The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

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MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.—An adjourned meeting of
the Council will be held to-morrow, at which the pro-
ceedings of the Health Committee will comprise a report
of the engineer on the various duties of his department,
and the staff necessary for its efficient working, and a
report on the claims for compensation under the sanatory
act. The Mayor's communications will comprise a return
to be transmitted to the Lords of the Treasury of the cost
of maintaining certain prisoners in the Borough Gaol.
The proceedings of the Courts of Law and St. George's-
hall Committee will include the further report. of Dr.
Wesley with reference to the proposed organ, and the
report of the architect on the progress of the works.
LIVERPOOL EVANGELICAL CONTINENTAL SOCIETY.—
On Tuesday evening last, a public meeting of this society
was held in Great George-street chapel, for the purpose of
receiving intelligence respecting the present state and fu-
ture prospects of the society's operations on the continent.
R. A. M`Fie, Esq., occupied the chair. The Rev. C. M.
Birrell read the report, which was highly satisfactory.
The statement of accounts showed that £lBO 14s. 6d, had
been collected during the past year, out of which sum
£27 9s. 10d. had been remitted to Geneva ; £3O to Brit-
tany, for the purchase of bibles ; £l5 to the Rev. Vierne,
of Paris ; and £l5 to the Rev. M. Punchaud, of Brussels ;
besides £4O which had been transmitted to Paris by the
Ladies' Association. The Rev. J. J. Audebez, of Paris,
addressed the meeting at some length on the present state
of the Protestant Missions in France, and gave some in-
teresting details connected with the operations of the so-
ciety in that country. The Rev. A. Bosst afterwards ad-
dressed the audience, and urged the claims to support of
a French newspaper which had recently been established
for the advocacy of principles of toleration and Protes-
tant reformation.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly
meeting of the board was held on Tuesday evening. Chris.
Bentham, Esq. was called to the chair. The proceedings
of the Finance Committee contained an order for the pay-
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expenditure was £3212. The minutes also stated, that
between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and
eight in the evening three boats would be continually
plying, one boat to leave each side the water immediately
on the arrival of another. The minutes were confirmed.
A committee was then appointed to consider and report
on the expediency of petitioning her Majesty to grant a
charter of incorporation to Birkenhead. On the motion
of the Chairman, it was ordered that the several commit-
tees be directed to make a return to the Finance Committee
of the names, duties, and salaries of each officer in the
service of the township, and to report whether any saving
can be effected.—The board then adjourned.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMIS-
SIONERS.—It was then agreed that the meeting should
be adjourned until the first Wednesday in August, and
that the committees should continue to act until that
time; but previous to the motion being put, Mr. Hicklin
said he wished to correct an error which had crept into
some of the Liverpool papers, to the effect that the Cor-
poration of Liverpool claimed from the Dock Commis-
sioners £llO,OOO. That was an error, as it was from the
Dock Warehouse Company that the Corporation claimed
that sum. Mr. Lloyd was requested to proceed imme-
diately to London, and co-operate with the deputation in
their endeavour to get the dock bills passed. On the
motion of Mr. Laird, seconded by Mr. Bryans, the fol-
lowing resolution was agreed to :—" That the law-clerk
be requested to write to the deputation and Mr. Lloyd,
requesting them to consider whether it would strengthen
their hands if a public meeting was called, of the inhabi-
tants of this and the surrounding townships, as soon as
possible, to convey to the public boards their sense of the
great importance they attack to the immediate passing of
the two dock bills, as amended by the committee of the
House of Lords, and that the deputation be requested, if
they concur in the views of this meeting, to name an
early day for such purpose." The board then adjourned
DOCK COMMITTEE MEETING, ON THURSDAY.—There
were present Mr. B. Moore (chairman), and sixteen other
members. The Chairman announced that he had had an
interview with the Finance Committee, who acquiesced in
the propriety of immediately appointing two clerks to pre-
vent the frauds in the dock dues ; one on behalf of the
dock trust, and the other for the Corporation, but with
the understanding that both acted in perfect unison. Mr.
Henderson thought the sooner they were appointed the
better. The appointment of the clerks was referred to one
of the sub-committees. Two forcing pumps were ordered
for the more effectual washing of the new landing-stage.
A gratuity of £l5 was ordered to be paid to inspector
Atherton, for collecting light money. A letter of Messrs..