The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-01 00:00:00

the tide waiter was put an board', ~The vestaTailiVel4" „‘ •
at water,, to dock 'till the .271 h; four amOre;w7 eir44'S
landing waiter' and quay berth two days tflore; and afterlbef
cargo was delivered it took another day to jerque her, leaving 16
days for the discharge of the cergisi. which it is said might have
been reduced io cue half of that time if we had had covered
vans and conveyed the cargo away the seine as teat. I have a
statement of the charges immi WO chests of indigo London.
at 19s. 6d. which amount to £97.,105. and in Liverpool it would
be just £5O. this is 100 per cent. in. favour of Liverpool. I think
if after th.S.Mr. Benn is.so much in favour of Londort;be cats
not do better than go there altogether. I have.been informed
of another rapid discharge of cargo in this port since those J
mentioned : the Gipsy discharged 6-1(X) cheats of tea and 100
boxes of silk in 23 hours.
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME said—l haYe. beefs reattestedo.Mr.
Chairman, to attend here this day by the committee, but the
proceeding's have been extended so much by the necessary de-
tails, that I shall not occupy your atjention long. I believe the
question .it one 'of more than oidinary impartance. I don't
know, in all thy experience, that I have ever attended a meet-
iug in which questions of' more primary importance have been
brought forward. It would be quite hypocritical inme to say
that I have no personal interest in this matter, for now I do
that which I believe to be the tight of every man; endeavour to
proteCt my own property. I will yield to no man in my desire
to see my native town progressing, and every facility given on
behalf of commerce; and when necessary for me to make a
sacrifice for the public good, I trust I shall be always ready to
do so; but when I find a measure brought. forward which un-
settles mortgages, and in 'which faith is brokers with owners and
lessees of warehouses, without any fair equivalent, I must op-
pose such a measure. I believe the foundation of all property,
to be lasting must be based on theprinciple of justice; for when
a measure is propounded on theprinciple of expediency alone,
it ought always to be-looked ou with jealousy, fur it is always
liable to suspicion. The dock trustees intend building. fifteen
warehouses, but can they atop theme ? Will they pledge thesis-
selves that they will stop at that number? 1 apprehend not,
sir. When I am told that the average number .of vessels
discharging in the port of Liverpisul 'is generally from two
to three-huddred, and when I find that, only fifteen merchants
could be accommodated at one time by the warehouses to be
built, I ask if the remainder of the vessels to be discharged
ate to wait for the accommodation, because if that is to be the
case, it will only aggravate time evil which thin measure is pro-
posed to cure. If you admit the principle that the Dock Com-
mittee have a right, wielding the public funds, to compete with,
individuals, the plan must be extended, and it is ridiculous to
say that they will stop at erecting these fifteen warehouses. I
think it is wrong in principle to compete against private indi
viduals. It may be sport to them but it is death to us., It will
establish a monopoly—it will lessen the value of the great bulk
of property—it will be a preach of faith—and I think the Dock
Trustees would he much better employed than in parliaMeatary
litigation, and in endeavouring to ruin a great portion of the
warehouse owners in the town. It will fetter instead of setting
free the operations of commerce; and I am really surprised that
gentlemen whisoarne into power declaring that trade and every
thitmg should befree as the wind, can yet sanction a measure
which will shackle that trade. (Hear.) I trust that those gen-
tlemeu who are proposing that measure will never again, for
consistency's sake, rail against the privilege of the East India
Company, or the monopoly of the Bank of England. It will
lessen the value of property; and I state from my own knows
ledge 'that sales of land are almost at an end; a difficulty is
found in borrowing- an equal sum to that advanced on.
warehouse property ; and a state of distress will be the conse-
quence. To say that mdch of this is imaginary, and that
those warehouses cannot to that mischief—but will they bind
themselves to those? No, sir, the wedge must beinsetted at
the thinnest point, and it will afterwards 4e driven home. It
ought to be resisted at the outset as a "iicious principle;, the
dock committee have no right, as a'9inblic body, to comfka
with private individuals; if they' want sheds,Aet them ttixe
them, andno one will object. I believe £2O or £30,000 have
already been expended by the dock truiteesio give that accom-
modation which the merchants seem to'. want;
.but if they/so:son
with the system of warehouse building, the trhole of that Nin3..:of
money would be thrown away, for the whidepahese sheds, aausi
be rated to the ground. • (Hear:). • 'epntut.l that I aM.•yery
near the amount, wheal state that the value of the ware,hyose
property of Liverpool is about £4,150,000. 11 'have made this
calculation of the
.value pf preperty before thii Ineasure was
proceeded with;; but if this-mensiire be Carried.on,'l have
tyo
hesitation in saying, that iusteadef four millions the sv,arestiouse
property of liYi4astiol. would "nut retell three. Very .near-%;:m
Millions and a half of *thia' is mortgaged. The Ware-bee-seems
worth 'more* than, three times as much as the lii4rpootonsl
Manchester Railroad, the mortgages,.nre about i.6intms, *h
amount, and the_ whole of this prokierty.is to be listenesteati4al
for uiat'ptirpese? for "carrying otit.Whiit may be a.apesulanye
theory, and not based on any good foundation. Now, sir, there
was one gentleman
.ip the council whajlated that he was a pare-
houte bwner, and was Mit r,Sgainst thenigasure. entertain for
him the highest respect. I believe lie is net a very extensive
warehouse owner. .when' I 'state that he does not hold more than.
nue or stwo warehouses.' . I am informed_that this gentleman
(Mr. frornby) was obliged to lower
rent of one of his
warehenses in the Go nin ree Piazzas tro out £3oo' to £l5O.
Mr: ffolstnthen proceeded to slate that warehouse property
was generally depreciated in value. They had erected some
warehouses in Great Howard-street, which they had been
obliged to let at a-greatly reduced rent. Corporation' land had
been recently bought by. gentlemen by auction which, if now
put up would not fetch two-thirds of what the Corporation paid
for it. He had himself bought some land near the Queen's
Dock, for the erection of warehouses, for which be Aiad given
£3 per square yard, and he would not now give more Oar!
30s. a square yard. Mr. Alderman Evans, who might be called
the father of this measure, ha f talked of laud in Bath-street
selling at £1 per square yard. -He believed that was,a mis-
take. He remembered Bath-street for twenty rears,, and
never remembered land selling there for less than'ts a square
yard. He did not believe that land there, which Mr. Alderman
Evans said was worth £l2 per square yard would now sell fof
£B. He thought. if this measure of the Dock Trustees were per-
severed in, the warehouse owners would be entitled to compen-
sation, and the Dock Trustees ought in common justice to com-
pensate them. If
.this measure were carried it would increase
the rates of the shopkeepers and the town generally, because
the rents of the warehouses inust„come down, and they paid
one-fifth of the parish-rates; the Warehouses, at lowered rents,
could. not be assessed at more than the rack-rent, and the
additional tax would come upon the shopkeepers of the town.
If the Dock Trustees were too plethoric of money, and did not
know where to lay it out to advantage, there was au opening
for them at the west side of the Salthoitse Dock. At the
west side of Wapping there was nearly ailt,t 'statute titres
of land close to the Custom-house, and .in a. very advantageous
situation, which nobody, seemed to think of. <lI a tompanv of
merchants were to purchase Ibis land, the site of the present
Salthouse Dock, and a large quantity of land. whiCh forms an
eddy in the river, and created an injurious deposite, two
parrallel docks might be here built, and a 411 or 50 'horse power
steam-engine erected at each end to discharge 'the' vessels by
steam ; and he could not see any objection to this, because &
number of individuals would then compete wittrindivithali.
Mr. Holmes concluded amidst general applause.
• Mr. Dover: stated, that complaints had been made that Lon-
don possessed superior adVantages to Liverpool, in allowances
being made tO wine-merchants and others, for deficiences in
strength in their imports. He had ho doubt, if strong repre-
sentations were made twin Liverporil, that the same allowances
would be made to Liverpool.
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On the motion of Mr. THOPiAS PRiblE, a vote of thanks was
passed to Mr. Harbert! and Mr. Dover for their strenuous ex-
ertions on behalf of the warehouse holders; and on the motion-
of Mr. Thomas Freme, seconded by Mr. jehu Leyland, a vote
of thanks was given to the chair Man for his conduct in thechair.
The meeting then separated at shortly before four o'clock.

TRADESNIEN'S CONSKKVATIVE ASSOCIATION.--The monthly;
meeting of this association took place lest eveping, at the
York Hotel—R. Gladstone, Est., Vice-president, in "the chair,
who commenced the business by introducing the names of 48
new members. The chairman. in a very able speech, brought
forward . several subjects for the future consideration of the
Members. The meeting . was also addressed by Mr: cooper,
ME T. otaiebthok, Parke, Mr. Ya'nington, and Mr.
W. E., Gladstone, who made some excellent remarks upon the
utility of such a society.
,It gives us great pleasure to witness
the steady progress of this body. The Admission of new mem-
hers upon the two last occasions, amounted to 107 persons.
CHESTER TisEicritE.—Mr. Raymond commences his Spring
AvPpaign at the aboVe theatre on Monday next. The principal
Wrsion of the Liver company are engaged.

BURGLARY.—Ou Saturday night or Sunday morning some
thieves effected an entrance into the house of Mr. Myers, at
Aigburth. They succeeded, we -are sorry
.to say, in obtaining
considerable booty. They got in by the Back kitchen window,
and carried off a gold watch, a considerable quantity of plate,
and about £5O in money.

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LIVERPOOL liIDING SCHOOL.—In compliance witli there.
quest of '• Nimrod" we have inserted the letter of " M."
which appeared originally in the Mercury. We are equally
surprised with the writer that no adequate encouragement has
been hitherto given in Liverpool to the establishment of a riding
school. We understand that Mr. Smith, of Lime-street, is the.
only professed riding master in the town, and that, although his
stile of riding is acknowledged to be first-rate, he has not Met
with that support to which we believe him entitled. It is to be
hoped that this stigma Will soon be removed from the character
of our " good old town."

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RA ILWA Y.—The nurnber of pas:°
sengers taken from Birmingham during the second week was
one-half greater than that of the first; and we hear !hat one or
two additional trains will shortly be started, to provide accom-
modation for the increasing traffic. Under this arrangemen4
the Lancashire passengers will be forwarded at an earlier hour;
allowing only such an interval as will be desirable for refresh-.
meta, after a journey of nearly five hours, and previously tri
anotherof nearly nine more; The passengers have lately been
mittuolly transferred:froin and to the respective stations of. the
London and Grand Junction Companies along the ,line of coin-
municatiotr, with their ltiggage. Birmingham Herald. .
DEATH OF THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF WA RWlCR.—Hen-
rielta, the Countess Dowager of Warwick, (daughter of Richard
Vernon, Esq., by Lady -Evelyn Gower, seventh daughter of
John, the first. Earl Of Gower, and widow of John the first Earl
of Ossory,) died on Friday last, at her residence in Brighton,
after an illness of considerable duration. Hec ladyship was
born ib August, 1760, and consequently in her 78th year.
MELANCHOLY EVENT.—Au inquest was held on Thursday last,.
at the Angel Inn, in Bacilli, on the body of Grace Law, 9 weeks
old; who was smothered in a tot n-up bed.,, It appeared that tbh
father of the deceased, Who was a shoemaker, and Worked in'
the•satne room where the bed stood, before commencing work
on Wednesday morning put the bed up, not knowing the child
was there; and it was half an hour afterwards before the .mo-
Vier discovered the fact. 'When taken out, it was quite dead.
Verdict, " Accidental death."

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THE LATEST O(MM—It is privately whispered, that a eel.,
tats young actor, who has recently been highly. successful in
histrionic assuinptiotiz is the . most likely person to win tbe
heart and hand of a certain young lady, whose recent immense
acquisition of wealth, owing to the death ot a celebrated duchess
has excited so,much sensation in the great world.., It is well
known that the lady has added the tragedian's name to her
visiting list; and we are given to understand, that, .one even-
ing, a party was given by.the parents of the young heiress, to
which many fashionahles Were eipressly invited for the purpose
of being introduced to the successful actor., The report goes,
that the wedding will take place at the termination of the gen-
tleman's present engagements.— World of Fashion.
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DEATH OF A. Cow Ert INTOXICATION.—Liaw. ,week MTV
Castle, farmer, of Northbonrne, whilst brewing .some strong
ale, left a portion ofjr in what,is .called.the well to cool,
when one of the cones got from the farts yard; jilt& the.place,
and drank so plentifully of the potent beverage, :that she wag
shortly taken ill; a farrier was sent for, who administered the
proper remedies, but to no.effect,, for in a fete.houra the pout;
.anyural died in estate of intoxication, a Warning to driinkards.—
, Kentish Chronicle.. ,

A CAUTION TO MorttuEs.—On Monday Inoroing the wife of
Joseph Hudson, a weaver, in George-lace; Middleton, had oc-
casion to go to a wedding breaktaot, about a mile from her own
house. She took with her an infant, nearly ftur Iron ha old,
wrapped up in a cloak; but on arriving at the wedding-house,
shelouad that her child, a fine boy, was dead—no dimhiii con
sequence of her wrapping it up to protect it from the fillteigi4l
t•y of the weather.—Cheiter Gazette`