The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-15 00:00:00

AGAINS? DOCK MONOPOLY.

A special meeting of the Association for the Pro-
tection of the Trade of the Part of buttes ageism Deck
Mesopoly was held yesterday afteracea, et the Ship Taunt.
Water-lace; Mr. W. J. HALL is the chair.

Me. 8. !bunt (the secretary) read a seport of the badness
ematalttee, giving an sooount of the steps which had
hen taken in order to ensure the reneges of the bill intro-
its's' is parliament by the But ate'Aatladia, the Lon-
des, and the Bt. Katherine Desk Onipmin and which
Ned in the throwing out of the hi ou the snood read-
ies, on the 19th nit, the numbing ban 140 to 26. The
senmithe bad, it was stated, allssind the sum of 9411., of
whisk MIK lad been expended up to the 14th tout , leavlog
a halmn lathe heads of the Inaseser of 2451, subject to
the enema if the report and the noting. Ia resigning
Solna raids' Is tram the sementee faitcalled upon,they
WM" dinging attnelen ef ask men reial brethren to the
fed that is that peat sky essemereial abases were at pre-
mise 'Say ripplef with when they had become too fowler-
elle_ thp *On amiurenee,and were dealt with in detail
by Wad Wide ;only. They null not bat regard this
want of don win as deserdery to the professionl
chanson of Oh vast stardom of the world's business ;
and they would sewn the lineation of a permanent
standing sommielse, embneing the whole mercantile body
of the mrshopelh, es all the mange hitherto asuman
traria and ether isolated nessitises. The mins pro-
le neeatile lastitatime se the kingdom would with
mesh advantage be gilded to the enrol committee,
end, 'stabling it to einenterd, on all widest. connected
with bads, the slanhsasons sanonisst of the whole
menentile ehman of the empire. The attempt whisk
had lately hen dishated might be renewed; the
dock elaspedso might devise a belder.velled plan
of lacing dm mowarst and injesing the public;
and many ether dlee aterseed the ingspindano• sad
prosperity of the if Lengen. The esemaittee, there-
fore, recommend that the nines* of this association
under thegsgatille of the iiimpimps Owisaittee oat
Comment, end Navigation, should hperpetuated ;
and that an Amid be mists aH dames of traders
to support it by onesntiag to bsessessainhaes.
The CILATZNAN felt pest htiahatiss is sewn-
Wages the meeting on the seams of the appraise to the
Dock Crannies' Bill. It was ;MAIM tlist the leghlature
was desidedly with then Of Ibe saissolly el favour
of the bill, fire were deck dinettes, time wan inshore. con-
ceded with the dons, on was 001dilIMIN, end anther
solieitar. Of the remaining 17, be believed nine were
decidedly opposed to the bill ; the wily roma
why they voted as they did being that they
thought it desirable that the matter should go be.
fore a 'committee for investigation. Their view
changed when they were afterwards informed that the op-
position was not so mach to the docks having more money,
provided they could 'edify the Board of Trade that they
could employ it judieinaly sad progtably, but that the
great complaint wee that clauses had been introduced to
tax the property of merchaats ea its coming out of dock,
after having been taken in by vessels without the sanetioa of
the owner. This was the strops point of the opposition, and ,
whet the made was ezdaing, it was at once the general
feeling al the brass, that what was asked for ought not to
be moseilmiL He the time was not far distant
whim the desk sempssss would resort to other mesas
for the mese M ansaplishing their object ; and
the great eseepotitien * whin the_ pen of Leone
was exposed, (sensed the asetally suited ftedisir
suiting together in the damn swan **a meet, kr
the general gad. He regretted le Mato that is tit pewees
of the rant Agin, *tile Wades bid boss medal Is a very
esradarabie estiat. He mid oineely have Wind it
l= this desk dinettes would lend theemeine amy-
psitry and pitiable; bat I was a fast that some of
the sonnals- of the companies had dinned threats sgaiast
pardenierightemen who did boners he limn if they
perrasteil in =Meg with the opposition. This was an mi-
dland rafts for union, lest similar pressure shield he ap-
plied is future without there being any msontion to elms
tins who were subject to it. He emesined by 'ninths
that the baleen I. the hands of the tenon would be dis-
tributed by the committeepro rare weft the sebaseibers.
Mr. F. Lunn mood that the behest dm* be retained,
to assist is the establishment of a Chemins/ Ciminero for
the City of London ; but the mean ill to the ground for
went of a secoader.

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ib;ssodou4 Ms. W. U. 8311214 I.
Cooria. it was resellod. "That the report sow reed be
sad that disbuds's" semmitils (eitipown Wad
llisWassabsr) bs appdated. be smolder Ns Nessminis-
dies Main to • essmitis• wto ems•sesso sod his•
msrt toe Man swestbi."
of tYsY to as °MMus Iseadastsdtb m-
issals,.

Tai Once! REPUBLIC (American ihip), Lime-
treamar, of awl Own New York, which sailed front the lat.
Ist pert on the ISO of last south for London, arrived in
the Wiese ea lisaltry seernhqi, and is espetted to reach
Dieetwell L Ibewewnte of the wet load tide, where she is
M be BMW MOB hoop .ti Bleekwall-etaire, sow. of the
&dm behaimpelle of docking the ship. She masers* no
less this IP feet beam, whereas the entrance of the Ent
Was Desks, white we believe le the widest of oar metro.
Oho ‘eabe, Is bat 471 feet.
Tai WRATH= IN TIM NORTH Or Et:ROPZ.—A
Maw iseeke4 ia limped yeetwilay owe that es the
male ef the lab balsa; Millembarg, there wee • H.R.
eMak eaa ap Immeible Fewest Meths pert hetes epee&
Emmaus Agy) 1311 THORAs MoRZ.—It wee at
the ewe or tan Lord ,Nepr, fa 1497, that Reenaue AM met
Ns Theme Mare, wheaei reag. oat of the 'sod MM.
Win frieatflaidas dehlpe records. Al P!nia7 lastoTlo•4Voloies
airfoil* .