Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-21 00:00:00

OCTOBER.

RACING FIXTURES, 1859.

Newmarket, li.

Worcester Autumn
Upton-on-Severn
Hereford

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NOVEMBER.
1 Liverpool Autumn 6
4 Shrewsbury Autumn

IPSWICH RACES.-THURSDAr.
SUFFOLK CUP STAKES.

Illusion
Commodore

Newcastle.
Catherine
Borderer .

Commodore
Pactolus
Tease

HER MAJESTY'S GUINEAS,

Clio
Georgiana

Dapple.
Codicil

WELTER CUP.

Nucleus
Hamlet
Peggy Taft

MEMBERS' PLATE.

. NURSERY STAKES.

Six ran.

KELSO RACES.-YESTERDAY
BORDER HANDICAP.

• Nine ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES,

H;rebell
Interest.

Seven ran.

LATEST BETTING,
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
8 to 1 against Honey (t.)
8 to 1 against Artless (o.)
10 to 1 aghinst North Lincoln (t.)
100 to 7 against Mazzini (t.)
100 to 7 against Lady Alice (t.)
100 to 6 against Ambush (t.)
100 to 6 against Petra (t.)
20 to 1 against Mutineer (t.)
25 to 1 against Broadlands (t.)
33 to 1 against Sam Spode (0.)
50 to 1 against Geologie (t.)
LIVERPOOL CUP.
20 to 1 offered on the Field.

2
3

2

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'the Daw, in the late trotting races at Aintree.
ALL ENGLAND V. UNITED STATES.—DEFEAT OF
fN'tihtehiraapPpreolation of his conduct intrauungand riding
pre-
sented
THE AMERICANS.
We learn by the Vanderbilt, arrived at Southampton from
America, that the great cricket match between eleven of All
England and twenty-two of the United States terminated on
the sth instant, in the signal defeat of the Americans, in one
innings, with 74 runs to spare. The score at the close of the
game, therefore, stood as follows :
ALL ENGLAND.
.....

First innings

.........
UNITED STATES,

First innings ...•••
Second innings

PITT-STREET WARD.

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Last night, a most enthusiastic public meeting of the.
• friends and supporters Of Mr. Walter Powell Jeffreys,
was held at the house of Mr. Bales, the Norfolk ;Inn
t.
Mersey-street. There was a very numerous attendance,
the room being inconveniently crowded, and amongst
• those present we noticed—Messrs. John Rigby, chair-
.: man; John Rimmer,•vice-chairman ; Councillor Ridley,
William Williamson, J. Garner, 3.- Mawdsley, J.
_• Bailey, W. 11. P. Bath, R.. E, Clay, William Lloyd,
- Samuel Taylor;' Striely, Jennings, Ellistore, Shrapnall,
' • Parker, Wornlev, Sharp, and Pevali.-
• The CHAIRMAN said they had met that evening for the
...purpose of thanking their worthy, friend and representa-
tive, Mr.. 'Walter Powell Jeffreys, for the able manner. in
which he had attended to their interests in the Town
Council daring the time that be had a seat there, and at
the same time to congra.tulgte him upon receiving:one of
. the most • numerously signed requisitions which
had • ever •becn presented to any man in the Ward,
- to again allow :himself to be elected. (Cheers.)
-He did. not know upon what ground Mr..
re:Jeffrein' re-eleCtion was sought to he opposed, for :his
manner and general conduct lead been unexceptionable,
kind and conciliating to all parties in the ward without
• distinction. He believed no panty could gainsay that.
• It did Seem strange to him that, after serving them 80
faithfully for a period of nine years, any one should
have been brought forward to oppose him. (Cheers.)
Before lie sat down he would remind them that
they had been favoured in this ward—in common
with the other wards in the town—with the pre-
•sence of a person who seemed to be the factotum
. of the Town Council. (Cheers. and laughter.)' For
. • his part he thought it would be well and prudent
'for that party to attend•to his own business in his own
• particular ward, without venturing to come there.
• (Cheers.) He (the chairman) had been for some years
• • connected with the ward, and had some experience in
,it ; and he thought, from what he had seen in the cOurse •
of that experienee, that at least they could do without
the assistance of that gentleman, and lie:hoped the time
would never come when they would have to be dictated
to. (Cheers.) He Concluded by calling upon Mr.
Blamer to propose the first resolution.
Mr. ItIMMER;. on comMg forward, was received with
• much applause. He said he rose with great pleasure to
propose the first resolution :—" That the thanks of this
• • . meeting are due, and hereby given, to W. P. Jeffreys,
Esq., for the very efficient services rendered the consti-
tuency of Pitt-street Ward, and the town in general,
during the last nine years, in the Town Council." Mr.
llimmer testified to the manner in which Mr. Jeffreys
had always attended to the interests of the ward, and
• also the general interests of the public.
Mr. S. TAYLOR seconded the motion, and after
referring to the very efficient serv'ees which Mr. Jeffreys
had rendered to the ward, said he had no doubt the
opposite perty were endeavouring to create annoyance,
in the ward, in which lie lihped •and trusted they would
• • only defeat themselves. (Cheers.) •• •
The resolution was carried with vehement applause.
Mr. JEFPREYS then came forward, and' was received
-with an enthusiastic round of cheering,' which 'lasted for
several minutes. After the applause which e-setA
him had subsided, he stated' that their kin!''cap-
tion
of him as an old servant who had s' • i t'e•
for many years, was deeply gratifying to hi.!: •-• •
Their eeenaintanee, as representative and ••
es. f
dated far back ; and he was proud. to soy t ••
present moment, he eculd see in the room
those with whom lie had been in the habit u ' •• le
from his first connection with the ward. (C
-Nine years was along period, to serve any constitneeev,
but lie was grateful that during that' nine y: ars, Ire
had never • had one single complaitite• brought
against him for any neglect of duty, unt:l he heard
• of it last week, at a meeting of . their opponents.
(Cheers.): Gentlemen generally were not 'aware of
the amount of -work that was performed in. the
• :-Council. That work was not altogether done by.
talking; but when •theY found members of the Council
• on ten and fifteen committees and Sub-committees
'of the Council, which' was something more than an
' average of two hours a day, persons so engaged could
not be very idle. • (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jeffreys hiving 1
stated that he had. been placed in this position, as a
Member of the different committees. asked the' meeting
whether or not he had perfornied his duty ? • (Loud
cheers and cries of "you have.'') Having said this fear=
lessly, without the slightest dread of contradiction
from anyquarter, truthfully 'intended, he would net
detain the meeting longer. As he had to give an account •
of his. stewardship—=which • was a very reasonable thing,
indeed—he was animus-to do so. As he said before, he
'had never heard a. charge of neglect of duty preferred
. against, him, until he read the other day the
• : charges which had been brought against .him by the
niember for Lime-street Ward. Now, it was a singular
thing that that gentleman' and himself were cordial
_friends, so far as he was concerned ; they met together,
and. worked together.; but the secret was, that he (Mr.
, . Jeffreys) was not the -idoltitor of the lord. of Compten
. . House. That he had found out loug age. (Hear:
hear, and cheer's.) The lord of Compton House said
. that he was always ready to run away when any pinch-
ing question came before the Council. Now be should
be ashamed of his name if he could feel himself amen—
able to any such charge, and he would rather have left
the ward and the town, had he been conscious of any
such conduct. Mr. Jeffery, in his speech, said that he
made
_the remark without any disrespect to him (Mr.
Jeffreys.) He was very much obliged to him . for
nothing.. Mr. Jeffery was -certainly not
,a very modest
man, but he was a very talented man, a very-ambitious
man, and—a very tyrannical man, as he.was prepared
to prove if necessary. (Loud and prolonged cheers.)
Mr. Jeffery said, " thel would be puzzleddto find a great
many votes by Mr. *Jeffreys, for he had noticed that
when any pinching question arose, that gentleman, who
sat near the door, always made his exit." Mr. Jeffreys
denounced this statement as a piece of characteristic
mendicity, and stated that at the time to which it referred,
he was aware from the Town-clerk that one of those tire-
some speeches of Mr. Jeffery were about to be inflicted on
the Council, which at that moment had sat for about five
hours and a half, and he did not remain in the room.
The speaker, in continuation, defended himself against
the charge of Mr. Jeffery, in reference to the proposi-
tion to appoint Mr. Shell a member of the Finance.
Committee in preference to Mr. . Toulmin, and also in'
reference to the payment of the organist's salary at St.
Luke's Church. He next adverted to the remarks of
Mr. Steele, at the :meeting in the. ward, last week, with'
reference to the•erection of. improved dwellings for the
working classes, and for the establishment of parks
and play-grounds for the people; and, with reference
to Mr, Steele's statement, that money for theSe purposes
might be provided by. a judicious management of the
corporate estate,. he said that it would require a borough,
rate, but that, if the ratepayers were so impressed with
the necessity of it, he should be glad to vote for it. In this
partieular,.however, he did not think that full credit
had been given to the Corporation for what it had
already effected. (Hear, hear.) Their markets were
superior to any he had ever -seen in other places,
and he had been through the London markets. They
had corporation churches, to which any parties might
freely go who chose ; and they. had also gardens, free
and lending libraries, baths and washhouses ; all of
which had been provided by the Corporation. All these
were an ample guarantee that,' when the funds of the•
• Corporation permitted it, the people would not be
neglected. (Hear, hear.) . He. next referred to the
remarks made against him by Mr. David M'Clel-
land, at Mr. Steele's meeting; and remarked that
Mr. M'Clelland's observations reminded him of the
sailors who,- on seeing a certain flock of -birds which
they called Mother Carey's Chickens, always regarded
them as the precursors of a storm. Now, he believed
that his neighbour, Mr. M'Clelland, could not but
live in a storm ; for if a storm was not raised for
he would raise one himself. (Laughter.) Having
shortly adverted to th: remarks of Mr. M'Clelland, and
in a masterly and comprehensive manner disposed of the
charges preferred against him by that gentleman and
Mr. Jeffery, he remarked that he had never deceived the
electors of the ward, and he was now againhaddispdneoosedto
,„serve them.his
• • He had acted fearlessly, and
duty towards them to the best of his ability. (Cheers.)
If they believed they could &•et any one who would
devote more of his time and ability to their service than
he, had done, it would be their duty to transfer their
confidence to such an individual; but if he had give.n..
them satisfaction, and they chose to re-elect him, he should
, have great pleasure in again serving them. He was
Am a. position in life to do so, and he purposed to do it
(if they should re-elect him,) with the blessing of God,
to the very utmost of his ability, Mr. Jeffreys sat down
amidst enthusiastic cheering, which continued for several
minutes. .
The Coma:isms next rose and read several letters of
apology for non-attendance, all of which expressed the
strongest feeling in favour of Mr. Jeffreys. Amongst

them was the folle,,ving co:nmanication from Mr. S. R.
Graves :
u to don; Oct. 19.

"Dear Sir,----As I have to be-in Paris to-morrow,-on
public business,--I-shall-be prevented from attending the
meeting of the electors of Pitt-street Ward., . Permit me
to express a hope" that Mr. W. P. Jeffreys may again be
returned to the Council- chamber, as I have ever found
him a useful.. and most willing ~colleague.—Yours,
faithfully,
• . S. R. GRAVES."
Mr. ParHs' moved the following resolution That
.this-meeting having heard the sentiments expresset by
Mr. Jeffreys, considers him Well. qualified, to represent
Pitt,street Ward a fourth time in the Council, and
pledges itself to use every legitimate .means te.secure
his return. He warmly eulogised • the services of Mr.'.
Jeffreys. .
- Mr. JENNINGS, briefly second d the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN said that as Mr. Ridley had been
some little time in the• Council, connected with Mr.
Jeffreys, he was anit,ions to say a few words on the
resolution li.efere it was put to the meeting.
Mr., COU NCILLOR. Itimatv,' on corning forward, WAS
warmly cheered. He said he was very glad to find
that the. meeting was unanimous. He believed that
Mr. Jeffreys- was quite as good a man as they could
possibly find to represent the ward. He had met him
with very great pleasure in- the Town Council, and he
had always found him -most anxious to do the-general
work of a member of the Council. (Hear, hear) He
believed there was 710 ward in the. town which re-
quired more improvements than Pitt-street "Ward,
Mr. Jeffreys had often expressed to him his
.desire to _ have those improvements effected, and
he hoped they would soon see • the: day when they
-would be carried out. The wedge had already been
put in, and lie trusted that in a short time this ward
would be, in its streets, and iu its squares, equal to any
in the town. (Chem.) The opposition got up to Mr.
Jeffreys, lie extremely regretted, He had not the
pleasure of knowing • the gentleman who was
'opposing. him. Mr. Steele might be a worthy man, and
from .what he had heard, he was ; but Mr. Steele's
friends ought to have brought him out for another ward.
He spoke of Mr% Steele as he had heard of him:: He
was toldhe was a very active man, and a very talented.
man, and certainly those were essential -ingredients
'in the qualification of- a Town Councillor. But 'he
thought and .he • hoped. that Mr. Steele, instead -of
being returned to the Town Council, would he returned
to the
.boscn of his family—(cheers)—and that the
next time lie came forward it would be for'some other
place, when he should 'he happy to meet him in the.
Council, but not as the opponent of their friend Mr.
Jeffreys.. (Loud cheers.)
The resolution was then passed unanimously.
After a few words from the Chairman, urging activity
in prosecuting the contest,. . . .
Mr. STAVELEY moved, and Mr. JENNIsGs seeonclvd,
a vote of thanks to the Chairman, was carrital
_ _ .
with acclamation.
The proaeedings, which throughout were of the most
enthusiastic character, •. fore bron;lat to a close.

TOXTETII-PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS..

. _
The weekly meeting of the Toxieth-paric Board of
all-,r:lians was held yesterday at the Public-oces, Mr.
L. 11pass in the chair. The other membersof the
burl present were--Messrs. John Moss, Henry 1,47-
1.1:::1„i.o:171 Wilson, G. W. Hunter, Joseph Brun'lnt,
a tyaes, Joseph Harrison, B, Hughes, Wm.
1,, Joseph -II Ogden, Win. Wain-
i-ley, and Johns.
Worklicruse return showed that the
.troll., p mpers in the house last week was 350 ;
ISi ititt(,1..i.,(.,! 17; discharged, 12 ; dead, 8; remaining
b the house, 355, The:.hospital rettrns showed that
I t wo,,k the•:e were 20 in the hou.6e ;: admitted since,'
.5; di:charged, 2; cicad, 1; number at present in the
110.11,2, 2R,

TF;NTVERS.
The CILAIRMAN di;pw .the attention of the board to
rs the tenders which had been sent in and opened, "for
woollen drapery, and bedding
74r. 111os said, there were a great numher of guar-.
dians in attendance, there being I& oat of' 18; present.
He did not knoW what it portended, bat he thought
they should go into the question of these tenders in as
formal and careful a manner as possible.' lie therefore
moved that the advertiseMent which had been inserted
' in the napers for these tenders should. be read.
After a short diseniskin, in the course of which the
'Chairman said the advertiSemeat had been ie all the
Liverpool papers, and must have been, seen by all the
guardians, •
Mr. Moss said there had been a great'deal of hole-
and-corner work about it.

The CHAIRMAN—There has been nothing or the,
sort. I repel the 'accusation.
Ur. Moss--;-And I repeat it.
The advertisetnent-having been read by the Clerk, the
tenders were read. They were from Mess's. Wool-
right, of Bold-street, Mr. P.' Williams, Pitt-street,
Messrs. Allen and Moore, Market-street, Manchester;
Mr. T. Rogers, Toxteth-park, Messrs. Adamson and Ca,Old • Haymarket, and Mr. John Basiendale; Chard],
street, Ormskirk:

Mr. BRUNDRIT moved, and Mr. LAYLAND SECORdetl,
that the tender of , Messrs. Woolrigbt and Co., for
£1,068 Bs. 2d., being the lowest, be accepted.
The motion was carried unanimously, after a few re-
marks from Mr. Moss, regretting that the tender of a
gentleman in Toxteth-park, which wis only a few
pounds more, had'not been accepted. •
The tender of Mr. Thomas Dutton., of 42, White-
chapel, for shoes, amounting to £l3l 15s. Od, was also
accepted.
On the motion of. Mr. HARRISON, an advertisement
was ordered to be inserted in the newspapers inviting
tenders for smallwares and drapery.
The CHAIRMAN drew the attention of the board to a,
letter which had been received from the Rev. Mr. Dun-
kerley, curate of St. James's Church, who has been,
appointed the chaplain to the workhouse. Mr. Dunkerley
wished to know when he might be expected to enter
upon his duties, with the view of giving the necessary
notice to his incumbent.
After some discussion, the Clerk was ordered to- write
to Mr. Dunkerley, informing him that the board would
require his services on the Ist of January next.
• A letter was read from the Poor-law Board, inquiring
whether two children, the son and daughter of Mr.
Holme, who had recently been appointed governor of
the workhouse, would reside in the house.
Mr. HOLME, who was present, explained that. his son,
who was an apprentice at Ormskirk, would necessarily
not reside in the house, but that, with the consent of
the board,, his daughter would. She had assisted at
Ormskirk when he was governor there, and she was of
such an age that she might be useful in the house. •
On, the, motion of Mr. Moss, seconded by Mr. JOHNS,
the. Clerk was ordered to write to the Poor-law Board,
informing them that as the board were of opinion that
Mr. Holme's daughter would be useful in the house, it
was desirable that she should reside there.
A letter was read from Mr. Heath, relieving officer,
asking for a copy of the evidence taken in the case of
‘Thomas Thompson, in order that he might lay it before
his solicitor.—The application was ordered to be com-
plied with.
Mr. BAYNES said that, before the board separated, he
wished to brinfr before them a subject.in4hich he had
for some time felt deeply interested. It was the subject
of macadam for keeping the roads in order. At present
they were paying to Liverpool 7s: 6d. per ton for it, in
addition to Is. 6d. per ton for cartage. He felt sure
they could provide it much cheaper on their own ground.
They could save at least 2s. per ton, and provide pauper
labour. He suggested that it was desirable to appoint a
committee to ascertain if his Object could not be earned out.
He proposed that the macadam be deposited in the yard
there, and that the board advertise for stores. He be-
lieved that they could obtain it much cheaper than the
Corporation now paid for it, because the Corporation
divided their favours between two parties and, there-
fore,co__ s
there was no competition. He believed they
u
car
Iti,adhge e ave from Is. 6d. to 2s. per ton, independent of
CHAIRMAN—DO you know whether Mr. New-
land& would be willing to let us part of the yard)
Mr. BAYNES—I believe he would be very %lad.'
board, agreed with the suggestion, and.
The CHAIRMAN, and several other
tel.; of the
Mr. BAYNES gave notice that, next weellc,a.lekey'would
bring a motion before the board, for the appointment of
a committee.

This was all the public business, and the Reporters
withdrew.

OPENING OF THE RAGGED SCHOOLS AT Now/No.
HAM BY THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY.-011 Wed-
nesday afternoon, the Nottingham Town Mission
Ragged Schools were opened by the Earl of Shaftesbury.
There ws a public meeting at the Mechanics' Hahn
the evening, (the Mayor in the chair,) when addresses
were delivered by the Earl of Shaftesbury and others.

HEALTH COMMITTEE. , ,

The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held
yesterday, in the Council-room of the Town-hall, Mr,
Ilderinan Dover presiding. There were also present— -
Messrs. Shiel, Arison, Bowring, Barton, Anthony, Hay-
dock, Crosthwaite, Gladstone, Beckwith, Vernon, Stitt,
and Hodson.

The .Berough Engineer, Building Surveyor, ' and
Inspector. of Nuisances reported various particulars of
the operations in their several departments during the
Week, from which it appeared that 180 nuisances com=-
plained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and
means taken to remedy them ; 868 . houses in the
unhealthiest districts, containing 2,433 apartments and
526 cellars, had been put under examination, with the
view of improving their sanitary condition ; and 272
lodging-houses had also been examined and reported
npon.

On the report of the Inspector of Smoke Nuisances.
having been read,
Mr. BECKWITH eulogised Mr. Wignal for the manner
in which he had discharged his duty. He might say
that several complaints had been made agnmst the
Smoke Committee for pert:Flitting' smoke. It was a well
known fact that they had only one inspector; and
Liverpool was a very large town. Many a time
the Inspector was on the peir-head, or on the
landing-stag, when there had been many 'chim-
neys in the town creating a nuisance by their
smoke: They were aware that the Inspector could not
he more than at one place at once; and he therefore
thought it would be well to have twos so that one could
be in one portion of the town, and another in another
portion, at the same time. The bakers Of Liverpool had
not adopted the improvement in their ovens, which some
had introduced; pnd he wished to say that those who
created a smoke nuisance, by adhering to the old prin-
ciple, would be fined if it were continued. These
matters were mentioned to show the necessity for an ad-
ditional. inspector to carry out the provisions of the
Smoke Committee. ,

The- Medical Officer of health reported that diving the
weed ending Saturday last, the number of deaths
registered was 149, while the corrected average-of the
same week during the- preceeding ten years was 233,
showing a decrease of B'l in favour of last week:- In
the corresponding ireek: of last year the deaths. were
245. • (-)I the 149 deaths last week, 105 were in,the
parish, aril 44 in the 'oat-townships. Zymotic diseases
caused 44 deaths, diarrhoea; 11; typhus, 10 ; scarlatina, .
6 ; hoopingr-cough, 4;, croapi, capbtheria, 2 ; measles, .
1 ; chicken-pox', 1 ; cholera; ; diseases of the lungs;
32, including 11' from consumption.
Mr. Bowalft-thoughtthatthe remarkable fact reported'.
by the officer of health sliest& not beepassed bv-with-
out some public notice • being ta%en of rt. -He thought
the Health Committee had' been'a great moans of pro-
moting the public health, and when such a document as
that was put before them,. ther'had every encoura„o•e-
meat to go on as they had beenedbing;. and -which had,T.
so far,. proved' suceessful

i • The blimumAli- said, in. refereite tO.the•public offices,
that the hind on which,they Were. to Abe erected had been
purchased at a cost of aTew.thorviutis• wiihks the esti-
mate Of the committee:

A letter was read' &Om:. Mr. Chadnick., and als6-
merrtorial, praying to. by relieved fforn his•coutract to
malAfeertain sewers in, .Aep,-ent-road, Waterloe,road, &c.;
or to' allow him sometlag;additionglifor theii comple-tioi4 as the ground -liaditurlied out,tv.be roc instead of
clay,•• as- he at first, and at the time,' he• estimated,
supposed.
Mr. tfhErt.. said the matter had Veen before: the
Council. arid so far as thr•acrepting of -Mr..ChadWiek'S
contract was concerned, tho-committrio- had nothing. to
do with it, as it had been confirmed by afgeneral,counc2.
If the ground was composed of stone, instead of clay;
that was'lrr.. Chadwick's leek-Aunt, nut theirs ;:.tbrif the,
ground had been clay, he-did not suppose that: Mir..
Chadwick would have roducast his contract.-- ,
Mr. .51‘Gomiii.N observed', tait; the contractor wa4
willing t) sacrifice all that 1.14-had already.thine, if. the.
contract would be taken -off his- hinds. ,
Mr. Hodson said he therght it strange • that the-
Borough Engineer did riot rtia*- some remain referznce•
to Mr. Chadwiell s contract whoa it was sent-in:
Mr. wtAmos replied that hre made the committee.
acquainted with the fact thaw! the estimate,:was-aheut--
one-half what he-had estimatedifisi the work.:
Mr. BicKWITI3I mid that the contractor was -the man-
recommended by-Mr. Newlands,

Mr. HOD3ON remarked that tlie, work,: he understood
from the remarks,of -Mr. Newlan4-had been ::stei)ped,.
froM the contractor not being' able -.to- fulfil hisi-eng.age—
ment. He thought the committee ought -to :have•
hesitated in accepting, the tender, seeing it ms,se
lower than what flit- work could it done for.. .•

Mr. STITT observed that the question which was-,
before them to consider was, what-was now to•bb done F••
and he would move that the Borough 'Engineer be in- •
structed to advertiae for tenders to complete the work, at
the loss of Mr. Chadwick, or his securities., .

The Bottooon ENGINEER remarked that the -cony--
mittee had agreedi to take the names of cert.-aid eons--
tractors, and were therefore bound to take the lowest
tender.
A member asked`: what the committee were abent-to
do: •
Mr. GLADSTONE replied,• that thaT.were -going to do.
what Mr. Chadwickought to have clone. „ •
Mr.. Stmt. wished to remark, beke anything further
was said, that whew the committee,aceepted the-tender,
it was not-so much below the nextr tender as -ntiot! be
thought.
The motion of Mr.. Stitt .was themagreed to..
With:. reference to. Mr. Tyrer's salary:at, the Corn-
wallis-street Offices, Mr. STITT saidlthat Mr. Tyrei• had
been five or six years connected -with the same•
He had been appointed Counterman to receive the funds;
and owing to some diSagreement with some individual,
he had brought himself into'• a strange•position ;: but
unless it could be shown,that Mr. Tyrerwasic competent,
he thought it would be •unfair to tlece • a. man: over- his
head who had only been about eighteen montlis.inthe
office. If, however, the-committee showed that
been incompetent, tese would besuffieient ground's.
Mr. ANTHONY, as- chairman of the. sub-committee,
explained that when. Mr. Tyrer was. appointed to the
office which he noiv: holds, it was•directly against the,
advice of the Auditors, but under-the pressure of Mr.,
Stitt and a few other•gentlemen that he was plated there.
It was afterwards found that he was. not competent for
the situation.

Mr. BEcKwrru—lt is all is. a fact.
Mr. ANTHONY went on to say that he should be sorry
"to reduce Mr. Tyrer's salary,, as he-had been so long
in the situation,;, but, from the resolution of the com-
mittee, he must go. back to his. former situation, and at
his former salary.
Mr. STrrr wished to know if it was expected of Mr.
Tyrer that he should perform the duties of the office,
which he formerly held and also the one to which he
was promoted ?
Mr. AixTuoxy answered that it was not so.
Mr. STrrr said he had been informed that the duties
were more onerous than they had been before.
Mr. Arrruolar said' he had seen the duties pertained
at the offices, and he was not quite sure whether Mr.
Stitt had.

Mr. STITT understood that Mr. Tyrer was exceedingly,
anxious to come befoie the committee and explain the
matter, and he would therefore move that the matter be
referred back.
Mr. CRELLIN thought it would be wise to have the
opinion of the treasurer.
Mr. BEcKwrrn said if it were referred back, the
opinion of the treasurer could be taken.
Mr. ANTHONY said it had been referred back before.
Mr. Slaw contended that it was the first time the
case had been before the committee. •
Mr. GLADSTONE said there was one point on whiCh
he wished to have the committee rightly informed. He
understood from Mr. Anthony' s remarks, that the trea-
surer objected to Mr. Tyrer. He (Mr. Gladstone) bad
voted for Mr. Tyrer, and he did not remember that tte
treasurer made any objection further than stating that
he thought Mr. McKey better qualified for the situation.
He thought Mr. Anthony had gone too far in stating
that Mr. Tyrer was unfit for the situation.
The matter was then referred back.
Mr. BECKWITH expected a report read with reference
to what took place at Bradford. lie had seen an ex-
tract in the papers, and he thought it would be well to
have a report printed and circulated among the mem-
bers of the Council.
Mr. HODSON moved a vote of thanks to the chairman
for his services during the time he had occupied that
position. _

The motion was seconded by Mr. BECKWITH.
Mr. GLADSTONE moved, and Mr. STITT seconded, a
vote of thanks to the deputy-chairman, Mr. Shiel, and
the compliment being acknowledged by these oentlemen,
the committee separated.

MIRSEY DOCKS- AND HARBOUR 'BOARD.

The. weekly meeting of this-body was held yesterday,
in the board-room; Revenue-buildings..: Mr., Charles
Turner, the chairman, presided ; , and the other meni-
hers present were—Messrs. Ilubback, Anderson, Arnold,,
-Langton, -Rankin, Inman, Roimthwaite, Mime, Little-
dale, Segar, Mondel, 'Bonk, •Brocklebank, Moss,' For-i
wood, Shand, Arnold, Tobin, Lockett, and Bushell.