Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE.

The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held
at one o'clock yesterday, 31-. Charles Turner in the chair.
The other members present were—Messrs. Rankin; Robin-
son, Hubback, Mondell, Clint, Bold, Rathbme, Lockett,
and Halhead.

The following resolution, adopted at a meeting of ship-
builders and master shipwrights, held at the Graving
Dock Regulating Office on the 25th inst., was Jail before
the committee : •
Resolved,—Th it this meeting has learned with surprise that the
amended plans for the Birkenhead docks, now on view at the Dock-
office, show no provision for graving dock accOm nodatlon; with the
exception of a single dock enter:ng from the river ; and although it
cannot b a doubted but that suitable provision is intended to be made,
this meeting thinks it highly desirable that a certain number of
graving doc .s—say ten or twelve—should be marked on the pans,
in order to avoid any possible misunderstanding or delay in carrying
out so important a branch of this undertaking. These docks should
by all means enter from the float, and not from the river, and be
placed as near to the centre as possible.

Whilst stating the absolute necessity of graving docks being
constructed pro rata with wet docks at Birkenhead, it mast be
distnaly understood that no amount of extra accommodation there
can remedy the evils arising from the existing deficiency here; and,
therefore, this opportunity is taken of again entreating the dock
committee to devote a portion of their first available finds to the
c instruction of additional graving docks on the Liverpool sidc of the
Mersey.

Mr. Bold said the committee had no control at all in
regard to Birkenhead. It was not necessary, in the bills
of which notice had been given, to specify graving docks.
The Chairman said the bills were prepared so as to
give every facility for going on with graving docks, so far
as it was thought desirable or advantageous to do so.
Mr. Bold thought it well to have it known that the
subject was being well considered, and not at all lost
sight of.
The resolution was referred to the Works' Committee.
On the recommendation of the Works' Committee, the
following tenders were accepted : —Messrs. W. H. Daunt
and pig iron; Messrs. John Bibby, Sons & Co„ yellow
metal sheathing ; 'Messrs. Bramhall, Sheffield, best quality
cast steel files, and best quality steel.
A resolution was road from the Finance Committee of
the Town Council, sanctioning the placing of staneheons
and chains en the east side of the new landing stage.

A np3rt from the Ourveyor and the foreman in charge
of the hydraulic crane for loading coals from the high
level coal railway, regarding certain diffiaulti s c )mplained
of by the coal merchants in loading vessels wi,h coals, was
referred to the Harb-ir Master's C moinitteP. _

An application from the Lie of Man Steam Packet
Company to have a recess made in the south-west corner
of the Clarence half-tide basin, in order to facilitate the
working of their trade, was ordered to be complied with.
A report was produced by the Harbour Masters' Com-
mittee in reference to the railing off of the recesses of the
dock bridges, and the committee recommended that the
recesses of the bridges from the south end of the Queen's
Dock to the south end of the Princes' D.ck be railed off.
It was ordered to be don.. _ _

A report was read from the Solicitor, stating that, pur-
suant to the instructions of the committee, he had ordered
information to be laid against D. G. Logan, captain of the
ship Sebastopol, for having given a false state-
ment to the harbour master of Birkenhead of
the amount of water drawn by that vessel ; and
had also laid a complaint b-fore the Pilot Committee
against William Draper, the pilot of the vessel, for the
same cause. The magistrates convicted the captain, '
and inflicted a fine cf £lO upon him ; and the Pilot
Commit!ee fined the pilot £l, and severely reprimanded
Mr. Mandell explained that the jurisdiction of the Pilot
Committee did not extend beyond £5 as a fine, and that,
although the fine in the present instance might appear
small, the, reprimand was more severe as regarded the
character of the pilot, than a penalty of £lO.
A memorial was rceeived from the gatekeepers of the
auskisson timber quay, applying to be placed upon the
same footing as the g atekerjo ,rs of the Albert, Stanley,
and Wapping Docks, who received 21s a week wages,
while the memorialists had only 19s. The memorial was
referred to the Harbour-Mailer.' CammWee.
A. letter from Mr. Ro'.ert Mason, of the Secretary's,
office, applying for an increase of salary, in consequence of
long service and increased duties, • was referred to the
Finance Committee.
krecommeodation from the Finance Committee, that
the salary of Mr. Jackson, employ-d in the Treasurer's
otlic be increased from £2OO to £250 a year, which was
postponed from the last meeting, was brought up and
unanimously adopted.
This was tlae whole of the general buguess.
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HEALTIL COIISIITtEB.--YRArz:.DAT.

The usual weekly meeting of this c3mmittee was held
at half-past two o'clock, yesterday, in the Town Hall ;
Mr. Alderman Dover, in the chair. Other members
piesent-Lliessrs. Shell, Crellin, Vernon, lickwitb, Bow-
, lug, LT.tohiann. brosthwaite, Hodsrin, Johnson, Anthony,
stitt, Barton, God,rey, anct-iitaydocir.
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HEAL. in OF THE TOWN.

The Medical Officer of Health reported that, in the
Week ending on Saturday last, tha deaths registered in
Liverpool were 283, being 31 more than in the previouti','
week, and 41 more than the average of the same week of
the preceding nine years, corrected for increase of popn-
lation. In-the parish the deaths were 206, and in the
out-townships 77. The'exeess in the mortality is: still
chiefly due to diseases of the lungs, which caused 100
deaths, the corrected average of the corresponding week
of former year's being 74. Of these 45 were bronchitis,
25 inflammation of the lungs, and 24 consumption. From
diseds2s of the zymn'ic class the deaths were 94, inclniing,
from sea'rlatina 33, hooping conch 18, typhus 14, croup 5,
diarrhoea 5, measles 2, cholera 1. Nine children and one
adult died from small pox, a greater mortality than in- any
week of the preceding six years; one half of the number
had been vaccinated. Of the 283 who died from all
causes, 195 were children. The temperature was above
the average,'as it'has been in every week, with only two
exceptions since the middle of May. The mean of last
week was 49 8-10tha. degrees, nearly four degrees higher
thau that of the same week of the preceding eleven years,
Rain fell on two days of the -week; the amount was
rather more than one-rourth of an inch.- •
The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspec-
tor of Nuisances reported various particulars of the
aperations in their several departments during the week,
from which it appeared that 97 nuisances complain of by
inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy
hem, 1,187 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing
4,295 apartments and 1,181 cellars, had been put under
examination, with the view of improving their sanitary
condition, ar.d 298 lodging-houses had also been examined
and reported upon.
Mr. Johnson moved that the resolution oc the committee,
in reference to the paving of Pembroke—place with square
sets, be rescinded, and the memorial of the inhabitants of
that quarter, praying that the street may be Macadamised,
be again referred to the Sub-Committee.
Mr. Beckwith opposed the motion, anl, while contrasting
the cheapness and excellence of square set with Macadam
pavement, urged that if they granted such a request in
this instanv they could refuge it in no other. Formerly
there were 75 miles of Macadam streets in the town; now
there were only 45, and this number would be every year
decreas-d.

Mr. Bowring seconded the motion of Mr. Johnsan
which was, however, lost on a poll, the mover and
seconder only voting for it. ;,‘ •

This ckoneladed the general business.

TOXTETH PARK GUARDIANS.

The usual weekly meeting of this Board of G tardians
wa3 held yesterday at the public offices, Park-place. The
Chairman, Mr. Horsfall, presided. Tht other guardians
present were Messrs. Briscoe, Pickup, Wilson, Leyland,
Ewing, Ogden, Alpass, Harrison, and Merc:r.
The Master of the West Derby Workhouse reported
that the number of paupers in that workhouse, belonging
to the Park last week was 379, and this week 386. The
above were thus classified :—Able-bodied, 7 ; net able-
badied, 76. The Master of the hospital reported that
there were 33 patients in that estabiishinent belonging to
the Park.
. Mr. Alpass gave notice that at the next weekly meeting
he should move that the four medical officers belonging to
the baard be appointed the vaccinating officers for the
t )wnship.
It was ordered that the present amoun's due to the four
medical officers, Messrs. Stevens' Gilmour, Barrett, and
Whittle, for vaccinating, should be paid.
Mr. Wils in asked whether it was customr.ry for medical
officers to send chemists assistants about hawking for cases
from court to court.
Mr. Alpass denied, on the part of the medical profession,
that such practises had been ever pursued in the Park,
and hoped Mr. Wilson would not make such charges.
Mr. Wilson denied that he had made any charge, but had
stated what he had heard.
A letter was read from Mr. Culshaw, slating that the
plans for the new workhouse would be ready for the inspec-
tion of the guardians by the next weekly meeting, and it
Was agreed that they should be taken into consideration at
the meeting of the committee on that day.
There being no other businele, the board adjourned.