The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-23 00:00:00

THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK BILL AND

MR. MALLABY.

We do not feel ourselves at all compelled to enter fur-
ther into this matter. Our statement of last week is be-
fore the world, unimpeached in its facts, and from that the
public will form its opinion. In fairness, however, to
Mr. Mallaby, we volunteer the following palliations of
his conduct from the Mercury and the Journal. The
editors of the former paper, who, by the bye, state
that they could without difficulty "place their hands"
upon "the correspondent" who penned the remarks in
our last, (a circumstance which would certainly surprise
us, as we are not aware of having any such kind " corres-
pondent,") concede, in their column of twaddle that, "it
may at once be admitted that it would have been much
better had the promoters, or their agent. sought to make
the Admiralty and the association clearly understand the
nature of the alterations mode"—an opinion in which
we perfectly coincide. It would have been much bet-
ter; and possibly the promoters and their agent now
think an ton.
The second apologist, the Journal, remarks, that " Mr.
Mallaby m. y have been wanting in etiquette towards
Mr. North, in not communicating with him." May
have been ! How trippingly the admission comes from
the pen of our contemporary. Mr. Mallaby may have
been guilty of a breach of professional " etiquette " to-
wards Mr. North !

Really all this kind of excuse is sad trash ; and the
worst feature in it is the evident wish to throw dirt at
Mr. John North. The question, however, is not one be-
tween the promoters of the bill and Mr. North, or any
other individual. It is not a question whether it wou'd
have been " better "—whether it would have been more
in accordance with the rules of " etiquette"—for the pro-
moters to hive fairly carried out the terms of their writ-
ten agreement. It is a question whether the interests of the
shipowners of the port have been fairly represented before
the legislature, and, if not, on whose shoulders the blame
of such omission ought to rest. Our own statement, and
that of our contemporaries, is now public, and out readers
must form their own opinion on the subject.
Possibly the Birkenhead Dock people will, on reflec-
tion, have occasion to exclaim, " Save us fa om our
f lends!" Tnose same Mends have made a sorry mess
of it on the present occasion.

PROGRESS OF THE KING OF SAXONY.—In our list
publication we noticed his M -jesty's visit to the Theatre
Royal, on the eve of his departure from our torn—wish
the civilities and commercial attractions of which, ye he-
lh.ve, he hail reason to express himself highly gratified.
His Mej-s' y started from the lia;hvav Station on Tuesday
morning, at a quarter before nine o'clock, and arrived at
Manchester at a quarter past ten—being at the rate of
about twenty miles an hour. He was accompanied by his
suite who attended him here. From the Manchester Ital.-
way Station he proceeded direct to the works of Sharp
Brothers, machine-makers, Bridgewater-street, and ap-
peared to be much interested in the mechanic ]. opera-
tions. While there, Mr. Leisler and Bechtel, of the house
of Messrs. Du Fay and Co., merchants, in whose posses-
sion were letters for his suite, waited on his Majesty, by
whom they were very graciously received. These gentle-
men conducted the king to the establishment cf Mr.
Lewis Schwabe, silk manufacturer, Portland-street,
where his Majesty was much gratified with an inspection
of the patent embroidering mact.ines, &c. lie afterwards
visited some other manufactories; but the king having
fixed to quit Manchester for York, by the Manchester
and Leeds railway, and it now being nearly three, his
Majesty was conducted to the Union Club House, Mos-
ley-street, where he lunched with his suite. The king,
attended by Baron de Gersdorff, and the Mayor and mu-
nicipal officers proceeded thence to the station, where a
considerable concourse had assembled, who, however,
properly respected his incognito, opening into an avenue
to permit him to pass, and merely exhibiting silent re-
spect.—On Wednesday evening the king again paid a visit
to this town.—On Thursday afternoon the king and suite
arrived at the station house, Lancaster, where a number of
respectable inhabitants had assembled " to see," (says a
Lancaster paper,) "a sovereign, who, if he does not rule
over a nation so vast as that of the Emperor of Russia,
walks amongst, his fellow-men ; a monarch who does
honour to the Majesty of mind." He walked with hi
suite down King-street, and taking two small carriages
proceeded directly to the Castle, where the governor,
Captain Hansbrow, showed him every portion of the gaol
he desired to see. On seeing the treadmill he enquired
if its power were put to any useful purpose, and when told
it raised water, and turned a set of weaving looms, he ex-
pressed his satisfaction. He went up to John O'Gaunt's
Chair, and as the day was extremely fine, the scene was
one of sublimity and splendour. His Majesty looked upon
the bright waters of Morecambe Bay, with the dark blue
hills of Westmoreland and Cumberland, lowering in the
distance for awhile in silent admiration, and then ex-
eaimed, "it is grand"—" it is beautiful." He after-
wards inspected the courts, passed an eulogium on the
picture of "the good old King," and pronounced the
Shire-ball to be one cf the finest courts in Europe.
The veteran, Sergeant Ramsey, of the 42d Highlanders,
made the salute of the Saxon and German soldiers as his
Majesty passed him. This his Majesty quickly observed,
and returned by taking off his hat and bowing graciously
to the old soldier. He soon afterwards proceeded north-
ward with his suite in two carriages and four.—Same af-
ternoon his Majesty arrived at Milnthorpe, direct from
Lancaster, and after changing horses proceeded on to
Levens Hall, where they were shown through the beauti-
ful gardens and grounds. After slight refreshment at the
hall, the royal party took a drive through the park, round
by Force Forge, and back to Levens Bridge ; thence up
Crosthwaite and Lyth, to Bowness—the nearest and most
picturesque approach to the Lakes—his Majesty thi ough-
out expressing his high admiration of the beauty and di-
versity of the scenery.
THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.—This astounding pro-
fessor of the black art, is favouring the people of Liver-
pool, with a few more nights before his departure to
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