The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-05 00:00:00


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THE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,186 T

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Ilpdgeirif •it Fl-4Attni,hirnan from Xahohester, was
charged 7EOI the .pctlitt of Edgard Ru4Cll, of
• No. k 2, •Gre6iiWoiid-Str4,, • EVertaft, of a' patent lever
f silver valued' at'l6.l.os;• ihts-tgi O'tis seen
by a female to abstract the watch from the plostadi's
podia d gabioiA fialf-16ait mi' Satuicpy evening.
Prisoner, finding: ?tal IY6 thiew the watch
down.nd ran 'away. Polici-JoV.ahi of the Kirk-
dale division, apprehended -hint with Sod& blisiulty.
The watch was recovered and given to Russell, whe,!, it
tlppear§, received it from his employers for good conduct.
The ifilsotier !Added guilty to the charge, and was
sent to-gatil (of 814 tftlifts, with bard labour.
Tan: OARS Pat- if-El4 .....jcbtfpph
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1640, ow, William Litherst, fit* Tboikter Yates,
a Liver'ped t'hief; was Charted picking Satah
Dignan's pocket ott .i
95. Pr9secutrix resides
at Everto,n-terrace. Police-serg*M4?oney being in
plain observed the prisoner trying the pockets
of tvici..fother, pps'ousitinclOsirirting something from
Dignan's reAtlet;
,lle imipediately'seized the prisoner,
upon whom he foinici mone7.
,He pleaded ,
guilty, and was sent to gaol for ithreeritrahs.'

A THIRD PICKPOCKET.—Robert Green dnd Peter
Simpson, two well-known Liverpool characters, were
brought up on a charge of abstracting is. 9d. from the
person of Mrs. -Pickup, wile. of a farmer residing in
Knotty Ash. Police-sergeail& Mlooney , and Strettle.
apprehended the prisoner Green whitif li6. was in the
act of committing the offence;and endeavouring to pass
the money into the hands of Simpson. Green was
sent, to gaol fr9r twenty-one days, and sentenced to he
kiiPt, fit , the reformatory for five years ; Simpson was
disObarged;
..r . • ,r,
[We are glad to understand4,
that, eNving to the great
exertions of the county constabuW itY itnowsley
grounds, less crime was committed on the occasion of
the great review than could have been anticipated.]

TRANMERE LOCAL BOARD. OF HEALTH•

STORMY MEETING ON THE WATER WORKS

QUESTION.

The usual weekly meetiog of the Tranmere Loral
ti9ard o, Health was held last evening in the Public-
office, Lower. Tranmere, Mr. W. W. Perry presiding.
The other
,m'eMberg,_Prei4e4 were---:Messrs. Morecrott,
Liversedge, Scott, iTrighti Peters, Hogallth, Cummings,
Hitchmough, and
The minutes of the last meeting having been read,
The Finance Committee's proceedings were, on the
motict of Mr. Morecroft, confirmed.

TAB VATER COMMITTEE.

The minutes of the proceedings of the Water Com-
mittee were read, and their confirmation vias pro-
posed by
Mr. LIVERSIDGE, who entered into the history of the
water works question, the vexatious disputes and
disagreements which had arisen in connection with the
piece of land, appropriately, he said, called the
" Vexation," on which it was proposed to build the
_water Works; he explained i that now All difficulties
vieie ai an end, and that t had b'eett deterniined to
_proceed with the eieCtion on the. *eat side of the
" Vexation.",
The CHAIRMAN called the (Medical tit the &aid to' its
own position, and read a letter which he had sent to the
membeis at a previous meeting, showing the difficulties
which would attend the construction of the water-works
in the position and manner they proposed. He pro-
ceeded td read the opinions of Mr. Mellish, an eminent
legal authority, who vtta Consulted by the board in
August, with regard to the

Mr. LIVERSEDGE interfered, remarking it'd he'
hought the Chairman was entirely out of order.
Mr. Hitehmough supported Mr. Liversedge.

Mr. 310RECROFT protested against the conduct of the
chairman, and the manner in which, on this occasion,
he conducted the business of the meeting. Elected

thiariltifotisly to the office of chairman, ho would receive
the support of the nienteig iblflist he did his duty. I.le
was not content, however, with readirg his d*t. produc-
tion, which had been read before, but, contrary to di
precedent and ldws of propriety, he sought to read the
opinions of the learned counsel, which, directed to the
committee, was the property of the committee, and of
no other person ; and therefore he had no right to make
The dliAliraii ti/ricld few remarks, and proceeded
with reading the opinions of litcoitrlse2, Sheri
Mr. LIVERSEDGE asserted that the thaitral wad
sinister motives in throwing difficulties in the way of
erecting the proposed water works ; and he felt obliged
to raise his voice against such conduct, submitting a reso-
lution to the meeting that it was inexpedient and unne-
cesslty for the opinions of Mr. Mellish to be read by
the

;
The motion was secc;iiae vhaiokie comment by Mr.
Peters.

Mr. SCOTT protested against the conduct,of the chair-
man, who, he said, to further personal or other interests,
not only thwarted their proceedings, but attempted to
injure their position.
The CHAIRMAN refused to put the motion to the
Meeting.
Mr. LtNiElisnedt innnediately did so, and every hand
save the chairman's was raised in its tooitt:

Mr. LIVERSEDGE—Carried unanimously.
The CHAIRMAN—Oh, no ! not unanimously,

Mr. 14VERSEDGE —Who, then, is against it
The CHAIRMAN—I am, and that is a great deal. The
chairman then threw back the imputations and indig-
nities which Mr. Liversedge and Mr. Morecroft had cast
upon him, and threatened, frt cgse the members would
not allow him to read the document he hack ptddttced, to
let the public know all about matters by other means.

Mr. HITCHMOUGR interrupted the chairman rather
Warmly. _ _

The CIIIIRM&N would not be interrupted any longer
by. Mr. Hitebniough.
Mr. lifiritlfouom suggested that he should not gife
hini ettifse td cid sc.

The drikrbflor krfow lore about matters that Mr.
Hitchmotigh did; Maher flidri that, be *as independent
of public opinion, and so, he said, Nticia tfery horiest Man.
After a great deal of similar talk he Went on to say thrtt,
ceasing all unpleasantness and disagreeable feelings, and
supposing that they should purchase the " vexation" and
spend £16,000 on the water-works, then a contest would
issue between Birkenhead, the Wirral Water-works
Compaay, and thertiseltes. He had but one object at
heart--,--that for' which he had fought consistently for so
tong a period; and he should forget Iris duty to the
iatepayerg if lie did not object setimisly to the project,
and make knowri the opirliolfs Of the cottrisel on the
matter.

Mr. LIVERSEIVE remarked that the Ofiiiliori of Mr.
Mellish was read at former meetings.
The CIIATICIAN denied that statement ; and added
that he did not know what it was.

Mr. LI'VERSEDGE—You had them regularly or irregu-
larly in yatir private possession for some time.
The CtiAtuiti,i—There Is not one word of truth in it.
Mr. LiVERSEIJOE, after some further remarks, repeated
that the only object the chairman had in view was to
throw obstruction in the way of the hoard.

The CHAIR3tAN—Thero is no truth in what you say.
You haVe now spoken three times, and I object to your
speaking any further.
Mr. LIVERSEtiGE—f bos to your decision, sir.
The proceedings of the Virater'Cominittee were then
lint to the meeting. _
The CHAIR:WC:sr —All unanimous except the chairman.
After some remarks by Mr. Scott,
Mr. LIVERSEDGE stated that as difficulties were
thrown in their way by a party who ought to further
their interest us Int us lay in his power, it became. his
his duty, (being, in some measure, responsible for the
speedy and satisfactory completion of the NyOrks,) to sug.
gest that the chairman of the Local Board, or himself
as chairman of the "Water Committee, should vacate
their chair of office.

The CHATnidaN--;;The sooner you do so the better for
your reputation gad for the board.
The members objected to Mr. Liversedge, who moved
that a vote of censure be passed on their chairman for
his conduct at that meeting.

The CHAIRMAN (to Dlr. Liversedge)—Xo word of
truth in it. It is all manufactered by yourself. Can
you manufacture any more ?
The motion was not seconded, and it fell to the
ground.
Mr. Liversedge announced that the Health Com-
mittee had not met since the last meeting of the board.
A letter was read from Mr. Haram, complaining that

the wife of his, brother, Captain Benjamin Harm, of
Shewell's-road, had died in consequence of the bad state
of the drailiage in the vicinity of the house, which,
flooded as was its cellar by water, was totally unfit for
human habitation. _

A letter from Dr. Roper, corroborating Mr. Haram's
statement, was also read. •
The Surveyor explained that the cellar was flooded
by water issuing from the rocks. There was no bad
smell with it, however.
The matter was referred to the Health Committee.
The appointment of an in-door clerk, at a stipend of
£9O for the first year and' £1.56 for the second, was
recommended by the Paid Officers' Committee, whose
proceedings were confirmed on the motion of Mr.
Liversedge.
The proceedings of the Bye-laws Committee were
confirmed, Mr. Liversedge remarking that the only
thing now required was a fair copy of the bye-laws, as
they were drawn up.
On the motion of Mr. M‘Donalcl, seconded by Mr.
Peters, Mr. James Dolby was elected a member of the
boa d, in the room of Mr. M'Donald, resigned.
,There was no other business of public interest.

• INVEtVE MONTHS OF BAD WEATHER.---From the
'sea September, 1859, -to the 31st of August, 1860,
the number of days on which rain or snow has fallen is
194, the proportion of wet to dry days being -53, or
have h
more than half. The majority of the remaining days
have been WI, even though they eft dry.