The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

June 11, 18-14.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

W_l: he usual
las monthly meeting of the Council was held on
ednesday t.

It FINANCE COMMITTEE.
appeared from the proceedings of this committee that
the sub -committee appointed by them had made various
Itgguides and taken a considerable body of evidence since
Mr last meeting of the Council, touching the conduct of
• Rishton and Mr. Woods, the district surveyors.
!Ur opinion was that Mr. Rishton's character was free
from blemish ; but that. as regarded Mr. Woods, the case
leas very different. The latter had, however, tendered his
resignation of the office, and thus the sub-committee had
been saved the pain of further investigation. They were
0t Opinion that the manner in which Mr. Rishton had dis-
earged his duties under the buildin act, fully entitled
tarn to the increase of salary which the Finance Commit-
tee aad
heretofore recommended the Council to sanction ;
" they thought it merited consideration as to whether a
better distribution of the duties of the surveyors might
not be secured.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved the confirmation of the
fr°eeedings, and that the salary be increased from £2OO
f 250 per annum. It would require some considers-
tbe3o as to how the place occupied by Mr. Woods should
filled ; and if the council agreed to the motion, it would
be with the understanding that Mr. Rishton's salary be
Increased, subject to some better distribution of his duties
and those of the sub-surveyors under him, as the wisdom
of the Health and Fire Committees might think fit to de-
termine.
'Sir THOMAS BRANCEER seconded the motion.
th r. ASPINALL did not rise to oppose it, but merely to
wre__le, out a suggestion. He thought that before Mr.
u'us's successor were appointed, the sub-committee
formed from the Finance, Health, and Fire Committees,
should define the duties of the sub-surveyors, and that the
15ireeSsing department could not be carried on satisfacto-
rily unless they had one head. The business could be
done at the same expense if wore men were employed,
Putting Mr. Rishton,
four sub_ for instance, at the head, and having
yors instead of two, as was the number at
Present
; but the head should be answerable for all. He
Thought Mr. Rishton fully entitled to the increase of sa-
WY, as there was not a more efficient, honest, or upright
servant
of the Corporation.
The proceedings. including the recommendation as to
the increase, were accordingly confirmed ; so also was a
recommendation to sell the reversion of a piece of land on
the south side of Myrtle-street and west side of Sugnall-
street, upon which a Presbyterian Chapel is intended to
be erected.

WATCH COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Watch, Lighting, Cleasing. and
Fire-Police Committees, comprising an increase to the
salary of Mr. Capes Ashlin, secretary and cashier, from
£2OO to £240 per annum, were next read. These proceed-
ings contained a report from Mr. Miller, the head con-
stable, in which he recommended that, as a deficiency of
water was frequently experienced at fires occurring within
the borough, eight new water-carts or tanks be procured
—the carts to be kept constantly filled, and mounted upon
patent springs with patent axles. Mr. H. Hughes offered,
for a sum of £42, to fit up St. Nicholas's Church clock;
but the committee stated that the experiment was unsa-
tisfactory, and requested that he should put the clock into
the state in which it was at the time he commenced his
erperiments. The committee resolved that in consequence
of the manner in which Mr. Whitty offered to give in-
itrtactions to his successor, &c., be be paid his salary up
to the quarter ending the 27th July next ; and it was re-
commended that
force.
The aedrill-master should be appointed to the
The proceedings were confirmed, and Mr. Lloyd was
added to the committee in place of Mr. Boutflower.

THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—THE DOCK BILL.
ex-
isting acts
The proceedings of the Dock Committee under the ex-
having been read and confirmed, the Dock
Bill, as amended and proposed to be amended, was brought
Under consideration. Clauses 83 and 84, with reference
to the casting of mud, sand, clay, or rubbish, into the
tidal waters of the Mersey, were read, so also was clause
135, which conveyed a power to remove vessels ; and
clause 149, which granted a power to sell land not required
for the
purposes of the act.
EVANS observed that, in the discussion before the
whoicelConamittee, be objected to any powers being given
would authorise the letting or disposing in any way
of the dock quays ; and he believed Mr. Bramley-Moore
bad given an assurance that the amendments would not
involve any such right.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the quays were necessary
for the working of the docks ; and, if this were so, of
course the newer did not extend to the quays at all.
thrr• EvANs believed the Town-Clerk would say that
Re7,stnight sell the right of building warehouses on them.
management
no confidence in any system that would divide the
est.eacignernent or the ownership of the warehouses on the
tdock quays • and, therefore, he bad on all occasions pro-
the agEtin'st any clause or amendment which would give
the Dock Committee the right to dispose of the quays, or
to explain
to let any other parties than themselves erect
warehouses upon them. He wished Mr. Bramley-Moore
Plain himself in a decided way as to what was his own
understanding on the subject.
The TOWN-CLERK apprehended that, under the words
of the clause, the dock quays being reserved for general
use, there might be an erection upon pillars,—for instance,
icorasreis Ns again urged Mr.Bramley•Moore to declare
warehouse and which warehouse might be used
consistently
with' the recited acts and the present act. The
clause would certainly let in an erection of that kind.
whA ,
trb
understanding was upon the subject.
t • • LACE said Mr. Moore's opinion would be imma-
er,iat, as the question must be hereafter decided.
Mr. Aucus said that if it should ever be contemplated
to have warehouses on the quays, the subject would come
before the Council as a specific motion.
Mr. EVANS said the cause of his being so anxious was,
that he had not the slightest doubt but any warehouses on
the dock quays, connected with the docks under the dock.
estate management, would hereafter clear the docks alto-
gether of every thing like rates. (Hear.) But, if those
quays were handed over in a jobbing way, and furtively
got into the hands of individuals, the hundreds of thou-
sands or millions of money which they would produce
would go into private pockets, and leave the harbour of
Liverpool under all its ancient rates and burdens.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said that if he understood the
Town-Clerk aright, the case stood thus :—that, if the bill
Passed, the Dock Committee might sanction an erection
to be managed by some joint stock company.
The TOWN .CLERK.—But reserving the ground floor or
quay.
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—Yes ; but virtually handing
Trer the possession of it to a joint-stock company. He
ttteought they should soon know what they were about.
would just as soon be ruled by the Dock Trustees as
by jititt;csitock company ; and if warehouses were to be
the quays, he thought the management of
both docks and warehouses would go on better if in the
hands of the Dock Trustees. He had, however, always
been opposed to warehouses on the quays.
_ Mr. HUGH HORNBY said the original intention of the
tuo:taCinommittee, by the clause, was to enable them to
dispose of any surplus land. They never contemplated
Powers to lease the dock quays. He thought the
clause ought to be so worded as to carry out the real in-
a
tentions of the committee; yet he saw no objection to it
it stood at present, for though it gave the committee
t il.3e powers in question, those powers would not be car-
l!cl out without the consent of the Council, and there
ds out. no intention at the present moment of carrying them
Wear.)
The several clauses were then agreed to.

MARKETS COMMITTEE.
This committee presented a report, in which they stated
that they had taken into consideration the several memo-
rials praying for a change in the market-day, and suggest-
1g the earlier closing of the markets on Saturday nights.
They conceived that the changing of the market-day from
Saturday to Friday would be merely nominal, inasmuch
as the rich would still continue to make Saturday their
market-day. The only real benefit which could arise
Would be by closing the markets earlier on Saturday
nights. They thought that if this rule could be generally
enforced, it would be beneficial ; but, until then, it would
be unjust to the market shopkeepers to compel them to
close, when their customers would thereby be driven to
other places, where they would get provisions of an infe-
rior quality, and be obliged to pay higher prices.
The proceedings were confirmed ; and Mr. Kaye was
added to the committee in place of Mr. Boutflower.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

The average attendance at the schools, from the 24th
of April to the 29th of May, was reported to be as fol..
lows :
North—Boys, 234 ; girls, 189 ; infants, 173; total, 596.
South—Boys, 192 ; girls, 132 ; infants, 187 ; total, 511.
The number on the books was stated to be—at the
North, 812; at the South, 673. The committee were of
opinion that the necessity of continuing the Superinten-
dent of the Schools no longer existed. Mr. Stone's ser-
vices will, therefore, be discontinued on and after the
30th of September next.
lioTrhneb proceedings were confirmed ; and Mr. G. G.
y was added to the committee in place of Mr.
tioutflower.

OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE.
This
:m committee reported that, after having taken into
committee
a variety of contradictory memorials re-
trev bad
the rating of chronometers at the Observatory,
and t ad authorised the observer to receive chronometers
MI? rate the ,
ra at a charge of 7s. 6d. each.
thought this was the time to take an
°
coP mon as to whether the Council were about to turn re-
ilen. He moved as an amendment—" That,
"ceivalg that the recommendation would be an unjust
!literferenee with the retail tradesmen, it be an instruc-
!tun to the committee to confine the rating of chronome-
ters to those belonging either to a maker or others en-
gaged in their repair, or to any public officer."
ground
The
amendment, not having been seconded, fell to the
Mr. PARRER denounced the system of regulating chro-
wnoteeters at any price, and said that, if the Observatory
as erectd for the public good, they ought to be rated
gratuitously.
upTl:epestion was then taken by the members standing
d and the proceedings were confirmed with only two
usentients,—Messrs. Birkett and Parker.
HEALTH COMMITTEE.
Or' KAYE was added to this committee in place of
• Boutflower.
Mr THE CORONER'S ACCOUNTS.
-• LAWRENCE moved that the Coroner's ac-
tants, amounting to £lOl 4s. 6d., be referred to the
rmance Committee for payment.
_ Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE expressed a hope that the Fi-
nuce Committee would direct their attention to those
4,
1-Founts, as they were increasing month after month.
ecorthug
to the present list, 29 post-mortem examtne-
'lons had been held,—three on persons who had been
drowned, and who were known, and none on three others,
0
O had been drowned, and who were unknown. There
were great discrepancies in the accounts ; and, in his opi-