The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-30 00:00:00

The Admiralty Pier at Dover.

The subjoined correspondence was laid before
the Der Town Council at their meeting yes-
terday :
"To THE RIGHT HON. LORD VISCOUNT
PALMERSTON.

" Dover, Dec. 22.

"My Lord,—l am desired by the Corporation of
this town to solicit your lordship's aid in a matter
which is felt to be of great importance in connexion
with the new Admiralty Pier. In the month of
September last certain regulations were issued by
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for the
working of the railway trains and the admission of
the public, and on the 16th of that month a letter
was addressed to the Admiralty, pointing out the
inconvenience which those regulations cause. Not
receiving a reply to that letter, a further communis
cation was addressed to my Lords on Nov. 17,
asking to be favoured with an answer, but none has
been received. I have the honour to enclose a
copy of the letter of the 16th September, that your
Lordship may know what are the inconveniences
complained of. The Mayor has since received from
an inhabitant a letter of complaint upon the same
subject, of which I beg to enclose a copy, and'your
Lordship may not perhaps have seen a letter which
appeared in the Times newspaper a few days since,
from a stranger, stating the grievance which he had
to complain of. The Lords of the Admiralty not
having taken any notice of the communications ad-
dressed to them, the Corporation venture to appeal
to your Lordship as the Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports, and to express a hope that your Lordship
will kindly aid them in getting some modifications
of regulations which injuriously affect the interests
of the port, and are felt by the public to be need..
lessly harsh and oppressive.

" I have the honour to be, &c.,
"EDWARD KNOCKER, Town Clerk."
" To the Worshipful the Mayor of Dover.
" Admiralty, Dec. 27.

"Sir—With reference to your letter of the 6th of
September last, complaining on behalf of the Cor-
poration of Dover of the power given by the ' Pier
Regulations' for the exclusion of the general public,
and suggesting that the municipal authorities be
authorised to issue tickets of admission, I am corn•
mandesl-by my LordaCommissioners of the Admiralty
to state that experience having been gained during
the last three months of the practical working of
the trains on the pier, their Lordships fled that
that there are not sufficient reasons for making any
material alteration in the regulations as established
for the guidance of their officers in charge of the
arrangements on the pier. It must be borne in mind
that the Admiralty Pier is virtually a station for
the trains of two important lines of railway, and
that the operations in connection with the mail
service and general traffic of passengers and
goods have to be carried on within the
limited area of a pier originally designed for the
use of the packets and foot passengers only, and
I am to add that with every desire to meet the
wishes and convenience of the principal autho-
rities, their lordships cannot consent to modify the
regulations, which have been found to work very
satisfactorily. They, however, see no objection to
the Mayor and local authorities, as well as others
on urgent occasions, having free access to the pier
whenever admission may, in the opinion of the re-
sponsible officer, be granted, with due regard to
security and the convenience of the service; and Mr
Bruce has been instructed accordiogly.—l am, Sir,
your obedient servant,

" W. G. ROMAINE."

The Town Council expressed their determination
not to remain quiescent with the present arbitrary
restrictions,
_and finally decided nn addressing
another letter to Lord Palmerston, pointing out how
the allegations of the Admiralty authorities were
contrary to the facts, intimating that if these
means failed to obtain the much-needed modifica-
tions, they would get the matter brought before
Parliament in the next Session.

REDUCTION OF RAILWAY CHARGES TO AND FROM
LIVERPoOL.—The London and North Western
Company have at length yielded to the long and loudly ex-
pressed remonetrances of the mercantile community of
Liverpool, and announced their intention of reducing the
carriage on goods to inland towns from 83 4d a ton to 6s Bd.
It ie hoped that the company will follow this up by equalis•
ing the charges upon other products with those made upon
the traffic; from and to other ports,

---
DEATH OF A CHILD BY FlRE.—Yesterday
evening a little girl named Matilda Atherton, five
years of age, residing with her parents, in a place called a
" cottage," at the back of No, 4, Noel-street, St. James's,
died in the Middlesex Hospital, from the effects of painful
injuries she received from burning. It appears that the
child was reaching something from the mantelpiece when
her pinafore caught fire, and in a moment she was in flames
Ayounger child's clothes had also become ignited by coming
in contact with the other's. Both children were at once
taken to the above hospital and attended by Mr J A. Smith,
the house-surgeon, when it was found that the younger, two
years and three months old, was burnt about the legs, but
nct to such an extent as to endanger its life. The injuries
the elder child had sustained were however of such a fright-
ful nature that it died an hour after admiesion,