The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

GREAT GEORGE WARD.

With Oat indecency which seems almost inseparable
from radicalism, the name of Mr. Robertson Gladstone
was put forward in this ward—of course without the
slightest authority—as an opponent of Mr. G. G. Hornhy,
the retiring member. There was therefore here no legiti.
mate ooposition to the reelection of a conservative. The
number of votes recorded were tor Mr. Hornby 136, for
Mr. Gladstone 67. •

RODNEY•STREET WARD.

The contest in this ward was very spirited, the radicals
keeping within a short distar ce of their opponents until
three o'clock, when the conservatives came up in goodly
numbers, and returned Mr John Pemberton, an excel-
lent conservative, by a majority of fifty-one over Mr.
Harvey. The majority in this card at the last election
was only eighteen, and Mr. Harvey brought to the poll
forty less voters than did Mr. LaAsell at the list election,
At the close Mr. Holmes was called upon to address the
assemblage. He sail that he had tio ordinary gratification
in congratulating the electors on the issue of the contest ;
and he thought it not improbable that almost every ward
which had been contested would return a conservetive,
and many of them by The Whig party
rio'Sliglit mdj 'reties.
had been instrumental in carrying the Reform Bill, and it
could not but be mortitOrig to them to discover that, in
fair arid open contest, they were signally defeated by the
operation of the very bill, wli;ch they expected would
have secured to them a pet manency of t,olitic rl power. As
the contest in Liverpool had generally been conducted
with good humour, and without those personalities which
are always to be lamented and deprecated, he tru-ted that
all animosities would be speedily forgotten—that, there
might be no undue excitement or triumph aver those who,
.though defeated, were still their townsmen, and were
anxious, like themselves, for its welfare and prosperity.'
It vris his great desire that the conservative party, ren-
dered still stronger as it soon would be, by the exchange
of six whigs for six conservative aldermen. He (Mr.
Holme) hoped that all their deliberations strengthened as
they would be, might conduce to the good government of
the town, and to the prosperity °fa!' its inhabitants. Mr.
Holme then thanked them for the zeal which had been ma-
nifested on the occasion, arid concluded by asking them to
give three cheers for the Queen, which were heartily re-
sponded to ; and the assemblage immediately and most
good humouredly dispersed.
Mr. Pemberton also addressed the electors in a feeling
and handsome manner.

ABERCROMBY WARD.

Mr. James Procter, the previous representative for
this ward, but who for the last twelve months has retired
into private life, was again brought forward, and, though
we believe he is at present on the continent. his return
was unopposed.

LIME-STREET WARD.
There was considerable animation here ; Mr. Henry
Holmes, who retired from Exchange Ward, being put
forward to oppose the re-election of Mr. J. B. Lloyd.
During the early part of the day the numbers were nearly
equal, but at two Mr. Lloyd sprang ahead and increased
his majority at the close to forty-two—the largest, we be-
lieve. ever, gained in this ward—which affords a sufficient
proof that Mr. Lloyd's sers ices in the Council ate pro.
perly appreciated by those best qualified to form an esti-
mate of their value.
SAINT A NN E'S.
For some weeks and even months past the Radical
Faction in our town had been making a dead set upon this
Ward. and had determined at all hazards to oust the pre-
sent indefatigable and honest representative, Mr. James
Parker. The means to which they were prepared to des-
cend were sufficiently shown in the Registration
havingtgistratiopnaid c
Courts
by the choice specimens of humanity whom they hrot,ht
up to foist upon the Burgess Roll, as
rates with—save the mark!—their own won'yon and not
i
that supplied for the purpose by the Radieal C
Their greatest difficulty however was to find a Candidate.
of upsetting
a fitting person turned up in the Per-
willing to undertake the herculean work
agitating the mat_
Mr. Parker, and they were despairing
Earle, resh rned i
from his recent
ter, when, luckily,
EmperorM'kllia of all William
so
visitn ofto At lh re,
the Russian and other
great Continental Sovereigns.
and full confidence was enteltainedM
his dignified
been solicited, lent
or
f.
hisE a rtlrei,n
allitiov,
ai I:
looking COUntrnance ;
return. But, alas! nothing
opponent, and from hour t
—thanks to the energetic is certain here below. At
the opening of the poll,
c exertions
os ttfoe otaikd,ei
steadily
the
Itl,teisiaidt
atiltn:tfendhis
t
O
of
the ward, atrsongst whom, in especial, we may mention

Nov.s, 184 i.

I sV
the Loyal Protestant 01 eratives—and at four o'clock
returned by a majority of 13, the numbers polled being
For Mr. Parker (Conservative) .. • 231
For Mr. Earle (Radical) 216

Majority 15
Whilst we congratulate the ward upon this result, of,
must strongly urge upon them the necessity of bring we'
prepared fur next year's contest. No man except one
universally respected by his fello-w-burgesses,
Parker, could have withstood the amount of influences°
'trickery brought to bear against him. The proeeellingn:
throughout the day were peaceable and orderly, and ,°;:0
a single instance of drunkenness was observed, excel'''.
the case of one of Mr: Parker's previously pler!ged voter!,
who, having been " bottled " all night by the Radics°:
was led up to the poll by two of this virtuous party, afros'
half-past ten in the forenoon, in a state ofintoxicatios,
to give his vote for Mr. Earle. as is Mr:

WEST DERBY WARD. re'
As usual, a co iservative—Mr. J. S. Leigh—was
turned unopposed.

SOUTH TOXTETFI WARD. art
The contest here commenced by the canservative p
taking a strong lead, and placing their candichte..'Ar. r
L. Jones, in a large majority over the opponent, or ratite,
the shadow of an opponent, whom the radicals llad ratter
lected. (Mr. Yates had distinctly refused to stand on me
score of ill health, aid is at present at Leamington.) TI,,
advantage thus gained the radicals never recovered, .o
though they resorted to every sort of meanness to ga;.,
time for their tardy voters to come up. Thus the que.
• tions were put by the alderman, Mr. Evans, (a C 4 to
usually resorted to only in cases of suspected fraud,)
such voters as Mr. Ambrose Lace, Mr. Samuel Ilvinle!
'and others, with whose identity and honour he was Per
fectly well acquainted, a proceedin both factious and.'n,
suiting, and which we should certainly not have an,iciii%
ted from Mr. EvanS, however great the emergelleY to ,
party. The conservatives, however, maintained their 0,
sition through the day; and at four o'clock hail returned
Mr. Jones by a large majority, the numbers being for
Mr. Jones (Conservative) ..... •• • 175
Mr. R: V. Yates (Radical) ..... . 136

Majority. . 39 ked
Not a vestige of excitement of any description mar e
'the proceedings, although from the popularity end lar,gi,
property of Mr. Yates in the ward, an enthusiasm in
favour might reasonably have been an'icipated.

NORTH TOXTETH WARD. •' or
The contest in this ward, between Mr. Mann, a tnri,_„
the old school, and Mr. Geo. rge Holt, a t
al
and radical, whoa few years ago sate in the council
alderman of the same ward, commenced in good earne4r.
the hour of opening the poll, the former taking fot ti,t4;
first two hours a considerable lead of his opponent. "'
one o'clock, however, the radicals, by the most strenuous
_
it er septa.tni"
exertions, had pulled up, and were, we believe, at one oat°
in a majority, which they announced, to the infinite ;Corals
tification of the papist mobocracy of the ward, hY wh •
they were chiefly supported. Front this period tix tobriiceti
began to rally in great force, and took the leul• wheir
they maintained up to the close of the poll, returning t
candidate by a majority of 60. The
proceedings throl2Fat
out were perfectly orderly, and unmarked by any af
the
excitement which has prevailed on former occa"°`„4'and
conservative party being conscious of their strength'
the radicals evidently dispirited and chopfallen, their clot
dictate himself having washed his hands of them, and P°l
blank refused to stan 1, if elected.
olir
The following were the numbers at the close of the P
viz:—

Mann (Tory)...
Holt (Radical).

Makulty for the Tory . 6° nai'
At the close of the proceedings the successiul 0,0
dates for both the Wards briefly addressed the elec,ere
from one cf the windows of the Royal Oak, and *,tlf
loudly cheered by the assemblage, which was sutisegultif
addressed by Mr. Sheppard, and then diapers quie
homeward.

CHI, SHIRE.

Last week Mr. John Lana-an purchased the estate 'IP°
hall of Thornton, near Itock'Ferry. for 9,000 guineas' 0.
Assanur.—At the Birkenhead Pclice•court. on "T„it-
(lay, George Lawton was fined 40s. and costs for r.s' dent
ing Eliza Forshaiv, in High rßehington. The dele".oe.
accused the complainant of keeping a disorderlt Ir ;es,
and the magistrates, who had heard of his irreolarlb
strongly cautioned him.
Ct;Rlotistidal
CIRCUMSTANCE.—An inquest was stn 't
summoned to b • held at Woodchurch. near Brker''''', :1,
on the body of en elderly female, who, it was
had died in consequence of ill-treatment by ar ll"'lt'fhe
ised practitioner in his endeavours to cure a can ere r the
C rover, H. Cliurton, Esq., issued his warrant fa •
disinterment of the body, and ordered a pest ortclie.•
rn uN,
amination to be made by Dr. Vaughan and Mr• at
of Birkenh ad. However, on the parties arrivinteeo
Woodchur•li, it was found that the dectres,d l';(1.. the
buried at Whi•chnrch, in Shropshire, and thit'''',,iry•
parties departed, for the purpose of pursuing the 1111-04
FILE AT BICKENHEAD.—About three o'clock red
Tuesday morning last the watchman on duty discoeers
the premises of Messrs. Wemvss and Cameron,
join are.
and builde,s, y-streel, Birkenhead, to be
the
The alarm was speedily given, and two of the engine' die
to work, but, o.‘.iFg to the inflammable nature of ti.ees
buildings, whieli were chiefly composed of wood, in 168
Orli three quitters of an hour the w ole were nized tO:be
ground. There is every reason to suppose that this is 1.4
work of an inee,idiary, as the tire originated in the eo'
end of the building. in a temporary shed used forjointili
flooring boards, (into which no fire was ever admitted) al,
in the end directly opposite to that in which the stove
erected. About fourteen men were ea-Inlayed on the Irre:,
office
mises, all of wit ,in have lost the whole of their tools. 'JP;
premises were insured in a London
; and the, lost''
exclusive of the tools, is estimated at about £2OO.
FALL OF A POItTfON OF BIRKENHEAD Mnartgl'..:,
About eleven o'clock on Saturday between fifty and
yards of the southeastern wall of the new market now],
course of erection at Birkenhead, by the eontrietTss
Messrs. Fox, l'enderson, and Co., fell down witaoe
tremendous crash, burying 8;41 of the workmen i".ee,
ruins'. The unfortutrne fellows were engaged at the i'n'to
in that part of the building which is to be converteel2.o
underground cellars, and wire rivetting a portion ed :he
iron roof. We are happy to say, although three °roe
parties were seriously injured, no person was killed, avirg
remaining three were got out of the ruins without hof
sustained any contusions of consequence. The narrt.et:(,
the injured parties are, James Ellis, need thirtY Hu=hes
whose leg was fractured in two places; Samuel at!,
aged twenty-two, who received contusions or. the Ig-e(1
thebips, and both legs ; and John Cannon. who teen
contusions on the head and loins. The poor fel:ows,!red
a•e all unmarried, and from Staffordshire, were reow,,;oo
to the Birkenhead Dispensary, where prompt at",rtor
was paid to their injuries. The accident was causeto'
the fury of the gale which was blowing at the titrt°: fly
a contemporary states that the walls are not suificie,
strung, being where the semicircular windows are I.i'ogie
placed, only nine inches in thickness, thelength (la'', be-
brick, and where the pillars, or supports, are erecteoeo
tween the windows,the thickness varies only from four'
to eighteen inches.
Ined
WALLASKY—On Thursday evening, the der,
Meeting of they io parisners was held, to take into consig,
ation certain propositions for the improvement, lightio
and watching of the parish. On the motion of Air'set•
tledale, J. C. Ewart,' Esq.l in the absence of the _.,,jog
pr. Byrth. was called to the chair. The meeting ''arse.
been opened by the chairman, and addressed bYnieo.
Wineh, in the speech explanatory of the propo•e,_d 001
sure, Mr. Meadowcto't opposed the project, but id(
with little support. The following resolution was ea jotO
with only three or four dissentients :—"That taking 5e
consideration the great present and prosprctice rha
of the Population of tie parish of Wallasey, it ie',lr'oti'n
opinion of this meeting, very desirable that t'Pi.",:, for
should be made to parliament in the ensuing se,7 „loon,
an act for the regulation of the affairs of the Park''' I.s 0'
the principle of vesting in ccrnmissioners the W'ee.
paving, lighting, watching, cleansing, and ether" Toe (4,
provi• g the parish, the establishment ru and ainten°4 all
an effective police, and a public market thereon• eerusl
other powers that may be found tiecessury. IT its t,,',j is
good government, for which the general law of the o
gen'
necessary, it incoming insufficient,"—A numb, r
tlernen were then nominated to act as a coinniitteei;conv
secretary proceeded to read the report of the Su close
mitteeon the loads of the intended bill. The fe't „tea
vests the execution of the act in 21 commis.sioner-..4'00 ericl
at £5O, or possessing property of the value of Xi' relief
to be glee ed by the i,liabitaots rated at £lO to t_l4.ication
of the poor.—Mr. Brice proposed that the (PP" erty
to
£5O. or prof,
jee se-
•Zhhe"viadlubee oaf rfliOnOgOoirnft3esaeiln instead of
1°51)0. Mr. ITY win ch
conded the motion, which was carried, alter rl ', Oct"
had explained, in answer to a question, that the,fTe next
Lion was to be in landed property, or houses. s `osit re-
clause provides that seven of the commissioner The next
ts-
6ctwillTo;einui
(es,er,ssi annuallyraetlieatai
ibtp::::roter:eoridtti rotation, omwn
oi,
trhiatonhidli
yt be re-eligib,l7e e co nvo
the
it was made compulsory,
r.
The neat clause relates to the
ment of and MiCt:OnrestnliOnFa'et.C.""'r
lighting acommissiO'
I tO
ing of particular districts, by d realer) of thde
be
on the suggestion
nd woo'
ners, and provides that such I arts wily Fl",d advisah?
(Iterates. Mr. Ford suggested that ocnln' oho ere the'
r
for the commissioners to take power to on;',let,d. nod after.
own gas, instead of taking it front Birke
t to that rife°
a good dual of discussion, an antend"leln.use authorizing
was carried by a small majority.—
the corr.rais‘ioners to take a lease
ceeding twenty•one years of any ofTftiol:ree
e
tt-e
coma., • g
leave the consideration of it to th
ferries of the parish having teen read, it
nt,
in of the impr
clauses author zinc. the lay d without obt;
were passed
arid watching. and highway rates
the Commissioners
nervation.—The clause authorizing
the act has' •
•rat purposes of
borrow £15,000 for the gent- iwreeci
log
t"
that. the sum should becrlie
been read, Mr. Ford Plc? c'et.nxivs,,t.tianesg"nor"fut tuesr,i;
bc
al ariiloku,sairtieS
uses in
tph,tl
tee reprint P[o):iuti (11(11:anint'i'ieilk‘.eier read-Bgrr eeeed, te:te- ife:l
Plaphrovtd with the at",'tPicPisteiednitis'eufn'ddelora£lllo ats an e
eard.tplittif°r°%
II di
clause.
it rate, and that for such tenements
the iniproveniei
highway, a, d lighting and watelim-rates, shall he c,,_'rairog:i•
etly on the respective owners.' Carried„—A ry• (cod
eltr,'•
• I there no elitist for a supply of water ? b3l
over .
Solicitor explained that sech pow er must be Weill! elie
a Company, and not by the commis loners, a tad
forms of toe House uould prevent them from anl::,,,re:
for such powers this session at least.—The
We want water mote than any thing else.—Tate c!..,"
Cltof
suggested this nomer would be better left in the rand
the committre.—The various clauses of the bi 1 W;le,oce•
proved, arid a committee formed to carry out the ej'

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Nov. 5, 1644

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

On Wednesday a special meeting of the council was held
atthe Town-hall, for the purpose of winding up the
affairs
ff irs of the municipal year.
DEATH OF THE TOWN-CLERK.
The MAYOR said his first duty was to announce to tho
officielly what the a knew—the death of the
•n
-clerk. He need not say that the Town-Clerk was
Yery eminent lawyer. and that the all deeply regretted
his loss. (Hear, hear.) Ile died on Friday night last at
Leamington.
a M. G. H. LAWRENCE said they had in Mr. Radcliffe
,ereost excellent offieer, whose services were unremitting.
here was no subject, however difficult or embarrassing,
to which he was fiat at all times ready to employ the vigo-
Zenergies of his able mind ; and there was nu demand
upon him to which he was not always willing to
wasled a ready ear. This amounted almost to a fault—he
aSO Courteous, so accessible to them all. When they
ns.idered that his services were enhanced with the high-
est legal talent, and the highest sense of honour, they
would be able to form a just estimate of the excellent man ;
and
C when they remember the difficuities he had to en-
,Olinter, arid with what undeviating consistency he had
led them
they tbeto through the intricacies of the Municieal Reform
tai ee might, indeed, feel that the council had sus-
d some loss. To him (Mr: Lawrence) personally,
c--aand he believed he spoke the sentiments of the whole
'
Radcliffe had beret very kind, very encou-
!lglng : there was no occasion on which his aid and judi-
eaxis advice had not been within his reach ; and he should
e;11 ect his
and the council would be open to a
gene ea ingratitude, if they hesitated to record their
e-s'e 7.0 f the services to which alluded, and failed to put
47,1neir minutes some regard for the high ability, zeal,
puessseVen,did talents which the Tewri-Clerk so eminently
"ea, and of which it had pleased Providence, in his
inscrutable wisdam, to deprive them. He concluded by
le7inft a resolution to the effect,—that the council, deep-
6.traipressed with a sense of the servi.es of the late Town-
oee k. Richard Radcliffe, Esq., embracing the earl'est
zettPlortee:• _
'tee), of entering on their minutes a record of the
aidend and ability which had ever di.stineuished his career,
Ito tequested the Masor to convey to Mrs. Radcliffe,
the other members of the family, an assurance of the
rripat
legit u
Y. of the council in the decease of this most excel-
cer of the corporation.
Nlr
beLee • 4ilarN, in seconding the motion, said that it would
eaferi-trY difficult again to filed a man combining the various
had
.is Which were so ably enjoyed by Mr. Radcliffe, who
his ot only great legal knowledge, hut that fondness for
bPursuit which induced him to give his time morning,
e°ll' and night, to the services of the town. But per-
Ps the the indiscriminate praise which had been used was
Pier unfortunate. He could only lament that any frailty
whabit should have at all impaired Mr. Radcliffe's great
Public. ; but speaking of him as a public man. he
feu:ln On ag
lyagain express his fear that it would be hopeless
ea the council to expect a successor combining all the
7.4111111 es My. Radcliffe possessed.
e motion was carried unanimously.
APPLICATION FROM THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK
Th COMPANY.
ee Proceedings of the Finance Committee comprised
;111 aPplication from the Birkenhead Dock Company to
threllase the reversion of the corporation in a portion of
e WallaFey Estate. The application, with an accompa-
-1144141P1an, was slated by the law agent of the company,
Joseph Malt• b It set forth that the company had
agreed f Y'
the or /5 years, to purchase the property; and that
ra.Y intended to apply for an act next session to incorpo-
tore the company, and to empower them to erect ware-
Financen the margin, They now formally applied to the
r Committee, and offered to pay for the reversion-
ary interest in a gross sum at aprice to be agreed to, or
t; valuta. b
Lee re I°o hatpte parties. I he Finance Commit-
no solved t this was only a repetition, by Ca joint-
reeedk 'ompany,e of an offe• which had been previously
fo_e uy the lessees to purchase the reversion ; that the
--Ter offer had been declined by the committee, and also
ca'Yethe council, and that the committee did not feel at li-
Y to enter into any negociaiion on the subject. The
tarrrittee recommended the Church-street of pce of land, to mm °bout 2,200 yards, in , Birkenhead,
Yeas 'r• Wright, at the rate of 355. fid. per yard, for 75
Nisei subject to a deposit of 10 per cent.
the Pro n• LAWRENCE, in moving the confirmation of
Prop°. ceediog', thought it right to !minim' that if this
corumNliii lied come from a public body like the Birkenhead
the nie:siGners, and that if it stated public grounos for
exact ealnere, and accompanied it with plaits, showing the
with publeit
for which public warehouses, in connexion
flatlet uoeks were re aird then possibly, the Fi-
(N tmlunitt ' q " . '
0, no.\ ee might have given it more consideration.
proposal) 0 e said more consideration ; but here was a
which the :Ili,l,le;ioart of a self-constituted company, of
niched with -0-e't knew nothing. Unless they w, fur-
allow the e%Lin,,e pretext—some arguments which might
(hear)—and thelt to arise to the corporation estate-
--(hear, Bear) j'eeuefit also to the burgesses or Liverpool
further ,a a--ce'`erwdaiusgiityrpossible for the council to go
ter the committee thought it elide the
to the of events, and give a simple refusal
in. (Hear.) 'With public grounds, inde-
A°."ult4 "f
cote orate interests, the council had nothing to
but lit was fi,r the legislature to interfeie in euch matters ;
Petty '..thought the legislature would never wrist the pro-
or the corporation out of the hands of the council,
LltnoUt some more information than the Finance Com-
mittee had been able to secure or obtain. Here was a
'wholesale application for almost whole of the property
they had leased to the parties at Wallasey Pool, enotigh to
provide warehouses, not only for the trade to be expected
at
Birkenhead, bilL for all the trade of Europe ! lie
honed the, proceediti,s would be confirmed. (Hear.)
.her:lrilieicot. said it always afforded him satisfaction to
with ‘tr' G. 11. Lawrence, and that he generally aereed
well
gnat gentleman ; but he thought that upon t his as
upon a former occasion, the Birkenhead peoole
dust feel Lidebted to him for pointing out to them in what
by they were to approach the council for the purpose of
fora a reversion. (Hear.) When they applied he-
ir, Ir. Lawrence certainly said that if they had cline
keee,Pcuahlic shape--if they came as Commissioners of Bir-
wouulL d, or in any public shape—the Finance Committee
„.e. 1" have listened more favourably. (Mr. G. H. Lim-
a,. •••
dissented.)
Nicol. continued —They had taken the hint, and
liciPt_Jed as a joint-stock company, and the chairman of. the
etilinre Committee now said that if they came again in a
ut!, altered shape, that committee would take the natter
th greater consideration—" greater consideration" were
7ortis. Now lie (Mr. Nicol) thought this was
pans they
to people who wanted no advice, the plans they
It •
t"1,1 adopt, and how they were to proceed. lie begged
nate be understood that he, as an humble individuel, did
concur in those sentiments, nor did he think it quite
er•
it or fair—fair was an improper word to use—in the
aie4drrnan of the Finance Committee in any degree to
let.3,e the council to any particular course when the Bir-
ineread gentlemen came (Hear, hear.) He thought it
the''eorous so to do ; and he, for one, protested against
%elle Conciliatory sentiments being considered as those of
coii°,lll'ell, when it might hereafter be the duty of the
ear;u4il to act completely in opposition to them. He
ght the granting of the reversion would he doing an
laaa.tice to the leaseholders on the Liverpool side
h—( hear,
ti
public and he was anxious it should not go fort to the
5e.... . or to the gentlemen on the other side, that the
'•
IntOents they had just heard were the sentiments of the
:11,711,,,* G. H. LAWRENCE explained. He way sure that
he-ia,:icol had put an interpretation on his words which
incite' Law e e) did not intend. He never meaut to
; the Birrk nnchead gen lemen to approach the council
agars • but whate he said was, that from the manner in
tet:licli they had come, the committee could not give them
Later consideration.
ee*" AtKIN said he was aware of the difficulty of dis-
ba—t.lig anything where matters of bargain were involved,
tlee;TeY bud got an application from teen who had shown
''neY were not in the habit of holding out any idle
tea;ata• And this was not a threat. It was simply inti-
ea'ag that it was their intention to do that in the next
,wing
which it was pretty well known already they in-
ee-.'"ed to do • and therefore the only question with him
ta'atids there a chance of that body of men oh-
thi that such a bill ? and if they do obtain such a bill for
wh eh they will endeaveur to show will be of great
ee""de utility to the trade of the kingdom, then are we
if,Z in the position of getting more than we would be then
tuti`uPY get their bill ? (Hear, hear.) He was not an ac-
ra,rY, nor much acquainted with the subject, but lie
4 vanght it quite probable that the council might now get
'ttrY!tlarge sum. He threw it out as a hint that it alight
sare:ell, and wise, and judicious, instead of spending thou-
th in a fruitless opposition to bills, to endeavour to get
k°ll,nds in their pockets for property, which property
„Int be taken from them.
leasedl LACE said the terms on which all the corporation
the;s were granted were these—that the
make it
vaa,-',W,ould so improve the property as to
tve-4°le• If, then, an estimate of the Wallasey Estatem
oat to tu be made now, would any surveyor put any extra
ail e on reversion of what was hereafter to be done ?
aelf ear') As a mere matter of prudence, if they were to
b,p),"'",, they must get less than ff the improvements had
completed ; for what man could tell how to value
the
was not already upon the land ? They would get
tnere naked value of the reversion. It was not to be
ter:ted, in his opinion, that parliament would give to a
tie::: Pint-stock company rights which they had not
bee;'ist o
n thers ; and when the Liverpool warehouses had
• 'milt on leases for 75 years, why not pursue the same
m on the other side? (Hear, hear.)
haver• JaUSIIELL did not believe the council would ever
Wer tolerated the sale of the land at Birkenhead, if it
have believed that such a question as the present would
area •° be considered afterwards. (Hear, hear.) The
it sh to, clucement with him to sell the land was, that
ererie"e'd be made valuable—that its value should be in-
its reversed that the council should have the prospect of
ptics:vergjoi
with this increased value. Hence the low
ally ;ha' was accepted for it. Much higher prices than
boletladuated scale for 75 years were offered for the free-
Nue Y Parties who put in tenders ; but the Finance Corn-
and he never thought of entertaining such a proposition,
tree e was sorry that Mr. Aikin or any body else, should
puitertiain it for a moment. Be contended that the pro-
Privai_'`arehouses on the other side were for the benefit of
Was it: Individuals, though handed together, and that it
to tow that to brine before parliament any arguments
Yet I;:hdat the country would be benefitted qy what was
time tleei one- The public benefit was conferred vt iCti
fo space was conceded ; and all future benefit would
(Ilea; ,individu ils, or collective bodies of individuals.
'ter "ear.) Therefore he hoped the council would ne-
errtain the present question for a single moment, at
_;.
never
M e
M a would for one. .(Hear.)
vrence aeckawen said that if Birkenhead continued to ad-
were nuwtil..e Jate they were told it would, the land they
atnt value g to Mr. Wright would be double its pre-
plea sed ee for it was in the heart of the town. He was
to the with the spirited reply of the Finance Committee
side
of
side of the joint-stock company on the other
water. That reply did them great credit. He

hoped they would never be frightened. The day might
come when the Wallasey Estate would come back to the
corporation.
Mr. G. 11. LAWRENCE thanked Mr. Parker for his
compliments to the Finance Committee, and hoped this
would not be the last time that gentleman would do so in
the council chamber. (Hear, and a laugh,) Tne land
proposed to be sold to Mr. Wright was on the south ride of
Woodside Ferry, and fronted, not to the river, but to-
wards Churc:i-street. He should not be surprised to heir
next week that the same lot had been sold for £5 a yard,
for such was the fever at Bi..icenhead that teere was no
way of accurately estimating the value of the land.
The proceedings were confirmed, and the Birkenhead
Company are to be informed that the council see no rea-
son to alter their previous resolution.
WATCH COMMITTEE.—THE HEAD CONSTABLE:
From the proceedings of the Watch Committee it ap-
peared that a sub-committee had been appointed to inquire
into the present efficiency of the police force of the bo-
rough, and whether the rules and regulations were carried
out. They stated that the Head Constable, Mr. Miller,
had been guilty of flagrant disobedience of orders in the
following respect :—An application had baen made to
allow a portion of the force to attend at Birkenhead on
Wednesday last, the 23d instant, the day of the stone-
laying; the Head Constable 'vas directed to send fifty
men, with the usual complement of inspectors. Mr. Lay-
cock wished to have the services of the Head Constable
also, but the chairman of the Watch Committee, in the
presence of some of the members, refused the latter appli-
cation, thinking that Mr. Miller would be required to
keep order and regulation in Liverpool, and to superin-
tend the arrangements during the disembarkation in the
evening. But, notwithstanebrig positive prohibitions, Mr
Miller thaught proper to go over to Birkenhead, and
breakfast with Mr. Laycock, and not to return until three
o'clock in the afternoon; thereby setting an example of
insubordination. The committee then received the report
of the sub-committee, previously appointed, concurred in
opinion as to Mr. Miller's inefficiency, and came to the
resolution that his services be dispensed with, but that he
he allowed to resign forthwith. Thanks were given to
Mr. James Lawrence, the chairman of the committee, for
his exertions to preserve order on the piers during the
night of the 23d instant, and for his valuable assistance
during the past year ; and Mr. Dowling was appointed
pro tern to the head constableship.
Upon the motion of Mr. ASI'iNALL, seconded by Mr.
THOZNHILL, the proceedings were confirmed without any
discussion. Mr. Miller will therefore be allowed his sa-
lary to the 27th of February next, in conformity with the
resolution of the Watch Committee, inserted in our last.