yes, it is." He (Mr. Gregson) said "There is 1s., and you can summon me if you like." This was an attempt at extortion, and should be put a stop to. Every man in the Council wished to pay for cabs handsomely he himself always did - but he would not stand extortion; and it was too bad for the alderman to get up with his useless opposition, as he (Mr. Gregson) thought it was time they should settle the matter. Mr. HAMOND rose to order. This was not the next business on the paper. It had never been their practice on the 9th of November to take any business at all of this nature. Mr. BENSON said he must press his motion, and he believed he was discharging his duty in asking the Council to carry out these bye-laws. (Cries of "Quite right.") Mr. MILVAIN reminded Mr. Hamond that a motion relating to a stipendiary magistrate was taken on the 9th of November. He thought it was very desirable that a matter which like this had been so long upon the paper should be decided. Let them be done with it at once, and not spend a little fortune in printing notices there year after year. A scene of some confusion here ensued, several members talking at the same time. In the midst of the general talking, The MAYOR was heard to say-Gentlemen, I hope you'll not forget that I expect you all to come to church on Sunday. (A laugh.) Mr. Ald. PHILIPSON said he had read over the propositions, and he must say he had a great many objections to them. The motion in its present shape was quite irregular. They might bring up each bye-law and discuss it, but they could not at one fell swoop dispose of all those bye-laws by one motion. Let them be discussed at a meeting when there was time to do it, and when, if there were objections to them, those objections might be pointed out. He must say that this motion was altogether unconstitutional, and to say that the Town Clerk had gone through the bye-laws did not make the case any better. Of course he said this with great deference to the Town Clerk's judgment, but he (Mr. Philipson) did not surrender his own judgment to any man living. The TOWN CLERK said that all he did was to see that these regulations were technically right. The substance of them he did not pretend to know. In his opinion it was not necessary to have twothirds of the Council present to consider these regulations. They could be discussed at any time. Mr. BENSON said he had been put out several times in the attempt to bring these regulations forward, because there were not two-thirds of the members of the Council present. He would take the opinion of the Council on one bye-law, and that was to render absolute what the Council had already done; and he should waive all other clauses and press for a division on that point. He moved as follows:-- "That if any hackney coachman shall demand, or take for a fare, a greater sum than the amount authorised for the time being to be demanded or taken, he shall forfeit and pay for such offence the fine or sum of five shillings; and on a second or subsequent conviction for every such offence, not committed on the same day as any prior offence for which he shall have been convicted, he shall forfeit and pay the fine or sum of ten shillings." Mr. Ald. PHILIPSON said there might be some peculiar circumstances which at times rendered it inexpedient to inflict a penalty of ten shillings for a second offence. If Mr. Benson would put it "not exceeding" such a sum, he should have no objection to the bye-law. Mr. BENSON said he had no objection, and the words "not exceeding" were inserted before both penalties. The motion was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. GREGSON: We must have the whole of them now, as we have begun. (Cries of "No, no," and laughter.) THE SUFFERERS BY THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Mr. Jos. CowEN, jun., said at last meeting he moved that a subscription be given on behalf of the parties who had suffered from the cattle plague. It was then objected to because no committee had been formed. Now, however, there was a committee in existence, and money was being got. He therefore moved that the Council give a hundred guineas towards the subscription. Mr. HAMOND seconded the motion. Mr. H. PARKER suggested that the sum given should be 200 guineas. (Cries of "No, no.") Mr. J. DICKINSON also proposed that the subscription should be 200 guineas. The feeling of the meeting being evidently against this latter proposition, however, the motion of Mr. Cowen was put and carried unanimously. FINANCE. On the motion of Mr. Ald. HODGSON, the seal of the Corporation was ordered to be affixed to a mortgage of the borough fund for securing to the Public Works Loan Commissioners the sum of £20,000, being the first advance of a loan of £30,000 for the erection of a Borough Lunatic Asylum. Mr. GREGSON exclaimed that he never heard a more absurd proposition in his life. COMMITTEES. The Council then proceeded with the appointment of the committees, the following being the result :— WATCH COMMITTEE.-The Mayor (under the Act); Ald. Ridley, Blackwell, and Ingledew; Messrs. Caleb Curry, John Harrison, Wm. Dickinson, Thomas Robinson, George Stewart, Richard Beall McAllum, Isaac Temple, the younger, John Oliver Scott, Wm. John Hutchinson, William Charlton, Thomas Dove, John Brunton Falconar, Jonathan Angus, George Forster, and John Furness Tone. FINANCE COMMITTEE.-Ald. Hodgson, Philipson, Bell, and Nichol; Messrs. John Harrison, John Robinson, Henry Angus, Thomas Lesslie Gregson, Henry Milvain, George William Hodge, William Lockey Harle, George Harford, John Benson, Robert Bolton Brown, William Hunter, Joseph Pollard, George Forster, Thomas Forster, and Addison Potter. TOWN IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.-The Mayor; Ald. Sillick, Carr, and Wilson; Messrs. William Daggett, Fenwick Hunnam, Henry Parker, William Hawthorn, William Dickinson, John Mawson, Thomas Oliver, Thomas Hedley, William Charlton, Geo. William Hodge, Charles Frederick Hamond, Benjamin Plummer, Joseph Cowen, the younger, Thomas Clark, and Richard Burdon Sanderson. SCHOOLS AND CHARITIES COMMITTEE.-Ald. Ingledew, Sillick, Philipson, and Keenlyside; Messrs. John Brunton Falconar, John Robinson, Thomas Robinson, Henry Angus, John Mawson, Thomas Lesslie Gregson, Thomas Oliver, William Lockey Harle, Robert Bolton Brown, William Charlton, Joseph Pollard, Chas. Frederick Hamond, Jonathan Angus, Geo. Forster, and John Furness Tone. GAOL COMMITTEE.-Ald. Ingledew and Blackwell; Messrs. Thomas Dove, John Burrell, Henry Angus, George Stewart, Henry Milvain, Isaac Temple, the younger, William John Hutchinson, John Brunton Falconar, Joseph Pollard, Jonathan Angus, Addison Potter, Richard Burdon Sanderson, and Edward Beck. TRADE AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE.-Ald. Carr and Bell; Messrs. John Burrell, William Dickinson, William Daggett, George Harford, Henry Parker, John Oliver Scott, Edward Hall, John Brunton Falconar, Joseph Cowen, the younger, and Richard Burdon Sanderson. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE. Ald. Sillick, Ingledew, Ridley, and Keenlyside; Messrs. Wm. Daggett, Wm. Lockey Harle, George Forster, Thomas Robinson, John Mawson, George William Hodge, John Benson, Charles Frederick Hamond, and Thomas Dove. GAS COMMITTEE.-Ald. Bell, Laycock, Ridley, and Wilson; Messrs. Charles Frederick Hamond, Thomas Lesslie Gregson, William Hawthorn, John Benson, William Lockey Harle, John Burrell, John Furness Tone, and John Benson. The committee on the subject of obtaining better accommodation for the police courts was re-appointed. ALDERMEN OF WARDS. The following were appointed Aldermen of Wards: Saint Nicholas' Ward Saint John's Ward. Henry Ingledew, Esq. Thomas William Keenlyside, Esq. QUARTERLY MEETINGS. The Quarterly Meetings of the Council were fixed for the first Wednesday in February, May, and August respectively, at one p.m. THE NEW WARD. On the motion of the MAYOR, seconded by Mr. HAMOND, it was resolved that the councillors elected for the new ward of Westgate shall go out of office in the following order, viz. :--Mr. Geo. Forster, Mr. Jonathan Angus, and Mr. Joseph Cowen, jun. APPOINTMENTS. The four divisional inspectors of police were appointed assistant inspectors of provisions. Sub-Inspector John Curtin was appointed billet master. The Council adjourned to the first Wednesday in December. ADJOURNED MEETING. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1865. AN Adjourned Meeting of the Council was this day held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall Buildings-the Mayor (Mr. Ald. Dodds) presiding. JESUS' HOSPITAL. The first business was the filling up of a vacancy in the above hospital, occasioned by the death of Mrs. Mary Dodd. There were sixteen candidates, whose names were called out in the following order: Mary Ann Anderson, aged 67; Bertha Ray, 66; Mary Ann Elliott, 69; Margaret Lambert, 66; Elizabeth Lupton, 64; Ellen Welsh, 69; Ellen Mill, 67; Mary Angus, 74; Margaret Hill, 69; Frances Pattinson, 72; Margaret Atkinson, 60; Margaret Wilkinson, 68; Margaret Miller, 69; Isabella Martin, 68; Ann Donkin, 64; Catherine Forbs, 64. Mr. Ald. INGLEDEW proposed Elizabeth Caldwell, aged 78. He said she was an invalid and could not attend. Mr. BROWN proposed Mrs. Margaret Lambert. She was blind, and had maintained herself by keeping cows; but now she had lost all her cows by the rinderpest. Mr. HAMOND said he had known Margaret Lambert's husband for many years, and he also testified to the deserving character of the applicant. Mr. BENSON said the Council would remember that he had proposed Margaret Atkinson for a great number of times. She was not totally blind, but she was sufficiently blind to prevent her from doing anything. She had been second on the list twice, and it was generally understood she should have the next turn. Mr. Ald. NICHOL recommended Frances Pattinson, aged 72, as a very deserving object. Mr. HEDLEY nominated Mary Ann Anderson, aged 67. She had applied for twelve years. She was nearly blind. These were all the candidates proposed, and on the vote being taken, Mrs. Lambert was elected by a large majority. |