Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

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The renewal of licenses to parties w't.o had not broken
the law was then proceeded with.. However, it ap-
peared that one person, named Bowstard, answered for
nearly half of the names called out.
The _CHAIRMAN remarked that the system of sending
parties who were not properly authorised, to receive the
licenses, was one which the magistrates did not approve
of. - They "considered it most desirable that the parties
`should attend themselves, or that they should send some
authorised person for the purpose, who could answer
any question that the magistrates might deem it their-
duty to put. They therefore wished it to be understood
that such an arrangement would have to be complied
with in- future.

Mr. WYBEROH remarked that the publicans had been I
in the babit of getting tbeir.lieenses for a number of j
years without attending* themselves, and they appeared

be quite careless.
Tile_ CHAIRMAN said he was stating his opinion and

was £3,390 more than the.loWeat. The committee con-
sidered they could prepare the works, under the-super-
intendence of their surveyor, at a much lower rate than
the amount of the tenders.

The CLERK stated to the board that the Finance Com-
mittee had communicated to the Dicasts. Colbourne, the
arbitrator, upon whom they had fixed for a settlement of
the dispute respecting the ferry ; and, on the other
hand, Messrs. Colbourno had communicated to the board
the arbitrator whom they had selected--viz., Mr. James
Bancroft, late chairman of the Birkenhead Railway
Company, The arbitration would now at once be pro-
'.,eeded with.

HATHING ON THE SHORE.
The CnAntmAs said that, perhaps the board would
wish to know something 7 as to-what had been done by
the special committee appointed respecting bathing on
:th a view to placing it under the superin-
of the police. The committee had had an
w with the magistrate 3, who had met thext in a

.ore,

tendenc

that of the other magistrates, that the parties snowu
in attendance, as they did not think Mr. Bowstard a pro- spirit in which . gentlemen should, and showed every
perly authorised person. There had been the case of
desire, to co-operate with them in making the necessary
Mr. Pike, who was dead, and Mr. Bowstard could not regul!itions. As a temporary measure, in order to pre-

vent improper bathing on the shore, the magistrates lead
say whether he was alive or dead, though he applied for
his license. They might be sighing a license for a man agreed to the appointment of a number of policemen,
who was
in gaol. They coud not go on with that and it would now. be for the board to draw up a number

system ; it was most imprope

2arliament of bye-laws, which need only ba very simple; and the
said they had power to give- the licenses, when they had . magistrates would consider those bye.laws before they
a properly authorised person to receive them. The notice were submitted to the Secretary of State for his approval.
must be withdrawn till proper parties came to receive The CLERK next made. a statement as to hackney
them. carriaires. and it was resolved that the surierintendent 01

After ;ranting a license to Robert IL Fraser, C:.ble-
street, the inagistrates retired.
The sessions then ended.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ANNUAL

MEETING

ice, for the time being, be t'

carriages. .
This was the whole of the business, and the board

CORRESPONDENCE.

. _
'The annual general meeting of this society was held [We do not hold oursele's responsible for the opinions of
yesterday, in the board-room of the institution, West corresponde,nts.]
Derby-road, Mr. Wm. Coward, chairman, presiding. our
the notice calling the meeting was read hy the chair-
man. the secretary then read the twenty-ninth annual
report of the association as follows
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AIL tions,t.u.oca-
and stated that several of the honorary members
had iberally increased their annual subscriptions. Under
the head of y the " benevolent fund," the report stated
that the present imrates of the institution were
doing well, and were regularly visited three timeE
a week by so:ne member of the committee. In reference
to the schools, the report stated that the schools, which,
together with the centre building of the institution, were
let to Dr. Morgan, not having proved so snccessft

THE RAMPANCY OF PROSTITUTION,

SIR,-Observing lately a paragraph in your excellent
paper, headed "Street Nuisances," permit me to say,
that if the advice given therein were energetically
'acted upon by the - borough authorities, it would have
the tendency of demolishing one of the most painful and
degrading nuisances that ever was tolerated in a civilised
commuilitv. Prostitefim, nlvnnns., 4,. 7. • •

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conveying troo:

I think it

they do not. Most people now-a-days are pretty well ac-
quainted with the present railway carriages;' and therefore
1 think no argument is required to show how difficult and
tedious would be the operation of thrusting, say 5,000
men into the ordinary second and third-class, supposing
the necessary number of these carriages got together.
5,000 cannot be regarded .as a_ great number of
soldiers ; but - this number would make a serious
demand upon the resources of the greatesteompany. I
have no doubt that King's Cross and Easton Square
will long ago have assured the Government of their
ability to meet a still larger requirement, but I
cannot but think that the time-table would be seriously
deranged for more than a day or two afterwards ; and
in busy England this should be avoided.

But what I wish more particularly to suggest is, that
the present carriages are not suitable. To get accou-
tered soldiers into them is too much like getting crinoline
into the pews at church. The present coach requires to
be turned inside out, and something more.

Let a carriage, or wagon, be constructed with seats
running from end to end, and rising above each other ;
and, in order to load the off side with rapidity, have a

passage across each end., A vehicle of this description
might, I think, be constructed to carry nearly double
the number of the present carriage, and the soldiers
would load themselves in a remarkably short space of
time.- If it should be -thought that such wagon would
be too much exposed, nothing would be easier than to
put a covering over it ;,. it is certain that the present
carriages, when full, are far too close, and I have seen
Passengers then. -" to ne inspector of hackney I

SICK to vo -mg from this cause.
The Government should have their own wagons; and
when their depots are not convenient to the stations.
Tut railway companies would find the pecesnari ;AM

the telegraph
as every
aceornmodlition fora supply
fatrictl-Qel!l\74i,o;a.:cll4oll)enfleanneAzt-,inick,"
tax Payer must fervently win, 9: be, in part, owing
to t:h." attention given to all these details. M. S.
aulf'faiinlw7yrs
45, Uldhall-street, Sept, Isti 1859,