The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-07 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE

The weekly meeting of the Dock Committee was held yes-
terday, when the following members were present :—Messrs.
Horsfall, Barclay, Holt, Holmes, Middleton Smith, Moly-
neux, Tobin, Bold, Shand, Ripley, Evans, a Bullev. In
the absence of the chairman, Mr. Sands, in London, the
chair was taken by Mr. Horsfall, the deputy chairman.

The Sub-committee of Works, and the Harbour Masters'
Sub-committee, the CHAIRMAN stated, had nothing to report
to the general committee.

Mr. BOLD called they attention of the committee to the
necessity of additional policemen being stationed on the west
side of Prince's Dock, for the purpose of preventing pilfer-
age. Pilferage was carried on to a great extent : sometimes
the thieves actually cut open bales of twist, and escaped
behind the sheds so that the policemen on duty could not
see them. Ile had spoken to one of the officers, who had
informed him that the party behind the shed had an accom-
plice in Prince's-parade : a string was thrown over the wall,
and by that means the property stolen was conveyed away.
In one case which had come to his knowledge, a box of cot-
ton goods had been taken behind the transit sheds, opened,
the contents taken, and the hot left. In another instance.
a box of soap was taken away altogether. He therefore re-
commended that an additional officer should be appointed.
The CHAIRMitN thought Mr. Bold had made out a cas
not for the addition of one officer, but of three or four.
It was then resolved that the secretary should write to
Mr. Whitty, the head constable, requesting that one or more
constables be appointed for the better protection of property
upon the west side of Prince's Dock.

Mr. BOLD then suggested that all flats which brought
goods into the docks for the purpose of being shipped should
be subjected to a search, as numerous robberies were com-
mitted upon the ships, which these flats afforded every op-
portunity of carrying away without observation.
The CHAIRMAN thought the owners of the ships should
look after their own property on board the ships in docks.
Many additional officers would •be required if all the flats
which brought goods into dock were to be searched...
Mr. EVANS said such a system would require 500 men,
and even with that number there would be great delay.
Mr. ItieLEy contended that such a system would not be
fair towards the flatmen ; besides there was more theft com-
mitted by the shipkeepers than by any other class of men.
Mr. EVANS.—And there always will be without you get
enclosed docks, with warehouses round them.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the tables of rates and
charges for the new sheds were now published, and they
were now in every respect complete.

Some financial matters were then disposed of, and th
committee separated.

ANSWER TO THE ENIGMA IN OUR LAST.

None can say that their stock of invention is thin,
When it furnishes asses in store ;
For two in a verse, and so closely crammed in,
No man could in reason ask more,
Except 'twas a word to stow two asses in,
• And to get it I think I am able—
An assassin I've found, and to punish his sin
I'd have him hung up in a stable.

ATHLONE ELECTlON.—Contrary to all expectation, Mr.
Collett has been returned for this borough. At the close of
the poll on Tuesday evening, the numbers were—for Mr.
Collett 114; for Mr. Beresford 108.
It has been determined upon to run first-class steamers
from Brighton to Dieppe and Havre so soon as the Paris and
Rouen line opens, which will be on the 3d of next month,
being the shortest route to Paris by ninety miles.