Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-16 00:00:00

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moved .the confirmation of the

ection to the recommendation

prohibiting the discharge' of carg

.oes of salt hides on one

-quay of the George's. Dock. The object, he supposed,
I was to prevent vessels - with green or salted hides from

oinin

into that dock. It was an important question,
and he did not think it should be lightly-adopted. He
thought :.they- should encourage every branch- of trade

I be so sweet -to tt

grain smelt far

other-things might haVe been selected• as annoying as
salt hides. He had been told that morning; by one of
the oldest brokers -in the trade, that whenever there

had been as a prevalent infectious disease in Liverpool,
they had never had a case of it in the hide trade. It

was a most healt

occupation.

ar, and

laughte

Formant was one o:

ne most respectable rneu ia

Jones were more objectionable, and yet
still allowed to be discharged.
Ire not they included?
loNnnr.:--No. Certainly at the north-eastern
corner of the George's Dock the effluvia from the sewer,
salted hides, and, what was worse, .the herrings when

they
Mr. BUSHEa
Mr

harbour-master, who had shown that it was difficult t 6
appoint a -specific berth for a spe.cific trade ; becaiise if

there ; but supposing another.vessel• got in,- they could"
not expect it to be cast out if another arrive&
which Was' in the hide . trade. But so far as the
harbour and dock masters-could acconimodate them,
they. would do so. Them were 200•vessel"s in the hide
luenting the port, and 40 of them discharged
is end of George's Dock.. If the plan projected
was found.open to inconvenience, it could be altered.
Fhe•gentlemen were apprised of that.
Yes, we said if ;this does not work,'

trade 'fr

AIRMAN

•
we can alter it, but let us try it.
Mr. MONDEL —I must protest against,this as a ship-

more int

The CHAIRNLiN

the hide gentlemen

Mr. BUSHELL said he should not 'have said'a word,
but for the la,st.observation! of Mr. Mondel, when Ile,
said the shipowner was the first person to be considered.
Till he added the last few words, it seemed: as if he
thought that the shipowner was to be considered
,before, the inhabitants of. Liverpool and the strangers
here. - NoW, he most decidedV:objected
aid that the trade of Liverpool, was

flock

fur the .ben

t 'of its inhabi

Ind:welfare of the people wer
3er vient to trade, bat trade to the requirements of the
people. That was his theory.' He was not 'going to

Lde sub

hides be equal to the odour of flowers; but if Mr. Mondel
would consnt-that half a dozen hides.should be brought
into that room, and kept there during their ordinary
time of iitting, he should be surprised if he did. not change
his opinion. (Laughter and applause.) He. was glad that
his committee had considered the number of peopleineon-
venieneEd by this nuisance; and that the. el
be made without injury to their revenue.
that when 'any inconvenience arose, it could be easily

Mr. Mon

Mr. Ifiisßc

read, that a get

ill it was n
td;,

d-he had heard from the proce

allowed because he had w

Ile tho'

z seconded.

He believed

revive t

what amount

f trade was

)Is, many ships a yoarw

subject

cessary to secure the

aed to lx

plied withott

the matter was ea

)1e of a per-

feet explanation. • The-.application` here vas not.for the
appropriation of a berth nierely, but for the appropria-
tion of: a berth in a particular dock in the centre of the

• The CHAIRMAN said there was a rule. of this kind;
Parties :who :oacupfaPpropliated berths, were required

to ao a certain amount, of work in tuose oertas , um,
that of itself would hot entitle them to a berth there, unless

it allowed of aceammodation for other trades and the

transient trade in, the d

Mr. BUSHELL

I don't think that rule is defined.
—We are getting into a very irre-

The

gular discassion now

The subject then dro'

pped, and the proceedings •wc

A letter was' read' from W.

& D. Pushy, oar pro-
effect, that' having, by permissiori.

prjetors, Sc

.
down on, the 1(1.16 of docks, and finding them much pre-
feri•ed by the public to the ordinary road omnibuses,

they ,b,

permission tolpla.c

ne, fitter

like the others wit

two naqr
_up9n

h paten

moveab

granted, to witlid:

ie request. was

w a correspondins• numbei of omni-
31ieation was referred to

)uses from the road.—The.

the Works' Committee

HEALTH COMMITTEE

;ee was

The weekly meeting of the
yesterday, Mr: Aiderman.Poyer iiithe chair. The other
members of the committee present. were—Messys-Sheil,
Vernon, Gladstone, Beckwith, Crosthwaite, Anthony,
HaYdock, Bowring, Stitt, and Barton.
His Worship the Mayor was also present.

THE 'CORPORATION PROPERTY AND THE BROTHELS IN

PETER-ST

MAYOR, before the ordinary -proceedings coin-
, said

tention

letter in the

3ferenry, in which• it was alleged, that the
corporation were in receipt of rents from a number 'of

meeting in consequence of the appearance of that letter

Health V Committee; -for the purpose of
whether or not the..statement; was correct
opinion was, that it was neither right_ norconsistent on
the part of the corporation to receive rents at all from
such a class of property. . •
Mr. BECKWITH said he did not see
The fact was, that. the corporation were-. compelled ,to
•

taming

jlis own

anythin

VERNON said differed from

3eckwit

great deal in it