The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-22 00:00:00

8d
) ' 4d

UNITE
STATES

Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina } „
Charleston
Savannah J
Maranliam
Ceara
Paraiba ........ „ 31d. ,
Pernambuco 3, Z.
Bahia ...„ „ 3d.
Maceio
„ Sd.
„ 3a
„ 41c1.
, „ 3d.
„ 3d.

MERICA 1

Demerara
Berbice

Laguuyra
Peru

Carthagena

fSurat. ....
1. Bengal....
J Nassau .
Barbadoes

~ 4d. 1

, (i. J

per bale nett,
Inwards.

„ id. Bd.
„ 4 I ” ""'

z.,—Bar, Bolt, or Rod; from Bd.
Broken or 01d.... 4d. to
Cast or Pig .... ll Bd.
Hoops & Sheets. $,
COAL from 3d. to Icl. per ton nett, Outwards
The TONNAGE DUTIES on
the Classes of Voyages Nos. from Is. 6d. to Is. 3d. per ton
6 and?
" That such reductions take place on and after the 25th
June, 18

" 17th

tiled)

per ton nett
)utwards.

"4. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Chairman

Tune; 147."

[The report concluded with a resolution of the Dock
Committee carrying out the foregoing reductions, and spe-
cifying particularly the classes of voyages on which the
tonnage duties were proposed to be reduced. These will
be found in an advertisement in another column.]
The MAYOR.—Gentlemen, before asking the Chairman
of the Dock Committee to move the confirmation of the
report, resolutions, and tables of reductions on the dues
of the port, which you have just heard read by the Town-
Clerk, I beg leave to mention one fact. I hold in my
hand a letter from Mr. Eyre Evans, written on the sub-
ject which is about to come before us, which he requests
me to submit to you. Mr. Evans is a gentleman who has
ever taken a very lively interest in all that concerns the
welfare of the town and corporation, and, in particular,
the welfare of the dock estate ; but still I am of opinion,
notwithstanding the very high opinion which I entertain
for that gentleman, that it is a very unusual course for
any member of this Council to adopt in giving expression

to his feelings on any subject which comes under the con-
sideration of this body. To addre-3s a letter to them, it
will be admitted by all, is not the proper method to adopt,
particularly on an occasion of such importance as the
present. (Hear, hear.) And it is also a course which,
if set up for a precedent, might be the cause of
very great inconvenience to the Council. (Hear.)
However, gentlemen, as Mr. Evans, as we all know, has
always felt very much interested in the affairs of the
Dock Committee, and as we know he is a gentleman
whose opinion should carry some weight with it and as

I have asked the opinion -of the Chairman of the Dock
Committee whether he objected to the reading of the
letter, and as he has _explicitly said that "he does

. .
not ;" then I say I feel very much inclined to read
the document to the Council.

Mr. TINNE.—As it is a " Mayor's communica-
tion," it should be read, as I am of opinion that a mem-
ber of the Council has as clear a right to address the
Mayor as any individual outside this Council.

Mr. PARKED

recording—

—lt is a most unusual course to adopt in

THE MAYOR.—Very unusual.
Mr. PARKER.—TO adopt in recording his opinions as a
member of this Council ; and a course wl•;^'-
fair to those members of the Council Ni
ally to the discussion of a subject frauf

Iportanee to the town and trade of Lii
befort

li is very un-

ho attend person-

tt with so vital
pool as the one

Mr. Mayor, I am therefore of
r should not be read. It is the duty
in his place on an occasion

to be he

; but if, instead of copal]
principle of Mr. Evans,

ing here, each of
and claimed the

would be an 'end to the trans-

whether it is

crest is con-
vans, I think,

ithout

the letter, I have not the slightest objection that it should
be read; but, on the contrary, I wish that it should be
read. I feel very much disappointed that Mr. Evans is
not here himself to take a part in this debate. As a mem-
ber of the Dock Committee, I am strong in the feeling
that the report of the Dock Committee will hP nnn4irmarl

and properly managed
Council for a confirma
confident that, when t

concurrence of thp (

fore them, that cone
conceded. (Hear, he

debts of the Dock Cor

AYOR asked if I

from several m
to George Hall

Mr. EARL

is to the folic

'herefo:

ye tot

•ead the

Liver-

Evans' lette

isted, it hadrrOi

receipts this year
And had been der

• cotton
plained

rates, by which numb

with the c

seek for the prese

reduction

nquirecl
landinz

e pros-

deprecated
d to throw

in pro-

I next

feasibi

;e, if they