The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

It is a positive misfortune to think that such&
man's time should be virtually wasted in /11064,
an ignis fatuus.- Thus employed, he could 011.;
still keep a watchful eye on the steamers, will
the officers of Mr. FREsll's staff could take Cog'
nizance of the town chimnies. All the diffictldres
with which the smoke question was at first S'h; I
rounded have now disappeared, and with t,
commonest care there need be no apprehelisl°
that the nuisance will be resucitated.
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We have been induced to offer these realer-
the most friendly spirit to the Smoke Coretaittee'
to whose spirited exertions in successfully 013 e:
piing with, and subduing, an intolerable nuisanle
we, in common with the great bulk of the PK
of Liverpool, are under the greatest obligati°l):;
and we • should indeed regret, if, after havi
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accomplished so much, they ohould, from
taken notions, persist in a course which 111,bt
lay them open to misrepresentation, or (lh• (31;tji
to tarnish the reputation they have so

earned.
are.
THE complications of the Pike Schene,tol
rapidly developing themselves. In the C°°;ol
Queen's Bench, on Friday, last judgment :011
given against the Water authorities,in the eas;
the " Crown v. the Corporation of Live.yoni' tio
appears that an indictment, pending against &
Corporation, for not completing a certain °at,
in accordance with the terms of their Act off
liament, the said road, the length of whita,
about half a mile, not being of the recll/[0(
width as shown in the plans, on the Ch p(
which the Act was obtained, the counsel Or, or,
Corporation argued that they were not bonou.ct;
their plans ; and, moreover, that the inheel
meat was premature, as the works Witbi
not completed. Lord CAMPBELL, With
whom were Justices WIGHTMAN and Otbeit
held that the Corporation were bound by t re;'
plans; that the indictment was not pretnatilio:
that as they had declared that the Nal' 04
question was completed, and they did not
doing anything more at it, the rule for oril
be
they applied must be refused. In this Yievivie
was confirmed by his learned brethren. 401
Corporation are thus not only compelled to Po
the expense of altering the road in questil thel
they are also condemned in the whole ° the
costs of the action. This is only an ofl
nut
of the results attending tilt:: carrying'
stance
the iniquitous Pike job. In e;'PrY iils-A
where the courts of law have been aPl;:-' ,r 11•1
decisions have been given adverse to the en geed'
tion, although, generally, the facts have n°t,e itt
suffered to transpire, all such information vto
scrupulously " burked"in the star chamber 0141
Town Hall. The mone spent on these ler''
y troth
proceedings alone must be enormous, if the 00
was only known. It would be well for a °too
to be made, and published, of the amounts asei
paid, and also the amounts paid to hush 1113 late
which could not for very shame be take,.°,4" for
court. Verily the rate-payers have to sot',-b1
obtaining a supply of rotten wash, which'
-
some miscalled water ! ! !

TIIE STEAMSHIP ADRIATIC —The unelPsena''et
delay in the completion of this splendid steiltili
has very naturally awakeued speculation as t°the
probable cause. The followipg statements fro':
.44
Scientific American, are designed to e'ucidate
r
subject :—'‘ In tilt; engine
fide—and as it would now appear verydepardepartment efforts or
;in
f
two noveitie-s with the ues
tunately—to intro dod
to economise both in the cost of construction"
. or
m
,0
wol king expanses. The ship was fitteadi
condenser and valves of new form, and einba.,lol
new principles. For our present purpose, proc:i
suffice to say that the condenser was a Sliter
condenser, a style in which the cold salt Visbp:i
kept from mingling directly with the steatm 0 0
all such condensers the .hoat of the at.e'
,„011
absorbed by the water through necessarlY Choi.
metal, and the strongest form of such tuat'll,l°
of small tubes. Tubular surface dense`;
been long in use, but difficulties aitr aln3est,;lllo:
experienced from the great contracti°l",ftli°
expansion. Mr. H. Allen, chief engineer' tll!
Novelty Works, designed to overcolaa bt
.expansion by introd tving rubber at the ell'ivittP
it proved a tot failure. The condeneer:giol3.l
various. moiifications and important re'rpiferr.,
occupied the time of the workmen for her thr
months. In or about the month of Deee";,-necligf
condenser was pronounced satisfactorY.
valves became the next subject of diffidultY'• rid
act on a principle analagous to stopeoclo9: 501
their variable expansion. and contractiluth- LAT.
determined. either to leak or stick ' antl,ll °eV.
to I. t
very ingenious and admirable device
them by moving them endwise the tnell3,Bl3igit,s
.valve is started in its seat, was tlae, -yrrof-j
inducetnent to their adoption, it has s° jBl. ;301#:
unsuccessful in practice. Ordinary valves $ eif
ept
to the mammoth size of her engines arere
progress, to be furnishes in case the
should be finally ineffectual. .111eanwhileifso-ettSni
raisod. in the boilers every fw days, an" e-failliielf
actively pushed to test the present devices ,i;ieria
thoroughly,. but the ship has not yet been anw; Dor"
finished to attempt a trial trip. The The eng;i„Pcj: 11,,Sedt
be.en. worked at the docks for. short per
this is the most that can be said, as Set,
actual performance."

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RAILWAY SUICIDE.—At an earl hoar, a f"1,.0-113;
ago, M. Costs, mayor of the commune of Cen";:sti.vp'ooo
threw himself on the railway in front of all
was coming into the station of La Coste, and Wasd 190 ttl
the spot. His head was so horribly niutila:,ei-ns°l4
scarcely recognislble. According: to file clff°Bl;. ot-ttle
engine driver, the 1189a1 signal was given bf ,;11b8lic ' bOl.
as the engine approached the crossing of the P'
Ile then saw the deceased standing clear of !bead INS
in a moment after beheld him rush forwar°' 8 can
himself on the rails before the engine. calls oil
.1,01,1 gat
assigned for ibis ugh ace.
BRITISH PATENT MANURE C OUT
friends will find an alvertiseMmernAti"ri;attOt..ll,tero°°3lsl3o.
calling attention to the British Patent Affol`-gUch s!rtg.
To all persons engaged in farming an article "tidvtiP?
-' 2 ,rea on,
company proposes tob sup 1
That it is PuYtteh'e,altaunsdt leue,olo6iSasrheedPrerfejcol°lll;
and utility-.
is guaranteed by the fact that our istimagdirecting
townsman, Dr. tiheridan
trol in its manufscture. Muspratt,
has
VI
THB REEL EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS 1:
1010
ARTISTS is to be opened this day (IVednescitibire'' preEd
conversazione will be held, at which are f° nd
imnafinuLotfi 1 --
a inhabitants both of Manchester via' cont°",
the leading merchants,manufacture.r...s,l.,,
The exhibition is to be open for several 113°11t-itivo 6)0;00
poraneously with that of the Art Treasures. g
.ge4, 0
eel
cmfeancgeedctoluemc
gentleman
cf
Ln,conscpcicrtietdtw)firliivathlrey,bobrcutugat_ "tift-ra;
s, f Se.°l,A
foresaw_rk the probable completion efa new wing abort the
tPia - Museum, designed for a picture gale* 'OO c''•lted
nide, affording an opportunity for an exhibit' e
to
clnwhich might never recur. The paintings ts.o beiss
works by artists, living or deceased, w,ll°:(Pssi°ll4ll
born, or who have lived or followed
Manchester and its neighbourhood. The el'alituii.
come under the rules applicable to the 11111
MUSO tjd
their tiiietioll,dl
of Peel Park, and the admissions will consecitoL;Thaillt
of charge. Visitors to the Art Treasures will ',tiro. 70,4
opportunity of seeing these works at the saul-itccStf -01
the free library and museum, without additiol3B',totet,r
there is no doubt that it will be an additionalre ore ;-01,
attraction to many thousands of people.
tween 300 and 400 oil and water colour PBl, „,nn-fa gr.
lected, and amongst them are many works
merit.