Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-06 00:00:00

Deduct for landito widen Hatton-garden,

Net costor land -
Total of contraes,for the new buildin,s,

Deduct value of
station .............. . ..... ....£5,000 0 0
Deduct building of section-bouse for

land for fire polio

Police force

4,000 0 0

Cost to the bartatgli fund ..

Interest on the same at-5 ger cent..
Maintenance of orexnises, fire-insurance, &e

Annual charge twthe borough, fund........ £2,580 0 0
There ,were also-, he said, the expenses connected with.
kt. George's Hall, whiih he threw out of the account:

Ist Septemt.er, 1857, to 31st August, 158 (the year alluded to

in the' dociunent front-the Law Society}
itoneived from mascistratest, clerks for fees
eeived by them for magiaterial business._
nednet salaries, printing; and• stationery,
•disbursements of yar_ort,sorts • „.

5,305.3 7

2,717 1 0

Midi received for fires and: sessions

Cferk of 'the. Peace for pedalties

Dednct poor fund £1,57-2 Ce 0
'• Collector's salary
of towil dues 110; 0 0
, Ditto dock fines llO 0' 0

Net amount of fees and fines.
Sulkinet to Mr. Mansfield's salczy;..
Interest on outlay forpremisesw:—
Recbrtices salary
Establishment of sessions house::..

To credit of borou,gl

2 10 11
5 0, 0

3,M8 IP 11

Deficiency in the rates applicabl-sto the pay=

of peliie expenditu:

amount to credit

Charge on the boroug!itftind

The Thsw Society said the insult of their application
would have been different; if-left- to the man
' strates.
He did.' not think o ; for at. one of the largatmeeting
of magistrates—at the Licensing Session—he had
inoote& the question, and not a siiagleobjection, had been
raised to his views. Then came a. passage in the report
which seemed to him of a most' vindictive character.
They recommended that some representation should be
made to- Government, for, the • purpose of effecting an
alteratien,in the application of the surplus fluids. flow,
what did that mean but this ?-7-7" As yore (the Council)
do not intend to take our 'dictation„ wet,, having fOund
a marers nest, will turn informers, and we will de-
prive the burgesses of those surplus• fees; but we will
allow the corporation to tax.: the' public for the
police-force, and to provide all' thei necessary build-
ings for- the administration of justice."' In reference to
the last clause in the report, which spoke of the
inability of the lay magistrates to deal with cases of
civil chA'racter, Alderman llSlme expressed his belief
there would be no objection. on-the part of the
magistracy to remit all such eases to -Mr. Mansfield.
He concluded by stating that-the report was virtually a
denial to that council of the independent exercise of its

functions.
STEAINS denounced itms injudicious and dicta-
torial, as did also Mrd ..fefferyr,- and after some general
conversation, it was ordered, on the motion of Alderman:
Parker, seconded by Mr. Book.with, that the memorial'
or report lie on the table.. "
A memorial from Richard: MiacNeile, late officer of
police, asking for an increase in the pension allowed:
him, for being disabled on,. duty, *as referred to the-
IN--.itch Committee.
DRIVING CATTLE TTIRDIMIE THE STREETS.
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Mr. GLADSTOn then moved.:thelollowing resolution,,
of; which he had given notice To direct the atten-
tion of the. COUncil to the .necessity for framing proper
hve-laws for the government of persons employed: m
diving cattle in the borough and neighbourhood; for
the appointment of a committee to consider the whole
subject, and to report to, the Council." He said: the
number of cattle imported each week into Liverpool
averaged 3,000-head, and of sheep abont 10,000 or
11,000. These cattle. were driven through the, town,
and there were no rules- as to the manner in which this
should be done. A certain number of drovers should be
in attendance, in proportion to the number of cattle
driven; and it would' also be regarded as a lino, by
butchers and dealers, if they were to determine what
amount-of 'wages drovers should .be entitled tcafor their

The-se cattle were often driven to the imnu-
nent danger of life, arid were often carried out from
shippons •to the-field 'by email children, when they got
'upon the footpaths, which they dirtied, and frightened
ladies walkinge, upon. them. The Town-clerk, sill.
investigating the subject, informed, him that they ha
no power to make such bye-laws at present-; but no
thought they-should have a committee to. get up evi-
dence upon the, subject.. „ _ ,
motion,Dfi
Councilbaitty he had
ninnatteenldy,e dint o
copsebrin g
. GRAVES supported the Motion, and said for some
time his, -mind had been directed to the subject. Last
-from town, he was unable 'to see,,tho Town-clerk the
day preview, to ascertain what pOwers they possesset.
Ike .had deposited with the Town-clerk a notice oL.
motion en•the subject, but through. -the omission to sigh,
the notice book the notice was informal, and won
have fallen through, had net Mr. Gladstone observed
the omission, and very- considerately- placed upon.
the book. a notice, of. -motion, so. identical with Ins
own, that he 'had .no difficulty whatever in second-
ing it. Whatever doubts he had in his own nlia.';
previously of the, propriety of' proceeding, fearing
might be considered an unnecessary interference with t
clfux.7cearodf a absence
valuable and important branch of the trade of the port'
he had no' hesitation after he found that he should
receive the support of a practical geritlenian like' ini.
Gladstone. Fle should not venture to trespass much
which he should like -to place' before them
that. lath hour, but he had
,gathered some evidence'
Mr. Gladstone, .was _for seeking, for further • powers t°
deal with the matter. He (Mr. G.) had asked one of the
inspectors of the 'police to arrive "at some- satisfactosle
'computation -of the cattle which pass through ttl'h
streets, arriving from the chicks ; was good encTgr,
to place police -at the docks to' 'count the nurn.e_A
and the figures were 'higher than .Mr. Gladstone 114'
arrived at. ffe found that on ThUrsday, Friday?
Saturday, and Sunday last, 6,208 head of cattle arrive(' ,
7,839 Slacep, and 3,036 pigs,,-rmakjag,,altogetber.ev:;
those four dcvii 17,083 head ; and they were attende,_°.
by only 200 drovers in their passage through the street'
This was a proportion of one drover to, 85 head e cj,
tle, sheep or pigs. It must be obvious to every geergc
Man that it was impossible one drover "could take ce,4
of such a number. The railway traffic manager.role
been consulted, and reported that this branch of..t a'ef
was increasing annually. There ivas a pallellod
drovers compared with the number of cattle, the
great evils arose from the incompetency
o°,oo
men, their cruelty, and negligence. ' 'He had 51iv9...0r
especially'
to
that a proper route should bo laid down for cattle '1:10.641
of the
and licensed. An officer had been placed in one their
principal thoroughfares to assist drovers to kceStv in
through the streets, and that drovers should be ba
cattle off the footpaths. There was a difde - 'gr.
serving summonses upon offending. drovers._ was
Graves proceeded to say that he thought thciejais,
sufficient in the evidence of their own u,,e to
supported by their own every-day experien','ittee
warrant, 'the Council' 'in 'granting' the • colll—give
which Mr. Gladstone had asked for ; and :,-this
to that committee all the' powers necessary to the
matter to ir satisfactory eonclusion,loy systematisdina'pre-
driving of cattle throughuur streets. They
cadent for this; for, in London, they had a niaa
set of bye-laws, which were found to answer row..
bly
well.
• .
d
The motion was, agreed to unanimouslY ; t.r-Gravcs,
Mr. GLA.DsroN'riiiamed,'as his committee,
Mr, Shell, Mr. Corbally, May Beckwith, 21;ta,,T7-,, after 3
The Council then adjourned at ave cltr,
session of six,hQura, had
nerfect