The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-06 00:00:00

WALLASEY LOCAL BOARD oFIZRALYS.

the usual monthly meeting of this board was held last
evening, at the Public Offices, Church street, Egremont.
Mr. Pooley took the chair. The other members present
were : Messrs. Caine, Wilson, Hughes, E. W. Colborne,
Fishwick, Odell, Littledale, Singlehurst, Chambers, and
E. W. Colborne.

The proceedings of the last monthly meeting were read
and confirmed, as were also the proceedings of the health
and watch committees.

THE LATE FIRE.
The watch committee recommended the purchase of a
fire engine.
Mr. E. W. Colborne in moving the recommendation,
pointed out the want the district had -experienced during
the late lamentable catastrophe which had visited it—the
destruction of the church—which might have to some
extent been mitigated, had there been a lire engine
on the spot.
Mr. Odell objected to the purchase of a fire engine, for
several reasons—amongst others, he enumerated the follow-
ing :—that, in the first place, Messrs. Bibby and Co. had a
most valuable and efficient fire engine, and would only be
too happy to lend it in every case of emergency, if applied
to for it, and the other was, that the purchase of an engine
would be comparatively usel,ss, as there was no regular
supply of water, except a pond here and there.
The Chairman suggested the propriety of the committee
having an interview with Messrs. Bibby and Co., for the
purpose of making some arrangements with them for the use
of their fire engine.

This suggestion was agieed to, it being understood that
the committee should not 'mooed further with the purchase
of an engine,

At the last meeting of this board a special ferry com-
mittee WAS appointed, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the present inefficient state of the ferry boats,
the bad working of the ferry, with a view of taking such
steps as are necessary for the reformation of the same.
That committee had held several meetings, and had had a
communication with the owners of the ferry, who expressed
their willingness to negotiate with the bond, provided the
board had the power to negotiate with them as to
leasing or the purchase of the ferries.
Mr. Littledalo moved that a public meeting of the inha•
bitants be called on the subject.
Mr. Colborne denied that the boats were in a bad state ;
and stated, for the purpose of allaying public alarm from
the recent loss of the Wallasey boat, that the boats were
all periodically surveyed, and passed by them. He did not
object to public enquiry, but he did object to imputations
being passed upon persons, and he hoped tha board
would, before calling-a public meeting, ascertain, the real
powers they /,--,l.4sesse.d in the matter, so that they would be
able to tell the pubis;, what they could and what they could
not do.

Mr. Littledale expressed a hope that a public .meeting
would be called.; so that he, as chairman of the committee,
might be_exonerated from any blame on the subject; and
,that the public might have an opportunity of expressing
their feelings as to the working of the ferry.
The Chairman expressed it as his opinion, that the ferry
was much better worked since- Messrs. Colborne had had
the ferries than formerly.

It was unanimously decided, after a brief conversation,
that a public meeting should be called.
The proceedings cF the parliamentary committee were
read, and merely refereed to the bills (relative to the
Birkenhead docks) before parliament:
The committee were instructed to watch the bills, and
take what steps were necessarry to support or oppose such
bills:
The meeting then adjourned.

(Tice following appeared in our Second Edition of
yesterday]
EVACUATION OF THE BLACK SEA:

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENIN(I.
The official reply of England has been received here
stating that the final evacuation of the Turkish territory
and waters will take place towards the close of February.