The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-05 00:00:00

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Yesterday a conference tins held in the Mayor's
parlour, Town Hall, Manchester respecting the non-com-
pletion of the Birkenhead Docks. The conference wan called
consequence of the supposed indisposition of the Liverpool
ration and Dock Committee to carry out the intention
•?•,g: legislature for an early completion of the Birkenhead
Docks, and to postpone the further construction of these
works Indefinitely, to the greet inconvenience and obstruction
of the trade in the pate of the Mersey, and the injury of the
rallies interests In connexion with the port of Birkenhead.
Mr. A Nictroxxs presided, In the abreact of the
Mayor, and there were resent Sir John Potter, M.P., Mr.
J. A. Turner' M.P., Sir Elkanah Armitage, Alderman
Shuttleworth, Aldermen Bowles; Mr. Malcolm Roes, Mr.
Faraday Smith of the Bridgewater Treat, the Hon. Mr.
Potusanby, Captain Brickley, and Mr. John Williams, of the
Great Western Railway Byrd, Megrim Titherington Ban-
croft, Evans, Hobson,and Petitjean, of the Birkenhead and
Cire Junction Railway Board, Mr. Littledale, Mr.
Laird, and Mr. Cooke, and others representing various in-
terests at Birkenheadand Liverpool.

IColiowmg WolUTI;;;;;;;;iCpted
" That this meeting has learned with extreme surprise end
regret that the coporation of Liverpool have not proceeded
with the construction of the Birkenhead Docks en required
by the Conservancy Act of 1857, but that, disregarding the
cmtrl-exuemed requirements of that act, they seem dna.-
rather to encourage the renewal before parliament of
the experiments of 1856 and 1837, and thus, by delay and
=Tense, to sacrifice the interests of parties who have ex-
pended enormous sums of money on the faith of the works
being completed at an early period, or by altering the main
features of the authorised plane, to neutralise, if not destroy,
the natural advantages of Birkenhead.
" That the evident intention of parliament in
Ia 183.5 the Birkenhead Docks to the corporation of Li
was to secure the early completion of the works substan-
tially In accordance with the authorised plans ; and the in-
tent ms of the legislature were again more emphatioally
expressed in the session of 1836 by the rejection of the pro-
posals for alterations then made by the Liverpool corpora-
tion, yet this meeting is eurprised to hear that, notwithstand-
ing these repeated decisions of putament, no steps of any
eaeaegeence have been taken by the corporation of Liverpool
in fuiSlment of the obligations imposed by parliament la
1865; and that the outer works, comprising the see wall.
the bow water basin, and the entrances into the gnat float st
Birkenhead, upon the early oompletion of which ell perdu
relied, and are, in fact, dependent for relief to commute, re-
main untouched, whilst every effort has ham made to attend
the docks of Liverpool.
" That this meeting, being fully impremed with the neces-
sity of completing the Birkenhead Docks in the spirit of the
original plans before any further expenditure in the eaten-
don of docks to the north on the Liverpool aide should be
proposed to, or enictioned by, parliament, resolved—' That
memorials embracing the foregoing resolutions be drawn up
end pranged to the Board of Trade and the Conservancy
Board, by deputation or otherwise; and that the following
gentlemen be a sub-committee to draw up end take charge of
the same The lion. Mr. Poneonby, John Laird, Esq.,
Wil-
liam Eel., Mr. Aldermen Bancroft, the Town-
clerk of Manchester, Malcolm Roes, Esq. ; also, that a copy
of these resolution., signed by the chairman on behalf of this
meeting, be forwarded to the Liverpool corporation and the
dock commissioners.'"

THE NEW EXETER HALL BERVICES.—The fol-
lowing clergmen have cemented to preach at the twelve
special Boas_.) evening nerd= which are to commence ow
Sunday next: 1857—Nov. 8. The Rev. T. Hirt Davies.
M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church. Ramsgate, let* Awl-
deacon of Melbourne, Australia. 15. The Rev..T.W. Reeve.
M.A.. Incumbent of Portman Chapel, Baker-street. 22.

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The Rev. Emilia' Bayley, M.A., Rector of St. e'a,
Bloomsbury. 29. The Rev. Samuel Minton, M.A., Minlets
of Percy Chapel. Dee. 6. The Rev. J. &relay, MA..
Rector of St. Anne's, Manchester. 13. The Rev. W. B.
Mackenzie, M.A.. Incumbent of St. James's Church, Hol-
loway. 20. The Roe J. N. Orif6n, M.A., Incumbent of St.
Mary's, Hounslow. 27. The Rev. Robert Magnin, M.A.
Incumbent of Clerkenwell. 1668.-Jan. 3. The Rev. Donk&
Moon, MA., Incumbent of Camden Church, Camberwell.
10. The Rev. C. D. Manton M.A., Incumbent of Christ
Church, Dover. 17. The Rev. W. Brace, M.A., Minister
of St. James's, Bristol. 24. The Rev.C. J. Ooodhart, M.A.,
Minister of Park Chapel, Chelsea.
COMMITTAL FOR LARCENY OF A MUNICIPAL CAN.
hinATE.—At the Warrington Borough Court, on Monday,
Owen Alban Davin, a master brazier, was brought up on
remand, charged with committing three tannin. The court
wee crowded. In one case some lead, stolen from Mr.
Bresdnall, was found three months afterwards at the defend-
ant's premises, and identified ; and when the prisoner was
asked where be got it, and told that he was charged with
steeling it, he said, " Yon meat find it out." As no evidence
was offered to show bow the prisoner became pommel of
the lead, he WY committed to the session, on this charge of
stealing oe receiving with a guilty knowledge. The nazi
wee a similar charge es to lead, the property of Mr. G.
Orenall, M.P., which was found in the przoner's hones
(not many yards from the malt kiln whence it was stolen).
The lead was identified and the pd. nee committed on
this charge. The third case has been previously no-
tioed--etealing or receiving some wpm rope of the
corporation's fire-escape, and on this charge the
prisoner was committed. A fourth charge of a
similar character wee not pressed. After some hesitation,
bell was ultimately agreed to be taken, the prisoner's recog-
nisance in 601., and two sureties in 261. in each case. Suffi-
cient bail was soon afterwards tendered, but the prisoner wile
detained till half-pest 10 o'clock, and on his liberation be wee
chaired and cheered by *crowd to his comminee-room, where
he addressed the assemblage. The sympathy manifested is
attributed to the saunas which it I. thought the pain
authorities have exhibited in conducting the
proceeding,
against him. From the opening of the poll in thttsou
met wan he had for some hours • large majority ; bat as the
teat of his committal In
three come of felony became loarem,
hie meiority sensibly declined, and at four o'clock he wen
jest ane vote below his opponent on the poll. His Mends
:tvgthe oppositeparty with several cuss of passcsatiam,
. Devils yesterday morning tendered a protest, and de-
mented a @cranny ; but the votes not having been objected
to or protested whit whoa tendered, the mainly could not
midi—
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