The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL..

TIM monthly meeting of the Council was held on Wed—
nesday, J. B. Lloyd, Esq., Mayor, presiding. The meeting
was also made special for the purpose of considering the
proposed dock extension scheme.

—TIIE FINANCE COMMITTEE, in its proceedings, recant--
mended setting aside the amounts required by the Borough
Fund Acts as a redemption fund, in respect of moneys
authorised to be borrowed under that act ; to purchase,
for the sum of £6OO, a freehold house on the east side of
Drury-lane ; to purchase a leasehold interest on one front
house in New Bird-street, and a back house, for the stun
of £220. The report of the committee contained a reso-
lution authorising the Town-clerk to wait upon the
Coroner •to confer with him with respect to the applica-
tion to have a conveyance placed at the disposal of jurors
for taking them to various parts of the town in the dis-
charge of their duties ; and the report thereon by the
Town-clerk, stating that he had had an interview with
the Coroner, and that, in consequence of his representa-
tion, the committee recommended that the accommodation
be provided at the direction of the coroner, when, in his.
judgment, the number of cases, and the distances to be
travelled, rendered such accommodation necessary, the:
accounts for the same being subject to the discretion of
the committee.

The TOWN-CLERK stated that the resolutions forming a.
redemption fund were compulsory by the act, which
required that not less than two per cent. over and above the
interest of the amount borrowed should be set aside as x.
redemption fund ; and " ' •'

that it was proposed, in this case,
lan two per cent., in respect of the
£130,000 to be borrowed for the new landing-stage, and
£90,000 for the purposes of St. George's-hall.
s generally supposed that S.
le surplus fund of
had been bor—

a built out of t'

The TOWN-CLERS

.7E90,000 has been borrowed :. the

rest is out of the surplus fund.
Mr. HORNBY.—A portion of the money, £60,000 or
£70,000, was paid out of the improvement fund of 1838..

rnittee

vere confirmed,

WATen, COMMITTEL—The proceedings of the
'-,hting, Fire-police, and Fire-prevention Com-
_

Watch. I

keeper of

lewell, from £22.6

to £250 p,

mnum, the consideration of which was post-
med at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the

standing orders ; recommendation to increase the salary
of John Hewitt, superintendent of fire-police, from £l2O
to £l5O per annum ; recommendation to pass by-laws for
the regulation of errand, message, and luggage porters.—
Mr. TOBIN moved that Mr. Parkinson's salary

ncreased
0 to £240 per annum.—Mr. J. H. TURNER
moved, and Mr. FERNIROUGII seconded, that the salary
be increased to £27o.—Mr. BRA NCKER and Mr. HOENBY

advocated the increase.—The amendment was put to the
vote, and lost by 19 to 26.—The increase to £250, as pro-
posed by the committee, was then approved.—Mr. Tonvi
ewitt be increased to
e proposition of Mr_

VGOU, which was a(
TOBIN, the by-laws brought before the last meeting were

leans of cheating the unwary, were brought under the
notice of the council by Mr. Fernihough. Mr. Tobin,chair-
- Watch Committee, undertook to have all done
law warrants, in abating this nuisance, and the
subject dropped.

which t

DOCK EXTENSION.

The subject of the vast dock-eaten—

mon scheme was brought under consideration of the council
by Mr. C. TURNER, chairman of the Dock Committee, oit
reading the minutes of the Dock Committee's proceedings_
In introducing the subject, he referred, in the first instance,
to a series of resolutions adopted by the Ship-owners' As-
sociation, at a special gene -

—ial meeting held on the pre-
ceding day, in which the association expresses its col-
lective conviction of the pressing necessity for a speedy
extension of the dock accommodation; and its approba-
tion of the scheme proposed by the sub-committee -

ad re-
commended by the Dock Committee. An attempt was
then made to adjourn any discussion on the subject, till
Monday, on the ground that sufficient time had not been
afforded to consider so important

matter in all its bear-
ings. On a division, this suggestion was negatived by ar
majority of 31 votes to 16. After some further prelimi-
nary discussion, Mr. Turner proceeded with a lengthened
statement of the scheme and its relative bearings, most of
which had been previously elucidated and discussed at the
meetings of the Dock Committee. He moved the adoption.
of the committee's report, and proposed the following re-
solution: " The proceedings, resolutions, and reports of the
Dock Committee, since they were before the council on
the 2nd August, having been read ; and a communication.
from the Shipowners' Association having also been react,
—Resolved, that the said proceedings be and are hereby
approved, ratified, and comfirmed, save that so far as
respects any proceedings, resolutions, and reports relating

to the extended dock accommodation, and improvement
of the dock estate, this council, as trustees of the Liver-
pool Docks, approves and confirms only the principle that
dock-extension is now required, and sanctions the pro-
posed purchases of land, and an application to parliament
in the course of the next session for that purpose, and for
raising the necessary funds, reserving for further considera-
tions all questions of detail, howsoever arising thereunder"
—The adoption of the resolution was seconded by Mr. Al-
derman SHAND, who argued the necessity of executing the
proposed scheme from the greatly extended and stilt
rapidly extending trade of the port, which had been twice
doubled within the last thirty years, and affords a fair
reason for believing that it will be again doubled in the
course of the next fifteen years.—Mr. HA.LIIEA.D disputed
the accuracy of the statement adduced in favour of the
scheme. He also expressed his disapprobation of the
intended removal of the timber trade from the south to
the north end of the docks.—Mr. HOLT argued the pro-
priety of the dock committee acquiring the land, and then
exercising a wise discretion in carrying out the details of
the dock scheme.—Mr. Alderman PARKER advocated the
propriety of the scheme, and reminded the council that
the question was not of south end or north end, not one of
class interest, but of dock extension. He contended that
the south end docks would be wanted, as the chairman
had said, for other purposes more valuable than that of
the timber trade, and that both the Corporate Estate and
the south end, would be benefited by the removal of
that trade northwards. He hoped the council would
sanction the purchase of the land, as every dock would
be brought before them afterwards in detail. One
word as to Mr. Bramley-Moore. He (Mr. Parker) recol-
lected when Mr. Moore, for his advocacy of the north
extension, was characterised as insane and mad. They
were now, however, taking a step which would show
what Mr. Moore was the wisest man in Liverpool, and
tperfectly competent to fill the position in whicH he was
placed.—Mr. BIGHAM, in strong terms, deprecated. the
proposed compulsory terms sought to be imposed by the
Earl of Derby in relation to the disposal of the land. He
went at great length into various portions of the scheme.
—Mr. Alderman BENNETT expressed his satisfaction as to
the explanations given in relation to the land. Mr.
M`Nrcord, admonished the council as to the danger of
being over sanguine in expectation of great results from
such projects as that under consideration ; and expressed.
strong disapprobation of any compulsory terms being sub-
mitted to by the dock committee in reference to purchasing•
the land.—Mr. Toaric, Mr. JA.B. liox, 31E, and Mr. TITE.NEJZ
severally made a few observations, and the resolution was
passed without a division.

OPENING OP ST. GEORGE'S-HALL—MT. STRIPA=
stated that after Saturday no person (not even if accom-
panied by a member of the council) couldbe admittedinto
the hall, owing to the cleaning and washing operations.
WATER COMMITTER.—The proceedings embraced -re-
commendation that Charles Gibson and John R. Roberts;
collectors of the third class, be promoted to the second
class, their salaries and poundage respectively being calcu-
lated at £lBO per annum. Recommendation to increase
the wages of the following enginemen—namely, Daniel
Needham, Bush-station, from 225. to 245. per week;
Joseph Jones, Hotham-street station, from 265. to 28s. per
week; Wm. Owens, Water-street station, 225. to 245. per
week ; Maurice Evans, Soho station, 225. to 245. per week;
the consideration of which was postponed at the last
monthly council, pursuant to the standing orders. Re-
commendation to accept the tender of Messrs. Edingtoir
and Sons, for 18, 21, and 24 inch pipes. The only portion
of the proceedings discussed was that relating to the con.-
tract for pipes, which Mr. HOLT stated would be about
£20,000. This portion of the report was confirmed, and
at half-past four o'clock the council was counted out.

SHOCKING MURDER AT COBS.--Eliza Warner, an et-
derly woman, has been brutally wounded at Cork by Cor-
nelius Mullane, her son-in-law, a returned convict, who
had made some money before leaving Australia. Oa
Monday evening, in consequence of a quarrel, his wife left
him, and sought refuge with her father and mother. Next
day he went to their house, and, getting into a rage.
drew a clasp-knife with the intention of stabbing his
mother-in-law. Mrs. Warner's husband, however, inter-
fered, took the knife from him, and Mullane then went
away, purchased another knife, and returned to the home
in a furious state, vowing that he would stab any one that
would come near him. The deceased got up from whern
she was sitting and went over to pacify him, but he made
a rush at her, stabbed her three times in the abdomen,
the last stab cutting her entrails. The woman died almost
immediately, and the ruffian was taken to gaol.
THE DUKE OF ATHOL'S GOLD DlGoiNGß.—Duringthe
last week gold has been found in the north of Glenbre-
rachen, Kirkmichael, on the property of his Grace the
Duke of Athol; and has also been found to the north of"
the Cairnwell, on the property of Mr. James Farquharson.
of Invercauld. In both places the precious metal is found
imbedded in the detached pieces of rock which there
abound. From an analysis made, that which has been
found near the Cairnwell is as pure as any got in Austra-
lia. The existence of gold in these quarters was disco-
vered by Mr. Lowden, a gentleman lately returned frons
Australia, where he had been resident for upwards of IS
years, and in the immediate vicinity of gold diggingir,
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