The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

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could not have been entertained

under the operation

Queen in council,
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steamers were the only ex

was prepared to sub.

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nts of the case, and

ports in the -world, viz., those
_of_Londoit, NeCv Yc

v.crpuut, . wvum uc iounu inaL toe rates m Liverpool
are just one-third of what is charged in London and New
York. Still the committee, always desirous of extending
the advantages of reduced rates, so long as that would not
interfere with the efficiency of the pilot establishment, had
agreed to recommend that for coastino..+A.arn...a outward

bound, without a

made ; and for those inward bound, Luc ,
a branch pilot is not required, the rate be reduced from
four shillings to one shilling per foot. He concluded
moving the following resolution :
" That, with the consent of her Majesty in council
following regulation be made with respect to t
pilotage on coasting steamers, that is to say : tl
steamers, outward bound, proceeding to sea without a pilot,
be altogether' exempted from the payment of pilotage ;
and that the rate of pilotage for coasting steamers, inward
bound, be reduced from four shillings to one shilling per
foot, where the services of a branch pilot are dispensed
with ; and that this resolution take effect at the expiration
of one calendar month from the consent of her Majesty in
council being obtained."
Mr. A. MANN seconded the adoption of the resolution,
and in doing so remarked that the proprietors of coasting
steamers had long entertained an opinion that a reduction
in the rates which they were charged for pilotage was ne-
cessary, and some of the commissioners were of a similar
opinion. Till the new act passed, however, it was not in
the power of the commissioners to grant any relief. Many
of the coasting steamers, availing themselves of the know-
ledge of their commanders, during fine weather proceeded to

to rates of

oca w iLuvuu yuvuo, muta Limy also frequently in summer
time
made the voyage inwards without a pilot; but in winter and
during stormy weather, they generally applied for the ser-
vices of pilots, so that no steamers could be said to be
entirely independent of the pilot establishment and in
its efficiency they were, there --- `" ,

Auce other parti,
interested. Looking at both views of the case, the com-
mittee were of opinion that the recommendation included
in the resolution was such as to meet the case of the coast-
ing steamers most liberally. By that resolution it was
proposed entirely to exempt them from pilotage charges,
when going outwards without the services of a pilot ; and
the present charge of four shillings per foot on the inward
voyage, where a pilot was dispensed with, was to be reduced
to one shilling. The retention of this small charge the
committee deemed indispensable for maintaining the effi-
ciency of the establishment.

deeply

The SECRETARY stated that at presen
steamers pay fcnur shillings p

ill inward

and in answer t

question, hi said, it was considered the gross amount of
this proposed reduction would be in all probability about

£4,000 per annum
The resolution having been put to the meeting, was
unanimously carried.
Mr. J. BATESON moved that the necessary steps be
adopted for obtaining the consent of Her Majesty in Council
to the proposed alteration.
Mr. W. GIBSON seconded the motion, which was uns
mously agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. J. N.
resolved that Mr. George Kenda

Wood, it was unanimously
11 and Mr

beappointed to fill the-vacant seats in the commission
A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Mayor,
the meeting separated.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY

COU.R7

Trn September sitting of this Court commenced yes-
terday (Monday). There were upon the list 50 fraud sum-
monses, 3 interpleaders, 705 ordinary cases, and 40
adjourned cases. This sitting will end on the 7th of Oc-
tober, and the next sitting commence on the following
Monday, October 10th. The Judge, Joseph Pollock, Esq.,
took his seat at ten o'clock, and proceeded with the fraud
summonses. The following individuals were severally
committed to Lancaster Castle, for 30 days, for non-com-
pliance with the orders of the Court : Edward Bradshaw,
Joseph Jones, Mary Hirst, Thos. Davies, Joseph Musker,
William Vickers, George F. Smith, John Evans, Charles
Knowles, John James, George Sanderson, James Worrell,
William Vane, Norman M`Leod, William Russell, James
Worrall, John Doyle, and Thomas Carmichael.
In the case of MANN- v. CROSTON, adjourned from last
court for the judge's decision, his Honour now read hi;
judgment. This was an action brought by a tenant for
the recovery of half of the sewerage rate paid by the
plaintiff, for a tenement in his occupation belonging to the
dud decisions of the Judges which bore upon this case, and
gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £1 10s. 4d.
WILLIAM DYER v. MARY JONESMr. Grocott ap-
peared for plaintiff, and Mr. Hime for the defendant.
This action had been brought for £2O. A verdict was given
at the last Court for £lO, and another quarter's rent, £lO,
was now due. Mrs. Jones stated that she had expended
£6O for the goodwill of the premises, and £216 for stock.
Mr. Dyke had offered to forgive her the debt if she would
leave the house, but she refused to do this unless she was
indemnified in some degree for her expenditure for good_
will, or Mr. Dyke would accept a tenant whom she offered.
Mr. Grocott now applied for her committal, on the ground
that defendant had been guilty of misconduct in taking
the premises, not having at the time the means of paying
her rent. His Honour said the defendant was a milliner,n -
and had hoped to get a good business. He •did not co
sider that she had been guilty of misconduct at the time
of taking the premises, and therefore would dismiss the
ease.

INSOLVENCY CASES.—In the case of Edmund Pear
son, the final order for protection was granted. Finai rdp.,..- -
hausoupii‘xsirted the
were also granted to John Thomas Williams and Jaamess—,
Hayes.
the
an afpacptslicaotfiotnheforease. The . order.
his In the case of James Brooke, Mr. Evan
on behalf
th sides, when
lynslitsatwedas
insolvent's petition, and Mr. Rime,
The case was entered into and argued bo a • final --tr.'
solvent was a ship-builder ; he had 59
HonouriiiHsowin, oppo
sshedort.
amount of about £2,500. Forty-nine
f creditors to the
to accept the insolvent's offe f4B
r 0 . 0 these had agreed
7d in the pound, and
ten had refused to accept it h . •
, w o were creditors to the
amount of about £lOO. The uestion
insolvent, finding such to be,
theci e, should have
the
the Bankruptcy Court and asked that Court to
his property, as he might have done, or whether it was
against public policy for him to appear in this court. Mr.
Evans was right in arguing that the insolvent was a
per-
son to whom he was entitled to give relief. The 'only ob-
jection would be on the ground of public policy, that it
would have been less expense to have administered to
the estate in the Bankruptcy Court.—Mr. llime argued
that the insolvent ought not to have executed the deed
at all, but he ought to have gone to the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. He then
commenced
an examination of the insol-
vent. His Honour said, because the insolventhad not had re-
course
to a
remedy provided for him in the last Bank-
ruptcy Act, he was not prepared to say that he was pre-
cluded from having recourse to this Court. In the
case
which had been quoted by Mr. Hime, Mr. Commissioner
Holroyd said he would not give the insolvent a final order
until the opposing creditors were put in the same position
with regard to the dividend as those who had agreed to
it. But in his decision he had not adhered to that
course, and he therefore supposed that there was some
inaccuracy in the report. In such a case, therefore, he
thought he should be at liberty to enter into the
fullest investigation Of the manner in which the assign-
ment had been brought about, the mode in which it
had been conducted, and the honesty of the dealing
with which it had been carried out. The fact that the
insolvent had not applied in the first place to a public
tribunal, rendered it incumbent upon him to exercise great
care in the consideration of the case. At the same time
it would be his business to inquire what would have been
the most beneficial mode of administering the estate.
He also required that the fullest means of investigation
should be afforded to the opposing creditor in the accounts,
and the circumstances relating to the assignment, and
the assets of the estate. He would therefore name the
2d of October for the granting of the final order.

A final order was granted to David Scott
The further examinations of John
, John
and Elizabeth Done, were adjournea until the 221

of October

The case of Richard Maddock was ad
10th of October, and the cas

un th
of. Lawrence Holder til
post

poned for two months
This closed the business of the first (

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the various mills

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