The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-09 00:00:00

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the Albert Dock warehouses are completed.
ccordance 'with these suggestions, they (the peti
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embodied the substance of those propossls:' Their lord-
ships, however, thought the clauses were more stringent
than was consistent with the suggestions; and in conse-

quence of an application from his learned friends, that
they might have time to consult the Town Council upon
those more stringent clauses, and in reference also to the
suggestions made by themselves, an adjournment took
place. The petitioners had intimated to the promoters
that they were ready to accept their proposals with very

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slight modification indeed. It was that it should be left
to their lordships to decide and determine whether the
time for applying to Parliament for powers to build sme-
ll the dud; quays should be limited to two
ensuing session

But, as he found
his learned friends had now altered their minds, he must
call the attention of the Committee to the position in
which the petitioners stood with regard to the proposals
so made to them. No doubt his learned friends would now
tell their lordships they had been before the Town Council,
that the Town Councilhad sanctioned their proceedings, and
that in consequence of the Town Council's interference,
.ey were not prepared to carry their own proposals into
effect. When the committee was adjourned, the promo-
ters were to apply to the Town Council in reference to the
more stringent clauses which the petitioners proposed to
embody in the bill ; and their. reference to the Town
Council had nothing whatever to do with the suggestions

ie more stringeni clauses. They (the promoters) would
undoubtedly stae to their lordships that their position
was altered since the time when their application for an
adjournment bad been acceded to, in consequence of the
Town Council having sanctioned their proceedings.
The CIUIRMAN.-Or, rather, reversing them. But
go on.

Mr. BIRCH AM.—A resolution was passed by the Town
Countil that the bill should stand, as follows—" Resolved,
on the motion of Mr. Moore, seconded by Mr. Mann,
that the special_ proceedings of the Dock Committee rela-
tive to the dock bill before parlidinent. finifiry this Coun-
cil as trustees of the Liverpool docks referred to the Dock
Committee, be approved." After this he could not un-
derstand upon what ground his learned friends were pre-
pared to resist the offer which he now made to them.
The CHAIRMAN.—What is the offer?
Mr. BIRCIIAM.—The offer is to accept their proposals,
leaving it to your lordships to decide whether the time
should be limited to two years or the next session wherein
they should apply for parliamentary powers to erect ware-
houses on all the dock quays.
The CHAIRMAN.—It would be well to know at once
whether the protboters stand by their original proposition
of two years.

Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS would state to their lordships
the whole of what had taken place. So far from the Town
Council of Liverpool having altogether approved of what
had been done, they had disapproved of what he (Mr.
Sergeant Ilellasis) had done.' He was not going, there-
fore, to quote that. He would, however, call their lord-
ships' attention to what he had suggested, because the
promoters felt themselves in a different position to what
he bad supposed, in consequence of an agreement with the
warehouse owners, which agreement they thought would
thereby be infringed. When he proposed that the pro-
moters should apply to Parliament within two years for
powers to build warehouses, he did, most undoubtedly,
in his words include all the dock quays. At that very
time, there were persons in the room who immediately
wished to say something; and he found he had out-
stepped his instructions, or misunderstood the parties
who instructed him. An agreement had been made with
the warehouse owners, which was comprised in two clauses
of the act 4th Victoria, whereby it was required that the
remaining one-third of the Albert Dock warehouses should
not be commenced until a period which had not arrived,
and that the trustees should not erect any warehouses until
four years afterwards. He understood, at the time, that
the warehouse owners had waved the who!e of that agree-
ment. This turned out not to be the fact, and he was
mistaken. There were warehouse owners in the room
[Mr. Birkett and Mr. Aspinall] who objected to the sug-
gestion on the spur of the moment, and who said that in
what he had done he Hod gone beyond the agrep—

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As far as his clients were concerned, they had consulted
their constituents, who had passed a resolution concerning
it, which he would read. This resolution was the one
agreed to at the special meeting of the Dock Committee,
on Monday last, (yesterday week,) and it recited that in
the 57th and 58th clauses of the Act 4th Victoria, a certain
agreement bad been made with the warehouse interest—
that the warehouse interest had withdrawn the restrictions
imposed by the 57th section, but not those in the 58th;
and it then proceeded to resolve, that, in the opinion of the
committee, any clause proposed to be inset ted in the Dock
Bill to alter the restrictions imposed by the 58th clause,
should be resisted upon the ground that it infringed the
protection intended by the legislature for the warehouse
interest. His clients had, as he said before, been down
to their constituents, who said to them, " If you did make
such an offer, you went beyond your powers." His ,
clients, therefore, were now called upon to resist an in.
fringement of the agreement with the warehouse owners,
for the warehouse owners never intended that more than
the 57th clause should be withdrawn—certainly not the
restrictions in the 58th. The promoters, therefore, could
not propose a clause which should over-ride an agree-
ment which they admitted to be binding and in force.
They were, however, willing to submit to a clause not to
proceed with the Wapping Dock until the whole of the
warehouses round Albert Dock were completed ; second,
not to pull down any warehouses except for the purposes
of new streets until the same period ; and third, within
two years to apply for parliamentary powers to build
warehouses upon the quays of all the docks made sub-
sequently to the Albert Dock. Having made an agree-
ment with the warehouse interests his clients felt they
were bound to adhere to it.
Mr. TALBOT wished to add, that in point of fact the
promoters found themselves unable to go beyond the
point just stated by his learned friend, as a matter of good
faith towards the warehouse owners, or to suggest any-

cuing else. Their lordships should know that in dealing
with the warehouse interest of Liverpool, they were not
dealing with the interests of an insignificant class, but one
in which it was not too much to say that millions were
involved.

The CHAIRMAN.—We cannot enter into those consi-
derations now. The committee, in considering this bill,
must go upon public grounds, without refs
parties who are not before us
Mr. BIRCIIAM said tl
his learned ft

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diately, in order to complete the Albert Dock quays, would
be five times more than the space proposed to be pulled
down.

The CHAIRMAN said a good deal of contradictory evi-
dence had been given on this subject.
Mr. BIRCHAM repeated his assertion, and added that
what was now proposed by the promoters was in reality
nothing. They now proposed a clause binding themselves
to apply for powers within two years to build warehouses
round all the docks made subsequently to Albert Dock,
:whilst the fact was there was no necessity for such powers,
inasmuch as there was no restriction upon them in this
respect.

The Chairman.—They must have an act to get the
money ; they could not build warehouses round the new
docks without money.
Mr. BlRCHAM.—Undoubtedly, they must apply for
powers to raise money to build them. But by this clause
they merely apply to parliament for powers, whereas they
had the power already. The learned counsel proceeded
to argue that he was only contending for the propositions
submitted by the promoters themselves, and concluded by
calling upon the committee either to reject the preamble
of the bill, or so much of it as related to the construc-
tion of additional docks ; or, if they decided upon neither,
to do what was only an act of justice to the petitioners,
viz., authorise the insertion of clauses which would carry
out to the fullest extent the proposals made last Friday by
the learned sergeant on the other side.
Mr. TALBOT humbly suggested to the committee that
interests were at stake on this bill far too vast and mo-
mentous to admit of being dealt with without the most
serious deliberation. Their lordships would not, he
thought, permit their decision to be the result of a casual
mistake. It was clear that, from some cause, his learned
friend, Mr. Sergeant Bellasis, had stated that which he
was not authorised to state, and that which those who in-
structed him said was contrary to their own wishes, and
contrary to their plighted faith to the warehouse owners.
His learned friend seemed to have made—for he (Mr.
Talbot) was not in the room at the time—a proposal with
regard to all the docks, which he ought to have confined
to all the docks erected subsequently to the Albert Dock.
From this there was no wish to recede. It was but due
to Mr. Moore to state, that the moment Mr. Sergeant
Bellasis made the statement, he made an effort to commu-
nicate with their lordships, but it was resisted by Mr.
Sergeant Wrangham, and their lordships thought it right
not to hear him at that time.
Lord CARRINGTON said be recollected observing this
was the case.
Mr. TALBOT.—If their lordships had heard Mr. Moore
then, they would have beard a prompt disclaimer of the
proposition of his learned friend. As the warehouse own-
ers were not present, or in opposition to the bill, and
as the facts were as had been stated, their lordships surely
would not behind their backs force clauses upon the
promoters necessarily prejudicial to that important in-
terest. The clauses were necessarily prejudicial, because
the promoters were willing to bind themselves to apply
for powers to construct warehouses upon the quays of all
docks made subsequently to the Albert Dock. His
learned friend spoke of this offer as delusive ; but he could
not have meant to say that the power of building ware-
houses round all the new docks was delusive, when it in-
cluded the new dock at Wapping ; besides which the pro-
moters engaged not to pull down or rather construct the
Wapping Dock until they had obtained powers to build
warehouses round all the new docks. Under all the circum-
stances he trusted their lordships would consider the

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The room was then cleared ; and, after an absence of
half an hour, the parties were called in, when

The CHAIRMAN said—The Committee have considered
the whole of this question, and they have determined,—
First, that the preamble of this bill is proved;
Next, that they have passed the clauses, (proposed by
Mr. 13ircham,) only they:make it imperativelfor the trus-
to come to Parliament for powers in two years instead
and

Third, that, believing the trustees will be anxious to
re accommodation to the ferry traffic, and expressing

vut aLrutig opinion that it is their duty to do so, the Corn
mittee decline to insert the clause A or the alternative
B relathe to the landing stage.
All the clauses were then agreed to, and the bill orderec
to be reported on Monday (yesterday).

Tha Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry will assemble in Ches-
ter to-morrow, under the command of Col. Egerton, for
tight days permanent training.
On Wednesday, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile preached a
sermon in St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, in aid of the
Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews.
The foundation stone of " St. Mary Magdalen's Asy-
lum" was laid at Woolton, on Thursday, by Dr. Brown,
" V.A." of the Lancashire district.
On Saturday, Mr. Adam Gladstone was elected a
member of the Dock Committee, in the room of Mr.
Smith, deceased. Mr. Ritson was put in nomination, and
polled thirty votes ; Mr. Gladstone numbering seventy-

AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.—A bunch of Australian wheat
was exhibited in the Exchange News-room this week. It
was grown on the farm of Mr. Harold Littledale, Egre-
mont, and was sown in the first week of December. The
length of the stalk is about five feet, and the ears are par-
ticularly fine and full.

VALUE OF SOOT.—At a meeting of the master chimney
sweeps, on Friday, resolutions were passed preparatory to
the uniform scale of the rates at which soot will in future
be charged, as the demand for that fertiliser is expected to
be much increased in consequence of the discovery' by
Professor Liebig that soot is a perfect antidote to-ihe po-
tato disease.
PRINCE ALBERT.—The wish of the committee is. that
the banquet may take place on Thursday, the 30th of
July, and the laying of the foundation-stone of the Sailors'
Home on the following day. The prince on the same day
(Friday) is expected to open the Albert Dock. We have
reason to believe that the proceedinze, throughout, will
be on a scale of magnificence never before witnessed in
Liverpool. Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo, has been orderd
to provide a banquet for 250 guests.
It is said that on the occasion of Prince Albert's visit to
Liverpool he will visit Chester, and be the guest of the
very Rev. the Dean (Dr. Anson.)
GLASGOW PIG•IRON TRADE.—Note of the Shipments
of pig-iron from Port-Dundas, Kirkintilloch, and Clyde,
from Ist January till Ist May, 1846, including both fo-
reign and coasting vessels :
From Clyde... ...
Port Dundas .
Kirkintilloch ..
The above includes all the pig-iron sent to Grangemoutl
in scows, or otherwise. Large quantities are shipped,
especially to Liverpool, under the denomination of a gene-
ral cargo, which are not included in the above statement.
CHEAP WHITF.WASH.—FoOr poor people, we quote
the following cheap mode of whitewashing, viz. :—" Put
half a peck of lime into a tub; pour in some water by
degrees, and stir it well with a stick that is broad at one
end. When the lime and water are well mixed, and the
thickness of mud, strain it through a sieve into another
vessel, when it will settle to the bottom ; skim off the
little water that remains at the top, and when you are
going to use it, mix it up with cold water to the thickness
of thin paint." A small quantity of size, very thin,
should be also added with it—or buttermilk will do.
MR. ROWLINSON'S ILLUSTRATIONS OF ENGLISH
SONG.—On Saturday evening, this gentleman gave a lec-
ture, with illustrations, upon the History of the English
Ballad, at the Concert-hall, which, considering the ex-
treme heat of the weather was well attended. Mr. R. is
new as an exhibitor of his attainments in public, this being
his first appearance as a lecturer. He has, however, evi-
dently a large acquaintance with the principles and schools
of English music, considerable power in placing his views
before an audience, and sang most of his well-selected
budget of melodies very tastefully. His next lecture, we
observe, is to be upon the Scottish Ballad.
THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.—The Misses Cushman
have been engaged at this popular little theatre during
the last week, and have performed some of their best im-
personations. Of the Romeo and Juliet of these ladies
we have already spoken, as well as of the Meg Merrilies
of Miss Cushman. We had an opportunity on Thursday
of seeing the Lady Macbeth of the latter lade—an equally
great performance with her gipsy woman. Miss Cushman
pourtrays to admiration, and her figure and style afford
her aids to do so, the stern and ambitious wife of the nor-
thern thane; and, in some portions of the piece, electrifies
her audience with the Passion and startling power of her
acting. Mr. G. V. Brooke's personification of Macbeth
was, with a few inequalities and faults, a fine effort.
SHOOTING AT A POLICEMAN.—On Friday, a stripling,
who gave his name as James Maydew, was placed before
Mr. Rushton, on a charge of attempting to shoot at police
officer No. 625, on. the previous night. It appeared that
at a late hour on the previous evening, the officer found
the prisoner in Bootle-lane in the act cf dressing himself.
in a shirt over his clothes. He entered into conversa-
tion with him, and he. not giving a satisfactory account of
himself, the officer asked what he had in his pockets,
when the prisoner said—" I'll let you know, you b—h."
took out a pistol, and presented it to the officer, who
knocked him down, and assistance being procured, he was
deprived of his murderous weapon, which, however,
proved to be loaded with powder only. In the pocket of
the prisoner was found another pistol, and a hook entitled
" The lives of all the notorious highwaymen and robbers."
There was also found two pawn-tickets of goods pledged
at Bristol, and in consequence of some dark hints lie had
given about himself, be was remanded fora week.
WEST DERBY HOTEL AND BOWLING-GREEN.—On
Thursday evening last, the opening of the howling-green
attached to Mr. Fielding's, the Derby Hotel, Zoological
Gardens, was celebrated by a number of gentlemen,
friends of the host, by a dinner sumptuously provided by
that gentleman, in the large and elegant room of the est
blishment. The table was laid out very tasteful

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