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

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THE weerk
,om- on Thursday, .
a recommendation A recommen,
that the wages of the bricklayers employed under the agreed to, for It g a portion o. _
borough surveyor be raised from 26a. to 275. per week; Toateth dock to . W. C. Miller for a sink,—
and that those of thejoiners similarly employed be raised at ls. 3d. per yard The harbour-masters' comm,
from 22s to 245. per week-On the motion of Mr. Horuby, ported that at present no permanent 11...,4-1- -
^onded by Mr. Alderman S. Hohne, the proceedings priated to the CP--
On themotion of Mr. llgham, seconded the sop—
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The proceedings of the.-Watch Committee cont

among other matters, a recommendation to advance the
salary of Mr. Hewitt, superintendent of fire-engines, from
£l2O to £l5O per annum ; and that of Mr. Parkinson,
keeper of the main bridewell, from £220 to £250 per an-

num.—Mr. Tobin, in moving that the proceedings be con

firmed, in allusion to the. proposed hicrease of salary to
Mr. Hewitt, remarked that. the office he holds is a highly
responsible one, and is not so • well remunerated as similar
officers in Manchester and other towns.—Mr. Alderman S.
Holme, in seconding the motion, explained that Mr. Park-

inson having been deprived of the right to make certain
furnishings to prisoners from .which he derived a small
profit, the advance might more properly be considered as
a compensation than as an increase of salary.—Mr. Bigham
complained that the cloth furnished as clothing for the
Police-force was, in all respects, unfit for the purposes
of clothing. After a protracted conversation on this
subject, the proceedings were confirmed.
In the absence of Mr. C.' Turner, Mr. Gregson moved
that the proceedings of the. Dock Committee be confirmed.
Robertson Gladstone, in defence of his previous re-
marks as to the £5O granted for a chaplain to the docks,
said he had applied to Mr. Hartley, for information on the
subject, and that gentleman informed him that, to the best
Of his belief, the number of parties connected with the
docks, who attended service in that church, never exceeded
seven ; and that the majority of masons and labourers em-
ployed at the works were Roman Catholics.—Mr. Alder-
man Parker deprecated the irregularity of taking a state-
ment based on any man's belief, as an answer to the
positive statement made on authority by the Chairman of
the Dock Committee ; and he considered the impropriety
greatly increased by its being made in the absence of that
gentlemam—Mr. Hornby alluded- to the proposed scheme
of dock extension, as one deserving the attention of the
Council. —Mr. Bigham expressed himself to similar effect.
—His Worship the Mayor said, if the schenie assumed a
'definite form in the hands of the Dock Committee, he
should take care that a special council be called for its con-
sideration. The proceedings .of the committee were then

The proceedings of the Lau: Courts and St. George's

minutes and a narrative of proceedings connected with the
accommodation for the assizes, which are to commence to-

morrow. [A report of these proceedin
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

appeared in last

assizes in the old Cou.
that the Council. Chamber. multi
apart as robing-rooms, during t

houses

they further intimated
ante-room would be set

The Mayor, in answer to a quiestion by Mr. 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.

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 basket
—ln consideration of this recommendation, Mt
S. Holme modified the motion of which he had given
notice, and

alderman

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 En

£l5O per annum, and that of James Wilion, in the same

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 depart-
Ment : namely, Thomas White, from £2lO to £250 per
annum ; William Hardisty, from £2OO to £220 ; Thomas
J. Hughes, from £BO to £9O ; J. M`Fadzen, from 1:70 to

£80; Thos. J. Nicholson, from £54125. to £7O; James R ogers,
from £32 to £6O ; Ben. Owens, from £32 to ROO ; and that
Robert John Brew, Joseph Jones, and John Jones Langley,
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, persuant 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 he said al readyamounted to about 6.:3,000, con-
cluded by moving that the proposed increase to Mr. Ascroft
be not allowed.—Mr. Beckwith seconded the motion, which
gave rise to considerable discussion, at the conclusion of
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, Horuby, Holden, Godfrey, Bradley,
Woodruff, Bigham, Thomson, Mellor, Fleming;-for the
increase, Messrs. Anderson, M`Guffie, Holt, Banner, J.
Gladstone, jun., Wagstaff, Hodson, Robertson, Aldermen
Langsdale, Parker, Cooper, S. Holme, and the Mayor.
—Mr. Alderman S. Holme then moved that the whole sub-
ject of these increased salaries be referred back to the
committee. Mr. J. Gladstone, jun., seconded the
motion, which was agreed to. The proceedings of the
Gardens' Committee and of the Church Expenditure Com-
mittee were confirmed.

The proceedings of the 'Water Committee contained a
recommendation that Charles Gibson and John B. 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, from 225. to 245. per week ; Joseph Jones,
from 265. to 28s. ; William Owens, from 225. to 245. ; and
Maurice Evans, from 225.. to 24s.—Mr. Holt moved that
the proeedings of the committee be confirmed, except
that portion which related to the salaries, which, in
terms of the standing orders, require to stand over till
next meeting.—Mr. Hodson seconded the motion, which,
after Some opposition on the part of Mr. Bighorn, was
agreed to.
In moving that the proceedings of the Library and
Museum Committee be confirmed, Mr. Picton, at con-
siderable length, alluded to the importance of having
Gold's works on natural history, as indispensable to en-
able the curator of the museum to classify and arrange
the splendid specimens of Australian birds bequeathed to
the museum by the late Earl of Derby. These works, he
admitted, were no doubt expensive, amounting to about
£315 ; but he urged their utility and value as a set-off
against the price. The scarcity and beauty of Macklin's
Bible he also adduced as a reason for the purchase of that
work, which was also an expensive one.—Mr. Avison
seconded the motion, which, after a good deal of discus-
sion, was ultimately agreed to.—The proceedings of the
Hackney Carriage and Licensing Committees were then
agreed to.
The proceedings of the Baths Committee showed that at
the Cornwallis-street Baths the number of bathersfor the
year ending 26th July was 5,384. and the income £75
3s. 10d. ; at Pierhead Baths the numbers were 3,368, and
the income £lOB in. 6d. ; at the Paul-street Baths the
numbers were 2,976, and the income £36 14s. This
showed an increase of bathers to the number of 4,272, and
of income to the amount of £BO Os. 2d. over the previous
year.—Mr. Alderman Parker, in moving the confirma-
tion of these proceedings, commented on the gratifying
evidence they afforded of the utility and general approba-
tion of baths, and contended that they afforded assurance
that as the accommodation was increased, the number of
bathers would be increased.—Mr. J. Gladstone jun.,
seconded the motion, which was agreed to.—On the
motion of Mr. Hornby, the coroner's accounts were
remitted to the Finance Committee.

The Mayor's communications related chiefly to applica-
tions for increase of salaries from several officers acting
under the corporation. The applications as to the salaries
were referred to the respective committees.
Mr. Alderman Teulmin presented a memorial from the
jurors liable to. serve on coroners' inquests, requesting
that some conveyance should be furnished, by which they
might be conducted to and from the court to view the.
bodies they had to inquire into the death of. It corrl/4-_
plained that they were at present compelled to walk six_ or
eight; or. even a greater number of miles. Mr. Toulrein
moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee.—
Mr. Woodruff seconded, and Mr. Alderman Parker
opposed the motion, which was agreed to.
Mr. Picton, in pursuance of a notice he Ittid given,
moved " That an offer be made to the rectors and.church-
wsrdens of the parish to take charge of the, eiceks of the
two parish churches, and to maintain such Clocks for the
public benefit of the inhabitants, at the, expease of the
corporation."—ln a speech of great longth, Mr. Picton
urged the propriety of the Council :opting his motion,
which was seconded by Mr. Bihgam,. `and opposed by
Aldermen S. .Holme and Parket', aid Mr. Bradley,
who contended that the Council had no power er right to
interfere in the matter. A vote,wari taken, when ten ap-
peared in favour of and 22 aoinst:Mr. Picton's motion.—
Mr. Picton next movrd " That, as the Coralcil has voted
the sum of £lO,OOO toy tlrd.% the erect;.on of a suitable
building for the Public librf...ry and Mriseum, that amount
be placed in the bank,, to t:d e credit r:f the Building Fund
account of the Litory and Mus,,,um Committee."—Mr.
Hoanby seconded the, motion, 'which, after considerable
discussion, was, agreed to, 4r:if the Council broke up at
four o'clock. •

GENTLEMEN TAVGHT A LESSON.—At the Ipswich
assizes, on Taesdav'', William Mecn, a gentleman of pro-
perty, having bV,ii foand guilty of assaulting and ravish-
ing a W04;1,1011 )"‘, Ringsficld, on the 27th of June, was sen-
tenced 4=4 F....teen years! transportation. Albert Garrod,
an°t, M 'gentleman, was, at the same time, sentenced to
,
Yer rs' imprisonment, with hard labour, for aiding and
amW..ng the felonious act. The Chief Justice, in
ee passino.
2". ten, animadverted on the scandalousness of the
~rime, and expressed his indignation at the fact of a wit-
ness having been suborned to take away the woman's
Icharacter, with a view to prove that the act was 4one with
content.