The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.—A meeting of the municipal
electors of this ward took place at the Royal Oak, Upper
Warwick-street, on Friday night. Mr. Harbord presided,
and said the object was to nominate a proper person to
represent the ward; one who would see their local bur-
thens equally distributed; the corporate and dock estates
taxed as well as others, and who would advocate all possi-
ble retrenchment. He proposed " That Mr. Edward
Casson Hindley be nominated as a fit person." This was
seconded by Mr. Plaw, in a speech complimentary to Mr.
Hindley. Mr. Harbord entered into some statements
relative to the proceedings of the water committee, of
whose conduct he disapproved. Mr. Geo. Howarth pro-
posed, and Mr. Thos. Evans seconded a resolution to the
effect, that a committee be formed for conducting the
election of Mr. Hindley, which, like the preceding motion,
was put from the chair, and carried unanimously. The
committee was then chosen, and included Messrs. Har-
bord, Plaw, Alpas, Inman, &c.
THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—This body held its
usual monthly meeting on Thursday night. Mr. Mann
occupied the chair; not less than seventeen members were
present. A report from the finance committee was read,
recommending an assessment of Is. in the pound. From
a statement of accounts submitted, it appeared that the
cash in the Royal Bank amounts to £204, and that (with
uncollected rates, &c.) there is a total balance against the
parish of £3337. Mr. Twynam moved as an amendment
to the finance committee's recommendation, that the rate
should be 6d. and not Is. in the pound. Mr. Banner
stated that having the fear of Texteth-park before his
eyes, and seeing in the miscellaneous estimates a sum of
£2OO for what might as well be dispensed with, he begged
to move t h e discontinuance of those extraordinary expenses.
The items charged reminded him of the anecdote of a
tinker charging 7d. for repairing an old sixpence. A
great majority of the inhabitants of Seacombe, he said,
were widows, who made a livelihood by keeping lodgers ;
but owing to the state of trade during the summer the
rooms which they had to let had nearly all been empty ;
and the tenants were but in a poor condition to pay the
heavy rate proposed, for many of them, like Hood's nee-
dle-women, in order to earn a living, had to " stitch,
stitch, stitch." The amendment was carried by a majority
of one-9 voting for and 8 against it.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the monthly
meeting on Tuesday, Mr. Bryans was in the chair. The
Watch Committee recommended that a further reduction
of three men be made in the police force, and that the
force should consist of three at the, ferry, three at the
park, two at the docks, and twelve in the town. Mr.
Hicklin strongly opposed this on the ground that the ex-
penses of the township were now as low as possible, and
moved that it be referred back, which was carried. It ap-
peared that the receipts at the ferry during the last
month and the corresponding month of 1847 were—for
1847, £1,956 6s. sd. ; for 1848, £1,404 10s. 10d., from
the 23d April to the 31st August ; £8.844 lls. 2d. for
1847 ; and £6.713. 12s. Bd. for 1848. The total expendi-
ture for the latter period was £6,129. 11. s 9d. Mr. Laird
in moving the adoption of the Finance Committee pro-
ceedings, said that a general statement of the financial
condition of the township had been prepared by the trea-
surer, which showed a balance on the assets and liabili-
ties of £2,792 in favour of the township. He also stated
that the estimates for the ensuing year were,—receipts,
£9,020; expenditure, £6,840. This did not include the
ferry receipts. Mr. Hicklin moved that the Finance
Committee be instructed to call a meeting of the bond-
holders, for the purpose of conferring with them respect-
ing the state of the bonded debt. This was agreed. The
following notice of motion was given by Mr. Hughes :
That the Finance Committee be empowered to assess all
cottages let by the week or month, at 2s. 3d. the rental.

SELECT VESTRY.—The usual fortnightly meeting was
held on Tuesday. Mr. Churchwarden Ferguson presided.
The Corporation applied for payment from the parish, on
or before Monday, of the sum of £12,560, for watch and
museum rates.—Mr. Alexander Smith applied to the
Finance Committee with reference to the subject of emi-
gration. He submitted a copy of a correspondence which
had taken place between him and the Emigration Com-
missioners; and the committee considered the subject,
and gave it as their opinion that emigration, upon the
plan proposed by the Emigration Commissioners, was
not applicable to this parish.—Recommendations of the
Industrial Schools Committee, as to the duties of the
chaplain in reference to religious instruction, were adopt-
ed.—Upon the motion of Mr. Urquhart, Miss Wyley
was appointed infant school mistress at £4O per annum ;
Miss Pooley was appointed to the infant school at £3O
per annum ; and the salary of Mr. Gillespie, principal
teacher, was increased to £7O per annum.—The Medical
Relief Committee requested that a report might be pre-
sented forthwith of the amount of accommodation which
could be given at the Workhouse, in the event of the
cholera making its appearance in Liverpool.—A letter
was read from the Poor-law Commissioners, in which
they exculpated Mr. Steele, the surgeon, from blame in
the case of Ellen Ashworth, whose death at the Work-
house has recently been noticed.--A motion was carried,
referring all the candidates for the office of collector to
the Finance Committee, who will decide to-day.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—The Committee of
Works reported that they had complied with the applica-
tion from the Customs, as to having offices erected for
the water guard.—An application from the Surveyor to
allow George's Dock to be run dry on the 12th instant
was complied with, subject to the usual notices.—The
Chairman called attention to several complaints which
had been made of the great disorder and tumult on the
landing-stage during the Sabbath, occasioned by the use
of speaking-trumpets, for calling the names of the differ-
ent boats and the places to which they plied ; the contu-
sion and noise was so great that it was heard in church.
Some conversation took place upon the subject, and it
was agreed that Mr. Chaffers, the master of the stage,
should be directed to suppress the nuisance, and some
extra police should also be placed there.—A letter on
behalf of a boy, whose father had lost his life in the ser-
vice of the Dock Trust, suggesting that he might betaken
as an apprentice, was referred to the Warehouse Corn-
mittee.—lt was recommended that sheds should be erect-
ed on the east and west quays of the Waterloo Dock, and
on the east quays of the Victoria and Trafalgar Docks.—
An application for residences for the pier-masters was
referred to the Works Committee.—A letter was read
from the Earl of Harrowby, acknowledging the compli-
ment paid him by having one of the new docks named

after a member of his family.—An item of expenditure
on account of the new landing-stage having been read,
Mr. Tobin inquired whether they were in a condition to
give an estimate of the cost; he hoped the stage would
not be worn out before they got it; he had heard it would
cost £lOO,OOO. The Chairman replied that it was a long
way short of that yet. Mr. Tobin : It is one of the most
unwieldy things that ever was in this world.—The Chair-
man intimated that he hoped every gentleman of the trust
would be found in his place in Council on Wednesday
next, when the discussion came on relative to the rating
of the Dock Estate; he assured them, on the authority of
their legal adviser, that it would be a breach of trust if
they were parties to anything of the kind.—Mr. Mann
alluded to what had been said in the Council, as a reflec-
tion on the trust, that there were ten out of the thirteen
members of the Dock Committee present, and more than
twenty other members of the Council absent. The Chair-
man repeated his former statement, that in point of law
it was a breach of trust if any one of the members were a
party to anything of the sort.—Mr. Mann thought there
were good grounds for opposing the rating of the docks.
The Chairman replied that he had no doubt of it. The
matter then dropped.