Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-17 00:00:00

petition, and not hay(

patronage by the

appears,

given great offence to the dominant faction at

the Board; and we have some in for a lecture on

the right method of exercising our eallitig, and

have met with a fair amouut of censure, though• the
persons who' have pointed out our offences do
not seem to have impugned the accuracy of our report—
they are dissatisfied with what we. said about the very

unusizal and improper course they pursued in making- th(

appointment in question. The extent of our offence

seems to have been. this—we did something which, ac-
cordingto Mr. John• Wilson and Mr. Moes, was "uncalled

for ;" and they "prate" upon it in a manner which appears-
to indicated a delusion one their part to the effect that we

should as

rtain from them what is

called for,

before

we venture to comment on the proceedings at Toxteth
Board. This may, probably,. be one of the- pleasantries

of these " wise men" of Toxteth ; but whether it is or not,
or whatever it may be, we shall decline' to ask the
members of any public body which is a fit opportunity to
praise or censure their proceedings. If men will do "silly"
things they mutt' submit to be laughed at ; and if they
act. wisely and sensibly theyare- sure to elicit applause.

As- difficulties have arisen between ourselves and the
Board, it may be as well, just to.set the matter at rest, to

state the rise, and progress, and present position of these

diffirtities.

It may be remembered that a few.' weeks
ago Mr. Horsfall, the chairman of the Board, quitted the
body itt otter disgust, and has a.t since attended the
meetirgs of the Board: But, perhaps, Mr. Horsfall had

no cause for acting in such a manner—at least se the
"unerring" party who drove him away will persist in
saying. "Upon this point the public • will think as -they
please—a: privilege which we also claim. The vies-
chairman4af the Board, Mr. Urquhart;-equally disgusted
with the proceedings of ilis colleagues, withdrew from
their compnay until he could clear himself, by communi-
cating with, the Poor-lawboard, of the odium which he

foresaw must attach to the conduct afi the overbearihi

section of the Board, with•-respect to a pretended visit to
certain lunatic asylums, at the expense of the rate-

payers, but, which trip tamed out to be one of
pleasure ; yet the men had the " impudence" to demi nd
payment in, full for far their expenses, even to

cigars, out citthe township-rates! A quarrel arose con-
cerning these demands, and •the unhappy, differences of
opinion we reported at the time. At the -next meeting
of the board, when the dominant party were altogether
in the ascendant, we were pretty roundly abused, and
charged with false reporting.'; .and sundry other delicate,
and probably, in the opinion of the bawd, harmless,
insinuations were thrown out against us as journalists .
Perhaps the remarks were libellous—but that we caw
forgive

Yet, whilst making these unfounded attacks, the

"wise men" izquestion didenot condescend to point out
kin, but dealt." damnati3n

any particular misrepresent

round" in a wholesale manner. At the same time, after
disposing of thn NonTHERN.Zrums, the hectoring clique
who were in command of the :board assailed their absent
vice-chairman, Mr. Urquhart; and
beim., a stout gentleman

—from the fact of his

—spoke of his physical develop -
Cam, it be expected that sash

ment as

Id pass unnoticed ? We did ;not think
so ; and that there was oat the slightest..-ground for
impugning the accuracy of our report is fully established
by the speech' of the Chairman, on Tharsday last,_ in
which he said !the report was perfectly impartial, ac d
correct—an admission •for -rrhich some of the • guard ms
will, no doubt, entertain the greatist contempt.

buffoonery she

Having stated the nature of our own offence • against
the Board, itmay bo proper, in order that: the cam may
be rightly understood,, to state the character of the
differences between the now chairman of.the board) (Mr
Urquhart) and the "noisy" section of t.t, body