The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-24 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS

An adjourned meeting of this Board was held last evely
ing at the Board-room, Hamilton-square. Present--)Y,'
Jackson, Esq. (in the chair), Messrs. J. H. Green, t 0"
hertson, Worner, Adamson, D. Appleton, W. Laird'
W. Cole, Potter, and Pike.
The minutes of the last meeting, held on the 15th in'
stant, having been read, which were merely to the effect
that the Board be adjourned until the 23d instant, for the
purpose of receiving the report of the Health Commit"
tee on the subject of certain clauses to be introduced ink
the Improvement Bill, respecting the construction of
fire-proof warehouses,
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was held for the pur'
pose they had heard, and be called on Mr. Townsend
read the report of the committee.
Mr. TOWNSEND then read a brief report, reconv
mending a number of clauses being sent to the TaB,l(
Clerk (Mr. Mallaby), to be introduced into the bill. The
clauses themselves appeared very lengthy, but were
read.

The CHAIRMAN enquired whether the powers sought
for would give the commissioners the control of the
warehouses to be erected by the Dock Warehousing COg"

Mr. COLE said that matter had been fully discussed i4committee, and it was perfectly understood that the (WA
warehouses would come under the same regulations 0
any private property. The act they sought was to goverli
all.

The CHAIRMAN said the Dock Warehousing Compaq
had power in themselves to pass all these regulations
bye-laws. Would it not, therefore, be an undue inter'
ference if the Commissioners were to obtain powers
which the Company were at liberty; to get for themselves;
for they must recollect that they were an incorporate
body as well as that Board.
Mr. PIKE said it was understood in committee that
the company had powers to object, but they had no ill•
tention of doing so.
The CHAIRMAN said that if the Dock warehousl
company sought to introduce a clause to exempt their
buildings from the operation of those clauses, there woull
be no alternative before the House of Commons, bu
either to admit the clause or to withdraw the bill alto-
gether.
A long discussion followed as to the ordinary course of
Parliamentary business, and as to the probability of aunt
a number of clauses being introduced into the bill, a_ria_i`
was at length agreed to send up the clauses to Mr. No
laby, who was in London, in order that he might repot
to the next general Board, as to whether they, or al
portion of them, could be introduced into the hill; all
if so, the clauses were to be laid before the counoissiooo',
for their approval. _ _

The meeting then broke up.
It was incidentally mentioned that the clauses were
milar to the Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill.

At the nomination for South Nottinghamshire, on Ss'
turday, Lord Lincoln had a majority of three to one oe
the show of hands. A poll was demanded.
Tracey,
Thomas
Martin
Cripplegate,the London,
person stabbedon Td
by
utehseay
type-founder
night
expired on Saturday night.
some We e
timelearn,
an, from
unap
Ice oa tseamn
unpleasantness"
, betweentha t there
the has
priest b e been sf°.tr.
Werburgh's Romish chapel, Birkenhead, and the coma3P•
tee of the schools in connection therewith. It has, 110.
ever, been stopped by the interference of Dr. Sharplq
The schools are stated to have been in a deplorable condi'
tion when the committee were chosen.
NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.—We find we were in error.
in announcing a fortnight since, that " the bulk of the
members of the Royal Stock Exchange, and many of those
who have seceded from the Association in Bank-buildings'
have entered the new Stock Exchange." It appears tbil
scarcely one of thoEe gentlemen bas done so. We ba
not the most remote idea of detracting in any way
:
fro-
the respectability of the new institution.
We bear that the Rev. David Parry, who is to pree,c,i
the anniversary sermon on St. David's day, at St. Davis
Church, this year, is one of the most talentecrand poPS:
lar ministers in the principality. The Welsh inhabitael
of Liverpool, we have no doubt, will be glad to scat
themselves of the opportunity of hearing such an emieell
preacher. lie is to preach there, likewise, on sonclef'
the Bth of March.