The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-06-10 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WAI.LASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The usual monthly
meeting was held on Thursday evening. A memorial,
numerously signed, emanating from the inhabitants of
Poutton-cum-Seacombe, was presented to the board, set-
ting forth that, in consequence of a measure of retrench-
ment adopted by the commissioners last year, reducing
the rate of-wages paid to labourers employed on the roads
from 16s. to 13s. a week, the regular wages of labourers
in the township had been likewise reduced to the same
level, and as numbers of these men bad only casual em-
ployment, and large families dependent on them for sup-
port, they had been compelled to seek parochial relief.
After a long discussion, the memorial was referrred to the
improvement committee.

Hiszoutc SOCIETY.—The last meeting of this society
was held on Thursday evening, in the Collegiate Institu-
tion, Mr. P. It.,M(Quie in the chair. The following were
the presentations made to the society.:—Memoirs of the
Earls of Warren and Surrey, 2 vols. 4t0.; the Progress of
the Reformation, one oblong folio volume, containing 72
plates, by John Caton Thompson, Esq., and Anglo-Saxon
Legend of St. Andrew and St. Veronica, by the Cam-
bridge Antiquarian Society. A considerable number of
interesting relics of antiquity were exhibited. A paper on
the British and Roman remains found near,Fleetwood-on-
the-Wyre, by the Rev. W. Thornber, 8.A., of Blackpool,
and another on the ancient ceremony of electing a mock
mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyne, by Mr. Mayer, were
read. A communication was read from Dr. Kendrick, of
Warrington, stating that a number of most interestingdocu-
ments had been discovered in the thatch of a cottage at
Houghton-green, within two miles of Warrington. They
consisted of original precepts, dated 1643, from the Earl
of Derby, Lord Molyneux, Colonel Norris, and others,
directed to the constables of that neighbourhood, for the
supply of men, provisions, forage, &c., to the royal army
then in the garrison at 'Warrington. A concluding
address was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Hume ; and after
two votes of thanks to the officers of the society for their
services during the session, the proceedings terminated.
LIVERPOOL STEAM-TUG .COMPANY.—The annual
general meeting was held on 'Wednesday, at the Claren-
don-rooms, Mr. C. Cotesworth in the chair. In conse-
quence of the enormous competition which the company
had been compelled to encounter, the profits of the year
were not so great as would otherwise have been the case.
The company's fleet at present consisted of nine or ten
vessels, of one hundred horse-power, and upwards. Dur-
ing the last year £6,900 had been, expended for new boil-
ers. It had been proposed to build a sew vessel, but the
purohase of one which belonged to another company had
rendered this unnecessary. The financial statement was
then read, after which the Chairman said that the total
amount of their stock was £61,223, which left £14,486
above the amount of the subscribed capital. He con-
gratulated the shareholders that they had destroyed some
of the competition ; and stated that, by rigid economy
and efficient management, there was no doubt they
should go on prosperously. The financial statement al-
lowed him to declare the usual dividend of ss. per share.
The chairman then brought forward a proposition, to the
effect that Mr. Arthur, who continues still in indifferent
health, be placed in a situation in the company's yard, at
a reduction in salary of £2OO per annum, and that Mr.
Taylor be appointed to the outside department. Mr.
Williams, a shareholder, testified to the abilities of Mr.
Taylor, who, he considered, had benefitted the company
to the amount of £lOO a week since his appointment.
The proposition was agreed to.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—The dinner and
monthly meeting took place on Tuesday evening last at
the club-room, Birkenhead Hotel, and was well attended
Several of the club yachts were at anchor off the hotel;
amongst them were the Queen of the Ocean, the Vision,
the Uralic, the Wyvern, the Ranger, and the Royal
Yacht Society schooner Gipsy Queen. The Bacchante
cutter was cruizing about in the afternoon with a fine
whole mainsail breeze, and passed the club-house several
times. The commodore took the chair at half-past five,
and the rear-commodore the vice-chair. Several of the
other officers and members attended in their uniforms, and
sat down to a very excellent dinner, provided by the host..
The following members were elected members :—Mr. Ed-
ward Moore Gawne, Kentraugh, Isle of Man; Mr. Alfred
Middleton, merchant; Mr. C. B. Buchanan, merchant ;
Mr. W. 11. Prowse, merchant; Mr. Robert Whittle, 91st
regiment, Fairy Yacht, 10 tons; and Mr. Francis Chris-
tian Oswald, Isle of Man. Several other parties were pro-
posed for ballot at the next meeting. It was suggested
that a sailing match, a time race for all classes, but con-
fined to the yachts belonging to members only, take place
on Saturday, 27th July, and that the sailing committee
meet to decide as to the day and place the match is to
come off, and report at the next meeting. The Birken-
head Hotel, at which the club now regularly holds its
meetings, is becoming a favourite resort. The gardens.
which are thrown open to the public, are in excellent con-
dition, and Afford a delightful retreat to the visitors; and