The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-14 00:00:00

HEALTH OF THE TOWN COMMITTEE.

The proceedings of the committee having been read,
Mr. PARKER called attention to what he considared a
great and crying nuisance in the town,—he alluded to dry
wells or cess pools, were suds were pumped out and ob-
noxious smells created. He thought the Council ought
to possess a power to compel every owner to put a drain
in the pooh, and to empty into the soughs.
Mr. JOHN Ilot.mEs said a sewer was being made in
Church-street at present for the purpose of removing the
nuisance.

Mr. BLACKIIVIIN said that Mr. Aspinall, himself, and
other gentlemen, had visited the slaughter-houses, and
that every attention arpe tred to be paid to cleanliness
there that the nature of the case admitted of. He thought
that if the slaughter-houses were flagged instead of paved,
and that it Tr,wbridge-street vvas covered with a wooden
pave vent, it would be a great advantage.
Mr. J. Hot.zuss said the street in question was about to
be macadamised.
Mr. BIRKETT gave notice of a motion for the next
meeting, that Mr. Kaye be added to the committee; and
the proceedings were confirmed.

THE MARKET DAY.

The MAYOR presented a memorial, signed by between

1700 and 1800 persons, praying that the market-day be
altered tram Saturday to Friday. He %km afraid, from
what the Town-Clerk had stated privately, that however
desirable it might. be to make the change, yet that there
were some difficulties in the way.
The TOWN-CLERK thought it might be taken that the
legal objections could be got over, if the Council approved
of the change. Saturday was the day in which it was de-
clared in ti,eir local acts that the market was held by pre-
scription.

111 r. H. LAWRENCE was of opinion, that although some
might be in favour of the change, others were opposed to
it, and that if they al,ered one market-day, they should
altar the other also from Wednesday to Tuesday.
Ti,e TOWN-CLERK said Wednesday was named as the
market-day in the charter of Queen Anne.

Mr. G. 1-1. LAWRENCE suggested the propriety of hay.
ing it considered whether the markets might not be closed
a I.ttle earlier on the Saturday nght.
Mr. BLACKBURN said great evil arose from keeping the
markets open so lite on the Saturday, and that if the hour
for closing could be altered to eight o'clock it would be a
great credit to the Council.
Mr. Alderm in LAWRENCE said the subject had been
frequently considered by the committee, but that the peo-
ple in the markets had an objection to early closing-, as
they said, if the markets were shut, the public would re-
sort to shops in the town.
Mr. BLACKBURN observed, that if the markets were
closed it would lead to the closing of the shops al,o.
Mr. KAYE understood the Town-Clerk to say that the
legal objections might be got over with reference to Sa-
turday, but that it could not be got over with respect to
Wednesday.
The TOWN-CLERK repeated that Wednesdaywas named
in the charter of Queen Anne, but that he should not de.
spair of getting over the difficulties in both cases.
The memort.l was referred to the Markets Committee,
with an understanding that they should re-consider whe-
ther the hours for closing the markets on Saturday night
might not be altered.