Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-09 00:00:00

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The following appeared in a part of our iniprloD
ef yesterday:—

THE GREAT EASTERN ON HER
FIRST TRIP.

[FROM A CORRESPONDENT' ON BOARD

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY 1•11455' .ef
MY DEAR SIR,—I have just time to give you a brl
account of the safe arrival of the Great Eastern se faript
The Blue Peter was hoisted at 7.25 this morning; -;;
go moorings at 7.35; rounded Blackwall Point at 8.3'
passed Woolwich at 9.30 ; at Purfleet 10.40; let f 0
anchor at 10.55; so that in three hours and twenty
minutes we have got over all the difficult turns ill ti;
vir
river. We shall get under way at 5, a.m., to-rol.r°o4 '
and go direct to Portland, as the compasses TOY, 111„
probably be effectually adjusted here when she swlllsa
• She steers like a river steamer, and is in every °la,
great success. Surely the public will now be satisue d
and rush in to take up the remainder of the u
stock.—Yours faithfully,
Off Purfleet, 11, a.m., Sept. 7, 1859 nallotte

and one on each quarter,
down the river by five, and sometimes
P.S.—I have run up to town for half-an-hour, and
add, that 'she draws 20ft. Sins. forward and 20ft. 2:scis'
uft, with 4,500 tons coals on board. She was assis A
• tad ahead,
and
Ivor.
ing also most beautifully), and although the river iv'
very full of craft, and a strong westerly wind blowing;
-she was worked down without touching a single less;
or buoy. Great credit is due to garrison and t
pilots. (her screwaosixp'addes _

THE HARVEST ,icAN .ALGERIA. . :
rules TFAXGRA.M.-1-ir y- rl• a
?4110, Thurs.W Sept.
,B:—The ..,4ronitedi of Mid
4Mb4shes_the Allowing statement :—ln Al-
i:3,47in 1859, 48,787 hectares of land brought into
irivationTrodueed..s6o,ooo hectolitres corn. In 18-58
m4'458 hectarei produced- 457,195 heetolitreS, Cense-.
eutly the harvest has been. satisfactory..

-"" ITALY.
•[untiTtß'B TELEGAANI.]
N,,,OLOGNA
Sept. 7.--2-At the sitting,. to-day, of the
*ease As'sembly the propijsal made, yesterda to the
*ere on the annexation of the Legations to Piedmont
the I.,l,llaninioasly voted., - The Assembly also authorised
President of the National ASsembly to present an
forte to the Emperor Napoleon and to the Xing Vie-
sim t:lnlannel, expressing, their sympathies for Veneti,
As tees sembly further Offered to make pecnniary saeri-
be her favour.= Another 'Sitting of the house is to
e'd• Count Reiset has taken his departure.

Atm BRITISH COLUMBIA.
eoh,„,-14,iits 01 the success of the gold diggers in British
en b
find of the discovery of fresh gold fields,
,are
hlatd.3' a correspondent of the ' Times at Vanctuver's

DERS':

,TnE Bti

ce..4_ •
co Certain Preach working men have proposed to the
th „:enee of building-operators to make an appeal to
"orking
cause
in every state on the continent, to
ePort thecause of their English brethrm.
14_

• • •
l'he—E,plll:tOPOS.El)- SAVING OF 15,000,000. • _
save Tiles invites Mr.' Cobden to raise the cry of
Hans five Millions—man the navy. As to the
tat effecting the latter.object, the Times proposes
'4e 4140111illiOo••could bE saved out of the jobbery of
1'0444, Packet .serfice and dockyard and admiralty
testrve'l az,nd for a.Million England may have a splendid •
with l 0. 60,000 seamen, by paving £2O a year to each,
call, :lave to
ego anywhere- or be within a fortnight's
te4 -e-v" when' assembled for exercises, and, £29a
a fortune to man depending on the chances of

U)CAL INTELLIGENCE.

$.14 r, .
~ ...
‘'lllay. '"I3EN.--This gentleman visited Liverpool 'yes-
t forrl: and had an interview with several of the leadingt
titre in town. His Visit is merely of, a privy e
bp.,;_and has no political tendency.
Patk 14'41:e'IN't PIR-r, L._otie . win.. of ;the Oatiand's-
- 7,31 v Hotel. was destroyed bffire yesterdaymora-
est of -,P
loperty is understood to bei b nsured N, the
Aittll. gand. Inaranc,
Pohl IcAN MAins.—Tb,' T
ton° mail steamer
hox altl'i,via Aalifay, on Saturday forenoon.-7-45. a'nl"
NI ai,„Tie Gerieral. Post-office will close .at
alLg-sta"Y at 8 30.
Tbe receiving-house,
)tion of
, ()n.
~the Land-
'lterB;": will be open until about -9 30 for ,iel..ei
14, -orLPAYment of the lags; fee of one,,shil mg.
received
Jesterd '''. 4-xn KiLT ED. —lnfornciation was
tqh aY
agede COr ''court, of the death of Edwarde
4,..
sead,
~ toner's.
at Westmorelaad-place.
.
o,_ Sionda vz, ,residing lB,
'Nei, "
the s dr‘leaastt, he was in AVaterlco-road,
d to
th -i-lorthera
~,rn. Oyer him. He IN
-as conveayned a
,otirada , . .io where
vital,
he died yesterday.
,%,..11/41, Y), 'rem theinjuties he received... , illiell„.ix,„l4„..3.llESrEirr.—A poor. woman, on her way
10-40-st-r,f 4",,, in hospital, was taken suddenly ill in
the was'autliisyteesdterimday-,Tcpctrniu at about ten o'clock..
crin' to an entry attached to
kt. Plll°dgsoles lionin.-^'aaaid the police at once seat for
bas sa.fv,i Flinn 'surgeon "
, N'vho promptly attended, whenshe
koth-"Y oelivered of a fine boy ; and, shortly after
1,4 r and Child
tuci. were sent. to the hospital in a cab,
_,
l'ltil ilrrtillre Cl' Dl'vA;.—Since this establishment has
taPPow ands of the new proprietor,
.Air. Achille
atso 'pill.° 'lave not heard so much about it ; and. we
,:'elit'o„''Len to understand that it is the proprietor's
Yrkt3,l-"_,Kl conduct the establishment with greater pyo-
plci„at.44 decorum than heretofore, and to close earlier.
1 a 4 ~,,
•
.°Ol. `l"lienia Olt OF THE EXCIIEQUER• TN LIVER-
'---It, 'win b '
ths -(1 I e seen_ by our report of the meeting__ E.
I—‘,(lstoctia...tll,-Coroin. ittee, that the Right Hon. W.
4.4/eh,,,_'' übancelior of the Exchequer, will visit
'434 ""ii. tday, for the purpose of meeting a deputa-_
410,,,_74 the subject of a site for a new post-office, and
keet"necti-ng the proposed. site. The deputation will
vet in the council chamber of the Town-hall, at f
c'ek
the
(Friday) afternoon. The proceedings willo
tiva,r.vte'
01,--141 - 11.A.GISTIZA.TF.S' COURT.—[Before T. D.
1 -.4son E.
youi
1'44 Leh ' , t'l. —A -1..,,,, man, named John M'Grady,
on Friday last, with
‘()1.1v arge(ll4 entoring tie house of Mr.. Towers,
k,°od-terrace, West Derby,
oto steal. Several witnesses were ere called, who
tilallethat they saw him in tlic,e. garden, and one of' them
C an entrance into the
11;4 was endeavouring to ~o _ fore• Air. IMuck, Who appeare
d the defence,, called

Company

Ncirth'Ainericari
will be despatched for

The letter-

I MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD

The weekly theetingioT this body was held yesterday,
Mr. Charles 'Turn-el-in the chair. The other members
-present' were—Messrs: Rankin, Mondel, Inman, Shan,
Segar, Tobin, Hubback, Laird, o.aves; Boult, Lockett,
Evans, 'Brocklebank, Farnworth, Bushell, Hutchison,.
RounthWaite, Maclver, Anderson, and Forwood.

WORKS' COMMITTER

The proceedings of this committee contained a recom-
mendation to accept the tender of Mr. B. French for the
supply of five tons of dry picked oakum ; also the ten-
ders' of Messrs. 'Haig aad Co. to supply dock-gatemen?s
hats,,and of Messrs. Jaines Taylor and Co. to supply six
travelling crabs for' use. at the nerth works. The com-
mittee acknowledged the receipt-of a. letter -from Messrs:
Nicholson and Whittle, of Birkenhead, asking them to
defer for a short time the running_ dry of the docks_ and
great float. • " The company were informed that the
arrangeMents already made would be carried out:
. 'The proceedingS were confirmed. -

from Messrs. Spartali and Co., also'objecting p, this

appropriation.
Mr. Le (Err said the Docks' and allays' COmmlttee
had a return:76f the. vessels of Messrs. Spartali and Co.,
and tney found that they, only..salted five,in,the year,
while Messrs. Moss..and .0o: had vessel in and out every-
three and 'a-half days.. 'lt:Was-Considered by the coin-
111*e that, in giving theM a-bei:thi especially as they
were about havingranothet steamer, it would be a great
saving of the &etc accommodation ; and.,-those parties'
who remained at the Huskisson,Deck 'would. now haVe
a berth of 350 feet, which would relieve. the transit 'ships.
Mr. Busugu. said he was sorry to object to that part
of the proceedings of the Ducks and Quays' Committee
which proposed to appropriate this berth for Messrs,-
Moss and•Co...lb thought, those, letters which he had
_received were in timnileives a :reason. why a decision
on this subject• shohla be postp"oned. There might be
many other persons equally interested.with these firms,
and.whose.attention-hd-rot' been directed to the sub
ject ; and it might, when iti was found that this berth
was appropriated, give rise to a great deal of bad. feel-
They were told by Mr: 'Graves at the last meeting
of board that it was the intention of the special
committee, appointed for considering how far the.work-
inn of the.docks and quays might be improved,' to take
this matter into, their consideration ; seeing they were
so near that point, and seeing the objections urged, would
it be wise to. let that berth at the present moment
He trusted that before this was confirmed, they shoUld
hear from the Docks and Quays' Committee a report
upon the subject of appropriated. berths—whether the
principle was a. sound one. He spoke to a gentleman-
the other day, and he,soid the PrinCiple.of.appropriating
berths had been a prinCiplo for thirty years. , lie (51r.:
Bushell) was inclined to think that was
.just a re:lson
why it shbtild be viiquired into.; for during thirty years
it was perfectly '..clear that'complete revelution had
taken place with regard to. the .trade of this port,--, and
an equal revolution ought to take place with regal'd to
the working of their ~-locks „ find •quays.
,Seeing
the objections urged, which .must be worth

of. con-

sideration, he thought that the board ought' not to
confirm the appropriatien of this berth to Messrs.
Moss and :Co., or to anybody Aso,- without. still further
enquiry as to the wisdom of doing so. ' It was clear that
they gave certain advantages .lo those Who had appro-
priated berths that other people had not, In America,
for'instance, where two opposition ships- were loading,
one' might be able to say, ." Oh, we have an appropriated
berth, -and we can make' quick, voyageS,7 to the prejudice
of the. other ships. lie cOnchided by moving. that this
portion of the proceedings be not confirmed. ' •;'

B it° ciu:-F4Aii seboiided the. araoll;ielit. finitc
1 with very-much that. Mr.- Bushell had slid with
regard to this question; and he did think that thc appronri :1-
tion or this herth'wOuld be a considerable injury to
steamers' whi ch had no appropriated, berths;

t 'struck him

that the berth provosed to be given, on tho east -side'df
litiskisson Dock, to GlbbS, Wight and Co.; or any,
Othere,asital atoa-uer coming in, would. be considerably
interfered with by the works they were about to make
there ; for that consideration'alonethis Matter ought to
be pOstponed forfurther consideration.

Mr. MAeIVER said, when this matter 'was before, the
board last Week, it was set aside because of the Word
let" being in it. Mr. Bushell had argued about letting the
berth ; but the did no such thing ; they simply appropriated
the. berth, and it could he taken from Messrs:. Moss and
Co.-at any time, when it best suited the interest. off' that
estate to do so. These letters were such as to influence
them in refusing the grant. No doubt it was desirable
to get'into the central docks. His vessels had never
got into their central docki, and those who did were
favoured individuals. Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.
had one of the largest vessels frequenting that port ; but
there were other vessels, no doubt;.sailing to the same
port as the Great Britain, and these vessels were in the
Huskisson Doek: Suppose they should send the.large
ships to the large docks; send the Great Britain into
the Canada Dock; it was not all occupied by the
timber trade. There was the, west side that would
make an excellent . berth. He could not really
see why the dock., estate was to be. prevented, berthing
the smaller vessels in those docks that were-best adapt•ed
for them, and sending larger vess.,ls where they could
be as well provided for. He was told that because he
had large vessels.he must go into the large docks. The:
parties who sailed a vessel only five times in the year he
did not think were just,-the parties to. oppose such a
matter as this. He believed it to be for the interest of
the dock estate to appropriate berths where.they could
for such a trade as that carried,:on by Mez,srs. Moss
. .
and Co. . . . - _ -

Mr. FCrRWOQD, thought they should cerfainly inflict a
great injustice on Messrs.. Moss- & Co. if this were not
granted. lt had been their: policy _hitherto tc-b.appro
priate berths, and the matter had been deferred to see
Whether they had complied' with the conditions. They
had complied with the conditions.; and now to refuse
them on the general question, he thought, would be very
improper. In appropriating these berths, Mr. Bushell
would see that the dock estate would be' considerably
advantaged. lie would appeal to Mr. Bushell whether
Messrs. Moss & Co., in working their vessels promiscously,
—jamming up each other—the same amount of work
would be done. Messrs. Moss & Co.
.proposed ,to sail
every Week ; and, so long as their docks were not
sufficient to give accommodation to the steam trade,
it was their duty to ' make the best use they
could of the space at their disposal. MeSsrS. Gibbs,
Bright, and Co., made one mistake. They spoke as if
the whole of that side' of the 'Wellington .1)oek was to
be appropriated, whereas there would still. reMain,one
berth on the side of . the dock. He thought it was to

the interest of the dock estate to make this appropria-
tion.- The 'proper' tithe to consider the general question
was, when the special motion would be brought forward
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Mr. RANKIN said he. could clearly understand how
Messrs. Moss and CO. could do a much greater ainount

A business than hitherto in a sma

Ler spac