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

THE FINANCE CONMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee comprised recom-
mendations to purchase the property of the. Old Haymar-
ket, under the Improvement Act; to allow the appropri-
ation of £5OO out of the surplus income for the purpose
of widening Sandhills-lane ; to authorise the construction
of the new street to be formed by the dock trustees, under
the Dock Act of 9 and 10 Victoria, of the width of 72 ft.;
and to grant 3,600 yards of land, as a site for the Boys'
Orphan Asylum, adjoining the FemaloOrphan Asylum,
on similar conditions to those contained in the grant or
assurance to the trustees of that asylum.—A discussion
ensued on the third recommendation respecting the new
street at Wapping. Several members protested against
such a serious outlay (X 37,000), when the advantage was
only questionable.—Mr. S. HOLME, who warmly advo-
cated the proposal, consented to refer it back to the Fi-
nance Committee.

DOCK COMMITTEE

Mr. LirrLEDALE, in moving the confirmation of these
,proceedings, said that the subjects of chief importance
were the fact that the junction between the south end of
the town and the London and Northwestern line, by the
dock railway, was now formed ; and the appropriation of
a.portion of the Huskisson Dock to the timber trade, with
a very trifling expense to the dock estate. This would
relieve considerably the crowded Brunswick Dock, and
afford, also, to those gentlemen who wished to go to the
north an opportunity of doing so. Another subject in
which the committee felt interested was the charge made
by Mr. Bigham against some of the servants employed
by them. He (the Chairman) must admit that the
charges were in some cases true, though Mr. Bigham had
failed to bring forward legal evidence of their commission.
On behalf of the dock-gatemen and piermasters generally,
however, he would say that they were as respectable as
men in their station could be expected to be.—The ex-
penditure upon the Huskisson Dock was briefly canvassed,
Mr. 8. HQLME expressing his opinion that this step was
only the getting in of the narrow end of the wedge, for
the purpose.of ultimately removing the timber trade to
the north end of the town.—Thecommittee's proceedings
were confirmed, and the Council adjourned until Wednes-
day (to-morrow.)

THE WHITSUNTIDE FESTIVITIES.-

EXCURSION TRAINS,

The .first cheap train of the season from Liverpool to
the Metropolis left the Edgehill station on Saturday
morning. Contrary to all expectation the numbers who
availed themselves of this cheap means of seeing the
Exhibition, were by ,no means great, not more than three
hundred, which does not exceed, if indeed it reaches the
number conveyed by the corresponding train of former
years, when the metropolis offered no extraordinary
attraction. Yesterday morning there was a falling off,
the numbers which left this town being only 150. The
other towns on the line under Mr. Marcus's management,
including Manchester, Bolton, St. Helens, Wigan, &c.
&c., however, appear fully to have appreciated the oppor-
tunity of visiting the Crystal Palace, as the train leav-
ing Edgehill, on Saturday, with 300 passengers, received
on its way an accession of 3100 previous to its reaching
London.