The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-12 00:00:00

Eli:- NORTEE RN TIME Ss-LIVE'', POOL, TUES DA

loading and discharging cargoes in the Stanley
Dock are as good as can be had under cxis:ing-
circumstances ; and he retorts upon those ho
complain upon the subject, by telling us that
if any inconvenience IC arisen, or shippers
subjected to annoyance or loss, it is our own
fault, as we would not permit him to carry out
his four million Dock scheme. This is a

statement which we consider, unsupported by
facts. The Dock space, if judiciously arranged
and properly managed, would be amply suffi-
cient for the steam trade of the port. Undue
advantages are conferred upon particular firms,
to the injury of others. This, of itself, is
enough to cause great dissatisfaction ; for as
Mr. HUBBACK properly remarked at the Dock
Committee on Thursday, "it is only equitable
that each party should come in share and share
alike." The Dock Committee may fancy that
they are doing all they can, or should do, for the
accommodation of the steam-ship interest of
the port, This we dispute, for not one of the
Dock Committee have stated that there is 'an
ample supply of loading and unloading apparatus.
Were it otherwiie, there would be no difficulty
in affording much greater accommodation in the
Stanley Dock. Celerity in loading or unloading
a ship is the main element to be attended to.
But that can never be attained, if the apparatus
provided is not only deficient in quantity, but
defective in quality.
The trade of Liverpool must not be permitted
to leave uS through .the inactivity and supine-
ness of our Dock Rulers. Mr. TUItNEIt and his
colleagues must, therefore, apply their mind to a
remedy for the evils complained of by Messrs.
BIBBY and Co. They must lay down the prin-
ciples of_impartiality and punctuality in all their
movements, Their, officials must be active and
energetic, and not given to " take things easy."
What Southampton does, should be easily per.
formed in Liverpool; for nothing has been urged
which warrants a contrary opinion. The de-
mands of Messrs BIBBY and Company are per-
fectly fair and legitimate, and if the Dock Com-
mittee are anxious to praserve the trade of the port,
they must at once agree to the offer made in the
letter of the 6th inst. Let them erect, without
delay, ample loading and unloading apparatus,
and re-arrange their berthing accommodation so
as to afford to all parties the utmost extent of
convenience and facilities for carrying on their
respective trades, and if this falls short of the
requirements of the port let us go to Parliament
for increased means and powers to manage the
vast estate committed to their care. Hesitation in
such a case will be most prejudicial, and would
merit the utmost indignation of a disappointed
and betrayed people.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A day or two singe, a person named
Charles O'Neill fell into the hold of the ship Dragoon, in
the Princes dock, and was so much injured that he died in
the Northern Hospital yesterday.
CLA.YTON HALL —Ye%terrhy evening Mr. W. 11. Swan-
bereugh opened the hall with an entertainment c tiled the
" Evening Party." The most we can say of this "party'
is that there were sixteen persons in the house (we counted
them several times), six of the whole being members of the
Press. The entertainment wes bad in quality, and the
best thing the performer can do is to " shut up."
THE WAVERTREE LOCAL BOARD OF Heamer.—The
monthly meeting of the Commissioners of this Board was
held last evening at tha Public office, Wavertree. The
business transacted was purely of a routine character, and
nothing of the slightest public importance transpired,
except the correspondence with regard to the enclosure of
the Towns Green, which has so long been under diecussior,
but upon which no steps ware taken. It was agreed to
erect a pinfold in the township.
THE HUNDRED OF WIRRALL COURT LEFT.—We under-
stand that some of the principal local authorities of the
township of Tranmere bare ben served wi h warrants
issued from the above court, in accordance with the finding
of the jury at the meeting held at Nestor' on Thurs lay Loot,
for having neglected to cover in an old well, which was
stated to be a nuisance and dangerous to life. It will be
recollected, from the report of the proceedings which
appeared in THE NORTHERN TIMES of Friday last, that
a fine of £5O was inflicted, and ordered to be levied, if the
well was not covered in within a month.
THE ROYAL CHARTER.—This splendid steam clipper
goes into the river to-day. She takes her departure for
Melbourne on Friday next, and, under the command of
Captain Taylor, she is expected to make a successful and
rapid run. Since her arrival, short although the time has
been, she has been newly painted, and now presents to the
visitor a cheerful and attractive appearance. Indeed every
one who has bearded her of late, have been struck with the
neatness, beauty, and order of her arrangements. It is
gratifying to know that she will go out with a very large
complement of passengers, a full and valuable cargo, and
will carry nut a ship letter mail.
"SHARE WENT THE Dove COTE !"—At the Police-
court, yesterday, before Mr. Mansfield, Thomas Southern,
whose head was bandaged up, and partially covered with
blood, was charged with having assaulted pol:ceman 807.
On Saturday night, at eleven o'clock, he was on duty in
Galton-street, when he was called into a back house, where
there were two pigeon' houses fell of " birds," which the
prisoner was trying to steal. Oa the appearance of the
officer the prisoner attempted to escape by the roof of the
house, but fell in the attempt, and hurt his head rather
severely., He afterwards assaulted the officer and knocked
him down. He was fined £2, or, in default of payment,.
two months' imprisonment.
THE ALLEGED STARTATION CASE AT ST. HELENS.—
Yesterday, the adjourned hearing of this case, before the
magistrates, at St. Helens, was resumed before a densely
crowded court. The excitement in St. Helens on the
part of the populace, was most intense. Mary Johnston,
was charged with nearly starving to death, her step child,
Elizabeth Johnston. The father of the child was gardener
to Mr. Pilkington, chief magistrate of St. Helens. Several
witnesses were examined both for arid against the female
prisoner, for the charge against the male prisoners had been
previously withdrawn, and after the magistrates retiring
for a short time, they returned into ceurt, and stated that,
although there was no moral doubt of the prisoners in-
humanity, there was not suffieient'evidence to legs ly con-
vict her. Tne prisoner was accordingly discharged.

A young lady became so much dissatisfied with a person
to whom she was engaged to be married that she dismissed
him. In revenge he threatened to publish her letters to
him. "Very well," replied the lady, I nave no reason
to ba ashamed of any part of my letters except the
address."

DESPBRATE ASSAULT BY A POACHER ON FOUR POLICE-
MEN, AT BRADFORD.—At the West Idling Magistrates'
COurt, Bradf rd, on Saturday, a powerfully-built young
man, named George Armstrong, who is by trade a tailor
hat a frequently convicted poacher, was charged with com-
mitting a desperate assault upon four policemen when in
the execution of their duty. Nearly three weeks previous
he did not appear in answer to a summons on a charge of
poaching; and police constable Ingieby, hearing that he
was in a beerhouse near George-street, went thither
accompanied by police constables Cameron, Whitaker, and
Marsland, with a walnut of commitment; but no sooner
had logiehy told him the nature of his object, than he
seized hold of him, and ferociously bit him on b is
Turning next upon Whitaker, he kicked him severely on
the legs, and tore his trousers from top to bottom. By
mere force, however, they succeed ,d in dragging him to a
back door, where he again, by struggling, got free, and
then lifted an earthenware spittoon and broke it in pieces
on Cameron's bead. But at last be was captured and
draggA away. During the atEay, the landlord, whose
name is James Bland, endeavoured, by holdin4 the door
clos?; to obstruct the officers, and for this he will have to
be called to account. The prisoner was ordered to pay a
Sae of £2O for his assault upon logleby, and £lO for that
upon the other two officers, and in default was committed
two months upon each separate charge, in all six months,
to commence at the'teimination of the two months to which
he was previously sentenced.