The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETIN GS

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—PIans of small build-
ings to be erected on the pierhead, to furnish additional
accommodation for the water-guard department, were
submitted, and ordered to lie on the table for a week.
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The sub-committee recommended that, under the pecu-
liar circumstances stated, the British and North American
royal mail steamer America should be accommodated with
a berth in the graving-dock on her arrival here, for the
purpose of being examined by the Admiralty surveyor.
Confirmed.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held on Wednesday; Mr. Sheppard in the chair. During
an inquiry upon the expediency of giving money to pau-
pers who were desirous of leaving the workhouse, Mr.
Latham, the relieving officer, stated that at, the la.t meet-
ing of the board 10s. was given to a Mrs. Hunter, and in
two hours afterwards she was found lyinz upon some
steps in Upper Harrington-street, in a helpless state of
intoxication. A gratuity of £25 was given to Mr. Taylor,
of the fever hospital, in consideration of the arduous
duties he performed, the risk he ran, and the small
amount of his salary, which was only a guinea and P half
a week. The Chairman said that there was now .EIBDO in
the bank to the credit of the board, and this too at the
close of the year, notwithstanding the great amount of
pauperism which they had had to contend with. Mr.
Harrison proposed that application should he made to the
Town Council for the amount expended (.£300) in the
formation of a sewer in Mill-lane.

SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the
Vestry was held on Tuesday. Mr. Thornely moved that
a return be made of the number of children in the Indus-
trial Schools, and at the WorkhOuse in Brownlow-hill,
and also at the house in Soho-street, specifying boys and
girls, who are orphans, who have fathers, or mothers, or
both, whether the parents reside in the parish, and whe-
ther they (the parents) have a settlement in the parish.
After a brief conversation, it was carried.—The Sub-
committee reported that Mr. Blanchard's claim would be
met by a payment of £221 Is., and they recommended
that the sum named be paid him nut of the voluntary
rate, provided he received that sum in full of his arc mot.
—A letter was read from the vaccinators, repudiating
certain charges which had been made against theni at the
last general meeting of the board.—For the week ending
the 26th of February, it was reported that 3,341 Irish
cases had been relieved at a cost of £BO 43. enl., and that
the number of fever cases visited in the town and the
workhouse that week was 880.

BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS.—The usual
monthly meeting was held on Wednesday. From the
proceedings of the committees, which were read by the
Law-clerk, it appeared that the board had issued a writ
against the commissioners, requiring them to pay a sum
of £3OOO which was owing. It was stated that the bank
held £55,000 of bonds as security against the £3.000. Mr.

au action against the board at a time of such difficultattd
pressure, and when the commissioners were about m4king
an arrangement with the government to carry on the
works. It appeared as though the bank were taking an
unseemly advantage, and wished to obtain snm.

preference by such a proceeding, and the fact ought to-go
forth to the public. He thought that Mr. Matlaby, as
chairman of the board, would not sanction any such pro-
ceeding. The Chairman said Mr. Mallaby had no doubt
been ordered by the bank to take proceedings. Several
other members considered the course pursued by the bat.k
as objectionable and uncalled for, seeing that they held
the X 55,000 as security.
WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly meet-
ing, on Thursday, the special sub-committee cppointed to
con,ider the bye-laws, reported the great difficulty which

••••••I •••••• CIVIC suggestea its repeal 6everal members
thought that no unreasonable impediments ought to be
thrown against bathing; hut ultimately the decision was
deferred for a month. The Law-clerk said the special
Ferry Committee had taken measures for opposing the
bill which was likely to he framed by the crown, relative
to the future (locks and great float. In the bill passed in
1844 the commissioners had had a clause inserted, secur-
ing the right of the inhabitants of the several townships
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..• ..... endue WHICH was to oe constructed, to have
slips constructed in the sea wall, and to have the right of
thoroughfare at Birkenhead. The committee had reason
to believe that the Dock Commissioners had sold their
right at the time they gave up the docks and works to the
Crown. Mr: Mann said it was the duty of the commis-
sioners to watch the matter. The Law-clerk said it was
the intention of. Lord Morpeth to frame a bill relative to
the great floodgates, and bring it before parliament.
After some conversation, it was agreed that the Crown
shotild be petitioned on the subject, and that every, effort
should be made for having the privileges sought in the bill
of 1844.

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

The Usual monthly meeting of the Council was held on
Wednesday.

It appeared from the Finance Committee's report, that
Mr. Neilson had been sent to Manchester to obtain the
charges there for coroner's inquests, and he reported that
the aggregate charge for the last five years in Manchester
was £2895, whilst in Liverpool it was £9309. Adding
one-sixth for Manchester, to make the population of the
two towns equal, £482, that would make £3377, and
would show an excess, supposing the populations to be
equal. of Liverpool over Manchester, to the amount of
£5932. In Manchester no allowance is made to jurors,
xhereas ;in Liverpool every juror receives for every in-
quezt Is. CA. In Liverpool, too, more money is psitl to
surgeons than in Manchester, in the proportion of £B7
to £24.—Mr. G. H. Lawrence hoped some reduction
would be shortly made in the coroner's charges, but as
the matter was still the subject of negociation, discussion
ought to be avoided.
The proceedings of the Education Committee were
confirmed, after Mr. Aikin and Mr. Rathbone had com-
plained of the small salaries given to the teachers in the
schools. .

When the Health Committee's proceedings had been
read, Mr. Harbord called the attention of that committee
to the necessity of passing some stringent regulations with
reference to the wretched lodging-houses of the town.
He said that shortly the sprint, tide of emigration would
be commencing from Liverpool, and that the emigrants
would be sent in a state of fever on board ship, by stay-
ing after their arrival here in those lodgings.—Mr. Tinne
admitted the importance of the subject, but said it had
'been postponed in order that the by-laws might receive
mature consideration in the first instance.—A watch rate
of one penny was laid upon Liverpool, Everton and Kirk-
dale, and those parts of West Derby and Toxteth-park
which are within the borough.—A rate of 3-16th parts of
a penny was laid, under the provisions of an act of par-
liament for the establishment of museums.
Mr. Earle moved the appointment of Messrs. Earle,
Hornby, Morris, Cooper, Bennett, Parker, Denson,
Turner, Tinne, and J. Holme, as a committee, to report
whether any alteration in the present system of laying
and recovering parochial and other local rates be advisa-
ble. He complained that many persons able to pay rates
failed to do so, and that they, particularly the cripples,
came whining and crying before the committee, repre-
senting that they could not pay, when they really had

plenty of money. He therefore sought for a change, and
hence the necessity for his motion.—Mr. Tinne seconded
the motion.—Mr. Harbord said that hundreds of thou-
sands of poor wretches were systematically robbed in
Liverpool by the landlords promising to pay rates for
tenants, and then declining to do so.—The motion was
carried.

A motion by Mr. James Thompson, for the opening of
Burlington-street from Love-lane to Great Howard-street,
was referred to the Finance Committee.—Mr. G. H.
Lawrence said, however, that the improvement was im-
practicable, and that the landlords were asking such im-
mense sums for the property that £12,000 would not
effect it.—Mr. Parker thought that Limekiln-lane ought
to be improved before Burlington-street was opened.

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