Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-09 00:00:00

THE HARVEST ,icAN .ALGERIA. . : rules TFAXGRA.M.-1-ir y- rl• a ?411 0, Thurs.W Sept. ,B:—The . .,4ronitedi of Mid 4Mb4shes_the Allowing statement :—ln Al i:3,47in 1859, 48,787 hectares of land brought into ir ivatio nTrodueed . .s6o,ooo hectolitres corn. In 18 - 58 m 4 ' 458 hectarei produced - 457,195 heetolitreS, Cense- . eutly the harvest has been. satisfactory.. -"" ITALY. •[untiTtß'B TELEGAANI.] N ,, ,OLOGN A Sept. 7.--2-At the sitting,. to-day, of the *ease As'sembly the propijsal made, yesterda to the * e r e on the annexation of the Legations to Piedmont th e I.,l,llaninioasly voted., - The Assembly also authorised President of the National ASsembly to present an forte to the Emp eror N apo l eon an d t o th e Xi ng Vie sim t : l nlannel, expressing, their sympathies for Veneti, As tee s sembly further Offered to make pecnniary saeri be her favour.= A no th er 'Sitting of the house is to e 'd• Count Reiset has taken his departure. At m BRITISH COLUMBIA. eoh,„,- 1 4,iits 01 the success of the gold diggers in British en b find of th e discovery of fresh gold fields, ,are hlatd . 3 ' a correspondent of the ' Times at Vanctuver's DERS': ,TnE Bti c e ..4_ • co Certain Preach working men have proposed to the th „: en ee of building-operators to make an appeal to "orking cause in every state on the continent, to ePort thecause of their English brethrm. 14_ • • • l'he —E, p lll: tOPOS . El)- SAVING OF 15,000,000. • _ save T iles invites Mr.' Cobden to raise the cry of Hans five Millions—man the navy. As to the t at e ffecting the latter.object, the Times proposes ' 4e 41 4 0 111illi Oo••could bE saved out of the jobbery of 1 ' 0 44 4 , Packet .serfice and dockyard and admiralty t estr ve 'l a z ,nd for a.Million England may have a splendid • wi th l 0. 60,000 seamen, by paving £2O a year to each, call, : l av e to e go anywhere- or be within a fortnight's te4 -e- v" when' assembled for exercises, and, £29a a fortune to man depending on the chances of U ) CAL INTELLIGENCE. $. 1 4 r , . ~ ... ‘' l llay . '" I3 EN.--This gentleman visited Liverpool 'yes t fo rr l: and had an interview with several of the leading t titre in town. His Visit is merely of, a privy e bp . ,;_and has no political tendency. Pat k 14'41:e 'IN't PI R - r , L._o t i e . win.. of ;the Oatiand's - 7, 3 1 v Hotel . was destroyed bffire yesterdaymora est of -,P l operty is understood to bei b nsured N , the Aittll. gand. Inaranc, Pohl IcAN MAins.—Tb,' T ton° mail steamer hox altl'i,via Aalifay, on Saturday forenoon.-7-45. a ' nl " NI ai,„Tie Gerieral. Post-office will close .at al L g- sta "Y at 8 30. Tbe receiving -house, )tion of , ()n . ~t he Land 'lterB;": w ill be open until about - 9 30 for ,ie l ..e i 14, -orLPAYment of the lags; fee of one,,shil mg. received Je sterd '''. 4 -xn KiLT ED. —lnfornciation was t qh aY agede COr ''court, of the death of Edward e 4,.. s ead , ~ toner's. at Westmorelaad-place. . o,_ Sio nd a vz, , residing lB, 'Nei , " th e s d r ‘ l ea ast t , he was in AVaterlco-road, d to th -i-lorth era ~,rn. Oyer him. He IN -as conve a y n e d a ,otir a d a , . .io where vital, he died yesterday. , %,..11 /41 , Y), 'rem t heinjuties he received... , illiell„.ix,„l4„..3.llESrEirr.—A poor . woman, on her way 1 0 - 40- s t- r ,f 4 " , ,, in hospital, was taken suddenly ill in the w as ' au tli i s y t e e s d t er im day - , T c p ctrniu at about ten o'clock.. cr in ' to an entry attached to kt. Plll°dgsoles lio ni n .- ^ 'a a a id the police at once seat for bas sa.fv,i Flinn 'surgeon " , N'vho promptly attended, whenshe koth-"Y oelivered of a fine boy ; and, shortly after 1 , 4 r and Child tuci. were sent . to the hospital in a cab, _, l'ltil il rr ti l lr e C l ' Dl ' vA;.—Since this establishment has t a PPow ands of the new proprietor, .Air. Achille atso 'pi l l. ° 'lave not heard so much about it ; and . we ,:'elit' o „''Len to understand that it is the proprietor's Yrkt3,l-"_,Kl c onduct the establishment with greater pyo plci„at.44 decorum than heretofore, and to close earlier. 1 a 4 ~,, • . °O l. `l"lienia Olt OF THE EXCIIEQUER• TN LIVER '---It, 'win b ' ths -(1 I e seen_ by our report of the meeting__ E. I — ‘ ,(l sto c ti a ... tll ,-Coroin . ittee, that the Right Hon. W. 4. 4 /eh,,,_'' ü bancelior of the Exchequer, will visit ' 434 "" ii. t day, for the purpose of meeting a deputa-_ 41 0 ,,,_ 74 the subject of a site for a new post-office, and keet"necti-ng the proposed. site. The deputation will v et in the council chamber of the Town-hall, at f c'ek the (Friday) afternoon. The proceedings will o t iva , r . v te ' 01,-- 141 - 11. A.GISTIZA.TF.S' COURT.—[Before T. D. 1 - .4son E. youi 1'44 Leh ' , t'l. —A -1..,, , , man, named John M'Grady, on Friday last, with ‘ ()1.1 v arge(ll 4 entoring tie house of Mr.. Towers, k,°od-terrace, West Derby, oto steal. Several witnesses were ere called, who ti l al l e that they saw him in tlic ,e. garden, and one of' them C an entrance into the 11 ; 4 was endeavouring to ~ o _ fore• Air. IMuck, Who appeare d the defence,, called Company Ncirth'Ainericari will be despatched for The letter- I MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD The weekly theetingioT this body was held yesterday, Mr. Charles 'Turn - el - in the chair. The other members -present' were—Messrs: Rankin, Mondel, Inman, Shan, Segar, Tobin, Hubback, Laird, o.aves; Boult, Lockett, Evans, 'Brocklebank, Farnworth, Bushell, Hutchison,. RounthWaite, Maclver, Anderson, and Forwood. WORKS' COMMITTER The proceedings of this committee contained a recom mendation to accept the tender of Mr. B. French for the supply of five tons of dry picked oakum ; also the ten ders' of Messrs. 'Haig aad Co. to supply dock-gatemen?s hats,,and of Messrs. Jaines Taylor and Co. to supply six travelling crabs for' use. at the nerth works. The com mittee acknowledged the receipt - of a . letter -from Messrs: Nicholson and Whittle, of Birkenhead, asking them to defer for a short time the running_ dry of the docks_ and great float. • " The company were informed that the arrangeMents already made would be carried out: . 'The proceedingS were confirmed. - from Messrs. Spartali and Co., also'objecting p, this appropriation. Mr. Le (Err said the Docks' and allays' COmmlttee had a return:76f the. vessels of Messrs. Spartali and Co., and tney found that they, only..salted five,in , the year, while Messrs. Moss..and . 0o: had vessel in and out every three and 'a - half days.. 'lt:Was - Considered by the coin- 111*e that, in giving theM a - bei:thi especially as they were about havingranothet steamer, it would be a great saving of the &etc accommodation ; and . ,-those parties' who remained at the Huskisson,Deck 'would. now haVe a berth of 350 feet, which would relieve. the transit 'ships. Mr. Busugu. said he was sorry to object to that part of the proceedings of the Ducks and Quays' Committee which proposed to appropriate this berth for Messrs,- Moss and•Co...lb thought, those, letters which he had _received were in timnileives a :reason. why a decision on this subject• shohla be postp"oned. There might be many other persons equally interested.with these firms, and.whose.attention - hd-rot' been directed to the sub ject ; and it might, when iti was found that this berth was appropriated, give rise to a great deal of bad. feel- They were told by Mr: 'Graves at the last meeting of board that it was the intention of the special committee, appointed for considering how far the.work inn of the.docks and quays might be improved,' to take this matter into, their consideration ; seeing they were so near that point, and seeing the objections urged, would it be wise to. let that berth at the present moment He trusted that before this was confirmed, they shoUld hear from the Docks and Quays' Committee a report upon the subject of appropriated. berths—whether the principle was a. sound one. He spoke to a gentleman the other day, and he,soid the PrinCiple.of . appropriating berths had been a prinCiplo for thirty years. , lie (51r.: Bushell) was inclined to think that was .just a re:lson why it shbtild be viiquired into . ; for during thirty years it was perfectly ' . .clear that'complete revelution had taken place with regard to. the .trade of this port, - -, and an equal revolution ought to take place with regal'd to the working of their ~-locks „ find •quays. ,Seeing the objections urged, which .must be worth of . con- sideration, he thought that the board ought' not to confirm the appropriatien of this berth to Messrs. Moss and :Co., or to anybody Aso,- without. still further enquiry as to the wisdom of doing so. ' It was clear that they gave certain advantages . lo those Who had appro priated berths that other people had not, In America, for'instance, where two opposition ships- were loading, one' might be able to say, ." Oh, we have an appropriated berth, - and we can make' quick, voyageS,7 to the prejudice of the. other ships. lie cOnchided by moving. that this portion of the proceedings be not confirmed. ' •;' B it° ciu: - F4Aii seboiided the . araoll;ielit. finitc 1 with very - much that. Mr.- Bushell had slid with regard to this question; and he did think that thc appronri :1- tion or this herth'wOuld be a considerable injury to steamers' whi ch had no appropriated, berths; t 'struck him that the berth provosed to be given, on tho east - side'df litiskisson Dock, to GlbbS, Wight and Co.; or any, Othere,asital atoa - uer coming in, would. be considerably interfered with by the works they were about to make there ; for that consideration'alonethis Matter ought to be pOstponed forfurther consideration. Mr. MAeIVER said, when this matter 'was before, the board last Week, it was set aside because of the Word let" being in it. Mr. Bushell had argued about letting the berth ; but the did no such thing ; they simply appropriated the. berth, and it could he taken from Messrs:. Moss and Co.-at any time, when it best suited the interest . off' that estate to do so. These letters were such as to influence them in refusing the grant. No doubt it was desirable to get'into the central docks. His vessels had never got into their central docki, and those who did were favoured individuals. Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. had one of the largest vessels frequenting that port ; but there were other vessels, no doubt;.sailing to the same port as the Great Britain, and these vessels were in the Huskisson Doek: Suppose they should send the.large ships to the large docks; send the Great Britain into the Canada Dock; it was not all occupied by the timber trade. There was the, west side that would make an excellent . berth. He could not really see why the dock., estate was to be. prevented, berthing the smaller vessels in those docks that were - best adapt•ed for them, and sending larger vess. , ls where they could be as well provided for. He was told that because he had large vessels.he must go into the large docks. The: parties who sailed a vessel only five times in the year he did not think were just, - the parties to. oppose such a matter as this. He believed it to be for the interest of the dock estate to appropriate berths where . they could for such a trade as that carried,:on by Mez,srs. Moss . . and Co. . . . - _ - Mr. FCrRWOQD, thought they should cerfainly inflict a great injustice on Messrs.. Moss - & Co. if this were not granted. lt had been their : policy _hitherto tc - b.appro priate berths, and the matter had been deferred to see Whether they had complied' with the conditions. They had complied with the conditions.; and now to refuse them on the general question, he thought, would be very improper. In appropriating these berths, Mr. Bushell would see that the dock estate would be' considerably advantaged. lie would appeal to Mr. Bushell whether Messrs. Moss & Co., in working their vessels promiscously, —jamming up each other—the same amount of work would be done. Messrs. Moss & Co. .proposed ,to sail every Week ; and, so long as their docks were not sufficient to give accommodation to the steam trade, it was their duty to ' make the best use they could of the space at their disposal. MeSsrS. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., made one mistake. They spoke as if the whole of that side' of the 'Wellington . 1)oek was to be appropriated, whereas there would still. reMain , one berth on the side of . the dock. He thought it was to the interest of the dock estate to make this appropria tion.- The 'proper' tithe to consider the general question was, when the special motion would be brought forward _ eas A Mr. RANKIN said he . could clearly understand how Messrs. Moss and CO. could do a much greater ainount A business than hitherto in a sma Ler spac SEPTEMBER 9, 1859. WA REHOUSE COMMITTEE - There was, on the proceedings of this committee, a letter from Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., on, the sub ject of -abcommOdation for the guano trade by water, during the progress of ,the - dock works at Birkenhead. It was recommended , that • a reply should be forwarded to the company, stating that the., board could not -inter, fere in procuring an appropriate berth, for the guano trade ; and that the superintendent of the warehouses had instructions to co-operate with the Birkenhead Railway in offering to them es'ery facility. The proceedings were confirmed. MARINI 3IN . IITTEE It wa's recorded on the minutes of the proceedings of this committee, that an investigation had . been Made into some charges preferred against the master of the - Noqh landing-stage ; and that the charges had not been subitautiated. In reference to a duplicate- ball beacon, the committeeresolved• that tenders should be obtained for one in the fair way of the Queen's Channel. The solicitor attended the cdmnsittee with. reference 'to the memorials en the subject of boarding vessels in :the river by unauthorised persons. Having heard the , Solicitor's report, it was recommended that the necessary steps shOuld be taken for the ze . gistratiou :of all ;heats plying on the river for hire, in compliance with the -^,tian of the act of parliament. The CHAIR :JAN.—AII boats not - being ferry-boats. A cothmunication was read froin the Watch Cam-- •mittee, including a report from Major Greig 'on this• subject. The report quoted the clauses in the, acts of parlia ment referring to the subject; showing that, under the. Merchants' Shippin Act, .the 'board made the depart ment to undertake the general superintendence of such matters relating to merchant - ships and -seamen.; also that the master had power to . give every person into' .custody .for. boarding. the ship without being duly authorised. The head constable suggested that addi tional. police constables might be posted on - the Great Landing- , stage and the 'more prominent pierhetls,- ready t) go off to any ship hoisting a • signal, and to receive intotheir chin ge any person taken into , custody by the captain or his officers. This, he said, could he -done at the: present time, if the poviers given to Masters were known and acted upon. .lle also suggested that . n boat should be placed at either end of the Landing-stages, and upon a signal being hoisted, to be manned by 'dock gatemeA, who were constables, and accustomed to the handling of boats, and who would at once pull off tattle ship, - and receive any person in charge. 'ln: conclusion,. it was suggested that all boats plying , on the river for hire should be registered, and 'the boats to be numbered, and certain fines to be inflicted in case 'of an offence. A resolution - was read from the last . Meeting of magis strates, expressinz , their Opinion that it Was desirable that a river police-force' should be established in Liver- • pofil.. Mr. MosnEL nioved the confirmation of:the proCeed in.'s. He said they would. see; by the proceedings, that the committee -were taking steps to register the boats plying on the river, by numbering- Ahern. - He did . not know that they could do much more in thc matter .than . suggest that some signal might be Used 'then any unauthorised 'perSon was b - mrding 'the' Vessel. . Mr. • BOULT asked if they were to' understand that these parties boarded the ships piratically, and that the captain had no power to put these - people off his own ship. It seemed to him an extraordinary thing for the public , to do that which parties were able to do for themselves. The captain, haring a proper comma - id .of the ship, could decide any time as to who was to come on board or leave his ship. lie really did not see why that board was to he troubled with this matter ; nor did he see why the whole paraphernalia of the auth or iti es shouldinterfere in it, _ _ _ . Mr. BIJAHrit said Mr: Boult would admit that a treat source' of immorality had been proved ; "and the witnesses who lived iT" - ; -- ' . in 'toe same house with the question was, wou„._ '9ner, and they _ one duty of tha, 43 was not credited ; and the prisoner as sent for' remove the eVil. in believed they had . got the nadaer now in a practical shape , and th at much good would arise from it. If the captains did' not do their duty, that - hoard should point to than where their duty lay. The better the order kept, the more morality would be . - -na. to say nothing of thc interest they all had in - - ,_ ---1 44..., mhrnla of flu, RPA her it was not E COM:it rrr.—At the weekly meeting la yesterday, Mr. Churchwarden hair. The other members present )enton; Scoff; Owen, PeA,BroOme, Thn - I t 'Apex et e !it4,,Yford, and ( Smith. I occurred i the past w the establishment were men, two men. Mr. ANDERSON said he did not agree with Mr. Boalt that the captain could at all times prevent these men from getting on board, and prevent the sailors oxiing —Tay lie was very glad to hear that the .boats were alent number of patient 4 ; new cases since 118 ; nov em 26 are fever, 18 It was reported that gtLoi ng IVCLI. g to be registered, as be thought it would do a great deal of good. However careful the officers might instant wing a (1( men, 60 women, and 10 of 9, when compared with ?crease of 54; when oath, v4l_ Na'wlous weelc, and of last year. The e number of inmates in the as 1,787 ; number this week, 1g a decrease of 72, and, when compared responding week of last year, a decrease '''"UrreS -4161,2ePorted .ntii --`-‘• t3.--- UOMIIISSIONERS' Al __EET . IN . G. --- The 1 (4 h? Meeting of the St.. Helen's Commissioners was Ltre......%,.(1 011. Wednesday. The commissioners present I,l`Ni(4,4,essrs.. Gamble, Gurney, Johnson, Bailey, b utor 4 "° l ) and Drom,goole. It was moved Da M . ttibl °°l ..L, and seconded by Mr. Bailey, that David ita l .. eii-m., be appointed . chairman for the current; t . th e 0 following committees were also appointed .. p o - clirrent year, viz., water, lighting, and general 4 4 , ges • . ), 04 Paving, highway, and sewering committee, and s et; committee The only general business wa ' e Pot;i' ll g a plan Of a new beerhouse and concert-hall, 4vi, to be built in 'Waterloo-street, by Mr. Richard the ~';44,4l.,,LoTae.tiTfyr:tehyeo,r, said plan was defective and Towns' Improvement Act," which o. 44 , 1 , ed a o l l'en yard space at the back of the dwe in, ‘,,, 1 8c °41d i,, --- equal to half the area of the house After , o , 4 118 ,: c -11 , tha application was refused. , cii GERATas kl)ti s 4A,TICM OF ST. JAMES'S tdIIIJR , / Iti(1 ."-- t -t Ile IleW church erected in memory eneral of G Reid, t bY Phis Siste rs Misse3 Anna Maria and Louisa Ill e iT.rds Cross ' consecrated by the Right Rev. hkr, 1 1 `? 1 1) of Oxfordwas onthe 30th ult. About three t h 14 . 0 , 81, co, these ladies expressed lkilieff,,'"a memory of General Reid, a wish to erect a 1, 44 4 „"°Q the aid of the E. Moore, tee the .lord of the .te iteat'tt Pahalfont St. Peter, who kindly t he ti , Il e k Horse, end of the common. Plans were granted a site ales"'llt in and approved of. Some preliminary d.iffi as to the site having been overcome, the edifice )?4,lProceeded with, and has now been completed, and tb• eoliseer churche day above named. The distinct foie t of the, ania the leading particulars of . its trok'' will be found in the following transcript, 1141,4 pion,inscription on a slab, placed in one of the com -""lents of the north transept. It is as follows : To the Glo and in M GEORGE_ At; , Ls u., hiember-Olia'rullaßmielnEtifOr \\.-111sti; M.A. and 6ololetio7Teerli!e;lp2inTteAn"' s 2nd Life Guards, this churcuji:e - Alixa Itanu. and Lec ed.tbY 'is attached and maurnin°;:f:istellrsEthtua' der the direction WILLIAM TITI:, Esca , M.P. 1' the valued. friend' 31'8" ' znented brother. : • %, k.onseerate,, ix., A.D., IIDeCCLIX. as perpetual ~,,' tie clergyman appointed to St. James's, who has been it,,l 4 e, is the Rev. W.•J. Bramley-m o ' ore, here we shall ' s hed - with a suitable residence on the Common, a n , c listance from the establishment; and h ig ue out of place in remarking that . this der _ an kilo Selected from a number, that his name is well tti t ;!ti in ecclesiastical circles, and that he accepted the '4 ' 7y not for any pecuniary motive, but solely to car ry ),t,e4e relip.,ious good which the Misses Revd have so $4481 Y conlraenced. of their 1 Aug. 111 r. 'CRAVES thought the matter might be safely len,' -- in the hands. of the . Marine Committee. , He was told ground,he was in favour of the appropriation:as Well as that there were many boats plying on the river in this on the ground that it gave a capital of £5OO per 'annum). way, that did not ply for hire at all, and he thought it for what was now bringing nothing. (near, hear.) He would be well for the committee to consider this,.if they thought, that-vas a step it the right direction. had power to act. Mr. Boult asked that the masters Mr. TOBIN said, if this had been a question of income should act for themselves in the same way that people of £5OO a-year, and that had been pat forward as a on shore do. He (Mn Graves) was quite sure the prominent argument, he should have been opposed to it. masters would wish for the same protection as was en-' He agreed to it, because it 'was his own'connetion that, joyed on shore ; and the chief point in the head con- by these appropriations, a greater amount of business stable's report was, that a few police shouldlie so placed "could be done on the areas of their docks; eh an ab d de , n t de l is e tt r ti e en f d o ct r bl e y , as to carry out the wishes of the master when anything t s h u e ch tm ar d p e ro a p n r d iat e i o o m ns m_erc a e s e 3 f i t r h . e R po a r n t k w in er should take place requiring their services. s i6 B O I j u u s al w h dn e a ) l et ay tt . Mr. SHAND said the masters, when bringing their stated, a greater amount of work could be performed, y afforded. d ships into po r t, were full of anxiety to get their vessels N l V i ll e i I t % o i u n gh r t ea t lay ar g r re m at e e n r t a u cLo d m b m y od i a r t . inquired The docked, and not paying attention to who was boarding their vessels. Some allowasee should be made for this. p th r er ac e ti f c o e re h ,w av as in a g r e e x a i s s o t n ed wh fo y r o t l h e i m rt matter years—tcr s h (Hear, hear.) The .CHAIRMAN thought great good would be done into, because a great revolution had taken place in our by letting the masters know how they could be pro- commerce during the past thirty years—was not of much tested. force. A revolution had taken place in the steam trade, Mr. TOBIN said this recommendation was merely for and it was impossible that the steam trade could be the registration of the boats. The registration itself properly carried out except by the principle of appro went for nothing. He presumed it was intended to priated berths. Sailing vessels might very likely have bring before the board some bye-laws, or regulations, as performed their work economically without having the registration by itself would be a mere nullity. appropriated berths. Mr. Bushell had spoken of a • The•CHAIRMAN.—It is merely the first step. monopoly in the American trade; but they had also Mr. Mo N DEL said he had no doubt great good would another subject to consider. This was not the only be done. There was a great number of people boarded port to which vessels could come ; and unless there the ships and took away the seamen from their duty,'were conveniences, it might not be a question between leaving the vessel to be worked in any way, and often Liverpool and America, but between America and sonie there was no option but to employ riggers. ' other port. It was, therefore, on the grounds of Mr. MAcIvER thought some direction ought to be greater accommodation that he supported this. given to the Marine Committee before it was referred Mr. Boma said they had a thirty years' experience of back. They had always a good sprinkling - of the mem- the working of that sy stem, and the y found it could not hers of the Marine Committee present at the board, and, be done without ; and they found also that , they got an the same matters would just be discussed in the same amount of work out of the quays which they could not way. There was a question of jurisdiction to be consi- by any other. Mr. Inman carried, by his vessels, dered, as it was a matter of question whether policemen 250,000 tons in the year ; and that amount of work had any right to go on board the ships ; and he should could not be don e if the shi p s had to go and.dock like to know to whom they were to give any person into wherever they could get. He was satisfied they could custody, for offences on the river. not get the same amount of work out of the docks in Mr. Locittrff.--The solicitor will tell you. any other way ; and by giving this berth to M essrs . The matter was referred to the Marine Committee, Mess' and Co., they should be leaving more space and the -proceedings were then confirmed. for the steamers belonging to o her fir Co. .hd It been was The proceedings of t h e Pilots ' Committee were read, known that Messrs. is and . cl and, on the motion of Mr. Shand, confirmed. occupying two or three berths at. one time, and the DOCKS AMD QUAYS' COMMITTEE. whole of the work would be done in one berth now. The proceedings of this committee recommended the There was no such principle as monopoly involved at appropnation of a berth of 300 feet on the nort-east all. The firm had the business and the sliips, and they corner of ellingtondock to MessTS. Mo ss 86 Col; also must be accommodated. He was satisfied they were aportion of the for which the company were to acting for the interest of the estate, and • all parties of shed, concerned, by appropriating this berth. difficult arisina• from application having been submitted to the coin- Mr. SHAND said there was a . y pay £5OO per annum. An to (rive accommodation to the steam want of power , mittee from the engineer, for authority to run thewhole their by appropriating of the docks and the great float dry at Birkenhead , after vessels of the port, and he saw clearlythat that ab.co,m the morning tide on Saturday, the 24th instant, it was modation would be much greater recommended that the necessary notices should be given berths in the way proposed. Mr. MoNDEL said he agreed with Mr. Boult preparatory to the proceeding. there to do The C H AIRMAN said there were two letters with refe- in his argument, that much more benefit was derived reuse to the graraing of the berth to Messrs. Moss and from appropriating berths ; but they were not coin- Co , an d ano th er wi th r eference to the running dry of justice to all parties ; and while they were benefitting the dock, if it were the pleasure of the board to have Messrs. Moss and Co., and others, they should them read. • mit a practical injustice on those who had not appro- The Clerk then read a letter from Messrs. Gibbs, priated berths, and who should seek accommodation at t,Bright, and Co., objecting to the appropriation of the t heir hands. If they had docks cons t ruc ted for the uerth to Messrs. Moss and Co. Another letter was read accommodation of steamers, then they ghotild carry out chain- . , lie_ . princip4lstial4r:l),utopl4ll ttitia,they,khould deal with is' riiesti6n It they went on _ appro priating their_doelc't at_the.same. rata - as _they_wPF now, thek : estate would soon be bankrupt. _ Mr: kir,A,NlB6liithhe'ilainieaidArr Foiwood and others ohseryei that hitiiectb they had - been - pursuing. a wrong eau s 6, 'Ond4hat, therefore they were bound to continue it. The Christian- maxim was, if they took an oath to do a wicked and improper * thing, they .were to repent of it and.not perform it: ith rciard to the justice of 'the .thlngi, heysoniidered that disposed of. They heard from Mr. Bouttlhatthese parties had the ships and the trade • but did Mr. )3oult mean. , to say that others had not ships-L —but tliey.were to be shut out? Next, they heard an as.scrtion'that:it.was for the advantage of the locks: Did th 4 mean. pecuniary ? (Yes.) Well, Mug forwrad a stateineat, and let thcm See how it would look on paper: cane they .to fix on $5OO a year ? Had they asked anybody else if they • would not give - £7OO ? (Her,'hear.) . What was the whole of . this but a closet kind of jobbing,--nothing else • They had Ro evidence for these assertions, that this would work-for the benefit of the docks. It was not in the nature Of things that these. 'appropriated berths would be always occupied; there were.many intervals and casualties that would pre vent it. He asked them to give him a calculation of what 30q feet of ii berth woUld• do, and what this shed Would produce supposingit were left open for Competition;' and he would . be glad to know what security they had, after - they gave a vested right in a shed, that they would get it back agaitilien required. When they tame to make such assertions, they might to give it to them in s. d., With statements of what had been done, and. whatit would produce by competition. No such thing. vague been produced. They_ had vaue declaniatiohs; . bit he would like to s6elit tedaced Cry' pecuniary accounts; • with &correct estimate of What would be the amount of basinesi•got there in case :of;a monopoly; .and in Case of' general use Mr, GaNvEs rcad.,from,the last printed report, shoW ing the working of the appropriated berths, several entries to prOve that there,was a considerable number of days when the'appropriatea:berths were not occupied .by the companies' vessels, and was thus to-the favour of the board.' Mr. Busy LL said:Mr. Graves was going. on the . . u . assutption that 'these berths .were always occupied by other vessels when • .not occupied by privileged-coin panies;! which was not`n fair aisumption. The practice had arisen front au .a4tivated and. exploded - system..• Mr. LAIRD- belisted Ahat with'. regard to the steam trade •. it !could not be . carried ,out without this tO:i . innc l a greater, extent than And by this extension; he largely. increased 'revenue what it *as .at:. presant 1(1' hay( !clievedtliey 4AN said . he a ;reed with many, gentlemen a saying that it was very dilieult, if not impossible, to lin trade - artless they continued the sys tem of ate nopriatiag berths lie had been long enough carry on the stc connectedconnecteu with the doCks‘ to sea' that ; the system had arisen front the necestitieS of the case, and not frOm an antiquated and exploded. system, as Mr. ..Bushell had observed, but because it was found absolutely necessary that with ~ the. .extension of the steam trade they should, extend this system.. The appro- printed berth might be taken away at any time the board thought propei't ;fin fact,'he was quite sure that a lare paition of 'the steam 'trade would leave the port if they did. nit carry uat this system. lie hoped Mr. Bushell,wmild withdraw his amendment. Mr. BuiptELv askedif the committee were prepared to grant similar applications to other parties. The CHAIRMAN said these questions were all questions of degree_ Everybody knew that, besides. appropriated berths, they must leave open a certain number of berths or the. transit trade. Mr. MONDEL said the committee were quite prepared to consider' favourably the application of any company that had a sufficient number of ships, and to grant them a berth for the general benefit of the estate, if there was room in the docks. He would be the first person to re commend the committee to do so, but they could not give berths if they had not space Mr. BiisnELL said, with the consent of Mr:. Brockle bank, he would withdraw his amendment. The public would now have before them the reasons why this - appli 7 Cation was granted, and they would see it was not a matter that had -been . sMuggled thiough that board ; and he trusted they would see that they had decided without partiAlty to a member of that board Mr. IN MAN insisted that the matter should be put to the vote. • A vote was accordingly taken. There voted for, the amendment Messrs. Brocklebauk, Bushell, Evans, Hubback, Monclel, Against—Messrs. Bonit, Farn worth,' FOrwood, 'Graves, Hutchison, Inman, - Laird, Lockett, Maclver, Rankin, Rountliwaite, Segar, Shand, Tobin, 'and . the Chairman: • The. amendment was accord ingly lost by a majority of 15 against 5 . A letter . was read from Messrs. Newall and Co., asking the board not to run the Birkenhead. Docks dry till the Ist October, othe rw i se , there would be inflicted a severe loss and inconvenience on theni, becauSe 'Of their steamers Imperador and Imperatriz now lying there, ready to take in the Indian and Red Sea Tele graph Cable, which they 'had made, and which they would, hot have completely -loaded before the 28th instant. In raply to the Chairman, the Enoineer said if he did not . get the docks run dry on the 24a, instant, he would not have so low A tide this year again, and he might not be able to get them run dry at all, if he was not allowed to elrry out his plan for running them' dry on the 24th instant ; besides, there was preliminary work o be done. The ClIAT . Miki supposed. that would be the answer hey .would' give to the letter The proceeding The proceeding, M flip Master Porters' Committee )1111 Shear( A. letter was r referred to the Finance Committee ;r. of undeniriters the board to continue t shipoWner on an improved principle. The by. 100 shipowners 'and others, lie Works', Committee. and it was refery This concluded the general business • LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.---YtsrERDAy [Before Mr. PRESTON.] CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE Es.—James Martin, who, ere this, has appeared in the dock on charges of a similar description, was brought •up . accused - of obtaining five pounds under false pretences fioM Bernard Burns, who keeps a boarding house, at 25; Dennison-street. Theprisoner, a tall, good looking mail, it appears, shipped as cook and steward on board the ship. W. H. Warton, and obtained an ad vance note, which Burns's wife cashed. Martin worked on board the ship . front , Friday until Monday morn ing, when :he took his clothes on shore; and left them at the Sailors' Home. When Burns heard of this, he went in search of Martin,.and gave him into custody. The ' prisoner on being asked what he. had to say, replied , that .he fell, down some steps, and hurt his breast. As he .'had to do the duties of cook and steward, he was afraid that he could not give.satisfac tier' to his employers, so he came on shore. His wor ship said that no doubt. :he had behaved very badly to Burns ; but no jury could convict on the evidence, and he must therefore be discharged. Burns then expressed a desire to know how she was to be paid her money,. and wal informed that she had better sue Martin in the county court. . PItETEN'CI ANNUAL GENERAL SESSION. Yesterday, the annual general session for this county was held by adjournment in the Court-house, Preston, for the purpose of electing a chairman for. the ensuing year,nppointing a chief-constable for the county, vacant by the resignation of, Capt. Sheppard, and for the trans action of other business in connection with tile county. There about 200 magistrates present. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN " . .On 'the motion of Mr. T. B. 'Addison, seconded by the Rev. T. S. Mills, the Right ion. M. T. Barnes was re- REPORTS On the - presentation of .:the report of the General Finance Committee, Dr, Breughton . highly eulogised the labour of that committee, and begged to thank them for their exertions. The report was adopted A report by the committee appointed to prepare a bads or stand ard for equal county rates was alsoreceived. The committee reported that they had altered such basis or Standard by reducing the amount of the full and fair animal value of the property, messnages, lands, tene ments, Sze., rateable to ; the poor in the township of Al tham,.from the sum of .f.,5,239 to the sum of £2,123. The reports of the other committees mere neit received and adopted. TWo NOTORIOUS BUROLARS.—John Berry and Ben jamin Lee were brought up under the following circum stances :—Detective-officers Scaife and Marsden were in Fox-street, when they observed the, prisoners in com pany with two other well-known burglars. The officers considered the prisoners were after no good, and they endeavoured to arrest them all. They succeeded in securing Lee and Berry. Lee attempt dto assault Scaife with a ' "jemmy," and Berry used a crowbar against Marsden. tee, in the meantime, had thrown away it dark lantern, and Berry had disposed of a bunch of skeleton keys in a similar manner. Both, however,' were recovered. On searching Berry, there was a quantity of rope found on him, which was, according to the officers, for throwing over a safe, and so to have a purchase to use a bit in breaking open a safe. On Lee was found a bottle, containing oil, to facilitate operations,—similar to what was used in a recent burglary ' in ldhall-strect. Both prisoners are well-known charact ers. Berry was tried at the assizes in 1857, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprison meut, for, burgla r y. He was sent for three months' confinement, in 1858, as a suspected character ; in addi tion to which he h as b een twelve times comm itt e d an d six times discharged. Lee was ordered to be imprisoned for throe months in January last, as a suspected charac ter; and also twice committed and twice discharged. They were committed for three months as suspected characters. NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, On the 41oWance of these accounts, some. discussion arose as to -the cost of prisoners in Lancaster: Castle. and Mr. Addison drew attention to the propriety of sending more prisoners to Lancaster, owing to the want of more accommodation for female , pHsoners in the house of correction. ,At present they were utterly un able to put them under that doscription which was so essentialto their reformation. Mr. P. CATTERALL said, .that opened . out the question of enlarging the Preston House of Correction. After sonic further discussion the accounts were al- COUNTY TREASURER, Some desultory.. discussion then took place as :to the absence of the county treasurer, Mr. Saunders stating that he wished 'to have asked the treasurer some ques tions as to the duties 'of his office ; but added, that he did not wish to cast any reflection upon that gentleman in the least, as be believed the county accounts were kept in a satisfactory state. The-CnAin . siAN read a letter frOin - .Mr. Wilson, the treasurer, accounting for his absence through indisposi tion. . The matter•then dropped. • 4.PPOLNTMENT OF COMMITTEES, &C Various committees were next appointed, viz.:-The General Purposes Committee, the Finance Committee, and the Standing Militia St.-rehouse Committee. The appointment of the Visiting .Justices • of the several ens, and also. the several ewnmittees for other,public purposes, were subsequently made. APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF-CONSTATILE FOll TIIE COUNTY. For this office these were forty-ieven. candidates. The ConstabularyCommittee•reported that it was not expedient to make any change_ in the duties. - As to the mode of election, whether it should be viva voce, or by ballot, all the magistrates present, with the exception of three, voted in favour of the former method. This was followed by a discussion on the question whether the gentlemen who had only sent copies of tes timonials, instead of the original ones, should be con sidered as candidates for the office. The CHAIRMAN thought that neither the act of par liament nor the standing orders required that the testi monials should be sent in. Mr. PEEL thought the standing order referred to alluded to original testimonials, and 'IA to copies, and he contended that, if that were so, the gentlemen who had merely sent in : capies.of their testimonials would be disqualified. • • Sir . J. K. SuuTrimwouni, - without wishing to disturb tho former arrangements of the court in dealing with this question . ' thought that in future a committee should be appointed with the view of considering the claims of the various caniidates. = For himself,. he only knew three of the candidates, out of the 47, and those not personally ; he only knew them by their services to the county. If a committee were appointed in future to 'consider the claims of the different candidates, by the report . that committee would make, every magistrate would at once become familiar with the claims of all the candidates. . • • . • The votes were then taken, with the following result: —Captain El,,,free, of the. 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia, C 123 ; JaMes C. King, Preston, assistant thief constable of the county of LancaSter, 66 ; Captain Fenton, Burn ley, of the sth Royal Lancashire Militia, 18 ; Henry V. Bowles, Sidmouth, Devonshire, twelve years in the Rifle Brigade, 3 ; Henry Segrave, Wolverhampton, chief constable of Wolverhampton, 1. . The eIIakIRMAN declared Captain Elgee duly elected. SUPERANNUATION MONEY TO CAPTAIg SHEPPARD, .. The Rev; J. : S. BIRLEY then. moved that.' an annual sum of £350,, by way of superannuation allowance, under the provisions of the statute 19 and 20 Victoria, c. 69, .v. 13, be granted out of the police rate to Captain Thomas Walker Sheppard, late chief constable of this county, upon' his retirement from the force on account of an infirmity of body, arising from an injury received whilst in the actual execution of his duty. The motion having been seconded, Mr. THOMSON, orWray, near Lancaster, presented a memorial to the court from the ratepayers of Caton, near Lancaster, praying that the allowance to Captain - Sheppard should' be le - Ss than the anm propocd." He (Mr •Thomsou) pointed out that the court had only allowed £250, as a.retiring pension to the Rev. J. Clay, deceased, late chaplain at Preston House of Correction, a gentleman Who devoted forty years of his life to the service of the county. ~ He concluded by moving, as an amendment, that the sum should be £250, instead of £350. " Mr. J. CROSSiEY seconded Mr. ThornsOn's amend- ment. Mr. FENTO* (Reclidale,) while not subscribing tc all contained in the memorial, said he agreed with the memorialists that the sum proposed was too large. Mr. R. WOOD spoke in favonr of the original pro position. <Mr. T. R..INOHAm was in favour of £250, and called attention to the fact that the whole of the sum, whether £250 or £350, would come out of the police - rates. The Rev. J. O. PARR expressed himself in favour of the Original motion. Another magistrate expressed himself in favour of allowing Captain "Sheppard £3OO a-year. - Mr. T. B. ADDISON, as Chairman of the Constabulary Committee, said he had frequent opportunities of seeing how Captain Sheppard discharged the duties of his office, and he must confesS that he • had seen much to admire in him. He strongly regretted the argument that he should be put on half-pay. Mr. J. PEEL also addressed the meeting in favour of Captain Sheppafd, and after some further remarks from other magistrates, both pro., and con., The. Rev. J. S. BIRLEY then replied on- the argu-. Merits advanced, contendingthat the case was not likely to pass into a precedent, and that the act of parliament, under theie especial circumstances, allowed them the power to grant the full amount of his salary to Captain Sheppard, as a xetiring pension. On the amendment being submitted to the vote, there appeared—font, 15; and 51 against it. The amend ment was consequently lost. e l d va t s ha e t nti C tl a e p d ta to in T. full amount of his pay at .the time o f his accident, as u n i d i e r r : the ?c't of PA R p R a r E I i R a m a er argued that Captain Sheppard, under the act of parliamen t u , r S ec h et pa et r h d e assistant chief constable. Mr. Parker then moved that instead of 1350, there be paid to Captain Sheppard the full amount of pay he was then receiving, which was £250. • Mr. WHITTAKER seconded. Mr. Parker's amendment. Mr. T. B. ADDISON said the act did-not state that the court had power to give a pension to an officer when he received an injury, but when he quitted the service under ordinary courses. Mr. PETER CATTERALL moved that the pension be two thirds of Captain Sheppard's salary, on the ground that such sum was in accordance with the real inter pretation of the aet—that at least was his interpretation of it. Mr. Parker's amendment was then put to the court and lost, and Mr.. J. Thomson then seconded Mr. Catterall's amendment. Mr. J. PEEL thought the difference between that and the sum proposed ,was so slight that it was scarcely worth while dividing the court on the point. This amendment was also lost, as was another amend ment propoied by Mr. W. Fenton, that the allowance should be £3OO. The original motion was then put, and carried by. a large majority. The proceedings terminated at half-past three o'clock.. I DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT EASTERN; The i Great astern. got sip her steam at an early hour .yesterday morning; and "weighed -NOM!. at a quarter after eight o'clock; having held her ground during the night without the slighOst change of position. To protect her, if it had been ncc,:ssary, from touching the north shore ledge - While.: swinging, with the.lide, the four attendant , steam;tugi remained' by the' 'ship A during the night; but 'the- Spot' select by the pilot for her anchorage had been so well - dwelt that 'their aid was not required. The paddles made their .fi ist re volution at twenty minutes' to nine o'clock; but"it was nearly ten minutes later b e f ore t h e S h i p st2amed a-head slowlfand majestically dow n th e river in the direction_ of the Rising Sun P o i nt, opposite to Gre where great care in the nav:gation of the ship was . required. This point was sueeesfullv rounded at 9,15 . a.m. - The Broadness Point,' opposit e to * Grays, was' ' safely passed at 9.40 aim., and she will steam direct' by Gravesend. • A telegramreached the office 'of the Great Shipping at the Norc at twenty-th ree minutes past one, been got tip to 'aid the e r sa own ly steam having Company, yesterday afternoon, tha t t h evaisel arrived fe voyage __+.__ COURT AND OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: • The. royal dinner party at Balmoral, on Tuesday, in cluded the Princess Alice, Lord and Lady John Russell, Sir George Grey, and trie ladies and 'gentlemen or the householdi • . _ - His Excellency Major General Sir Henry C. 13,awlin son, K.e.8.-, the newly accredited Minister to the.ooait of Persia, left on Taesday for his poit, accompanied by Dr. Dickson, attached to her Majesty's Legatii4 at Teheran. . . Mons. Alexander Kolemine, • conseiller d'Etat ;. in the service of the Emperor of R t nssia, has arrived at •Gralicof s Clarenthin , Hotel from Moscow. The Duke de Chartres; who returned to his family in England after the penee of Villafranca, is shortly to return to Turin, to rejoin his regiment. The Count of Paris-and - suite passed through Magde burg on the 2nd inst., on his way to Dresden. It is expected that the. Prine,e Regent will leave Ostend fOr Baden-Badenand•Coblentz on the 28th hut:, and on the 30th inst:, the' birthday of the Princess of Prussia will be eclebrated. . ECCLESIASTICAL - INTELLIGE,NCE , The Dean and Chapter of Bristol are about to carry out great improvements in their cathedral, involving a complete re-arrangement of the interior. The Bishop of7tincoln has instituted the Rev. E. ,Reginald Mantel! to the Rectory of Gretford with Wils thorp ; the Rev. David Hunter to the Rectory of Howell, Lincolnshire ; the Rev. Henry John Dodsworth to the Rectory of Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire ; the Rev. Albert Sidney Wilde to the Vicara g e of Louth, Lincolnshire; and the Rev Humphrey Pountney, Cheshire, to the Vicarage of Headon with Upton, Notts.,. A return of the number of leaseholds in the severa dioceses of England and Wales, in respect of which applications have been made for the purchase of the reversion or for the sale of the term, or for both in part, &e. (in continuation of parliamentary papa., No. 339, of Session 1856), has been issued on the motion of Mr. Ingham, M.P. We subjoin the number (in each diocese) of applications in which terms have been agreed to,—viz., in Canterbury, 150 ; in York, 76 ; in Chester, none as yet; in Ely, 47 ; in Exeter (no application) ; in Gloucester and Bristol (no application) ; in Hereford, 5 applications—none as yet agreed to ; in Lichfield, 2; is Lincoln, 9 in 1859, 7 in 1856 ; in London, 19 ; in Norwich, 36; in Oxford, 1; in Peterborough, 12; in Rochester, 8 ; in Salisbury, 1 ; and in Winchester, 66. Similar returns have been made by sundry deans and chapters. The Rev. J. Dugard, who has been for some time past curate of Haggerstone, has intimated his intention of retiring from the ministry of the Established Church, with the view of establishing a free church of England at Hackney. Mr. Dugard was formerly curate of Ports-. mouth. A church is now being built at St. Petefsburg, in which divine service will be performed in French. TF,STIMEINIAL TO W. B. FERRAND, ESQ.—OR Mon day evening last a very numerously attended meeting of the working classes was held at Devonport, for raising a testimonial to be presented to Mr. Ferrand, who so recently contested the borough of Devonport on two occasions in the Conservative interest. After the open ing of the proceedings by the chairman, who dwelt at some length on the benefits conferred on the borough in the fearless exposure of existing abuses in the gentleman whom they now proposed to honour, several other speakers commented in a like stirring and honest strain, and the following' resolution was carried with but one dissentient :-=-" That William Bousfield Ferrand, 'Esq., having done much to free the borough from Whig bondage and domination, and having exposed the iniquitous system adopted and carried out by the Whig clique,, of jobbery, intimidation, corruption, and the concomitant evils attending these species of degra dation—this meeting, chiefly consisting of artisans and workmen, electors and non:-electors, approves of the way in which William Bousfield Ferrand, Esq., made these disclosures known ; and hereby wishes to express its great and increasing confidence in him, by present ing him with some appropriate testimonial; and like wise pledges itself to use every legitimate means to aid him to purge this borough from Whig influence." It was also agreed that a committee should be formed for carrying out the objects of the meeting. ANOTHER TRADE OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD.—Another of those trade outrages, which have of late been so fre quent in Sheffield, was perpetrated at 'an early bour on Saturday moruing,:at Boston Works, MiltinFstreet, the property of Messrs. Bunting & Son. A fork-grinder, named Thos. - Rowan, who has for some time refused to join the union connected with his trade has, during the last fortnight, *occupied a, room at these works, having left the wheel he previously worked, from 'being there, as he supposed, peculiarly exposed to such out rages. Bet Ween three and four o'clock eu Saturday morning, his room 'on the second "story wax entered through the window, by means of a ladder; and the man's glazers having been taken off the machinery, were heapeil together, and set on fire, some boards having been broken up for the purpose. At four o'clock the ladder attracted the attention of the watchman, and led to the discovery of the fire be fore much damage had been done. , The fire was kindled on the wooden floor of the room instead of in the range ; 'and but for its early discovery, would pro bably have resulted in a serious conflagration. As it was, no damage was done to the room beyond the burning of a small hole through the floor. Only a few months ago, a trade outrage was committed in the very same room, powder being placed under the grinding stone, which, when it exploded, seriously injured the grinder. 2 , parting `,4jriteTtignut. CHATHAM RACES HURSD AY TRIAL STAKES, Armenius The Gem Six ran THE TWO . YEARS' OLD STAKES Of L 5 each, with £5O added. Three-quarters of a mile Hand-over-Hand Braemar THE ROCKINGHAM PLATE HANDICAP Of £5O. Three-quarters of a mile. NeophTte, Adulation Conceit.... Lady Kingston Conceit Remunerator TOWN PLATT Fix ran NDICAP. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 6 to 4 on Promised. Land (5 off). 6 to 1 against Summerside (off). 10 to 1 against Marionette (t). 12 to 1 against Trumpeter (t). 25 to 1 against Napoleon (t). 30 to 1 against Gladiolus (t). 'DONCASTER 11ANDICAP. 10 to 1 against Paul (t). GREAT o t :: againstAlT ag a inst°i t The i;CSquirehgen s i q l I.E r e II ( t t ) ) A. . 12 to 1 against Julia (t). ti to 1 against Miss Whip filly (t). 30 to 1 against Mazzini (t) - .. . CESAItEWITCH. 25 to 1 on the field. 500 to 10 against Black . Tommy (t) DERBY.-18 60 . ainst .The Rig ) (t). 40 to 1 a,