The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-21 00:00:00

GENERAL MISCELLANY.

Since 1836, Dr. Reid's venti!ating apparatus for the
temporary houses of Parliament has cost £l2 483.

The health of Sir Robert Pert has very materially im-
proved by the week's relaxation which he has enjoyed.
Two men were suffocated on the 2d instant by foul air
in a mine near Wednesbury.
GRATIFAING FACT.—There were only four bankrupts
in last Tuesday's Gazelle.
The " Evangelical Alliance" intends holding its first
• grand conference in London in August.
The Earl of Essex, hitherto a staunch protectionist, has
declared emphatically for a total repeal of the corn-laws.
The grand archery meeting at York will be held on the
29 h. 30th, and 31st of July next.
Sir Harry Smith, the hero at Aliwal, is married to a
Sprnish lady who saved his life in the Peninsular war.
On Easter Monday a ferry-boat between Anglesey and
Bangor was upset, and three persons drowned.
The small-pox is raging to a fearful ex:ent in the town
and neighbourhood of Wisbech.
A miser, named John Jacob Farmer, died a few days
back in London from starvation, although he bad pro-
perty in his possession exceeding £B,OOO.
The !ate Sir Wm. Hillary's house, at Douglas, Isle of
Man, is being converted into a family hotel. The house
was lately purchased by a Manchester manufacturer.
A few days ago, a mule bird, between the linnet and
canary, died at Sunderland, at the great age of twenty-
two years, having been blind for nearly four years.
It is said that Colonel Gough, nephew of the comman-
der-in-chief, received no Pss than six balls in the late
action, hut remained notwithstanding in the field.
Mr. Macready has entered into an engagement to per-
form twenty nights at the Surrey Theatre for £1,600,
commencing next September.
_ _ .

The Post:office clerks and distributors at Bath have
made an appeal to the public against the continuance of
the Sunday delivery. It ought to he acceded to.
At the Sessions Court-house at Beverley, the foremln
of the jury declined giving a verdict because " Fee no
orator."

Henry Jackson, gamekeeper to Sir Gorge
Renishaw, was shot severely in the thigh, by poachers, on
Frieav week. The offenders have been apprehended.
A child. seven months old, has died at Camherwell,
from having partaken rather freely of half a round of bread
steeped in beer, which had been given to it.
Mr. Charles Kemble has been reading Shakapeare to
the working classes at the east end of London, with im-
mense success.

SPORT AND DEATH —Three valuable borseswere killed
in consequence of the severity of the run they had had
with the Queen's steg hounds on Monday.
The Jupiter, Bristol and Cork steamer, went a.hore on
Wednesdaf"night, in the river, near Bristi.l ; several va-
luable hunters, horned cattle, and two hundred pigs, w, re
drowned.

JamOs Reid, who was acquitted on the charge of mur-
dering the old man. Branter, at. Berketvell, is again in
custody, charged with rubbing the premises of the mur-
dered man.

After various remands, the magistrates have decided on
commi►ting Sheriff and Biddle to Oxford gaol for trial for
the wilful murder of Mr Mobbs, on the evidence of the
accomplice, Skerry.
The crew of a whaling vettsel,.the Mary, have been
shipwrecked on the Woodlark Islands. Seven were
drowned, ot,e only escaped, the others, twenty-eight itt
number, were horribly massacred by the natives.
The banking house of Lathom and Co., at Dover. has
stopped payment. The immediate cause is the death ot
the senior partner. It is expected there will be 10s. in the
pound for the creditors.
In the Times an American company advertise f;.r sale
saddles of American forest venison, wild geese from the
American lakes, and wild turkeys from the American fo-
rests, just received, in fine order!
At tt.e sale of the stock of one of the most extensive
posting-masters in Glasgow, last week. the horses, be-
tween fifty and sixty in number, fetched from £25 to £3(►
each. _ _ -

In the western division of Middlesex, the number of
inquests held in cases of suicide during the past three
months was exactly double the number held during the
corresponding three months of 1845.
At Birmingham, Thomas Leathern, who professed to
be an attorney, under which character be procured sums
of money font two or three prrties under false pretences,
was sentenced to seven years' transportation.
WEARING THE KILT.—The Highland Society of Lon-
don have resolved upon giving ptizes in the Highlands,
to " the best-dressed Highlanders, who have fur the
longest period worn the kilt." The prizes are to be
awarded at Fort William, in August next.
BRITI-H SHIPWRECKS --The National Life-boat So-
ciety estimate, from authentic sources, that the number
of British vessels yearly destroyed by shipwreck is 600;
the value of property shot], £2.500,600 sterling; and the
number of lives lost to be about 1,560.

In the northern suburb of the city of Lincoln, in the
parish of St. John Newport, a lady has, this year, been
honoured with the appointment of overseer of the poor.
The same pers n has previously been appointed con:ta-
ble, in the defect of sufficient male inhabitants.

On 'Tuesday morning, a donkey drive r was lucky enough
to p'ck up 27 sovereigns, which he found sc ittered abon'
in Regent's Park. They are supposed to have chopned
out of the trousers pocket of some gentleman whilst
riding on horseback the evening berme.
NORWEGIAN GAME —Tine tit-be, from Dram, or
Dr,mmer, in the kingdom of Norway, uhich as rived last
week in the Surrey Canal, had on board, in addition to a
cargo. consisting, with the exeepticn mentioned, entirely
of ice, 17 cases of game, the produce of tha country.
FATAL EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday five men were
killed in a fire clay pit, near Bils,on. by a sulphur explo-
sion. One of them was going along with a candle, though
implored by his companions not to do so, and hence the
catastrophe.
A young man was killed by lightning last week, at
WestleY, in Suffolk. He, with .ix others, souAt shelter
from a storm under a heche ; a fl Ash of lightning knocked
down several of the youths, and the deceased died in a
few minutes.

A powder mill blew up at Wa'tham Abbey on Sun-
day night : fortunately no per.on was on the pretiiis-s
The disaster was caused by a Spol, which set the mill
atones in such rapid motion that the powder which was
under them exploded.
Martha Ford. a girl nine years of age, daughter of a
sawyer living at Wrdnesbury, was so frightened by hear-
ing a noise behind her as she was coming down stairs,
and turning and seeing a doe lnlonging to a ne gill our,
that she died the following d y.
On the afternoon of the 6 in;'ant, a gross outrage
and attempt at violation was maw: us the person of a
respectable married female, named V 1 bite, residing in a
cottage us on the estate of Colonel Keppd. at Ashley,
Milton, Warwickshire, by a respectable-looking man,
who alighted from a chaise under the pretence of slither-
ing tram the rain.
At the Gloucester assize., on Saturday, James Wares.
aged 68, was transported tor life, for setting fire to a dwel-
ling house. The prim ipal evidence was that of his
daughter, who was lodging in the house, a public house of
low description, and with whom he was at variance. He
attempted to so s angle her. but she got away ; the tire a..
tetwat ds broke out and was discovered to have originated
in the prisons is room. •
A distressing csse of murder and attempted suicide has
°centred a' Aodovetsfoid, near Cheltenham. let conse-
quence of ill treatment on the part of her huband,
sometin es beat her with a flail,) and other relatives. a fr.
male named Jane Ne roman, on Saturetay. first di owned
her infant daughter in a mill t mid, and them attempted to
eestroy herself in a s'inilar manner. Eehe was, however.
obserted, taken out in a senseless state, atp.l has since
part ally to covered.
ExTENsivg ROBBERY.—On Feiday, between twelve
and our, o'clock, Mts. Virearr, a widow lade, residing in
Oxford-terrace, Bat eater, west to the (3 nk of England,
betea she received J.& 0, consisting of two X. 60, sitir 1:50,
and six £5 Bank of Eoklend notes, a his twenty &ivy-
rekos. 11. e notes she care'ully placed in her pocket.
book, at d the gold in a nurse, Which she put iu her hock.
st. On quitto g the Batik. she, "cconipeenied by hs r
daughter. went on foot into King Will•aus-street In make
acme purchase a, when, to he, astonisttrorsit slid dismay,
on put tit g her hand int her goober, she founei that the
pocket-book and puree had been abstracted.

April 2!, 1846.

The will of the late Mr. Liston, the popular comedian,
has just been proved in Doctors'-commons, and his ef-
fects were valued jor probate duty at £40,000. He has
left his plate, jewellery, pictures, books, furniture, car--
Lieges, horses, &c., to his wife, absolutely. The residue
of his proverty, which he directs to be invested in the
funds in the names of the trustees, he has left to his wife.
Some half century ago there existed in Bond-streets
London, a banker's establishment, known as Messrs.
Strange, Dashwood, and Co. About forty-five yeas
have elapsed since the house suspended payment, and se-
veral dividends upcn the estate have at considerable in-
tervals been paid. Within the last few days we under-
stand a sixth dividend of Bd. in the pound, making in all
l3s. 4d., has been in course of payment.
A THIEF IMPRISONED IN THE ACT.—On Friday, as s
cart, loaded wi h beans, was standing near the door of the
Elephant and Castle, Westgate, a man mounted upon the
sacks, and was in the act of pilfering some o' the contents,
when, lo and behold, to the amusement of the bystanders,
the cart was suddenly upset, and the thief buried under
the sacks of beans, and luckily for him be escaped without
much injury.— Wakefield Journal.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION AT SHEFFIELD.—About
quarter past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, an esido'
ston took place upon the premises of Mt ssrs. J. and W.
Marshall. edge tool and scythe manufacturers, of Allen-
street. The force of the gunpowder knocked down part
of a wall, and blew out one of the chamber windows. A
portion of the roof was also removed from it.; previous
position. Thy miscreai,ts who committed this outrage
are expected to be caught.—Sheffield Iris.
SOCINIAN TEACHERS.—We observe in the Leeds In-
telligencer the following end of the ministry of a Socinian
teacher. It were well if they were all to make FO favour-
able a change. Our contemporary says :—" The Rev.
Edward Higginson, Unitarian minister, of Hull, has
accepted the unanimous invitation of the congregation of
the Unitarian Chapel, Wakefield, to be their future pas'
tor. He will be the successor of the Rev. J. Cameron.
now J. Cameron, Esq., stock and sharebroker."
The sailors' strike is now at an end in Hull. Unfor-
tunately for its promoters it has remained ion.: enough 10
bring to the town a great number of sailors from other
ports who gladly accept the wages offrred to, but refused
by, own our sailors ; and the end of the matter is, that the
men having spent their small resources, and drawn is
many instances their odd pounds from the Bank of Savings,
must now accept the averages wages of the day. —HIE
Paper.

ORIGIN OF A FIRS.—At Dundee. on Saturday evening
week, some children were chasing a cat, which, to escoPe
from is por,uers, took refuge in the wari-h,use of a flax
spinner. The young urchins, with the view of burning
her out, and without reflecting on the consequences, com-
menced throwing lighted lucifers into. the warehouse, bl
means of a hole in the door. Shortly after the warehouse
was discovered to be on fire, and was not extinguished till
property to the amount of £6O had been destroyed.
FATAL ACCIDENI.—On Friday, as a lid named Jones
was working at the Rolling Mi is of the New British
Ironworks. near Pontypool, a sudden gust of wind blew
the cap of his head ; in endeavouring to catch it he fell,
and got entangled in the cogs of the wheel, which was
working at the time, and was drawn through and came
out on the other side literally torn to atoms. The remain°
were collected, put in a sheet, and taken to his father.
house.—Hereford

The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge has
ceased tom its labi,u.s. The immediate cause of the dis;
solution of the society is deficiency of funds, orcasinneu
by the heavy outlay upon the Biogrophicul DictionarYt
of which seven half volumes, completing the letter A,
hive been published. leaving an excess of exprnditure
above receipts amounting to £5.000; while a careful esti-
matet has demonstrated that to c.mplete the work would
require, under exist ng circumstances, an additional still)
of at least £l5 (ft 0 to be sunk.

THE CHAMPION PEOESTRIAN.—On Tuesday a long'
pending walking match between Bet.j. Butler and Chas'
Westhall, over a.dist nce of 25 miles, came off at Hai"'
near Leeds. the stakes were 100 sovs. aside, and the
honour of the championship. W.-saell maintained the
head at an extraordinary speed, until the fourteenth wile;
when he began to flag. Westhall persevered until t 1;.:
eighteenth mile, when nature became exhausted, and he
relinquished the struggle. Butler went on his course,
anti got over the 25 miles in less than four hours.
Loss OF THE " GREAT LIVERFOOL. '—The committ,the
appointed to investigate the circumstances coimected
the loss of the Great Liverpool steam-ship. on the 24t"
of February, report that they are unanimously of eeini°ll
that the loss of the vessel was occasioned by a very- 6„"•
usual inset from the ocean, which had never been met, 0„:
any of her former voyages, or in ti.e cape' ience of fie",*
nil commanders and officers whom the committee have
examined ; and that no hl• me whatever attached to Car
Leod, the late commander.
Two HORSES AND A BOY DROWNED NEAR DERBY'
On Monday, as William Fetcher, a boy about 13 Yeair''
of age, was returning from plough, through Bretby Par
with two horses chained together, be mooned the firs
horse, and took them into one of ti e ponds for the
pose of washing their legs. Unfortunately the horse ""
rode slipped into deep water and drew the other after Hat!
and their legs becoming entangled in the chains, they brat'
sunk. The boy struggled for some time, bur at lengtud
stink also. Two men were present, but neither heap
able to swim they could render no assistance.--Der
Reporter.
EARLY PATERNITY.—A lad of 15, Thomas Francis his
name, wts summoned et Southwark Poliee-offiee
girl of 16, for the maintenance of her illegitimate chsind
The boy had acknowledged the infant as his vivre d
had at first given money for its support. He now said
there were ocher boys as intimate with the young 0"19°.•
as-he was, and, crying bitterly, refused to have anythol
to do with either matter or child. The magistrate said
t e evidence against him amounted to the proof the lair
required He is an errand-boy, earning 65., ont of which,
he was adjudged to pay 2s. weekly towards the support 0,
the infant.
Tuesilay week, the coroner of Plymouth ordered
the exhu.nation of the body of Rebecca Wyatt, who ow
buried in January, ae he strongly suss ected that her hoe;
hand had murdered her. An inquest was he d on tbri
body on Thursday week, anti from the Evidence addltee„,
it appeared that Wyatt and his wife kept a brothel in
town ; and on the 21st of December, they had a desPeThe
quarrel, which ended in the husband heating her on be
head with a block of wood, from the effects of which •
died, and was privately buried without env suspicion ,
atta hed to the husband. The jury found him guilty'
he was fully committed for trial. A David
MURDER IN GLASGOW.—An old men, name,. - doe
Love, a weaver. was fount red on Saturday. in Glas',let,
under the following c rcumstances :—Shottly after eleAlt
o'clock, Love and an. they individual went into 8 Stfifind
tavern or eeting-house, kept by a man named DA' de'
called for some refreshment. for which payment "'roof
mantled before they consumed it. It then aiipearra
both Love and his companion were accidentally wi vein
money. This gave rise to an altercation with the eee'ver
the hou-e, for the trouble they had occasioned• oft
rnatelv, Love and his cameanion went peaceable 8000
but had proceeded only a short distance, when Dale wig
behind them, and struck Love a violent blow on fhedeter
of the head, which killed him instantly. The olur
made his escape, hilt was opt rehended on MondaY.4. and
A GkNERAL DEALER.—An unwashed. regge.:o/01
very repulsivreloolting fellow, named George Pe"l-cial
was °evicted at Bow-street Pol:ce Court or. Via. "rd on
a brutal and unprovoked essaift or, a Me. Sauna,'is ,
his sister. The magistrate enquired t f the to pas,:
" What are you ?" and thereupon the following e°olt,l
ensued ;—" What am 1 ! Why, a general dealer..... lee,
what I am."—" And pray what is that ?"='`
anything I can pick up—horritiges or hippies, or Pttd,ll
or rhubarb, or now and th n a few wawnies or el , c
hantiythin 1 can git hold on."—" That's what thetette4
sterniongering, is it not?"—" Wulgar d!je'e 0
worship ; hut 1 calls it genteel dealing." " Well. y e flO
been coon. ted of two very brig-1 assaults, and llt $o
40.. in each rase ; and if not paid to-day you she "t„
prismn r a month."
ble th
CURIOUS D aTtas.—lt is somewhat remares
wi.hin the last fort high', three young females, silica btio
lave, totally unacquainted with each other, hat lit
found drowned in tee Warwick and Nepton Cens.nettoPo
vicinity of Warwick and Leamington. Ott the 90' f eolho
an i• quest w s he 1.1 at Leamington. on the bod%;.°oge, (et
Lewi-, a young servant gill, about 14 year 4 O' the tiro
aa. f, and in tile above C near LeamingtOth
'' . I,t
before. It appeared. evid nee, that the deco telpo
been rather utteomtortah!e in her situation, wiLluct fle„.te
have been the moving cause of the sad event; ;tip
saw her throw he self into the water. On the vbegor
its the same town, An inquest was held on lb' „tnefee
Adelaide D .vis, aced 14, who was found in the so
nal on the 10,11 instant. The deceased, after' .111crelli,110.0
reproved by her Hunt, with whom she lived, fl„oti 141
uti•ruth. left h.ime on the 22nd of March, 811,0 IV O°,
a ere heat dof her mitt! foetid in the Canal. alO etio 1';
,t Warwick, an ipqiiest was held or' A eO. ~e 0(.
rg
Sehar ette lieiclilosier. a Getman girl, ege'koe.2erei
whom considrrhble interest had heen excited. • 0,0
could he obtained how she got into the water;
0
in each case was " fund dr,twoed." itAt ve, 0
STEAM NAVIGATION DIRECT TO AVBII.-
very large meeting of mercantile gentlemen tTod,,otri
Friday, at the London Tav'rn, to take into C.lll, ci,o, os
the question of steam navigation betweenor`i,lns'
and Australia. I ieutenant Weghorn, the e,inPreemi
Vie irojeet, read his proposed plan to the me
following is the; substance of it. At tare,entit. o e.:tto
rection of Australi a our steam cowl:Punic'
no further than Singapore, leavina an tirrnet:„as Poo to
at a rough gtiess, 4,500 miles. 'this hiatus
at 51ed 0046
to be filled uo by estahl shin g a s•eam*,°,(ocot,'„oo°.,.o
Singapore, the vessels connected with rabic!'
Aitet. ale. touching at Batavia and Java', ear $ 10'00
the east nt coast of Australia. anise ate' N of,
and Sydney. Ile had mentioned Vie lu'le
her of tier Maj sty's gneertiment, who stir,'.7 to col;ec
do two-fold good, viz , render the tran'in tho pro/
Australia promi t and regular, and erec' th3en,,t),
a steam. vessel establishment. Ile els(h' s:o,er'oo note
ehnula receive the two-fold rupee,' t or
pr
(Cheers ) The last le tees they hail re;ipe ttlieetßpi
trey were dated 4 h 1), cen ber. 1845• i‘jr• lotiostofe
averaged h. tweets four and five wont he: the aLoat
aft, r the letters were read, said that ',"d in u eit
hisOm the v• yaw- would he performed hittb`_t.
(lays. A committee was eppeinted to 1;° '

n after. • r" ,or
, Blior f9' , r
FKAMPTON'S pu for -' o ' •
H.ad .t. cr HEALTH— , us," ro 60
avil.". illd geNtinfi, and for ti.e o'h'''e: red b"I. c eel 'O4
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t idler habi.ual .Jr ,rniporai y. !hey Vre "'et,bie il) et ;or
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adopted. Sild by 811 wedivii e
per box. B,e •be iihtile of " Tcomas Pruoi
London," ou the governuitot strings'
vehdors• ~ 2,1",

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MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

A special meeting of this body was held yesterday
morn'ng at eleven o'clock in the Council Chamber, for the
purpose of considering the Wapping Duck Bill now before
Parliament.
The MAYOR took the chair a few minutes past eleven
o'clock. In explaining the object of the meeting, he said
the Dock Committee had only sent up six copies of the
bill, which he understood were all they had received ; five
of those had been placed on the Council table, at d the
other was in the hands of the Town-clerk. He was sorry
more could not be procured, as, had there been a sufficient
nomber, he should have been-glad to have sent one to
each member of the Council.
The TOWN-CLERK still it would perbaps be better for
biro to read over the clauses of the bill; and as he prs-
ceeded, he would direct the attention of the Council to
the alterations whirl) had been made in it.
Mr. H. HORNBY said he rose perfectly ignorant as to
What the alterations were. The bill was one of the most
important which had been brought before the Council,
and he had had no opportunity of making himself ac-
qaainted with what alterations had been made in it. It
was very true several copies had been placed on the Coun-
°;il table during the past week, but almost the whole of
ois time had been occupied with the business of the Coun-
cil- lie should like to have had a copy of the bill to take
home with him, in order that he might carefully have ex-
amined its provisions, hut if the bpsiness of the Council
Was like the ancient Parliament of Paris, merely to re-
gister the acts of the Dock Committee, the best plan
would be at once to agree to the bill without discussion.
M r. BkAMLEY MOORE felt some regret at pat t of what
bad fallen from Mr. Hernby, as it was entirely unneces-
sary and uncall-d for. It would, no doubt, be satisfac-
tory to him, as well as the Council. to ki ow that there
was nothing new in the bill, further then what related to
the Bridgewater Trust, and to the Water and Gas Corn-
Panics. lie regretted that every member of the Council
should not have been furnished with a copy of the bill.
They were ordered, only six were received, and all those
Were at once sent to the Town-hall. As. however, them
was nothing new in the bill, but those clauses he had
named, except the compensation clause, perhaps the most
convenient course of proceeding would be for the Town-
Clerk to read over the whole of the clauses, about which
be -aid not anticipate any discussion, and after that the
new clauses, and then he would state his reasons to the
Council why the Dock Committee sought to obtain the
introduction of the warehousing clause, which had been
rejected by the Committee of the House of Commons.
Mr. liontrssoN said from whet. he could learn, the
Dock Committee had lost the puwer of constructing ware-
houses around the new dock.
Mr Alooße interposed. That was anticipating; the
discussion would come on afterwards in its proper order.
Mr. PROCTER asked whether it was not-necessary that
the Council should have some insight into what was
about to be brought before them. At present he knew
nothing of what the bill was.
Mr. Moorta said it. was the very same bill which had
before been before the Can cit.
Mr. PROCTER said if he understood the matter rightly,
the bill was one Which had passed the ordeal of the Corn-
rnittee of the House of Commons. Now, from that Bill
be was told that the Committee had struck nut the ware.
not
iusiigthgt inclause, and he wished to know whether he was
supposing that it Wes intended to propose in
the Lords th'e re-introduction of the rejected clause.
Mooree.—Yes.
Mr. PROCTER said he understood the clause was one
enabling them to erect warehouses and to exempt such
'warehouses from rates.
The MAYOR suggested that as there was likely to he the
- most discussion on that clause, the better way would be
for the town-clerk to read the resolutions come to by the
Council when the bill was previously before them, with
regard to that clause, and then the clause itself. ( Hear.)
The TOWN-CLERK then read the resolution passed eta
previous meeting of the Council as follows :—" Proposed
'y Mr. Alderman Turner. seconded by Mr. Alderman
ietturetire. " Resolved unanimously, that it he an instruc-
tion to the Dock Committee to obtain powers under the
bill to construct warehouses around the new docks, it be-
Ing the opinion of this council that the measure will be
productive not only of great benefit to the trade of
r.
the
th port, but be conducive to the moral improvement inhabitants by removing those inducements to
them e Presented by the constant exposure of goods on
draw°ePe" (PlaYs'"
would A clause, grounded upon leis. was
bY himself and Mr. 'Worthington ; it, in effect,
, have rendered• the warehouses liable to rates. Its
Word
gelatin were, •• all all warehouses to be erected under the
e Previsions of the 7th and Bth Victoria relating to
w..ais rehouses." Mr. Burke, the parliementary agent, said
toaf
the Speaker
not pass the standing orders; and the opinion
Speaker was taken upon this point, and he was of
opinion, that as the notices respecting the b II contained
notbi,,g relating to rates. if such a clause were introduced
the standing orders would not be sompl-ed with, and,
consequently, the sureties of the bill would have been
jeopardised. Mr. Burke then altered the clause by alter-
ing the words quoted as follows:—" relating to the con-
trol and monoejemenl of the s at ehonsi s "
Mr. BIRKETT asked whether he clause read by thr-Town •
clerk, as drawn up in Londcn, was in act oidance with the
resolution of the Council, treeause be understood fr, m the
mover of that resolution that there was no intention of
ex, mpt ng the warehouses froan rates, but that they should
be in the same position as the Albeit Dock Warehouses.
Mr. ALDERMAN TURN Eli Said it was certainly his in-
tention, as be mover of the tesolution, that the clauses
relating to the Albert Dock warehouses sbould al ply to
this bill
Mr HORNBY said that was his intention in seconding
the motion.
The TOWN CLERK then read the clause which it was
proposed to re-insert in the bill.
Mr. odoottt, suggested that the discussion on the clause
should be taken last as there was not likely to be any dis-
cussion on other portions of the bill.
The MAYOR thought if there was likely to be any diffi-
C.,°lf Y about the clause that had better be got over, and
lueit.l) y would proceed smoothly. (lii fir. hear )
Pitsortial moved that the clause be taken first.
r• W. EARLE Wag vet •happy to second the motion ; it
Was best to take the bull by the horns at overt, (Laughter.)
The motion, on being put, was agreed to.
Mr. Moone then rose and moved that the clause, as
read by the Town Clerk, form putt of the bill, end in
a
°"1 at) a-sured the Council that the Dock Committee
%ciere
anxions that the bill should contain a watehousing
b,Use. (Hear.) When the bill was before the House of
er_ultnons the clause was proposed, and then another
vs'liuse was proposed to be inserted by the Highway Board,
,lien would subject the warehouses to local rates. The
~,4`ter clause was laid before the Speaker, and he ex-
r.ressed a very decided opitiou (lint, that under such
Ftreuntstances the bill would be thrown out on the
:tal'lding Orders. In consequence of this, the clause
',..rejected, end when the I otionittee of the House
uotnmons were to coosider the wareouse clause,
et was rejected. This was, as usual, dine with closed
ts 8, a!!el when strangers were admitted, the decision of
,'e Committee was announced without any reason being
I::,l,lteti, hut he (Mr. Motile) understot d that it was thought
s t'he' omtriett,e unfair to permit the clitu‘e to be in-
:rated. when the question of rating could not also he con-
or 'red• Now the. Dock Committee were very desitous
hr,.r elewing that clause, and in doing so he would very
11), state that it did not go further than the mere 'cong-
a, °n of the priirciple that warehouses ought to be erected
• passed,
the docks in the town of Liverpool. If the clause
lh it would be utterly inefficient and inoperative,
total the trustees went again to Parliament for power
th take flees, and to raise money wherewith to erect
le° warehouses, arid therefore hereafter the High way
Ctard would stand in no averse position than at present,
fueluse nothing could be done under the clause without
thlluer legislative powers. It wits a mere recegnition ot
i;Principle. He (Mr. Mouse then lot lied upon any
the°sltitio to the clause as a mere attempt to obstruct
'hi) Pio:tress of the bill, and ni thing lese. He eas,
pver, told that if the bill was is cted (turn g the
d fist:" ses ion it would be no loss to the public. He
if ed tramthose who said ste arid ler this reason;
"e bill did not pass, the Dock Committee would
I.6°l.Hb'e to go on with the Albeit D ck warehouses.
- hot power to do this was in itself worth going fur, if
b., e
else was to be gained, because they would tiien
.ailed to go en with the entire wareht uses around
c Albert Dock ; and, from the progress which they
17 ~
old he enabled to metre, he had no doubt they would
that oroPet and rady fo wrk in twelve mis tas fom
ter l
d.e Dilse
wouldr heo a very importantt ',obiti tor
Perri to gain. Ns w, wo h regard to the ratit.g clause, be.
in his ludiVieUMl eaptlei, y, cared very little about the
Fatter, as to whether the warehouses ware rated to the
local rates or not ; but, as a trustee of the dock estate,
• felt it to be part of his duty to oppose any thing which
:old tend to render the warehouses less prodtic ive to that
totat". If lie e.enot atrustee he sin uld consider it his duty
th,stake a different ceto se, and to ho all in his poises to get
es"' rated ; but, as a trustee, lie felt beund to resist
opsucli clause being introduced into the bill, as wt odd
docCsurse have a tendency to diminish the income of the
tr, • if, however, it was the pleasure of the Council
• (13roduce such a clause, he should feel it his duty, as
tb_l7v. f. the body, and he telt sine the same feeling wt uld
re the conduct of the Parliamentary Committ• e
in,t,'rtoen( • to do every thing his power to get the clause
arty it or to resien his trust; but he did not apprehend
rein, tiel,:essily for that. (Hest, hear.) He need not re-
pert;.the Council that the Dock Estate was national pro-
exer;„ it belonged to the mitt, n and lied always h. en
Pt.from taxes of every kind and description,. but it
vver3e't the estate was liable to be rated, If tie t
it ti3bluet) why did they ask for powers to make
a The very fact of their attemut to get
Wro,, introduced, giving them power to rate the
tr•eer'Y showed that their opinion was that they
•Im„ rot Fable. And what were the dock ware-
b
Est„,e' ut Part of the Dock Estate. The funds of that
Deek 10'1_t_aP.resent were applied to the rre:riteitance 4 f ti e
dteaue,ioB2
ot!e_and the surplus was to be applied in the
rat
applied
rates ; but it they tot k any portion of
that 00."tinointtlle.d it to any other purpose, however row 11
use, be, it was directed tram its preps and
resent the I;* He had said euffisient to slow that at
, for loc4 ock Estste was not and ought ni t to he lie-
),iii.;tY on the rates. They did ot els m at non Ba-
ilp"rt of the Estate in cons, quence of any
..t,t7
of
vlt.
rand Comparing
to the Doek Acts, hut teneTer the common
t-; srmsratiort h mparirie this with the pronerty of the
as,„,ed
.0 , e was will aware II at that property was
the k rates, and even paid income tax ; but the
„flii°;!'s I, mot from evert- kind ot Its. both
ea"tweal Ile knew wt uld he urger', that the
to "Vint) of the
_ .s ft,„„,
_„, warehouses elected by the Dock Ti us-
vote nu kind of taxation was an unfair competition
tit:ill nem, prop.
rt
char °f such y ; but he thought wl en the applica•
a principle tended to the cheapening eit the
"lugJa-- 8 °f Lhe•
tS 4fadaell. Such
Private
and the general en' micro, ent of the
Property in the town by the increase
an argument would not hold good. The
tr°PerlY bele •
eels liable gg to the Duke ef Bridgewater's Trus-
" to all the rates and taxes, and they were to

a certain extent in competition with the dock estate. But
theycarrythe matter further. Docks were about to be made
at Herculaneum, and the projectors of those docks might
say they ought not to be liable to be rated. Both these
properties, however, were liable to rates, and bad to pay
every description of taxes; and the argument would be
just as good for them to maintain their non-liability, as
for the warehouse owner. He did not blame the uarties
who had taken up the question;, on the contrary, he
thought it was part of their duty to do so, and no blame
should be attributed to them. Indeed, had not the parish
authorities taken up the matter, he thought the rate-
payers would have had reason to complain of their ne-
glect; but their duties as parish authorities, was very
(tiff, rent from their duty as dock trustees, arid he (Mr.
Moore) would go so far as to contend that it was nothing
less than a breach of trust to attempt to saddle the Dock
Estate with warehouses, unless some equivalent were
given in the shape of exemption from local burdens.
Mr. CHILTON seconded the motion proposed by Mr.
Moore.

Mr. ROBINSON contended that the warehouses built on
the dock quays were an entirely separate property from
the Dock
,Estate, and when the matter was under discus-
sion before, Mr. Moore distinctly stated, as they would
find in his speech published at the request of the Dock
Committee, that the funds for erectit g wart houses were
entirely d fferent from the funds of the Dock Estate.
Mr. MOORE.—I said the warehouses were erected un-
der a separate act of Parliament.
Mr. ROBINSON continued—lf the warehouses should
prove a failure ultimately, he (Mr. Robinson) contended
that the income raised from ships, ant goods brought into
the port, could not be applied to meellittny deficiency. He
was, therefore, of opinion that the warehouses ought to be
subject to rates the same as any private property.
Mr. MooRE said, if the warehouses did not pay, there
was no doubt whatever but the funds of the Dock Estate
could be applied to make up the deficiency. All that the
act required was that the accounts should be kept sepa-
rate, in order to judge of the working of theseheme.
The Tows-CLERK being appealed to, said the fact was
as stated by Mr. Moore, and all the money borrowed to
erect the warehouses was borrowed on the credit of the
Dock Trustees.

Mr. ROBINSON Said, however that might be, it did not
alter his opinion. He still thought the warehouses ought
to he subject to rates.
Mr. BIRKETT differed entirely from Mr. Moore as to
the queFtion of standing o•ders. He thought he was com-
pletely mis►aken on that point.. The Highway Commis-
.ioners were not liable to any objection on the standing
orders, because they petitioned.
Mr. MOORE.—It was the parish authorities

Mr. BIRKETT.— Well, the Speaker decided upon a
question of notice. They were aware neither the pat ish
authorities nor the Highway Board could give notice of
what thee did not know. They were nut the promoters
of the bill, and only sought to introduce a clause
in committee ; but, to show the, feeling of the com-
mittee on the subject, they decided that the clause
enabling the Dock Committee to build warehouses should
not remain poet of the bill, unless the rating clause was
inserted also. As to the docks being national property,
he thombt oifferent from Mr. Moore on that point. No
doubt the legal estate was in the trustees ; but if the
docks really belonged to anybody they belonged to the
bondholders, with the execution perhaps of such docks as
had been constructed out of the profits of the estate, and
that portion he would admit belot ged to the rate payers.
He considered it most unfair to exempt dock warehouses
from rates whilst private warehouses erected only a few
yards from them ‘7as rated. They might as well say that
the Dock Estate should have the stones, bricks, and mor-
tar for the • section I:4lkir works without paying for
them. He was a trust s well as Mr. Moore. and he
considered that he was sent there not merely as a dock
trustee, but also as a trustee for the general interests of
the town. and he thought it most unfair to favour one party
Ih t the expense of another. As to the statement that the
Dock Estate was exempt from rates, by the common law,
that was not so.
Mr. Mooeu.—Ask the Town Clerk. •
Mr. BIRKLTT would appeal to the Town Clerk, for be
was sure it was not so.

The TOWN CLER K—The estate is exempt by statute law.
Mr. MOORS.—Not by the dock acts.

The TOWN CI EVE

Mr. 13taxvir continued.—Why should the tenants of
the corporation he taxed, and the tenants of the dock
estate not? The further they pursued tie argument the
more absurd it became. There was no analogy between
the Bridgewater Trust and the Herculaneum Docks and the
Dock Estate. They ca e to the position they now hold,
knowing what they had to contend with. He should be
sorry to do any thing which 'would peril the bill, and he
wished the clau-e to be withdrawn, as nothing could be
done under it, even if insetted, and therefore why not
postpone it until next session. If the question was to be
brought forward in the House of Lords it must be met in
a yr ry different manner to what it had been ; but be
warned them that there was not the slightest chance of
succeeding. . .

IVIr. I. VANS said there were many reasons for not goirg
on at all with the bill this Session. hut he would first dis-
pose of the rating clause. He looked upon the De ck
warehouses as altogether distinct from the Locks. The
Docks were a mere addition to the river, to supply the
deficiency of natute ; arid if they taxed the Docks, they
might as well tax the river itself. However, in rating
the warehouses, care should be taken that they were
not rated higher than the warehouses which they sup-
plied the place of. With regard to what Mr. Bi kett
had said about the bond holders bring the owners of the
Docks, that, according to his notion, was analogous
to saying that the shareholders in a railway we re not
the owners of it, but those who lent money to them. He
should certainly make a motion, that the bill be with-
drawn for the present Session. A delay of a yearlenight
he of advantage and could be of no disadvantage what.• yen
Was that a time to rush into such a scheme es that, with
open decks which lie was convinced would cost nearer a
million and a half than '.n% thing else ? Money was scarce,
labour was valuable, and they wete already occupied with
eighty acres of additional dock space. Any one would
sot pose they had enough on hand—and if they proceeded
with that n easure they wuuld be committing a great moral
injury on the population. They would be crowding into
a very shot t space of time wen kb that would re quirea great
many thousand men—that would cause the erection of
many thousand houses and shous to accommodate them and
when tl e works wete completed, what would be the
consequence ? A complete collapse. The people would
be without labour and houses without tenants. Another
arer ment was as to the trade of the pert. Amongst other
branch-s, they had lately a very inflated account of the
increase of the timber trade. He happened that morning
to have had some conversation with three gentlemen
connected extensively wi h that trade, and he understood
that nearly the whole of last year's I reduce was still on
hand. One gentleman had eleven cargoes on hand, and
he was but one in the same position. Not long ago that
gentleman could have got seventeen pence and a farthing
far what he could not then get fourteen pt nee, and it
would have been better for him to have sold all his
stt ck at one shilling on the quay than to keep it. lie ad-
mitted the vessels had sailed attain from this port, hut it
was well knt wn they were not to return here. On the
whole, he was of opinion that the increase of the umber
trade was a very great fallacy. He might go further and
show the sanie results in other trades, but he would
merely mention one other, namely, guano, and with re-
gard to that it was admitted on all hands that with the
exception of what was received from South America, it
was at an end. But what were they about to do?
Warehouses were already scarce, and they were going to
pull down 24,100 yards of watehouses, metre than the
w hole of those surrounding the Albert Dock. Would
not the warelrouse•owners take advantage of that ? For
then they would have to pay cash down, and the owners
would Le left to rebuild wl ere they liked ; and what ne-
cessity was there to pull down warehouses and rebuild
them some file or six yards from the same spot,
soecisdly when they might obtain powers to have
them around the old docks almost immediately. Ile tb-
-jec ed to their going to Paeliament for an open dock, and
they trusted to the warehouse-owners and the Deck Corn-
roitiee to g t them warehouses text year. He, for one,
would trust neither one or the other. He looked upon
warehouses around the docks as most essential. They had
hreit told about the dues in London being higher than
Liverpool. That was altogether a fallacy, for they
had been solute on obtaining power to eonsteuct docks
leaving out the very essentials of cheapness, and doing a hat
was either of no use or absolutely injurious. which,
he contended. open docks were at the present time.
Mr. Evans concluded by proposing the following amend-
trent at unless the whole of the clauses providing
for warehouses on the proposed deck quays, and on those
to be bolt under the acts of 1844, be carried. that this
bill shall be withdrawn for this session and that the
clause for rating the warehouses shall be worded so as to
secure them from the payment of more rates titan similar
inland warehouses pay."
Mr. HortsFAbb entirely agreed with Mr. Birkett, in
repuchninp the idea of the Chairman of the Dock Com-
mittee, that the docks were national property, they were
rather the property of the Dock Tiu-tees, held ft r the
pus nose of improving the harbour, for increasing the ac-
commodation of the port, and fur the encouragement of
trade, by lessening the rates. He confessed he was
ye ry much startled to hear Mr. Evans support the rating
clause. because lie remembered that on a previous occasion
M r. Eva, s had resisted that clause to the utmost.
Ms EVANS—You do not recollect anything of the sort ;
yr u were nut a member of the Dock Committee at.that
tin e

Mr. iIonSFALL continued —NWII, if be was in error
as to Mr. Evatra's real views, he tr ok it that the intro
duciion of tt.e rating clauses in the act of that year was
a sop for the warehouse interest. He did nut. however.
dill"' lion) Mr. Evat s's present views, when the subject
was discussed in tie Deck Coo mittee, and be had ti en
ost strenuously rutin( r ed the rating of the watt t 1( u.e s
but they were met by the statement that !Le law a as against
thew. and that as trustees they had no tight to introduce
any clause which would irjure the estate, or a isapprn-
prate its revenues. On that ground. on the legal ground
aloe e. he w.ei now opposed to the intreductir n of any
clause which imposed on the estate the burden of local
ewes, or any taxation wl atever On another I &nt, how-
ever, I e WH. tar born agreeing with Mr. Evans. He did
not think there would he any gain by delay ; and, in fact,
the rontialy must evidently be the case, for he retnerr-
bered to have seen, within a very short period, 130 vessels
lyit gin the river withou► dock accommodation. (Hear,
tear.) if they could not get all they married, he should
say let then, take al, that they could get ; and not lose the
ht lby standing out for matters of less importance. The
quest ion was not, as Mr. Evans stated, one of open docks;
hut it involved the completion of ti e Albert Dock ware-
houses, and provisions much required by the trace of the
port. (Hear.)
Mr. PROCTER inquired whether by the rroY:s'ons of
the act under which the All,eit Dock warehouses were
built, those warehouses were not rendered liable to rates.
The TOWN-CLERK said them could be no doubt of that
fact.

Mr. H. HonNeY.—What then becomes of the ar gu
merit that by common law they were exempt ?
Mr. A troN would not second Mr. Evans's amendment
as it stood ; but if that gentleman would allow him to
alter it as follows, he should then most cordially support
it :—" That tne clause now proposed be inserted in the
bill ; and that unless the clause authorising the erection of
warehouses in the dock quays, under this act, or under
the dock act, of the 7th and 8r h of Victoria. be inserted
in the committee of the House of Lords, all clauses in
this bill relatintr, to the constructi in of new works be
withdrawn." If the Dock Company had been as careful in
taking counsel's opinion in time on that occasion, which
was a very important one indeed, as they had been in tak-
ing counsels' op nion on mattersof very much less import-
ance, all present difficulty would have been removed, for
the clause would have stood as a portion of the original
bill. He fully concurred in al! the remarks of Mr. Bram-
ley Moore with regard to the rating clause; and that it
was the duty of the trustees to protect the estate from any
such misdirection of its funds ; but if Parliament chose
to insert a clause making the workhouses rateable. all res-
ponsibility was removed from the shoulders of the Dock
Lommittee.
Mr. EvANs accepted the amendment as altered by Mr.
Aikin.
Mr. H. HOUNBY said the amendment made by Mr.
.Aikin was virtually the same as the riotice proposed by the
Dock Committee, the only difference was that portion re-
lat'ng to the withdrawal of the bill. The amendment did
not touch on the subject of the liability of the warehouses
proposed to be erected, to the local rates; and that he
conceived was the question at issue. If he understood the
Chairman of the Dock Committee aright, that gentleman
said that the trustees' proposal or even sanction of any
clause making the wet chooses liable to rates was a breach
of trust. That was a very grave charge against those
members of the Council who were In it at the time the
Albert-dock b ll was sanctioned, for that bill, it would
seem was liable to parochial rates. Mr. Aikin, too, Lad
in some sort. acquiesced in the chairnian's charge ; but it
was the first time this Ct uncil had been charged with
breach of trust. He conceived that the chairman and
Mr. Alderman Horsfail were mistaken in thinking that
the law of the land shut them out from making
the warehouses liable to the parochial rates; on the
contrary. he believed there was no law in existence
which made their doing so a breach of trust ; and while
they were zealous for the welfare of the dock estate, they
must not forget they were also trustees for the other in-
terests of the town. (Hear.) With regard to the justice
of the question. he did not think there would be much
justice in investing the public money in an undertaking
by which it was brought in competition with private indi-
viduals. if they were not both subject to the same rates
and taxes.

Mr. Alderman Nicol. thought it of little importance
whether 0 e rating clause were inserted or not. The
House of Lords could author ze not hiog more than a con-
fit mation of the principle of the advantage of warehouses
around the docks, while, it thr y put in the rating clause
they could not entertain it. as it was contrary to the rule
of the house to itttertere in money bills. It had already
been decided by Lord Tenterden, that as the dock trus-
tees had no beneficial interests, the estate ought not to
pay either rates or taxes ; and as to ti e injustice spoken
of by Mr. Birkett. of a property ten yards off being
taxed, while the COCK warehouses were exempt, that was
no argument at all. He had no doubt there were many
honest people who lived within a short distance of Buck-
ingham Palace who paid rates nod taxe., and yet Buck-
ingham Palace was exempt from rates ; and the sole
reason that Lord Francis Egerton's proterty, and the
Herculaneum docks, would have to pay rates was because
there was a beneficial interest in both cases. The truth
w'is, that the Dock Committee had not been consulted on
the n atter ; it was decided for them by a committee of
the House of Commons. he Dark Committee had
nothing whatever to do with it ; and it had only been in-
troduced to carry out the resolution proposed by Mr.
Turner and Mr. Alderman Lawrence, iu which there was
not one svt,rd about rating.
Several mea.bers expressed an opinion that there was,
or if not in express words, an understanding that the
warehouses were made subject to the rates.
Mr. BRAM Lin' MOORK had beard nothing of the sort.

Mr. MOLYNEUX was present during the whole of the
last meeting, and his distinct impressiou was that nothing
of the kind was agreed to.
Mr. Nicol. resumed—che wording of the clause was
entirely left to the management cf their legal advisers,
and h d been framed by them to meet certain Parlia.
mentary forms and requirements, before the deputation of
the Dock Committee knew a syllable of the difficulty. As
to the proposition of Mr. Aiken, that the Docks be not
co,sti owed, if warehouses be not bitilt, it reminded him
of the country manager advertising the tragedy of Hamlet,
wit:t the part of Hamlet left out ; and it the bill was
paned with those clauses omitted, it would be exactly
siroi
Mr. EA RLE remarkad that a good deal had been said of
bre,eh of trust arid all that sort of thing, but he thought
it curie with a remarkable ill grace from aldermen who
❑ever once stood a chance of election. The only one who
talked a little reasonable was Mr. Horsfall. who had once
contested
.one of the card•, and although he was riot
sorry at that time to see him beaten, lie was now happy to
have the p'easure of seeing him there. But for the others
wh bad not stood a contest. nor even been asked to
stand—

Nlr. B. MOORE.---Yes ; I have been asked twenty
times.

Mr. EARLE.—Have you? Then you were afrai.l you
would not be elected, I t•uopose. However, in his opi-
nion, the Council ontht to be supreme; and sent, as they
were generally, by the. rate-pavers, they ought not to be
dictated to by an inferior body. With regard to dock
warehouses, the whole question turned on the point, whe-
ther gentlemen had any warehouses or nut. It they bail.
they were naturally oopoNed to the dock warehouses ; and
if not, they were in favour of them. For his own part,
he had always been in favour of dock warehouses, al-
though he disapproved of the manner in which the ware-
hot.e inretest had been treated.

Mr. PARKER was prepared at all times to make excuses
for the chair man of the Dock Committee. He had made
great speeches u hick had been quoted in the House of Com.
rnons,and r.rinted in a cheap form for the inform; tion of the
burgesses of Liverpool, and they were naturally enough
prepared for an exiiihiti,n of his inflated dignity ; but what
was he to say to the Deputy-chairman, who had called
Buckingham Palace, the seat of royalty itself, insignificant,
compared with these grand national docks of Liverpool.
(Applause and laughter.) They had been told what was.
their duty by the Chairman, and t e whole tone of his
elevated remarks would lead any person to suppose that
the whole Council was merely a board of automaton trus-
tees to act under his most imperial orders. (Laughter.)
He must, notwithstanding, contend that the docks were
the property of the burg-sses ; and gentlemen tutht not
forget they were the representatives of the burgesses, and
bound to look after their interests. if they had a stranger's
gallery in that house, any person listening to them would
think that the whole matter they had to attend to was the
interests of the docks; but there would be an alteration
in October, when gentlemen began to write their addresses
to the burgesses. (Laughter.) He concluded by de-
clarir that he should always oppose measures calculated
to increase the burdens of the rate-paters.
Mr. TURNER was unwilling the bill should be with-
drawn. as there were some excellent pain s in it, and he
ther.f,re would move the following amendment :—" That
the Trustees have already unanin ously affirmed the prin-
ciple of dock warehouses b.-Mg erected, and managed as
other parts of the dock estate, but as the clause proposed
to be insered in the present bill, for the erection of such
warehouses, hes been negatived by the committee of the
House of Commons, it is riot, in the o:inion of the Tru:i-
tees, expedient to apply for the introduction of such a
clause in the House of Lords, as no injury to the dock
estimte, or to the trade of the port, can arise by delaying
the application for warehouses to a future session."
Mr. J. SHAW LEIGH seconded the amendment.
Mr. Jost As BOOKER. suppored the an endment at'some
length, and warmly attacked Mr. B. Moore for his allu-
sions to a breach of trust.

It wrs then agreed, on the suggestion of the Town
Clerk, that the amendment of Mr. Turner thould be put
first.

Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE then replied. After noticing
the I.ersonal attacks of Mr. Earle and Mr. !looker, and
the realty ka of Mr. Birkett. be proceeded to dissect the
speech of Mr. Evans. The hon. gentleman had stated
that they hail with tespect to timber done two years' trade
in one; but whether that was so or not, a reference to the
circulars which came out in February last would show
that the trade had gone on increasing, and it would, he
had no doubt, go 'lx increas'n. Mr. Evans had said
IN! guano trade seas extinct, but at that moment there
were more ships from this port chartered in the guano
'rade than lid ever before been known. Perhaps Mr.
Evans was one of those who hail sent • ut ships in se,rch
.1 Kuhn°, which had returned with nothing hut hallsst (a
laugh). The tact was that Mr. Evens knew very little
about either the timber trade or the t:urno trade. In to-
bacco, about which perhaps he might know something,
Liverpool was rapidly gaining on tit,. port of London ;
and in the tea trade—an enotmotsly increasing trade—
he could state on the authority of one of the first tea mer-
chants of Liverpool, there Lad been lately during a very
short period a million of pounds brought in here n ore
than were brought into tie port of London. The in-
(lease in the trade of the port must continue to
go on, as it was backed by a rapidly Mere, sing population,
and its means of communicatn n with the interior was gra-
dually becoming more facile. For inQtatice, at present
there w as no communication br tween Liverpool and New-
ens' le-upon-Tyne ; but a railway comrrunication was now
proj, wed, and he trusted that it would be successful, and
.hat it would tay the spirited parties who had taken it
up. At the present time Newcastle was supplied with an
immense number of articles from London. which, when
'he railway was opened, ,would be supplied from Liver-
pool, and which had not Liiherto been supplied front Li-
verpool, because that town was intim saible from this port
except at a great cost. He had no fear whatever but the
commerce of Liverpool would to on increasing.

Mr. l.t.ovn—The timber trade will not increase though.
Mr. B. Mootta, witimut heeding the intertut tion, eon.
eluded by a:4(lring the Council. Ilia, as the clause which
had been lost in the Commons was only sought to be
inttodured in the Lords in order to carry out the wishes
rt. the Council. by whom it had miginally been inserted,
he was quite willing it should now be withdrawn, it a
mejosity fey ested it.
The v. tea were ..hen taken, when there appeared 38 in
favour of Mr. Turner's amendment, and 8 against it.
Mr. Evens' amendment having partly been answered
by the one just carried, and that having become the mo.
tit n before the Council, by Mr. Aikirt's counsel it was
altered as foll,tws :—" That all the clauses in the bill
relaing to the construction of new docks be withdrawn
from the bill."
The vo•es were egain taken, when there only appeared
I l (or the amettdmet•t, and the clause as amended by Mr.
Turner was declared carried. _ _

The rent of the new matter in the bill waft then passed
seriatim. It cumisted chiefly of al.erations as to mat.