The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-20 00:00:00

LIST OF LEVELS

Taken froin the curb-stone at the south-cast corner of the Dry
or Canning Dock, Liverpool, which approach nearest to the
Level of the Top Water, or overflow of the Leeds and Liver-
pool Canal, which is 33 feet 06 decimals above the said curb-
stone, and of course might be rendered available in aid of a
Fire-police in all situations below that elevation :
NAMES OF STREETS, Levels Top water of
Commencing at the north end of above curb- the Leeds and
the town. stone S.E. Liverpool
Canning Dk. Canal.
Above. Beloit.

ft. de. ft. dc. ft. dc.
Regent-street—Dive-lane 27 43 563 0 0
„ West end of 2d warehouse 2 35 27 0 0 221
Rice Mills,
Chisenhale-street--1-way between 138 56 0 0 550
the Bridge and Love-lane, )
Love-lane 31 27 179 0 0
Great no„ ard-street—Denisou-street,:3o 93 213 0' 0
~ Gibraltar-row 33 24 0 0 008
Dutton-street—Bath-street
fl Canal Curbstone 35 30 0 0 224
Canal top water average of two lines 33 06 Datum.
of levels,
Union-street—Oldhall-street .. 35 30 0 0 334
Jackson-lane 32 63 143 0 0
Queen-street— from Oldhall-street —3l 21 0 0 118
~ Jackson-lane 29 71 335 . 0 0
Tithebarn-street—Exchange-st. East, 31 40 166 0 0
Hackin's-hey .. —33 43 8 0 037
Moor-fields—Dale-street 23 '.-8 928 0 0

„ 3 yards below the School, 3l 03 0 0 097
Great Crossbalifstreet—Standish-st., 35 36 0 0 230

Trueman-street 3l 8:i 122 0 0
Addison-street, Fontenoy-street 31 31 175 0 0
25 yards above Do 35 30 0 0 221
Scotland-road—Milton-street 27 08 598 0

PP
Rose-place
Hunter-street—St. Stephen-street ....27 35 571 0 0
Spencer's-buildings ...43 13 0 3 10 7
Richmond-row—Pepper-street 32 59 047 0 0
Thurlow-street 43 19 0 0 10 13
Shaw's-brow-24 Gateway Northside 27 9.3 513 0 0
„ Passage to St. J.'s Church 40 48 0 0 742
St. John's-lane—Roe-street 3l 37 169 0 0

Lime-street 45 38 0 0 12 32
Great Charlotte-street—Elliott-street 33 04 0 2 0
_0

—........ ......___
~ Ranelagh-street 36 43 0 0 337
Ranelagh-street—Lawton-street 22 95 10 11 0 0
o Great Charlotte-street 36 25 0 0 319
Bold-street—Lveeuni Steps 2B 35 471 0 0
„ Concert-street .... 39 97 0 0 691
Slater-street—Parr-street 35 29 0 0 223
„ Duke-st.corner of Suffolk-st 32 94 012 0 0
Duke-street—Suffolk-street
Kent-street 43 12 0 0 10 6
Grenville-street—Kent-street 29 40 360 0 0
„ Cornwallis-street 4l 78 0 0 872
Park-lane—Blundell-street3l 41 165 0 0
„ Bridgewater-street 39 71 0 0 665
Brick-street, St. James's—Jamaica-st 34 67 0 0 161
9, Simpson-street 28 40 466 0 0
Parliament-street—Flint-street 26 38 668 0 0
lit Grafton-street 36 36 0 0 330
Warwick-street—Sefton-street l2 63 20 43 0 0
Grafton-street 5O 83 0 0 17 80

Extract from the Report of the Fire Insurance Agents, December,

It is quite requisite, however, that some understanding should
now be adopted with regard to the expenses for which the in-
surance offices are to be liable hereafter, and also as to the
claims of the Norwich Union and West of England offices,
whose charges accompany this.
.Upon minute investigation the
agents are of opinion, that the amount now raised by act of par-
liament is quite inadequate to support an effective fire police
establishment for Liverpool. The commissioners have, at pre-
sent, the power of levying only a halfpenny in the pound on the
parish assessment for the establishment, which will not raise
more than from £lOOO to £llOO per annum; and the estimate
of their annual expenses is as follows:—
Superintendent's salary, and rent of his house . £2OO
Forty-four established men, at £5 each
Clothes for ditto, at £3 each

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SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, BARONET.

The St Andretr:v Standard, New Brunswick—what a nume-
rous family the STANDARD are becoming--!-of February 12,
notices the receipt of Liverpool papers to the 2nd January,
and after exulting in the probable return of Sir HoWard
Douglas to the House of Commons as one of the members
the borough of Liverpool, proceeds to say:—
" People fancy that it is the interest of those who partake of
the loaves and fishes, to keep things as they are, and by all
means to contravene things as they ought to be, and smne even
go so far as to say it cannot. be expected that half-a-dozen
officials in the comfortable possession of two or three thousands
a year, a ould disturb their ease—their (glum rum dignitate, and
abridge their princely incomes by suggesting measures which
arc. impertinently called for by an insiguiticant population of
only one hundred thousand persons! NS, e would object to these
suspicions and declarations, did we not recollect the firm stand
taken by our present honourable and eminently patriotic speaker,
when he successfully urged the house of assembly (in which it
was joined by the Council) to address the throne on matters of
vital importance to the province, the consideration of which he
alleged was quashed in the colonial office—and this recollection
induces us to pause before we reject the allegations made of
sinster proceedings here. Hence arises our earliest solicitude
for the success of Sir. Howard Douglas in obtaining a seat in
parliament. We think it far from chimerical to expect that
the splendid talents of the gallant baronet would speedily bring
him into office. And who is there that is interested in the
permanent welfare of this province who wish that that
office • should be the secretaryship for. the coloneies ? This
may he a selfish sentiment, but according to the modern
axiom " patriotism end-self interest have met t.gerher, right
and redress have embraced earls other." We think that the
acumen of Sir Howard's peceptions and the unbending aus-
terity of his ermciples afford as a guarantee that he would ex-
ecute his hign calling unaffected by the oblique motives of the
adherents of misrule, and impervious to the insinuations which
might mislead a theoretical minister who had not the advantage
of his profound practical acquaintance with our wants and re-
sources."

AWFULLY Sooner/ I) Last night, about ten o'clock,
Mr. Maurice Hints, a well-known auctioneer in this town, died
in an awfully sudden manlier. The unfortunate gentleman,.
Yesterday afternoon returned from Manchester, where he had
been selling, and went to Mr. Roger Backhouse's, the William
IV, in Williamson-square, to supper. He ate heartily of mus=
cles, and afterwards felt himself sick. Ile placed his hand to
his chest, complained of illness, and walked front the supper
ar osoumrgteooann
in
adjoining u
eig. room, when he fell down. Mr. Jeffries,
hbourhood, was promptly sent for, but be-
fore he arrived Mr. !lime had breathed his last. Ile has left A
wife and seven or eight children to deplore their loss.
Tun New Pot.ice BILL.—On Wednesday last the eighteen
commissioners entrusted with the management of the lamp,
watch, and scavenging department of the town's business held
an unadvertised meeting of their body, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the propriety of opposing tht bill now Wore
parliament, for the better regulation of the town police. No
public notice whatever of such a raveling having been given, it
was, of course, strictly private, hut we understand that after a
lengthened squabbling conversation, "the eighteen representa-
tives of the whole town " came to the resolution of forwarding
a petition to the House of Commons, to he presented by Mr.
Ewart, against the bill, and it was forwarded by mail the same
night. The resumed grounds of opposition to so desirable an
improvement in our local police which the new bill would be
the :neans of enforcing, is said to he, that as the inhabitants are
anticipating a change in the constitution of the corporation, it
would be better to regulate and improve the police of the town
whets that change has taken place. Mr. Thomas Bolton has
also a petition of a similar nature "from the inhabitants of
Liverpool," with which he is deputed to proceed to London thin
day. It has not yet transpired from what potion of the
in-
habitants Mr. Thomas Bolton's petition emanates, as it has not
made its appearance on the Exchange, nor,oll any other public
place, nor has it lain for the inhabitants to affix their signatures.
DUBLIN Ihilverisury.—ln the list of those who attained to
the rank of senior moderator at their degree examination, and
who were presented with gold medals at the• late commence-
ments, and also among the vice-chancellor's prize-meu, we
observe the name of Mr. Harold H. Sherlock, a young gentle-
man of Liverpool.
It is said that the Duke of Gordon has received an anovmous
letter, stating that if Ll,OOO be given instead of the £tXO offered,
the stolen jewels will be restored.