The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-23 00:00:00

THE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.

The MAYOR read the following answer to the address
to her Majesty :
" To the worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool.
" SIR,--I have had the honour to lay before the Queen
the loyal and dutiful address of the mayor, aldermen, and
councillors of Liverpool, expressive of their attachment to
her Majesty's person and crown, and of their determina-
tion to support, by all means in their power, the constitu-
tional monarchy of England and its free i"stitutions, and
I have the pleasure to inform you that this address was
very graciously received by her Majesty.
I am commanded to convey to you her Majesty's grati-
fication, and entire satisfaction at this expression of
loyalty and affection from a body so identified with the
great commercial interests of the empire as the Corpora-
tion of Liverpool.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" G. GREY."
The reply was ordered, on the motion of Mr. Tinne, to
be recorded, and the Council broke up.

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—On Wednesday there was
a very full attendance. The business possessed very few
features of general interest. It appeared that there are
514 inmates in the house, of whom 38 are in the fever
hospital. Mr. Appleby called attention to the necessity
of retrenching the expenses, and it was agreed that the
time had arrived when some diminution of the weekly
expenditure might with propriety be made. One of the
assistant relieving officers was ordered to be discharged,
and some of the able-bodied women, who can earn a live-
lihood as servants, are to be permitted to leave the house.
THE LIVERPOOL HIDE AND SKIN MARKET ASSOCIA-
TION.—A meeting of this association was held at the
Caledonian Hotel, Duke-street, on Tuesday evening, to
consider the propriety of removing from office seven mem-
bers of the committee of management who had become
objectionable to the general body of the proprietors. Mr.
James Wilson presided. The meeting was called by ten
proprietors, under a power contained in the deed of settle-
ment. An objection to the legality of the meeting was
taken by Mr. Townsend, solicitor, but the chairman de-
claring it not worth a " rush," the meeting proceeded to
vote out the seven objectionable members of the commit-
tee, and to elect the following gentlemen in their places,
namely, Messrs. J. B. Farrall. Samuel Butterworth, James
Brandon, John Grindley, Edward Clough, John Outram,
and Samuel Farmer.

SELECT VESTRY.-The usual fortnightly meeting of
this body was held on Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Brooks
in the chair. After the usual routine business, it was
resolved that in future quorum relief should be adminis-
tered to paupers at the work-house, and not at the parish
offices. Mr. Dowling having sent in a report from Super-
intendent Riding to the effect, that " the Night Asylum
in Soho-street was a refuge for thieves and prostitutes-
that the disgusting language they were in the constant
habit of making use of was most offensive to the inhabi-
tants of the neighbourhood-that on Sunday evening men
and women were rolling on the ground under the arched
entrance in disgusting attitudes-that this nuisance was
principally observable upon the Sabbath, and that the
felonies in the neighbourhood, caused most probably by
the inmates of the asylum, were numerous," Mr. Earle
moved that, " considering the asylum to be a resort for
thieves and and vagabonds, the vestry should no longer
pay any money for its support." The resolution, having
been seconded, was passed. There was no other business
of importance.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.-An adjourned meet-
ing was held on Tuesday, Mr. Watson in the chair, for
the purpose of passing the accounts, of which the follow-
ing is a summary :-Receipts,-Balance in hand, April,
1847, £4,232 3s. 4d. ; park account. £220 10s. 7d : mar-
ket, Z 071; slaughter-house, A:W.I ls. 9d.; improvement
rate, £3,269 3s. 3d. ; lighting, &c., rate, £3,114 9s. Bd.;
rent account, £332 9s. ; new street account, £96 13s. 6d. ;
interest, £1,265 19s. 4d.; Woodside ferry, £2,493 Ils.
sd. ; general bond account, £2,924 6s. 10d. ; total,
£18,714 Bs. Bd. Expenditure-law and parliamentary,-
Charges, £3,479 9s. 6d. ; town-clerk's establishment,
£3Bl 4s. 3d. ; treasurer's ditto, £707 Ils. Bd. ; surveyor's
ditto, £449 Bs. 7d. ; Town-hall ditto, £142 Os. ld. ; park
formation, £368 10s. sd. ; park establishment, £792 1 ls.
2d. ; market ditto, £516 14s. Ild. ; slaughter houses,
£lOl 10s. 4d. ; highways, £938 Ils. 7d. ; night-soil, £412
13s. sd. ; lighting and watching, £2,285 ss. Ord. ; scaven-
gers, &c., £461; interest paid, £854 6s. Bd. ; North and
South Wales Bank, £3,249 4s. Bd. ; dock commissioners,
£2,320 ; Heywood's £330 10s. ; Milligan's deficiency,
£859 ss. 41d. ; balance in the treasurer's hands, £64 Ils. ;
total, £18,714 Bs. Bd. After a desultory conversation,
Mr. Nicholls inquired whether the accounts showed Reed's
deficiency ? Mr. Wilcox replied that they did not, as he
had only put down the actual receipts as paid to the trea-
surer, but the deficiency appeared in the market books;
as to Milligan's deficiency, he had stated that after de-
ducting two month's salary due to him. The accounts
were then passed upon the motion of Mr. Hicklin, who
expressed a hope that there would not be any necessity for
the expenditure of such large sums of money in legal and
parliamentary proceedings.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.
-.-
Dr. Wardlaw's chapel was sold on Friday to the Edin-
burgh Railway Company. The sum obtained is said to
be above £12,000.
The directors of the Newcastle and Carlisle railway are
empowered to treat with either the Caledonian or the
York and Newcastle railways respecting a lease of their
line. _ _

At the end of 1845, it appears that 2441 miles of rail-
way were available to the public ; 595 miles were opened
in 1846, and 780 miles in 1847—making the whole extent
of railway complete, at the end of 1847, 3816 miles ; of
which 3157 are in England, 440 in Scotland, and 219 in
Ireland. _ _ _

BANQUET TO MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON.—A grand
banquet was given to Mr. Robert Stephenson, the emi-
nent engineer, at Conway, on Wednesday, in celebration
of the erection of the tubular bridge. The lion. E. Lloyd
Mostyn, M.P., presided. Upwards of one hundred
gentlemen were assembled.
From official returns it appears that the amount of traf-
fic for the last week, on 3,671 miles of railway, was
£196,953, thus accounted for :—.£103,356 for the convey-
ance of passengers only, £48,358 for the carriage of goods,
and a remainder of £45,239 for passengers and goods to-
gether, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase
of £30,306 over the corresponding week of last year, when
the mileage was 2,845. The average earnings per mile
last week were £53, whilst in 1847 they were £5B.
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN.—
The adjourned inquest on Mr. Arthur Augustus Lea was
resumed at Swindon, on Wednesday, and terminated in
a verdict of manslaughter against James Weybury, Wm.
Willoughby, and George Pargetter. The latter, who is a
policeman, was not included in the verdict returned by
the Shrivenham jury. We regret to add that, on Thurs-
day, Captain Blair, who suffered so severely from the
accident, expired from his injuries.
RAILWAY FINANCES.—The Parliamentary barristers
have adopted a very salutary regulation for compelling
companies to be honest—by determining to reauire pay-
ment of their arrears before accepting new business. We
understand this was directed against the Great Western
and South-Eastern Companies ; the former being up-
wards of £20,000 in debt to Mr. Talbot and Mr. Austin !
They paid their debts and withdrew their retainers !
The loss will be more to them than to the counsel, who
had the courage to inculcate honesty of principle and
suavity of demeanour. Mr. Talbot is free from irksome
trammels, and the Company have accomplished their wish
of shaking him off. Both these Companies have taken
up with common-law barristers, who, of course, over-
ruled the resolution we have referred to.—Railway Re-
cord.