Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-04 00:00:00

)f.the. high? Ij-el. coal railway' sh

eelleeted by the eompan

TT, in moving

mgrmation of

said thqt aft(

Occupied an hoar and a-half or two hours;.the commit-
tee found that no real blame could be attached to Cap-
,
taiu'll-inrichon, for the transaction hail taken Place in

the dark ; the brandy had foam
frOnt:some one of the dock gatemen
son; in fact the whole affair was a Mystery
Mr. ROUNTIMAITE seconded the motion

Is way into

us !Wads

some other per-

3ROCKLREANK asked if the change intho manage
the'high level railway would- make • it: mor
for the general purpoies of the trade.

Th'o:CHAn

1,4. said there was to he no alteration in
nagement. The railway companies simply

ke to carry out an agreement that had not until
now 'ow. perfected. In reference,to the master of the
HuskiAcin Dock,' the chairman observed that the case
was one 'of those which should meet with the greatest
possible. condemnation at the bands of the boar. ' No
doubt the Docks and Quays Committee had juvestigattl
the matter, and come to a pfoper conclusion.unon it
Mr:. SMITH regretted to hay
'Mg fallen from. Mr. Lock(
man.: With those gentlemen, he equally deprecated
bribery in officials, and would punish them severely
when 'detected; but the case of Mr. Hinrichstm could not
be put upon such a footing. It seemed that on the night
ittf qtrestion, durin,,,c, a . dreadful gale, a steam vessel was
going out of dock, and there were present the dock-
master, a servant of Mr: Inman's, and the captain of
the City of Baltimore. The captain said Ifinrichson
had better go on board and have something to drink,
but the doekmaster replied ho could not do so, as it
wonli interfere with. the discharge of his duty. Mr.
Iniaan's young man, Mr. Alexander, said that the cap-
tain had better send a couple of glasses of wine on shore.
Smile time afterwards two bottles were let down into the
hands of orie of the dock gatemen, Who knew nothing of
them. They passed amongst the people there, and sub-
sequently came into the hands of the dockmaster, when,
at the moment, a revenue officer came up, took the bot-
tles, and finding they contained brandy, brought him be-
fore the magistrates, by whom he was fined. The'fact
was, the: whole was a mistake ; there was nothing in
which any honest man could convict Mr. Hinrichson of
either bribery or smuggling ; and he protested that he
would never be a party to the conviction of any man on
insufficient evidence

heard .the. re

which

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Ile chair-

Mr. LimAN had not heard 'anything of this case until
a day or two ago. Ile could assure the board that no
one more regretted that this case had occurred than he
did, and that such a transaction was contrary to his re-
peaterlly expressed convictions.
Mr. BOULT believed the committee had acted properly,
bat demurred to the remark of Mr. Smith that there was
nothing upon which honest men would venture to con-
vict
Mr. llinrichson.
The proceedings were then confirmed.

THE EFFECT OF THE GALE

A letter was read, signed by the Rev. Mr. Tobin,
informing the board that a portion of the river wall, in
front of his house, between Seacombe and New Brighton
had been thrown doWn during; the late storm. A hope
was expressed that the damage done would be repaired,
as it was likely that in the event of another storm, the
whole of the wall might be washed down, and the build-
ings near should also suffer.

'The CumumAN said they would perhaps refer the
letter to the Works Committee, but it was obvious that
the Dock Board could not sanction the rebuilding of all
the walla that might come down between Seacombe and
New Brighton.
The letter was referred to the Works Committee.
THE LANDING STAGES.
The consideration of the alterations of the landing-
stage;, &c., was resumed on the following motion,
TIZ.

That the report of the Works Committee on the alterations
r irdkennehweaapproacheshors
to the landing-stages at Liverpool and
adopted. eS, carriages, carts, and goods traffic, be
- Mr. BusnELL, who had moved the adjournment of
the debate last, week, re-opened it to-day. He said—
Mr/Chairman,_in resuming the debate upon the
report.t
of the Works Committee, perhaps the board willerZ
nie'to-remind them that, as regards the principle,
Ward his collie to an unanimous determination by ac-
cepting -the iesolation Which I had the honour and the
pleasure to move on the 7th
.of- April last. I think it
RUSsn'tirteolnelltieoll-thig- so- that there maybe no mis-
understanding on the point. The resolution I proposed
was as folloWs :1-
--111.accni,t74,41nion of this board, it is of the highest im-
portante to Me interests of this trust, which are now so deeply
involved inithe progress and success of Birkenhead, that every
possible facility be obtained for the passage of the river as
regards goods, produce, and passengers.
That resolution was passed .unanimously, and there-
fore what we are called together to consider to-day
is not whether this .work is necessary, for that we have
already determined, but, rather, the question before us
now is, NyMn thetWOk shall be done, how it shall be
done, ind at who,se cost it shall be done ; and to these
considerations 1'1.411 now address my observations. As
to when the work shall be done seems to me_ to be the
first and most important consideration. To this lam
prepared to reply that the interest of our estate demands
that it should be done immediately. And, further, I
hope I shall be able to show that the present is the
most favourable•lmoment for doing the work. Now,
sir, in proof that the interests of our estate' demand
immediate action, let me call the recollection of the