The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-07 00:00:00

advisable to place a light on an iron attached to the wall at
the back of each long &ate urinal.
Tne lamp to be placed so higli ag not only to light the
urinal, but also the street on fal•er side.
Tiro rr< cut number of urinals nquirirg 2is z ,venty -
four:
The tingle iron urinals do not, in our opinion, admit
of being so lighted, and neither do they Fo much require it.
JAMES NEWLANDS,
Inspectors.
THOMAS WRITE, j .

The Head Constable has the honour to report, for the
information of the Watch Committee, that he has con-
sidered the great importance of being able, readily, to
assemble his men, and has issued an order that the
inspectors of each section shall enter, in their memorandum
books, the residence of the men of their sections ; and he
has also caused the names and residences of tb.3 officers
and men to be posted up in the town stations upon a card,
over the number of each man's walk. The men have also
been warned (whether on or off duty) in the event of
any serious disturbance, they must Dees the word. after
which they are to repair to the Central-station, in Dale-
street.
The Head-constable, soon after his appointment, when
visiting London, was strongly impressed with the value of
the section houses in a large police force, as the following
extract from a report made at the time will show :

SECTION DOUSES IN LONDON.
Extract from " Three days in London, Angast, 1853," by

the Head-constable. -
"There are section houses attached to each division,
making, in all, about fifty, within the Metropolitan Police
District, wherein the single men are lodged, for which
they pay is a week for lodging, and a further sum of 6d
per week for cleaning, cnoking, &c. The men form them-
selves into messes of about eight or ten each, and are thus
enabled to live better and &'eaper. To each of these section
houses thece is a library and newsroom attached. In-one
division there is nearly 1,500 volumes, the cost of which
is met by a subscription of ld per man per month.
The general arrangement of those section houses I
visited, appeared to me t.) be conducive to the h-,alth and
comfort of the men. There were about a hundred men
in each; eight sleep in a room, which is well ventilated.
There is a mess room, kitchen, and wash houses. I was
impressed with the importance cf having such a body of
men at hand to act upon an emergency. The men, from
what I could learn, were muchpleased with their quarters.
It stems to me that, thus living _together, a, kind and
comrade feeline must ring up among-_them.

- -.12 11. sp..
Bhould the Watch Committiebe pleased to act upon the
_opinion containedin the foreOing extract, which is res-
pectfully submitted to. them for. their consideration, he
would propose that there should be a swien house in the
_north town division. There are nearly 300 single men in
the force, who could be lodged in these houges; and, as
serious disturbances generally take place during the day, a
large proportion of the, men would be in quarters, and
coned be made easily available in the event of their ser-
vices being required. The head crnstable has received
reports from the_large towns, and finds that in London;
when requiring men for any emergency, they pass the
word by route to the several division stations. In the
the City of London, in the event of any unforeseen emer-
gency, they turn out the officers and constables residing in
the several station houses, and by the means of serjeants of
sections, collect any given number of men from the beats.
In Manchester they have a large divisional station with
accommodation for thirty-five, men., The following is
,the; copy of a letter received from the chief Of police at
Gla*gow, -which shows unmistakeably his opinion of the
importance of the section houses
(copy.)
Centre/ Police Chembers, Glasgow, 11th Mareh,lBs7.
am in receipt of yours of,the 9th instant, ankin
answer' have to inform you that we have no particular
method of assembling our force in the event of any
emergency, such as riot, &c. • and the result was that a
riot did break cut here in 1848, and it was hours before
the police force could be collected.
When I got charge of the police, a few months after the
riot, Ig -t a lodging-house fitted for single men next door
to the Central Police-office, in which thirty-six single men
- reside, and rented a large tenement near the office capable
of lodging fifty-two married constables and their families,
all of which constables I can turn out, in cases of

emergency, in a few minutes. I have s;milar lodging-
houses near all the distrie, offi7es, all of which are found
to be of the greatest service.—l am, sir, ycur most
obedient servant, (Signed) JAMES SMART, C.S.P.
Major J. J. Greig, Chief Constable, Liverpool.

The reports had been, according to the rninnt-s, re-
ferred to a special committee to consider and rep, rt on.
Mr. Braneker, in moving the confirmation of Ule pro-
ceedings, said be void relieve the Cooril from the
apprehension thet the subjects -to which the vers.
i-tagtnerecl reports rcrerreo, won't] oe tngen into corsluera--
tion that day. The Couneil had pro!tably observel that by
a res(dution of the Watch Committee both reports were
referred to a special committee. It would, perhaps, be some
time before lii y WuCC brought hloro the Cottrell ; but the
special ummitt,:e mould, in the meenlim take their) into
considerati:,n, endeavour to give tUnt all the attention they
deserved, and bring forward each rec.Nnmendatiors as they
might think necessary.
The proceedings were confirmed.

DOCK C

Mr. Turner moved the confirmation of the proceedings
of this committee.
Mr. Robinson seconded the motion.
Mr. Alderman Parker drew attention to an article in
a local paper, cent •ining what he declared a very
scurrilous attack upon the Dock Committee. The attack
in question was founded upon a paragraph in a
Southampton paper, stating that Mr. Blbbv, of the
firm of Garnock, Bibby, and Co., of this tom!,
bad gone to Southampton to seek for acce m-
modation for a line of Mediterranean steamers, as
the consequence of the want of sufficient accommodation
for the steam trade in Liverpool. Either there must be
truth in that statement, or there must not ; and he hoped
the chairman of the committee, in his usual good tem-
pered and affable manner, would be able to explain the
matter.
Mr. Turner : I have seen the attack to which the worthy
alderman has alluded. 1 cannot say how far it, is true or not
that Mr. Bibby has been at Southampton for the purpose
stated. It cerainly is quite true that'there is very limited
accommmodation, not sufficient accommodation, in the
Liverpool docks, for ahe steam trade frequenting the port.
(Hear, hear,) I very much regret, with every memb..r of
the dock committee. that. this should be the case, but the
Council end the town will 'recollect that two years ago-the
dock committee went to parliament, ,foreseeing that then-
difficulties must arise, for the express purpose of p ovi ling
for the increasing trade of the port. If we' had obtained
title powers which we sought by that hill, we should, I hope
and trust, have been 'enabled to provide that accurntnoda-
tion which we now wish for, and which is so very much
needed. We were, however, as you ore all aware,
opposed very strongly by interests connected with the other
side of the water, who apprehended, I think without
cause, that if a great deal of money was! spent in increas-
ing the accommodation for trade a- this side of the water,
it would, in some way or other. darnaee their prospects at
Birkenhead.. That opposition was sufficiently influential
to throw out our bill. I must say that I think
the merchants of Liverpool have in some
respects themselves to blame for that bill being
thrown out, because certainly from the public bodies, the
Shipowners' Association, and the merchants generally
of the port, the Dock Committee did not receive that
cordial, warm, and hearty support which alone would have
been sufficient to enable them to overcome the very great
opp,sition which they then experiences. (Hear, hear.) I
think that if the mercantile interests.of Liverpo;l had fore-
seen, as the dock committee did, the difEteulties.which must
arise from want of accommodation, on this side of the
Water, they would have come forward with that warm and
hearty support which would possibly have enabled us to
carry our bill. (Hear, hear.) There is no blame, I think,
which can justly be thrown upon the thick crrnmiiree,
because we certainly foresaw what is now the case, and we
went to parliament for the express purpose of getting the
means of providing for the increasing trade. (Rear, hear.)
That power was reused, and difficulties since then have no
doubt arisen. That of which Mr. Bibby complains arose
not front any fault upon the part of the dock committee.
We exerted cayselves to the utmost to give the accommo-
dation taa'th to the steam end to the sailing trade, which our
means, would allow. We are constructing, as you are
aware, a dock of upwards of fifteen acres at the north end
of the town, which will he completed within the year,with
gates of 100 feet wide, and a chamber 500 feet long. This,
I hope, bee some means of removing the difficulties ;
but, no doubt, ie addition to that, we require further grav-
ing dock accommodation at this side of the water, and we
require additionel docks exeres-dy provided for the steam
trade of the port. (Hear ) When we go to parliament
again to endeavour to iedeee parl meat to give us
the powers we require, I do hope that the Dock Com-
mittee may be backed up in a hearty and dote, mined
manner by every
person connected with the town and trade
of Liverpool. If that support be given to us, Ido hope
and trust that we may get the powers we seek to obtain.
lam very glad toe worthy alderman has brought this
subject forward, bee ,use I think a great deal of unmerited
blame has been thrown upon the Dock Committee for
what they really in n) thape deserve to be found fault
with. (Hear, hear )
The proceedings were then confirmed.
COURTS OF LAW AND ST. GE MGE'S HALL COMNIfTTEE.
The proceedings of this committee contained a resolution,
stating that Mr, Weightman and Mr. Wordley had been