The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

had entered the right temple,
,and pass,

Seen instantaneous. De-
ceased served his apprenticeship with Mr. Tyrer, ship-
broker, of this town. About two years ago he commenced

brain, so that c

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business in the same line, but was not succes.
then entered the service of Messrs. Ashley,

Brothers

about twelve months in the service of the last named em-
ployers, he obtained leave of absence, for the purpose of
placing himself under the medical care of his brother, a
surgeon, in London. He expected to have been able to
resume the duties of his situation in about two or three

to remain two months in London, and it became neces-
sary that his place in Messrs. Ashley's office should be
filled np. He only returned to Liverpool on Monday
week, but a situation had been obtained for him in the
office of Mr. Francis, ship-broker, Snekeland-buildings,
and he had entered upon his duties only a week. The de-
ceased is described as a young man of excellent character,
intelligent, and amiably disposed. He was about thirty
years of age. His mother is alive, and, with his brother,
resides in London. It is stated that he had a bill from an
attorney for £lO, and, being unable to, meet it, the interest
and expenses nearly doubled the amount, and he was
threatened with an action. He failed in endeavouring to
raise the money by loan, and recently became depressed
in spirits. It is added that had he lived another day, he
would have heard from a friend who would have relieved'
him from his pecuniary difficulties. The inquest was held
before Mr. Churton, on Saturday.

TITITEBARN-STREET STATION.-At the special Sleeting
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on Monday,
the chairman, Mr. Houldsworth, commented upon the
great advantage which would accrue from having a central
passenger-station in so large and important a town as Li-
verpool, and stated that the proposed site in Titheb-rn-
street was the most eligible spot that could be secured.
The cost of the proposed extension of 700 yards was esti-
mated at £300,000, but the advantages to be obtained
were well worth.a greater outlay. The chairman stated
that the directors were prepared to recommend that the
dividend to the shareholders in the late Liyerpool and
Bury Company should commence from the opening of the
line from Bury to the Borough Gaol at Liverpool. In
answer to Mr. Price, the chairman stated that one-half of
the cost of the proposed extension would be borne by the
stock raised, and to be raised on 32 extension shares, and
the other half by the East Lancashire Company. The
votes having been taken, it was found that there were in
favour of the proposed extension 9&,913,—against it,
7,514,—a majority of nearly 90,000 votes.

LOCAL. MEETINGS.

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

At the usual monthly meeting on Wednesday, the
Mayor announced the death of Mr. Thornhill, to whose
zealous discharge of his public duties, he bore strong evi-
dence. The Finance Committee's proceedings comprised
a recommendation to increase the salaries of Mr. Topping,
Mr. Driffield, Mr. Tyson, and Mr. Arron, and the ap-
pointment of two clerks to the Clerk of the Peace at sala-
ries of £BO each. Mr. G. H.. Lawrence, in movinc, the
confirmation of the proceedings, observed that Mr. Top-
ping had been in their service since 1843; Mr. Dtiffield
had been with them three years ; and Mr. Tyson had
been with them almost beyond the memory of man—cer-
tainly beyond the recollection either of himself or Sir
Thomas Brancker. He further observed that Mr. Wright,
the Clerk of the Peace, had been appointed at a nett an-
nual salary of £5OO per annum, but large amounts for
printing and engrossing indictments had to be deducted
from that sum, and these deductions were, for the most
part, occasioned by the great increase of the criminal
business in the borough. For instance, in the first year
of his appointment there was a- deduction of £l4O from
his salary; in the second year; a deduction of £193; in
the third year, £184; and in the present year, £270. There
were six sessions held in the year, at which 833 cases on
the average were tried ; and when such large deductions,
occasioned by so large an amount of business, had to be
made, it was only fair that the Clerk of the Peace should
have the two additional clerks now proposed, at salaries
of £l6O per annum. Mr. Lawrence concluded by stating
that the Earl of Harrowbv had sent the Corporation his
father'a valuable parliamentary, -library, which library-
would be sent to St. George's-hall, and would, with the
law library already belonging to the Corporation, form a
large and excellent collection of works. The warm thanks
of the Council were ordered to be sent to his Lordship,
and the Council adjourned.
The Dock Committee proceedings were then read, and
the- MAYOR explained' the position of the Council with
reference to the Dock Bill, and after several memorials
against the bill had been read,
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORS said he approached the subject
of the Dock Bill with very great reluctance, but he felt
satisfied that the more it was discussed the more would
the necessity become apparent for going to parliament in
the present session. The grand objection was the rating
clause—(hear, hear.)—but that clause could be introduced,
if the Council wished to introduce it, and it might be en-
tertained by parliament. He then stated the desirable-
ness of going to parliament this session ; and in doing so
he said that the interests of the merchants and trades-
people of Liverpool were identical. The amount of freight
unpaid in the Albert Dock warehouses, in consequence of
the defective nature of the Albert Dock Act, amounted to
£107,000, and unless the Dock Committee now went to
parliament to amend the act that money would continue
to remain unpaid. Was not the locking up of this vast
sum of money an injury to the tradesmen of the town ?
He was happy to say that, including the expenses of the
Albert Dock quays and warehouses, the returns for the
last three months showed that those warehouses were
paying an interest of something between seven or eight
per cent. He reviewed the circumstances under which he
desired to locate the timber trade at the north end of the
town, and said it was absolutely impossible to accommo-
date that trade at the south end. He hoped the question
would be amicably settled, and that no feelings of jealousy
would be entertained, for the interests of the Corporation
and Dock Trust were identical,—they were sisters, and if
one was injured so must-the other be injured also—(hear.)
It was now the intention of the Council to seek powers
to build dock warehouses when and where they might
think proper, but at present they intended to limit them-
selves to the erection of warehouses round the Wapping
Dock.

The MAYOR said the first question for the Council to
decide was, whether they should go to parliament at all ?-
And with the view of helping them to a correct answer to
this question, he called upon the Town-Clerk to read a
legal opinion which had been obtained upon the subject,
The TowN-ctEßK.accordingly said that he had laid, a
case before Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Crompton, and the
Recorder, and that he had now obtained the opinion of
these eminent legal gentleman. He then read the case
and opinion. The opinion of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, and Mr.
Crompton, was as follows : " We are of opinion that the
resolution to proceed with the bill in parliament is within
the powers of the Dock Committee, under the first section
of their. Act, and that it is the duty of Council to confirm
that resolution and bona fide to carry it into effect. Under
the 69th section of the Municipal Reform Act, a bare ma-
jority of the Council might annul it, but such a proceeding
would be a breach of duty and a violation of, the act of
parliament." The Recorder added—" I agree with this
opinion, but think that two-thirds will be requisite to an-
nul the resolution of the Dock Committee." Mr. Worth-
ington, the Dock Solicitor, had also submitted a case for
the opinion of counsel upon the same point. His case
was submitted for the opinion of Mr. Wilde, the parlia-
mentary draftsman, and Mr. Quayle and they, said that the
provisions of the dock act were imperative—that the trus-
tees. must make the application to parliament or subject
themselves to an indictment—that it was the duty of the
f Dock Committee to pass the necessary resolution to make
the application to parliament, and record the same in their
book—that then the resolution should be submitted to the
Council, and then the resolution should be submitted to
the Council, and that that resolution would be final and
conclusive, unless annulled by two-thirds of the Council.
He (the Town-clerk) felt it his duty to state that Sir
of the
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and that a bare majority of the Council could annul all
the doings of the Dock Committee. It was his duty to
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state this distinctly, in order that the Dock Committee
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in London, pass the standing
orders of parliament,, and by suggesting that the following
resolution be now passed by the Council, " That in the
opinion of the trustees, it is desirable that the bill be pro-
ceeded with in the present session, but that the ware-
houses to be erected under the powers of the proposed
Dock Bill ought, on their occupation by the trustees, to,
be subject to parochial and other local rates and taxes, as
sanctioned by parliament in relation to the Albert ware-
houses, and that if a clause be not introduced, rendering
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the warehouses liable to such rates, that the bill be with-
drawn."
The reading of this resolution was received with loud
applause, when Mr. Hugh Hornby moved the adoption of
the resolution read by the Town-clerk, which was seconded
by Mr.
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must be paid within fourteen days, or suguanses will be
issued.
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