The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-02 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting of
this board on Wednesday, a letter was read from the
Poor-law Commissioners stating, that a fever hospital is
a workhouse, and the guardians might legally refuse relief
to fever paupers who refused to go into fever hospitals,
unless they were too ill to be removed. But they did not
advise that such a step should be rigidly enforced.
BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. A special
meeting was held on Thursday, but reporters, after some
discussion, were excluded. We understand that a com-
munication from the government was read, containing
the proposals upon which the docks are to be proceeded
with. They were, in substance, what have been previously
made public, but more in detail, the government claiming
a priority in carrying out matters connected with the
trust. Some objections were made by Mr. W. Laird, one
of which was as to the right of government to appropriate
the land north of the docks to whatever purpose they
chose. He submitted several amendments, but none of
them were seconded. The works are to be carried out by
a government .bill, to be obtained in the next session.
The proposals were confirmed, and signed by the commis-
sioners present, subject to a protest by Mr. Laird, arising
out of the several amendments he had proposed.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—It was decided that
temporary offices for regulating the graving docks should
be erected on the east side of George's Dock -Passage.—
The salary of Mr. Johnson, superintendent of the tele-
graph, was increased to £l2O per annum.—Several persons
were appointed to subordinate situations at the Albert
Dock warehouses.—Mr. Thos. Hodgson was appointed
senior harbour-master, and Mr. John Garniss, junior
harbour-master, at the respective salaries previously
agreed on by the committee, the senior £4OO per annum,
and a house, and the junior £350 per annum, with a
house.—Mr. Tobin suggested the appointment of two
other sub-harbour-masters, one for the north and the
other for the south, but the chairman intimated that it
could only be done by a subsequent arrangeinent.—lt was
ordered that distinguishing lights should be placed at
night upon the piers, near the entrances to the docks, to
indicate when the docks were full of vessels. This was
rendered necessary, in consequence of several persons
having lately been summoned before the magistrates for
entering the docks at night, when the flag was flying.
The defendants said they could not see the flags after
dark, and the cases were dismissed on that ground. A
code of regulations for the graving docks was submitted ;
they were of considerable length, and it was not deemed
desirable to read them.—The chairman intimated that the
parliamentary committee had prepared their bill, which
was now before the meeting.—The receipts of the port of
Runcorn, for the last month, were stated to be as follows :
—222 vessels, 11,392 tons, amount, £5O lls. 9d.: being
a decrease, on the corresponding month of 1846, of 5 ves-
sels, 76 tons, and £6 13s. 6d. in receipts.
SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual weekly meeting on
Tuesday, Rector Campbell presided. It was resolved
that the attendance of Mr. Lowndes' clerk be dis-
pensed with ; also, that the Vestry-clerk be authorised
to apply to Mr. Lowndes for any legal advice or assistance
he may require in regard to examinations of settlements,
or removal orders, and that such application to Mr.
Lowndes be made through the Vestry-clerk only. An
order was received from Mr. Williams, late pay-clerk, for
the balance of his salary, and directing that £2O of the
amount should be handed over to Mr. Blanchard, and the
parties to whom the disputed sums of. silver and copper
had been received. The committee resolved to postpone
a settlement of Mr. Williams's account for the present.
The committee agreed to purchase 122,130 square yards
of land for a cemetery, the same to be paid for in three
annual instalments, and the money to bear interest at. the
rate of £5 per cent.—The Irish Relief Committee re-•
ported that for the week ending the 16th instant, there
were 5507 sick cases, including 2359 fever cases, under
treatment in the town. This showed an increase of 61 in
the general number of cases, and of 50 in the fever cases.
For the week ending the 23d instant, there were 5530
cases, including 2242 fever cases under treatment, and this
showed an increase in the general cases of 30, and a de-
crease in the fever cases of 70. The committee reported,
that it was advisable to iive.up the Akbar lazaretto, and
to retain possession, for the present, of the Druid and La-
vinia. Mr. Poole said that the mortality at the lazarettoes
far exceeded the rate of mortality in the fever sheds, and
that the expense of the former was far greater. Mr. Ben-
nett was, however, in favour of retaining the whole three
vessels, as Liverpool might be visited with an infectious
disease. Ultimately, however, it was resolved by a ma-
jority of Bto 7 that the Akbar should be surrendered. It
appeared that for the week ending the 16th instant, 4998
cases had been relieved within the precincts of the parish,
at a cost of £552 18s., and that, for the week ending the
23rd instant, 5053 had been relieved, at an expense of
£554 3s. Compared with the corresponding week of 1846,
this return showed that there were now 1162 cases more,
and that the cost of relieving them was £134 18s. 7d. more
than it was at that period. The number of Irish relieved
from the 18th to the 23d, was 2217, at a cost of £9l 18s.
—The Chairman asked whether the sub-committee, ap-
pointed at the last meeting, had done anything with a view
to the introduction of M. Soper's plan of making soup,
into Liverpool ?—Mr. Earle : In consequence of some re-
marks that you (the Chairman) made at the last meeting,
at which I was not present, M. Soper has written to me a
long letter, and, in my reply to him, I said I was sure that
you had a very high idea of his culinary art. He has since
sent me a lithographic drawing of one of his kitchens, in
Dublin and he yesterday sent me another, and a very
complete drawing of it. He suggests that somebody had
better go over to Dublin, to inspect the kitchen, or per-
mit Mr. Warriner to come over to Liverpool, to explain
the plan.