The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

SM IT H FIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY,

We had a large supply of Beasts - 563 were from Holland
and Germany, 450 from Scotland, 2000 from Norfolk and Suf-
folk, and 800 from sundry parts of the country. The trade
was steady, at advanced prices. The. number of sheep
and lambs was small ; for the former there was a great de-
mand, at a trifling advance. Lambs maintained Friday's quo-
tations. There were 490 from. Holland. Inferior calves sold
slowly? in consequence of there being 85 from Holland; prime
were in demand, but at no advance. Beef, inferior quality,
38. 6d. to 4s. 2d.; first quality, 4s. 4d. to 4s. Bd. Mutton, infe-
rior quality 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; first quality, ss. to 6S. 2d. Veal,
inferior quality, 4s. 2d. to 48. 10d. ; first quality, ss. to ss. 4d.
Pork, inferior quality, 4s. 6d. to ss. ; first quality. ss. 2d. to
ss. 4d. Lamb, inferior quality, ss. 4d. to Cs. Ad.; inferior
quality, Gs. 6d. to 6s. 10d. per 81bs.

IMPORTANT MEETING OF RATEPAYERS IN
TOXTETII-PARK.

An important meeting of the ratepayers of Toxteth-park,
most influentially attended, was held last night at the house of
Mr. Atkinson, Royal Oak Inn, for the purpose of taking into
consideration matters connected with the administration of the
affairs of the parish. H. G. HARBORD, Esq., was called to the
chair. In opening the proceedings,
The CHAIRMAN stated, that the meeting would be aware
that of late their affairs had got exclusively into the hands of a
party consisting of cottage owners. Some time ago these par-
ties got up a meeting of the parishioners for the purpose of au-
thorizing them to procure a separate Sanatory Bill for the Park,
and to oppose the Liverpool Corporation's Bill, the Highway
Board's Bill, the Harrington Dock Bill, and other Bills ; and
although. considerable dissatisfaction was manifested at the
meeting with respect to the probable expense of the proceedings,
the commissioners went to parliament, and expended upwards
of -422,000 in parliamentary and other expenses, to cover which
they laid, illegally, a rate of 4d. in the pound. This was op-
posed by several of the ratepayers, on the ground of its ille-
gality; and these parties took the opinion of Mr. Monk, the
barrister, who advised thein that the whole proceedings were
illegal, but expressed an opinion that the Town-Council of Liver-
pool, on whom the duties of paving, &c. of Toxteth-park would
devolve under their Health Bill, had p6wer to place the amount
raised to the credit of the Township, and refuse to allow the
expenses incurred by the commissioners ; and that the sense of
justice of the Council might safely be depended upon in the mat-
ter. The rate was therefore paid by the dissentients under protest,
a memorial stating the grounds of their dissent being handed
in by some of the parties. An appeal before the magistra; es
against the rate was also withdrawn, in accordance with their
opinion. The subject having recently been brought before the
attention of the Town-clerk, and his opinion been asked by the
Council, that gentleman stated that such an appropriation of the
rate as had been made was " improper anti unjust ; ' but that as
the accounts were not appealed against under the act, the pa-
rishioners might be presumed to approve of the proceeding;
and as the " misappropriation" had taken place before the
Corporation was possessed of the management of the paving,
sewerage, &c., he should advise the Corporation not to inter-
fere. It was therefore necessary that the fact that the ratepay-
ers did strongly object to be thus taxed should be brought be-
fore the notice of the Council.
Anotherreason why this course should be taken, and every
effort used to defeat the attempts of the parties in power, was
that in case of the misapprobation being submitted to, the parish
was in danger of being saddled with an annuity of £485 a-year
to Mr. Snowball, the law-clerk to the Overseers. This gentle-
man had been engaged to do their professional business at a
salary of £lOO per annum, for the loss of which appointment he
could claim. The heavy expenses of the parliamentary business
last year, by which he was enabled to show that he cleared £lOOO,
enabled him to make this heavy demand upon them. His own
private expenses in London were put down at £3BO, besides a law
bill of (as we understood) nearly double the amount. The Chair-
man stated also that Mr. Appleby had received £5O for expenses
in London, and the other members of the deputation from £lO
to £l5 each. Another subject which would be brought before
the meeting was with respect to the non-assessment of
cottage property. We have already noticed this part of the
conduct of the authorities, and given the counterstatements of
Mr. Appleby. The Chairman stated that it was shewn before
the nia,,nstrates, that out of 10,500 assessments only 2,400 are
returned by the law-clerk as having paid, the bulk of the rest
having been excused payment, in accordance with a rule laid
down by the overseers, not to collect on anyassessments of less
value than £lO.

Mr. LONGWORTH, one of the collectors of government taxes,
stated, in reply to a question from ehe chairman, that he could
collect ,el,OOO per annum from property under .1() without
distressing any one, in which he was confirmed by another
collector, hit. Airey. Mr. Longworth had collected from such
such property .'3OO in three months.
A lengthened conversation took place, in which many highly
important facts were stated, which owing to the late hour and
the state of our columns, we regret that we cannot give. A
memorial, however, signed by the Chairman of the meeting,
will be presented to the Council on Wednesday, which will
probably bring the whole subject beforo.the attention of the