The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-11 00:00:00

THE FERRY.

Mr. THOMPSON was about bringing forward his motion
relative to the ferries when,
The TOWN CLERK stated that it would not be for the
benefit of the corporate estate if this subject were to be
discussed. An opinion on the subject would be received
in a few days, and lie would bring it before the finance
corn mittee.

Mr. THONIPSON then agreed to adjourn his motion ;
also a second motion of which he had given notice rela-
tive to lowering the rents of the building yards on the
Mersey.
Mr. FREME moved that it be referred to the markets'
committee to consider, and report whether the Haymar-
ket cannot be made more available for the uses of the
public by being thrown open as a play ground, after clos-
ing it for market purposes, subject to proper police regu-
lations.
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An opposition was offered to the motion, but it was
agreed to.
Mr. HENDERSON 'moved that the finance committee
be instructed to take immediate steps, either by advertis-
ing or otherwise to procure plans and estimates for laying
out Wavertree-hall, Yellow-hall, and Newsham house
estates for a park or parks.
Mr. HORNBY, as chairman of the Finance Committee,
opposed the motion ; and after a short discussion on the
Subject, Mr. HENDERSON withdrew his motion.
Mr. GODFREY moved that a committee be appointed
for the purpose of inquiring into the respective duties of
all paid officers of the Corporation, and also the amount
of salaries attached thereto, with a view to a thorough
revision, and such reduction in the number of officials or
their salaries as may be consistent with the efficient work-
ing of the said Corporation. In moving the resolution,
he said that the number of persons employed in Corn-
wallis-street was 119, at a cost of £14,065 2s. In the
Health Committee they were desirous of economising,
but they found that the officers in that establishment
were so mixed up with the Town-hall, that they were
obliged to come to the fountain head. There were 28
surveyors for the town, and the question naturally arose,
what had all these men to do. They found many of these
men were unfit for the situation, two farriers were build-
ing surveyors, a bricklayer was the surveyor of flagging,
and last, not least, they had under the Corporation a sur-
veyor who was a tailor.—(Laughter.) There were now
two treasurers to the Corporation funds : one paid fill)0
per annum ; the other, £7OO. He thought they might
do with one treasurer. The offices of surveyor and bo-
rough engineer might, he thought, be amalgamated. In
the Town-clerk's office be thought some reform was ne-
cessary, and he instanced one gentleman who was receiv-
ing income from private business in that office.
Mr. BECKWITH seconded the motion.
Mr. HORNBY suggested that instead of a special pm.
mittee being appointed, each committee should furnish a
lat of its officere, and report whore any ratteuchmaM

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might be-effected to the next'conncil, and that the report
should be•referred to a special committee, to be appointed
at the next meeting.
Considerable discussion followed on the subject, after
which Mr. Godfrey's motion was carried, and the follow-
ing gentlemen appointed members of the committee:--
Messrs. Freme, Avison, Fernihough, Langsdale, Thos.
Lloyd, Johnson, Thomson, Bigham, and Godfrey.
Mr. BRISCOE rose to bring forward the follawing motion,
of which he had given notice :7 _

"That before this Council sanctions the appropriation of any
land belonging to it, or the purchase of any, for the purpose of
a wholesale or-other market, a Special Committee be appointed
to take into consideration whether the application of our exist—
ing markets is beneficial or detrimental to the general interests
of the inhabitants at large, and if any alterations can be made,
so as render our present space sufficient, and to report accord—
ingly.
He commenced to read his speech. when a number of per-
sons left the room.
Mr. FISHED. expressed a hope that gentlemen would
remain.

Mr. H. HORNBY asked whether it was not contrary to
the standing orders for members to read their speeches ?
The MAYOR said there was no occasion to answer the
question, as there was not a council.
Mr. BRISCOE said, though he was last upon this occa—
sion, he would take care to be time enough next time, and
then they should have his speech. (A laugh.)
The Council broke un at half-past three.

COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT.
Monday Night.
Our Share market, after a quiet week, in which prices
have declined a little owing to the small amount of bu-
siness doing, and perhaps in some measure from the re-
action from the very extensive business of the preceding
week, closes firmer to-day, and shows symptoms of another
move upwards. Stock continues scarce, and appears
likely to he wanting for the settlement of the 14th. The
quotations of this day's prices are :—Great Western,
574 ; Leeds Fifths, 91 13/9 d ; London Stock, 1071 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 3/9 4- d par ; Midland Stock,
361; Ditto Half Shares, 26i d; Erewash Valley, 56;
Dutch Rhenish, d.
The Manchester manufacturers appear to have given up
all hopes of Cotton getting cheaper, and have set to work
in earnest ; and as the accounts from the continent are
more cheering politically, and the demand for manufac-
tured goods having somewhat improved, they are reported
to be doing at present an extensive trade. They appear
satisfied at length that Cotton cannot be lower for some
months, and that under the circumstances it may be
higher, when the stock gets into more reduced compass,
which it will do in the course of two months from the
present time. The demand here since Friday for the raw
material has been on rather a limited scale ; 4,000 bales
were sold on Saturday, of which 1,000 were on speculation
and for export ; and in consequence of holders bringing
their stocks forward freely, there was a slight decline, but
not amounting to a quotation. To-day the sales did not
amount to more than 5,000 bales, 1,000 of which were oa
export, with no perceptible change in prices.
At the close of last week, after the publication of the
brokers' circular, we bad a fair demand for Sugar, and
100 hhds. of West India and 2,000 bags of Bengal were
sold at very full prices; also a cargo of Mauritius, consisting
of 7,000 mats, at an average of 365. 6d. round. To-day
it was telegraphed from Holyhead that the Yankee expe-
dition against Cuba had failed for the time. General
Lopez had returned to the United States, and on his
landing addressed a large concourse of the people. He
stated that though he had failed in this attempt he would
never rest till Cuba was freed. This has caused a flatness,
and there has been less inclination on the part of buyers
to go into stock.—With the exception of the above tele-
graphic despatch, the news by the Hibernia arrived too
late to have any effect upon our markets.

On the Ist June the imperial wheat averages had
reached 40s. 2d., the point to which certain prophets said
they would never fall, and even now we find that in many
of the agricultural districts the latest averages are much
lower ; for instance, at Wisbech, 375. ; Spalding, 375. 6d. ;
Lynn, 38s. 2d. ; Worcester, 395. 2d. ; with many others.
This, then, after many weeks of rising markets, gives but
a beggarly account for the British farmer to contmplate.
40s. is now about the value of his wheat ; and, with the
present most propitious weather, prices are generally
reported to be firm, with little doing. The English of
this is, that the tendency is to decline. Dealers have
done a pretty good business latterly, and are inclined to
work off their stocks, in the anticipation of effecting a
resumption at lower prices. There is little passing in
Brunswick-street to-day, in any branch of the trade, and
prices continue the same as on Friday. Our imports
coastwise and from Ireland continue very limited; but
from abroad we have received, from Tuesday to Siturday
inclusive, nearly 18,000 qrs. Wheat, a similar quantity of
Indian Corn, and upwards of 8,000 sacks of Flour front
France.

The trial of the parties implicated in the late fraud upon
the revenue of sugar and coffee is definitely fixed to come
off this week, at the Exchequer Court, Westminster.
We understand that the government, if they ever had the
intention, have abandoned the idea of proceeding against
the parties as a criminal case, but intend to sue them for
three times the amount of duty, say £30,000.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
On Wednesday, thirteen persons were fined for ille-
gaily letting off their cellars.
A waiter at the Merchants' Dining Room was re-
manded, on Wednesday, for stealing, therefrom a number
of cigars and several small bottles. For some time past
Mr. teeny has missed brandy. &c., from his stores.
On Saturday, the mate of the ship John H. Gladden
and a man, named Anderson, were remanded on a charge
of being implicated in stealing 30 bags of Indian corn
from the Clarence Graving Dock.
On Saturday, two females were arrested in a house in
Hornby-street, Vauxhall-road, engaged in making base
half-crowns. In the house were found several articles
used for coining.
Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, dismissed a summons
obtained by a young seaman against the captain of the
ship Thames, for wages. The defence was, that the
complainant had incurred medical expenses which were
exorbitant, and which should he deducted from the bill.
THE OUTSKIRT BURGLARS.—OUT readers will be
aware that the town and its suburbs have for weeks been
infested by a gang of burglars, who carried off much va-
luable property. Notwithstanding every effort of the
police, the whole of the perpetrators escaped detection
until Saturday last, when six of them were apprehended,
and brought before Mr. Rnshton' —namely, Thomas
Mutch, Michael Dogherty, Edward Clarke, Mary Mur-
phy, Mary Ann Riley, and Elizabeth Wilson. They were
taken through the instrumentality of officers Bates and
Sullivan. The gang had generally effected their entrance
into dwelling-houses by cutting a piece out of the door, and
thus reaching the fastenings. The instrument used created
little or no noise, and is artfully constructed, with cutting
knives. It may bo taken to pieces, and is then so com-
plete that it may be carried in a coat pocket. By means
of it twenty or thirty houses have been entered during the
last three months. The list comprises many gentlemen's
and ladies' houses in the neighbouring townships, and not
a few in the town. Officers Bates and Sullivan had long
been on the look-out for the offenders in the outskirts,
but without success until Saturday morning when they
found the six prisoners in a second-class carriage, just ar-
rived from Manchester, and last from Newton. They
were all known to the officers but one. Dogherty at-
tempted to rush out by the door, but was pushed back ;
Mutch jumped out of the window, scaled a wall, and got
into a field, but was pursued by Bates, who brought him
back, Sullivan meantime detaining the others ; Mutch
had a crow-bar in his possession, also a life-preserver ;
Dogherty and another of the men had also each a life-
preserver. One of the females threw a watch to the far
end of the carriage, where it was afterwards found. In a
basket in the carriage was found the door-cutting instru-
ment noticed ; also other tools for house-breaking, ske-
leton keys, &c. Money was found on Mutch and Dogh-
erty. It appeared that the prisoners resided together in
Dogherty's house„ in Freemasons'-row, It was said in
behalf of the female Wilson, that she was a respectable
sempstress of Liverpool, and had accidentally fallen into
the company of the others in the carriage. She was not
known to the police, but had given a false name : all the
others were known, and most of them have been com-
mitted several times for felonies. Theywere all remanded.