The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-19 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TOWN-COUNCIL.

At the adjourned meeting, on Wednesday—the Mayor
oeVing—the Town-Clerk was stated to be absent in
pohiVa, the numerous measures before parliament, ofT a
movie and local nature, requiring his preSence there. n
Ald:titt''e minutes of the Improvement Committee, _ r.
fore th,,"l,t4trr said they hoped early in the year to lay b?-
Mooq '°uncil such a plan as would meet with the unani-
son, "nec°ncurrence of the Council. It appeared that a
"` 'C30,889 will be required to complete St. George's-
roo and
approaches, including £3,000 for the concert-
,,litaymo•---A. letter from Mr. H. Booth was submitted to the
‘• This letter enforced the correction of pertain
Tp,pl.,oeadeicii
elects in the arrangements connected with the
to the south portico of St. George's-hall.
es°l3elasne defects were :-Ist, carrying up the steps of the
ti at_e between the columns ; 2nd, the two descrip-
hl' af, steps, " intermingled in most barbarous con-
ani:°° ;" 3rd, the attempt to effect an approach from St.
—ll Booth appealed, "as myself, an old
a.nd-bur.rgess, proud. of our noble hall."—Mr.
014 13 said he was delighted with Mr. Booth's observe-
-7all°.--Mr. Alderman PARKEf tho3frh.t tßhoisotfhau,latifitenrditnhge
ree with a very
.43ade which had beielln gerraeacete atmxt,i)loeoroa.i—lwmayr..st.ratnioonm.saonsd
'awards which they had paid -
said it was strange. after the immense amount expended,
that nobody was
were not or the press.—
tv. pleased, n
pleased with the courts. The judges
The MAYOR : Oh, yes,
are.—Mr. THomsosr . They could not hear, and the
arrangements
were bad. He had great fault to find with
he steam-boilers being placed under the hail. If the
fireman got drunk, or overloaded the safety•valve, there
Would be an end to St. George's-hall.—Mr. HOLT re-
minded the Council that Mr. Booth had nothing to do
with the façade of the railway station. Mr. Foster, the
surveyor, was the architect.—Mr. LLOYD said the con-
cert room was being proceeded with. He moved that
Mr. Booth's letter be referred to the St. George's-hall
Committee. Agreed to.—lt was resolved to allow the
Gaol and Finance Committee to dispose of any portion of
the £250, voted in February last, in sending to sea any
juvenile offenders whom they may think advisable, in
Ilea of sending them to the reformatory as directed.
Mr. THOMSON asked whether anything had been done
laS re aided garded the vessel to be moored in the river.—The
4Alna discussigon on the proceedings of the Health Com-
rmittee, it appeared that the difference between taking the
eglixt7llo_utside the borough and keeping it inside would
The minutes of the Water Committee, which
Illeitided a r
recommendation to increase the salary of Mr.
Capes Ashlin, treasurer, from £6OO to £7OO per annum,
were confirmed. The salaries of other servants were also
recommended to be increased.—lii discussing the pro-
i„Nugs of the Library and Museum Committee, Mr.
-PmsoN remarked that many persons had expressed
chair
surprise at being charged with the rate, and he hop_ed
s °lately to see the institution supported out of the
o4ltts funds of the corporation.—Mr. BRADLEY hoped
feeii sfte arrangement would be come to to avoid the
14b.ng which was manifesting itself in the town en the
the
Ject, and h should out a notice on the books to bring
batter before the Council at a future meeting.
a4u}:esuAlreA"R' in reward to the birth of a prince, said :
I shall be speaking the sentiments of every
Y
tile ttai_"stber of the Council, when I express our thankfulness
tolProgress which has been already made towards her
e's recovery—(hear, hear)—and express my humble
faithful congratulations to her Majesty and Prince
family on the addition which has been made to the royal
VIY• (Hear, hear.)
ta, El reference to the selection of thesix gentlemen recom-
ser!oded to the Home Secretary by the Vestry to be in-
Ito in the commission of the peace, Mr. LLOYD agreed
to vs ",e atavor that no slight discourtesy had been offered
Ware Council by the present Home Secretary. Mr.
the had done the Council the courtesy of asking
via it they objected to the names submitted, and in-
teeo them to recommend others. Six names were
t4,,nainended by the Council. He would move that
taiylaYor should be requested to refer the Home Secre-
otfle.‘o the communications between his predecessor in
not and the Council with respect to the appointment of
na gistrates for the borough.—Mr. FERNIAOUGII said the
bott`ics of the gentlemen appointed were of high standing ;
cop, in a commercial town like Liverpool, it was not a
iereeet thing to appoint two gentlemen who held a dif-
g office and whose dutieg were of a higher nature,
f t° whiCh, he fancied, they ought to be confined ;
.op L
an held that clergymen had a different duty to perform,
seethe thought it an extraordinary proceeding, in the pre-
daY, that Liverpool should have clergymen ap-
;PCinted to administer criminal and commercial law,
1401 was so at variance with the offices of charity which,
ilnording to his reading of religion, it was their prin.
Rin"'Pal and only duty to carry out. (Hear, hear.) It
duty
a very delicate thing ; but they would be wanting
-iuty if some prompt recommendation were not made.
-1-r• Alderman LANGSDALE said audibly, to a member of
the council, that Mr. Fernihough wanted to go to London
°n a deputation.—Mr. FERNIHOGFI thought the remark
an improper one, and !,e could tell Mr. Lansdale that he
g
never went on a deputation to look after high and low
level crossings when he could find an example at home.
("bar, hear.) He did not know why such a remark
1143-uld be made, which was intended to be personally
-"4"e•—The MAYOR did not hear the remark. It was
ateic°,„Dr,'?Per remark if made.—Mr. FERNIHOUGH thought
put The'.
il,atiovfesMr. Lloyd a very proper one. They should
right with the Secretary of State"; and he
ssuggested, with that view that a deputation should be
sent to London that night.—Mr.
ultimately agreed to Lloyd's motion was
The AIA.YOR stated that he had received a letter from
Lord Palmerston relative to emigration to the colony of
Lon Pedro the Second, in Rio Grande. It was of
,i,e_ollotnsbideerrabolfe Lmvps
to ortence, as he had no doubt a great
d
rather induce and emigrants were entrapped, or
out to the y, su-
oettect, themselves to ago
vast amount of colonhardship and
andthus miseryb.
r from H. V. Vereker, dated Rio Grande de
.l
29th October, 1852, to Lord Palmerston, said :
pro.ll,_(!Pe her Majesty's government will take steps to
Dolialt a larse immigration to this province from Liver-
the which, I am informed, is being prepared through
CgeneY of the Brazilian consulate at that place.—
he ettel.
1, was read from the Horse Guards, intimating that
tro "arracks of Liverpool would be discontinued, and the
ps withdrawn. (Hear, hear.)
state
'll Council broke up at half-past one, the MAYOR
~nt that all the business had been disposed of except
Tialhoesson's motion. The motion was as follows :
trio ;at a special committee of the Council be appointed to
I{ehinto and report upon the charge made by Inspector
of for 4.2°, that Mr Thomson, in the capacity of councillor
hreborough, *had interfered with him in the discharge
havAl duty as a police-officer, and that such committee
don- Power to examine all books, reports, papers, and
teo„„-rnts connected with the police force, and that_
Two be permitted to attend such inquiry.' —Mr.
sON said he thought the matter was done with.
scriDti DAGUERREOTYPE.—The following fabulous d?-
reee,?,.a of a sitting of the House of Commons is given in
Wtiter",,,L Annie/on by Mory, one of the most amusing.
Nato,' modern France :—" Speeches are delivered in a
eserybging tone ; members sleep here and there, and
00,c9Y Yawns ; the Speaker does not use a bell, and
on an, is ever called to order ; there is never any agitation
and TY 0f the benches ; ennui rains in torrents ; Whigs
meccaes share among themselves badly-baked biscuits ;
~,deal of Barclay and Perkins's porter is drunk;
s`";ciers
p go out every moment to swallow a basin of turtle
iltt,;(:),_ntheir return they turn over collections of carica-
ttre „•zlinisters play at short whist in a corner;; those who
not '')t asleep read a romance of Dickens ; speakers seem
° cke about being listened to."