The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCKS

TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE DOCK ESTATE.
PURSUANT to the provisions of the Dock Act, Bth
Vict., cap. 11, sec. 17, 18, and 19, an ALPHABETICAL
LIST of the Names of all Persons who appear, by the Register
kept at the Dock Office, to have paid Dock Rates.and Duties to
the amount of Ten Pounds, within the pe • included in the
said Register, namely, the 25th of Ji , 1849, and the 24th
June, 1850, and therefore entitled vote
.for the Election of
Merchants or Shipowners to be bens of the Committee for
the .4.fairs of the Estate o e Trustees of the Liverpool
Docks, having been made the Treasurer, printed, and affixed
in the place required b e said Act, and copies of the same
being now ready for • pection, which may be had on payment
of a reasonable su or each copy ; now NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that t Chairman and two Members of the said Com-
mittee, duly-erlipointed, WILL ATTEND at the DOCK-OFFICE,
on TUZSDAY next, the 9th instant, between the hours of Eleven
a.m. and Four p.m. for the purpose of Revising the said, List.
Parties therefore who may object to the Name of any Person
inserted in the said List, as not being entitled to have his name
retained therein, or whose name, having been omitted to be in-
served therein, shall claim to be placed on the said List, are
requested to attend and state their Objections, or their Claim,
as the case may be.

order,Dock-officeß,
Liverpool,
4th
JDuIAyNoIBESOL. MASON, Secretary

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[ADVERTISEMENT.]
STEAM OPPOSITION.

7b the Editor of the Dublin National Advertiser, kc.
SIR,—I am induced to address the following observa-
tions to the public, through your impartial columns, on the
subject of the opposition to the City of Dublin Steam
Company, in the hope that the suggestion I offer may be
seriously considered, convinced as I am of their justice
and practicability.
I make these observations at this particular juncture for
two reasons • first, Chat understanding Joseph Macolm-
son having declined arbitration, the opposition is likely to
be continued ; and, second, that the decision at the late
meeting of the Shipbuilding Company has thrown a new
light on the subject. _

-I
am, Sir, a-. Shareholder both in the old Company
and the new one (the Ship-building Company).
having attended the meetings of the latter for many
years, I did not take heed to their proceedings.
At their last meeting, however, I find the dividend has
been reduced to 2fr per cent., instead of the usual 3 per
cent. lam now informed that the dividend depends on
the joint recommendation of the two Compa res. Though
not before aware of this, I hasten to expr my concur-
rence in this measure, as I have alread one to the di-

rectors, as it produces that unity of 'fiterest am
between the two bodies by which t. •ir mutual advantage
is promoted. Convinced as I w.s, by the Report the
City of Dublin Company issue. in March last, that J.
Malcolmson was unquestionab' • the aggressor, and know-
ing that some reliable friend• iad said so to him, without
obtaining a satisfactory rea• .n, I approve of any measure
that may enable them mo • effectually to resist what, with
regret, I consider both provoked and unjustifiable.
Looking at the rel. ye position of the City of Dublin
Company and its co- j :rtner, the Building Company, it
appears both injurio - and unjust that the holders of one-
half the capital sho d receive a dividend, while those of
the other half ha received none. If, however, the old
Company is not .ound to pay the new Corn

Jany any di-

. _
vidend except a the joint Ifoa-rd of Directors shall recom-
mend, this for s a new feature in the case. It practi-
cally identifies e holders of the two halves of the com-
mon capital. Besides, it was manifestly unjust that,
under a system of opposition and reduced trading profits,
one-half the Shareholders in a common stock should
enjoy a monopoly or priority of the profits. Such would,
in fact, be putting them in the very objectionable position
of Preference Shareholders in Railway Companies. Re-
port says that at the last meeting of the Ship Building
Company there was an unanimous expression in favour of
resistance. Still, so long as the one portion of the share-
holders received a dividend, while another portion re-
ceived none, there was that practical distinction which
ought not to exist. Either no dividend should have been
declared at the late meeting, or the available amount
should have been distributed equally amongst all the
Shareholders, and without regard to the nominal title of
either Company. I trust, however, no distinction will
hereafter be made, but that, whether there be profits or
no profits, so long as this unjust opposition shall con-

)e no c

a common interest requiring a common defence. Let no
measures be take's but in common ; and then the opposi-

7ect on

tion, whether to be long or short, can have no
their credit, character, stability, or public influe
The position of the Company would be one of com-
bined strength. They would be the united bundle of
rods. Their motto should be, Vis unitafortior, with an
increase of public support and sympathy until better times,
when returning good sense and moderation shall at length
prevail.

Should the united Boards concur in considering that
any lapse dividend should be in the nature of a lien on
future profits, the common interest certainly would be
the more consolidated. That, however, I leave to future
consideration, and do not here press it.
A SHAREHOLDER IN BOTH CO

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE-
COMPETITION.

iMPANIES

STEAM

SlR,—Adopting this useful heading from your contem-
porary, the Freeman's Journal, I take up the question

In referring to the attempted arbitration which the
Council of the Chamber of Commerce had endeavoured
to effect, I think your contemporary has adopted a one-

sided view of the controversy, whichyerZronsistent
with fairness.

The Council of the Chamber inlirKed, in the hope of
effecting some good, and puttine end to the present

wasteful system. All partiosi/see, were represented at
the conference; yet the w e was rendered fruitless.

The cause of this failure, owever, is not only passed
over, but positively misre esented. The simple fact was,
that Mr. Malcolmson fused to arbitrate except on the
terms of a conqueror— arnely, the dictating a long series
of propositions whicl appear to me as unreasonable and
as impracticable as ose originally put forward by Mr.
Pike, in the well nown letter now before me. Now
these proposition or dictations rather, involve—and so
think the Coun —the very questions which. in the event
of arbitration, ould form the subject matter of discus-
sion and away . The Freeman's correspondent naively
says, "We I ar from those qualified to give an opinion
that Mr. Malcolmson's demands were very moderate.'
Doubtless, the parties were qualified to give an opinion
How far that was an impartial one we shall s(

1 have

heard of those " demands," and do not hesitate to c

racterize them as extravagan'
inappropriate to the position

and inadmissible, and as
11r. Malcolmson has taken

up as ever were submitted by one party, or received with
patience by another. I may hereafter examine them in
detail.

But I ask, in lintine, by what right does Mr. Malcolm-
son " demand" any terms ; at least while he holds forci-
ble possession of the lines which he has taken up. The
short fact, as far as the public are concerned in knowing,
is, that under pretence of redressing himself, in the way
of reprisals, for the alleged injury done by one party (the
British and Irish Company), he seizes the lines, and in-
terrupts the trade of another party, (the Dublin Steam
Company), with whom he had no quarrel, and against
whom he alleged no grounds of hostility whatever ; and
now " demands" as a right, that be shall retain these
lines. As well might Lord Palmerston have seized the
ships and ports of the Sultan, because he had a quarrel
with their neighbours, the Greeks, and on the ground
that those two powers were in friendly alliance...

Mr. Malcom;on, the originator of this complication of
difficulties, is spoken of as though he were the unoffend-
ing and attacked party, and a whole series of imaginary
alliances and plans are suggested, the drift of which seems
to be the creating alarm, and suggesting the ruin of all. I

certainly do not participate in-these alarms. Then the
Holyhead Company are also said to be Mr. Malcohnson'l
...

allies in running it muck against the old Company
rather think the Railway Company has not that overplus
fund of which Mr. Malcolmson boasts, and with which,
were they so disposed, the general ruin is to be effected.
At all events, there seems no common-sense object in their
wasting their resources and cutting up their own railway
revenue merely to enable Mr. Malcolmson, with whom
they have no connection, to be the avenging Nemesis of
his own grasping propensities. I have looked into all
these matters, and, if any party is to give way, I see
nothing to induce us to think the Dublin Company should
be that party. They have a large fleet at their exclusive
demand—so, perhaps, has Mr. Malcolmson. Their
capital is all their own. They are not calicel on to pay a
shilling of dividend or interest unless profits be made.
Can Mr. Malcolmson say the same ? If so, then the
public are to be treated to the unsightly spectacle of two
great Companies contending for the worthless and mis-
chievous prize of rendering their respective capitals un-
productive.
Mr. Malcolmson boasts of the great resources which he.
has, and is willing to waste in effecting his r
compelling the Dublin Company to lay up the
that his own may take their place. In sober earnestness
I ask, is this the language of a reflecting man of business,
who knows the value of money, before he has ascertained,
on the judgment of less hasty and cooler heads, that his
cause is just ? He boasts that he has never undertaken
anything in which he has not succeeded. That may be a
well-merited compliment to his commercial

,urpose c

hitherto in having embarked in no
considered speculations • but would it be commend
though, perhaps, equally well grounded, in the mouth of
a pirate or arbitrary autocrat ?
In my view of the subject I think the time has come for
the Shareholders in both Companies to take the matter
into their hands. Let a few influential members on both
sides form a Committee, and call for the necessary infor-
mation, before framing a report to be brought before the
public.
But let not tho:errors of both sides continue, to the sa-
crifice of the innocent Shareholders of all.
FIAT JUSTITIA.

but wise anal wel

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.—THE LAST OF THE
MANNINGS.—The whole affair connected with the Ber-
mondsey murder has been settled by the Treasury. It
may be recollected that shortly after the execution of
the Mannings, all the property found on the convicts and
in Scotland, and the railway shares, were delivered over
to the Crown to be disposed of. That portion belonging
to the murdered man was paid to his relatives, and the
remainder, which was clearly established to be the pro-
perty of Manning and his wife, was retained until some
settlement could be made respecting the expenses of their
defence. Mr. Binns, the solicitor for Manning, and Mr.
Solomon, the solicitor for his wife, received instructions
some time ago to send in their respective accounts, and
last week letters were sent to them, requesting their
attendance at the Treasury. On Saturday those gentle-
men bad an interview with Mr. Maule, and received pay-
ment of their accounts, but much
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sent stand his trial. The accused appeared to be persons
of unusual intelligence, and the woman was not destitute
of personal beauty. It appeared by the statement for the
Crown that the deceased gentleman was an unmarried
man, having none of his own immediate family residing
with him, but that the female prisoner lived in his house
in the quality of housekeeper, and with one other domes-
tic, named Michael M`Mahon, constituted his household.
The deceased was supposed to possess a considerable sum
of money, and in order to obtain possession of it Biddy
Keogh had contrived his murder. A further motive was
imputed to her, namely, jealousy; as it would appear that
some relation subsisted between her and the deceased, by
reason of which she harboured resentment on account of
certain attentions paid by the deceased to another woman.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS-GRAND
SCOTTISH FETE.

The entertainments at these gardens during the past
week have been of more than the usual interesting cha-
racter ; and amongst the attractions not the least has been
the concert given each evening by the splendid band be-
longing to the 52d regiment, which has kindly been per-
mitted to attend by their respected colonel. Our conclu-
sion, from the opportunity which we have had of hearing
them is that in every respect, whether with regard to the
ability with which they are led, their perfect training and
taste, and the number of the instrumentalists, they are
one of the first bands in the service. Last night the gala
was a very splendid one, given by the Oddfellows' Society,
and went off admirably.

For this day and to-morrow Mr. Atkins has provided
for his friends, at great cost, an attraction which we feel
assured will ensure for him the thanks and support of a
large portion of the influential classes, as well as others,
of the town of Liverpool. Our readers will no doubt
have heard of the grand competition for championship in
Scottish national sports and pastimes, which
last week in Lord Holland's park, Notting
London, under the joint direction of the Hizh

11, near