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

DOCK COMMIITTEE•

The
The usual meeting of this body was held yesterdal(choir.
following members' were present :—Messrs. Sands, notch
man,) Horsfall, Holt, Holmes, Holley, Royden,Tobiniii,ixe,
Aikin, Nicholl, Evans, Smith, Martin, Chilton, and 1%
ton.

IRON BUOYS. is 0/1
The Marine Surveyor having made some experinle _or ecoo,
the advantages of iron buoys, the Sub-Committeca_
mended that six new ones be made. The subject w
osid
an
poned for a week, until the relative cost of tile "
iron could be ascertained. make
TRANIT SHEDS.
The question of the liabiliSty of the Dock Estate towo,
good any loss sustained by fire on account of goods wss
houses, after being removed from the transit sheol, that
brought under consideration.—The Chairman obsercerfroa
they were not liable after thegoods had been remo;6„, tbe,
the sheds.—The Sub-commit also reccommeride'o,7o his
sheds should be insured, the solicitor having give:,,„l;• tb,el:
opinion, that it was a duty imposed on the comml",-c'ez
wished the sheds to be insured for £5OO, and the w-the
£looo.—After some conversation, it was agreed that•
surance be £lOOO on the sheds, and £5OO on the ofile„er-i, re'
A. letter was received from the Lords of the Treash7 Ding;
quiring a return of tolls, dues, &c. levied on foreign sal`, tiad
also an account on foreign and not on British vesse.ch for-
other advantages enjoyed by British vessels, from
the Cow:
eigners are excluded. The letter was addressed to t,", Doe'
missioners of Customs, who had forwarded it to tiVectioa
Treasurer. The Chairman said there could be 11° °
to make such a return. ' 0,0°5
A letter from John Smith, ilot, respecting -corn,- bkpg to°.
given by the Pierhead Master') while a vessel was
ed out of George's Dock, as to the letting go of a s,','l,3g
which might have caused some damage, and sci'"lofsi
Committee to take into consideration the prop or'rieticro
allowing ropes to be let go without the pilots
referred to the arbour Master.
MEASUREMENT OF FOREIGN VESSF,I.g• eto
The CIIAIRMNN stated that it would be in tile rec°leoa
of the committee that he had made some remarks the
question of their application to Parliament resieotinge of t.'",
measurement of foreign vessels. He mentioned I.°ll.o°t
circumstances connected with the measure, one of w,he oj,e'h
in reference to the impression which existed as to sviac,
which the committee had in view in their applieati°-
,
object was simply to place foreign and British 011;gean),'
equal. footing ; at the same time he adverted to
the ter (lace
munication he had made to Mr. Hagar , opoo
t the .B°' (lace
Consul. Those circumstances had led to a core
between himself and Mr. Hagerty t" firs
The letters were then read by the secretor'', fro,
which, from Mr. Hagerty, referred to what had biAlerisiOliit
Mr. Sands tE -tat ient alluded to, IT,`en of

respecting
to the .:orrectnespectin sof thethe report which had been .
g;fr, 5
°°,
in the STANDARD of the 12th instant ; to which 'ool,c'it
replied that the report, as given in the SrANnAftv't it 'chile
atantially correct, with the exception of that part 0 $0,4
related to several notes having passed between thn'o' iotc,
the best of his (Mr. Sands) recollection, the cornelfuroto
had been made verbally. The next letter was ''onee';.ft
liagarty, dated to 13th, in which he stated that he °Or) Peig,o
Mr. Sands had confounded dates as he (Mr. Flagerinfrri,,,,
received any such communication either verbally as a
at the period alluded to; though he admits there
versation between them at the Underwriters'-r" tis;oo
Mr. Sands may have mistaken for the one referred te'dgtioo`,,cl,
made some remarks respecting the bill, protesting so°,lleohe
mode of measurement for dock dues to be hereefteiraooill'es•
concluded by stating that under their treaty of rerc',.`oaa vices
should claim, on behalf of his countrymen, the 4,000
surement for all dues to be hereafter collected
dragip tw,
ships. On the 15th instant Mr. Sands replie 00 040
Hagerty, observing that he was sorry to find tiler% a tiloPit,r
ference of opinion as to the conversation which ad
place ; he could not, however, be cm tain as to the iriefeo,l
date when the conversation took place, but herobetbe
report of it in substance to be correct. A° biet' th°
good deal of misapprehension prevailed on the
object of which was merely to place foreign ce°eine'loce
same footing as British—certainly not to put then Joe
be
position. In conclusion, he stated that whateverhe
the
of opinion might exist as to the necessity of t;410000
trusted he would believe that he (Mr. Sands.), 85 -1,01
rest of the committee, would he sorry to act cilire or 1, to
with the greatest respect either to his re resentatrn rervi
of any portion of the mercantile
nctrioin,lPu2tneiitY.,,:-10%!.701ittrt,
this Mr. Elagarty observed, in klO A
the written documents in the hands of the Pc'e- could 001
incontestibly proved that no such conversationjujece coco
taken place as that to which he (Mr. SamiE) 8., it fhorof;
recommended its withdrawal at the next meeting' -rseiow-
r to the
no part of the question either of measurement
merit. The Chairman said he hnd not yet rePlie
foe' letter. the'
Some discussion then took place, during which of re
MAN alluded to the maner in which the forecatles_ittee
o,oc
vessels had been charged, and said that the Coinniloolc, 001
quite prepared to do what was right, and to P$Y ines„lt,°,
was legally due, but as to the poops they had heer-liaroeti"
according to the 2nd section of the Act nf
accordance lit. 4,
British vessels were measured, and in
spirit of the law.
Mr. AIKEN said that Mr. Hagerty spoke 0' „ 0'; 04:
surement. They had put them on the SBllie terra':lo'
ships ; the question was still at issue to
rat'delfol:
called Crown measurement, according to theie 111",
strictly correct. It never was intended that fuhr:ir 0",(0°'
should come to any port on better terms than
desire of the Committee was to do what was j°s'. 10e
question at issue as regarded the poop. thiss er,
Mr. Nicol, observed that the last letter had "clioletl'aftr'
with the committee. It was a personal [natter t $ c°3'ftl
The CHAIRMAN said he, only recollected that 00,1/,tlo
sation took place ; he did not remember the date,,siloili"pt
merely as a matter of courtesy to Mr. Ilagarqc,",.
he wished to treat him on the most friendly ter,';gers"cef'',
Mr. AIKIN observed that they would base a Isll,steiilipl°4'
by adhering to the old plan. lie could nacne 010°' 01-
which vessels measured 50 per cent. more wider Tor,
ade c'
than under the new. After the law was n'
~gCII
ueP
could be no litigation on the subject. • Co.
00
The CHAIRMAN said the whole had orlon In aleter
of an omission in the act. tot iittt,
Some further cooversation then took Place ere
ing of the act, during which Mr. EVANS ObSel,en Of
ought to look to what was the supposed intent.—
gislature.

resP6lll
PLAN OP THE DOCK ESTATE' ivjesettleo
Mr. HORSFALL wished some inquiry to e c'eeitodtr
ing a plan which had been drawn for the ,7—clrOCl‘ ,
marking out the division of the corporate an to tbe
and an application was directed to be made stili/)
clerk on the subject. aslJer
The committee then proceeded to the -- a•
financial matters, and soon afterwards adPurna

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