The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

Feb. 8, 1848.

Dom Commirruis,--TnURSDAY.—There were presefit
the Chairman, Mr. Bramley-Moore, and sixteen other
members.—A model of Mr. Talbot's improved plan for
the construction of graving docks was submitted. Mr.
Talbot suggests the dividing of each graving dock by
means of sliding gates, so that any vessel may be shut up
without interfering with the other vessels in the dock, the
main object being to do away with the masonry requisite
for the erection of gates of the usual form, by which one
or two of the north docks are at present divided. The
surveyor, in his report on the subject, said he had no
doubt the scheme would be very desirable if it could be
carried into execution, but the plans were not sufficiently
perfect to enable a correct opinion to be formed. He
(Mr. Hartley) felt inclined to think that the cost would
exceed that incurred by the present plan. The matter
was referred back to the Sub-committee of Works.—The
Sub-committee produced the return relative to the Albert
Dock Warehouses, ordered last week. It appeared that
the quays were roughly valued at £112,000, and the ware-
houses at £359,000. A statement of the accounts for ite,
three months ending 24th January was submitted, and is,
noticed in an article in our present number.—There was
no other public business of importance

iIIKENHEAD DOCK COMIiISSION'ERS.-At the usual
4-I,ly meeting, on Wednesday, Mr. Bryan explained,
should be misunderstood in Liverpool and else-
where, that the Birkenhead Commissioners were not pro-
moters, in any way, of the bill emanating from Birken-
head, which proposed to interfere with the Liverpool dock
and town dues.—Mr. Hicklin said that the Finance Com-
mittee should take some immediate steps for the sale of
the Plant, or to devise some other means for raising money
to meet the pressing demands which were made on the
commissioners.—The Chairman then read n- letter from
William Laird, Esq., resigning his office as one of the
Dock Commissioners, in conseauence of his other duties
at the Birkenhead and Chester Railway preventing him
from attending to his duties as .a commissioner; after
which, the Chairman read a letter from Messrs. Mallaby
and Townsend, on the part of the North and South Wales
Bank, requesting payment of the balance which was due
to them, and stating that, in event of the balance not
being paid before Saturday, they were instructed to take
legal proceedings against the commissioners, for the re-
covery of the same.—Referred. .

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BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.-At the usual monthly
meeting, on Tuesday, the report of the Finance Com-
mittee was read. It recommended that Mr. Wilcox
be appointed general superintendent of the finances of
the township ; that his salary be £250 per annum, and
that he be required to furnish security to the extent of
£lOOO. The minutes also contained a letter from Mr.
Townsend, solicitor to the Park-land Company, stating,
that owing to the depression of the times, he was afraid
that the company would have to be broken up, and wishing
the committee to at least modify the terms of the pur-
chase of the land. The committee resolved that the com-
mittee should have until the 21st instant to elect whether
they will abandon the purchase or not. The receipts at
the ferry in January were £1297, whilst in that month of
1847 they were £lsl4.—Mr. Thomson asked what had
become of the bill for imposing a tax on property, to pay
the interest on the bonded debt ? The Chairman said he
had no information on the subject. Mr. Thomson said
he supposed the matter would end, as he had anticipated,
as a flash in the pan. _

SELECT VESTRY.-At the meeting, on Tuesday, a letter
was read from Mr. Lamonby, the relieving-officer, who
was recently dismissed from St. Anne-street district,
requesting to be furnished with a copy of the charges
which had been preferred against him it was resolved
that the same be given to him, The Vestry Clerk, how-
ever, observed that as the matter was now before the
Poor-law Commissioner, the vestry had nothing more to
do with it ; and, therefore, if Mr. Lamonby was desirous
of having his case re-investigated, the Poor-law Commis-
sioner was the proper party to apply to for that purpose.
—lt was resolved to send the Town-Council another copy
of the Vestry's resolution as to the Dock Bill, as expres-
sive of the Vestry's confirmed opinion on the subject.—
A desultory conversation took place on the subject of
increased accommodation for the paupers, both the gaol
and workhouse being full ; after which, the matter was
referred to the Workhouse Committee.—lt was reported
that sickness is decreasing in the workhouse.—The Relief
Committee reported that the sum expended by the parish
in bread and soup, from the 24th to the 29th of January,
was £l2B 10s. 11d.; the out-door relief, during the same
period, was £Bl4 9s. 5d., of which £590 9s. 9d. was given
in "kind," and £223 12s. Bd. in money, which, when
compared with the corresponding week of last- year,
shewed a decrease in the total expenditure of £l6B 3s. 2d.
—ln consequence of the election of Mr. Molyneux as a
vestryman, at the special meeting, on Monday week, being
illegal, another election took place, when that gentleman,
Mr. Denton, and Mr. Morris were proposed, and Mr.Mo
lyneux was again elected. He had a majority ofone over
Mr, Morris.—The next business was the appoi tment of
two surveyors. There were eleven candidates, but only
six were proposed and seconded. The voting was as fol-
lows :—For Mr. Culshaw, 13 ; Mr. Boult, 8 ; Mr. Woods,
2 ; Mr. Edwards, 3 • Mr. Hay, 1; Mr. Picton, 17. Mr.
Culshaw and Mr. Acton were accordingly declared duly
elected.

Distrirt

The Rev. E. Unsworth, ofGranby-rov
Chapel, Msnchester, has died of fever.
EDUCATION OF POLICEMEN.—The watch committee of
the Manchester Town-council have agreed to establish a
library and newspapers for the use of the police force, the
funds for the supply of which are to be obtained out of the
fanoa-inspoood on the roe. for biesOhes of duty. •

Roman Catholic

On Wednesday morning last, a portion of the circular
chimney at the Ravenhead Flint Glass-works, near St.
Helens, fell in.with a loud crash. A considerable quan-
tity of the materials alighted upon a building, in which,
had the occurrence taken place a few minutes later, there
would have been a number of men at work.

Mr. John Forrest, solicitor, of Preston, and Deputy
Prothonatory of Lancaster, committed suicide on Friday,
by cutting his throat. He had been depressed in' spirits
for some time. Many of our readers will remember the
deceased. He attended the assizes, and sat in the civil
court under the judge. He was sixty years of age.
The hands in several of the mills at Blackburn have
turned out rather than submit to the reduction of ten per
cent. on their wages. The operatives in the neighbour-
hood of Darwen have, on the other hand, submitted to
the reduction.
A fortnight since a fire took place at Messrs. Buins and
Dean's cotton mill at Dukinfield, when £BOOO worth of
property was destroyed; and, on Sunday, another fire
broke out, which did near £2OOO damage. They are be-
lieved to be incendiary acts.
POTATO ROBBERIES BY IRISHMEN.—The farmers of
Speke, Halewood, and Woolton, have long been suffering
from the midnight ravages of a hand of robbers, who have
for a length of time, eluded the observation of the guar-
dians of the public peace. Their depredations have chiefly
been confined to the despoiling of potato-holes in the
fields of the numerous farming community, who reside in
the locality we have mentioned. Three persons of the
names of Martin, Bryan, and Leannon, have been com-
mitted to Kirkdale, to await their trials at the next ses-
sions, on a charge of being concerned in these robberies.
EXCESSIVE ASSESSMENT UPON A COLLIERY.-011
Tuesday last, before the bench of magistrates assembled
at Prescot, Messrs. David Bromilow and Co., of Preston-
brook Colliery, appealed against the assessment of that
colliery as it stood upon the rate-books of the township
of Prescot, dated in June last. They objected to it on
the ground of unfairness, inequality, and incorrectness.
Mr. Gaskell Taylor, solicitor, of St. Helens, represented
the appellants, and Messrs. Brown and Traverse, the
overseers. It being the rule of law that the assessment
for the purpose of a poor-rate must be fixed at what any
mine or other property would let to a tenant for, the
bench reduced the assessment to £55.
A SINGULAR AGREEMENT.—TWeIIty-Ilille years ago,
Betty Winal, then residing at Tarleton, bottled a quantity
of white currants in their green state, being then in the
33d year of her age. Having kept them some time in a
state of preservation, William (her husband) and she
agreed, that they should be kept while they both lived,
and that they should be made into pies at the funeral of
the one who should die first. The wife departed this life
on the 2nd of this month, and was interred at St. Peter's
Church, Preston, on the sth, the family having removed
to Dawson-street, Preston. Their mutual pledge was
fulfilled, and the pies made of these currants were served
out, after returning from church, every attendant taking
a slice. Though the currants had been kept twenty-nine
years, they were as fresh as if just taken from the trees.
—Lancaster Guardian.
DEPRESSED STATE OF HAND-LOOM WEAVING.—TWO
do t
r threescore
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young- women, in-consequence of the factory wherein they
o
were employed being closed, betook themselves to hand-
loom weaving. They obtained work ; but the price they
are paid is so miserably low, that we really wonder how
they can afford " salt to their porridge."
F
yards of cloth,tpen aboutcet And to
miserable
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ta nthe
tsqhuuemaylhaveigileer sashamed they receive (we are almost
to ply it closely for two live-long days-7-a scale
of labour which brings each of them in two shilling's per
week ! By dint of unremitting toil, a good weaver, they
told us, would earn three and threepence I Such is the
condition of the poor hand-loom weaver. What an il-
lustrious example does it offer of England's manufacturing
greatness !—Preston Chronicle.
AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—A gang of poachers, about
ten in number, entered the preserves of G. A. L. Keck,
Esq., in Holmes, Tarleton, on the night of Monday week.
About two o'clock, the keepers, after hearing several
shots fired in the direction of the plantations, lost no time
in obtaining assistance from the farmers in the neighbour-
hood, along with their servants, amounting to thirteen or
' fourteen in number, and proceeded to the plantations. It
' appears the poachers were armed with stones as well as
rifles, for on the keepers making their appearance, one of
them received a severe blow on the left arm with a stone.
' The poachers soon after got upon the road leading to
Tarleton, and were closely followed by the keepers.
Finding that they were pursued they made a stand, at a
' distance of about twenty yards from the keepers, when,
ome of the gang began to utter abusive as well as threat-
ening language, and almost immediately fired his gtin on
the keepers. Mr. Robert Cookson, keeper being in front
' of his comrades, received nearly the whole of the contents
of the gun in his left side and arm, with one of the shots
a little above his temple, and is now lying in a dangerous
state. A reward of £5O is offered by Mr. Keck.

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