The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

fashion, to the danger of -the public peace, when the
Orangemen are Pnt down ? Such tnleratioti towards
them is just the way to revive orange lodges and orange
processiolii. We wish to see neithet, butwe desire lair
play.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, !Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock.

It will be seen by the advices, per mail, from Jamaica to-day
the governor and the House of Assembly are again in collision
with each other, and that the marquis had prorogued the assembly
on the sth ult. until the Bth of March.. It was current, at the
departure of the packet, that the governor intended leaving
Jamaica for England prior to the latter date.
Our accounts front Venezuela state that crops were generally
abundant, but it was feared it would be lessened or injured a
great deal inconsequence of so many of the people having been
called away from attending to it in proper time, to perform
military duty.
Advices have been received here from Maranham to-day; the
dates reaching to the 30th January inclusive. They furnish
little intelligence from Para. The government troops remained
inactive, and the
.city was still in possession of the Indians. • •

Owing to the boisterous state of the weather we have been
to-day and yesterday without our usual continental arrivals.
Two mails fruM France are now due.

In the Money Market little has been done, so far as the Eng-
lish fonds are concerned; Consols for Account are 94g, and
for Money the price is 91 g 1.
This has been settling day in the Foreign Market, and the
chief occupation has been the arrangement of the account. No
defaulters have been declared, and the quotations have not ma-
terially varied from yesterday. Spanish Bonds are at 454, and
Passive Stock at 15i, The- Fertuoliese 5 per Cents. are 'at 783-
and the 3per Cents. at-LISi., In the• republican securities the
transactions, are upon a very limited scale-304301 is the price
of Colombian; Mexican are rather better; being'at 33-1 ; and
Chilian Bonds are 46 to 47. . .

In the northern securities little has been done. Dutch 5 per
Cents. are 103 i; the 23: per Cents: are at SG. Belgian are at
103, and Russian Bonds at 1082.
In shares, the market has been rather gloomy to-day, chiefly
in consequence of the brokers and.jobbers being occupiedin the
settlement of the
.foreign.hiarket, London. and Birmingham,.
shires have declined to 117 per share, GreenWich are 10 to ii
prem., the new Rhymny Iron Shares,.issued yesterday, are at
31 pi em., but the general feature•of the ►market is heavy.

COUNCIL PROCtEDINGS.

The council met by adjournment on Wednesday last,lor
the purpose of taking into consideration the report of the paid
officers' committee.

Before the regular bli.Siness of the meeting commenced, (he
MAYOR announced that- he had had a communication on the
subject. of the quarter sessions, and that there would be a new
grant after May... He next read it communication relating to
a' Memorial presented to him by the proprietors of steam
vessels, praying that a bye-law might be made to regulate the
passage up and down the river, in order better to avoid the
dangers ot.collisiiin. It was agreed to that this should be re-
feried- to th committee on dock affairs, in order to have a bye-
law inserted in the bill about to be brought before parliament.
The' Mayor then announced that the vacancy caused in the
committee on dock affairs and in the town dues committee, by
the lathented death of one of their body—Mr. Sharples—would
be filled up at the next monthly meeting. They.would now pro-
ceed to the business of the day.
THE TREASURER'S OFFICE.

The TOWN-CLERK then read a letter from Mr. John Dean
Case, the treasurer of the corporation, regretting that Mr.
Sudlow, his clerk, had resigned, thus throwing greater respon-
sibility on himself, and refusing to accede to any proposition
based upon a reduction of his salary. The town-clerk then
• read a previous letter front Mr. John Dean Case, setting forth
that he was compelled to devote his whole time to his office.
and not allowed to enter into Any business fur himself, and that
having fulfilled the duties of his office faithfully, fur a great
number of years, it was hardly .what he merited to have his
salary reduced one fourth.. It was true the late treasurer had
only received £5OO per annum, but the citifies since then were
doubled, and twice the amount of money 'passed through his
hands, than had 'formerly done through the late treasurers.
The late treasurer, too, was allowed to carry on business in ac=
dition to his salary. The business and responsibilities of his
office were calculated also to increase in the same ratio as they
had hitherto done; £501) per annum to the late treasurer was
greater remuneration than he received. He thought, therefore,
that after 16 years of service, it was not tube expected that he
should be willing to submit to a reduction of one-fourth of his
salary! and he trusted that length of service, and the experi-
ence •he had acquired in it, might warrant the committee
•in paying., some attention to his claims. He would then
ask if the chthinittee would agree to give him compensation if
he Should agree'ln accept £750 per annum, and if they would
grant' such a •sat Ail; for the clerks as would enable him to obtain
the Sallle amount 'of security as he received with the present
clerk. The town-clerk then read the folloWing letter from.
Meisri. Jahn and William SudloW. •

" Treasurer's Office, 7th March, 1836.

" To.the Worshipful the Mayor.
" Sir—The CoMmittee upon Paid Officers' having made
their report to the Council, and entertaining little doubt of that
report, as fel' as regards ourselves,.being confirmed, we may be
perhaps allowed to state the reasons which induce us to decline
th'e anptiintme-nt: - •

“.the elder of us has been upwards of twenty years in the
employ, andtan appeal with cofidence to the numerous creditors
and tradesmen of the Corporation, as well as many others who
have had important business to transact in the office, and, if
necessary, to the late Common Council, as to the zealous regard
evinced by him for the interest of i he. Corporation, and of the
faithful discharge of the very important and responsible dillies
to which the situation daily subjects him ;, and.he cannot per-
mit this oppnrtunity to pass without remarking, with a desire
not to underrate the services, or in any way question the emo-
luments of his brother officers, that the remuneration he receives
for the very onerous antics entrusted to his care, is considerably
less, when compared with that paid to others holding appoint-
ments of a much more recent date, as also to those of an infe-
rior grade in the-service. -
`,f. With respect to the younger, acting as assistant, although
he',,ElimtmOto,ttst.of great length of service, having been little
inntiAtnTeur)/4Ts in the office. still he considers his exertions
of is e t
Igs. they fare performed with zeal and fidelity, and he
ero,:lreif,lV4k eliMlenge a comparison of the books and accounts
in his lile.,pjllg, bfithim regards style and correctness, (and they
are or: imp-kg*
.laguitude,) with any others in the town,
w4,lpir„pjf.,,4',p,ghlic or private nature.
`, iS, T.s,,tierefore, unprepared to receive the uncertain ap-
pnititniq kupon fermi by the recommendation of the ' Paid
‘
Ofriceriii p4iniittee, precluding as it does the hope of future
advanceindo, whilst it threatens the imposition of additional
labour, Wliwb,. by the removal of one from the office, would be
lowid impracticable to execute. We have, therefore, no alter-
native, and"riow heg re.Spectl'ully to tender the resignation\ of
our respective offices, the duties of which we shall continue to
perf,-;rin, as far as our arrangements will permit, until our suc-
cessors be appointed,—We are, respectfully. Sir, your obedient
servant, JOHN SUDLOW,
WILLIAM SUDLOW.”

A letter was then read from Mr. Cori•ie the receiver of town-
dues, acquiesing in the arrangement of the Council, that he
should receive 050 per annum, and find his own clerks.
A letter was read from Mr. Fo,ter accepting the proposition
of the Council to remain as architect to the corporation at a
salary of X.", 00.
A letter was read from Mr. Charles Lowe, as follows:

" Thum Clerk's qtra!&, Liverpool, 16 March 1836.
" Sir,—OliServations, calculated to prejudice me in profes-
sional reputation and general character, having been made in
Council on the Bth instant, I feel myself called upon to place
the following- statement of facts in your hands, trusting that you
will deem it an act of justice to me to bring the same under the
notice of that body at their next meeting-.

" On my being named by Mr. Earle as a person qualified to
fill the office of Assistant Town Clerk, a discussion appears to
have arisen implying. •
" Ist.—An mtetstion on my part to act unfairly by my em-
ployers, through au undue bias, 'in favour of the late
Toiyn Clerk.
" 2d—tutilness for the office in question, as evinced by the,
fact that in the absence of the late town Town Clerk,
I had suffered the names of 1100 freemen to be placed

• improperly on the burgess roll,
• " With respect to the first of the charges, I beg the Council
to bear in mind idy position on the removal-of the late Town
Clerk front 'office. In the
.performance of my various official
duties, I had become almost' exclusively cognizant of those
details on which Mr. Foster's claim to compensation is founded.
To have denied Mr. Foster the use of that information, or to
have transferred it to .an adverse party, would have heel] alike
impropmv-and•could not have failed to- lower me in my own
estnnation. and in. that of the .profession to which I belong.
These feelings I represented to the present Town Clerk, on his
temporary continuance of my services. Through his conside-
rate and judicious arrangement, not only was Mr. Foster en-
abled, without delay, to state and bring forward his claim, but
the investigation of it became materially facilitated. It has
been my province to point out, and, when requisite, to 'prove,
the data on which the claim is founded—an office, which Mr.
Foster, I apprehended, could have formally called upon to
perform. But in this I have acted simply as the witness of
truth; and I owe no allegiance to Mr. Foster or to any other
man, which can make the act otherwise. If I have expressed
towards Mr. Foster a sense of gratitude for kindness received
at his hands, I very respectfully submit to the Council, that
such an expression could have furnislied'no legitiinate ground
for the imputation, that the weight of:tilybbligation would
overpower my sense of duty. e Jam, I '•
" It. is evident that the gentleman4fr.whose remarks I
gather the second allegation, had iiiistMMl _for the Bureess
Roll,' the list' prepared for revision by thelßUitilter,ltiitql Can-
not suffer myself to suppose that he intended:in' assertlhif I, or
any other person, had been guilty of a wrongfill'insetrtion oflit
freeman's name on the Burgess ltoll, an act which have
amounted to an indictable offence.
" I would consider these obsertations, therefore, as applying
to the list prepared for revision by the Barrister.
" On this subject I have little to say?—not only was I not
in anywise concerned in, but I was responsible.for the prepara-
tion of such another, previously to his leaving Liverpool for
London, for the purpose of expediting an important matter of
business requiring my exclusive time and attention.
" I have no other object in intruding these observations.on
your worship, than to seek an opportunity to free myself from
charges, which I could not otherwise, with propriety, answer,
and which, if unanswerea, might give rise to prejudiced no-
tions respecting me.
" I have the honour to remain, your obedient and humble
Servant CHAS. LOWE,"

" The Worshipful the Mayor."
Mr. Councillor SHIEL said that when he came into that room
he bad no intention of making those,observations regarding Mr.
Lowe; he had no intention of making any observations on the
merits ofat4 candidate; but the example was set to him, and
he thought it would be doing an injustice to
.one of the candi-
dates if he allowed those observations to be made without some
remark. fie had therefore recommended an individual who
Was a candidate as fit for the office, and he did so not on any
feeling of private friendship, but simply on the conviction in his
own utind That he was the fittest for the office. He thought Mr.
Lowe's former offer, reComniending himself as having filled the
duties of the town-clerk's office, and then offering to fill them
for ,1:500 per annum,. was unfair towards the other candidates.
With respect to the charges he had made, some person must be
responsible for the error on the •freemen's list; the late town,
clerk disclaimed it, and, he (Mr. Shiel) naturally fixed it on
his representative, whilst the late,town,clerk was absent. If it
were incorrect, some of Mr. Lowe's.friends should then have
been prepared to answer the charge. The privilege of Voting
for a inember of parliament was the greatest privilege a free-
man possesses, and when they found 1,100 names On that list,
and the revising barrister 'remark.bo it,. and the late town-
clerk, with his .charaCtetistic coolness, stand tip and admit that
it is wrong, .but that it occurred while he was in London, it was
natural for hint (Mr, Shiel) to apply the responsibility' to his 're-
presentative. The gentlemen who recommended' Nit'. Lowe
were not aware of the fact.- With regarrt to Mr. Lowe he was
perfectly satisfied; but .he was not satisfied as to4he.manner in
which the late council examined their proceedings. They all
scented ignorMit of the fact.
Mr. COOncillor HENRY LAWRENCE said he had seen Mr.
Foster the other day, and-he 'said so far front Mr: Lowe having
anything to do with the freemen's list, he apportioned his work
to each clerk before he went to London, 'and this part of the
business was assigned. to another person, and that that gentle-
man did not follow his, instructions, but went decidedly.against
them. '

PAID OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION.
The TOWN-CLERK then read the preamble of the paid officers
committee report, as follows:—" Yoar committee have to re-
mark that, in their inquiries relative to the salaries of the supe-
rior and chartered officers, they have been constantly met by
the question of compensation. Their report, therefore, is drawn
out with a view to economy as rigid as the nature of the question
will admit, after the most deliberate consideration of the fitness
ofeach officer for the discharge of the duties required from him.
It Must be distinctly understood by the Council that the com-
mittee, in making the proposed arrangements with the officers,
are pledged that in' the event, of any future alterations, the
officerS shUll not be prevented from seeking compensation on
the basis of their present salaries; in shot t, that they shall not
be 'placed in a worse situation than they now are, by acceding
to the proposals."
Mr. CoUncillor BvAcKBURN thought it would be very desir-
able•that the'qUestion of compensation', to the various officers
should be-settled now, and not remain for future years: and that
the question should he set at rest. If not, it would tend fiery
materially to prevent the council making those arrrngements
which time and experience might point out as desirable in the
future management of the business of the corporation, if they
were to have the rod of compensation continually held up be-
fore them.. Ile ConclUded with moving " that the report be
sent back for the consideration of the committee with our in-
struction to arrange *itti the officers with a view to obtain a
settlement of the question of their relinquishing the claim they
were entitled to by the municipal bill."
Mr. Councillor COGS AN seconded the motion.
The TOWN-CLERK. said if an officer were continued in his si-
tuation, and were afterwards removed, unless for misbehaviour,
the law allowed hiM compensation as if he had not been conti-
nued in their service. But whether they shall have a right to
compensatiou or not after employment depends upon the ar-
rangement made with the officers.
Mr. Councillor BoLTominquired if an officer's rate of corn-
pensation would be for the solar! he had formerly received, or
'the salary he might afterwards accept.
The TOWN-CLERK understood by the act that an officer's
rights hereafter must depend on the terms ou which he accepts
the apporn tment.
Mr. Councillor Bourora.—Wat he then to understand thA

he would be compensated according to the rates he might re-
i!.eiv e afterwards un them? . . _ _
' The MA You.—No, just the other wady; his claims for com-
pensation will stand over- . . . .
Mr, Councilor RATHBOiE wanted to know if the resolution
were passed if it would excltide them from then considering the
rest of the report.
Mr. Alderman BROWN was afraid that the officers entitled to
compensation would insist on their riglitond that if this motion
wet e persisted in, they would call fur compensation now and
resign. . _ _

Nfr. Councillor COGLAT4 thought the experi►iient, of An ar-
rangement might be tried; tie thought it therefore better that
it should be referred to the committee.

Plr. Councillor /I..LAwitENcE. thought that there was a good
'deal of justness in the remarks of Mr. Brown. He thought uo
►uau in its senses trotthl agree to such a proposition.
Mr. Councillor LAWRENCE 1-liirwonTH saw no objection to
the motion. • •

Mr. Councillor MOREcnoFT presumed from the letters read,
that Mr. Case and Messrs. Suction had resigned. . •
The MAYOR said Mr. Case declines accepting the office at a
reduced salary; his acceptance of office was therefore !contin-
gent. The two clerks had resigned absobitely
Mr. Councillor Br. ACKBORN t.hen rose in reply. There could
be no difference of opinion in the:council as to the desirableness
of making an arrangement.with the officers that their claim for
compensation should cease. With regard to the treasurer's
office the coni.iiittee recommended that it should be continued
at a cost of 1:1,250ka year, and the report stated that the future
business might be earried on with a cferk less, amid with a salary
of £5OO a year for the treasurer. The whole expense in that
case would only be £FfOO.
The MAYO!: would ask if Mr. Blackburn were not speaking
on the office of treasurer, and not on the preamble.; he was
going at once to the treasurer's office.

Mr. Councillor BLACKBURN thought he was perfectly in pr-
der. He contended that by adopting this regulation they would
save, even allowing the officers compensation, which ought to be
taken into consideration. By adding the receiver of town dues'
(Alice io this, whiCh was contemplated in the report, they,inig,ht
make a saving of a thousand a year. They were therefore in-
purring an expense of a £lOOO a year more than if they began
de novo, which .£I(YJO a year would go a great way towards pay-
ing the compensation.
Mr. Councillor SiiiEt, begged to rise to order. When a gen.
tleman brought forward a motion, having the right of reply,
and in his reply opened out a new system, he thought it was
not regular,: for they were precluded front remarking on what
he then brought forward, (hear,) awl he for one disagreed iu
what, Mr, ,Blackburn had stated.
• Mr..Councillor BLACKBURN would not wish to take advan-
itage of the council.
The ,MAYOR thought Mr. Shiel correct; that a reply ought
not to be an original speech.
Mr. Councillor COGLAN would suggest that Air. Blackburn
be arowed to conclude his remarks, and that Mr. Shiel be al-
lowed to say what he liked afterwards.
- - The MAYOR.-.-Such a conrse•was perfects irregular. - • -,..
Mr. Councillor narnuoNE would beg to know if the motion
was carried if itwould preclude.further disenssion •on the re-
port, if so, he would vote against it,--otherwise, he would vote
fur it.

t:fter some further discussion it was agreed to postpone the
division on the. preamble till the other parts of the repurt were
determined ou.

TREASURER'S OFFICE.

The TOWN-CLERK then read the cotronittee's report on the
treasurer's office, as follows:—" I our committee are of opinion
that the duties of this office are so tsell .performed, that under
existing. circumstances •it would be ine pedient .to make any
change ,n the number of clerks employed. They recommend-
ed that the salary of the present treasurer should he reduced to
1.:750 per annum, that he should give security to the amount of
£B,OOO, and that he should not be allowed to enter into any. bu-
siness whatever on his own account." The report then recom-
mended Mr. John Sndlow's salary to be £250 a-year, with se-
curity of .t;1,000, and Mr. William SudloWs salary to be A:15O
a-year, Huth being restrained from other business. The report
concluded as follows :—" With reference to the suture. your
committee are inclined to think that the ditties of the trea-
surer's office might possibly be performed by a treasurer, one
clerk, and .s collector ; and that in any subsquent appointment
the salary of the treasurer should not exceed ;6500 per annum."
Mr. Councillor Hoer.; said the last paragraph of the report
expressed an opinion, that the duties of the (dike 'night he per-
formed with a clerk less in future. Ile decidedly dissented
from this-: the collector was always engaged out of doors, and
the whole rwork• would then rest on the treasurer and one clerk,
and if either should be ill, one man would have the whole
duties to perform. He could not consent to that paragraph.
He lrriught this paragraph had been the main ground of the
treasurer declining to accept a reduced salary. lie would move
an amendment, " that the report be referred back to the com-
mittee for revision, with the expression of an opinion by the
council that they cannot assent to the recommendations therein
expressed." •
Mr. Councillor Bor.ToN said that that paragraph was only in-
serted on the supposed idea of Mr. Case remaining a length of
time in the office. Ile thought it superfluous to send the report
hack to the committee on that account. The officers having
sent iu their resignation, they were not now in a condition to
discuss the merits of the case. If they could not make an ar-
rangement, the whole thing must come before the council.
Mr. Councillor Hour, jun. said, the committee foend the
duties of Air. Case so light, that they could not in their duty re-
commend .more, and they had recommended £750 per annum,
having an eye to the compensation Mr. Case was entitled to
receive if he were to leave the office.
Mr. Alderman LEATHOM thought, considering the lightness
of nr. Case's duties, that they had gone to the utmost stretch
they ought in the amount of salary.
Mr. Alderman ItoniNsoN would move, " that the whole re-
port relating to the -treasurer's office be referred back to the
committee.' •

Mr. Councillor BOLTON seconded Mr. Robinson's propor.
sition "- that the whole subject of the treasurer's office he re-
ferred back to the paid officer's committee," which was carried
unanimously.