The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-11 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS

The MAYOR moved that a committee be appointed to
inquire into the present system of porterage, and any
abuses which exist therein, and to report thereon to the
Council.

The motion was adopted, and the following committee
were appointed :—Mr. Hugh Hornby, Air. Robinson,
Mr. Tobin, Mr. Tyrer, and the Mayor.
One or two other motions were likewise adopted by
the Council. and several memorials were referred to their
respective committees.

The Council adjourned to Monday, the 24th instant,
when a special meeting will be held.

WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The usual weekly meet-
ing of this board was held on Thursday, Henry Winch,
Esq., presided. Upon the reading of the report of the
special committee, appointed to consider the propriety of
rescinding the bye-laws relative to bathing, Mr. Coul-
born moved that the proceedings of the special committee
be confirmed. The voting was even—seven to seven.
The Chairman gave his casting vote against the recom-
mendations of the committee. Mr. Goldsmith moved
that a select committee be appointed for the purpose of
ascertaining the cost, &c., and the capabilities of improve-
ment of Egremont Ferry, with the view of purchasing
and leasing the same. The motion, on a show of hands,
was lost. Attention was drawn by Mr. Tobin, Chairman
of the Dispensary, to the filthy and unsanitary condition
of Back King-street.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—The usual meeting of
this board was held on Tuesday evening. Mr. Bentham
was in the chair. The report of the Market Committee
contained a recommendation appointing Mr. Salter super-
intendent of the market in the room of Mr. Reed, at a
salary of £l49.—Mr. Pike said, with the present large
debt upon the market, he should decidedly object to the
salary of Mr. Salter being fixed at £149. The late super-
intendent had only 125 ; and he having had £lOO lately,
he thought £25 a handsome addition to his salary.—Mr.
Nicholls said, by the present arrangement there would be
a saving to the township of £lOO a year—Mr. Salter's pre-
sent salary, and £27, the difference of the salary of the
late attendant at the weighing-machine. He moved the
confirmation of the report. The voting for the amend-
ment and the original motion being equal, the chairman
gave his casting vote in favour of the original motion.—
The report of the Finance Committee exhibited serious
defalcations on the part of two officers connected with the
township, who were no longer in the service of the com-
missioners. This led to some discussion, and it was agreed
to leave the matter in the hands of the Finance Committee.
—The report of the Ferry Committee showed that the re-
ceipts for the week ending 31st March, in the year 1847
and 1848, had been as follows : _

From 23d April, 1847,1
_et2120,6.20i:25i. Sd. £1,263 125. sd.
to 31st March, 1848. 7s. 11d... £18,274 4s. 9d.
Total expenditure during the same period, £14,202 lOs sd.
Respecting the use of the promenade at Woodside Ferry,
the following amendment, moved by Mr. Green, was
carried :—" That the public be allowed to walk on the
promenade, as heretofore, with the exception of nurses
and children, unless they be accompanied by a member of
the family, who is a contractor."—lt was stated by Mr.
Hinde that the turn-styles were working well, through
the able management of Mr. Rudd. The receipts corre-
sponded with the checks. They would be worked with
the addition only of one collector, by which there would
be a saving to the township, as two of the collectors had
14s. a week each, instead of one at 35s.—After some
slight discussion respecting the present mode of running
the boats, the committee adjourned.
CHARTIST MEETING.-Another Chartist meeting was
held at the Music Hall on Friday night. The placard
calling it was headed with exciting poetical quotations,
and stated the object to be the calling upon the members
for Liverpool and South Lancashire to support the na-
tional petition for the People's Charter. The room was
densely crowded. Mr. Platts, a working man, was called
to the chair. He stated the object was to rouse the la-
tent energies of every man, and to tell the government
that the people had a right to have a voice in the legisla-
ture.—Mr. Thomas Jones moved the first resolution. He
addressed the audience as " brother slaves." He consi-
dered it useless longer to petition, and if they were wise
they should prepare for action. Let the National Con-
vention be empowered to make laws, and should the go-
vernment declare war against it—declare war against the
people—then let it be war to the knife. Their last peti-
tion would be presented on Monday.—Mr. M`Lean, an
operative cabinet-maker, seconded the resolution, which
was supported by Dr. Reynolds, a young Irelander.—Mr.
Matthew Somers, in moving the second resolution, em-
ployed strong language against the government. He said,
in conclusion—" No man deprecates the shedding of blood
more than I do, or the burning of a warehouse ; but this
I wish to be noted, that it may be carried on the wings of
the press, and the government may know, that there is an
organisation in Liverpool (loud cheers),—that there is an
organisation in Manchester (loud cheers),—that there is
an organisation at the foot of the throne itself (protracted
cheering); and I tell the merchants of Liverpool, as I
think I see Warsaw in flames, to take care that the spark
of ignition may not reach to this town (tremendous
cheers) ; and at the same time I tell them, that before the
news has been four hours in Liverpool of an attempted
massacre of my countrymen—(loud applause)—l care not,
mind you, gentlemen, if there were 200,000 bayonets here.
or 100,000 special constables, in spite of them—(A Voice :
" We'll maul them")—the martyrs dying on the scaffold
or on the plain will have the consolation in looking up to
Heaven, to see the skies reddened with the blaze of the
Babylons of England ! ! !"—Deafening applause.) Dr.
Reynolds again addressed the meeting, stating that he
purposed himself to supply the people with muskets,
bayonets, and pikes, at a cheap rate. At the close of the
meeting a person named Murphy said that he could sup-
ply Dr. Reynolds with 619 good steel blades, twenty-two
inches long, with ash handles, at 6d. each. The meeting
did not break up' till twenty minutes after ten o'clock.