Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-03 00:00:00

THE TOWN COUNCIL

it the Council meeting, monthly and specie.;, to-mor-
row {Wednesday), the following will be the business :
The . proceedings, resolmtions, and reports of the
Finance Committee, comprising recommendation to pur-
chase from Miss •Smoult her leasehold interest in a
Mr.
Park-lane for the sum of 4800, and also
Mr. Fitzgerald's leasehold interest in a shop and dwell-
ing-house in the same street, for the sum of £400;
report of the Town-clerk of all leases containing cove-
smuts for the erection or demolition of imildings, and
'which covenants have not been performed; recommen-
dationto advance £40,000 for seven years, at four per
vent. per annum, payable half-yearly, for the purposes
'of " The Liverprlffinprovement Act, ISliE;" the report
,en the probable income and expenditire of the Corpo-
'ration, for the year ecmmencing Ist September last, and
;ending 31st Angustalext, and consideration of the pro-
priety of voting gratdties to the puircharitiesj and
:a recommendation to increase the salary of Mr. Henry
'Walter, clerk in the Town-clerk's establishment, from
.1300 to £5OO per annum.
..
The proceedinga, resolutions, and reports of the Watch,
Lighting, Fire Police, Fire-prevention,FHackney Car-
riage, Licensing, and Gas Committees.
The proceedings,- resolutions, and reports of the Health
Committee, comprising-1. Recommendation to appoint
Jas. Wilson (at presezt employed in Dr. I:ll:ncan's depart- •
ment) chief inspector of common lodging-houses at 335.
per week.-2. Recommendation to appoint Thomas
Poynton, James Crhilin, Thomas DaF, .and John Boyd
,assistant-inspecteess.of such houses, at MX per week.
The proceedings nfthe Courts of Law and St. George's-
.'hall Committee, the Markets Committee, the Education
I-Committee, the Gaoland House of Correatioh Committee,
,I. &c.
The proceedingsf-resolutions, and repots of the To wn-
-1-h all Establishment: Committee. ,
The proceedings,yresolutions, and reports of the Gar-
dens, Library, and Museum Coinnaittee, comprising
• ,a recommendation 'to levy a library and museum rate,
mot exceeding one penny in the pound,-,under the pro-
-visions of " The Library and Museum 'Act, 1855."
The proceedings of the Water Committee, theof Baths
'Committee, and of. the Audit Committee.
Report of the special committee on- report of Liver-
pool Law Society, relative to the appointment of a second
stipendiary magistrate for this borough.
The Coroner's aceoslnt, amounting t 0157 2s. 2d.
The Mayor's communications, comprising —Letter
from Sir George Lewis, statino. that. J. S. Mansfield,
'Esq.,. stipendiary magistrate for this borough, had been
appointed a magistrate for the metropolitan district, and
-reeuesting that the Council may take such-steps as they
shall think proper, under the 99th section of the act 5
and 6 William IV , c.-76 ; and letter from Mr. Mans-
flitld on the same subject. Letter from theehairman and
depty-chairman of the Homoeopathic Dispeniary, and
from the treasurers of-the Strangers' Friend Society,
requesting that those institutions may participate in the
funds usually distributed among the other.charities of
the :borough. Application from Mr. William Hardisty,
chief clerk in the treasurer's department, ;Cornwallis-
street, for an increase to his salary. Application from
William Evans, porter at.-the Town-hall, for an increase
to his salary.
The following motions, of which notices :have been
given,by Mr. Beloe :—Tlm it be an instruction to the
Finance Committee to report to the council the probable
expense of lithographing and circulating amongst the
members of the council the proceedings of the ,several
committees, with a view 'to enable the council to dis-
pense with the reading of such proceedings, ,unless
specially.ealled for by a majority of the members.
By Mr. Hodson (at the request of the Water Commit-
tee) :—To rescind a resolution of the council, passed on
the sth October last, confirming the following part of a
report of the Water Committee,ef the 28th September
last—" That no discount upon the charge for domestic
,supply be allowed for the future upon any rental of £lB,
,cr upwards, ‘per annum." and to move in lieu thereof-
3, That discount be allowed on tenements paying a rent
not exceeding s. per week, or Lie per annum."

LORD DUNCAZ'S FAREWELL—no farewell address
•of viscount Duncan to the electors .of /Forfarshire, on
ascentrog to the !peerage as the Earl of Camperdown,
has :bow issued. ;his lordship, addressing what is to a
great.ezdent a manufacturing as well as an Agricultural
constituerey, specially alludes to the •vast &ommercial
resources And markets of India, which he has sO
assiduously Laboured to assist in developing, ,arid grace-
fully refers to the genera/ expressions of sympatiay with
the Camperdown family .on the removal of its late
venerable head. _ ,

SINGAPORE AXD BATAVIA. SUBMARINE CASJA.-011
November 10., the steamer Bahiana arrived a Singa-
pore, having on board the Singapore and Java cable.
She arrived at Batavia in seventy.unee days from Liver-
pool, including a stoppage of eight days at the Cape
of Good. Hope. All necessary preliminaries having
been made, the Bahiana commenced laying down the
cable, on the 15th, from Janjong Paggar and proceeded
through the Durian Straits, instead of the Rim) Straits,
on account of the former being seldom used by large
vessels, whose anchors might be likely to injure the cable.
Whilst the laying down was proceeding messages were
sent by the Bahiana to Singapoie from time to time ;
it was successfully carried to Alintok, in the island of
Banca, reaching that place on November 21, when the
following telegram was received Mintok,. Banca,
November 21, 1869. We have completed tho line to
3fintok, at Banca, and start this evening for Batavia.
All on board well and hearty." The Dutch war. steamer.
3ferapi acted as consort to the Bahicnn,--Lorecion and
Telegraph.