The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-26 00:00:00

THE DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1860.

THE ANNUAL VOTE OF THANAS.

Mr. STITT then in the most complimentary tefins pro-
posed a vote of thanks to the chairman, Mr. Alderman
Dover. They all knew how much the interests of the
town were dependent upon that committee, and also
with the efficient services Mr. Dover had rendered them.
By his good management in the conducting of the
Imsiness, he had save the committee much time, and
Inid,hen,eflted the town.

Air. had meth pleasure in seconding the vote
of thanks.

The CHAIRMAN in returning he wag
much obliged to the committee for the; mannerl fh
which they had passed the vote of thanks, and also
for the complimentary manner in which it had been
proposed. ' He then stated that had he ;not had
the support of the committee, which from the unani-
mity that existed amongst them, might be' called
" the happy family," he should not have been able
to go on as he had done. He thanked them for the
the compliment, and also would say that he could
not dildw the opportunity to pass without saying a few
W.OrdS;for the able agsistandehe had received from the
chairman ,of the . 4enefal Ptifp,dses eortitnittee, Mr.
Sheil, and he cordially, concurred in .the, vote df
that had .heen passed to that, gentleman, and also for.
the valuable assistance rendered by Mr..Beckwith in the
Smoke Prevention Committee,. and likeviise ,to Mr.
Crellin, the chairmanof ,the .Courts and, Alleys ,dora-
mittee. He then referred to' the .members Of) coat-mittee 'wen' retiring on theist an'cl gal there
were no less than eight; and if all those eig& 14e're
rejected, and other persons elected in their places, it
would be like forming a new committee of persons who
clid not know anything of the affairs of the town, and
would; therefore, he perfectly inefficient as compared with
that which existed. It had also been said thatthe Health
CoMinittee had done nothing but they had reduced
the, death rate from 30010 to' /7,0617. He admitted that
some of the rates Nieie rathet highet than usual to the
parochial rate when ihVg.i.eat ikprOipmeirta ate con-
sidered, he did not think that the nould be considered
higher than necessary. He conch red by ,proposing a
vote of thanks to Mr. Shell for the personal iinctiiesS he
had done him in presiding at the meetings While:he ./as
on a bed of sickness, and also for the great assistance he
had rendered at all times to the committee.
Mr. NicKsox seconded the motion, which was carried
by acclamation.
Mr. Simi, briefly acknowledged the compliment, and
• the committee broke up.

MERSEY HOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD.

At the weekly nteetitig df this board,
,yesterday, Mr.
Charles Tamer presided, and the 6thei MemlielS present
were—Messrs. Holme, Rounthwaite, Monde liicrian,
Littledale, Boult, Darbyshire, Tobin, Hubbac't,
worth, Smith, Forwood, Shand, Langton; and Eyre
Evans.

• THE WORKS COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee comprised a
tecommendation to accept the following tenders:—
Messrs. Roberts and Gibson, for the supply of eight
tons of sheet iron ; W. H. and A. Higgins, four boxes
of tin plates,; Messrs. Houlgrave and Co.' 100 barrels
of British piteli ; Messrs, Chhdwick and Taylor, four
tons of Cotton waste; Messrs. Sohtt Bibby and Sons,
half aOn Of sheet Copper Messrs. obti Matthews and
Co., four tons of boiled linseed oil ; Messts..Higgins
arid liettell, for a stipply siiiphate of Copper; and
Messrs. 3. 11. arid Sohnsett, for a supply of five Cwt.
of sulphate of zinc` It Was fnrther recommended, on a
report of the engineer, that the.board should rock and
pave the roads and quays on the Margin of` the Great
Float, Birkenhead, between Duke - street a'rid Gill
Brook, at a cost of about £10,550. .Mr. "LW, it
appeared, had moved in the committee for a return,
showing the expenditure on the various works at
Birkenhead, as contrasted with those on the Liverpool
side of the river; and directions bad been given that
the return should be furnished.
Mr. RANKIN having moved the confirmation of the
proceedings,
Mr. EloutT wished for information as to the real state
of the Works at Birkenhead. There was a resolution on
their books that on the 88th the. Morpeth hock be run
dry, with the view of letting the *ater into the Great
Float. He was there the other day, and came away with
the impression that the Float could not be used for a
month. The walls, certainly, were completed; the roads
were nothing but soft mud; the rails were not laid; the
turn-tables not made, nor had the shed, which
.was to
give such a large addition to the warehouse accommoda-
tion, been raised. And then there were the working of
buoys at the bottom of the Great Float.
The CHAIRMAN did not think Mr. Boult could go into
the subject, for they could not rescind a resolution without
giving aweek's notice.
Mr. Botta said it would be too late then.
.The proceedings were confirmed.

MISCELLANEOUS.
The proceedings of the Warehouse Committee, which
comprised a recommendation to increase the salary of
Samuel Stephens, the dock gauger, from £lOO to £l2O
per annum, were then read and confirmed ; as were also
those of the Marine Committee, which included a
recommendation to appoint William. Lewis, a seaman,
to the North-West light-ship.
The proceedings of the Pilotage Committee Were next
read. They comprised a recommendation to appropriate
£lOO 165., out of the license fees, to the Examining
Committee. This was agreed to, with the understanding
that the grant should not form a precedent for paying
any of the officials of the board by fees.
The proceedings of the Dock and Quays Committee
w‘sre next read. They included a letter from Messrs.
William Inman and Company, complaining of a pre-
ference given to the steam-ship Armenian, on the ground
of her tieing a mail steamer ; on consideration of which
it had been resolved that the practice pursued of giving
facilities to the postal authorities could not be altered.
The proceedings were confirmed, as were also those of
the Master Porterage Committee.
MR. MAC IVER AND THE NEW STEAM DOCK.
The following letter was read by the secretary, Mr.
D. Mason :
TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE MERSEY DOCKS AND
HARBOUR BOARD.
GENTLEMEN,—That you may understand what it is I am
speaking of, when I beg that you will not appropriate the new
steam dock, without reference to my necessities for increased
accommodation, I would suggest that you visit the Husliisson
Dock, arid see the fleet of steamers there under my
charge ;
you can then realise for yourselves whether it be true that I
am, as regards space, even half as well off as.some others. At
the present moment, without reckoning the coasting-steamers
and-r my charge, I have in the port of Liverpool of foreigntakes
going steamers 22,000 tons ; and next week, though it
one steamer off, will add three others.
If so many of our mail ships were not kept in the river,
owing to the tides, although at great disadvantage to ourselves
in carrying on the work, it ivotild be
a utceter allotted ly impossi
to ldus in
e
can, it on at all with the limited quay sp
the Huskissos Dock.
Those YeFsel • now in the Huski4on Dock are all running
ships in actual employment, and I may mention that in addl.
tion to the tonnage now being pushed forward, undaver contract
for delivery the. middle of the coming year, we he within
the last week contracted for several other vessels of large
tonnage for our foreign trades.
Intending to be absent for two or three months this winter,
I think it right to send you the foregoing, trusting that you
will not appropriate the new steam dock to other applicants
however importunate, without giving me an opportunity ot
having my claim for increased accommodation fairly considered.
I have no objections to be put on the same footing as others
(relative requirements considered), but althongh not
that yOu will
,troubled you unnecevarily on the subject, I bcg
not assume that my necessities are the less urgent on that
account. I an", gentlemen, your Obedient sn'val, t.
C. MACIVER. & Co.
P.S. Without the extraneous help which we our set ves turii.ah
by our large barges and river tenders, our accommodation at
smaller, not only our Huskisson Dock would be quite inadequate for even half our
114
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ee n odue rn-
work ; and, as, our, ships are not getting
Own wants, but the wants of the steam trade generally, will
space
every day become more urgent ; and, although we
Selves tried to overcame deficiencies by barges and rev
still it is very expensive work, and the pr, sent quay
would not admit of even the extension of that.
British and North American Royal gait steamoa
25c, ket
Company
Office, 8, 'Water-street, Liverpool, Oct. 1860.
The letter was referred to the Docks and Quays
Committee, with an instruction that Mr. Mac Iver should
be written to, that his communication would receive
every attention,—Mr. Evans observing :
he should
take a share of Birkenhead, and not have all on this
side." (A' laugh.)
THE SHEDS. ON THE STEAM DOCK.
'Mr: SMITH then brought forward the following
motion, of which he had given notice .—" That the
resolution of the board of the 27th September, 1860, by
which it was decided that the sheds on the sides of the
new Steam Dock be only one storey, be rescinded."
Mr. Satiric, in a speech of great length, and which
was delivered with considerable animation, addressed
the board in support of his motion.
A languid debate ensued; hut as the subject had been
already exhausted in the previous discussion of the
matter, we do not find it necessary, in the crowded state
of our columns, to present a report. It may suffice to
state that on a division Mr. Smith's motion was lost by
a majority of seven to six votes :--
For—Messrs. Boult, Ffolme, Littledale, Monclel,
Rankin, and Smith. Against—Messrs. Darbyshire,
Forwood, Inman, Langton, Rounthwaite, Tobin, and
the Chairman.
The closed the public business.

COURT OF PASSAGE.

The business of this court commenced yesterday morn-
ing
in' the Civil Co tiff Peorge's, Hall, before
Edward James, QC., issessor. nuinh,er, of nnde-'
fended cases (which presented no features d 14M inte-
rest) having been' disposed of, the court proceeded' to
try the defended causes.
CLAIM FOR ILLEGAL DISTRAINT.—FEENY V. GREEN.
---Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff in this case,
and Mr: Temple for the defendant. The action was
bicinglit to recover compensation for damage which the
plaintiff had stistained through the defendant's breaking
flto' his "mdse. Tile defendantfir plea was----not guilty.
T i appears that in October,the.plaintiff, who car-
ries on blisinesi in this town, as d pro-Vision therehant and
elilpgtoie d4er, became the tenant ,of Mrs. dreeni in a
house • Wishinkton-Street:. He MOVed froni the
house shortly after Wards as in High
Park-street, Toxteth-park.. In the Present -year,
on the 10th of July, being. one day &foie the third
quarter's rent for the house in Washington-street betarrie
due, the defendant sent bailiffs to the plaintiff's residence
in High Park-street, with instructions to distrain for the
rent for the former house. The plaintiff prayed them to
gcl to the defendant, but they refused ; be then went him-
: Off, btit could not induce her to remove the limbs of the
law frem his premises.. They remained in his house. for
five days; and; the landlord Of biN present house, in High
Park-Street; becoming suspicions; also ptit in a distress
for hii rent, which, according to' the agree'm'ent; was to
have been paid in adianee; The' plaintiff was thus sub-
jected to considerable inconvenience; and for this he now
sought compensation. The jury fonild a ierdidt for the
plaintiff, damages £3O.
MULMATTON V. CAMPBELL.—In this case Mr. Teniple
represented the plaintiff and Mr. Scott the defendant.
The plaintiff sued for £27 7s. 6d.,.the money due under
an agreement which was entered into on the 20th June
lasts On the day named the plaintiff contracted with
the defendant to convert a stable into a cottage, the
defendait hailit to simplyp the work and materials at
the end ,of each Week. The Wcrrk had been done, but
it was alleged there Was the,stini,of .01 Is. gd: still due
j for niateriais. which the defendant not supplied.
On behalf of the defendant it was urged that the Work
was llddly done and alsOthat the original contract was
to do the Wciik iii 19 dais, which was not fulfilled.
Neither side, however, prcidiiced the Written agreement,
and the jury found a verdict- for tile plaintiff to• the
amount of £2O.

M'JANNET v. MEEK.—This was an action upon a
charter party to recover damages for a detention occa-
sioned by the defendant's non-fulfilment of his part of
the contract. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the plaintiff
and Mr. Deighton for the defendant. It appears that
the plaintiff was the proprietor of a ship called the New
York Packet, which the defendant was desirous of char-
terin'g. He did charter her, and the stipulation in the
chatter' party was that she was to be loaded in fifteen
running d'a'ys from the time she was ready, and in a
loading berth find` ready. At the time the charter party
was entered into, the feSsel was in the Brunswick Dock.
She remained in the dock, and Was lying bow on to the
east quay. The cargo with which she ifas to: be loaded
was coals, salt, and sugar pans. Notice viad.gifen by the
captain of the vessel that she was ready for loading, but
on applying at the defendant's office, that gentleman
being out of town, his clerk said he understood
she NMI to be loaded in one of the north docks.
The charter party was referred to, and found to
contain 10' such stipulation. In consequence of the
'refdsal of Messrs. Laitd; the gentlemen who were to
supply Ole Coat to' lead the Vessel in that, dock, the ship
had to be tettioied to' the' Stanley Dock. This occa-
sioned a detention of ahou't seven days, arid the plaintiff
now sought damages for that detention': On behalf of
the defendants it was stated that the Vessel: was not in a
loading berth when in the Brunswick Doelc. The dock
gateman who was called stated that for certain cargoes
the east quay of the Brunswick Dock could be con.;
sidered a loading
.berth--such cargoes, for instance, as
salt and coal, which could be wheeled through the bow
port. Sugar pans, however, could not be so loaded,
neither, in fact, could they from the position which the
vessel occupied .when in the Stanley Dock, as at first she
was loaded from lighters. The jury found a verdict for
the plaintiff, dainages £42.
Hunzt Vintli. --This was an action brought upon
an interpleader issue to try whether certain goods were
the property of the plaintiff or the defendant. The goods
in qtiestion belonged to Mrs. Caruthers ; the defendant
had-taken them in execution; the plaintiff, however, also
claimed therni becatise he said he had purchased them
'for £4O, allong the td remain in Carothers' posses-
sion for a consideration of Lt per month. The jury
found for the defendant.