The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

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but it now appeared that the expense would be .E2Ol
Then there were the Botanical Gardens, instead of being
ported, as in the days of the old corrupt Corporation, es i

they had been handed over for maintenance to the Cor-
porate fund. Various charities were in like manner transferred.
There Were the Industrial Schools, which the parish supported
—one-half of the children there did not belong to us. He
could not think that the expense of the library. proposed wotild
be confined to x7OO per annum. They might, make their
minds up that there would be some £5,0c0 or .10,000 asked
for to render it more useful. The Corporation were in debt,
and should act as a communifir in the same manner that they
would act as individuals. What would be thought of him if
he were in debt, and was yet laying out large sums of money
in the formation of a library? People would say that, if not
mad, he was something worse. (Laughter.) Liverpool! was be-
coming half depopulated owing to the heavy local rates, and
how were they to draw people back but by appropriating to
their alleviation a part of the surplus fund of the Corpora-
tion. Mir. Dover denounced sanatory i:mprovernents, but ex-
pressed belief that that "madness" was parsing away, Man
was an animal who must be fed and clothed. That should be
attended to first, Learning required leisure. The poor man
for whom Mr. Pictcm bad pleaded had not leisure to spend In
such a place. Let him work hare from six in the morning till
six at night, and be would be in no disposition to indulge in
mental luxuries. Wo were going mad about education. When
he saw pauper children taught to conjugate the neuter verb
"to be"—(daughter)—when he saw them taught algebra and
the use of the globes—where we should get our wives froth soon
he did not know; they would be better able to niche a poem
than mend a stocking. (Laughter.) "You may laugh, sit,
(said Mr. Dover, turning to a gentleman near him,) but if yon
had a wife who could write a poem or handle a theme, but you
had yet to go with your coat uncared for. or your stockings
undarned, you would enjoy anything but comfort." (Loud
laughter.) He trusted the Council would keep to its legitimate
business,—that was, the government of the town.
Mn. PARKER said the worthy alderman's bile seemed to
have boiled over (laughter). he should be very sorry to follow
him through his remarks, but he (Mr. Parker) was sent there
to promote economy upon the same principle as Alderman
Dover, who was pitchforked into that room for the purpose
(laughter, and cries of "Oh, oh I"). He thought the offer of
the Royal Institution proprietors did them honour, and the
Council would fail in its duty if they did not cordially aecept it.
The worthy alderman might, or might not, have occasionally
holes in his stockings undarned (loud laughter); but that was
a domestic question, and not for them has a deliberative body.
They must look higher than the worthy alderman ; they must
not look only at the rates on warehouses, and he thought it
would reflect honour on the Corporation to support Mr. Pic-
ton's motion. Amongst other matters, Mr. Dover had spoken
of the humbug of increasing education ; but would he have a
man to go round like a mill-horse for ever and ever? He was
sorry that the worthy alderman, who possessed such powers
himself, should seek to keep that education from the rising
generation which would make fl man the better citizen • and,
if it were sound, a better Christian also (applause). lie cor-
dially supported the motion, and hoped for its credit that the
Council would not divide, for no reasonable man could object
to it.
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T. B. HORSTALL defended the report of the committee,
and replied to the objections of Mr. Dover, contending that
the transfer of the institution would entail no loss on the
council ; that it was merely accepting a gift for the benefit of
the poor, who, up to the present, could not get an entrance to
the institution.
The motion was carried by a majority of 37 to H.

For the motion .—Counciliors: Messrs. W. Walthevr, Thos.
Chalmer, jun., J. Woodruff, J. Thomson, T. L. Hodson, T.
Littledale, G. Holt, H. Hornby, T. Avison, J. Ferguson, T.
Rimmer, T. Robinson, T, Wagstaff, J. Rogers, J. A. Tobin,
A. F. Jones, R. C. Gardner, H. Neill, B. Hall, J. B. Lloyd. J.
Johnson, J. A. Picton, J. Parker, W. P. Freme, W. Bennett,
R. M. Beckwith, R. L. Jones, E. C. Hindley, W. Mann, T.
Lloyd; Aldermen T. B. Horsfall, J. Lawrence, T. Sands, J.
N. Wood, J. Bent, J. H. Turner, and the Mayor.
Against it : Messrs. L. Langsdale, J. Bigham, J. Atkinson,
J. Briscoe, T. Godfrey, J. C. Ferniliough, It. Harbord, A.
Henderson, W. Fisher, and Aldermen T. Dover, and J. Procter.

THE RECENT CAB STRIKES,

A memorial was read from the cab and coach owners of
Liverpool, on the new rates of fare, and on the recent with-
drawal of their cabs from the stands; also, a memorial from
several of the shopkeepers of Liverpool, praying that cabs
might no longer be allowed to stand in C.:stle•street, in front
of the Town-hall.

Mr. PARKER said that the cab owners would be perfectly
satisfied if a committee were appointed to consider the subject
of their grievances. _ . .
. _

Mr. WOODRUFF begged to propose that the following gen-
tlemen compose the committee to confer with the cab owners :
Messrs. Holt, Fernihough, Bennett, Bighorn, Langsdale,
Dover, Thomson, and Woodruff. _ _

Mr. HORNBY complained of the conduct of the cabowners ;
but, ultimately, Mr. Woodruff's motion was agreed to.
The proceedings of the Finance Committee, containing a
recommendation to purchase from Mr. John Reynolds a piece
of land near Tnebrook, and adjoining the Newsham House
estate, containing 6a. Ir. 35p. of land, or thereabouts, were
adopted without discussion.