The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARP,

was lost, only four members voting for it out of fifteen,—
The proceedings of the Ferry Committee showed the fol-
lowing grat fying result, so far as the receipts are con-
cerned :—During the month of May, 1848, the receipts,
when the fare was 2d., were £1743 13s. 7d. ; and for the
last month, at the ld. fare, £1869 153. sd. The receipts
from the 23d of April to the 314 May were, for 184 b,
£2147 15s. 3d., and for 1849, £2237 Is V. The total
expenditure for the latter period was £1637 Is. 7d.—The
chairman read a letter from Mr. Topping, dated Town-
hall, Liverpool, appealing against. the assessment on their
property in Birkenhlad. Mr. Greene inquired whether
the notice of appeal was not too bite. Mr. Watson--
Yes._ Mr. Pike said, when the chairman hen to road I

the letter he was in hopes that it was an invitation to the
Town-hall, in the spirit of true fraternity—(a laugh.)
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Warehouse
Management Committee recommended the appointment
of Mr. Barber as wharfinffer' instead of Mr. Williams,
resigned, at a salary of £l5O. The committee also re-
commended that the salaries of the five warehouse-
keepers, the vault-I,..eenev_ nnd the

be raised from £l5O to .£2OO a year. *Upon some slight
objections being made, Mr. Mann said that when they
reduced the staff in the Albert Warehouses, to the ex-
tent of upwards of £2260 in December last, these five
men undertook to do the work of five other warehouse-
keepers. Their office was one of gmat responsibility,
and it was hi. opinion that much of the success of the
undertaking depended upon them, as, beside other things,
they had full control of the men, and the employment of
them. Out of their salary of £l5O they had to inglarp

their lives, which

and they had to pay

to nearly £5 rnOre, thus leaving them only

Mr. Tobin said it was an easy thing to raise. salaries, but
very difficult to reduce them. Mr. Holt considered £l5O
too high for such a class of men, and then referred to the
men who had been -in his own employ for a number of
years at £2 a week. Several of the members were of the
same opinion, and Mr. Tobin suggested that the increase
be only £25. Mr. Aiken, who knew nothing of the salaries
before, thought £l5O too much, and wished to know what
they gave at St. Katherine's Dock. Mr. Mann : Much
above that sum. The matter was postponel till next
'lr. Aikin moved for a list of all the salaries of
s employed at the Albert Dock.—ln answer to

Mr. Tobin, the Chairman stated that there were upwards
of 2-10 licenses granted to persons as master porters.—A
communication was-read-from Mr.-B mninz; P.st-master,
wishing to know whether the committee would allow a
hut to be constructed on the landing-stage as a receiving.-

house for the American mails ? It was the intention of
the post-office authorities to take the letters into this place
till the moment the Satellite steamer left with the mails.
After some conversation, during which several of the

members made some slight objections to it,
suggested that the round-house on the north of the pier
might be used. Mr. Holt considered that a receiving-
house in Water-street would be better; the letters to be
despatched a few seconds before tluzudeparture of the
steamer.
VESTRY MEETING

The fortnightly meeting of the
Select Vestry was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector
Campbell in the chair. Mr. Denton called attention to

ae owners

s for the payment of the rates, although. the rate
had only been laid five weeks. Mr. Earle hoped it would
not go forth to the public that there was any oppression of
the »nor in what bad hoar. +., h- 11. T,

was no such thing, but quite the contrary
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But what had

higher rates than they would do if those who ought to
pay were made to pay. Mr. Brown said distinctly that
there never had been a summons issued for the present
year's rates. Mr. Hart, the Vestry-clerk, said no sum-
mons had been taken nut for the rate for 1549.--The pro-
ceedings of the Workhouse and Medical Relief Commit-
tees having been read, a conversation took place as to the
removal of the Cholera Hospital, in Queen Anne-street,
and ultimately it was aereed to remove the hospital from

that district as soon as a suitable building in another
locality could be found.—The Vestry-clerk read a letter
from the Registrar-General in reference to the new
register-offices, now erecting in Brownlow-hill, in answer
to a communication from the Vestry of the 4th instant.
Mr. Earle said he had no idea of any gentleman making
such a statement as the letter contained. The truth was
that the new register-office was a building altogether dis-
tinct from any other, and if people wanted to get married
there then might dln so well there ns sit nriv tither rtlanp

a person did not wish to be married by the Archdeacon,
they could accommodate him—(laughter.) It seemed
that Mr. Eckersley wished to have accommodation for
himself and his lady, for a soiree musicale et dansante,
but he (Mi. Earle) hoped it would not be allowed him.

After some conversation the clerk was directed to writ
to the Registrar-General, informing him that the localit

venient.—A letter from the Poor-law Com'inissioners was
read by the clerk, to the effect that " the master of the

workhouse shall not allow a larger number of inmates to
be admitted, on any account, into any ward or room than
the number fixed, in order that overcrowding may be
avoided in every part of the establishment." Mr. Earle
felt sure that a great number of the pe,
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in less room -ran was names .ne letter,
his part, he thought there was a great deal- of philosophi-
cal humbug about the letter. Archdeacon Brooks said if
the master of the house allowed any more paupers to re-
main in the house than that fixed by the commissioners,
they would turn him out. The subject then dropped.

TOWN COUNCIL

MEETING

The adjourned monthly meeting of the Council was
held on Wednesday. The first part of the business was
the consideration of a proposal by the Water Committee
to give Mr. Newlands, the borough engineer, the control
of the water-works.

Mr. TINNE would suggest to the Water Committee
whether it would not be desirable, before the borough
engineer was appointed as the water engineer, to allow
the proceedings to be referred back, in order that the
duties might be defined. Mr Tinne then referred to the
appointment of Mr. Hawksley, and contended that by
the terms of his appointment the Council ought to call
upon him to superintend the supply of water to the town.
After addressing the Council at some length he proposed
the following amendment :—" That the consideration of
the recommendation of the Water Committee, that the
borough engineer for the time being be the engineer of
the works, be postponed until the next monthly Council,
in order that a conference may in the mean time take
place between the Health Committee and the Water
Committee, with the view of defining, so far as was prac-
ticable, the duties of the engineer and his staff under each
committee, and subject to the approval of the Council,
fixing the amount of their remuneration in respect of the
duties in connexion with the water-works."
Mr. TURNER seconded the amendment.
After some discussion, in the course of which Mr.
BENNETT read a letter from Mr. Newlands, and agreed
to the amendment, inasmuch as Mr. Tinne bad expressed
himself not unfavourable to Mr. Newland's ultimate per-
manent appointment, the amendment was carried.

Mr. Tik-NE then called attention to a statement made
in the Council, and also out of doors, with regard to the
financial position of the water account. He alluded to
the statement which had been made in that Council-room
with regard to the alleged insolvency of the water account.
If the statement were true, it was of the most vital im-
portance for the honour and credit of the Council that

something should be immediately done to provide a
remedy. If, however, it was not correct, it was equally
the duty of the Council to disabuse the minds of the
public, and their creditors, the bondholders. He did not
believe that the water account was in an insolvent state :
on the other hand, he believed that, under proper man-
agement, it might be made a profitable estate. He did not
know whether it was competent for him to move for the
appointment of a special committee, to inquire into the
truth or otherwise of the statement which had been made.
It remained for the Mayor to say whether it was compe-
tent for him to move the appointment of such com-
mittee.

The MAYOR.—Under ordinary ch.(
not. The appointment of a special committee requires a
special notice for a future meeting, it not being on the
proceedings of the day.

I think

After a-somewhat warm and irregular discussion, his
Worship intimated that it could not proceed any further ;
and on Mr. Tinne's notice for the appointment -of the
committee at the next monthly Council being received,
the subject dropped.
Mr. HARBORD, seconded by Mr. BECKWITII, then
moved that the payment of £4500 to Mr. Pendlebury, as
compensation, recommended by the Water Committee,
be not confirmed.
Mr. Harbord's amendment, after a short discussion,
was negatived. The proceedings were then confirmed,
the feeling of the Council being, that they were bound in
honour to pay the money.

The proCeedings of the Watch, Courts of Law, Mar-
kets, Education, Health, Gardens, Church Expenditure,
and Ferries Committees, were then read and passed in

succession
The Mayoi's communications comprised
others, a letter from the operative dock porters, com-
plaining of their grievances.
Some discussion took place upon it, in the course of
which,
Mr. HORSFALL said the porters were an orderly and
loyal set of men. He regretted that the Council had not
adopted the report of the committee appointed some time
ago, to enquire into the grievances of the porters. It
would have been the means of preventing the Trish com.

amongst

ing over to Liverpool, and interfering with the labour of
their own porters.
Mr. HARBORD, after some remarks, sympathising with
the porters, moved that the memorial be referred to the
Finance Committee, with a recommendation to them to

inquire if some of the grievances complained of could not
be remedied.

The motion was passed unanimously.
REDUCTION IN THE POLICE FORCE.
Mr. PARKER then brought forward the following
motion :—" That it be a recommendation from the Coun-

cil to reduce the police force in the town division to the
same number as in 1847, viz. 544 men."
Mr. HARBORD seconded the motion.
Considerable discussion ensued, and on a division the
motion was negatived by a majority of 26 to 9.
Mr. Bennett was next called upon by the Mayor, to
proceed with the notice of motion which he had upon the
paper.