The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-21 00:00:00

-- —, ordeig tar regiaating the rot,
sou who shall drive any carriage, p•
shall drive any cattle, sheep, pigs, 0'
.11e borough, during the hours of divine
Uhristruas-dity, Good Friday, or ally day, '
public tact or thanksgiving, ; and any orders w,.
so made, shall be printed -and fixed on or near the church,
chpel, or place of public, worship to which the sane shall
l'crer, and in some conspicuous places leading to and conti-
guous thereto, and elsewhere as the mayor shall direct ; and
ce‘frerY breach of any Such order shall be deemed a separate
ence."—Mr. Gardner's communication was ordered to be
ackuovvledged.
s A letter from Mr. Banks, relative to the best Orrell coal,
supplied to the corporation, was directed to lie on the table.
beeryMr- Herbert Spring, of London, a gentleman who had
_tt..employed by the insurance-offices in ascertaining and
settling the losses by the conflagration in Fortnby-street,
P ented to the council a copy, of the accounts.—A letter
was the
to be written to Mr. Spring, acknowledging
ins attention
A Memorial from the occupiers of property in South John-
street
a„, „,. complaining of some slaughter-houses in Cable-street
'T.thornas-street, was referred to the Finance Committee.i
the 3dr Crudgington,
ti.reet.---The Mr. Brook, and others memorialize.,
"uncil to prevent an alleged encroachment in Cook
memorial was ordered to he acknowledged, and
!l'e parties to be informed that the council had no power to
tuterfere.

other animals, vithi
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mr. No RELIEF IN CASES OF SHIPWRECK.
jeet, ..., . /Ur ti then brought forward his motion. on this snb-
era,.);""reli had several times appeared in this paper. 1t
bronalsaid, with unaffected regret and reluctance that he
titian!, ' before the council this subject ; regret that no
at" nactieitecalliaisde
bbeeehnadmiaadaeg years and years ago, and reluc-
been most anxious that the task
pneteult be use
by some one more experienced or corn-
oeer„,,_t,ba hisimself. In this latter respect he could. riot
opinie'Late.own deficiencies, because in proportion to
fear an",°l the importance of the object must always be the
fear aii'di Jibe risk of failure, and in this instance both the
tut let I .ie risk were exaggerated by every circumstance.
hitaaea. Inn uot be mistaken in the very outset. It was for
Ile had 1 Inn
that he had these misgivings, not for the cause
of its ow
undertaken to advocate—a cause which by the force
Which ewn merit alone must prosper in whatever hands, and
he PleaP'eeiallY in an assembly of merchants, could never
to addsesed in vain. The subject upon which he was about
sereia, y: them, the necessity for providing means of pr -
like) ili 'le in shipwreck, had for many years impressed itselfl
would :an', Ind, almost with the solemnity of a vow, that he
wards c11.,'" cease using such means as he might to-
„ternedy 'ebeting attention to it with the view of providing a
"ee,olalie.,g, e could truly say that he had not hitherto failed,
111 he ' "" his opportunity, of acting upon this resolution,
coraiderw_aa.still fhue and determined in it. lite
edly po,:eci Indeed the opportunity which he now
bunefxr
the
and
value sh',ed of advocating it in that room as } ,
held.
(and tra„,vie, if not the only privilege of the office he
thote.h7,ln,Z, therefore, so far as depended upon himself,
I,),to,iesa',nad often been delayed by the pressure of other
"re only "Port the council,) to propose this, most probably
to a•ro'n"ton which he should originate. He was, then,
of deem' to tae council on behalf of the sufferers under one
these Ja ost afflicting dispensations of providence, on
.behalf
°Wed ~lt,meri, to ivCose laborious and perilous profes.sion we
withia" ' oilr wealth, suffering by storms and shipwreck
danger °srut Port, almost at our doors, and against whose very
°illy b, e had hitherto hesitated or refused to provide the
le
nirle-"aevants ,Of rescue which could, in most cases,
reighty "na"a'ale• May, proceeded Mr. North, that Al-
'eats thea'g who " ides upon the whirlwind and di-
oftoworit stor— r,
oi aid me now in this humble attempt
43
aileet..his own work, by so impressing the hearts
in sole, de With the solemnity of. this duty, that I may
1 the , gree succeed in setting it before you, and that you,
adsacareatness 01 the cause, may forget the feebleness of the
advocate datee Despise if you will the messenger, bu.t you may
You Must not, nay, consult your own consciences, and
Yea
not reject the message. (Hear, hear.) lle pre-
'(l°,lll. not
t 0 anY peculiar interest in a cause which., must
let of)h affect all right-minded men ; lie was no rnonopo-
in his „,11.rnanitY," to use the language of a member not now
reproaceree, on this question ; tor it was a matter of
l. ail}
Ile alai 'to 'lira that he did, and that he could do, so ittlel.
for he
.itnerl not the merit even cf originating.this proostahe,
1)04 ;_loillel be told that it had been several times before
ere
there ' i
7onimotee, whose peculiar duty it was, and..wili
.t .
le men generally most competent to deal wit
lions a‘. t he acknowledged, to the utmost, the right inten-
eaighfot those gentlemen, it was no disparagement to say they
to co e.e Mistaken and certainly it was no offence to attempt
eliinion,v2l:)" them Of it. We all knew how we clung to the
ainiee we held, and how unwilling we were even to ex-
baps,
ithe grounds upon which they had been first and, per-
/044461Y formed, especially when a change of opinion in-
l'reiud'a change of conduct more or less condemnatory of our
.ceratti
jetete% bsri sides there had been many changes in the Dock
knew, ~ lice this question had been• agitated, and, God
jaatif, mere had been proofs enough, in disasters at sea, to
naatt 7, the recantation of the most obstinate. Among mut -was tortif.or painful reflection in approaching this subject, there
toore .' Point for mutual congratulation, not common to
rluestionnPortant debates in that room. This was no
once relied n f Party spirit. (Hear, hear.) They were for
couldt:ered from. all political and local prejudice. There
eeisia_ .50 objection to promote a design which all must
obaaa:cr right in intention, and no contest except how that
hojecac!ewas to be most wisely and efficiently carried out. Not,
of titiv r, that he hoped to be unopposed, for he had noticel
he thoea°PPosition of Mr. Alderman Evans; but, should he
reeeiveught presumptous if he expressed a doubt
.wheths!he
kilo, aci that notice with most regret or satisfaction ? With
4,0 tiegret certainly that they could not, for once, e_vcrn
Nlorth)ns neutral ground, meet to agree, because he (al_ • Lan formidable hrid in him an opponent whose ability always made
desceaa, and who, as far as he had seen, never con-
tiffffer, '!ued to weaken his arguments by discourteous or
'sive lanuge. (Hear, hear.) But with this regret for
fri-etio'ke of hiss cause, he (Mr. North) had also some satis-
loved n on his own account, for, next to a sincere friend,. .he
fro, 111 able, open, and fair enemy ; and though differing
o„a"' that gentleman, as he probably did upon
.every question
eZtnestisuets. two nien equally honest might differ, and their
hatti„, „.' 'night be frequent ; they must remember that the
lie C 'as hot always to the strong, nor the race to the swift.
„L'egaed, then, respectfully to move
beeicrhat it is proper and expedient that this Council or the
vide C°lnneittee,or those two bodies conjointly, should pro-
be and maintain a powerful steam-boat or steam:boats,. to
boaettnPloYed in aid of the present and with additional life-
s, aiid with
eN•ried h other necessary an . .
• d useful apparatus to be
heti
pa dr such steam-boat or steam-boats., in the preserve-
the "` life and property (but more especially of life) upo.n
Portcl•ecasi°ll of shipwreck or other disaster at sea off this
book and that a deputation he appointed to confer with the
of effects Cmmittee or a deputation of that body, with the view
lieng this object."
ee,„:4'nuld endeavour to make out this proposition not by an
trierileraated appeal to the feelings, or by an exciting state-
keiti or or supposed evils, but by a view, as brief and as
Pres, 4 realecould make it, of the extent and operation of the
h'''', those means of Preserving life from shipwreck, and why, and
e
outset °se means ought to be farther increased.. Let him in
Commit rst offer the tribute of his utmost praise to the Dock.
aatee and their successive marine. surveyors,. for their
kauernanirable exertions in providing and maintaining the present
tees t°l Preventing shipwreck He believed that tne be
Of and-buoiage adopted in this port might be
Or thc,_ obe almost perfect ; and the talents and labours sreeiaetee to
whom, it was owing, could riot be too highly p
awoerre, after But those means, skilful and noble as they were,
all, but fair weather contrivances ; they afforded
it ZedY against shipwreck, or the means of escaping from
tode tIYI they were even less than this, for the very multi-
they Zftlaese contrivances, indispensable and excellent as
their acre for all ordinary purposes, increased the peril of
iv an, • gement by storms. They had too often been
to the' rivain when most needed, and thus added infinitely
theref: danger they were designed to prevent. It was evident,
hot in e, that they had but half done their work if they_ d
kid
wictrease the means of escape, and so diminish the ridska,
the 4_ll a. Port the most inaccessible and
.dangerous, an t
re,pon."B trine all but the most frequented in the world, then order t Mit)? of both duties was equally extreme. I
bloat necessarilyoear h ouncil with him to this
thatconclusionhe blackest Rond their feelings by recurring to .
the 7th day in the annals of Liverpool, or rather two days,
raliela.,ai.id in
days of January, 1839,—black in the unpar-
still 1-.." devastation and extent of misery, but made darker
e„. Vv, our own apathy in the charge which then devolved upon
not even should none of us forget the misery of those two days,r
that
cialn
auPon shore ; but we must all especially remembee.
toent Hu' of horror with which we received the announce-
the the '',Lrat in the midst of the storm the north-west light-ship
the principal arid leading guide into the port, from among
,atarerrible sandbanks had parted from her moorings and
held his into the rive'r. Every one, at that intelligence,
vrithi:,
.breath and shuddered in silence, shrinking even
lehieViirriself from the contemlation of the vast miser
y our „._ne knew must ensue.—(Hear.) Awfully, indeed, were
leardwaorst fears realized. It fell to his lot, a few days after-
the ' to take the examination of the few survivors of
sianearew of a very noble ship that was lost, and the impres-
-4 woelade upon his mind by one circumstance iu their tale
baiter . of tn nklhe never be effaced ; he meant the fact of the
that
most can of shi when he first dd
that oat fearfulpta ofi horrors,the thep light-ship adrift.isc overe
Up to
and n'ornent he had stru gled with death, a brave captain
this " intelligent seaman,gequal, under Providence, even to
ntioriertillergeneY ; but that discovery seemed to have operated
it, am
~,'s Iniud as a flash of lightning : it at once dethroned
8111 e sue
in, even in the worst form that death
.could take,
had: ti,`, lo mercy to that poor stricken lunatic.—(Hear,
theilis fate heightened the responsibility of those who
ehio
aft care
.of these things ; but, alas ! this was not all.
cause after sbila on that dreadful day, from the same sad
same' the absence of the light ship, careered onwards the
horrorverwhelnaing road to destructions. (Hear.) And,
h,i horrors, an emigrant ship, full of men, women,
'here 'Wren, miserably perished, a few yards. oft the
down' arid one hundred and eight human beings went
hoer) ethertoj ! Wiry did he recal this scene of misery
thei: I. the wholesome purpose of setting their duty and
oainedr!sPoosibility before them, that they might be deter-
thof
ta(),e_ver again to meet such misfortunes unprepared. I.
nwia, they Committee had then possessed a steamer of their
lihipiaaae Was no reason to suppose that any one of these
hap-4'd" Would have occurred, because the steamer would
necks .
4 stem iced the light ship. Why did they not try to. send
'would h;°at ? The question was a very serious ona..
fatigable remembered that Captain Denham was most. I.n.de-
oe woultt his exertions : even upon his own responsibility,
aioriai rigidtgladly have undertaken the service at his own per-
in also '; ; bat be failed to obtain a steam-boat only because
gideenni'aded to obtain the instructions, and the necessary
ler°, Y. of the Dock Committee, who acted under some
Lowers but
no doubt mistaken, view as to the extent of their
Ncleat nd uties. But he would drop the curtain upon this
lie forgostFene of the tragedy ; that fatal mistake could never
viant of jell. No doubt there was grevious indecision and here . a'nergY, and fearful responsibility there must be some-
as fear 'int the circumstances were very trying, such, perhaps,
oa Minas
•-eatiae they Were equal to, and he only alluded to them now
("f his „'leY Promised the best possible argument in support
Wail a‘r case. The storm of the 13th of January last
44(4 -sent Means so violent as that of 1839, but still it was
a/.4rdsql'oefitt°bnlgh• It was his lot to be at the time within a few
eerie whiche °Pen sea. The next morning's sun exhibited a
'ichooner i none who witnessed it could ever forget. A
dthalyzreartaedrssunk, at four o'clock, on Burbo Bank, within
Of a mile from where' he stood, and soon after
ablackleratealle:_de.scried the crew in the rigging. The storm
beta" cha,e' r,ra violence, and as the tide was rising there seemed
1 sltil• "Selor t thereor fellows but a lingering and horrible
eeing uh a ght o'clock he was inexdressibly relieved
, A,the Magazine life-boat come up, towed by the
dl Packet, which cast her
ban, ee to , K. w,
..g0 before she off, but she had a great
could get to windward of the
t4nY's h nue thus engazed, one of the Steam Tug Com-
e hp oats ,„.,
k --4
f I -"'e nP, followed by the Liverpool. life-boatt ;
t4t„eatiner e t !Issured of the safety of the crew, thinking the
tweaks, as was a
ho the
wywhich was in the North Channel, was proceeding.
teuurt what waiting for the life-boat ,
Pparently _
the minutes,
,11._ consternation and
go to
to see her, in a
the northward to
but tari„ge AeaePri' °" her steam, and
'l3
1 ich was in distress,
thet - no itntnet,in ship Petersburg! w n, :m if he wronged
ea_ratrea„.l..,
ate,ustate danger ! Forgive nr
when 1071
wiellowreliaCrear ; but
above water,
spars, scarcely .
he saw her leave those
reea, ro, fri:p... gngto a few hitiea he die,r, tt hundred causes,
e with exceeding
4,oe..roessa_thi..otnk--and the thought
might have sunk in a mo-
let him also give
the ',: tiivit,v irLathey were more intesnaettaiemunp,on salvage than
aop.:4.eieriae7 a But with the accusation,
boZ telitlette"e b
that the steau
.
had been informed two days afterwards, biy.
arid 8 ere, c '1 connected with the company
l' that th otild not from the deck see the ,
de by the
'tat h. eY we
ignals ma
bated 8 ,_ nt towards her from the s
ttri-
to thalerefore they could not have the object a
American ship,
be-
Ti.• .
ula might be true, as he hoped it was ;

ycind t,lt doubt tcis reopentablo httiev;t4 it, hut they
did not succeed in convincing him. Noe at tide time need he
mention, except to bear testimony to their excellence and
efficiency that the Magazine lifeboat (lid succeed, though
not until after a severe struggle of two hours, in reaching the
wreck, and rescuing five men, but three had perished before
from exhaustion. The same morning a schooner sunk in
Crosby Channel ; her crew, of five men, clung to the rigging,
hut four of them perished, and the survivor was saved b)
Captain Saarsfield, of the Irish mail packet. Again he stated
if the Dock Committee had then possessed a steamer of their
own, and that steamer had run upon the banks, as she would,
by daylight, seven lives would have been saved under his
(Mr. North's) own eye, and within a mile of the Rock light-
house. Having seen such things, could one forget, could
one cease to remonstrate and protest against that inhuman
apathy which would make no exertion ? When he (Mr.
North) so ceased, let his tongue cleave to the roof of
his mouth, and let his right hand forget her cunning ! (Hear.)
Mr. North proceeded at great length to state many other
facts of equally appalling interest, and to urge a variety of
additional reasons to spew that assistance in all these dis-
asters would be most efficiently rendered by the Dock Com-
mittee having, always, a powerful steamer ready to pro-
ceed to sea on the occurrence of these terrible emer-
gencies. He said, however, that he was not wedded to any
particular plan ; if the object could be better accomplished
by hirirb, boats he had no objection to it. Mr. North con-
cluded by a powerful appeal to the council to forward this
object. Then, said he, will this great community rejoice
that, by God's mercy, such calamities may not be again ; and
to have contributed to such joy, however humby, will be our
reward. Living, I shall seek no other praise, and dead, no
other monument!
Mr. SHEPPARD seconded the motion.

Mr. G. IL LAWRENCE expressed his regret that the coun-
cil could not co-operate with the Dock Committee in any
such measure as that proposed, on account of the obligatory
expenses which were entailed upon them. Even if they had
sufficient surplus income, the business belonged properly to
the Dock Committee, and the council had no power over
them.

Mr. Nicol, said if Mr. North would so frame his motion
as to require a conference of a deputation of the council with
the Dock Committee, he would support it there.
Mr. HonosoN doubted the efficiency of a single boat be-
longing to the Dock Committee. It might give a false reliance
that could not always be calculated upon. The tempest
might come on, and find those entrusted with the business
unprepared. He thought it would be better to give a general
interest in the business ; for, if it were limited to one or
two, the object would not be attained.
Mr. EVANS agreed with Mr. Hodgson, and spoke of the
great cost of building and maintaining an efficient steamer,
and of the necessity for expending the Dock funds in improv-
ing the port so as to benefit commerce.
Mr. AIKIN contended that better means could not he de-
vised for effecting the object which Mr. North had in view
than those already in existence at this port, and which were
carried out by the Shipwreck Society, which he spoke of as
an honour to the community. .That society, he showed, had
established stations, and arranged a set of rules for rewards,
whereby even the widows and orphans of those who might
perish in the service of saving others were to be provided for.
The true way, he said, of attaining the object aimed at by
Mr. North was to give increased efficiency to that society,
of which he invited Mr. North to become a member.

Sir THOMAS BRANCKER expressed his concurrence in the
views of Mr. Aikin.

Mr. ROYDEN suggested that the Steam Tug Company
should be engaged to build a powerful steamer, and that
sailing life-boats should be established along the coasts. He
concurred with Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Evans as to the non-
efficiency of a single boat belonging to the committee.
At the suggestion of Mr. HODGSON, Mr. North's motion
was modified. Its effect in the new form was, that a depu-
tation be appointed to confer with the Dock Committee, for
the purpose of considering and reporting to the council on
the most effectual means of carrying out the object of pre-
serving life and property (but more especially life) in ship-
wrecks.

The Council divided, when there appeared—For the mo-
tion, 11 ; against it, 28: majority, 10.
For the motion :—Messrs. Hodgson, Copeland, North,
Royden, J. Lawrence, Cooper, Birkett, Bushell, Kilshaw,
Parker, Lace, Trotman, Sheppard, Smith, Houghton, (Al-
derman) Crook, and Molyneux.
Against the ,notion:—Messrs. Shand, Shaw, Houghton,
Isaac Holmes, Thornhill, J. Holmes, Aikin, Priestley, Faw-
cett, Aspinall, Proctor, Rigby, Lloyd, Plumpton, Leigh,
G. H. Lawrence, Platt, Bulley, Earle, Turner, Fren e, Holt,
Nicol, Bramley-Moore, Moon, Evans, and the Mayor.
A memorial was read, praying the postponement of the
further consideration of the Fire Bill till next Wednesday.
The bill was postponed accordingly.
The Council adjourned at half-past three o'clock till Wed-
nesday next.