The Artizan . have been unableto ascertain what extent of work had been executed upon this part ofthe scheme. By that time £291,000 had been spent, and the DockCompany having no more funds at their disposal, the work had come toa standstill. It is probably, therefore, with the hope of making a favour-able impression upon such of the commercial community as might beinterested in their further progress, that the two docks mentioned, namely,the Egerton and the Morpeth, were opened with some pomp in April,1847, by the Earl of Carlisle, then Lord Morpeth; and we reflect withsome pleasure that this
The Artizan . have been unableto ascertain what extent of work had been executed upon this part ofthe scheme. By that time £291,000 had been spent, and the DockCompany having no more funds at their disposal, the work had come toa standstill. It is probably, therefore, with the hope of making a favour-able impression upon such of the commercial community as might beinterested in their further progress, that the two docks mentioned, namely,the Egerton and the Morpeth, were opened with some pomp in April,1847, by the Earl of Carlisle, then Lord Morpeth; and we reflect withsome pleasure that this event, with all its attendant circumstances, was?July chronicled in the pages of The Aettzan of that day, although wepresume that neither the then managers of this journal, nor yet thenoble lord who acted as godfather to those works, knew what was theremote object of that pageant, or were acquainted with the penuriouscondition of the Dock Companys exchequer. Teleobd, 1S28. FiC Kendel, 1844 (as authorised)..
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