The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL IMPROVEMENTS.

THE fourteenth meeting of the Architectural andArchteo-
logical Society was held on Wednesday evening—Mr. C.
Verelst presiding. Many members of the Town Council
were present, and others interested in local property.
Mr. J. Boult, the secretary, read the report of the cons-
tnittee appointed at the annual meeting in May, 1852, for
the purpose of promoting the improvement of the tpwn.,
Its main features are comprised in sixteen suggestions,
namely,-1. A new street from the south end of St.
George's-ball to Dale-street, by which would be secured
a more direct communication from the Exchange Railway
Station, the Town-hall, the Pier-head to St. George's-
hall, and the Lime-street Station. This alteration would
involve the removal of but one public building, the
German church.-2. The opening of a line through Moor-
fields, Plurnbe-street, and Key-street, continued across
the canal and the borough gaol into Great Howard-street,
if their width be increased.-3. In connexion with the
I route northwards along lfoorfields, a southerly continua-
' tion to the bottom of Lord-street. To effect this, they
purpose to widen Paradise-street, and continue the line
of that street from the southeast corner of the Sailors'
Home, through Cleveland-square, by the southeast
angle of St. Thomas's churchyard, into Park-lane.-4.
A new street from the bottom of Lord-street to the south
end of St. George's-hall.--5. It is proposed to improve
the present thoroughfare through Dale-street and Shaw's-
brow, by raising the intersection with Byrom-street
about five feet, and reducing the crown of Shaw's-brow
opposite the north entrance of St. George's-hall, about
six feet. On the south side of Shaw's-brow and eastern
side of the Haymarket, the proposed erection of salt
water baths would be a great acquisition ; St. John's
church should also be removed, and the use of the
churchyard as a place of interment discontinued ; the
same remark is applicable to the church yards of St.
John's, St. Nicholas's, and St. Peter's, and other similar
receptacles of corruption throughout the town.-6. A
street from the north end of Commutation-row to the
south end of Great Homer.atreet, in connexion with this
the formation of an oval round St. Anne's churchyard,
the continuation of Cazneau-street into Scotland-road,
and the formation of a new street from the top of Shaw's_
brow to the bottom of Richmond-row.-7. The continua-
tion of Marylebone into Scotland-road, to a point south
of St. Martin's market, and from that junction to Bur-
lington-street ; that Scotland-road be widened.-8. Con-
tinuation of Gore-street North to a point near Bootle-
bridge ; also in connexion with this the continuation of
Vauxhall-road into the proposed continuation of Gore-
street North, and the widening and alteration of Beving-
ton-bush, Bevington-hill, Blackstock-street, Chisenhale-
street, Myers-street, St. Augustine-street, and Latimer-
street.-9. The continuation of Netherfield-road north-
wards, by Castle-street, Kirkdale, into the road from
Bootle-bridge to Bootle village, and the formation of a
new street from the north end of Netherfield-road North
to a point near the south end of Bootle-lane.-10. The
opening of a direct line of cross-communication from
Walton.-11. The continuation of Aighurgh-road into
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Rodney-street, Toxteth.—/2. The formation of a curved
junction street for the intersection of Crown-street with
Oxford-street, to the north end of the railway -bridge in
Smithdown-lane.-13. A new line of road from the corner
of Moira-street and Prescot.street, nearly in a straight
line, to the Town.row, West Derby.-14. Fairclough-
lane opened out irito the turnpike-road.-15. To remedy
the present inaccessibility of Everton, it is proposed to
make a new road from the south end of Shaw-street to
the junction of Breck-lane and Whitefield-lane Everton.
—l6. A road across George's Dock (which
would: divide
it into two portions) to the bottom of Water-street,
which, when widened as intended, will give a direct access
to the Exchange and neighbourhood. A discussion fol-
lowed, in which Dr. Hume Mr. Picton, Mr. F. Howard,
and Mr. Bennett took part. Several of the speakers
expressed their approval of the general character of the
suggestions embodied in the 'report, and spoke in high
terms of the perseverance and ability which the committee
had displayed. The discussion was adjourned to the next
meeting of the society.

THE LIVERPOOL FLEET FOR AUSTRALIA.—The total
number of vessels now preparing for the various ports of
Australia is 59, and the total amount of registered ton-
nage is 31,327. Their destinations are-1 for Adelaide
and Sydney, 741 tons ; 2, Hobart Town, 613 tons ; 1, Mel-
bourne and Sydney, 1,650 tons; 2, Melbourne and Geelong,
1,145 tons ; 2, Port Philip, 1.291 tons ; 1, Port Philip,
Sydney, &c., 403 tons ; 1, Geelong, 240 tons ; 7, Ade-
laide, 3,302 tons; 10, Sydney, 5,507 tons; and 32, Mel-
bourne, 16,435 tons.