The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-22 00:00:00

NORTHERN TIMES,-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1856

--YESTERDAY

T. Ito day, 'and a black satin vest, were pledged together for HEALTH COMMITTED
--In into my possession. M - - 4
an, an intelligent youth, an apprentice to The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held
awnbroker, said, yesterday (Wednesday) at half-past two o'clock, yesterday, in the council-
lock to half-past he saw the prisoner chamber, Town-hall, Mr. Langsdale in the chair.
A young wonian was with him at the Other members preserit—Messrs. Beckwith, Hodson,
oat an'd vest, she had previously offered Robertson Gladstone, M'Guffie, Dover, Godfrey, Italhead,
but I refused .to take them, and then Sheil, Crosthwar.te, and llaydock.
with her to tell us we might take them The minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
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REMOVAL OF NIGHT SOIL AND STREET SCRAPINGS.

—.gineer on the
best manner of taking the new contracts for the removal
of the street scrapings and night soil. At present both
were included in the same contractl which Was iii the
hands of Mr. 10se, but the engineer de:,,iareti that though
the principle *as 'specious ous in theory that it was best that
the party who held the contract for the removal of night
soil should also have that for the removal of the street
scrapings, yet that experience had proved it bad and
inefficient. He therefore recommended that they be two
distinct contracts, and that for the street scraping be
divided into two districts—north and

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committee provide carts of their own to remove
the sweepings on any neglect of the contractor, who would
I be charged with the.ekpense, and that the contract be for
I five years instead of three as at present.

The sub-committee appointed td consider the matter
bnddrsed the engineer's recomthendatiOns with their

an I ai)iiict'vtil

rt desultory 'conversation took, plaCed on the subject,
and it was eventually agreed that the whole conimittee
should re=olve itself info a special committee to consider
it on a future day.

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A communication was received from the courts of law
7: complaining of the effluvia arising from St.
1 ohn's church-vard I

veral of the gentlemen present bore testimony to this

offensive nuisance.

Mr. Dover observed that the church was built undet' a
pecial act of Parliament, and on that account both they
,nd the general board of health were powerless to sup-
Tess thp I'II7SCAII (P_

Mr. Sheil urged that they should at all events protest
against it, and in the meantime consider how the difficulty
could be met.

The matter was adjourned until the next meeting, and
the town clerk was directed to request that some Orson
on bt-half of the St. George's nail Committee would attend
on that dap.

A memorial from:the inhabitants of the neighbourhood
di Anc-street and Park-street, Toxteth Park, praying that
those streets might be drained arid se*ered Wag referred
to the sub-committee,

letter,ll.om Mr. Tonhnin, demanding compensation on
belia.lf of Mr. Huntingdon for injury done to his property,
on the south side of Midgehall-street, was also referred to
the sub-committee.

THE SMOKE NUISANCE.
A letter from Mr. Watkins, of which the following is a
copy, was referred to the smoke committee :
To the Chairman of the Health Committee.
8, Strand-street, Liverpool, Feb. 19, 1856.
• Sir,—The answer of your committee, conveyed to me
through,Mr. MtGowan, refusing to state that which the
steam4ug proprietors have a right to expect, obliges me
again to address you.

Ile states that, in the judgment of ythir committee, it is
sufficient that they have been gtil.ded by the first talent
and experience in the country ; and that they feel assured
there can be no difficulty in consuming the smoke.
The steam-tug proprietors will be most happy to accom-
plish the object desired by your committee. by placing
th^mselves in the hands of any competent parties who
have, in the judgment of the committee, the talent and
experience sufficient to remedy the evil, without
diminishing the steam power, and thereby imperilling the
valuable property entrusted to the tugs in the River
Mersey.

Lora Palmerston, in training his smoke act for the
metropolis, had the first talent and experience in the
his comrnaed, and the retult of their judgment
oy the, act expressly exempting all steamers
ndon Itrid ge.‘

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ur committee must be well aware that the smoke
distinctly states that all the smoke need not be
We have, therefore, just reason to complain
~9.t we are entirely at the mercy of a policeman, whose
opinion determines the quantity of smoke alluded to in
the act, which the first talent and experience in the court-
try cannot define I And, therefore, I must again, in the
harne Of my co-proprietors, request that the committee
will forward me the necessary information.--I remain
yours respectfully, JOHN WATKINS,
Chairman of the Stearn-tug Proprietors.

TIEALTIT OF TUE TOWN

The Medical Officer of Health reported that in conse-
quence, partly of the milder weather which prevailed from
the 6th to the 16th inst. inclusive, there was a decrease of
--,;tv in the week ending on the latter day. The
4stered, which in the previous week were
to 205, or 34 less than the corrected

total deaths