The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

LIVERPOAL STANDARD.

MONEY LENT on PLATE, WATCHES, JEWEL-
LERY, SILKS, VELVETS, WOOLLENS, and every
description of PROPERTlLjwStnitraf-not less than £lO, or
up to ~eiooe.
Apply at 66, Se
(Private House.)

SPECIAL METING OF THE SELECT VESTRY

Yesterday forenoon a special meeting of the Select
Vestry was held at the Parish Office, Fenwick-street, to
take into consideration a motion, of which notice has
been given in the Council by Mr. Alderman J. Bramley-
Moore, that the resolution come to on the 10th instant be
rescinded, that the Dock Bill be proceeded With in the
present session, and that powers be therein sought to
enable the trustees to build warehouses in conformity
with the 60th section of the Dock Act 9th and 10th Vic.,
cap. 199, and that the warehouses to be erected shall be
limited, for the present, to the quays of the proposed new
dock at Wapping; and that a proviso be introduced into
ereet.ems the bill, that the warehouses so to be erected shall not be
e opened by the said trustees, for the reception of goods,
wares, and merchandise, until it shall be determined by
"e, Parliament whether such warehouses shall or shall not be
"h. subject to the payment of parochial and other local rates
in the parish of Liverpool.
In the absence of the Rectors, Mr. Churchwarden Fer-
'e guson took the Chair.
sle The attendance of Vestrymen was rather limited.
The. CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet-
ing, said that he exceedingly regretted the absence of the
Rectors, on account of illness, and he had been compelled
to take their place. It had been found necessary to hold
that meeting of the Vestry on that day, instead of the day
following. Having read the circular convening, and stat-
ing the objects of the meeting, the chairman said that the
object of the meeting of the Council seemed rather ampli-
fied, and be should not have been doing his duty as
Churchwarden of the parish if he and his colleague had
not called the special meeting of the Vestry, so as to en-
able them to decide whether a resolution should not be
passed, or memorial presented to the Town Council on
the subject. For his own part, as Churchwarden,
he must say that the Dock Trustees had not dealt
fairly With the parishoners. (Hear.) Some time ago,
a deputation was appointed to meet the Dock Committee.
He had before him a report of what took place on that
occasion, but he would not read the whole of what took
place. The deputation consisted of the Rev. Rector
Campbell, myself, (Mr. Ferguson,) Messrs. Poole, John-
son, and Steens. Mr. Campbell stated the object of the
deputation, and said they appeared as a deputation from
the Select Vestry, and took the liberty of inquiring (with
respect to the bill which the Committee were now solicit-
ing, to enable them to build additional dock warehouses)
whether that bill contained a clause for the rating of the
dock warehouses, similar to that which referred to the
Albert dock warehouses ; and if not, to suggest that the
Committee would cause such a clause to be inserted;
because the Vestry thought if dock warehouses were to
be exempted from rates, it would be an act of injustice.—
The Chairman said, the bill, as it stood at present, was
not yet in the hands of the Committee, therefore he Ap-
prehended, so far as the request went, it must be prospec-
tive. The bill was in an imperfect state. It would have
to be laid before the Committee, and then passed by the
Council, before it went a stage further. At present it was
in the hands of a Parliamentary Committee.—The Rev.
Rector Campbell said the Vestry were in a state of
ignorance on the subject, and they wished to get some in-
formation ; also, to convey to the Committee an intimation
that they certainly should object to the exemption of dock
warehouses from rates, and would do every thing they
could to get insertion to a clause subjecting them to rates.
—The Chairman said, he was sure that any suggestion
coming from the Select Vestry would receive every atten-
tion by that Committee; but, at the present moment, the
bill was not in that state of forwardness for them to say
' whether that clause was or was not introduced.—Mr.
Ferguson : Perhaps, should you determine not to insert
the clause, you will have the goodness to inform the-
Select Vestry, and give us a copy of the bill.—The Rev.
Rector Campbell : In tirne.--,The Chairman : Of course.
He might state, as from himself, that the trust, generally,
being exempt from the payment of local rates, he did not
know how far it might be disposed to impose them volun-
tarily.-The Rev. Rector Campbell : The Albert docks are
rated.—The Chairman : That was an especial agreement.
This matter, they were aware had been discussed during the
last session; but the warehouse clause having been with
drawn, the clause proposed to be inserted by the parish
was withdrawn also. All he kthe chairman) could say
was, the committee were obliged to the deputation for
the trouble they had taken, and every attention would
be paid to their suggestions.—Mr. Poole said the ware-
house property formed four-tenths of the rateable pro-
perty in Liverpool. The assessment of warehouse
property was £400,000, and that of rateable property
about a million ; therefore, it would become very impor-
tant, when they bore in mind the large claim which the
parish had on this description of property.—The Chair-
man : I hope you will continue to receive local rates from
warehouse property.—Mr. Ferguson : We shall receive
much less if you build warehouses without being rated.—
Mr. Johnson said they would have &serious loss in property
which would be destroyed for the erection of these ware-
houses.—TheChairman said those observations were made
when the last Dock Act was before parliament. —The Rev.
RectorCanipbell: Are you now in a petition to tell us when
the bill will come before Council ?—The Chairman : Very
soon. It has been delayed longer than usual, in conse-
qeenee of the vacancies in the Dock Committee.—The
Rev. Rector Campbell- It will not comebefore the Coun-
cil at the next ,meeting ?—The Chairman : No. He
would, however, undertake that the parish authorities
should be furnished with a copy of the bill as soon as it
was.ready.—Me. Ferguson ...ea it mss th' intention of
the Vestry to memorialize the Town Council, if it was not
the intention of the committee to put the clause in the
bill.—The Chairman said there would be ample time for
that. They would not steal a march on them. The de-
putation then withdrew.
The CHAIRMAN continued :—They did not receive a
copy of the bill, and therefore the reverend rector was
obliged to write for one. In the next place, they, did not
give sufficient time to the Vestry to consider the bill, but
they took them by surprise, and they knew the result.
The Dock Committee made another attempt to introduce
the bill without giving any notice. This time they were
going to move to rescind the former resolution of the
Council. It therefore appeared to him that the Dock
Comniittee had not treated the Select Vestry with the
respect which they should have shown to the representa-
tives of the ratepayers, but on the other hand, he thought
they were treating the parochial authorities with con-
tempt. In conclusion, he would state that a memorial
should be laid before the Vestry, and any suggestions that
they offered should be attended to. ( Hear.)
After &few words from Mr. Woodruff, which were in-
audible,
Mr. Bereeierr said that he had not been able to take
any part in the agitation which had been going on against
the new bill which was about to be applied for by the dock
trustees ; but he objected to the principle of dock ware-
houses being built without the sanction of the rate-payers
—whether the warehouses paid rates or not. He would
therefore move, " That, it appearing to be the intention of
the Dock Committee to submit, through their chairman,
to the Town Council, at a special meeting to be held on
Tuesday next, an altered bill for the erection of dock
warehouses, without any provision being made therein for
rendering such warehouses liable to parochial rates,—Re-
solved that this board, after further consideration, are more
deeply convinced that additionalburdens would be cast upon
the inhabitants of the borough through the Town Council,
as ratepayers, and gross injustice done to them, should the
Dock Committee succeed intheir present efforts, in oppo-
sition to the almost unanimous voice of the inhabitants,
to obtain through the Town Council powers for the erec-
tion of dock warehouses exempt from parochial rates ; that,
therefore, this board deem it their duty to call upon the
Town Council,i the representatives of the ratepayers, to
withhold their consent to any bill having for its object
the erection of dock warehouses unless it contain a clause
rendering such warehouses liable to rates, and unless there
be good grounds for believing that such a clause, notwith-
standing any want of conformity with the standing orders
of the House of Commons, would meet with the sanction
of the legislature."
Mr. EARLE.—I think you had better leave out the
latter portion of the resolution which refers to the sanc-
tion of the legislature.
Mr. BENNETT observed that there was no new matter
in the bill, so that the resolution would at once shew its
own meaning.
Mr. EARLE said that he understood there would be
some scheme provided at the Council meeting of the next
day, by which they would not interfere with the standing
orders; but he did not know in which way the thing was
to be done.
• Mi. Tootes.—ln that' case, the latter portion of the
resolution had better stand.
Mr. EARLE said that if the Dock Committee went for
their bill, it was doubtful 'whether they could get a rate-
paying clause inserted in it.
Mr. AVISON observed, that as the bill stood at present
it contained no rate-paying clause.
Mr. BENNETT said he should give the bill his most de-
cided opposition, unless he had a positive certainty of the
rate-paying clause being included in it when passed.
Mr. EARLE.—A certainty which you cannot possibly
obtain. (Hear.)
Mr. Beleserr.—Then 1 shall vote against it.
Mr. WOODRUFF said that' he did expect, from the va-
rious explanations and discussions which had taken place
in the council chamber, that the Dock Committee would
not have come before the council again for any measure
respecting the docks, without a positive undertaking to
put the rate-paying clause into the bill. He thought that
after what had taken place already in the council, and
elsewhere, the Dock Committee would have waited twelve
months, and that they. would then have given the parlia- I
nientary notices, and included the rate-paying clause in
ROMANCE Or REAL LIFE.—The author of " The the bill. -He had great pleasure ir, seconaing the motion.
Metropolis," one of the most successful poetical squibs The CHAIRMAN then put the motion, which passed
ever published in Ireland, was a barrister, named Forcott. unanimously.
We have not seen his singular career noticed elsewhere, Mr. BENNE'rr moved that a copy of the resolution be
and it is too strange to be omitted. He was a man of sent to the Mayor and the Town-clerk.
fashion, and a constant guest at the castle, where he was Mr. EARLE.-1 think there would be no incivility in
made welcome, not merely for his social qualitiei, but sending a copy to Mr. Bramley-Moore, the chairman of
still more for the sums he lost,at play with the notorious the Dock Committee.
Duchess of Gordon. The funds flowed out so much The CHAIRMAN'.—They have scarcely ehewn us any
faster in fashion and piquet than they came in from briefs civility.
and booksellers, that he became ruinously embarrassed. Mr. BENNETT.—At any rate, that will be a gentle Met
and was glad to obtain a place under government in to them.
Malta, which his interest at the castle enabled him to do. Mr. POOLE then rose and said, that with respect to the
Here, too, his unfortunate passion for pleasure led him subject of a motion, the notice of which he had given at
into vice, and rumours of a very grave charge obliged him the' last meeting, he thought that the time had arrived
again to fly. He went to Constantinople, and turned when it was highly necessary that something like an un-
Mahomedan. After a few years, he began to repent of derstanding should be come to by the parish on one hand,
his change Of religion, and contemplated returning to and the dock estate of the town of Liverpool on the other.
Christianity. He told his design to several, and, among They might search the whole of the civilized world to feel
others, to the Dragoman of the British embassy, who an instance of a town where a quantity of valuable. land,
frequently warned him of the certain death with which producing one-fourth of the entire revenue of the perish,
the Turks visit any apostate who again releases from their was not contributing one farthing towards the oaroehial.
creed, and advised him to keep his purpose secret, until rates. The dock estate was established in 1710, when
he had an opportunity of escaping from the watch of his the old dock site (where the old dock originally stood";
co-religionists; but, with characteristic imprudence, he and where the custom-house now stood) was converted
continued to talk freely ..of hie intention. The result was into a dock. On that occasion, an application was made
the fate of which he had been warned. his betty was to parliament to empower the trustees to borrow the very
found one morning, stabbed with a vataghan, in the back, moderate swn—as compared with the dock ekpenditure of
in a place called the Little Burial Ground, near the resi- the present day—of £6,000, and also asking for power to
dance of the British embesey.— reitique in the Dublin raise money to pay the interest on the sum laid nut on the
Unieereily .I(4K:in.& dock. to a few yews eftervrarde they applied again in a

l- et, two doors from Back Colquitt-street

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL, to wit.
GILBERT HENDERSON, ESQ., RECORDER.
THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the
PEACE for the BOROUGH will be held, in the Crown
Court, in the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street, on MONDAY,
the 7th day of February next, at Ten o clock in the Forenoon.
No Traverse will be tried unless entered on the first' day of
lie Sessions, or previously. at the Offi the Clerk of the
nice, No. 6, Brunswick -F .
And nll Indictmen, meanours found at these Ses•

WRIGHT, Clerk of the Peace
26th Jan., 1848.

Clerk of the Peaces Office,

AT the ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUSTEES
of the SOUTHERN and TOXTETH HOSPITAL, held in
the Board-room of the Hospital, on Monday, the 17th day of

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