The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

WHAT THE PRINCE MUST NOT

SEE,
What can this be ? Much has been said and written
and printed on what the Prince Consort ought to see on
his intended visit to Liverpool, and projects are afloat,
and rumours circulated, and hopes' entertained of
.his
going to one place and another place within forty was!
and rays!.
of Liverpool, as if he had nothing to dO ,here,
needs go " killing time" in various side-ex'curslonsjus.;,
to prevent ennui. Many will be the disapp‘
any such fancies are really indulged in ; for She h°ll/01
and minutes during which his Royal Highns.Vs w d
be able to be absent from the palace are so tatnleh
out that the only difficulty will be hew to get titre 1.!13_
the programme within the assigned limits : so much ,n,a!
~ntinents
he to ;so much has he to see, But one tiling
.1i:
really must be prevented from seeing, clenaseee
him
.in the very act ; we mean the smoke, the
massive, black, heavy, dirty, suffocating, dt_•line's swen,
ing, begriming clouds of unconsumed carbon'
in interminable volumes from the summits of the h In—: a
of
.the countless smoke boats on the river Merss, yaw's
nuisance intolerable all around the heads and show
of the residents here ; disgraceful to us in the eyes') --et;
and the mouths, too, of visitors from every part of a
world ; injurious to the public health ; destructor..
to all pleasure in the vicinity of the pierheads
parades, damaging to any thing like decent, nnif
Or it will blow
to say, elegant dress ; and which, in the crowds o
,pbere
smoke-boats which will blacken the whole atm°.
of the Mersey on the 30th and 31st July, will pitld
havoc with the gay attire, spleedid unifofires,. fed
waving plumes of the Prince and _his
steamdistinVisiLe
friends. There WA3 a time when there n',ere some: r
boats on the river ; smoke, from them, wat, hardly of
perceptible ; and it is as well known as' the s'ltna
the Tea n-hall itself, that no smoke need to L'e "knererts
tible, if the ready, simple, and undeniably
plrin of Mr. Joseph Williams be only at once .eilgte?;
which can immediately be done, entirely at Mr. Wt lust be
own cost, till found to answer completely. There A "Ito a
no cavilling about this now. The fact is reducet, the
mere display of very discreditable obstinaeY en
part of any proprietor of a smoke boat or a smoke
tory, who, by the black ensign he issues from.ll alotr!
declares that he will glory in smoke • that Ne
„t3vaioud
fuel ; tha6._
pend more money than he is required to do l'or
he will defile the air and annoy his neighbou Vs, and thas
at
he will do all this, as a wiseacre in Parliansei
said he would, " till he was compelled by 'AN to St°P,
the nuisance and to save his fuel." We say the,`. 'null'
be no cavilling about this, and we refer, withe't pe
slightest fear of being contradicted on this IN
to the unquestionable evidence to be exarrri. nee
on the subject at the following places, 103( is
proofs are so glaring that he who 031
may read : furnaces may there be seen in full gle",!
with steam superabundant, but no smoke—Joseph FIT"
cher and Co., tobacco manufacturers, 3, Sir Thomas a."
soinger
buildings ; W. Skirving, Nursery Walton ;
and Mann, saw mills, Seel-street c-
M. nutchins.4?
ropery, Lodge-lane; D. Chadwick, dittGiedittot; V'sasnv—sui
Dut ton, cabinet-makers, Great George-street '+ ina""l
Co., cigar manufacturers, Manesty-lane;
Evortone:
saw mills, Stanhope-street ; BootleWaterWorks.
J. Lawrence, brewery, St. James'-street 9,11:11‘.
and . Hartley, spirit, &c., depot, 100, Duke-st. reef ' toe
Neville, brassfounder, Ranelagh-street ; E. anti 'tam,.
bacco-maufacturer, .25, Whitechapel. There are • --mg •
proofs at Prescot, Northwich, Sheffield, and Manch. .67--nci
but our object at this moment is so entirely local,
urgent, that we will not go beyond the limits of yep
J. :We ol and Co.,
town,. where the parties who have adopted the plan 116 ..f•
certified, and will certify, not only the complete cawed
the the nuisance, but the saving of money, by the reduc
consumption of fuel.—Liverpool Mercury.