The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-20 00:00:00

IRELAND

A.DVANCE IN WHIS

allon. The fixed rate now is

he gallon

THE LISBURNE ELECTION.
according to report, likely to bi
Lisburne. He would be suppc

—Lord Adolphus Vane is.

started

andidate for

quis of Hertfotd
Tiro 111- d cyst,.

workhouse have I

*n dismissed for

ie childre

12th July last

RIBBONIBM, the King's County Chronicle state!, pre

vails to a

great extent it

CORK CORPORATION are making

I.ngements to

.stown, where

TUESDAY,

SEPTEMBER 20, 1853.

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL

me pain whe

!n• I heard • i
hpfnre I ha

uttered, and

s a charge made

letter of apology from Mr. Big

ject will at once drop,

The minutes of the Gardens, Church I

WATER. COM3iITTEF
'sed a reci
Tohn T

The proceedings comp]

termine the contract of

The Coroner's account, £37 6s. 71, was passed.
ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

LIE Mayor, Samuel Home, Esq., presided at the ad-
journed meeting of the Council on Wednesday.
Mr. PARKER, in the absence of Mr. Bigham, apologised
on behalf of that gentleman for an expression used by bira
at the last meeting with respect to the Mayor.
The MAYOR.—The expression did unquesl

tionably gicAe
gni bad

„k to him. lam
in the excitement
a ver handsome
ham, and therefore the sub.

nditure, and

%-71.15er1, awry t_Aniumitee were reau
mendation to increase the salary of Mr. Shearne,assb
to Mr. Hartnup, from £BO to £lOO per annum, heiug Pc"
poned according to standing orders.

,mmendation to de-
Isherwood, for the cou..
struction of reservoirs and works. distinguished as contract
No. 3 ; and also a recommendation to comply with the
request of Messrs. Holland and Calloway to with the
their tender for laying the main pipe, and completing. the
works therewith, as referred to in the specification, anci
to accept the tender of Mr. Thomas Docwra for the exectv

tion of those works.
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of long ont
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ew ibtlhu
nrdeegr
sa r d
thatto had
b ea;
committed; in the course of which Mr. BENNETT sal'
that he really thought that even now, at the eleventh
hour, it would be highly desirable to stop the unclertak:
ing—it was only conferring an enormous advantage 9T`
the millowners, at an enormous expense and risk to the
Liverpool Corporate Estate. Mr. Bennett intimated thaD
he was about to prepare a motion upon the subject of
pending the works. The recommendation, after little
further conversation, was confirmed.
Mr. Ilorr then moved a resolution, sanctioning their
lease of Messrs. Holland and Calloway from their ten
for pipes, and the acceptance of the contract of Mr. Then'
Docwra. It was elicited in the discussion which the pr°;
posal caused, that the difference between the tender o,t
Messrs. Holland and Calloway, and Mr. Thomas a
Deco
contract was about £B,OOO or £lO,OOO, though even sill
that addition, Mr. Holt explained, the amount Was „°
larger than the original estimate of the committee. IS'
BENNETT moved a direct negative, but after some fart u";
discussion withdrew his motion. The proceedings of
'Water Committee were then confirmed.

THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM.
The proceedings of this committee having been read d
Mr. PicToN remarked that the Council would be gl4
to hear of the handsome donation presented by the Ile'
East India Company, consisting of some very vablaut
fossil casts. At present they could not display them ed
advantage, owing to their want of space, but this we'll
be remedied when they had a better place for their recep'
tion. The arrangements for opening the lending librarie4
at the North and South Corporation Schools were nearlY
complete, and would be opened with probably 2000 volarile3
in each library. They were making arrangements, too'
with the second masters of the schools to take charge e„
the libraries for the present. It was intended at first to
open them only on two evenings in the week, and try 6'
experiment upon a small scale, until they saw it was pre;
perly appreciated by the public ; and in order also to see
what difficulties presented themselves, and in what Iva.',
they were to conduct operations, so as to render the Div
ries most suitable to the artisan classes of the town. Prlci
bably in the course of a month or six weeks, they wow.
be able to open these institutions, in which he knee.,:
number of the members of the Council felt a warm inter
The proceedings were confirmed.
The resolutions of the Hackney Coach, &c., Committee
were confirmed, as were those of the Baths' Committee,
except that portion in- which the Dock Committee were
interested, and which was left over, on the explanation
'
the MAYOR., that Mr. Turner and the members were oil
on the annual survey.

Mr. H. Booth, complaining
ice about St. George'

A letter was read from
inattention to his former remonstra
Hall.
to the
Mr. PAnxnn moved the reference of the letter
St. George's Hall committee.
Mr. PICTON was present, as a member of the St'
George's Hall Committee, when the discussion alluded to
took took place, and, so far as he recollected, Mr. Booth bronP
forward no plan. He made objections to the present P? 111
but, when asked very naturally by Mr. Cockerell if he 11,n
come prepared with any other plan, and whether he 174
taking the position of a professional man and was prepamr,
to define his plans thoroughly, he said "No ;" that 11
merely made his objections, and threw out his hints for
Mr. Cocketell and the committee to make what use tile/
pleased of. " Then," said Mr. Cockrell, " I have notliig._
to say upon the subject." The question was gone into v):,
the committee themselves to some extent, and it was fouv
that there were really such difficulties, practically speakill'
in the way, that unless they had something before
far more definite than the suggestions of Mr. Booth, the'
could not entertain it at all.
Mr. STEWART said he did not see that a private gentle;
man, interested in . the welfare of the town, should
called upon to employ an architect in a case like that of
der review ; and he even thought that it was the dutY ,01
the St. George's-hall Committee, if the matter was refer 7,
to them, to direct Mr. Cockerell to prepare a sketch,
ing the effect of the improvements suggested by "'5,
Booth.—The letter was referred with special instructio!lnii
A memorial in favour of illuminating the Town"B''
clock was referred to the Finance Committee.