The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-16 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, FOR THE ELECTICif4
OF MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND COMMITTEES.

. The Council met on Tuesday for the first time after
the Election, for the purpose of electing a Mayor and eight
Aldermen ; and at the usual hour, 12 o'clock, the attend-
ance of members was very numerous, the prowect of a
contest both for the Mayoralty and for Aldermen exciting
great interest. All the Council were present with the
exception of eight.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE stated that the first duty of the
Council would he the election of Mayor.
Mr. SIIAND then rose, and after eulogizing the able
conduct of Mr. Lawrence during the time he had held the
civic chair, proposed that Mr. T. B. Horsfall be elected
mayor for the ensuing year.
Mr. Jong HOLMES seconded the motim.
Mr. BUSHBY proposed Mr. J. B. Moore, recapitulating
the various services he had rendered to the town.

Mr. LACE rose and said, he had hoped to hear some
reasons why they should elect Mr. Horsfall ; but as they
had not been given, he would lay before them the reasons
why they should elect Mr. Moore. He noticed his exer-
tions on the various bills which had been brought before
the House of Commons, by which the property of the
burgesses had been preserved, and, after a lengthy address,
seconded Mr. Moore's nomination.

Mr. EARLE said that he viewed the matter in a political
light, and he thought Mr. Moore deserved the .vote of
every liberal member of the Council.--Mr. EVANS op-
posed the election of Mr. Moore, and, in doing so, threw
out an insimmtion that certain parties interested in the
sale of the Harrington Dock estate might entertain very
good feelings towards those who had helped to render
them a very essential service with regard to their pro-
perty; but on an explanation being demanded by Mr.
Lace and Mr. S. Hohne, Mr. Evans stated that he did
not mean to say that " those gentlemen were supporting
Mr. Moore in consequence of the sale of the Hercula-
neum property," and this was considered satisfactdry.—
Mr. RATRBONE said that if he thought, with others, that
Mr. Moore was a bad chairman of the docks, that was
one reason why he would vote for his election to the civic
chair.—Mr. Alderman MOLYNEUX 'was unwilling to lose
the services of Mr. Moore as chairman of the Dock Com-
mittee, and should, in order ^to retain him in that office,
vote for Mr. Horsfall's election to the mayoralty.
The MAYOR then requested the members to vote, when
the return stood as folhws

Foa MR. HORSFALL.—Councillors Shand, Atherton,
Walthew, Woodruff, Evans, Stitt, Hill, Littledale, G. H.
Horsfall, Tyrer, John Holmes, Henderson, Toultnin,
Rimmer, Boyden, Harbord; Tobin, Iteade;Kaye, Procter,
Bennett, Parker, Jones, T. Lloyd, and Benn ; Aldermen
Hodgson, J. Lawrence, Griffith, and E. Molyneux,-29.
Fon, MR. BRAMLEY-MOORE.—Councillors Jas.flohne,
Rathbone, Morris, Preston, Hornby, Stewart, Tinne,
Robinson, Cooper, Wood, S. Holme, Danson, Lloyd,
Earle, Plumpton, Lace; and Mann ; Aldermen Houghton,
Nicol, Brancker, Turner, Sands, Swainson, Crook,
Bushhy, Chilton. and the Mayor,-27.
ABSENT.—Councillors Thornhill, Aikin, V. Higgins,
Booker, and Watson ; Aldermen I'. B. Horsfall, J.
Bramley-Moore, and J. S. L:igh,-8.
Mr. HORSFALL was then introduced and led to the
Chair 'by his proposer, Mr. Shand, and the necessary
declarations were made and signed. On taking his seat,
his Worship said :—Gentlemen, I hope I need hardly
assure you, that. I very highly value the kindness which
has placed me in the position which I now occupy. To '
be elected by you, gentlemen, as the chief magistrate of
my native town, is an honour which, while I fully appre-
ciate, I well know that I owe rather to your kind parti-
ality than to any claim or merit 'of my own. I know,
gentlemen, there are many in this room who would have
discharged the duties and upheld the honours of the
mayoralty with more ability than myself ; but, l venture
to affirm, that there is no individual in this rooms or out
of it, more anxiousmore deeply anxious—for the gene-
ral, the social, and the commercial prosperity of this town
than myself. (Applause.) United to Liverpool, gentle-
men, by the tie of birth—united to its inhabitants by a
life of friendly, or of social, or of commercial intercourse,
do feel thA peculiar interest in the welfare of this town
which such associations must naturally engender. Gen-
tlemen, I am well aware that with the honour you have
conferred upon me devolves likewise a responsibility.
From that responsibility I do not shrink; but I'venture
to express a hope that I may be enabled, in some degree
at least, to emulate the zeal, the assiduity, and the strict
impartiality 'which have characterised the conduct, not
only of my predecessor, but of my predecessors, in this
office. (Applause.) Gentlemen, Ido not stand here for
the purpose of making professions; but I do hope that
whatever difficulties may occur during the present year—
whatever duties I may be called upon to discharge, I
venture to express a hope—nay, a confident belief—that,
with God's blessing and your kind support, I shall be
enabled faithfully to discharge them.
Mr. Horsfall was very warmly greeted on taking his
seat.
The MAYOR then called upon the Council to proceed
to the election of eight Aldermen, in place of those
retiring by rotation ; and after the voting-papers had
been handed in and examined by the Town-Clerk, his
Worship proceeded to read over each paper. The Town-
Clerk then announced the numbers for each as follows:

For J. B. Moore, 44 ; W. Nicol, 39; E. Molyneux, 38 ;
John Holmes, 38 ; T. Chilton, 42; J. Cooper, 29 ; Jas.
Procter, 39; J. N. Wocd, 35; J. H. turner, 22; M.
Gregson, 8 ; G. H. Lawrence, 9; F. Shand, 4 ; R. Ran-
kin, 5 ; Jas.Tyrer, 4 ; J. Stewart, 7; H. Hornby, 2 ; D.
Campbell, 1 ; J. Bent, 1 ; R. Benn, 1 ; T. Kaye, 1.
Messrs. Bramley Moore, Nicol, Molyneux, John
Holmes, Chilton, Cooper, Procter, and Wood werethere-
fore .lectured the duly elected aldermen for six years.
The usual allowance of £2,000 was voted to the Mayor.
Mr. Mann and Mr. Henderson were reelected mem-
bers of the Dock Committee, and Mr. G. H. Horsfall
was elected in the place of Mr. Chilton. The other va-
cancies will be filled up at a special meeting of the Coun-
cil.

Finance Committee.—Messrs. H. Hornby, S. Holme,
John Holmes, Earle, Hodgson, Jas. Lawrence, Procter,
Leigh, Stewart, Swainson, Booker, G. H. Lawrence,
Hill, Cooper, and Sir T. Brancker.
The Watch Committee having been moved, Mr. EARLE
made his usual motion for the exclusion of spirit-mer-
chants and brewers from the committee, which led to a
debate, in which Messrs. Hodgson, Parker, Cooper, and
Tinne dissented altogether from Mr. Earle's opinion, and
alleged that magistrates were equally ineligible.—Mr.
TINNE thought that it would be better to reduce the
number of the committee to 17, and ultimately it was
agreed that the first 17 of the old committee should be
re-elected until the next meeting of the Council, when
the new committee will be fully formed.

Improvement Committee.—Messrs. Stewart, Plumpton,
Bushby, Earle, Nicol, S. Holme, Jones, Robinson, Ben-
nett, Toulmin, and Henderson.

COurts of Law Committee.—Messrs. J. B. Lloyd, W.
Earle, Stewart, Hill, Molyneux, Plumpton, Hodgson,
Tinne, and Booker.
Markets Committee.—Messrs. Jas. Lawrence, Wood-
ruff, Cooper, Evans, Kaye, Harbord, Lloyd, Robinson,
and Parker.

Education Committee.—Messrs. G. H. Lawrence,
Molyneux, Bennet t,'Chilton, Hodgson, S. Holme, Kaye,
Reade, Shand, Swainson, G. Horsfall, Rimmer, Tobin,
Jones, and Littledale.
Gaol Committee.—The magistrates in the Council, as
usual, form this committee.
Town-hall Establishment.—Sir T. Brancker, Messrs.
Hodgson, Plumpton, Swainson, Sands, and Bramley-
Moore.

Health Committee.—Messrs. Lace, Bennett, Morris,
J. Holme, Cooper, Tinne, T. Lloyd, Earle, Rathbone,
Booker, Parker, Reade, Harbord, Danson, Walthew, and
H. Hornby.
Gardena Committee.—Messrs. Henderson, Higgins,
Jones, T. Lloyd, Preston, Royden, and Bennett.
Church Expenditure Committee.—Sir T. Brancker,
Messrs. Lace, Molyneux, Reade, Shand, Harbord, and
G. Horsfall.

Obseivatory Committee.—Messrs. Aikin, Danson, Hill,
Higgins, Plumpton, Shand, Tyrer, Benn, and Stitt.
Fire Committee.—The same gentlemen were appointed
that acted last year.
Ferries Committee.—Messrs. Aikin, Atherton, Evans,
Mann, Royden, Stewart, and Wood.
Special Improvement Committee.—Sir T. Brancker,
Messrs. Nicol, Stewart, Tinne, Aikin, H. Hornby, Lace,
Earle, S. Holme, Bennett, and G. H. Lawrence.
Water Committee.—Messrs. Lace, Nicol, Rathbone,
Stewart, Morris, Tinne, James Holme, Danson, Cooper,
Earle, and Shaw.

ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD
COMMISSIONERS.

An adjourned meeting of the Birkenhead Dock Com-
missioners was held on Wednesday, relative to the propo-
sitions of and arrangements with the government for the
completion of the docks. There were present thirteen
commissioners.

The CHAIRMAN stated, a further communication had
been received from the Commissioners of Woods and Fo-
rests, which had the day before been considered and ap-
proved of by the committee.
Mr. WAIN read the heads of the arrangements proposed,
to be mutually agreed to between the crown and the com-
missioners :

1. The land granted by the crown for the construc-
tion of a river wall (about 16 acres) to be reinvested in the
crown, free from all restrictions.-2. That from the im-
provement in the value of this property, the crown shall
be at the entire cost of completing the river wall, making
the excavations, &c. ; and the crown to pay the commis-
sioners for such portions as already constructed, amount-
ing to £21,908, the money, so reimbursed to go to the
prosecution of the works of the great tidal basin.-3. Ac-
counts of the expenditure to be rendered, and if differences
arise, the same to be subject to reference.-4. The crown
to pay the cost of continuing the wall from the point where
it is now completed to the river front of the crown reserve,
and also the backing up of the same, and the crown then
stipulate to pay the sum of £46,000.-5. The crown to
obtain stone from Flaybrick Hill, free of royalty, also the
use of the rails free for its conveyance. The Crown to
employ their own engineers in building the river walls, if
dissatisfied with the Commissioner's engineers ; the plans
and estimates to be approved by the Woods and Forests.
6th. Soil excavated from the tidal basin, &c., to be
deposited equally to back up the river wall and the other
works extending to the Crown reserve, and to be levelled
and sloped under direction of the Crown, but at the ex-
pense of the Commissioners.-7th. Such slips or open-
ings to be made as the Crown may deem necessary.
—Bth. The River Wall to be the absolute property
of the Crown.-9th. Specifies the privileges of the prices.
—loth. The Crown to advance £150,000 to be
applied to the construction and completion of the tidal
basin, &c.-11. The crown to have priority over all other
charges for the money so advanced and the interest
thereon.-12. The dock commissioners to call in the
moneys due to them by the dock and railway companies
and the township ; and such money to be expended in
making the outworks, including graving docks.-.-13. The-