The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-22 00:00:00

THE " COUNT OUT."

List of members present last right in the House
of Commons when the " count out" took place at
eight o'clock.
M. Chambers Gore Langton
W. Williams J. Hume
Apsley Pellatt W. Coffin
L. Heyworth W. Kirk
Sir J. Walmeley D. Pugh
Capt. Scobell Digby Seymour
W. Biggs Sir E. Dering
James Bell C. Cowan
C. S. Butler E. R. Rice
J. Ferguson L. H. Bland
G. Thompson M. Dunne
Sir B. Hall W. H. Barrow
Lord D. Stuart Masters Smith
Sir C. Wood G. M'Cartney
Marquis of Blandford Lord R. Grosvenor
W. Ew•art T. Kennedy
G. Duncan

TILE FRIENDS OF THE CLERGY.

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The third annual meeting of this institution,
which was established in 1849, for allowing permanent
pensions mot exceeding 401. per annum to the widows and
orphan unmar-;ed daughters of clergymen cf the esta-
blished church, sod for affording temporary assistance to
necessitous clergymen and their families, took place yester-
day at the Hanover-square Rooms. The Earl of Cur
cassynn occupied the chair ; and on the platform were the
Bishops of Chester, Limerick, and Carr (Bombay), D. Wad-
dington, Esq., and several other friends of the in-
stitution.
The report, read by the Secretary, expressed gratitude
for the success which had attended the institution. Daring
the pest year the Marquis of Salisbury had accepted the
office of President. In the same period 20 pensioners
had been placed on the funds-10 in November end 10
in May last. There were at present 39 pensioners, of
whom 18 received 30/. ; 8, 3:31. ; end 13, 401. Temporary
assistance had been granted as follows, vie:-9901. to 98
necessitous clergymen, 4691. Bs. to 55 widows, and 4401. to
60 daughters, making a total of 1,8991. Si. There had
been 2,0001. invested is the public funds, and the whole
funded property now amounted to 4,5301. At the festival
in April last Lord John Russell had presided, and given a
donation of 20 guineas. The Marquis of Salisbury had
consented to take the chair at the next anniversary. The
late Mr. Territt, of Tewkesbury, bad bequeathed a legacy
of 5001., contingent upon the lite of an aged relative.
The report, which closed with an affecting and urgent
appeal, was followed by a financial statement, showing the
gross receipts, including the previous balance of 479/. 3s. 3 d.
to have been 7,332/. 18s. 10d., and that after making the
foregoing payments and investing 2,0001., there was a
balance in hand of 6491. 16s. 5d., in addition to the capital
stock of 4,5301.
On the motion of the Bishop of CHESTER, seconded by
the Rev. Dr. Woirruisorow, the reports were WHlM-
mously carried.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, and the right
rev. prelates and others who spoke in the support of the
remaining resolutions, concurred in pointing out the ne-
cessity for such an institution, on account of the very low
stipends upon which the great majority of the clergy
were compelled to support their families.
The proceedings terminated with a cordial vote of thanks
to the noble chairman, and tke benediction, pronounced by
, Bishop Carr.

OPENING OF A NEW PORT ON THE
MERSEY.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.
Some five or six miles, in a sonth-easterly

Lion from Liverpool, on the Lancashire side of them Mersey,
lies what was a few years ego the quiet country village of
Gersten. But since that period a great change has come
over the face of affairs there ; Garston has been disinterred
from the oblivion in which it had lain fur so long a period.
The quiet village was found out some two or three years
ago by the progressive spirit of the age—that spirit which
of ►ate has been abroad over the whole land, finding out
places and things before unnoticed or unthought of, and
with the aid of man's genius and strong arm adapting them
to the growing wants of the times. And so an advance guard
of men, with measuring lines and little flags, took posses-
sion ol Cianton, and ran out their lines and planted their
Hags on the ground be•ween the village and the river. This
advance guard was followed by a main body that usually
succeeds the little flags—great stalwarth men, who, in a
comparatively short space of time, quite changed the aspect
of the place. To the workmen themselves, and the casual
on-looker, everything had the appearance of desolation and
confusion ; but genius and skill presided over all
the operations, and out of the hands of the workmen, so
directed, hsx now proceeded a fine large dock—the water
terminus of the St. Helens and Gaston Railway and Canal
Company—the whole scheme being a railway to convey
coal and salt from the districts of Lancashire. where these
articles abound, to a suitable position on the Mersey, from
whence they could with futility be exported. The able
supervision of Mr. S. C. Court, civil engineer and archi-
tect, has now completed the undertaking so far as to allow
the business of the dock to be carried on. The railway
from St. Helens has been opened soma months. Altoge•
ther a new era of an encouragintt character dawns for
Garston.

To-day the formal ceremony of opening the dock took
place, soda new port has now in reality been added to the
Mersey, for the traffic to be carried on there in the export
of minerals and salt will be to a large extent, and the dock
is capable of being used fur other goods, should the course
of trade require it, as no doubt it will. A great concourse
of spectators assembled from Liverpool, Manchester, War-
rington, St. Helens, Ike.
In the course of its construction the dock property has
been considerably extended The dimensions are now as
follow :—Water area, 61 acres ; width of ship entrance, 50
feet ; width of river craft lock, 20 feet ; depth of water on
sills below Old Dock sill, Liverpool, 6 feet, giving, on a2O
feet tide, a depth of water of 26 feet on the sills and 29 feet
in the dock, the dock being excavated 3 feet below the gate
sills ; length of wharf (100 feet wide), 830 yards. Thirty
acres of land are set apart for a coal depot on the high level,
30 feet above the dock wharf, with coal-drops on the deck
side for shipping the coal from the waggons into the ships'
holds, the speed of delivery being only limited to the rate
at which the coal can be stowed. The large depot of 30
acres is rendered necessary in consequence of the great
number of full and empty waggons belonging to the Wigan
and St. Helen collierin that will be at times collected. As
it requires 200 waggons to load a ship of 1,000 tons it is
contemplated that there will be constawly from 500 to 1,000
waggons in the depot, arriving, departing, and in standage.
At the north end of the depot are a series of coal yards,
with neat cottages for the keepers, uniformly built, all of
which were taken by colliery proprietors before they were
laid out and constructed.

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