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

took the opinion'Of Mr
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pool,' on whoin the ditties-of paving, &c.
devolve under their Health Bill, had nov
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the amount
'ownship, and ref Use to allow the

expenses incurred by the cow,—
justice of the Council might safely be depended upon in the mat-
ter. The rate wastherefore paid by the dissentientsunder protest,
a memorial stating the n~ •~ handed
in by

; and that the senseof

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opinion.

ate was also withdrawn, in accordance with their
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 and 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, he should advise the Corporation not to inter-
vfere. It was therefore necessary that the fact that the rate Da-

Another reason 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 aw-clerk to the Overseers. _ This gentle-

could claim. The heavy expenses of the parliamentary business
last year, by which he was enabled to shew that he cleared .'lOOO,
enabled him to make this heavy demand upon them. His own
private expenses in London were put down at .t'3Bo, besides a law
bill of (as we understood) nearly double the amount. The Chair-
man stated a'so that Mr. Appleby had received .e51:1 for expenses

in Lonuon, anu tne other members of the deputation from --elO
to .el 5 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 magistrates, 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 any assessments of less
value than

Mr. LONGWORTR, one of the collectors of government taxes,
stated, in reply to a question from ehe hairman, that he could
collect £l,OOO per annum from property under £lO without

.. . . .
distressing any one, in which he was confirmed by another
collector, Mr. Airey. Mr. Longworth had collected from such
such property £3OO in three months.

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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 before the attention of the

I.IEDS.

attended, and we ob-

Mr. Bainbridge, Mx. Cooper, I
Neill, Dr. Aloffatt, and Mr. Millet Daviei
Mr. COOPER occupied the chair, and remarked, in the
course of his observations, that the writer of an anonymous
letter in that day's paper was evidently a non-contagionist,
and such was the variety of human nature, that some per-
sons prided themselves in differing from every one else. He
was not aware of any particuiar business before the meeting,
except reporting progress. They had deputed Dr. Sutherland
to act for them in London, and to present their memorials to
Sir George Grey, Lord Sandon, and the Health Committee.
Many of the gentlemen present, particularly of the faculty, spoke
of the had construction of the sheds, and the still worse site
chosen for them. It appeared the general opinion that the

naught, Dr. Watson, Mr

and that it would be bettE

;Mande:in them and procure a site for temporary wooden
buildings in the outskirts, or apply to government for
some of the ships in ordinary, to be anchored in the Sloyne,
and to receive the poor Irish who arrived, labouring under
incipient fever—a small steamer being employed to convey
them. A letter was read, dated same day, from Dr. Suther-
land, to the effect that he had presented a memorial to the
Poor Law Commissioners, and had received a reply to the effect
that they would give it their earnest attention. Mr. Brown,
M.P., had been written to, to co-operate with 1)r. Sutherland.
Finally, Dr. WATSON moved in elect that a public meeting
should be called of the burgesses of the ward as soon as replies
were received to the several memorials, and that their fellow-
townsmen (who s‘— ,nuld be invited to
att ,nd.

phi hised with them) s

This was seconded by Mr. STOWA RD, and unanimously
carried. It was also understood that the Committee should call
upon Mr. Rushton, with a view to obtain counsel's advice.