The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-01 00:00:00

TOXTETH PARK.

A public meeting of the rate-payers of the ext
chial place of Toxteth-park was held yesterdtp
o'clock, at the public-office, for the purpr-
the accounts of the overseers of the poo,
highways for the past year, to appoint overseers of t
poor and surveyors of highways for the ensuing year,
to transact the usual annual business of the place.
Mr. JAMES ROLINSON was called to the chair,
the accounts of the overseers of the poor, from w,,._
peered that the total liabilities of the township, for the y,
ending the 25th of March, was £8067 12s. Bd.; of which
' there was paid for that year £4977 153. ld. for previr
years £lOO6 ss. 10d making,- -
total receipts for the. yea
were £5151 35., leaving r,
overseers. The debts cot.
ult. amount to £3089 16s. accent,.
ors cf highways were next read, from which
the total expenditure during the year was
amount received £3431 7s. '1 -d., and the atnoL
contracted and not yet paid £2014 23. 3d.
Mr. JAMES HALL moved that the accounts do
was seconded by Mr. CALLAN.
A desultory discussion ensued, in the course of
was stated that a considerable portion of the cut
accounts, £1,600, it was said, consisted of arrep
laid by the Town Council in 183t'
hitherto been disputed by the
their law adviser.
Mr. JAMES LAWRENCE said that he and t
Mr. Lace, had recently had an intervie-
clerk, and Mr. Lace was now of o'-
bound to pay the rate. It was in the ja
levy a certain sum on the township. WI,
the rate (for lighting and watching) was 210.
levied on all rateable property ; but in Toxteth-p...
third of the property there was not rateable, they 1
of 3d. in the pound, which was insufficient to cow
they had to pay. It would take '4d. in the po;
the levy, and all they could do was now to pay
rate, which ought to have been paid in forr-
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THE POOR RATES—THE UNION WORKEI
Mr. HALL said it was very unpleasant to ino•
rate in these bad times, but they had no clic'
ing of the union workhouse had east uPwar"
they would have to pay two-thirds of it
Mr. 11. HARBORD said that a tor'
of money had never been exhibited than in the buildlob
union workhouse. They had got an architect, and limb_
him to £6OOO ; but they bad allowed him to expend £13,009
for a building which would not giVe half the ar-
that other architects would 'lave afforded
poor law guardians for this.
Mr. J. LAWRENCE thought it due to the rat I
give an explanation of the increased rate. ..Ti
in laying a rate had been guided by the
former year, which they found to be £2,92'
the expenditure bad turned out to be
some of which, as the watch rate for
calculated upon.
Mr. H. HARBORD thought the inc.
much the fault of the guardians of th.
tune; the fault resting with the new lu
The CHAIRMAN said the increased c.
accounted for in two ways—the very 3
township, and the distress pievailing durit. ;1
which was greater than was ever known bef,o.
Mr. J. HARRISON proposed a rate of ls. Bd. c
for the ensuing year, within the parliamentary c is
Mr. DONALDSON seconded the motion.
As an amendment, it was moved, by
seconded by Ma. MAYER, that the rate shown c 1
the pound. This was negatived, and the or
carried by a large majority.

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On the motion of MR. JAMES LAWRENCE, SEC(
MR. HALL, it was resolved that the poor-rate for
townships should be 2s. Bd. in the pound.

Mr. Joseph Harrison and Mr. Hugh Donaism were re-
appointed overseers.
The following grants were agreed to after some discussion.
To the Dispensary, £5O; to the Infirmary and Southern•
Hospital, £lO 10s. each.

COMMITTEE

The following gentlemen were appointed to co
committee for the ensuing year :

Messrs. C. Horsfall, J:Hall, Thomas Royuen, - .
—. Pearson, J. Lawrence, —. Robertson, John Sheppard
A. Smith, jun., A. L. Trotman, T. Huntington, John Payne
George Davies, T. Troughton, W. Nichol), H. Harbord, G
Robinson, T. H. Carter, James Wilson, C. Rawson, W. B
Jones, and Thos. Inman.

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HIGHWAY BOARD

The following were appointed as members of the II
Board :

Messrs. C. Horsfall, J. Hall, J. Sheppard, M. (
J. Lawrence, R. Harbord, J. Harrison, A. Smith
Harbridge, H. Donalson, J. Fletcher, J. B. Yates
son, A. Ryan, I'. Short. ,
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the
separated at half-past twelve o'clock.

An old miser named Lane, a native of Bewdley,
a druggist at Leith, but who for several years back has
living more in the character of a pauper, was found dead
few days ago in a garret, having to all appeir--- '-
want. On searching his tattered clothes and
ney and bank notes were found to the am
£l2oo.—Worcester Herald.
Cuisines CoiNciDENcu.—Some months a
of Mr. Wilson, a watchmaker at Spaldirn
and all the watches and plate stolen from his
some time.nothing could be discovered, and maliciot
were not wanting to make the vilest insinuations.
markable coincidence, the burglar went the other das
coin, a distance of more than 50 miles, to disr of
-
his plunder, the affair having become elm- )tt,
it so chanced that the first placr ' he
Mr. Wilson's father, in High-stl. it-
and it singularly happened that ti ;er
sale was one that Mr. Wilson persc be
to his son. The man was detai' ht
perty was found in Lincoln. He is
Spalding, where it was learned that he
six years past, under the name of Morley.
being searched, no trace of the rest of Mr. Wilson
was found. but on a subsequent search a _large staff..
was found on a shelf, and on being taken down, it p
that a hole had been broken in the bottom, and the watt
and jewellery put therein. carefully packed in hay, to previ
it from rattling. Mr. Wilson has thus
the whole of his property (except two watches), au
in most extensive practice has been detecttcland comm.
to the House of Correction for the division of Hollant
Newcastle Journal.
Among the complaints which, as might be expected, a
made among particular interests as to certain details in Li
new tariff, may be mentioned one respecting tb^ -
the rice duty, which seems to have
both among the shipowners and the
The present duties are 15s. per cwt. on foreigi..
per cwt. on that of the British colonies, and the moon._
proposed in the new tariff is a reduction of the 15s. to ss. on
the foreign rice, while the British colonial is to remain the
same as before. The competition to which au opening is
made by this alteration, and which is expected by the two in-
terests just mentioned to prove injurious, is that of Carolina
and Java rice. The value of Carolina rice cleared for hor-
consumption is 365. per cwt., and that of Bengal is I
superior grain of the former giving it a preference in value c
18s. per cwt. Hence it is argued that when the duty is rr
duced from 15s. to 55., and Carolina rice can consequen'
be imported at 265., that of Bengal will not be able to cc
mand more than Bs. per cwt. Java rice, which it seen,
favourite article of consumption in the north of Eur-
hitherto been excluded from consumption here
duty ; but under the proposed scale it is said that it could b
imported, and with a grain equal to the Carolina rice, at
from 16s. to 20s. per cwt. Thus the Java rice proves even
a more formidable competition than that of Carolina, and
the merchants and shipowners concerned in the trade think
the British colonial rice is not sufficiently protected.
AN EMIGRANT MEETING A SETTLER.—On the 6th inst.,
says the Toulonnais, as a painter who had emigrated to Al-
giers was travelling !n search of employment, he got enveloped
in a dense fog, near Ben Ackoun, on his way to Dely Ibra-
him. His attention was suddenly roused by a loud roar,
which at first he took for the lowing of an ox in one of the
enclosures ; but, on its being repeated, he found himself face
to face with a monstrous lion. The poor painter, though
more dead than alive with terror, retained sufficient presence
of mind to brave the animal with his shouts, and, thus acting
on the known nature of the beast, put him to flight.

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BonArra.—We understand that the unrivalled artist, the
great Martelle, of Maiden-lane, was recently sent for to the
Carlton House to cut and trim the hair of Boz. The artist,
in cutting it off, preserved every particular hair, and took it
off with him as a prize. " I have the lion's mane at last,"
said Martelle, in ecstasy. " Won't you take a lock of my
hair?" asked the pretty maid of the Carlton. " Not ex-
actly," said the artist, stuffing it into his pocket-book like
bank notes. Since this has been known, Martelle's place, in
Maiden-lane, has been run down with ladies, all asking—.
" Oh! give me a lock of Boz's hair?"—" Do give me the
smallest mite ?" "Do let me have a few hairs?" Martelle
could have sold the hair for 100,000 shares in the United
States Bank Stock, but he preferred presenting it gratis to
his numerous fair customers. A poet has begun a new
" Canto of the Rape of the Lock."—New York paper.
THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.—" It will be enough to make
your sides shake," as the earthquake of Lisbon said to the
Tagus.—Why must the Irish of St. Giles's think themselves
natives in London? Because they are of opinion that they
must be immediately swallowed.—Why, if this distressing
event occurred, would there have been an end to genteel fu-
nerals in this town? Because Paul's (palls) would no longer
be seen hanging over London.—Why may we be prepared
for a sudden catastrophe? Because London is always within
an ell of being undone (L-undone.")—Punch.
CHINESE ACCOUNT OF THE DELUGE.—Yti, according to
the Chinese records, cleared away the deluge. Part of the
dialogue of Yu and Yaou is interesting ; it is taken from tb
Shoo-king. " The emperor says, `approach the hnpv
presence; you have abundant communications
You worshipped, and said, ' may it please our. majesty—
how can 1 speak ? My thoughts were unweaniedly at.
cessantly employed day by day. The deluge rose high
spread wide as the spacious vault of heaven ; buried the hills
And covered the mountains with its waters, into which the
common people astonished to stupefaction sank. I travelled
' on dry land in a chariot, on water in a boat, in many ples
on a sledge, and climbed .the sides of hills by means of spikes.,
in my shoes. I went from mountain to mountain, I inn
- e for
trees ; fed the people with raw food ; formed a passage for
the waters to the sea in every part of the empire, "
nine distinct beds, and prep' ing channels to conbdtitg
the rivers. The waters having subsided,
I tt taught
of the
to plough and sow, who, while the devastating effects
i I urged
flood continued, were obliged to eat uncookedusp 1
id are for others of
et hpeemo
pre
them to barter such things as they
eesesor.Kidd's China.
which they stood in need.' "--
13".• Westminster Review)
om the forthcomiuc
b Robert Peel's financial
OPPOSITION.—(from
thought of Sir Ro e
RADICAL OPINION OF SeEPrQf
—" Whatever may be
said against it), we cannot blind
EET PEEL AND THE
project (and much may.
'e general estimation, Boldness
he has risen as a statesman in
~,:y
s command respect
than
i sapnlya ytehda t tiol
a:::
comprehensive vies...lNlO
ourselves to the fact that, since
energy, toe opening of the session,
and these, an
re prepared. 'His commercial reforms,
extent for which few we
ould be desired, and defective OD es-
although not all thattcu 0
sential points,
are cur -times. Something of the kind ha-
d even higher
n
aqulaarlgiteiersscia'elehtahas
been witnessed in
b the late Cabinet ; but they missed the op-
been promisesdio by, to
what extent they were ready to act
pcirtunity of I WI
t of the committee on import duties, and
upon the rep
•orfairly claim the credit of originating an improve-
mentcannotnow * * * *
of the tariff.
W° feel, however, ashamed of the gronnd of opposition
h some liberal members ha •
I,e chosen for their resistance
which
to the measure. We read with astonishment the assertion
that the principle of direct taxation is ' a return to the
barbarous practices of ancient times l'--It is a return to
sound first principles. All indirect taxation involves a
principle of fraud, —is a mode of cheating the public out of
a larger sum of money than they are aware of paying ; and
the one cheat favours others. The money easily obtained
can be easily squandered, and this is a sufficient reason, if
there were no other, that, could we begin again denovo; the
basis of the constitution should be, that representation should
be equal, and all taxation direct. Is there one who can be-
lieve that if that principle had been understOod and 'seta'
upon two centuries back the national debt would
.ever have
been incurred ? The cunning of modern governments, by
means of indirect taxation, has laid heavier burdens upon
communities than were ever borne in times of peace by the
nations of antiquity."

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