The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-25 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE

THE HEALTH COMMITTEE

THE RATES.
The Clerk then read the annual report, of which the
following are extracts :
The sub-committee rep irt that the year just ended is the first in
which sanitary rates have been levied in respect of snail property
under the amendment act of 1854. The effect upon the rates is
considerable. In Liverpool the sum rceived during the year from
thi: class of prop,rty oar account of sanitary r tee amounted to about
£6OOO, in Kirkdale to £4OO, in Everton to £BOO. in West D
erby to
.'90(1, •and Toxteth-park £2lO0—making in all £10,200. Thates
laid for the year 1855-6 have proved sufficient for the works which
were recommended to be undertakes. On the 31st of March last
year, the paving rate rar the parish of Liverpool was n debt t t the
extent of £17,007, arising front the calamitous visitation from
cholera in 1854, wh ch necessitated unexpected works. The
curre,,t expenses have been paid, and the debt reduced to £4'.63.
In dealing with the sum of £5OOO directed by the Sanitary Act of
1836 to be paid out of the borouvh fund towards the sewer and
paving rates for the parish of Liverpool, your committee recommend
that £4900 be appropriated to paving and £lOO to sewerage, to-
gether with the sum of 4375 permant ntly charged on the borough
fund by the set of 1854, in aid of works of th! last-named character.
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These sums are all taken into account in estonatin the rates
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sfoyr
the present year. Your committee have had estimates prepared
the borough engineer showing 111. walks required for theyear
1856-7. In 1833, the sum of £B'l,loo was authorised by b the
paving
council to he borrowed on the credit of therates. The
amounts raised in pursuance of such authority, and the present
condition of the fund, is as follows:
Borrowed. In hand.
Liverpool £2B 810
Kirkdale
Fverton. . 3000 ..... All
West Der by . 9000
Toxteth-park........... 13,000 ...... 291 9 4
The sums remaining in hand wit be expended in permanent im-
provements, and it is recommended that £lO 0110 for Liverpool and
£5.010 for Toxteth-park should be borrowed on the credit of .ha
paving rates. for those d stricta respectively to be simt many applied.
On the subject of sewerage your committee recommend that
further loans should be obtained, as the cost of this class of work
may fairly be extended over a long period. The sums already bor-
rowed under this head, and those proposed to be borrowed for the
ensuing year, are as follows :
Borrowe 1. To be borrowed.
Liverpool £15,000
Kirkdale 9670 ..... 6000
Evertnn.... .
West Derby..........." 14,300 .........
Toxteth-park. .
An estim ite hO3 been prepared by the treasurer
Band water engi
water fat
£5725 of which the water committee have approv, showing that
the sum
£5725 will be required to secure a proper supply of
p ,blic purposes. This amount includes all expenses, and
required to he set apart as sinking fund, in accordance with the
provisions of the Waterworks Amendment Act, 1855. The rrinpro-
-
ciple established by the stet of 1854. of requiring owners of
perty availing themselves of the sewerage of th borough to pay a
contribution in the shape of frontage fee has now been fairly
ousted.
Your committee auhjoin a statement of the sums
received
account since the act came into operation as follows :—Liverpool,
£lO5 3s Id; Kirkdale, £lO i lOs 74; Fverton, £521 2s 8d ; West
Derby, £740 13s 4d; Toxteth-park, £l72s°s ld—making a total of
£3288 16s Id.
In answer to a question put by Mr. Shea, relative to
the rating of West Derby, it was explained that at
present there was a debt of £4,370 due for paving,
which a rate of 8d in the pound would pay off, and that
the 10d rate (making in all is 6d), was for the usual
annual repairs in paving, Btc.
Mr. Sheil said he had no doubt but that the subject
would be discussed in the council, therefore it was that
he wished to be in the possession of all the facts.
The committee soon after adjourned.

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday. Mr. C. Turner in the chair. The other com-
mittee men present were,- Messrs. R. Gladstone, Shand,
Rankin, Anderson, Langsdale, Lockett, Evans, Barber,
and Hu bback.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting which
were confirmed.
• The sub-committee of works reported, that they had
taken into consideration the proposal from the compass
committee, a deputation from which had attended the
board, and had agreed to recommend that the compass
bearing of the Vauxhall foundry chimney, should be
painted on the dock walls, at a cost of £BB, for the pur-
pose of being a guidance to mariners.
This was agreed too.
Mr. Gladstone said there were one or two matters he
had intended to bring before the committee, but as Mr.
Hartley was absent, he should postpone it until the next

week.
The Chairman reg-etted that Mr. Hartley was so in-
disposed as not to be able to attend the conammittee.
A communication was read from the In inager of the
Albert Dock, complaining that they were unable to work
the hydraulic crane from the want of water. This
Matter had been teferred. to the water works committee,
who had reported that it could not be remedied, until
they obtained a better supply of water.
Mr. Evans : I suppose that we must have the Pike.
(Laughter.)
Mr. Gladstone : We are promised that we shall have
a better supply in July next.
Mr. Langsdale: We may calculate upon hiving it in
August. I have no doubt but that the works will be
completed by that time.
It was suggested, that some cranes similar to those hi
the Stanley Docks, should be erected in the Albert Dock,.
as a very great loss was weekly sustained from the want

of water.
The Chairman stated that the subjeet had been con-
sidered, and au order haA been given to have an esti-
mate of the expense proposed.
The Harbour Master reported that the Queen's Gray-
ing Dock would be opened on the first of May next.
Mr. Gladstone wished to know whether a day could
not be set apart, for the public to inspect the buildings
at the Wapping Docks.
The Chairman did not know that any inconvenience
would result from it. They were most beautiful build-
ings, and he did not doubt but that the public would
enjoy the treat. He would see and have a day fixed.
Mr. Evans: You want to see the bui flings in connec-
tion with the rounds of beef. (Laughter )
The meeting then broke up.

POLICE COURT.

,-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MB. MANSFIELD )
THE VALUE OF " SLUSH'" Augustus O'Del, a black
man, late cook on board the ship Cornelius Lawrence,
recently arrived here from New York, was- charged with
having stolen a barrel of slush from the ship. Mr. Block
defended the prisoner. The only question of interest in the
case, was this. It appeared that slush is made up of grease,
fat, &c., from pork and beef, and the captain of the vessel
said that it was a common thing for cooks to make slush'
out of the above materials, and cheat the men of theie
rations in that way. He understood that the article, in
Liverpool, was worth from £3 to £4 per barrel, and he
believed the prisoner sold the quantity taken for 30s. In
reply to Mr. Bluck, the captain said he had made a condi-
tional promise to the prisoner of giving him the slush, but
not until the ship returned to New York. It was ulti-
mately agreed to deduct the value of the article from the
the prisoner's wages, and he was then discharged.
BRUTAL ASSAULT.—A well dressed young man, n,sneel
Henry Williams, was charged by a decent married woman,
named Margaret Kingston, with having assaulted her on the
previous night in Highfield-street. The complainant sated
that she went out for a box of matches, and on turning
the corner of the street, she watt tuddenly seized by the
prisoner, who threw her down, and catching her by she
throat with both his hands, he nearly choked her. (She
could scarcely speak from the injuries inflicted upon her.)
A police officer proved that he saw the prisoner in the act
of choking the poor woman, In answer to the charge, the
prisoner said he was drunk. His worship sent him to Fiell
for six months with hard labour.
A TICKET OF LEAVS MAN.—Harry Bryant, a ticket of
leave man, was brought up by Inspector Murphy on a charge
of having attempted to rescue a prisoner. It appeared some
days ago Inspector Murphy arrested a woman. named Leonard,
who had escaped from Horsemongerslane prison, London.
She was arrested in the Park, in a house to which the prisoner
resorted. Whilst the woman was confined in the main
hridevrell, previous to being sent to London, the prisoner
(Bryant) presented himself to the governor of the bridewell,
stating that he was a London officer, and had come down for
the purFose of taking the woman Leonard to the metropolis ;
he also said that Carlyle had sent him. This ingenious device
might have put a less experienced officer than the governor,
Mr. Parkinson, off his guard, but that functionary was not
to be " done" so easily. The prisoner, no doubt, calcu-
lated on marching off with his pr'ze, but these arose a
difficulty in his way, and that consisted of the doors of the
prison, which were immediately closed on him by Mr.
Parkinson, who charged with the attempt to rescue the
woman from hit custody. The prisoner was comitted for
trial. [The woman alluded to in the above case was sent to
London, but it appears that she has succeeded in again
making her escape from the Southwark Police Court, and is
still at large.]
(MFORE MR. C. 8. PARKER.)
thou LIVE BELOW STAIRS.—A light dapper little yonng
man, whose name was entered on the charge sheet as George
Cunningham, and v,hose addition was given as vender of
newspapers, was put forward on the following charge :—Mr.
John Palmer, of No. 79, Shaw-street, stated that at half-pant
,eta o'clock on Wednesday night, from something he heard, he
went into his kitchen, and then into the back yard, where he
Found the prisoner and threo other persons concealed. He
secured the prisoner, but the others got away. He gave hue
into custody, as lie had no proper business in the house or
yard. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, saidservant"pretty girl,'"
who performed all the work at No. 79, Shaw-street ; and that
as he was passing " in a very promiscuous" manner along the
street, on the previous night, who should he met but that very
girl. She invited him to spend an hour or two, as she had
already a few friends in the kitchen. He accepted the invita-
tion ; and as all four men, and the " pretty servant maid,"
were at " high tea," the master was heard coming into the
kitchen, and, not wishing to be found there, bey ran into the
yard. The prisoner denied having any bad intention. He
was cautioned and discharged ; and, on leaving the office, he
was heard to mutter something about the "pretty servant"

girl of Shaw-street.
STREET ROBBERY. —• Thomas Thompson, and a female
named Frances Bennett, were charged with having stolen a
watch and gold chain, from the person of Mr. James M'Quinn,
a clerk in the employment of Messrs. Vining, Kelly, and Co.,
of Chapel Street, under the following circumstances. On
Friday night week, at a quarter to ten o'clock, the complainant
was passing through Rainford Gardens, when he was accosted
by a female whom he pushed away. he followed and stopped
him for a brief period, when a man came up, seized him by the
collar, and cried out " What are you doing here ?" The
woman then ran away, and the prosecutor at once missed his
watch and chain. He pulled himself away from the man, hot
the woman had got off, and in a moment he returned to the
spot, where he found that the man was gone also. He then
gave a description of the parties to the police, and Povey and
NPCulloch, two of the detectives, arrested them on Wednes-
day at the Adelphi Crescent, and the prosecutor identified
them from amongst several persons, as the individuals who
robbed him. Pov.)y said ho had known the male prisoner for
six years, and during that time he had been connected with
hou-ebreakers and thieves of all sorts. Mr. Bluck appeared
for the woman, and Mr. Campbell for the man, and both
crone-examined the prosecutor with the view of showing that
he could not be certain as to tho identity of the prisoner, hut
he persisted in swearing positively to them, and they were fully
committed for trial.
A STICK MAN.—James Carroll, a well dressed fellow, was
charged by detective officer Thompson, with attempting to
break into offices in Sweating street. The constable stated
that he knew the prisoner to be a thief. who was up to every
dodge in that line. On Wednesday night, at nine o'clock,
just as the police were changing, he saw the prisoner (who
purposely watched that hour) in Sweeting-street, trying to get
into several offices. He at last seized him, and asked what h.
was about ? when the prisoner said, " Oh, I am a stick man
only." Mr. Parker : What is a stick man ? Thoutp,on : A.
man that follows unfortunate females in the street, and when
they pick up a man in a state of intoxication, or otherwise, rush
at and assault or rob them. The prisoner was sent to jail for
, three months:

George Hill was remanded on a charge of stealing a cask
of currants, the property of Messrs. Startau and Co., of Temple

CHORAL SOCIETY. SIDMOUTH.—The first public per-
formance of this society took place at the London Hotel,
ou Wednesday evening 16th inst., before afashionable
audience, there being upwards of 400 pref
sent. The
conductorship was ably performed by Mr. Ellis, assisted
by the members of several choirs in this town, as well as
the leading performers and voices of the Honiton Choral
Society. The pieces consisted of a selection from
Handers Judas Maceabeus, and Mozart's first service in
C. The solos were allotted to Miss Clarke, Messrs.
Golesworthy, Catfurd, Clarke, Porter, Beavis, &c., who
did ample justice to their respective parts. The trio of
three of our Sidmouth friends was highly applauded.
43 Lovely Peace," was very prettily given ; and the
chorus " Hallelujah, Amen," was given a second time.
The second part consisted of the service in C complete.
One of the best quartetts we have listened to for a length
of time, was the " Benedietus," admirably performed by
Miss Clarke, Messrs. Fowler, Clarke, and Catford, The
utmost satisfaction was given to all present, and the first
performance augurs well for the future prosperity of the
Stdmouth society, which we heartily wish all success.
Miss Flood presided at the piano, and the instrumental
department was greatly assisted by Messrs. Flood, Eames,
Murch, Heineken, Creak, W. Eames, &c., &c.