Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-11 00:00:00

tEPORT OF THE
OUBSC MISS
REFUGE,IONERS ON II AR-
OF
Yesterday morning was issued the report of the commis-
tioners appointed to " complete the inquiry in the terms
recommended in the report of the select committee of the
House of Commons, in 1858, on harbours of refuge."
On the east coast of Scotland the commissioners recom-
- mend the construction of refuge harbours at Wick and
Beterhead. For the first they recommend a grant of
£125,000, on condition that an equal sum be raised in the
locality, and £25,000, it seems, is already provided by the
British Fishery. Society. For Peterhead tl:ey advise a,
grant of £lOO,OOO, to be met by a sum of £200,000 raised
inttlic locality.
On the north and east cost of Ireland, the commissioners
hid it desirable that harbOers should be constructed at
Carlingford, by a grant of 250,000; and at Waterford by
es similar outlay,. The conversion of Carlingford in`,o
?a refuge, harbour, combined with the existence of thea at
:KingstoWn, the improvement of Waterford for pneposes of
refuge to the largest ships, and the excellent natura‘
harbour of ,Cork, will the commissioners anticipate, form
ample provision ser shelter in those two distiicts comprised
_ between Lough Stanford and Wicklow., and between
Carnsotn point and the ;Old Head of Kinsale ; these, they
believe, will tend materially to diminish the casualties,
unhappily too frequent amongst the numerous shipPieg
freqyentiiig `the Irish Channel.
The magnitude of the coasting trate, proceeding mind
the Latitl's End. on voyages to and from the north toast of
Cornwall and the Bristol Channel, •'has induced the cemmis-
sitiers to recommend the construdiiion of a refuge harbour
in St. Pee's Bay, by means of a grant not eteeeding
240;00. Another harbour is .recommended at Douglas,
ISle of Man, 'a grant of 25/0,`.000 to be made for the
"ptirpese—the same sum to be ;raised in the locality; and a
rseventh at Pa.detow, for which £40,000 should be voted.
• ''The'constinetion of life haibours is next very earnestly;
'recommended: at the entrance of the Tyne and -at Hartle-,
`pool, arid a 'rational refuge harbour at File: 7. The sum
£250;000-the commissioners submit should 'be granted in
aid of the improvement fof the Tyne, to meet a sum a
• 2750,000'raised in the locality, and £300;0013 of which will
'be providOa by the Tyne Improvement Commission. For
the Hartlepool harbour the grant would be £500,000, tthe
same amount to be raised in the locality; and for the At
Filey, '&00,000.
The amount of grants proposed by the commissioners
-(22,34000 in all) i 5865,000 more thanthe sums proposed
'by the select committee of the Horne of Commons. The
report treats of a system by which loans may be granted
to` promote the coatruction on improvement of harbours
and -piers. The necessary authority the commissioners
think might be safely lodged in a. publie departmeet under
the direct control of parliament. All applications for
loans for harleaurs might, accorefingly,in the firsfinstance,
belabmitted to the Board of Trade, whose preliminary sane-
• bon, concurrently with that of the Board of Admiralty when
required, would:be necessary. 'The sanction and recommen=
-Titan of the boardp-rTiosedlo 'be abolished being reported
-to the Loat. Commissioners, the application woura be'finalVi
f'disPosed of upon the principles which parliament might lay
--down-for-the-regulation of their proceedings ; and in fram-
ing an act -for regulating the advance of loans for the
'construction'of harbours, some 'departure from-the existing
• /cistern- mould be necessary. " There are many tidal arid
other harbemrs," say the commissioners, " susceptible -of
great improvement situated on various parts• of the coast,
exclusive 7iif those to which we have recommended that
grants be made, where a sum of money expended in deepen-
ing or I.la4raproving them would-contribute;in a very great
degree to save life and property?'
From a•-tabular statement which is given in the report,
it appears that the sum required 'by way of loan 'in- the
mode receramended, for the purpose of constructing these
harbours; will not be less than £1,268,00D, and the •com-
missioners advise that applications for 'loans proceeding
from the localities selected •by them for harbours shall, 'in
virtue of their national character, be granted in' preference
' to all others.
With the exception of one member,the commissioners' ere
of opinion that as these harbours are national undertakings,-
a passing toll should not be levied for their erection or
•maintenance. In all cases the area-of refuge created in
whole or in part by the expenditure of public funds,- ahould
be placed under direct government control, in order to
ensure its application strictly to that purpose, and the prac-
tice at present followed in the existing refuge harbours, of
not levying any due on vessels resorting to them• for
shelter, should be strictly adhered to.
The commissioners further recommend that in no •case
should assistance, either by grant or loan, be given when
' funds raised by a tax upon shipping are not expended for
purely shipping purposes, and that Government supervision'
as respects the execution of the works, and the due applica-
tion of the funds to their intended purposes, should be the
invariable accompaniment of government aid.

OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE LIVERPOOL AND BIRXENHEAD
POLICE. The second annual report of Lieutenant4Colonel
Woodford, inspector of constabulary, en the police of the
Northern counties, has just been printed. The inspector's
special report on the police of Liverpool is as fellows :
"The police force of the borough of Liverpool consists of
one head constable, 10 superintendents, 19 clerks, 48
inspectors, 29 bridewell-keepers, one store-keeper, one
coroner's officer or beadle, 14 detectives, and .1850 'con-
stables, making a total f 973 men, of whom 17 have
been added during the last year. This force was -in-
spected on the 2nd and 3rd of July, and found 'in a
most complete and satisfactory state of efficiency and. dis-
cipline ; the clothing and accoutrements were •of good
quality and in excellent serviceable condition. The various
station houses, bridewells, and cells were clean and in good
order ; but it appeared to the inspector that two or three of
the smaller bridewells were not quite suitable for the con-
finement of prisoners generally, but especially those of a
disorderly or refractory character, from the circumstances
of the cells being wholly, or in a very considerable degree,
under ground. An allowance of £l5O a year is
granted to the head constable, to provide himself
..with house and horse. The great numerical
strength of this establishment, and the high degree
of efficiency in which it is constantly maintained,
merits, in the opinion of the inspector, the most favourable
consideration of the Secretary of State." Of the Birkenhead
force, the inspector reports in a manner equally favourable.
•On the 29th of September last, it consisted of one superin-
-tetident, one clerk, four inspectors, one sergeant, and
-thirty-four constables, being a total of sixty-one men, or
,one constable to 841 of the population, the proportion in
Liverpool being one to 1,466. When inspected on the 3rd
of June, it was found in a very satisfactory state of discip-
line and efficiency, and the clothing and equipments of the
men complete and in good order. The report closes with a
repetition of the eulogium pronounced by the inspector on
the borough police of Liverpool.
CAUTION TO ADVERTISERS FOR SITUATIONS.—At the
'Clerkenwell Police Court, on Tuesday, Win. Heathcoate,
aged 36, of 52, Rochester Road, Camden Town, a fashion-
ablyattired man, was placed at the bar, on remand, before
Mr. Conie, charged with obtaining money from several per-
sons,
under the false pretence that he could obtain them
_situations. The first witness called Has John Charles
Jackson, who stated : On the 29th of October last, I
advertised in the Times newspaper for a situation, as
book-keeper. In reply to that advertisement I received
A communication signed, "W. Heathcoate, 52, Rochester
Road, Camden Road Villas," which stated that, " a
steady respectable young man will be required shortly
in an iron wprks and manufacturer's, in the north.
He will be required to keep the books, and to
attend to the yard duties, and it is requisite that he is able
to make a copy of a working drawing, but this may be
easily acquired. A young married man would be preferred,
as a portion of a dwelling-house on the premises, gas, coals,
Sm., Will be furnished him, with a very liberal salary, but
he must be a confidential and trustworty person. * * *
-it may be as well to add, his services will not be required
-before the second week in November, and there will be
some expenses attending the matter, which if he is not in
1 1150tition •to meet it will be useless paying attention to
." in consequence of this communication, I went to
Ile w
the address
rnresse named, and saw the prisoner, who . stated that
gaitnr nager for Messrs. Williams and Company,
y ironworks Chester - that he was empowered
by that firm to
o Oiler, at a salaryis if upthe situation of clerk and
himself to use £l2O per annum, and pledged
b
endeavours to get the salary
raised. On the 2nd col
prisollSiTeervember, I entered into an
agreement with the
be
end on the 4th I again
saw him, and he said it would
the
nnocessary for me to get
some money to go down by
next morning train. He
asked me to lend him some money,
said
lent him £5, and
be gave me an I 0 U. He alsobe It would be neces-
sary that he should have £2O, to
therepaid
ow atn
commencementt h e en d
oo
ff
three months from the date of
get
tine
night
my duties, and that must go
iesarney.
by the mail train to my father, to
He gave me a note to my father, which
write: On the sth of November I went to my saw him
in Yorkshire, and sent the prisoner £5 more by Posetl2
dfice order. The prisoner wrote back, saying he was
surprised that only £5 had been sent, and afterwards
zI ant the remaining £l5. On the 10th I received a letter
fona the prisoner, then at Chester, which stated that
lie was off to the north on business, but that he would
shortly communicate fully with me. The next letter I
received was from town, asking for more money, and after-
wards four wore letters on the same subject. In. December
I came up to town, went to 52, Rochester Road, when the
landlady said the prisoner had left about three weeks or a
month. M. Come said he should remand the case for
a week, as he was determined that it should be fully inves-
tigated. Sergeant Lock, 21 N, said there were numerous
cases against the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded,
1)41 being refused.---lienclon Paper,