The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-23 00:00:00

clerk at the Albert-dock warehouses, which was a

marine department, it was recommend

of the channel, at the ❑orthern branches

thonld be made, and

that litli

,phed plans should be prepared

Mr. Mondell said the marine surve.l
able alteration in the channel, ronderic
complete survey o')tained:
The recommendation was agreed to

t necessary to have

THY. DAY OF PUBLIC RFJOICINC

A letter was read from the town c!,rK, requesting
whether, on the 79:11 instant, the Wapping warehou
works in progress at the Queen's-dock, and the wori
north end, would be thrown open for the inep
public. A report was read from Mr. Hartley, in
this question, stating that he could see
opening of the Wapp'ng warehouses; but
the other works should not be throw
the danger of accidents, &c

.r of cards should he

The Ch iirman suggested that a nuN,
printed, to be distribuod to very respe
upon application, and that, with this limitation, the works
should be all thrown open.
Mr. Evans : That is certainly carrying ant
lowest point. 'Who is to decide which are the res
householders ?
The Chairman : Well, say every householder.
Mr. Evans : No, sir ; you have only to take care Ora there
are policemen there. You have no reason to apprehend any
injury. In fact, there is nothing there but bare walls and iron
pillars.
Mr. Shand : Yon are speaking now of the warehouses.
Mr. Evans : Yes, I am.
Mr. Shand ' I don't think there is any objection to their
being thrown open.
Mr. Evans : No doubt the chairman has his criterion for
every respectable householder. It is very presumptuous i❑ us
to think of deciding who are respectable persons out of 40,000
or 600,000.
The Chairman : I think Mr; Evans misunderstood my
views. In all large population; such as this, exceeding 400,000
persons, there must be a very large proportion of a roving
population, about whom nobody know: anything at all, and
who have no places of residence of any kind or description,
and by whom many annoyances may be caused.
Mr. Evans : Ido not see why you iced exclude them.
Have persons put there to take care. I have aiiTady said that
the premises cannot be injured.
The Chairman : I think they can.
Mr. Evans : There is nothing but walls and iron pillars, whicfr
can receive no injury. There is no ground for making any
distinction. They ought to be open to all Englishmen, and
every one who has the protection of society.
Mr. Holme : I see no objection to opening the Wrapping
warehouses ; but I do see very decided objections to admitting
the people, indiscriminately, into the Queen's-dock, because if
there be a crowd we shall have accidents. _ _

,cracy to the

Mr. Evans : I am not talking about the Queen's-dock.
Mr. Holrne : I fully agree with the chairman that, where
there is a roving population, it is quite necessary to protect our

property.
Mr. Evans: Have you officers there, to see that no injury
is done.
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M. Heinle : I differ with you altogether. I should like to
know what chance our officers would have such a day as we
witnessed in Liverpool last week ? I know something of the
difficulty we had, in connection with our railway, in doing any-
thing with the crowd. If there is to be anything in the shape
of such a crowd, I entirely differ with Mr. Evans.
Mr. Evans : The baton of a policeman is everything.
The Chairman : I have no objection to extend the admis-
sion to every householder in the town. lam sure that we
shall be quite safe in doing so. But I strongly object myself,
and I recommend the committee not to allow it, to large
masses of people coming in from all over the country, and.
without any guarantee as to who they are, being admitted.
Although there are only bare walls, there aro windows and
doors, and we might have a great many accidents.
Mr. Holme said the last time he went throng,

be ware-

houses, the traps were open. It would never do to admit the
public without these traps being closed.
The Surveyor said they would be all closed.
The Chairman still strongly recommended that tl
should be by ticket

ut, because

Mr Evans : The public will just go it
there will be nothing to detain them. There will be no
cold round of beef, or anything of that ki
(Laughter.)
Mr. Gladstone thought accidents were far more likely
to occur on the river among those who went to look at tho

I suppose.

regatta.
Mr. Holme moved that the public be admitted to the
Wapping warehouses by ticket.
Mr. Lockett seconded the motion.
Mr. Robinson : Would it not be be
persons there to keep order ?
The Chairman : You must have them be
Mr. Rankin : I don't think the public
for the works which are only in execution.
Mr. Evans denied that the whole pope'
infantile as the chairman seemed to think when he spoke
of accidents occurring from the windows. How came it
that people did not all fall into the docks, or over
the pierheads ? He thought it was not at all likely
they would jump out of the windows. Finally he moved, as
an amendment, that the public bo admitted without ticket to
the Wapping warehouses.
Mr. Smith seconded the amendment:
The committee divided, when there appeared—
For the amendment : Messrs. Gladstone, Langsdale, Greg-
son, Robinson, Evans, Rankin, Palmer, Barber, Rounthwaite,
Smith, Mendell, and Chaloner-12.
Against : Messrs. Helmet Hubback, Lockett, Shand,
and Turner-5.
The amendment was accordingly carried.
It was agreed, without a division, that the north works and
the Queen's dock should not be thrown open at all, in cense.
quenee of their unfinished state.
Mr. Evans : I think instead of a (lay of rejoicing it should
be rather one of mourning for such a peace
The committee then adjourned to next Wednesday, in con-
sequence of Thursday being the appointed day of rejoicing.

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