The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-11 00:00:00

TOE COBDEN TRIBUTE FUND

A letter was read r ,111 the Mayor of iia,chester, en-
clo.ing an address issued by the couniiiree for prom.ititia
the Cobden Trihote Fund. In this letter, which was art-
drr-ssed to the M lor or Liverpool. a hope was exuie•sed
that he would assist the tribune and alluw his mime to be
placed on the ei.moii,t,e.

The MAY it.—What is your pleasure, gentlemen, with
re,:ard t, thi. lent r?

Air. thooiNa.-1 would suggest, Sir. that you accede
to the rt quest and becnne a member of the Society. (Loud
laughter.)

M AVOR.-1 am always happy. Sir. to receive “:1111*
sogge.tions, and you will he 'quadri willinz, 1 am sore. to
ail ,w rue t.. judge in this matter hr myself (t tear, hear.)
Mr. LACL.—It ought nor to have been read here at all,
for it wa. address-d to the Mayor.

Mr. IL lioaNsr.—The Mayor hag acted quite right in
submitting it, buL it is quite incompetent for us, as a
Cone,cd, to subserihe.

The receipt of he letter ware odered to he acknowledged

THE LEVI ING OF LOCAL RATES

Mr. R ATH BON E moved. put sum,tonot ce. "That ,in the
opinion of the Council, 1 is expedient that tell local rates
should be levied on the owner instead of the c ccupier of
property, as being more equi,asdle in princiele, less bar
densome in attitheation. less costly in collection, and,
therefore, I,eneficial in its overation to both Ithdlotd and

tenant, and that ii is exredirot that a committee of five
members be now appointed, with instructions to corder
with air parish author-He 8, at d report."
Mr. LAWRENCE seconded the motion, believing that a
comnyttee ot inquiry would do no haim.
Mr. G. H. Lawrence, Mr. Atkin, Mr. Parker, Mr.
Booker, Mr. H. Horieby, and Mr. Thornhill severally
addressed the Council, all in favour of the principle ot
the motion. "Take my advice," amid Mr. Birke t, "
sin a man who has had some experience in this matter,—
keep clear of the Poor Law Commissioners; if you once
ket under their claws, yt u will regret it."
The motion was unanimously carried, and the following
committee were appointed to curler w th the parish
authorities,— Nler.srs. 'I intie, J. Lawrence, Booker, H.
Hornby, arid Rivilrone: . •

THK WAVERTRF.E HALL ESTATE.
Mi. PROCTER tteco..u. d by Mr. Booker, then moved
that the re.ulution of the Cout.cil of tl•e 24 h M ty 1843.
authorising the erection of a gaol on the Wavertree hall
rstat~• he rescinded.

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE was at a lose to know what the
rnonoo aimed ar. The Finance Committee hail the sub-
j et under conesidt ration and would rt-p,Ot in a %ery short
time.

Mr. PROCTER SAID h:s ohjeet wag to lay the land out in
walks, to and It to the Botanic eartik.s, and to make it a
place of rrereation for the inhabitants,

There being only a ineuiLleis present the Council was
coin.ted nut at a quarter to three ;clock.

_ _.......
Mr. PROCTER promised to renew his motion at the
next meeting.

BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.

At the wind mon'hiv meeting. held on Tuesday last. in
the Commi,sioners'-rooms Hamilton-square. the toilow-
ing gentlemen were prestnt :—Vles,rs. Potter, (in the
chair,) J. Laird, W. L kird, Watson, Pim, Appleton,
Brownrigg, Dobbs, 11 oud, Ti.ocupson, Barbour,
Little, and Horner.

ADDRESS TO PqINCE ALBERT

It appeared from the minutes, that at a special meeting
of the board, on the 21-t ult., the chairman, Mr John
Laird, anti Mr. Pritchard, had been appointed a commit
tee to prepare en a.ltir• ss to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, and on the 30th a special rueetmg of the hoard
was held, at which it was approved, and ordered to be
signed by the chairman.
The address. w I,ieh was of a most loyal character, waa
committed to the care of M of A hereon', K G., aidi
the following most gracious ato.wer had been received

" Buckingham Palace. Aug. 1,184 G.
" Sir,—The address ot the commissioners tor the gene-
ral imptovement ot the town of Birketth, ail. in the c.unty
of Chester, ka%ing been la d before the Plinee, by the
Marquis of Ahereorn, I am commanded to return the
sine. re thanks of his R Highness tor the kiwi sent.-
trynts contained in it.-1 lave the honour to be. ST. your
mo•t ohedn. nt s- rvant. " G. A. ANSON
Wm. Putter, Esq., Chairman."
FbRRY COMMITTEE
The proceedings of this

re was taken first, in
eonsequ• nce of the illness of the chairman of that com-
mittee, Mr. Brown igg, retiu'ring his early deparure. It
appeared that the survey 01 the new boat, built by Messrs.
Forest and Co., was satisfactory, and the p iyment of
.f2OOO, the remainder of the money due on the contrilet,
was 1-eeonitnenderi. The sot-, ey of the host now building
fir the cioumissioners by Me.srs Hodgson and Cu. was
unsatirfictory, and it was determined to r• j et it alto-
lee h• r. and the law-eletk was ins,' ueted to institute pro-
eeed•oga to obtain the repayment or the two instal...qv s
►ec••iwrd by Messrs. Hudg t n and Co., with iniereo, Jt
was also neommehded, tot the grim:id that the additi.inal
accommodation fur the public was in.t at a, l commensurate
with the increa•ed ex: ense, that the resolution, by vitro..
of Which Monk's Fere y had been opened, should be re-
scinded, hut that contractots should tr, allowed to avail

therm. h e. of those boats w Emit cross to and from Mink's
Ferry It) convey railway pas.eogur4. Sortie conversanon
ensued as to the closing of Monk'. F rry, in wi.ich it was
statt'd 'hat the railway boa's make tweio•tour trios p r
day, sod that, therefore, the anion
ter the pubbc could !tot he non,,

s.t then under the
pre-sent plan, while the expense would he greatly reduced.
It wits also stated that if facilities could he obtiiiied on
the. Liverpool side to run hoats every quarter of an twit'',
t he. commissioners would be hippy to avail themselves 01
such an improverneut.

The rereipts E,,,r the month of July, 1815, were stated
to be £2996 12.. 4d. 11,e r-celpts of the co resootoilog
mooth it, 1845, eas £3279 12s. 5d.; thing a falltog cff of
.4:283 Os. Id.

The pr..,eedines were co. firmed

LIGHTING AND WATCHING COMMITTFR

The proceedings recommended that the wage., of the
inspector.: of police shc,l.Vd be raised from 25,. to 3 Iph It
was also stated that wanton damage bad been done to the
e• tea and plaids in the park by some scoundrel who had
13,en Playing at cricLet ui.til a late hour on Saturday night.
The proceedings were confirmed.

FIKALTII COMMITTITE
The pioceedineß were c .titi. med.

MAi+KKTS COMMITTEE

If was recommended that the clock f cos in the interior
be forthwith dec., rated. In answer te npplications
some of the oecurams of shops and stalls in the minket
for a redo( tion of rent, it was stated that they were already
as low as could he reasonably expected. Tue pructe
-
Were confirmed

IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

The proceeduno. which mentioned that Mr. Brassey
had given up his purchase of laud to the pa, k, were con-

firmed

FINANCE COMMITTEE

The proceedings were confirmed.
A letter from Mr. Willoughby, complaining of the
ho.tile and unfair competition commenced by she commis-
s oners. by putting up on their boats. " Birkenhead, by
Wundsioe," by which parties were led to believe th t to
be the only ferry. and strangers staying at Willoughby's
hotel weie put to great inconvenience.
The CHAIRMAN said that the mistakes and inconveni-
ence preponderated on. the other side; as strangers going

td 1).. docks and n .rth end of the town often went by the
ferry, being ignorant that Woodside was at
I4irk
Bukenfwgft..7t 811
sif, stated that by a mistake of the painter
been omitted. It had, however,
the word " lrtry'
been n rectified.
the tone of the latter,
Af er sons, Comment tiPO
The board then nojournel at nine o'clock.