The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

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fore feel that tl,ey have a strong claiin on the Council tor their
active support and cooperation to enable them to obtain their

would-i:.oncludc

Mr. TURNER rose to propo:
port. Since that report was ad

interview with the

wo coml

value is acldcl by labour I merits

employed by Mr

at Windsor Castle, w

tions of a private compa

of the speculation
Council was to
if they P'-

eed to

that the earl 1

Mr. PARKET

And at whose expense
-At the expense of the

TORN- Cu

Jr. PARKER did not think that the
)arse would be at all advisable,—no

either the Guardian Gas Company, from whoa

not supply the outskirt
;s would be further bro
ipany had proved'nothir

:en up

town,
The Guar-
ev deserved

for being the means of bringir

to go to parliament; but he would ash
of the Old Company ? They had no

fight their own
uld be defeated

ought the new company

seeking for help to get one. /
sion—they had allowed the tiz
might, if the
on the publ
316 Council that, however

s over when they

in parhamen
Mr. J. HOLME was in favour of leaving the present
_
companies as they were. The New G
pany were able to supply twice the present amo____
and he thought the town would be benefitted by leaving
the companies to themselves. •
Mr. AIKIN sitid that the people of Liverpool at large
were in favour of the New Gas Company ; and he thought
the time was come for the Corporation to purchase the
As works, and to supply the town, themselves, with gas
.s they proposed to do with water. If they did not pur-
hase now, they would have to do so hereafter, when they

and Coke cm

were inclined, have been conferring a ber
mid tell gentlemen in I

A MISCIIIEV(

t and the welfare of their constituentsthe

public at larg,

ter some conversation as

) whether there were a suf-

)f members present, independent of those
bited from taking a part in the

proceedings,

stitute a Council

is previous to 1

to propose the annexed amend- I would have much more to pay.
ment :—" That the report be not adopted. That the 1 Mr. STEWART was Of opinion that under one company
Council approve of the principle of the Guardian Gas the gas would be better and more cheaply supplied. He

HIGGINS r

I to hand in . the peti-

a considerable time in eastni•WiralTei-,-aa--hi;-ightWith
e further to remark that the Guardian ,Gas Company, atload fir timber, or 15s. oak, to n CW(2MII.I.
It was not fair or just to the burgesses -al large-Tf—ti;*
iameniary contest, expended a large sum in their did so. The Council .had to right to fight their battles): THE FAST DAY.--The public should be aware that by 1 • f
the Ist and 2nd George IV., c. 78, all bills due and pay
endeavours to obtain an act of incorporation, which sum was let them fight their own. If- the purse-strings of the' able on next. being a solemn fast-day, become" iim
baptism: Two years since he met, at the house of a
rom the Jordan thew ater which was Used in his
lost to the shareholders, and principally among the Gas Con-
-. of Liverpool; they are now engaged in a similer con- Council were to be tied, and all parties placed on a fair and Wednesday common friend, near Rome, his present holiness, then
.....a they there- footing., he would be satisfied, but not otherwise. He Clue payable on the Tuesday preceding ; and in case
preceding day, and it is not necessary to give notice ofof I land discussed with
Cardinal Archbishop, Bishop mo a,
by recording his vote in favour of the ' •
of non-payment, may
act, however, doesunnottil
sponsors at Gib son's baptism Philip Jones, Esq.,
dishonour thereof dayetxliteend t
6a
sfteeortltahned
._
at.r. BRAMLEY-MOORE rose and stated that the town Globe.
fast-day. The and Miss Jones, of Llanarth Court.—Correspondent of the
was under great obligations to the Guardian Company for T Tablet. [There is not much novelty in the circumstance
I.4ABOUR TO MIKE A WATCH.—A watch consists of turning Roman Catholic. The Editor of the
, the benefits they had already conferred upon the public, as ' of a Quaker
elan Gas Company. he firmly belieVed if the Guardian Company had not been 902 pieces, and 40 trades, and probably 215 persons, are Tablet, Mr. Lucas, was himself a quaker, as is well known
employed in making one. The iron of the
the ,adoption of the re- established the public would not now be receiving gas
ll former schoolfellows now resident in Liver-
valued
they had had another either so good or .so. cheap. -He thought, under these at less than 1-10th of a farthing, produces an ounce pool. lie has we earned
_byviolent
of steel worth 645. 2d., which is drawn into 3,250 yards of his soubriquet of Punch.]
,nies, and, lie was happy to circumstances, that they should in any case be remuner- st I'' r h;C1.313 a dan_otherprocessofhardeningit INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS WITH GUN C
..oth. agreed to the proposed amalga- ated for the sacrifices which they had made for the public; -
renderseesv,i,,
ht workable into. 7,650 balance-springs, which will On Tuesday and Wednesday, thepowers
of OTTON.-
-cid in his hand the basis .of the agreement hiit still he could not help saying and believing that the Professcv
realize, at the Common price of 2s. 6d. each, zrOs9 r/s%; I Schoetil-4-'- ---- ---"--- • •
...malgamation. - lie did not think it necessary to committee had adopted the wisest and best course in the that is, 918,000 times its original alas is added
, more than to ask the Town-clerk to read this docu- report which he had heard read.- - • - to the costof the material.
ment. Mr. PROCTER said•that the petitions were most iespect- A man named R osamon. yeti by Mr.
Mr. BUSHEY seconded the adoption of the report, and ably signed in three days, by housekeepers, merchants,
expressed his hearty concurrence in the recommendations heads of firms, &c.,' and that it was preposterous to t to her Ma'estv, in executing some w
pen enter . J . •••
• " red drawing-roor,
which it contained. I suppose a large portion of the population could have the d f -
morning •--
Mr. PARKER wished to know if the borough was to be opportunity.. The. Guardian . Gas. Company undertook i. 21,_f i„,
put to the expense attending this matter. He wished to to supply gas' at . 35.. -I:3d, per. 1000 cubic feet : and I ".p"2:' "
know if the already heavily-taxed burgesses of Liverpool his impression was that an amalgamation- of, the two ex-. 1 '
were to be taxed for the support of the private specula- isting companies would only confirm a monopoly. Ile
sof a p-ivl '-ich was to reap the benefits would leave the companies to fight their own battle, s-
he spr cult ',nted to know if the not interfere. The'Council was stepping out of its
‘cil ws to -,,pose the Guardian Gas bill in meddling with tile companies.
sr ag aed I -, amalgamation, and at wi,.._ 'e Mr. HODGSON agreed that the Guardian Gas Compel,.
that opr ition was to be carried on. had done good in reducing the price of gas,but he thought
-,x.—The Council, in the event of thi, the disadvantages of a new company would neutralize or
'--,q place, must oppose the Guardian overcome all the expected advantages. They were . now
supplied with the very best gas at a cheap rate. The sum
which the new company were going for (X 100,000) was
"'..- To carry out jtheir works effectually..'

gun eotton was tested,
_as to its relative

gunpowder, for blasting purposes,
down a shaft of a tunnel on the Huddersfield and Man-
chester Railway, now in course of formation, amidst the
great chain of Yorkshire hills between Saddleworth and
Marsden, through huge beds of millstone grit. Many of ,
on the terrace, beneath thoPwin- the directors and others were present, including scientific
nt, with his skull fractured, and other men. The rocks are of close-grained quartz, affording the
,t-riven which his recovery is doubtful.. He severest test to the power of gun cotton or gunpowder.
must, it is supposed, have fallen from a plank while enter- The first experiment was the firing of pistols at a wooden
ing throUgh a window, at a height of nearly thirty feet target with one grain of gun cotton, and subsequently
from the ground. with six grains of gunpowder. The shot projected by the '
s'S;,." inm"'" Fast has declared the Countess of Dy- cotton made the greatest 'indentation, and the barrels
separation from the Earl of Dysart, on, being examined were found to be free from residue or
The principal act of cruelty moisture. In a subsequent experiment, eight ounces of
the countess down on gun cotton in a drill hole, raised upwards of six
he declared he did be- , tons of solid rock, and split the mass in various and
him ".to thraSh her." diStant directions. The shots in the tunnel were equally
ted that, while thus held
successful. The gun cotton shots were altogether very
ind so violently that satisfactory ; but the two last, viz., 11 and 12, were con-
sidered the best tests of the relative merits of the gun
cotton and gunpowder. The relative proportions of rcwk
- blown up were as follows :—With 16 oz. of gun cotton,

.—We are intiirmedthat Mr. Newman
.ie advice of his holiness the pope, will re
.stand as a member of the order of Oratorians, nine piee^es of stone were removed ; . .. -
employed in preaching and other missionary la-
plosion, or loss
removed only six pieces. The scientific gentlemen pre-
.•
priest, etsiti
e, tnoemx-atrydesotrh, epreeloviso.euo:i v tt%ehpirserseetioitr
return to
othEeobegin-
.hat no oinrikskeeiosionget%-!
- He is to receive the order of sub-deacon, deacon, sent decided—first, that the cotton may be considered at
itre
di s
ieon
,t,i rsetleyinfrmeei
stemming"
Ti re is not the slightest founilation for a report which least three or four times as strong as powder ; second, that
-,oneared in some papers, of a question having arisen cotton at hand on the works, and its being handled IA-the
.
- ----'-!ect of his ordination.—Times.
.us GHOST IN LONDON.—The furniture, from waste, as With
_powder ; fifth, that it ignites more
from
thesmhooklee smoke; third,
itu it t,
kery, &c., in the house of a Mr. Williams, speedily and with more certainty than gunpowder; and,
men, there is not so much risk from ex
d, London, have recently taken to dancing sixth, that from the decreased size of the charge, the
-,...6 .uout in a most mysterious manner, and the depths of the drill hole may be diminished, and the power
more fragile articles have, by these saltatary movements, more concentrated. There appear to be many other Ud-
-4 extensive demolition. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, vantages, .which, are, that the cotton may be kept under
1- attribute the nimble evolutions of their water instead of in a magazine, (Schoenbein kept it in
. - --__ 1,„4., come of water for six weeks without at all dimihisliing its strength);

ovap,x .Rut ucur cascuta.,
their friends believe that the whol3 mystery could be ex- that it never misses tire, never fouls the gun; that it IS
plained by a -little Spanish girl, eleven years old, who i 9 more instantaneous in its discharges than gunpowder, and
under their care. that there is no danger of its exploding, as it does iaut heat.