The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-09-12 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

and it would pay 8 per cent. All the property behind
belonged to the corporation, and would all become front
land, lo that it would be increased in value.
Mr. ROYDEN seconded the motion.
Mr. EARLE strenuously supported the motion.
After much conversation Mr. SMITH withdrew his mo-
tion, an opinion being generally entertained that the
council knew too little of the matter to proceed.
Mr. EARLE moved that the Surveyor report on the
subject. This was carried on a division by 20 against 4.
The council broke up at 20 minutes past fire o'clock.

The usual monthly meeting of the Town Council was
held on Wednesday.
The minutes of the Finance Committee embodied a re-
commendation for an exchange of the site for the Northern
Hospital ; the appropriation of the Old Tobacco Ware-
house as a dep6t for saltpetre and nitrate of soda ; the sale
for 75 years of a piece of land in Cheshire to Mr. John
Laird ; the sale of the advowson of the Cemetery.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE pointed out that, when the Fire
Bill came into operation, there would be much difficulty
in finding a place adapted for the storeage of saltpetre
and nitrate of soda. He moved the confirmation of that
portion of the report.
Mr. AIKIN said they ought to make cellars in the
building. He had heard the chairman of the Finance
Committee make allusion to elevations. He asked him
if the plans were on the table, and the reply was, " No—
the plan would only take up the time of the council."
They were, therefore, confirming what they knew nothing
about.
Mr. EARLE said the old corporation had a box in which
plans of all buildings were placed for reference.
Mr. EVANS pointed out the great value of the building,
and the probability that it would be again wanted for to-
bacco. He moved that the st.bject be referred back, and
that estimates be obtained of the cost of alterations, of
the probable rental, and that no arrangements be made
that would permanently dispossess the corporation.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said the cost of the alteration
would be £2,300, and no doubt it would pay a good rent.
The last tenant paid them £350 per annum, and let the
building to the crown for £l,OOO.
Mr. AIKIN said, that guano and other articles could
be deposited in the warehouses with saltpetre.
Mr. Evans's motion was carried without a division.
Mr. EVANS said, with regard to the sale of the land in
Cheshire, ten shillings a yard was a good price, and he
had no objection to the sale of the back land, but they
ought to retain a power over the land fronting the river,
which was a power over the estuary. Mr. Evans spoke
of the feelings of the landed proprietors in Cheshire
against the corporation of Liverpool, of the power which
the possession of this land would give to those proprietors
to control the future operations of the corporation on the
river, and showed that the land being sold to receive pay-
ment in ten years, when land was continually increasing
in value, in consequence of the increase of population,
no allowance had been made for such increase in value.
He proposed that the subject be referred back to dispose
of the back land, but to reserve a right of resumption
over the front land at any time the council might please.
on repayment of first cost and improvements. This would
not be inflicting the least injury on Mr. Laird. He main-
tained that they had no right to take any measure that
would disturb what he would call their lordship over the
estuary.
Mr. PARKER said the back land was of itself absolutely
worth more per yard than the corporation were about to
sell the whole for. He gave great credit to the old cor-
poration for buying it.
Mr. BIRKETT opposed Mr. Evans's amendment.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES spoke strongly in favour of the
amendment, and said that to part with the margin of the
pool, without the power of resumption, would be an act
of folly.
Mr. HORNBY opposed the amendment.
Mr. AIKIN, Mr. DAVID HODGSON, Mr. BARCLAY,
and others supported it, several of the council expressing
their opinion simply in favour of postponement.
' Mr. EVANS was about to alter his motion, so as to
make it simply one of postponement, but the Mayor had
already called the first name in the division, the result of
which was, that the amendment was lost by 35 to 10.
A motion by Mr. BRAMLF.Y-MOORE, to the effect that
the subject be postponed till that day fortnight, was car-
ried, and the proceedings were confirmed.
The proceedings of the Watch, Dock, and Courts of
Law Committees were severally read and confirmed.

MARKETS.
The proceedings of the Markets Committee comprised
a recommendation for the openine of Gill-street Market,
and for the closing of Islington Market on the 23d inst.
and a recommendation to exchange a small piece of land
at the North Haymarket, with Mr. Henry Robinson, for
a piece of land belonging to him.
The proceedings were confirmed.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
The report of the Education Committee gave the fol-
lowing returns of the number of children in the schools :
North School.—Boys 250, girls 190, infants 170; total
610. Number on the books, 863.
South School.—Boys 183, girls 161, infants 183 ; total
527. Number on the books, 667.
The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the Gaol
and House of Correction Committee, and of the Church
Expenditure Committee, were read and confirmed.
The proceedings of the Town-hall Establishment Com-
mittee comprised the appointment of Wm. Drummond
to the situation of resident joiner at the Town-hall, the
consideration of which was postponed at the last monthly
council, pursuant to the standing orders. The proceed-
ings were confirmed.

ne ,d, and require only a proportionately small
quantity of fuel, on an ordinary voyage for a vessel of her
tonnage. She was built (as were also her engines) by
Messrs. Thomas and Wakefield Pim. engine-boiler ma-

' kers, English Foundry, Hull, and is the property of our
townsman, Mr. Joseph R. Pim. Her length of keel is
105 feet; length over all about 120 feet; and beam 19
feet 3 inches; her registered measurement by the new
mode is 140 tons, but she will carry upwards pf 170 tons.
She has two well-finished engines, of 14-horse power each,
with a large fly-wheel athwart ships to regulate their mo-
tion; and the "screw" in her stern, and entirely under
water, consists of a single turn of the Archimidean worm,
similar to that of the Archimedes yacht. This mode of
propulsion is certainly superior to that of unwieldly paddle-
wheels, as the si.le weight is removed, and the vessel may
carry sail ad libitum, without her leeward inclination with
a head or beam wind at all affecting the efficacy of her
steam power. She is divided transversely into four com-
partments, by three water-tight bulk-heads—thus render-
ing her stronger, as well as much safer, in the event of
leakage from casualty at sea, or from taking the ground.
In coming from Hull, she had—in consequence of the
Caledonian Canal being closed at the time—to make the
circuitous voyage round the north of Scotland ; and though
she met with an accident that slightly damaged her for-
ward, she performed it in a manner, under the circum-
stances, showing great speed, whether as a sailer or a
steamer. A. gentleman who was on board, supplied the
following information to the Hall Packet of the 25th ult.,
which, from personal observation, also notices the vessel
in terms of much praise:—" Is calm and still weather the
vessel's speed with only this 28 horse power, and a cargo
on board of 190 tons dead weight, was upwards of six
knots per hour—close hauled, and reduced to her fore and
aft canvass ; on applying the screw her speed was raised
from three knotts to seven and a half and eight knotts ;
the screw not only destroying the lee-way entirely, but
bringing her up to windward of her course, and with a
fresh breeze on her guar ter and all sails set, the screw also
at w -irk, she ran nine and a half to ten knots. She
beat through the Pentland Frith in a heavy gale of wind
with the screw entirely disconnected, weathering and
beating completely eight or ten merchant vessels, and was
only kept way with by a cutter supposed to be one of the
revenue cruizers." The same paper states that there was
a defect in the draft of the furnace, from the funnel being
too short and narrow,
but this can be easily remedied.
Since the arrival of the vessel here means have been taken
therole
to amend this, and the vessel has also been in the graving
dock, and has been repaired at a very small cost. While
passing through the Sound of Mull, (in the Western High-
lands,) which is a narrow strait, there being a dead calm
rock, but
was wasstopped,
nbacked
d te
at the time, and but one of her engines at work, she struck
a
p roof fo.
eadnedd ao tn S
hert. voyage,Oban's
no danger to life having arisen, as stated from misinfor-
mation in a Glasgow paper. From St. Oban's, with light
airs and calms, and but one engine working, she averaged
5i knots an hour to this port. Her cabin is small, but
neat and handsomely panelled in mahogany. She appears.
at first sight, to be short of beam, in proportion to her
length; but she carries. her bearings well fore and aft,
though fine at the extremities, and, we learn, stands well
and stiffly to ber canvass. She is commanded by Captain
Galway, who was long connected wi:h the practical ma-
*gement of steam-vessels out of this port. We have
no. heard for what trade she is destined.

MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMIS

SIONERS.

The monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Commissioners
took place on Tuesday. The proceedings of the Lighting
arid Watching Committee contained a proposition for
placing the police force on a better and more permanent
footing.—The Chairman advised the appointment of a
superintendent, at a salary of £lOO, and that the police
be changed every eight hours. Some man of intelligence
could be got for that sum, who could readily make him-
self acqu..inted with the various acts of parliament, arid
give directions to the police.—lt was ultimately arranged
that the General Board should appoint the superinten-
dent, and that the Watch Committee should make the
necessary alterations in the police.—lt appeared from the
report that the Ferry was progressing favourably, the re-
ceipts of the past month having exceeded those of the
corresponding month last year.—The plans of Messrs.
Fox, Henderson, and Co., for the new markets, were
approved, and contracts for the works ordered.—The
Chairman brought before the commissioners a proposition
of the Railway Company for selling Monks' Ferry, inclu-
ding the hotel, slip, road, and ferry, sul,ject to certain
stipulations, for £20,000.—A resolution, adopting the
preamble of the purchase, was carried ; as also one agree-
ing to purchase 650 yards at the corner of Ivy-street and
Chester-street, for the purpose of improving the access
to Monks' Ferry.

BANK OF LIVERPOOL.—The twelfth annual general
meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Liverpool was
held, on Friday, in the Clarendon-rooms, for the purpose
of receiving the directors report of the transactions of
the company from the Ist July, 1832, to the 30th June
last. The report, which will not be published for some
days, was of a very gratifying natuae, showing not only
an increase in business, but enlarged profits. The net
profits, after charging all bad and doubtful debts to the
debit of the account, was stated to be £56,000, out of
which it was proposed to pay the income-tax, and a divi-
dend of £lO per cent., which would leave a balance to be
added to the reserved fund of upwards of £5OOO. The
report, and the resolutions founded upon it, were unani-
mously adopted.
TREAT TO THE CHILDREN OF MOORFIELDS AND St.
MATTHIAS'S SCHOOLS.—On Tuesday the children of
Moorfields and St. Matthias's School, with a few of those
belonging to the Workhouse School, were taken on an ex-
cursion to Hoylake. The day was beautifully fine, and a
large party, including many of the clergy of this town,
accompanied the children to their destination, in the
steamer Commerce. Great preparations were made at
Hoylake for the fete, on the arrival of the party, they
were received with a salute of fire-arms, while great ani-
mation was added to the scene by a superb display of flags
and banners. The children were regaled on board the
steamer, and on their arrival at the New Hotel at Hoy-
lake they were still further refreshed. A procession was
then formed, headed by the clergy in their canonicals, and
the whole company proceeded to church, where service
was performed. They then returned to the inn, where a
substantial repast was given to the children. A large
party of ladies and gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous
cold collation, which was provided at the Royal Hotel.
The Rev. Dr. Tattershall presided, and Mr. Wilkinson
occupied the vice-chair. Another large party, amongst
whom were the teachers and others, were abundantly
feasted in another apartment. Afterwards the children
were let loose to disport themselves on the warren. The
workhouse boys played a game at foot-ball greatly to the
delight of the spectators. During the day the band of
the workhouse boys played many favorite airs.
CURIOUS CHARGE.—At the Police Court on
Tuesday Mr. Thomas P. Pino was charged with the
larceny of a document. Mr. Pino was defended by
Mr. Hodgson, attorney; and Mr. Evans, Solicitor
to the Guardian Society, appeared on the other side.
It was alleged, that a Mr. 'William H. Chapman and
the prisoner had entered into partnership on or about the
Ist of May last. A deed was prepared, showing that on
Mr. Chapman giving Mr. Pino £5OO, Chapman was to re-
ceive an equal portion in the business of a shipchandler,
sailrnaker, ship-broker &c, and an equal half of the profits,
On Friday last it was alleged Pino asked Chapman to
allow him to look at the deed. While Mr Chapman was
reading it to him, he (Pino) snatched it from him, and put
it in his pocket. It was demanded and he refused to surren -
der it, On behalf of Mr. Pino it was alleged, that the £5OO
was never paid by Mr. Chapman, and the latter under-
went a long cross-examination, for the purpose of eliciting
from him from what source he obtained the money. He
stated that he had received £6 of it from Messrs. Chap-
man and Willis, and the remainder of it from a prize in the
Berlin lottery and other sources, and he had absolutely
paid it. Many referenees were made to legalauthorities, af-
ter which M r. Rushton gave it as his opinion that no force or
intimidation had been used for the purpose of obtaining
the docnmet, and consequently that no criminal charge
could be sustained. If the young men had entered into
an agreement on certain conditions which had not been
complied with they had their remedy a' law. He however,
advised them to settle the matter quietly. Mr. Chapman,
he observed, had not given a perfectly satisfactory ac—
count as regarded the money. Mr Hodgson said, he had
witnesses, who could completely exonerate Mr. Pino from
the charge which had been brought against him. Mr.
Rushton ordered h:m to be discharged.
DOCK COMMITTEE THURSDAY.—Present—Messrs.
Horsfall, (chairman,) Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Middleton,
Molyneux, Nichol, Royden, Shaw, Bold, Chilton Aikin, DOGS.—The Mayor has renewed his proclamation
Ripley, and Moore. A communication on the new against dogs being allowed to go at large in the borough.
warehouses from the St. Catherine Dock company was If any dogs be permitted to run loose in the streets, du-
read. It stated that the company had examined the draw- ring the next three weeks, the owners of such dogs will
ings of the warehouses round the Albert Dock, and ap- be liable to a penalty of five pounds.
proved of the general principles on which they were to be
constructed ; the principal alteration which they recom- SHOCKING ACCIDENT. —On Monday last Samuel
mended, is to have volatilized iron plates, instead of slates, Hughes, an assistant-engineer at the foundry of Messrs.
W
for roofs. A letter was read from the Trinity Board in Weber and Co., was found beneath the grindstone, which
reply to an appliation which had been made by the Ma-
is turned by a strap from the engine. He was crushed
rine Surveyor, as to the propriety of making some altera-
and mutilated in a shocking manner. He was carried to
tion in the beacon buoy at Hoyle Bank, in consequence of the Northern Hospital, where he died almost immedi-
its resemblance to other buoys; the Board stated that it ately.
had been adapted to meet the wishes of the Dock Trust THE BEVISING BARRISTERS COURT.—The revision
and was similar to those ordinarily used by them. The courts for county votes (South Lancashire) commence at
chairman remarked that it was a very serious matter, and Ashton, on Wednesday, the 20th instant ; at Bolton on
it was ultimately agreed that the Surveyor should write the following Friday ; at Bury, on Monday, the 25th ; and
again to the board, and point out the consequences of al. at Manchester, on Wednesday, the 27th. At Oldham the
lowing it to remain as at present. A letter was received barristers open their court on Wednesday, the 4th of
from Mr. Clarke, Secretary to the Bude Light Company, October; at Rochdale the following day, (October 5) ;
informing the Committee that a new lantern had been and at Newton-in-the-Willows on Friday, October 5.
sent down to Liverpool, to be put up wherever they may The courts at Liverpool on Tuesday, the 10th of October;
think fit in the neighbourhood of the docks. Mr. Nicol at Ormskirk on the 13th ; and at Wigan on Monday, the
said in answer to a question from Mr. Ripley, that the e- 16th of that month.
rection of a dock on the buildings now erecting at the INQuEsTs.—Two inquests were held, before the bo-
south west end of Waterloo Dock would be taken into rough coroner, on Saturday. One was on the body of a
consideration. It must first be ascertained if the building full-grown female child, which had been found in the yard
would admit of it. Mr. Nicol observed, in reference to of St. Anthony's Chapel, Scotland-road, encased in a
the steamers employed by the Dock Trust in case of ship- wooden box, covered over with a piece of black cloth. It
wreck, that he thought, as the Steam-tug Company were appeared from the evidence of the sexton, that a strange
about to build a new boat, some improvement might be man had informed him that he had left the box in the
suggested, so as to make it more efficient for carrying life. yard, because he had not sufficient money to pay for the
boats. He moved that a committee be appointed to take burial. It being the opinion of Mr. Woods, surgeon, that
the matter into consideration, and that small premiums be the child was still-born, a verdict to this effect was re-
offered for the best plans. Some discussion then took turned.—The second inquest was on the body of a carter,
place as to the efficiency of the present plan, Mr. Aikin I named Joseph Orrell, who, while in the act of loading a
observing that by an arangement with the Tug Company ' lorry with cotton, fell between the bales, and so seriously
a steamer should go out at any time when it was wanted, fractured the upper part of the spine that he died on the
wherever the Marine Surveyor might direct, and that was following day.—A verdict of accidental death was re-
preferable to the Dock Committee having a steam-boat of turned.
their own. Mr. Ripley thought the life-boats had been of
the greatest service, and they would never get a steam- RUNCORN SAVINGS BANK.—A general meeting of the
boat of this institution was held at the bank, on Sa-
boat applicable to the purpose unless they built one ; and turday, and John Johnson, Esq., was called to the chair.
as to the expense, that should not be considered when life The actuary, Mr. Robert Fox, presented a statement of
was at stake. Mr. Royden said, all that was wanted in the accounts 'for the quarter ending the 19th ult., which,
the present boats was a little more power, and they having been audited and found correct by Mr Richrd
should be provided with a crane and life lines. Mr. Aikin Jones and his colleague, was approved and passed. It apeared, from the statement produced, that the deposits of
ap-
thought they stood a better chance of saving life than by
having a boat of their own, as they had at present the the quarter were .C 613 17s. 2d., and the amount withdrawn,
use of several boats. Mr. Nichol disclaimed any supposi-
£s2 Is. ; so that the lodgments in the bank were in-
tion that the life-boats were inefficient; but whatever they
creased by £561 15s. lOW., making the aggregate of depo-
were they might be made more so. The motion of Mr. sits placed under government security, £2743 10s. Ud.
Nichol was then put and carried by eleven to three. The When it is considered that the Savings' Bank has been in
committee soon afterwards adjourned.
operation not quite eighteen months, this is a most gratify-
THE IRON STEAM AND SAILING SCHOONER MARGA- ing rept:ft ; within so short a period, nearly £3OOO have been
RET.—The appearance of this handsome vessel at our port, treasured up in safe custody, for further accumulation and
from Hull, has excited considerable interest amongst nau- for future need.
tical men, she being the first of the kind built for carrying
FIRES.—About a qnarter after nine o'clock on the morn-
a large cargo, either under sail or steam, or both combined, ing of Saturday last smoke was observed to issue from the
as occasion may require. She is constructed entirely of
iron, with the exception of her decks, bulwarks, and cabin Ilar windows of an extensive bonded warehouse in Run-
corn-street, belonging to Messrs. Howard, Horsley, and
fittings; and in addition to the rigging of a last-sailing
Co., which, for a while, created some alarm in the neigh-
schooner yacht, is provided, as an auxiliary, with the bourhood, as the cellar was filled with brimstone and the
Archimedean screw-propeller, patented by Mr. F. P.
Smith, and worked by engines of moderate power, and so upper part of the building with general colonial produce
of a more or less combustible quality. Tile alarm having
compact that they occupy a comparatively small portion
of hot' speedily c, 1 to the f -
-

SANATORY CONDITION OF BIRKENHEAD.
In the course of the proceedings, Mr. S. Sransfielci was
called upon by the Chairman to read a report of the sana-
tory condition of the township, prepared at the request of
the Markets Committee. After some general observa-
tions on the state of the township, which it was stated
now contained from 18,000 to 20,000 inhabitants, and the
advantage of the uncontaminated and unobstructed At-
lantic breeze, the report referred to the formation of the
park of 226 acres for the recreation of the inhabitants,
and then stated that the ancient boundary of the township
contained 998 square acres, but, now that part of Oxton
and Claughton was included, the township stood in a space
of 1338 square acres, or nearly two square miles. The
entire length of the streets in the old boundary was 28.520
yards; of these 17,745 yards were sewered, and 5,700 in
course of completion, making 23,445 yards sewered out
of 28,520, or about 16 miles of sewerage. Taking the
amount of sewerage in Liverpool at 251 miles, and Bir-
kenhead at 14 miles, and allowing the population of Li-
verpool to be 240,000, and that of Birkenhead 10,000, the
latter has 14 times more sewerage than the former; two-
fifths of Liverpool was sewered, whilst four-fifths of Bir-
kenhead was sewered. In fact, there was enough of
sewerage at Birkenhead for 140,000 inhabitants. The
following table shows the increase of the township, with
the average amount of deaths for four years :
Inhabited Total Deaths
houses. populatn. in the yr.
1838— 778, allowing si persons to each house Las 7 113
1839 995
Pi " 6467 141
1810-1130
19 SP 7345 137
1841-1256 Pt Pl :P 8227 208

27,096 599
Average population for 4 years, 6774. Average deaths, 147; or
I in 45.

The number of births in 1838 was 218, deaths 113 ;
1839, births 247, deaths 140; 1840, births 278, deaths
137; 1841, births 302, deaths 208. The mortality in
country districts according to the last census was 1 in 51,
in town districts 1 in 38, and this showed that Birkenhead
took a medium insition between town and country. The
report then referred to the regulations in the new act of
parliament as to the erection of courts, back houses, &c.,
.and pointed out the clauses which have for their object
the cleanliness and health of the inhabitants. It after-
wards pointed out the necessity for better and more com-
modious landing places at Liverpool. The number of
passengers which crowded to Woodside annually was
200,000, and this showed an average, if equally divided,
of 5500 per day, hut on some days the number exceeded
20,000. Public convenience would soon require the boats
to run every quarter of an hour; but this was impossible
until more accommodation was provided. If the autho-
rities of Liverpool were fully alive to only half of the in-
convenience and risk, they would take measures to remedy
the evil.
The Chairman said the commissioners were greatly in-
debted to Mr. Stansfield for his report, and, after some
discussion, it was agreed that it should be printed at the
expense of the board, and sold to the public.

.Jonveye, _ are station, several engines
were on the spot in the course of twenty minutes; and

ny con-

lurtunately the flames were extinguis
siderable damage had been done. How the fire origina-

.edis a matter of mystery, if not of suspicion, as

first discovered, it was burning close to one of the wind-
ows, which is on a level with the street. It will be re-
collected that, about three months since, some cornbusti-
tible matter was discovered in a warehouse belonging to
the same parties in Dundee-street.

TRANMERR.—On Thursday evening a meeting was
held in the school-room, Tranmere, to consider the best

tL con-
pe
stable in the room of James Groves. The chair wasy taken
by Mr. Moss, senior churchwarden. Mr. Woodward
proposed that candidates for the office should be advertised
for; and the person chosen should be recommended by
them to magistrates ; Captain Richards seconded the
motion. Mr. W. W. Perry said, in consequence of the
petty constsble being so frequently withdrawn from the
township, and not being under the control of the rate-
payers, he should oppose the motion. Mr. Perry then
proposed, as an amendment, that no officer should be
advertised for to act as an assistant petty constable under
the Constabulary Act. He said he did so from a convic-
tion that if they had an officer of their own, the business
of the township would be attended to. Mr. Perry's
amendment was put and carried by a large majo-
rity.

THE SAILORS' STRIKE.—A meeting of the sailor con-
nected with the recent turn-out against the shipping
offices was held on Friday evening last, in the Queen's
Theatre, and was most numerously attended, the building
being crowded to excess. Captain Hudson in the chair.
Several resolutions, expressive of the impositions practised
in the shipping offices, were adopted; and, as a remedy,
it was proposed that a general registry office, convenient
to the docks, shduld be immediately established, where
masters and seamen may resort, and where a register of
seamen's names, places of abode, and character, should be
continually open for inspection. The charge for this
should be sixpence, including all expenses. A committee
was formed to carry out this project. The following com-
munication from the Mayor, in reply to a memorial from
the sailors, was read:—

" Town-hall, Liverpool, Bth Sept., 1843.
To the Seamen Petitioners to the Council.
" Your petition was duly laid by me before the Coun-
cil, and was read, I considered, by them with a strong
feeling towards the petitioners. It did not, however, im-
mediately appear to the Council that they had the means
of effecting any improvement in the arrangements between
the seamen and the shipping agents ; but a member of the
Council declared his intention of bringing the subject of a
Seamen's Home before the Council, with regulations for
bettering the condition of the seaman,
and in particular
for aiding in the preservation of his earnings for his bene-
fit, under his own order and disposal. Anti the same
member strongly recommendedhotl,ricloebvetariy.s.eawmraitftie,noncir.e:
turning home from a voyage,
cha-
racter from the ship master, which,s should
was thoughits,hwalolublde
ring future employment.
go a long way
happy at any tiitnnesetcou do all in my power, as Mayor, or as
a Member of the Council, in bringing forward the case of
the sailors for due and proper consideration.—l am, your
faithful servant,B
ROERTSON GLADSTONE, Mayor."

I COUNTY ANNUAL GENERAL SESSIONS.

EThe adjourned court was held on Thursday, at the
Court House, in Preston, at eleven o'clock. There were
about forty magistrates present, including several from
this town. The Rev. Jonathan Brooks presided.
The first business transacted was the consideration of
the County Treasurer's accounts for general purposes.
The expenses, including £18,465 9s. Bd. for the prosecu-
tion of felons and misdemeanants, were stated to 'be
£16,699 Os. 5d., leaving a balance due from the Treasurer
of £57,373 12s.
Mr. Thomas Rodick, of Liverpool, said that he did not
know that it would be of any avail making any remarks on
those accounts, but it seemed to him that they were al-
lowed to go on increasing to an awful extent. He did riot
think there would be any good done until a parliamentary
commission of inquiry was instituted, and then there
would be such an exposure as would astonish all. With
regard to the printing, he found that cost £1,683. At the
last meeting he proposed that the list of voters should be
printed by contract. In Staffordshire and Somersetshire
this plan was adopted, and he was convinced it would be
a saving of two or three hundred pounds a year to the
county. He begged to move that in future the list of
county voters should be printed by contract.
After some remarks from Mr. Addison and the Rev.
J. T. Horton. Mr. Rodick's motion was passed.
The Rev. J. T. Florton called the attention of the court
to the expenditure in the conveyance of offenders to pri-
son. He used the word advisedly when he said there were
great enormities committed in this respect.
Considerable discussion ensued as to the legality of the
charge for conveying prisoners when no expense was in-
curred, but ended without any resolution being proposed.
Mr. Addison said that last year the expense of prosecu-
ting was upwards of £17,200; this year it was £18,465
9s. Bd., and whether it would be diminished or increased
by the winter assize about to be established, he did not
know. He called the attention of the court to the enor-
mous expense for coroners' inquests, which was £2561 12s.
One of the coroners had paid £l,OOO or £5,000 for his
election, and he would not have done so if he
had not expected his remuneration to be £4,000 or £5,000
more than he deserved. 3,000 inquests had been held,
and he believed in not more than 300 of the cases was
there the least suspicion of foul play; but when a coroner
got £1 6s. Bd. for holding an inquest, and nothing if he
did not hold it, and the matter was left to his own discre-
tion, they knew which way he would judge. Of course the
court had no power of interfering, but it was right the
public should know how the matter stood.
After some fur ther conversation, the general accounts
were passed.

CUNTy LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Mr. Rodick cQ
alled the attention of the court to the
stated salary of 50 guineas paid to Mr. Sharp, the archi-
tect, but said that he found for extra work during the year
he had received £674 14s. If he were to have a regular
salary, he thought he ought to do the test of the work for
nothing.
The accounts were then read and passed.
On the reading of the county bridges accounts a long
discussion took place.

HOUSE OF CORRECTION AT PRESTON.
Mr. J. W. France asked if the proviso (in the contracts
for the work in the alteration of this prison) that one-
third of the work done should always be kept in hand
when any money was paid to the contractor had been
acted on ? and then referred to dates to prove that this
could scarcely have been done.
Mr. Rodick said, as far as he could see, he would de-
nounce the whole matter s a job, at least so far as the
West Derby Hundred was concerned; and he, for one,
would assent, under such circumstances, to divide the
southern from the Preston division of the county ; but he
was afraid it would be locking the stable after the steed
was stolen, for they were sucking the honey from them
now. Here was an expenditure of £6,000. of which the
Hundred of West Derby had no notice, and were not
aware of the necessity for it. Mr. Marshall stated in
print, that the whole of the estimates for the changes in
the House of Correction would only be £3,000, whereas
they would be double. Major Jebb bad censured some of
the unnecessary expenses of the gaol; and certainly if
West Derby did not appeal against the charge, it would
be left to an individual to do so.
On the accounts of the Houce of Correction, Kirkdale,
being read over, the chairman said there was a large in-
crease in the item of clothing; but that was owing to the
increase of assize prisoners, and the stock having been
allowed to get low. The gaol was now so crowded that
they were compelled to refuse any of the Liverpool
borough prisoners.

A rate of rid. was allowed for ASSESSMENTSeraI pses, an
Id. for county bridges. Constabulary forceurpo
rate ford Lonsdale—north Id., south I d. ; Amounderness, Id. ;
Blackburn, higher and lower, Ild.; Bolton 3d.; Middle-
ton, lid. ; Ashton-under-Lyne, 3d. ; Manchester, 21d.;
Kirkdale, Ormskirk, Prescot, and Warrington, 3d. each.
On account of the Preston House of Correction, id. for
maintenance; Kirkdale House of Correction for mainte-
nance, id. For bridges—Lonsdale north, id. ; Amoun-
derness, d. ; Blackburn, id. ; Leyland, Id. ; West Derby
Id. For salary of chairman of Salford quarter ses-
sions, id.

RESIGNATION OF GOVERNOR AND MATRON OF

/OAKDALE GAOL.
The Chairman said the time had then arrived when
he might make a communication to the court, which had
been made to the visiting magistrates at Kirkdale by
letter, namely, the resignation of Mr. Amos, as governor
of Kirkdale gaol, and of Mrs. Herd as matron. He then
read a medical certificate of a Mr. Dawson, which set
forth that in the writer's opinion, the declining state of
health of Mr. Amos rendered it necessary that he should.
retire from the arduous duties of a public station. The
Chairman continued to say that Mr. Amos had been 30
years in the service of the county, and was now suffering
great pain and inconvenience from a dangerous injury he
received when conveying two prisoners to London, on
which occasion both his legs were dreadfully wounded,
and he was detained for ten weeks in London, under great
suspense and distress, in the fear of amputation being
necessary. He had no doubt the magistrates would rea-
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appill,ll.lllll, anti kindly grant such an
allowance as would enable him to pass the remainder of
his life in ease and quiet. Mrs. Herd was now 70 years
of age, and filled her present situation for 22 years; and
he had no doubt that to her also a suitable allowance
would be extended : her present salary was £lOO a year,
that of the governor £5OO.
Mr. Addison begged to say, he should propose that the
salary be reduced to £4OO, for which sum he had no
doubt they would be able to obtain a most efficient officer.
The late Sir Thomas Ilesketh suggested 18 years ago that
such a reduction should be made on the next vacancy,
and he would strongly recommend the court to act upon
that suggestion.
The Chairman begged to say, it was the opinion of
Captain Williams, prison inspector, that £5OO a-year was
by no means too large a salary for the governor of Kirk-
dale gaol.

M. Calrow supported Mr. Addison's proposition to
have the salary reduced to £4OO.
Mr. Addison would only just add, that £4OO was the
sum offered to candidates for the governorship of Penton-
vine Prison, and for the House of Correction at Preston
£250 was only offered, but in both cases the most efficient
candidates offered themselves for the situations.
It was then agreed to advertise the salary at £4OO a-
year, and that an adjourned court should be held on the
27th of October for electing a successor to Mr. Amos.
This closed the business of the day, and after a vote of
thanks was passed to the Chairman, the court separated.