Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORIIIERN TIMES.

Sir,—Happening to take up a copy of the Courier
of last Wednesday week, my eye was caught by a
letter, headed as above, and subscribad to by a
" Real Liberal Elector of Abereromby Ward," advo-
cating strongly the cause of Mr, Hutchison, at the
coming election for the Town Council in that
ward, on the retirement of Mr. Tinne.
Had a " Real Liberal Elector" confined himself'
to this, I should never have taken upon myself to
answer him. On reading through his letter, how-
ever, I found he did not—far front it. He thought
it ne-iestary, either for trahl'o morals, or private
en-le, to answer a weak and foolish communication
which appeared some clays before in the Mercury,
in favour of Mr. George Melly as representative
for Abercromby Ward, by another letter, equally
weak, equally foolish, and infinitely more ungentle-
manly, tit abuse of him, Nor did he stop here—ha
went on to cast a sneer, alse, at that gentleman's
brother, and had the bad taste, as well as ilf-fee'ino,
to allude to him as of Watir tap notoriety,"
and to state that "We are not prepared
to sill our birth right for a c,ip of
dirty water" What notoriety Mr. Charles Melly
has ever courted in public or in private life, his
friends, his a-quaintances, and his fellow-`owns-
men, will bo equally at a loss to comprehend, and
what this " reit liberal elector," this would-be wit and
can't be gentleman means by " selling his birthright
for a cup of dirty water," any drayman who has
quenched his thirst from the "water tape' along
the dock walls or elsewhere, (thereby savinrz both
his money and his health) will scarcely be able to
appreciate, though wee" he to read and understars
the sneer of "a real liberal elector," he would be,doub:-
. less, willing practically to enlighten him. With
regard to what "a real liberal elector" says about Mr.
Hutchison, I quite agree with him; Mr. Hutchison
is a man we should be Owl to see in the 'sown
Council—a man who ought to be there, and the
electioneering cry of "docks" is worthy of the man
who committed it to paper, aed subscribed himself
"An Elector of Abe cromby Ward," in answering
wh m, "A Real Liberal Elector" has cast such a
coarse and uncalkl-tor sneer agit7nst one who always
unostentatiousiy, and as far as has lain in his power,
has benefited his fellow-townsmen. The praise a
"Real Liberal Elector" bestows on Mr. Hutchison of
never having spared his pocket, is, as we all know,
well merited, and will equally apply to Mr. Charles
Melly, who erected the "water-taps" at his own
expense, and at a cost, I believe, of £3OO to
£4OO ; and not only at a cost of maney, but
of what is far more praiseworthy—unremitting
persmasl trouble and unsparing personal labour
Any one who knows how difficult it is in any
lirge town, especially in Liverpool, to obtain from
public companies, or from private individuals:
leave to make any inrtovations of any kind what-
soever, must well appreciate the trouble and
digieu!ty of erecting fountains and hying water-
pipes on almost every wall in this to ant.
With regard to " A Real Liberal Eiectot's" sneer
at Mr. George Melly, at the end of his ill-judged
and ungentlemanly epistl,s ha has picked out a
speech made by that gentleman at a noisy,
crowded electioneering meeting, when he lost his
temper, ant made use of very questionable language
towards same vety question,ble characters, who
were using very questionable means of silencing him
For what he said regarding Mr. Bald ha very
properly made an ample apology the very next
time he had an opportunity of doing so ;
and I think that the way he worked, not only
n Abercromby Ward, but for the Liberal cause in
gener4 at the last election, should have deterred a
real " Liberal elector,"-from stating that " he is com-
paratively Unknown, except ly his celebrated speech at
the Amphitheatre," and picking out that one unfor
innate instance as the type of the man for a "cry"
against -him, in an election for which, as I am reli-
ably info teed, he has not the slighter: intention
of standing.

Mr. George Melly, as well as his . brother, has
contributed his quota towards the welfare of the
masses"—as any one acquainted with the Mason-
street Reformatory most he aware--in both cases,
the sneer o' "A Real Liberal Elector" recoils on
himsc'r, but is, perhaps, the least excusable in that
of Mr. ChirlEs ; as he has not taken such an
aaiivo part public affairs as his brother, and
has, it is sai,l, been askek, and refused to stand for
this very ward. What he has done, he has done
quietly anti unostentatiousiy; and although "mil
Real Liberal Elector' chooses to east a sneer at
the particular way he has taken to benefit his
fellow-townsmen—as I have no doubt he would
have managed to do at any other-1 would have
him remember, th a the giving of a cup of "cold
tiler" has, ere now, been considered of some ac3ount
I would have him learn to write like a Liberal
gentleman, as well as a " Liberal Elector ;" and, I
would have him know, that a letter like his of last
week, is repugnant to the feelings of every gentle-
mAn who reads it, as well as to those of,—Sir,
your obedient servant.
A NON-ELveTott, BUT A LIBERAL.

[The foregoing letter was refused admittane,.! in
the Courier of yesterday, on the ground that it was
"too late," onl number haviog, I believe, enme out
since the one in eti!ilt the letter it intends to
answer to was pub!isbed. If you will give it a
olaca you will much oblige.]
verpool, OA. 8 1857.

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