The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-07 00:00:00

COMMtTN/CATIONS.

A note was read from the Bryinbo Coal Company,
near Wrexham, giving notice of their intention to give
up the occupation of the coal yard at the Morpeth Dock,
Birkenhead.

A letter was then read from Mr. Sohn Robinson,
engineer of the united Kingdom Electric Telegraph
Company, applying for permission to carry their line of
telegraph poles along that portion of the dock property
called the Herculaneum- state: extending from Egerton
Dock to the extreme end of Sefton-street, instead of
carrying it under ground as empowered by Act of Par-
liament. In passing any towns, houses, or villages, they
should carry their lines over the top, instead of the front
of houses, and do so with the consent of the inhabitants.
The objeet was to 'carry out a system of cheap telegraph,
by which messy es would be transmitted to and from all
parts of the United Kingdom for one shilling. Their
first line would be between London, Birmingham,
' Man-
chester • and Liverpool.
..The CiternmAN observed that it was a question on
which they must have the opinion of their engineer. It
was a dangerous thing to admit people upon their land,
as they were sometimes difficult to remove. There, was
then the question of how far their own telegraph
extended. There was no real difficulty in the wires
being carried underground, but a deal more expense.
Fonwooo thought it a subject of such vast
importance that it should have the favourable con-
sideration of the board.
The application was referred to the solicitor and
engineer, to report.
A letter was read from Messrs. Thomas Gladstone
and Co., again bringing the case of the ship John
O'Gaunt before the board, as on its merits they had
reason to expect the re-payment of the sum which they
had paid—X33 6s. This sum they were charged for
damage done to the tidal gauge, according to the esti-
mated amount of repairs; but those repairs.had never
been done, and the gauge remained as it was for nearly
two years. It was now entirely removed, having been
found to be placed in an entirely wrong position,detri-
mental to vessels entering the dock.
The CHAIRMAN said the matter had been under the
consideration of the board more than once, and they had
declined it. It was for the board now to determine
whether they should refer it to the Docks and Quays
Committee..

After a few words from Mr. Lockett, the application
was declined.

A letter 'to the following effect was read from Messrs.
C. G. Cowie and Co. :—"We beg to advise you that on
Saturday, the 3rd inst. (November), the ship Crimea,
chartered by us from Mr. S. R. Graves, was sent round
from the Salthouse dock to the Wellington, for the pur-
pose of loading coke at the high-level railway ; but the
dock-master refused to let us in, or to take the berth.
Two days afterwards, namely, the sth inst., the Veteran
and the Kertch came out of the graving-dock, together,
and also applied for the same berth. The Veteran left
the graving-dock first, and was refused the berth in the
Wellington dock, while the Kertch was put into it.
The consequence-was that the coke actually down for
the Crimea, and labelled all the way for her, was put
into the Kertch as having possession of the berth; and
we, as charterers of the Crimea, have been detained for
twenty days without a cargo, and have come under very
heavy demurrage. We beg respectfully to intimate
that we shall claim from the Dock Board the losses suf-
fered in consequence of our detention, and which have
been solely caused by the irregular act of the 'dock-
master in refusing to berth our ship in its turn."
Mr. MASON, the secretary, stated that a long report
from the dOck-master had been received on the subject,
and 'both communications were referred to the Docks
and Quays Committee.

A letter was next read from Mr. J. G. Dagnall, agent
of the Glasgow, Greenock, and Liverpool Traders, sug-
gesting the desirability of altering the bye-laws, so as to
permit lights to be used for discharging, as they now
were for loading, vessels.
Referred to the Docks and Quays Committee.
Mary Tierney, of Vauxhall-road, Liverpool, wrote to
the board, stating that as her son was driving a cart
laden with potatoes on the Great Landing-stage, the
tide being up at the time, the horse and cart had been
precipitated into the river, from there being no chains
to prevent such an accident. Her husband was dead,
and her son, by the use of the horse and cart, had been
able to keep himself and four of the children. She
trusted, therefore, the board would value the damage
done and grant a suitable recompense, to prevent the
poor widow and children entering the workhouse.
The CHAIRMAN did not think the board could be
liable, but the letter might be referred to the solicitor.
, Mr. MONDEL said the horse fell upon the stage, and
in struggling to get up fell over.
The CHAIRMAN—Then we had better decline at once ;
we should not encourage such applications.
Mr. BoULT—Is it true there were no chains up ?
The CHAIRMAN—They are repeatedly taken off when
a vessel is alongside, loading or discharging.
Mr. DARBYSHIRE said the stags was slippery at the
time.

The application was declined. -
THE DEFENCES OF THE PORT.
A letter to the following effect was read from the
Solicitor to the War Department:-
sth December, 1860.
Your letter to the Secretary-of-War, dated the `►Bth of July
last, has been referred to me, with instructions to communi-
cate to you relative to obtaining possession of two of the sites
for batteries thereinmentioned, namely, Bootle land-marks
and Salisbury Dock Pier, upon terms mentioned in the memo-
randum of the sth of February, 1855. I wish, therefore, to
know whether the Dock Board have power to convey the
sites as proposed, and if not, whether, under the recent act, a
lease for 999 years, at a peppercorn 'rent, determinable at any
time by this department, would meet tie case. In similar
grants the latter course has been adopted, and if approved by the
board you will be Pleased to instruct your solicitor accordingly.
The CHAIRMAN said they had agreed to give them the
site at the Beetle landmarks unconditionally. He believed
they had also agreed to give them one at the Salisbury
Dock. With reference to the other sites, the depart-
ment proposed that a platform should be prepared, but
not armed, and that they should have some magazine in
the neighbourhood, where guns could be kept and run
down. They had made a great point to have the one
at the Salisbury Pier armed, and the one at the extreme
north,

Mr. MONDEL feared that it would be a serious nuisance
at the Salisbury Dock. He thought the • amicable de-
monstration of the Emperor Napoleon in sending hit'
wife over here among the volunteers—(a laugh)—might
.tend to erase some of their fears ; and he hoped that
they would not go on with that ridiculous fortification
and expense.

The-CulrumnN—l think we are committed to giving
Government those two places.
Mr. ARNOLD—We are not committed to giving them
the Salisbury Pier ?
The CHAIRMAN—Yes ; I think so.
Mr. ARNOLD—WeII, I object to fortifications of any
kind. I think if Government do their duty with the
means at their disposal, no enemy would ever come near
our shores.
Mr. BOULT saw there was an enlargement or repair-
ing going on at the Rock Battery. Perhaps the Defence
Committee could afford some information on the subject.
Mr, IItIBBACK—I am not aware that the Rock

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Battery is under the chaige of the Defence ommittee
or of this board.
The letter was referred to the Solicitor to report.
An application from Mr. W. H. Pinfield, chief clerk
in the Bolicitof.s office, for an advance of salary, was
referred to the Finance Committee.
DiStNAKtkiNd.OKAIN AND notlit lid VIE CANADA DOCK.
The following trinlnittniedtithr front Messrs. Brown,
Shipley', and Co. and other firmsthead
,5 J them read •
!If !• 1..4 LiVerllodl; JO, Ilec4, PO?.
TO THE MERSET,DdCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD, LIVERPOPL
GENTSMEN7FiSing Aurocr of. largo American
vessels -with glsatn and, hour have'prodeelled; for.thepurpose of
discharging, to the Canada Dook, notwith4andingi there, is
ample accommodation of quay space and she in ?Ilex docks,
while, the Canada Pock, having-beet construct timber
cargoes, is withoUt sheds :or. any protection ,for perishable
merchandise, and the. quaYs are, at preSent in a state Of mud
and'lllth; calculated to do Very 'serious injury to grain in bags
and flour in barrels, if placed thereon.
respeCtfully request that you will immediately forwari
instructions to prevent such Vessel§ being discharged more
quickly than, Xlie ponsignees, can donvey away their merehan-
disc direct from the.ship.,.*ithcait it# being left Oft tile wharf;
or that you will adapt such,other,effleien.kpieantl ad willifbviate
the, risk of injury justly apprehended owners of liiNiperty
' about to be discharged at the dock in question. We are,
Brit-
tlemen, Ours respectfully,:—Richardson, Spence, B: Co. ;John
Bingham & C 0..; A. F. & R. Maxwell; Brown, Shipleyi & no.
Henry Jump .& Sons;yvoodward c@ co, ;. and ()tilers,
Mr: Hurri4, in reference too that, Merporial, thought
it well to inform the board OA he, had Nisitlecl: the
Canada Dock that morning,, and all stated there hp
found to be the case. The quays were in a disgraceful
state,• which would .do injury to a,cargo. He was sure
that if any of the shipowners in America could go and
see how the Cargoes were treated they would never send
a pound of stuff here again;- and he;thotiOt,that the
board, as conservators of the property in port; 6ottld not
pass the memorial without some action. (Hear, hear.)
It appeared to him that the'Canada Dock had been built
exclusively for the timber trade ; and how those vessels
had got in it would be for the gentlemen of the Docks
and Quays Committee, with the harbour-master to state.
He had stated to some gentlemen who had called upon
the Subject, that those vessels, having now got
In their 'Only teinedY TM', injury vrauld'he against the
owners of the ships: He feared that they had no
power to prevent them discharging but lie th9ttgh,t
,they should instruct their servants not to allow vessels
so laden into a dock without sheds. The master of the
Albert Dock would never allow a ship to .gerin there
with timber. There was a power ,left with the dock
masters to discriminate 'which cargoes should (tome into

certain docks. He thought the 73rd clause of their last
Consolidated Act would meet the case. (This he read )
ILO far flidt.clause gave power to the board to instruct
the harbour-master, and thfortgh Itim the dock-master,
to say to a captain at the Canada Dock, with a tarp of
grain or perishable material, "This dock is for timber,
you can't come in here," he should like to know from
Mr. North, the solicitor. •
Mr. NORTH said Mr. Hubback bad courteously men-
tioned the matter to him on entering the room. It was
a very important question, and he had devoted the
interval, to such a consideration of it as he could within
the time. His opinion be had embodied in writing, and
it was as 'foil dws I think; under 'the 78rd section of
the Consolidated. Act, the hoard hate potter to appro-
priate the Canada Dock to the timber trade, arid there-
fore to exclude the general trade therefrom ; but that
it would be inexpedient to exercise such power to ships
seeking shelter only, and not to discharge in Canada
Dock.'

Mr. BOULT—I should like to ask Mr. Hubback
whether he saw a single ship discharging grain or flour
in the dock ?

Mr. HUBBACK—I saw three.

Mr. Bouvr knew of one case at least, if not more, of
vessels which had latterly gone into the dock for shelter.
They went into the Canada Mck, not only because
there was room, but there was water to get in when
there was not at the other docks. In one case be had
mentioned to the captain that if he landed his, cargo, he
would do so at his own risk, and be liable to all damage.
Ike thotight.that advice was law and common sense, and
generally acted upon.
The CHAIRMAN hoped the letter would be referred to
the Docks and Quays Cominittee without further debate.
It was an important subject, which might involve the
liability of the board as well.
Mr. LOCKETT said there was another question. At a
certain period of the year the timber trade did not
require that dock. Were they to keep it empty ? Tbey
had always made use of the Brunswick Dock for certain
purposes ; and must make use of a dock specially appro-
priated- to the timber trade when that trade did not
require- it.
The CHAIRMAN—Better refer it to the Docks and
Quays Committee.
Mr. Funwoon—But time presses. These vessels ate
'discharging.
The CHAIRMAN—You 'cannot stop them discharging,
but owners of the cargo have a remedy against the
owners of the ship.
Mr. BOLD-I understood the'solicitor that we could
stop them, unless for shelter.

Mr. NORTH—If you first appropriate it to the use of
another trade.

Mr. SMITH said if they would refer to_the appropria-
tioa made of that dock, it would be found that special
care had been taken by the board to reserve to itself the
right, when it was not used by the timber trade, of
allowing other ships to go into that dock and discharge.
After a few remarks from Mr. Darbyshire, •
Mr. SEGAR supposed it was understood that no more
vessels would be allowed 'to diScharge there. Would
the quays be kept clean? It appeared they wanted
some officer to take up that particular duty.
•The matter was then referred to the Docks and Quays
Committee.

THE PILOT-BOATS AND THE GRIDIRONS.
Mr. SHAND then brought forward the motion, of
which he had given notice, for exempting pilots, as
heretofore, from any charge for running their boats for
inspection upon the gridirons.
Mr. MONDEL seconded the motion; and after a brief
but interesting debate upon the subject,
Mr. SMITH proposed, and Mr. ARNOLD seconded, an
amendment, that the matter be referred back to the
Docks and Quays Committee.

The board divided, when there appeared for the
amendment 7, against it 15. The following is an
analysis, of the divisiou :—For : Messrs. Arnold, Boult,
Forwood, Lockett, Segar, Smith, and the Chairman.
Against : Messrs. Anderson, Bold, Bushell, Brockle-
bank, Darbyshire,•Evans, Farnworth, Holme, Hubback,
Hutchison, Langton, Littledale, Mondel, Rankin, and
Shand. •

The original motion was then put and carried.
This-was the whole of the public business.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF BIGAMY
-THE', LOVES OF HENRY M'GREGGOR
OF BELFAST!

A good-looking fellow named Henry M'Greggor,
about thirty-eight years of age, described as a master
" lumper " at Belfast, was brought up by police con-
stable 522 on a charge of bigamy. Superintendent
Kehoe, said, last night this man was brought in charged
with bigamy, and on inquiring into the case find by
this copy of a marriage certificate, that he was married
on the 26th May, 1843, in the Catholic Chapel of Bel-
fast, to a woman named Grace M'4very, who is now
present, and with whom he lived up to about a fort-
night ago, and on yesterday he got married to a female
named Isabella M'Clinchey, in St. Matthias' Church,
in Great Howard. street, in this town. When he was
arrested, he said the first wife was not his wife—
(laughter)--because she was married and her husband
living at the time he married her. He stated he did
not know when he, married his first wife that she was
then a married woman, and her husband then alive, but
in about a fortnight after the marriage he discovered it,
but he lived with her up.to about a fortnight ago. At
that • time (a fortnight since) there was a ship put into
Killough, County Down, by, stress of weather, and the
prisoner being a master lamper at Belfast (18 or 20
miles from Killough), was employed to proceed there to
discharge the cargo. Whilst there he became acquainted
with a young woman named Isabella M'Clinchy, whose
father kept a baking establishment in the town, and.it
appeara (said Mr. Kchoe) that he arranged to marry
her. He came here about a fortnight ago, and on.
Saturday last the young woman arrived, and on yester-
day (Wednesday) they were married at St. Matthias'
Church. In the evening the first wife arrived, and gave
him into custody on the charge. Police officer 622 was
then examined, and said, I saw a crowd of persons yes_
terday evening about Porter-street, and the first wife
came up to me and produced this certificate of her
marriage and gave him in charge. The pirsoner said
he was married to her, but she was not his wife, as she
was married at the time and that her husband had gone
to Jamaica.
Mr. Cobb, for the prisoner—l object to this certifi-
cate. There is no evidence of the first marriage. This
certificate is written on an old ss. bill stamp—(laughter).
Mr. Raffles—That does not make it worse as a certi-
ficate, if it is a correct one.
Mr. Cobb (to the officer)—What made you ask him if
he were married to the first wife?
Officer—l showed him the certificate given to me by
her, and he said it was quite correct ; but he did not
know at the time that she was then married. and her
husband alive. He said he did not mind suffering six
months for her.
Mr. Cobb (to his worship)—lf you think the admis-
sion of the 'prisoner sufficient on the point, I will not
sty a word against a remand ; but if we can show that
the woman was married at the time, it will alter the
case altogether.
Isabella M'Connell said—l live in Porter-street, and
keep a lodging-house. The prisoner came to our house'
about a fortnight ago, and said he was waiting for a
young woman to come after him to get married. The
young woman came on Saturday. ast. I was present
yesterday when they were married in St. Mathias's
Church,
Isabella M'Clinehy, the last "happy bride," was then
called. She was neatly dressed in black—no doubt
mourning for the cruel fate that tore her love from her
arms so rudely, and so soon after the words were said.
She appeared to be about 30 years of age, and very
good-looking. Mr. Cobb asked her if she would pro-
secute her darling Harry ? and she replied, " I don't
want to prosecute him, but I will not have anything
more to.do with him."
Mr. Cobb—Will you return him his money ?
_r W e
lot of his mone
Witness—l have not got any. .
Cobb----He says you have a large Mr. ;
and if you have I think, perhaps, you ought to stick, to
it. (To his worshi-If the first wife was married at
the time she married— him, of course she is not his wife ?
and if the second, who is the injured party. refuses, to
prosecute, there is an end to the case.
iMr. Raffies—l will remand him for seven days, and
inquiry can be made in the meantime. If the first wife
was married at the time she married him, why it will
alter the case. •

Mr. Cobb will you take bail for him ?
Mr. Raffies—Yes ; I will take two good sureties in
£25 each for his appearance.
The prisoner was then remanded:

SESSIONS.—The Court of Quarter Sessions
opened this morning in St. George's will be 11
Thdc
calendar contains seventy-four prisoners for felony, an
twelve for misdemeanour to be tried. The cases, are
not of an important character.
MR. MASON JONES AT THE PHILHARMONIC TO-NIGHT.
—We,remind our readers that to-night this much-talked-
of oration on "Garibaldi "is to take place. The theme
is a stirring one, and the speaker is equal to his work.
His reception at Manchester, and in London (St James's
Hall) has been a triumphant success; and there cannot
be a doubt that there will be a crowded audience at the
Philharmonic this evening, to hear the message which
the great Liberator charged Mr. Mason Jones with
to the English public. We anticipate an interesting
occasion, and advise our readers by ne means to miss the
treat in store.