Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-05 00:00:00

WORKS COMMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee contained recommen-
dations to accept the tender. of Messrs.. Mather, Ledward,
and Co., for the supply of Staffordshire iron' at '£9 155.. per
ton, also, a ,quantity of T and other iron. The tender of
Messrs.. James Taylor and Co., to supply three railway tra-
'yelling cranes, and six.' portable steam cranes ; also, a
recommendation to Inel-ease the police-force'on the Billen-
head Docks to the =Aber of twelve.

en the motion of Mr. Brocklchaak, the prol
confirmed,

clings we

WARNEEOUSE COMMITTEE

The proceedings of tbis-coininittee contained a recommen-
dation to appoint six apprentice clerks., as junior clerks.
' The proceetlings,", on the.thotion of Mr. Arnold, were con-

MARINR COMMITTEE

The.proceectings of this committee contained a statement
of the. conditions upon which the board were- prepared -to
offer- the line of telegraph along the docks for tender;. to a

company for woTking it, ancE enu
stations were to be•placed.
, , .
Mr. MoNDEL moved the Confirmation of the prOceodings.
Mr. GRAVES pllggested that the matter; in reference to
the'telegraph, -should be postponed till next week, in order
to give the members time to cosisider and weigh the subject:
This-was agreed' to,. and the general proceedings were
then confirmed.

ating.the place

S AND QUA

S COMMITTEE

The'proceiclino29f this committee Niere,read

the, board to adjourn for another fortnight the questiOn of
the cottacres for the. dockgaii:meni The reason why he
asked another" postpOneinent 'Was, 'because. the out-door
inspeetor, who had been away On account of ill-health; for
some time; had not yet returned, but would do: soi,.be
believed, in the "Course of a week, They'were therefore not
iu kposition to give any recommendation as to the site:.

Mi", TOBIN Said- he had taken some interest-in this
matter;. and as this-. matter had been• postponed several
times -previously,• without any reasons, • as. far as "he was
aware, having been-given, and as-he-should be absent him-
self on that day fortnight, he would suggest- that the matter
liseussed " b -s, to be taken

De
.111, - at once; or De struck 'off the boot
up at some future. period. •
Mr; BOLD said it appeared +l'

1 the committee were.no

in a position to

that-the matter should lie Struck off' the books altogether;
Ire-moved that the matter be discussed at once.
The:motion was.skonded by• Mr. Inman.
Mr. SMITE{ moved, and Mr-Poi:moot. seconded, that-thc

`he amen,

ment was

put, an

carries

a majority Of 16

The proceedings were confirmed.
The proceedings of the Master Porters. ComMittee were
then read and confirmed.

A letter was read from Messrs. Spartali and Co., obje4ing
to the applieation of Messrs. Moss and Co. for a berth, on
the north side•of the Wellington Dock, on the ground that
it was fully oceupied'ut present, and that' they; intenfid to
add a new ship to their line: T; rr,"; L

The letter was referred ,to the Docks and Quiys

AV Gt!W,•,-4,- -AB'o9 .

He said lip wmaprepred:to sho.n.".tilattlie timber trade were
asking f.onci*sions to which *era' not Mitftfedy °idle
in just:-.: upon' the 'ground oi ':expetlioncy. Theeheir
man, last creek, expressed an opinion t‘>'. the effect that
great many members of the 'Works Committee—Perhg
nearly the whole' of their=-thought that, in• strict j,L,seust. ~
this concession ought not to be demanded,; but. the sensl:
wayief dealing: with a difficulty was_ to sea the best ter'',;
to which they. could
,come,
.and that if In: a. privy.
diffiCulty,: he would riot seek the strictest justice.
(Mr. Bushell) would accept this as the. tolie,°:
stone ,as to• the - mode in which they should rili,
their public duty. But after. doing so, unfOdtuisteiP
he came to a different conclusion on this matter;
in reference tone timber Wade: He had striven f 4
at the same conclusion, as the. Works- Committee, but be
could not. He fOund that iriwwas called upon to grt ti`b;
large sum of money, as recommended by the committee, ,
Could not do so :under the circumstances, if it were a priors
matter of his own,. and would not,• therefore, do it ;
reembev of that board. ISThat. were the facts of the.cash
me..snith had over 'vmdsoYer' again charged. that board vitt
a breach of faith, a charge which, was' repeated in a lege;
dated lah July,- addressed' to that beard by Mr. Quint
Fleming. He, denied that the board.. had, entered into the.
agreement- with the timber trade to.ret them have the land
dispute, and contended that'the boardhad.a perfect right 4
take possession Of . the land,. and that they-had made co re;
mise in relation to it ;
,and that there was nothing said,A.3
the deputations, or anything entered on the proceeding
which wouldlead to an Unplication to that effect. He
further, and gave it as a hypothesis, that. if the_ board 10
pledge themselves to give that land to the timber trade, rhea
nr temporary occupation, the timber trade was consequeni,
parties to:the rasumption of the land. Mr. Bushell the
proceeded 'to -prove what 'he had stated from the co
spondence which had - been printed, and showed t"'
the !timber' trade • had
east-, side. of the . Husk

sqltare yards .r

In Dock
timber

landlr7a at
di't:ll,:it

There were ‘O7--d
he•timber trade, e,
used by the doe;

v only g°
t had_bee,,,

tatelnents,

Df faithh, Wo td
e

tify whu,,
discussion that rTni

and the vessels
li.uskisson