The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special
General. VESTRY of the Parishioners will be held at
SAINT NICHOLAS' CHURCH, on WEDNESDAY next, the
31st instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, for the purpose of
receiving the Report of the Committee appointed on the 13th
day of September last, on the subject of the Water Supply of
this Town.

RICHARD HARBORD, Churchwarden.
EDWARD P. APKNIGHT, Overseer.
Liverpool,27th October, 1847.

TO THE RATEPAYERS.

THE CHURCHWARDENS, OVERSEERS, and
the other Members of the Parochial Water Committee,
appointed by the Parishioners in Public Vestry assembled,
having seen a Placard setting forth an OFFICIAL REPORT,
signed " GEORGE HOLT," which is described as a " Settle-
ment of the Water Question," they hasten to declare, EMPHA-
TICALLY, that
THE WATER QUESTION IS NOT SETTLED
on the terms of the said Report, which Report was not sub-
mitted to this Committee for concurrence, and which includes
matter not assented to by them.
And they call upon the Ratepayers to ATTEND AT THE
GENERAL VESTRY, to he held at St. Nicholas's Church, on
WEDNESDAY next, at Twelve o'cloek, when a Report of the
Proceedings of the Committee will be laid before them.
On behalf of the Committee,
RICHARD HAitBORD, Chairman.
Parish-office, October 29, 1849.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL,

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS.

On THURSDAY next, the Ist of NOVEMBER, 1849.
THE Burgesses of the Sixteen Wards will have to
supply the Annual Vacancies by Electing One Councillor
each Ward to serve for Three Years. The following are the
Councillors who go out of office:
No. 1, or Everton Ward, Mr. William Atherton.
No. 2, or Scotland Ward, Mr. James Holme.
No. 3, or Vauxhall Ward, Mr. John Grant Morris.
No. 4, or St. Paul's Ward, Mr. James Stitt.
No. 5, or Exchange Ward, Mr. James Tyrer.
No. 6, or Castle-street Ward, Mr. James Aikin.
No. 7, or St. Peter's Ward, Mr. John Abraham Tinne.
No. 8, or Pitt-street Ward. Mr. Thomas Toulmin.
No. 9, or Great George Ward, Mr. Thomas Toulmin.
No. 10, or Rodney-street Ward, Mr. Samuel Holme.
No. 11, or Abercromby Ward, Mr. Thomas Kaye.
No. 12, or Lime-street Ward, Mr. Henry Danson.
No. 13, or St. Anne-street Ward, Mr. William Bennett.
No. 14, or West Derby Ward, Mr. George Hall Lawrence.
No. 15, or South Toxteth TVard, Mr. William Watson.
No. 16, or North Toxtetlj Ward, Mr. Robert Benn.
The following POLLING- PLACES have bzen appointed by
the respective Aldermen and Assessors, and are approved of by
the Mayor

No. 1, or Ererton Ward.
Halliday's Coffee House, Everton.
No. 2, or Scotland Ward.
The House, No. 226, on the East side of Scotland-road, in the
occupation of Mr. Thomas Urmson Clare.
No. 3, or Vauxhall Ward.
The House, occupied by Mr. George Gurden, on the west sHe of
Vauxhall-road, nearly opoosite the end of Blackstock-street.
No. 4, or St. Paul's Ward.
The house of Mr. John Mather, at the northwest corner of St.

Paul's-Spua re.
No. 5. or Exchange Ward.
The north end of the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street.
No. 6, or Castle-street Ward.
The Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street.
No. 7, or St. Peter's Ward.
The Public-house, sign of The Ring of Bells, in School-lane,
occupied by Mr. Jonathan Anders.
No. 8, sr Pitt-street Ward.
The Committe-room of the South Corporation School, in
Park-lane.
No. 9, or Great George Ward.
The Shop, No. 61, on the north side of Nelson-street, occupied
by Mr. Richard Hesketh.
No. 10, or Rodney-street Ward.
The Shop, near the entrance to the New Arcade, on the west
side of Renshaw-street, occupied by Mrs. Mary Brassey.
No. 11, or Abercromby Ward.
The Phoenix Inn, on the east side of Mount-pleasant.
No. 12, or Lime-street Ward.
The Public-house of Mr. William Prescot, at the corner of St.
Vincent-street, London-road.
No. 13, or St. Anne-street Ward.
The house of Mr. Benjamin Roberts, No. 73, on the west side

of Christian-street.
No. 14, or West Derby Ward.
The House, on the south side of Edge-hill, opposite the Church,
in the occupotion of Mr. John Jackson.
No. 15, or South Toxteth Ward.
The Shop, on the west side of Park-road, occupied by Mrs.
Eliza Gould, near the Church of St. John the Baptist.
No. 16, or North Toxtetk Ward.
The Public-house, sign of the Royal Oak, corner of Warwick-

street, Parli—road.'
The time allowed for Polling is from Nine o'clock in the
Forenoon to Four o'clock in the Afternoon ; but the Presiding
Officers have power to Close the Poll at an} time before Four
o'clock, it one hour should elapse during which no Vote shall
have been tendered for any Candidate. _ _

At the request of the Aldermen and Assessors of the respect-
ive Wards, and on my own behalf,
JOHN BRAMLEY-MOORE, Mayor.
Town-hall, October 29th, 1849.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. ANNE'S WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
ON my return to Liverpool, after an absence of
nearly three weeks, I feel gratified to find that no oppo•
sition has been raised to my re-election for your Ward. This
1 consider a strong proof that my conduct and attention to
your-interests are satisfactory i and I beg to assure you that,
if again elected, my best exertions shall be given to promote
those measures which Iconsider most conducive to the inte-
rests of our Town.
On the Water Question my opinions are generally known.
The many opportunities I have had within the present month
of procuring farther information on this important subject all
confirm-me in the course I have taken.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours, most respectfully,
WM. BENNETT.
69, Shaw-street, Oct. 26,1849.

ST. PETER'S WARD.
A T a numerous MEETING of the ELECTORS of
this WARD. held on Wednesday Evening, at the Prince
of Wales Inn, Fleet-street, Mr. R. M. CRAWFORD in the
Chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Proposed by Mr. RICHARD HOLMES; seconded by Mr.
EDWARD WEBSTER

"That Mr. Clarke, from the manner he has conducted him-
self, as one of the Overseers of the Parish, and from his inte-
grity as a Tradesman of long standing in the Ward, merits our
approbation, which we evince by placing. him in nomination as
a fit and proper person to represent this Ward in the Town
Council."
Proposed by Mr. WM. HAYWOOD ; seconded by Mr. CARDIFF
"That this Meeting pledges itself to use all legitimate means
to secure the return of Mr. Clarke as our Representative at the
forthcoming Municipal Election."
Pioposed by Mr. RICHARD ORTON; seconded by Mr. JOHN
)3,RONN,

"That the following Gentlemen be a Committee to assist in
the election of Mr. Clarke,,with power to add to their numbers
Mr. Charles J. Waddington, Mr. Robert Wood,
Mr. R. 14I`Neill Crawford, Mr. Edward Wilkinson,
Mr. John Hand, Mr. James Tyrer,
Mr.J. B. Leatherbarrow, Mr. John fyrer,
Mr. Thomas Branch, Mr. John Fallowes,
Mr. Edward Webster, Mr. Francis Cardiff,
Mr. John Brown, Mr. Wm. Haywood,
Mr. Wm. Mudge, Mr. William Penlington,
Mr. Joseph Shakeshaft, Mr. Wm. Hand,
Mr. John M'Monies, Mr. Arthur Henderson,
Mr.• Win. Moore, Mr. J. T. Raynes,
Mr. Richard Orton, Mr. John Fisher.
Mr. Richard Haywood, Mr. Wm. Walmsley.
Mr. Richard Holmes,

M. CRAWFORD, Chairman.

TO THE ELECTORS OF CASTLE-STREET

WARD.

GENTLEMEN,
A FTEI, a servitude of many years in the Town
.0 Council, it was not my intention to have offered myself as
a Candidate at the ensuing Election ; but I bow to the desire
expressed by several esteemed Friends, and to a Requisition
signed by a large number of the Burgesses, and again place
my services at your disposal.
Although my opinions and conduct in connexion with our
Municipal matters are well known to you, I deem it a duty to
allude especially to two subjects which now engage so much of
the public attention—THE LIVERPOOL WATER ACT AND TIIE
PROPOSAL TO TAX THE DOCKS.
I have lamented to witness, andi have endeavoured to allay,
the bad feeling displayed in the discussion of the Water Que-
stion, particularly by those who formerly were its warm-advo-
cates, and now are its loud opponents. I did not join in the
popular cey-to obtain the measure,-and I "hannot now join in
the clamour'to get rid of it, reckless of consequences. While
it was yet time, when it was first propounded,. I used all the
arguments in my place in Council which have since become so
general out of .it and out of time, as to the propriety of delay,
and more minute investigation of the
.possibility and expense
of obtaining asupply of good Water in our own neighbour-
hood, sufficient-for the present and prospective wants of this
great and growing community.
Like many others who have gone dispassionately and fully
into the suleect, a careful examination into the opinions and
evidence on both-sides convinced me of the policy of proceed-
ing; and looking to the consequences of not doing so, I feel
almost the necessity of carrying the Act of Parliament into,
effect.
Out of deference, however, to the opinions of others, and for
the purpose of avoiding litigation, I have lent my humble aid
to bring about an amicable arrangement by again leaving the
whole subject to the decision of competent and impartial par-
ties; and thus save-the waste of money that-must attend either
suits in Chancery, or a-struggle in Parliament.
With relard to the proposal to subject Dock Rates to the
payment of Palish Rates,—
Believing, as I do, that all the interests of Liverpool depend
entirely on its welfare as a Pert, it has been rnyearnest endea-
vour, as it was my duty, in any share I have had in Dock ma-
nagement,
to induce trade, by rendering every possible facility
.at the smallest possible.charge ; to stick to the spirit of the
Trust and to the letter ofthe law, which limits thesxpenditure
of Dock funds to Dock purposes; to the making. repairing, and
working of the Docks; to realise the wise intention of those
who first got this great power granted to the town, gradually to
reduce the rates, so as eventuallyto make Liverpool, in respect
ofits Port Dues, as far as possible, " a Free Port."
The proposal to Tax the Docks is a departure from this
sound policy, and a fatal step in the wrong direction—it will
never be allowed; but the bare attempt by any of the Liver-
poolauthorities' may involve a -risk of a total change of the
Trust-,an object openly avowed by-some of the supporters of
this unfortunate movement—a point upon which I feel a pecu-
liarly deep interest, from the prominent position I held, as
Chairman of the Committee of the Coundl, during the arduous
and successful contest which secured-to the burgesses of Liver-
pool the power over Dock affairs formerly possessed by the Old
Corporation ; and I trust I may never find cause to regret the
exertions then used.
The Docks are like Highways, subject to the payment of
Police, of Lighting, Paving, and other expenses essential to
their protection and utility; and, as they are.extended, so must
these payments.be increased.
I quite agree in the principle that every person should con-
tribute to the payment of Parish Ratesin proportion to his
property, but it is a mistake to call, as many do, the Docks the
property of the town, or of the Trustees, or of any person or
persons whatsoever; they are portions of our noble Estuary,
for the sole purpose of facilitating commerce; no one possesses
any property or beneficial interest in them, except in the re-
duction of rates, for the general benefit of the trade of the
country, and to the obvious and special advantage, not of the
Merchants only, who are merely the instruments of payment,
and who charge what they pay, but of all persons and property
in their immediate neighbourhood.
It is also a great mistake to speak of the amount required
being small ; it is not a question of amount, but of danger—the
danger of a bad beginning—like the eating of opium ; rely on
it, if the Docks were subjected to local taxes, they could not
escape national taxes; and the next fallacious step would be to
try to increase the revenue by an increase of the rates.
In the exercise of your Franchise, I trust it will ever be in
favour of those you deem the fittest in every respect to advise
and assist in the management of the all important Trusts at-
tached to the Corporation, and not because of the cry got up
in favour of any isolated measure in one year, which has been
so frequently condemned thenext.
I have served you long, faithfully, and zealously, and I am
willing to do so again, if it be your pleasure to elect
Your most horn)* geryant,
• JAMES
Liverpool, 224 October, 1849.