Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

EXTENSION C T 1 DOORS.

Tte following memorial was read from the LiTerpoof
shipowners' Association, and was agreed to at a spec;al
-meetiT g held on the 17th
"so TILE CioMMITTEE•FOR Trip. AFFAIRS OF THE ESTATE Of

Tll°l [MATE'S OF ;HE LTV,. RPOOL DOCKS.

"The Memorial of the Liverpool Shipowner: Aseociaion.
adopted at a special general meeting held on Saturday,
the 17th October, 1837,
Sheweth,—That very serious inconvenience lies been
for some time experierced by the mercantile and shipping
interests of the pert ef Liverpool, in cmsequetece of the
great went of snfficient dock accommodation, and as the
trade of the port is constantly increasing to an extent
beyond all contempbetion, the evil complained of requires
the earliest possible remedy.
" That cur memorialists need only refer to the published
returns of the shipping fc qnsntieg the port, calling your
attention to the large tonnegA, great length, and mode of
coestructicn of Vent's at this time, and elpeeieliy steamers,
which have doubl d thEir tonnage in five years, to show the
enormous increwe of trade ; aid it frequently happens
that ships have to lie for weeks in the river till dock space
can be found to admit them, and, when admitted, here to
wait days before quay vpsce can be provided to berth them
either for discharging or lording, to the serious loss and
great inconvenience of the owners and charterers of those
khips, and all persons interestel in their cargoes.
"That your memorialists are aware of vessels being
diverted 'from Liverpool by the want of dock accommoda-
tion, while the ships engaged in the Queb:c trade rarely
can make th, it two voyages wi,hin the season, owing to
the certain detention which awaits them at this port : thus
causing a heavy loss to the income of the dock estate.
"That your memorialists are aware that provision has
been recently made by Parliament for the eomple:ion of the
Birkenhead -docks, and your memorialists trust thst no
delay or impediment will exist in the providing that addi-
tional accommodation; but your memorialists are satisfied
that fhe Birkenhead docks, when completed, will not
provide all the space reqeired by the mercantile and
shipping interests to meet the pregreseive requirements of
the trade of the port, and bearing in mind the fact that
there is a vast amount of trade for which provision must
be made exclusively on the Liverpool side of the river, a
greatincrease Of dock room in Liverpool is necessary.
"That you memorialists have been informed that appli-
cation for ar ew Dock Bill wid be made in the ensuing
seesion, and that the parliamentary notices for the same
will shortly be given; and your memorialists are of opi-
nion that your committee will be ftely justified in including
in Che application the obtaining of -powers to borrow a
aufficient sum to enable the dock trust to extend the dock
accommodation at Liverpool ; and that, locking to the
wants present and pro'pective of the port, your memo-
rialists would submit that it is the duty of your coma
mittee to apply for such powers."
"Your memorialists therefore respectfully request that
your e ramittee will include in the notices for a New
Dock Bill the intention to apply for powers to borrow
money to such an amount as will enable the Mersey Docks
snd Harbour Beard to provide within the earliest prac-
ticable -period a very great increase of dock space, and
especially quay space on the Liverpool side of the Mersey.
" S R GRAV,,c, Chairman."
With the above was the following let er:—
"TO 'DANIEL MASON, FSQ., SECRET Ala TO THE DOCK
COMMITTEE.

" Sh'powner's Association Liverpool, Oct. 19,`1857.
"Sir,—l have been directed by the chairman of the Liver-
pool Shipowners' Association to transmit to you the en
closed memorial for the Dock Committee, upon the subject
of dock extention on the Liverpool side of the Mersey, and
to request that you will be so good as to lay the same
before the committee at their meeting on Thursday next.—
I am, sir, your very obedient servant.
"T. CARSON, Secretary"
The following letter was received from the hle: Hrs.
Booker on the same subject :
" TO THE Tin/STELE OF THE LIVERPOOL DOCNIE.
" Liverpo Al, Oct. 21, 1857.
"Gentlemen—We bag to call your attention to the wan'
of dock accommodation in this port, alike detrimental to
the merchant as well as to the great trust under your
management.
"We have a vessel that arrived some days ago, after a
long passage, with a cargo of shipbuilding timber; but,
owing to the crowded state of the south docks, we have
been nnable to get a~commoda'ion, although the harbour-
master hts done all in hit power to serve us. We, there-
fore, had no alternative but to allow her t 3 remain in the
river, or squeeze her into some other dock where there is
no pcss bitity of discharging a cargo of the kind, and bow
long we may wait no one can tell; for, besides the vessels
in dock, a number are waiting, having a priority of claim
to curs.
" We have three other vessels on their way home with
similar cargoes, which we shall be compelled to send to
some other port. We did hops and trust, in common with
many other merchants, after a parliamentary cireer of no
ordinary lengLl-, your representations would have been
fruccersful in obtaining permission to extend the docks on
ibis side of the river, encouraging rather than discouraging
the trade of th:s port.—We are, gentlemen, your obedient
servants, " GEORGE BOORsR & CO "

At a subsequeni period of the meeting the following
commutications from 'he Chamber of Commerce-were also
read, and had reference to the same subject :
6. TO DANIEL MASON, IN., 13,CRAMAUlt.
" Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool, Oat. 22, 1R57.
4' Sir,—l am directed by the council of this chamber to
hand you the enclosed copy of a resolution pageed by
them to-day, and to erg you will lay the same before the
Duck C nnmitte, if possible, at its meeting to- day.—
I am, sir, your obedient, servant.

"ROBERT MONSON, Secretary "
" Chamfer of Commerce, Liverpool, Oct. 22 1857.
At a special meeting of the council held this day,
Christopher Btuhell, , vice-paesiaent, in the chair, it
was resolved unanimously—' That, considering the
notoricus inadequacy of the pr_sent dock accommodation
of the port, a communication be made to the dock com-
mittee, intimating the strong opinion of this council that
all proper notices should be given for a bill to be iLtroduced
in the ensuing session of Parliament for such powers as
may be needful to provide the due and full extension cf
dock and quay accommodation on the Lanceslure as yt ell
as the Cheshire side cf the Mersey.
(Extracted from the proceedings)
" Mar TROIVON, Secretary."
ATT. BOLD mova I that the whole subject be referred to
the Parliarnewary Committee.
Mr. BARBER thought that it should be referred to the
Work? Committee.

After some conversation, the sulject was referred to the
Parliamentary Committee, wilt the uuderstand;ng that
the ccmmittes should meet and rep )rt on the plat)P, and
that the whole subject shoal be discussed at the next
weekly meeting of the committee.

TIIS NEW FORT.

The resolutir,n adopted at the last-meeting of the Council,
in reference to the tow Fort about to be erected at Liscard,
was read to the committee

TIIE APPiOACHES TO TILE LANDoNG-STAGE.

The report and plans from the sub committee, in re-
ference to the making and altering the present approaches
to the landing-stage, by rzcar3s cf a high level road, was
read.

Tbis subject was also referred to the Parliamentary
Commi-•ee, with the un-lerstandirg that it would be
brought up and discussed at the rent meeting.
A letter was read from Mr Nichol, msking a complaint
against the Harbour Mis•er, for not finding a -terth for the
Ann Powell. The fact was admitted, but the blame, if
any, was cast upon one cf the tubordinates. Rowland ; and
the whole motion was referred to the Harbour Master's
.Committee.

There beirg no other public busiceee, the Commit,tee
adjourned.

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RUzilIA iX CIRCASSIA—rT PEreitzßUßO, CCT. 19, —The
governm-nt here has ja‘t published an (-tibial declaration
to the effect that Anapa, Sonkum-Kalth, and Redoubt-
-Balet,, on the Asiatic coast of-the Black Sea, will alone 1•e
•p:n to foreign ships ; ard that a Russian visa will be
aszepary even for those Forts.