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THURSDAY, JAN (-ARV 1:3, 1559

THE DAY'S NEWS

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At the adjourned Meeting of the Town Council,
yesterday, the water. question was again discussed
at full length. The proceedings of the Water
Coramittee,pn Monday, were moved'for 'confirma-
tion by Mr. Hodson, and seconded by Mr. James
Holme. Mr. Earle moved an amendment -ta- the
effect, that so much of the proceedings
,a 'related
to-the exclusive supply of water from Rivington
for one month.. be not, confirthed, but that when
the reservoirs are full it should be reported to the'
committee, in order that the Council might direct
the manner in which the supply of water. shOuld.
be given to the town. Mr. Earle severely.censured.
Mr. Jeffery for 'having, 'by.' a sid&wind;. pagsed a
resolution in the committee which the majority. of
the.members present had, to all intents and • pur-
poses, repudiated. Mr. Jeffery replied that he
was quite in order in the way. in which he had
introduced and carried. the resolution Complained
of. Mr. Bennett and - several other.• members
having spoke :Messrs. James- and Samuel
Holme
made a. confession virtually acknowledging that
the Pike scheme was a failure. Mr. James Holme
said, If a man has been .deceived, it is his
honest duty, to avow it, and I candidly coaess
that I am deceived both as to the cost of
these works and the quality of the water."
Andr. 11/1. Alderman Holme said that "he did
not rlieSitate `to_ .make the confession, as well

ty of water w

they had been receiving froin Aivingt94 had -not
been so great as they were .led to expedt." This
is, indeed, a confession from two of the originators
of the scheme, and staunch adherents to it through
thick and thin. The amendment of Mr. Earle
was carried, and a further amendment, by Mr:
Jeffery, that the following addendum be appended

to 111-r; Earle's motion : " And that, the water
committee be instructed to have -.the, reservoirs
filled with all practical. speed," 'was, rejected;
showing the fear of the Pike advocates to fully
test the capacity of the Rivingtou Works. The
,Albject of the removal of the, public offices to

one building was discussed at some leh

Charles Turner proposed that " a quantity of land
on the west side of the Town Hall- should .be
purchased for the purpose of erecting the propose(
offices." Mr: Hodson insisted upon dividing the
Council on his motion for the Dal(

reet site

A -number of gentlenien followed on the same
side, and Mr. Alderman Holme showed that while
a new building in Exchange-street West would
cost at least £lO,OOO, that in Dale-street would
only cost about one half. Mr. Hodson's motion
in favour of Dale-street was carried by a vote of
28 to 16. The committee to inquire into the
affair in connection with the salary of the Clerk of
the Peace, reported that counsel are of opinion
that the Corporation have a remedy against the
anta; I Clerk of the Peace, should he persist in refusing.

to abide by the agreement entered into by him,
and the Council gate the committee authority to
proceed against Mr. Wright as they may be
advised. We may add that we pubhshed a full
report, some nine columns, of the debate in the

Council in an evening edition yesterday.
Further particulars concerning the fall of a
house, in Great George-street, will be found in
another part of to-day's paper. Five persons were
killed, and seven more or less seriously injured.
Details of another of the atrocious outrages,
which have from time to time disgraced the town
of Sheffield, have reached us. A can, containing
gun Powder, was lowered into the cellar of, the
premises occupied by Mr. Poole, a butcher, and the
powder was fired yesterday morning. Happily
the explosion did much less damage than might
have been expected, and none of the inmates
sustained any injury. James Linley-, Mr. Poole's

brother-in-law, who lives in the house, is a saw
grinder by trade, and has for several years refu4ed
to join the Saw Grinders' .Union. Little more
than a year ago, a pistol, was fired at him while
he' was sitting in a friend's house ; and the present
outrage has no doubt been committed, in order to
intimidate him into submission to the dictates of
the union.

A verdict of. Accidental death," has been re-
turned in the case of a young girl, aged seven
years, who was poisoned in Sheffield, by swallow-
ing some cough mixture containing a large
quantity of opium.
Yesterday, the Master of the Rolls delivered
judgment in the case of " Swynfen v. Swynfen."
The particulars of the case will be in the recollec-
tion of our readers. The last `hought

real was t
to have decided the litigation, and to have given
over the property to Mrs. Patience Swynfen, as
rightful owners but the nretender to the PPltfil-

had such sublime confidence as to ask for a new

trial. Sir

)lin Romily has now decided that he

shall not have it

On Tuesday evening, an important meeting was
held at Chelsea, intended to promote the claims of

that metropcklitan locality to distinarepresentation

in the House of Commons. Mr.W. T. M'Culjagh
presided. Chelsea has a population of beMeen
60,000 and 70,000; the rateable value of the parish

is more than .£200,000 ; and it has over 8,000
houses. Yet these figures are small when con-
trasted with the figures that represent the state of

of Lambeth, Southwark, Finsbury, Westminster,
and the Tower Hamlets. But according to the
resolutions that were passed at the meeting to which

we refer, the people of Chelsea would be content

member was ably put by the Chairman'
Our advices from the Continent this morning,
informs us that a French provincial paper, which
is often in possession of Court news, revives. the
rumour of a visit of the Emperor Alexander to
France and England, and fixes it for INTay next.
The Czar will go first to France, and afterwards