The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

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surprising that, in a fit of inseusw;nei
_ away his child to a chimney-so.e."de
pounds, to enable him to plunge further 111
How many hundreds of such drunken fatr3ey
amongst the lowest classes, who, though tetril
some little natural affection for their C
4--,,,taticn of such a paltry sun! ;ort
4er to be tolerated—thatfe 01

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of their

children -for money ?

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institutions of a Charitable character. er
At the conclusion of the paper the letter
applauded.
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The PRESIDENT (Mr. Milner) rernar. t
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lieved they had all listened with deep inte'ilii"
ful evidence Mr. South had brought for bof
lent paper. If the poor wretched climbingf fp;
born with a black skin, how large a share °..e°'
sufferings would have excited. On the sq, r
Mr. South's argitments had an irresistlvv '
which surely the public apathy of whinbwere
would give way. Our domestic comforts brt
involved in the improvements advocated up,
man, and he (Mr. Milner) could speak sc„'t;c'
confidence of the efficiency of the vulcan of
fore he used them his kitchen chimney In b
every six weeks; and since, the work 11: 00; •
much more effectually by the comparl,,a,.ier
Hanover-street, much less often is sa";;;05e
ascertained this by referring to his wife's Por,
the last three years. He felt sure that u,
greatly indebted to Mr. Sonth for the
taken in illustrating, by the elaborate t'i
Every; and models, all the delicate raraifilt
ney sweeping, of which few of those pre' hie
aware, and he sincerely wished success to Soot
Mr. Bennett cordially agreed with ;
he had said, and considered the subject 01,1;rii
ance, and one that ought not to be treate"
thy which the public generally had showe'S
Lord Ashley and other noblemen, as o;d'
who considered such a subject beneath Grips
regretted that Mr. South, after the TC,;,5
which he had alluded to the many hardseirgiel
cruelty the climbing boy suffered, had oereFfile
her of boys so employed, even at the I'
direct opposition to the act of parliament Li.
gized the sweeping apparatus invented io epoo
and spoke, from practical experience, 0' ble tif
simplicity. lie also alluded to the favou':;o3o,lVi
the machine had received from the chat
premises it had been used,) and meinb,e:- ,1'
by
Committee, and concluded his remarks ertt)
hope that the public would take the inl,lol'
port the disinterested exertions of Mr• fig
ground of humanity and Christian feelierfe'd'ill
the score of economy, cleanliness, and 53 ipCJAI
Mr. JOSEPH BOULT remarked upon tbewcs,f6
the legislature in prohibiting the empl°Y
boys, yet enacting that flues should be Ltd)
size not less than 9 inches by 14 innbq'pet2i
and 11 inches in diameter, if circular. to
dimensions were quite too small for Or's.
but were just large enough for small b°sof frgl
legislature, instead of enacting details 04,4ted,
laid down the general principle that nliejup
not be used, and had left the size of tut.'b'''‘iti?
cretion of the architect or builder, it fiott '0.401
would be made smaller than the regwe'
employment of boys abrogated by Ora bet pr,
sending them up. Larger flues woe ,
fires at which there was much cookiol,'iyelocti
parlour and bedroom fires the specified re an Lib
He (Mr. Boult) thought the public Nre t"1,111
-Ir. South for his earnest endeac°llc
practice of using climbing ill
tants of this town would .sbor
and emulate the generous activity of per
places.
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The thanks of the meeting were 81V

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