The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-18 00:00:00

AS QUESTION IN CHE

THE G

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,—l have observed that you occasionally note do f
wn
the sayings and doings of our town council (of which.
am a member), and I am anxious that you should he
possession of some of the facts, when anything of inir
tance is brought forward—such as that of gas aural

mations, which you have so correctly notice,
article this morning. I am the more anxious,
our two principal local papers (the Chronicle and COI,
will not, or, at least, do not, give the voice of the peep, _
and, judging from the course they have taken,
suppose they are, in one way or other, deeply intereste_
in the matter. Add to this the fact, that a leading aldere
man (a lawyer) is solicitor for the new company-
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deputy town-clerk, who acts on the committee nieeticgs.!
Is solicitor for the old company ; while the town coucol
and the public are left to shift for themselves, and haves
as I maintained at our last meeting, given Mr. Sallsburle
one woul
from £lO,OOO to £20,000 of the public money. I was °ll.,
of the minority of 8 against ;23, and warned the councoil,
that it would soon have occasion to regret that day's Pr ,
ceedings. At a meeting of the.:council, before the
voice
they postponed the voting on this matter, until the
vo'a.
of the people could be obtained. Did the Mayor call
meeting to see how this stood? Did a single antal -
pay a farthing toward 3 the'_ expenses in calling
meetings, or assist in any way to get the n.
people ? Did either of those papers alluded to so
toTenliglaten the people as to how the matter

final'

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not one 1 At every ward meetinc, resolutions were
talo.a..
thoroughly condemning the course the council have
These resolutions were placed on the table; and yet' 1,.
nothisF,
the face of these, they disregard the people, and
but self-interest must have swayed their niifilsci
Many of these amalgamators were at the
were.ward
meetings, but dared not defend the course they
against
taking, even by so much as lifting up their hands f
the strong resolutions which the wards put downer paper
thanks for your helping hand. I have taken yetzr P3fijefi
passed
daily since it came here, and if you will accept rtf 3,,nero
observations or scraps which I think worth notibe' l'i,„
~ & do
time to time, I will now and then dot sometulno

or you,

tbe a
One fact more. Mr. Salisbury declares that
company lost 33 per cent. in waste and leakage, while ‘4e
W
only lost 12/ (not a bad profit alone), and also that bias.
present works could alone supply millions, but he
only supplying 17 millions. Twelve respectable tradesfeebe
agreed, if he would n,t amalgamate, to guarantee that
would
-
should have the full supply of 27 millions, or they wo.,s.
pay for it; but he had not the common honesty to
tell 0
then that he had nearly one half the shares in old
company, and that, in consequence of there bc,io"
ee
cil
in his license, he would amalgamate whether the u-
would let him or not. He was further asked to
Oro%
open his company, and let us make it a Gas C°listin'c ad
Company, but this he also declined, so that never were tier
consumers so completely sold as the citizens of Chesv
have been in this matter. However, something teal ;et
turn up to give us a chance of a word again ab°%ije,
and, as I have said before, you shall hear froinat ef:
I had almost forgotten that the chairman of the coraln"Toea,
now appointed by the council to carry out the areals,3
ag
tion, is one of the largest shareholders
company, and positively voted twice during its oe
sitting, by7,means of which the question was carried--°
privately, and then as chairman's casting vote; and „t.
being a banker, and having influence to no small alaell-ea
I consider it so glaring, that it ought, and shall be, noticed
in one way or other. Sir, is it reasonable, that a t
gas coVnth,
councillor or alderman, having interest in
should be allowed to sit and vote in council during
discussion on these questions. Several law9c
present in the council-room, who silently assente,
in the ela
last
we do not feel satisfied about the legality eio
proceedings.—Yours, &c.,
Chester, April, 1856.

were'

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN Tl3l'i
Sir,—So long as the attacks upon the Sacred I
!.
"1t
Society and myself were anonymous, I treated them ‘
contempt they deserved. My attention having this (!s,i)rres.
directed to a letter, signed A. Maclean, whose n“'
cautiously withheld, Ido not hesitate to reply. , gig!
The quotation from the Mercury is incorrect, tne hoc;
being "discarded servant," not member. Allow Inc fo
to state Mr. Maclean was discharged for tb°ooo,
lowing reasons :—Firstly : A deficiency in his, aca,lll '
after the first concert in November last. oec'
Overbearing and insulting conduct to the subscriberanclr
many of them have testified to the loss of the society tll6
thirdly, borrowing money of parties connected "c'iji,p/
iti
" Mr. Maclean is consideo%aecl
...ed at various times, and I reT'ci,eo
jointly, in order to get rid of hini ; 4 for
ie cause of his bitterness. I have the best of 'Tr:clean'
stating that all the letters have been written by Mr. '`;‘,,cer
though one or more were signed by J. T. Sowden (3t
Wbic
Great George.street ) The letter signed " Beta?, ov(
accompanies Mr. Maclean's letter, commencing---`:
parties," was, doubtless, also written by Mr. 148Cis I).
though I could readily disprove its accuracy, I thin to V
to treat it, as all anonymous communications deserve
c'f'
with contempt. tber rs
Allow me to add, I decline entering into any .nrboribe
respondence with Mr. Maclean, and beg to caution suatojeots,
and the public from placing confidence in his st
„1”
respecting the Sacred Harmonic Society. . •es 01
I shall be happy to answer the personal o'l,l,oo'l'
,
scribers, and remain, yours, &c. C. D.
2, Islington-square, April 17, 1856.

society, which is yet tie

an appointment hel

SMOKE PREVENTION,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTIIERN Tl3l's a kW'
SIR,—In one of your cotemporaries, this day, aPPet3r the apl''
from Mr, C. W. Williams, in which be states tha
not Pata
a
ratus employed by me at the Waterloo station is
of mine, but an imitation of an expired patent of hisu't frilr
I should not have replied to this letter at all, b aaf 3)".'
having placed in my hands the printed illustration:lo 0a;
Williams' patent, it enables me to tell Mr. Wllliauts Not, f'l
is no similarity whatever in any portion of the two Pa
..,s at 0
in proof of this the public may -inspect these illustrati°"
e'
office, nateat' „nlf
I may also observe, that until I took out 133 Yi r, , wag :" 0
Williams-knew nothing about a metal bridge, °guy:- Will':
after my invention was successfully at work, that ;;;;.a f.lOll.
inserted it in his book ; but a bridge does not tua% agar::
and my patent is for a perfect furnace, and not lA-100P'
—Yours, &c. solori '-''
6, South Castle-street, Liverpool

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HISTORIC SOCIF,TY

night in in the Grand Jury-room, St• Ge°l.f,,..'- l° tOe
oeld:b
The fifth scientific meerinrof''this society 0,3:1„113,11, ?„liir;
Dawson, V
having. P. , in tbheeencharei re.eivAednioll,g.„rlefiso. alirel;,yl,:
announced
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eJxo.su;orcnifeartloymo, of
ftothrhee Socic tY t. ..1 S 0 , 1.3;
f_T_rroe.aro:nsat
ix.ietloSnstatistical Society, Journal, vel. toeI00‘"Ill
library of
Liverpool
Dec. 1855
Reportll.Bsllsi,l°l'lll33e.llB! Val.l.it 049
; from the editor, Poems of Druil, sci'op,
the
liborrnden, edited by W. B. D. D. Turnhu oart°gr.
ient
o authorsbser
v; a
tforroym, 1‘...1;,6r• i cgrooreA, static
John ;It Isaac, a Platter with a Crowneu room- of
ported .
btwo dolphins in the centre, 0•13,.' po,i. oi
border birds and fruit interspersed ; also ''' 'Tos"
, t the
two guns fused together in the fire a the
London. nort of,v of
_ The Chairman read an extract from the Tereta`-ae
tLbieveßrrpiotioslhObservatory, to the effect that the t of seise, of
Association for the advaneercle.ns the 1 i OW'
had agreed to allow 'one of the local societte i Ati
its plates and tables on f VverP°° t 1)
the results 0 I fbo
meter. 0 o ~,,op
D Der. Hume laid on the table proof impressfr iliir'o'be
thewourcidartes and tables, and mentioned that Al; 111.4;4ttoric
ada separate paper explanatory t!,• the
P-"
publishede in the forthcoming volume 01
Society's transactions. , 00°5 vi.
Mr. llartnup offered some verbal e/cp3rTia, thee'e A
plates,, and then proceeded to read a paper io,.
305
co
' upon the method now employed in the,,,,iliorovi il.
noting of barometrical observations, and the 1.7 a 03111l:jt'
of the barometer of late years." The paPer yin coilr
scientific, in .
and it the writer expressed a stree,t trigot
' 0001' no f
that the
.encouragement now given by go astro tore 0
tains of vessels to make barometrical n. rodoc:itatioa
observations during their voyages, would he, fo oavla
the most •
. important results to sciedce an t 0 101 l
inanellt y,
in particular. • g lall
The Chairman commented on the surprisil? den ot• 00
,„miinitY 0 o , 0
of shipowners, and the mercantile c
o'. krio*vieub• 03 a
to these enquires, though the thorough - r vesselirs 0 t
lawss7 which governed storms by rnasters 0, „are- i'vh3;
aeto them millions of money lost bY tiesllod I(3spee..
observed that if they did not themselves aot
concerned their interests so largely they coal ocieti
the government to do it. f the 6
On the motion of Dr. Hume, the thanks ° stoll
his f(f',, 4
were voted by acclamation to 'lllr. IlartnuP
Among the exhibition, which were 011 , (w.-°, o
most rare and interesting were Mrs. Miltoli; a coigeot
the poet) knife and fork in an oak case, WI sal all
her will and declaration touching their dile°
grants bearing date 1239, 1263, 1324; 84e" "" •

of t,:il
a

..„-----_ dry --
Tun WEATHER continues very cold, but -ated otr
When the wind shifts, which may be -ester i°, tlle
moon's change, in a day or two, fine Wartn vl A dinitio
cipated. As it is, vegetation must have increase.
past week.