The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

ailwal Ai the n dis- he said e guar who ball be ding iii rare of ered to rst da/ ayab le share s cane , June 11, 1844. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. _winesda sua y i monthly meeting of the Council was held on last. FINANCE COMMITTEE. .. ft appeared from the proceedings of this committee that Pe s ub-committ ee appointed by them had made various Hreuiries and take', a considerable body of evidence since hthe last meeting of the Council, touching the conduct of % Rishton and Mr. Woods, the district surveyors. f r °Pinion was that M r . Rishton's character was free !f rom bl emish ; but that. as regarded Mr. Woods, the case as verY different. The latter bad, however, tendered his Zignation of the office, and thus the sub-committee had of opinion the pain of further investigation. They were or opinion that the manner in which Mr. Rishton had dis eharged the d u ti es un d er t h e b u ildi ng ac t, f u lly en titled him to te the increase of salary which the Finance Commit but e had h eretofore recommended the Council to sanction ; b,-t, te theY thought it mer it e d cons id era ti on a s to whether a r distribution of the duties of the surveyors might totlie seeur t d. in. 11 ,.. r ,:,,9• H. LAWRENCE moved the confirmation of the +: o °-- ","' n gs, and that the salary be increased from £2OO ,tbiseno per annum. It would require some considera be filled as to how the place occupied by Mr. Woods should ; and if the council agreed to the moo, it would 'nth the understanding that Mr. Rishton ti 's n salary be increased, subject to some better distribution of his duties w tlci those of the sub-surveyors under him, as the wisdom tettathienen. ealth and Fire Committees might think fit to de- Su THOMAS BRANCKER seconded the motion. th r. A SPINALL did not rise to oppose it, but merely to ....row out a suggestion. He thought that, before Mr. ;40mi:rods:a successor were appointed, the sub-committee e° from the Finance, Health, and Fire Committees, should define the duties of the sub-surveyors, and that the surveying department could not be carried on satisfacto rily unle ss they had one head. The business cou ld b e 17trettinag m t the. same expense if more men were employed , four sub.swvßeyishton for instance, at the head, and having ors instead of two, as was the number at Ir o esent • but th e h ea d s h ou ld b e answera bl e f or all. He ry u a, g na h ts t o : N hf l terirl.ee Rishton fully entitled to the increase of sa sery wasnotamore efficient, honest, or upright Corporation. The proceedings. including the recommendation as to the increase, were accordingly confirmed ; so also was a s the recomm en d , n s d i a d t e i o o n f to sell the reversion of a piece of land on 1 Myrtle -street and west side of Sugnall t , uPort which a Presbyterian Chapel is intended to be erected. • WATCH COMTTEE. The proceedings of the Wa t ch , Lighting, Cleasing, and Pire-Po liceCommittees, comprising an increase to the "1811' of m r. Capes Ashli n , s ecretary and cashier, from t 2 OO to £240 per annum, were next read. These proceed ings contained a report from Mr. Miller, the head con stable, in which be recommended that, as a deficiency of Water was frequently experienced at fires occurring within the borough, eight new water-carts or tanks be procured - -the carts to be kept constantly filled, and mounted upon patent springs with patent axles. Dir. 1-1. Hughes offered, for a sum of £42, to fit up St. Nicholas's Church clock ; but the committee stated that the experiment was unsa tisfactory, and requested that he should put the clock into the state in which it was at the time he commenced his experiments. The committee resolved that in consequence of the manner in which Mr. Whitty offered to give in structions to his successor, &c., he be paid his salary up o the quarter ending the 27th July next; and it was re etnmended that a drill-master should be appointed to the constabulary force. The proceedings were confirmed, and Mr. Lloyd was added to the committee in place of Mr. Boutflower. THE DOCK COMMITTEE.—THE DOCK BILL. The proceedings of the Dock Committee under the ex isting acts havin g been read and confirmed, the Dock Bill, as amended and proposed to be amended, was brought wader consideration. Clauses 83 and 84, with reference to the casting of mud, sand, clay, or rubbish, into the tidal waters of the Mersey, were read, so also was clause 135, which conveyed a power to remove vessels ; and rclausehtel49, whi c h grante d a power to se ll l an d no t requ i re d Purposes of the act. Mr. VAN S observed that, in the discussion before the Dock Committee, he objected to any powers being given which would authorise the letting or disposing in any way of the dock quays ; and he believed Mr. Bramley-Moore had g i ven an assurance that the amendments would not involve any such right. for the course thg e we"cin B RAuLny-Moom said the quays were necessary of the docks and, if this were so, of Power did not extend to the quays at all. the Mr. EvA NS believed the Town-Clerk would say that La s..Y might sell the rig of buiin warehouses on them. e had no confidence i ht n any system that would divide the mana g e ment or the ownership of the warehouses on the ck 4 "Y , ; and, therefore, he bad on all occasions pro th t ?d a gainst any clause or amendment which would give the i r °ck tvarehousee" unittee the right to dispose of the quays, or s Ight to let any o th er p ar ti es than themselves erect upon them. He wished Mr. Bramley-Moore ucstnelez s r P at i himself in a decided way as to what was his own stan a ding on the su apprehended that, under the words of the clause, the dock quays being reserved for general use, there m i g h t be an erection upon pillars,--for instance, Ifora warehouse, and which warehouse might be used consistently with the recited acts and the present act. The claus e would certainly let in an erection of that kind. wha Mr . EVAN S aga i n urge d M r . B ram l e y•Moore to declare t his understanding was upon the subject. Mr. LACE said Mr. Moore's opinion would be imma terial, as the question m if its here hould a ever b e e i contemplated ded. e r vee A w ittlN said th at to ' i r` r. a rehouses on the quays, the subject would come be Mr. the Council as a spec ifi c mo ti on . v Axs said th e cau se of hi s being so anxious was, that b e h ad not the slightest doubt but any warehouses on the dock quays, connected with the docks under the dock. estate management, would hereafter clear the docks alto gether of every thing like rates. (Hear.) But, if those quays were handed over in a jobbing way, and furtively got into the bands of individuals, the hundreds of thou sands or millions of money which they would produce Would go into private pockets, and leave the harbour of Liverpool under all its ancient rates and burdens. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said that if be understood the Town-Clerk aright, the case stood thus :—that, if the bill passed, the Dock Committee might sanction an erection to be managed by some joint-stock company. The TOWN •CLERK.—But reserving the ground floor or quay. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE.—Yes ; but virtually handing over the possession of it to a joint-stcck company. He thought they should soon know what they were about. He would just as soon be ruled by the Dock Trustees as by a joint-stock company ; and if warehouses were to be built round the quays, be thought the management of both docks and warehouses would go on better if in the hands of the Dock Trustees. He had, however, always been opposed t o ware h ouses on t h e quays. Mr. H UGH HORNBY said the original intention of the Dock Committ ee , b y t h e c l ause , was to ena b le them to dispose of any surplus land. They never contemplated to obt a i n powers to lease the dock quays. He thought the clause ought to be so worded as to carry out the real in t ntions of the committee; yet he saw no objection to it tbit stood a t present, for though it gave the comm i ttee ..eyosver s i n question, those powers would not be car out•ru without the consent of the Council, and there out."( Eiintention at the present moment of carrying them The several) clauses were then agreed to. IlaTishipsr MARKETS COMMITTEE. that they lmit presented a report, in which they stated • had taken into consideration the several memo lag for a change in the market-day, and suggest ,l,l,g the earlier closing of the markets on Saturday nights. aThey conceived that the changing of the market-day from e t urday to F r id ay wou ld b e mere l y nom i na l, i nasmuc h the rich wou ld still continue to make Satur d ay t h e i r Market-day The only real benefit which could arise Would be by closing the markets earlier on Saturday nights. They thought that if this rule could be generally enforced, it would be beneficial ; but, until then, it would be unjust to the market shopkeepers to compel them to close, when their customers would thereby be driven to other places, where they would get provisions of an infe rior quality, and be obliged to pay higher prices. The proceedings were confirmed; and Mr. Kaye was added to the committee in place of Mr. Boutflower. EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The average attendance at the schools, from the 24th of April to the 29th of May, was reported to be as fol lows : 1.43 total, 596. otal, 511. be —a t North—Boys, 234 ; g i r l s' an 189 - inf ts ' South—Boys, 192 ; girls, 132 ; infants The number on the books was stat e a to North, 512 ; at the South, 673. The committee were of opinion that the necessity of continuing the Superinten dent of the Schools no longer existed. Mr. Stone's ser vices will, therefore, be discontinued on and after the 30 th of September next. The proceedings were confirmed ; and Mr. G. G. il° rnb.Y was added to the committee in place of Mr. Bouttlower. OBSERVATORY COMMITTEE. This committee reported that, after having taken into con sideration a variety of contradictory memorials re. aPecting the rating of chronometers at the Observatory, th ey had authorised the observer to receive chronometers, and to rate them- at a charge of 7s. 6d. each. Mr. BIREETT thought this was the time to take an ?P.Mion as to whether the Council were about to turn re interfellien etaoinicier.adesmen. He moved as an amendment—" That, tion to g that the recommendation would be an unjust ters to the w ith the retail tradesmen, it be an instruc e co mmittee to confine the rating of chronome hose gaged • belonging either to a maker or others en- T. In their repair, or to any public officer." grou n n e dr le hdment, not baying been seconded, fell to the _ a e ters at Mr • p n om • Altxtrt denounced the system of regulating chro any price and said that, if the Observatory gwraattezted for the pUblic good, they ought to be rated 1181 The y. lip, a u Question was then taken by the members standing digle t .' ; t he proceedings were confirmed with only two --ent a, — Messrs. Birkett and Parker. ...Mr. ot HEALTH COMMITTEE. . 11 qr --" x was added to this committee in place of • Boutflower. Mr. THE 11• THE CORONER'S ACCOUNTS. ;Pnn r ; • " LAWRENCE moved that the Coroner's ac iz--; a mounting to £lOl 4s. 6d., be referr ed to the til!nce C ommittee for payment. Mr. 13R AMLEY•MOORE expressed a hope that the Fi nanceo:L Commit tee would direct their attention to those 'co unts, as th ey were increasing month after month. accor ding to the present list, 29 po s t-mortem examina ,7 o s had be en h e ld ,—t h ree on persons w h o h a d been ' d own ed, and who were known, and none on three others, :2° had been drowned, and who were unknown. There -v re great discrepancies in the accountb ; and, in his opi R 44. who were' Majesties , he Empe- Ambassa and pair,- Baron war he various rty arrived eceived by •, the Kin( Houses of e visit Wel -or, on his e Duchess afternoon , is villa at mperor of nd a large era in the be assets departure ;Warner. imber of ester and 110,000- commis burn and Northern .L.—Tbis on Tiles ! is about piles ; tI3C le Earl of the Lan ,th of the Cumber his lord ;, in the bad an lion had bitration ngs, the bitrators costs of arbitra claimant :WAY.-. House House ) before ion, it is )use lin ers, that at ; and, become gt week, Thames lon and Ashton, Ashton :kb and ;ed the inburgb reading ;ularity, r.—We the line are now Corr - to can ard, di rbv line ie and in coal- g, some 'n, and irn and pose of tended rveyed, ount of There tension Ahura and of i Tod ricinity nion, if there was a pest-morlem examination in one case, there was the same necessity for holding such an exami nation in all. The MAYOR.—If a cart-wheel were to run over a man's bead, there would be no necessity. (A laugh.) Mr. PA RKER said that last month the accounts amount ed to £72, now they were £101; and yet, if this were the unlucky month of November, when people were in the habit of destro)ing themselves, the difference could be accounted for, but, as it happened, it was the joyous month of May. (A laugh.) He thought the accounts required looking after; for in 1832 those accounts , for the year, came to £282 16s , whereas they now amounted to £lOOO per annum. Mr. LLOYD accounted for the difference by stating that the Coroner's district extended to the whole parliamentary borough. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE said it was impossible for the Council to interfere with the Coroner, inasmuch as he was above their control, and had a right to call for medi cal assistance if he pleased. The increase of accidents had arisen from the increased trade and size of the town. The TOWN-CLERK observed that post-mortem exami nations were always held at the instance of the jury. It, indeed, a wheel had flattened a man's head, (great .augh ter,) there would be no occasion for such an examination. Mr. LACE deprecated general accusations against a public officer, and urged upon the Council to make a specific charge. Mr. THORNHILL asked whether it was legal to have the same jury always, as was the case at present? The TOWN-CLERK replied it was, but that there would be a saving of expense if the allowance to the jury were abolished, and the jury themselves were selected from the burgesses at large. The plan, however, of selecting a jury generally had been tried, and had given great annoy ance. The accounts were referred to the Finance Committee. OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. An application from the Secretary of the Operative Protestant Association, for the use of the North Corpo ration School, in which to hold the monthly meetings of that body, was read and declined. ST. LUKE'S DELLS. The MAYOR read a letter from the Rev. Mr. Law rence, one of the m►nisters of St. Luke's Church, in which he requested that that building should be placed in a more effective condition. The beautiful peal of bells, he said, suspended in the tower, were being spoiled from neglect end want of use, whereas a small sum annually would enable them to be rung for half an hour on Sundays. Mr. G. A. LAWRENCE objected on financial grounds. Mr. TURNER said that when they were rung they were a great nuisance to the inhabitants of Rodney-street. Mr. BUSHELL thought the better way would be to take the bells down, and let them be sold for old metal, if, on financial grounds, they could not be rung, so that, at all events, the town might derive some notes from them—(a laugh.) The application was referred to the Church Expenditure Committee. THE MAGISTRATES. The MAYOR acknowledged the receipt of a long memo rial from the Protestant Operative Association and Refor mation Society of Dublin, complaining of the conduct of the Borough Magistrates, with reference to Orangemen in the Police Force. It was entered as read. It has already appeared in our columns. ALLEGED VACANCY IN ST. ANNE'S WARD. The MAYOR read a memorial from certain of the registered burgesses of St. Anne's Ward. The memori alists stated their belief that Mr. Robert Jones, one of the councillors for that ward, was not duly qualified, ac cording to the provisions of the act to hold the said office. The act required that a councillor should be an inhabitant householder within the borough, or seven miles thereof, and that he should be rated to the poor at the annual value of £3O. The memorial then went on to say that Mr. Jones resided not within the borough, or seven miles thereof ; that he had lately Quitted his house at West Derby, and gone to reside at Hale; and that his brewery, at Rose-hill, and in respect of which he had been rated to the poor, was now occupied by other individuals. The parties, therefore, contended that he had become disquali fied, and that the ward ought to be declared vacant forth with. _ • _ • . The MAYOR said that he had received that morning a note from Mr. Jones, (then in his place in the Council,) in which he stated that he had not been made a bankrupt, or taken the benefit of the insolvent act, or compounded by deed or otherwise with his creditors, and that he was ready to satisfy him, (the Mayor) or the Town-Clerk upon the subject. Eventually it was agreed that Mr. Jones should com municate with the Town-clerk upon the subject. ROWLAND HILL. A memorial praying a subscription for the Rowland H ill testimonial was ordered to lie on the table. SLIPS AND STAGES. Seven bye-laws for the better regulation of the slips and stages, to prevent accidents on landing and boating, and to extend the time for landing and boating passengers and goods at the piers on steam vessels going beyond the port, were submitted and referred to the Finance Committee, with instructions to confer with other committees. The Council adjourned soon after two o'clock. DOCK COMMITTEE.-THIIRSDAY. Present—Messrs. Moore, Barclay, Holmes, Molyneux, Holt, Chilton, Evans, Royden, Kendal, Shand, Ripley, Bold, and Aikin. The tender of Messrs. Jones and Jump to execute the carpenters' work, at a new shed to be erected at the north docks, was accepted.—Leave was given to place an iron pallisade round the New Observatory.—Mr. Ripley moved that a public clock should be placed at the north end of the Prince's Dock, but the subject was, after some dis cussion, referred to the Sub-committee.—The Sub-com mittee of Works recommended that in coping the river wall at the Albert Dock, granite should be used instead of sand-stone. Mr. Evans opposed this on the ground of the great expense, and the matter was referred back to the committee, in order that estimates of the relative cost of the two materials might be procured.—Mr. Ripley said that merchants were complaining exceedingly of not being able to get their ships berthed opposite to the tran sit sheds, in consequence of vessels loading there ; and it appeared that the dock-masters had not sufficient discre tionary power to remove vessels already i n l oa di ng b erths. He thought every facility ought to be given to vessels discharging at these sheds. After some li tt l e conversa tion the matter was referred to the Sub -committee.—Th e harbour-masters' Sub-committee recommended that the second stage berth at the south-east end of the Prince's Dock should be appropriated to the use of vessels trading regularly to Rio de Janeiro. The Chairman said that a distinction ought to be drawn between packet-ships and transit vessels. A letter from Messrs. M'Tear and Had field, objecting to this exclusive privilege, and requesting that their vessels to Rio might be similarly provided for, was read. An answer was directed to be returned, to the effect that if their vessels were despatched on regular days they would have the same accommodation.—A letter from Mr. W. H. Hutchinson, es to the erection of a shed at Trafalgar Dock, was referred to the Committee of Works. —The chairman of the Steam Tug Company inclosed the following resolution to the committee, and stated that it had been passed the day before at the annual meeting . of the proprietors :—" That it is the opinion of this meeting that in future the directors will not be justified in placing a steamer of this company at the disposal of the Dock Committee, on any dangerous service, without a fair re muneration for any services performed." After some little conversation, the resolution was referred to the Marine Surveyor's Sub-committee, who have been in treaty with the company.—The resolution passed last week as to the survey of the channels outside the banks, was referred to the Marine Surveyors' Committee, to determine what was necessary to be done. THE WALLASEY DOCKS. Mr. RIPLEY asked the chairman if he had a communi cation fom the conservators of the river as to the Wallasey docks ? The CHAIRMAN said there was one from the Admiralty. Mr. RI PLEY.—I should like to see it. Mr. EVANS.-I have heard that it has been forwarded to you officially. The CIIAIR;SAN said he considered it to be his dut✓ first to submit the document to the Parliamentary Com mittee. When they had dealt with it he should do as they thought proper. That was not the place to bring it first. Mr. EVANS said that if they delayed, it might be too late for that committee to take any notice of it. The CHAIRMAN.—I am sorry to say I cannot agree with you. Mr. EVANS never knew of a document being withheld after it was acknowledged to be in existence. Here were bills going on and if the document were withh e ld f or another week the bill might be passed or thrown out. He called upon the chairman to place the report before the committee. The CHAIRMAN was sorry he could not comply with the request. It was a part and parcel of the parliamentary proceedings, in answer to a communication of his own, and he thought it his duty to lay it before them first. Mr. SHAND.—You have not received it as chairman of the Dock Committee, but as chairman of the Parliamen tary Committee. The CHAIRMAN. — In answer to a parliamentary com munication. Mr. EVANS knew that the document had been supplied elsewhere officially, and he thought the Dock Committee ought not to be the last party left in ignorance. The CHAIRMAN said he should lay it before the Parlia mentary Committee, and they could deal with it as they thought proper. Mr. ATKIN thought that the document ought to be sub mitted. It had been forwarded to other parties, and might next day appear in the public prints. What could there be in matters connected with the conservators of the fiver and the Admiralty of that secret and myste rious nature as to prevent the committee from seeing the document ? The CHAIRMAN said there was nothing mysterious in it ; but his course appeared to be to lay it before the Par liamentary Committee. If such documents were to be laid before the general committee, the use of the Parlia mentary Committee was none at all. Mr. BARCLAY.—What is the document ? Mr. RIPLEY.—It has reference to the navigation of the river. Mr. AIKIN said they bad been told that the great ne cessity for opposing the Wallasey Dock Bill was because of the injury that would be sustained by the naviga t ion of the river. That belief was founded on the opinion of some engineers, who said that the building of the wall at Wallasey would be injurious : other engineers were of a contrary opinion ; an d if it cou ld b e es t a bli s h e d c learly in the minds of the Admiralty and the conservators that it would not be injurious, that might induce the Dock Com mittee to say to the sub-committee that they must expend no further sum in the way of opposition to the bill. Now, if the document tended to show that the wall would not be injurious, it ought t o b e pro d uce d , an d t h e Parliamen tary Committee should come to the general committee for THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. further instructiOttg, If that was the case, or anything like it, he could hilt see why the chair man should withhold the communiatiod; Mr. EVA IsTs.—Allcrvi tne to ask you when you received that document ? The CHAIRMAN.—On Monday. Mr. EVANS.—Have you not had time to communicate with the sub-committee since then ? The CHAIRMAN.—No. There wat another document for which 1 had to send to London, and that only arrived this morning. Mr. BARaAY did not conceive that sub-committees were appointed to keep things secret from the general committee. They were only appointed because a few individuals could transact the business better than a large number. Mr. MOLYNEUX thought the chairman had taken the proper course. . - The CHAIRMAN said he had not the least objection to the general committee seeing the document, but it did appear to him to be the proper course. So far he could trlt them that it did not approve of the plan on the other side of the water. Mr. EVANS said the course they took was to throw over that board alt tgt-ther, and let events go on until its interference was use:es3. The CHAlRMAN.—Considering it to be my duty, I shall adopt the course until the committee overrule me. Mr. RIPLEY felt as Mr. Evans did. He thought they ought to see the document. He understood the chairman to say that the Wallasey Docks were not approved, but he (Mr. Ripley) understood that the second document did approve of the plan. Mr. RIPLEY, seconded by Mr. EVANS, then moved for the production of the document. The CHAIRMAN said he was going to ask the Parlia mentary Committee to meet that day, after the keneral meeting. In many inst ances th e y wou ld b e exposing their own secrets if documents relating to parliamentary pro ceedings were not kept secret. Mr. EVANS.—But the document is actually out of doors. I never saw things carried with such a high hand as they have been within the la-t twelve months. The CHAIRMAN,—I should be sorry to merit that, be cause I wish to do otherwise. The votes were then tiken, when there appeared for the production of the document 5, against it 10, namely : For—Messrs. Ripley, Holt, Aikin, Barclay, and Evans. Against—Messrs. Middleton, Kendall, Chilton, Bold, Smith, Boyden, Molyneux, Shand, Holmes, and the Chairman. Pool might be constructed without continuing the river wall across the whole orifice of the pool—leaving a portion open, as at present, for coasters ; but were his plan to be adopted, the benefit to be derived from a continuous river wall would be lost, and silting would take place at both sides of the projection. The writer concludes as follows : " Mr. Walker states, and every engineer agrees on this subject, that there is no place in Liverpool where docks could be made without abstracting water; and Mr. Page's late experiments on the set of the tides, which I myself witnessed, prove that it is the water on the Liverpool side that passes through the Victoria Channel, all his floats from Wallasey Pool having passed out of the Rock Channel or over the banks. These facts are very material, as it appears that Independent of the beneficial effects, as al ready described, attending a continuous river wall along the front of Wallasey Pool, it will prevent any further displacement of water ever taking place, should the neces sity of commerce reqnire dock extension at Birkenhead, as all docks hereafter made at that place will add to the water space, for they must be made within the line of the river wall, where there is ample room and the ground pe culiarly adapted for such purposes. In conclusion, I beg to inform your lordships that I see nothing in the evi dence to induce me to alter the opinion I gave on a former occasion to your lordships, res pecting both the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock Blis, as I feel convinced, if they be constructed according to the plans originally approved of by your lordships, the works will improve the navigation of the river, particularly as I understand the promoters of the Birkenhead Docks have not only inserted a clause in their bill, preventing any person throwing into the river Mersey any of the silt dredged out of their docks and basins, but have also expressed their willingness to accept of the silt the Liverpool Dock Trustees may send them, and dispose of it in the rear of their river wall, thus set tling the difficult question respecting the dock mud." A conversation here ensued, in which, in reply to Mr. Ripley and Mr. Evans, who thought the report not un favourable to docks on the other side, The CHAIRMAN said that the original plan had been altered entirely ; that the line of wall had been thrown back (in the plan now before the Lords) 450 feet, and that Capt. Evans disapproved of that plan, and recom mended their lordships to fall back upon the original plan. Mr. EvANs said this was only a preference, not an opposition. The CHAIRMAN said the report was merely Captain Evans's opinion, which they had nothing to do with. They had the evidence of eight or nine of the first engi neers, not one of whom Captain Evans had ventured to quote. Mr. Num, said the opinions of the Lords Conserva tors were still as open as ever upon the subject. They had called on Captain Evans to report upon the evidence in reply to Mr. Moore's letter; but his communication was no answer to Mr. Moore, nor was it intended to be an'answer. The Lords Conservators were most anxious to hear further evidence, as they were not yet convinced. The conflicting evidence alluded to by Capt. Evans was of little moment. As to Mr. Rendall's plan of scouring, it was by no means novel, and had failed at Cardiff and elsewhere. Mr. RIPLEY attached much importance to Captain Evans's opinion, and should like to see the evidence of the Marine Surveyor and Mr. Hartley. He believed the Marine Surveyor was of opinion that the Wallasey Docks would not injure the navigation. Mr. EVANS said that unless he saw the evidence of Mr. Walker and the other engineers, he would not take it for granted that they were altogether opposed to the project. It was admitted that they had not given unqua lified evidence against it. Mr. MOLYNEUX said they differed on the main points. Mr. Nicol, said they all agreed that the damming up of Wallasey Pool would produce an important effect on the sea transit of the river. Mr. Rendall and Mr. Cubitt, as he had said before, were in favour of the project; but all the others, without exception, spoke of the effect, and he believed they were all adverse to it. Mr. Walker, in particular, said the subject was one which required very great consideration. Mr. EVANS said that his namesake, in giving his opi nion. had had all the advantage to be derived from the various engineers ; and he had never read a report which was more clear and conclusive. Mr. AIKIN said the principal question was whether a continuous river -wall, from Seacombe Point to Woodside Ferry, would be injurious or not. Now if he (Mr.Aikin) understood Captain Evans aright, he was of opinion that the building a wall across Wallasey Pool and along the Cheshire side of the river would be as beneficial to the navigation as the building the wall along the Lancashire side had been. He was not quite sure, but he thought, that long before either he or the chairman had anything to do with the borough, plans had been deposited at the Board of Admiralty, and a scheme propounded to carry a sea-wall all along both sides of the river ; and that these plans had been approved of by Mr. Walker many years ago. If that were so, and it should turn out as he anti cipated, that the Admiralty had approved of them also, he (Mr.Aikin) was of opinion they would be as fruitlessly expending the money of the Dock Estate in opposing the bill in the House of Lords as they had in the Commons. Captain Evans's report contained the very pith and mar row of the evidence ; and his opinion was more likely to weigh with the Lords Conservators than the opinion of any of the members of the general board. Mr. EVANS said it was the opinion of engineers twenty years ago, that the doing away with indentures on both shores would be highly desirable. Mr. AIKIN, seeing the evidence of such a conflicting nature, moved—" That the evidence, as given before the parliamentary committee, be submitted to the general board, and that further opposition to the Wallasey Dock Bill be not proceeded with until the sub-committee again receive the sanction of the general board." Mr. EvANs seconded the motion. Mr. Nicol, thought it their bounden duty to bring be fore parliament, in every possible shape, their objections to , the proposed works; and if, after the evidence was exhausted, the Lords Conservators sanctioned them, on their own heads be it. Mr. AIKIN said he should persevere with his motion, believing it was high time for them to consider how they could check the useless expenditure of thousands of pounds. Mr. MOLYNEUX moved, as an amendment to Mr. Aikin's motion,—" That this board, having full confi dence in the judgment and discretion of the Parliamentary Sub-committee, request them to continue to watch the proceedings in parliament relative to the Birkenhead Dock Bill, and to take such measures as may be consi dered necessary to prevent any injury being done thereby to the navigation of the river.' , Mr. Tontr4 seconded the amendment. The Chairman then took the votes, when there ap peared— For the amendment—Messrs.Nicol, Middleton, Smith, Chilton, Molyneux, Trotman, Holmes, Tobin, Sandbacb, Bold, Shand, and the Chairman. Against it—Messrs. Barclay, Holt, Aikin, Evans, Rip ley, and Bulley. The amendment was therefore declared to be carried, and the committee adjourned. The Committee then proceeded to financial matters. FRIDAY'S PROCEEDINGS.—THE BIRKENHEAD DOCKS. A special meeting of the committee was held on Friday. for the purpose of taking into consideration the chairman's leiteron tat half of the Committee to the Lords Conservators of the river Mersey; together with the digest of (or state ment on) the parliamentary evidence, as drawn up by Captain Evans, the acting conservator. All the members of the board were present with the exception of Messrs. Royden and Moon. The CHAIRMAN opened by stating that the documents had been submitted to the parliamentary sub-committee, who, being of opinion that there was nothing in them pre judicial to the interests of the Dock Estate, had requested him to lay them before the general committee. The sub committee, he added, were further of opinion that the course he had pursued on the previous day was the correct one, as they considered that documents connected with proceedings in parliament should be laid before them in the first instance that they might keep them back, or make them public, as might appear most prudent. He explained that he could not call the sub-committee sooner together, as one of the documents did not come to hand until Monday, and the other he had only received the previous day (Thursday.) He offered no opinion on the documents, except to say that Captain Evans's report went into a great deal of matter totally irrelevant to the subject, and was not what the admiralty had asked him for, as instead of a digest of the evidence, it was the mere opinion of Captain Evans himself. The memorial to which it was a reply (and which would now be read) had been drawn up under the best advice, and was in accordance with the opinion of the council. The SECRETARY then read the memorial to the Lords Conservators of the River, and which was signed by Mr. Bramley-Moore. It set forth that a bill was then pending in parliament for the construction of certain tidal basins and other works at Birkenhead, on the site of the creek called Wallasey Pool, and which involved the damming up of the pool itself, as well as the reclaiming of 120 acres at the mouth of the pit ; that the Dock Trustees opposed it on public consideration only, and did not oppose the con struction of docks and other works at Wallasey Pool, provided they are so planned as not to injure or endanger the navigat'on of the port; that they had consulted emi nent engineers, and were advised by them :hat it was likely, to be injurious to the navigation of the river, and especi ally to the sea channels of the port, inasmuch as the eb bing waters were now barely sufficient to keep those chan nels open, and the present scheme would greatly reduce the volume of such waters; that it had been alleged that their lordships approved of the scheme, and had sanc tioned it, and that the promoters of the measure urged that such sanction ought to be conclusive ; that the Dock Trustees were informed that it had been stated to their lordships that although the proposed works would dimi nish the quantity of water, yet that that might be compen sated for by reserving a certain quantity and discharging it at a later period of the tide, when it would be more effectual for scouring the channels; that the dock trus tees have taken every means to test this assertion, and that experienced engineers were of opinion that the mode proposed of compensating for the water abstracted would be altogether unavailing ; and, under these circumstances, the Dock Trustees " earnestly request their lordships to cause an inquiry to be instituted in such manner as may be deemed expedient, as to the probable effects of these works upon the sea channels of the port, and that the opi nion of the most eminent engineers and of other persons distinguished in science, may be ascertained before your lordships' final sanction and approval is given." The me morial, in conclusion, stated that other objections existed as to the impracticability and injurious tendency of the proposed works. Mr. EVANS wished to know who the eminent engineers alluded to were? _ The CHAIRMAN said there was a long list of them — nine of the most eminent men. In reply to other ques tions, he admitted there was certainly a difference of opi nion amongst them on some points. Mr. Walker had been examined. He had not yet been able to procure a printed copy of the evidence, but expected it shortly. The SECRETARY then read the reply to the Chairman's communication, which was signed by Capt. Evans, dated London 24th May, and addressed to the Lords Conser vators. The writer stated that he had examined evidence given before a committee of the House of Commons, order to ascertain if the obj ections to the proposed stated in a letter of M r. Bramle y -Moore to their lord ships,d by eminent civil engineers, and that works, stated were s ustained after a careful perusal of the evidence pro and con, he found lordships'such a views confli ct ing i e sby a simple nature that statementhe should of the facts best their r e case, leaving their lordships to draw their own meet otifht the of conclusions. The objections of the Trustees of the Li verpool docks appeared to him to be as follow, viz., that if the proposed works at Wallasey Pool be carried into effect, the abstraction of the water contained in the pool will, to a serious degree, endanger the navigation of the river Mersey, but most particularly the sea channels of the port. He thought Mr. Moore's objection easily dis posed of on the known principles of tidal action in estua ries. The river wall to he constructed across Wallasey Pool would not contract or narrow the volume of water entering the estuary, as Seacombe point extended further into the river than the proposed wall. The tidal wave entering the narrows at Seacombe would, if confined by this wall, increase in velocity, and tend to keep the chan nels above and below Liverpool clearer of deposit than they were at present. He did not think that in approving of the plan their lordships looked for compensation for the water extracted from the pool, to any quantity that might be sluiced out, as that would be barely sufficient to carry away the silt with which it would be charged; but that their lordships were guided by the motives that influenced them in favour of the Liverpool Dock Bill—that the river wall would in both cases compensate for the displacement of the tidal water, by giving a more direct course or greater velocity to the tide, and thus improving the navigation of the river. It was well known that a tidal wave, if confi ned in its progress through an estuary, would increase in velocity, and rise in proportion as the space it previously occupied was to the space into which it which it might be foreed. Of this the Severn and the Bay of Fundy afforded practical proofs. (He here gives statistics in demonstra tion.) He was quite certain that the increased velocity obtained by walling in Wallasey Pool would compensate for the loss of water which the erection of docks on both sides the river would occasion. The channels into Liver pool were now better than in ancient times, notwithstand ing that in the construction of the Liverpool docks ten millions of cubic yards of tidal water were displaced, the entrance to the river considerably contracted, and a pool similar to that at Wallasey dammed up. The engineers L if i v t e h r e p y o o m l a w d o e u s l u d c b h e e I n u c i r n o e a d cl . lm F e o n r t o o n f t t h h o e s e r i daysv e r the i p d o r t t h o a f t andtg u r e n a a te t e e x rl experience r th i e e n Cc velocityeo rl - : ) 0a o s r t a hs t e i h o ot n wi dtook that ts d ti i o ff e e p r rr e oi n vv t ee v rd i w e t w ha n f ba t y h v i e . case, g g a i l i i n on g of the Mersey. He considered the objection in evidence to the refuge basin f or coasters to be well founded and attributed this to the a lt erat i on from the original plan he had submitted. (He here poi n t s out t h e evils of the de viation, and states that the propo se d b as i n i s too small for the numerous coasters that now t a k e refuge on the banks at the entrance of the pool.) He propo se d th at a similar basin should be constructed on the south side of the Woodside Ferry pier. An objection made to the 'altera. tion in the line of river-wall between Seacombe and Woodside was also, in his opinion, well founded. In the original plan the wall ran in a straight line from Seacombe to Woodside, across the orifice of the pool. He objected to a projection in the centre at the north end of the tidal basin, which would check the tide, diminish its velocity, and tend to silt up the basin. He would recommend their lordships not to allow any alteration from the original straight line of wall. A great portion of the evidence re lated to the novel plan of Mr. Rendel, the engineer of the works for scouring the tidal basin, by keeping up such a state of agitation as would not allow the sediment to sub side. The plan had not been tried, and might fail, when dredging must be resorted to, the matter not to be cast in_ to the river. The effect of the water to be sluiced into the river by this novel plan would be of very little use as a scour, as it would be so charged with silt as to neutralize the effect, as occurred in scouring out the tidal basins in Liverpool. It was stated by some of the engineers that projections on the Cheshire side would cause a deposit in front of the Liverpool Docks, but from the straight course of the river in that part of it, the projections would cause a deposit on the side on which they were. The engineers themselves proved this, for they stated that the Plucking_ ton Bank, on the Liverpool side, is occasioned by the pro jection of the Knott's Hole Rocks on the same side ; a n d Captain Fitzroy expressed the same opirion. Mr. Walke r , engineer, stated that the proposed tidal basin at 'Wallasey LIVERPOOL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. On Tuesday, the 14th ult., Mr. D. Waldie delivered the second part of a communication on Flame and its prac tical relation to Light, Heat, and Smoke, with special relation to the Combustion of Coal, of which the follow ing is a brief abstract : _ _ He commenced by a brief recapitulation of the first part of the communication delivered at the previous monthly meeting. Combustion was defined to be an act of chemi cal combination of such intensity as to be productive of heat and light, and flame was such a process taking place between two bodies both in the gaseous state. Two sub stances of opposite chemical affinities were necessary to this process ; and though one class were usually called combustibles, and another, such as air or oxygen, sup porters of combustion, there was no real distinction be tween the two, the difference being only circumstantial, both being alike combustibles, and each a supporter of the combustion of the other. In gaseous combustion, combination always takes place between definite proportions of the two substances, and may be affected either between the two gases previously mixed, or during the spontaneous mixture which takes place when one gas flows into another. In the latter case, the various circumstances of density, combining propor tion and composition of the two gases, influence the form, size, and appearance of the flame. Light gases, which possess great diffusibility or tendency to spread through others, form large flames when they burn in an atmosphere of heavier gas, and vice versa. Again, when one gas requires a much larger volume than its own of another to combine with it, when the former flows into an atmosphere of the latter, it forms a large flame, requiring to spread far through it ; when the cir cumstances are reversed, a small flame is the result. In such cases, when simple gases are employed, or even some compound ones, the flame consists of three parts :- Ist. A dark central portion, where the issuing gas is un mixed with the other, and no combustion takes place ; 2d. The proper burning mixture of the two gases, forming a shell of some shade of blue, where the greatest beat is found ; and, 3d. An external shell of a yellowish colour, generally consisting of the products of combustion. These are simple flames, and yield light sufficient only to render themselves visible. Compound flames are those in which solid particles are separated during the process, and have the same parts and structure, with some additions. The most usual exam ples of them are hydrocarbons or carburetted hydrogen gases, such as coal gas. The additional parts are a thin shell of blue flame at the bottom and coolest part of the flame, where the gas is not decomposed; while in the upper part of the flame it suffers decomposition a large quantity of carbon is separated and raised to a state of vivid ignition in the form of solid particles, constituting the white luminous part of the flame. The mixture of incombustible gases affects the size and appearance of flames. Hydrogen in coal gas burn with a larger flame in air than in pure oxygen, because they require to spread further through air in order to meet with a sufficient supply of oxygen to combine with. Different incombustible gases vary in their injurious influence on flame—the heaviest being the worst, probably from its light gases spreading through them to a greater extent, and thus cooling the flame to a greater degree. Flame was then considered in its practical relations to heat and light. For the attainment of these re su lt s i n their greatest perfection, the principal points to be at tended to are, to secure perfect combustion by effecting mixture of the two gases in their proper combining pro portions, to avoid all sources of loss of heat, an d f or light, to separate as much as possible of the carbon in the solid form compatible with perfect and sufficiently intense combustion. Various modes of effecting these objects were adverted to. Smoke is the term given to the products of combustion of gaseous matter, where they contain visible solid or liquid particles ; in ordinary cases this consi s t s o f car b on , and is produced by imperfect combustion, gaseous and solid matter escaping combination with the oxygen of the air. This may be caused in two ways—first, by the with drawal of heat from the flame with such rapidity that it is cooled, and the combustion checked and rendered im perfect, second, by an insufficient supply of the oxygen of the air either from too limited supply of air, or by the issue of the gas in so large a volume that the force of diffusion cannot effect with sufficient rapidity a mixture with the proper quantity of air for perfect combustion. The second cause in both its forms is that which produces smoke in close furnaces in which coal is burnt. Coal is a compound of carbon and hydrogen, with smaller proportions of cxygen, nitrogen, and incombus tible earthy substances. There are many varieties prin cipally interesting, in respect to the proportion of carbon they contain, some leaving about 96 per cent. of fixed matter when ignited in close vessels, others only about 44 per cent. For the present purpose it will be most useful to consider only the truly combustible portion of ordinary splint or caking coal, as composed of about 100 carbon and 5% hydrogen, or of 79 carbon and 21 carbonetted hydrogen. When coal is heated in close vessels it gives off various products in thestate of gas or vapour, com posed ofcarbonand hydrogen in various proportions, but the general result of which may be taken as equivalent to carbonated hydrogen gas. These burn in the form or flame, while the remain ing carbon burns in the solid form as coke, and 79 parts of carbon compared with 21 parts of carboneted hydro gen require about two and a half times as much oxygen for perfect combustion. But in considering the subject economically, if we suppose the whole of the. heat from the combustion of the gases to be economically applied, it is necessary to deduct from the combustion of the coke that proportion which is necessary far the expulsion of the gaseous matter, and so lost as to its economical applica tion. This may be estimated at one-fourth of the coke, so that while the oxygen consumed by the coke is about two and a half times as much as that consumed by the gases and the heat produced proportional, the quantity of heat available for economical purposes, is somewhat less than twice as much. When coal burns the gaseous matter is emitted from the cracks and crevices which are produced by heat upon the coal, which produce flames of considerable diameter. presenting an impediment to the due mixture with a suf ficient quantity of air. In a common steam boiler furnace the quantity of gaseous matter produced on new firing is very great, while the supply of air is deficient, and its proper mixture too slow, the consequence is imperfect combustion and the production of smoke. As the com bustion proceeds the quantity of gases evolved diminishes, and the combustion is more perf•ct. The proper object should be to make the combustion as perfect as possible during the whole time. The object directly looked to is to remove or prevent black smoke, and for this purpose there are a great num ber of plans patented or otherwise. Ist. Washing the gaseous products of combustion by a shower of water in flues constructed for the purpose, an effectual method, but not conveniently applicable in most circumstances, and not improving the combustion. 2d. Passing the first products of combustion through or over incandescent coke already deprived of its gaseous constituents, and effected in various ways—by simple management in the feeding of the furnace, by peculiar arrangements, such as two sets of bars, one fixed and the other moveable, coking boxes, dead plates or ovens, divided furnace, with alternate feeding, &c. By such plans, the smoke in passing through the incandescent coke is deprived of its solid particles of carbon by their combining with carbonic acid erising from the burning coke, to form gaseous invisible carbonic oxide, or should free oxigen be present, the particles of carbon may be burnt, that is converted into carbonic acid. Upon the presence and action of oxigen depends entirely the economical worth of this plan, as the formation of car bonic oxide is productive only of loss of heat. 3d. Con stant and gradual feeding of the fire by mechanical feeders, or revolving grates or bars; the worth of this plan is de pendant on the perfectness of the combustion, from a suffi cient supply and proper mixture of air, as unless this is the case, the smoke may be rather diffused more uni formly over the lime than destroyed ; besides, the machi nery is expensive and troublesome, and only adapted for producing a regular and uniform supply of steam; which is frequently not all that is desirable. 4th. Admission of air, besides that by the fire-bars, to burn the gases—the most correct in theory. Parkes's split bridge is one of the earliest of such plans, but requires careful manage ment, as the admission of such a large body of cold air is apt to check the combustion of the gases by its cool ing effect. To remedy this the air has been heated ; but when this is effected by the same furnace, it is robbed of its heat, and the gain consequently more or less neutra lised • besides, heated air brings in the same volume a smaller absolute quantity of ogygen, and moreover, in some of these plans it is questionable whether the air is in reality heated to any considerable degree. Another modification is the admission of the air by numerous small apertures over a considerable surface, so as to effect the mixture of the air and gases without cooling them too much, an arrangement simple, cheap, and of easy manage ment. sth. Minor arrangements, such as very narrow fire-bar=, undulating grates, check bridges —some of these are useful as subsidiary. 6th. Admission of a jet of steam : this has been found to do well, but it is accompa nied also with the admission of air, and the jet of steam is supposed merely to increase the draught, otherwise it is not well understood. The essential principle is the admission of a sufficient and not excessive supply of air, and its proper mixture with the gases, which in practice is somewhat difficult to effect. It seems very doubtful whether complete com bustion can be effected ; probably from the large qnan tity of incombustible gases present it is impossible ; the real object is to effect it as perfectly as possible. When done on proper principles, the consumption of smoke is attended with a saving of fuel, as the solid particles in smoke are just co much carbon loct. Thic is not only a deduction trom established chemical principles, but the result of practical observation in the very causes under consideration. Mr. Waldie concluded by expressing his opinion of the necessity for some legislative enactment for the removal of so grievous a nuisance, and stated his intention of pro secuting the subject still further if in his power, with the view of elucidating more accurately several points con nected with the subject. STATE OF TRADE. M.►NcußsTEß.—Both our yarn and cloth market contlnues firm, and an extensive business has been done this week at the extreme price of last week. The news from China is satisfac tory with respect to goods. Our printers have commenced purchasing for the autumn trade, which is evident that, in their opinion, power-loom printers are not likely to recede in price for some time to come; indeed, the market is too bare to admit of any such a supposition. The c tton market is also firmer in Liverpool, in spite of the arrivals, and prices are ra ther higher. The printers are preparing for the autumn trade ; delaines, and good prints, in both plaids and stripes, are ex: pected to take the lead. 27-inch 61's, 4s gd to 5s ; 65's, 5s to 5s lid; and 72's, 5s 71e1 to 6s.—Manchester Advertiser, of Satur day. Lxans.—There is a fair business doing in woollen cloths, and the transactions wou!d probably be more extensive if the assort ments were better; but the stocks are understood to be very low by the desire of the manufacturers not to have large stocks of manufactured goods on hand when the repeal of the wool duties shall come into operation, BRADFORD MARKET.—We had a large attendance of mei*. chants at this market on Thursday, who bought freely of various descriptions of goods, especially merinoes, which fully main tained la e prices as there was only a scanty supply in the mar ket. For most other articles the prices were rather firm. The Yarn market was animated, and there was more inquiry for combing wools, which sold ch:etly at late prices. HUDDERSFIE n MARKET.—The Whitsun holidays over, there was a large attendance of both manufacturers and merchants at this market on Tuesday, and a good deal of business was done both in plain cloths and fabrics of fancy manufacture, buyers being under stood to purchase for both foreign and domestic consumption. The Wool market was rather slack, and, with the prospect of an immediate reduction of the duty, it was diffi cult to effect sales beyond what was really wanted. HALIFAX MA RR KT.—We had a pretty go , d attendance of buyers hire on Saturday, who bought rather freely of manufac tured piece goods of the heavier descriptions, late prices being fully sustained. The Wool market was steady and firm as to price. HIICKAIONDWIKE BLANEEI7 MARKET.—On Monday, being the annual meeting of the shareholders in the Blanket Hall, the at tendance of merchants and buyers was very numerous, and a full average amount of business was done. On Thursday there was not so much business transacted as on Monday. Goods were scarce in the marl. et, and manufacturers were crying out for rain, to enable them to carry ou their trade. The small ri vers were then nearly all dry. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.—The market en Monday was but thinly attended, and the business transacted upon a very limited scale, at prices much the same as those of last week. There was very little doing in the Wool market, with no change in prices. LEICESTER TRADE.—There is a slight improvement in the home demand; otherwise we have no material difference since last week to notice. Employment and prices remain about as usual. Hosieav AND Lacs TRADES.—The wrought cotton hose branch still keeps a shade improving in the fine and extra-fine departments, vvhile in the coarse qualities there is evidently a stagnation, and many frames from 24 to 20-gunge are standing. The cut-up hose trade is still tolerably brisk, the hands both in town and country being fully employed. The cotton glove trade is still brisk, the demand for these articles being very extensive. The drawer and pantaloon branch, we are pained to say, is very dull, many of the shops being extremely short of employment, some of the houses having for the present stopped all their frames. The fancy cotton hose branch is in a tolerable state of demand; employment has increased, but not so as to wages. A general apathy seems to pervade this branch of workmen, both as respects improvement and public spirit. The plain silk glove trade is again upon the decline; it had renovated a shade with some houses, but it was of short continuance. The plain silk hose is in much the same state as the glove branch. A census was taken a few weeks since of the number of frames at work in the town of Nottingham ; they were found to amount to only 143. In 1812 a similar census was made, and they then amount ed to 1625 ; at that time the town contained 34,000, now it con tains 51,000 inhabitants. This branch has since become extinet in London, Dublin, Oldham, and Godalming, and nearly so in the numerous villages in Northampton in which it was carried on. It has materially declined in Derby and the county —as i n 1814 there were 370 plain silk hose frames in Derby alone. Now there are not that number going in the whole county, In 1 790 there were 700 frames going in Dublin, of which four-fifths were employed in making silk hose. The silk knotted branch is in the same deplorable state that it has been in for years past. There are only about two houses that keep a few of their hands regularly employed. The knotted frames have wholly disap peared in Northamptonshire, Godalming, and London. In fo reign states the manufacture has Increased. The framework knitters' union has come to the determination of employing lecturers to advocate the necessity of the stockingers of all branches making common cause for their defence. The fancy bobbin-net trade is still very dull; even the best patterns do not now find a ready sale, except for a few pieces merely as speci mens. Plait laces, which were at this time last year in demand, have become in a manner stationary, sales being only partially effected ; and stocks are accumulating. The warp lace branch Is still brisk in most of the departments, though a sort of feeling prevails that the cotton branches have felt a slight alteration.— Nottingham Journal IMMENSE ARRIVAL OF VESSELS.—The arrivals at Liverpool, foreign and coastwise, last week were unusually numerous, owing to the late change of wind to S.W. O n Tuesday, for instance , 60 vessels arrived ; on Wednesday, 94 ; on Thursday, 57 ; on Friday, 39. LOCAL NEWS. ACCID/INT IN A SAND-HOLR. — On Monday evening week, while a boy and a girl were getting sand in an ex cavation in Myrtle-street, the bank fell down and covered them. Fortunately Mr. Sammi Holme was passing, and hearine the screams of other children, jumped off his horse, called two policemen, and promptly released the boy, but it was some time before the girl was extracted. She had to be removed to the Infirmary, but soon re covered. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—In addition to the large in crease lately noticed here, the wolves in this establishment have Just produced four fine cubs. Among the fresh ar rivals this week are a pair of fine cassowares, and three splendid crown pigeons —columbine carnatia—from Bate.' via, very rare, and the largest of this class of birds. Its fact. almost every succeeding day increases the attraction of these gardens, and no pains of expense are spared to render them worthy of the patronage they so 'largely obtain. The Birkenhead Improvement Bill passed the Lords on Monday afternoon. The Town Council ofLiverpool strenu ously opposed it by Messrs. Austin, Talbot, and Palmer, and it was supported by Mr. Forsyth for the Commis sioners of Birkenhead. After considerable discussion on behalf of the Corporation of Liverpool, the Committee (among whom were the Duke of Cleveland, the Earl of Burlington, Lord Auckland, Earl Cathcart, god Lord Kinnaird) declared the bill ro have passed their lordships without any alteration. Numerous clauses were' offered in opposition, but in every case they were rejected. PUBLICAN'S CASES.—On Friday, the following pub licans and beer-sellers appeared before Mr. Rushton, and., were fined as follows :—Publicans.—Joseph Hall, Whike chapel, 40s. and costs ; W. Mayman, Derby-street, 20s. and costs ; Robert Tucker, Hyzeia - street. 60s. and costs ; Ellen Farrady, Cotter -street, 20s. and costs; Sharp, Marybone, 40s. and costs ; J. White, Copperas• hill, 20s. and costs; James Matthews, Marybone, 405.. and costs ; J. Smith, Bennett-treet, £5 and costs.. Beersellers.—H. Duggan, Scotland-road, 20s. and costs W. Gibbs, Warwick-street, 20s. awl costs ; and M. Law less, Pall-mall, 20s. and costs. STRUCTURE OF THE TEETH.—The Teeth, it is well. known to physiologists, are composed of bony structure,. which is covered with a coating of enamel—a substance a a fibrous nature, and so hard as to strike fire with a steel. Notwithstanding its apparent hardness, the enamel is, however, extremely susceptible of injury. and it thus be comes highly important to ascertain what preparations are best adapted to preserve so important a substance in its pristine integrity and beauty. We do not hesitate to re.. commend ROWLAND'S °DONT°. or Pearl Dentrifice, as the most valuable means of purifying, embellishing, and preserving the Teeth and Gums yet offered to the public. —See advt. ELECTION OF BIRKENHEAD COMMIRSIONERS.—The election of nine commissioners for the township of Bir kenhead, was held on Tuesday. The poll opened at ten and closed at four. The seven following commis sioners, who retired in the usual rotation, were nomi nated for re-election :—namely, Messrs-. J. D. Case, J. S. Jackson, W. Jackson, W. Laird, S. Stansfield, D.. Appleton, and R. Fry. There was no opposition to the re-. election of any of these gentlemen, except to Mr. Stans field, against whom Mr. Edward G. Willoughby, hotel_ keeper, of Birkenhead, was started as a candidate. Mr. Stansfield was, however, returned, by a- majority of 228 to 18. Mr. Marcus Brownrigg, merchant, and Mr. John Sudlow, accountant, were also elected, in the room of two. other commissioners, who had resigned. THE CONFIRMATION.—The Bishop• of the Diocese will hold confirmations at places and times subjoined :—At the Parish Church, Preston, on Tuesday, June 11, at tea a.m. ; Christ Church, Tuesday, June 11, three, p.m..; [The Visitation will be held at the Parish Church, Pres ton, on Wednesday, June 12th, at eleven, a.m.] Kirk ham Church, Thursday, June 13, ten, a.m. ; Poulton Church, Thursday, June 13, three, p.m. ; Garstang Churchtown, Friday, June 14, eleven, a.m. ; Cockerham. Church, Friday, June 14, four, p.m. ; Lancaster Parish Church, Sunday, June 16, three, p.m. ; Skerton Church.. Monday, June 17, ten, a.m. ; Burton Parish Church.. Monday, June 17, three, p.m. ; St. Thomas's Church, Kendal, Wednesday, June 19, nine, a.m. Bownesa Church, Wednesday, June 19, three, p.m, ; Ambleaide Church, Thursday, June 20, ten, ann. DEPARTURE OF THE BISHOP OF NEWFOUNDLAND. — On Tues2ay, at nine o'clock, about twenty of the clergy, and forty of the laity, members of the congregation, met the Bishop at St. Martin's church. After morning prayers, the Bishop, assisted by the incumbent of the church, and a gospeller and epistler, proceeded with the office for holy communion. The alms, amounting to upwards of £l2, were dedicated to the purposes of the Newfoundland mis sion. After the Bishop had pronounced the apostolic blessing, the clergy proceeded to St. Nicholas's church, there again to meet his Lordship, in order to accompany him to the vessel. Here they formed in procession, and at half-past ten moved forward to St. George's-pier. The Bishop took an affectionate leave of the clergy severally, and at eleven a.m. embarked in the Acadia, steamer, which shortly afterwards proceeded on her voyage. The Rev. Mr. Palairet, M.A., accompanied his Lordship as chaplain. AN ACCUMULATION OF CALAMITIES.—An infant, aged four months, whose parents reside in a court in the neighbourhood of Sparling-street was found, on Monday last, by the mother, dead in the bed, having been during the night most probably overlain. A child of the same parents died on the following day of a slow and lingering fever : but the misery of the poor people did not end here, for the next day, another of their children, a boy aged eight years, was sent down early in the morning with his father's breakfast to the dock. Before returning home, he commenced playing among the waggons on the railway, and having got upon the carriage of a train, to which the horses were about being harnessed, and, before be could get off, the train was put in motion, and, by the sudden jerk, the unfortunate child was thrown to the ground. The wheels of the waggons passed over him, and man gled him so severely that he died in a few minutes after wards. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.—On Tuesday Elizabeth Stephenson was brought before Mr. Rushton charged with the concealment of the birth of a child. An inquiry had. taken place before the coroner on the previous day, the evidence before whom we gave at length in our last. No fresh testimony was given before Mr. Rushton. The pri soner, during the examination, was seized with a fainting fit, and it was some minutes before she recovered. Mr. Rushton, referring to the prisoner, said she was liable to punishment for concealing the birth of the child ; but if she could bring evidence of having prepared for the birth, or of having communicated the circumstances of her preg nancy to any one, it would affect her position very much. The prisoner was understood to say that she had not made any such communication. She was committed for trial at the assizes, but allowed the privilege of getting bail for her appearance, herself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. THERE'S MANY A SLIP, &C.—The truth of this old adage was strongly exemplified in the case of a couple of true lovers, who left Neston for the church of St Nicholas, in this town, on Sunday morning last, having previously made up their minds to take each other for the better or for worse. The bride and bridegroom invited their friends, who sat up all night to be ready and fresh in the morn ing, to accompany them to the above. named church, then and there to witness the solemn compact. The party arrived at church, took their places at the altar, and were all but married, when the busy, meddling clerk made the awful discovery that the bridegroom had forgotten either to take out the license or to publish the banns. The con sequence was the unfortunate couple had to return to Neston in the state of blessed singleness, leaving their friends to feast on the laugh instead of the wedding dinner. To mend the matter, or make it worse, as the reader pleases, this is the third disappointment. - , - - PAPIER MACHE.—By an announcement in another column it will be seen that the extensive papier mache establishment in the lower part of the Music-hall, Bold street, originated by Mr. Beilfield, has now fallen into the hands of Mr. R. J. Keys, a person well versed in the business, and who, as an earnest of future intention, has greatly enlarged the premises, and at once established a manufactory on the premises for the production of those ornaments, which have hitherto been entirely confined to London. The business in this town has long been con ducted by Mr. Laxton, an artist of no small merit, as the various beautiful productions at once denote, and his ser vices have been secured by Mr. Key. Few who have not had an opportunity of seeing the various uses to which vapier macho' ornaments are applied can have the slightest idea of their worth in producing effect, or of the amount that is saved by adopting them instead of wood carvings. They are of every form, from the richest and most elabo rate relieved and open work to the plainest mouldings, and can be applied to almost every description of deco rating, but they are more particularly useful and beauti ful for picture chimney and pier glass frames—and in proof of the latter we call the attention of our readers to one now being complete, which is as exquisite in work. manship as it is chaste in design. THE NOTE ROBBER.Y.—On Thursday last, Francis Trapps, who has already been several times before the ma gistrates charged with having stolen three £lOO notes as noticed in our last, was again brought up for examination. Evidence was called with the view of showing that there was one note taken frJrn the bank on the 28th which could be traced to the prisoner. The note paid to Mr. Davies for the watch was produced, and it appeared that the prisoner had written on the back of it a false name and address, namely, " Geo. Thompson, 27, Mount-pleasant." Mr. Brownson identified it as being one which was in his pos session on the 28th, and the mark 61-15, was upon it- Mr. Dismore, silversmith, of Bold-street who furnished Mr. Davies with the change of the £lOO note on the day the watch was purchased, identified several notes found upon the prisoner, as part of those he handed over to Mr. Davies, and from thence transferred to the prisoner. Mr. Brownson said that on the day of the robbery he had paid twenty-one £lOO notes to different parties, whom he enu merated, and about thirty or forty witnesses were called to establish this part of the case, most of them managers or responsible clerks in various respectable mercantile and trading firms belonging to the town, who had received the notes in question from the District Bank ; some of them were traced to second and third parties, and thenotes in some cases produced and identified by the cashier as those he bad paid away. Mr. Rushton remarked on the necessity which exists for bankers and merchants to mark their notes, as was the case in London, which, in robberies of that kind, would save an immensity of time in tracing the notes, which often occupies some weeks. The evidence of Mr. Joseph, junior, and that of one or two other wit nesses was then taken, Mr. Rushton being absent from town at the first hearing of the case, Mr. Pedder eras - examined several of the witnesses, on behalfilit4r4 i. ) Boner. Mr. Rushton after complimenting Mc. Ipseph lot the course he had taken in the business, orderid .ttie rug , ' to be further adjourned until Thursday next.: Tie PO' soner, when called up, declined making an! slawark • ' ' ~` , / c.rl .4 r , -t - I rf take d fron t to th e vibi cb tbe ytps,rigi,