The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-26 00:00:00

pert, was offered for sale, would be likely to withdrsW (NO
their bargain if the question was postponed.
It appeared that the land wt.:, purclina subject to the on-
sent of the Council.
The amendment was put, with the following result igloo
For the Amendment—Messrs. Shand, Hodgs°l4 Hol-
Holmes, Blackburn, Thompson, *Edwards, North, 1.,
mes, Aikin, Priestly, Ro den, Lloyd, Parker, Leigh, °Liel)-
pard, and Earle.
Against the Amendment —Messrs. Shaw, oul?t9u,
Thornhill, Sands, J. Holmes, Cooper, Wood, Bushell, Hie:
Kilsnsw, Brassey, G. H. Lawrence, Lace, Trotnian, Srottua
Houghton, (Aldermr,n), Turner, Freme, T. Holt' )I°°
Ers, Chilton, Sir Thomas Brancker, and the Mayor.
For_ the Amendment 16—against it 24-Ivlajority 8.
The original motion was put and carried without "i
sion •

THE WATER BILL.
The MAYOR read a communication from Mr. Deg Toil;
London, in which it was stated that the committee .
°f
tbe
House of Commons had resolved that the preambhi °.. .....,
bill was proved. The only matter rernaining for consla:ri.
tl 1
letterbelate'The inclosed the following resolutions of the combat .. •:.
Ist.—That it is the opinion of the corosnittee, that it
d:1
essential that an additional supply of water should be effw; ~,,,
to the town of Liverpool; to be applied to the extinguist"
toifnicitrefsroarnndticleeratuati,nploythfnerr
dpournbleicitoicbjpecutrsp,osaensd. to be kept a'i-
2nd.—That evils arc incident to the eroploYm f salt
ent o.
o.,_fifi.,rctoc;
wwahtiecr, generally, and exclusively to the extinguishing
.., it appears to the committee desirable, if P°l3slu'
avoid incurring. , ~,iiabla
3rd.—That an additional supply of fresh water
and sufficient for the prompt and effectual extinctionsolt tirie::
canand be'la best afforded by laying down a new sygem °I 1:,1,3 1;116
Harrington
nett separate
charged.
The cou • whicha at
one
o'cmainslock.
l I be kept contib
__.........

DOCK COMMITTEE

The
The usual meeting of this body was held yesterdaYichair.
following members were present :—Messrs. Santn`jold,
Aikin, Nicholl,
man,) Horsfall, Holt, Holmes, Bulley, RoYdenirr°ciliAliddl°-
ton. Evans, Smith, Martin, Chilton, an

1095 to
IRON BUOYS.
The Marine Surveyor having made some experituetee rat d,
advantages of iron buoys, the Sub-Committo o t
P°.
mended that six new ones be made. The subject
icons are
poned for a week, until the relative cost of the
iron could be ascertained. to make
TRANSIT SHEDS.
The question of the liability of the Dock Estate; ore'
good any loss sustained by fire on account of goods i_ed,„ rah
houses, after being removed from the transit sbc ,', that
brought uuder consideration.—The Chairman obsetc,e'S froci
they were not liable after the goods had been reM°..libst tb.e,
the sheds.—The Sub-committee also reccommende" itss bib
sheds should be insured, the solicitor having give'" tee; tbiefr
opinion, that it was a duty imposed on the cominit fficea °-
wished the sheds to be insured for £5OO, and the °a. the ii''
£looo.—After some conversation,
surance be £lOOO on the sheds, and £5OO on the otn. 7, re'
A letter was received from the Lords of the Trea'4pii4j
quiring a return of tolls, dues, &c. levied on foreiguS,“ ii, so'
also an account on foreign and not on British ceslieieb f°l'
it was agreed the`e.A
other advantages enjoyed by British vessels, from which Celli,
eigners are excluded. The letter was addressed to '','e Door'
missioners of Customs, who had forwarded it to ingjctio,
Treasurer. The Chairman said there could be li° °
e 06°11i
to make such a return. me.° one
. A letter from John Smith, pilot, respecting s°- 'ng °'
given by the Pierhead Master while a vessel was het ra rclihe to
ed out of George's Dock, as to the letting go °I ae,lt-ehing, I:1-C
which might have caused some damage, en° ";,.."'ty 0' ;
allowing ropes to he let go without the pilot's °I.
referred to the Harbour Master. AO
MEASUREMENT OF rOREIGN vessELs• rolle.. t,,,
The CHAIRMAN stated that it would be in the ej'a eri i;i,
of the committee that he had made some reinar,", theov
question of their application to Parliament rest eeti°7e of ato
measurement of foreign vessels. He mentioned 5:1141,e,,
circumstances connected with the measure, one of the bye,,
circumstances
as to , „ 0.10',,,
in reference to the impression which existed
which the committee had in view in their
object was simply to place foreign and British sll',leo'Po
equal footing ; at the same time he adverted to a verAteeric,4
munication he had made to Mr. II e artY, the 006ier'
Consul. Those circumstances had led to a corrth
Orst
between Himself and Mr. Hagerty,the Ire
The letters were then read by •the secretary, 0,0, ,i
which, from Mr. Hagarty, referred to what had fallen bbd"
1' 01
Mr. Sands, respecting the statement ulluded to, and /
to the correctness of the report which had bee:nhir, 5,
applicstin.,,es 0.7,
in the STANDARD of the 12th instant; to whie-,, ers4o
replied that the report, as given in the STAN it ic'
stantially correct, with the exception of that part 003, 00
related to several notes havin passed between th,e 00i4f,
the best of his (Mr. Sands) recollection, the was :fel
had been made verbally. The next letter via!, ceeee,ef
Hagerty, dated te 13th, in which he stated h„t u:arty)!,..;i4
Mr. Sands had confounded dates as be (Mr. rierinf'or
received any such communication either verball)'or., a hieli
at the period alluded to; though he admits there w'aj, eV
versation between them at the Underwriters'-re° fit,tlol
Mr. Sands may have mistaken for the one referred t°',siii• td,
made some remarks respecting the bill, proteetingtallec iii
mode of measurement for dock dues to be hereafteira ocittsl'Y
concluded by stating that under their traelatny,ofrec.roitrl4
should claim, on behalf of hi
surement for all dues to be here:futenrtreYolleectedirsia ttlif'
ships. On the 15th instant Mr. Sands replied i'g seeAxii
fliagarty, observing that he was sorr to fiod ih,T,ti.til
erence of opinion as to the con • yatiou wh'e- Osf",le fhb
as to thheefiels-el,°
place ; he could not, however, beNceer:tain
date when the conversation took place, but he "-the '',l ll'e
Aa to bjece iv
report of it in substance to be correct.
good deal of misapprehension prevailed 00 the,Sele 100!
object of which was merely to place foreig them- ill Cocb.
same footing as British—certainly not to put er,ii'Clfl, 'et
position. In conclusion, he stated that what°. the b 1 it'.
of opinion might exist as to the necessity. of .cfrelts'lllo,,
trusted he would believe that he (Mr. Sands), reroiltber,
rest. of the committee, would be sorry to net °,..litice - ,If ,i
with the greatest respect either to his represen" In rehr 'l)4'
any portion of the mercantile come ni.u_n_i,iiPthe,lo7o,tiol,,i'co•ti
this Mr. Hagarty observed, in
hands
antrtof elthae"boee i'coald Po)
the written document., in the h
incontestibly proved that no suchs converseti,ol:iliadefa,'ol,jr
taken place as that to which he (Mr. Sands) - it 'e-iirr;
recommended its withdrawal at the next meetintleio;h-el'l
no part of the question either of measurement :.ti to
ment. The Chairman said he hod not yet rep i'e
be ctril'elilla
letter.
Some discussion then took lace, durine wbiebiet ‘lf f°4lfe
MAN alluded to the maner inpwhich the forec"t-:401i11901;;
vessels had been charged, and said that the C°l,'" bac' ofo
quite prepared to do what was right, and to il'h°ene'ne'llt., g
was legally due, but as to the poops they ha -1; tiiile. ill
according to the 2nd section of the Act °f dance '''t .e
British vessels were measured, and in actor 01!)
00 'llf
spirit of the law. fi t j3(1,0
Mr. AIKF:N said that Mr. Hagarty spoke °"(i514611 C 'l,l
surement. They had put them on the same tern'- Ifr:ii ,'lll
ships; the question was still at issue
_Nslictit,l;eir_:lceileti
called Crown measurement. according. y) fore4,oo ,ti
strictly correct. It never was intended that their "it 'f
should come to any port on better terms than. t• ' P
desire of the Committee was to do what was 3°' atti
, ~etbill,iher,('
question at issue as regarded the po
Mr. Nicol. observed that the fast°lPe•tter hae "eitolt'.4l',";
with the committee. It was a e onal matte shat a ',Lir
The CHAIRMAN said he, Ipersonal
recollected t" ao, dili°
otei, 409
sation took place ;he did not orneinember th ~,, sliv de
merely as a matter of courtesy to Mr. flegar,:no• faa'Y
he wished to treat him on the most friendly bejigirge;secY
Mr. AIKIN observed that the • would have a g in',l4eri
by adhering to the old plan. ) He could 05,1-°#-r thvi, lw
which vessels measured 50 per cent. more o'7la cie° t,
than under the new. After the law was ine- ,et
could be no litigation on the subject. in CO.! ,e),
The CuAIRMAN said the whole had arise n - he Poe,
of an omission in the act. as tO to t V
Some further conversation then took place rod, i tile
in of the act, during which Mr Eve.Ns ehsetloo °.
ought to look to what was the supposed inten
gislature.

ref 7
A• de coe
PLAN OF THE DOCK EST 010 tie
Mr. HORSFA LL wished some in niry to be,,,,,re e eitg
ing a plan which had been drawnq for the d". joch
marking opt the division of the corporate zidl'e- t° t-e
and an application was directed to be corporate
ficier°
cler
The the subj.
committeeect then proceeded to the ciaol.
financial matters, and soon afterwards adj°ur