The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

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present system of centralization, which had been found
to work so well, and he pointed out land at the Queen's,
and at the Brunswick Docks, which might be purchased
for centralization purposes. He then defended the ware-
house owners from the attacks made upon them by one

letters ; and he concluded by saying, that if the rating
were not inserted, he would be an advocate for the 'with-
drawal of the bill.
Air. MANN stated that from June to October last the
Albert Dock warehouses, only part of which were then
opened, had not only cleared themselves, but had left a
sum equal to about £30,000 per annum.
Mr. HODGSON ClODght it alike unjust and uncalled-for
to invade private property in the manner proposed by the
bill, and he should certainly vote against the preamble.

Air. STEWART thought regard ought to be had to ex-
isting interests, and that it would be a madness and a
monstrous inconvenience to erect warehouses round all
the docks of Liverpool. He was an advocate for the pur-
chase of the land from Lord Derby, believing it to be the
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The TOWN-CLERK said it was questionable whether,
according to the standing orders of parliament, it was

clause into the bill.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said the Parliamentary Corn-
would not be guilty of any equivocation, and that if the

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and if parliament would not allow the clause to be in-
serted, because of any non-compliance with the standing
orders, then the bill would, if possible, be withdrawn.
Mr. EARLE thought the bill ought to be withdrawn,
particularly as Mr. Bran:ley-Moore had said the Dock
Estate could go on very well without it. He had a great
horror of going to loggerheads about dock warehouses,
and he had a gentleman in his eye—a gentleman who had
a pair of spectacles on his own eyes (Mr. Evans)—who
had done a great deal of good and a deal of harm on this
subject. He (Mr. Evans) had bearded the warehouse in-
terest, and snapped his fingers in their faces : he had got a
sort of warehouse mania, every owner of a warehouselooked
upon him as an enemy, and he had a sort of headlong im-
petuosity. (Laughter.)
Mr. HODGSON moved an amendment, as follows :
" That, considering the present state of the money mar-
ket, and the large works now in course of construction by
the trustees, it is not expedient to apply for the powers
sought at present, and that the bill be limited to all ap-
plication to parliament to extend the time limited by
the Dock Act of 9th and 10th Victoria, and such fur-
ther powers as are necessary for explaining or amending
the provisions of the dock acts relating to the management
of the existing warehouses, and the goods housed therein,
and the recovery of freights and charges."
Mr. KAYE seconded the amendment.

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Mr. AMIN spoke strongly in favour of proceeding with
the bill, and expressed his surprise that the Council should
now talk of withdrawing the measure, merely because of
the state of the money market, when, in October last,
they were unanimously in its favour. He stated that every
interest in 'Liverpool was promoted when the docks were
cheaply worked ; and he was averse to the imposition of
local burdens upon them : it looked like killing the goose
for the sake of the golden egg.
Mr. ERAMLEY-MOORS explained one or two clauses of
the bill which would facilitate the trade of the port, and
which it was very desirable should be passed ; and in reply
to Mr. Holme, he denied that the Dock Committee were
traders. All the coopers employed at the Albert Dock
were coopers belonging to Liverpool,—so that nojuryof
was done to the trade of the coopers by the erection
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course of the debate, descanted on a variety of subjects,
but never once alluded to what more especially related to
Mr. Nicol. complained that the Council, who were
called the trustees of the trade of the port, had, in the
the interests of the docks.
opinions in favour of the bill and against the warehouse-
owners. He thought the best security the bondholders
could have was in the erection of additional warehouses.
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would be to obtain a register of their names and pension
them (loud laughter.) But, then, were the proprietors of
old rumbling coaches to be compensated because they had
been driven off the road by the introduction of railways ?
He maintained that private warehouse-owners had built
their own warehouses at their own risk, and that they had
pine on building them, though °Routine war ed aduring
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