The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-08 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

On Wednesday, the usual., monthly meeting of the
Council was held.
The first minute on the Council summonses was the ap-
pointment of a fit person to fill.the vacancy' in the office of
alderman,,. caused by the resignation. of John Shaw Leigh,
Esq., and to continue in office so, long; as he would have
continued in office, viz., until ithe 9th, day of November,
1850.

The MAyon read Mr. Leigh'ssletter of resignation, in.
which that gentleman regretted his- inability to discharge,
the duties of the office of alderman any longer conscien-
tiously, and expressed his willingness to pay the penalty
consequent on taking this step. The penalty has since
been. paid.
Mr. G. H. L AWREN CZ. moved that Mr. Richard Chris-
topher Naylor be elected an.aldernaan, in the place of Mr.
Leigh.
Mr. J. B. LLOYD seconded the nomination.

Mr. PARKER proposed that Mr...losias Booker be elected
to the office, but Mr. Booker declined the honour, and
Mr. Naylor was declared elected.
The proceenings of the• Finance Committee comprised
the appointment of asub-committee, to confer with.parties
willing to furnish steamers for the purposes of the Bir-
kenhead Ferry. It appeared from these proceedings, that
Mr. Norris had milk in his- claim against the Corporation
for putting an endte.all the litigation, of which the erec-
of his new houses,at the earner of Christian-street, Isling-
ton, had been the fruitful source. He demanded all his
legal expenses, and, he required of the Corporation to use
all convenient speed in making the whole of Islington up
to Shaw-street of uniform width ; and, in order to accom-
plish this end, that they should throw back the whole of
the houses forming what is called " Islington-terrace."
He also made many other claims of greater or lesser im-
portance.

Mr. EARLE hoped the Council would gay particular at-
tention to the extravagant demand heremade by a burgess
of the town, for making a public improvement.
The committee declined to accede to Mr. Norlis's
claim.

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE moved the confirmation of the
proceedings, and advised the Council to keep up the Bir-
kenhead ferry at the penny fare, and gradually to possess
themselves of boats of their own. _ . .

Mr. PARKER moved-
as an amendment that the subject
be referred back until a fair debtor and creditor account of
the receipts and expenditure of the ferry had been fur-
nished to the Council.
Mr. ROBINSON seconded the amendment, and said that
by continuing the ferry the Council were ministering to
the profanation of the Sabbath.
Mr. S. HOLME said the question was surrounded with
difficulties, hut he was happy to find that the receipts,
which were £278 under the twopenny fare, were £312
under the penny fare.
The amendment was lost, and the proceedings were
confirmed.

WATCH COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee comprised a very
long report from Mr. Dowling relative to the future ma-
nagement of the police force, together with the resoluti-
ons of the Watch Committee thereon, and the appoint-
ments made in accordance therewith ; and a recommenda-
tion to increase the salary of. Mr. Wm. Parkinson, keeper
of the main bridewell. from £l2O to X2OO per annum.
The MAYOR expressed the cordial thanks of the ma-
gistracy to the Watch Committee, for the prompt and
efficient aid they had rendered during the period of the
late disturbances.

Mr. LACE, in moving the confirmation of the proceed-
ings, said it afforded the committee much pleasure at once
to accede to the wishes of the magistrates in increasing
the force ; and he expressed his belief that the magistrates,
by their spirited exertions, had very much contributed to
the tranquility of the town. He strongly supported the
increase of salary to Mr. Parkinson, who was, he said, an
underpaid officer, in a most thankless and disagreeable,
situation.
The proceedings were confirmed.

DOCK COMMIT lEE.
The proceedings of the Dock Committee having been
read,
Mr. BItAMLEY-MOOR moved their confirmation.
Mr. ROBINSON thought the thanks of the trustees were
eminently due to Mr. Moore and Mr. Mann for the ser-
vices they had rendered—remaining all night in one in-
stance during the late disturbances.
Mr. RATHBONE complained of some delay which had
recently taken place in communicating by means of the
telegraph with Holyhead. The magistrates wished on
that occasion to ascertain whether the steamer coming
from Dublin was bringing any intelligenc confirmatory of
what afterwards turned out to be a haox—that the station
at Thurles was in flames, and the south of Ireland in re-
bellion. It seemed, then, that Mr. Moore alone, as the
chairman of the Dock Committee, was the only person
who had any authority to cause the telegraph to be set at
work.
Mr. MOORE said that the moment he heard of this
circumstance be ordered the telegraph people to attend
at once to the Mayor's orders.
Mr. ATKIN complained of the inefficiency with which
the telegraph was worked. He said that on the day in
question, which was a perfectly clear day, very conside-
rable loss of time had occurred in communicating with
Hilbre Island. •
Mr. S. HOLME asked under what circumstance the
dock labourers had been recently dismissed from their
employment ?
The MAYOR said it was unnecessary for Mr. Moore to
answer the question : the cause was well known out of
doors.
Mr. Moosz.—l shall only say, sir, that the same sys.