The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

ment now as at this time last year. He wished to show
that the haste was not only dangerous but unnecessary.
The Prince's Dock had cost £600,000, and that sum ought
to yield an annual return of £30,000. If the Prince's
Dock was filled up with vessels lying by for sale, which
pay 2d. per ton, it would yield £3,000 a year. They were
going to build a new dock, and the two docks together
would cost more than a million of money, while they were
getting only £15,000 a year from the trade of the whole
of the North American colonies, including Newfoundland.
If the Harrington Dock Company had talked of making
docks for the exclusive use of timber, would not the
shareholders have thought them mad ? They deter-
mined on building warehouses on the dock quays, in order
to bring grist to the mill.
Mr. BRAMLEY-MOORE said, when the proper time ar-
rived, no one would more strenuously urge the necessity
of warehouses on the dock quays than himself. But the
time had not arrived, nor would it, till the expiration of
the four years stipulated i❑ the act. Mr. Moore pro-
ceeded to show the progressive increase of tonnage to the
port, since 1812, and to contend that there was a neces-
sity to go to parliament for power to extend the dock ac-
commodation.

Mr. ROYDEN said it was eight years' since the Prince's
Dock was allowed to run dry. It would some day, in a
gale of wind, let itself dry, greatly to the astonishment of
the public.

Mr. SANDS said, the origin of the late proceedings in
the Dock Committee was a letter from Mr. Hartley, ad-
dressed to himself. He had been previously strongly of
opinion that more dock space was wanted, but be did not
like to move it till the others did.

On the receipt of this latter he (Mr. Sands) felt the
necessity of acting upon it. 'What would the council,
what would the shipowners, what would the merchants of
Liverpool have thought of him, if he had not immediately
taken the proceedings which had been taken. He was
authorised on the motion of Mr. Aikin, seconded by Mr.
Tobin, to negotiate with the directors of the Harrington
Dock Company, for the purchase of 40,000 or 30,000 yards
of their land to build a timber dock.
Mr. EvANs : No—not a timber dock.

Mr. SANDS : Well a dock. He applied to the Harring-
ton Dock Company, who refused to sell a part of their
land. Had he been one of their company, he would have
taken another view of the matter, for the contiguity of
the proposed dock, would have increased the value of their
property forty or fifty per cent. They, however, refused
to sell a portion of their land, but finally agreed to take
for tne whole of it, the price offered for a part-31s. 6d.
per square yard, and they passed a resolution accordingly.
He was opposed to warehouses, because they were not
wanted round a timber dock, or a steam dock ; and be-
cause he foresaw that the introduction of that question
would defeat the whole scheme. As to the postponement
which had been mentioned—let it be postponed a year :
he had no objection. He had no interest to serve. but
that of the public, with whom his own interest was bound
up. He had no crotchet to carry out, and he, therefore,
had no objection to the postponement, if it were the wish
of the council.

The Council divided on Mr. Barclay's amendment, when
there appeared—
For the amendment.—Messrs. Thornhill, Blackburn,
Aikin, Priestly, Procter, G. H. Lawrence, Platt, Barclay,
Bullet', Turner, Freme, Holt, Moon, Evans, and the
Mayor.

Against the Amendment.—Shand, Shaw, Hodgson,
Houghton, Isaac Holmes, Copeland, Thompson, Blun-
dell, H. Holmes, Sands, J. Holmes, Aspinall, Royden,
G. G. Hornbv, Cooper, Birkett, Rigby, Parker, Plump-
ton, Leigh, Trotman, Sheppard, Harbord, Houghton,
—Alderman, Crook, Nicol, Bramley, Moore, Molyneux,
and Chilton.

For the amendment, 15 ; against it, 29 : majority, 14
The original motion was carried.

The following resolution was adopted : " That the con-
ditional notice be subject to such conditions, alterations,
and qualifications, not in effect respecting the points de-
termined by the Council, as may be agreed upon between
the chairman of the Dock Committee, the Mayor, and
George Hall, Lawrence, Esq., chairman of the present
Finance Committee, and that the notice be settled, under
their direction, by the Dock Solicitor and the Town-clerk,
the whole being subject to the special council after the 9th
of November.

THE MAYOR.
Mr. Hunit Honsbi. said, before they retired, he had
a very pleasing duty to perform—the most pleasing that
had ever devolved upon him in that chamber. It was to
propose a vote of thanks to the Mayor, and he hoped they
would not consider that vote in the light of a mere matter
of course, for he thought from no public body was such
an expression ever more justly due. He would not remind
those whom he had the honour of addressing, of the ad-
mirable manner in which the mayor had presided over
their deliberations during his year of office, of the ereat
intelligence which he had displayed and of the mild yet
dignified deportment which had distinguished him. It
was not merely as chairman of that council that he had
exhibited qualities so worthy of commendation in every
department of his office he had asked so as to gain the
esteem of all, no matter to what party they belonged, so
that he would have the pleasure of feeling, in his retire-
ment that he had won the esteem of the whole community.
He had sincere pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to the
mayor. (Loud cheers.)
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER said, he had great pleasure in
seconding the motion. The excellent address of Mr.
Hornby rendered it unnecessary for him to add further
comment.
Mr. EVANS hoped the mayor would indulge him in the
pleasure of adding one more word on the occasion. He
wished to express the deep satisfaction which he had felt
in noting the conduct of the present mayor ever since hN
had been elected to the office. His last vote was worthy
of it, and added another halo to those which he already
had about him.
Mr. AIKIN said, he had hoped the pleasing task of
making this motion would have fallen upon him ; but in
this good and kindly act there had been a sort of anxiety
to be foremost. Mr. Aikin gave his testimony as to the
admirable manner in which the Mayor had performed the
duties of his office, and expressed a hope that the feelings
entertained towards him would prove the commencement
of a more kindly spirit amongst them.
Mr. BUSHELL said, his party felt that they had a right
to claim this honour to themeelves ; but courtesy had in-
duced them to yield to others a pleasure that was more
justly due to themselves.
The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation.
The MAYOR said : I beg to assure the Council, that I
feel most deeply grateful—more grateful, I fear, than I
shall be able to find words to convey—to the Council for
the very flattering expression of the opinion entertained
of my services during the period I have had the honour to
hold my present office. That those services have been
greatly exaggerated, and spoken of in terms they do not
merit, 1 must admit; but I believe I may say that the
Council have not over estimated my desire to discharge
the duties connected with my office faithfully and impar-
tially towards all. lam not insensibe to the fact, that, in
the attempts I have made to preside over the deliberations
of this Council, I may, on some occasions, have appeared
to outstep the limits of my duty in endeavouring to check
what appeared to me to be objectionable or irregular. It
is very possible that this may be laid to my charge ; but I
think the council will acquit me of an intentional want of
courtesy towards any of its members for whom it was my
duty to entertain every respect. I trust they will not be
unwilling to attribute my motive to no other cause than a
feeling of jealousy for the character of the Council, and a
deep anxiety, that all its proceedings should be so con-
ducted, as to have no other object than the good of the
community in view. I shall retire from this chair, with a
grateful recollection of the kindness of the Council, and
of the readiness with which they have overlooked many
defects on my part, as well as tolerated my interference
when, perhaps, I had no right to expect it. (Loud cheers.)
The Council broke up at twenty minutes to four o'clock