The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-20 00:00:00

Varliatritntarp gotirto.

IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is
11 intended to be made to Parliament in the nest 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, Wharfs, Strand. Lands, Tenements
and Hereditaments, Streets, Ways, and Passages hereinafter
mentioned, are 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 he Plans
hereinafter mentioned ; and to use the Sites they f respec-
tively in constructing the Piers, Wharfs, and nays of the
intended Wet Dock hereinafter mentioned, d for any of
the purposes connected therewith. And for over to make
a Wet Dock, together with Basins, Piers bads, Quays,
Locks, Bridges, River Wall, and other ti ks on the West-
wardly Side of the Salthouse Dock ; an 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 Entrance 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. And to

wareho.use or itwe 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
ruse of the Warehouses, and for the government of all Pe-

sons employed in and about the same, and the carrying on o
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 tha 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
liereditaments, 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 containing 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
forcontirming and permanently establishingthe 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 not 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
" 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 the security of all Ships trading to
" and from the said Port of Liverpool, and for enlarging the
" same, by making an additional Dock, and building a Pier
" in the open Harbour there, and for enlightening the said
" Dock ;" And an Act passed in the second year of the reign
of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act
" to enlarge the term and powers granted by An Act passed
" in the eleventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, for
" continuing several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liver-
" pool, and for enlarging the said Harbour, by making
" an additional Dock, and building a Pier in the open Har-
" bour there, and for enlightening the said Dock, and for
" making another Dock, with proper Piers, in the said Har-
" boar, and for erecting Lighthouses and other proper Lights
" in or near the Port of Liverpool ." And an Act passed in
the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Majesty King George
the Third, intituled, " An Act to enlarge the term and powers
" of several Acts relating to the Harbour of Liverpool, and
" for making two additional Docks and Piers in or near the
" Port of Liverpool;" And an Act passed in the thirty-ninth
year of the reign of his 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 an Act passed in the fifty-first year of the reign of his
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for the
" improvement of the Port and Town of Liverpool, and
" amending the several Acts relating to the Docks, Quays.
" and other Works belonging to the said Port ;" And an Act
passed in the fifty-third year of the reign of his Majesty King
George the Third, intituled, " An Act to authorise the ad-
" vancement of a certain sum of money, for carrying into
" effect the several Acts for the improvement of the Port
" and Town of Liverpool, and to amend the said Acts ;"
And an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of
his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for
" improving the Lighthouse on the Isle of Anglesea, belonging
" to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks, and for further
" amending the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour of Li-
" verpool ;" And an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of
his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, " An Act for
" the further improvement of the Port, Harbour, and Town of
" Liverpool, and for altering, extending, and amending the
" several Acts relating thereto," And an Act passed in the
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the
Fourth, intituled " An Act to enable the Trustees of the
" Liverpool Docks to raise a further sum of money," And an
Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King
George the Fourth, intituled " An Act to explain and amend
" two Acts of the fifty-first year of his late Majesty, and the
" sixth year of his present Majesty, for the improvement of
" the Port, Harbour, and Town of Liverpool, and to autho-
" rise the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to pay for certain
• Lands and Hereditaments purchased under the said Acts ;"
And an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of his
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled " An Act for ex-
" tending and amending the several Acts relating to the
" Docks and harbour of Liverpool ;" And to continue the
Rates and Duties authorised to be levied by the said Acts,
subject only to such exemptions (if any) as Parliament may
think proper. AND NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN,
that the plans and sections of the said intended Works,
with books of reference thereto, will be deposited in
the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the County
of Lancaster, at Preston, in the said County, and at
the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the Borough
•f Liverpool, at Liverpool, on or before the Thirtieth
Day of November instant, and copies of the same plans,
sections, and hooks of reference, will be also deposited for
the inspection of the public, with the Clerks of the said parish
of Liverpool, at Liverpool aforesaid, and with the Clerk of
the Parish of Walton-on-the-Hill, at Walton-on-the-Hill
aforesaid, and with the Clerk of St. James's Church, in the
township of Toxteth-park, in the county of Lancaster, at
Toxteth-park aforesaid, at their respective places of abode,
in the said parishes and township, on or before the Thirty-
first Day of December next ensuing.
GEORGE WORTHINGTON,
Solicitor to the Trustees of the Liverpool DoCks.
Liverpool, 7th November, 1840.

THE HARRINGTON DOCK COMP y.
-NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
/
the ensuing
plication is
-1-1 intended to be made to Parliament, 1
Session, for an Act to alter, amend, exte , and enlarge, or
to repeal some of the powers and provisi sof an Act passed
in the third and fourth years of th eign of her present
Majesty queen Victoria, intituled ' n Act to enable the
Harrington Dock Company to sue and be sued in the name
of any Member or Officer of the said Company, and to ex-
empt all Vessels using the Docks belonging to the said Corn-
pany, and all Goods shipped or discharged therein, or on the
Estate of the said Company, from the payment of certain
Rates, Tolls, or Duties to the Trustees of the Liverpool
Docks ;" and to repeal the clause in the said recited Act
restraining the said Company, or any other person or persons,