Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-07 00:00:00

ided, it fell to the

nas were' then confirmed.

a question of the

Mr. `BusitEd •wishect- to ask
Chairman of the Pilots' Committee, and that ' waS,
whether his attention had been dri*n to the fact:that a
large vessel, the Monica, had been soine days moored in
the very track of the ferry steamers; and he understocid
that the river was perfectly free* from ships; and that
there-was no necessity, or justification for this whatever ?
There- was a heavy fog upon the river that morning for'
three hours, and the captains of the ferry' steamers had'
the greatest difficulty innvoiding the vessel.
-Mr. ItANKth made some reply which was inaudible. .
Mr. MONDEL said he had called the attention 'O'f the
inspector to two vessels moored in the direct track of
the ferry boats; and he had said he was instituting
inquiries as to who Were the piloti. •
Mr. BusilLt, 'expressed himself satisfied.
The proceedings.of the Decks and Quays' Committee,
and of the Master Porter's Committee were Olen ie44'
and confirmed. -' • ' • '

REPAI4 OF LARO

VESSEL% IN. THE LOCK OF 'ME

c4.NA.DA DOCK

A letter was read from Mc. John Laird, stating that
he had yesterday applied, to the Harbour-master for the
steamship Jason to remain in•the Canada Dock till
Tuesday. She wouklzequire to sail from Galway, on
the 15th inst., with mails and passengers. The matter
had been referred to th& Docks and Quays Committee,
who stated that they were not in a position to grant the
application, unless he,could give a, guarantee that .she
would be out on that day. It was quite impossible to
give a guarantee to that iffeit;lint fie fully expected
that the_repairs would be ,completed by that ten-
sidering the urgency of the ca-se, and the great loss that
would be occasioned if the ship were floated out-before
thework was completed, it was hoped the board would
take the matter into favourable consideration.

The CHAIRMAN said the subject of that letter had
been before the Pocks and Quays Committee the day
before, and they thought, at the time, they were:rather
stretching a point ia allowing the vessel to remain in
the Canada-dock,, with guarantee; till Tuesday, be-
cause it rendered the entrance to the.deck quite useless.
The Persia, was expected 'at thd.end of .the week, and
might require to go in on Saturday night or Sunday
morning. Now, this vessel came here as a coaster ; and,'
of course, she was entitled to every accommodation, but
not to the displacement of other. vessels: The 'applica-
tion was, in fact, for the lock to be Shut-up for an
indefinite time, because Mr. Laird would, give no guar-
antee ; and the Docks and Quays! Committee were
unanimous in declining it. - •
Mr. RANKIN-Mr. Maclver seldom sends the Persia
into dock. • •

The CH AIRMAN—But as she was going out, she met
with an accident, .and till .she conies in, we cannot say
whether she will enter or. not. The Jason being there,
is shutting up the deep water entrance into the dock.
Mr. INMAN said it happened that a steamer of his own
was expected up that night or in the morning, and she
acouldon not
occupyingge into
nt ot
hae
single
positiondo it did.
in consequence of the
Jason
Mr. GRAVES must certainly confess he should rather
any other vessel lay there than tie Jason, because
there was an. idea abroad' that Liverpool was antago-
nistic, to any vessels but its- own. • Ile exceedingly
regretted that this should have' occurred with one of
another line of packets not-using our own port; and, if
it were passible to grant the concession, he thought they
should do so, even if they did not financially gain by it.
The CHAIRMAN—That is not the qnestion at all.
Mr. GRAVES—But you called it a coasting steamer ?
The -CHAIRMAN—It shuts up the deep water entrance.
The matter had been anxiously considered, and a great
point stretched in consequence of the existence of that
very feeling which had been named.
Mr. GRAVES was glad that drawn from the
chairman that explanation, which would be satisfactory
to the public at large. He thought this a case of
peculiar emergency ; and if it got abroad that we could
not grant facilities to vessels that came here in distress,
the work of those steamers would be seat to some other
place.

Mr. Eva.rrs thought that a very wrong inference to be
drawn from the fact.
Mr. BOULT said this was a question of tides. At
present, no.vessel of any heavy draught .of water could
dock in any dock in Liverpool. By Saturday or Sunday
there would be water enough for the Persia at the
Canada-dock entrance, but no other.
Mr. ibtrrn said, when the vessel was admitted into the