The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

THE BENCH AND THE BAR

NEW COUNTY MAGISTRATES.—On Monday, (30": g
Loch, Esq., of Old Hall, Worsley, qualified as a magis-
trate.,
who
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twice
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Esq., of Davy u me
Man-
chester, and Robert H. Norreys,
Hall, near Manchester, similarly qualified.
NEW POLICE MAGISTRATE.-- :._
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to Marlborough-street,
ot Mr. Maltby.
where a vacancy has been occa-
sioned by the resignation
had
that an amicable arrangement been come to in the
inter-
ference of the court unnecessary. It will be recollected
that the point involved in this ease is
late
whether Mrs. North
is entitled to the custody of her own children, she 1 in
case
en
ot
fh em..
en, lay g
embraced the Roman
Courtlloorfthc,hatlinactce
having, as alleged, died a Protestant. '
CHANCERY OF LANCASHIRE. —We ---- %e are glad to per-
c•.eive that the chancery court for the county palatine,
under the able judicul superintendence of the present
and. her husband
vice-chancellor, is now becoming a court of importance.
was, We learn, only
A court was held at Preston on Saturday week. One of
eozfuLseosT,LchiFcohldre,lnatedear toBotlltioenw:ill of Mr. Peter Lomax

stituted at the latterend of August last ; and although it
was necessary to ascertain before the registrar who were
the testator's next of kin and heir at law, his report was
obtained in time to get the causes set down and finally
heard on Saturday. We should think that if a suit can
be thus deposited within a period of five months, it will
be a great inducement for suitors to resort to it.

Jan. 19, 1847.

LOCAL MEETINGS.

HEALTH OF Towtis.—On Tuesday evening last,
meeting was held at the School Room, in Moortields,:Y
hear an address from the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A.,!ei
connexion with the above subject. Sir Arnold' Knight
was called to the chair, and several gentlemen, who takell
lively interest in the sanatory measures for the improve.
ment of the town, were present.
MEETING OF BREWERS.—On Saturday a meeting of
brewers was held at the Wellington Hotel, Dale-street, to
consider the propriety of raising the price of ale. The,
meeting was attended by upwards of forty brewers, and
was adjourned until Wednesday, when, we understand,
the price will be raised, as it has been in other parts of
the provinces, to 6s. per barrel, in consequence of the rise
in the price of malt.
BREAD ASSOCIATION.—A meeting was held at the
Town-hall, Birkenhead, on Thursday evening, by the
promoters of a scheme for establishing an association, the
object of which is to reduce the present high price of the
staple food of man. The doors were thrown open at;
seven o clock, and in a few minutes the room was crowded
tq excess with working men, principally those who argil
employed in the erection of the new docks. Mr. James
Birrel was called to the chair, and a set of rules, in force
in a similar association in Paisley, was read ; the princi.
pal feature in these was, that the association were to pur•
chase flour and appoint a baker, who was to act as a sere
vent of the committee.
HEALTH OF TOWNS' ASSOCIATION.—The monthly
meeting of the committee was held in the Clarendon'
rooms on Wednesday, Mr. Blackburn in the chair. The
treasurer announced the receipt of a number of new sub,
scriptions and donations, among which was one of £lO
from William Laird, Esq., of Birkenhead, accompanied
with a letter expressive of the strong interest he felt in
the operations of the society, and a hope that a branch
association might be established at Birkenhead.
DOCK COMMITTEE.—At the meeting of this body, on!
Thursday, the following gentlemen were present :---
Messrs. Nicol (in the chair,) Molyneux, Middleton, Woodij
Horsfall, Mann, Aikin, Tobin, Kendall, Bold, Sandbachd
and Lockett.—The width of the six new north graving(
docks was fixed as follows : two to be seventy feet widetl
two sixty feet, and two forty-five feet.—The Dock Sur-
veyor reported that he intended to lay the sills of the pro.'
posed graving dock gates three-and-a-half feet below the
level of the Old Dock, the sills of the inner dock gates sib:
feet, and the sills of the outer dock gates six feet sib
inches below the level of the Old Dock : the sills mf the
Prince's Dock, being five feet eleven inches below the
level of the Old Dock. It was ordered that prcrvi:4ol)
should be made at the north outer basin for introducing a
gate seventy feet wide, in the event of the docks being ex-
tended hereafter to the north, the expense to do .so at
present, being only estimated at £2OO, whereas, if not done
now, a far greater sum will be required if the gate should
be found necessary at some future day. The exact situa-
tion of the gate was left for future consideration. Mr.
Mann made a suggestion as to providing shipbuild-
ing accommodation near the proposed site of the gate.—'
It was proposed that the double-road bridge at the south
entrance of the Prince's Dqck was completed on the 27th•
of December, and thrown open to the public. The old
bridge occupied two minutes, and required ninety-six
turns turns of the handle, in opening and shutting.; the
new bridge can be closed and opened in one minute; and
only requires forty turns of the handle.—lt was reported
that Gower-street was filled up, levelled, and completed
according to the act of Parliament.—lt was decided to
enforce the claim of £4 15s. against the New Brighton
Steam-packet Company, for damage done by one of their
steamers to the river wall stage opposite the King's
Dock. The Company resisted the claim on the
ground that the steamer was towing a vessel which
was in charge of a pilot.—lt was resolved that double
gates, to open the same way, should be placed at the en-
trance of the north dock No. B.—The marine surveyor
reported, that during the past year 3728 vessels had passed
inwards through the rock channel, and 3953 outwards,
making a total of 7681 againit 7910 in 1845. Through
the Victoria and Northern channels, 13,354 vessels had •
passed inwards, and 14,096 outwards, making a total of
27,450 against 28,861 in 1845, being a decrease in the
traffic, including both channels, of 1640.—1 t was resolved
that the printing for the Albert Dock Warehouses should
be given to Mr. R. H. Sherlock.—The Harbour Masters'
Sub-committee reported that they could not recommend
any increase in the salary (30s. a week), of the master of
Toxteth Dock.—A letter was read from the Dock Solicitor
in reply to a communication from Blundell, Forshaw, and
Blundell. The solicitor held that the Dock Committee
could compel every master porter to charge according to
the rates fixed by them, or dismiss him from his officer
and that the Committee possessed full power to make
what regulations they chose as to the porterage on the
dock quays.—A letter from Bibby and Son, as to Elias
Owen, a master porter, was referred to a sub-committee.
—A letter from William Wilson and Co., requesting to be
allowed the priority of a berth for the Havre steamer, was
referred to the Harbour Masters' Sub-committee.

SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual meeting on Tuesday,
the clerk read the minutes, from which it appeared that
on the 4th of January the number in the Workhouse wits
1318, the cost of whose maintenance was 2s. 61d. per
week ; and in the previous week there were 1316, at a
cost of 2s. 81d. per week. The relief given for the week
ending the Ist January was 4341 cases, at a cost of
£527 3s. 10d. ; and compared with the same period last
year, the number was 1116, and the cost £l6l more, cal-
culating bread at the additional value of £2B 12s. 6d., and
at £7O ls., or £259 13s. 6d. more than for the corre-
sponding week of last year. On the Bth January, the
annudm
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six days formed a grand total of 29,417 persona: was
stated that Mr. Blanshard, who had contracted to supply
the overseers with bread, was desirous of relinquishing
his contract, as owing to the great advance in the price of
flour, and the immense and unexpected influx of Irish
paupers, he was losing by it. The subject was fully dis-
cussed, the vestry eventually resolving not to interfere in
the matter. After the medical report had been received,
the Rev. Rector Brooks drew the attention of the vestry
to the state of the Industrial Schools, of which he gave a
highly favourable account. A letter was received from
Mr. S. M. Phillips, secretary to Lord John Russell,
stating that the Government had no power to check the
immigration of the Irish into Liverpool. Some of the
vestry suggested that a petition be sent to Parliament,
praying for a Poor-law for Ireland as most likely to meet
the exigencies of the case ; and one of the vestry suggested
that the Irish paupers should be sent by the cheap train,
and set down at all the large towns between Liverpool
and London, as a means of relieving Liverpool from the
burthen of supporting them.