The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-03-09 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

On Wednesday last the usual monthly meeting of the Town
Council was held.
The Deputy TOWN-CLERK read the minutes of the last meet-
ing. .

FINANCE COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.
The finance committee, at their meeting of the 9th of Febru-
ary, proceeded first to the consideration of Mr.-James Aiken's
letter, respecting the establishment of a sailor's home, and re-
questing a grant of laud for it. The Iga.tity of tnis was re-
ferred to the opinion of the Town-clerk.
At a meeting of the committee on the 23d of February, the
memorial of Lieutenant Lowe was taken into consideration,
requesting the -council to provide him an office. It was re-
solved that the clerk of committees be requested to inquire of
the magistrates' clerks,
.and search the council books to ascer-
tain Whether any traces of the agreement with the last council,
to provide Lieutenant Lowe with an office, as stated in the me-
'nodal, could be -found. The clerk of the, committees having
searched the council books from 18.31 to 1835 inclusive, and not
having found any notice of the subject, resolved that he be re-
quested to inspect the Mayor's letter book, and if no such
notice be 'found there, that a letter be sent to the Home•oflice,
begging to be furnished with the particulars of the former re-
quest to the town council.
The Surveyor reported
.that the filters of the baths were in
too dilapidated a state, that to repair them would cost more
than the making of new filters; and he -submitted a plan for
making the filters at the east side of the baths, so that the
weight of water of the plunging bath might not tall ou the
filtering walls. It was resolved that he proceed with the alter-
ations named in the plan. _ .

The TOWN-cuinK:s opinion was read relative to the Sailor's
Home. Tnat as it was for a public purpose, and as the appro-
priation of laud for such purpose would be a public benefit, it
would be-competent for the council, if it thought fit, to grant
the laud. -

The TOwtkr-CLERK said the improvement act of last session
enabled the council to make grants of land whenever it was for
the public benefit. The intentions of the proposers of the
Sailors' Home, so far as defined, were to promote the
present comfort, security, and character of Seamen ; and
the , apprapriation of corporation land fur such purposes,
would Le for the 'improvement of the borough, and therefore
would be legal; but the legal property must be vested in the
corporation. • " '
It was resolved that the Town-clerk be directed to watch the
bill now before parliament, for the improvement of the navi-
gation of the river Itihble.
What the Town-clerk: be requested to ascertain particulars
respecting the New C'ethetry, together with the present state of
the *- euncern."

Mr. Alderman EVANS did not rise to oppose the grant of
land for the sailor's home, but rose to express his w►sh that
they should make no conveyance of the land until they knew
if the funds were alreadysubseribed and for what was held out as
the pretext fur giv;ng the land. They ought to let it be known,
that if it happened that they subscribed adequate funds, that
upon that condition only could they get the land. Ile had no
doubt that would stimulate numbers to give their money, who
would not do so otherwise. For next after they gave the land,
an application would be made to mortgage it, and great efforts
would never be made.
Mr. Councillor WA GLACE CuantE said his friend was some-
what premature, in as much as no re-commendation had been
come to. The committee had found it to be a subject about
which he thought it proper to get all the information they could;
and the cha►rman had been requested to procure the report of
a similar establishment in London, before they came to any
recommendation.

. Mr. AldermO EVANS said he had another remark to make
respecting the graving docks, which were mentioned as wanting
repairing in the report. He conceived that the council ought
to refer that to the committee, in order to make an arrange-
ment that they he handed over to the Dock estate. He would
recommend the getting them under the adnrinistiation of the
Dock estate. He had no question but it would be very advan-
tageous' to the corporation. There was another matter men-
tioned relative to the late Town-clerk.

The MAYO,'.—Would.you have the goodness to say whether
you make nay motion?
Mr. Alderman EVANS said there was no haste; he would
make a motion at the neat council. With regard to the late
Town-clerk's claims. he never heard of them before. Lie would
ask whet her or not the amount was anything considerable.
The TOWN-CLERK said the amount of the claims was about
£3OO, certainly not many pound,' snore. They consisted of
claims for business done since the last settlement of account
with the late Towu.clerk,.and also for various items stated to be
omitted in the account rendered. Upon that subject there was
a report which would give more particular information if Mr.
Evans wished to see it.

Mr. Councillor Wa LLACE CrttILIE said, also respecting the
graving docks, the question ur Mr. Evans was premature, in
so far as in what was dune, the clerk of committees and the
surveyor had been investigating an account kept for the last
five or six years, which had surprised them. The clerk had
been requested to get the account wben it was completed, when
Mr. Evaus' discussion would come very properly under consi-
deration.

, The TowN CLERK said, with regard to the Sailors' Home the
corporation could only secure the land for the purposes of the
inst►tution, and they could not authorise the mo►tgage of the
land.

The proceedings of the finance committee were then con-
firmed. ,

LEASES' COMMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee were read and confirmed

WATCH COMMITTEE.-WATCH RATE.

The TOWN-CLERK said, the overseers of Everton and West
Derby had been requested tb rut nish a statement for the assess-
ment of the watch rate, which was satisfactory. The statement
furnished by the overseer of To .tech-park was nut considered
st.tisracinry. At a special meeting hel4l on the 6th of Merth,
the overseers of Kirkflale not having made any return, the corer
mittee cannot make any return thereon.
The proceedings of the committee were confirmed.