The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
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of Prince's Dock, they would find it aoducing notiii;g;
but the ships were discharging at other docks, and the
dues were reported.

Mr. JAmis HoLNE referred to the resolution which

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labout two years ago had been adopted, but rescinded,
proposing to go to parliament for a comparatively small
amount to carry out certain dock improvements. lie

whose report was now I;efore the meeting.,
ina the dock extension. :mart from the

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Harrington-dock estatC, the first thing w

.6. U. MIR! wnlcn, as you are
aware, was arranged for under a certain agreement with
Lord Derby, at the extreme north end of the town.. I
suggested to the sub-committee the propriety of endea-
vouring to get a piece of that land from Lord Derby, as I
believed it to be highly essential to the carrying out -
those phi- "^- ii`

_as. Accordingly communications were entered
into with Lord Derby. He asked us a large sum of money'
and the chairman and myself waited on him. We had a
-Mr. Alderman S. Holute then moved that the whole tiub- long. argument with him. After some hesitation he asked
ject of these increased salaries be referred back to the us £105,000. .But he eventually gave in to the proposal
committee. Mr. .1. Gladstone, jun., seconded the of the committee for £90,000. That land contains 169i000
motion, which was agreed to. The proceedings of the and odd yards of land. But it must be borne in mind
-lens' Committ— -- lof the Church Expenditure Com- that, in arranging wi4-"-;s lordship, we have also got the

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mittee were confirmed.
The nroceedines of th

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,vhich, I believe, contains an area of something

recomniendationlhat Charles Gibson and Jot

purchase frOm Lord Derby is 88

51d. the yard. If the

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Collectors of the third-class, be promoted to the second-
class, their salaries and poundage respectively being calcu-
lated at £lBO per annum ; recommendation to increase
the wages of the following enginemen, namely, Daniel
Needham, from 225. to 245. per week ; Joseph Jones,
from 265. to 28s. ; William Owens, from 225. to 245. ; and
Maurice Evans, from 225. to 244:—Mr. Holt moved that
the proceedings of the committee be confirmed, except
that portion which related to the salaries, which, in
terms of the standing orders, require to stand over till
next meeting.—Mr. Hodson seconded the motion, which,
after some opposition on the part of Mr. Bighorn, was

committee consider well and wisely, they will entertain
that which is now brought before them, and embodied in
the plans on the table. With regard to. the expenditure;
that is not fixed unless the committee think proper to go
for the plan as a whole. It is for the consideration of the
committee to say how much of it they will approve or
carry out. It has not been in our power, owing to the
way in. which the docks were laid out, to provide such
accommodation as on the Thames, and the Clyde, and
other places; but if the committee now have the opportu-
nity of possessing miles of water frontage which may be
purchased at a reasonable price." The advantages of the
proposed scheme he described as particularly important to

-In moving that the proceedings of the Library and
Museum Committee be confirmed, Mr. Picton, at con-
siderable length, alluded to the importance of having
Gold's works on natural history, as indispensable to en-
able the curator of the museum to classify and arrange
the splendid specimens of Australian birds bequeathed to
the museum by the late Earl of Derby. These works, he
admitted, were no doubt expensive, amounting to about
£ll5 ; but he urged their utility and value as a set-off
against the price. The scarcity and beauty of Macklites
Bible he also adduced as a reason for the purchase of that
work, which was also an expensive one.—Mr. Avison
seconded the motion, which, after a good deal of discus-
sion, was ultimately agreed to.—The proceedings of the
Hackney Carriage and Licensing Committees were then
agreed to.
The proceedings of the Baths Committee showed that at
the Cornwallis-street Baths the number of bathersfor the
year ending 26th July was 5,384. and the income £75
3s. 10d. ; at Pierhead Baths the numbers were 3,368, and
the income £lOB 17s. 6d.; at the l'aul-street Baths the
numbers were 2,976, and the income £36 14s. This
showed an increase of bathers to the number of 4,272, and
of income to the amount of £BO N. 2d. over the previous
year.—Mr. Alderman Parker, in moving the confirma-
tion of these proceedings, commented on the gratifying
evidence they ailbrded of the utility and general approba-
tion of baths, and contended that they afforded assurance
that as the accommodation was increased, the number of
bathers would be increased.—Mr. J. Gladstone jun.,
seconded the motion, which was agreed to.—On the
motion of Mr. Hornby, the coroner's accounts were
remitted to the Finance Committee.

the timber trade, and went minutely into detaits showing
the proximate benefits to that branch of traffic from its
adoption. As to the cost of the land. "The cost of Lord
Derby's land is £90,000 ; and of the north dock of 52
acres, £214,216. The south dock is £145,864, and the
basin £53,710; a large lock, £80,000; the south dock or
canal, £272,153 ; the bridges, lines of rails, sewers, and
other conveniences, £80,542 ; the connexion with the
canal, £32,800. And I have added to that £54,560 for
interest during the time of completion. I have likewise
added £135,314 already expended on the dock walls and
the works in connexion therewith; and in this manner
we arrive at a total of £1,159,519—5ay in round numbers
£1,160,000. If you take that at 41 per cent. it is £52,200
per annum ; and for that outlay you get no less than 250
acres, or 1,214,612 square yards of space. The works pro-
posed, when completed, will not average quite 20s. on the
square yard, and that includes the cost of the land, and
all the works, and everything that is laid before you." Mr.
Holme then continued to say, that if the entrance to the
Queen's Dock were widened, and if it were also deepened
and a range of warehouses built along it, it would be one
of the best docks in Liverpool. The large amount of
money that was expended on the Albert Dock, and its
warehouses, took place in consequence of the difficulty in
making the foundation; but in the case of the Brunswick
Dock they would have no difficulty with the foundation
in the erection of warehouses. He thought they ought to
look to the constant complaints attached to the port of
Liverpool as compared with other ports, and that they
ought to turn their attention to the building of ware-
houses on the eastern quays of the docks, and to have on
the western qways sheds like those at the Huskisson Dock.
It was only the other day that he was speaking to-a large
manufacturer in Bradford, and that gentleman informed
him that such was the damage to goods in shipping them
through Liverpool, that it was a question with the manu-
facturers of Bradford whether it would not be better to
pay the extra carriage to London, and ship their goods
there, where proper care would be taken of them. They
had a large steam trade, moreover, and it was only last
Saturday that they received an intimation from Mr.
Maclver that he would soon require the whole of the
Huskisson Dock. He did not wish to urge the committee
to any extravagant outlay, but he implored them not to
commit the fatal error into which the trustees had before
fallen, when, instead of driving the docks to the north,
they might have taken the whole of the Sandhill property,
and have thus centralised their docks.
Mr. EVANS characterised the remarks of Mr. Hohne as
Utopian, and the present as the heroic age for docks,
He maintained that with the amount of land already.
possessed by the Dock Committee, they could carry out
their:plans, by a trifling curtailment of the yards, witUut
purenasing Lord Derby's land at all. By ding this
they would escape the necessity of making a noudescript
kind of canal, which all must condemn as inappropriate,
,while the magnitude of ships was rapidly, increasing.
He believed the limits of the dock estate would be more
than adequate to all reasonable perspective wants. But
he would say, if there was any possibility of doing it,
that the lots of Mr. Leigh would complete anything,and put
an end to the slightest possible doubt of their having ample
dock room for the next hundred years. He was not averse
to the purchase of the land belonging to Mr. Leigh. He
concluded by declaring, that, as the proposed scheme, if
?one into, must have the effect of raising the dock rates,
it would be highly injurious to the trade of the port.
Mr. LANGSDALE considered the present opportunity
of purchising the land a very eligible one.
• A protracted discussion ensued, in which the position
of the Harrington Dock property, and the sub-oommitteeS
report, were alternately attacked and defended, at the
conclusion of which it was agreed to adjourn the discus-
sion
to that day three weeks.

The Mayor's communications related chiefly to applica!
tions for increase of salaries from several officers acting
under the corporation. The applications as to the salaries
were referred to the respective committees.
Mr. Alderman Toulmin presented a memorial from the
jurors liable to serve on, coroners' inquests, requesting
that some conveyance should be furnished, by which they
might be conducted to and from the court to view the
bodies they had to inquire into the death of. It com-
plained that they were at present compelled to walk six or
,eight, or even a greater number of miles. Mr. Toulmin
moved that it be referred to the Finance Committee.—
Mr. Woodruff seconded, and Mr. Alderman Parker
opposed the motion, which was agreed to.
Mr, Picton, in pursuance of a notice he had given,
moved " That an oft'er be made to the roctors and church-
wsrdens of the parish to take charge of the clocks of the
two parish churches, and to maintain such clocks for the
public benefit of the inhabitants, at the expense of the
corporation."—ln a speech of great length, Mr. Picton
urged the propriety of the Council adopting his motion,
which was seconded by Mr. Bing am, and opposed by
Aldermen S. Hohne and Parker, and Mr. Bradley,
who, contended that the Council had no power or right tel
interfere in the matter. A vote was taken, when ten ap.
peared in favour of and :Et against Mr. Pieton's
Mr. Picton next moved " That, as the Council has, v-ateci
the sum of £lO,OOO towards the eraction of s 'suitable
building for the Public Library and ..`AuSennik TO'At amount
be placed in the bank, to the credit of the tl'', !ding Fund
account of the Library an d Museum.
.amittee. —Mr.
Hoanby seconded the motion, which,; 'after considerable
discussion, was agreed to, at. 4 ttlio Council broke up at
four o'clock.

GEXILEMEA TALT,ikita. A LESSON.—At the Ipswich
assizes, on Tneo4'W w
s awn Meen, a gentleman of pro-
perty, having heeAk. 4.,And guilty of assaulting and ravish-
mg a "'WIWI at 1147 .gsficld, on the 27th of June, was sen-
tenced. to We'. years' transportation. Albert Garrod,
another Intl,lign, was, at the same time, sentenced to
two, yeartk_k,nprisomnent, with hard labour, for aiding and
abeltitqji;he felonious act. The Chief Justice, in passing
se'Qw;e, animadverted on the scandalousness of the
c•rva,' ~ and expressed his indignation at the fact of a wit-
ti,,,,, having been suborned to take away the woman's
'character, with a % iew to prove that the act was done with
1 content.

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DL'NMOW FLI TC IL—The "time-honoured" custom of
presenting a flitch of bacon at Durnow, Essex, to those
married couples who have lived a year and a day without
contention, is to be persevered in this year. A committee
has been appointed, and all the necessary arrangements
have• been made,