The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-12 00:00:00

ARCADE ROOMS.

linusehold Furniture, Sea Beds, Ogee Roaster, Experimental
Sic.yallon Still, Shop Fixtures, Shop Sinew, Laiye Scale Beam, 4v.-
, • By Mr. BACII,

To-mon nem, (Saturday.) the 13th instant. it P,leven o'clock,
tVARIETY a HOUSEHOLD FURN ITURE, dis-
trained for Rent, comprising Heeded pf'd Plain Camp and
Truck Bedsteads, Palliasses, several new NVittresses. Mahogany
Dining Table, 9 fret '8 inches by 4 feet 3 inches, with round
ends, sundry articles of Millineryand Glass, a large Scale Beam
and Ends (up to any weight,) an Improved POrtable Coffee
Roaster, an Experimental Six Gallon Still.
May be viewed on the Morning of Sale.

F1117,S OF AUCTION DUTY

TO SHIPBUILDERS, SHIPOWNERS, AND OTHERS.

Mr. DIXON,

On WEDNEsnAY, the 141 b day of February next, unless pre-
viously disposed of by private contraet, of which notice wilt
he given, subject In conditions,- on the prentises, at Ratoser,
in the Isle of Man, by order of the Asa;' tees of Messrs. C.
Humberston and Co..
ALT. that SHIPBUILDING YA , situate and being
lin Ramsey, in the Isle of Man, i ith the M ESSUAGE
or DWELLING • HOUSE, SHEDS, SMITHIES, iron
other F,reetious tb.ereon ; containing four Statute Acres, or
thereabouts, bounded on the east and south sides by the "de
vratcr. where vessels of sue and 600 'tons have been launched,
and late in the possession (tithe said .MesSrs. Chas. Ilumberston
and Co,
Together with the FRAME WORK of two VESSELS, as
now put together; and also a hrge quantity of excellent and
well-seasoned TIMBER; a considerable Stock of IRON. and
other Materials and Working Toils, suitable for carrying On
an extensive Shipbuilding Estatilishinent.
Mr. Timm A S KNEA LE, Ramsey, will spew the Premises.
For further particulars apply to Mr. Jou N Bpi HY, Account-
ant, Tem NI
ple.strept ; or tor,.TotiN PEACOCK, or Mr. RuntLirr
Fitonsn A M, Solicitors, Liverpool.

Just Published, in 2 vols., Post Bvo., cloth boards, price 255.,
i,tustrated by a 111:ip and 10 Pail,.
Dedicated to Iler Most tiraenms Maje. the Queen,
gram MISERIES and BEAUTIES REL.-VIVI). By
JONATHAN limns, Assistant Agr ural Commissioner
on the late Irish Poor Ingoity.
These %olutties contain abstracts Of the most interesting and
important parts of the Official Examinations; Remarks on the
State of Agricultute, and on the Condition and Habits of the
People ttie Na rralive of a Tour throtwh Thirty of the Irish
Counties; and S iggestions for Reviving the Industry anq
Prosperity of Ireland.
LoNGstAN, Cum:. and Co., London; J. F. CANNELG, Liver,
pool.

T A PUBLIC MEETING of the COTTAGE OWN-
" L EliS' ASBOCIAFION, held on the evcni ig of WEn.
nesday, the Ithh Januar) instant, at the Pied 11 lon, Great
Chat tut le-street,
Mr. EDMUND FORD in the I
Hove( by Ms. E. KN and secont
liesolurd,--That the Report of the Co

hair,
by Mr. JONES, and
alittee he adopted.

Moved by Mr. ELLts, and seconded by Mr. IbiNsliAW, and
ed, —T at the following peAllii,n be adupled, dud re-
uldiu for s?gualitre until the 22.1 Instant; that it.be sent to Lot d

Sdudtin fori)resentation, and that Mr. (;resswell anti the metn

hers of the County be requested to ttuppuit the prayer of the
petition.
To the honourable the Commons of the United King-
dom
assembled :
The humble Petition of the Owners of Cottage Pro-
perty in Liverpool, iu the county of Lancaster,
SHEWETH,

That }our Petitioners observe, with great surprise and alarm,

that Sirll. Vvrof.y has introduced to dour Honourable House
a Bill, the provisions of w hich are to rale the Owners of tene-

:Items of £2U. and under, to the parochial rates, instead ut the
Occupiers. A..tainst such an enactment your Petit ionela most

earnestly remonstrate, inasmuch as they consider it partial, mu-
just, and
That your Petitioners, frern experience, are convinced that
the returns from small property are regulated by the prosperity
add adversity of the tunes; cousequently,.in adverse tames the
Owners would be called upon for the greatest contribution, when
their receipts would be the least.
That such a liability. on the Owner would prevent the erection
irf propertv.subje,t to us operation ; therefore dwellings fur the
poor would become 'scarce and dear-the working classes in
large towns would be compelled.to herd together in dark and
unwholesome cellitis and Looms; the demoralizing, pernicious,
and injurious effects of which on the minds and bodily, health
Hof their inhabitants. your. Honourable ilouse can more readi:y
conceive tits') yimr.Pelitioners tan describe.

That your 'Petitioners are ready to prove that their losses,
through the poverty of the lowe r classes, are as two to ooe in
proportion to the rates required fur the relief of the poor,-being,
as before stated, regulated by the state of toe times; thus sh,,w-
ing that such,property as is occupied by the very pour does iu-
volu ntarily cootribute to their support.
'Phut it is a well-known fact, that many of the Occupants of
small property are unable, through extreme poverty, to pay
their rents without any additional eharge ; therefore, should the,
measure pass into law, the ii!rndlord would be obliged.to lay
double the amount of rates on all his Tenants—thus compelling,
those who du pay to make up fur the defalcations of those who

do not.
That an Act similar in principle was in operation in this
Parish four veats ago, which caused much bickering and ill-
feeling. The owners were necessaril more severe in enforcing
the rents, which impoverishett the Tenants, increased the bur-
!hens of the Parish, raised the rates from Is. 9d. the first year
to 2s 6,1. the second year of its operation. Thus in lieu of re-
lieving the rate-payers at large, had the contrary effect, and
was ftund, after three years' trial, to be an instrument to grind
down the industrious artizan into a state of pauperism to so
alarming au extent, that the Parish authorities, (tram. whom
the Bill originated,) at their own expense, obtained the repeal
of the Act ; since. which vine, the rate is reduced to Is, 6d.. in
the pound.
And your Petitioners therefore pray, that the Bill do
not pass.
'Moved by Mr. Ws I.THF.W, seconded by Mr. and
Rewted,-2'That the thanks ()lads meeting are due to II A.
Aglionby, Esq., M.P. for Coekermouth, for his perseverance
in bringing forward a Bill "by summary process to obtain
possession of small Tenements," and that a petitiot\be sent to
the lluuse of Commons in support alit. .
Moved by Mr. DAN ;tics, seconded by Mr. HESKETH, and
Rexoleed,—That the tollowing Petition be approved of arid
forwarded to Lord Sandon .for presentation, and that Mr. Cress-
welt be requested to,support the same; and that the members
of the county be requested to assist w passing the bill.
To the Honmable .the Commons of the United Kinr-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, iu Parliament
assembled,—
The Petition-of Owners of Houses and Tenements in
the Town of Liverpool and its vicinity,
flusraLy
That. Your Petitioners leatn.with great satisfaction that a Bill
is now before your llonourah!e House, entided, " A Bill to
facilitate the'recovery of possession of tenements, after due de-
termination of the tenancy,'' and they beg most earnestly but
respectfully to state,
'['hat the law between Landlord and Tenant as it now stands,
is very insufficient for the recovery of the possession of lands
and tenements, held by Tenants atter the due and legal expira-
tion of he tenancy, our: dues not afford to the landirods thereof
that security necessary to the enjoyment of their properly.
That this lamentable defect of 'the law is very alien, and
indeed constantly, taken advantage of by ill-disposed and re•
ft ado' y Tenants, who consequently are induced to commit the
most agravated frauds, as well as wilful delapidation, on the
premises; and these things they do with impunity, setting the
Owners at defiance.
That numerous instances occur where Tenants not only re-
fuse to rent, bust withhold front their Landlords possession
of the pi emises alter the expiration of leases or legal notices to
quit, conscious as they are that the expense of any remedy
against them, provided, by the existing law, would be still fur-.
titer ruinous, and in some instances would almost reach the
value of the tenements sought to be recovered.
That, in the present detective state of the law, the length of
notice given, and the time necessary*, prosecute an ejectment,
gives tenants of vicious habits sufficient opp,,rtunity„iu addition
to non.pa went of rents. all kinds of waste, wilful dilapidation
and depredation on the property; and at length, when restored
to the landlord, is found to have cost numerous expenaesiu
and is seriously injured. the uff-'nding ietrants absconded. and,
from their poverty, the landlords are deterred attempting to re-
cover any compensation for losses and injuries sustained.
That these instances of hardship are so very frequent, your
petititiners have experimentally been fully convinced that the
law, as it now stands, leavesthe landlords of tenements entirely
at the meicy of the tenants, as to their retaining the illegal
possession and commission of all sorts of fraud and destruction
on their propel ty.
Lastly.—Your petitioners beg to submit that the bill now
pending seeks to take no advantage of the present law between
landlord and tenant. as the tenancy must be shown to have ex-
pired, nor can it at all operate as oppressive to the poor in any
wise; this we know to be the feeling of honest tenants.
Your petitioners therefore humbly hope that Your
honourable house will be pleased to pass the said bill
into a law:
And your petitioners will ever pray, &c.
Moved by Mr. M'GEE, secourled by Mr..Munterc, asd
.Resolred, —That a subscription be entered into inwards de-
frayiog the expenses attending the opposition of Sir Harry
Verney's bill.
(Signed) EDMUND FORD, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the chair,
'lt was unanimously resolved that the thanks of the meeting
are due, and era hereby given, to Mr. Ford, for his conduct in
Ike chair;

A T the FIRST • GENERAL ANNUAL MEETING 41
the LIVERPOOL DOMESTIC MISSION SOCIE-
TY, t'd in Paradise-street Chapel, on Monday, the Ist Jatiu-
ary, IS3,Q,
WM. RATHBONE, Esq., in the Chair,
The following res.ontions were unanimously passed : •
1. Moved by Tuom As Tuoutset.v, Esq., M.P., seeon ed-by
the Rev. Dr. ;•IttEtqlEttu
That the experience a the first year of this missi ,as deve-
loped in the fist. rerort of our minister to the pon as increas•
ed our confidence in the principles on whit h,i founded. and
indices us to renew our solemn resolutions t act towards our
neg!et ted fillow-men in the spirit of Chr'st• n hood.
2. Moved by the Rev. J. H. Tuom,. s tided by J. P. HET-
woon, Esq.,
That the confidence of this society is eminently due to the
Rev. John Johns, our first minister to the poor, who, with a de-
vuted heart, has worked nut for us the niche principles on which
this mission is founded; and under a sense of our own individual
responsibilities,.we offer hini the assurance of our. freshened
sympathies and earnest co-operation.
3 Moved by the Rev. J. MARTINEAU, seconded by C.
Bonvu, Esq.,
That while we regard the means of relief to be applied by the
minister to eases of extreme distress, essential to the heneficent
operation of his mission, we deem it inexpedient that a distinct
fund for this purpose should be provided by the Society ; and
c,cifidentiv leave it to the free-will offorings of benevolence,
"nothing dnubtint," that " chat itv" which "never failet
4. .M.wed by Jos. Buoims YATES, ,Esq., seconded by S.
BoulT, Esq.,
That the 'T'reasurer's Accounts as now read having been au-
dited. be passed, and that they he printed together with the ori-
ginal Resolutions or Constitution of the Societ, as also the
names of its supporters, and the Committee forthe present and
the preredinn year.
5. Moved by Tilos. HARVEY, Esq., seconded by RicitAnn
RATUBONE, Esq.,
That the foll Owing Gentlemen be the Committee for the en
suing year:—

J. P. IlEywonn, Esq.. President.
Tilos. llnt.z. Esq. Treasurer.
Thos. Avison, jim. Esq. W..Rathbone. Esq.
T. B. Barclay, Esq. C. Rawhon, Esq.'
T.. Bolt in, Esq. Rev. Dr. Shepherd.
H. Booth. Esq. J. D. Thornelv, Esq.
Rev. 11 Giles. J B. Yates, Esq.
Rev. J. Martineau. . R. V.,Yatrs. Esq.
Rec. J. H. THOM and Mr. R. A Ft ETCHER, Secretaries.
6. Moved by C. VOELEEE, Esq., seconded by T. B. BLACK.
AUR 'NE, 14:sq.‘
That the .Resolutions now passed he advertised, nod alsn
printed wit it the other documents, ac the Report or the Meeting.
W. RATLIBONE, Chairman.

The Chairman having left the Chair, the thanks of the Meet-
ing were unanimously given to him for his conduct therein, and
for his uniform sealous support of the objects, of the Society,