The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-05-27 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE

At the usual weekly meeting,' of the committee yesterday
the following members attended :—Messrs. Horsfall, Bar-
clay, Holmes, Middleton, Smith, Chilton, Sandbach, Mellor,
tvans, Tobin, Bold, and Shand.
Messrs. Robinson and Co.'s tender for ten scale-beams,
warranted to carry 13 cwt. at each end, was accepted.
The CHAIRMAN said, that the plans of the new dock and
warehouses had now laid on the table for a fortnight ; some
few gentlemen had been to inspect them, and if they had any
observations to make on them he would be glad to hear them.
Mr. 11. HOLMES said, it appeared to him that the present
was an improvement on the other plans:
The CHAIRMAN said, they had had the best attention of
the Sub-committee of Works, and also of the Surveyor and
Mr. Stuart.
The plans were approved of.

The •Sub-committee recommended that the north-west
corner of George's Dock should be appropriated for the use
of the fishing smacks.

Mr. Tong said, it would be much better if the north-east
side could be appropriated, because if the gates were open
the smacks could not be worked, and the cargo was very
perishable.

The CHAIRMAN thought they became a nuisance at the
north-east side, and they would have far more room on the
west side.
The receipts from vessels entered at Runcorn up to the
25th May were stated to be £61.135. on 227 vessels, burthen
11,800 tons,
Mr. John Poole, in a letter, requested the return of a
portion of the dock dues paid on the British brig Scipio,
which arrived at this port on the 13th May. She went into
the Prince's Dock, and the dockage, amounting.
have been
Bs.,
was paid. It was thought that the cargo would been
discharged here, but the owners finding it had been_ brought
to a bad market, ordered the vessel to Stettin, after she had
only been a very short time in dock.
Mr. H. HOLMES said such an application had been re-
fused on former occasions.
Mr. EvANs said it could not be granted, otherwise they
would break down all the bounds of the law.
The CHAIRMAN said the course was clear. The request
could not be granted.
A letter was received from Mr. Coming, complaining that
some bones which had been imported for manure had been
charged Bd. per ton for dock dues, which manure generally
was only
charged 2d. Inquiries were directed to be paid to
facilitate thegetting of information as to whether the bones
imported were for anufacturin
g purposes or for manure. In
the latter case only 2d. was to be charged.
The captain of the North West Light-ship reported the
American vessel Nestor, ran foul of the Light-ship, and did
considerable damage.
The SECRETARY informed the committee that he had
written to the consignees, telling them that the committee
would hold the vessel liable for the damage done.
Mr. EVANS said he had seen by the paper that morning,
that one of the dock gatemen had acted in a very gallant
Manner. He had not heard that any application had been
Made, but he thought it highly necessary that they should
give a reward for every act of that sort.
The CHAIRMAN said the Humane Society generally in-
quired into such cases.
Mr. EvANs thought that when such acts occurred within
Their own domains, the party ought to be rewarded without
spect to the Humane Society.
The CHAIRMAN said that was very right, but the Humane
ociety inquired into all the partictilars very minutely, and
the way in which they rewarded the men was a good rule to
go by.

Some parties who made application to be allowed to keep a
Lock,
of damaged cotton on the quay of the Waterloo
were referred to the magistrates, and the committee
separated.