The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

Peb. SO, iB4B.

THE NEW DOCK BILL.-LOCAL ENQUIRY,
YESTERDAY.

The preliminary enquiry with regard to this bill cgss
held yesterday, before James Abernethy, Esq., C.
the Sessions House. After the surveying officer es,„u
stated the course he would pursue, Mr. Talbot, Q. u/
(with whom was Mr. Worthington, the dock solicitor,)
opened the case for the promoters. He said that the onll
part of the bill which came properly within the scope of
such an inquiry as the present was the 23rd clause, win
related to the purchase of the land at the north end frots
the Earl of Derby. All the rest were mere matters for till
consideration of a committee of the House of Commons!
and if there was a case at all where such an inquiry rniFh''
have been dispensed with entirely, it was the present, De'
cause all these new works were to be constructed by s
plan which was to be approved of by the Lords Commis'
sioners of the Admiralty, as well as by Mr. _Evans, the
conservator of the River Mersey. Mr. Talbot then pro"
ceeded to remark on the inutility of such inquiries
that, because the whole matter had to be gone into ags,.in
before the committee of the House of Commons. to
instanced the late inquiry into the Water Works Bill as s
proof of the remark.

- Mr. Snowball appeared to oppose the bill on behalf of
the warehouse keepers, the master coopers, and porters'
Mr. Wain for the Birkenhead Dock Commissioners, an
Mr. Hull for Mr. Eyre Evans and other gentlemen, with
respect to that part of the bill which relates to the build-
ing of dock warehouses round the dock quay of the port-
Mr. Hartley and his son were then examined by gr'
TALBOT at considerable length with reference to the ex-
tent and cost of the proposed works at the north end. IC
was stated that the extent of the river wall was to be 1,753
yards, inside which sea wall it is intended that the timber
docks are to be formed, together with a float of 45 acres;
which is to be used for the purpose of water storage, and
surrounding which there are to be plots of ground /1,01
yva
yards, sheds, and such other land accommodation as L
be required. The entrance to this dock will (as now pro'
posed) be through one of the half-tide basins which all
connected with the present new North Docks, and there'd
into the float. This is an alteration in the plan, which
has been made in con=equence of the Board of Ordnance
having expressed a desire to have the new fort, now ill
course of construction, erected north of the proposed
works, so as to form a protection for the whole of the ship
ping. The plan, as originally designed, had two ea'
trances to these docks through the proposed sea well'
The cost of the whole of these works was estimated al
£340,000 ; that is to say, basin, £34,233 ; entrance,
£59,268 ; large float £45,182 ' • river wall, £112,673;
sewers, 4'8,500 ; formation of land, £80,144 ; total,
£340,000.

Alderman Moore,• Mr. Rankin, and Mr. Smith were
then examined at considerable length as to the desira-
bility of the plan proposed for the accommodation of the
timber trade, and all of these gentlemen concurred in
pronouncing the north end to be the only place in the
vicinity of Liverpool, and the plan proposed 'as the only
one yet advanced, capable of affording the requisite se-
commodation for this fast increasing branch of our coal'
merce. Alderman Moore stated in his evidence, and be
was fully borne out in that statement by Mr. Smith, that
in six years the saving to the trade, in carriage, porterage;
&c. would nearly cover the whole expenditure proposed
to be incurred in the construction of these docks—the'
being estimated at no less than £60,000 a-year.
Mr. SNOWBALL. on the part of the Master Coopers all Master Porters, was proceeding to cross-examine each e*(
these witnesses, with the view of shewing that the erection
of warehouses round the dock quays would prove a vell
serious injury to the master tradesmen who were now
with these docks, without producing an now
cor-
responding public good, when he was interrupted by
the
Surveying Officer, who stated that the interest of the
Master Coopers and Porters should be brought before the
Legislature, where he was sure every attention would 126
paid to them.

Mr. WALK and Mr. HULL also cross-examined the,
respective witnesses. After which the Court adjourned
sine die.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received £2 from
an anonymous correspondent, " being stamp duty evade*
contrary to the wish of the writer." The amount will be
paid into the receipt of the Exchequer.
THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—The Express, steam'
ship, sailed on Sunday from Southampton, for Havre, tr
the purpose of bringing over any English residents vow
may be anxious to leave France,—report states for the
purpose of bringing over Louis Philippe ; this is, bell'
ever, improbable, as his ex-Majesty would doubtless em'
bark in a French steamer.

On Saturday a meeting of the inhabitants of Leeds
held at the Court-house of that town, for the purpose
expressing their opposition to the increase of taxation pr°,
posed by Lord John Russell in his recent introduction °'
the Ministerial budget to Parliament. The meeting!
which was numerou,ly attended, was called by the gal;
(Mr. F. Carbutt), in compliance with a requisition, whic
was signed in the course of a few hours by 250 persons.
POPULAR FEELING UNSTABLE.—At an early hour 49'"„
Thursday, M. Tillers was summoned to the Palace to uT
dertake the task of forming a government which M. M°
had abandoned the night before. He passed through til,
barricaded streets with alacrity, promising the peel'l.
reform; though already on the preceding day he ha
narrowly escaped from an attack of the mob on his per3°ll
by lumping over a low wall in the Champs Elysees. t,
AMERICA.—By the royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Cal),
Stone, which arrived in the A.l,rsey on Friday, at re._„i"-
night, we have advises from New York to the 11th, Bogxr,
to the 12th, and Halifax to the 15th instant, re oe
cti The Acadia hrnnuht I - l'ancirt • Tha

The Ten Regiments Bill was undeelded7W-ernhWe ino-
thing new from Mexico. It was reported that ,g5,000,0''
were waiting at San Luis for transmission to Vera Crat
and thence to England. There were rumours of an ja:
tended attack on Saltillo by a body of 10,000 Alexia"
troops. From Canada we learn that the elections were
completed, with the exception of two or three protege,.
returns. The parliament had been summoned to assemt
for despatch of business on the 25th instant. A
fire had taken place at Toronto, consuming twenty-three
houses.

NEW STEAM YACHT.—Lord Newborough, of
near Carnarvon, has given orders for a new iron yaebtr„"2t
to
screw-shaft,
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beirwei tons,by.efsu
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twenty
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avoid
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pressure,
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oscillatingspa steam-power,
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applied
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fidu.e withm roomodelan
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st amens from the spurwheels. She is desisd=utiailireledecirntbetsyt:etird°:
Grantham, of Liverpool, who has had great-experience '-
vessels propelled by the screw. We trust Lord NCI"
borough's example will be followed by other gentlemen'
as such works not only stimulate improvements in stool:
vessels generally, but particularly in one branch of i"
viz., in iron ships, to be propelled by auxiliary ote3„lre
power, a description of vessel by which, if we mlsr„4
not, the greater portion of our trade with distant natn:'
is to be carried on in future.—Nautical Standard.
THE WEATHER.—During the last ten -days, we bave
had, in these districts, much wind and wet, with occasion
gleams of sunshine. The rain and wind. toet:ier 07,
certainly not favourable to the young wheits; but tbf,;
have not suffer( d much as yet, and, though partial
beaten down, st 1)ok well and healthy. Oa Sunday °id
experienced a severe gale from the W.S.W. which thrt;
in a heavy sea upon our • outward banks, and dur;ng too
height of successive squalls, rather alarmed the ittrontere
of all slenderly-built domiciles in town, and those of tr°,,
substantial buildings in the country—particularly °e
elevated sites. We are glad to say, that; we have as
heard of no disasters, from these squalls, to our shiel,l
and that, on shore, no damage worth noticing has 11°00
caused by these gates. Yesterday was a pecuLarly
day for the season ; and field and garden labours are g 0,115
on with alacrity. The atmosphere to-night (Monday) t
I
rather too encouraging for vegetation, we may have
" nipping frosts"—so precarious is our climate—before h
regularly warm temperature can be expected. The heniti
of our town is, on the whole, decidedly improving, 5.;
though many parties are yet complaining of variolr
ailments, including rheumatism.—We learn that the gale
of Sunday, (alluded to) was much felt in various parts t
this island, and particularly in the south of- England.
Folkestone the wind blew stronger and the sea was mug
heavier than has been known in the Channel for loalLi,

years. The Folkestoue pier was much damaged. 1:r;
sea swept clear over even the lighthouse. Ships in
offing were seen during the day scudding under bare P,;1.5
up the Downs. We cannot but compliment the manag`

ehsbtya.nd,irnhge
plorongi
IAJLIJWI V CILVI vi our uu,waru cuunneis Oil me 5,
though they are " beset with dangers" the light-sll%,
hPeomr t:
a nndotewloist
buoys, landmarks, &r., are so well appointed and 110;!
tained, that even small coasters were seen from Walls' ea
apparently perilous " leagues" of foaming breakers 0,11,ty
rushingnk s o
nsaeti'ethlyer
tsoideooufrt
of the buoys and other sea-ma,lr. Anal'

are highly vain's
during spindrifti, (or. haze from the tops of wave9sre
gales,) and in general during fogs,—to which last we
not, however, very often subject.

GRA P

OFFICE, FEBRUARY 28.
[(Aerate gale, at 7 a.m. and 12, p 0

------, vv., strong breeze, at 5 p.m. se,
Off Holyhead, at 730 a.m., No. 786, Shakspeare, barque 9
65, Adirondack, ship; No. 3671, Edward Boustead, ship,,
a.m.; No. 3528, Esther, ship, at 10 a.m.; No. 3412, John u"so,
tian, ship, at 10 a.m., have no; telegraphed where from.,„or
2467, Wanderer, barque, at 12 15 p.m. telegraphed from Ai"
bay; No. 3896, Araminta, ship, at t 30 p.m. S
Off the Port, at ,5 45 "p.m., 1 ship, 2 barques, 1 brig, Ittid
schooners. ~4

DIED. 51
On the 22nd instant, after a long and severe illnes ,s avice
years, MARGAREr, wife of Mr. JAMES SPENCER,
keeper, Bute-street, Everton

THE STEEPLE CHASE.—Parties visiting the steep.-
should not by any means omit calling at the Oriental P;ose,
17, Clayton-square, fashionable restaurant and supper 'Opel
Scale of charge : Soups of all kinds sixpence each; din to
from one to seven o'clock ; joints to cut front, with salto.loli
cheese, Is. 6d. ; dinner from ditto, 10d.; small steak %fief,
etceteras, Bd. ; dinner ditto, Is. Id. ; small chop, 84.; "fgs,l
ditto, Is. 2d. ; tarts and puddings, 4d. each ; half-pint of
Amontillado sherry Is., pint 25., quart 45.; half-pint 0!, oaf.
old port Is., pint 25., quart 4s. ; London oysters receiver f,
Is. 4d. per score, or 7s. per barrel; an ordinary every
one, two, three, four,and five o'clock, is. each, cheese inc
l ,ver,
chops, steaks, kidnf ys, Welsh rarebits, poached eggs, Sao', of
night for supper; cup of coffee 4d., with cigar 6d. Doolit
Irish and Scotch whisky. Two splendid billiard r„res:t
Smoking room up stairs.—Opinions of the Liverpool ;vent.
"The dinners and si.ppers cannot be excelle.l for Varliati°,
lowness of charges."—Albion. " It consolidates the rep!
of the proprietor as a caterer for the public.”—Mail. ivieof
ble to all classes : the wines areof undeniablequality.”-cior!„,
"The fashionable restaurant, Clayton-square,—a
.re%cco'
fitted up in the oriental style, possessing very superioll.."
modation."—Albion. ,

LIVERPOOL:
TUESDAY, FEB. 29, 1848.
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