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opinion, had done them a great deal of damage with cer-
tain parties in London ;. but as Mr. Lloyd was with them,
he suggested that he should be called in to explain the
nature of the offer which they had been made by the
Woods and Forests.
Mr. LLOYD was here called into the room, and nro-
_

ment, and read a lengthened correspondence which took
place between himself, Mr. Pemberton, and Lord Dior.
peth, relative to the conditions on which the crown was
willing to pass the bills. He wished to impress upon the
board, that, in his opinion, that the question of title did
I not at all interfere with the passing of the bills—in fact. it

never arose at any of the interviews when he was present;
and he concluded by recommending the commissioners to
pass two resolutions, to the effect that the committee be
empowered to take any steps necessary, in order to secure
the passing of the two bills. He still had strong hopes,
for at the conclusion of the interview, Lord Morpeth said
to him, " We don't want to close ; but we should like to
see what the commissioners mean to propose." And at an-
other period he (Lord Morpeth) told him that h. r." -

ive the

whether they could carry it out. From these and other
circumstances he inferred that there was still a strong
chance of getting the bills passed.
Mr. BRYANS thought that no means should be spared
in order to carry out the works and get the bills passed ;

they should go to the Treasury, if necessary.
The CHAIRMAN then read a letter from Mr. Potter, in
which he expressed his condemnation of the course pur-

the chairman, at the last meefinb .
of Mr. Mallaby leaving London for Bir
when he expected to meet him at the committc_ _
the House of Lords on the Monday ; and at his 1
town without his cognizance of it. The Chairmai
asked Mr. Lloyd a series of questions relative to the

his surprise A the fejt

of conduct which he pursued regarding the passing of the
bills through the committee of the house. From the an-
swers of Mr. Lloyd, it appeared that Mr. Mallaby had
used every endeavour to have the bills passed as they came
from the Commons, with the exception of the clauses re-
lating to the £23,000 ; and that his uniform instructions
to Mr. Lloyd had been such.

he motions recc

unanimously

REOPENING OF THE DOCKS

Mr. LAIRD moved for the insertion in the news

ut .1 auvertisemem Ltl 141 C yucca InaL tne nom were open
and ready for the reception of all vessels coming to them
—Agreed to.

The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to notice the letter of
Mr. Laird, which appeared in the Mercury, and, taking it
passage after passage, denied the truth of the allegations
)roadest and most unequivocal

manner; after which
Mr. W. LAIRD rose to reply.
petted that the Chairman would hay

aid he ex

one more intc

the most serious charges which he had ma-deagainst him.
It was understood that Mr. Potter had concurred
in the rebolution of the Chairman.
The CHAIRMAN.—I deny that.

Mr. LAIRD.—The Chairman must be aware of the serious
nature of such a charge as that of deserting his colleagues
in London, and coming to • Birkenhead for the purpose of
passing the resolution of which they had all heard so much.
The Chairman might deny what he stated if he pleased ;
but if he referred to the published reports of the meeting,
he would find that that was the general impression of the
meeting. As far as regarded himself, he understood that
the Chairman had been sanctioned in what he did by the
Mr. Mallaby had de-

other membe
nied that the hour at which the appointment was to ha,
taken place was 9 o'clock; but that, in his opinion, was
not very important : the fact was, that he had an ap-
pointment for that morning which he did not keep.
The CHAIRMAN.—The allegation is, that it was nine
o'clock. Gentlemen may have exnected 111 P. but T

no appointment with them.
Mr.LAIRD.—Even that is immaterial; what could not be
denied was that he went to London, and acted in conjunc-

)ers of the deputation, and
their concurrence up to Saturday, when he left them, and
on his own responsibility came to Birkenhead and passed
the resolution which Mr. Potter had so unequivocally con-
demned. He hoped he would read that part of Mr. Pot-
ter's letter. •
The CHAIRMAN then read as follows :

her mem

a.
sion to any intention of going to Birkenhead, and I fully
petted to have met him on a consultation on Monday morn