The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-11 00:00:00

SUNDAY SHAVING

Mr. MURROUGII asked the becretary of State for the
Home Department whether, he having declared that the
Crown was unable to remit the fine inflicted in the case of
Joshua Wolstencroft, recently convicted by the magistrates at
Oldham for shaving Oil a Sunday, her Majesty's Government
were prepared to maintain the existing state of the law on the
subject ?
Sir G• GRET said he did not intend to take any steps for
the repeal of the law.

mlfeatshuerbeill with a view to introduce ono in an amended form.
should go order OA,
,1,.•
passed
into naonosemcointtdooreardirnog,fhoerotwaou:dinpropose that, tboYe
naomnenntdrym.ents might be inserted and circulated over ILI
the
The House then divided—the numbers were, for
motion, 259; against it, 106; majority, 153.
The bill was accordingly read a second time.
I The report of supply was agreed to.
The trial of Offenders Bill went through committee.

PARTNERSHIP LAW BILL.
ntent
Mr. LOWE withdrew the Partnership Amen'I
with a view to re-introduce it in another shaPe*,,,us
The other business was disposed of. and the I=
journed at twenty minutes past two o'clock.

AMALGAMATION OF THE CHESTEIt
COMPANIES.

MEETING IN CHESTER.—LAsT NIBS'
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)
A meeting of the parishonere of St. John's. Chester, 'erasrhsi
night, in a large room attached to Blossom'
cons deratlon the proposed amalgamation of the city gas eo,
Mr. H. Cutter, churchwarden I the chair. The meeting
attended. It was convened forts ven o'clock, but the Price
did not commence until close on eight o'clock. e„, in
The Chairman said that he had convened the neeede e
and be
plianre with the requisition he held in his hand,
whatever resolutions might be proposed they would be hr, h
Blossom's Hotel. tocom
fair spirit. (Hear. hear) Ss far as his own opinion Wenieete
objection to the amalgamation of the companies if that all, eit
did net lead to a rise in the price of gas. (Hee, hear.) r of
that with the large coal fields they had in the neiglehon'' see gas
city there was no lace In the world where they could in
r.)
sell it cheaper thapn In the city of Chester. (Hear. hfaseael,
ther fore, he hoped that if the amalgamation took elven' „et
subject to the present price of gas remaining as at present 3,
which no one could object. (Hear. hear.) he Ot
Mr. James Gerrard said that being a consumer of oae f
this matter should ha brought fully before the peblie ti?
They knew that some few years ago the puble of Ce
nd tIP
charged at the rate of 6s 6d the 10eo feet for their gas. t 0'
conseauence some person or persons thought proper to alt
company for the purpose of supplying gas cheaper Wirt ereerr
That new company was the Roodee Compa y, andi " 'front „
it was stated that if the public of Chester purchased gas Was se'
company w ,old sell it at a certain price. That price it same Prr'
gas to for 00
- u'd be 4s 6d the 1000 feet, and the company in the fsh Agtin
Cil
'us took the troub'e to show that by selline gas ...; eotePt.i
-eholders would make a good thing of it. The !levee, tblerii
.• n operati ,n for some years and it would fe.edingeie
was not working profitably for they found that note:lol'4,e twoe
agreement entered into by the company to supply
at 4s 6d, an application was now made to the town eensenarrant,se
urpose of rai-ing the price to ss. That was a most un that ..,6
art on the part of the new company. and he troee° oeir's'er
citizens of Chester would resist it. (Hear, hear.) The P 61P
told indeed that if they allowed themseves to , re .
thousaed in re the comeany would bso much b•oe-- shell the
would be enabled to allow their ceston•ers a discount, to ran' of •
'that tris, won d be a novel way of doing bitiles'"e-oeolace"
price fist and then compensate the public by the se"
discount. (eaughter ) he
After. a lone psuse. d til,:tiel"
Air. Fa iibury, of the licoriee Compsey, rme ,see to - heti
attended the mesons b rause he wiseed i the 6 e:0 Dade
feat Te9..cc• for pub /1,1 seeoreee, ;;iog. '
blamsd be hle Olen:ft for not hay n attends 1 the iee• ' ere
paristioners ef St. le ter's and st. FTe "'nu' „ad
dicer sp ,ctfuily, ahe shoo d assent that what Mr. Gee , po!
be ch-d•
were not facts. 'le e Roodee Cornrany never made an `° the'
of the kind spoken to the people of Chester. what
hi test to
gas consumers' company was first formed, and thee' Sa yodel.° ee
would do certain things for the citizens of Chester, in co The
of the citizens of Chester doina certain thing in return' 0° to
moters were tradesmen of the city of Chester, but R &neon Yod•
regofteltich,
carried on. The citizens would not find the
break down the monopoly of which they complained so
IP' prolibe
therefore, Mr. Highfieid came forward and made as tonvbleDitin!.,,otr
sition as any man could make to another in 55,"10eligal.leiti
Roodee company. He came there under all kinds 0 , noe` eOl
but he came there also, (and be, Per. Salisbury, did n°h"e otss
to say anyttengh harsh of him) knowing full well that , .
trading with his own money. osso.le!efOr'
Mr. T. Q. ft bets And with Mr. W. H. Brown es-AN tee'
Mr. Salisbury: I deny it; W. H. Brown was; "°'"derle
Mr. Roberts: Oh, excuse me, it was the deputy toWene, PC foe"
Air. Salisbury continued: Mr. Mel:field did say te.-ee-e, te",,,00
the
supply the public of Chester with gas at 4s 61 the 10 foie' 'eel
the rospecus to which Mr. Errard had alluded as ,
of hit plan. t
But what were the obligations ef the cirlZeen„metiere to
In return The were told In the ci cuter that t eteseee.
got the pledges of three fourths of tie gas consumers °le 100 ,bst
take gas from them for a grind of five years. at 41 61 'tot
He (Mr. Salisbury) understood that the persons veh°, ,*se 130 rssf
declar.tion nurrbered upwards of 500, but not ere' t,
thef
gas from the Roodee company. What was the reason? ; 0,05
the old comean, di i one of ;he wisest things they en°, coo°
dropped their price to 4e, and so retained 4ro of the, 4,
who were pledg d to leave them.
Mr. J. Wilcoson Ibeg your pardon ; the reasoo 1.5 3; °
new company could net supply them neither in rinee
quantity.
Mr. Salisbureplied that he believed what he stated se;irgi CIO
but at the same time being a atraneer in the town, sr, to C'
merely supplied the money to Mr. Highfield. he was 'Pt` criel
tion. At any rate he was able to 'upply an ablee'sn stetO
gas until October or November 1853, and yet not more
those who had pleged themselves to take gas from
ward to redeem their promise. In October 1051 his e`'
him, and the reason was, the strike of colliers at Viriea,e,
of Ralcarres had pledged himself by contract, to stiPlei'ee
field with an abundant supply of come], bur unfortune
'ract was not fully carried out, owing to the circurast„B4.
stated. From October to the end of Decembw. Luse;
was in the unfortunate plight that he could not red
quantity of gas required, and that which be to
was tif a most miserable quality, because he lee. ee
facture it from the worst material ; but web all bonen' eo
to the gentlemen who had come forward to support Ertl
than 25 left him while in that difficulty. He (Mr. SalO, le n
tell them Wily and frankly, that in making. the prolius„%,Z
he had done to the Town Council, he had done it with th,,
possible regret, because he believed those men who are Cal
Roodee Company in its adversity, deserved every th rig ll;
could do for them. He had been in Chester two years, 'es; (
all he could to win the esteem and confidence of its calzeile fro
that time there had been no lack of gas ; it had been ttaol.'
best material, and what return did he get? NotvelteTh,,P
that, and the large outlay of money he hal made to °'l.)j.re
weeks, yet during the whole of the agitation on the Sflowel6
about a dozen persons came to the company, and in' the
were told to trust to the citizens of Chester an thal',„t
would rally round them. He had w lied in vain for
(tie to hir's,
and the result was, that when the proposition was ns
regard to an amalgamation of the two companies, he
hesitation in entertaining it. "awned Mr. John Jones—The proposition was made on Yoreel,;el
Mr. Salisbury denied that such was the case, an" rite o',oo,
the time would come when the publication of doeueleteani'l' e 5
the matter at res•. When the proposition for anlerietle;oS
made to him, he entertained it, bet, in doing so, be eee oat ~,10 Vt
of the cpestion of price. He reminded the other • ;Mice
ye
Company was tied down by their license not to auv,-eat ; tai
bey nd 43 61, and declared that his impression evdasr,b-e th.ll-010ii
companies went together and charged only 4s e tben #.O
be made a very paying concern. (Hear, hear) geereetergel
Glared, and he pledged his legal reputation for the a out teei,
opinion, that the companies could amalgamate wiethfeed
of the Town Council, but that as the coutvil ha" iieesl) geoit
honourably towards them, he should weal te act in ad ih}t•res 0
an
went and laid his plans before Mr. W. H. Rrown,ded ° to Ihx
man at once declared, tit unless the thing was ou'eetes°o,sere
he would never bring it before the council. It etberl9,
that such was the character of the proposition. and Ow tleetteloe
it was requisite to advanc the price to ss. No (1°; stood.; 0,0
of ( hester would support the Roodee Company a'Alerreeeeert it. ers
be one of the most profitable concerns in the gingeievep-trote°,,ael
(Hear, hear.) But the ci: hens of Chest a• had e°-nithe
hence the necessity of amalgam :tem. He thought teeir esie'veed
of gas companies were entitled to 10 per cent. Ott !h.: ells 0 tool
the promise of the discount commented on Le'eold 14 OAel
would be the sorplus be, ond that seam, which `„'ertvi'e; the '
public in reduction of their lamp-rates, and °"e° ra sti t"for
his individual opinion that there Wag 1.0 neCPS'itY n -4sp:
beyond 4s. 6d. (el ear, hear.) Bat there were rote-tees'. inc,
snrl those with whom Ile was 115,..^,,0ati3g d
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