Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-19 00:00:00

NOVEMBER.
1 Liverpool Autumn 5
4 Shrewsbury Autumn

LATEST BETTING.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
9 to 1 against Honey.
9 to 1 against Artless.
Geologic.
10 to 1 against North Lincoln.
14 to 1 against Maz dni.
16 to 1 against Lady Alice.
16 to 1 against Ariadne•ai
20 to 1 against Mutineer.
20 to 1 agnst Ambush.
20 to 1 against Sam Spode.
2 to I again Gaspard.
5 to 1 against Meg Merrilies.
BaUgaißnsGHt G;I
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ADJOURNED MEETING OF COTTAGE-
OWNERS ON XIIE WATER-RATE DIS-
COUNT QUESTION.

List itiglit; an adjoUrned meeting of cottage-owners
and agents was held in the Philadelphia-hall, Hackin's-
hey, for the purpose of taking into consideration a reso-
lution of the Water Committee, confirmed by the Town
Council, to the effect that
,in future the water-rates on
houses exceeding £l3 a-year would net be compounded
for.
Ou the motion of Mr. WILLIAMS,i Mr. JONES was called
to the chair.

The CHAIRMAN went over the grounds which had
been adduced at the previous meetings, in opposition to
the decision of the Water Committee and the Council
ang,..in the course of his observations, gave it as his
opinion, founded on what had been stated by the collec-
tors: that if the proposed new system was adopted, they
would not be able to collect as much as they collected at
present on houses under £lB a-year. At present, there
was a loss of £23,000 a-year on the water account, and this
deficiency would be increased by the new regulation,
which would fall, to a great extent, on the owners of
cottage property. He enlarged on the neceisity of
cottage-owners becoming- more active in defence of their
rights, inasmuch as it was the intention of the Council,
in the next session of parliament, to increase the water-
rates 'on cottage property. He had this information
yesterday—and there were other gentlemen present who
knew it—from a gentleman in the Council, who, next
to the Mayor, was most likely to know it.
Mr. OwEN WiLi.r.B.ms next addressed the Meeting,
and complained that the owners of cottage property had
for a long series of years been called upon to make up
the deficiencies of other classes in the community. The
authorities ought to have been able to show that the
cottage-owners were the cause of their tenants not being
able to.pay the water rent, but it was not so. Still the
question having been settled, the owners of cottage
property had entered into agreements with their
tenants; and now, without any notice at all, the
Water Committee and the Council wished to
unsettle those agreements. The speaker condemned
the proisosed boulevards, as unnecessary, and ex-
pensive, and which could not be carried out without
an increased rate, which would fail heavily on the
owners of cottage property. The Mayor's salary was
also unnecessary and extravagant, and ought to be
resisted. He concluded by stating that there ought to
be in Liverpool a house-owners' association, to look after
Mr. M'Gowan. . (Hear and laughter.) Such an associa-
tion should be mainly for the watching of the adminis-
tration of the law. He bad no doubt that there were'
plenty. of attornies who would undertake the office of
attending an the part of the committee, just in the same
manner as Mr. Evans attended as attorney on behalf of
the Guardian Society.
air. FRASER, in answer to the Chairman, said that he
id not know whether the shipping. paid more or less
for water than they did under the old system. The
chairman also stated that every councillor, to whom the
comnitlee of Cottage Owners' Association had spoken,
had Stated to them that, in their opinion, the proposed
alteration would involve a still further loss on the water
account.
On the motion of Mr. William Evans, seconded by
31r..10hn Roberts, it was resolved that a deputation be
a veinment to wait upon the Water Committee, to lay
t ieir.views upon the proposed alteration before them.
It was next arranged that the deputation should con-
-,;;;`, :of the following gentlemen :—Messrs. Owen
Williams, H. wiiiiami, Qwen Elias, T. Fraser, W.
Roberts, and G. Golding.
A memorial to the Council on the subject was next
adopted, which closed the proceedings.