Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

TO THE CHAIRMANOF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.

The respectful Metnorial of the Inhabitants of Parr-street
and the neighbourhood,
SH ENV i.TH,—That many of your memorialists have read, in
your proceedings of last week, that a letter was presented from
Messrs. Dixon and Co., threatening legal mca,,ures against
patties (Thom they do not name) for what they call calumnies
upon them. Now we, your memorialtsts, who either live,
have places of business, or own property, in that, neighbour-
hood, beg to submit that we, and not Messrs. Dixon, are the
injured parties, inasmuch as we are folly prepared to prove
that the health of our families have • been injured, and the
comfort of oar domiciles and places of business taken a ay by
the operations of those gentlemea ; and as ratepayers of
Liverpool, we have a legal and a fair right to protest against
the continuance of such injui ions annoyances. We seek not
to dictate to Messrs. axon and Co. as to how or why they
lhou4l carry on their business, or in what manner, or in what
way; but we contend that they have no tight to conduct their
maulifictory in such a manner as to either injure or in any
reasonable way annoy us who, unfortunately, happen to live or
transact business in that locality. We, therefore, beg your
committee again to interfere to relieve us, in future, from the
affliction of this evil upon us., We are fully prepared to offer
you ample evidence to support the prayer of this our memorial,
and we have the honour to remain, &c.

Dr. DUNCAN observed, that he was informed by Messrs.
Dixon that they inteudld to desist for some time from
mixing the objectionable matter, and that they were also
looking out for other premises.
The CiIAIRMAN said that he was informed that the
Messrs. Dixon were prepared with scientific evidence to
prove that the nuisance was not one injurious to health.
After some conversation on the subject_ of nuisances,
the matter was allowed to drop, and the committee 0..
j ouro ed.

PREPARATIONS FOR MARRTAGR.-...A11 old maid recently
died in London, who left property to the value of nearly
£B,OOO. She was all her lifPtime fitting ready to he
married, and had stored rip 182 sheets, 62 coverlets, 50
blankets, 27 beds, with 1,1201b5. of feathers, 54 pillows,
53 handkerchiefs, anti. numerous other articles.
POST-OFFICR RCRBRRY.—An the Pow-street Policy
Court, on Tuesday, a yotth named George .Prederick
Carpenter, an auxiliary !alter-carrier, employed in the
Woolwich district. 'was charged beTore Mr. Henry with
stealing ard. destroying between seventy and eighty letters
which ir,td ben entrusted to him for delivery. Mr. Rennie,
the Post'-iace solicitor, conducted the prosecution. From
tL
e*',dence it appeared that a bundle of letters were seen
hating upon Wellesley Pond, Woolwich Common, on
Sunday aPernoon last, by a cow-keeper named Howker,
who got possession of the packet, and, opening all the
letters, placed the envelopes in a row to dry in the cnn.
Not being able to read writing, he took the letters home.
where he found that they were post-office, letters, and con-
sequently gave information to the police of the R division.
A corstable went to the common next morning, and picked
up forty-four envelopes, all of which "fitted" the letters
produced by Howker, although for or five envelores were
wanting. The case was inquired into by Mr. W. Saul-
thorpe, deputy comptroller, who ascertained that the
letters ought to haye been delivered by the prisoner.
Some of them had been delayed at least a month, although
of the utmost importance to the parties to whom they ha
been addressed—one of them having contained a summons
issued by the Thames police magistrate, the -e;ilure of
which had led to the apprehension of the person addressed
upon a warrant " Other letters were pd dressed to the
friends of several of the unfortunate people who were
.
killed or mutilated by the railway v.eident at Lewisham,
and or_e contained a post-office 02-14,er for £1 103, enclosed
to an elderly female who had ".en much distressed for the
want of it. The only moth's alleged by the prisoner for
throwing away tke lettar_s was, that he wanted more time
to read his books, Mr. Cole, the superintendent of
letter-carriers,
pard," the Life of a Convict," &c., were the sort of
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infv..med the magistrate that "Jack Shep-
ard,
f"" his lodgings. Committed for trial.