The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-30 00:00:00

WIDENING OF COOK-STREET

The following memorials were read on the subject of
widening Cook-street :
" To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors, of the borough
of Liverpool in Council assembled.
"The memorial of the undersigned proprietors of offices,
land, and buildings, on the south side of Cook-street,
in Liverpool.
" Sheweth,—That upon the purchase of the property which
your memorialists hold on the south side of Cook-street,
under the Corporation of Liverpool, there was an under-
standing, or expectation held out to your memorialists, or
those under whom they claim their respective propel ties,
that the street should be improved and widened at the upper
end ; and on the reliance on such improvement being made, a
large price was given for the property in question, and con-
siderable sums of money have been expended upon it ; but,
that instead of any improvement having hitherto been made,
large and lofty buildings have been erected in the narrowest
part of the street. Your memorialists, however, observe
that the hotel and buildings, formerly the Queen's Arms
Hotel, and the carriage-horses and stables attached to it,
which belong to the Corporation of Liverpool, are now un-
tenanted, and, consequently, that an opportunity is now pre-
sented to take down a portion of the hotel, buildings, &c.,
and to widen the north side of the said street. Your memo-
rialists, therefore, respectfully pray that you will cause mea-
sures to be immediately adopted, so that the archway leading
into Castle-street may be removed, and the whole of the
upper end of Cook-street, on the north side, may be made
wide and commodious.

" 'Liverpool, 30th December, 1812."
[This memorial was signed by Mr. Edward Crudgington,
Mr. R. Brooke, and Mr. Thomas Avison.]

" To the Worshipful the Mayor of Liverpool.
" SIR,—We, the undersigned, carrying on business and
interested in property in Castle-street, North John. street,
and the immediate neighbourhood, respectfully request you
to bring the subject of the improvement of Cook-street be-
fore the town council. We observe that the Queen's Arms
Hotel is now in the possession of the corporation, and we
hope the council will now widen Cook-street, to the width
of the part already improved, nearest to North John-street,
which would be a great convenience and advantage to our
part of the town, and to the inhabitants in general.
" Liverpool, 13th December, 1842."
[Signed by 39 merchants and tradesmen.]

Both memorials were referred to the Finance Committee

MAYOR'S COMMUNICATIONS

The MAYOR read an application from the officers of the
Court of Requests, praying that top-coats might be allowed
to them.—Referred to the Court of Requests' Committee.
A complaint from Mr. William Jones, of a nuisance in
Back Seel-street, was referred to the Finance Committee.
An application from Bickersteth for a license as a
marine-store dealer was referred to the Finance Committee.

Applications from several parties for the situation of in-
spector of hackney-coaches and collector of fines, were re-
ferred to the Finance Committee.
A memorial from Mr. G. C. Beckett, passenger-broker,
praying for an investigation into a decision of the Commis-
sioner of the Court of Requests,
..was ordered to lie on the
table. _ - - _ -

The MAvoR stated that be had received several anony-
mous communications, which, of course, could not be no-
ticed. One was a printed paper, on " the cause and evil
effects of the standard price of gold being fixed at £3 lis 10d.
per ounce." It was headed " The mystery of England's
misery revealed." Another communication was signed
" A British Merchant," suggesting meetings to be held all
over the kingdom to petition the Queen to prohibit the
growth of opium throughout all her dominions. Both were
ordered to lie on the table.

The MAYOR entered into some explanations, showing that
he had no power to order a public holiday on the 26th inst.
(Monday last).

ALTERATION OF A STANDING ORDER

Mr. LLOYD brought forward the following motion, of
which notice had been given : " That it be declared by the
council, that the standing order, No. 26, shall not extend to
any case which shall be within standing order No. 36."
Mr. HouNBY opposed the motion, but after a short dis-
cussion it was carried by a majority of 14 to 12.
The council separated at three o'clock.

THE CENSUS FOR 1811

The following is an official statement of the population of
Liverpool and the adjoining Townships :

MALES. FEMALES. TOTAL.
Liverpool
Increase since 1831 31,998 .... 25,784 .... 57,782
Everton 3,816 .... 5,405 .... 9,221
Increase since 1831.. 2,070 .... 2,640 .... 4,710
Kirkdale
Increase since 1831.. 846 .... 860 .... 1,706
West Derby 4,256 .... 5,504 .... 9,760

Toxteth Park
Increase since 1831.. 7,639 .... 1,529 .... 16,168
Thus showing the population of Liverpool and the suburbs
to be 286,487, exclusive of the seamen belonging to the port,
who may be estimated at about 12,000.
Number of Inhabited [louses in Liverpoo.. 32,079

Uninhabited Houses
Building

Increase since 1831-7942.
Number of Inhabited Houses in Everton 1,680
Uninhabited Houses
Building. 139

1,904
Number of Inhabited Houses in Kirkdale .. 690
Uninhabited Houses .
Building lB

- 741

Increase since 1831-304

Number of Inhabited Houses in West Derby 1,742
Uninhabited Houses
Building. 113

- 1,936

Number of Inhabited Houses in Toxteth Park 6,738
Uninhabited Houses
Building 327

Increase since 1831-2,596

15,392

ON THE LATE ACCIDENT TO TILE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.

BRITANNIA watched, with growing dread,
While Wellington on Partridge fed;
" Ye Powers !" she cried, " shall Valour's own
His exit owe to flesh or Lone?"
But firm remained the Hero's heart—
He never fear'd a Bony-part.
Shrewsbury. J. W. B

TERRIFIC AFFRAY WITH Po ACHERS.—On Saturday last,
four men named George Rawlinson, Richard Rawlinson,
John Stockton, and William Dawson, were charged at the
county court, before Dr. Penny and several other magistrates,
with being out armed in the pursuit of game, on lands be-
longing to the Marquis of Westminster, on the previous Sa-
turday morning ; and also with violently assaulting the keep-
ers. It appeared from the evidence, that on Saturday morn-
ing, the lith instant, four keepers belonging to the Marquis
of Westminster, named William Hurst, jun., Charles Dry-
land, James Morgan, and William Roberts, were on the look
out on the preserves belonging to the Marquis of Westmin-
ster, at Sour Butts, near Churton, by Aldford ; and about
two o'clock a disturbance amongst the pheasants gave inti-
mation that they were being disturbed by poachers. In the
course of a few minutes afterwards, they came suddenly upon
five poachers, four of whom were the men whose names we
have given above, and the fifth is not yet in custody. All
the poachers, except one, were armed with guns,—the pri-
soner, William Rawlinson, carrying a pitch-fork. On see-
ing the poachers, the keepers of course hailed them ; when
the former presented their guns, and warned them to stand
off at their peril. The keepers then desired the poachers not
to fire, adding that as both parties were armed, if a shot were
fired, it would be returned, and lives would be lost. After a
good deal of manoeuvring, the poachers retired from the pre-
serves into an adjoining field, being still followed by the keep-
ers, when William Hurst suddenly sprang at George Raw-
lison, and threw him down. The latter immediately called
to his mates to come to his aid, when one of them stepped
forward and aimed a tremendous blow with a musket at
Hurst, but which, happily, did not take effect. Both parties
then closed, and a terrific combat ensued—man to man—
which continued until the keepers were severely beaten and
overpowered. During the struggle, Dryland and one of the
poachers had a severe fight in a ditch, and while they were
both prostrate, William Rawlinson assaulted Dryland with a
pitch-fork, and beat him until he became nearly insensible.
The keepers now finding themselves defeated, were on the
point of retiring, when they heard one of their antagonists
say—" Let us follow them, and give them more ;"—they at-
tempted to do so, when Hurst fired at the poachers, and one
of them fell. The poachers now retired in their turn, leaving
the wounded man behind them ; and after the keepers had
seen them clear away, they returned to pick him up, and hav-
ing conveyed him to the Kennels, he was there treated with
the utmost kindness. Information of the affray was imme-
diately given to Mr. Stewardson, high constable of Broxton,
and he, with the assistance of Thomas Parkinson, of Farn-
don, and William Moor, of Christleton, succeeded in appre-
hending Rawlinson, Dawson, and Stockton, by Tuesday
morning. Both the keepers and watchers were very severely
beaten. After the evidence had been heard, the prisoners
were fully committed for trial.—Chester Courant.