The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

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The Watch Committee recommended the appointment
of Mr. Dowling as Head Constable. at a salary of £650,
and of three superintendents, at £2OO per annum each,
and the increase of the salary of Mr. Cowan, the head.
constable's chief clerk, from £lOO t 1 £l5O, which were
agreed to. Some remarks were made by several members
as to the filthy state of the streets, which Mr. Hodgson
said the Watch Committee were doing all they could to
remedy. _

After the reading of the proceedings of the Courts of
Law Committee, Mr. Aikin asked whether the Concert
Hail, which be understood would be of little or no use,
could Iv t be converted into a daily Police Court.

Mr. LLOYD said that when the committee found that
the Philharmonic Society were about to build a new Con-
cert Hall, he was authorised to wait on them, and in the
course of the interview he showed that, by the erection of
galleries, the concert room at St. George's Hall could be
made to accommodate 1200 people. Therefore the com-
mittee had not lost sight of the subject.
The proceedings were then confirmed.
The proceedings of the Markets Committee, comprising
recomn.endations for the increase of Mr. Luya's salary.
as superintendent of St. James's Market, from £l7O to
to £2OO per annum ; the increase of the salary of the su•
perintendent of St. Martin's Market. from £l6O to £2OO
per annum ; and the appointment of Mr. Isaac Hutchin-
son, as superintendent of St. Martin's Market, having
been read,

Mr. ASPINA LL moved their confirmation, and he said
he held in his hand a plan of the new lig Market, which,
when completed, would be the means of doing away with
the peat annoyattce of having pigs drive:, through the
streets of the town on the Sabbath Day.

The proceedings were confirmed, except the salaries,
which stand over until next meeting.

Mr. AsriNALL then brought for7ward a motion for the
rescinding a resolution of the council containing the ap-
pointment of Mr. Abbott. as clerk to the clerk of com-
mittees, so far as that resolution permitted him to engage
in other business than that connected with such appoint.
ment. Mr. Aspinall said he brought forward the motion
in order to assimilate all the clerks of officers of the cor-
poration to those employed in the Town-Clerk's depart.
ment, who were expressly prohibited, by a resolution of
the council, from engaging in any other business. Mr.
Abbott, it aupeered, had a salary of £250 per annum.
Mr. Aspinall then, in a very clear and succinct mariner.
enforced his motion, which was seconded by Mr. James
Brancker, and carried unanimously.

The resolution calling the attention of the Town-Hall
Committee to the defective ventilation of the Town- Ilall,
was also carried.

CUSTOMS RESTRICTIONS AT LIVKRPOOI.

Mr. 11 ottsF AL t.---subru otion—
" That a ,pecial committee be appointed to inquire into
and report upon the unnecessary restrictions imposed upozi
the t,ade of this port by the Board of Customs, and the
Insufficiency of the cm•toms' establishment for the grow.
'tr wants of V— ---t

5.. port. After stating that he brought for-
ward this motion in the presence of gentlemen who had
vsiolyendravouredto have the restrictions removed, Mr. H.
said he would guard hire self f; orn being supposed to cast any
reflections on the heads of the Custom-house department
of Liverpool, for it would be impossible to find men, di.
vested of all discretionary power, who would enforce ob-
noxious► regulations wi h greater courtesy than they did

rernaps tne most substantial grievance they bad in Liver-
pool was the great deficiency of landing-waiters. The
enuneil would hardly believe, that in 1845 we had no more
landing-waiters than we had nine or ten years ago—that,
in fat-t, no additional ones had been appointed here since
April, 1835, It was true, about twenty-two, landing-wai-
ters were then appointed, and the board stated the object
of their appointment—to meet the expected increase of
the ton and the opening of the China trade. But these
twenty-two landing-waiters had been taken from other
legitimate duties and appropriated to the weighing of tea
in the warehouses—so that, in fact, we had not now, in
actual service, fur quay duties more than fifty landing-
waiters at the outside. (floor, hear.) Was it to be won-
dered. then, that we had 40. 50, 60, or 70 sail of vessels
waiting for landing-waiters! The coun2il would hardly
believe that last aum:ner them were 131 vessels waiting
for landing waiters. Of these, 40.0 r 50 were in dscharg-
ing berths, On the 18th of July last year, there were 101
vessels waiting for landing-waiters, and about 60 of those
were in discharging berths. Without troubling the coun-
cil with intervening dates, he would just state that on
the 17th of last month there were 71 vessels waiting for
landing waiters, and of these 16 were in discharging
berths. If the trade of the port required it, as it unques-
tionably did, why should they not have landing-waiters
appointed at proper salaries, and not have the discharge
of the duties committed to men on £4O a year? Was it
to be wondered at that we had complaints of the want of
dock accommodation in Liverpool? Why, if we had
twice the extent of dock accommodation that we possessed
at present, of what avail would it he without additional
landing waiters were appointed ; for the foundation of the
grievance was the want of landing waiters, and if we had
a sufficient number of them; the docks would do a fourth
more work than they did at present. (11,-ar, hear.) Ile
would just allude for a moment, as one reason, why the
grievance should be remedied, to the great increase of re-
venue which government derived from this port since
1834. The revenue derived from Liverpool alone in 1834
was £3,846,306, and now, in 1844, notwithstanding the
great reduction in the tariff, the receipts of the past year
were £4,487,683, showing an increase of revenue to the
extent of £641,377. (Hear') But there was a fairer cri•
terion to go by than even this, and that was the tonnage
of the vessels. He would throw out all vessels in ballast,
all coasters, and confine himself to the tonnage, which re-
quired landing-waiters. The tonnaie in 1834 was 676,985
tons; in 1844, it was 1,102,505 tons, showing an increase