The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-05 00:00:00

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TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

On Wednesday the usual monthly meeting of the council
was held.
The Deputy TOWN CLERK opened the proceedings by read-
ing the minutes of the last meeting.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
It was ordered that a fixed salary lie given to the inspectors
of weights and measures.
Th, MAYOR, in reference to this subject. said he,had felt it
his duty to tell the inspectors of weights and measures to give a
week's notice to the merchants, that they should examine their

weights.
Mr. Councillor WALMSLEY wished to know whether that
notice was given to all or confined to the merchants? •
The MAYOR said it had been given to the tradesmen some
time ago, .mod he thought it but fair that they should now begin
to correct their own house.
The report further set forth, that a memorial had been re-
ceived from Mr. Samuel Knipe, praying for compensation for
h wine objected to a number of freemen who were improperly
Placed on the Borough roll. The committee had resolved that
this application could not be complied with.
At the conclOsion of the reading of the proceedings of the.
committee, which did not :elate to anything of public interest,
Mr. Councillor Exit LE begged to make some remarks on one
part of the proceedings, and in doing so he must say that he had
had no conversation with the parties interested. Mr. Radlev, of
the Adelphi, was desirous of purchasing a piece of land behind
his hotel, and the finance committee intended putting it up for
sale by auction; applications had been made for the same piece
of land for a chapel and also for a school, and supposing the.
school to get it, he did think that a school in the immediate
neighbourhood of the hotel, would be an intolerable nuisance;
and he did think that the council ought to protect that hotel,
Mr. Rainey having expended so much.moncy on it. audit being
so great an ornament to the town, and so many strangers going
there. They had removed the cattle market, in order not to be a
nuisance, but this would be a greater one. lie therefore begged
that this part 'of the report be referred back to the finance
committee.
The .M A Y OR inquired on what grounds? They had themselves
made a standing order that all land should be offered up by

auction.
Mr. Councillor EARLE.—Then, in what place .is Mr. Radtpy
it persons buy that land for a school •
The MAYOR.-1 ouly thought it my duty to state that resolu
lion ofthe council. •
Mr. Councillor WALLACE CURRIE did not agree in the ob-
servations of Mr. Earle,- that a school would be a greater nui-
sance than the cattle mat ket.
Mr. Councillor EattLE.,-1 meant on account of the children
there. (A laugh.)
Mr. Councillor W. CURRlE.—Children are not a species of
cattle that are such a nuisance. ( Hear and a laugh.)
Mr. Councillor EARLE.-1 wish you had a school opposite
Your own house.
Mr. Councillor W. CURRIE apprehended that Mr. Earle's
fears were chimerical. He did not hesitate to say that the
land was more desirable to Mr. Hadley than to any other per-
son; at the saute time he did not think that on that accooot
they ought to depart front their usual course. lie dill not think
that any person would be so ungenerous as to string, up Dlr.
Hadley to buy the land at an exorbitant price, ►est they should
themselves be caug,ht. He could not help thinking that Mr.
Rainey must take his chance with other parties. They could
not possibly obtain the real value of the land without putting it
up to auction. •
Mr. Councillor COOPER did not see why the resolution that
all land should he put up to public auction should be departed
from to suit Mr. Hadley- or any other person. He most de-
cidedly opposed it.
Mr. Councillor EARLE rose, as he said, "to reply only."
The Ma YOli said, the only course he could take consistently,
with the staoding order, nould be to move that the standing or-
der, with respect to that particular spot of laud should be
suspended.
Mr. Councillor EARLE wished it to be understood that he did
not make these observations from any motives of favouritism to
Mr. Hadley, but wished to guard the public who visited Liver-
pool and went to that hotel, from having any nuisance near the
house.' And, whatever his friend Mr. Currie might say to the
contrary, 200 or 300 boys turned out of a school two or three
times a day, was a very serious nuisance ; and he was only
sorry if he (Mr. Currie) found it su very agreeable, that he had
not a school near his own house.
Mr. Councillor JORDAN thought, Mr. Radley was entitled to
a Keret ence for the purchase of any ground, as the town was
indebted to him for the handsome architectural ornament which
he had made his hotel. And as to a school, he would rather
have 200 or. 300 cows or bullocks near, than lads, who did
nothing but scream.
'Mr. Councillor Cuattra stated, that he had received intima-
tion that applications for the land for a school or chapel had
been withdrawn.
The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed.
LEASES AND IhIPROVENIENT COMMITTIIES•
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The proceedings of the leases and improvement committees
were read and confirmed.