The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-08 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL. PROCEEDINGS

f)n
-IV,rir,e,thly, the mutat it meeting of the T,orn-
ec.'“Tn'il was heid. 'The Deputy 'fon,n-clerk ottene,l thr l'r"7
cet,!olgs the minutes of the lasrineeting.

FINANcL quNIMITTEE PROCKhDINGR:
If ;TAR stated that a communication had been received from
the Lords oldie Treasury-, •etabli+hing the claim of the lt ev.
Thotnai Muss tor' paythent of his salary from the corporation,
and that therefore the-claims of all the other ch ray on the cor-
poration were considered as established, and the treasnrer was
ordered by the committee to pay them.
I'he TowN-ct.Enicannounced, that in order to meet the ex_
pense of the new jail it was determined to bring in a bill grant
Ing,;power to lay a j,dl rate.
The committee could nut recommend a compliance with the
"(Pest' of Messrs. Challoner and Horton to• be released from
th,, obligation of building warehouses at the verge of the Queen's
Dock,' according "to the terms of their lease.

FIDLER'S FERRY.
It WaR stated that £6llO had been paid as law expenses for the
opposition of the corporation to the Grand Junction Railway

Mr. ,Councillor EAR F..—nid I understand rightly that £6OO
have been paid for the opposition to the Grand Junction Railway
kill?

The M A vort.—Yes.
M Councillor EA RLE.—Tieeanse if so. the term "opposition"
is a very unfortunate expression. Because I have always un-
derstood that they only wished to get into court to see that no-
Ihltig was done contrary to theinterests of the navigation of the
'liver Mersey. It therefore does appear to me as a very extra-
ordinary expression to be introduced. I think there peter was
a more unwarrantable opposition than that of the corporation to
that bill. The corporation ouuht rather to have promoted it.
We are Very parsimonious for giving a few thtiusand pounds for
improvements, suCh as telegraphs and observatories, and those
sort of things. that are necessary for the port, and here we go
and spend £6(X) for an injurious purpose.
Mr., Councillor BOLTON replied that they
.must consider
themselves as the'conservators of the River Mersey, and it was
their duty to see that nnthing was done that would he injurious
l" its navigation. He admitted'that increased facility of con-
veyance to London was of great importance to this town; but
still the corporation were justified' in prOtecting he interests of
h
town by preventing injury to the navigation of the river.
itt"er ,Mr. Councillor BA al.F..—As to being, the• conservators of the
Meisev, you cannot establish your right to be so; and
t'" r'' •
ts already an act of parliament—
'fitti Mayon intimated that there was no motion before the

Mr:Councillor. EA n t.r., however, said he maintained that the
°Pposition to the- Gland Junction Railway was a most unwar-
raniable opposition.

RUNCORN TOWN DUES ANDTIIETR POOR RATES.
CoOPEa said,- from the readin, of the minutes he found
that the corporation had paid fa) for pour-rates on the town
dues of Runcorn whilst they refused to pay them in Liverpool;
and he inquired t.shy there was one law in Cheshire and another
in Lancashire?
The TowN-CLERK rose to.reply. Ile had not thought it ex-
pedient to raise a second question at law for the sake or -.E30, as
they had . mie thdr nature now pending; and he-had thought
it better to pay that sum than that they should go a second
time to the Court of Queen's Bench, at a very serious expense.
([-fear.) •

THE STANDING ORDRES.
Mr. Councillor DA vi n HooGsoN wished to inquire whether,
rising to make a remark on any question, without making
a•monott, was irregular. He thought Mr. Earle was perfectly
in order., ff he was out of order he was afraid they should be
f'Pquently prevented from making remarks on the measures of
ouirimittees,'and which Might involve a question of check in
their future expendit.ire, which he imagined was the object Of
reading these accounts.- 1-1 e had not seen any thing injurious
in the slightest degree to the interests of the town of Liverpool
from the peOpOsed erect ion of a bridge over Fiddler's Ferry. It
appeared to him to be a mistake certainly in expending such a
large sum of money to defeat an object which that council should
have done its utmost to have carried.
The -MAYou thought if the proper respect due to the chair
had been given. Mr. llodgson's remark would not have been
illaqe. He had merely Stated what he believed he was justified
on the standing orders to state : that, where no motion was
made, a person making a remark had no right to reply.
Mr. Councilbr HonGsoN made the_rmark from no disrespect
to the chair; he merely asked for information.
The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed.
LEASES COMMITTEE.
A number of applications for leases were read. The pro-
ceedings of the coataiittee were confirmed.

IMpRoVEMENT COMITITIF.E.—NUMBEEING HOUSES.
When the minutes of the improvement Committee had been
read;

Mr. "JostatiA•WALMSLEY rose, and in reference to the recent
numbering of houseS in-this town, said he had received a letter,
in which his attention was-called to the propriety of leaving cer-
tain numbers unappropriated where- there was waste land, on
which it was' intended to erect houses. He also stated that
some misunderstanding existed as to whether individuals were
compelled to allow their doors to be numbered; he believed it
was .compulsory, but he should be glad if some gentleman of the
otipnittee or the town-clerk would set the question at rest by
slating whether it were compulsory or not.
Mr. BA UCLA replied in the affirmative: he said it was com-
pulsory under a penalty of 40y.
The proceedingsof the. Watch Committee and Market Com-
tuiltee
v%ere then confirmed.