The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-25 00:00:00

ST. PAUL'S CHU itCH DAILY AND SUNDAY
SCHOOLS.
ON SUNDAY NEXT, November 30th, TWO
SERMONS will be preached in St. PAUL'S
CHURCH, and Collections made in support of the above
Schools; in the Morning, by the Rev. J. CORDEAUX,
M.A:, Minister of St. Silas' Church ; Divine Service to
commence at a quarter before Eleven o'Clock; in the
Evening, by the Rev. T. NOLAN, M.N., Minister of
St. Barnabas' : Divine ServiCe to commence at Half-past
Six o'Clock.
Donations from those who cannot attend the above
Services will be thankfully received by the Ministers of
the said Church ; by Mr. W. C. Williams, Churchwarden,
61, Lord-street, and by Mr. John Davies, the Treasurer
of the Schools, 14, Exchange Buildings.

NOTICE.
CO2II2IIISSIONERS OF PILOTAGE.
IV OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING
.1-11 of the COMMISSIONERS of PILOTAGE will
will be held, in the Council Room of the Town-hall, on
'WEDNESDAY, the 26th November instant, at One o'clock,
for the ELECTION of FIFTEEN COMMISSIONERS
to SUPPLY VACANCIES in the OFFICE of COM-
MISSIONERS, under sth Geo. IV.—
Also, at the same place, immediately after the Meeting
of the Commissioners. as above, for the ELECTION of
THIRTEEN COMMISSIONERS to be the PILOTS'
COMMITTEE, pursuant to the same Act.—Dated this
18th day of November, 1845.
By order, D. ROWLAND, Secretary.

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
A T a MEETING of the INHABITANTS, assessed
11 and contributing to the relief of the Poor within the
said Town, held in the Sessions House, in Chapel-street,
within the said Town. on THURSDAY, the-20th day of
November, 1845, pursuant to notice, duty published, ac-
cording to the directions of the seven Acts for the better
Paving and Sewerage of the Totin of Liverpool, for the
pnrpose of nominating and, choosing such and so many
Commissioners as would,lfe requisite to supply the sub-
sisting vacancies in the" number of Commissioners, ac-
cording to the provisions of the said Acts.
It was moved by Mr. JOHN SMITH, seconded by Mr.
WILLIAM BIRKETT, and
Resolved,—That Mr. JOHN HOLMES be the Chair.
man of this Meeting.
An Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditnres of the
Commissioners, for the year ending the 30th S ptember,
1845, was laid before the Inhabitants, as directed by the
Acts, and read.
It being reported to this Meeting that of the nine Com-
missioners chosen out of the Town Council of the said
Town of Liverpool, there were five vacancies, occasioned
by the retirement, by rotation, according to the provisions
of the said Acts, of Mr. Richard Houghton, Mr. James
Plumpton, and Mr. John Abraham Tinne; and by the
disqualification, by non-attendance for the period of six
months, of Mr. James Brancker and Mr. James Tyrer ;
and that of the fifteen other Commissioners there were
five vacancies occasioned by the retirement by rotation,
as aforesaid, of Mr. William Birkett, Mr. James Aspinall,
Mr. Thomas Kaye, Mr. George Green Hornby, and Mr.
Joseph Cooper.
It was moved by Mr. JAMES PROCTER, and seconded
by Mr. WILLIAM WALTHEW,
That the following gentlemen, being Members of the
Town Council, be elected Commissioners in the place of
those chosen out of the Town Council going out of office
as aforesaid, namely,—Mr. James Aspinall, Mr. William
Birkett, Mr. Thomas Kaye, Mr. John Abraham Tinne,
in the place of Mr. James Brancker, and Mr. James
Plumpton, in the place of Mr. James Tyrer.
The foregoing gentlemen were afterwards proposed se-
riatim, and no objection being made to the first four, they
were declared to be duly elected.
It was moved as an amendment by Mr. JOHN FORBES,
seconded by Mr. THOMAS H AIGH, R . .

That Mr. Vincent Higgins be chosen a Commissioner
instead of Mr. James Plumpton.
The amendment and motion having been proposed from
the Chair, the amendment was carried, on a show of
hands; and, therefore, Mr. Higgins was declared to be
duly elected. _ _ _ . .

It was moved by Mr. JAMES PROCTER, and seconded
by Mr. JAMES R. JEFFERY,
That the following gentlemen be elected Commission-
ers, to supply the vacancies in the number of the other
Commissioners going out of office, by rotation, according
to the provisions of the said Acts, namely,—Mr. Joseph
Cooper, Mr. John Grant Morris, Mr. William Walthew,
Mr. James Denton, and Mr. James Brancker.
These gentlemen were afterwards proposed seriatim,
and no objection being offered to the first four, they were
declared to be duly elected.
It was moved as an amendment by Mr. TIMOTHY PAR-
KINSON, and seconded by Mr. ATKINSON,
That Mr. Thomas Godfrey be elected a Commissioner
instead of Mr. James Brancker.
The amendment and motion having been proposed from
the Chair, and the original motion having been carried o❑
a show of hands, a poll was demanded by Mr. Timothy
Parkinson, but which he subsequently withdrew ;
thereupon Mr. Brancker was declared to be duly elected.
It was moved by Mr. JAMES REAY, seconded by Mr.
WILLIAM WALTIIEW, and .

Resolved,—That the best thanks of this meeting be
given to Mr. James Procter, the chairman, and the other
members of the Committee of the Highway Board, ap-
pointed to inquire into the insufficiency of the supply of
water to the inhabitants, for the very impartial manner in
which the inquiry was conducted.
The notices, as they appear in the Gazette and the Li-
verpool newspapers, of an intended application, by the
Commissioners, in the ensuing session of Parliament, for
a bill or bills to alter, amend, extend, and enlarge the
powers and provisions of their several acts, having been
read :
It was moved by Mr. WILLIAM WALTHEW, seconded
by Mr. JAMES REAY, and
Resolved,—That the Commissioners have the full ap-
probation of this meeting in proceeding to Parliament for
powers for which notices have bee❑ given.
Resolved, on the motion of Mr. JOHN SMITH,—
That it be an instruction to the Parliamentary Com-
mittee, to be appointed by the Commissioners for the
above purpose, to obtain for the inhabitants of Liverpool
all the salutary provisions of Lord Lincoln's proposed bill,
and, at the same time, exemption of this town, from that
part of the bill which involves the appointment of a new
body of commissioners.
JOHN HOLMES, Chairman.
It was moved by Mr. JOHN SMITH, seconded by Mr.
JAMES IL JEFFERY, and
Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this meet-
ing be presented to Mr. John Holmes, for his impartial
conduct in the —

EDWARD G. DEANE,
Clerk to the Commissioners

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is
intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing
Session, for an Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge,
or to repeal some of the powers and provisions of an Act
passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of King George
the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for the better Paving and
Sewerage of the Town of Liverpool, in the County Pala-
tine of Lancaster ; and for settling the Boundaries be-
tween the said Town and the Township of Kirkdale, and
parts of the Townships of Everton and West Derby ;"
and also of an Act passed in the fifth year of the Reign of
her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for amending an
Act relating to the Paving and Sewerage of the Town of
Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster ;" and
also of an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held
in the sixth and seventh years of the Reign of her present
M ajesty, intituled " An AA for enabling the Commis-
sioners for Paving and Setering the Town of Liverpool,
more effectually to Watyr the Streets of the said Town,
and to provide sVater r Extinguishing Fires therein ;"
and to increase the n ber of the Commissioners acting
in the execution of t e said Acts. And it is also proposed
by the said intend Act to extend the powers of the said
recited Acts, and/of the Commissioners in the exercise
thereof, to the TOwnships of Everton and Kirkdale, in the
said County of Lancaster ; and to that portion of the
Township of West Derby which is within the said Borough
of Liverpool. And to give to the said Commissioners
further and additional powers with respect to the laying
out and regulating the width of all new Streets to be made
within the said Borough, and for Paving the same, and
for making Drains or Sewers from the Houses in the said
Borough to the Sewers of the Commissioners, and for
recovering from the Owners of such new Streets and
Houses the whole or any part of the expenses incurred
thereby. And also to give to the said Commissioners
powers for better Cleansing the several Streets,
Roads, Passages, Squares, and Places now or here-
after being within the said Borough, or within that
part of the said Borough which is not included within
the Town and Parish of Liverpool. And also to give to
the said Commissioners further powers for supplying
Water for watering the said Streets, Roads, .`:'quares,
Passages and Places, for extinguishing fires in the said
Borough, and for domestic and other purposes, within the
said Borough, and for supplying Shipping frequenting the
Port of Liverpool ; and for effecting such last-mentioned
objects to sink additional Wells and to lay down addi-
tional Mains and Pipes, and to construct additional tanks,
and to provide pumps and fountains in the said Borough,
and to provide along the Docks Quays and elsewhere
within the said Borough, Troughs for Watering Cattle,
and for other purposes.
And powers will also be taken by the said intended Act
for enabling the said Commissioners to purchase, or to
take upon lease, either for a term of years, or in perpetui-
ty, and upon compulsion, or otherwise, the Reservoirs,
Engines, Mains, Pipes, Property, Estate and Effects, now
or at any time hereafter belonging to the Liverpool and
Harrington W ater Works Company, and the Liverpool
Water Works Company, or either of them, and all the
rights, powers, privileges, and authorities of the said two
Companies respectively, of and in and in relation to the
same respectively, and to enable the said Companies re-
spectively, or either of them, to sell, or to grant a lease
of the same upon such terms and conditions, and for such
sum, or for such annual or other rent as may either be
agreed upon between the said Commissioners and the said
Companies respectively, or as may be assessed or deter-
mined by arbitration, or by the verdict of a jury, as the
case may be ; and for such last mentioned purposes it is
intended to alter, amend, and enlarge, or to repeal the
powers and provisions of the several Acts hereinafter
mentioned, that is to say, an Act passed in the 39th year
of the reign of King George the Third, intituled " An
Act for better supplying the Town and Port of Liverpool
with Water, from certain springs in the township of Boo-
tle, in the county palatine of Lancaster ;" an Act passed
in the 50th year of the reign of King George the Third,
intituled " An Act to alter, emend, and enlarge the powers
of en Act passed in the 39th year of his present Majesty,
for better supplying the Town and Port of Liverpool with
Water, from certain springs in the township of Bootle, in
tire county palatine of Lancaster; an Act passed in the
53d year of the reign of King George the Third, inti-