The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.

An adjourned meeting of this body was held last even.
ing, in the Board Room, Hamilton-square. Present, J.
H. Greene, Esq , chairman; Messrs. W. Laird, Cole,
Horner Brownrigg, Atherton, Gilbertson, A. A. Dobbs,
J. R. Pim, Pike.
Mr. W. Cole laid before the Board the following report,
accompanied with a very voluminous list of clauses, which
it was proposed to have inserted in the amended Improve-
ment Bill now before parliament.
The Report was then read by Mr. ATKINSON, as fol-
lows :
" At an adjourned meeting of the Health Committee, held
this day, present, Mr. Cole, chairman, Messrs, W. Laird, Ap-
pleton, Gilbertson, and Adamson, the following Report was
unanimously adopted:—
REPORT.
" Your committee beg to state that they have now completed
the revision of the Improvement Acts, and have prepared seve-
ral additions and amendments, which they are unanimously of
opinion would be highly desirable, both for the improvement
and health of the township, and they beg to propose that such
amendments be introduced, in committee, in the bill now be-
fore parliament. (Signed) WM. COLE, Chairman.
"9th Feb., 1846."
Mr. Coen, after observing that the new clauses were so
lengthy that it would take up too much of the time of the
Commissioners to go over tbem seriatim, proposed :
" That the Report be received, and the alterations and
amendments proposed by the Health Committee, and now
laid before the Board, be forwarded to the Law-clerk with
instructions that the same be embodied in the Improvement
Bill now before Parliament, and as soon as the Improvement
Bill is printed a copy of the same be sent to each Com-
missioner."
Some discussion then ensued respecting the course pro-
posed to be pursued, but it was understood that the
reception of the report would not bind any member to
support it hereafter. the Chairman observing that the
matter would be much better understood when each
member had a printed copy before him, when he could
read it and consider the various clauses at his leisure.
Mr. Pim wished something to be introduced into the
motion so as not to render it imperative on the law-clerk
to introduce all the clauses, as be was afraid their bulk
would frighten Lord Shaftesbury.
Mr. Coen said, it would not be the bulk his Lordship
would look at, but the quality.
Mr. GILBERTSON hoped if the law-clerk could not ob-
tain the isnertion of all the clauses, he would obtain the
introduction of the most important.
Mr. Coes said it was pretty well understood by the
law-clerk what were the wishes of the committee.
Mr. WM. LAIRD seconded the motion of Mr. Cole.

Mr. BROWNRIGG said he had no objection to the mo-
tion as it stood, but if it had gone so far as to adopt the
report he could not have voted for it, as he had not
read it.

Mr. W. LAIRD thought the course proposed to be
adopted would save much trouble to the Commissioners,
for they would be much more likely to come to a proper
conclusion on the subject by a careful perusal of the bill
when in print.
The motion was then put and adopted unanimously.
Mr. COLE said he understood Mr. W. Laird had some-
thing to say respecting the Building Act.
Mr. W. LAIRD said the committee were engaged on a
report respecting the construction of fire-proof ware-
houses, but they had not yet been able to go thoroughly
into the matter, he should, therefore, wish that the meet-
ing would adjourn for a week, when he hoped the com”
mittee would he able to report on the subject.
Mr. BROWNRIGG asked whether they had conferred
with the law-clerk on the subject, to know how far they
were likely to succeed in obtaining the insertion of such
clauses. _ _ _

Mr. W. LAIRD said the law-clerk had been consulted
on the subject, and he was of opinion that the clauses
might be introduced, provided there were no money
clauses in them, of which the committee would beware.
He then proposed—
" That this meeting do adjourn to Monday, the 16th instant,
to receive a further report, from the Health Committee, on the
huilding of warehouses, and to receive a report from the Light-
ing and Watching Committee upon the proposed amendments
in the Lighting and Watching Act."
Mr. COLE said the fact was, the clauses alluded to were
exact'y in the same position as those before the Board at
pres..nt.
Mr. BROWNRIGG hoped that for the future they would
not run the matter so very fine.
Mr. HORNER. asked when it was necessary that the
bill should be before the house ?
Mr. BROWNRIGG said the petition had already been
presented, and the bill was at present before the House,
but it was competent for any commissioner to get some
one to move for the insertion of either those or any other
clauses, which, if approved of, would be included in the
bill.
The motion was then put and adopted, and the Board
adjourned.

The hon. William Lewis Denman, son of Lord Den-
man, has entered holy orders, and was ordained by the
bishop of Durham on Sunday week.
D:SSOLUTION OF TOE LIVERPOOL ROYAL STOCK
EXCHANGE.—As a sign of the times the dissolution of
this exchange might be adduced as important. It will be
seen, however, by our advertising columns, that a new as-
sociation opened yesterday, into which we believe the bulk
of its members, together with many who have seceded
from the association in Bank-buildings, have entered.
COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL AT THE SESSIONS, YES-
TERDAY.—A man named William Reynolds was yester-
day committed before Mr. Rushton, on a charge of h.-ty-
ing stolen from the clothing shop of Mrs. Jones, in Nor-
folk-street, on Saturday night, a hammock and bed,
worth Gs. 6d. The prisoner made no defence. Hugh
Powell was also committed on a charge of having received
6 sovereigns from a female who keeps a public-house to
get changed, and with which, or the change he did not re-
turn. It appeared he had purchased for himself new
shoes. a new shirt, &c. He stated that he had got intox-
icated, and did not know what had become of the money.

ARRIVAL OF THE DUKE OF LANCASTER.—The fine
ship Duke of Lancaster, belonging to Messrs. Stringer
and Mann, John Buller, commander, arrived in this river
on Sunday morning, after a passage of 94 days, from Can-
ton. She sailed from Liverpool on the 28th May last,
discharged her cargo in China, took on board a full cargo
there, consisting of upwards of 860 tons of tea, and com-
pleted the voyage in eight mon'hs and ten days, being the
shortest time on record. This, the first voyage of the
Duke of Lancaster, argues well for what may be expected
as regards future passages under the command of Captain
Bulley, who, we understand, is notorious for the quick
passages made in the ship Thomas. Lowry.
CHARITABLE SOCIETY.—We regret extremely to hear
that the funds of this invaluable society are in a languish-
ing condition. Last Year there were 1634 cases of dis-
tress relieved from the funds of the society, affording
substantial and timely aid to 6193 persons. The visits
paid by the gentlemen connected wi,h the society, who
afford their services gratuitously, were 2254. and the
amount expended was £l6B 6s. We should be glad if
we could interest the liberal sympathy of the public in
behalf of this society, which distributes its funds at the
dwellings of the destitute, but on no occasion without a
previous visit to the family, and a searching investigation
into the claims and characters of the applicants for relief.
The subscribers have thus the best guarantee that their
donations are judiciously distributed.

FACTORIES IN WALLASEY POOL.—A Radical con-
temporary of Saturday, upon whose absurd schemes of
establishing factories upon the unoccupied land on the
margin of Wallasey Pool, we recently remarked, returned
to the charge in his last publication, and treated with some
derision our assertion, that a want of water for steam en-
gines would be felt in such a locality. Perhaps the party
in question does not know that fresh water is indispensable
for the economical working of factory engines. Where
he will find that, in abundance sufficient, in the neith-
bourhood of Wallasey Pool, we are at a loss to conceive.
On the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal the ex-
periment of erecting factories might answer ; but for
\Vallasey Pool the project is hopeless. He might as well
say the locality is suitable for a sugar plantation.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Yesterday, at the
Police Court, a young man named Thomas Leach, a col-
lector in the employ of Mr. John Jones, estate agent,
Grafton-street, Toxteth-park, was charged by the latter
with having embezzled, chiefly on the 26th ultimo, cer-
tain small sums which he had received from weekly te-
nants of premises, and for which he had not accounted—
making three distinct cases. Several witnesses were
called, and from the general evidence it appeared, so far
as is yet known, that the prisoner had received £1 lls.,
and had paid over only £1 is. 6d. About £lOOO passed
through his hands annually, while he was in the employ.
It also appeared that to cover the fraud he had made a
false entry in figures in the books. His employer stated
that the prisoner (who had been five years in his service)
had received notice to leave, and had left on Wednesday
I.st. 'I he defalcations so far had been discovered since
that time: but Mr. Jones added that he strongly sus-
pected he was guilty of other similar delinquencies, as he
was short of £340, which he ought to have received ac-
cording to his books. Mr. Owen, who defended the
prisoner. endeavoured to show that the whole affair ori-
ginated in pique, he (the prisoner) having gone to another
rival employer. Mr. Rush,on decided that he should go
for trial, but remanded him so that some further evidence,
which it was said could be procured, Ins brought up.
' THE IRON TRADE.—The iron trade of South Stafford-
shire continues in the same prosperous state which we
noticed the week before last,land ;we understand that
efforts are being mane in various parts of the district, and
more particularly in that section of the coal-field lying
near Oldbury, to obtain further supplies of coal and iron-
stone. For this purpose, several pits, which had long
since been considered as worked out, have been re-opened ;
and with the aid of increased skill, and improved machi-
nery, the abandoned mines will, it is expected, yield a
fresh supply of their mineral treasures. From the uncer-
tainty which exists as to the measures of Government,
with respect to the numerous projected lines of railway,
the ironmasters evince great unwillingness to enter into
large contracts ; otherwise, from the abundance of orders,
we should have to quote prices considerably above the
rates fixed on at the recent quarterly meetings of the trade.
As it is, the existing prices can scarcely be edhered to,
I and we are enabled to state, on the best authority, that
there are parties now in South Staffordshire endeavouring
to effect purchases for the continent—Germany in parti-
cular—for several lines of railway. amounting in some
cares, to 30,000, and in others to 40,000 tons. It is, we
believe, satisfactorily ascertained by the largest manufac-
turing firms in the kingdom, that the modifications and
changes in the tarff with regard to the importation of pro-
duce from America, will cause such a demand for the con-
sumption of iron in the United States, as to warrant the
assumption that double and treble the quantities hitherto
exported from this country will take place immediately on
the new measure coming into operation. The effect of the
increased and increasing demand for iron is not confined
to our own district, for our Liverpool letters inform us
that Scotch pigs fetched 80s. per ton, and that other de-
scriptions of manufactured iron rate proportionably high.
—Birmingham Journal.