The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

52.—Fir the best pair of draught horses employed in
Liverpool, £4, to Messrs. Henry Jump and Sons, of
Liverpool:

53.--For the second best ditto, £2, to Mr. Robert
Birkett, of Liverpool.
54.—For the best pair of draught horses belonging to
any person not solely dependent upon farming, the silver
medal. No competition.

CLASS IV.-REWARDS

To Francis Smith, farming labourer to the family of the
Ashtons, of Woolton Hall. for thirty-four years' servi-
tude, and good conduct that period, £4.
To Margaret Hesketh, farmer's woman servant to Mr.
James Lyon, of Melling, for twenty-three-and-a-half
years' servitude, and good conduct during that period, £4.
To Thomas Basnett, labourer to Mr. Allen Beckett, of
Sutton-hall, Cheshire, for having cut, laid, and plashed
3173 yards of fencing, £3. Given by the Right Hon.
Lord Lilford.

A number of Sweepstakes were then announced
IMPLEAIRNTS AND ROOTS.

To Mr. John Hamilton, of Torthorwald, Dumfries-
shit e, for exhibiting a turnip cutter, the medal.
To Mr. James Richmond, of Salford, for exhibiting a
steaming apparatus, the medal.

To M. William Woods, oTknutsford, for exhibiting a
scarifier, the medal.

To Mr. William Skirving, of Liverpool, for exhibiting
an excellent assortment of roots, seeds, &c., the medal.

JUDGES

CATTLE.—Mr. C. Hillyard, Thorpelands, and Mr.
Thomas Fair, Frenchfield.

, .....
HORSES.-Mr. Jonathan Binns, Lancaster, and Mr.
Peter Carter, Aston Park.

SHEEP AND PIGS.—Mr. Miley, Bransby, and Mr. Py-
bus, Whiston.

IMPLEMENTS AND ROOTS.—Z. Sillar, M.D., Rainford,
Mr. James Rose, Wootton ,and Mr. Murray, Liverpool.

The CHAIRMAN proposed the health of Mr. Clarke
Hillyard, of Thorpelands, and Mr. Fair, of Frenchfield.
Mr HILLYARD returned thanks.

The health of Mr. Binns, of Lancaster, Mr. P. Carter,
of Aston Park, and of Mr. Wiley, of Barnsley, were
successively drunk, and suitable replies made.
The CHAIRMAN then said he was very sorry that he
had not an opportunity of seeing the implements. He
was sure there was nothing which tended so much to the
improvement of agriculture. He proposed, in common
with that part of the proceedings, the health of Dr. Sillar,
of Rainford, Mr. Rose, of Woolton, and Mr. Murray, of
Liverpool.

Dr: SILLAR returned thanks, in a very feeling and
appropriate address.

After distributing the prizes to the servants in hus-
bandry, far the long discharge of their duties, the CHAIR..
MAN gave, " The successful, and, along with them, the
unsucces,ful candidates, and better luck to the latter next
year," which was received with great cheering.
The health of Mr. Ledger, the secretary of the society,
being given, _

Mr. LEDGER thanked the company, for himself and the
committee. The only reward they expected was the ap-
probation of the members of the society. Their duties
were onerous, but they endeavoured to fulfil them to the
best of their abilities. (Applause.)
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Liberal landlords and
industrious tenants," connected with the toast, in very
complimentary terms, the name of R. Neilson, Esq.
Mr. NEILSON, who was received with great applause,
addressed the meeting at some length, and with much
ability, on the improvements of his own farm, and on the
benefits of judicious draining and good ploughing. He
strongly advised the farmers to keep their cattle in the
house. From the experience he had had, he was con-
vinced that cattle gave more milk, and were kept fatter by
being kept in the house than by being turned out, besides
they made three times the quantity of manure, and the
land produced three times more green stuff. He had this
year taken three cuts of rye grass from a field with fifteen
tons to each cutting. The only manure he used was
liquid manure. He was in favour of long leases, as the
best security for the improvement of land, and besought
the liberality of landlords in this respe---,, while at the
same time he would say to the tenants, " Plough deep,
muck heavy, and sow clean." (He was loudly applaud-
ed.)

The CHAIRMAN then proposed, " the members of par-
liament present." _ _

The toast (which was drunk with much applause) was
responded to in an able manner by B. Wilbraham, Esq.,
J. I. Blackburne, Esq., P. Ainsworth, Esq., and P.
Greenall, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed, in a facetious and com-
plimentary manner, "The Lancashire Witches," which
was drunk with three times three. Thanking those gen-
tlemen present for their attendance that evening, and
expressing a hope that he should again meet them, and
find them in increased prosperity, he retired from the
chair, and the meeting soon afterwards (at half-past nine
o'clock) dispersed.

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

A meeting of the Town Council was held on Wednes-
day last, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

the best part of a fortnight,ineonsequenee of a reg

tion which had been adopre'd, that packages might remain
there till they had passed the Queen's scales. If the
docks were better worked they might admit double the
quantity of shipping. If the sheds had been on the dis-
charging side they would have worked double the quan-
tity of shipping. _ _ _

The TOWN-CLERK said, in answer to a question, if the
council annulled this resolution, then, according to the
45th section, they would be compelled to erect sheds on
some other dock. If the council came to no resolution
that day, or for a week afterwards, the Dock Committee
resolution would stand confirmed.
Mr. NicoL said he was one of the Warehouse Commit-
tee of the dock trust ; if any merchant had desired to dis-
charge on the west side, it would have been conceded to
him.

Mr. COOPER said if the question remained as it was, it
could make no difference. 'Who were the parties to com-
pel the committee to build ?

The TowN-CLERK.---Any person who chooses to ap-
ply fora mandamuA:.

Mr. COOPER.—Which is nobody.
Mr. TURNER, seconded by Mr. ASPINALL, moved that
the subject be postponed for a week.
Mr. EVANS said an assertion had been made that the
docks were badly worked. He desired that gentleman to
show that any docks were better worked. It would have
been more seemly in the warehouse interest, after the evils
which they had inflicted on the community, to have offered
no opposition to this resolution. It would have been more
seemly in them to have met together, and resolved to allow
the completion of the warehouses on the Albert Dock.
What would strangers say when they viewed that dock ?
What would the world say? That Liverpool was com-
pletely sacrificed to one interest, and the empire at large
defrauded of its rights.

Several members expressed their opinion in favour of
the postponement of the question.
Mr. SANDS intimated that he had no objection to the
postponement for one week.
Mr. BLACKBURN read the 46th clause. It appeared to
him from that clause that they were discussing about
nothing. The Dock Committee, if the resolution passed,
were not compelled to build, but the power would remain
to build on either side of the docks.

The TOWN-CLERK said, now that his attention was di-
rected to the concluding words of the clause by Mr. Black-
burn, he agreed with that interpretation.
This put an end at once to the discussion, and the pro-
ceedings were confirmed.
The proceedings of the Improvement Committee were
read and confirmed.