The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.

TILE first meeting of the new Council was held on Wed-
nesday, the Mayor, Mr. S. Holme, presiding over a full
attendance of members.

THE ELECTION OF MATOE.

Mr. C. TunicEn said he would not, in the Mayor's pre-
sence, expatiate in the manner he could wish, but he must
be permitted to say that, whether in dispensing hospi-
talities, presiding over their meetings, or administering
justice from the magisterial bench, he had increased the
very high opinion previously entertained of him by his
fellow-townsmen; and in leaving that chair he would
carry with him the respect and esteem of this great com-
munity. In proposing his successor, he was enabled to
name a gentleman who was eminently qualified for the
office, and who, he would venture to anticipate, would be
acceptable to the Council and. the town. Mr. Lloyd was
well known, and so universally esteemed, that he felt he
need say nothing to recommend him to gentlemen with
whom he had long acted in the service of the public. He
thought it was especially fi•t that, on the present occasion,
they should raise Mr. Lloyd to the honour, inasmuch as it
seemed probable that next year would witness the com-
pletion of St. George's-hall, a building of which Liverpool
had reason to be justly proud, and over the committee of
which Mr. Lloyd had presided with so much ability. Be-
lieving that he deserved this distinction at their hands,
and that he was eminently qualified to maintain the
dignity of the office, and to discharge its duties with
efficiency, he had great pleasure in nominating Mr. Lloyd
as Mayor for the ensuing year.
Mr. HUGH HOBNBY seconded the proposition, for he
was quite sure that the Council could not elect a gentle-
man better qualified to become the worthy successor of
the retiring Chief Magistrate, or one who would be more
likely to make them less sensibly to feel the loss they were
about to experience in being deprived of Mr. Holme's
services as their chairman. He .believed that a unani-
mous feeling existed in the Council on this sublect ; and
aware, as he was, that every member of the Council was
well persuaded of Mr. Lloyd's merits, he should be tres-
passing unjustifiably on their time did he more than ex-
press his entire approval of the motion made by Mr.
Turner, and his hearty concurrence with all he had said
in support of it.

There being no other name proposed, the Mayor' de-
clared Mr. Lloyd. to be uuanimously elected. (Cheers.)
The new MAYOR, having made the usual declarations,
returned thanks to the Council, and said :—Before pro-
ceeding to the business of the meeting, it is my pleasing
duty to remind you of a good old custom. On Sunday
next I shall proceed to St. Peter's Church, and I shall feel
it a compliment to myself, if as many of you, as can find
it convenient, will honour me with your attendance.

ELECTION OF ALDERMEN.
The next business was the election of eight Aldermen,
to supply the places of the undermentioned, who retire :
Messrs. Thomas Bold, James Parker, Joseph Cooper, John
Nelson Wood, James Procter, John Bramley-Moore Ed-
mund Molyneux, and Thomas Chilton. The names of the
gentlemen voted for, and the number of votes each ob-
tained, were as follows :—Messrs. S. Holme, 49 : E. Moly-
neux, 47 ; J. Parker, 44 ; J. Cooper, 44; J. Bramley-
Moore, 44 : Thomas llold, 34 ; Thomas Toulmin, 33 ; R
C. Gardner, 30 ; Thomas Chilton, 23 ; James Procter, 10 ;
George Holt, 7 ; Robertson Glastone, 5 ; J. Stewart, 5 ;
Hugh Hornby, 3 ; J. A. Tobin, 2 • J.,8. Lloyd, 2 ; James
Holme, 1; and J. C. Fernihough;l. The first eight were
declared elected.

The usual allowance of £2,000 to the Mayor was voted,
on the proposition of Mr. S. Holme, seconded by Mr.
Hugh Hornby.

TIIE DOCK COMMITTEE.

The next business was the appointment of six members
of the Council to' be members of the committee for the
affairs of the estate of the trustees of the Liverpool docks,
upon vacanies occasioned by the retirement from the
Council, under the provisions of the Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, of Messrs. Charles Turner, James Holme, Ed-
mund Molyneux, Oliver Holden, Matthew Oregson, and
James A. Tobin. They were re-elected without opposition.
On the recommendation of the Health Committee, the
salary of Mr. W. L. Crosby, clerk in the Treasurer's office,
Cornwallis-street, was increased from £lOO to £l2O per
annum; and a bylaw to prevent obstructions in the street
by persons exposing articles for sale therein was approved,
and a copy ordered to be sent to the Secretary of State.