The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-03-16 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

Tho adjourned meeting was held on Wednesday, the
Mayor in the chair.
The proceedings of the Dock Committee, the Improve-
ment Committee, and St. George's-hall Committee, were
read and confirmed.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.
Mr. LANGSDALE moves the adoption of the proceed-
ings, which contained a recommendation that, though
not bound by law to do so, the Council award £25 to
Mr. Thomas Humphries, as indemnification for the loss
he has sustained by the late sewer accident, out of any
funds which might be at the disposal of the Council for
such a purpose.—Mr. PARKER moved that this portion of
the proceedings be not confirmed.—Mr. BECKWITH
charged Mr. Johnson with being personally interested
in, and, indeed, connected by, partnership with Mr.
Humphries—hence Mr. Johnson's earnest advocacy in
committee of Mr. Humphries' cause.—This Mr. JOHN.
sox denied, and stated that his connection with Mr.
Humphries consisted in lending him money occasionally
to pay wages. He urged the Council to grant the money
to Mr. Humphries, whose claim upon them in equity was
strong.—Mr. SAMUEL HOLME was glad to hear Mr.
Johnson's explanation, but advised gentlemen, while
members of the committee, to have nothing in any way to
do with contractors. Mr. Holme opposed the recommen-
dption of the committee to reimburse Mr. Humphries,
which he deemed would establish a most dangerous pre-
cedent.—After some remarks from Mr. CHALMER, the
Council annulled the recommendation of the committee,
Mr. PARKER having altered his amendment to that effect.

THE NEW SANATORY BILL.
Mr. BENNETT brought on a motion, of which he had
given notice, to the effect that a select committee should
be appoir.ted for the purpose of providing for various de-
fects in the working of the contemplated Sanatory Act,
and to draw out the draft of a bill to be submitted to
parliament in the next session. After some discussion,
Mr. Bennett, withdrew his motion.

THE OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE.
Mr. NEILL, in moving the adoption of the proceedings,
stated that, in accordance with the request of the Board
of Trade, and the Liverpool Marine Board, the committee
had recommended the engagement, for three months, of
Mr. Hartnup in classifying and arranging the data, col-
lected by captains and others, as to the variation of the
compass in iron vessels, with a view to form some exact
scale to lay before the Board of Trade. The recommen-
dation was approved by the Council, and the minutes of
the committee confirmed.

WATER COMMITTEE.
The Water Committee's proceedings having been read,
Mr. Hour moved their adoption, with the exception of a
contract proposed to be entered into with Messrs. Pearson
and Co., for which circumstances had arisen rendering it
desirable to postpone. The financial statement of the
year, Mr. bolt observed, was exceedingly satisfactory ;
for, notwithstanding that the expenditure of the year
exceeded the income, they were able to show a surplus of
£4,400. After a long discussion, the minutes, with the
exception named, were confirmed.

LIBRARY AND MUSEUM COMMIT] EE

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Mr. PICTON, in moving the confirmation of the Obser-
vatory and Museum Committee's proceedings, gave a
detail of the progress being made for the Museum and
Public Library, from which it appears the preparations
are in a most satisfactory state. The proceedings showed
an amount of £1,300 raised by private subscription to-
wards the establishment of the library. A vote of thanks
was given to the subscribers, and the proceedings were
confirmed.

COURT OF PASSAGE.
The subject of a yearly salary, to he paid half yearly,
to Mr. Edw. James, the new Assessor of the Court of
Passage, was referred to a special committee, the object
being in order to take into consideration in what degre
the recent law reforms have affected the business of the
Borough Court, and in bow far this affects the amount of
the salary of the Assessor.

THE PAID OFFICERS' COMMITTEE.
Mr. BIGHAM moved, according to notice, "To rescind
the resolution of the Council adopted at the adjourned
meeting of the Council, held on the 12th instant, by which
it was resolved that the report of the Paid Officers'
Committee should lie on the table, and to move that such
report be receivech" He wished the Council not to adopt
an insult to a portion of their own body, who had been
working hard for three years. The reception of the report
did not pledge the Council to anything ; it was merely
placing the committee's labours on the records of the
Council ; and surely the Council could not refuse so
small a compliment, particularly when a large number
of the councillors had left the room, and some even who
remained and voted for the report lying on the table, did
so by mistake.—A desultory and angry discussion ensued,
in which Mr. PARKER took part, denouncing till report as
founded upon fallacies, and not upon facts. At length,
however, the report was received.
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David Morris and his wife were appointed superinten-
dent and matron to the Paul-street Baths, at a joint
salary of £l3O per annum, with house rent, gas, water,
&., free.—The memorial of Mr. James M`Donald , asking
for some remuneration for his alleged exertions in develop-
ing a plan for extinguishing fires, was ordered to lie on the
table.—A letter from the Board of Ordinance, on the sub-
ject of the Powder Magazines, was referred to the Finance
Committee.

The Council, after a sitting of five hours, adjourned

DOCK COMMITTEE.
At the weekly meeting, on Thursday, Mr. C. Turner,
the chairman, presided ; the other members present were
—Messrs. Shand, Mllyneux, Chaloner, Gregson. Evans,
Holrne, Claxton, Barber, Bold, Malcolroson, Bigham,
Langadale, Steel, Rankin, Nicol, Brocklebank, Robinson,
Tobin, and Lockett.

The estimate of Messrs. Thomas Pearson and Co., for
the supply of chain-cables, was accepted. The warehouse
management sub-committee recommended the dismissal
of Walter Stokes, managing foreman, of No. 4 Albert
Dock Warehouses, and of John Elmore, a preferred la-
bourer in the warehouses, on the ground that Stokes had
removed the number and rotation mark from a bag of
coff.e which was being discharged into the warehouse,
and that Elmore had assisted Stokes in his irregularities.
A correspondence between Mr. Hartley, the engineer,
and the dock surveyor, relative to steamers trying their
paddles and screws in all the docks north of the Prince's
Dock, from which, Mr. Hartley stated, serious results
might accrue, was read. It appeared that, from experi-
ments tried with the Amazonas, in the Sandon Dock, six
inches of sand had been thrown against the gates, pre-
venting them from being opened.—The committee ex-
pressed an opinion to the effect that the trial of the pad-
dles and screws of steamers might be made in the graving
docks and the river.
It was stated that an arrangement had been come to
that, when the semaphore will not work at Holyhead, by
reason of bad weather, the men employed there shall
communicate the fact to the electric telegraph station at
Holyhead, so as to relieve the persons at Lloyd's here
from responsibility.

A letter was read from Mr. George Hall Lawrence,
calling attention to the danger which may result to the
springs of carriages, &c., by reason of the Llnding-stage
being out of repair.—Mr. LANGSDALE said the matter
was now occupying the attention of the finance committee
of the Council, and the reparations were in a fair way of
being made.

AU application from Messrs. Grimsbaw and Co., for
shed accommodation on the Waterloo Dock quay, was
referred to the harbour masters' sub-committee.
THE COAL TRADE-WAREHOUSES AT THE NORTH DOCKS.
The report of the sub-committee of works, on the ac-
commodation for the coal trade at the north docks, and
the building of warehouses on the Stanley Dock quay,
stated that, having taken into consideration the subjects
referred to them by the general committee of the 11th of
December, they had interviews with deputations from the
coal proprietors, and with the directors of the Lancashire
and Yorkshire Railway Company, several times ; and
they (the sub-committee) had called upon the surveyor to
prepare plans and estimates. The proposal is to erect a
high-level railway to extend over two docks,—the Wel-
lington and Bramley-Moore Docks,—and to form a junc-
tion with the Lancashire and Yorkshire and East Lanca-
shire Railways, at a total cost of £45,550. Opposite to
each dock there are to he two discharging places; and, if
found necessary, the line can be extended to the Nelson
Dock to the southward, and another railway made to the
Sandon Dock northward : in the first instance it is only
proposed to take the two docks first-named. Nothing,
however, is proposed to be done until the Lancashire and
Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railways have their works
in a train of completion. It is the opinion of the coal
proprietors that the annual revenue would amount to
£33,755, made up of items, read by the chairman, of the
anticipated traffic likely to accrue in consequence of the
construction of the railway. The total estimated tonnage,
at d, per ton, it was stated, would realise the sum of
£405,000; with respect to the warehouses, it was propo-
sed that they should be erected on the north and south
quays of the Stanley Dock ; that they should be four sto-
ries in height, and without vaults. The estimated cost.
including the raising of the quays and dock walls forming
the railway communication, was stated to be £127,978.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company are to
relinquish their right to a passage at the north of Stanley
Dock. The area of the warehouses is to be 5723 yards,
leaving a sufficient space for the working of goods. From
a calculation furnished by Mr. Mason, the secretary,
which was read by the chairman, it appears that if the
warehouses are filled with sugar, the returns on outlay
would be 9 per cent. ; if with East Indian cotton, 15 per
cent. ; if with American cotton, 1.17 per cent. ; barrels of
flour, 13k per cent. ; jute, 131 per cent. ; corn, 91 per
cent. From an estimate made by Mr. James Ilolme, at
Ms. per square yard per annum, for rent, taken upon the
outside area, there would be an amount of ia per cent.
After some conversation, it was agreed that the mem-
bers of +he committee should assemble at a quarter before
three o'clock on Wednesday next, and proceed together
to view the locality of the docks in question.

ARCHITZCZEIRAL AND ARCILEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—
At the meeting, of this society to-morrow (Wednesday)
evening, Mr. Vertht will read a paper entitled " Archi-
tectural Notes of a Tour in Belgium, Germany, Switzer-
land, and France,"

LIVERPOOL FLOKAL AYD HORTICULTURAL EXIIIBI-
Irow SOCIETY.--A meeting of the members of this society
was held on Thursday, at tbe Clarendon-rooms. J. N.
Walker, Esq., presided. The hen. secretary, Mr. J. B.
Leatherbarrow, presented a statement of the accounts,
which was approved of and passed, being very satisfac-
tory. The thanks of the ineeting Were given to the Town
Council for their kindness ip granting the use of the
Botanic Gardens for the Societ7's exhibitions, which were
fixed for the 20th May, 2lth June, and the 2d September.
A vote of thank was also given .kci the chairman, corn-
m:ttee, and secretary, for their servoku for the pact Fear.