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.-CRUMBS FOR THE POOR. I

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LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.

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THE KINO OF SARDINIA.

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1 HOLYHEAD SOUP KITCHEN.

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1 HOLYHEAD SOUP KITCHEN. I To the Editor of the North Wales CItronick. Sir,-It affords me great pleasure to be able to say, that efforts are being made to bring into operation the timely and truly benevolent suggestion of Mr. Jackson, which appeared in your paper of the 17th instant. The I touching appeals made by the New Harbour Missionary at the beginning of the present year, are not forgotten. Something is already being done for the poor. Mr. and Mrs. Hibbert, Koyal Hotel, with their accustomed liberality, supply about forty poor persons with nutri- tous soup weekly, Mr. Jackson has given soup twice a week during the present month, to the lame and dis- tressed. A few more private efforts, and a good soup kitchen, and then the truthful and startling facts which appeared in your paper last winter, in reference to many deeply distressed families of this town, will not have to be repeated next winter. I am, yours, &c., Holyhead, Nov. 28, 1S55. LAZARUS. HOLYHEAD AND PERA. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle, Sir,—Ave we not Christians at Holyhead, who should desire" Light to lighten our darkness," and ^cleanli- liness," which 44 is next to godliness V and not (i Turks and infidels," dirty and lazy 1 Yet, how applicable to our position is the enclosed extract from the'Times' Correspondent's letter about Pera,—how similar the remark of a rich banker of that place to that ofa surgeon of our town Perhaps some of our rulers are like the authorities at Constantinople—too ambitious. Holyhead, Kov. 23, Your's respectfully, AN IMPROVER. (EXTRACT.) borne )'cat5 ago an Armenian tried the experiment of lighting Pera with oil, c trried it on for two years, and was ruined in consc- f f the ill "b itai its to pay for the benefit. M05t of them were dependent on th»ir respective ambassadorg, and could not be compelled. A rich banKer was one of the first to r?f?, I. The p.bli? ?pirit e' i reason he gave was, U:at, when he went out at "i'? ilt" he had his servants and lanterns, and did not care for street lamps. Such narrow-minded 6elth;hn88 might pr be sought in vain a,6 the mongrel wer?iltile :l;;i\ ;tiltd;¡àd SV;itl0I1'1: ;i:lg :li be here, where of night the streets are illuminated only 'by the paper lanterns of pedestrians There are, I think, some glimmer- i!1 im\icatious that it may Possibly, at no distant period,beititr duceà. A gentleman closely connected wHh the Government told me a short time ago that a tender had actually been sent in for lighting ùontantillorle with gas. It must, I think, have been rather a random venture, for 1 am assured that the ground has never been surveyed for the purpose. The tender was not taken into consideration, the wish of the Government being to make a contract with one company for gaglighting water-supply, paving and drainage. Theoretically, this i8 extremely judicious, for every one knows how apt these dWcrent branches are to interfere with each other, how gas-pipes quarrel with water-pipes, and how common are conflIcts bctween pavement and drainage. But, ? p?rh -P?, rather ambitious to expect here to (?c?lnp 11 four at once. HOLYHEAD GAS WORKS. To the Editor of the North Wales Chronicle. SIR,-ln jour paper of the 17th, I noticed a letter from A Shareholder" of the Holyhead Gas Company, in reply to a remark I made in my letter, headed "Holyhead Gas Company versus Darkness," which appeared in the Chronicle' of the 10th. The remark which so deeply wounded the feelings of A Shareholder," was this Those who represented the Gas Company at the meeting, were unable to give the information that was asked as to the expence of lighting, and the number of lamps required, which showed a great want of business knowledge on their part." The report of the proceedings of the vestry meeting, which was held to consider the propriety of lighting the town with gas (as it appeared in the I Chronicle and I Herald of the 3rd inst., is acknow- ledged by nearly all who have read it, and were pre- sent at the meeting, to be a correct and fair report.- The conclusion any man of ordinary common sense would come to, after reading that report, would be, that the Chairman, and others representing the Gas Company, were unable-because they made no prepa- tion-t,) answer satisfactorily any of the questions which the Hon. Mr. Stanley and others asked, for the information of the ratepayers present at the meeting, which was, no doubt, one reason why the meeting was adjourned for six months. It was evidently the wish of the Gas Company to have the streets lighted it would be a source of profrt to them, and a boon to the town. The Gas Company, or their eiiginecr-if it had been carried hy vote that the town should be lighted-would have supplied and erected the lamps at the expence of the paiisl) of course, the ratepayers would themselves determine as to the number. It would have displayed belter policy-greater business tact and knowledge, and been better in every respect, if the Chairman had been able at once, when asked, to have given all the information required, but he was, from the report which I read, cleaih n-mng in nearly every instance. Mr. Rd. Jones was li" 13 individual in the meeting-though he had no com.r. i m with the Gas Company—whose estimate of tI". .,cnee and lighting of a single lamp, proved to be the nearest correct to the figure named by Ir. NValcott-tlie gas engineer who made his appearance only when the meeting was on the point of breaking up. I believe several persons had gone away at the time. Everybody at the meeting knew, from the Gas Com- pany's printed circulars-previously circulated in the town-tliat the price of gas was to be 7s. per 1000 feet; therefore, the Chairman cannot claim much merit for being learned in gas matters, by merely hå ing stated that the consumption for the streets would be charged at that rate. This was a preparatory meeting, called to make enquiry as to the expense of places similar to Holyhead being lighted with gas in the streets, to con- sider the matter, and to ascertain the disposition of the rate-payers as to its adoption. 0 Inspector for the town ha,1 been appointed to prepare estimates, plans, &c„ and surely it was not too much to expect that the Chairman, and representatives of the newly forming Gas Works, would be able to furnish some information. Had their Engineer been present from the commence- ment of the meeting, he would have been able to have answered any question with respect to gas that might have been asked, as he is a gentleman of great ability, and thoroughly understands the whole of his business; but, unfortunately, he came too late. The remark which 1 made in my first letter is quite true; and truth sometimes is not very pleasant to some people, which may have produced the contradiction from" A Share- holder," to the statement in question. Apologising for again troubling you, and trespassing on the attention of your readers, I am, Sir, your's, &c.. Holyhead, Nov., 23, 1855. AN INHABITANT.

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I BANGOR BOARD OF HEALTH.

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