The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-20 00:00:00

THE MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD. IMPORTANT MEETING • At the usual meeting of the Dock Board, yesterday, Mr. Charles Turner presided ; and the other members present were Messrs. Arnold, Boult, Smith, Shand, Littledale, Graves, Hubback, Brocklebank, Evans, Segar, Laird, Tobin, Mondel, Rankin, Rounthwaite, Hutchison, and Langton.. 3LORE FITTICHASES OF LAND.-REPORT ON THE STATE AND PROGRESS OF THE DOCK WORKS AT LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD. The proceedings of the Works Committee comprised a recommendation to accept the tenders of Messrs. King an& Woodhouse for a supply of tarpauling, and Messrs. John and Thomas Johnson for a supply of Russian tallow, for general purposes, and also the following matters : The Engineer's annual reports of the general state and progress of the dock works at Liverpool and Bir kenhead, and of - the expenditure thereon. Resolution, under the authority of the board, to purchase 19,258 and 50,672 square yards land, on the south side Wallasey Pool. Recommendation to purchase a further quantity of land from Lord Derby, under the act of 1855, the powers of which will expire on the 23rd instant. The CHAIRMAN announced that the two latter points would come on for consideration in the finance business. It had been also resolved that in consequence of large arrivals of timber expected from Canada, the closing of the Brunswick-dock should be deferred till the 17th of September next. On the motion of Mr. Brocklebank, seconded by Mr. Shand, the general proceedings were confirmed. The following reports were then read from the Engineer : LIVERPOOL DOCKS. THE DOCK ENGINEERS' REPORT ON THE. GENERAL STATE AND PROGRESS OF THE DOCK WORKS, AND OF THE EXPENDITURE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR ENDINO 23RD JUNE, he°. INLAND CARRIRRS' DOCKS AND TIIEIR HALF-TIDE BASIN.— 'The excavations and masonry of these docks are progressing, and the gates and the -machinery for the w.,rkiug of them are in preparation. STEAM DOCK, EAST OF HUSKISSON Docx.—The excavations f this dock have made considerable progress, and the founda tion for the south wall, and the masonry thereof, has been commenced. The masonry of these works has not progressed -so satisfactorily as we expected, owing to the difficulty there has been in procuring masons. SEWERS.—The excavation and construction of a sewer in the continuation of Regent-road, from Bankfield-street to the Strand promenade, and the sewer westward thereof to the river have been partly executed. CANADA BASIN.---The portion of the stank left ha the en trance at the date of our last report has been removed, and the masonry then required to be done has been completed. CANADA Ducx.---The boundary wall on the west side, and the cranes on the west side and south end of the dock, have been completed. Screw moorings and iron buoys far this dock have been procured, and are being fixed with as little delay as poss.ble. • TIMBER YARDS, EAST OF CANADA DOCK.---STIICe our last report these yards, and the offices therein, have been com pleted, and are in the occupation of their respective teilants. A double lice of rails, extending northward from the timber yard, along the continuation of Regent-road, has been com menced. The formation of the ground, south of Battery-street, and East of Huskisson Dock, for the storage of timber, may now be said to be completed. The several lines of rails for the accommodation of the timber-trade, connecting the ground with the main lines of dock railway, are nearly finished, and a large sewer, with branches for the proper drainage of the same land, has been constructed. A portion of 'the land east of Itegent-road has been levelled for the storage of timber, and a , xoad through it has been formed and paved. DWELLING -MOUSES,---A residence on the west side of Canada - Dock, for the dock-master, has been erected; and also a resi dence, with an office attached, at the Sandon Graving-docks, for the north assistant harbour-master. WELLINGTON Docx.---A transit shed has been erected on the north-east quay, and the boundary-wall, west side of the half tide dock, has been extended northward to the entrance of the Bandon Basin. CLARENCE DOCK AND HAtr-Ttne Dock.---The enlargement of the sheds on the south quay on the former, and the south west quay of the latter, has been completed. VICTORLA Dom—The re-covering of the roof of the shed on the south quay has been effected. ORSERVATORT.--A time ball has been fixed at the Victoria lower, and has for some time been in use. Telegraphic wires, connecting the clock of the Tower with the Observatory, have been erected, and a current of electricity is made to drop the ball. The enlargement of the Observatory has been com menced. ELECTRIC , TintentAPß.---011ices for the use of the line along the docks have been erected, and the whole is now in opera tion, in the hands of the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company. The line from Holyhead to Liverpool was corn 'plated, but owing to the breakage of all the cables, both between Point Lynes and Ormes-head and between Point of Ayr and Hilbre Island, and likewise of that across the Mersey, the working of the line has been interfered with. The cable across the Mersey was laid several times, but without effect. That between Point of Ayr and Hilbre Island was taken up and re-laid, and is now in an efficient working state. The cable between Point Lynes and Ormeshead was taken up as far as .as postible, and the remainder abandoned. Reports are now regularly received at Birkenhead, and a land line between Point Lynes and Ormeshead is in Lourse of erection, in lieu of the cable which was taken up. PRINCE'S bout .—The old soft stone coping of the east wall of this dock being very much worn, has been taken up and replaced with granite. PiLot's' OFFIcE.--4 .contract for the construction of these at the south eno et Yrince's Dock ha; been entered into and the work has been commenced. ox:cater's Dom.—The covering of the roof of the shed on the east quay has been complete& LANraO STAors.---A boat-house and cranes for the use of the Life-boats have been erected on the Prince's Landing arage. The replanking of the deck of the George's Landing •stage has made roasiderable progress ; but the prosecution of - this work was stopped during the Whitsuntide holidays. SALTIIOUSE Dock.--The enclosing of the sheds on the North and West Quays with brick walls are in progress. BRUNSWICK DOCK AND HALF-TIDE Dock. ---The brick walls Enclosing the sheds on the north -quays of these docks are com pleted- The gates and machinery for the north passage of the dock are in a for ward state. WATER FOUNTAINS for the use of the pUblic have been fixed at several of the docks. The expenditure on new works at Liverpool from the 25th June, 1859, to the 23rd June, 18E0, had been £122,257 Bs. 7d. The general repairs (maintenance and improvement of works) at Liverpool had been £90,422 Bs. 7d.; and the increase of stock had been £16,495 Is. 3d., making a total expenditure on tthe Liveilpool side £229,174 18s. sd. 33IRKENHEAD DOCKS. The ENGINEER'S ;REPORT of the general state and progress of the Dock works, and the expenditure of his department from the 25th June, 1859, to 23rd June, 1860. G I ILEAT FLOAT.—The excavations of this portion of the work are fast approaching completion. The whole length of the north well, measuring two thousand three hundred and sixty six lineal yards, is now finished, with the exception of the coping, whitt can be more readily set when the water is let in. Of this length one thousand and fifty-nine yards have been built within the last twelve months. The tilting required to form the north quay i.e nearly all put in, and a portion at the east end Las been levelled and ballasted. The new sewer from Wallasey -road to its outfall into the river at Seacombe Point has been completed. The formation of the new road between the same points has been let by contract, and is being rapidly proceeded with. The piers and passage, 100 feet in width, dividing the Float at Ouke.street, ate completed, and the swing bridge for the tran,,it of railway and other traffic is now being fixed in place. The whole of the wall at the east end of the Float has been constructed, and may be said to be completed; the entire length of the foundations of this wall has had to be laid upon bearing pies, from the very soft and dangerous character of the soil. V ery great anxiety and annoyance has been expe rienced, and very serious delay occasioned to the progress of the work, by the constant giving way of the walls upon the south side. I have now, with the single exception of the por tion opposite to .the yard of the Canada Company, had to open tut and strengthen, and, to a great extent, re-build the whole of the walls on the south side. All this work is either com pleted or in progress, and, excepting the portion along Victoria Wharf, is fast approaching completion.; but from the cause stated, I have had fully onerthird more work to execute than was contemplated. . The sheds, cranes, and bridges on the north side of the Egerton Dock, for the accommodation of the Lancashire and , Chesnire Junction Railway Company have been provided and If,n their occupation since September last. A considerable portion of the excavations for the entrances into the grp.vi,ng docks, on the south side of the Great Float, has b_en taken out, and the masonry is in course of construc tion. Dr.r.r Low WATER BASIN.—About three-fourths of the mate rial to be excavated from this basin have been removed. A Large portion of the masonry at the west end of the lock and sluicing channels has been so far completed as to permit of the gates, next to the Great Float, being fixed therein, which is ,20 w being done. The piling of the foundation of the remainder of the lock and sluices is rapidly approaching completion. A considerable portion of the hydranlic machinery connected with these entrances and sluices has been delivered. Wells for freeing the platforms of the sills in these entrances from water have been sank, and the engine -house and bnihlings for the ` v draulic machinery are in course of construction. The outer and inner tows of piling of the coffre dam are nearly complete. Th.e planking is in a forward state, and the contractor has cum mencefl filling in the puddle. WOOpBIpE BASIN ENCLOSURE,--The north wall is complete to,near its jnnFtion with the north or river wall, of which 134 lineal yards of foundation are put in and SO lineal yards of masonry carried up to t4e level of the old dock sill. Of the north and west walls at the basin at the south end of this enclo sure, 130 lineal yards have .been A g iit to the height of eight feet below the copings and the iii)rth wall 4 the Slip has been partly built to within 60 feet of the east or river wql.l. A por tion of the land in this enclosure has been formed, and the remainder is being rapidly proceeded with. Teaclos having been obtained for the construction 9f a landing-stage opposite this enclosure, the contract was let to Mess's. Thomas Vernon and Son, on the 7th June last. Moaexrn Docx ENLARGEMENT.---The excavations for the enlargement of the dock are in progress, and a portion of the 85-feet lock has bees excavated sufficiently low to admit of the masonry- being commenced. NORTHERN E NTRANCES. ---The excavations of this work have not Proceeded so rapidly as was anticipated, the sudden dip of the rock rendering it necessary to excavate in some parts to a great depth, and for other portions to be piled. no masonry at the west end of each of these entrances is now rapidly pro gressing, and the gates are in course of construction. RIVER WALL.—This work has been- most tedious and diffi cult, owing to the nature of the soil and the great depth to which the foundations have had to be carried. Two hundred and eighty-three lineal yards of the wall opposite the south reserve have been built to within three feet of the eopMg, and formed with excavations taken from the Morpeth Dock. A well has been sunk, and pumping machinery fixed for tak i ng th e water from the foundations of the - wall opposite the north reserve, and fifty-thr ee li neal yards of paling have been completed. • RAILWAY.—A double line of rails, connecting the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction railway with the laud of Mr. Vyner, the south side the great Float, in accordance with the terms of the agreement, is nearly complete. BeAuroar-ROAD.---The formation and Paving of this road has been greatly delayed by the contractor, but it is-. now nearly completed. Every exertion has been made to push forward w i th rapidity the construction of the whole of these works, but their progress 'has not been so rapid as I anticipated and have desired, ow i ng to the difficulty experienced in procuring workmen, more e specially masons; added to which, the loss of time from, bad, weather during the past autumn and winter has been greeter than I can remember to have ever experienced. The workein existence at the period of the transfer of the est ate to the board, with the exception of the walls of the Great Float. before alluded to, have beets kept in a state of efficient repair. The whole of the river wall originally intended to be built between Seacombe and . Egremont has been completed ; and I have pleasure in reporting that it has received no injury from the severe gales with which we have been visited. One hundred and sixty-three lineal yards of wall have ber:s built in addition to what was originally contemplated opposite the property of the Misses Leyland and Messrs. Wilson and Tobin, and the wall on the north side of Egremont ; but so difficult have I found it to obtain sufficient workmen, that I do not purpose proceeding further with this work until the ensuing spring. A portion of the culvert which was con , tructed by the Bir kenhead Dock Commissioners, for the purpose of carrying off the flood water from the Wallasey and Bidston marshes, gave way and fell in on the 4th of January last. The obstructions to the passage of the water were at once removed, and measures have been taken for rebuilding the culvert so soon as the cessation of the present wet weather renders it more feasible. The expenditure at Birkenhead during the same period had been—on new works, £334,441 t6s lid; the restoration of walle, £37,014 7e 22 ; repairs, £4,402 Is Id : increase of stock, £12,770 12s 7d: total expenditure, £389,622 17s 9d. Mr. BOULT thought it would be interesting if the engineer would give them an opinion when the principal works were likely to be completed ? Mr. HARTLEY said it was quite impossible to give precise information as to what Mr. Boult asked. The great difficulty he was under, was getting men ; they were difficult to get, and bad to manage. But as to the works at the north end, on this side of the river, they might be completed within twelve months from the present time. Mr. BOULT—The Morpeth Dock entrance ? The ENGINEER said that would not be ready within the time mentioned by the act of Parliament, or for twelve mouths; but the Great Float, he thought, would be open, as he had said before, about the end of October next. All the other works, with the exception of the Great Float, were comparatively standing, in order to push on the work there. He had not men to carry on all the works at once. Mr. LAIRD—I understand the difficulty lies in getting men. Can you give any idea when the low water basin will be completed ? The ENGINEER said he could not, but it would be eighteen months or two years. Mr. Lituu- —That would he fifteen months after the time limited by the Act ; and the entrance to the Morpeth Dock cannot be completed till nine or twelve months after ? The ENGINEER-If we emnnaeuced with the Morpeth Dock, we might do it sooner. Mr. LAIRD —What I want to know is, whether the completion of the low water basin does not tie up the completion of the Morpeth Dock ? The ENGINEER—You cannot do it till six months after you have completed the Great Float. Mr. LAtap--That will be two years hence. Mr. ToßlN—Have you pushed on the works with the greatest possible vigour at Birkenhead ? The ENarNmtn—There was never more work done. _ ..__.._. Mr. TOBlN—There was nothing like s. desire on your Part to keep it back, and if the work has been delayed in any way, it has arisen altogether from causes not under your control ? The Engineer signified assent. The CHAIRMAN—I understand you to say in the report that the work was much increased by the defective state in which you found some of the works on the other side—that that had caused you one-third more work than you expected. Mr. LITTLEDA.LE-But one of the chief reasons is the want of masons. Mr. Bourn—l presume there will be no difficulty, before the alterations, in using the present entrance of the Morpeth Dock as a lock to the Great Float. The ENGINEER said the Morpeth and Egerton docks might be used as a lock. Mr. BROCKLEBANK thought when the report of Mr. Hartley came into the hands of the public, they would be satisfied that no unnecessary delay had occurred. He stated explicitly the causes why the Birkenhead works had not progressed so fast as they ought. The work done was the best evidence that no time had been lost by Mr. Hartley or the Board; and it would be impossi ble to complete the works within the time limited by the Act of Parliament. GENERAL BUSINESS. The proceedings of the Warehouse Committee, which included the appointment of four apprentices to the Alfiert Dock Warehouses, were then read ; and on the motion of Mr. Hubback, seconded by Mr. Arnold, the proceedings were confirmed. The proceedings of the Marine Committee, which included the appointment of Llewellyn Hughes, as a seaman at the light-ship, were next read and, confirmed. At the request of Mr. Graves, a report from the Marine Surveyor as to the completion of the telegraph to Holyhead, was then read. The report stated that it was expected that nearly the whole of the line would be completed by the 24th inst. On the motion of Mr. Mondel, seconded by Mr. Langton, the proceedings were confirmed. The proceedings of the Pilotage Committee were .read, and from these it appeared that a ship-master who had applied for a pilots cerrmcato had bccn rernsed, in consequence of ignorance of the bearing of lights in the Channel, &c. Mr. GRAVES asked who were the examiners ? They should have some information, as this was the first time a refusal had come before the board. Mr. MONDEL said the examiners were Lieutenatit Parkes, Mr. Simpson, the Superintendant of Pilots, Mr. Kendall, &c., and they were unanimous. Mr. GRAVES was satisfied. He only wished that fact to go out to the public. Mr. RANKIN asked whether the questions put were not more strict than were put to pilots ? There seemed to be a dread of coming before the committee to be examined. Mr. SHAND believed not. He was quite sure the conduct of the examiners was both just and fair to all parties. Mr. BOULT had heard that the examination was decidedly lenient. Mr. SMITH said the discussiou was irrelevant. The board took care that the parties appointed were efficient for the purpose, and there could be no doubt that their duties had been efficiently performed. Mr. SHAND said they had an examining committee of such a character that he did not think it would be pos sible to find a fitter one. Mr. SNIITH said those examiners were not members of the Board, and yet this question was simply a doubt whether they were competent for their duty. Mr. GRAVES said Mr. Smith had thought proper to call him to order, but. if Mr. Smith were conversant with all the bearings of the case he would not venture to make such remarks. The public had a strong impres sion out of doors that the examination was of a stringent character, as mentioned by Mr. Rankin, and the conse quence was that it prevented captains applying in Liverpool for a pilotage certificate. It could not be denied that up to the present moment they had had very few applicants, and his object in putting the question to the Chairman of the Pilotage Committee was to get out a statement that the Aka in the public mind was totally erroneous. Mr. LAIRD said, a man who had been fifteen or twenty years at sea, and never lost a vessel —that was Captain Christie—had been sent back, but got his license from the Board of Trade. Mr. MONDELL—Yes, and was on the banks three months after. The CfAIIIMAN stopped the discussion as irregular, and the proceedinga were confirmed, as were also those of the Committee of Management of the Docks and Quays, and the CoMmittee of Master Porterage. PROPOSED NEW BOOKS. Mr. BouLT then rose to propose the following motion, of which he had given notice—" That the Works Com mittee be instructed to prepare plans and estimates for the construction of two additional docks, with the necessary shed s , on th e eas t s id e o f .liuskisson Dock, or elsewhere, with a vi ew t o o bt a i n i n g the needful parlia mentary powers for their construction ; and, also, for an extension of the dock warehouse accommodation." He was, he said, qu i te aware' that in bringing forward this motion he should meet with a great deal of obloquy, but he had not thought it well to withdraw it, though he had been urged to do so by gentlemen whose opinions were entitled to every respect. He thought it necessary that if there were difficulties in the way of providing the necessary accommodation for the trade of the port, the ratepayers at large and the public should clearly understand what those difficulties were, though it did not appear to him that the difficulties were of an insurmountable nature, if the movement were set about with the energy which the case required. There could be no doubt in the mind of any member of that board that additional accommodation for the trade on this side of the water was a matter of the first necessity. Not only was every available inch, he might say, of the accommodation for steamers already occupied, but they had applications for more than they could possibly grant. The new docks in course of construction would by no means provide room for the steamers which they knew to be coming. They had, besides, lines of fresh steamers rising in every direction ; and, moreover, the steamers now building were of such length and dimen sions that a large portion of our present docks would neither let them in or out with safety. lie did not mean to 'say that the basins had a want of sufficient water, but that there was not sufficient length and breadth to enable the vessels to turn in to get into the docks. Further, he might say that although his motion had reference primarily to the steam trade, there was another important trade for which there was a great want of accommodation,—he alluded to the American trade, of which he had a personal knowledge. He could state that those ships returned as large a revenue in proportion to the time they occupied the docks as any ships coming to the port ; and their number and importance, no gentleman would doubt, entitled them to as good aecommcdatiou as they could give them. He knew from his personal experience it was a fact, when he said that many thousands a-year 5i0414 not pay the demur rage and other losses occasioned by detention. There was u 4 absolute impossibility of providing berths for those ;vase's ; apd the only f eas ibl e means w hi ch the t ra d e saw (as it was meceptTated in the north) was to remove the steamers front the Collingwood Dock, and make that a loading dock for the Stanley Dock, which it naturally ought to be—which the harbour-master recommended it should be—which the Warehouse Com mittee had recommended the Docks and Quays Com mittee to carry out ; but which it was found hopeless to do. With regard to those two trades, neither one nor 4nother could derive the slightest benefit from Birkenhead. The steam interest declared that they would not go to Birkenhead at any price, nor on any terms; and with regard to American ships, they would never go, unless they could induce the importers of cotton and corn to take deliveries of their cargoes in Birkenhead. When he heard of that being done, he should think that there was hope for that concern. (A laugh.) But, as he did not think that either one thing or the other was likely at present, he meant to say that as to ships loading for the United States, the Bir kenhead docks would be of any use. He did not mean to say that American ships would not go to Birkenhead to load a cargo of Welsh coal for foreign ports ; but as regarded the foreign trade generally, Birkenhead would be perfectly useless. Moreover, the trade of the port had been restricted for the last few years by the effect of the panic in 1857, and political uneasiness on the Continent. If they had gone on after 1857, to increase in the same proportion as they had done a few years before, and which in a prosperous state of trade they should still do, he did not know where the trade of the port could be accommodated ; and therefore he thought it would be seen that this was not a light matter—that the necessity for the room which he asked was knocking at the door, close at hand, and there was no other means of providing for it. They must look at the matter fairly, and see what could be done with it. Now, he knew that there were difficulties and objections in the way, and he should like to allude to them. The first that he was told .of was, that the Birkenhead dock works were not sufficiently advanced— that Manchester interests were too powerful for t4em-7 that the parties conspiring for the spoliation of Liverpool would resist unanimously any attempt they made to provide in Liverpool the accommoda tion which Liverpool requires. Now he did not wish to go more than was necessary into unpleasant matters, but all the remark he had to make was that at the least calculation d cue would be three years from the present time before the accowreedation which he asked for could be provided. They would biwe to give the Parliamentary notice next November ; it would be next Julyibefore the Act could be got through the House. They would then have to make preparations for the work ; and the engineer would bear him out that two years was a short time for their execution. Therefore, he thought from that day three years such progress will have been wade with the Birkenhead works, they would hate the opportunity of seeing whether they would be used qr net. At events, there would be no necessity for say anxiety on their part as to the completion of the works in Liverpool, unless they were so utterly selfish that they would rather take the risk of driving trade from the port altogether than a chance should be lost of driving it to Birkenhead. The Morpeth Dock was to have been finished by the 30th of June, H. 61. The Float, the engineer told them, would be six or able months afterwards. That would be before the works iie spoke of could be well begun. The new entrances — The CHAIIINTA-X—Tbe Great Float will be opened at the end of October this year. Mr. BOULT said the present entrance to Morpeth- dock and Egerton-dock would be available for the passage of ships ; and they all knew that ships of the largest class could use that entrance. If there were any trade, they could go ; there would be full scope to test the value of the Float at Birkenhead, even sup posing the other outside works were not finished. But he would go further, He knew they were under Parlia mentary compulsion arid liabiaieh to throw away many thousands of pounds ; and be said, go on v4tb, all despatch 4 to finish the low water basin, though be thought the sea would have its way, and the basin would silt up. If the money was to be thrown into the sea, let it go there ; but that was no reason why the existing trade of Liverpool was to be starved and crimped (rOR I itAi natural development ; and he did not think that they should do their duty if they failed to do for it what they contd. Ike was.,quite pre pared to give every undertaking that Parliament might I require, that the works which remain, ns respected the low water basin;the entrances to Morpeth Dock, and the enlargement of Morpeth Dock, should be continued and carried on as fast as the engineer could. Then he was told that they had not got the money to spend, but he did not see why they should not have the power to spend the mo4ey, and then the public, he believed, would supply it. There might be changes required for the timber trade to the nerth of the the Canada Dock ; but he was satisfied that there was land on the east side of Regent-road for building these docks if necessary. The scarcity of accommodation for American ships cost his own firm hundreds a year; and 41 in the business suffered alike in proportion to the wort- w4ieh they Iliad to do. Then in revert to warehouses, he thought the necessity for increased ware house accommodation was as ellyioua as for increased dock accommodation. The rates for cotton being up to three times the ordinary amount, certainly warehouses ' should be had. They were told that they had no money, but they had land which they could lease, and which parties, he dared say, would be glad to take and build the warehoes_e accommodation required.. They had land which was not available for docks, but which would be readily takeu for warehouses ; and ha thought if they could not provide accommodation in one way, they should in another. Let them do something. He believed the difficulty would increase from day to day, and they should not sit down inactive under the incubus placed upon them by the other end of the water. Mr. Boult concluded by proposing the resolution. Mr. ROUNTHWAITE Set:PAC:led the motion. Mr. MONDEL said that if the words " or elsewhere" were allowed to remain, he should vote against the motion ; if these words were struck out he should be in its favour. Although he did not coincide with a great dtll.ereatlehialteahgdoas,tettraiaMned series contemplated. Boult had stated, s till he th o u g ht that gentleman h a d s h own th at t h ere was an a b so l ute neces sity for do c k accommo d at i on on t hi s s i de of the r i ver. ks, c theo lithographed ntedmopc lkatsepdo. j, p e l f They b o y f o er c v. and u they made as some the assertion of the engineer that the docks could be constructed on the east side of the Huskisson Dock cheaper than elsewhere— Birkenhead not excepted. And he believed the revenue from those three docks would be greater far than that accruing to the estate from any ordinary source, while the other dock accom modation world be considerably relieved, Mr. SMITH supported the motion, and he did so as it was altered, for as it appeared on the paper he could not have supported it ; but he could give the motion proposing the construction of dock accommodation at the east side of the Huskisson-dock or elsewhere, his most decided support. He knew that the east side of the Huskisson-dock was the place where additional steam docks will have to be constructed, similar to the one now being made. That board, in the performance its duties in time past, felt it necessary to provide at the north end of the town accommodation for the timber trade. They had now got the trade located there, and it would never have been induced to go there, and would never have been productive, unless the ground on the east side of the Huskisson Dock had been appro priated for that purpose. It had been so appropriated, and they had not yet completed the expenditure of a large sum of money, and to attempt to deal with this matter until they had provided further accommodation to the northward of the Canada Dock would not be con sistent with the character or the board, and could not be done without injury to the trade of the port. There fore that question must be dealt with on some more general grounds than those which had been suggested by Mr. Mondel. He perfectly agreed with Mr. Boult that if they considered the question to-morrow it would be three, or more than three years before any additional accommodation could be provided. The only wise and prudent way, therefore, to deal with the question was to refer it to the Works Committee to go into an inquiry, which must at any rate be the fotindation of all. It appeared to him that when the Works Committee took the question into consideration they might probably find it necessary in the first place to .take evidence with reference to settling certain points which Mr. Boult had suggested. He (Mr. Boult) had stated that the steam trade would never go to Birkenhead : he had stated that the American trade would never go there. Establish those two circumstances as facts, and the necessity for instantly considering how additional ac commodation is to be provided on this side of the water would become apparent. Now he believed the Works Committee would really have to do something in the way of satisfying themselves. With reference to the steam trade, it was clear, as Mr. Boult had said, that they could not accommodate it at this side of the water without additional dock space. They knew that numerous steam companies were springing up, which would want accommodation which it was absolutely impossible to provide ; and if the steam trade could not go to Birken head, they would have to accommodate it on this side of the water. The duty of that board became, therefore, imperative. Between that time and November there was a th m a p t l a e dd ti i m tio e na to l a g c o co ill m t could get the necessary notices; it w as q uite sufficient m o o th da e t i i n on qu m iry us , s that Mr. Boult had propounded a case for reference to t an b d e f p r i o t vi w d ea found that additional accommodation must be provided they the Works Committee. And he did not see that it was possible for anybody, with the evidence as it now stood, to resist the necessity for referring it to the committee to inquire into that particular question, It might turn out that Mr. Maclver and Mr. Inman, probably Mr. Rounth waite, and the agents of the ether large companies could conduct their trade at Birkenhead as conveniently as on the Liverpool side ; then, there was no necessity for the expenditure of the money, and if it could be proved he for one should be very sorry to increase the bonded duty of the estate by one sixpence. If, on the other hand, they found that these trades could not be conveniently conducted at Birkenhead, and that they must and would have accommodation on this side, then the time had arrived when it was necessary to take action. Having asserted that the board had done all they could to com ply with the requisitions of Parliament, he concluded by expressing his intention of voting in favour of the motion. Mr. ARNOLD thought the motion was singularly inopportune, and that motions of that kind, frequently made, only tended to embarrass the board. It was all very well for Mr. Boult to ignore Birkenhead, but no gentleman could say that they could add that immense acreage of water space which they were providing at Birkenhead, without giving some relief to the trade on that side. Therefore he thought that a motion of that kind, brought forward when they were within a few months of opening the great float, was singularly inopportune. He would not force a trade to Birken head, but he thought they were doing more than was necessary in opening those works at Birkenhead ; and if the trade of the port.of Liverpool is to go on as it had done, if some part .of that trade did not go to Birkenhead, the time was not far distant when it would find a limit. Mr. Boult was like a man who stood at the door of his shop, which was splendidly furnished, and yet told people who came to him that he had nothing to suit. Let them see first what Birkenhead would do. He thought it was not for members of that board to be constantly railing at Birkenhead. The board had agreed to do certain things there, and had no right to complain, though the ratepayers might do so". He objected to the motion and should oppose it. Mr, RANKIN believed it would be injudicious to apply to Parliament when they had so much work on hand, both at Birkenhead and on this side the water, which, with the scarcity of men, was quite certain to occupy all the attention which Mr. Hartley could give for at least two years. Even if this were not the case, it would be injudicious to undertake any more work, as Parliament would naturally be inclined to check the application, which, in another year, probably, they would grant. If the float had been opened for a short time, that would probably enable them to impress upon Parliament the necessity cf farther deck accommoda tion. It was quite clear, as Mr, Smith had said, that, before a ship could be put into the Huskisson dock, a dock to the northward must be prepared to take the timber vessels which can now be accommodated at the Canada dock and the Huskisson dock. The circum stances would, he thought, be quite sufficient to smother any application to Parliament ; and the failure of any nieasnrc which they might bring into Parliament would throw 04;4 back for two or three years, while, if they waited one year, their application might successful. Mr. Foawoon supported the motion of Mr. Boult. There was nothing more grand than the contemplation of the immense advance which the port was making from year to year; and there would be the necessity of continually going to Parliament for means of extending their accommodation, and those means would only be the ,f,tqw)g 5t. 0 1430 to further means of providing for an increase of trade which it _should he ph* cieeire to meet in every possible way. it had been stated that the revenue increased last year by ;5Q,Q09, 1414 NVo4ici the interest on £I4OO,QQO, an amount sug;clent to discharge the expense of the works required, before the next three years. It was a strong point thrust upon their attention, that steam-boat owners, when they knew the dimensions of the docks, ought to build their boats to suit ; but he would rather see them build the atea.merc, in proportion to the requirements of the trade for which ,they were iptTded; and it was the duty of that estate to loild docki to meet file necessities of the port, awl to slew Southampton, arid ail other port.;, that Livir pool proviclecl accommodation fora trade which was sure to enlarge. He believed the trade of Liverpool was destined to increase. Who would have said ten years ago, that they would have five million bales of cotton in the port ; and how did they know but that next year the quantity would increase to five-and-a-quarter millions or even five-and-a-half million bales. Were they not to make accommodation for that ? When they had pro vicied to the cotton trade, go94s had to be shipped, and if they did not prOiride acconiniodaiion for iheir exports, the competition which they were experiencing would not diminish, but increase, and draw away their exports, He understood that arrangements were being made for the building of steam-boats of a size and capacity per fectly surprising, and provision must be made for them. There were two considerable difficulties in the way of worlx„ingxbra export rad..# at Birkenhead satisfactorily, and how could they expect spearuer? or American yessels to frequent that port though their ccitio4 4 11 4 other cargoes went there, if they could not get export cargoes? He was not one who opposed Birkenhead, but he would oppose the construction of works which would hang as a millstone round the trade of Liverpool. The coal trade and the timber trade might develop themselves at Birkenhead ; but however that might be, they were obliged to go on with the construction of docks on this Mr. 13ROCKLEBANK could not but say that the ques tion was raised at a period very inopportune. Mr. Boult had altered his motion so as to make the objec tions to it much less than they would have been had it remained in its original form, but at the same time, they had to consider their position with regard to the works they had in hand. They were told in the engineer's report that he had the greatest difficulty in carrying on those works for the want of masons and other labourers, and all the labour hp thought that the engineer could possibly get together in the course of the next two or three years would be required for the pur pose of excavating the great works which they had in hand. Therefore, he thought it would be undesirable at the present to attempt to carry out any further works on this side of the water. He quite agreed with Mr. Boult that there was a demand upon them for space for the steam trade, and also for other trades ; but he Meyer could agree with him when he said that neither the steam trade nor the American trade would ever go to Birkenhead. What were they expending all their money for, if neither of those trades would go to Birkenhead ? Some part of the trade of Liverpool must go there, and would go there, if they could main tain the water sit feet lower than the dock sill on this side of the water. The trades would. As for the cotton, of which Mr. Forwood had spoken, they really could not provide for every exceptional case, and the recent crop of cotton was an exceptional case. Next year they might have a million of bales less. Who would say that the cotton trade would not go to Birkenhead ? Some of it had already gone there, and, he had no hesitation in saying, would continue to go there. American ships would be glad to get there, especially as many of them took outward cargoes of salt or coal. (Hear.) And what would be the chances of success if they went to Parlia ment? What was the use going to Parliament unless they saw their way to getting what they asked for. He did not think they should go to Parliament, unless they had that prohability of success, without which they should never go to Parhanrut. ff they deferred their application to Parliament for another year then they might have a better chance of success. They could see their financial position more clearly than at present, and would so far have completed the Birkenhead works that they would begin to show what Birkenhead could do, and what it is likely to do. And what was the use of voting money week after week for the purchase of land, arl4 the bailding of graving docks ut Birkenhead, if no trade was to go there I It seemed to him to be perfectly absurd, He agreed with Mr. Rankin, that if they were to make docks on this side of the river, the north end was the place, because there they could obtain the accommodation at the cheapest rate. Mr. LAIRD said, that Mr. Boult and several other gentlemen had asserted, that the American trade and the steam trade would not go to Birkenhead. Having had somethinc , to do in Birkenhead for many years, and with some of the most influential men connected with the trade of Liverpool he had no hesitation in denying the statement. Some of the best informed captains who had come forward to give evidence on the subject had stated that provided the works were carried out as they ought to be carried out they would go to Birkenhead. Some members of the steam trade had told him that they would go there; but there was another reason why trade would go there, and that was because vessels would not be allowed to remain in the river and dis charge their cargoes into lighters. and load again from lighters. The American vessels would not be allowed to do so, and the American trade and the steam trade were too keenly alive to their own interests to sacrifice themselves to gentlemen whose views were prejudiced, and who, instead of coming to that board to support the trust to which they were elected, came there to oppose it in every possible way. The CHAIRMAN—I do not think you can be allowed to say this. I must call you to order. Mr. LAIRD—I think, Mr. Chairman, I ought to call you to order. You allowed Mr. Boult to talk about Birkenhead conspirators. The ClaitanNiAN—l did; but Mr. Boult did not say those conspirators came to this board to put down Liver pool. Mr. LAIRD said he was quite willing to leave the board and the public to judge as to the chairman's impartiality, and to see how he allowed a gentleman on one side to speak, but stopped one on the other. He would say to every member of that board that in their private capa city no gentleman at that board would dare to repudiate the agreement they had entered into to complete the Birkenhead works—an agreement which they had entered into deliberately, and on the strength of which they had obtained their Act of Pa►liament. Mr. Hartley had told them that the works would not be completed at the time specified, and in answering him the questions he had asked him, he did not mean to say that he had not used his best exertions, but his state ment showed clearly that the cause of the docks at Birkenhead not going on faster was the want of labour, and he found that £138,000 had been abstracted from the prosecution of the Birkenhead works. The expen diture on this side of the water was positively prevent ing the Birkenhead works going on. Those gentlemen who were present when the bill was in committee would know that Sir Cornewall Lewis would not pass it until he had the most decided assuranCe from the chairman that, if he did allow it to pass, it wonlif not at all inter fere with the completion of the Birkenhead works. In THE DAIL . t . TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 20, iB6O. order to satisfy Sir Cornewall Lewis, the chairman put in a statement directly the contrary of what Mr. Boult was continually putting forward. That statement clearly proved that Birkenhead, looking forward to the increase of trade, would pay. The chairman put that statement in, and upon that statement the bill was passed. He, therefore, stated distinctly that they ought not, as a board,lo do anything which would interfere with the completion of the Birkenhead Docks. He believed that when the Birkenhead works were com pleted, they would materially relieve the Liverpool Docks. He denied that Birkenhead had been a loss to the estate; and contended that the town dues ought to be put to the credit of the benefit which the board had received from Birkenhead. If Mr. Boult's motion were carried, it would tend to prevent the benefits to be derived from Birkenhead from being developed. Mr. SHAND said that, notwithstanding the extensive accommodation which would be derived from Birken head, he was still under the impression that all the accommodation sought for by Mr. Boult will be required. But if they were to attempt to go to Parliament, per haps they would only lose time, and at the same moment create an amount of prejudice that, even when they went at a future time, they would find the greatest difficulty in establishing a case. The CHAIRMAN said it was scarcely necessary for him to reply to the attack which had been made upon him by Mr. Laird, The observations made by Mr. Boult were general observations, and he did not understand them to apply to members of the board. Mr. Laird, in the observations he made, specifically stated that gentle men came to that board for an improper purpose ; and it was his (the chairman's) duty, in his opinion, to stop imputatiops of that kind upon members of the hoard. There was a difference, therefore, between the two cases. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Laird had alluded to the estimate which, at the request of the chairman of the committee, he very reluctantly put in,—not as an estimate of the receipts of the Birkenhead and Liverpool prOperty, but of the receipts and expenditure of the whole of the estate, at the expiration of five years. Of course it was necessary to enter into particulars, but he told them that it was a mere estimate, subject tq a vast amount of contingency. Mr. Laird, in calculating the revenue to be derived from Birkenhead, put to the credit of Birkenhead the profit arising from the town dues off the whole of the trade of the port. He would not quarrel with that; but he merely mentioned it as explanatory of the statement, inasmuch as they got £140,000 a year for a million and a half of money, which, perhaps, might be considered half of its mercantile value, —Mr. Laird took the credit of the other half as profit to the Birkenhead trade. As regarded the merit of the motion made by Mr. Boult, he thought there was a great deal. of truth in Mr. Boult's observations. It would be desirable to provide accommodation for the steam trade on this side, but it was perfectly certain that there was no more chance of carrying it through Parlia ment than of carrying the most impossible thing that they Foul Fq to Parliament for. The t4 1 , 1r , Wa s to ta lly out of question, in his mina. /0. Brocklehanic had skid that there was no probability of success ; and on the other hand, as far as his (the chairman's) experience went, there was a certainty of defeat. Supposing they got the parliamentary powers —great as the powers of that estate were, and great as the powers of the engineer were,—there was a limit to the powers of every estate, however large. He was quite satisfied that with the works they had now Ong on ? 40 the works they had already whit, inentary powers for 9 this side, it would he totally impossible for them to go into additional WOrks with a chance of their being properly curried out. With regard to the hallcial part of the matter, Mr. Laird had alluded to the Birkenhead works being retarded in consequence of the prosecution of the Liverpool works, but Mr. Hartley had instructions to prosecute the works, and had no stint of money—in point of fact, there had been a great deal of money spent for which these was no necces sity_an4 he thought it was very ungracious of Mr. pad to bring that forward. tioßp - explained that be meant that, as there was a scarcity of men, the men employed on the Liver pool side, of course, took so many men away who might be employed on the Birkenhead side, in pushing on the, work wore quickly. The NAIRMAN said in that view of the ease it might be as Mr. Laird had stated, but they had expended £1.01),000 more than they had been obliged to O;PoPd ky ral:lil4. It was only lagt feel: 9,1 . 4 the board a had authorised the committee to make purchase of laud on the other side of the water, and they had been laying down graving docks, which were not necessary in carrying out the plans of the Act of Parliament. That showed that it was the disposition of the board to carry on the works on the other side of the water as rapidly as possible. There had been no want of urgency on the part of the board pressing on the engineer the prosecu- tion of the works on the other side of the water. There had been no delay on his part that could possibly be avoided, but a number of their man had been induced to leave their works by gentlemen having works in other parts of the kingdom. With reference to the motion, at all events for this year he should not have any hope of carrying the bill through Parliament—he might say or even next year. It had been observed that the Ame riCan and steam trades would not go to Birkenhead ; but he was quite sure that Mr. Boult would not have voted last week as willingly as he did do, for the pur chase of a large quantity of laud en the other side of the water, unless it was his opinion that a large amount of trade would go to Birkenhead. Some of the trades would have to go there which now frequented the Liver pool Docks; and they, going there, would leave space for the American trade and steam trade, which now could not find space. Therefore, whatever trade went there, it facilitated the working of the docks on this side of the water. He concluded by' expressing a hope that the board would not press for the preparation of plans, and for going to Parliament—steps which could only lower the board in the estimation of r arlisment and the public. Mr. CRAVES said that having, on a previous occasion, taken a very strong view of the necessity of providing accommodation for the steam trade, he was still of the same opinion. Such was the elasticity of the trade of the port, that he was afraid that for the future they would not be able to keep in advance of it, as they had done hitherto. He could not shut his eyes to the fact that the Huskisson Dock must be the place where the next steam-docks must be made ; but 4 el to Id be sorry if that beard went S 9 Vailiainent with any case but u good one. He thought they would have a better chance of succeeding when the Birkenhead float had been open for two or three months. If trades would not go there, then Mr. Boult was right, but he would not admit a general assertion in an important tuattq• of that kind; but when the docks had been opened for six or nine months, they might argue from facts and not from a general assertion. He anticipated that a very large amount of trade would concentrate at Birkenhead, and he was desirous of doing justice to that side of the river, and he should be sorry that it should be supposed for a moment, that in voting against Mr. Boult's motion , whic h he inten ded to clq, is should be doing an injustice to this side, He believed the proper time for bringing forward this question would be soon after the Great Float was opened. He concluded by expressing regret at the remarks made by Mr. Laird, asserting that he was sure every member of that board came there to discharge his duty conscientiously. Mr. Boult having replied, the motion was put and lost by thirteen to six, the voting being as follows : _For—Messrs. Boult, Evans, Forwood, Inman, Rounthwaite, and Smith. _Against—Messrs. Rankin, Laird, 4 10 , a , Brocklebank, Graves, Hubback, Hut e l Littledale, Monde', Seger, SLAVA Tobin, Arnold, and the Chairman, This was the whole of the general business. ACCIDENT, Y E STERDAY.—MiChaeI O'Connor, a sailor, residing in Paget-street, fell off the stage of a ship into the Bramley-Moore Dock, and sustained severe contu sions of the body and concussion of the hrain. He was taken to the Nortbern Hospital. THEsroEn L. 0. No. 18.--The ann i versary di nner of this select and well-conducted lodge came off yester day, at Mr. Johnston's Cattle Market Inu, Stanley. The attendance was highly respectable, the cheer good, and the conviviality admirable. We regret that the pressure of other local matters has put it oUt of our power to give a fuller account of this loyal and patriotic relinion. SALE Of Sines, YESTERDAY.—At the offices of Messrs. Cunard and Wilson, yesterday afternoon, the following ships were offered for sale by auction :—The barque Fatima, 373 tons register ; £3OO was first offered, and the bids rose to £1,050, but the lot was withdrawn. Also the barque Hyndeford, 480 tons, was knocked down for £5OO. There was also a ship sale at Messrs. Curry and Kellock's ; but only one of the lots realised sufficient to be sold. SHORT-TIME MOVEMENT.—MEETING OF PAINTERS. —An adjourned meeting of the operative painters was held last night, at the Oddfellows'-ball, St. Ann-street, to receive the report of a deputation appointed to wait upon the masters with reference to the memorial of the men, for permission to commence work half-an-hour later in the morning and leave at three o'clock, instead of four, on Saturday. From the explanation of the chairman (Mr. M . Donald), it appeared that the em ployers had come to no decision upon the matter, refusing to recognise the deputation as coming from the general body, merely considering them as a section of the club. The principal object of the meeting was to obtain an expression of opinion on the matter from all employed in the trade, chewing that the deputation appointed expressed the views of the whole of them. This object was effectually attained, all the resolutious being carried unanimously. It was stated that the employers would again be communicated with, and that the reply might be known on Saturday, on application to the officers of the club, in Dawson -street. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Our readers have only to send their address to D. T. 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A few days since, whilst labourers were engaged in making excavations on the site of an old cottage in Mill-place, near Shaw's-brow, Mr. George Swallow, out-door assistant to Mr. Whiteman, surveyor, dis covered a cockpit, supposed to be two hundred years of age, which is mentioned in an old lease made in 1725, or 135 years ago, now lying at the Tow:.-hall. The cockpit is iu a perfect state of preservation, and may be inspected on the spot. Last evening, Mr. Wm. Brown, the donor of the library, and Mr. Arthur Hey wood, of the bank, visited it; and it has been inspected, during the last two days, by some thousands of persons. PRESCOT FLOWER SHOW-YESTERDAY. The village of Prescot was the scene of unusual rejoicing yesterday. The annual floral, horticultural, and poultry exhibition was held in the field at Parkside, kindly lent for the occasion by the Earl of Derby. The day was ushered in by a merry peal from the parish bells. In the course of the morning flags were dis played from the houses, on the field, and amongst the trees ; and the brass bands—the Victoria and the Prescot Volunteers'—paraded the streets in the course of the morning, and made the welkin resound with their music. The doors of the exhibition were thrown open at one o'clock, when THE VISITORS began to assemble. The gentry, the watchmakers, the filemakers, the farmers, and the ladies' maids, from Prescot, from Rainhill, from Roby, from Broadgreen, and from Liverpool, were represented by fair visitants, of whose ellailigs the very roses and the devices in flowers might have been envious. There were on the field the Revs. E. P. Cearns (president), It. S. Baines (vice-president), Evans, Sutton, Crockett, and W. R. Sampson ; Captain Driffield, Lieutenants Hall, Welsby, Ensign Twist; Messrs. W,,., Pilkington, Driflield, Cross, Rowson, Collins, Lewis, Bold, Rogers, Wootton, Gorst, Morris, Barrow, Frederick Eqrle and party, Bromilovv and party, tin 4 hundreds of others of the o'4 of the town aid neighbourhood. THE EXHIBITION consisted of devices iu flowers of the choicest descrip tion, of roses, cut and in pots, pelargoniums, stove and greenhouse plants, ericas, cineiarias, calceolarias, fucbias, ferns, balsams, coxcombs, verbenas, petunias, lycopb diums, hardy shrubs, baskets of flowers, bouquets for the hand, cut pansies, carnations, pinks, dahlias, pine apples, grapes—black and white, peaches, nectarines, melons, cherries, strawberries, apples, peas, all kinds of vege tables, Spanish and English poultry, dorkings, Cochin China, golden and silver spangled Hamburghs, game cocks, hens and chickens, bantams of all 'varieties, ducks Aylesbury and Rouen pigeons, balds, beards, rents, fantails, and owls. The competitors comprised the peer and the peasant, the professional horticulturist and the professional florist, the cottager and the fernier ; shewing, as we think, that the high and the l'ow, the rich and the poor, the titled nobleman and tideless peasant in this pretty little yillage are d o i ng a ll th e y can to gratify and interest, to better and to instruct, each other. Nothing, we think, can be more pleasing than to find noblemen of the class of the Earl of Derby and others, whose mansions rise on hill and dale around Prescot, not only lending their names as " patrons" of competitive meetings of the peasant florist, but actually sharing in the risks of competition with meta who are numbered among their dependents : Via Earl of Derby exhibited a splendidivory'prilni, yid a most expiisitely lovely basket of flowers ; and ltie was successful in winning prizes for ferns, for six varieties of exotics, for a collection of ornamental plants not in flower, bouquet for the hand, for verbenas, for grapes, for peaches, for cherries, for a basket of fruit, and for vegetables of various sorts. Mr. J. B Leatherbarrow won the firat prizes for stove and greenhouse plants, for. fuchsias (six varieties),:for gloxineaa (four varieties),, for gooseberries; and the second prize kr &lir varieties of fuchsias, w.bicli, aa we have PTeTict4l7 des•Cril)ed them, were extremely handsome flowera. Th e R ev. R. C. Crockett took the first prises for ferns, for •lycopodiums, for roses (six varieties), for cut roses, and several other flowers; and we cannot do less than endorse the justice of the judgment of the adjudicators. It would be almost useless to re-state here what may be leernt from the prize list appended ; and we therefore say that` every competitor dtcl hts best, and in doing so p ro d uce d suc h a collection of lovely flowers and pleats as the eye could scarcely light npon without being highly gratified. There were a large number of !lowers of YiltillnS sorts exhi bited, not, however, for competition, Mr. Thos. J. Booth s h owe d a number of geraniums and fuchsias, and a new plant of the loveliest description, called the hydrangea cyanena, lately brought into this country from India. The device of flowers invented by Mr. C. Whittle, of the Victoria Gardens, St. Helens, deserves esreitil mention. It consisted of the choicest blossoms, arranged with beautifully-iritricate ingenuity. 'ln the poultry most of the competitors were commended or highly commended, and not without reason. Mr. Richard Tebey, of Fulwoud, exhibited by far the most beautiful Spanish fowls ; and the nominal price at which his first prize collection was laid was no less a sum than £1,600, whilst the second prize fowls were laidat £l,OOO. Capt. Hornby, of Knowsley Cottage, was the only competitor for the prize for the best dorkings, and creditably carried it oft'. The best Pcchin-China was exhibited by Mr. W. Dawson, and the second best by Captain Hamby and Mr. John Friar. Captain Horuby took first prizes also for game fowl, chickens, not game, and single game cock. The first prizes .for golden and t' i l ver . spangled and pencilled Hamburghs., were taken by Mr. W. C. Worrell, of Knotty-ash.• The pigeons were very handsome, especially those of Mr. Daniel Thwaites, of Rock Ferry, who took the first and second prizes. The balds and beards of Mr. Sefton, and the beards of Mr. J. W. Edge, and the only specimen of runt, displayed by Mr. Child, of Birmingham, deserves all special notice. In owls Mr. Edward Worrell and Mr. Child were victorions, All the birds, in fact, were handsome specimens of the tame and feathered tribes. The following is the prize list : PLANTS, &c. NURSERYMEN'S Pat:mi.—Stove Plants, 4 varieties : First prize. George Davies, Stanley Nursery. Ericas, 6 varieties : First prize, Geo. Davies, Stanley Nursery. PRIVATE GROWERS.__-Stove Plants, 0 varieties: First prize, J. B. Leatherbarrow, Charles Jones, gardener. Stove Plants, 4 varieties : Virst prize, J. B. Leatherbarrow, Charles Jones, gardener. Single Stove Plant : First prize, J. B. Leatherbar row, Charles Jones, gardener. Roses, in pots, 6 varieties Rev. R. P. Crocket ; Geo. Ward, gardener. Best Collection of Ornamental Plants not in flower : G. P. Cearn, Esq., W. Murray, gardener; second prize, Earl of Derby; JohnJenning, gardener. Fuchsias, six varieties : First prize, J. B. Leather barrow; C. Jones, gardener, Fuchsias, four varieties : First prize, Robt. Roby; second prize, J. B. Leatherbarrow. Fuchsias, single specimen : P. Birrell, Roby. Lycopodiums, six varieties : Rev R P Crocket; 0 Ward, gardener. Gloxi neas, four varieties: First prize, J. E. Leatherbarrow; C Jones, gardener; second prize, R Blrrel, Roby. Ferns, Exotic, six varieties: First prize, Rev R P Crocket; 0 Ward. garde ner; second prize, Earl of Derby. Verbenas, in pots, six varieties : First prize, R Birrell. Roby. CUT FLOWERS. Device in Flowers : First prize, C Whittle, Victoria gardens; second prize, Edmund Sefton. Basket of Cut Flowers : First prize, Earl of Derby ; J Jenning, gardener. Roses, cut, twelve varieties : First prise, S Brocklebank ; H. Morris, gardener; second prize, Rev R P Crocket. Roses, six varieties : First prize, Rev R P Crocket ; second prize, S Brocklebank. Bouquet for hand : First prize, Earl of Derby; second prize, 0 Beesley. Pansies, cut, twenty-four specimens : First and second prizes, It Grinaston, Ashton. Pansies, twelve specimens : First and second prizes, R Griniston, Ashton. Antirrhinums, six varieties: First prize, T Heyes, , Preseot ; second prize, 3 Howard. Verbenas, eight varieties : First prize, C Whittle ; second prize, Earl of Derby. Stocks, cut, six specimens : First prize, C Whittle ; second prize, W Waine. Pinks, stand of, eight varieties : First and second prizes, R Grimston. Ashton. COTTAGERS' PRIZES. Window Plants, in flower, 4 kinds : First and second prize, W Waine. Ditto, 2 kinds : First and second prize, W Waine. Single Cactus, in flower: First prize, W Waine. Rose, iu pot, in flower : First prize, J Stockley. Vegetables, 6 kinds : First prize, J Hocktenhull ; second prize, J Stockley. Ditto, 4 kinds : Second prize, William Waine. Basket of Fruit, not less than 4 varieties : First prize, William Waine. FRUITS. Pine Apple: First and second prizes, Mr J Meredith. Black Grapes, 2 bunches : First prize, Earl of Derby ; second prize, Mr Jackson. White ditto, 2 bunches : First prize, Mr J Mere dith ; second prize, Mr Jackson. Peaches, 6 : First prize, Earl of Derby ; second prize, Mr Jackson. Nectarines, 6 : Second prize, Win Jackson. Melon : First prize, W Jackson ; second prize, Earl of Derby. Cherries, not less than 1 pound : First prize, Earl of Derby ; second prize, Mr Jackson. Strawberries, not less than 21 : First prize, W Jackson ; second prize, Win Wright, Esq, JP. Gooseberries (by weight), 24 : First prize, P Forber ; second prize, J B Leatherbarrow. Ditto (by quality), 24 : First prize, T Brocklebank ; second prize, J B Leather barrow. Currants, red, 1 pound : First prize, W Wright, Esq. Ditto, white, 1 pound : First prize, E Sefton. Apples, dish of six : First prize, T Fairelough ; second prize, J B Leatherbar row. Pears, dish of six : First prize, Woe Jackson; second prize, E P Cearns, Esq. Raspberries, red or yellow, best dish : First and second prizes, W Wright, Esq. Basket of Fruit, 6 . First prize, Earl of Derby ; second prize, W Jackson. VEGETABLES. Peas, dish of 36 pods : First prize, J Houghton ; second prize, E Sefton. Broad Beans, 24 : First and second prizes, Earl of Derby. Cauliflowers, 2: First prize, Mrs E Cook; second prize, T Fairclough. Cabbage, white, 2: First prize, w Webster, Esq ; second prize, Earl of Derby. Lettuce, 2: First prize, R Massey; second prize, T Fair dough. 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Pi t r ni s i t t: p o: r w i 4 :e .v , ar E cie a et r il l eers a y: t , F D 4ir e ss r tt b ipe y ki ; i: 7 lo, o i n res d et Beasley; second prize, se H eo L: p e r . ue, C w. ucu vi ni r b i e g r h s t , , First prize, U Beasley ; second prize, prize, Whittle ; A beautiful model of a new locomotive xieam-engine VAa ktescot flower show aytetsrtaecrtdeady. gener al attention at THE NATIO,NAL W'ELSIE, EISTEDDFOD.—We under stand that the grand, national Welsh Eisteddfod will be held at the ancient castle of Denbigh, under the presi dency of Sir Watkiu William Wynne, Bart., on the h, Bth, 9th, and 10th of August next. PUBLICATIONS. CAMP LIFE ; or, Passages from the Story of a Con tingent. By Lascelles Wraxall, author of "The Armies of Europe, &c." London: Charles J. Skeet, King William-street, Charing-cross : The writer of these sketches held a subordinate command in the celebrated Turkish contingent, raised by British subsidy during the Crimean war. Stationed with the corps at Kertch during the whole of that fearful contest, he can cast no light, except reflectively, upon the active military operations in progress before Sebastopol ; but grotesquely describes the hard ships which he was compelled to endure, and gives some humorous sketches of the strange characters whom it was his fortune to be thrown amongst. The book is written in a very off-hand, dashing style, such as might be looked for from a soldier ; and the author's chief fault appears to be in generalising too freely. Of Turks and Russians alike, in respect to their personal qualities, he speaks with undisguised contempt; and the French, with the exception of one particular crack co r p s , are equa ll y t h e su bj ect. of his prejudice. Making all due allowance for this, however, and rega r di ng t h e b oo k merely as a piece of light readin g , we must say that, occa sionallyinstructive, it is always interesting, and the reader who takes up the volume will be sure to proceed and . devour it gree dil y. Many tempt ing extracts might be made ; but we shall content ourselves by giving, as a specimen of the contents, a story related to the author by one of his ser geants, who had been to " the front " in active service ; and this we take the liberty to entitle A GHOST BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. The barren plateau, on which the allied armies were encamped before Sebastopol, was naturally suggestive of many superstitious fancies among the troops, The out lying sentinel, with his eye at the utterm o st d egree of ten sion, to detect some crouching spy, eventually saw imagi nary forms around him, and the darkness became peopled with the denizens of another world. Many stories of ghostly manifeztations wore current, very few of them possessing any ether foundation than the imaginary ey fltuof the credulous soldier ; but there are one or two authenticated stories of ghosts, one of which I propose to tell here. A soldier, on being relieved from guard one winter's night, swore stoutly that he had been haunted during the whole period of duty by a woman in grey, who made signals to him, which he, good Catholic as he was, declined to follow. He was laughed at ; but when the sentry . on duty the next night told the same story, the most incrednlaus began to believe. When a week had passed away, and each night the same occurrence hap pened, the regiment was so infected with alarm that the captain of the day thought it high time to interfere. For this purpose he summoned to his counsels one Patrick Leary, a colour-sergeant, who was popularly supposed to fear neither man nor devil. The captain lent the non commissioned oflicer a revolver, bidding t;hn fire if he fund it absolutely necessary ; bat to do his best to capture the woman alive. Mr. Pat took a hearty drain of rum, and wont on sentry-go, much to the relief of the men warned for that night's duty. It was a dark misty night when Pat commenced his dull round, and it was enough to make any man feel uncomfortable: The gallant Pat, however, so long as the effect of the runs lasted, whistled the " Night on which Larry was stretched" sotto voce, and stamped his feet to restore the chilled circulation. Somehow. or another, though, he began to grow very lonely, and and almost wished that the ghost would come, if only to bear him company. His wishes were soon fulfilled, for hearing a slight sound, and raising his rifle to his shoulder, he saw a dusky form gibbering at bins in the distance, Pat began moping and mowing in reply; and the woman, appa rently encouraged by this, drew nearer. Pat laid his firelock on the ground, as if to encourage the other, but placed his hand carefully on his revolver. There was nothing like being prepared ; but if it were a woman— the thought, however, fairly turned the isursest sergeant's mind. Ere long, the figure approached so near, that Pat was enabled to challer s ge-ss' " Who goes there ?." " A friend, the stranger r e pli e d, i n a mus i ca l , thougts foreign voice. " Advance, friend s and give the countersign," the sergeant merbanitally said. Just as the figure approached Pat, the moon broke out from behind a cloud, and enabled him to see the woman's features. The most astounding thing was the immense grey beard the figure wore. Pat, as a tra veller, was accustomed to strange sights ; but this sur passed all. In a second, though, the truth flashed upon him, and he made ready for action. "Come here, my darlint," Pat said, artfully, but the woman did not seem inclined to obey. The moonlight had evidently destroyed the stranger's calculations. She fell back a step or two, and then turned to fly. But it was too late ; Pat was after her with a tiger's bound, and, impeded by her petticdats, she stumbled and nearly fell. In a second, however, she recovered, and turned on the sergeant with a most uncomfortable-looking yataghan. A low mocking laugh burst from the stranger's lips, as he tried to get between Pat and his musket. But the sergeant was ou his guard ; pretending to fly, he managed to bear down within grasp of the woman, and caught at her capote. The next moment, the yataghan had passed through the fleshy part of his arm ; but he did not relax his hold. He grappled with the stranger, but meeting with an unexpected resistance, he drew his revolver. The stranger clutched at it with frantic energy, and a terrible struggle ensued, which terminated by the pistol suddenly exploding ; and the stranger fell to the ground with a groan, while P a t, w ea k ene d by the 'loss of blood, followed the example. The quarter-guard, aroused by the shot, soon his:tied up to the spot, and both were borne into cas s p. The stranger was placed in a hut, and a surges;, fetched, and it was evident that the ghost in grey was a fine-looking old man. He was, however, df.:elared to be in a very dangerous state, for the b^,l had passed through his lungs. His condition 'was kindly explained to bins, and he told his str y 'readily enough. His rs'..sine was Constantine, and he was by birth a Pole. 11 ,seing been engaged in the revolution of 1831, he was saved from the death that fell to the lot of his comrades to endure a worse fate. He and his family were trans ferred to Russia, and he was forced to perform the most degrading duties in the secret police. For twenty-three years he had endured the' humiliation, for the sake of his wife and child ; but he little reckoned what was in store for him. When the war with the allies became immi nent, he was ordered with his family to Sebastopol, for he was a perfect French and German scholar; and when the campaign commenced, he was compelled to risk his life nightly, by going out to spy the progress the enemy made. Death stared him in the face either way : if he refused, the sentence passed upon him at Warsaw still remained is force, while, if he obeyed, he was in hourly risk of detection. Why not desert ? you will ask ; but the Russian police were Machiavels. His daughter, Eudoxia, a lovely girl of three and twenty, was taken into the governor's house, ostensibly to protect her from the horrors of the siege ; but Constantine was given fully to understand that her life depended OR his fidelity. The poor father was sorely distracted. His hatred of the Russians was counter balanced by his love for his daughter the only treasure he possessed in the world ; for his wife had succumbed under the privations and exposure of a winter journey across the steppe. Need I say that the father triumphed over the man ? Constantine was a nightly visitor to our lines, and by the cleverness with which he played the character of a French or English private, long escaped detection. At length a dreadful ordeal was offered him ; he was told that if he could only induce an English soldier to desert, from whom some valuable information might be obtained, his sentence would be reversed, and he would be free to go where he pleased with his daughter. Maddened by the thought of liberty, Con stantine attired himself in a feminine garb, hoping thus to attract some sentinel from his post. He would then wound him, though not dangerously, and drag him into the Russian lines. In fact, it grew a monomania with Constantine, that he must catch a Briton alive ; but, unfortunately, in Sergeant Leary he caught a Tartar. Such was the story he told, and which aroused con siderable interest among the hearers. It reached the ears of Lord Raglan himself, who visited the prisoner, and bade him be of good cheer; no harm should befal him. But Constantine shook his head sadly ; of what value was life to him now, when he was separated from his Eudoxia ? I need not say that every kindness was shown the poor fellow, and doctors vied With each other in their attention to him ; the wretched conical ball was apparently embedded in his backbone, and there was no prospect of moving it. Pardon, reader, such a common-place story, but the end is not yet. * Two days later, Sergeant Leary, who had bound his flesh-wound up, and laughed at it, was at work in the front parallel. He was sitting in the trench, smoking a very dirty short pipe, and growling inwardly whenever his wound gave him a twitch. It was a lovely night, and double caution had to be exercised ; for the Russians were all alive, and seemed shooting for a wager at the men in the trenches. Pat -philosophically took off his shako, and placed it on the top of the earthwork. In five minutes he took it down again, and lo ! there were three Minie balls clean through it. "Whirrah ?" said Pat, as he comically surveyed the damage, " here's a pathent ventilator." " Lucky for you, Sergeant Leary," a young ensign remarked, " that your head wasn't in It." " Arrah, your honour, and do you suppose that those dirty bullets would go through my head ? It's all very well with a regulation shako, for we know what that is made of ; but an Irishman's head is formed of stronger materials." A suppressed laugh ran along the trenches, but Pat was not at all put out. " Boys," he remarked with a solemn pathos, " since the unlucky day that I landed in this filthy country, not a night has passed that I haven't put at least a pint of bad sperrits into this carcass of mine ; and there is not a man among you can say he has seen m e th e wo r se fur it. It want s a purty daisunt head to stand the rackir we get up here, for it would take the roof off a house ; so I think my head is safe against a ball sent by Russian powdsr. Ililloh ! What's their game now, I wondher ? " The men jumped u p i nvo l untar il y, for the firing from the Russian guns had grown tremendous. Forgetting all caution, they sprang on the breastwork, naturally supposing that the enemy meditated a sortie. They were in perfect safety, however ; all the bullets were at presenten directed at a single figure, which was crossing th:sophe at frantic speed. Our men cheered [ stranger passed on, utterly reckless lead, and , some two or three fellows, Leary of heartisilow s hower of rushed out to rescue him. h when he h a e t their head, Great was the sergeant s surprise , the woman in gray', but he recognised in the stranger no ' thoag t . . time for inquiry. but minus the beard. But there vvas batteries, as if dis- The Russians had opened all their their victim ; and for as gusted at not bringing Suddenly hour the very earth s hoo d k o. s . w ti a th the vibration . did not condescend to reply‘t the fire died away , as we n eload in disgust, and there it ; the moon retired bebiu t d he a ight. was silence for the rest of t L sergean Lear had convinced In the meanwhile, himself that this Mr. Jones was not that M r. J ohes : the stranger, Instead of wielding a yata g h an, employed a far re dangerous weapon in a pai r of the most ' lovely eyes ever seen. Then, in a most seductive voice (Leary s wore afterwards that he u n d erstood every word, , • ni but I don't believe m) she asked after her father's welfare. She spoke in French ; and, at any rate, the dicer of the watch comprehended her, and sent a party with her at once to head-quarters. Lord Raglan no sooner heard of the heroism she had displayed, in order to join her father, than he gave directions that she should be treated with ;all possible kindness, and have free access to the prisoner. lffer presence was better than all the doctor's stuff to Constantine. Re rapidly recovered ; but Eudomia's duties were not over then. By some stupid mistake, Leary managed to run his renowned head against a Minie ball, which sadly injured his personal appearance ; and for some reason or another, Eudoxia insisted on nursing him. It may be that his repeated visits to her •father had touched her heart, but what do I know. * * * * * _. _ All I can say is, that I nursed Sergeant Leary's youngest girl the other day, when I went in for an ounce of tobacco, at a shop not a hundred miles from Leicester-square (to employ the liner's pet phrase), and was requested to wait and see Father Constantine, who has a very comfortable engagement as interpreter at one of our police courts. With him I smoked a refreshing pipe ; and he confirmed all the details of the story I now lay before the reader. ARRIVAL IN THE RIVER OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP ST. GEORGE. Yesterday afternoon, her Majesty's screw steamship St. George arrived in the Mersey, from Plymouth. She entered the river shortly before two o'clock, and steamed up into the Sloyne, where she anchored nearly abreast of the Rock Ferry Slip. The sight of a large screw man of war, such as the St. George, steaming up the river of this mercantile town of ours, is one which partakes somewhat of the character of a novelty. She attracted considerable attention, and her noble appearance displayed to advantage on the present occasion by the steady manner in which she steamed into the river, raised a feeling of great admiration amongst the numerous spectators of the event. The St. George is a two-decker, and carries 91 guns. She is quite a new ship, and has only been very lately commissioned. Her commander is the Honourable Francis Egerton, who accompanied her from Plymouth (wher e she left on Friday last) to this port. It is said that this is the vessel which is to be Prince Alfred's future flagship. Her object in visiting Liverpool is chiefly to obtain "hands," of which she is at present in want. 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