The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. I working brethren to ponder deeply upon this state PROPOSED INCREASE OF LANDING ACCONI-
We do not think that the letter relative to Sir Thomas Reade
gives any additional information. of things; to ask themselves how it is brought MODATION FOR THE SEACOMBE, EGRE.
about, and whether it is in accordance with the MOM, AND NEW BRIGHTON, AND THE
LARGE STEAMERS
laws of nature and of God. The essence of a so-
cial state is the dependence of one class

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Air. Crawford's letter is too long.

another

The rich man wants the poor man's la-
The p)or man wants a portion of the rich
man's superfluity. Both are willing and anxious
to make the exchange; and why are they not able
to make that exchange ?
We give a case ; and it is precisely that, to a
mistake with respect to which our present difficul-
ties are, in a great measure, attributed. We
wish to improve the internal communications of
our country; and railwayS we find the most eco-
nomical and rapid of transit. We have the mate-
rials at our command. We have land, stone, iron,
timber, tools, food, and skilled labour; and the
owners of each are willing to devote them to the
required purpose. Yet so simple a transaction our
philosophers and statesmen cannot arrange; and

The want of a convenient landing for the large and
other steamers has long been a subject of complaint ; and
we pointed attention last week to the danger which results
from their coming to the steps and landing stage at present
used by the Seacombe and Egremont boats. Since we
wrote another accident has occurred, from the same cause
as those previously noticed, by which the life of a cler-
gyman was nearly sacrificed, the particulars of which will
be found in another column. We are happy to find, that
at length the attention of the public is being directed to
the want in question, and that it is about to be urged
upon our local authorities; for, independent of the ad-
mitted fact, that our northern ferries, to the most delight-
ful and salubrious portion of the hundreds of Wirral, are
wretchedly provided for, there ought surely to be some
deference paid to the claims of such companies as the
Dublin, the Glasgow, and the owners of other large Irish
and coasting steamers.

We have-been favoured daring the week with a private
view of a model, constructed by Mr. John Grantham,
ar,

mains in the gparry, the iron in the mine, and
the food in the warehouse or the shop, and the
maker of pickaxes and spades, the bricklayer, the
mason, the smith, and the navvy walk about our
streets without the value of a meal in their pockets.
We are told that we are suffering because we
have invested too much of our floating capital in
these, railways; because we have converted to a

C.E., of a proposed new landing stage, to be laid down at
the Prince's Pier, by which the want referred to will
be supplied. The model in question is to be brought be-
fore a meeting of the Polytechnic Society, on Thursday
next, at which his worship the Mayor has consented to be
present. In the meantime, a brief description of it may
not be uninteresting to our readers. It is proposed by
Mr. Grantham to lay down a stage four hundred feet in
length, and a little narrower than the large stage, and
built as a neatly flat bottomed ship, at the south end of
the Prince's pier, one extremity of which will be placed
nearly opposite to the southern corner of the present
Egremont basin. The mooring proposed consists of
spring cables, or transverse chains from both ends crossing
each other within its own length, and thus not interfering
with the navigation of the river, except as preventing
vessels running between the stage and the pier. It will
be further kept off by iron booms. The ferry steamers
will be accommodated at the southern end ; and at the
north end, iron stauncheons, fourteen feet high. will be
placed for the accommodation of the large steamers.
The height of the deck will be the same as that of the
present small stage, which is found to be most convenient
for the ferry boats ; and for the large steamers moveable
gangways will be provided of the various heights required.
The stage will be approached by a bridge of a very
neat construction, to run from about half way between
the Egrement basin and the present Seacombe steps,
transversely to the centre of the stage, by which a greater
length of way will be secured, and a less incline than that
of the bridges at the George's landing stage. The ap-
proach from the pier is most convenient; and the turn,
by which carriages will run from the bridge to the north
end of the stage is equally easy. Each end will be at-
tached with hinges, thus accommodating the bridge to the
rise and fall of the tide. It is conceived by experienced
authorities, that the stage, thus constructed, will afford
the most complete accommodation possible for luggage to
or from Cheshire, or elsewhere.

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useful object, and one by which the march of civili-
zation is promoted, too much iron, stone, timber,
and human labour. How can this .be the case ?
We have never yet felt a scarcity of any of these
commodities. We have never experienced a want
of iron, stone, timber, or labour to devote to other
and ordinary purposes. Into whatever part of the
country our railway works have been carried they
have borne with them employment to the labourer
and prosperity to all classes ; and yet the labourer,
we are told, is suffering from too much railway

TUESDAY

One very material advantage to be derived from the
adoption of the plan will be the removal of the present
Egremont stage, which is felt to be a dangerous obstruc-
tion to vessels coming into or going out of the George's
Basin. It may be found necessary to fill up entirely the
present Egremont Basin, which will no longer be required,
except for fishing and other boats, and thus to secure an
uninterrupted line of pier from Prince's Basin. This
proposal, however, is entirely distinct from that of the
landing stage.

THE ASSIZES.

The special winter assize for the southern division of
this county will be opened at Liverpool, on Monday next,
before Mr. Boron Alderson and Mr. Justice Erle. The
calendar, in a numerical point of view is very heavy, there
being already not less than 154 prisoners for trial, 62 of
whom, however, are charged with political offences.
There are charged with the capital offence of murder 7,
(six of these being for murdering policeman Bright, at
Ashton-under-Lyne,) manslaughter 5, rape 3, burglary
17, stabbing 13, bigamy 7, forgery 6, robbery from person
8, horse-stealing 1, sheep-stealing 5, night poaching 5,
mint cases 11, concealing birth 1. stealing post letter 1,
making a false register 1; (Mr. Chubb, the registrar, who
has continued in custody since his committak) " conspi-
racy",—such is the general charge against the whole of
the political offenders,-62. In one murder case a young
man, named James Kelly, stands charged with having cut
the throat of his sweetheart, at Heaton Norris, in Sep-
tember last. The sad details will be yet fresh in the me-
mory of our readers. The following are the names of the
parties charged with the murder of Bright :Joseph Rat-
cliff, Joseph Constantine, Thomas Kenworthy, Jonathan
Walker, Wm. Winterbottom, and James Stott. A second
and minor count in the indictment charges these prisoners,
in case of acquittal on the capital charge, with conspiracy.
It is arranged that the trials of the political offenders shall
be taken first. Of the sixty-two charged with conspiracy
ten are Liverpool Confederates, twenty-eight are Chartists
frem Manchester, and the twenty-four others are from
Ashton. It is thought that the trial of the ten Liverpool
Young Irelanders will take place on Tuesday, the 12th
instant, and many interesting facts, showing the designs
of the leagued Confederates here, will doubtlessly be
elicited. The names of those in custody are, Joseph
Cuddy, cabinet-maker; Matthew Somers, (formerly a
provision-dealer, in Hurst-street;) Francis O'Donnell,
surgeon; Edward Murphy, clerk; Robert Hopper, joiner,

are four out on bail: Martin Boshill, cashier in a mer-
chant's office • Peter Herbert Delamere, coal-agent ; Jas.
West; and Richard Smyth.