The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-08 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL fiROCEEDINGS.

On Friday last the council again ►net, at cloven o'clock, ac-:
cording to adjourn►uent.

TOWN•CLEIZK.

The MAYOR announced that he had received a letter frord
Mr. Radcliffe, stating "that he accepted the appointment of the
council,•as expressed in the resolution of their last Meeting."
And in stating this to the council he had to tell them that Mr.
Radeliffe accepted it with a cheerful and willing mind, without
a single feeling but of perfect contentment. (Applause.)

THE CORuSEIiSHIT.

.
The MAYOR announced a
nced the receipt of letter frdin Mr,
Richard Brooke, who had been a candidate for the office of co-
roner, withdrawing his claim on the ground that be could nut
appoint a deputy in case of unavoidable absedte ur sickness.

THE FERRIES.
A memorial was presented respecting the ferries, Which was
suggested to be referred to the finance conniiittee. , ,

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111 r. Councillor SHtEL begged that, it be ieferreil to the bye-
laws committee, as the only committee that eould deal with it.
Mr. Councillor EARLE said the inellicient lauding at thy picrii
were alluded to is it, which the bye-laws counnittee could not
interfere with it.

Councillor Dr. CARSON Would beg to observe that the petition
should be read first, before being referred to a committee. It
would be for them to judge what committee it, ought to he as,
signed to, or whether it be laid on the table without being referred
at'all ; or perhaps they might decide on it immediately. It ap•
peered to him that their plan of referring to committees was not
quite what it ought to tie. He would wish this not to be the
rule.

The MAYOR.—If the petitions themselves were matters of
importance he should of course instantly proceed to read them,
as they had always done until that day. But he felt less desire to
do that then in order to save time, knowing that it must be received
;e.•ain froot that committee. He did not wish to gidss over any-
thing, but deferred reading it because" they had many houri
wet k before them • at the same time, if any gentlimian wished
it, it shott!d he read.

Mr. Alderman ItontNsoN hoped the Mayor would not read
that mass of papers.
Mm. Councilzor RATHBONE.—It appeared to him that th 6
time of the council was taken up with trines, and matters of im-
portance were hurried over.

The MA TM: begged to say that no petition should come had
his hands which ;ltoit!d not he picSenied.to that council: If
any gentlornan dein ogled them to tie read he had a right to
demand it. tie had acted_ us he had dune because they bad art
iinimense quantity of business to get through that day. The
town-clerk should read the petition.
Councillor Dr, C withdrew his motion,
The TOWN-CLERK then proceeded to read the petition, which
set forth that the proprietors of steani.Loats claimed for them-
selves the exclusive right of the ferries, to the exclusion of others,
thus preventing competition and improvement, and subjecting
the petitioners and others of the publid to great annoyances and
inconveniences.

The petition was, on the motion of Mr. Staitit, seconded by
Mr. BLACKBURN) referred to the cononatee on bye-la.n7s.

COnPoI:ATION PIiINTINE;

Au application from Mr. Jones, of C;vtle-street. for some of
the corporation printing was referred to the finance committee.

OYSTER YARD.

A petition was read, praying for the removal of the oyster
yard from the neighbourhood of St. John's Market. which. was
described as a great noise ore, from the stench Which it cau,t.scV
The petition was signed by about thirty iudividuals.—lleferred
to the improvement committee.

NUISANC,E.

An application was made Praying for the removal of a caravan
from St. George's-place, London-road, which was drscrilied as
creating disturbanceS and being a nuisi:nce.—Referred to the
magistrates.

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THE PICTURE OP THE C7ICCIPIXON.
An application was made liv the Royal UPhernian Society for
permission to exhibit, at their approaching exhibition in Dublin,
the fine pi ture of the crucifixion, the property of the corpora-
tion ; offering, if granted. to send a proper person to have
charge of it and bring it back. Mr. EARLE, seconded by Mr.
RAWDoN, moved that it be granted.
Mr. Councillor iklotiEcitouT would ask, was it the property of
the council; and suppose it were shipwrecked, who were to pay
for it.
The MAYon.—The parties who sent fur it most certainly.
THE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY.
The MAYOR said he Imo received an application from the
Christian Society..in treaty for land in Hope-street, complain-
ing of injustice. The document was not authenticated with any
signature, but, as Ire understood it was the copy of one presented
to the finance cotinnittee, nhich was authenticated. he would
receive it. It prayed for the set...lenient of -a difference, in the
recent purchase' between the Medical Insitatiun arid itself.—
Referred to the finance committee.

AUDITORS AND ASSESSORS.
The return of the appointment of the tiro auditors and 32
assessors was officially produced.,

DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK'S OFFICE.
Mr. Councillor RATtinoNE would here a,k 1r the matters with
which the last council concluded Were not to take precedence of
all other business?

The MA yon presumed it would then be regular to read the
applications for the ofilee of the deputy tOwn-eleik before they
entered on the business of the salary.

Mr. Councillor RATEmoNec presnmed they could not take that
into consideration before they fixed the amount. Lie thought
it would be more regular if applications were Made at a future
day, after the emolument was determined on.
The MA yeJZ.—Mr. Ii athbone was one of the persons hti
moved that the assistant-solicitor should he appointed that day.
(flNtr.)
Mr. Couocillor ATHBONE had forgotten it. It was a matter
of indifference to hint ; bat as they did not foe the salary-on
Wednesday, as original:y intended, it would he right then to
fix the emolument, and un another dity to make the apianut-

The MAvon.--The order of the day Was to fix the salary first
and afterwards the appointment. If any one chose, he might
move au adjournment.

POWNALL-SQUARE MARKET.
Mr. Alderman Sr, ART, before they proceeded with this
question, would present a petition to the finance committee,
through the council.

The M A roll, after obtaining the assent of the council, allowed
the presentation.
-- Mr. Alderman STrAnT had lunch pleasure in presenting a •
petition.•sined by 42G9 individvals in Pownall-square and the
neighbour howl, praying for the market to be re-establiihed iu
Pownall-square.
The TOWN-CLERK then read the petition, which was from the
inhabitants of St. Paul's Ward, stating that there was a great,
want of a market in that neighbourhood, ;sod that St. Marlin's
Market did not adequately meet the wants of the inhabitants.
Mr. Alderman STE/1;1T did not know the reason why the
market in Pownall-square had heen discontinued. He pre-
sinned it was only' from the circumstance of St. Aartin's
ket beim, established at a Yen- small distance from there. Two-
thirds, however, of the inhabitants of the northwest district were
as far off St. John's Market as they were from St. Martin'4
Market. Sr. Martin's Market, too, instead of increasing iu its
receipts after the stopping of Pownall-sqnare Market, had di-
minished, showing that the public wy re °Wiped to go elsewhere..
He believed the parties who signed that petition were not inter-
ested by any-personal into ices. The establishment of a market
there could be of no inconvenience to any one; it was nut a
great thoroughfare, and it could not, therefore, be considered
as a nuisance. He would conclude with moving that it be re-
ferred to the finance committee, and by them he reported.
Mr. Councillor RA W DON seconded the motion.
1%1 r. Councillor EA lILK said this question had frequently been
brought forward on former occasions. lie was not proceeding •
to say that St. Martin's Market Was the Ust in the world; but
Pow nall,quare was it considerable thoroughfare; and was sur-
rounded with public-houses and drarn-shopi, and on that ac-
count it was that tivy were anxious to have a market there to
induce people to drink. All the neighbourhood had MAI kets
sulleiently near. He would rather it. were put to the council at
once and negatived. It' any one would second it, he would
move that it be.
Mr. Councillor MEI.Lon said it ironld ill hecorne that council
to refuse examining theanerits of a petition presented by up-
wards of four thousand inhabitants. ( Hear.) On that ground
they would be in error not to refer it to the finance committee.

Mr. Councillor EARLE was perhaps in the "tong in taking
that view of the question; but it arose front his having heard so
much of it liefore. He would withdraw hiS ametfineut.
Mr. Councillor Boetoet remarked that Poe nall-square was
very populous part of the town, and it tt as a very great couveni;
ence to the inhabitants to have a Market in the neighbourhood:
It would be a great accommodation to them to have that market
opened.
Mr. Councillor E. SMITH was one of those who attended the
meeting where the petition was originated. Mr. Earle would
probably tell them the motives for discontinuing that market,
for he never could ascertain. If there was any reason existing,
it eeisted then. This ought to be taken into consideration,
that they did not pray for anything new.
Mr. Councillor EeI:LE said it was considered a great tho-
roughfare and a general nuisance. If they were to have a
market, they had better have one in another situation.
Mr. Councillor J. LI ot.tki Es thought it would save time to refer
it to the finance committee. (Hear.)
Referred to the committee.
THE rHiPUTY TOWN-CLERE'S OFFICE—RESI: MED.
Mr. Councillor R ATII BONE again rose. In conformity with
the report which he had had the honour of laying before them,
as chairman of the town-clerk's committee, he begged leave to
move that the salary of the assistant be .C 1,600 a year; and he
bereged the indulgence of the council on this occasion if he al-
luded to other matters connected with that report. : That report
was stated to have been laid before them by the committee after
mature consideration. It had been met in that council by a
member of that committee by au amendment and by an impute-
tion upon his motives and conduct ; it was said in a quiet
tone, and therefore he had no doulit escaped the Mayor's no-
tice, or he was sure he would have been ps ready to have pro-
tected him from others, as he bad been vet y properly foremost
to protect others from him. lie had the right to assume that
that spee(3 'vas a -deli'harate, a prepared speech; it was a speech
not applying to the course of argument, but to what had taken
place at another meeting. Ile thought the remarks were tine
proked ; they had not the character of impulse, and therefore
he thought they wee premeditated. (The Mayor bete lose )
Pardon me (continued Mr. Rathbone) I have dot beea much
accustomed to speaking, and interruptions do throw a man like
myself much out. Mr: Rathleine then satdown.
The Mayon thought it would be a very bad practice to refer
to proceedings which took place at 'net:erring meetings. Per-
haps Mr. ltathbone would allow him to se tie the
question by
saying, although that speech was' delivered with a great
deal of catinneSs, yet he considered the observation as
one of those rhetmical ornaments of speech which meant
.nothing, and he had not consequently interfcred,.
his
it would be implying a very ill opinion or the council on his part
if he thoug,4t they were tole "entiapped.

Mr. Birch here rose—
aCnodultic;iilslturr„lit,layT. n uoNE said he was in possesSion of the
am satisfied thati,o3, w
to the dneleeiastiiot:ioach nothing
tilhii°lrikßlAh'l'alvie"aNtL.lTtito tin s what I have to say •
chair;
The Ms YOlt,—lf Mr. hat one thinks It personal to himself,
I, made.
b
Mr. Councillor RATHBONE thought the remark of 111 r. Birch
was strong. and more applicable to him in his capacity of chair.;
let him lifi?iucti InshicY.
man of that committee than it would have becn to another. But
he wa, going on to say that, with respect to it. he was sure
the council would hear him out that he did on :hat occasion
give, in the iThAt good-tempered way he could, sufficient oppor-
tunity to Mr. Birch to say thal he meant nothing personal, and
he did not take that opportunity, and, therefore, the present
opportunity ought to he taken by him (Mr. R.) to notice it.
But such observations lest their hitternegs when there was nu.
response within. Ile would nit, ttwretore, tare op the time of
the council, but go on with the business. If Mr. Birch had
any thing to say, not in right, but in courtesy he would allow
an interruption to hisA.peeeb. •
Mt. Councillor Briwn was IllOSt. FeHMiOlig to • avail himself of
the courtesy of Mt. Rathbone, for trewas deo-irons that this
pression should he removed front' his'lniud. He was certain
that he could have no intentioirofgivingpain to Mr. Rathhone
on the contrary, al! his opinions with respect to him were tn.-