Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-11 00:00:00

the towns which the bill would tax' to

pool, being more heavily taxed than ,tl'
borough. Surely these

group°
_

are strong

members from this district, and oth(

trade of the Mersey, should
jectionable bill their most strenuous oppositioilbs,
preventits being read a second tune. Ni.r,a
alt
learned from a printed circular, signed on ve" tit
deputations by the Mayor of Manchester,. of
deputations from Manchester and other place'oc
the bill, have obtained an appointment for an to;
with the President of the Board of Trade io
(Saturday), at noon ; 'and that it is expected avt(
ment will be made by. the Chancellor of thei
for one o'clock on the same day. The memo
manufacturing districts are invited 'to ace°o

deputations on both occasions

MERSEY XS RATING BILL.—At
the Salford WednesdlY,

purposes committee presented a report reconliu;i
Council to join Manchester-in opposing the
Mersey Docks Rating Bill ; the mutton
cierP
nsl,
carried by eight to seven. The Town 1.01
there could be no doubt that a bill would be bo
Parliament for the rating of all public prof rte:
the New Bailey prison, the Regent-road barrti.
Militia stores, all now exempt, would be ratfill

already paid rates upon theiry gas establishluellaPo
plant, as well as upon the Town-hall ;la thel
rates were not paid for the Town-hall, nor had
the gas establishments until the last year ();st'
proposed bill would give the Liverpool Corp°r
to rate to . the relief of the poor, the docks
and he was not aware that there were rr
hands of companies that were not already
to
could not see why the shipping. interest Is
tected any more than the owners of large nil for
liduses. All these concerns were carried °rl
poses of trade and commerce ; and any no",
compete with and undersell their neigr
be for the Council to consider and

this bill, how far they would be in a fall el
they went to support the Government bill for g,.fie
Mr. Alderman Turner moved, and Mr. 11113170
the confirmation of the committee's re, I
Mr. Cawley, Mr. Alderman Marsderf, J.35-"er(

others opposed the motion, generally on the re
there was no reason why the docks of Lice
not contribute fairly to the relief of the pool'a
man ; Turner aid Mr. Husband sup Porte 3.
which, on being put, was negatived by 28 t° a 0
THE MERSEY DOCKS RATING BILL.—
the Birmingham Town Council, on Tuesaft,6:esti.

read from Mr. Heron, town clerk of gL
anci„'il
the assistance of the Council to prevent the ,er,
Mersey Docks Rating Bill, 1859. The G° Qtf

Committee were instructed to commiall!

members for the borough, and to prepare Pe
the bill, and take other measures to °astir°

—Birmingham Journal. 100'4
rhe fol ,
LOCAL BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.--The 111-11',
been read a first time in the House of ue'itol?
ford Borough Bill ; Lancaster and Carlisle R`
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Elli P•fk
at Manchester) Bill ; North-western Railw,,4.s' J 6
of Llangollen Railway Bill ; Mersey Poenlil:h
and Liverpool Corporation Property 113t,i,i/i° Aft'lq
burn and Preston Road and Bridge B""T'utic4fi
Liverpool, Swansea, and Milford Haven $0(
way Bill; Mersey Docks and Harbour -
Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction r
Wirral Water Bill; Manchester, Shetuelcifi",
colnshire Railway (Sale or Lease) Bill ton 8 lily
and Yorkshire Railway (Rochdale and ge)
Bill; Liverpool Stations Junction Railiv3/0"6
shire and Yorkshire and East Lancashire oisii
panes (Amalgamation) Bill ; Liverpool, ootrili
Allerton Railway Bill (4, to authorise the:bbog
a railway from Liverpool to the ileLo'ud
Garston, in Lancashire") ; Warrington so 0,
Railway Bill (" to transfer the WarringtetoM
port railway to certain companies" ); lie°„°ra
Railway Bill (" for makinc, a railway ir"
the county of Chester, to °Great Nestell,„'ollsiji„„lP
county, to be called the Hooton and Ses:iis I`.
The second reading of the following "1 0,1',.0,„
Monday, the 14th instant :—Blacktguilll'o
Road and Bridge Bill ; Lancashire and ill;
East Lancashire • Railway Companies n00,f13
Garston, and Allerton Railway Bill; eljtel
Western, and other Railway ComPalester,
Traffic Arrangements) Bill ; Mane 1l3"
Swansea, and Milford Haven Junctioni3riji44
Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Gui;le, 0;611
Railway (two bills) ; Vale of Llangol-,
Warrington and Stokport Railway 131' '
Bill. nriOtcoce
In order to facilitate and expedite the, the Pr is
of Parliament, it has been arranged tbil'oelleed
on a fair share of local bills shall be e°l,pect 041 rf
House of Lords. The following. bills c°l, bills /JO)
port of Liverpool form two in a list of e.`,, The ijiM
to originate in the Upper House :-Ist, arrlie
New Exchange Buildings Bill ; 201

Sanitary Amendment Aa Bill."