.
. Mr. STITT COD.CHIced to some extent in the remarks of
Mr. Illickion ; but it was one thing to submit to external
pressure,'and quite another thing to' giVe those imme-
diately interested in, ,and affected by the proposed bye-
laws a knowledge of what they.were.. If they gave
those who were practically adqUamted With the 'subject
an intimation of what the committee intended to do,
some. valuable hints might be., thrown oat for their
guidance. • • . • • -
A ff.,. sump ancail+nry onnverwati cm -1-11 e MOH. or Arnnnati
REGISTRATION OF. COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
Mr. M'GowAN, the law-clerk, read the following'
report of the deputation ,who had proceeded to London
to inspect the lodging-house system in the metropolis :—,
The deputation appointed to inquire into the practice adopted
in London with reference to the registration and .inspection of
common lodging houses report that theyhave had an interview
:with Captain Harris; who is charged with the control of these
.places for the 'whole of the metropoliS Otherthaw-She city of
London, and with Mr. Daw the clerk to the commissioner of
seviers, who is charged with the control of them within the '
latter district, as hereafter explained, bOth-•of whom most ,
kindly afforded every assistance that was required.
The deputation first inquired into the official arrangements
of each establishmenti and then proceeded to inspect a number
of common lodging housed in different parts of the town,
accompanied by officers placed at theiidisposal., " Th 4 localities
'visited were wbiteenspel,,,spitalneldlsand Wapping, 4atcliff
Highway and Wellclosersquare, Smithfield, Holborn and Cow
Cross, St.' Giles's and Clare Markef, SeVen Diali; and the
lowest parts . of Westminster. Some of ,the houses examined
were occupied by sailors and labouring men ; others by tramps,
mendicants, and thieves. portion were inspected in the
daytime ; the remainder between midnight and . four. in the
morning, when the lodgers were in bed.
AS 'TO THE CITt OF
The: city. diatriet,,ii ;governed under a local Rob knowtoka
"The City of London Sewers Act, 1851.7 It treats as common
.lOdging-houses houses not being lieenised'Viotunfters','
anyfpart Of whichls Ist; at, a daAly oxwpelilyier4 !At-met:l4lv
the rates of iSs. 6d. per week, or in which persons are harboured,
or lodged for' hire for a single; night br for lceis than It!wcielA, di 1
in which any room let for hire is occupied by more ithanne
family at one time., Although there is an effective pollee force
established for thia sdistriet • exelusiveli, they have nothing
whrktever to do withthe'rekidatiOn or inspectionibt the houses
in IptestiOn, which are placed entirely undeisthe comialtittork6rs
of sewers--a body executing dutieesimilar to ittiOieqw, the
health committee in Liverpool. Vr.e.en.9gities do not profess
to interfere with all common loilgt4gAiouses : on the contrary,
it is soIOW-tipOn certificate of the medical'ofileer of getrith'itiiiit
the nab* to registration arises, and his bb'rtideate liinsibfe;
only where a .hiniseiaas-been,indeeentlyor improperly ciekvtledV(.
or in which persons afflicted ,with certain diseases. haVe're-,
maimed -Where :10dgers 'hate !been received .in. :the plate of •
diseased • Persona Without :the 'apartments ,an.a• Imds-iibeing •
purified, where the house is..unfit for 1(14+1.8.03r rivhere ex=
lodgingLhouses at -present under registration throughoulahe
cessive mortality has occurred: The total nuniber a common
City is 123. The auperVision of them is confided to oneofileek,
a retired golice ins'peetor. • , • •
When a house has become liable to rogistratient; the, com-
missioners are empowered to regulate the number of persons
sleeping in each room, and to insist upon the sesasation of the
see: e. On the' fatter pOint,-hbwevei.,-yoirddptitatiOn were
informed that the authorities "'are
.obliged `-f.O eixereiSer flinch
Care and discretiorvbvcanssei they ere; Try,. desirous to
put an end to improper asaociatfon of tv sexes, they are also
desirous not to violate the domestic 'feeltnisi• Ot.ll'd poor, or to, ,
interferiiiith their,pietisinitneceksitiet." 4' Als they dO '
neeperr' itit different famillei eentitlinbrig ytifultii ok:different
sexes to occupy the tiadib' food, nee eliddieitikbeve 15. Oniii
old, of the same family, to lodge=ttrthe same room with their
parents ; but as an illustrittiok df theldtfilculties with which
this portion of the,subjeetils , beset, your, ,deputatiortithink it
right to 'mention a case' witnessed ,by them inv.a ‘regigrteredi
howin St.,JOhn's-court. , One, room was occupied-3y, a 0p.,1
shop tailor, an industrious .mani having • a family of seve4i(4:,
all, two e4whorn are daughters, one 15. and the other 17 years
ofaale. Lunger daughter had recently left a situation,
and was,seetinifOr another ;the elder daughter solito:itSfes
in the street. ri& 6;0) amo,4idct tn-Sorne:`,
what Under, a quird Per week: Theychlr areatiep
saree'-apaOnati , The, fatherisitif Wit-411'6i% did 'I39A
hfd sebineriPartnielat 'tor hiS g ; that'
one of them was only tempentarily at hOiti6);
vtliat'ifl'ttie'idw r'
interfered and prohibited hilli7frpru Navin them with him he
must send them to thetirlioln or to a nightly lodging house, or
into ,the .streets, *d that; as a father, he nonsidifecl it ranah
bitter teethe' girls to be-tinderr
'at night. He was grieved that his poverty did, not enable hida'l
t°-4.._Tehot!Prf accon?lnoclatur: t for lhis family.-,but„,bert ntkies
wife believed-they wereopting, t least 0 tiw prip tps•
. e•
his WWII aid-thein mother's eye
course they pursued. At night they mad etemporaryi4onl{4
ration by placing the girls in a corner of the room; suspending
a'eltoth in front over a, line, and thus forming a ihrt4n:
The inspection of the Wises is confined tothelity4rs between
eleven in the forenoon and four-in the afternoonA -110' nightly .
inspections are made, unless, under special- eireurnstrurees,'
medical officer of health orders such a visit. •
other,
sas...L4aporremle,
AS:TO THE METROPOLIS. ''fri
' Themetrope. litan diStrietfeorrifk*s(every parish:airrpirt of
which is within 151niiles.of 'Charitig-Cross, exeludifig 'the city'
of London, and embracing places so far 'distant, from each
Woolwieht Hounslow,
neaCil'eahrly,u44Qtrnilesudi diameter;' with a population
exceeding three linilligps, There is no sanitary authority
having jurisdiction_ conterminous with this district. It e.on..

tains almost as many local authorities as parishes, and some
of these have no staff or machinery for managing the common
lodging-houses. The whole are therefore placed nominally
under the conteol of the commissioner of police, but practically
under Captain Harris, the assistant commissioner. The police
constables, as a body, have no more to do with these houses in
this district than they have in the City. The duty is intrusted
to a chief inspector, assisted out of doors by three inspectors
and 16 sergeants, with a registrar, sergeant clerk, and constable
on in-door duty? These officers are entirely set apart to attend •
to this -department of the public business, in conjunction with
the inspection of dangerous buildings, under the powers of a
recent statute. They form a separate staff for the business,
consisting of picked men, and none of the other constables
intermeddle therewith.

Their powers are regulated by the two acts of 1851 and 1853,
known as Lord Shaftesbury's, the first of which recites that it
would tend greatly to the comfort and welfare of many of her
Majesty's poorer subjects if provision were made for the well
ordering of common lodging-houses. Neither of them at-
tembts to give any definition of what shall constitute such a
house.

The number of registered common lodging houses of every
description within this extensive circuit is 1,123, capable of
accommodating 28,000 souls. The great majority consist of
regular nightly houses, receiving a large body of lodgers, where
the occupants pay by the night, at the rate of 3d. or 4d. each
person ; the general practice being to require payment each
night, and if the parties stay the seventh night, thus com-
pleting the week, no charge is made for that night. In several
cases, such as sailors' lodging-houses, the occupants remain at
the same house nearly all the time they are in port, but they'
also pay a nightly charge, though they may actually settle only
once a week ; and the keepers state that they never refuse a
lodger for one night, if there be room for him. A similar rule
prevails in other houses where labouring men engaged on
public works remain for a considerable period. The only case
met with by your deputation, in the course of several long in-
spections, where a different practice prevails was in an exten-
sive model house at the West-end, established by the Society
for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, where
no one is admitted for less than a week, and this house was
voluntarily registered by the society.
Of the 1,123 common lodging-houses under registration, only
128 are cases of single rooms. In most of these the lodgers
pay a nightly charge, the seventh night being " thrown in," as
with the larger houses. - All these keepers will receive a lodger
for a night, but some of them in such cases require the person
to produce some recommendation, chiefly as a guarantee as to
character.

Your deputation were, much struck by the circumstance that,
amongst such an enormous population as the metroßolitan
district contains, so few instances should be found of single
rooms being registered ; as, for instance, the neighbourhood of
Clare-market, where scarcely a house is occupied by the same
family, and where only one single room is registered. There is
no lack of vigilance on the part of the officers. They are men
of great intelligence and activity, and, as your deputation were
informed, are continually watching the houses where the rooms
are let to families. The explanation is, that the law does not
allow the authorities in this district to treat as lodging-houses
houses or rooms occupied by the same family, however scan-
dalous the association of sexes or different the ages, whatever
the number of persons therein, and no matter how filthy the
condition of the people or their apartments.

The police cannot even exercise the power against over
crowding given by the Nuisances Removal Act of 1855 ; all
they can do is to send a report to the local authority of the
place where the house is situate, without having means for
compelling such authority to take action in the matter.
Captain Harris has directed the attention of Government to
this defect in a report of the 7th March last. Among many
instances cited by him one may be mentioned by way of
illustration. It is that of a house in Richard's-place, Old-
street, St. afire's. The house is a small one, having 17
persons residing in it, one child having recently died there,
another child lying ill at the time of inspection, with a family
of different sexes living in each room, the whole of them in a
" deplorable condition," the house considered by the parish
surgeon unfit for habitation, and the water butt fon supplying
this household and frur others being placed in a filthy privy,
without lid or cover, and much too small to contain a sufficient
'supply of water for even one house.
The metropolitan Jodgtn_g7hou_se law does, not reach _such .a -
state of things as this. Captain Harris says it is evident from
such cases, "which might be greatly multiplied, that all the
evils which -th Common Lodging-houses Act were intended
to remedy still exist, almost without abatement in single
rooms occupied by families; single rooms so occupied being
exempt from the operation of the act. In many cases (he aids)
the law IS without dsubt evaded, lodgers and landlords falsely
ascribing relationship of parties_ ccupying the same room, and
such cases frequently cause much difficulty to the inspecting
officers. Where such relationship really, exists, and many
adults are huddled toeether nitrhi and day in the narrowest
limits, all decency must be lost, and frightful evil is the con-
sequence. The causes are the avarice of owners and the
poverty or debasement of occupants and the only hope of
improVement seems to be in some - legislative enactment.
Unless some legal provision is made tuere is reason to fear
that_ the operation of the
__common Lodging-house Act_ will be _
very incomplete, and .that single rooms will continue to be
fertile causes of moral and physical degradation.
_ .

Your deputation were informed that the Government intro-
duced- a bill hi the Lords last 'session -to give effect to the
• recommendation of Captain Harris. It was thrown out in the
Commons, thus leaving the metropolitan authorities exposed
'to the difficulties:so-ably stated by the assistant commissioner.
All the comiduin lodging, houses which were visited in the
metropolitan district appeared very clean, and their condition
reflects great credit upon the authorities. Among-other excel-
lent, means adopted by Mr. Reason, the 'chief 'insp eetor, and
Price, his assistant, to check overcrowding and promote
habits of- decency, your deputation •desire to mention the
-system-recently-introduce!' of-requiring the bedsteads to be so -
small as to accommodate ;anti • one; person, except in cases
fitted up for married 'couples, and of allowing only sufficient
bedsteads in the apartment to accommodate giien -
number of lodgerS. By this means, unless some of the lodgers
sleep upon the floor, the number 'cannof"be eiceeded.,
Some of the older house.s still retain larger beds ;• but this is ni
in consideration of the circumstances of the keepers, and to
avoid pressing too heavily upon them.' In this and all other J
matters 'connected with the registration and inspection of the :
common lodging-houses your deputation are informed that
the greatestaliscretion and care have to be exercised,: so as to
avoid giving unnecessiry'pain: in the application of the law.
Tile,insprtiofrof ,the house& th'reughout. the metropolitan
district cam-only be-made in the day time, under ordinary
circumstances. Even' file head nsppctor has no power to
order a nightly Visit.' It cannot be niade'except under speCial
warrant, in ,writing,. from: the assistanttooumaissioner, and he
reciuires to be satisfied of the reason-for the proceeding before
graiiting pertniSeion. • • •
• -••- •.• ••0
• CONCLUSIONS.."';',." ,
Although the Legislature has created great confusion in n
reference, to the management of common lodging-houses, by
directing rinthe Towns' Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, that ••1
n
gn4niMunithe renir,teenstt
of SS 2s. .per annum, and by Lord Shaftesbairy's Acts saying
nothing at ,all .on the sabjeot, it is sufficiently clear from the.
£lO hpoeursae
w sahuma 11
bi b°
theregis4
itteyriedmatkinhe
fadts already stated, that the class of persons whose protection
is contemplated are "the poorer subjects" already mentioned, ••
or •the mendicants, strangecsi and the like," as specified in
thejamimplA,ctL....lhe_faeLthat.the et:tenant:Rent of the lodg-
ing-houses and the carrying out of the Nuisance Removal Act,
1855, are placed under-the same quthorityin -,Liverpool affords
advantages to the' health "office & -which 'are- denied to the
merf6folitifilffirri- And tr aprieats to your deputation
that the only ,powers -which they, can venture 'to recommend
are twonew bye-laws inneiditionto those in force;r one for the •
separation' of the seMes in common lodging-houses;' the' other
for limiting the number of lodgers to be allowed in each room.
They would' also strongly recommend the adoptionzog-the
systera'of single beds asiquiekly as circumstances wWadmit.
This-:is a matter of :administration for which the' present ~
poWers are sufficient. " • ,
It is possible that a law similar to thatintorce in the City
of Lcindloilinight. be 'useful in Liverpool ; but your deputation
dormtleet-Imtified-st-pregent-WriecentrarnthltMT_applica-
tion to Parliament onthssubject„and they-would much prefer
waitiug to .ascertain 'the operation; of the new arrangements
inb.di by, t4e.C9unctl for the rnanagertteAt of the houses under
considaratlik before suß•gesting
changes' than -those
already irit •
tour de idation would- imperfectly convey the result of
their inquiries if they refrained from stating the immense good
effected Ityythe .liberttity of Lord Shaftesbury and others in
establishing large, aity-,,,Weu_arranged :lodging-houses, some-
timelibT V Version Of Cld'property; to .thc purpose,•some-
times bY t eetion of new buildings.. They are invaluable
agents fot promoting', decency arid self-respect among people
who have no other home—formidable rivals with the. meaner
coe.efttaierrhir ttrelt owtt
hatElMtifirrenrerrer-wirtLimit'
protection to u
dor Okese places as comfortable as possible, or
Pe
tieY,w9,44 gFt no lodgers,
t brought before a
:or was
It .appmred that the rep
• f the Lodgo lieu.ses,Commlttee, when it was ,
meeting 0 . be adopted; and,. at the same
reselsPd'itht.lt- 649 • a'
esolataort was pied to the
timeiriFP . . ; • e ect that it be
repommenilod. Itealth: Cor.Mittee to: have two,
additional bye7laws,prepl,red,:fOr the purpose of securing
thct saPigfAjoil iof (thMex,eN and; the, number of
.
lodwriL i4,Af,l2oc9artraent, ;
_l44.lll:o4pro,*eved-the confirmation of the proceed-
ings of the suh-committee. He stated, at some length,
the, pains which the;depqatioa hadltaken to secure the
amplest and .best informayon on the. subject which took'
them.to.l4ondon;. ,:The prineipa,l result of their mission,!
would. be seen. 4u.the two bye-laws Which the 81lb-00;114i
mittee had recommeaqed; and the benefits te.bederived
from them were so. Manifest that he need not urge the
question. - . : - . •
Mr. Jon seconded the, motion. •
The CIIIIRMAN was sure. the council-and the public
would be exceedingly obliged to the deputation for their
useful:. exertions.. .
The,.motion was -unanimously Y
agreed to. '
Some routine busiiiess having been transacted, th
committee adjourned.

" FOR SALE,
' The beautiful bargie
• ARBITRATOR ;
* '`.k\ Length, 142 feet 9-10ths ; breadth, 30 feet ; depth,
„1,t4,, 19 feet. 587 tons register, and 607 tons O.M. This
. superior vessel was launched at Quebec, this
year, having been built under special inspection, of the best
materials, and is classed in Hull for seven years (see Lloyd's
Register, in Supplement No. 49) ; she is well finished, her
spar s, anCl rigging are of the best quality and dimensions, has
two neat houses on deck for officers and crew, will carry a
large cargo cot a moderate draft of water, sails well, will
stand"without ballast, and be found on inspection to possess
the good qualities of a most useful merchant ship,' and at the
same time tightly in appearance : lying in Brunswick Dock.
For further particulars apply to
CHARLES SAUNDERS. mwf

FOR SALE,
The handsome and superior Ship
MAXWELL;
Length, 168 feet 3-10ths ; breadth, 85 feet 6-10ths
_,,1.„f1,4,4 depth, 22 feet 7-10ths. 1,000 tons register, and
1,026 tons o.m. ; built in 1858, at Quebec, of the
best materials, principally well-seasoned heckmatac, under
special inspection of Lloyd's surveyor and a competent person
seat from this country; is classed in Hull for seven years (see
Lloyd's Register, in Supplement No. 35); has a full poop and
eabm, neatly fitted up, and topgallant forecastle, with ample
space for crew; spars and rigging well proportioned, and of
the best quality, and is well finished in hull ; will carry a very
large eargo on a moderate draft of water, sails well, shifts
without ballast, and will be found on inspection a strong,
well-fastened, and faithfully-built vessel, possessing the best
qualities of a first-rate merchant ship : lying in Brunswick
Dock. Apply to CHARLES SAUNDERS. mwf