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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-09 00:00:00

for the previous witness, and that be thought the tender
of £6;700r was likely to hzk'e, proved semuneratife to the
holder of the warehouses. _

Mr. F. J. Ilarbord also giwe evidence as to the value.
He had tendered '£3,000 to the GoVerniment, but that
was because the. Government refused to give' him au
assurance that he should have the exclusive priVilege.
He would be willing to take the premises kir a year at
£6,000; but the low tender was made because they did
not like to be hampered with a leasrof seven years, when
the Governnient might any day take from the privilege
now attached to the hiailding.
Mr. Topping pit fir the -lease wrier which the
vernment held the Warehouses, which showed that- the
rent paid by the Government was t 6,159. The- rent
Vraa five per cent. on the total expense• to the Corpora-
tion for the building an&the-land. .
Mr.. Wylie, the parish surveyor, staled the Ware-
houses were previously assessed, at ten per cent. I:ess
than the rent, £3,600 ; but, upon calchLtion, he had
ascertained that the value from year to year of the
premises-considerably exceeded that sum. '
Mr. Taylor gave evidence in support of the valuation,
sought to. be made out by the-respondents.
At the- request Of. the learned Recorder; Mr. Atwool,
the preSent lesseer;Of the warehouses, was examined.
He put in; a, statement showing that from• May 1858 to
May 1853' he had carried on the- warehouses at an actual
loss of £asB; without allowing • anything for salaries or
office expenses. Of course he expected to makea better
thing of it next year. ,
Mr: Deighton and Mr. Aspinall having severally
addressed the-court On the evidence which had been
offered,
The learned, Recorder said he did not mean to give
lodgment irt the case until next sessions; but he-wished
to mention some points which would probably guide
him in his decision: • He did not consider the rent paid by
the Government to the Corporation -fair ariterion,of the
lne ; and as- the Government knew• exactly' the income
derived from the warehouses, it was to be assumed that-when
they let them to .the appellant, they got as good a price
as. they could attain for the premises. As to the evidence
of the -gentleman who, had offered s £8,700, it was of
small value, inasmuch as he had withdrawn frontatis
offer ; and he held that Mr: Harhorers evidence even
supported the case of the appellant,. for that gentleman
actually tendered £l,OOO less than Mr: Atwool. At.to
the cooperage and porterage, that MI e a privilege which
almost every warehouseman or merehaut assumed to him-
self, and therefore,it could not be charged as any special
benefit in the case of Mr. Atwool. When he came to
look at the whole of the facts of the-ease, be must eon-
fes he had grave doubts whether he--should be disposed
to alter the ociginal assessment this property. at
£3',600. The magistrates might be right, and he might
be wrong ;_but as at present advised: he could not see-his
way towards imposing a greater burden. on Mr. Atwool
than was ,at the first imposed,upon hita:
The case was adjourned until next sessions.

SENTENCES.—Margaret Lowe, stealing two loaves-of
bread, half a pound of sugar, and some articles of food ;
four calender months.—Mary North,. stealing 18 yards
of coburg, 16 yards of calico, and other goods, the pro-
perty of John Berry ; four years' penal servitude.—
Mary Lawler received three years:.' penal servitude.—
Thomas Hilton was sentenced to six:, calendar Months
for inflicting bodily harm upon Matthew Monks.
This concluded the business of the sessions.

AT HOME AZTO. AER.OA.D.—TITE, MEETING OF PAU,'
TIAMENT.—As the meeting of Parliament approaches,
all parties are naturally anxious b obtain some in-
sight as to what is likely to occur. The speeches
of men of political calibre area therefore, earnestly
scanned, especially if the speaker- he in any way con-
nected with the-Government ; and even the observations
of the " small. deer ". of the Rouse of Commons. have
for the moment someinterest. ' The present Government
have, however; so carefully guarded their own secrets
that, nothing- of the future can be- gathered front-them.
Mr. Bright, from his position and: the support he gives
the g,overninent, is, perhaps, .as well informed as to what
is going on, and as to what is intended, as any- man in
the country not in the Cabinet, and,' therefore' ,We may
conclude from his speech that the new Reform Bill will,
as has been. frequently stated in The Observer, closely
resemble the Reform sill of 1852, and will be founded
almost identically on . those principles which Lord
John Russell so boldly enumerated just before the
last general election. The bill of the present Cabinet,
there can be little doubt, will be the bill of Lord John
Russell, and it will be a matter of considerable surprise
if it is not found that those members of the Cabinet who
originally opposed so large- a concession otthe borough
franchise ta3 a Z 6 rental Will now be found among the
ranks of those of who will support it. They may not do•
so from inclination, but they will be compelled to' act
rather in accordance with the exigencies of the case
than with their individual wishes. The extreme Liberals
have consented to the Reform Bill, avowedly as a com-
promise. It does not go far enough for them, because it
does not propose to lower the franchise sufficiently, neither
does it embrace the ballot or triennial parliaments ; they
are, however, willing —to receive it as a large instalment ;
and therefore they will support the Government mea-
sure, trusting by and by to carry still further their views
of Reform. The more Conservative members of the
Government will, therefore, it is generally believed,
agree to the step in advance proposed by Lord John
Russell, and will try to carry the proposed measure, as
the only one possible in the present position of parties.
It is more than probable, under these circumstances, that
upon the Reform Bill, which will be introduced very
early in February, the Government will take its stand.--
Observer.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN TILE
CIVIL SERVICE.—War Office.—Mr. James King and
Mr. Jonathan George Hearder have been appointed to
temporary clerkships, and passed their examinations.
.Foreign Departinent.—The post of first paid attache
at Constantinople has become vacant by, the promotion
of Mr. George Agar Ellis. The Admiralty.—Mr. G.
Lane has been appointed assistant to' the master
attendant at the Royal Victoria Victualling-yard,
Deptford. General Register Office.---A vacancy for
a clerkship has been caused by the death of Mr.
Charles Philpot, senior clerk. General Post Office.—
Mr. James Knipe has been appointed a clerk at White- .
haven, and passed his examination. Cu.stoms.—Mr.
George D. Ham and Mr. George Rowden, clerks in the
jerquer's office, have been appointed gaugers in London.
Mr. James Sharp, tide surveyor at Passage, in the port
of Waterford, has been promoted to be third class tide,
surveyor at Liverpool. Mr. Mark Haddon has been
promoted from second to first-clais boatman at Liverpool.
Inland Revenue deparrnent : Stamps and Taxes Branch.
—Mr. Frederick Jeffries Crowder, third class clerk in
the legacy'duty department, has been promoted 'to the
second class. Mr. Charles Gross, surveyor of taxes, has
been promoted from, East Brixton first division: to the _
-Tower first division. Mr. William Tennant surveyor
of taxes, has been promoted from Chester to East Brix-
ton first division: .31r: Charles Bond, surveyor of taxes,
has been promoted from- Windsor to Chester. Mr. T.
F. Loney, surveyor of taxes has been. promoted
from Maidstone to Windsor. Mr. George Godwin,
surveyor of taxes' has been promoted from... Sta-
fford to Maidstone; Mr. Wm. Smith, surveyor of taxes,
has been promoted from Stow-on-the-Wold to Stafford.
Excise Branch.—Mr. Edgar Eldred, officiating in Lon-
don south divisiOn, London south collection, has been
appointed to Derby Ride, Nottingham collection. Mr.
George MaAsey, of. Stockport second division, Man-
chester collection, has been appointed to Wednesbury
second division, Lichfield collection. Mr. Thomas Dob-
son, supervisor of Glasgow second district, Glasgow col-
lection, has been appointed supeivisor of Leith district,
Edinburgh collection. Mr. Wm. Sheriff, supervisor of
Belturbet district, Drogheda collection, has been appointed.
supervisor of Glasgow second district, Glasgow collection.
Mr. Thos. Thompson, examiner, has been appointed super-
visor of Belturbet district, Drogheda collection. Mr, John
Beatson, supervisor of Wisliaw district, Linlithgow
collection, has been appointed supervisor of Falkirk
district, Linlithgow collection. Mr. Charles Matter-
shaw Morgan, examiner, has been appointed supervisor
of. Wishaw district, Linlithgow collection. Scoaand.—
Mr. William Browne has been appointed to a temporary
clerkship in the Lunacy Board, Edinburgh, and
:passed his examination. East Indies.—Mr. C. U. Aitchi-
Son has been appointed to officiate as Under Secretary
to the Government of India, Foreign department,
during the absence of Mr, Simson. Mr. F. Fitz-
lierbert has been- appointed a' temporary assistant
overseer in the public works department, and postecl
to Pegu. Mr. A. S. Warden has been appointed
temporary overseer in public works department, ',ma
posted to the north-west provincese Captain yv.. H.
Crichton has been appointed a deputy poithltv.sioner of
the third class in the Nagpore commiss'..on. Mr. J.
the Master
first he%
s. sbeenLaipepuoteinntaendt B
an. aTss. iAst,7tife an assistant com-
missioner commissioner of
Smith
an assistanto f the secondcommf:r classssi
nof the third class in thei a r
_al Lieutenant C. B. L.
Nagpote corarniosion.--,moiV4 Service Gazette,