The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-22 00:00:00

rtiEl SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1860.

THE LITERPOOL FREE LIBRARY,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—In your notice on Friday last of the FrLe
Library and Museum, which was inaugurated and
presented to the town of Liverpool by Mr. William
Brown, on the 17th instant, you have stated that
Mr. John Weightman, the borough surveyor,
" designed and superintended the building."
As such a report is calculated to do me great pro-
fessional injury, I trust that you will allow me,
through your columns, most emphatically to ',con-
tradict that statement.

A reference to the Times and other journals of
the 2d of October, 1856, will show that on the pre-
vious day my designs for the Liverpool Free
Library and Museum were selected by the Town
Council as the " best," and I was consequently
awarded the first premium of 150 guineas for the
same. By a subsequent vote of the Town Council
they were handed over to the corporation surveyor,
to be by him carried into effect. With trifling
modifications this has been done.

I feel justified, therefore, in stating that the
building has been erected from my designs, not
from those of Mr. Weightman.

I think it will be admitted that it is sufficient
for Mr. Weightman to enjoy the professional re-
muneration without appropriating any little credit
that may attach to the design itself.
I have written to Mr. Brown on the subject,
but I cannot allow such a statement as that in
your columns to remain for any length of time
uncontradicted, and I rely on your sense of jus-
tice for the insertion of this letter as early as con-
venient.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS ALLOM,
Fellow of the Royal Institute of
British Architects.
Hanover Chambers, Buckingham-street,
Adelphi, 20th Oct., 1856.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived in
town on Saturday from Broadlands, Hants.
The Lord Chancellor arrived at Stratheden
House, Knightsbridge, on Saturday morning, from Hart-
rigge, Roxburghshire, in order to be in attendance at the
Cabinet Council held that afternoon.

Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss
Copley have arrived in town from Folkestone, after passing
more than three months at that rising watering place.
Lord Stanley, M.P., arrived in St. James's-
square on Friday night from Knowsley Hall, near Prescot.
It affords us much pleasure to learn that the Earl of Derby
is progressing towards recovery favourably.

Lord Edward Howard, M.P., after a short stay
in town, has left for Glossop Hall, near Sheffield.

Mr. Beaumont, M.P., and Lady Margaret
Beaumont, have left their residence in Piccadilly for their
seat in the north.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
in•Chief will hold a levee at the Horse Guards at one
o'clock on Wednesday next, the 24th inst.
A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in
Downing-street. The Ministers present were Viscount
Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Sir
G. C. Lewis, Lord John Russell, the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner
Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Sir Georgo Grey, and
the Right lion. C, P. Villiers,