The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-09 00:00:00

' (tomb, met that argameht ;tall tnd tetessity of the ease,
that they were right. They had their own partizans, who
helped to get the reformed constitution of the town ; and it
was impossible they could leave those who had achieved the
victory to go to those who were wreaking from the conflict
in opposing the acquisition of that very constitution. He
contended also, uptin the part of the liberal party, that they
never bad offered- any candidate, in any part of the town,
who was not creditable to the council. Under present cir-
cumstances, sufficient time had not 'elapsed in which all the
parties of Liverpool could be fused into one common mass,
and they could draw out of the whole of them, without
regard to political principles, those who were most eligible
in every way for public offices.
Mr. SANDS.-Then we are to go on as we have done.
(Loud laughter.)

MARKETS COMM ITT Ek

The proceedings of the Markets Committee were next read
and confirmed. The proposal to increase the salary of
Robert Golding from 10s. to 15s. per week was affirmed.

EDUCATION COMMITTEU

. The proceedings of the Education Committee gave the
following return of children in the schools :
North Schools—Boys, 308 ; girls, 243 ; infants, 182.—
Total, 785.—Number on the books, 973.
South Schools.—Boys, 201; girls, 169; infants, 182.—
Total, 552.—Number on the books, 700.

GARDENS COMMITTEI

Mr. ISAAC HOLMES, after the proceedings of the com-
mittee had been read, called the attention of the chairman of
the Finance Committee to the fact that new iron pailings
would shortly be required upon one side of St. James's
Walk. The expenses would be about £3OO, which he hoped
would not be grudged like the last.

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE replied that the expense was not
grudged, but he complained that the committee had Aso-
lutely.set the railing on the wrong side! (Hear, hear.)
Mr. IsAAc HoLmEs defended the proceedings of the
committee.—Confirmed.

MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS.
Mr. R. V. Yates returned thanks to the council for the
handsome manner in which they had granted him the use of
the Exhibition-rooms to display the plans for terraces in
Prince's Park ; of which, however, owing to their being
occupied by Dubufe's pictures, he could not avail himself.
Mr. J. G. Jones thanked the council, in the name of the
committee of the Cojegiate Institution, for having placed at
their disposal tor the ensuing Exhibition the vlluable
traits in the Town-hall.

A memorial from the minister of and several pewholders
in St. Luke's Church, praying for certain alterations to be
made therein, was referred to the Church Expenditure Com-
mittee.

A memorial from certain inhabitants of Paul-street, Lime-
kiln-lane, complaining of a nuisance opposite Spring-place,
was ►eferred to the Finance Committee.

An application from Susumu Solomon for compensation
for leaving his house and shop in Elliot-street was declined.
Messrs. Mather, Dickenson and Co. presented a memo-

rial, complaining of the conduct of the stipendiary magistrate
in adjudicating on a case in which they were concerned.
The memorialists were directed to be informed, that the
council had no power to interfere.

APPOINTMENT OP PARISH CLERK.
A memorial was read, recommending Thomas Downward
as a proper person to be clerk of St. Peter's.
The TOWN-CLERK, in reply to a question-. said the &mu-
d' had excercised the right of appointing the parish clerk for
nearly three centuries, but they had exercised the power
illegally. In the absence of proof of the appointment ever
having been made, by the parishioners, it would be vested in
the.minister of the church. It would therefore be in the
hands of the rectors. Of course, if the corporation had not
the appointment, neither would they have to pay the salary.
Mr. William Laird sent the following letter, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Fires:—

" Derby Buildings, Liverpool, June G, 1843.
" Sir,—The late fires having drawn the attention of all
parties interested in their prevention to the best means of
rendering future warehouses fireproof, or as nearly so as pos-
sible, I take the liberty of calling your attention to two now
in progress of erection by Messrs. Holme, in Vulcan-street,
Clarence Dock, and for which I am supplying the iron-work,
which enters very largely into their construction. My ob-
ject in thus addressing you is to call your attention, and that
of any other member of the council who may feel interested
in the Qubject, to the iron beams for carrying the floors and
the amount of pressure which they will sustain. Each beam
is pros ed on the ground with an hydraulic press before being
put in its place to the extent of 35 tons weight in the centre,
being equivalent to a weight on the whole floor of five tons
per square yard,—a greater amount of weight by about two
tons per square yard than is generally calculated to be borne
by existing warehouses. Many doubts having been expressed
as to the prudoice of using iron beams for warehouse floors,
I am desirous- that any parties who entertain such doubts
may have an opportunity of testing their opinion by actual
experiment, the proving of the beams being daily in progress.
At the same time I beg to call your attention to the other
iron-work used in the construction of these warehouses, the
intention being to complete them without any wood-work, so
that as far as stone, brick, and iron can make a building fire-
proof, they shall be so. The attention of the council is also
called to a new and improved mode of recessing the ware-
house doors, thereby doing away with pent-houses, and af-
fording security to passengers from the fall of goods. I
should not have ventured to bring the matter thus publicly
before you did I not feel that I addressed you on a subject
which is becoming daily of more importance, and regarding
which it is desirable to obtain as much information as possi-
ble, both as to the brat way of improving the construction of
future, and altering the existing warehouses, there being in
the building referred to many details connected with external
iron-work which might easily adapted to the present ware-
houses.

" I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " W. LAIRD."
" To His Worshipful the Mayor of 1;::erpool."

SITE FOR THE NEW BOROUGH GAOL.
- The MAYOR read a letter from Major Jebb, addressed to
Mr. Rushton, stating that he had been over the site of the
intended new gaol, and he did not see any force in the ob-
jections to it which would not apply to all clay soils. Of
course he would have preferred gravel, but it was not a sine
qua non. There was no question that the drainage could be
effected whilst the water could be easily disposed of.—The
Mayor also read two reports, one from Dr. Duncan, and the
other from Mr. Cunningham, architect, both addresed to Mr.
Peter Wright, in opposition to the site. Dr. Duncan said
there could be no doubt that the proposed site, in its present
state, was quite unfitted for the purposes of a gaol, the sub-
stantial objection being the dampness of the soil.
The question of eligibility depended, however, upon a tho- •
rough and perfect drainage, with regard to which he did not
feet qualified to offer an opinion. Mr. Cunningham, in his
report, stated decidedly that the land could not be effectually
drained.

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE then read a memorial from many
inhabitants of places in the vicinity of Wavertree against
erecting the intended new gaol on the Wavertree-hall estate;
and at some length contended that no better site could either
have been selected or obtained. Mr. Archer, the surgeon to
the Borough Gaol, was of opinion that the proposed site was
in all respects healthy, and he (Mr. Lawrence) really could
not think of asking the council to retrace their steps on the
subject.

Some further discussion caused upon the eligibility of the
site in the course of which Mr. PARKER gave notice that at
the next meeting he should move that the gaol be not erected
on the site of Wavertree Hall.

The council adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock

SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS AND THE LIVERPOOL

RADICALS

The following letters have recently been received from Sir
Howard Douglas in reply to some foolish remonstrances for-
warded by the corn-law repealers of this town to our worthy
representative :