The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-19 00:00:00

Nov. 19, 1844

COUNCIL MEETING.

On Wednesday the Vjourned meeting of the council
'Vas held.

CLERK OF THE PEACE.
The TowN-CLERK said, that among the Mayor's coin-
toa_unications there were applications for the office of Clerk
f the Peace from Mr. Peter Wright, Mr. Henry Heath-
cote Statham, and Mr. Benjamin Ellis, which he read.
He also read two letters from James Clarke, Esq., the
!!ieeeirecorder, conveying in highly eulogistic terms that gen-
an's opinion of the character and qualifications of
sur. Ellis for the office.
Mr. Issovir said that, having at the last meeting pro-
posed Mr. Peter Wright as a fit and proper person to fill
the e °Ffice °f Clerk of the Peace, and a postponement of
bli election having then been made, with the view of ena-
bling
the
Town-Clerk to consider in what way the reso-
lutions should be framed, he had now to repeat his propo-
sition, n, and to express his regret that the applications from
7a,retoiethwerciandidates had not been read at the last council.
be
.Town-Clerk having considered the appointment, and
Y with respect to the act of parliament likely to
%17)11)assed in the next session, whereby clerks of the peace
.1d be paid by fixed salaries,' had drawn up three reso-
*:ns, which he (Mr. Lloyd) now begged to move. I
The Y were to the effect that Mr. Peter Wright should be
mcarePr(l),inted Clerk of the Peace, providing his own office',
ess 840., and being at liberty to practice private busi-
I and that, if requested, he should advise the Mayor
'll.lti:absence of the Town-Clerk.
• HARBORD seconded the resolution.
etE° answer to a question from Mr. Procter, the Tows-
phasxssaid that he would not be occupied at the Court
mr age more than a few hours every Thursday.
to th• loortc was of opinion that it would bederogatory
advi e Mayor to have to send out of the Town-Hall for '
ti.,,ree• He thought there ought always to be a sufficient
`3lwithin the building competent to give advice.
Bo
• 11"11 HORNBY asked whether the resolutions
j_.foasualiderbye?binding on Mr. Wright with regard to amount
He recalled to the attention of the council
_th t they had agreed upon the last day that some docu-
ent should he obtained from Mr. Wright, whereby he
linnt himself to the £5OO a year.
It
r• IsLom said the Town-Clerk had since ascertained
Z%eta of parliament, passed previously to the Munici-
tA Salaad debarred the council from any arrangement
Sir °J
Y• That arrangement could only be made after
otlarieeptaolaalailedso Graham's bill had passed. In the meantime,
suggested by the resolutions was the only legal
Pt.
lee I.' ItoMPsoss stated that if the council thought the
isze:re.eauttianoghtebde
to the Clerkship of the Peace too large, they
had
the power to reduce them, so as to prevent them from
amount of Mr. Wright's salary, £5OO a-
The resolutions were adopted, and Mr. Wright was ac-
tardinglY appointed Clerk of the Peace.
Uto a;la
ittee ACCOMMODATION AT GEORGE'S PIER.
teCr* AORTH expressed a hope that he m ighttse permit-
question of the Chairman of the Dock Corn-
He wished to know whether any measures had
isal Yet beepnietark,en to provide better accommodation at the
sseorge,,
"illoMokrfirooric said that, according to the late act, the
a Iss-s,''orrirnittee were under an engagement to provide
sim,-",,'ngsalip at George's Pier. The question had fre-
in-all"Y come under the consideration of the committq,
sign great difficulties had arisen in carrying out the provi-
vicisfl of the act. The committee, according to that pro-
lasPt were tied down to give a sufficient space for the
tin-h"'ng of carriages and horses, and to make an inclina-
•Co-c",,L3f ,one inch vertical in twelve inches horizontal. To
ir-s-„T„Plish this, they would have to take an extensive
13,-fs"". They would have to come near the Corporation
s to make an elbow at the George's Basin, and to
occupytt about 100 yards of ground; and this would have
" be arched over, so that ladies must pass through a dark
‘urioei
andbocc, be subjected to a continual. dripping. The
(Hifi 'orrnittee wished to overcome, if possible, those
thateulties and annoyances. (Hear, hear.) The fact !vas,
they had not sufficient space to carry out the inclined
heane Mentioned in the act of parliament. The subject,
coswsre, as he had said before, was frequently under dis-
ears "' and, at present, a conference was appointed to
ir out some new arrangement.
lilts HAttuown asked whether the Dock Committee
blr,ed to obtain a new act to overcome the difficulty ?
crippled owt said not, but repeated that they had been.
aeighboY a clause in the last act. Their Cheshire
reque7rtat Birkenhead, in their great modesty, had
tribenoettspteiheana7tfaei,: Particular pier for their own use. He did
within the
n shevthe Dock Committee could do more at pre-
the already done; but if they could alter
Mr. Norta p
pointedhoped th
tei
ma
ec c. ommodation would be afforded
el fff ehcet Ent
hi g•
, at the
hri said the explanation was quite satisfactory.
throw
ut a suggestion, it would be to this
Birkenhead Corn • •
Dock Surveyor and the surveyor of the
on the subject,missioners should communicate together
Mr. N
bee icor. observed that Mr. North's suggestion had
ors
carried out the day before, and that the two survey-
'he were at present in communication with each other.
thought a miscalculation had been made by the fra-
`rs of the act with respect to the inclined plane, for it
°11;t1 requir the whole of the uay to be approriated
the tunnel, and, in the opinion of Mr. Hartley,p it was
Considered impracticable. _
.Nir. MOORE said that, even if the tunnel were lined
With zinc, the dripping would not be prevented.
The MAYOR said the discussion was extremely satisfac-
Ory, inasmuch as it would show
.the public, in the first
*ace, that the Council had nothing to do with the
doing all
and in the next, that the Dock Committee were
"°'ng all they could to provide a remedy. (Hear, hear.)
THE MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS.
Mr. BIRKETT moved that the usual summons should
contain, under the head of " Mayor's Communications,"
a notice of all the communications received by the Mayor
previous to the summons being sent out, and which were
intended to be brought before the Council ; and that no
communication subsequently received should be submit-
ted to the Council, unless itwas
inserted on the notice-
paper to be submitted to the Council not later than half-
Vast tn o'clock on the mornng of the meetng.
Mr.e NORTH seconded the motion, which was adopted.
THE EDUCATION QUESTION.
Mr. JANIES BRANCKER moved that the 38th standing
order, which provided that no grant should be made to
any school except it was the property of the Corporation,
or under its immediate
control, be expunged. (A laugh.)
ir. THORNHILL seconded the motion.
su • B°r compliance with a request from Mr. Hugh Hornby,
ancker withdrew the motion.
The T HUSKISSON'S STATUE.
by the la
OWN-CLERK read a letter which had been written
written bte Alayor to Mrs. Huskisson, and, also, a letter
y Airs. Huskisson in replyct . The Mayor's letter
Wos to the effect that the site seleed by Mr. Gibson for
thea erection of Huskisson's statue in the Custom-house
d been declined—that the Council expressed their re-
i3eested he
hattcliflieulties had thus arisen—and that they sug-
Lons- Room of the Custom-house as a proper
Place for its erection.' Airs. Huskisson's reply was of
Considerable length. She said she had been given to
Understand that the light in the Long Room wasn idnef yo-
tive, and that more than one spot could beorfou d
°l,Den area surrounding the Custorn-housef the erection
requested permis-
u' a statue in bronze. She,therefore,
alu to withdtaw the marble st.atue.of her lamented hus-
band, for the purpose of having it cast in bronze, and,
en cast erected in the area outside the Custom-house,
,t4l,e exact 'site being left to the selection of Mr. Gibson.
'e reading of the letter was followed by loud cheers.
prop G. H LAWRENCE said it contained a most splen-
"ld•sal. and one which he had not words to express
his admiration of. It completely cut the gordian knot of
difficulties which surrounded the Council with regard
t3'
91° site ; and he t ought they should hasten to convey
io; mrs. Huskisson their sense of gratitude for her noble
lik.ft• He therefore moved the thanks of the Council to
irst.,C"skis on with an intimation that the Council
take scare' that the site that may be selected by
-Ithis tnagnificent gift, and that the Council would express
3"' L'oPe that the inscription to be recorded on the statue's
Who will not omit to remind the public of the party to
tnors•
sO muchecon idedndebtheted."
whichmotion, hich was unani-
-OANos susly carried amid loud cheers.

The 1, THE DEATH OF THE TOWN-CLERK.
addl. °WN-CLERK read a letter from Mrs. Radcliffe,
r ped to the Mayor, expressive of her sincere thanks
with "a resolution of condolence passed by the Council
statedrespect to her late melancholy bereavement. She
of th , that to the devotion of her husband to the affairs
dot„,.e,2orporation, and his almost entiredeprivationof
alosi;:mforts, must be attributed the premature
her :
AT his arthly career, and that his death had left
arid g a achildren toarent mourn the loss of a kind husband
ffectionate p.
4f. S EVIDENCE ON THE DOCK DILLS.
'4l.tee lIEPFARD asked the Chairman of the Dock Com-
root,. whether he had any objection to send to thenews-
tal,,,,°,of the town a copy of the minutes of evidence.
poordefore a committee of the Commons on the Liver-
taken Bill, and also a copy of the minutes of evidence
Bill ?e
'afore a committee of the Lords on the Birkenhead
of the m '
°°RE replied that it was not within the province
,
,v,tloli Committee to supply such information to the
be per -"Ills, but that he should be happy to do so on
read 'esent occasion, because the more the evidence was
tion' Lcue more full and complete would be the justifica-
enorgo,`,,the Dock Committee and the Council for the
laear.i \up' had each thought proper to take. (Hear,
tnove. t" any member of the Dock Committee should
shoal that the evidence be sent to the news-rooms, he
" have no objection to the motion being passed.
,_po ELECTION OF DOCK-COMMITTEEMEN.
Ateo,.o the motion of Mr. MOORE, seconded by Mr.
tneto,"' the following gentlemen were unanimously elected
theuera
of the Dock Committee :—Mr. Ald. Houghton,
of m Place of Mr. Evans; Mr. Wm. Mann, in the place
of vire. Barclay • Mr. Thomas B. Horsfall, in the place
of k • bulky and Mr. John Nelson Wood, in the place
Ther'iolt.
Council adjourned at half-past twelve.

DOCK COMMITTEE.—THURSDAY.
toll)) resent--Messrs Moore, (in the chair,)
Middle-
ton ItcYden, Bold, Kendal, Tobin, Smith, Aikin,
liVo0,14" Messrs. Houghton, Henderson, Mann, and
The
rfour of the newly-elected members.
to his carrilitY thanked the committee for the e increase
DIY
se
~,,-alarY, and said he would try to deserfe it. In re-
ereas" :Nil% Nicol, Mr. Aikin said he understood the in-
the In the salaries Of the officers was to take place from
ueate of
Chethe last quarter day, the next payment to be
at increased rate.
hride_ contract of J. and D. Walker, for the iron swing
~0 cross Regent-road, was accepted.
glop f 7 "or the North
yort submitted the model of a new landing
Docks, which was approved of.