The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-27 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS,

WEST DERBY UNION.—At the weekly meeting of the
guardians on Wednesday, an important communication
was read from the Poor-law Board in London, that if the
guardians should come to a clear and distinct resolution,
it will be for the advantage of the ratepayers and the poor,
that the West Derby union should be divided into two
separate and independent unions, the one to comprise the
townships of Toxteth-park, Allerton, Chiliwall, Garston,
and Wavertree, and the other to comprise the remaining
townships of the union, the board will be prepared to give
effect to such a division ; or suggesting, as another plan,
the maintenance of the union as now constituted, with the
erection of a new workhouse in the north-east of Toxteth-
park. Discussion on the subject was deferred till Wed-
nesday week.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The tender of the
Rugby Iron Company for 1000 tons of iron railing was
accepted.—The Chairman announced that a number of
the members, according to the resolution of last week,
had visited the new north docks, and he (the chairman)
was directed to say everything was progressing very satis-
factorily, and in a manner highly creditable to the engi-
neer. A report of the solicitor was read as to the con-
struction of the New Dock Act, with respect to payment of
freight out of deposits, and the sale of warehoused goods
liable to freight. The solicitor was of opinion that
freight might now be paid out of all deposits that may
have been paid upwards of fifteen days, and he was also of
opinion that all goods deposited in the dock warehouses
on account of freight, in respect of which the deposit was
not paid, within ninety days, might, without reference to
the time of the passing of the act, be legally sold after
ten days' notice. The solicitor added that the only legal
gentleman whom he had consulted on this noint thought

differently, and he (the dock solicitor) therefore recon.
mended the committee to require an indemnity from
parties applying for the benefit of the act. This course
was ordered to be adopted, and counsel's opinion to be
immediately taken on the construction of the act. Mr.
Gladstone said in a great many cases the goods would not
realize the amount of the freight and charges. He had
that morning abandoned a cargo of rice.
HISTORIC SOCIETY.—On Tuesday evening a meeting
was held in the Board-room of the Collegiate Institution,
Shaw-street, for the purpose of forming an Historic So-
ciety of Lancashire and Cheshire. The attendance was
both numerous and respectable; and if the first meeting
be a criterion, the society gives promise of being emi-
nently successful. A collection of curiosities was exhi-
bited, which were of an attractive character. Amongst
these the following may be enumerated :—A view of Great
Crosby, from the west, on porcelain, dated 1716. (This
method of painting views on porcelain was invented in
Liverpool.) An ancient seal of Liverpool, deposited by
the Corporation ; an object of great interest, bearing the
initials J,O.N.S. A parchment deposited by Mr. Eyes,
of considerable antiquity, giving a bird's eye view and
perspective of the parishes of Childwall, Wavertree, and
Allerton. Mr. Moore deposited " The Moore Rental."
There was a finely painted parchment of the original
grant of arms to the family of Ashton of Croston, dated
1588, deposited by Mr. Varty. Dr. Hume also contri-
buted a copy of a seal of the Lord High Admiral of Eng-
land about the reign of Henry VII. There were a series
of rubbings from monumental brasses, chiefly from the
county of Kent, which were intended to show what might
be effected in Lancashire and Cheshire. The Mayor de-
posited a view of Liverpool, in oil, dated 1616. Mr.
Herdman also contributed several of his original drawings
of scenes in Liverpool. The chair was occupied by his
Worship the Mayor.