Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-21 00:00:00

an amendment that Mr. MTnillips be also appointed one
of the auditors. (Laughter and hissAs,)
Mr. BALDING : He should not be allowed to propose the
offi.cer of another society. (Hear, hear.)
The amendment was lost, and the original motion carried
by an overwhelming majority.
Mr. G. HORSE moved that the office of the society be
still held at the house of Mr. William Carrie, sub-
treasurer.

Mr J. Meow's seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously adopted.
Mr. BALDING 'moved that that the account sent in to the
committee by Mr. Shepherd t e read. It would show them
at once the man he was, and his object throughout in the
diPpnte of the society. _ _

Mr. SMLTH objected to the amount being read, on the
ground that it formed no part of the business of the
meeting. _ _

Mr. 13iLDING : We have his bill here for the expenses of
the Investigation Committee, and th'y charge for the rent
of roams though they paid nothing for them. (Hear,
hear, and hissee.)
Mr. M‘Partnlrs : That's a lie. (Tumult.)

Mr. BALD/NG : It is not. (Cheers.) We'went rout d to
the owners of the different rooms, and they positively
declared they had charged nothing for the use of them.
(Hear, hear) That showed the tricks of Shepherd and
hie party. (Laughter.) NS hen the bill was sent in,
amounting in all to £74—(oh, oh) —the society went to
their solicitor, and he agreed with them that the bill was
illegal and that it should not be paid. What was the
consequence ? ' Why, that Mr. Shepherd went home and
sent in a bill for precisely the sane amount, but for
" printing." (Laughter.) They could judge of hm from
that. He (Mr. Shepherd) had been connected with nine
or ten ether societies, and he created a disturbance in every
one of them—in the Odd-Fellows, the Druids, and ethers.
He wanted to be at the top of the poll in everything, and
to be master of the money. (Laughter.) Even Mr.
Smith would find, in the new society, th+t the moment he
was proposed as president, Mr. Shepherd would rise and
create dissension. (Laughter.)
Mr. APFAIU,AIIB rose to corroborate what had fallen
from the previous speaker in regard to the charge made in
the bill sent in by Mr Shepherd for the use of rooms by
the Investigation Committee, when no charge had been
made for them by the owners. He (Mr. M'Farlane) was
on of those who saw the owners on the subject, and they
declared that they gave the use of the rooms, on the
occasions referred to gratis. When Mr. Shepherd found
that cock would not fight," he sent in a bill for printing
for the same amount; but if the committee paid it, they
deserved to be sent to Botany Bay. (Laughter.)
Mr. JENKINS, Secretary, then read the following, being
the account and supplemental account referred to :

EXPENSES OP COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGLTION.

S F. d.
O 3 6
0 1 4
O 2 0
0 2 6
O 10 6
0 1 4

1855. Dec. 29. To one minute-book
too „ One (pin) ruled foolscap
1856. Jan. 2. „ Twenty-fourmemoranduna-books
„ „ „ One cash-book
„ ~ „ Printing fifty petition-sheets ...
„ Jan. 3. „ One quire ruled foolscap
„ Jan. 7. „ Expenses of holding meeting in
Castle Inn
~ Jan. 9. „ Printing, 200 circulars
100 envelopes . .
„ Jan. 12. „ Printing 100 double crown bills,
thief: paper..
„ Jan. 14. „ Printing 100 petition-sheets..., ,
„ Jan. 16. „ Do. 5.000 hand-bills, decoy
4to, treble column at 15s per
1,000
„ Jan. 19. „ Expenses of holding meeti,g in
Toxteth Hall
„ Jan. 24. „ Thirty-six memorandum-books..
„ „ „ Newspapers containing reports
kept by secretary
„ Feb. 4. „ One quiro ru!cd foolscap
„ March 12. „ Do. Do.
„ „ „ Expenses of holding meeting in
Clarence Hall, Bon '-street
„ „ „ Printing 1,000 demy
twelves, report proceedings in
Crown Court
„ April 24 „ Expenses holding meeting in Rich-
mond-ball
~ June 27. „ Printing 2,000 circular sdemy quarto
~ July 7. ~ Printing and po3ting 400 two-sheet
double-erown Judges order
„ „ Printing 10,000 handbills double
crown quarto Judges order • •
„ „ 16. „ Expenses of holding meeting in
Clarence hall, Bond-greet ..
~ 21. ~ Expenses of meeting in Queen's-
ball, Boid-street
„ Aug. 7. „ Do. do.
~ 22. ~ Expenses meeting in Concert-hall 11 18
„ Expenses committe rooms ...... 12 10
„ Postage stamps and miscellaneous
expenses

7 8

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