The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-14 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE.—YsTEituAT

,
The usual weekly meeting of this committee was hem
at one o'clock yesterday. Mr. Charles Turner in tit?.
chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Pal
mer, Brocklebank, Gregson, Chaloner, James Holow,
Barber, Holden, Hubback, Robertson Gladstone, smith,
Anderson, Rounthwaite, Rathbone, Mondell, Robinson,
Lockett, Evans.
Mr. Gregson said, the tradesmen in the neighbourhood
of the Queen's dock were very desirous of knowing
when
the alterations and repairs of that dock would be cow
pleted, and whether they were proceeding with the
greatest possible despatch. • that
The Chairman : I think you may depend upon it,
the surveyor is proceeding with the repairs as fast as he
possibly can, to make a good work of it ; and I am
formed that it will be about three months before the
thing is done,
Mr. Hartley, surveyor, said it could not be done much
sooner, as it was a very heavy job.
The Chairman : Yoa cannot proceed with it all
faster.?

Mr Hartley replied in the negative.
The harbour masters' committee produced a report Of
the working of the permanent berths for the three
months ending the 29th of February. t
Mr. Lockett said, as this was a very important subaec,
the report would be laid upon the table, for gentlemen
to look over and consider.
Mr. Rathbone asked, if it would be possible to get an
average return of equal spaces in the several docks.
Mr. Lockett feared it would be next to impossible t°,
ota
do so. In discussing the matter, the returns apP-'„itny
rather in favour of the appropriated berths, but
subject was so complicated it was almost impossible t°
arrive at any conclusion. that
The harbour maters' committee recommended
the berth on the east side of the Huskisson dock, flex
to that occupied by the British and North America,
Steam Packet Company, be appropriated to the vessel;
of the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company. A let
°f
was read from Messrs. Allan and Gillespie on beb3ll
that company, stating that they had entered into a ci°,-;
tract with the Canadian Government, under a penalty*
to carry the mails, running a packet once a forto"t-b
during seven months of the year, and once a ril°l3.„e
during the remaining months, which they could 14.
carry out without having a permanent berth apPr3,l3;lo
ated to them. The recommendation of the commute
was confirmed. behalf
A letter was read from Mr. William Inman, on t
of the Philadelphia Steam Packet Company, stating
the steamship City of Baltimore was about to arrive 11,
the port, to renew the sailings of the company's "Tat
between this port and Philadelphia, and requestin,S. to
a permanent berth might be appropriated, if possio'',4
the vessels, tn the Huskisson Dock. The letter stli;
that during four years that the vessels were t,_°,-;
ning they were never allovsed a permanent berth,
generally discharged and loaded at the south side of tb"),
Wellington Dock. That space was now occupied be
Mediterranean vessels, and, moreover, owing toet f
length of the City of Baltimore, 347 feet, exclusiv °
bowsprit, and of another vesssel, the City of Washing t°11;
330 feet, there would be a difficulty sometimes in Placiy°
them in that berth,
master's
The letter was referred to the harbour otas
committee

on and

A letter was read from Messrs. Henry roil- ~to
Company, asking for a permanent berth in the (lace-
dock, when completed, for Mediterranean steamers.
This letter was also referred to the harbour waster
committee.
On the recommendation of the master porters' c°11!,;
mtitee, the salary of Mr. Hugh D. Clarke, superintend,e:o
of weighing materials, was increased from £lOO to £11)
per annum.

This was the whole of the general businass

HEALTH COMMITTEE.-YESTERDAY,

The usual weekly meeting of this committee was 114 7.
at half past two o'clock yesterday, in the Town-hail, P-e
'
Langsdale in the chair. Other members present were,
Messrs. Beckwith, Robertson Gladstone,
Dover, Haydock, Tinne, Halhead, Johnson, 0"""

and Godfrey. eeT4
The medical officer of health reported. that in the "'the
ending on Saturday last there were registered in .„
parish of tiverpoel, 154 deaths, and 72 in the out-towP_
ships, being a total for the borough of 226. The averag;
of the corresponding week of the preceedin? eight ye:',lol4,
without correcting for increase of population, was
but with this correction 244, or 18 more than "the
of the past week. The sca.
epidemic is subsiding rapidly, six deaths only being,',„,
gistered last week, a smaller number than in any for :X,
previous eight months. Hooping-cough is still unucti
prevalent and fatal, having carried of 18 children din
the week. From other diseases of the zymotic class,
e 9
deaths were registered, including typhus fever 6, mea>,',o,
5, syphilis 2, small-pox 1, chicken-pox 1, influenza 1 ;
eases of the lungs caused 91 deaths, being 22 more than in
the previous week. No death was registered iu CaStri
street ward during the week, being the fourth instance
which this has occurred since the passing of the sanito)
act. One death only was registered in St. Peter's wart
The mean temperature was 43 1-10th degrees lower thaf
the previous week, but only slightly below the average °f
the season.

SMOKE NUISANCE
A report from. Mr. M'Donald, smoke inspector,
read and adopted, all the members present concurrilti
that the smoke nuisance had been much abated