The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL

Council—was
Holme, Esq., in the chair.
THE APPOINTMENT OF MAGISTRAIES•
Mr. GLADSTONE recapitulated what had takenP''.4
upon this matter, and said that the statement which
papers
had already made was essentially correct. The y_aken.
ilm—ownatshliemldeeotningvcoefdnthe,edaCyo,utnhceil—a
Mayor,lso a
Sawspecui
ea
11
were sent privately by Mr. Walpole to Mr. 316`-t en
zie, and, from that time to this, they had never been.bce
batetwtheeenH,Aolmr.e-
Home-office.
tMackenziehTeh
utterly impossibe
the
taken place between these two gentlemen. It
ever, clear and indisputable that neither the pair!,ss'elf, in'
strong expression of opinion," nor the " box' sue.
which Mr. Walpole said he had placed the list for Its eGaonwv'deh whole
Government
ti
Walpole,ntgo
krensotwe restedentire
tlit: rob:813Y:
cessor, were forthcoming at the present hour.
THE TOWN CLERK'S SALARY. ende‘
The proceedings embraced the following recorom
tions Town'
I.—To grant an increase to the salary of the ho
clerk, of £5OO per annum, the consideration of w
was postponed at the last monthly Council. v, 13,
2.—ln consequence of the resignation by es fer
Lowndes of the appointment of clerk to the inst'c wed
parochial business, that the additional duties be perfan'ro
by the present clerks to the justices, at £lOO per }jr •'
.'
each, and that one of the clerks lately employed Isles'
Lowndes be engaged permanently in the alagis
clerks-office, at the salary of £lOO per annum. till
3.—To adopt the report of the surveyor on the yen
tion of
To
Council-chamber. ald
4.—th purchase, for the sum of £19,000, the 'renebale•
property of the United Gas Company, fronting, 'sod
street, bounded by Hatton-garden and Chesits;',,e:j, or
containing in the whole 6,617 square yards of la
thereabouts, together with the messuages, shopsi
ings, and erections thereon.
s.—To purchase freehold property in Shaw, beb
from the trustees and executors of the late Wm.
for the sum of £645. , to
Mr. Jolts HOLMES moved the increase of salagr'oed
the Town-clerk, remarking that, since the HighwaP",d at
had been abolished, he had been very much erneleY;age
home in the evenings, in consequence of the incr'
duties imposed upon him.
Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE seconded the motion. 00
The letter which the Town-clerk had previously sen
to the Council having been read, lodic;
Mr. T. H. TURNER supported the advance,
,B'„ele'
particularly to the admirable mode in which Mr.
worth managed the business of the Corporation in 610
don, and stating that, in many cases, he had di°.beee
opposition where another person would not have bitP
so successful. The Council was mainly indebted te)cie•
also, for the Government allowance for the cost of P"
cutions.
Mr. Moss opposed the advance as an extra
ridiculous, and wasteful excess. He moved a nege
Mr. GODFREY seconded the amendment of Mr. ,tl4.
e
Mr. DOVER thought that £2,000 a year—an
not exceeded by our merchants, taking one with OW
—was quite a sufficient remuneration, particulariY, that
it was understood, at the time the salary was cote 'gate
it was to be a fixture. As to the Government ailleir
for prosecutions, Mr. Cardwell claimed the credit c°
ing that.—Mr. PARKER supported the increase. dare'
Mr. AVISON, who, after the most serious tonalo the
tion, felt bound to oppose the increase, reverted,tforo
first meeting of the council after the Municipal Lle 0'
Bill, when the salary of £2,000 was fixed as a trialtilba
Looking at the salary relatively, Mr. Avison
very few of the solicitors in Liverpool were indic,`,'„oo,
in receipt of £2,000 a year ; while the remunerstl"oo
the other legal functionaries in the town did not 100'
to that sum. Mr. Mansfield, the stipendiary magi-of the
for instance, received £l,OOO a year ; the jUdges,4 grOt;
Bankruptcy Court, barristers of high standing a.o"Age
ability, £l,BOO a year each; and Mr. Pollock, P7ocair
the County Court, £1,200 a year. Mr. Heron, the 500,
clerk of the Manchester Corporation, received now
i;geo
but only recently he was paid but £l,OOO. The 'ctri,c'ettlel
reason in favour of the increased salary was Mr. 0-.
worth's being overworked. He was overworked
the Council was negligent of its duty in allowing
but it could not be cured, or his life extended, by ore
tional salary to the Town-clerk himself. Let Inea
additimml help. toe°
Mr. TYRER thought that there was no parallel L'e tbe
Liverpool and Manchester in regard to the duties °liefeJ
Town-clerk : in the case of the latter town he be
there were no corporate funds. tbe Per;
Mr. GODFREY said that, instead of inereasing' -A been
sonal duties had positively decreased, and this I,3"reteb',
admitted by the Town-clerk himself. Why, at P ;101
t they had five deputy town-clerks, at an aggregaleh',,thl
lof £1,850. He bad been materially relieved, tootaPv
appointment of a clerk of the peace, at a salary 01,,,red)
a year. Mr. Shuttleworth had (the speaker fore
entered the Town hall at £lOO or £l5O a year, all" ,ei
he was thirty-four he had arrived at the top of epro;
Town-clerk, with £2,000 a year. How many of 4'50001'
fessional compeers had been so successful in Liver'.
Mr. Godfrey opposed the advance. Ea
ma:Nnlyr.dil-ffleorteTnt was favourable
wrabhliechtoeigtlhleteein or
ncreatswee,nstleincyceeoart!
ago did not extst, had now become engrafted on t lc
poration, each imposing more labour on the Town-crAo
7
Mr. BENNETT followed on the same side, advo
perfect slave to the corporation. to vo'e quaio
Mr. GLADSTONE was not Prepared
the fullest consia
£5OO at a time to any official, without
ration and justification.
solar!'
Mr. BANNER was against the augmentation of sPcootr
the advance on public grounds. Mr. Shuttleworth vestof
Family reasons were amongst those urged in its f 3,0,0
but, where he had adopted the same plea lately 00 m'ittee
of two clerks, the Chairman of the Finance Cora—
would not recognise them. . woof
Mr. Pr CTON, under all the circumstances, was
of the resolution, as the duties of the office had mate,,teen,
,
increased since the salary of £2,000 was fixed, secekli,t,i'
years ago. The Town-clerk showed in his letter '',.,
the remuneration of his department remained 0,P,°0005
former footing of fees, it would amount now to X"' sci'
year. If the Town-clerk, who never shrunk fr°,,Tlig to
ditional labour imposed upon him, was still wi',.`loo
undertake the whole work, he (Mr. Picton did tlot dist
the Council ought to object to the arrangement; bug. to
it would be advisable, under all the circumstance''
sanction the resolution of the Finance Committee,. 1, of
Mr. BIGHAM recommended gentlemen to On ill
their constituents. Ninety-nine out of every bunu'gboi'
the town were opposed to the increase. When Mr• dbio
tleworth performed extra duties, the Council had vote josi
a present of £5OO ; but don't let them saddle an addl.% Oa-
£soo for ever upon the Corporation, when thereoece
specific list of increased duties established by the II"
Committeee. n
Mr. HODSON supported the advance, as did atierlo
STEWART, who dwelt upon the fact that the Town' ''d bf
unlike some of the Government officials enumerate per
Mr. Avison, had no retiring pension to fall heel' "air;
should illness unfit him for duty. The fact cited bI bpi
Godfrey, that the Town-clerk had once been receiviP!' 'a;
eio
£lOO in the same building, and that he was now ree veiP
£2,000, was all to the Town-clerk's honour. A Mall
not stay at £lOO a-year for ever. ()lit°
Mr. J. HOLMES having very briefly replied, the of
for or against the confirmation of the proceedings 4 oe'r
committee, and the sanction of the additional 15`'

put, and the confirmation carried by 35 to 19•
numbers were— tip
For—Councillors Mellor, Anderson, Tyrer, ;op,
James Hoime, Fernihuugh, Jeffreys, J. Gladstone'ber'
Toulmin, Clayton, Wagstaff, Tobin, Brancker, Gar sop'
Picton, Hodson, Wood, Stewart, Horsfall, 01'„ Job,"
Royden, Halhead, Alderman Bennett, Prestonwoco
Holmes, Lawrence, Parker, Robinson, Cooper,
Procter, Molyneux, Bent. Turner, and the MayoL:abiiolf
Against—Councillors Woodruff, Thompson, ,Pl7lfrel'
Nicholson, Bradley, Moss, olden, M'Gurfie, (-Op
Avison, Banner, M'Nicoll, Fleming, Robertson, 000
stone, Nicholson, Beckwith, Henderson, tilde
Lange
Toes and Dover.
.icafte
ThN-CLERK, who entered the room .hort
wards. - h' tb°

expresse, .is acknowledgments to the Ceu`d i-t
The second recommendation was not confirwe,,t'e °
Town-clerk being instructed to refer to the rei.lrotr
the Council for 1847, in order to obtain further In ,
tion as to the case. aft
Toe other recommendations of the committee tekc
carried tthat relating to the surveyor's report e-.sceP co •
as were those also of the Watch Committee, Deci',,ittee
mittee, Courts of Law and St. George's Hall COI'
The Council then adjourned until to-morrovr•

THE SHIP BLOOMER FROM LIVER
FOR AUSTRALIA.

DI
J,
The following letter has been received by V.1'785,11e;
Payne, Dumfries, from his brother, Mr. Charlea,;ogiar
who sailed from Liverpool in the ship Bloomer, b:;:.--
ipo Gibbs, Bright and Co.. Liverpool, in March Is 1853 i
Ship Bloomer, April 13tbr:f IRO
DEAR BROTHER,—I take this opportunifY —ll roOlirt
amh
ruaernr
ini
ncearnvbee
before.
on
rwet
warm
remT2 Bht
The gale
weather
ga anl de 2c 9ao
you know how we are all getting on, We got we.
Holyhead. One man, aged 55, died of heart diseal,Torg
the 23rd ult., another died of decline on the 280: Aecli°l;
is a young man laid up in the hospital also with "assei
tl.aylhnertedriabvid:iyt 0;03
who Ido not think will get better. The other Pfesivar
gers on board are all in good health. It blew aal °'
mainsail. There are six sea-captains on board osiPtioAt'e
gers, who say they never saw a ship behave herself be
passed Madeira with a fair wind, and are now 84:"Legli000
trade winds. Though we are 19 days sailed, it '-03i0,40
me as if it were only one. ''here is plenty of tas.
board, singing, dancing, and all sorts of gameld btoa
passengers are the finest sort of people that eatiday,
board of any ship. We have sacred music every ,boa o
sermons on Sundays. There are two clergyraen°,tber.oe,
one belonging to the English Church, and the edict is
io
the Wesleyan body. There is also a doctor of nit, 900 f
Captain Allen is one of the finest men I ever Welergrois
continually with the passengers. There are t'se, Arig
provisions on board, far more than we can eveL, doctliet
can get ale, but no spirits, on board without t,_"'eb te9
order. I can get anything on board I wish, whit ,or
it very pleasant. : jilt"
We are now passing the island of St. Antaa!°,' date
pect to cross the line in eight days. You will 'dote "011
ttuhlpdureints'e:ntand carried 0000 h;
where we are when I am writing, but I will 13,0' are r.
letter until I see a sail. Jane and, the chilare„ d,
well ; she was sick two days, but has recoveraert 0f`0.3
and Mrs. Pringle are also both well. A great P who oe
crew are from the neighbourhood of Durnfries,_er, cotes
very kind to us. A great many of the easse%s Fifitbe
from Ayr, Kilmarnock, and Glasgow, and yarn) 0,
00
in Ayrshire, There are 28 cabin passenger%e 00450
ith inst. a small yacht of about 60 tons, with ' 000 it
r are
board, passed us, bound for Geelong. e will cress
miles from the line, and having a fair wind,
the sheep on board, 13 in number;
on Wednesday. I got 103. from the captain iu.pograto
so, you seaeiany of 03
wages are commenced with nie already: :at boaleibti
passengers hare left their wives and familied
shouo
vat
they intended to return in a few years ; an,,„ n3Ol 00,1
spared and keep my health, I do not see w` Jrnothers'b,
do the same.—Read this to Your d
brothr til.
give my respects to all friends.—
CIIAR _do u
P.S.—Ship in sight this day, 13th Apr 1 I'
we cross the line. 0-trig