Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

1,:. before the board sej

While I

public conii
matters Dr(

office wi

the intext

A there from nine

A_ uc pi vueetu figs or tins committee contained a minute tion indeed. The opinion of the board' ought .to be , —poorer men—whose time was,
in reference to the custom of objectionable boarding- asked as to whether they were p: e2ared to let the-docks to them than' his friend's, whc
house keepers and others boarding ships in the river, and berths. Under the present system, when a vessel He put it to the board on the:n
and making the seamen •drunk, as an' inducement to went into the docks a berth was assigned to her, and and-not. in any political C- -
patronise their establishment. The minute stated that dues were pair' upon it ; but having paid those dues to Buckmaster, for 1,-
the solicitor had waited on the committee with reference the board, it would be a strange anomaly if she should spoken to hi
to this subject, and the committee instructed the be subjected to an additional duty for the use of a berth would bo
solicitor to report to the board how far they could deal which might belet to a private individual. - , ' Buckmastc
with this question ; also with reference to the rerristra- Mr. BOULT said that it never was the intention of the I case, and
ton of boats plying on the river. ! officer tal
:_. On the motion. of Mr. Monde' 'ideal
confirmed.

the proceedings w

The CHAIRMAN thought that in that case the mem- _-..,halt.
mendation must be referred back to the committee, in I which, after b,
order that it might be drawn up in a different 10,--- "
•• •

Ile conch
amendei

The proceedings of the Pilotage Committee "
then read and confirmed.

of the members, `vas to t

lie_proc a Odings, it would I 'board viewed with great.

DACES AND QUAYS' CON

The proceedings of this committee-were read.
Before moving their confirmation, Mr. GravE
for a letter from the gatemen of the It
The following is the letter

a.jui ... xuejlaid.ai orrEl.
himself to become the polio'ocks, which, he must again say, would be a novel

the sie:

of obj
A' voters

;ions to t

is extr

e partisanship, whether r

smGENTLEmEs,---Having been aduresse
forming an artillery corps, comprisim
others connected with the estate, we, the
Dock, respectfully beg to lay before yo

e Chairman

decline to give our services.
First,---In consequence of the existing regu.-
ing at certain hours, in addition tl, the attendance a
we are convinced that it would be perP,•ctly '-
devote any time to drill, without positive,
the short period at present at our disne
of this statement, we beg to bring
following
"On Thursday last, the 24th instant, we
_ _

before your r

folu o'clock a.m., left at half-past seven
for muster at nine a.m. and one p.m. The tide con
half-past four p.m., we were engaged until nit
We can assure you, gentlemen, that ocr ob
the corps proposed proceed from no other
mentioned ahoy(
We take to oin
and country as any other men; and are willing, if same r, ...„
tion of •the present regulations bete cen tides is granted, to gi
our services for the defence of the port, and the protection
the estate whom we have the honour to serve.—We arc, ge
tlemen, your most obedient servants,

yes the credit of being as

TEE HrsiussoN Eiocx-

Mr. GRAVE:3 said, in consequence of a sugge;
tiou having been thrown out to the board, th
question of defences would be referred to the Dock
and Quays' , Committee, to consider how far it wc
desirable that the men in connection With the (lock
should be allowed to join, and 'to make inquiry as t
-what their feelings would be in the event of any corp
being got up in connection with the estate. The resin
of that inquiry 'was, that a very large majority of then
(211) had agreed to come forward as volunteers it
corps that might be formed. There were --
't had -*ions:

eight who . made some o _" auu use oojectio,
Of that forty-eight was, he believed, embodied in th,
letter from the dock gatemen at Huskisson-dock. He
was sure the hoard would agree with him in saying
that such an offer, coming from their dock—gatemen, was
not only creditable to themselves, but was .of very great
and material importance in the event of their services
being required. He also thought the objection raised
by the dissentients was so reasonable, so moderate,
the difficulty- so -easily removable, that he might
that the whole of the dock-gatemen con
would be prepared to enrol thernselv,'
that board coming to the resolution thm
judicious. The reason why this matter hat
the hands of the Docks and Quays' Committc
11 d not want to bring it before the board until they ~.
give sonic practical view upon the subject. But the Defenc
Committee having been appointed, the Dock Committe
thought that it would be a proper time for placing it i
the hands of the board. It was a matter that requiro
deep consideration from the Ducks and Quays' Committe(
They had not ventured to consider the question as re
garded the possibility of dispensing with the services ,
these men until they would undergo the necessv
drill. It would be fcr the board now to +

in the event of
such would be

'en so long in

was that they

1 after the

to make oa• a matter which

he thought was of some importance and' intLrest to
the hoard.' • He read, a few days since, an article
^ liercupy, reflecting in strong terms upon • the

conduct of; •one of the officers of that township, named
Mr. Buckmaster. He entirely agreed with thou
rations, inasmuch as he thoufrlif

conduct Was the reverse of tha
knee. No doubt his attention to these
vented him perforniin,2 the nf

child r€

k to', eleven:and no

more valuabk

;s an of

id by movin

an' eitreir

&ILY TIMES.

FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL

EXHIBITION.

The Liverpool Floral and Horticultural Society held
its third exhibition for the season yesterday, at the
Bottinic Gardens, Edge-lane. The weather lind

settled; but before the time of opening the exhi-
.

tenioon. Tht: company, in consequence, was much
numerous than had been expected, and embraced,

was no

or to either of the two preceding
the displays of azaleas, orchidacem,
unums, pelargoniums, dahlias, bizarres,
verbenas, calceolarias, hollyhocks, carna-
:!es, &c., were al'

lance. Ti

10, and most of them
dahlias we would particularly
a collection as we ever

remember to have seen. • Beautiful and attractive, how-
ever, as Were the flowers and plants, the ample spread of
various delicious fruits in season app3ared to elicit
greater admiration. It consisted of pine-apples, grapes,
peaches, v nectarines, apricots, melons, apples, pears,

axially vi tiieti 'rut LS were or very
superior. quality indeed, and did very great credit
to tho al

wvu.iy vegemoies was also extremely good, and .em-
braced the utmost variety. which the present period of
the season affords. The pleasure afforded by the,exhi-.
bition was much'enhanced by'the delightful strains that
issued.from an excellent orchestra, under the direction
of Mr. Harrison. • The following is a list of'the prizes
awarded on this occasion :

CLASS 1.---GROUPS OF PLANTS.
• Six Heaths : 3, J. J. Bibby, Esq., C. Fears-
- Fuchsias :,il, Mr. Charles ltylanec ;
C. Wareing, gardener; 3, it. C.

aside, gardener.
2, G. Holt F
'6%

„ "'•l.h, -L. men-
D. Reid, gardener; 3, G. Holt, jun., Esq., T.
rdener..

etargontunts : I and 2, Mr. C. Itylance. SA Fancy
E. Bates, Esq., John Tamer, gardener ; 2, Mr. C.

Pink Ditto