The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-20 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE

At the weekly meeting, yesterday, the following members
were present:—Messrs. Berm, (chairman,) Horsfall T.
Holt, Middleton, Smith, Mellor, Bu:ley, G. Holt, Tobin,
Chapman, Martin, Evans, and Aikin.
The Sub-committee of Works reported that several con-
tracts had been made for excavations, and scuttling the end
of No. 1 pierhead.
Gas, from the new company, was ordered to be supplied to
the offices of the South Dock-yard.
The Sub-committee, to whom the matter of the head
keeper of the Rock Lighthouse was referred, reported that
they had investigated all the circumstances, and having
found him guilty of neglect, of misrepresentation, and of fal-
sifying the log, besides haying the assurance of the marine
surveyor that no confidence could be placed in him, they
were unable to recommend the general committee to retain
him in the service. Curwen was accordingly discharged,
but the fine of £5 imposed upon him some time ago was re-
mitted. The Sub-committee were authorised to select a fit
person to fill the vacancy thus occasioned.
The situation of clerk to the marine surveyor, salary £BO
per annum, was declared vacant, in consequence of the re-
signation of Mr. Thomas Davis. Referred to the Sub-
committee to recommend a successor.
The same Sub-committee was also empowered to make
arrangements for the working of Clarence, Canning, and
Salthouse docks, the masters of which are in bad health.
The committee then proceeded to the transaction of some
financial business and then adjourned.

CHALLENQE
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCI

G E NTLE MEN 9—What I anticipated has come to pass, you
have joined with the servants of " Belial," and with delusion
the most infatuated, and most arrogant, you have presumed
speech of Tuesday last) that you are
(see your chairman's
able to work out the, regeneration of your country ; even,
ncu are your materials, you
though as a body, so
dare not seek for God's blessing or your efforts, through the
only channel of which it is to be obtained—namely, our
Lord Jesus Christ. How the Papist and Socinian must
have
weakness and wickedness ? and
of your politeness ? I have addressed
re oiced in your
what am I to think
your secretary by private letter, and yourselves, as a body,
iiriply because rny arguments are
through the public press, and, yet you have not deigned to
notice either. And why ?
in order that you may have no hole to
unanswerable. But,
creep out of, so that the Papists and Socinians may have no
reason to say there is none o stand up for the honour of the
your body, you may de-
living God, I engage to meFt any of
pate, and prove the following from the authorised version of
the Bible :-
Ist, That it is il,ue to the honour of God that there should
upholding his word, and honouring his
be a national churcb,

name.
2dlv, That the Clinrch of England does so.
idly, That you are I)olitical schismatics.
If you refuse to meet me,
pray have a little modesty, at
arrogate not to yourselves the. title of Christian ministers.-
I am, gentlemen, your ol*dient T
servant,
W. RACEY, Lieut. R. N.

The increase in the average for the last ten years bas be
nearly equal to that of the preceding twenty years!