The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-04 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

THE LIVERPOOL SHIPPING REGISTRY.—We perceive
that the Registry Book of the Liverpool Shipping has now
commenced. It only remains for those concerned to endea-
vour to second the views of the promoters of it—its utility
and value are self-evident.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN BOLD - STREET.--011 Saturday
night, or in the course of Sunday, a daring robbery was
effected on the premises of Mr. Davis, optician, Bold-street.
The perpetrators succeeded in carrying off a large quantity
of gold and silver spectacles and eye-glasses, and every thing
portable which appeared valuable.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—The number
of passengers on this delightful line for four days, com-
mencing on Saturday last, amounted to 5,865. The travel-
ling is daily increasing.

TIMBER AND SALT.—The total number of loads of fir
timber imported into Liverpool and Gloucester from Prussia
during the year 1840 was 5.039; and the total quantity of
salt exported from the above ports to Prussia during the
same period amounted to 946,900 tons.

REMARKABLY QUICK, PASSAGE.—The Lydia, belonging
to Messrs. C. W. and F. Shand,. sailed from Antigua on the
evening of the Eith May, was off Holyhead on Sunday, the
30th, at 8 p.m., but in consequence of calms and thick wea-
ther, did not arrive until Wednesday morning, June 2,
making the passage to Holyhead in 21 days, and Liverpool
in 24.

GRANTS TO DISSENTERS.—From a parliamentary return
just issued, it appears that the state grants to dissenters
amount to £974,940 16s. 4d., and yet how loudly do dis-
senters rail about paying a church-rate ! The above return
opens to the mind the unreasonable scruples of persons
having, or professing to have, consciences, which forbid
them paying to an establishment of which they disapprove,
when they are actually receiving many thousand pounds
more from the taxes of the country than they contribute
towards the established church.
LoNDON HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.—We beg to call the se-
rious attention of the public to the meeting of the Liverpool
Auxiliary of this society, which will take place on Tuesday
next, when, besides the gentlemen whose names are mentioned
in the advertisement, we understand the Rev. Hugh M'Neile
will advocate the claims of the society upon the sympathy
and liberality of all friends of scriptural education and pro-
testant truth.

CONFIRMATION.—During the present week the Right
'Reverend John Bird Sumner, D.D., Bishop of Chester, has
visited several churches and administered the holy rite of
confirmation to a considerable number of young persons.
On Tuesday morning to 591, at Everton ; and hi the after-
noon to 931, at St. Jude's; on Wednesday morning to 683,
at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields; and in the evening to 726, at
St. Michael's ; and yesterday to 1000, at St. John the Bap-
tist's. On each occasion his lordship delivered an address,
urging his hearers, in most affectionate and striking terms, to
the due performance of their religious and moral duties, and
to a constant remembrance of the vows and promises which
they had so solemnly ratified and confirmed.

ELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS FOR BIRKENHEAD.—The
following gentlemen were elected, on Tuesday last, as com-
missioners, in the place of the seven whose period of ser-
vice had expired ; J. D. Case, Esq., Messrs. D. Appleton,
Jos. Mallaby, John Laird, Wm. Jackson, J. S. Jackson,
and S. Stansfield. Messrs. Rayner, Hanson, and Ravens-
croft were elected in the room of the following gentlemen
who had resigned, Messrs. Brodribb, J. S. Jackson, and R.
Russell.

SPEEDY JUSTICE.—On Wednesday morning, at two
o'clock, a burglar attempted to enter Dr. IVlelson's house,
Newhall-street, Birmingham; at ten he was taken; at twelve
committed; at four pleaded guilty ;at half-past five was
sentenced to ten years' transportation ; at eight be was on
his way t o Warwick in the caravan ; and on Saturday he was
on the sea bound for Botany Bay.
WEST INDIA PACKET STATION.—On Tuesday, in com-
mittee on the question, the Post-office authorities gave a de-
cided testimony that Bristol was, for their purposes, the
most preferable port for the departure of the mails to the
south and west.—Bristol paper.— [The inhabitants of Bristol
have evinced a laudable anxiety for the protection of the in-
terests of that city • but no suitable manifestation in favour
of the decided preference which is due to Liverpool has yet
been made. Something more is wanted than a mere petition
or memorial from the authorities.]

A RASCALLY Poßmit.—Thomas Matthew, a young man
who has been employed by Messrs. Jeffery and Morish,
Compton House, was charged before Mr. Rushton, on Tues-
day, with having stolen a sum of money, the property of Mrs.
Sylvia Hathaway Delano, wife of Captain Delano, of one of
the New York packet-ships. The prosecutrix stated she
laved at No. 64, Grove-street. Being an American she was
not very well acquainted with the value of English notes.
On Wednesday last, she received from Mr. Bowman, of the
firm of Wildes, Pickersgill and Co., £25, in three notes and
five sovereigns. On Friday last, she purchased goods at
Compton House to the amount of £4 18s. lid., and directed
them to be sent to her lodgings. In the afternoon, between
three and four o'clock, she was about to go out, when she
gave to her landlord four sovereigns and a note, which she
believed to be a one pound note. Sh 9 directed him to pay
for the goods, when they were brought home, and told him he
would have to receive two shillings in change. She returned
home about five o'clock, and found the goods there, and
was, on the following morning, showing them to a friend,
when she recollected that she had given to the landlord one
of the'notes which she had received from Messrs. Wildes,
Pickersgill and Co., under the impression that it was a one
pound note. On examining her notes, she discovered that
the note which she had given was a ten pound note, as she
had two other £5 notes left. She had no English or Irish
notes in her possession when she received the notes from
Mr. Bowman. That was the first
paper money she had re-
ceived in England. She went immediately to Compton
House and informed Mr. Jeffery of the circumstance. Mr.
Thomas, the keeper of the lodging-house, corroborated Mrs.
Delano's testimony, and said that he gave the money to the
prisoner without looking at it, who gave him 2s. and de-
parted. The note which he gave the prisoner was not an
Irish note like that produced. The warehouseman in the
service of Messrs. Jeffery and Morish said that he sent him
with the parcel to Mrs. Delano's, and gave him 2s. to enable
him to give change out of the £5. On. the prisoner's return,
after a long absence, witness asked him for
2s. £5. He said,
"It will not be £5, but £3 18s., and the you gave me
will be £4." He produced an Irish note and three sove-
reigns and three halfpence. Witness said, " I want £5."
The prisoner said, " I have made a mistake, and only re-
ceived £3 18s lid. I must go back for another sovereign."
The prisoner left the shop, and was absent about ten or fif-
teen minutes. He returned and produced a sovereign, say-
ing that he. had a hole in his waistcoat pocket, and it had
slipped between that and the lining. The prisoner was dres-
sed in the same dress on Friday as he wore at the bar. The
Irish note was marked by the witness, and produced in
court. J. L. Franklin 'stated that he was a clerk in the
Bullion-office, kept by his brothers, No. 1, Lord-street.
On Friday afternoon last, the prisoner (he believed) called
at the office, and said that he wanted a£l Irish note. Wit-
ness gave him one, and he gave for it twenty shillings in sit.,
ver. The prisoner then asked for change of a ten pound
note. He gave his name and address, which Mr. Franklin
wrote at the hack of the note, but he did not recollect what
it was. He said he was a pig dealer. The note was changed,
and it afterwards passed out of their possession in the course
of business. The prisoner, in a very long defence, declared
that he only received the sum which he paid over to the
warehouseman, and that one sovereign, having passed through
a hole in his waistcoat pocket, had been concealed in the li-
ning; but his pocket was examined immediately after he was
taken into- custody,• and no hole was found in-it. The pri-
soner was efluesitted

Us Ito. ic,c4;:uszi grauks 51 A I !War f LtverpoA,
has been presented by the ladies of the parish church of St,

Peter with a.harisoi:ie full suit of silk robes.
SMUGGLING.--A sailor, named John George, was yester-
day tined, at the police, court, 40s. and costs, for smuggling
from on board 1 vessel, 2-lbs. of tobacco. Had the quantity
exceeded 6 lbs., the fine would have been £lOO.
SHIP PARSER.--We observe the arrival of the ship Par-
ker, after a splendid run from this port to Demerara, in the
short space of 26 days. Her numerous passengers, delighted
with the ship, and the kindness cf her gallant commander,
presented him with a magnificent gold snuff-box, of the most
unique workmanship. This is again another proof of the
estimation in which Captain Risien is invariably held by his
passengers, and of his capability as a commander ; and we
are gratified in noticing it.

PASTORAL AID SOCIETY

—We are sorry to observe that

the collection made at St. Julian's Church: in Shrewsbury,
after a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Stowell, and Which amounted
to £OO, was placed in the bank on Saturday, and has been
all lost to the society by the stoppage of the bank on Mon-
day following.

The following announcement, filed on !Change, on Tues-

day, presents a remarkable picture of the inclement weather,
and the prevalence of ice at Newfoundland :—The Jessie,
Harding, arrived at Liverpool from Quebec, sailed thence
lith November; experienced heavy gales, and put into New-
foundland, remained frozen up till Ist April. She sailed
that day ; again met with heavy gales, put back, and resailed
30th April. We believe the vessel was given up for lost,

having never been heard of since November. The insu-
rance was paid, and the vessel was what is termed, written

off by the Underwriters

MAYNOOTH COLLEGE.—We are happy to state that the
petition from the town of Liverpool, in favour of Mr. Coign-
howl's motion for an inquiry into Maynooth, has already

about 20,000 signatures ; but .we beg our townsmen to re-
member, that the petition lately presented from Manchester
on this same subject contained 27,000 names, and we must
gain ground upon them this time. There is yet time for us
to obtain many thousands of signatures. The petition from
Liverpool last year received but 12,050 names. On this
subject also there is an evident reaction—thanks to our Pro-
testant associations.

CORN-LAWS.--A noisy meeting of the operative corn-law
repealers was held in Clayton-square on Wednesday evening,
for the purpose of assisting in the agitation against the corn-
laws. Mr. Kelly, a working man,was called to the chair.

The other speake'rs were—Alr. Ambler, Michael Sullivan,
Robert Jones, William Hind, working men—Mr. William
Rathbone, Mr. Alderman Sheil, Lawrence Heyworth, and a
Mr. M'Enteer. The resolutions were of the usual descrip-
tion. Much disturbance took place, which was quelled only
by several persons being taken into custody.

NEWS FROM AMERICA.—At. late hour on Monday even-
ing the packet-ship Roscoe arrived, bringing intelligence
from New York to the 10th May inclusive. The informa-
tion is not of a❑ important character. The steam-ship Bri-
tannia had arrived at Halifax on the morning of the 4th,
and at Bostsn on that of the 6th ult., having made the run
between Liverpool and the first-named port in thirteen days.
The weather had been, during the early part of the passage,
exceedingly boisterous, but the conduct of Capt. Cleland,
both as a skilful navigator and an attentive and gentlemanly
host, had been such as to secure the esteem of his passengers,
who had presented him with a piece of plate as a testimonial
of their confidence and regard. The news taken out by the
Britannia was not of a nature to produce much effect on
the markets. Ali classes were anxiously awaiting her ar-
rival

The money 'parka in New YOrk was gradually

improving

Aw IMPOSTOR.—A fellow of the name of Bernard Ca-
vanagh has lately come to this town from Ireland, or will
shortly make his appearance here, and exhibit himself as a
human being who lives, chamelion like, upon the air! He
began his career somewhere in the county Mayo, under the
especial patronage of the Romish priests, who proclaimed him
to be an extraordinary holy man—gifted with supernatual
powers—a miracle, a saint—in short, a new " lying wonder"
in their church. After some time, however, the saint and
their reverences quarelled, and Mr. Cavanagh set up fasting
and miracle-working on his own account, and we understand
that in the sister isle he has carried on an extremely brisk
trade in this line. Why he should have come to England
we can explain upon no other principle but that which the
grave-digger gives for sending Hamlet here, " because here,"
says he, " all the men are as mad as he." A people who
can listen to the delegates of the anti-corn-law league, who
take Cobden for a Solon, and Sir Joshua Wahr.sley for a
Cicero, he probably argued, will listen to, and believe, any-
thing. They stand gaping and swallowing a " tailor's news,"
and have been persuaded that they would be quite easy and
comfortable if they would smash their own ploughs, and pro-
cure their corn entirely from foreigners—why then should
they not believe me when I tell thm that I live upon no-
thing ? And upon this hypothesis behold the popish saint
selling a sight of himself in Liverpool to the anti-corn-law
party. V e say the "anti-corn-law party," because as-
suredly none but a genuine goose of that breed would be silly
enough to give the smallest encouragement to so impudent a
knave. During his stay in Dublin he professed to work
miraculous cures, and several old women assert that they
have thrown away their crutches, and danced about with all
the animation of youth, after availing themselves of his pray-
ers. As yet, however, we do not perceive that he announces
the performance of similar extravagances in this town. All
in good time, however; he only waits for the O'Connellites
and anti-corn-law men to give him a little encouragement,
and then, doubtless, all his feats will be performed in the
most striking manner. We need scarcely add, that, as to
this fellow's fasting, it carries falsehood on the face of it. He
is said to have submitted to an ordeal of seven days' duration
in some county town in Ireland, and that his powers of ab-
stinence were then demonstrated ; but the experiment was
made in a priest's house, and we consider it to have been
for many reasons quite unsatisfactory.
ASSAULT.--At the Police-court yesterday, Cornelius
Coates, a disreputable character, was placed at the bar on a
charge of assaulting Mary Ann Keefe, a woman of the town.
The complainant stated that the defendant was the keeper of
three houses of ill fame, that he often behaved irf a savage
manner to the inmates when he could not get as much money
as he wanted, and that in one of his ebulitions, he had un-
provokedly violently struck and kicked her, leaving on her
marks of his brutality. —The defendant attempted to exonerate
himself by alleging that he was provoked by the language of
the complainant, which, with affected abhorrence of inde-
corum, he represented as unfit to be addressed to ears polite,
and altogether too gross to be uttered " betwixt the wind and
his nobility."—Mr. Rushton said that no language could be
sufficiently gross to designate in their true colours his abomi-
nable conduct and occupation, and he fined him 40s. and
costs.

CAUTION TO CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFlCERS.—Yesterday a
Custom-house officer, and a female of dissolute character,
were placed at the bar, the first on a charge of having taken
a bottle of rum from the ship which he attended, and which
was found upon him by a policeman, and the other for taking
about 1 lb. weight of biscuits, which were also produced. It
appeared that the mate was authorised to leave out some
spirits for the use of the Custom-house officers, hut only to
be partaken of on board. The male prisoner said that he
took it on shore merely for the purpose of getting some warm
water and sugar at a neighbouring house, to make a glass of
punch, and did not intend to defraud the revenue ; though
he admitted that he had done wrong and was sorry for his
offense, from which he feared he might lose his situation.—
Mr. Rushton said that his apprehension would, in all proba-
bility, be realised, and stated that it was his duty to send the
spirits to the Custom-house, and to inform the proper au-
thorities there of the circumstance. The prisoners were then
set at liberty.
RIVAL TAILOR!.—A tailor's man, named Lace, appeared
against another tailor's man, named Philips, at the police-
court, yesterday, charging him with violently assaulting
him. It appeared that the parties had both gone on board
of the ship Victoria, on the Ist inst., to solicit orders for new
habiliments for the crew, and the defendant, having first ob-
tained the ear of some of the men, no sooner observed the
complainant on board, on a similar errand, than he accosted
him, and, after some words between them, struck him a vio-
lent blow that knocked him down. Mr. Rushton remarked
that it was somewhat remarkable that tailors fought quite as
fiercely as others. Mr. Philips must, however, learn to pur-
sue his avocation quietly and peaceably and not resort to
blows. He fined him 20s. and costs, or, in default, ordered
him to be imprisoned for ten days.
MUTINOUS CONDUCT ON BOARD SHIP.—At the police-
court, yesterday, a black, named Bownes, cook of the ship
Rosalie, was charged with striking the captain of the vessel,
while he was maintaining the discipline of his vessel. It ap-
peared that the steward, having absented himself below and
neglected his duty, the captain called him to account, and,
receiving some provoking language which led him to believe
he should be struck, was obliged to employ strong means
towards the offender. The prisoner interfered, urged the
steward to strike the captain, and finally struck him twice
himself with the handspike. He had also taken up an axe,
but it did not appear that he had used it. Mr. Rushton,
(with whom was Sir Joshua Walmsley,) said that the pri-
soner had been guilty of mutinous conduct, and would thereby
forfeit all his wages, after a long voyage, and also his clothes.
They had taken this into consideraion, and would not, there-
fore, inflict so heavy a fine as it would otherwise be their
duty to do. The prisoner was then fined 50s. and costs, or,
in default, to be imprisoned for a month.
TENANCY CASES.—Yesterday, before Mr. Rushton, Mr.
Hugh Rigby, residing in Circus-street, appeared to a sum-
mons requiring him to shew cause why he did not give up
possession of the premises in his possession, he having, as
was alleged, been served with due notice so to do. It ap-
peared that he had rented the house for four successive years,
at a yearly taking, payable quarterly under an agreement to
that effect. The house was latterly sold to a Mrs. Cropper, and
conveyed to her. Her collector stated that he had called on
him and told him that the tenancy henceforward must be as
a monthly taking ; that he agreed ; had paid several months'
rent accordingly, and though served with notice to quit, had
remained in possession. The defendant produced his receipts,
both from the former and present collector, and denied that
he was legally bound to quit, as no agreement to alter the
taking had been consented to, or was understood by him.
The new collector (the witness) had, indeed, called upon
him, and had represented that it would be a great conveni-
ence to him if he would pay his rent monthly, as it was all
that Mrs. Cropper had to depend on ; and he had agreed to
do so, though he did not know that individual ; but he had
mentioned at the time that he still considered himself a
yearly tenant. The collector said, that rent which was for-
merly due on the 2nd of the month, was now not due or paid
until the 6th, which he argued was a clear proof that a new
agreement had been come to, though not in writing. The
defendant said, that the former proprietor had made him a
present of four day's rent, on selling the house to Mrs.
Cropper, and this accounted for the difference of time
alluded to. Mr. Rushton said there was no proof whatever
of a new agreement, and dismissed the application, with a
severe rebuke of the collector who, with some hauteur, ques-
tioned the justice of his decision.—The case of a tenant
named Samuel Sanson, was next heard. The tenancy was
proved to be weekly, and a notice to quit was put in, but
was ruled to be informal, and consequently illegal, from the
omission of the word you, the words in one part of it, that
should explicitly have been " you must quit, &c.," being
merely " must quit." Proceedings to obtain possession
must, therefore, be commenced de novo, Mr. Rushton having
remarked, that as the new law affecting the tenants of small
houses was somewhat stringent, he should require it in all
cases to be strictly complied with before he would sanction
the ejectment.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUCHTER.—On Wednesday, an in-
quest was held before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of
Margaret Robinson, who had lived with a man of the name
of Edward Nickson, as his wife, for the last eleven years.
A son of the man and woman deposed to his father having
come home on the evening of Monday last, in a state of in-
toxication, when, after using some provoking language to
his paramour, he gave her a slap on the back, and she fell on
the floor, with a child in her arms, and whilst she was lying
he kicked her in the back and abdomen, and about the legs,
she got up and was thrown down again, and trying to get up
the steps, was polled back by Robinson, who then struck her
with a knife which bent, or it would have entered her person.
He then endeavoured several times to prevent her leaving,
and at last the deceased fell, and struck her forehead against
the steps and never spoke after. The deceased was a sober
woman, but the prisoner frequently abused her. Alr. Acker-
ley, the surgeon, said he had made a post mortem examina-
tion of the body, but found no marks of violence on either
the back or belly. There was a contusion on the scalp about
the crown of the head. There were two slight scratches,
one on the nose and another on upper right eyelid. On
opening the bead he found an effusion of blood at the base
of the brain, with a fracture of the skull in the same situa-
tion. The effusion of blood at the base of the brain was the
Niue of death, and the result of violence. The jury found
a verdict of " saanslaughter" against the prisoner.

MEWING OP THE TOWN COVICIL,

The Town Council met on Wednesday, for the despatch of

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butiness. The MAYOR presided.
The proceedings were not commenced until a quarter after
eleven o'clock, owing to there not having been a sufficient
number of members in attendance to form a council. Indeed,
when the Mayor had taken the chair there were only twenty-
one members present.
The MAYOR accordingly rose, and said that a quarter of
an hour had been lost by reason of the members not being

more punctual in their attendance, and that if more punctual-

ity were not observed on future occasions, he would think it

necessary to adjourn the council. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HENRY HOLMES said the old council only allowed

five minutes for the members to be in their respective places.
Mr. THORNHILL thought the resolution of the old council

a very proper one.
The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK then read the proceedings of

the last monthly council, as well as the minutes of those-held

in the interim

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE complained that the. members sit-

ting in the lower end of the council chamber were unable to
hear the proceedings, owing to the low tone of voice and ra-
pid manner in which the deputy town-clerk read them, and
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suggested the propriety of flaying an elevated desk placed at

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the upper end of the room for that officer.
Mr. EARLS thought that if the members maintained si-
lence, the proceedings would be heard distinctly.
Mr. SHELL differed in opinion with Mr. Earle, and corro-
borated the opinion expressed by Mr. Lawrence.

TILE IRISH MAIL-PACKETS.
The proceedings of the finance committee, comprising a
bridge across Wallasey Pool and the Irish mail-packets, hay-
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ing been read,
Mr. CASE rose to move their confirmation. He said the

committee had given no opinion with respect to the contem-
plated removal of the Irish mail-packets from Liverpool to
Birkenhead, but that they had left the consideration of that

subject to the council.
The AlAvon read a petition from the Liverpool Guardian
Society, in which they stated that the circumstance of Liver-
pool having been the Irish mail-packet station had been of
great value to the town; that the sum of £lOO,OOO by this
means had been annually expended in the borough; that the

distance, which was alleged to be fifteen miles shorter from
the metropolis to Birkenhead than it was from the metropolis
to Liverpool, was in reality only 7j miles shorter ; that it
only amounted to a saving of a quarter of an hour in point
of time; that if it were intended to ave another mail-packet
besides the one from Birkenhead, to sail from Liverpool, an

expense without any benefit would be incurred; and that the
mails could be accelerated by a quarter of an hour, if that
were considered of any advantage, on the present line. The
petition was sigiwa by " George Walker, president," and
thirt.uu of the officers of the Guardian Society, and it con-
cluded by praying the council to resist the attempt.
The DEPUTY TOWN-CLERK read a letter from Mr. Deane,
of Liverpool, in which that gentleman stated that he was
concerned for the hotel and shopkeepers of the town, who
had expressed themselves adverse to the proposed removal of
the station to L'irkenhead—that though the change was about
to be made in order, as it was said, to obtain a speedier com-
munication between the two capitals, the difference in point
of length was only seven or eight miles, and in point of time
about a quarter of an hour; and that in respect of conveni-
ence nothing would be gained by the change. Mr. Deane
concluded by saying it was to be hoped that the corporation
would take up the subject and oppose the proposed scheme.
A letter from Lord Sandon to Mr. Deane was next read, iu
whicli his lordship gave it as his opinion that he saw no
means of moving in the matter unless the corporation,
charged as they were with the interests of the whole com-
munity, took it up, and urged the government to state the
reasons by which they had been induced to snake the change.
Mr. CASE sad that according to a return, moved for by
Mr. Stanley, it appeared that the Irish mail packets had been
90 days too late in their arrival in Dublin, in the year 1840,
to forward the letters through the provinces—and that up to
the 14th of February, 1841, they were 26 days too late in the
Irish metropolis to effect the like purpose. He apprehended
that those detentions had caused the alteration to be effected.

There were, he remarked, two Irish mail packets sailing from
Liverpool in the day ; one was in the morning and the other
in the evening. The former, and the former only, it was in-
tended to alter to Birkenhead. The evening mail would go
as usual from Liverpool.
Mr. WOOLRIGIIT suggested the propriety of having a
strong memorial sent from the council in opposition to the

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change.
Mr. ATKIN thought it was in vain for the council to be ap-
plying for an increase of mail packets unless all the facilities
of landing were given to the pubiic of which that port was
capable. The difficulty of landing in Liverpool was a great
cause of complaint, and until that evil had been removed
passengers would he sent elsewhere. A great many of the
evils were capable of being removed without much trouble or
expense. Almost all the packets congregated, at present,
at one spot; by reason of which passengers had to pass
through two or three packets before they could reach the
quay, whereas, if a distribution took place, greater facilities
to landing would be afforded. Attached to the present slips
stages for cargoes might be constructed, similar to the one
fur foot passengers, by which they could be landed at low
water. Under those circumstances, he begged to move—
" That a committee be appointed to take into consideration
the best means of facilitating the landing and embarking of
passengers at Liverpool, and to report to the council thereon,
with instructions to take immediate measures to secure the
continuance of the passing of the Dublin mails through Li •
verpool."
Mr. Enar.v. seconded the motion.
Mr. Evarrs thought there could be but one opinion on the
matter. With regard to the conduct of the government, in
reference to Liverpool, he thought there was great reason to
complain. In the present instance, the interests of Liver-
pool had been given over to the nobles and squires of Che-
shire. Everything great in railways had originated in Liver-
pool ; and, therefore, he thought that mere decorum ought
to have induced those in power to make the people of the
borough acquainted beforehand with their intentions, and to
ask them whether they could make out a case that would
obviate supposed necessities.
Mr. BIRKETT presented a petition from a large number of
the publicans of the town, which had been got up in the
morning of that day, and in which they alleged that the con-
templated change would cause serious injury.
Mr. ATKIN expressed his conviction that the government
could facilitate the trains along the present line by two hours,
if they were so inclined. • There was an unaccountable delay
of three quarters of an hour at Birmingham, for instance,
which might be,availed of.
Mr. JOSEPH HORNBY said, as connected with the rail-
ways, he had no hesitation in saying there would be no diffi-
culty whatever in carrying the mails in two hours less time.
It had been considered exceedingly desirable, and had fre‘
quently been discussed by the board of directors, who would
be glad to carry it into effect immediately.
Mr. SHELL was anxious for inquiry to be instituted before
anything decisive were resolved upon. The council should
recollect that a quarter of an hour, gained by the despatch of
the mail from Birkenhead, might be of great importance ;
the whole kingdom of Ireland being involved in the question.
The MAYOR informed the council that arrangements had
been made whereby the letters for Ireland would be sorted
without going to the postoffice, and that this system, by
which considerable despatch would be gained, would conic
into operation either in the present or the next week.
Mr. StrulL expressed himself unwilling to divide the
council on the subject, but thought it extraordinary that the
members should, on the mere idea of some trifling injury to
Liverpool, commit. themselves to a proposition without hav-
ing first appointed persons to make suitable inquiry.
Mr. Aikin's resolution was then passed unanimously, and
the following committee was appointed for carrying it into
effect :—Messrs. Woollright, Bright, Houghton, Henry
Lawrence, Evans, Benn, and Arkin.
BIRKENHEAD GAS AND WATER BILL.

Mr. ISAAC HOLMES wished it to be distinctly understood
that he had not concurred in the determination of the finance
cemmittee not to offer any opposition to the Birkenhead gas
and water bill, which bill had now passed through parliament
and conferred a power upon Mr. Jackson, of Birkenhead, to
charge whatever rates he pieased for the supply of gas and
water to the inhabitants. He (Mr. H.) was well convinced
that in the course of a few years it would be found that the
bill in question would be detrimental to the interests of the
Liverpool corporation, so far as the property they held at
Birkenhead was concerned. In conclusion, Mr. Holmes
protested against the manner in which himself and others of
the Birkenhead commissioners had been treated by the
finance committee.
Mr. CASE rose for the purpose of setting Mr. Holmes
right. The finance committee had considered it unwise to
interfere with any opposition to the bill in question. Mr.
Holmes had alleged that the bill passed without any limit
being put to the rate. This was not the fact. Mr. Jackson
had been limited to a per centage of profit, and that amounted
to a limit of the rate. The conversation here dropped.
INLAND WAREHOUSING COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of the inland warehousing committee hav-
ing been read,
Mr. BIRKETT moved their confirmation.
Mr. EVANS regretted that the committee continued to in-
sert matters in their petition which be thought were untrue.
He had on a former occasion proved that the warehouses
were not of the value they asserted, and that the warehouses
which would be affected by the inland bonding bill did not
amount to a quarter of a million in value. The next assertion
in the petition with which he found fault was that in which
the petitioners asserted, that the present warehouses were
competent to do the work of the town. He denied it. It
was only a day or two before that he had found great diffi-
culty in getting warehouse room for cotton ; and they all
knew that the flour and grain at present on its way to the
port would increase the difficulty. He objected to a petition
which contained allegations that he firmly believed were not
supported by fact. He knew not whether the council would
wish to be troubled with the subject again, but he did think
that it was not asking the council to be too fastidious when
he asked it to refuse its assent to what 'was not exactly cor-
rect; and, on that account, he hoped that the petition would
be again referred back to the Conamittee_in order to the re-
consideration of those fiartieutars.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said that the petition had been al-
ready sent to parliament.
Mr. EVANS said it was a breach of trust to forward the
petition after the former discussion which had taken place i❑
the council.
Mr. HARBORD expressed his belief that the allegations
contained in the petition were founded on facts. (Hear,
hear.) In reply to the assertio❑ just made by Mr. Evans,
that at the present time there was a great want of warehouse-
room in Liverpool, and that he (Mr. E.) found great diffi-
culty in finding such room for his cotton, he (Mr. H.) beg-
ged to say that Mr. Evans's clerk called at his office on the
morning of the previous day, and inquired for room for a
cargo of cotton. He (Mr. H.) gave him a list of rooms suf-
ficient to contain double the quantity, and on asking whe-
ther he would have them, he turned round and said, " We
must see whether we can get anything cheaper first." (Great
laughter, and cries of " Hear, hear.") He was surprised to
hear Mr. Evans assert, under such circumstances, that there
was a want of warehouse-room in the town ; either his clerk
must have told him an untruth, or he must have done so
himself. •
Mr. EVANS was surprised to hear, for it was the first he
had heard of it, that his clerk should have gone to Mr. Har-
bord's to make .inquiries, because his clerk had express or-
ders never to do anything of the kind. He appealed to any
merchants in the council whether there did not exist a diffi-
culty in the getting of warehouse-room ?
Mr. BRIGHT thought that no overrated statements should
be suffered by the council to go to the legislature, and ex-
pressed his regret at not having been able to be present on
the last day, in consequence of a domestic loss, to support
Mr. Evans's motion in favour of the inland bonding bill.
Mr. PROCTOR thought it somewhat singular that Mr.
Evans should have been permitted to take up the time of the
council with a subject which had been disposed of on a for-
mer day.
Mr. Joi./ HOLMES denied that the petition had stated
any falsehood. The estimates of two competent persons had
been laid before the committee, and they valued the amount
of warehouse property, which would be affected by the pro-
posed scheme, at upwards of two millions.
Mr. BIRXETT denied that there had been any breach of
trust on the part of the committee; said that Mr. Bright was
altogether unacquainted with the subject, and said thst the
value of warehouse property, as set forth in the petition, had
been understated, for proof of which he referred to the opi-
nions of practical men in opposition to parties who knew no-
thing about it. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. EVANS asked whether he would be allowed to reply ?
The MAyoe. answered in the negative ; and the proceed-
ings were confirmed.
SALARIES OF THE TREASURER ♦ND HIS CLERK.
The anditors of the Corporation Accounts, in a letter to
the Council, after alluding to the want of some check to re.
eeipts of the Markets and of the Town Dues, respectfully
sailed ;Meehan to the inaslosimits remuneration of the tree.

Ci Arai ins utak, Mr, Nellion, end stabmixted chat cosi-
addition ought to be made to their emoluments.
6everal members expressed their opinion that this sugges.
tion was uncalled for, and an improper interference with the
Council.

After some discussion, in which Mr. Blackburn defended
the auditors, and spoke highly of the respectful terms in which
the memorial was couched.

Mr. H. LAWRENCE moved that that part of the letter re-
lating to the Markets and the Town Dues be referred to the
two committees on those subjects. The remaining part of
the letter need not be further alluded to.

The motion was ultimately adopted.
COURT OF REQUESTS COMMITTEE

The proceedings of the Borough Court and Court of Re-
quests Committee, comprising the increase of the salary of
Mr. W. S. Harris. summons clerk, from £BO to £lOO, the
consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly
council, were read and confirmed.

TIIE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS.
The MAYOR read a communication from Sir John Sa-
lisbury, president of the Royal Institution, stating that a
permanent Gallery of Art was about being erected on land in
Colquitt-street, and praying the council to grant a reversion
of the said land.—Referred to the Finance Committee.
The MAYOR then read a communication from Dr. Dick.
enson, secretary of the Botanic Garden, stating that an ex-
hibition was to be held there, and requesting the patronage
of the chief magistrate and council on the occasion.—Granted.

PLAY-GROUNDS FOR THE POOR.
Mr. EVAN& then proposed the following resolution :
" That the surveyor be directed to make the requisite in-
quiry, and report to the Health Committee, as to what un-
occupied land, the property of the corporation, in the vicinity
of large numbers of the inhabitants, can be properly applied
to the purpose of providing play-grounds, of dimensions not
exceeding, in any situation, eight statute acres, for the youth
of this town, arid that failing corporate land, what other open
land, suitable for the purpose can be obtained by purchase
or upon rent—stating the value—the price or the rent of the
lands in question."

The idea o'f giving the town what this motion contained—a
number of play-grounds—was not an original idea of his. It
was one that had originated with one or more of the eminent
medical men of Liverpool. It was also one which he disco-
vered lately as having been recommended by one, if not
more, of the clergymen of the established church. But what
led him the more immediately to adopt it had been a remark
made by Mr. Hume, about a year since, wherein he recom-
mended lots of land, of six or eight acres each, to he appro-
priated in the metropolis for exactly the purpose he (Mr. E.)
had then in view. After some explanatory observations Mr.
Evans said he wished to have no expense incurred in forming
the play-grounds, except that of laying down a few posts
and chains, and perhaps a few seats, like those in the parks
in London, and on the parade in Liverpool. He would
have no planting or ornament, but he would appropriate
.them to every species of game and innocent recreation with-
out any interference of .the police.
Mr.lßlaK seconded the motion.
Mr. PARKER wished to ask whether the corporation would
find marbles and pegtops—(laughter)—in case the play-
grounds were established, and whether they were to be open
on Sundays or not ? (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Platt, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Blackburn, and Mr. Sand-
bach supported the motion, and it wasjcarried unanimously.