The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

TENSION

that the 'wages of the• bricklayers employed under the agreed to, for 'mum.;
borough surveyor be raised. from 2135. to 275. per week ; Toxteth dock to Mr. IV: 6. Miller
and that those of thejoiners. similarly employed be raised at Is. 3d. per-yard. The harbour-maste
from 22s to 21a. per week.—On the-motion of Mr. Hornhy, ported that at present no permanent hart.
seconded by Mr. Alderman. S. Mime, the proceedings priated to the Canadian. Steam-packet Con
were confirmed.—On the motion of Mr. Bigham, seconded the surveyor had been requested to afford them t,
by Mr. Beckwith, it was-agreed to hand over the manage- accommodation in his power at the Wellington dock,
ment of the Wavertree-Hall: estate to the Gardens' Com- same committee produced a plan for a signal ball fo
mittee. .
at the piers at the entrance• of the docks. The re
.
The proceedings of the Match. Committee contamed, mendation was chiefly that the balls would last log
among other matters, a recommendation to advance the than the flags-now in use. They recommended the plat
salary of Mr. Hewitt, superintendent of fire-engines from of one of these-at the Prince's basin as an experiment.
£l2O to £l5O per annum; and that of Mr. Parkinson, Two letters were read from Messrs. Millers and Thor
keeper of the main bridewell, from. £220 to £250 per an- son, one of them asking for a berth to be appointed for
num.—Mr. Tobin, in moving that the proceedings be con- steam-ship Lusitania in, the Wellington dock, . and

could be al

steam-tender to go alongs.
e letters up to the last moms
letters were referred to th

firmed, in allusion to the proposed increase of salary to other askin
Mr. Hewitt, remarked that the office he holds is a highly the landing
responsible one, and is.not so well remunerated as similar The

stage; tc

officers in Man Chest

and other towns.—Mr. Alderman S. I marine sul

mmittees respectively, with a

Holme, in seconding the motion, explained that Mr. Park. they would do what they could to accommodate the till
inson having been deprived of the right to make certain A letter from Mr. J. E. Christian, agent for the Tsh
furnishings to prisoners from which he derived a small Man steamer Manx Fairy, asking for the same privile,
profit, the advance might more properly be considered as to be granted to that vessel as was enjoyed by the Dougl
a compensation than as an increase of salary.—Mr. Bigham Isle of Man, Steam-packet Company, of taking, on dt-
complained that the cloth furnished as clothing for the not appropriated to cargo, fish, parcels, and other artic
Police-force was, in all respects, unfit for the purposes not paying dock rates, was referred to the Finance Co
of clothing. After a protracted conversation on this mittee. —The committee next proceeded to a considerati
subject, the proceedings were confirmed. of the report made by the subcommittee rel
In the absence of Mr. C. Turner, Mr. Gregson moved • THE DOCK EXTENSION SCHEM'
that the proceedings of the Dock Committee be confirmed. After a desultory conversation relat
—Mr. Robertson Gladstone, in defence of his previous re- report, the chairman repeated that the
marks as to the £5O granted for a chaplain to the docks, made a provisional arrangement with

to receiving the

subcommittee had

Kr. John Shaw

said he had a

Pulled to Mr. Hartley, for information on the I

ifor one portion of land, which would co.

£164,00(

subject, and that gentleman infornied him that, to the best and with Lord Derby for anoth p. lon of
of his belief, the number of parties connected with the price of which was £90,000. "" col ittee
docks, who attended service in.that church, never exceeded commended that a quantity of land ng be
seven ; and that the majority of masons and labourers em- proposed to be purchased from Lord De vane
ployed,at the works were Roman Catholics.—Mr. Alder. road, should be scheduled. Their ow i estii
man Parker deprecated the irregularity of taking a state- value of that land was £418,000.
ment based on any man's belief, as an answer to the Mr. SMITH then moved, and Mr. JAMB'
positive statement made on authority by the Chairman of conded, the adoption of the report.
the Dock Committee ; and he considered the impropriety Mr. BARBER said he must give his positive onnos
greatly increased by its being made in the absence of that to this scheme. He thought it perfectly n.
gentleman.—Mr. Hornby alluded to the proposed scheme such a scheme should suggest itself to the committee
of dock extension, as one- deserving the attention of the the opening of a war, of which no one could see the con
Council.—Mr. Bigham expressed himself to similar effect. elusion, to say nothing of the eitraordinary expenditur
—His Worship the Mayor said, if the scheme assumed a involved in it, or the bond debt of the • --
definite form in the hands of the Dock Committee, he regard to
should take care that a special council be called for its col
sideration. The proceedings of the committee were the
confirmed.

the commit

liculous th

1- cient space to do a great deal More work than they✓ had
n hitherto done. He found that the Albert Docks had
►worked an average of 32,180 tons per acre for the year
's ending the 24th of June, 1851. The King's Dock, during
,f the same period, 7,100 tons per acre; Queen's Dock. 10.100

The proceedings of the Law Courts and St. George)
Hall Committee were then read, and consisted chiefly o.

minutes and a narrative of proceedings connected witlithe
accommodation for the assizes, which are to commence to-
morrow. [A report of these proceedings appeared in last
week's Standard.] The minutes of the committee inti-
mated that a communication had been received from
Baron Platt, acquiescing in the proposal for holding the
assizes in the old Court-houses ; they further intimated
that the Council Chamber and the ante-room would beset
apart as robing-rooms, during the sitting of the assizes.

tons; ar
had wor

age of the two, 8;600 toes. The WaterlOo Dock
ci an average of 30,000 tons. If there was this
reat discrepancy between those different docks and their
capabilities, it must be for want of improvemeut.--some

and proposed
north, and aro;

The Mayor, in answer to a question by M. R. Gladstone,
stated that no official intimation had been received as to
the intention of Her Majesty being present to honour the
opening of St. George's Hall. He also stated that the
levels of Lime-street, with reference to that hall, were
under the consideration of Mr. Newlands, who had held a
conference with Mr. Cockerill on the subject. The pro-
ceedings of the committee were confirmed.

311 estate, wh

The proceedings of the Markets Committee Contained a
recommendation for abolishing some of the unoccupied
stalls in St. John's Market, and appropriating the
space thus acquired to the accommodation of those who
deal in agricultural and horticultural produce from the
country.—ln moving that the proceedings be confirmed,
Mr. Alderman Cooper stated that, by the proposed arrange.
ment, it was expected that accommodation would be
secured in the market for a thousand additional baskets.
—ln consideration of this recommendation, Mr. Alderman
S. Holme modified the motion of which he had
notice, and concluded by moving : —" That it be an inst►um.
tion to the Markets Committee to inquire and report as to
the best mode for preventing the eastern half of Great
Charlotte-street being occupied by carts or other vehicles
unloading after eight o'clock in the morning ; and, also,
to prevent baskets or standings from being permitted to
be placed on the west side of the street more than four
feet from the footpath adjoining the market, so that there
may be a clear passage for carriages throughout the street."
Mr. Hodson seconded the motion, which was agreed to,
and the proceedings of the committee were confirmed.
The proceedings of the Education Committee were then
confirmed without discussion, as were also those of the
Goal and House of Correction, and the Town-hall Estab•
lishment Committees.

The proceedings of the Health Committee comprised a
recommendation to increase the salary of James Lothean
Ascroft, in the Borough Engineer's office, from £12.0 to
£l5O per annum, and that of James Wilson, in the lame

department, from £52 to £7O per annum, the consideration
of which was postponed at a meeting of the Council held
on the 7th of June last; recommendations to increase the
salaries of the following officers in the Treasurer's depar'
ment : namely, Thomas White, from £2lO to :22.7
annum ; William Hardisty, from £2OO to £220 ; 'Tama.
J. Hughes, from £BO to £9O ; J. M'Fadzen, from ,!.;70 to
£80; Thos. J. Nicholson, from £541.25. to 270 ; James Itlgers,
from £32 to £6O ; Ben. Owens, from £32 to £6O ; an 1 that
Robert John Brew. Joseph Jones. and John Jones LsaApv

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collectors of the.third-class, be promoted to the second-
class, their salaries and poundage respectively being
calcUlated.at £lBO per annum, the consideration of which
was postponed at the last monthly Council, perstumt to the
standing-orders.—Mr. Alderman Langsdale moved that
the proceedings be confirmed.—This was seconded by Mr.
Hodson.—Mr. Bigham, after remarking on the great in-
crease of annual expenditure incurred by augmentation of

salaries, which h e said alreadyamonnted to about £:3,000, con-
(dodo(' by moving that the proposed increase to Mr. Ascroft
be not allowed.—Mr. Beckwith seconded the motion, which

Which, a vote was taken, when the negative was car-
ried by 14 to 13 votes ; there appearing for the negative
Mr. Alderman J. H. Turner, Messrs. Beckwith, Houghton,
Fernihough, Avison, Herlihy, Holden, Godfrey, Bradley,
Woodruff, Bigham, Thomson, Mellor, Fleming ; for the