The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-11 00:00:00

SWEARING IN TILE MAYOR.

The TowN-cttax, ;ate' readina the standing orders of the
council, proceeded to administer the declatation to the Mayor
on accepting. office required by law, whitll Was attested by Mr;
Alderman Brown, as senior alderman, aryl by Mr. Currie ass
late Meli r.
The standing orders were then recOnfirtnecL

DOCK CONINIITTICE.

The proceedinaS of the Dock Committee of the Sib §eptetti-:
her. 18.33, uere then read. The report stated, that Alderman
IMnn had been elected Deputy Chairman, anti also recommend.
eel the appointment ttf a Solicitoftu the Dock Trustee, to taltri
place at their next meeting.
Mr. Alderman LitATuotit said, not hawing been present wheel
the hononi wa4 conferred Upon him, two days ago, of appoint
ing him Chairman of the Dock Committee, he beuged to re;

turn them his thanks fbr the tmour, increased as it vas by the
auspices under nhich the Cnnnnittee was now assembled. It
would be his endeavour to promote the interest of the Dock et.:
tate, and of the town at large. (Cheers.)
The report was then approved.
Tut?: APvntsTstENT.ol7 INSPECTOR OF COACHES.

The Tows. CLERK read a letter signed by the lice Mayor;
appointing John Martindale to be inspector of coaches.
Mr. bvttnta explained that, the appointment was made itt
conformity with the provisions of a by-law which vested that
appointment i❑ the Mayor for the time being, and he had ap:
pointed the person whose name had first been introduced jute
the by-law, for that office.

orrfcEit§:

The Tows CLARK then read over the names of the eorriorat.
officers requiring eiieually tai be eletted, which were submitted
to the approval of the Council, and thetr appoiutments con.:
firmed.

CORPORATII ClitSl%
The TOWN CLEntt said it was customary to pass a resolution
to the effect that, the keys of the corporation chest be giveri
into thn hands of the Mayor. the Treasurer, and the Tuwii;:
clerk, for the year ensuing. Confirthed;

WATCH COliftilITTF.R.
The Town CLERK then read a notice of a motion by Mir
Alderman Robinson, for the appointment of a Watch Commit.:
tee.
Mr. Alderman RonfereoN then tose, its pursuance of his no%
lice, to move the aline:lament of this CoMmitee. It was one of
the most important Committees they had to appoint, inasmuch
as on the wise and judicious administration of the police under
its ineneg,ement, the peace and seen! it v of 'Ito; town depended:
He held in WS hand a list of ge •tlemen, 'thought advisable to be
elected on this Committee, which Irt should read over, and after;
wards take the sense of the Cr-atilt:li trivet if. Before, however;
he read tide list, they would alleW hiM tos say a few words ott
the subject of the late Watch. Committee of the town,—that
much calumniated body. (Hear ) Their exertions had, in
the first place, been directed to the forming of a complete pr.)-;
lice. In this object they had been eminently successtul ; and,.
he might..safely assert. that coriAtler.O.le diminution of crime
had been the consequence. He would ask anv unprejudiced
person to compare the state of the streets in this down with what
they were in any former year. Livia is he did in Everton.
his attention had been directed to the line of streets leading to
that part of the town. Formerly,. in Dale-street, drunken
fights,—not only with men, but, he was sorry to Say, with wo-
men also, wera.of daily, almost hourly occurrence. If anp one
wished to put a stop to them, the only. ;femme of getting tho
policemen to interfere, was, to go to the Town-hall, then you
might, or might not probably meet with a policeman. They
never saw a policeman in the streets, excepting when, once a-
year, they were seen, with great regularity, parading previously
to the licensing sessions up and down the town, levying what
was in Scotland termed "black mail" upon the unfortunate pub-
licans. When the Committee were first appoiseited; an idea was
entertained that it should consist of sixteen Members, one for
each of the wards. In the course of the discustizn on the ap-
pointment, the council thought fit. to altc r that regelation, and
increased the number to ie enty l'our. Several gentlemen en
the late committee were of opinion that the tmteent tee was too
large; and others were of a contrary opinion—among these he
was one; for ie practice it had not been found too large, for the
duties of the committee were extieedinely heavy. In the first
place a sub ceremittee was formed ler the clothing department.
In the second place, a sub-committee for the- cleansing and
scavenging department. And, thirdly, a still more numerous
sub-committee for the lighting department. Independently of
that, there were eight daily committees—one of which coin-
mittees sat every day in the week to superintend the police force,
and each gentleman was on permanent duty one week in every
eight weeks. When they considered that every gentleman in
that committee had his private affairs to attend to, one week in
eight was as touch as he could conveniently afford The imme-
diate dote of this &lily committee wee, to superintend. the %fork-
hilt., of the police terco They sat every clay till three o'cl?lek.—
inspecte:l the reports handed in by the tnspecrors and gui'e!in"
tendents, embodying charges of irregularity, negtectiug theen-
irpolice made by the beat by the police, &c., and attended with Brest .:ace anti
inhabit-
ants of the town. For it was nut to be expected but that occa-
sionally complaints would arise. They all knew very well that
and many of the police he knew clad
,iltoget her unwat rentable. 'That part
of the dui v aectipied a great deal of time, and had to he attended
to with mre!, ca lioness; for it frequently happened that evidence
taoaeld 'uts veith l h;
'ti n t in, l
iterhtoicritticye;
ct
nature was brougot forward.
tee It had been asserted tiititteitilif oduoihr
h,3tli ,iii:ti,euvitt justilicition of
l.
propose. Ile
when he had mentomed this,
,whichittee ae it a
noticeec f:1 n
then Litt
would
s
that the new police. besides heinte appointed for the good of the
e gitie . disgrace
As to a
utir,y ,:ioar v
of
tht,i
inhabitants of tire town, Vlore appointed with an ulterior object
—an
irtrbj,c,ca,
tswinhicthaeht,easimitol,t.itle nd a
the late watch committee he took upon -himself to deny that as-
sertion 11109 t. distinctly. When, however, he should read the
list of names. and a great number of the members of the coeti
eil were embodied, many
or, whom were found to be totally ad -
verse to the majority of that council, that. would be the best
answer. (Cries of "hear.") If they had made the police a
I.")lifieni engine, he thought it would be universally admitted,
that, in proposing such a list they were using the utmostcretion—that they were absolutely inviting the enemy into their
camp. But he was convinced that the gentlemen who joined
them would find that the attention of the old committee was di-
rected to nothing but the word, order and peace of the town ;
and he was perfectly satisfied, from what he had remarked of
many of those gentlemen, that they would join cordially with
the committee in that system which merely had for its irbject the
security of the persons and property of the inhabitants of this
great community.'
Mr. Alderman Roniesoe concluded by reading over they
names of the committee, whit It were afterwards proposed serifs-,
tint as follows :
Messrs. Charles Cropper. James traiiirerice, Male, Jordan,
J. N. Wood, Freme, Mellor, Leigh, Thornhill, Holley, Hough-
ton, Lassen, L. ileywortle Shand, Woolwrigot, Julies, Bibby,
3' Eligeins, and Robinson.
~lr. Councillor 1(3%1,17:Ye Erten begged to he allowed to with.,
draw his name. (Loud cries of '' No, no.") He had never
been appointed on the watch committee, und knew nothimr.c
about its duties. lie was not fit for the duties. They wee
duties in which he had never Interested himself; and be there-
fore trusted that they would allow hits to withdraw his nahtudet,
Mr. Councillor Boleros thought that any gentleman
ou ) I
)
mittee to which he might be named, and to leaee
it ', the c•onsi-
entitled hint
perfect right to offer reasons for declining to act
duration ofthe council, as to whether those reasao,ut
oken, how--
to exemption. The hon. gentleman who bad to
express
ever, had not offered any which its
dislike of a committee, sappt rh"dee(-Mr. Bolton)
business was entidacted, was not ( '
were entitled to consideration.
ER was afraid Mt. Rolittitron hart
Mr. Coencillor JOHN
R"h'o',Tcouncil by his statement of ardu-
frightebed the Inetuvers of
the tidily
duties did net occupy more
thetefore, submitted that the reasons offered were not such as
Oti ditties. The fact
ilnollt)tght the duties were easily l.,arned.
d he" Led that no one would decline serving
d. 1,1,, rose thnid,t. loud cries of " Question."
Mr. Councillor
that
disoission oit particular names was,'
Otisou n
that iin
n;
The el yolt thntlght t
ient, out of o det. The mitre proper course
at the present mon
was put to
the couoci[ (Hear. hear. e suppose( there was no wish tri
wouldbe. to hake each appliturint in due coursel • • •
gentleman to serve. if he had any valid reason to
oblige any .
give If he could not give that, the
red him to
cerninittee would exiserve. Mr. Lawrence was ate
0;d meeistrate, and °nein to be acquainted with the duties.
why any
should not set ve.
Mr. Councillor C. Lew neNee. still pressed his objection.
ti,et that riin; tti hal
thnPlua
ose. who were ne
ttvheerteine
Mr. Alderman ROBINSON said, as there would probably he
hould
of by Mt. Lawrence to encased,beev every year. it
th yev adsu et
isesse no f
-.
the varions,cmouritteest thought the arguments made use
he should be retained,
wereehe very reasons why
Mr. Councillor J. tin Wohrn said, that his own opinion was,
that the leaser' set forth by Mr. Lawrence was a valid one. lie
hoped they wood not insist upon appointing him contrary to his