The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

Mr. PARKER.—I am much obliged to you, sir, for the
correction. (A laugh.) Well, we'll call it a small majority,
then ; and my opinion is that the subject should be fully
considered.
Mr. nom, said that nothing had been done since the
last Council meeting, and that nothing was intended to be
done, to alter the position of the Council with reference
to the dock proceedings.
Mr. AIKIN wished it to be distinctly understood that
the first steps were only pro forma, and that neither Town.
Clerk, nor Mayor, nor anybody else, had a right to take
any further steps without the sanction of the Dock Com.
mittee.
Mr. Moose presumed that no one would take upon
himself the responsibility of doing that which he was not
authorised to do, but then it should be remembered that
all that had been done was done by the express authority
of the Dock Committee. The Dock Solicitor had given
the notice, and a resolution was passed authorising hit;
so to do. The Dock Solicitor was bound to do what he
had done, the more particularly as he had not committed
the Council in any way to future proceedings.' All the
necessary steps for going to parliament had been and must
have been gone on with, otherwise the year would have
been lost. The explanation which the Dock Solicitor had
given with reference to his conduct•in the matter was clear
and convincing, and ought by this time have come under
the notice of every member of the Council.
Mr. BIRKETT understood that the Dock Solicitor was

to present his petition, and have the bill read a first time
provided the Council did not instruct him to the contrary.
Ile wished for a clear understanding upon this point, be•
cause if the Solicitor was to be stopped from taking any
further steps, it would he impossible to get through dur-
ing the present session. He was not for hurrying the
Dock Committee, but at the same time he was not deg..
roue of
placing them in a position whereby all their time
and trouble would be thrown away.
The TOWN-CLERK adverted to the proceedings of the
Dock Committee, in reference to this subject, and said
that that Committee had passed a resolution that it was
expedient to go to parliament, and they had submitted all
their proceedings to the determination of the Council.
He contended that, under the circumstances of the pre-
sent case, the Dock Solicitor would have bee.) guilty of a
dereliction of duty, if he were not to take care and go on
with all measures, in order to carry into effect the busi.
ness of the trustees. _ _ . . •_

Mr. AIKIN thought be might save time by stating that
no limits nor positive instructions from others would be,
orought to be, attended to by the Doc:. Solioi.or, because the
latter was acting under the express tlirections of the Dock
Committee ; and when he ceased so to act, he might per-
baps cease to be their solicitor.
Mr. MnottE.—But he has not done so.. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. LACE thought that as the question of going to par-
liament depended on the resolution of the Council here-
after, it was the duty of the dock solicitor to make the
necessary preparations, because if he did not p, epare the
bill, the Council would never be ready in time fur the ses-
sion.

The TOWN-CLERK did not say that the Dock Solicitor
was acting by the directions of the council. He was act-
ing under the resolutions of the Dock Committee, ac-
cording to the view which he would take, in the strongest
way to promote their power—resolutions which were
binding on the Dock Committee, for they had not been
annulled by the council. If they were binding on the
Dock Committee, they should be carried out; but if not,
then the Dock Solicitor should take care that he was pre-
pared to proceed, if the council should decide on going
to parliament. In either case the Dock Solicitor might
be right. He (the Town-clerk) trusted the lime would
never arrive when either the council or the Dock Com-
mittee would seek to go to parliament without the co-
operation of the other ; but if that time should arrive, the
council should not find him unprepared to gva an opinica
on that question. (Hear hear, from Mr. B rkett.) '
Mr. North said, he agreed with what had fallen from
Mr. Birkett and Mr. Lace, but that, for reasons already
stated—his connexion with the Harrington Company—he
should not vote upon the motion. Ile rose to bear his
testimony in favour of the Dock Solicitor. lie had never
read a report with greater pleasure than the report which
that gentleman had made to the Dock Committee. It was
manly, unanswerable, and triumphant ; and there could
be no doubt but the duty of tLe Dock Solicitor would be
well and faithfully discharged. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. PARKER asked whether any member of the special
committee had an interest in the Harrington Docks?

I Mr. Moons: believed not.
Mr. r•licoz. said, that so far as he was concerned, if the
question referred to him he had no interest whatever in
them at present.
The motion was unanimously adopted, without going
to a division ; and the council adjourned at ten minutes
to twelve o'clock.

At the Police-court, on Friday, seven publicans and
twelve beer-sellers were summoned. The highest fine
was L 5, and the lowest, 20s. Two were acquitted.
Mr. W. Reid, superintendent in the Liverpool Work-
house, and his wife, have been appointed Master and
Matron of the Union Workhouse, at Knutsford, in the
place of Mr. and Mrs. Ward, the late master and matron.
EXTRAORDINARY RABBIT.—A rabbit, weighing l9llbs.
and said to have been taken in Prince Albert's warren,
was exhibited during the past week, at the shop of Mr.
Fordham, poulterer, game dealer, &c. Castle-street.
On Tuesday morning last, an explosion of what is called
the " fire damp" (carburetted hydrogen), attended by
loss of life to two persons, and serious injury to several
others, took place at a coal-pit, belonging to the trustees
of the late Dnke of Bridgewater, situate at %Yardley Lane
End, near Little Hulton.

CHESHIRE YEOMANRY C kvALRY.--The Cheshire
Yeomanry will assemble next spring, for their usual pro-
bation of duty, at Chester, instead of Liverpool, The
Rhodee is to be made sufficiently available as a toining
ground, by the temporary removal of the race-course
rails, and by the filling up of the various drains and of
the water-pit near the bridge.
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ship Birmingham, formerly a regular packer between
11a6Ntrht NoGf EIAt. The
November,
while on a voyage from New York to Mobile, lost, on
Ellison's reef, near Harbour Island, Bahamas. The
vessel went to pieces six hours after she struck, but the
crew, with the exception of three, saved themselves by
swimming to shore.
SALE OF GREYHOUNDS.—A. lot of greyhounds, pup-
pies, retrievers,' &c, thirty-two in number, the property
of Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., were, last week,
sold by auction at the repository of Measrs. Lucas and
Co., Great Charlotte-street, in this town. The sale was
very well attended, and the animals fetched fair average
prices. The best greyhound of the lot was knocked down
for £7 10s., and the worst for 255.

The trial of the Postoffice clerk at Liverpool, for steal-
ing a letter in which were two £lO notes belonging to
Mrs. Gittins, of the Theatre-buildings, in this town, has
gone off, from some unexplained cause, and the poor
widow has lost her £2O, besides being out of pocket a
great part of the expense of taking herself and family to
Liverpool to give evidence. The case is a very hard one.
—Shrewsbury News.

The following gentlemen, residing in Liverpool, have
been elected, according to seniority of membership, by
the council. " Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons
of England" :—James Dawson, Esq., Robt. Biekersteth,
Esq., Charles Boutflower, Esq., John Cooper, Esq., John
Prince Halton, Esq., John Maurice Banner, Esq., Wm.
Henry Bainbrigge, Esq., Henry Stubbs, Esq., William
Gill, Esq., James Long, Esq.

MANSLAUGHTER.—A man of the name of William
Roughley has been committed to take his trial at the
present assizes, charged under the coroner's warrant with
the manslaughter of a begzar named Peter Baines, aged
50, at a public-house in Warrington, on the 2d instant.
The deceased and the prisoner had a scuffle on the occa-
sion, when the former received a blow on the jaw which
fractured it, and from which he expired on Thursday
week.

gEBIGAMY.—John Bacon, one of the Liverpool consta-
bulary force, was brought before Mr. Rushton last
Tuesday, on a charge of having married Sarah Edwards,
in February, 1841, his first wife being then alive. Both
the marriages were distinctly proved, and the first wife
made her appearance in court. The prisoner, who was
committed for trial, alleged that he should never have
contracted the second marriage had he not received a
letter stating that his first wife was dead.

RAPID CANAL TRAVELLING.—The packet-boats on
the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal, between Runcorn and
Manchester, a distance of about thirty.six miles, now
perform the journey daily in from three to three hours and
a-half, including stoppages, being at the rate of twelve
miles per hour. The boats are of iron, very light, and
drawn by only two horses ; but they are changed several
times during the route. When some further arrangements
on this canal are completed, it is expected that the jour-
ney from Manchester to Liverpool by it will be made in
four hours.

REGISTRATION OF BANK NOTES BY THE CUSTOMS.--
A register has been ordered to be kept of all the bank
notes received for customs, dated with the name of the
payer. This will prove a good regulation. A short time
since, a £5 note was posted in Liverpool, but never got
to its destination. It was found, on inquiry, that it had
been paid into the bank by the dock treasurer, but he
could give no account of how it came into his possession.
The party who lost it has obtained no redress. Had a
pawnbroker been found in possession of a stolen coat, and
unable to show from whom he received it, we presume the
owner would have been entitled to its restoration.

NANT-Y-GLO IRON WORKS.—Mr. Clay's patent pro-
cess of obtaining malleable iron directly from the ore in
the puddling-furnace has just been adopted here, with
success. The iron-stone operated upon is the Blackband,
lately discovered in such vast quantities in the neighbour-
hood of Beaufort. This iron-stone is in the carboniferous
class—very rich in carbon, and consequently very pecu-
liarly adapted for the above purpose.—Monmouth Beacon.
—[This process has been for some time in successful
operation at the works of Messrs. Rushton and
Eckersley, of Bolton, in this county, who have been pro-
ducing excellent iron from the rich hematite ores of
Ulveraton, on Mr. Clay's patent plan ; and we are in-
formed that, to carry out the process more extensively,
Messrs. Rushton and Co. have considerably enlarged their
works. Mr. Clay is a native of this town, and has been
engaged by the Ottoman government to carry out his
process on a large scale in Turkey. Iron ore is found as
an alluvial deposit in the vallies of Romelia in great abun-
dance, but its peculiar state bas hitherto rendered its re-
duction into iron a matter of great difficulty ; but through
Mr. Clay's process cast-iron of great strength and peculiar
ductility has been produced, and hence that gentleman's
appointment by the Turkish government. Coals from the
borders of the Black Sea have been recently submitted
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