Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

111,44I'VERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT, SATURDAY.-(Before
last C°llllnissioner Perry.)—R. T. and B. Chaffers.—The
s amination in this case was again adjourned.
Portrixo INTELLIGENCE.-The third meeting of the
The4r Coursing Club will take place on Wednesday and
date
next, the 19th and 20th inst., commencing each
t ten o'clock.
I,e (Bath Chronicle) hear, with pleasure, that Samuel
j dk44 et, Esq.,. formerly of Bristol, has been appointed
I,4vibutor of Stamps for the county of Derby. Mr.
leels is well known in the literary world as the first
pi"' of the Press, and the present literary critic of
Times
ut-
pet e, gErT DEATHS —On Sunday morning, a man named
_ .

ge— tiourtney, a carter, who resided 'lir a court off
g•gellt-3treet was found dead in his room. Margaret
lehard
street s, 75 years of age, who resided off Cambridge-
/AZ': died suddenly on Saturday. She had been com-
,lll,,ing Previously

Vfoln Isnea.n POLICE CounT.--Ann Smith, a char-
a.,
Willi:, 'who had been in the employ of Mr. Owen
lt,i:LArFyle-street, was brought up;

,
ah --b megatly pawned a number a articles of wearing
stylvt4rel- She was fined 405., and 7s. 6d., the value of the
es, or, in default, to be imprisoned for two months. 6, style
AT BIRKENHEAD —On Friday night, an ad-
ih;riled inquest was held on the body of Thomas Ware,
die-dBc4l of Mr. Thomas Ware, Abbey-street, and who had
on the Saturday mornincr previously. The child
bwoars att ended for some time by° a doctor named Hellen-
be °ugh, a foreigner. A post mortem examination had
ferr made, and the verdict the jury returned was, "Died
ouul effusion of the brain, induced, in a large measure,
'r In a want of proper medical attendance."
di: A Lick WITH A Poxrut."---In one of those drunken
g•raceful "street rows, which are of such frequent
nloecurrence in Hopwood-street on a Saturday night, a
ban named Gerald Galvin, received a severe scalp
..oun,d, and was conveyed in a state of insensibility to
therelheNo rtherli hospital. The friends who conveyed him
inforifled the porter that he had only had a lick
With a poker." But for some time it was rather doubtful
whether or not he would recover. Fortunately, how-
er, he did, and is now doing ll we .
Lxv
ty,a; Eit"(3l, ROYAL INFIRMARY. - Return for week
1)--,ing Jail. 15th, 1859. Admitted : in-patients, 47 ; out"
)!ti.ents, 12; surgical casualties, 12. Discharged: cured,
14. , relieved, and at own request, 11; made out-patients,
FoirregUlar, 0 ; dead, 6 ; remain in the house, 191.
rth ensuing week. Visitors : Messrs. W. S. Caine
end tie C. Jones, Esqrs. ; physician, Dr. Turnbull;
ef)11, C.
Biekersteth • house surgeon, Mr. T. S. Walker ,
Junior house surgeon, Mr. J. Allen; chaplain, Rev. H. J.
elarrod, A.B. Robert Hutchison, treasurer.
h)lre belieVe that the speculations of a contemporary,
e I,lr. Gladstone's remaining for any length of time in
'fb„'llian Islands, are entirely unfounded. Sir John
ta„„7l?g's tenure of power there will almost immediately
pounate, and pending the short interval between his
nmeparture and the arrival of a successor, Mr. Gladstone
ill'a few days, receive the authority requisite for
ucting the administration. But the right hon.
'enlernan will, we learn, be in London in ample time
.to
Participate in the leading events of the session.—Dally
2V.euja

b 4`.„°YAL AMrssrruEA ran.—To-night Verdi is to be again
the ascendant, " Trovatore" being announced by the
jiglish Opera Company, and the well known and admired
'its will doubtless prove attractive, with the following cast :
Leo...—. 11 v-- -17) _

MISS r neeves ; Azueena, Madame M.
tilBllOP ; Manrico, Mr. Elliot Geier;; Count de Luna, Mr.
Concluding
; Fernando, Mx. E. Corri; Ruiz, Mr. C. Lyall.
‘'inueluding with "I Thy don't she Marry ?" in which the
Character of Natz Tick will be be played by Mr. Baker,
and Corporal Max by Mr. Charles Lyall.
Into the
—The following, cases have been admitted
Ii!lo the Northern Hospital : —William Gavin, a sailor
gr,nging to the ship Florada, which sailed hence on
Clay, met with a severe accident while the ship was in
the river. He, with others, were engaged in adjusting
.`_te jibbiion, when it came down upon his foot, and very
:Zverely damaged it. The man was at once conveyed to
Ine above institution, where he received' every attention.
114/!other sailor, Matthew Birch, belonging to a foreign
lielying hold of a vessel, and received a severe scalp wound.
Among the passengers ,by the steam-ship Asia, we
notice the..arrival of Mr. H. Fuller, for many years the
editor and proprietor of the New York Mirror a journal
4cupying, a high position in the literary ana political
tircles of t -U he nited States. Mr. Fuller is also widely
known as the author of the " Belle Britain Letters," so
~Do, pular with the American public, and not unknown on
;Las side the water. These letters have been published
In book form, and have had au extensive sale. Mr. Fuller
visits Europe for purposes of business and pleasure, and
presume his pen will not be idle during his travels.
"e undeistand that he will be present at the Burns
Celebration at Dumfries, on the 25th inst.
eRESENTATION OF A PORTRAIT OF DAVID BUXTON,
Ft M.R.S., PRINCIPAL OF THE DEAF AND DUMB
'CROOL.--» On Friday evening a deputation of gentlemen,
1511 behalf of the subscribers, waited on Mrs. Button, and
3resintedlier with a portrait of Mr. Buxton, painted by
7• ". Mercier, of Church-street, as a token of the high
Spect and esteem in which he is held by his friends,
he Rev. Dr. Hume, and the Rev. Thomas Moore, as
Lan of the deputation, were most happy in conveying the
t.izilitiments of the subscribers to this valued New Year's
Wei: and Mr. Buxton, in return, expressed himself very
ingly for the compliments paid to Mrs. Buxton and
aonlse,lt The portrait is highly satisfactory, and repre-
nim in a characteristic speaking attitude.
rehnts4GE or THE Asia.—The passengers by the Asia
an unusually pleasant voyage. Although the
Z;ober of passengers was not large, yet there were.
eal distinguished persons on board, who, by their
e/Pts, wit, and good feeling, kept up a most delightful
th ertaininent, du • g waking hours, from the time of
14,,,sittP's departure from New York until her arrival in
-- Among other wide-a-wake spirits on board
_
bee...°l4 e the name of George Francis Train, who has
IQ called " the livest man in America ; " Lord and
are Y Bury, who, in point of cleverness and affability,
of
not
the 2srsoetrpo assed at home or abroad ; Mr. Fuller,j,.
York Mirror, a well-known jonrna ,
)4r. Carter, of the house of A. S. Henry and Compatntyr;-
Aeldand Mrs- T. W. Kennard, of London ; Mr. Bu
aen
an eminent merchant, &c., &c. During the yoy
girwspaper was started at the suggestion of -1-42.:
trillY' to which the above named gentlemen cothe
eaptnatied som.e 200 pages. As a compliment to
and ship, this impromptu journal was named the
of 42 c Lottery, and was disposed of by a raffle for the sum
to he which, at the sugestion of Lord Bury was donated
a ~,re Society for the Relief of Shipwrecked Sailors ;
taket3rthY example for others to follow—both for the
the ,°.f • the amusement and the philantbrophY of
"P ct.

IMPORTANT MEETING OF THE DOCK BOARD

DOCK EXTENSION. ON THE LANCASHIRE SIDE.

An important special meeting of the Mersey Docks and
Harbour Board was held on Saturday. Mr. Charles
Turner presided ; and the other members present were—
Messrs. Smith, Arnold, Farnworth, Laird, Bold, Hub-
back, Anderson, Forwood, Segar, Moss, Boult, Lockett,
Mondel, Rankin, Bushell, Langton, Graves, Shand,
Evans, and Tobin. _ _

The Chairman said that this was a special meeting for
the purpose of considering the provisions of the bill lodged
by the late provisional board, for borrowing money for
the prosecution of works on the Liverpool side of the
water.

Mr. Rankin said, as chairman of the late special com-
mittee, he begged to move the following resolution :

" That the peiiding bill in Parliament, introduced by the
provisional board, entitled ' The proposed bill to authorise
the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to raise a
further sum of money for works in Liverpool, to be pro-
secuted by this board ;',.should be now referred for that
purpose to the committee for parliamentary purposes,
with instructions to take the necessary proceedings with
regard thereto, and to report from time to time to this
board; that it also be instructions to the works com-
mittee to consider and prepare suitable plans of the
works on which it is proposed to expend the monies
authorised to be raised by the bill, and to submit such
plans for the approval of this board." The views which
he had expressed on a recent occasion were so well-
known, that he need not repeat them. He entertained
those views as firmly as ever; that there was a great
necessity for improving the condition of this side of the
river, and it was not in the slightest degree intended to
lessen the works which were to be proceeded with at
Birkenhead.
Mr. Hubback seconded the motion. .
Mr. Farnworth intimated that, if the motion was lost,
he would move an amendment.

Mr. Laird asked if the plans which they discussed
there for eight or nine months were the plans they were
going on with ?

The Chairman : This resolution refers these plans to
the works committee, to report to this board, to say
whether they will propose any alteration or not.
Mr. Laird : We discussed certain plans for months, is
it proposed now to abandon these plans ?
The Chairman : The resolution contains nothing with
respect to the form of the plans. All the questions
decided by the provisional board were merely provisional,
and to come again before this board. This resolution
authorises the parliamentary committee to proceed with
the bill, and the plans that were before the provisional
board will, by this resolution, I apprehend, be referred to
the works committee, and if they see no reason for
alteration they will be brought before this board, and
then come on for discussion. _

Mr. Laird : Is it proposed to deposit the plans, or to
receive the money, and then afterwards to expend the
money as the board likes.

The Solicitor : There is no occasion to deposit the
plans.

The Chairman : There is no occasion to deposit the
plans if it is decided to go to Parliament for money ; the
plans will be discussed before the committee, and pro-
bably inserted in the bill.

Mr. Laird : Then you can go to Parliament and decide
the plans you shall go for, bring them before the parlia-
mentary committee, and afterwards, instead of oarrying
out the works for the accommodation of the carriers and
the enlargement of the Huskisson Dock, you can expend
ho town or anywhere else.

be centre of t

the money in t
Is that the law ?
The Solicitor : No, sit
Mr. Laird : I understood from Mr. North, that the
board was not bound to deposit the plans.

The Solicitor : Quite so':
Mr. Laird : Then if you get an act for £300,000 you
are not bound to spend the money.

The Chairman : .Mr. North does not say that the plans
will not be made part of the bill, but the committee of
the house are not likely to give powers to borrow money
without having some plans before them, and no doubt
plans will be laid before the committee, but it is not
necessary, as I understand, as a matter of form, to deposit
plans previously.
Mr. Laird : I previously expressed my belief that this
extension was totally unnecessary, and that if we went
to parliament for works on this side of the water, we
will not be able to complete the works on the other side.
The land on the north side at ' Birkenhead is not yet
taken possession of; and unless possession is got imme-
diately, we shall not •be able to fulfil our engagements
with regard to docks on the other side. I need not say
that argument will be used against the trust when they
go to parliament, and no doubt with great effect. The
act has been now passed so long that we might have
been in a position to have got possession of that land,
without the possession of which Mr. Hartley cannot
complete the works in the time specified by the act of
parliament.
Mr. Evans : You are a hard task-master, Mr. Laird.

Mr. Smith : I regret that the consideration of this
important subject could not have insured a better attend-
ance at this board. A great many members are absent,
and very much to my regret, because it is a subject
which should be very fully discussed. Many of the
members were not members of the late provisional
board, and did not hear the discussion to enable them
to come to a just decision upon tciis subject, and feeling
it my duty to propose an amendment, and my reasons
for it are, that when this subject was discussed by the
provisional board I felt bound to vote with certain gentle-
men who opposed,*most decidedly, going to parliament
next session. The grounds upon which I voted with
these gentlemen, if examined, were probably grounds of
a very opposite character. You now propose to go for
£300,000. If you put it upon the footing of what is
necessary to be done to facilitate the trade of the port
on the Liverpool side of the Mersey, then I say £300,000
is a sum far too little. The gentlemen who opposed
going to Parliament at all opposed it upon very
different grounds. They said you were bound
by what was done' in Parliament last session, —to
complete the works on the Birkenhead side of the water
before you lay out one sixpence on the Liverpool side.
,• • •

ment—that it is inexpedient to go to Parliament in
next session, are these :—When the subject was dis-
cussed before, the opinion of the solicitor was taken, and
upon that opinion Mr. Bushell grounded all his argu-
ments. The opinion of the solicitor is, that we have the
power to deal with our surplus revenue without going •
to Parliament at all. (Hear, hear.) I believe, and I
know other gentlemen believe, that, at any rate fOr the
next twelve months, we shall have a surplus revenue,
and a very handsome surplus revenue—l may say for
the next two years. Now I .would urge that this calls
for the immediate attention of the board. After all the
difficulties, and troubles, and annoyances to which this
board has been subjected, with reference to providing
accommodation for the timber trade, we have ultimately
succeeded in almost getting that trade into one mind, to
agree to remove to the accommodation at the north end
of 'the 'town, which has been specially provided for it.
So much so is that the case, that I believe every broker,
with but one or two exceptions, has provided himself
with a portion of the accommodation so given. They
will commence their rent upon the Ist of April, and by
that time the accommodation will be all completed;
and I have very little doubt that within six months
you will find that the ereat bulk of the timber
trade has located itself at the north end of
the town, and has abandoned the south. But there is
one thing neceesary to complete that accommodation
which has been provided—there is no accommodation
for the water carriers. Without accommodation be pro-
vided for the water carriers the timber trade cannot be
conducted at the Canada Dock ; and therefore it is im-
peratively necessary—it is essential to the trade, that that
accommodation should be provided as speedily as possible.
Now, Mr. Rankin is the gentleman who brought this sub-
ject before the board. He went into plans. A deal was said
about those plans not being plans of the board. They
were not plans of the board—they. were Mr. Rankin's
plans, but they really formed the foundation for our
consideration. Of that important question I believe, if
these plans be looked at, that the grand object which
they aim at dealing with is the making of two of what
Mr. Rankin called " slip"—a term I can hardly under-
stand—or two narrow docks at the north end of the
Canada dock. With the principle of that plan I per-
fectly agree. You have then two long narrow docks
about as well adapted as anything can be for the accom-
modation required ; and if at any future time the timber
trade should be extended further northwards by another
large dock being put to the north of the water carriers'
docks, these docks will still be as conveniently located as
they possibly can be. Therefore, as regards that plan,
the principle of it meets mv approval. Mr. Laird put
a question to-day, which, if .1
understand it right, may
be decided whether we go to Parliament or not. If we
do, and it be necessary to produce plans, - these
plans. may be considered between this time and the
time of it being necessary to produce them. That
is not the question before the board at this moment.
Now, here is the first essential requirement for the
interest of the estate—to provide that accommodation
for the water carriers, in connection with the timber
trade, at the Canada Dock, and by means of which you
can have an amount of accommodation at the south end-
of the town which is equal, I say, for all purposes of
„nerd trade, almost to the whole of the Brunswick
took. Well, sir, what might be about the cost of this ?
I believe about £160,000 in round numbers. If se, we
Ihave the authority or our solicitor for believing that it it