Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD: .1 lg.' ~ ,,f '. ,1' , ,,, Mr. Charles, Turner presided at the usual waelly meeting of - the Dock Board , 7,resterday,: and . the 'tither members present were--L.Messrs. " Farnwortli, mith .S Rankin; Mendel Brocklebank, : Segar, Graves, Hiib , , back, Laird; Arnold, James Holnie,' - Moss,. Shand, B us h e ll, E vans , Maclver, Lockett, Tobin,. 'Bola, An , wood. ' • . • ' . -! -'I. ' WORKS COMNITTTEE. ' t • *:‘ The proceedingsef,thiS committee included a repor f ro m Mr.. Glishotne,.4atino. that, o'i. undermining 019 . gu,bmariue cebie -from the Urines Head to Point limas; be found that the cable had been maliciously 'cut. The eemmittee therefore agreed that's reward' a £2O should begiven to any person wlio secured" the conviction of the, offender. . . . On the motion ..of Mr. Brocklebank, seconded by Mr. Smith, the proceedings. were confirmed. '''''" : , . , • . : wAREHOFSE COMM:I7ER . • .., ~ , The proceedings of .the 'Warehouse Committee coin, prised : a recommendation to appoint a principal etamitier of accounts at Albeit Dock Warehouses, and that the gentletnan to be appointed. be Mr.' G. W. Ditthbelli'elerk in the - Treasurer's office. ' at 'a salary of £00" h year ; also, a recommen4itionto lay Vault - No. 2 witli"Ophalt ; and to transfer "£26,000 from the Albert, Stanley, liVap, piiag" afidrßirkenlicad Doek Warebetise , i', account( to the credit of - the general account. The several'. anienti,ts ' transferred were—from the Albert warehousei, £16,00.; . Wapping war,hol.e;es, £5,500',; Stanley • wareleete, , s, £4;00; Birkcri,er l wareliduies,, £406... A letter frim twenty . of the officers employed 4 t, the Stanley warehouses was read. The tittt.r stated that the oil ehrs togged most resilectfully: to state that they, bad nothing wlifttever to' do' with,' and did not attend any llieftizig held at the MerSey Worle's Institute,' Mr. Inman in the choir, regarding,the forma: timi of a rifle corps from the parties employed by the Dock Board, such .of - them as wished. to loin iM. the , Volunteer movement having been 'quite satisfied with the permission already, granted by the Warehouse Coin "mittee. • - . Mr. HUBBA.CK, in moving the confirmation of the proOccliug, said he , had just received the following Jetta from the chief Superintendent of the Albert liOck y warmaouses : _ . , . . : Liverpool, 22nd Decembe,,L£ls9. Sift•-•=its directed by the Committee I awaited the result' of the application to the Treasury as to the - keeping of Monday .teat, the 2Gth : instant, as a; Holiday. It is so.t4rfeted to he ,kept, and we have placed the usual notices at tae dOcik, entrances here, and at the-Wapping. I have also informed the Albert Dockmaster thht announce . ments will, be mane, to open the dock on Mooday,, to dock vessels, should it be necessary to do so., I am, sir, -your qbedient servant, Roar. COWAN. -'' Joseph Hubback, ESq., Chairman. . v . ." Mr: ARNOLD seconded' the confirmation of the 'pro ceedings, and the' motion was agreed to. - ' • , 'MARINE COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Marine Committee were read, comprising a recommendation to accept a tender 3f the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraphic Company, to. work the-doel line of telegtaph. The agreement corn= prised all the conditions contained in the advertisement 'of the board. which has already,appeared in our Colnliins: The Magnetic Company further agreed to pay an annual rent of £2O to the board; to transmit 10.000 messages free fur the, board, and any addilionahmeseages, at half the rate charged to' the 'general inblfc'; 'tild4 'board td erect the seven stations at - the docks, at an estimated cost" of rZ530..--44.- letterivaS read froni - Mr. 'Gtabornet i •.detailing the progress inade in raising the Marine cable `between Point Lynas and Holyhead, He stated , that the cable already , raisect was twisted in, all-shapes ;:and .(.sent a specimen, which was exhibited in the boarthioom; : . Mr. -MONDEI:, in moving the confirmationof the pie. - • ceedings, said theifonteaet for , working the dock dine Of - -telegraph fully embraced every condition of the advei lisernent., The , company did not at first offer 'any tent, • •but after an interview with Mr. Bright they consented , . to pay the small amount of - L2O per annum; There was, .. in , fact, ui.OptiOn, because there was only 'one tender. 'As to: the , telegraph cable, of which there -was 'a speci- men .before . the board, - he . thceght ' the . cable ; had , not .been: . laid ?'straight. It was very unfortunate that the thingshould'occur;ibut it could not be:helped. Up to the period of th.e 4 wreck of the Royal Charted, that cable was working regularly, And ; there was not rt. shadow of doubt' 'that the Royal Charter had overlaid the cable. The committee would require the sanction of titt" , Board tO'earty out those requireintints which . were ,appended,to the tender, and. to fired the - seven stations at a Cost of :X530. , ! - '.' :lir. Moss Seconded:the motion. : t ~ ' . 7 ':- , , , - . . : Mc. Fouwoon thought that further information should be given by the Telegraph Compa'hy as tee the -rate at which commerciaLmessages will, be ; taken. , . He re- ' sumed the central ,station would , be: in the Exchange. As the question embraced a large number of :points, he ,would like to have had a•week to consider. For him .self, it was rather unsatisfactory. Ile should have sup-: posed ..that a thing capable - ;of being so far extended . would be deservinfr of a larger rent than £2O.- Another -.:.qtiestion was whether the company had. oonditioned!to - keep those stations permanently open and within'what .• hours..! 1... . . V 5 , iMr. RANKIN 'said that when the .subject was before them on a .previous occasion,. he. objected to - the board asking that their -messages should be'sent free. It ~appeared they were only--to receive £2O, and although thirty messages would,be sent for them in-_the course, of . a - day, on ati average they would require to send many - more. In point of fact, therefore, in paying for. the - 'extra - messages, instead of £2O, they might be paying £lOO or more. • If the board had agreed to .: , .rpay a certain: sum for every message, he 'was . sure' they 'e would have received a different offer. • . Mr. LAIRD wished to. ask whether the arrange- 1 ! ments were made for laying the cable across the river. He.. would like to ask Mr. Hartley ;whether it -, was decided in.what part of the river to lay it, and . . how soon would it be laid down? He considered ' it important that a branch should be laid to the different . ' ferries. It would be a means of revenue, and it would be a great convenience both to the dock estate and -! c: 'parties on the other side of .the water.: , T . fin2dr:ll.s.n.TeEv said they, were: ready at any moment taday.e:cableacrOSs the river. They were only waiting to . get the whole of the line complete to Holyheid in order, to save the chance of-the -line being run foul of in the . gersey. r. The line, Across the river would have no.:coni- ; „rgpmcation with. 13,irkenhead proper ; it would g o from , Aye new laiicling-etage to the.. north reserve ; 1 , !,! . to connect it, . with ' . tiikeiiheed proper .1.1 • . 4.. i w,onld, ar . e. to be a branch from the north reserve. r. Tom:pi 40 . .theire could be . . no difficulty inn that.: ~No. dOubt it, ,would be a great' coßvenience; ao its •,aciiintirsge f s,iO4:boen fully proved in the la s t few days.'lf the cable was ready to be laid, and ,the compaissie ners . at Birkenhead wouldmeet . the matter fairly; it shOuld be completed forthwith. ' * TlYft:QiivhisiN thought it..wai desirable that the, committee should beallowed to conclude the agreement. ,' lt,i7as.ten.experimental thing„and , could, be terminated by .six months ' notice. When it had been tried, they 'sfould. 'be 'better able to. judge on the • ; Matter. „Illr.. :. ta?\l 6 -1a would also see that the aniount,payable )ry the 11 , board for,extra messages was o nly h a lf t hat p a id b y the . iiiiblie. ' Ar.,pilanELT. P4At , seemed t o hi m t o be gr at. ,1,( 1 ,4„0- 1. 4,t h . ~ ar e ran g , * • e - e'itl. , ,111 a.... t , no .rate had bee a nfnCed . ,i gosgeo ; ue94 l3 •Se'"... ". e wes quite clear that the coin -1 ° d- I have based' their calcel h.,' • 4. , „,,• . aDs upon some rate, ~a 3,t wotild,haveken easy to have f „,,, , ''"'" ;.113 committee ~what that rate was., , "Mr.4,OCitLEWIt, in reference to the . ma r inemarineCable .1 ; . to .ffolYhead, thouglt,the Marine Ccmghittee. aught _„.?-cilly, 4.p . consider whether,it was i desirahlo tegoron:With. eitiffe§he cable. His Dping , n, Wats itiS,OWY would never .1,1 , .. 0,4109,4y.,dayin a cable so satisfactorily as that they ~,,wPtildnot continue to have interruptions fror . u.soroil can' _or other; : . . lif6. thought -they,should at once , take,into, , e ._ cOasideration-*wliether they,should not carry out a coast , (; line/from the qini,eehead., to Point Lynas. .., Mr: 1V,(4.044134 they, could not, have the bargain = ;',both wayi. e . git,vasa.beci business . for the . contractors, )3 ithey4oulOave it for six Months.and.then give it up. ~.1 1 Nt,`,.he thought it 'would 4 1:,e, to the,interest of the (Km . rtra4prs f . l2_, carry Ahe metgsagps t at the lowest Tossible 4,74 i .they,9aiiid- . m4ke t4.,/nPN. . , . : . ,„..ai,r,,,m.orruni. said .the ;mune, of trip:Magnetic COnl-- pany,eonibined all the conditions which the board_had c previously approved. with respect to 'the branch line which Mr. Tobin - suggested, it could be laid at a trifling expense,. end. he. believed the committee would carry out .- the lineirom the north reserve to Birkenhead. As to Mr., 1 1 t . inkin's rem ar k s, th oug h t h ey did not • make it a con.: am'cwe be , believed 10'000 messages :per annum would be. all th e. y required; for the first twelve mouths, and fo r any additional. c eases they, would , only have to pa half t 1 .1 19 Price charged,,tq,.the,p. uhlk II 01 11 " t• 1 r!° Y. that they cOuldheceniede a ch;ge ti . greelent 'than t he w y s' had done, becau se I t. - A4stat . ; ) p4blem :whether it l e' would pay the parties Who had tendeiedOr not, If itt - tarn'ttout a good thing, they - Ead - the promise Of Mr, .8yi.,,,0•ht that the rent would beingeinjejl, . :Thepreceedings were:thed.ecingr . med. .• • • PrLOTACA -CTlNtithrrim. - • ' The proceeding of thig cOmmittete • included a report that the board of examiners, for granting licences to the masters and mates of coasting steamers, 'would - sit on erery.Friday after, the first Friday in lanuary next.' • On,,the . nintion:of, Mi. Shand, secanded•by Mr Boult, the proCeedings were confirmed, • • •• • ' •. • • L DOCKS AND QUAYS COMMITTEE. The proceedings of the Committee for the Manage fnent 4)f the Docks and Quays comprised a reecommenda- Lion to: fix four buoys, upon- an improved principle, in Canadi Dock,' for the ptirpose , of mooring vessels, at a cost of about £5OO each. On :the motion of Mr. Lockett, seconded by Mr. Smith, the proceedings were confirmed, • . . • MASTER PORTERS -.coitkirrEs. The proceedings of this committee were read.' Mr.; ARNOLD, in moving the confirmation of the minutes, said it 'was the -intention of 'the , dointnittet to take:into consideration the Woiking..effect of the present sy•stetn'of master "porterage, , :&4, with :a view to making Some , arrangeinent, if 'possible, which shOuld be satis factory to all parties. To do this all parties mutt be heard, and the committee proposed to take all the evi denCe they could get on the subject. • • SEIIA It seconded the Motion; which was agreed to: THE BUSINESS OF THE PORT ON MONDAY - NEXT. - The'CiiAtn4AN said he had . ' received the following most important letter : • Custom-house, Liver Poof, 21st 7 Dee., 1859. Srit,—l beg to inform you that the:Lorda -of the Treasury have 'directed thaV, Alolfday," the 26th , instant, he' kept as 7 a hp . )4(tax at the ustout-house; but it being: po .0)le that there may Jae some ships to clear outwards on 'that daY,'arrartge bienN• will be made to meet such cases.-1' am, sir, your obedieiat servant, • ; S. Pates EDWARPO. . p£1.140..31a8011,,E84. ' - THE 'TRACK . OP THE WOODSIDE PERRY iloAm. Mr. 'MASON, the' Secretary, read a letter from the Law-clerk to the Birkenhead . Comini4ioners, stating that •he was desired to inquire when-it would be con- 7 venient for.the,Dock Board to receive a deputation from the Ferry Committee, relative to the anchoring of ves sels in,the.track pf the ferry boats. , , The 1 0*Ain:IAN—Mid not tfiesh gentleirien better meet the Marine Committee on the.subject. Mr: M6NDEi,--No'; they Oibuld-go to the 'Pilots Committee. (Laughter.) I:The•Board confirmed the Chairman's suggestion. PIL p TACIE SERVICE BETWEEN TUSKAR AND' POINT * " fi * • LYNAS. '• The CHAIRMAN said there was an important:commu nication-to which he would invite the attention. of. large shipowners, who had seats at the board. 'lt was as TO THE CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE MERSEY DOGS AND HARBOUR BOARD. We, :the , undersigned, beg respectfully to state to your honourable ; board that, for a number. of years we have:fol- . lowed the bbsiness of Channel Pilots, in taking charge of,' and coaducting vessels through the St. George's Channel, between . Point Lisas and Toskar. . That with the recent calamity which I ,befel the ill-fated Royal Charter, fresh in your recollections, ;,1. 1. . is unnecessary to remind your honourable board ,of the • dangers' of the navigaton of the St. George's Channel. • ' ' 'And Iwe respectfully submit to. your. honourable board the ylta; importance to the prosperity of this vast port, that every t preemition and pare should, be taken. for the safety of vessels . coining to and departing fronfit. Not in a botistink)spirit, but as terding-to show the vaine of the services of the: channel pilots, we. submit to your board that, although numbers of vessels are annually entrusteci r to the, management of channel pilots, we have, never known of ~ any serious accident happening to any ' , teasel in the St. George's Channel ashen „under the. care • of one of. such pilots ;. hut, on the 'Contrary, such-misfortunes; have always happened to .ves aas -n Aunden such care. . • . - ,Thit An orgaMed body. of properly qualified - and competent 'Chit : tin-el pilots'-Weuld tend very ninCli - to the safety and neuter don of vessels trading to. the port of Liverpool. :: t . -,That,such pilots should,not in. any manner ,interfernwith the Unties of .the pilots of the bort of LiVerpoelz 'but they should be authoriSed to take charge of VesiefB before reachineand after leatiing the "ground under the °area the Liverpool pilots. That maatera of vessels ,havp frequently expressed to-us their at k iowledgments for the, assistance which their, have derived from our services; and both such lusters, and numerous slnip owners, have fiequentlyekpressed to us th , >ir regret that there were not a body of duly licensed ehannel.pii (AL • That we humbly ask„the ;countenance and approbation of • your honourable board, in our endeavours via Organise an esta bliShment of efficient charittel , ilets. It, that before any per ;son tan;be admittectintoihatbody; he,:shall be alibi:cited to an , -.examination as to his fitness andqualifiCationsfor tht discharge of the duties which he may be called-upon to perfarro ; and so that those who shall prove themqelvee to posSess those qualiti- ' cations may be properly -lfcensed, and .put und‘r . judicious , regulations, supervision, and control. . - , Mane masters of vessels do not now avail theinselyee of the services of the 'channel pilOta on acCoant,of the trouble neces sary to satisfy themseiVei that the person they might employ ',VaB cony- qualified aria einupetent. . •-s t, . . . Being fully impressed of the influeue , of your honourable , ,boprd. in, any steps which may' be takenio the matter now ' brought tinder your notice, we respectfully' seek 'your fiNiiiir 'abie approbation and approval of the objects vre-haVe in vtew ; ,and we feel assured; that you, will deem .their •importanca a sufficient, reason for our addressing, your honourable ,board upon this subject.---We beg to' remain, - Mr. Chairman' and , Gentleinen, your humble and ebedietit Servants---Thomas Williams, John. Morgan, Robert; Williams,, Jain.ei, Shipley, James Luscombe, John Shadrach, Llewellyn Rem, William William, David Jones, George Bowles, John Jones; William Marshall. The CHAIRMAN said it was out of the jurisdiction of the board ; but these men wanted 'the' sanetiiin'erthe 'hook Ward, no dosabt, - Ilf'itiengtfienqfieir 'handi in dealing with the Trinity TiOnse. ,It Waielear. the , ground 1 I 'referred to was such as' the board - had'no' . 4iitrof.'6Ver whatever.., How far the board might thinkcit degirahle. I or not to expreSs any opinion on the 'Stibga c wns for . . . them toisay'now. Perhaps the best way would be to . , „ 'refer the letter to the Pilots Committee to hear ally re- , marks they might have tomake on the subject without- 1 committingthe'board to any 'approval or disapproval of I ' 'theliteposal. . , _. • Mr.' EVANS said the ignorance of the navio-ation . referred to caused captains every' yn# to lose ships. Mr. ,Botrir,said, in the case o . 4 ,fine neteripan• ' ship which, Was lost, with a ch4inel t 4 ' pilot on' ',Agri], it. •I • , waStheopinion of several' persons' that` had the' aii(ain'been left to himself the - Vessel'*ould'have been ail: safe.' The letter was as suggested by the'ehnirinan.• . . , THE DEFENCES OF VIA PORT.--LETTER FROM TUE WAR-' - . OFFICE., The Cu.tiamAN said the following comniunt9ation , froth the.yirar-office had been received by tlo , special committee of the Dock Board on .the defenbes of the port ; War Office, 10th Deceniber; 1859. Six,—T have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of, the sth October ladt, stating that there was .uo intention on the part of the Dock Coinnuttee to withdraw from their previous agreement for the surrender of sites for defences On' the MerseV. That agreement, embodied in a resolution by your committee, and based upon negociations with plans in explanation, was dated.lsth February, 1855, and the same, subsequently sup- - . portedhy the recommendations of a Joint Naval and' Milit ar y . • Camthittee has been approved by Her Majesty'sGOverfinient.. The .sites required - are detailed .in the accompanying me rporapdum, and upon the tame, or such of them as may be at any tithe called .for beitig surrendered; agreeriblylo.,the rori-- canal - resolution' of ' the 15th February, 1835, Her ;Majeety's ' ;Gevenistient - will be r prepared To :undertake' :the - ' dkeeesary,' tides; uting,every endeavour in their constructi o n to.inter-,11 , as, little ,as possible with the , ordinary, business of ,ths - ; t . In' respect to the sites, it is to be hiderStoed that Her melehty's Government require nothing further than their sur .re ,r, as. existing on, the present dock . walbl, or where the , leer s. are still niatiniehecl,, pa in the case of,the.PWth; West or 7 ..„,, te.extreinity, and near 'Seacombe, that th us- wall gei- wall shall, be`cOmpleted and the requisite arealealdled uP TO a' height of , 6 feet above-high water mark, as; in other parts of: the dock writs, Pm. 3l 4g. a Accessary .Pa{t, of :the , apme,:and, tb.eveforeot strictly within the Powers of your board. , ~ ' ' The sites near Bootle Marks; forming a very inifiortia Paint" • for the defence of the 'Mersey,"the early completierCof that' povtion of your est. wail is suggested,. ~ . .1'...•, • ; a Agreeably ; tq the request contained in your letter, anahatract oft hi:Petkirt'llf theletint Naval lind'htilitary Coniraitted upon 'the 'Defences/. of the Menity is encloeed,ribe - details of *biolf - ' have been approved. -, o ~ . . • .:: - . .:-, . , t it.a early reply is resuested.---I am, air , yonr obedient *errant, i#., ~"4:- C fOiar. . The Secretary to the Merge* Dock Estate, LiverpOol Abstract of report by joint Naval and Military Committee ...:,:do upon the defence of the Meraty : : , _: - ., - ,ii ! . ' 15 . NCBB. ib? 'rYTODEPR Pereh'Rock Fort • '. New-North Battery / ' : licl _, 5k.4 1 . 0 9 , D O 9. . , 14th February, tfai. . • nuns. ' If - 14 Paopespao sew Nyoaxs. • ..-• • , - .. alms. • -11,ihtle Marks •K irt -e I .. , 51.• : t, . P 21 Liecoro Battery 443404 ,. k 6 ,{tilt *,south p • •` , 7 ., , s: 3 Irri,il4torib.l)% " ~, ....... : . ..,.,:: ... . . : Upper, Blayne ..... ~. .. ... .. . , .. 3 seaepmbe Dopis. North End The committee having considered the correspondence; plan, ' subject 3z to a the 1 1 had resolved that, as to recommended to the o the reco propos e d oPosed battery meta the/ Bootle Landmarksvit relinquish, the site shewn upon the l conditions. contained in the, - resolution of the 16th. of; s I February, 1856; the Board .to complete the sea wall, so ! far as the requirements of 7the Alook 'estate demand. • It was further resolved 'that, so far.as regarded. the other .sites with which the committee had been favoured, the committee would be glad tof receive further inibrmation; - the: sites of three of the batteries) beings now)meritioned for the ,first time, and not having been mined in the , resolution of, February, 1855. ' . ' • • Mr. RUBBACH moved the confirmation of the . pro- Cee,dings, and in doing-so said, the Board were simply asked to, give up the site for one fort at the extreme , -north eud,of, the dock estate. ~ The Boardiwouldinake .theLsea Ivall,, as far as the demands of the dock estate, regnired,ancl all other works were to be erected by and at the. cost of the - Government. As to the other por tions. of the estate, the conitnittee cduld not do anything at. present: .. , - - . whether the board would give up a piece of grou,nd, eemparatively'4peaking valueless, to tile Government, to'erWit a fort upon it. (Hear hear.)' • The - fall might have' their - - Opinions upowithe matter, -but they-ought not to .place their individual opinions as to what 'was proper in juxtaposition with thoie of the ablest engi neering officers of the -Country.- He' was not a judge of sudh matterS,' but he theught that one point of -defence certainly was at the extreme end.- of the north docks. Mr. Smith appeared to think that forts erected at Seaforth, or Formby, or elsewhere, iii that.diredtion would be better than the fort now pro posed by the - Gel/eminent. Well;- probably that might follow hereafter, lattt'this .must be -Considered 'as the first step ; and ifAhey were to do anything at all in the mat ter, they should regard, this as an instalment of what was, to come. He think the cothmittee would not Object to a further consideration of the question ; but certainly if the question Were , postponed, he should' comel,forward on a future occasion, and very warmly support the construction of the proposed fort at the Bootle Landmarks. The CHAIRMAN said the Liscard Battery' was made ; but as to the battery in the south Sloyneatheboard ;had no land there, and therefore : could do nothing• in reference: to. it. • • • - Mr: Sierra said the board ought not to be called upon to :deal,euramarily - with such a document as that' whieh was theft before theina There could be differences of ()Pinion on the subject, and it was very desirable that it should receive the most ample and careful consideration possible -at theehands of the :members of the •board. (Hear, hear.) He had. an impression, which Wasshared in by others, that the proposed batteries on the dock estate would not be found efficient in ease of an invasion. Now, the fortifications of the port Alottld be of the most efficient description, and at the game time construtted at the lowest possible cost. - One ; of the'least expensive and yet most efficient forts' could be constructed at Leasowe with a view to the protection Of- the Rock Channel, and a similar 'battery - "at -; Crosby would protect the • Queen't • Channel . . They had heard so much lately Of the 'Armstrong , guns • and of r'. improvad • 'gunnery, that at •=a e very small teat . Inlay TY--- - forts could be erected on the two sites indicated, which ' would, in his' opinion; be a far more efficient protection to-the port than anything in theshape of 'batteries'that could be placed on sites within the Mersey: ' (Hear,: hear.).- . :They ought to understand' the subject better; before: they confirmed 'the reebinmendatton Of the committee. • • • • ' • -. • The CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Smith would allow him to say, as far as the Bootle fort was concerned, that the board , always contemplated giving up that : they had not only agreed to give it up, but they• had also agreed as to the , area in which the building,wwere tit be erected: After the Russian: war had been terminated, it was tupposed that the Government did not wish to insist upon -the tootle fort .; • but still, it *as' always con templated to give up the tingle at the extreme' north of - the dock works, whicliNwag tn'he nellecl the , Bootle Marks Fort. With respect to other matters,-thtee of the forts 'had never been' enettioned -Were, •andthey 'are not included in the first recommendation of the Ordnance office at all. Three , of them were mentioned, but those three were , understood to have lapsed—to have- been • • given up altogether ; '• we r e now • again repeated. But the board would do well to consider this, that where they applied to 'the GOveinnient on these points, the Government having sent down their own men who were iskilled•in such matters, to--inspect, they' would!take the opinion of-those ,men,• in spite of all the board might do. • But' the present aresolution went no 'further than to reiterate the resolution passed over and over again, to give the Ghvernment the north-west angle of the docks. The Defence Committee had carefully guarded -them selves against expressing may opinion upon the other sites, by asking for fuither informatioh 'on the subject. - Mr. HOLME said, if he recollected rightly, in 1855 there was a demand made as to building a wall. The CHAIRMAN said, they had declined to do more than cerry'it out as far as the resolution carried it. Mr. Hoeme thought the board had better-be aware of the demands the Government were• likely to make. They demanded, in the first instance; that a road should 'be kept, end a wall erected. ' TotitlN - thought they were specially ; guarded against anything of that `kind. The letter front the WareOffiee stated that no expeitse 'should be thrown upon the hOttrd, exce - at such 'as wee 'Oeceseary for dock • • . • • - , purposes. . ,DEMERARA RAILWAY dOMPANY. Mr. MAciveß hoped that some of the members .of • the-Defence -COnitiiittee would , combat the views .1 In accordance with,public annonneement a an extraor of Mr. .Smith. Even if Mr. Smith were the greatest .dietary general .meeting-of this company. was - held:at the engineer •of his age, he was still . not - . one of the rooms of the:West leidia Association; Brunswick-street; war department. Now, this beard did. not -happen eMr. John Crosthwaite in the chair. . There were ,also to 'he in the simple position they were in when ipresent-a•Mr: C. Holland,. J. F. Bennett; Jelin A. 'ell those letters were- written , before. -''A Vast 'deal 'of Tiunie, S. • Martin, J. O. Johnson, H. llarriSon, W. hubbub liad'heen made at the- board about' the defences Balleny, J. Gordon, W. IL Gore; J. Brand, W. , 11. of the port. It - was• net the GOVerhinent , appealing to Sandbacha and , C. S. Parker. The ! object of the the board ; but it was the hoer(' which' appealed - to the .meeting • was to take into consideration an ordinance Government. Now, if that Werethe case', with what -:passed by the Colonial Legislature of British. Guiana, • face could -they pretend to first ask the Ciovernmenttheir ,;entitled ordinence to • relieve, the rDemerera :Rail 'opirriori, and refuee them even a moiety of *heti they ':.way: CoMpany, upon certain .conditioese , frem , the :pay neceiaary fOr the defence' of the'Pefe,iftor !mutt of the principal of or interest-upon the mortgage after all it came back to that : not what the board dueate • the colony, and - to make ,:further provision ythought necessary: but, having applied to the Go- : for the ...behefit the..said. , company." . The pre , iertinieA I;; *bat they Considered - di-hirable for the eamble estates - . that the Demerara - railway- was mort defenree),Of, tholpOrt.' !'Althotighy enrolling a 'large gaged. to tthe colony fdr . securing the suni of £50,000; - to number of men, he was no more inclined to fight than be repaid at the expiration of twenty years from thellth Mr. Smith; bne,.Ateehopid, ;the• lboact would comply December, 1850,-withinferest-at-the- rate of 6 per cent. with-the war departmentate such an extent - as' nave pc]. Ullapn:: t a merchnaoce roe ea or tne.year 11653, the , them the one fort alluded to. *. If_ it rate of interest was reduced_to 4 per cent. per annum, to that single demand, he did not that the'board itbeing ,pipvided that 2 rr ecaate per annum should be could with - any decency at all - refuse to grant it. •, • paid by the company, and applied to the, fermatien, of a el Mr. Boitiar said that, ieonsideling the great iniprove- sinking fiind .far. the redeMption of the it ,niQrtgage. meats in artillery, the-first principle in fortifying a place I The'Peynaents ,inade en account of such, sinking fund was to have the defence es farhspossible froin the thing, :have been, feetha a latin e p totiine, inyeseed ein a the, con they meant to defend. - -The forts recommended by the entidated,three.pericent annuities, and. new ~arnote4 to War Office were iiiPla6ed that.threeotit of four of them tlae of stock or thereabouts., There is watildeireply draw enemy's' fire - Upon the. - ships in,. : due to the colony lay - ,the company, ,a.e• thellst of doeltand the warehouses. They should - have batteries. -October, 1860,,the sum of £8,00,,f0r arrears of interest .at Leasowei flOating batteries. - • - - Mr...Sit - AND; was - rather tor postponifig 'any absolute the, cqmpany certaitijOcoirietiveengines and goetli . wig: conclusion on these - proceedings, because he remembered gent, and has acVaneed - divers sums of money to the said that that North Fort - wax conceded with unwillingness railway for the,repeirs of the line and improvement by thokboard. - They found-it deeimble to give it -hp to. .of ;the premises, and has thereby expended for ; the the- Ooverinient,' to 'Meet theifsuggestiotis ; but at the , benefit of the • railway the • sum. of £8,864 ls. sd. same- time they 'thought it was -Rot desirable; to , have_ ',Then follow the terms. efjelief, which are substantially suchn , settlement , in'thatlocalitye a All the fortifications 7 as fellows :—So 'Oh& as the line shall` be kept ingood now proposed would de . to batter'ships that had'got Hit°. order, and not brought tp. execution sale, no demand the rivere , litti . their 'object • should' - be. to •ehaehveur• to shall - -he made upon the-company . fer principal: or interest exclude them front the river.. ••' •• • under:the i ntertga,ge .due to, the colony ; and if, coni- Mr. 'thought the 'Port Defenee Cebu- patty shall .expend £30;000 in the completion rnittee - had got %Ito ' a 'pretty: ''Coneiderable fir. • I It, a line to Ataludea, ;the, mortgage , shall :be :cancelled.- The 'seemed that , Government had' now jiist turned back • qmount at credit, of, the .sinkine , fund forthe.ridemption "turible. what therpropoeed'ini a fertnerthebasfthir and had .of - that utertgageato be:expended.on the of given' the quegtion cansideratforir , at all. the, existing Jule.- -The. company to :be relieved from ' Tear, hoer.) They - had `netitittlylotte' 'that; hilt they payments is respect of sinking fund in. future,— added- Some., two or three f forts to, what 'they' pro- ~Thenlaints: of the colony .for ;engines and :waggons lent 'peged ' , before," Which -he 'thought ‘•*ould to the company .and for advances forrepairs of the line,: as itiecateehient , as the forts which they hearipie , nously ,given, up;s-e-Leeal , ootamittee tci frame - and submit a proposed. 'Looking at the *fined spa of pep had 7 c,tariffi-4)teteljle,34,ll(l. authorised-to. :makiti - ,- - agreaments upon• the pier "heads, suggestion c61110;0 worse to , with,proprictors.and , others for the; conveyande eflpro - the interests of the estate than 'to 'have' ferts: Of 'guns. 'duce or goods.-!--The company to: keep 4:crept - fir the road . upori the Prince's' pier -head,;' and the othei - Pier heads. :leading-from the terminus at Belfield to the public road - . He thought thit - queetien 'reqttired"More consideration, and the bridge .on- the, samea—ln disc of ` - a :vcieancv:in in order to see whether they miglirnOt r i iiiditce the: -the local cominittet the manager niay act provisionally ; *G6Vernineat to inakc'fbits'it :fike'what . and coinpehy empowered to , appoint a mahaging director,, Mr. Smith had pointed. out, whiol.‘' he thought would- ..inalien,Oflocal coinanittee 4 shOuld they think fit.;--Local 4 he far More applicable 'to "'the defetipebttherpoit than corrunittee to submit a. plan ofethepropeted line from -:• drat was no Proposed: (Hear; heat. • °--1 • Belfield to Mahaiaa,.' and pr ev io us or di n an ces ' enabling, - Mr. ;Fitit*Oori' thefight they ,ought - 216'dentrand that - 'thecoinpanytdcomplete the line' revived.—Preference "Mie.'Goi - eittreent'shouldpay ettditientoltheecTelfineeti of- .:hnd xightstafthe Colony atnder the mortgage fpreterved. tort of Liverpool. Diet-not 'the pros Peril Of';'Lan- --' 7 4 3 referenee , :and •• rigida of holdets of . the bonds and ,ettehtee; and-perhaps th(Oeerfeenditioia of :the-Wholdi - preference stock. preserveda—'Provisions of deed o f ninth - try, .dePenclaipon LiVerPool beihigeitfoteeted?"The :_settlefuent, &e:;• continuech, . • • • GoVetriment were bOund 'to put them m a'nesitiOn' of .:: The notidj'ealling . the - meeting was read by the' secre _ defenbe.'• - 1 itary, linditurnett, ~• • . • Mr. - TOBIN said the Gov ernnibut bad :`aka that' 1 -- TheTiviinki.w said that when they met in October - Collige. 'The GOVernment had eiPressed i their opinien,- [lad ther had mot receivedlany inforination with regard. and told them what would be the beitialeitis of defend- I toiliefordinancee :0 Since • that time,' however, they'had ing Liverpool. They'Riltrtherclid not wish to interfere- r:eeettiWiltitrikad . .bon received, and could jodgeJfer them with commerce and therefore. if board had any , !gelvesitofie then moved--" That the Deraetara.'RailWav yobjeetion :to raise .t 9 those particular - sites, theymust , -.Company - do- 'heieby accept -the' terms offered by' the mention them; and. show -that it would be impossible to ';Colonial-Legislature-of British- • Guiana as set forth ;in ;erect batteries in.those particular sites. without .doing a ; the resolutionlazsed by the combined court of• the said - :very serious injury to the: working-of the docks. colony at an extraordinary - assembly,held-On the 31st of Smrrir in .explanation, wished, to say that his • .october land' embdflied , ordinance No.' 23 of; object was this, that the . qustion having. arisen,; -.he' ; 1869;' enacted' by the 'court {of policy on the 4th day of nought it was an opportunity whoa the subject- should' Noveniber last." ; be So. dealt - with,, as between the board and the Govern- • - seconded the resolution, which Was.. anent, that, it. should „ end inithe defences of the port; 'agreect;to;' , ' being, of - the moat efficient character. . • , 'Mra-Ca-HoVreeten moved'' That the-foregoing, resolu 11fr. LAte.h. 'said there . appeared to have been, ' , doh be triturniitie& by , the 7 directerate the Governor of misapprehension in :the Steps, which the committee had' h'Guiana as; an labkiHMedg'eMeHi'd the conipany,-: . :taken.7 ; They first asked.taGovekament to send down fotthernanner in which their interest , hits been reed?-,,, surveyors ; that ;wag declined, _ and; the cometittee, were- 411411 by Eteellenty and the . Colonial LegislOture." e referred to what had taken • place :before.. .He ", believed' He Wits rglakto Moviihat resolution,: the more so because . the true course was for the Defence, Cominittoe.andfthe .) on ,a' late 'occasiiiii he felt; it incumbent upon him Inniakee board to point out to the Government - what:they thengliV Itontea4everenontinent on;;the conduct of the legislature,-,+ would efficiently defend the port,. andOadhelieved if they!' regar&to: the railway, company. ; He' felt justified in did that, they. would meet with.. every -consideration., reeking these remarks , as . a trustee, as the construction of.• (Ilear,....heas.).i..That was the Courseiitincih ite first sug-t ; the railway had-been solely for the benefit of theicolohy, a oested.t - 1 - 1/n:q still adhered .to hi'i icriginh/ri opimon. l , Und ; mit) !for !the bEinifit: briltlo' • shafteholtlers: , •3 B They: If thei . ..Govegnment. reports werelaniiveurable ; they had received' he' knelt support .as. idle colony should .mightatiotaget all , they : sequirecl4:bUt he, believe 4 from. have afforded; but, , : he. was :happy ; novhin be enabled . the disposition of the Government .at the: present -Xi:. 3 say thatethey;were placed, in a - .very different. thaeitheyettirould carefully -consider anrangestiens thee Itosition, andethat ' - the colony, had at, length aivakeoed hotted' mightmakea:He Would not-certainly havfeagreedl a - Sense- Of their.. Own, interest: and of . justice to.. to the:pre4etitiesolutiona but he ., believed it referred to; , :ther'shareholders. • All,that 7 had . bon said on his part a fort . ...tithieh any :ease would ; :Withf ashotild forgOtteht a . and r heDiteusted, the colony, and._ the regard. to the other 'forts , up, the riveia hee tit) ught . they . shareholders in, the, rallWayeweuld: act, harmony with: - would,net -be' available' for the defence of the port; f each other, to .skeure the.:rnterest 'of the :railway: The without doing great damage on'iboth , siddasaf the.water.- ;hates ofitolLia.adr,been hitherto; laarelYanffitient to pay . The 'stiggestion 'of Mr: - Smith was valuable; but they' thee ivorkinglicharges., and , keep:thexailWay in working ; must net 'blame the Vroverninanti for doing . inothing- ;repair; 'andittwas ;quite eviderit 4 bfiftre:theY borrowed , unless they nut befoie thorn what .0141 retjuired.i a£.:3o,oofit fOr the , exteitsion:of the Erne, that it ehould be •I hear.) . • 71u3.T ,shown: to the lenders what guaratattee there we.slor their GRAvii said :it wale a , pifil the quettianhaid been. 'money, In order to. do, this,: thaey;shOuld either be able: encumbered. by the. other portion:the anhjecl-n-the, rto charge ,a highertolls or)str . "4-w. an increased amount of. . 'erection. of batteries oh: the pieta heath ; ftuaalif pert: , Araffio; -,H i e weenorrytoae ; e by 'the , ordinance that the; stood, 'the committee lead postponed the considerati on of, question of tolls ha' beeh •lef t . abeyan ce. ' •Tho rootel tluit question altogether. for theoxtension 31 ; , *e' Erie to Malutich had not hem.' f Tbe,orkinimaae4-That it so. • I definitely, laid dowh .-• So langas,these.mattertwere left' •• Mr; GRAat , resumed—The only question then was, .in abeyance they tt - v;,.,a not;. e, able to mahe their e esti- • Pllt...,}lVAirs , said the , having guns on the pier-headS was no novelty; for be toulbl remember them being placed there. - Mr.-7 HITBEACK said delay would do no good. The defence committee had been granted unanimously;_ they hakconsidefed.the defenceless state of the. iMrt ( ; . they had resolved that it wits - the dutfof. the Goverrinaent of the country to put•the port in a &oriel; state of de.Rnee; their views • had been; laid- . before the Governnient; who now stated what they could do for the port, audit- was now for the-board to: saywhether they- would - permit the Government to:erect a foitrandfkotest the port as far as they - contd. Without' inconveniencing the trade of the port and- the town - In giving the piece ofdandatlthe Landmarks, it' did not follow the the defencealwould- stop-there ; and infaCt that piece of land had - been:gran.ted before for the purpose. The ChAnntiiii - .---Oter and over again. The ENGINEER, in answer to Mr. Rankin, said, when the north extensieh , plans were made, it was contem plated:hdving a dOCk basin south of the proposed tort As-to A doek entrance further north, he thought it very questionable whether the'board would be able main tain an entrance further to the north, seeing what they had got - to - deal . with at the north end at present. Mr. Mcmort, was , inclined to .view . the matter in the way :Mr. Laird . did, He would remind' the 'board that when they were -referred to fortifications projected in. 1857 'the -Armstrong gun had not been invented, and that the ordnance of that day could only carry a mile and a4half or two miles at the utmost. He-thotight, therefore, that this' matter should be well and gravely. considered -before the arrangement ivaS :enlered -upon with the GovernMent. He believed the sites pointed out by Mr. Smith were eligible . sites '.for' he defence of the port" of Liverpool; and -he would move that the question be postponed for further consideration. • , Mr. BOGLT seconded the amendment. The voting was then taken upon the amendment, when there appeared : For-Messrs. &Mit, Brockle bank, Bushell, Forwood, Lockett, Mondel, Shand, and Smith; 'Again st —Messrs. Arnold, Evans, Graves, Hub back, Laird, Maelver, Moss, Rankin; Segar, Tobin, and the Chairman. The amendment was declared lost by eleven votes against, to eight for, and the Original motion was agreed to without a division. The reporters then retired. mates as to the cost. He, concluded by eiptcs§iii,f his gratifioa' doll at the itermtproffosed by the foroni. - seconded tho -resolution i —whioh was adoptedvc-L,• Mr. PORTER then moved—" That, in the opinion of, this meeting, it is .requisite, to,obtain, without chloy, the apprOpl,of the, Governor, of the Court of Po icy. to a remunerative tariff of tolls; and alsd a plan of the intended 'extension of the line to Mahaica, in order that the company may be enabled, as soon as possible; to raise a sism of not less thart £30,06'0, for the purposes mentioned in the Ordinance." This resolution was carried on being seconded by Mr. Sandbach. Thanks' were then voted to the chairman, and alsd to the secretary; and the meeting separated. . LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY. Before '` J (Before MT. S. ,ANSFIELD.) STEALING ROI-E.—Anthony Coyne *as brought up charged with stealing a quantity of old rope from the ship Lalla Rookh. He, was caught •in the act by the mate,' but at the intercession of a bystander ' was not Aiven in cha r g e . Th e p r i soner th en risked to be allowed to go to the heap of old ropes for his h This was grailted;but ho neglected to empty it of its contents. Fie was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. (Befere' Messrs. SHAND and RATREGNE.) STRANGE CITA.AGE BY A POLICEMAN. : --SQSepli Greg son, a quiet decent-looking; man, who resides in Frank street, Toxtethrpark was, ,summoned to, answer the o.4rg,c of ,assaulting:, PoliCe-officei Francis Gid dens, 357, while in the execution of his day. The facts of the ease are these :- 7 -On the day in question the Officer happened to be passing the defendant's hOuse at the time -a window . in the second story 'Was broken. A piece ,of the glass fell upon: the comPlainant's nose, inflicting a slight wound .upon. this prominent feature. Mr. Shand said there was ' evidently no' intentional assault on the part of the defendant, It was only one of thoSe accidents , which occur every day. The case was therefOre disthissed. F. UNMANLY CONDUCT OF A HVSBAND.—Thomas Rice was summoned by his wife, Nary Ann Rice,: on the charge .of nsing• threatening language. to her. —Mr. Cobb appeared for the,eoinplainant, and Mr. Bluck for the defendant.-LThe couple had scarcely been four years Married. The specific charge was, that on. Tuesday last the husband came in to dinner, and asked for a pair of pistols; which his wife had hid froth him; in`censequence of the threats he hadon previous occasions heldout against her. He went out, saying if he did not get therein, an hour he would'take her life. Mr. Bluck set 'tip the defence that he asked; the pistols for the purpose of selling them, which he stated to her . at the time, she had therefore no right to refuse them. The magistrates said it was evident that he had iiSed threatening language to his wife, which he had no right to do. They therefore ordered 'him to find two sureties of £25 each, to keep the peace for six months. LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES. , • NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr:: justice WILLES and a SpeCial Jury.) Befe i !e proceeding with - the, business for the day, his .Lord,ship intimated that as a dispute had'arisen with re spect to the verdict in the case Of the Borough Bankv. Logan, he would decide it in chambers on - the 16th of January, execution to be suspended in thiineantime. CUMMING, SUN., V. SHAND.—Mr. James, Q.C., and 'Mr. Brett appeared. for the plaintiff in this case, and. Mr. Monk, Q.C. and Mr. Hutton for the defendant.— Mr James, in stating the case to the jury, a said that, the circumstances at, ley ; still when they had heard the facts he thought the' jury woald be 'satisfied that th4laintiff had been ill-treated by the defendant. The plaintiff was'a Chant, principally engaged in foreign transactions, and the defendant was the registered officer of the Royal Bank of Liverpool. The action was brought because 'the defendant, in his capacity as regiStered,officer, 'had refusedtoprovide fora certain acceptance of the plaintiffs and had omitted to honour &check presented at the bank at the time there was money deposited to meet the same. The plaintiff, in 108, opened an account with the de fendant's bank, of 'which Mr Chaff6is'is the Manager, his chief .object in doing so was to provide in London for the due honour of 'acceptances from abroad: 'This arrangement 4th of ,carriedjvhe t outp plaintiffs wentlainutntilthe to (h dad in question. tin ttie o July hank, saw Mr. Chaffers, and gave him a list of accept , ahOut tolhcoine disc, anti which when due were to be met by the bank in London. At that time it was beliA s -ed that: the'. bank' had sufficient cash in hand. On the 6th of July some acceptances of the plaintiff fell due in London whieli were 'advised, and duly Met by the bank. ' - On the following , day an acceptant for £l2l 4s. 3d. fbll' due in London, and on the same day,it was discovered that the plain , ' tiff's account at the bank in Liverpool fell Short of .the acceptance by some £l6 or £l7, and the plaintiff accordingly plictinto the bank £2O, thug providing the bank with a sufficient amount to meet the acceptance. The plaintiff having paid this £2O; left town on the 9th instant; and returning on the 11th, he found that the bill had been dishonoured. As this bill. had been presented on the. 6th, .there were not Sufficient funds in the bank to meet ,it ; but it was the practice in such cases to present it citi, the follow ing day. It was presented, but again refitied, and, the plaintiff alleges that the Liverpool Bank - should have 'communicated with their London correspondent, informing him of the payment, of this £2O. AS they had notsclone so, the, bill was dishonoured, thus injuring the charaCter of the-1444111We; Mr. Ciiramins afterwards drew" a Cheek on them for £l2l 7s. sd.,:.Whieli Was paid, and he then wrote to the directors complaining of the treatment he had received from Mr. Chaffers,-,their. managei. On the Ist of AUgust, Mr. Cumming,had a transaction with the bank in, Liverpool, riThich ended in a : l)e,rsonAl dispute with 314, Chaffers, And. the withdrawal of NE. Cuiuming's account with the haat. On the 10th of the same month Mr. Cumming, was advised by his brokers;Xessrs. Trneinan and, Rowe,. la London, that they had Paid £20.4) his account ; in 4ie Landon Joint Stock Bank. At this time Mr. Cammin& had uot.in formed the London bank of his rupture with the Lver poolbranch ; and, on the 13th August, h e dre a. check upon, thebank here fOr £199105., andgot the £2oop.gclin.by thei Joint-stock Bank of I.,,oirdon, thus leaving ios. .for the commission.. His clerk presented the cheque at_ the bank, and it was dishonoured, • whic}i the plaintiff, argued they, had no righttp de, 2s the . money_ belonged • to the plaintiff. ,The present action was then brought, it never being. supposed by the •plaintiff that any reels- , taupe would be made to the claim; but the bank now •sought to charge to the . debit of the plaintiff 41,800. Theleasen for this was, that Mr. Cumming had in the course of his transactions cargoes - of rum: consigned to him, upon which bills were drawn by the_ consignees, the bill of lading being attached as security to the holders of the bills of exchange. There was part of a, cargo of rum' shipped by the plaintiff's father for., Trinidad in the Enterprise. On this flip consignee had drawn bills of, exchange, which were accepted by the, plaintiff, and which ,with the bills of,„ lading attached, .were placed in the Colonial Bank s ! : London. The plaintiff, therefore, applied to Mr. Chaf- 2 fers, of the Liverpool Bank, to obtain..* possession of those bills in the, usual-way. 'rho Bank (at Liverpool) took the bills and paid the amount on them to 'the Banh,.deducting discount, £l2 3s. 7d. The loyal. Bank then placed the bills in the hands, of Messrs. ,Branker and Co. to realise upon thew- and the plaintiff HOW .urged that the bank had no riilit,te; detain the £2OO on account of ; the of, lading;l:beefinee the custom, was, that when a bank had made an advance 'on bills of lading, and did : not :specify a, definite time. for the rapayment 'of that , advance,,lthey had rio legal claim. The jury,.found for the plaintiff for the full I .dinount. claimed. , • . • .) MELLOR AND ANOTHER ? . FE.gaips.s.—. : Thoplaintiffs ;this action wore „Messrs. Mellor , and Stanthabootton mer , ,chants, of Liverpool, They Amin, the habit of ,importing . cotton from Bahia, and seme_V m eio in the parsec:4 this year the plaintiff's house at ParaibOhipped a quantity ofootton to the;ameunt of about.l,6sQ i imiles ' .at Bd. per lb jA by,the ships Cora and Francis BarkeL This st eotton (whl.4.was , to be Paraiba cotton) was, consigned , to.; the defendant ; ,and, in the beginning of Augnst last,,negotiationa.took place between plaintiffs'• broker and the brokou c pf,the defendant, for the sale of this cotton. At that time it :had, not arrived ,in Liverpopl,, but Oanko, the 4th." In this contract three qualities of c94. 0 74:Merg.) specified, first s ' second, , and, thirdsctibut tholgtt these, ,ate. 'called quality; .clasgifieatious, Ake,' ar°,, i '!'ol - ~ Folog7); Iniged in. Liverpool, tile, vPziet:iefs I)ein ' , g • tern, Fil9W4 uaefme, good, and. ordiaarvi the,. contract, : nOwever, that the cotton should be '1) ought oy tho de istipulated - • , ~„ fendanti providing it Pa:pilau. coma and, of a, merchantable . quality. When . Ere: cotton,, he refused tcetake it in censepenee its; being , ver y inferior to wliat they had eipoC,tect. The action was , brought, therefore, to m„ak9.the d!efend- ant fulfil his part of the . contract and purchase. the cotton. Mr, James,' Q.C. and two other learned g'enlit men were counsel for the plaintiffs ; anti Mr. Monk, Q• 1 - 1 ' and,Mr.-..Quain- represented the 'defendant. The de fendant pleaded: _that the cotton Iva& not Paraiba _cotton at all, but of that very inferior kind commonly called Paraiba Mascen-____Tlic_ learned_ judge in remarking upon the evidence whie.h had, been brought forwar4, said that the plea of lion4dlfilniiimt h,e, which had been put. _in, _raised the question as to the -precise meaning of the term Paraiba cotton. If under that designation was included only those . which had been marked by the Brazilian Government ? the Verdict must be for the 'defendant, as it had been proved that very few of the balei were so marked. - If, hovf" ever; they thought that the, independent quality 'of the Cotton was meant, and that that quality came within the class termed "ordiriarya'araiba,'! the verdict would be for the idaintiffs. Theijury, afterachre considers' tion found for 'the, defendant, and that the terms fire; second, and third are •to •be taken in their Liverpool signification. . , . . HEAL'T'H COMMITTER At the weekly meeting of this committee,:yeiterd* Alderman Dover presided ; and - the. other meniher 6 ") present were--LlWessrs: Sheil, Beckwith; Cretin, Crostb . tvaite,,Haydock, Stitt Bowring, Rial-ev 'Job, Nickson) Holden and Gladstone. • THE. HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE MAGISTRATES• • .The follovin c , report waitubmitted to the committee • . The inspector rcporti that, • yesterday , informa tloo against parties letting prohibited cellars in - courts - and street s ' were heard before the justices,. Mews., Shand and Bean:: --T e Inspector deems it his duty to mention these ,facts, asp P'..„ Courts and Alleys Committee censure him f. , r not having occuPatiOn of prithiblttid Cellars at• once , stippressed. Inspector can, no.wever,do . no more than summons the part4 T i Six . officers were detained in court on these• cases from ,o'clock, a.m., up to -2 o'clock , ' p.m.,- and wilt alsp have `;', attend' on next . Wednesday; in consequence. of an adjourntnel' d The courts and.streets in.whieh the above Sellars are ,sittlafy i are in the mast unhealthy localities the - tdvin ; 'they arS, totally unfit. for habitation„and . the_parlaci-n. l ' bees previously fined for the same offence. The cellar of :It 6, Gay-street,. let off by, atharizie Gratithp, .is a. most felt - place. When the officer' - served, the . sunamons. he-found 11 % large logs in, , the said cellar with.the-occupiers. This Per s°- ,, has .been already fined twice, 205.. and costs, for the sal offence: In 11 of the cases' no fine whatever 'wag inflicted, under the advice of Mr. Wybergh, the magistrates!' clerk, t• I ?; parties were al/bwed seven 41?.y5.t0 remove the tenants,_ and, the case of Griffithi ' the - case was:dismissed; simply with,, warning. ' Tti the other'easig a fine -of 2s. 6c1., and 2s. 6d. inflicted. . SANITARY, OFEMILTIGNS. The borough en_gineer, building surveyor, and ill' specter of nuisances, ;reported various particulars of the operations in. their several departments during the Week' from which it appeared that 208 nuisances; complain of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means tak.° to remedy titem ; 1,294 houses inthe unhealthiest th 9 t i trict, containing 3,963 apartments and 897 cellars, b$ been put under examination with the vievrof improvini their: sanitary condition, and 199 lodging-houses in B " also been examined- and rep'orted upon. HEALTH OF THE BOROUGH. . The medical officer of health reported that the sever e cold of the last four da - A s of the. week which ended, n k 17th instant, has infittenced only to n.sinall extent tte returns of mortality for that week. Its influen.cd,Wil,l,,t l , more` apparent in the returns for the present . week,- 4 -; deaths from all causes last week were, pariah, I ‘, l ' and in the out-townships, 60; in all, 207=nine r ll °', than in the previous week,: but forty less than the e°`; rected average of the same week of the preceding t ° l _ years. The deaths ascribed to avyrtic diseases were 4 , 4 ; , the average,being 66. From fever there were diarrhcea, Six ; scarlatina, five ; IfOoping cough, v 'f, measle,s,, three ; diphtheria, two ; carbuncle, oue. young Man died Of unvaccinated ; this being e only fatal ease'VihiCh has occurred in Liverpool since first week ofJuly--a period longer than any previon l l l s corded. Diseases of the lungs, with consumption, ca t , 84 deaths, being iiien more: than in the'previous if ee o i c The temperature was lower than in any previous' To since February, ,18,55.. • The , mean was ,more tha* degrees below the average. , • • - THE NEW BYE-LAWS. Of The Law-clerk stated that at -the last meeting to the Council a resolution was paised, re-committitig„g this- committeethe: proposed; bye-laws under the l' , T: l ", e Government Act, of 1858. The standing or ders•of council required that - bye-laws should pass at -o meeting to which ,the Wore deg; submitted, but t ee, they,Ahould be re-committed to some special So that the matter might be fully :considered. Mr. STITT said that this committee were aware that .; t o at their last naeetingftheY passed nresolittion, ,reqin that a certain numr Of bye-laws should be print 1 { order that those oat' of doors might have anpppertu u s te3 _of fully.informin_g themselves as to, what. they uitento t - e . do, „But'he dared to say that the committee agree withhint in regretting that considerable : .prehension seemed to prevail outside 41:5 comimittee really, proposed to. do, andthat misapPr , - e jic ~sion,lead,ing to . considerable irritation on, the4,l' l 'l l it mind. As .far as he had. been abletOgather, the ,P_„Fitet out of doors appeared to_lioagine that the corn'im. t bi) were the originators of thisect.' -Now ) , in reality b ee . Was the Local Government Act o f 1858 ; an d the n oif laws framed under that act were similar to the onPci l l preposed, and had already been adopted in some` different placesithroyhout 'the' kingdom: A o hti Mr. BECKWITH-I-MI you name any of the• "0 places ? to ll ' - Mr. STITT said that Toxteth-park had adopted itp with the,exception - of a slight alteration respectillg,„joe• In addition to this the'res'eenied to be an iniPreiPn that this committee had .attempted to steal a Ma rc ioiri the builders and - householders in getting those ti° - pit panecl.; , hreugh the 'Council without: giving th(f o ye ',86 far froth that being the ease, they,ll, 3 • a little out of their Way to make the Council l loo with the byei.aws by publishing and distributes to each member. He could therefore repudiate tns.-iti of stealing any march alien the holders of property ,e instead of:the anonymous letters which appeare" fey •ne*epe.peFs ,on ^this subject - from the ,parties Nth! t bii , themselves aggrieved, if they had come' befOr.t i ni44 committee they would always find the committee woo to give every inforniation. It - was also "lith e that the Health:Committee, - or rather the officn t6 o ol°' Health . • ComMittee were: esponsible for. those bY. Theylfiought , thut.they grasped a .power in th e ii. , •' t mittee which ought to be vested in the Co' ; 'L.' tO t Was well known to thomembeth of corn very frequently; measures and matters requiring c ie, attention, came beforethe Health Committee al l o rta, who came to ,Cornwallis-street to press Ont oo matter were disappointed when told , that it 30 0 ; be confirmed -by the Council. To avoid tha_si 0 or ie ventence, the Health Committee and its oedty'be„ ° 00 named as - the parties to whom; reference 1 1211 s, it harrying out these bye-laws.' But if partie s delays and - the appeals to the Council, of, the committee had no wish to do other intention'ef the co - diMittee was to fi t cilitate•,v e r; - i!y !m ei T because every . act of this: committee - . earn° 4 " ofello Council to have its sanction,; - and therefore_er itude like an attempt on their part to assume , a.??7,dikePAl iid not , -belong* , toithem was perfectly an;;:joqfP;r •would• therefore , metre that wheriever _ "'Health' COmmittee" , occurred in those T o o •it Officers of the' Calth Committee," 'they stitute the wordi,." fOr'the approval of the °f *e The Cnktuawv said he thought the fee ... " tie Council *at ;decidedly—that they Coeirai' Council in the place: Ofo the: Health bye-laws. • , 0 otkr i t , Mr. Srrrr to'i meet , ibe objection! u, h ot 7 pared to move the resolution which he pat' _ A s t should ',`. 00 -'lO the milted. • • r ievu'"Oer pi.o M po r s . ed li ; E by ci: oi a t ftifo h ni a d.o t arlit th ,adoya e put y : a ntatt h o o rti -wrrli iie ll i a id t iv ' he : t n fi l m o : ° t s ' y ra aiiii b ia_ wert d e lia t t i: i r eSs fil :irin P t e c oti ax d; ° ,ot il ivb i n. : ii ia t e e d h a ctp e' e ti 'r uogstss i eebea pro dl o t: Ri t o. rl l. ? t, g-91 :'" - e„, ,rx. ' ,, l e f oi lf :• 1 6 1af :7:1) '1 ? m f t ; iil e ieitt i wreie y io;iii s o,9: i l i_ os 4 uhi fi fr e dt , ah l nefb.se i cif f .hth t h i pe l ehwus:36 , li l innti tt i: i ie l o d tpinei ts :b r i s eete: , ei wo sailediwse,.oo u 7b l r.jh d o:o : so::l ; e : a l gt;i : egf : " ,ll ; o 7 7p4 : a t , la ° in the dirk. '•deputyi ; Mr.' . CuOsritwArre; aaidilai*ery largejo tendedtnivitit upon the eanibattee. deti by . A for On the- motion': of - Stitt, see" „ c ,fitpai e pii t ' the consideration of ;the. question' . wasp . • }week, so as wttk n to wait : as P : gi s e ll o r ri der ' f tel : l t et i lcb h°°e , i i it l e li th actte Obse r o :r o t rl ' in un r.a e l l' e l t t r : de s . the. D ( ' tie . P0P4 1 4 G.arne::Pt .s t ; Ge att „p, 1,. tie r,tif:o:,;::::::•taclicl.aejnioruinnuoeedvrw.orsupgp.3.7.ond: tbe, hiTv:gC:j111:111: NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. Friday, Deember ) Z ' Pt ] Alt, Ittii tA:: 1 t :l,, ki t r, lt 4 k ) i ‘lrt k 4