The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

SAILORS' HOME

The MAYort read a memorial, signed by 9,500 seamen,
riggers, &c., in favour of Mr. Aikin's motion for a Sailors'
Home, and a letter from a Vice-Admiral to the same in-
tent, the letter enclosing a donation of £5, and promising
a subscription of £2 per annum.

PROGRESSIVE INCREASE OF SALARIES TO THE TURN-

KEYS IN THE BOROUGH GAOL

The alteration was opposed by Mr. Aspinall,llTr. Horn-
by, and Mr. Thornhill, and the subject was ultimately
postponed till a report be received from the Paid Officers
Committee.

COACHES AT INN DOORS.
A memorial on this subject was read, and it was stated
that a bye-law had been framed to meet the case.

NEWS-VENDORS' HORNS

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A memorial was read from the news-vendors, praying
that they may be allowed to blow their horns.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORI said he saw no objection.
The TOWN-CLERK.—It is contrary to an act of parlia-
ment.

Mr. COOPER.—They may blow away outside the bo-
rough.
Mr. SHEPPARD.—It's against the act, their blowing,
and tell 'em so.

LANDING STAGES.
A memorial on the above subject, Mr. Aikin having
borne testimony to the want of regulation, was referred
to the Finance Committee.

The MAYOR read a long communication from Mr.
John Walker, complaining of the system of collecting
rates, &c. There had been for some time past a very thin
council, so that the Mayor had to be very vigilant to pre-
vent members from departing, and leaving less than the
legal number of members. While the Mayor was reading,
Mr. Birkett departed. Only twenty-one members now
remained. The Mayor soon discovered this, and said—
" We are not a council, gentlemen."
Sir Thos. BRANCKER.—You want one-third of a man.
Mr. ASPINALL.—Can't you count me for two, Mr.
Mayor? (Laughter.)
Mr. AIKIN said, under the circumstances he would
postpone his motion, which stood on the paper as follows:
—" That it be referred to the Finance Committee to con-
sider and report on the assistance that can be given by the
corporation to a Sailors' Home, by appropriation of land,
or the use of a building, subject to resumption or other-
wise."

Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said it was a great pity that a
body of men, who were so important to the port, should
receive so little attention, that when their claims were
coming on they should be left without a council. He
feared they had no votes.

The following were the nembers present at this junc-
ture, the council being at a pause :—Messrs. Thornhill,
Preston, Thompson, Hornby, Aikin, Aspinall, Cooper,
Kilshaw, G. H. Lawrence, Lace, Trottnan, Sheppard,
Platt, Barclay, Bulley, Bromley-Moore, Moon, Evans,
Sir Thomas Branacr, and the Mayor.

Mr. Birkett re-entered in a few minutes, and the busi-
ness proceeded. It was, however, ultimately decided that
Mr. Aikin's motion should stand first on the paper for
the special council to be held on Saturday next.

The council broke up at five minutes past four o'clock

MEETINGS OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE

The usual weekly meeting of the Dock Trustees took
place on Thursday, when there were present:—Messrs.
Sands, Holt, Holmes, Middleton, Chilton, Smith, Moly-
neux, Nicol, Aikin, Bulley, Royden, Moon, Tobin, Bold,
Sandbar'', Moore, and Shand.
Mr. SANDS occupied the chair.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed.

MEASTJREMENT OF VESSELS

The CHAIRMAN introduced to the notice of the meet-
ing a plan for the measurement of vessels, and said Mr.
Milcrest, the inventor of the plan, had kindly sent a
model of a ship, and was in waiting to afford the com-
mittee any information which might be required. He,
however, suggested that the best mode would pr:bably be
to refer the matter to the Finance Committee.

Mr. Milcrest was called, and gave some information to
several members relative to the proposed plan. After
some little discussion it was agreed that, in measuring
American ships, the same mode should be adopted as was
adopted by the Queen's surveyors in measuring the Bri-
tish ships.