The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of the Health Committee, comprising
a recommendation to the council to authorise some fur-
ther assistance for temporary purposes having been read,

Mr. Birkett announced 0;d-there were 1500 courts and
a great many cellars in course of erection in the town,
agreeably to the provisions of the new act, and that the
committee apprehended not any serious inconvenience
from the poorer classes in carrying the act fully into ope-
ration.
The proceedings were confirmed.
CORONER'S ACCOUNTS.

The coroner's accounts, amounting to £94 16s. 6d.,
were referred to the Finance Committee.
ST. JAMES'S CHURCH CLOCK. _

The Mayor read a memorial, signed by the Rev. Mr.
Hampton and a great number of the inhabitants of Tox-
teth-park, praying that the clock in front of St. James's
Church tower be illuminated by the corporation at an ex-
pense of £l2O.
It was referred to the Finance Committee.

THE LAND AT WALLASEY POOL.

The Mayor read the following letter from Mr. Joseph
Mallaby

" Fenwick -street, sth August, 1814.
" Sin,—On behalf of the proprietors interested in the
agreement for leases of the land bounding on the south
side of Wallasey Pool, from the land of Mr. Brassey at
Bridge-end to Wallasey Pool Bridge, I am instructed to
apply to the Corporation of Liverpool to know whether
they will sell the freehold and inheritance on that land,
and to say that the parties are prepared either to pay the
gross sum or an annual perpetual rent for the same.
" Will you be good enough to lay this letter before the
Town Council of Li mrpool, at the meeting on Wednesday
next, for their consideration.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
"JOSEPH MALLABY.

" The Mayor of Liverpool, Scc."
The letter was referred to the Finance Committee to
consider and report.

MISMANAGEMENT OF THE BATHS.
The MAYOR read a letter from John Thornton, stating
that he had been employed at the Corporation Baths and
Wash-houses as fireman, and that he was prepared to
prove, by the entire mismanagement of those places, that
the object the council had in view in establishing them
had been in a great measure defeated.
Mr. BIRKETT observed that the writer was a discarded
servant, and Mr. SHEPPARD said there was an inquiry
pending on the subject.
The memorial was ordered to lie on the table.
THE NORRIS LETTERS.

The MAYOR read a letter from Mr. James Heywood,
of Manchester, brother to Sir Benjamin Heywood, asking
for a loan of the Norris letters, in the possession of the
council, with a view to their being made available by the
editor of a forthcoming publication.
The application was granted.
THE FREEMEN'S ROLL.
The TOWN-CLERK read the names of a list of persons
struck off the freemen's roll prior to 1836, having been
then supposed to be dead, and who had appeared, and now
claimed to be restored to the roll.
Their claim was allowed.
THE LIGHT-SHIPS AND BELL-BUOYS.

Mr. NORTH said he was extremely desirous of asking a
question of the Chairman of the Dock Committee, or the
chairman of the Marine Sub-Committee, but as neither of
those gentleman was in his place, he hoped some other
member would be enabled to impart the necessary infor-
mation. On the occasion of the late gale, the bell-buoy
had drifted up the river. It was well known that the bell-
buoy was one of the two main leading marks ; and it was
a crying evil, and one that language could not exaggerate,
that scarcely a gale of wind occurred but one or other of
those marks, either the light-ship or the bell-buoy, was
drifted. He hoped some explanation might be given
which would have the effect of settling the public mind on
the question, because it was really a matter of frightful
consideration. His own opinion was, that there was a ra-
dical mistake committed in the moorings—that the chains
were too heavy ; that the lower part of the chains was
embedded in the sand, and there was, therefore, no elas-
ticity, and that, under any very extraordinary pressure of
wind and weather, the vessels parted from their anchor-
ge.
Mr. EVANS said it was a good practice in the House of
Commons for members to give notice to those who were
expected to reply.
Mr. NORTH observed, that he had previously mentioned
the subject to the chairman of the Dock Committee.
Mr. EVANS believed that there was no providing against
casualties altogether. With regard to the moorings, that
was a subject which had been unceasingly under the con-
sideration of the Dock Committee, and in which great al-
terations bad been made. But still where the very best
materials had been obtained, it had happened that there
were flaws in the iron which even the best intentioned
maker had been unable to provide against ,• and he (Mr.
Evans) was apprehensive that accidents of this sort would
occur, more or less, through all time. But he conceived
when the extent of the harbour, and of this great bay, and
of the great numbers of buoys and light-ships, werelooked
at, that the Dock Committee had not to reproach them-
selves with any uncommon amount of casualties.
Mr. SHAND said the subject had been repeatedly con-
si lered.
The conversation here dropped.
THE NEW ASSIZE COURTS.

ki I pincil, at this stage, was formed into a special one,

to consider the resolutions of the Finance Committee on
the reference to them on financial considerations of an ad-
ditional advance of 4)000 for the Courts of Law.
"The first resolution. of the Finance Committee was
read as follows :—" That it appears to this committee to
be difficult, under any circumstances, to justify, on finan-
cial grounds, the further advance of -£5OOO for the Courts
of Law, but certainly no such advance can be recommend-
ed by this committee without a report to the council from
the committee on the Courts of Law and St. George's
Hall on the past, now proposed, and expected expendi-
ture, and on the appropriation and fitness of the several
parts of the building for the respective purposes intended,
comprising the result of investigations into the necessity
for the additions now proposed, and furnishing grounds on
which any financial arrangements reliance can be placed,
and the limit to the full amount which will be required to
be provided, and on the several purposes for such outlay
being satisfactorily accomplished for the benefit of the bo-
rough."
At a special meeting of the Law Courts Committee, it
was resolved that, under the circumstances detailed in the
foregoing resolution, they would not carry out the instruc-
tions of the last council, and were desirous of soliciting the
further instructions of the council es to the best course to
pursue.
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER said that, in consequence of
this resolution of the Law Courts Committee, it was con-
sidered desirable to have a conference between them and
the Finance Committee, with the view of endeavouring to
arrange matters before the meeting of the Council. The
conference had accordingly been held on the morning of
that day, at which resolutions were passed,
The TOWN-CLERK read the resolutions passed at the
conference as follows r—" That, on the part of the Courts
of Law and St. George's Hall Committee, it being deter-
mined to make inquiry and report to the council on the
subjects mentioned in the resolution of the Finance Com-
mittee on the 9th instant, it is, upon the part of the Fi-
nance Committee, determined that, upon a reference by
the council of the consideration on financial grounds of
the further advance of X5OOO, that committee will recom-
mend that such advance be made, if the purpose for the
sum mentioned in the proceedings of the Courts of Law
and St. George's Hall Committee, before the council on
the 7th instant, be found by that committee, on inquiry,
to be desirable and proper, and the advance therefore ne-
cessary ; it being also recommended by the Finance Com-
mittee to the council that the following appropriation
should be expressly made towards the repayment of the
xpense of the Courts of Law and St. George's Hall, and
the new main Bridewell,—namely, the present Sessions'-
house, Police-building in High-street, the present main
Bridewell, and the Saracm'S Head Buildings ' • and that
the Finance Committee, as to the three first, and the Im-
provement Committee as to the last, should dispose of the
same as soon as the sale thereof can be effected with ad-
vantage."

Sir THOMAS BRANCKER then moved a resolution to
the effect that the further advance of £5OOO be made' if
the purpose be found desirable and proper, and that the
Law Courts Committee do, with all reasonable despatch,
report to the council on the past, now proposed, and ex-
pected expenditure on the new Assize Courts.
Mr. LLOYD seconded the motion.
Mr. BIRKETT said he had been informed that a meeting
of the Philharmonic Society had been held on the prece-
ding day, to consider whether they should not build a hall
for themselves, upon the ground that the large St.
George's Hall was too large, and that the smaller one was
too small. A place to hold 2000 people was wanted. It
was his opinion that the expense of the new courts would
have the effect of putting a stop to all the public improve-
ments in the town for many years to come. It was a la-
mentable thing that the corporation, with their vast es-
tate, had no money for other useful purposes. The new
building was like a grave ; it was never satisfied ; it would
swallow up the whole of their finances.
The motion was carried unanimously.
BRANCKER AND CO.'S WAREHOUSES.

The MAYOR read a memorial from Messrs. James
Brancker and Co.. setting forth that the increasing com-
merce of the port had required an addition to the number
of warehouses, and that warehouses of improved con-
struction were needed to prevent extensive fires, which,
besides destroying vast amounts of property, had increased
the heavy charges of fire insurance ; that the attention of
the council had been directed to these facts, and that an
act of parliament had been obtained to regulate the erec-
tion of all future warehouses; that the memorialists were
at present erecting warehouses in Harrington-street on
the site of their late sugar refinery, perfectly fire-proof,
and in accordance with the provisions of the act ; but that
they were now informed by the proper authorities that
those warehouses would not be bonded, as they were some
fifty yards beyond the custom-house regulations, those
regulations being •100 yards from the docks, and the ware-
houses in question being 450 yards. The memorialists
then referred to the liberal provisions of the Manchester
Bonding Bill on the subject, and concluded by claiming
the interference of the authorities of the town, to represent
the same to the proper quarter, in order to obtain the re-
moval of a restriction which, in its present shape, was so
highly objectionable.
The MAYOR said it certainly seemed a great grievance.
Sir THOMAS BRANCItER explained more fully the na-
ture of the memorial: said the sugar refinery, before it
was burned, was bonded—that three warehouses in imme-
diate contiguity were at present bonded, and yet, that the
customs refused to allow the warehouses in course of
erection on the old site to be bonded. His brother was of
opinion that an application from the council might induce
the customs to extend the distance prescribed by their
regulations.
The memorial was referred to the Finance Committee.
A memorial from Thomas Pickersgill, relative to a Sai-
lor's Home, and the impositions practised on mariners in
the port, was ordered to lie on the table.
The council adjourned at half-past twelve.