The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

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street is unbuilt, from which 300

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required, which, wi
additional width, is

provement in front of the unbuilt land, £1482. There
would still remain a frontage of about 225 yards now built
upon, lying about the centre of the street, exclusive of the
houses, 60 yards in length, before referred to, between Mul-
berry-street and Bedford-street. There then would remain
two parts of the street, about £285 yards in length, about
13 yards wide only, unless the very serious expense is to be

incurred of trnrct

)us buildings which would

amount to from £B,OOO to £10,00(

Mr. EARLE

1, that it is to 1
Lally laid (

regretted that Myrtle-

street was not origi

of greater width, and that

it would be inexpedient to make any purchase of houses
already built, but that the Finance Committee be directed
to take such measures as they may deem advisable, to widen
the street to the new line from Grove-street to Crown-
street, by the purchase of such lands as may be vacant. Mr.
Earle contendi.d that it would not cost more than £2BO to
widen from Grove-street to Laurel-street, and thus a good
street might be made at light expense. The remainder of
the street could be widened at some future period. Mr.
Earle set forth several reasons why he deemed the proposi-

tion expedient.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE seconded the motion, and ex-
pressed his conviction tile the measure was highly desirable,
especially when so much could be effected at so small a cost.
The motion was opposed by Messrs. Hugh Hornby, Bir-
kett, Sheil, Thornhill, Parker, John Holmes, Case, and Sir
Joshua Walmsley, and supported by Messrs. Henry Law-
rence, Barclay, and Cooper. The opinions generally ex-
pressed against the motion, were, that there were many
other streets in the heart of the town which it was more
necessary to widen than the street in question, which had
but small claim to any such favour, and that the extent of
improvement now asked for was but a commencement upon
which to ground a further claim. The supporters of the
motion argued that the street was a great and increasing
thoroughfare, and that it was expedient, as a matter of pru-
dent foresight, to widen it now, so as to avoid a much

greater expense at some future period.
The council divided, when there appeared for Alderman
Earle's motion, 31, against it 18—Majority 13.
Mr. BlRxErr wished to introduce a motion on the subject
of the Inland Bonding Bill. The Mayor-said it was out of
order to introduce a motion on a subject which was not
alluded to in the report of the Finance Committee, before
that report had been disposed of. Mr. Birkett persisted,
and was again called to order. Mr. Birkett said he would
then move that the present report be confirmed, and that it
be an instruction to the Finance Committee to take the
subject into consideration. It was understood that a report
of the Town-clerk on the provisions of the bill would be
brought forward. The Mayor again decided that Mr. Bir-
kett was out of order, but Mr. Birkett pressed his motion
notwithstanding, and appealed to the Town-clerk. The
Town-clerk thought, inasmuch as the Finance Committee
watched the proceedings in all bills, and had not mentioned
this, that Mr. Birkett might move an instruction on the
subject. Mr. Henry Lawrence, Mr. Evans, Mr. Case, Mr.
Aikin, and Mr. Hugh Hornby differed from the Town-clerk,
and appealed to the standing orders. Mr. Birkett perse-
vered, and a long debate ensued on the subject, several
members expressing their opinion, that it was unprecedented
to make an appeal from the chair to the law adviser on a
point of order, and Mr. Hornby showing that the council
had the power of altering and making their own rules for
their guidance. The Town-clerk concurred, and ultimately
Mr. Birkett gave way.

BIRKENHEAD GAS AND WATER BILL

Mr. MOELECROFT, after some comments on the report on
this subject, and arguing for the expediency of the corpora-
tion taking some steps for the frustrating the provisions of
the new bill, proposed that it be an instruction to the Fi-
nance Committee to oppose it.
Mr. IsnAc HOLMES seconded the motion.
Mr. EvANS, alluding to the growing prosperity of the
place, and to the greatness which it was probably destined
to attain, said it was not proper to give a power in perpetuity
to any body of men in such a community.
Mr. HUGH HORNBY said, in the present state of their
knowledge on the subject, they ought not to pass a resolu-
tion decidedly for opposing it ; but it should be an instruc-
tion to the committee to watch it, and to join in opposition
to it if expedient. He would therefore move that it be re-
ferred to the Finance Committee to take the subject of the
Birkenhead Gas and Water Bill into immediate considera-
tion, and that they be authorised to join in any measures
that might appear to them advisable for the protection of the
interests of the corporation as a landowner in Birkenhead.

Mr. JOHN SMITH seconded this motion.
Mr. MORECROFT, after some discussion, withdrew his
motion, and Mr. Hornby's motion was adopted. _ .

•
The proceedings of the Finance Committee were confirmed

CORPORATE PROPERTY AT BIRKENHEAD

Mr. H. HORNBY said that there had been certain sums of
money borrowed under the borough fund act, for the pay-
ment of the purchases made at Birkenhead, and that before
those sums were obtainable it was necessary the following
resolution should be adopted :

" That the sum of two per centum per annum on £21,666
13s. 4d., and £2,933 Gs. Bd., the amount of the principal
money borrowed for the first and second purchases at Bir-
kenhead, over and besides the interest of the money bor-
rowed, shall be set apart from and out of the borough fund
of the borough, in order to form an accumulating fund for
the payment of the principal money so borrowed, or of so
much of the general bond debt of the borough

as may be

equal to, or may not exceed, the amount of the money so
borrowed."

This resolution having been duly seconded, was unani-
mously carried.

THE INLAND WA REHOUSEING BILL.
K read the report of the inland warehous-