The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-07 00:00:00

great towns of the country. (Hear, hear.) He trusted
that if io future the government could not prJvi,je articles
which were really cive.tl ttr to I: otnote the great o')j.cts
which they profess. d to view, they Would not
receive the sanction and endorsement of the Councils of
jarze. toyfo. (Hear, hear )
'-ogr-Alferman_ Bennett agreed...with, solar
that the exhibition was not one for show, and did not pos.
eess t fi•rtrti6bricrrtire-pubtio which'wrawrother exhibitive:"
of left less distin,ction,dict.-toile=would ge: with, hitia,eiso
littlefurthei', in skyinglhatlhe entertairiel a feeling Of dis.-,
appeintment that articles of inter, at should not have been
rather more:numerous He considered thatit he exhibition
is itself had been a failure, solar as the public: vas con-
cerned, from that. ciuse. At the same-time he was sure.
Mr,.. Aikin would agree with him that:there were a great
number of articles'there the exhibition of which wuuld do_
much good in improving the taste of those for whore use..
it was espediallY designed, and /I•Assing from town to town..
(Heir, hear.) He alluded to the pupils of the schools
art'under geverntnent sanction's' who bad no doubt:largely
arvailA theinselveS:of the opportunit) thus affOrdedAhern of
inspecting works of a:very high order. He recollected -av
the opening of the exhibition, hearing,ifrqm the lips
of the Mayor, sentiments, very t much, in raccerdance with
his own, Which-. he had just uttered. " .Ire regard to the
models nowtbefore the Council, he trusted since the stateq
ject had been thus prominently brought. forward,Jhat the
members of the St. George's Hall committee would .set-to
work with more. energy than they had yet,..donelo,remedy
the defect so loudly and energetically complained of in the
laying out pr.the approaches to that noble' prl, splendid
building. (Hear, hear.) Ile, quite agreed with Mr.
Picton in his views:_; fie considered it hi;thly desirable to
remove the outworks ani the balustradiug from the build-
ing Altogether. (Hear, bear.). t Every one must seq jam;
it would require much more. vioilance-and care to protect
the railingtiand the balustrade itself than to protect the
building if the entire outworks, were swept away. (Rear,
hear.) If this was done, the building_ would then present
a noble outline, and the public traffic would be materially
benefitted.
-Mr. Alderman Holme said, in accordance with the sug-
gestions of several:gentlemeu around him, he begged_ to
intimatOliat be should put a notice upon the books, fur the
next meeting of the Council, to-bring forward the subject
of the high level road. (Hear, hear.) .
:;'the proceedings of the corn mittwerwarglthen contir9d.
The P"etvOßghfifAilVAPket3,4l4-14Patiell. (PARPfislilg/.
it..recomnac9da49n49,tue4faelArtttlni?Aarifg3 Pft i1011,f0.14
teachers at the South School:`-James E11itt.446,49AT
£7O Pe.krarintiNn, 4-01AniDgzitIsfICIPAPer4,240PePlf
IYO4OIII gilfelbcr9Pll effl9 444R,PAran&RPAEgi3t,R694. • .8'
'from £3O to £4O per annum, postponed to the neviwqro
amord tog to the standing order),
..94,4,Frit folivq,.4llllr
ksNtbiibhrneiit Const-nitt es we re c 0403 ;,,,.14;11

HEALTH COMMITTEE.' • '

The proceedings of this committee *ere reatt.b.ionieyal
comprise reconiffendation to increase the,salarrt
Robert,Vitigni.ll,-iiiiPeOor of somke riiis;neee,,from £7s
to ,SIOO per annum; the r ena.sideration oliwhich,ll was
poitOoted at the last rrienfhlyq3dtiticil, th
standing ordersgeand; a recuillaandatitori that ageneral
ting-ve ltvfdll9 p üblio xeliiavdniatio es,tree ted
Clayton-square: a yk. pr boa ~...:nmorn wit
Mr. Pie. on objecteditoethbcdreetihn ofusbehraArailding
in C 'aye& -square a iid,lllervet4 as:an amend ni eat; ttb at t
portion-of the pieb...e ;lugs be not oonfirraed.', 01 lo es)rt,l
• Mr. Beckwith seconded the arnendmiinW'.ep Eike
-All 'parties,expressed- themselves iu-favour of e such a
building; but' doubted if Clayton-square wasllthei ;peoper
site. , : lei ewe 01 v
The amendment wa3 put to the
‘vote, and carried,
.
twe-:_apeight to eleven. Tae voting was as halms:—
Fertheamendment—UouneillorsAnderson,A.C. Stewart,
Woodruff, Tyrer, Tornet,,,Livingstyi, Steains,
li inner,
Graves, Brancher,' Tobin,F,;(34.Atlstone, Mellem
Flnetvith, Akin, Far 4190 r 441 Aci de rAW:Ii GbAli,oxt-Aec-nett'
P-res on, 13 di, P,i€bp , v govere.-.Gatdo.a, ;Houghton,
Toulmin, S. I.l,ilnia,,tlie,Mayoxr-,81
Against the amendmeat—Optilyo,o4X,s OroAhwaititalStit,
Sb- ii, 1.1.4y40cki Holden, Fernihnuta, Jeffreys, .hand,
Turn, Alth.my, au 1 ,A.l,lerawip,Aaerf-11.
M r., Aldermcan> Doymnatotaditha;reconuneP4o9ll as to
the increesetot,lnspectoPlif ands •**served
lbw., by thilatrriegtunent, a,astiirkg.woulAin fact be elfel; ed.
They hefam Rain, At1P0440.,£149 A. year,and,,.4;4,to
Mr. Wignalloviykupw, - piticiently discLarged _.the duties.
He might state that some pacies„, so far Nrgot themselves
as to attempt to bribe Wignall, and •that .4)0- names weir
known to tile, committee. • •ii,
Mr. Woodruff demanded that the names of those parties
should.: be given, as being the most, effectual ;luaus of
suppressing the practice,
Mr. Alderman Dover replied, that he should b 3 first
guaranteed against any action which might be brought
againit him for publishing the names. (Laughter.)
Mr. Beckwith observed, that it was nut always wise to
tell all they knew. He could give the names, but he did
not consider it politic to do so.

establishment so far forgot themselves -as to attempt to
tamper with a public Alicer, no false delic4ey should pre-
vent his name bang given. He would move as an amend-
went that the recommendation be not confirmed unless the
names were given.
The 'amendment was not seconded.
The recommendation was accordingly confirnied, as were
also the general proceedings.
The proceedings of the Gardens and Church Expenditure
Committees were confirimd. They contained noining of
interest.

WATER, COMMITTEE.

Before the proceedings of this committee was read,
Mr. Alderman Dover asked if it were the intention of
the committee to press the report of Mr. Duncan that
day.
Mr. Alderman Bennett said that so far as he was Con-
cerned, he had no objection whatever to the consideration
of the report being poStponed for a month. The other
portions of the proceedings could be taken in the usual
way, but that portion having reference to Mr. Duncan's
report could be postponed for a month, or considered by a
special Council.
Mr. Aldermen Dover said that he and Mr. J. R. Jeffery
were under the impression that a special day would ba set
apart for the consideration of this subject, which was of
sufficient importance to justify such a course.
It was agreed that the proceedings should be raid as
usual, and that Mr'. Bennett should move a' the proper
time the postponement of the consideration of Mr. Dun-
can's report.
Mr. yarnworth asked why specimens of the Rivington
water wire not laid on the tablP; aceStding to prioritise.
The Mayor replied that they were; but the bOttlis had
been removed at the wish of the Council, as it was
understood that the subject would not be considered that
day.
The proceedings of the committee were then read.
Mr. Alderman Diaper 'moved that they ba confirmed,
with the exception of that portion of them having refer-
ence to Mr. ,Danctin's report, which he would suggest
shohld be tikrin into consideration by a special Council on
that day fortnight. ll.a had to cangratukto the Connell
on the increase in the wa:tr iticorw, during the last four
Months, of £1,700 as comparcl. with the sane fonr months
in the previous year, and also on the abundant supply which
they had been able to afford on the occasion of the late
fire in Sparling-street, astnuch as 1,200 gallons having been
thrown on it each minute.
Mr. Woodruff seconded the motion ; and, in doing so,
took the opportunity to:urgo the propriety of having the
fountain in Wavertree Park playing during the present
summer.

Mr. Beckwith begied to know whether the distribution
of the witer had increased. in the same proportion as the
revenue ? Wherever he went he heard great complain s
in regard to the insufficient supply of.water. If the revenue
were increasing, -be should iike to know how it was that
parties were complaining week atter week that they did
not get anything like. a fair supply etf,viat,:r.
Mr. Al,furratu Quail r said that,since the. Rivington
water had ben. b.ougat into timtewn=they-had only fifty-
nine complaints.,

Mr. Alderman ,Bennett complained that the wishes of the
committee ha 1, nut been carried out in regard to a resnlu-,
Lion passed by them at a meeting on Saturday. it ;was
then unanimously agreed that samples of the Rivington
water should be laid upon the table at that Meeting of the
Council; but not only was' teat not dane, but no mention
whatever was made of the resolution either 1-1 the barks"
or on the sheet. They had great difficulty in obtaining
samples of. the Itisfingtat.iiwater.% al, ae
nlatebroengna,iraentldfcrt,
the first bottles he was roldta,hey had be
'the next tal,eting of the OtYrnmittee bottles of a tall jar like
shape were produced.. Theset•he condemned, and moved
that the water eiould be produced in globular jam' con-
tainingnot less than two gallons each.
complain that not Only was that motiOn not obeyed, but
that it was even omitted from the bon ks,
"I*l that the ornissiou from th•l
Mr. Alderman CoopeAße had now to
books was a clerical error,
-and could 'in -nowise be attri-
buted to him. As. to tie specimens of the Rivington
water, they had seen brought into the Council Chamber in,
the morning, and sent out again to make room for the
Si. George's Httll model.
Mr. Alderman Bennett accepted, the explanation, bat
insisted on the water b iug again brought in.
'
Several latge decanters and glass jars of the water were
then brought in arid placed
on the table amid much
laughter.
Mr.' Rennet observed that his object Was now attained.
All he wanted was that the Council should.see the water.
Mr. Stitt claimed. to ba alleffet _to make some remarks
on certain calumnious statements • which appeared in the
public papr rs in- regard to the Rivington water—statements
which, if not contradieted, were calculated to excite the
public mind, And to cause much alarm and evil. In one

of the papers this paragraph occurred in a communication
on the sAcc,, itivington water a fcly days since :

`. Alliost fir tha entire distance frisna the Black Bov to
Llorwich Bank, the surface of the water is covered with a
black Ft-min, sanilar ia every respect to what may be seen
occasionally at George's Dock basin. This may be lifted in
masse-,, its smell is most, offensive, and the _appearance of the
meter underneath it is such that no christian would really
lifFit to ins pig-s 7 -Mark nie-,114-ttfr irt-Ttirtigprain,.,,
!ighw be' -(111r. eif t 3 'eta PlACtgr' ttoal ill •igeriioAtion in
' which the writer said they—oug.ht to be, before tbeNr
b'aPPrneyft;44le his stiAF.Refii,as,,c.)lr. S i ,) h• a
bf.en to wngto very recet4.,,,4-1;e.„1144 goret through
the wholithi4j44.Nt, at-oli 151.14.11 41,1Stri'treanit* tom its city
fountaia ,headwwhere tho)ivationlprs't tri,..Aled th:oagh the
,sand slontrgrit,adova,toltbie,itliketilig,bedo• 114'*1"g°ne
step by stopigktiiittitrdistriotiratit, afsiv,iwn V lot a love
for trathphb'etilMcgive thwmtge uttcpiahfied detii;d to the
villiallotts,'S(ritiffibrit-÷Wiltotflhsitlnifiiaatiatimu, tile •paprs in
regard •to -tliel'c'w:iteNT'!fOli4r4f) eltillititat*Eidisary that
some; pttseruki the txqitietrikeaitatt, drool b, a :Jon tra.
I cliccri9n to blebcaturn*us endittiss efts-statements,
calculated Pdthey cc,,,r6fto'exelte thUkilartial:of the people
of the town. (Cheers ) • i Icir ' 'Of
Mr. S. R. Graves said that taliaeouLlieonllira what had
fallen fromialr. Stitt. He haSalso,foi,thl4 i't very recent
period, goni over-fee ground ifilhe stria ~tray as Mr. •titt
trai.ersad it, rentflie.saw nothilig oilhht M'filthy scum"
dekiibad in the Yiper. " Oa the cotititY,±•Tie came away
iininVased Widh th‘ffe'elidg thatNithenWaltaeat of argument
had 'lraksedfs.way; and the preient dEffekendes were settledi
- ‘
these work;Woul,l he pointed to as beiag not only.a credit
to lid tow& of Liverpool, but lit 3 any indicittion of the en-
lightened cite and regittl shotin- byillhe Corporation for
the tianitari condition of alie PtopleVOl(Heir, healei) • He
wdrild noti_rnter'ilow in4o thaiquesdon; Nit would simply
beittestimimy to the clir4vetnels of MU Stilt's statement
—tli4 froM', the boginntrtg to tile enl'aif ithViatrorks- he saw
notlitik tha:t was otF-:nskvielin tW,sligh-lese die-kree. : On tae
conitaiy, his opiniona tail bti.eh ve'ry 'materially' altered
with regard to whit the fature effdct of these great works
would be. (Hear, hear.)
, The proceedings were then -confirmed, it being agreed
that a special coancit should b 6 summoned to consider Mr.
Danaan's report on that' ay three weeks. ~_

BIRKENHEAD Dogma CCLISOITT'4E.
Tlie proCeedhlgs of this edintnitiid :we're read. They
co*isedia regommenditionT to kiiCiptthe tender of
fie s. WZ:: G. .4,44-riritg anc-Co., Ur! ihrf Inherit ion and
,re r., of 'Me batik 4'dtithe EgertXtrogiat the sum of
Ix 't . la tr, iOl 2 'RIP: IC i
I qtl the tOtio imPildeAnan Arlitie, seconded by
Dtultob rtsonnt lap2trone k the lit clainifiendation and
itgi
g Ohl p nceedi 1 lite co'gfirmsl?, II te F t ' •
l TBe Caqncil tlin ',ad- rnafto Ai SRA fi 3, lit'elevetv o'clock
'1,1:::// Hg the follo*Wg blilinesslundiff#63ed-:of :—The lir.)-
, . t)
c ...i tEs, i elu ; ?id r4fortsi'i:tif thelf Lititary and
j, '- in im lit 4
,prisirrft reeilknen4ations to adept
p nd eve , st. it e nail' baili#r,4l the prriceedings,
f
r sir dtsion an , 1,1tt...,q iof r e ilf'clsnay! Carriage and
, in 'oomttil .tell;he riace&ligi,'4esclutioos, and
r to of he Bi, d,ichftmi,tee. Illie-ProCieedinO, resell!.
1. i
resole-
ti ,an (Tor* "f!OleSpee. I Corligitteezon the duties of
Ar ha iff, 'c.t., pruitng ye 1144 'for the iegulation
or" .boat e, '4.8. 'tlerthers plyißt for! hire' on the
81 '&10 't?table river rsey; ~, i, a
,ie pursuant to the
ialuding, orde ,'''',, Itit pAceedtfids, resolutions, and
repsrts th c''-' trginitterii on Oilie supply 'of gas.
The proc edin ''' igiutionsf airdTirtirl of the' special
cniinitte on ' . filifilo "Wm. Bihriii' 144 q., M.P. The
0414,1
eedin s, redi 'AIR and;.repottiii b f the special aom-
ree on- frying' ifaMtdatioff stilii:Of the new Library
, air Mu um. '', `rPttoronUffs riStkinnt, amounting to
44063. ';'The''‘,.,
,r 4, e*Orcomtuunieilitlirasz , The .followingttions, §f whi* Flitees have beeri'4frivkn--By Mr. Alder.
ii,Vibetutett : 11- oYescind the foll4ing)reaolutian of the
ehbtcil, passed% bifit olitiplo,,yillii‘..That the ectincil
charnbr tle ail bbf addi6gthelrYkeseht anteinom and
lirSby thlreto, "lotrMeg to tine original design, a plan Of
which is row iii eLtkrifessioitlof tht kurreVor ;" 1:% 'l'hat-the
lobby adj,sinini' 4 kiillter's;lpartriaeiiti east end; be con-
t
ver ted into an ati.r!sriirir " That a Cie* paiskatre, to coma lets
the apprOch t(' trolb&incil ctambel&ter:dered necessary by
tins apprApriatNi:Of -the logy (irecir7 Used' as a' -pas,ige)
f 44 4eneq.: by the ittboral of Ithe.srM, ,c attached to Mr.
triter ss' ii,ffice,diiif grt ?novella:it thiliiiurveyor be:- directed
to take inimedNY,i hitagures ,to improve the ventiltiinn of
tliel'eoungil chaaiber. By Mi. Alderman,Dover : 2 That
in; tie opinion i;f'this Council, it is dfflsirable that the day
lifPintek for the celebra ion' of her Majesty's berth day
bef obierVeil as•' pub(ic holiday, Taint that the Mayor be
reqiuste4 th,
to Oita public notice, recommending the same
'to the inhabitants ; 3 That a cotramittee be appointed to
co-operate with a committee ap7ointed by the inhabitants,
and that the sum of £3OO, be placed at their disposal,
under the direction of-the Mayor,. tor be expended in such
manner as they may think bast calculated to affard amuse-.
ment to the inhabitants, _

MANCHESTER OMNIBUSES.—A special correspondent of
the Daily News, writing from Manchester, thus rpeaks of
our omnibuses :—" It is a matter of curi u t specula, ion to
anticipate what Mr. Macaulay's friend from New Zsaland
will say of Manchester in some twenty centuries or so,
particularly if any recognisable fragments should remain
of those huge omnibuses which now stand in portentous
file, like the elephants of Pyrrhus, ready for the passengers
who, during the next few months, will require conveyance
to the exhibition building. Talk of our London ' sal, ons,'
or the Great Eastern steamship, cr Noah's ark, or the
menagerie vans, or any other recognised type of magnitude
—a Manchester omnibus is greater in its way than any of
those famous leviathans of vehicularity. It is, in slier; a
crystal palace on wheels, with colour enough about it to
satisfy Owen Jones, and offering ample travelling accom-
modation to a m;gratory parish. By the help of scalirg
ladders ingeniously stuck over the outside, the more
adventurous portion of the population mount the
roof, till it looks like the garrisoned tower in a
Nineveh fresco, and prove that Mont Blanc would be
mere child's play to your Manchester man. after a moderate
course of domestic omnibus -travelling. In the interior,
passengers perpetually drop in, but they are soon lost in
the vast expanse, while the conductor promenades loosely
up and down, crosses from ono ede to the other at hie
leisure to take the money, or carelessly throws himself
along a seat to read his newspaper or the last number of
the 'Edinburgh Review.' The little boys along the road
seem instinctively to know when he is thus studiously in-
clined, far the moment he has opened his favourite journal
they spring up in dozens on the tailboard, and often
contrive to ride a mile by the time he ha; finished. It
will hardly be believeo that this moving house is drawn by
two, or at most three moderate-sized, horses, and that it
does the distance between Market:street and Old Trafford
in little more time than a London 'bus would take to go a
similar distance.- 'Let the projectors of the Exhibitton,
then, have no fears for their vehicular facilities, as a
few such omnibuses as may be seen here at any hour in
the day would enable the whole population to pay them an
occasional visit,"

THE BLOWIKG UP OF A ,DIVULING , HOUSE AT SHEF-
FIELD —On Saturday, last, ,Ge 'rge R Iston was brought
up on remand, charged with -blowing up the dwelling house
of George Gillott, of Beamber, at Sheffield. The proceed-
ings lased about three hours. No fresh witnesses for the
prosecution wore examined, but the evidence of two wit-
nesses who were examined- at the: last'hearing was ex-
tended. - One of these wastpolice aergeatit Thomas Mars-
land, who stated that after finding the steckingi under the
bed, he Said to the prisoner,'," There is &pair of stockings
here, whose are these?" the prisener replied, "I don't
know," and witness said, They-appear to hare been
recently worn, because they are - both wet and
dirty." The prisoner then replied, "I don't know
auything about them ; there is no one here been
one in them." George Gillett, the prosecutor, said he
had no quarrel with any other person connected
With the trader except the prisoner for a number of
years. The footsteps which left His house immeliaely
before the explosion Were muffled, 'asosf some one in their
stocking feet, and ran in the direction :of the prisoner's
house. The usual caution Was then read to the prisoner,
after which he said: " On Thursdaynight previous to this
here (meaning the explosion) went home, - got some
supper, and went up the yard in my stocking feet to the
privy. When the coastab'e Asked ma about the stockings,
i,meaisiely after the exploSien on the Saturday morning,
I did'nt know but what mine hatgone to be washed. I
hadn't worn them on the Friday ' all. I had a pair of
blue stockings on on Friday:" Witneses for the dsfsnce
were thou called. The first- was Kate Boyall, who stated
that she lived about :100 yards from the'prosecutor, and
direetiy opposite to the prisoner. She was aroused by the
explosion, and, after lying sta fors moment, got up to the
window, " There was not a Single neighbour opposite up,"
but agiinst Gllott's house t here were two men and a female,
apparently talking t-hortly, a man came down the tvrect,
calling " Watch" very loudly, and that woke the neigh-
bours. " I believe it to be a total impos•ibility for the
prisoner Royston to hive Come from Gil ott's house, to
his own between the lime of the explosion and my looking
out of the window." Three other wituesses were examined,
the purport of whose evidence was that, immedia'ely after
the explosion they looked oat of their bedroom windows,
and saw the prisoner looking out, and inquiring " What
was the mater." Tne prisoner's attorney (-Alr. Chambers)
then asked for a further remand, in order that another
witness, named John Cocking, might be present. He was
at present ill, and unable to at end. He resided next
door to the prosecutor, and would swear that he was awake
before the explosion, and heard footsteps running in quite
an opposite direction to that sworn by the prosecutor,
The prisoner was then remanded