Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

Co math! glxlcs.—T"{j{.i Dap.

/irshre a clock, at the brokers' office, 16. Exchange-buildirizs, 25
rusks-ra'm Nat Oil, and 150 casks Palm Oil.—J. H. Rayner and Co.
attyr-tre o'clock, 2.347 bas Rice, a quanti y of Guano, and 874 bags
Swo F: our. --Cox Brothers.
!-,'aS•re o'clock, at the brokers' office, Oldhall-street, 70 cheats
lufigo.—:Buchanan, Browne and Co.
ar Twer:? o'cloclr, at the broker's office, 12, T ancaster-buildings,
t 6 tons Lard.—Wrod and Redish.

iitireve etqcwk. at the broker's office,Victoria-buildings,
ivy, 4, cases Mother O'P:arl • he Is —Corrie and Co.
glit Users.' e o'clock, at the broker,' offive, 9, Rumford-street, 1000 bags
liCke.—Whitaker, Whitehead and Co.
AD !were o'clock, at the brokers' office, 8.0 bags Linseed Cake.—
Irtgland, Sons and Jeff, eys.
tseuive o'clock, at the brokers' office, 5, Exchange-alley West,
Itt exits and 5 serous Indigo.—Pryce and Lace.
Mt twelve o'c'eck. at the public s'leroom, Escharge buildings, a
Taratay of Indigo and Cotton.—T. an I H. Litt'edale and Co.
~LLasse o'c'ock, at the broker's oTce, Royal Rank-bnildings, about
V 4 bale, Cotton, and a quantity Pit.hings.—Newall and Clayton.

~gv• For particulars see Viverts

PTT3T,T.O M.E.ErINGS, &c.

pointed out the inconvenience which would result
from the delay proposed, the Bench not only
deferred judgment, but ordered a further hearing.
Tuesday was the day appointed for that purpose,
but there was another disappointment. It was
nearly one o'clock before any magistrate
appeared in the Second Court, and at that hour
it was deemed inexpedient to go into the Smoke
Nuisance cases. They were accordingly
adjourned until yesterday, and, as our readers
will observe, have at length been re-heard,
decided, and judgment pronounced thereon.
Now, no less than three separate attendances
had to be given by the parties summoned for
infringement of the Smoke Nuisance Act. They
have been obliged to sacrifice their time to
satisfy the whims of the local magistracy. We
repeat, such treatment is intolerable. An in-
difference to the duties of a magistrate should
disqualify any gentleman on the " roll" from
holding' the commission of the peace. Some of
the parties would, we doubt nct, much rather have
paid ten times the amount of fine inflicted than
squander their time in such a manner. And we
have no doubt, that if a proper representation
was made to the Home Office or to the Lard
Chancellor, either would soon find .a remedy for
evils so unjustifiable and monstrous in the
extreme.

Meantime, we think the grievance has
assumed such a shape and extent that the Cor-
poration should now seriously consider the
question of appointing a second paid magis-
trate. When we consider the population
of Liverpool, and the variety of characters
which inhabit the town, as well as the
vast numbers of sailors and seafaring men
who frequent the port, also the numerous
local Acts of Parliament, the infringement of
which forms subjects of magisterial investiga-
tion, and, not unfrequently, the argumentation
of disputed points of law, another paid magis-
trate appears indispensible.
We have often contended that one Stipendiary
is not able to attend to all these matters, and
more particularly if he is so often called upon to
consider all the cases single-handed. Let the
Corporation take the metropolis into their consi-
deration,.where, with a population of two millions,
it has eight or nine police courts, the aggregate
number of cases belonging to which are by no
means in proportion with
.the population of
Liverpool, and its criminal statistics. The late
Mr. RUSHTON, who was deemed a model of a
Stipendiary Magistrate, complained of the
extent of duties he had to perform ; but at present
he would have had still greater cause to murmur,
as both the population and Acts of Parlia-
ment have undergone changes of a most im-
portant character since his day. We hope from
what has occurred.that something will be done,
and that soon, so thtit the public will be
relieved from annoyances alike intolerable and
injurious.

AT last there is an end to the dispute between
the people of Liverpool, the Cittonocracy of
Manchester, and the Directors of the Great
Western and other Railway Companies, respect-
ing the Conservancy of the Mersey, and the
future regulation and management of the Liver-
pool and Birkenhead Docks. It appears that the
Committee acting for the Dock Trustees, after
maturely considering their present position and
future prospects, should they oppose Sir
JAMES GRAHAM'S amended Bill, came to
the conclusion it was better to allow
that measure to pass. In taking this
course, they were, uo doubt, influenced by the
threat held out by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, on Mon-
day night, that should the arrangement entered
into between the contending parties, and sanc-

tioned by a Committee of the House of
Lords, not be passed into a law next
Session, the Corporation of Liverpool would
have to renew the fight of the Town Dues, as
the arrangement now proposed of granting

1,500,000/. consideration would be null and void•
It was, therefore, judicious, under the circum-
stances, to show no further fight ; seeing that, in
all probability, the amount of compensation—if
any—might have been much reduced, and still
further injuries inflicted upon the Borough at
large. As matters stand, it is quite evident that
both the Dock Trustees and the Liverpool Cor-
poration could not obtain better terms, otherwise
they would, no doubt, have continued the con-
test still further-

We are aware that many parties may find
fault with the Dock Trustees for not exercising
their right, and opposing Sir JAMES GRAHAM'S
new Bill and thereby staving off the settlement
of all the questions—Town Dues, and Liverpool
and Birkenhead Docks' Extension ; and such
objectors should bear in mind that the oppo-
sition to the new Bill was merely to certain
clauses relating to the extension of the Birken;
head Docks, the plans for which as sanctioned
by the House of Lords, have been considered
antagonistic to the interests of LiverpOol. The
schemes of Mr. RENDAL are sanctioned in their
entirety, and ordered to be proceeded _ with at
once.

It is true that this, of itself, is not such as the
people of Liverpool , could desire ; but, consi-
dering the arduous character and duration . of
the contest, the Dock Trustees were obliged to
make the most they could of the charge colli-
mated to their care. , -Moreover, they felt that
to postpone the matter until the next Session
would be to subject the Dock Estate and the
Liverpool Corporation to all the trouble,
and overwhelming expenditure 'of a fresh contest.

THE NORTHERN TIMES. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20. 1857.

These, by the way, particularly the latter, have
not been trifles, and it is very probable that the '
promoters of the Mersey Conservancy Bill, being
compelled to go to Parliament next year, would
be goaded on to a most furious deter-
mination to worst the interests of Liverpool to
the utmost extent, and endeavour to obtain a
transfer of the Town Dues without any " con-
sideration." Parliament, too, both Lords and
Commons, might have viewed the opposition of
the Dock Trustees in an unfavourable light, and
therefore be disposed to grant the demands of
the promoters of the Bill in full. In any case,
a renewal of the contest next year would have
entailed upon the ratepayers a fearful amount of
expenditure, without the prospect of reaping a
single penny of advantage. This year the cost
of opposing the Bill has been enormous, as the next
financial statement of the Corporation will show ;
but then we have gained a something by the pro-
tracted and expensive battle, and compelled the
wily Baronet of Netherby, Sir JAMES GRAHAM,
to retract his opinions, and double the amount cf
compensation he recommended the House of
Commons to sanction for the " Town Dues."
Under all the circumstances of the case, and
seeing that there was no hope of mending the
terms already obtained, by further parliamentary
litigation, we must approve of the determination
of the Dock Trustees to forego further opposition,
and to allow these much-vexed questions to be
settled as arranged by the Committee of the
House of Lords. The people of Liverpool now
know the worst of the matter, and can make
their arrangements accordingly. Had the pro-
moters of the Bill got their will, they would have
confiscated the Town Dues without a penny of
compensation, and left the inhabitants of Liver-
pool to provide ways and means for the manu-
facturing districts of Lancashire to carry on
their business through our streets without con-
tributing, either directly or indirectly, to the costs
connected therewith.

Now that the contest is over, and the Mersey
Conservancy Bill about to become law, we would
ask—what have the promoters of the measure
gained by their bitter and outrageous attack
against the interests of Liverpool ? Their prime
object was the transfer of the Town Daes. To
effect that they had recourse to all sorts of special
pleading, misrepresentation, and one-sided evi-
dence. The legal title of the Corporation of
Liverpool to the Town Dues they assailed, and
were foiled by the lucid, masterly, and
unanswerable legal evidence of our Town Clerk.

Tile application of a portion of these dues to
other than shipping purposes, was also stigma-
tised as contrary to the spirit of the law, but
the objectors forgot to consult the history of the
Municipal Corporations' Act, and the discussions
which ensued thereon, else they would have
paused ere they ventured on such forbidden

ground. This it was, no doubt, which induced
the Commons Committee to grant us the
paltry 750,0001, as compensation. But the
Town Dues are still to exist, and the Alen of
Manchester must continue to pay their 2d. per
bale on Cotton, and 2d. per case on goods.

In point of fact, they are not ecuniary gainers.
They must still pay the dues, and have not
obtained a voice in the management of the
Dock Trust. Their sweeping measure of reform,
to allow every dock ratepayer, whether resident
in Madagascar, Kamschatka, or the furthermost
portion of the globe, to vote by proxy, has been

rejected, and ten miles around Liverpool is the

extent of the limit of residence of the new Dock

Trustees. Taking everything into consideration,
the promoters of the Mersey Conservancy Bill
have paid dearly for their " whistle and we
should add, " Serve them right." Their scheme
was hatched in the spirit of avarice and jealousy,

and a desire to meddle with and control the
Municipal affairs of the Borough of Liverpool.
They have been partially successful, and would
have been more so were it not for the wise
counsels of the Upper Chamber of the Legislature.
Well, indeed, may every one interested in the
progress and prosperity of Liverpool exclaim,
with fervency and zeal—

" THANK GOD WE HAVE A HOUSE OF LORDS !

We are obliged to omit the report of the West Derby
Guardians from the pressure on our space,
RECIIABITES:—On Monday evening last, the members
and friends of the Liver 'rent celebrated their anniversary
by holding a tea meeting, at Hope Hall. Upwards of 400
members of the order of Rechabites asssembled on the
occasion. Brother E. Lovelady. H.C. ft., took the chair,
and the meeting was addressed by Bros. Wright, the
Secretary, the D.C.R.'s John Carter and John Brown, and
D.S. Atkinson. The utmost good feeling prevailed, and
one of the speakers dwelt very forcibly on the evil ten-
dency of holding benefit society meetings in public houses.
The temperance choir sung several select pieces.
IMPROVEIIENT3 IN BOLD-STREET.—Amongst the im-
provements in many:shops in Bold-street that we have
noticed lately, thatcof Mr. Ellerbeck, the large and
eminent stationer, attracts general attention. The
departments are ample, and laid out Eta thl best advantage,
showing taste rarely to be met with. People like to be
pleased where they lay out money, and here taste, as well
as purses, is consulted—in these respects the establish-
ment in vestion has few (if any) equals in town. Some
of the most beautiful, fancy, and other articles we have
seen in the line, will be found in this house, which vies
with any in the metropolis.

FON.EitA.L OF SIR JOHN BRNT.—The funeral of this
lamented gentleman took place yesterday morning, when,
at half-past 11 o'clock, his remains were conveyed from
the family residence,.in Rape-lane, to the new cemetery,
Smithdown-lane. The- Superintendence of the funeral
was intrusted to the eminent,house of Melsrs. Woolriglats
of Bold-street, a house Second to none, even in the
metropolis, for the excellent and satisfactory arrange-
ments which they make in all respects, and in every
branch of their extensive business. The funeral
appliances furnished by this firm, were in accordance with
those of the late Earl of Sefton (furnished by the same
firm). ' The coffin was plain black, with a simple inscrip-
tion. There, were several public bodies, including the
licensed victuallers, that expressed themselves anxious to
have the. Tutiiral a bublic one, and we understand an
application on this point was made to Lady Bent, who,
although duly appreciating the compliment, most respect-
fully declined, as it was her wise, and those of her
friends, that the funeral should be as private as possible.
The carriage of the Mayor, with about eight or ten other
carriages, were in the procession, and a number of gentle-
men met the coffin at the:chapel of the cemetery. The
funPral service was read by the Rev. Mr. Davies, in the
most impressive manner, and the body was' consigned to
its last resting place, amid general regret. Sir John was
much respected and popular in all relativas of life. The
arrangements of -Messrs. Woolright gay.e general satisfac-
tion to the large apd respectable assembly that attended
the funeral.