The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-13 00:00:00

Varliamnitarp gotireo.

NOTICE IS HEREBY• GIVEN, that Application is
intended to be made to Parliament iu the next Session
for leave to bring in a Bill or Bills•for power for the Trustees
of the Liverpool Docks to purchase, and for the Council of
the Borough of Liverpool to sell and convey to the Trustees,
the Graving Docks Number 1,2, and 3, belonging to the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough, with the
Quays and Appendages to the same, (all which Docks,
Quays, and Appendages, together with all other the Docks,
Basins, Piers, Quays, W harfs, Strand, Lands, Tenements
and Hereditaments, Streets, Ways, and Passages hereinafter
mentioned, arc within the Town and Parish of Liverpool, in
the County of Lancaster.) And for power to fill up the
Graving Dock Number 1, when purchased, and also the
South-West Corner of the Canning Dock, and the South-
West Corner of the Gut or Entrance Basin of the same
Dock, on the West Side thereof, as described in the Plans
hereinafter mentioned ; and to use the Sites thereof respec-
tively in constructing the Piers, Wharfs, and Quays of the
intended Wet Dock hereinafter mentioned, and for any of
the purposes connected therewith. And for power to make
a Wet Dock, together with Basins, Piers, Wharfs, Quays,
Locks, Bridges, River Wall, and other Works on the West-
wardly Side of the Salthouse Dock; and to widen, deepen,
extend, enlarge, and otherwise alter the Salthouse Dock,
and the Entrances thereto, and to make additional Entrances,
and to widen and otherwise alter the Quays thereof ; and to
widen or otherwise alter the said Gut or Entrat.,:e Basin of
the Canning Dock. And for power for the Trustees to ex-
tend, enlarge, and otherwise alter and improve the Graving
Docks Number 2 and 3, when purchased, and also the
present Graving Docks of the Trustees, or any of them
respectively, and the Quays, Entrances, and Works be-
longing to the same. And for power to erect Inclined
Planes or Patent Slips to the Northward of the Cla-
rence Dock on Land of the said Trustees, in the said
Parish of Liverpool. And for power for the Trustees
to erect Warehouses on the West Quay of the Prince's
Dock and Land adjacent thereto, within the Dock Walls.
And to erect Warehouses on the Wharfs and Quays of, the
said intended Wet Dock to the Westwardly Side of the Salt-
house Dock, and Land adjacent thereto ; and to manage all
such Warehouses, and to use the same for the Deposit and
Custody of Goods and Merchandise ; and to grant transfer-
able Warrants or Certificates on the Deposit therein of Goods
and Merchandise (the Occupancy of the said Warehouses by
the Trustees being subject to Parochial Rates). And to de-
mand and receive Rates and other Charges for and in respect
of Goods and Merchandise warehoused or deposited therein.
And for power, so far as relates to the Prince's Dock and the
said intended Wet Dock, to take charge of, and to load and
unload, all Goods from and into Vessels lying in the said
Docks ; and; for facilitating the Business of the said Docks,
to unload and take charge of Goods from Vessels in the said
Docks, or any other Docks of the said Trustees. Anil to
warehouse or store the said Goods, with power to pass all ne-
cessary Entries thereof with the Officers of Customs, and to
demand and receive Rates and Charges in relation to the
Matters aforesaid. And to make Byelaws for regulating the
use of the Warehouses, and for the government of all Per-
sons employed in and about the same, and the carrying on of
the Business of and connected with such Warehouses. And
for power to make, and to authorise the making of, Tram-
roads on any of the Quays or Wharfs of the present or in-
tended Docks or Basins of the Trustees, and across or along
the Streets or Highways upon such Quays or Wharfs. And,
for the purposes aforesaid and of the improvement of the
Docks of the said Trustees and the navigation of the River,
power to Purchase, and for the Council of the Borough of
Liverpool to sell and convey to the Trustees, Strand of
the River Mersey, and Lands, Tenements, and Here-
ditaments belonging to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
gesses, and to erect a River Wall along the west side of
such Strand. And for power to purchase, and for any Per-
sons or Bodies Politic or Corporate interested therein to sell
and convey to the Trustees their several and respective
Estates and Interests in the said Lands, Tenements, or
Hereditaments, or in any other Lands, Tenements, and
Hereditaments which may be required for any of the purposes
herein mentioned. And for power for the Trustees to stop
up, use, inclose, and alter for the said intended Wet Dock,
or any of the Works connected therewith, the Streets or Ways
called Cornhill, Trentham-street, Corn-alley, and number 1
Graving Dock Quay, and all other Streets, Ways, and Pas-
sages to the westward of the Salthouse Dock (except Gower-
street.) And also powers for such confirmation of title, and
such settlement of Divisions and Boundaries relating to the
respective Estates of the Trustees, and of the Mayor, Alder-
men, and Burgesses, as may be proper and advisable. And
to confirm an arrangement relating to an Observatory to be
erected by the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses on land
of the said Trustees, to be vested in the said Mayor, Alder-
men, and Burgesses, for such object, subject to resumption
on payment of the compensation if such Land should here..
after be required for Dock purposes. And also to empower
the Trustees to raise a further sum or further sums of Money
for the purposes herein mentioned. And for power for the
Trustees to levy and receive Rates and Dues for the using of
the said Graving Docks, Inclined Planes or Patent Slips, and
Graving Blocks. And for power to fix and levy a Rate on
Steam-vessels, Craft, or Boats plying on the River Mersey
for the time any such Vessels, Craft, or Boats may lie in any
of the present or intended Docks or Basins of the Trustees
(except for protection from storms.) And also an extra Rate
or Duty on any Vessel lying in any of the present or intended
Docks or Basins of the Trustees for any time exceeding three
calendar months. And for provision for preventing the ship-
ment in any Vessel in the' present or intended Docks or Basins
of the Trustees of Aqua Fortis, Oil of Vitriol, or other Goods
of dangerous quality without the contents being duly marked
and specified on the package con tai rung the same. And for power
for the Trustees to make Byelaws for the good government of
the present and intended Docks, Basins, Piers, Wharfs, Quays,
and Works of the Trustees, and for the regulation of Steam-
vessels and other Vessels resorting thereto. And for autho-
rising and regulating. the permanent payment of a fair and
rateable proportion of the expense from time to time attend-
ing the maintenance of the Dock Police, and the Police of
the Borough of Liverpool, as now united and maintained, and
for confirming and permanently establishing the union thereof,
as the general Constabulary Force of the Borough, Docks,
and Harbour, under the
.appointment, regulation, and go-
vernment of the Watch Committee of the Borough. And
also provision for making the expense of maintaining Pri-
soners summarily convicted and committed to the Gaol of the
Borough, for offences contrary to the provisions of any pre-
sent or future Act relating to the Liverpool Docks, a charge
upon the Borough Fund in like manner, as the maintenance
of other Prisoners now is. And for such further powers as
may be necessary for placing the said intended Wet Dock,
Graving Docks, Piers, Wharfs, Quays, River Wall, Ware-
houses, and other Works herein mentioned, within and sub-
ject to the regulations, management, and government, and
jurisdiction, and correction of offences, now belonging or ap-
plicable to the present Docks and Works of the said Trus-
tees, as if the same were part thereof, and were comprised in
the several Acts hereinafter mentioned. And for power for
the said Trustees to apply any sum riot exceeding One Thou-
sand Pounds in one year, for the charitable purposes men-
tioned in the Act of the 51st year of the reign of his Majesty
King George the Third, hereinafter mentioned. And for the
better effecting all or any of the purposes aforesaid, to amend,
extend, enlarge, alter, and explain the powers and provisions
contained in an Act passed in the Eighth year of the
reign of her Majesty Queen Anne, intituled " An Act for
" making a convenient Dock or Basin at Liverpool, for the
" security of all Ships trading to and from the said Port of
Liverpool." And an Act passed in the Third year of the
reign of his Majesty King George the First, intituled " An
" Act for enlarging the time granted, by an Act passed in the
" Eighth year of the reign of her late Majesty Queen Anne,
" intituled an Act for making a convenient Dock or Basin at
" Liverpool, for security of all Ships trading to and from the
" said Port of Liverpool. ' And an Act passed in the
Eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty King George
the Second, intituled " An Act for enlarging the time
" granted by an Act passed in the third year of the
" reign of his late Majesty King George, intituled, An
" Act for enlarging the time granted by an Act passed

NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is in-
.lll tended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Session,
for leave to bring in a Bill, or Bills, to alter and amend a
Local Act, passed in the twenty-first year of the reign of his
Majesty King George the Second, intituled, " An Act for
" the building a Church in the Town of Liverpool, in the
" County Palatine of Lancaster, and for enlightening and
" cleansing. the Streets of the said Town, and for keeping and
" maintaining a Nightly Watch there ;" And also another
Local Act, passed in the second year of the reign of his Ma-
jesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for build-
" ing two new Churches, and providing Burial Places, with-
" in the Town of Liverpool, in th,e County Palatine of Lan-
" caster, and for the better preserving the Pavements of the
" Streets in the said Town, and for ascertaining the Fares
" and Prices to be paid Carters, Carmen, Hackney Coach-
" men, and Chairmen, and for regulating their behaviour
" within the said Town;" And also another Local Act, passed
in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his said Majesty King
George the Third, intituled, "An Act for enlarging and varying
" some of the powers contained in certain Acts of Parliament,
" relating to the Watching, Lighting, and Cleansing the Streets
" and other places within the Town of Liverpool, and for re-
" moving and preventing nuisances and annoyances therein."
And also another local Act passed in the Thirty ninth ear of
the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in-
tituled, " An Act to enlarge the term, and alter and enlarge
" the powers of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Li-
" verpool, and for making two additional Wet Docks and
" Piers, in or near the Port of Liverpool, and for rendering
" more safe and commodious the said Port and Docks."
And also another local Act passed in the Fifty-ninth year of
the reign of his said Majesty King George the Third, in-
tituled, " An Act for abolishing the payment of certain
" Tolls called Ingates and Ontgates, collected at the several
" entrances into the Town of Liverpool, in the County of
" Lancaster, and of certain 'rolls and Stallage now pay-
" able in the Markets and Fairs there, and for granting
" other Tolls and Stallage in lieu thereof, and for the
" better regulation of the said Markets and Pairs."
And also another local Act passed in the first year of the
reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An
" Act for reviving, extending, and varying the powers of an
" Act passed in the twenty-sixth year of his late Majesty
" King George the Third, for making and wideninicertaiu
" Streets, Passages, and Places in the Town of Liverpool, in
" the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for several other pur-
" poses in the said Act mentioned, and also for further inaprov-
" ing the said Town." And also another local Act, passed in
the sixth year of the reign of his said Majesty King George
the Fourth, intituled " An Act for the better regulation of
" Buildings in the Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine
" of Lancaster, and for authorizing the making of Bye-laws,
" Rules, and Regulations for Vessels frequenting the Docks.
" Basins, and Quays belonging to the Corporation there."
And also another local Act passed in the said sixth year
of the reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth,
intituled, " An Act for the further Improvement of the Port,
" Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and for altering, extend-
" ing, and amending the several Acts relating thereto." And
also another local Act passed in the seventh year of the
reign of his said Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled,
" An Act for widening and improving certain Streets in the
" Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster,
" for the further prevention of Nuisances and Annoyances in
" the said Town, for the regulation of Weighing Machines,
" Weights, and Measures, and the establishment of a Fire
" Police therein." And also another local Act passed in the
fourth and fifth years of the reign of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for amending the
" proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage of the
" Borough of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancas-
" ter." And also another local Act passed in the session of
the fifth and sixth years of the reign of his said late Majesty
King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for altering,
" amending, and extending the powers and provisions of an Act
" ofthe sixth year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth,
" for the regulation of Buildings in the town of Liverpool, and
" for other purposes therein mentioned, and for granting
" further and additional powers for the improvement and
" regulation of the said town and the preservation of pro-
" perty therein from fires and otherwise." And also another
local Act passed in the session of the sixth and seventh years
of the reign of his said late Majesty King William the
Fourth, intituled, " An Act for extending and improving the
" maintenance of the Fire Police, in the borough of Liver-
" pool." And also another local Act, passed in the sixth
and seventh years of the reign of his said late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to amend and ren-
der more effectual an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of
the reign of his present Majesty, intituled "An Act for amend-
ing the proceedings and practice of the Court of Passage
of the borough of Liverpool, in the county palatine of Lan-
caster. And to repeal an Act passed in the twenty-fifth year
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Second,
intituled " An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of
" small debts in the town and port of Liverpool and liberties
" thereof, in the county palatine of Lancaster; and to give
" further power for the recovery of small debts within the be-
" rough of Liverpool." And also another local Act passed in
the first year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Vic-
toria, intituled " An Act for altering, amending, improving,
" and extending the provisions of certain Acts of Parliament
" relating to the town of Liverpool, in the county palatine
" of Lancaster." And also another local Act passed in the
first and second years of the reign of her present Majesty,
intituled " An Act for amending certain Acts relating
" to the Civil Court of Record of the borough of Liver-
" pool, and improving the proceedings thereof." And to
take powers to restrict the letting or using of cellars in
the said borough for habitation, where such occupancy
would be injurious to the health of the inhabitants, and in
other cases to secure that reasonable conveniences should be
attached to or provided in such cellars ; and to secure the
proper ventilation of back courts hereafter to be made in the
said borough, for sinall dwellings to be let or used for habi-
tation, and to secure that reasonable conveniences shall be
attached to or provided in such dwellings; and also to enact
for the borough of Liverpool the powers, clauses, limitations,
penalties, and provisiono of an act passed in the session of

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