The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
LOANS OF MONEY.
THE COMMITTEE of the LIVERPOOL DOCKS
do hereby give Notice, that they are willing to receive
LOANS OF MONEY, on the Security of the Bonds of the
Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, at the rate of 10s. per
Centum per annum interest, for periods of either Three, Five.
Or Seven Years. All offers to be addressed to GEORGE V. TAN-
InveEsq., Treasurer of the Liverpool Docks, Dock-office,
Liverpool.—By order, DANIEL MASON, Secretary.
Liverpool, February 10, 1853.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.
AGENERAL MEETING of the GOVERNORS of
this INSTITUTION will be holden in the CLARENDON-
/00ms, South John-street, on MONDAY, the 23d inst., between
the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock, for the purpose of
ELECTING Two HONORARY MEDICAL OFFICERS, in
Place of Mr. Long and Dr. Sandie, resigned.
Gentlemen intending to offer themselves as Candidates are
tegliested to
1S send in their Diplomas and Certificates to the
PENSARIES'-OFFICE, on or before SATURDAY, the 21st
inst., at Twelve o'clock.
...To prevent any misunderstanding on the Day of Electi3n,
liovernors will please to observe that no Vote can be received
?I' Proxy, excepting from Ladies, and those only in their own
handwriting, presented by a Governor, nor can any Subscriber
vote if his or her subscription he in arrear. Subscriptions re-
ceived at the Office, 21, South Castle-street, daily, from Ten to
Eleven, and Three to Four o'clock.

By Order of the General Committee,
J. WHITBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.

9th Mal, 1853,

POL DOCKS.
A LIVER
rIDITING THE ACCOU NT OS
OF THE DOCK ESTATE.
THE Commissioners for Auditing the Accounts of
the Liverpool Dock Estate do hereby give Notice. that
they" are desirous of Engaging the Services of a Gentleman to
Ell the Situation of SPECIAL AUDITOR. The Salary will he
'e3oo per annum ; and the successful Candidate will be required
to devote the whole of his time to the duties to be performed
by him ; further particulars with regard to which may he ob-
tained from the TREASURER or SECRETARY of the DOCK
ESTATE.
iApplications, with 'Testimonials sealed, endorsed "Special
Auditor," must be left at the Office of the Dock Secretary not
later than 4th June next.
The Commissioners will fix an early day for taking the same
into consideration, but Candidates need not attend until re-
quested to do so.
(Signed,h JOHN GORDON,
Dock-ow Chairman of the Commissioners.
4th May, 1853.

WALTON-ON-THE-HILL.
AT 81'4E c:IAL PARISIT MEETING.
a mat Meeting of the Parishioners, held in
this Church, on Monday, 'the 2nd instant, to receive
the opinion of the Venerable the Archdeacon, on questions
Which'had been submitted to him relative to the validity of a
Certain Faculty, dated in 1809, under which the Galleries in the
Said Church had been erected, and Pews purchased and let in
the said Galleries,—such opinion being adverse to the Legal
Validity of the said Faculty, and to the power of the reputed
thvners of such Pews to claim under the said Faculty any-such
Tight in the said Pews as could entitle them to Let or -other-
Wise Dispose of the same, but recommending an amicable
adjustment,—.
It teas Resolved,
" That a Committee be-appointed for the purpose of receiving
and investigating the nature of any Claims for Compensation
which maybe made by-the reputed Owners of Pews, and of
making a Report thereon for the consideration of the next
Meeting, to be called for MONDAY, the 27th day Of June next,
It. being understood that the omission to present any such
aim
faun may
to the Chairmen of this Committee, Mr. -JAMES Mon-
ratan, 45, Church-street, Liverpool, on or before the 30th
t
be interpreted as a voluntary cession thereof in
avour of the Parish"
Q,NOTICE IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY GIVEN, that
~,YECIAL MEETING of the Parishioners will be held in this
1-,tinurch, for the above purpose, on Mosovr, the 27th day Of
De next, at Ten-o'Clock in the Forenoon.
R. FORD NORTH,eChurchwarelen.
JOHN JOHNSON, Sidesman.
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Date Walt-en-on-Me-Will, this 4th dare May, 1853.

THIS DAY.
AI3AZAAR for the SALE of USEFUL and ORNA-
ERE,,MENTAL ARTICLES. to aid in Defraying the Cost of
1100,ING WINDSOR STREET CHAPEL and SCHOOL-
Cliu,,'"; will be held in Mr. WALKEa's New Rooms, 55,
occaeu-srarET, (which has been kindly granted for 'the
tnstn bY the Proprietor,) THIS DAY, (TrEsDAY,.)-the 'loth
poor,,,Whith the Friends of the Religious Instruction of the
and Sete earnestly solicited to favour with their Attendance
,uripoft
. •
e
Tw Half-price Is.; after Fonr o'Clock, 6d. Children under
Admi
'Pickets to be had at the Doors of the Bazaar.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
/r,
e shall be happy, at all times, to receive communications
':)1 subjects of local or general interest ; and if ourfriends
will be good enough to authenticate the same by their signa-
tures, for our own satisfaction, we shall feel obliged.

Xibtrpooi -:::z)tanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, MAY :10, 18'53.

TIDE LIVERPOOL PETITION.
THE selection of a Committee of the House of
Commons to investigate the 'merits of the'Petition
against Messrs. C. TURNER and FORBES \MAC.
ENEYE, as Representatives of Liverpool, has been
fixed far Monday, the 23d 'instant. It.has been
generally supposed that the-proceedings have been
carried on more with a view of extorting a com-

promise than with any reasundble hope of success ;
and the unscrupulous means which have been re-
sorted to, in order to obtain -evidence, will serve to

confirm this view of the affair. We could refer to
several instances where Conservative electors have
been called upon by persons 'falsely professing to
be-inthe Conservative interest, in order to entrap
them into admissions in seeming confidence. In

One case, the Radical emissary gave different names

at different times, and narrosviy escaped incarcera-
tion. on suspicion of felony, as a great coat had been
Missed from the house, where he failed in getting
anything else. Such attempts only prove the
desperate nature of the cause which requires to be
bolstered up by falsehood and trickery.

THE INCOME TAX MAIJORITY.
THE'Government has carried the main point of their
Financial policy by a larger majority than was antici-
pated, but it is a majority gained at the expense of
Principle, and the probable consequence of which is by
riu means of a formidable character. Whether we
take the Budget of itself, or the speech bywhich Mr.
-I)lnn.kmir exposed its inconsistencies, we •shall find
the same leaning towards a system of Direct Tax-
tinri, as though it were a settled principle, the
Wisdom of which could not be questioned. Both
tides
seem to have agreed that there is a
general demand for an extension of this system, and
the only subject of difference is as to the :man-
ner of the extension. This, however, is jumping
to a conclusion with a precipitancy in no way in-
dicative of political wisdom. It will be 'found .that,
like Free-trade in -Corn, Direct Taxation has been
demanded by the .same practical hands in popular
agitation and has only received attention by the
loudness and perseverance with which it has been
clamoured for. Parliament would seem to be no
longer a deliberative assembly, but a tribunal to
register the decisions arrived at by popular meet-
ings ; and it is this abrogation of its proper func-
tions which constitutes the danger of modern legis-
lation. We commented last week upon the desertion
of principle by many professing Conservatives, and
the division on the Budget has shown the desertion
to be much more extensive than was then supposed.
Our surprise must be, however,consicierably mitigated
we consider the wretched example which was
a:_t_e rile 5' the Peelite section of the Cabinet, and we
aut MY left to regret that the career of treachery
begun by the late Sir
eliciftreudits.
productive of
bittere Sir ROBERT PEEL has been so
the Budget has The discussion upon
unworthy of observatiseme points which are not
on '
the Legislature could and it would be well if
be
induced
irrevocably committing itself pause before
to to
there would be no hope of a system from which
escape. When Mr.
GLADSTONE proposed his renewal of the Property
and Income Tax for seven years, at a Very slight
graduated reduction, he endeavoured to show that
the Finance Minister of 1860 would he •
in a position
to abolish it at that time, his disposable means
being partially dependent on the improvements in
the productiveness of other taxes in the mean time.
But he did not attempt to explain what should
be the financial policy in the interval, Or he
must have stated that every year the CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER would be called upon to appro-
priate any accruing surplus to further reductions ;
so that the end of seven years would see him in no
better position to abolish this impost than he is at
the present time. This is one of the evils arising
from not grappling with the subject at once ; and
the Budget would have been infinitely more satis-
factory, had it proceeded to devote a portion of the
saving to a partial reduction of the Income-tax,
instead of pretending to let the higher classes have
some share of the boon by taking the duty off Rose-
Water and lowering the Assessed-taxes on Horses,
.Carriages, and Male Servants. Whatever may be
the reasons for continuing the Income-tax, it can
°llly be justified on the ground of necessity, for
.:9„Le_yen its advocates have ventured to deny that