The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-12 00:00:00

PRESENT FROM LORD SANDON.

Mr. CURRIE said, that, some weeks ago, he received a let-
ter from Mr. Wainewright, of the Liverpool Office, stating
that, before Lord Sandon left England, he stated, tnat he
was anxious to place the parliamentary library of his father
at the disposal of the Council. He (Mr. Currie) communi-
cated with the Mayor and Town-clerk, who were of opinion,
with him, as such a gift would be for the benefit of the town,
it should be gratefully accepted. He had since received from
Mr. Wainewright a letter, which was as follows :
" Lord Sandon, before he left Lngland for Italy, committed
to my charge a collection of parliamentary reports, returns,
and other papers, belonging to his father, the Earl of Har-
rowby, and to himself, with a request, that I wsikkatiTtra.

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venient opportunity, place the entire collection, in, his name
at the free and full disposal of the Mayor and Town Council
of Liverpool, with a view to the foundin&of a parliamentary
library for the use of the local community, if, indeed, it might
upon due consideration, be deemed by the Mayor and Coun-
cil to be adviseable for them to give their sanction air isup-
port to such an establishment.
"In furtherance of his lordship's wish, I now take the
liberty of requesting that you will, on a suitable occasion,
have the goodness to brillg this offer under the notice of the
Mayor and Council for their consideration.
"If the Corporation should determine upon accepting the
collection, I will give immediate directions for its transmis-
sion to the address of the Town-clerk, or any other corporate
officer who may be appointed to receive it.
" For the guidance of the Mayor and Council in their de-
liberations, I send you a catalogue of the books and papers in
question."

Various opinions were expressed as to the expediency of
accepting this gift, trammelled, as it would be, with the con-
dition, that it should form the nucleus of a library.
Mr. CURRIE moved a resolutionto the effect, that the offer
made of the Parliamentary library of the Earl of Harrowby
and Lord Sandon, to be placed at the full disposal of the
Mayor and Town Council of Liverpool, be cordially accepted,
and that the Mayor be requested to convey to their lordships
the appropriate acknowledgements of the Council for this li-
beral and useful gift.
Mr. RATHBONE thought, as they could not receive the gift
otherwise than with conditions, it would be proper to post-
pone the consideration for a short time. He moved, that the
very liberal offer or Lords Harrowby and Sandon be referred
to the Finance Committee, to report upon.
Mr. Rathbone's amendment was put, and lost by a mi-
nority of 7 against 51.
Mr. BLACKBURN proposed, that the liberal offer of the
Earl of Harrowby and Lord Sandon be gratefully accepted;
but with the understanding, that this Council cannot pledge
itself to the establishment of a Parliamentary library for the
use of the local public.
The amendment was lost by a minority of 19 against 38.
The original motion was put and carried by a majority of
41 against 13.

THE NEW FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Mr. CURRIE moved, that the Finance Committee, for the
ensuing year, should consist of fifteen members, as hereto-
fore.

Mr. CASE seconded the resolution.
Mr. CURRIE then proceeded to read the names of the fif-
teen members whom he proposed should be appointed, re-
marking, that, notwithstanding the observations of Mr. Law-
rence and Mr. Holmes, there were no less than five of the
fifteen Conservatives. The following gentlemen will com-
pose the Finance Committee for the ensuing year:
Messrs. Currie, Bolton, J. Holmes, Houghton, Leigh,
Moon, Thornhill, Blackburn, Filcher, H. Hornby, Case,
G. H. Lawrence, Wood, E. Harvey, and Roskell.

IMPROVEMENT COMPIITTEE.
Mr, BARCLAY, seconded by Mr. JORDAN, proposed the
number of the:lmprovernent Committee, for the ensuing year,
to be ten. The following were appointed :
Messrs. W. Earle, H. Holmes, H. R. Sandbach, E. Evans,
T. Booth, C. H. Jones, J. Platt, J. Woollright, T. B. Bar-
clay-, and J. Hornby.

WATCH COMMITTEE.
Mr. THORNHILL proposed, that the members of this Com-
mittee should be twenty-five. The first name which Mr.
Thornhill proposed was that of Mr. Houghton.
Mr. HOUGHTON begged to decline the honour, as he was
on the Finance Committee.

Mr. I. HOLMES, seconded by Mr. HOUGHTON proposed
Mr. Cooper in lieu of Mr. Houghton.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE could not see why there should be
such strong objections to receiving Mr. Cooper on this com-
mittee. He was sure it was a very fair committee, and why
could they not take Mr. Cooper on it ?
After some conversation, the point was put to the vote,
when Mr. Cooper was elected by a majority of 26 against 23.
The following gentlemen constitute the Watch Committee
for the ensuing year :—Messrs. Joseph Cooper, Wm. Pres-
ton, Thomas Bulley, Thomas Case, James Mellor, Enoch
Harvey, John Barton, John Woollright, R. V. Yates, James
Lawrence, George Quayle, Richard Bright, W. P. Freme,
C. Bushell, William Lassen, Thomas Morecroft, Thomas
Robinson, William Earle, Thomas Coglan, G. H. Lawrence,
F. Jordan, W. M. Duncan, John. Smith, D. Mather, W.
Thornhill.