The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-24 00:00:00

PROPOSED DOCKS IN TRANMERE POOL.

In another part of the paper we present to our readers a
typographic plan of tile new dock proposed to he formed
ur on the site of Tranmere Pool. Its, main features will
equire little: description at our hands. The'entrance, it
will be seen, is through a gut 70 feet wide, with double
gates, the silts of which will be sunk nine feet below the
Old Dock sill, and which will afford ingress and egress
t the largest of our sea-going steamers. On the south
side of the gut is a quay of 100 feet in width running round
the east end of the dock and about two-thirds the length
of its south side, upon which it abuts upon the present
Tranmere slip, which, with that of Birkenhead, will be
left untouched. The projecting gut on the north side of
the dock covers the site of the canal now forming by Mr.
Gilbertson ; and the west side affords space for additional
quays, building yards, or dry docks, as may be found most
desirable. The total water space afforded is 11 acres 1980
yards, in addition to which the open basin at the mouth
of the gut is proposed to be deepened to 9 feet below
the Old Dock sill. Two other plans have been lodged
by the projector of the scheme, Mr. Chamberlain, vary-
ing in details and form ; but that which we have given is,
we believe, the plan which meets with preference. The
estimated expense, we learn, is somewhere about 1760,000,
and the engineer is Mr. John Hartley, son of the dock
surveyor of this port.
It will be observed, by the report of the proceedings of
the dock committee, on Thursday last, that the wboie of
these plans have been submitted to their inspection ; and
that without pledging themselves with respect to the
course to be adopted towards them, they evidently regard
the project with no disfavour. On the other hand, looking
at the valuable property, possessed by the corporation on
the north side of the pool, including the Birkenhead Ferry
and estate, that body cannot look upon a project, whose
success must tend materially to increase the value of such
property, with a hostile eye. It is probable. therefore,
that no material loral objection will be offered before par-
li.iment, provided, however, that the scheme can be car-
ried out without abstracting any portion of the tidal water
at present discharged from the pool, on which ground
the dock committee, last session of parliament, based
principally their opposition to the Wallasey plans. It is
said, we know not with what degree of truth, that the
acting conservator of the river, on the part of the admi-
ralty, has set his face against the schen e, being of opinion
that the volume of water held by the pool in its present
state cannot be furnished. This, however, is a question
of practical engineering which we should think could
easily be got over, when the now greatly reduced capacity
of the pool is considered.
It has occurred to us, and we dare say will suggest itself
to many, that a scheme so feasible in its details, and so
cotnparatively inexpen.•ive, ought not to be allowed by the
authorities of Liverpool to pass entirely out of their
hands ; and th.t they ought rather to become parties to
its construction than to oppose it. We suggest this, not
solely becatute of the operation which its success must
have upon the value of their extensive estate in its neigh-
bourhood, but as calculated in itself to be of great utility
to the general trade of the port, whilst it cannot be re-
garded as calculated to damage the interests of the docks
of Liverpool. It may be argued that this would be a
cow se full of inconsistency, after the opposition offered
to the Wallasey Docks. We do not think that the pub-
lic at large, or the shipowners and merchants of the port,
will regard it as such. There is no great danger here of
any serious diminution of the tidal waters and consequent
decreased action upon the banks outside. There is no
extensive beaching ground abstracted from the shipping
of the river; and rather than regard the adoption of this
project by the dock committee as an inconsistency, we
much question if three-fourths of the intelligent public
have not for years past been directing their attention to
this particular locality as the spot on which docks on the
Cheshire-side of the Mersey should be erected, if required
at all. We leave this matter for better judgments than
our own to decide upon.

MESSENGERS OF THE:COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR.—A letter signed " A Solicitor" has appeared in
the Liverpool Mail and Courier, stating that the mes-
sengers of the Court of Bankruptcy exact the enormous
sum of £3 14s. in every insolvent case.for advertisements
alone. _ _

Mr. Green, a solicitor practising in insolvency, having
acknowledged to my solicitor that he is the author, I
shall feel obliged by your doing me the justice to insert
the following items of a messenger's bill, so that the pub-
lic may judge between us, and so dispense with my gibing
the unpleasant denial in more direct terms. If truth
travelled as rapidly as fiction, I would not have tres-
passed on your valuable columns.
MESSENGER'S BILL IN INSOLVENCY.
INTERIM ORDER.

Advertisement in London Gazette

Postage .
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Gazette 0 3 4
* Advertisement in newspaper....
We pay sometimes as much as 12s. or 15s. ac-
cording to the length, but make no extra
charge.
Copy of newspaper for file 0 0 5
Messenger's fee for preparing advertisement for
newspapers .. 0 3 4

£1 10 6
The whole of the above business to be repeated
for the final order of the insolvent, viz .... 1 10 6

£3 1 0
Examining insolvent's property, and the whole
of the charge of the messenger through the
insolvency, as allowed by the court 0 13 4

£3 14 4

Imav add that the messengers are bound to find pens,
ink, paper, and attendan'e at all their meetings and ad-
journed meetings in the Court, for which they are al-
lowed—nothing.
Your obedient servant,
L. T. GASKILL,
Messenger to the Di-triet Court of Bankruptcy.

* In Ftleakley's (case or Air. Green's) the Mercury's charge
for the insertion of the adverti•ement is Ins. 6d.

THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NlGHT.—Business at the
Stuck Exchange, though not particularly brisk, to-day
was sufficiently good to give prices an improved appear-
ance, and Exchequer-bilis rose to 635. to 655. p.m. Con-
suls for the account left off 1001; Bank Stock, 2084 to ,
2094 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 1004 to ; Three-and-
a-Quarter per Cents., 1031 to ; Long Annuities, 12
1-16; and India Bonds, 745. to 78s. premium.—ln the
foreign house a good deal of speculation was going for-
ward, and the general movement seemed to be in favour
of a rise. Spanish Stock was particularly buoyant. the
Five per Cents leaving off 264 to 1, and the Three per
Cents, 384 to 4 ; Russian closed 119 to 120; Peruvian, 29
to 30; Portuguese, 584 to 594; Mexican; 361 to ;
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 63k to 645; the Five
per Cents., 994 to 4 ; Danish, 89 to 90 ; Colombian, 141
to ; Chilian, 994 to 1004; Buenos Ayres, 37 to 38;
Brazilian. 834 to 894; and Belgian. 102 to 103.
PROSPEROUS STATE OF THE REVENUE OF THE LI-
VERPOOL CORPORATION.—The reduction going on in
the bonded debt of this estate, from the recent sales made
to the Dock Commissioners of Wallasey and to our own
Dock Committee, promises very shortly to place the
Corporation of Liverpool in possession of a large surplus
revenue, to be expended in the improvement of the town,
and in advancing the heal, h and comfort of its inhabitants.
On Friday last £45.000 was paid on account of the pur-
chase in Wallasey Pool ; another sum of £25,0110 is to be
paid in the beginning of the present week, and the balance
of the whole amount of £260.000 on the 31st of December.
This,withtliedeposit of 10 per cent., already paid, will make
the entire amount rr ceived by the Corporation from this
property during the present year£2B6,ooo, in addition tothe
interest which has accrued since its sale, making in round
numbers nearly £300,000, by which the amount of the
bonded debt of the estate may be diminished. The
amount of the sales to ti-re Liverpool Dock Committee,
in all £254,000, paid for in dock bonds at 34 per cent.,
will make a present reduction in the bonded debt, from
these two sources alone, of, in round numbers, £550,000,
or, in other words, increase the ordinary income of the
estate by £17,000 to £lB.OOO per annum.
THE WEATHER.—After a few days of thaw, with occa-
sional slight showers, succeeding the severe cold of the
previous week, a change took place on Thursday night,
and a fine black frost gradually set in with, for the most
part, a clear and bracing atmosphere. By Saturday,
which was a remarkable fine winter's day, the skaters
were again busy at their tecrealon on the pits and lakes
in the neighbourhood. the ice having attained considerable
strength. It is remarkable that though in the beginning
of this frost there was here only a light breeze from about
the east-north-r-ast, strong easterly gales were experienced
on the eastern coast of Ireland, and several vessels were
lost or damaged, including a fine barque outward bound
from this part, stranded near Dublin. Sunday was
a fine clear day, and so was yesterday, the frost continuing.
SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL.-011 Sunday
morning last, after a most eloquent and touching appeal
from the Rev. Hugh M'Netle, the sum of £67 wars
collected at St. Jude's Church in aid of the funds of the
Southern Hospital. The reverend gentleman made a
most appropriate allusion to the recent meeting at which
so many congratulation, were offered about the anticipated
extension of our commerce ; and argued, that as we must
therefore necessarily increase our dock room, timber
yards, forges, &c., and in consequence multiply propor-
tionately the number of casualties, we were bound to en-
large the spheres of our benevolence, and provide, n, o
tanlo, more accommodation, with every ether requi rte
for the immediate relief of those who may suffer from such
calamities.

THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH ANNIVER-
SARY OF THE SHUTTING OF THE GATES OF DERRY.—
The commemoration of this great event in the annals of
Derry, and in the pag of British history, was this year
conducted with an energy and enthusiasm worthy of our
p4lmiest days.—Although the spirit of discouragement
tor some years past has presided supreme among many
who ought to encourage and perpetuate the recollection
of the great and noble exploits that decided the glorious
Revolution ; and although, in too many cases, the ill-
concealed di-like to the principles then e.runciated and
established has exhibited itself in successless censure
against the celebratii;n of those deeds of glory ; the ar-
dour and fery nt zeal of ►he youthful citizens of Derry
have become strengthened and confitmed during those
times wherein tLe friends of the British Constitution
koked upon the ascendency of adverse principles. Dur-
ing the day (the 18th December), cannons were fired,
colours were seen on the public buildings, and an im-
mense procession was formed to the Cathedral, where a
sermon was preached by the Rev. J. Graham. In the,
afternoon, the burning of an effigy of " Lundy the trai-
tor" took place, and in the evening, the apprentice boys
sat down to an excellent dinner.