The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-05 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS

instead of Mr. Holt's. After some little conversation it
. ______ee..,,,,...,....i
saying that he should vote in support of the view taken by I
the majority of the Dock Committee. I was resolved in order to save all unpleasantness, that Mr.
On
Townh Mr. HODGSON said he was surprised, after the decision ' Tobin's name should be added to the committee, which
Wednesday a special meeting of the councile
of taking into wasco- come to by the Dock Committee, that they should have I now consists of ten.
held at the all, for the p made such a sudden change without offering any sound The re-construction of sub committees was then pro-
sideration and determining upon the proceedings and reason for that change. It appeared to him that they had ceeded with. They are now constituted as follows :--
directions of the Dock Committee, on the subject of fur- been working in the fogs of November, and that they Sub committee of works—Messrs. Horsfall, Evans,
thee dock accommodation, north and south of the present ought to be Liven the clear month of December to alter Moon, Nicol, Middleton, and Shand. Marine Sub Com-
line of docks, upon which the council of the 31st October their course and lodge their plans. He believed the mittee—Messrs. Holt, Bailey, Ripley, and 'robin. Har-
last came to the following resolution : Chairman of the Finance Committee never imagined that bour-master's Sub-committee— Messrs. Smith, Moon,
" That it is expedient that a special meeting of the the Cheshire people were going to make a dock at Walla. Sanbach, Chilton, Bold, and Royden. Finance Corn.
council should be called for an early day after the 9th of sey Pool at the time he sold the land ; and that if he had mittee—Messrs. Barclay, Holmes, Molyneux, and Trot-
November next, to take into consideration the subject of had any idea that a dock was to be made there, a higher man.
going to parliament for power to purchase land, &c. to price would have been asked. But no apology was offered A letter signed by T. B. Horsfall was read. It COM.
the north and south (both or either) of the present line of for the sale; it was a bona fide sound transaction at the
inPliatitneeedtoofatphpelyshroorrtatnimaeltearlalotwioendinbythethpereCscursitboemds,heoaucrhs:
;
docks, for further dock accommodation and also for time; and the Cheshire dock should have his (Mr. day, for the discharging of vessels, and urged the com-
power to make a communication by water from the pro- Hodgson's) hearty approbation.
Posed new north docks, eastwardly, to the Leeds and Mr. ISAAC HOLMES thought they ought not to lose a After a little conversation, the matter was referred to the
Liverpool Canal, and to purchase land necessary for that day in making a dock at the north, and in opening acorn. Harbour-master's Sub-committee, the members purpose; and that in the mean time the Dock Committee munication with the Canal. The docks and the Council being of opinion that it was a subject which ought toresent be
be at liberty to give the requisite parliamentary notices, were as closely joined together as man and wife, and he taken up immediately.
all proceedings thereon being subject to the determination hoped that what had been joined together would never be A letter was read from Peter Halliday, asking with re-
of the council, as trustees, at the special meeting to be put asunder- (A laugh.) He differed from Mr. Law_ gard to the regulations of the transit sheds, whether the
called after the 9th November next." rence on this head ; and although it was seldom he had twenty-four hours commenced at the first beginning of
The Mayor took the chair at eleven o'clock, at which reason to find fault with the language of that gentleman, landing the goods, or at the termination. The feeling
time there were twenty-nine members in their respective yet,undoubtedle,hislanguage wae that day worthy ofrepro- which prevailed in the committee was, that the most
places.
bation. (Great laughter.) He concluded by saying that liberal construction ought to be placed on the act, and
The MAYOR opened their proceedings, by asking whe- the Council might have made £20,000 a-year by means of that if goods began to
be landed one day at ten o'clock,
ther Mr. Bramley..Moore, the chairman of the Dock the Cheshire property, which was now alienated from the they ought not to require them to be removed before next
Committee, had any proposition to make to the conncil? corporation. evening.
Mr. BRAMLEY.MOORE said, the object for which the Mr. EVANS spoke at considerable length upon the ge. A mTenmEorciaolvfNrocmlLthAeNcparTtner:Droeq:KesctoinmgmplTerTmEzis.sion to
council was called had been considerably altered, in con- neral question. He maintained that the Dock Committee allow their horses to stand under the sheds in rainy wea-
sequence of the motion passed at the meeting of the Dock had nothing laid before it by which even they could be they, was referred to the Head-constable.
Committee on Monday last, and which was to the effect, said to understand what they were about in the case. He
that a special committee should be appointed for the fur- thought a year's delay advisable on many accounts, and Mr- HonsFALL wished Mr. Worthington, the dock
ther consideration of the plans, and also because that that it would be justified, and more than justified, by the solicitor, had been there, as he intended to have asked him
special committee could not meet until after the time tact that about that time they would open a new dock, as to the proceedings yesterday at the council. He was
should have expired for compliance with the standing or- and, in all likelihood, they would have the Queen's Dasin their legal adviser, but they saw very little of him, and he
ders of the House of Commons, Therefore, the object nearly, if not altogether, in the form of a dock too. He ought to have been there that day. He (Mr. Horsfall)
for which the council had been called, was for the present should think this would answer, if he might descend in the did not find fault with the decision of the council, if they
done away with ; and the course now to be decided upon illustration, as a very good luncheon to stay the appetite had a right to come to that decision ; but he doubted
was, whether the council would order the plans to be de- of the port for one, two, or even for three years. He would whether they had a right to do so, notwithstanding the
as it gentlemen who had been consulted, who ought to know
posited, and wait for the report of the special committee not wander over the river, except so far as to say, that it high legal authority that had declared to the contrary.
or not ? It was quite competent for the council, as the might do very well for gentlemen to fling their caps up in He (Mr. Horsfall) spoke with great deference to the legal
trustees of the docks, to move for the deposit of the plans, the ring and say they were ready to meet others,
and to wait for the report. No consequences would were a point of honour, but when they cone to questions more than he did, but the Dock Committee were pecu-
thereby be incurred. It would neither commit the council of supply and demand, they must look at the thing in an liarly constituted. If it were constituted as another com-
nor the Dock Committee to any particular measure, inas- , arithmetical and not in a chivalrous manner. There was mittee of the council, the council would have a right to
much as no steps were required to be taken until the 31st no question but Liverpool was already in iso gigantic a control it, but he wished to know what authority the
of December, and no proceedings could be taken in par- mould that she ought to have proportionate et, ace in which council had over the rate-payers ? There was a wide dis-
liarnent until the end of January, or the beginning of to expand ; yet there were men who would confine every- tinction, which he thought must have been lost sight of by
February. The council would not be bound by the plans thing to the old borough, played a dirty little act, placed the council, for they had decided that the rate-payers
in any way, because those plans might be subsequently warehouses on the top of the hill, and made it the Black should he entirely under the control of the council, and
altered ; and their deposit would be merely in compliance Hole of Calcutta in order to augment their burgess and that was quite foreign, in his opinion, to the construction
with the standing orders and resolutions passed by the freeman property. But as the council were the trustees of the law.
council on the 31st of October. When he saw the course for the docks and commerce of the empire at large, ho- Dlr. HOLT said he believed the Town-clerk, from the
the council would adopt, he should be prepared to go fur- nesty as well as interest required that they should act as if very commencement of the Municipal Act, held an
ther into detail.
they were the rulers of the British Empire with respect to opinion that the Dock Committee were, for new matters,
The MAYOR asked whether Mr. Moore intended to the docks. He should that moment prefer that the dock merely a committee of the council. The Attorney and
submit any motion ? estate should give the Harrington Company from £50,000 Solicitor Generals gave an opinion against that; but
Mr. Motaas‘replied in the negative. He hardly felt it to £70,000 in money to let them alone. (A laugh.) lie, higher authority was got, arid it was thought to be right.
competentiii-Bim to make a motion, because he was the not apprehending that there was a little kind of a conspi- Still it was extraordinary that the rate-payers should be
chairman of the Dock Committee, and, also, because the racy existing across the river to possess themselves under the control of the council.
majority of that committee had expressed their opinion in of the land for the purpose of making a dock, thought Mr. HoitsFaLe said he wanted to see the solicitor
favour of delay,
that selling it in lots only to mere individuals was the way there, because he should be glad to know on what grounds
Mr. BIRKETT said that, after having given the subject to prevent it ; but he quite rejoiced slow that the Finance he had changed his opinion.
a great delay of consideration, he thought it desirable, and, 1 Committee had made the sales, and that they had been Mr. Nicol. said he knew the dock solicitor consulted
in fact, due to the trade of the town, that the plans should the precursors to the making of docks over the river, the Town-clerk, and had adopted his opinion.
be lodged, the more particularly as the lodging of the Mr. AIKIN thought they ought not to take any further Mr. lORSFALL.—That may be, but I want the dock
plans would not involve the council in difficulty or much steps this session, and that their plans on the table were solicitor's opinion.
expense. In a grave case of the kind, where it had been extremely ill-digested. The best way to serve the bur- Mr. AIKIN.—The dock solicitor had no right to act
proved by the resolution of the Dock Committee that , gesses, the interests of the town, and to make their ware- without instructions from this committee.
much greater dock room or water space was required for i houses of value, was to keep their port dues as low al Abe HORSFALL.— So far from that, he goes to the sur-
the present trade, to say nothing of the prospect of an possible. They would be enabled to make Liverpool veyor for plans, and himself takes them to Preston. He
increasing trade, it was unlikely that a committee of the prosperous—they might give to Cheshire the offal, the is either the servant of this trust, or the servant of some-
House of Commons would throw out their bill, particu- shreds and tatters of the trade, while the value of the body else. If he were the servant of that trust, he had
larly as much opposition was not now to be expected. trade would always come to Liverpool, if they kept their no right to go with the plans without being directed by the
Mr. MOORE said he was authorised by the dock solici- port charges low.—(Hear, hear.) If they doubled their
;
committee.
tor to state that it was the duty of the dock committee to dock rates, trade would find its level, as water did, and go Mr. Nicoe.—l believe the dock solicitor would con-
deposit the plans in order that the council might carry out a here the dock rates were low ; and if they proceeded on I
seder himself the servant of the trustees and who are the
the resolution of the Dock Committee of October last. the present plans, their dock rates must be raised, or they
trustees ?
As the special committee would be appointed on the fol- never could pay the interest of their debt. He then pro- Mr. HORSPALL.—I should be glad if you would find
lowing day, he thought it imperative on the council to de- ceeded to show, that during the last four years there had any thing of that sort in the act of parliament.
posit them, and that the town. clerk would coincide in this been no increase of tonnage into the port, but positively Mr. Nicol said their proceedings, as regarded the new
opinion.
a decrease to the extent of a few hundred tons ; and, plans, were not under the act of pariament. The law laid
The TowN-eLEnse said he fully concurred with the therefore, he said there ought to be no haste in going to down by the Town-clerk, and to this the dock solicitor had
view taken by the dock solicitor. The great object of de- parliament. He concluded, by saying that the Herring- given way, was, that they were a distinct board, or corn-
positing the plans was to give notice to landowners, so ton Estate was worth the money asked for it, as land fur mittee, under the dock acts; but for all new matters,
that they might know the extent of land which was pro- sheds, but not worth any thing like the money as water. apart from those acts of parliament, the council could
posed to be taken compulsorily from them, but this did Mr. Nicol, contended that no proof had been given of claim tine right of controlling theni entirely.
not apply to the internal arrangements. The simple pro- the plans being ill-digested—that it was imperative on the Mr. AIKIN contended that Mr. Horsfall was correct-
ceeding of lodging the plans would give the council time Dock Committee to take their present course, and that it They had no authority to act there but by virtue of acts
to consider as to whether they should go to parliament or •would be unbecoming in them to be constantly going to of parliament already passed. So far as the solicitor was
not. There could be no sort of injury committed by Parliament for driblets of Dock accommodation. It was dealing with plans as emanating from this committee_, it
lodging them, but there might be great injury if they were the opinion of Mr. Henry Holmes that the trade of the was contrary to the understanding that ought to exist
be-
not lodged, and if, on a future occasion, it should be port doubled itself every twenty years, and that there was tween him and the board—it was directly in opposition
deemed advisable to go to parliament. no doubt, looking at the change made in the tariff, that to his duties to that committee to receive his insti uctions
Mr. BIRKETT said it would now be evident, after the the trade would prospectively increase. There might or to act in any way in connection with that estate with-
opinions given by the dock solicitor and the town-clerk, have been less activity in the timber trade during the last out their direction.
that the council ought to proceed. He had made inquiries four years than there had been previously, and this might
Town-clerk, be had signed an order for the deposition of
A discussion of some length followed, in the course of
the
Foprlann.,hiunder thea
s solicitor'srebuked obryd eAri.r.
Atkin,
from ship-brokers and ship-masters, and the result showed account for the decrease of tonnage alluded to by Mr. which the CHAIRMAN stated thet, at the request of the
that much greater water space was required, and that they Aikin, but, at the same time, it did not follow that the
and others,_ having, as they thought, compromisedAlr.Shanthde,
should not be doing their duty if another year were suffer- docks were not crammed full.
submittedc.as
ef o r th
ea 0
pmi
noitoi motion, which ed to pass, the more especially as it might take five or six Mr. MOORE spoke strongly in favour of the dock ex-
years before the contemplated docks could be erected. He tension, and said that he had no predilections for the north
committee by so doing.
t 0
00
the
was sorry to hear it asserted on 'Change that one of the over the south end of the town or vice versa. When they
of nc.ohui enhs el aass
members of the dock committee bad made use of very considered the situation of Liverpool, and its proximity
effect that the solicitor to the Dock Trust should be di-
strong terms about not going to Parliament. to the western world, they ought to make some effort to Mr. EVANS asked what reference this had to the bust- meet the demands upon them, for, to this port, vessels legality
reefedAlr. to ENs'tAaNteSa
ness of the day, or what the council had to do with aster- from the western world must necessarily come. The trade of tae proceedings of the Town Council in de-
positing plans not adopted by the Dock Committee, and
lions on 'Change?
from the United States had gone on increasing from year
Mr. BIRKETT said he should not press the matter fur- to year; ; and as it was very probable that before long they to oint out genera.ly the respective jurisdictions of the
Town Council and the Dock Committee in the affairs of
ther but conclude by submitting the following resolution : would have a more equitable adjustment of the tariff with the Dock Estate,
—" 'That the consideration of the subject for which this respect to sugar and other articles, as well as a fixed duty
meeting has been called be postponed until a day in De- on corn, the present accommodations of the port would ifIrr..\.R.IPcLEY seconded the motion.
1. i or. thought they should first get the opinion
cember, to be appointed by the Mayor, save that, in the be totally inadequate to the demand. He concluded by '
and reasons of the dock solicitor in writing, and moved a
meantime, the Town-clerk be directed to arrange with saying that if Mr. Aikin had gone back another year be-
effect.
resolution to that
the Dock-solicitor for the lodging of the plans, inasmuch yond the four to which he had alluded, he would have rNI I% TROTMAN seconded it.
as that proceeding cannot prejudice the public considers- found an increase of 287,000 tons, and that if he had em- Mr. EVANS said they had that already. If he agreed
than as to the whole or part of the accommodation pro- braced a period of eight years, he would have found an •
with the Town-clerk they would not be satisfied, and if he
posed, and will be necessary if the determination be to increase of 736,000 tons, with increase •
together an in the bedded • t the T
against Town-clerk, his opinion would not
proceed as originally recommended by the Dock Commit- receipts of late years arising from the increase of tonnage be taen alone.
tee, and that all other preparations for going to parlia- to the East Indies.
ment be continued, subject to the determination of the Mr. BLACKBURN asked whether Mr. r.Hartley be—whereas the solicitor has done what is believed to be had re- Mr. AIKIN said the best form of the resolution would
meeting in December."
ported that the Albert Dock would attract a new trade,
Mr. Woon said that, were it not for his being a share- not now in existence, or the trade from the other docks?
illegal, let him attend here and tell us whether he has
holder in the Harrington Docks, he should be happy to Mr. Nicol, stated generally what Mr. Hartley had done so or not.
second the motion. He felt surprised that the growing reported. Liverpool had not become a place for bonded mThe__voootes were then taken, when there appeared for
evil of the want of water space in Liverpool should have goods for export to the extent that London bad, and Mr. for . Ni:i
sl's amendment five, against it seven ; namely,
been so long delayed ; for, as he had to cross the Mersey Hartley meant to say that the Albert Dock would lead to Nicol ;againstess. TtobiAnl, Smith,
Royden, Trotman, and
twice a day, he was in the habit of seeing a number of those bonded goods being lodged in the new warehouses. ley, Bold, Bulle
iv,—oodezros.r Evans, Holmes, Aikin, Rip-
vessels, which, owing to the want of proper accommoda- Mr. Blackburn argued from this answer that one of the , The motion of Mr. Evelio- wase. then put and carried, the
tion, could not get into dock. In his opinion, the Dock most effectual means for meeting the necessities of the voting being exact! the b
Committee must have been recently frightened by the case would be to build warehouses on the margin of te dee:. The committee adjournedy same.
•
at ten minutes after three
proceedings of the Birkenhead Commissioners, in refe- If they were to build warehouses on the margin of the o'clock.
rence to the Wallasey Dock. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Prince's Dock, all this discussion would have been saved,
But there was no cause of alarm ; because not one ship in the trade of the port would be increased, and the interests
five hundred would enter the Wallasey Dock unless corn- of the merchant secured.
pelled to do so by want of room on the Liverpool side of Mr, E,
BIRKETT briefly replied.
the water. (Hear, hear.)
The Council divided, when there appeared, for the mo-
Mr. THOMPSON seconded the motion.
tiou, 31 • viz.—Messrs. Hodgson, Shaw, Houghton, I. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE expressed his belief that the Holmes, Blundell, Thompson, Edwards, Tinne, Aspinall,
council had nothing to apprehend from a parliamentary Sothern, Royden, Hornby, Birkett, Boutflower, Bushell,
contest, and nothing to be afraid of on the part of their Rigby, Lloyd, G. H. Lawrence, Plumpton, Leigh, Glaze-
opponents in
centsCheshire—opponnt as they were often brook, Trotman, Harbord, Houghton (alderman), J.
called. If they could satisfy in bond-holders and ,
others, there would be no difficulty in obtaining a bill ; Chilton,
a Crook. Nicol, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux,
and the Mayor.
but it was not at all surprising to his mind, that the Dock Against the motion. 12 ; viz Messrs. Shand, Thornhill,
Committee should have felt desirous of acting with can- Chalmer, Blackburn, Preston, Aikin, J. Holmes, Parker, ,
tion on the present occasion, and that the council should Bulley, Holt, Moon, and, Evans.
share in the feeling. The council had hitherto proved The motion was accordingly declared to have been
itself worthy of its trust, and competent to undertake the
carried.
management of the affairs of the docks ; and be trusted Messrs. North, Lace, Stewart, Smith, Kilshaw, and
they would neither undermine nor endanger the good others declined to vote, on account of their having an in-
understanding and confidence which existed between them terest in the Harrington Dock Company.
and the merchants of the town. He thought they ought The Council adjourned at half-past one o'clock.
to be doubly cautious in the matter when they were ap-
proaching to an expenditure amounting to nearly a mil-
lion and a half of money, not to be taken out of their
own pockets, or to be defrayed, in case of failure, by a
borough-rate, but to be extracted from the ratepayers of
Liverpool. On the other hand, he was aware of the ne- '
cessity for dock accommodation • and though he did riot
agree with those gentlemen of die Dock Committee who
would plunge them into such extensive schemes as were
at first proposed, and subsequently withdrawn, yet still
he thought that in the present session, notwithstanding
the plans of their Cheshire neighbours, they should go to
parliament. But his ideas of going to parliament were
limited, for he looked solely to the corporation property
at the north end of the town. (Hear, hear.) His plan
was, that they should seek for powers to make a large
steam dock on their own property, with the view of re-
lieving the Coburg Dock, and affording accommodation
to the timber trade, as well as the trade of the town ge-
nerally ; and those advantages were to be gained by going
to the north. He was delighted that the gentlemen on
the Cheshire side were about to make extensive improve-
ments. He confessed that the plan of the Wallasey Dock
had come upon him rather suddenly ; but, then, he had
always said that, if they were willing to make docks, they
were at perfect liberty so to do. He was against the sys-
tem of keeping the corporation land in Cheshire; but if
he had had the least notion that the council would have
sanctioned the erection of docks on the other side, or
that they wanted to have docks there, he should not have
been a party to the alienation of that property. The
council would not, however, have sanctioned any such
erection ; in fact, it would have been suicidal policy on
their parts if they had : and it should be remembered that
the Cheshire people could have gone to parliament for
liberty to make a dock if the sales had never been ef-
fected. The sales were wise and proper; and Mr. Evans
ought to be satisfied with them, because he would now
have docks and the dock-warehouse scheme into the bar-
gain. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Evans would further
agree that the council had nu right to keep the Cheshire
property idle for the benefit of the dock estate—an estate
in which the council had no primary or beneficial inte-
rest. The Wallasey Dock would take away a great deal
of the surplus traffic of Liverpool, and improve the re-
mainder of the corporation property in Cheshire ; and he
wished the scheme success. His proposal was, that that
Part of the plan which related solely to the north end of
the town, be lodged.

Amongst the insolvent debtors recently discharged from
Lancaster Castle was Taylor Jennings, banker's clerk,
who, at the last assizes in this town, was a prominent wit-
ness against Anderson.

CorroN.—The estimated stock of cotton in this port
on the Ist December, 1842, was 421,250 bales, and, on
the Ist instant, G 63,912 bales ; being an increase, as com-
pared with the same date last year, was 355,02(1 bales.
A treasury order recently issued permits the allowance
of three gallons per cask per tentage on bonded brandies,
arising from natural causes, without application to the
board.

A treasury order received at this port last week pre-
vents foreign pickled tribe to be delivered out of bond for
ship's stores, in the same proportion as foreign beef or
pork, that is, not exceeding nibs. per day altogether of
these descriptions of food for each person during the
voyage out and home.

THE WINTER ASSIZE IN LIVERPOOL: THE CALEN-
DAR.---The following is the number of prisoners for trial
at the approaching assizes for this division of the county:—
For murder, 6; manslaughter, 1; cutting and stabbing,
7 ; administering poison, 1 ; burglary, 20 ; robbery, 7 ;
cattle-stealing, 1 ; forgery, 5 ; bigamy, 3 ; rape, 1 ; un-
natural crime, 1 ; felony, 3; conspiracy, 2; mint cases,
8; escaped convict, 1; poaching, 1; evidence, 1; out on
bail, 3. Total, 72.

DOCK COMMITTEE.-THURSDAY,

At the usual monthly meeting of this body on Thurs-
day all the members were present with the exception of
Mr. Molyneux.

Mr. RIPLEY, alluding to the transit sheds, said that
one of them was at present occupied with tobacco, althogh
on Monday the committee had refused to allow any more
for that purpose. It appeared from Mr. Ripley's state-
ment that Mr. Pilcher had applied to him for leave to
open the shed, and being informed that the application
must come before a sub committee of the Council, he
(Mr. Pilcher) applied to the chairman, who gave an order
to open the sheds.

POLICE COURT, FRIDAY.—A young man, named
George M`Gregor, who had lately been dismissed from
the service of Mr. Elliot, draper, of Paradise-street, was,
on Friday, committed for trial on a charge of obtaining a
piece of broad cloth from the shop of Mr. Murray, draper,
of the same street.—Three publicans were fined and two
acquitted, and seven beer-sellers were convicted in various
penalties.—A person named George Rowley, one of the
six who broke out of Castle Ruthen, in the Isle of Man,
a short time ago, was ordered to be conveyed back to his
old quarters.

The CHAIRMAN said he looked over the act, and found
that the goods in the sheds were to be considered, before
they were weighed, in the same light as if they were still
in the hold of the vessel, but there was no mention of the
ship at all, so as to prevent her from being jerked.
Mr. RIPLEY : Then the sheds might be taken posses-
sion of for twelve months ?
The CHAIRMAN : Yes.

ACCELERATION OF THE IRISH MArLs.—Symptoms of
the new route we described, via Birkenhead, being adopted
are becoming visible. The City of Dublin Company are
going to make a bold push to secure the contract to con-
vey the mails between the new terminus of the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway at Monk's Ferry and Dublin in
nine hours, being about to launch their new iron vessel
from Mr. Wilson's yard, in Liverpool, with engines 380
horse-power, guaranteed by the builder and engineer to be
the fastest sea-going steam-vessel afloat, and have con-
tracted for another with the same parties. There can be
little doubt that this new vessel will make an average
passage of nine hours to Dublin. The new vessel is to be
called the Nonsuch, is 130 feet long, 28 feet beam.
Engines, 65 inches cylinders, 7 feet stroke, manufactured
by Fawcett and Co.—Railway Magazine.

Mr. RIPLEY said that was not the spirit of the act of
parliament. The inspector-general said he would limit
the time to 14 days at the end of which he would remove
all articles to bonded warehouses for the purpose of secu-
ring the Queen's dues.

Mr. AIKIN said from what he had seen that day these
sheds might be made useful for the general uses of the
port, but if they were allowed to remain full of tobacco,
or any other article, they would be of little use.
Mr. EVANS said it would not becoming in the com-
mittee to go in the teeth of the act of parliament. Know-
ing how that act was obtained, the party spirit. and the
private interests that dictated an unreasonably short pe-
riod for the retention of goods in the sheds, he, for one,
was happy to find that they could act in a good spirit by
availing themselves of the defect of the act. Was it not
absurd and unjust, that the articles were to be removed
in one day after they had passed the scale; articles which
might have been transhipped again in the course of a few
days? _

SETTING FIEF TO A DWELLING-TIOUSE.—On Wed-
nesday, William Jones and Simon Frank:and, two little
boys—one about seven, the other nine years of age—were
charged, at the Police-court, with setting fire, at half-past
seven in the morning, to the dwelling-house of Mr. Strad-
ford, in 13irkett-street Soho. It appeared, from the evi-
dence of a boy who observed them, that they ignited some
lucifer matches against the wall, and introduced them
through the bolt-hole, by which the shutter is fastened,
in consequence of which the window-blind and several ar-
ticles took fire. The damage sustained was not great.
On Thursday the prisoners were again brought up, and
the younger one discharged. Mr. Stradford said half-past
seven o'clock in the morning was such an unusual hour,
that he thought the elder boy must have been sent to act
as he had done.

After some conversation the subject was dropped, it
being understood the solicitor was to be asked whether
the committee could make such regulations as would ob-
viate the difficulty in which they were placed.

Mr. PARKER Thought the motion a most extraordinary
one, and that the Dock Committee were in a very curious
Position. The Chairman of the Finance Committee had
touched on Cheshire, and made a long harangue, as if he
had done wrong in selling the land, (no, no, from Mr.
Lawrence.) or as if he felt a sort of sting. (Laughter.)
Mr. Wood could tell him that all the Cheshire people who
were coming across in the steamers had a smile on their
countenances, as much as to say they had frightened the
Dock Committee. (Hear, and laughter.)
Mr. Woon.—That's a fact.
Mr. PARKER continued.—There was an old tale that it
took nine tailors to make a man, and it took nineteen
Birkenhead commissioners to make a Jackson. (Conti-
nued laughter.) The picture drawn by the Birkenhead
commissioners and the Cheshire people, at the position in
which the Dock Committee had placed the Council, was
this :—they were saying " Liverpool is going down the
hill—it wont be long before their docks will be fish-ponds,
all the trade will go into Cheshire, and the Liver, that
aquatic bird, will be stalking through their desolate streets,
and going away with the retiring tide that used to come
into Whitechapel." (Great laughter.) He concluded by

IRON STEAM-SHIP HELEN NPGREnort.-A new iron
steamer, built at Liverpool for our enterprising townsmen,
flle
r seemssws
hr s.
to
cohGr
me
and
hee
eis admirablyCo
has attracted
intended.
adapst
he adapted
for
rr
imvheeyd
ihiattention,aernreb Hamburgh
and b
rng hs utrnadsdaeye,
last from Hamburgh, having made her passage in forty-
four
hours, and performed, in the course of the voyage,
with thick weather and a head wind, twelve knots per
hour. She carries a large cargo at comparatively light
draught of water, and is fitted up in a superior style for
the accommodation of passengers. The engines, notwith-
standing their great power (240 horse), are remarkably
compact, and the small space within which they stand is
the subject of general surprise. A friend of mine, who
returned here from Hamburgh in her, and is a frequent
passenger, pronounces her to be " the easiest and most
comfortable vessel he had ever the good fortune to cross
the ocean in ; in fact," said he, " she is an admirable sea
boat."—Hull correspondent of the Railway Times.