The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

DOCK COMMITTEE.—THunspar.

Present, Messrs. Moore, Nicol, Barclay, Holt, Holmes,
Chilton, Smith, Trotman, Boyden, Bold, Kendall, and
Sandbach.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the committee of works
had had an interview with the Paving Board respecting
the sewerage, and that the two boards perfectly understood
each other as to what was to be done when the new docks
were to be made ; in fact, although neither board knew of
it, there was a clause in the new act which met the case
that the board came to the committee about.

An application from Mr. George Badenach for the return
of £1 14s. 10d., the amount of one day's rent for the use
of a transit shed, was declined, it being clearly proved that
the rent had been incurred.

The CHAIRMAN said he took that opportunity of re-
commending to the committee that they should put them-
selves in possession of a report drawn up by Capt. Evans,
and laid before the conservators of the river. It was one
of very great importance, and was diametrically opposed
to the statements made by Captain Denman to that com-
mittee.

Mr. Evfags (to the chairman): Do you know that Mr.
Hartley was employed by the Woods and Forests to survey
over the river, and give a valuation of the land there ?
The CHAIRMAN : Not that I know of.

Mr. EVANS : I have heard thEithehas, and given in
a report of the valuation of the land enormously differing
from that which was given in by Mr. Cubitt. lam quite
at a loss to know on what ground Mr. Hartley could have
gone into that statement, because he is specially inhibited
to do any work but that of the docks.
The CHAIRMAN : Do you know that he did so ?
Mr. EVANS : I heard it from Mr. Mallaby. I was on
the Leasowes Embankment Commission, when I had a
conversation with him on the part of the Birkenhead
property, and there I heard it from him. I heard it after
that this morning, from Mr. Jackson.
The CHAIRMAN thought it desirable, when they could
so easily ascertain the facts, to do so, and•not to rest on
rumour, for last week a question was put to him as to
whether the solicitor had opposed the Wallasey Bill, and
he had not done so. He thought it better to communicate
with Mr. Hartley at once.
Mr. BOLD said it was on the authority of Mr. Jackson
and Mr. Mallaby it was stated that the Wallasey Bill had
been opposed in committee.
Mr. EVANS was understood to say it was rumoured
that the solicitor bad gone a certain length and then
stopped.
Mr. NICOL said the solicitor had authority from that
committee to watch all bills passing through parliament,
that had any bearing on the dock trust. Mr. Worthington
would, no doubt, watch that bill on the standing orders as
in the other parts of its progress, but he distinctly wrote
to say that he bad not entered into any opposition on the
standing orders.
Mr. AIKIN asked if there would be any harm if Mr.
Hartley, happening to be in town, had been asked by the
Woods and Forests—
Mr. EVANS.—Mr. Hartley made a regular official re-
port of the value of the land.
The CHAIRMAN.—Was employed by the Woods and
Forests to survey and report.
Here the matter dropped. for the present, and the com-
mittee proceeded to financial matters.