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--.~ ......,”............,. •••• li , Atifitz , i.V ( * ig r ... , 6 iiii.,...)r. Cr P M qi l ar a bt 4 4 pr .!.. k ..... ~ SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1828. [TmitEa 12.945.] [PRICE SEVENVENCE. VICTUALLIIVG-OFFICB, Argiutls, 1828 triHE COMMIsSIONERS for VICTUALLING his MAJESTrS NAVY, ttc. do hereby give mike, SALE BY AUCTION. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, Auo. 22. BUSHY.IIOUSR. ACCOST 10. His Royal highness the Doke of Clarence has this day been pleased to appoint George NlAgrath, Esq. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, F.R.S. 31.R.1.A. F.L.S. F. W.S. &c. to be one of the Physicians Extraordinary to his Royal Highness. That on Tuasoar, the 26th Instant, they will be ready to re• trice Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for Two Thousand Five Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT MEAL, HAMPSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE. VERY VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE FREEHOLD AND COPYHOLD ESTATES, The WOLVERTON and EWHURST ESTATES, Between BASINGSTOKE and KINGSCLERE; Capital RESIDENCES seated in PARKS, MANORS aboundint with GAME, FISHERY, and ' MANORIAL RIGHTS. PERPETUAL ADVOWSONS. FARMS, LANDS, Beautiful WOODS and PLANTATION 4, BUSHY-HOUSE, Amuse 21. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has this day been pleased to appoint the Honourable Robert Cavendish Spencer, Captain in the Royal Navy, to be Groom of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness. Five Hundred Sacks of FLOUR, Four Hundred Quarters of PA LR MALT, Two Hundred Quarters of AMBER 111.1 LT, and Twenty Thousand Gallons of TEN ERI FFE WINE. To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept nue half of each of the Articles by the 15th of September *,,x•, and the remainder by the 25th of that Month. zi-ni les of the Malt, of not less than one Quart, and of the Tcnerilfe Wine not less than two Quarts, must be produced by the Party tendering The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this office. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. Robert Hawkins, Liverpool, provision.dealer, is in insolvent cir. cumstances,_ and is unable to meet his engdgem e nt s with his creditors—Filed August 42. • BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Urvraaus or SIX THOUSAND ACRES; AtaligiblePßOPEßTY for RESIDENCE or INVESTMENT. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street) At Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change-alley, GNAW, On THURSDAY, 23d October, 1828, at Twelve o'Clock, IN LOTS, Thomas Lancaster, Leeds, Yorkshire, iron m onger , from August 26, to September 20, at ten, al the Court House, Leeds. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. • William Hallett, Northumberland -street, Mary.la-bonne, money scrivener. John Buckmaster and William Buckmaster, Old Bond -street, army-clathiers and tailors. James Spencer, Iloyton, Lancashire, cotton.splnner. George Holbrook, Bristol, plane-maker. BANKRUPTS. John Webb, Little Warner street, Clerkenwell, cheesensonger, to surrender, August e 9, September 16, at twelve, and October 3, at ten, at the Court of Ccfmminiocers of Bankrupts, Basing hall-street. Anomie's, Mr. Church, Great James-street, Bed ford-row ; or Messrs. Pateshall and Co. Hereford. Daniel James Humbert, Foley -street Foley-place, coal-merchant, August 29, September 16. at twelve, and October 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attornies, Musts. Constable and Co. Syniond's Ina, Chancery lane. Philip Crofton, Cromer-street, Brunswick-square, upholsterer, August 26, September 16, and October 3, at ten, at the Court of Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delytered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the person who unites the tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. Unless an acceptable offer is made for the whole before the let of October, THE VERY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT FREEHOLD AND COP Y HOLD ESTATES, • EVER ANXIOUS TO PREVENT IMPOEITION, • TAY And MARTIN respectfully inform the Public, LI they have, after much labour and at a very eonsiderable ex reuse, brought to perfection a Label of such singular construction 5..1:3 extreme iiiihzulty of execution, that they trust will effectually prevent the many Frauds that afro daily practised en the Public✓-- n attention to the following description of the Label will ensure the genuine RlackAg prepared by them. A pattern like.. Lace of a pink colour covers the principal part of the Label, the names of 'Day and Martin are printed in white letters edged with pink sAd tbck, and placed on a white ground, the address, Principally Land Tax Redeemed, ' WOLVERTON and EW HURST, Situate between Basingstoke and Kingsclere, is the County of Hants. LOT I—Comprises the WOLVERTON PARK ESTATE, with the MANSION, A substantial Edifice faced with Bath Stone, 97, HIGH-HOLBORN, s 4 alTo white letters edged with pink and black, but placed on the lace pattern, the signature nd price at foot are black on a white •ground, the preamble *nd directions for use are printed as before black letitrs on white `round.-97, High-Holborn, Sept. 1823. T EAKE'S GENUINE PILLS, justly famous for .1.41 curing, in all its stages, the VENEREAL DISEASE Om small Pill is a dose, and the taking of one Box, in a recent case, will soon CIIIIViACC the patient of the certainty of his speedy recovery. Nothing can Ile better contrived, more safe, or more convenient than this Remedy, for such as are obliged to go journies or to ,ea, as it needs no confinement nor restraint of Piet; and sixty years experience (in an extensive practice) has proved that it will effect a Cure when repeated Salivation and all other methods avail nothing. For the Scurvy and other Chronical bisorders, Eits Medicine has not its parallel. Upwards of 40,000 persons -of both sexes have been radically cured of the above cruel disor ders, within the last eight years. Prepared and sold by the sole proprietors, T. TAY LOR and SON, Members of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons, at their House, No. 9, New Bridge -street, in Dotes of only 2s. 9d. each, duty included.—N.B. Two back doors, and Lights in the Passages at night.—They are also sold, by their appointment, with copious directions, at the Toy-shop, 103, Oxford -street; Mr. Disburough's, No. 7, Fish -street-hip, nearly opposite the Monument ; and by one Person in every 'con. lerable Town in Great Britain and Ireland. Advicitgratia to • P awn• taking the above, or other of the Proprietor's Medicines. SALES BY AUCTION. GROVE END ROAD, ST. JOHN'S WOOD; WEST SIDE OF THE REGENTS PARK. The Valuable LEASEHOLD ESTATE, Compact VILLA RESIDENCE, with capital GARDEN, Held for a long Tenn of Yeir% it a Pepper Corn Rent ; kacelleat HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Fine Toned Cottage PIANO-FORTE. Fun-sized BILLIARD TABLE, some PLATE, CHINA. LINEN, BOOKS, And small Cellar of Choice WINES; Green-Haute Plants, &c. &c. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent-street) On Wmaintsnay. the 17th of September, 1828, at Twelve o'Clock, On the Premises. No. 15, on the E ast side of Grove• En d St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, THE V- v Deorable and Pleasant Compact VILLA • RESIDENCE, with Offices, Billiard Room, Conservatory. Capital Garden ' laid out with Gravel Walks, and well Planted vials are Fruit Trees and Shrubs; held for a long Term of Years at a Pepper Corn Rent, and fit for immediate reception. On the same Day at Eleven o'Clock will he Sold. the Excellent, seat, and well manufactured HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Comprising Four-post, Chair. Sofa, and Tent Bedsteads and Fur miturts; Seasoned Bedding; Wardrobes; Chestsof Drawers, and 13oule.case ; Drawing Room and Dining Parlour Furniture, in &ma, Chairs, Ecc. Pier and Chimisar Glasses; a Cottage Piano torte; Tables; Carpets; Capital full sized Billiard Table; Fenders a:4l Fire lions; Kitchen Requisites; some Plate; China; Linen; looks, kc. Green House Plants and Gard-n Roller; a small Cellar of Choice Old Pain, Madeira, and other Wines; and various other The House may be viewed to the Time of Sale, and the Furni ture on bloaday and Tuesday preceding the Sale, by Catalogues, at One Shilling each, which may be had on the Premises; at Gar. raway's ; and of Air. Robins, 170, [tegent•street. IRELAND. COUNTY OF WEXFORD. VALU tBLE AND HIGHLY IMPROVABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES. TOWN LANDS, CAPITAL MANSIONS, VILLAGES, terraaos ur SIXTEEN THOUSAND BRITISH ACRES, Past hounded by St. Georges Channel; The Present Rental upwards of NINE THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUM. By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick Howse, Regent.street), • At Garraway's Cake House, 'Change Alley, Colrain. London, On TRUILIMAY, the 13th November, NM at Twelve o'Clock, THE VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE FREE HOLD ESTATES, Situate In the fine COUNTY of WEXFORD, COMPAISING The Estates of Ballycarrigen, Nevin's Court, Kilhnuckerklse, Sampton Rallyoughney , Clunrvan, Killisk, &c. The whole containing upwards of TEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED IRISH ACRES, OR ASOUT SIXTRF.N THOUSAND ENGLISH ACRES, Or Enclosed Rich Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and small part'Bog Laud, divided iato most eligible Farms, with good Farm Houses, and Agricultural &Wilding'. Capital hlandons and Pleasant Dwelling Houses, Town Lands and Villagts. Rivers and &reams of fine Clear Water flowing through different parts of the Land. Fisheries at Kilimuekeridge and Sampson, abundantly supplied with various kinds of Fish from the Channel. The Lands in general are in gaud Cultivation, with rich Lonm, Marl, Peat, and parts of the Estate with Blue and White Marl, •bieh is much sought after. The whole Let to respectable Tenants so bentfacial Leases fur Lives, and small part at Will. The Rental spwardi of NINE THOUSAND POUNDS PER ANNUM, Which is regularly received by Half yearly Payments, and very .• highly itnprovaiate. The Lands are diversified and picturesque, forming many eligible Sites for Building, and part bounded by St. George's Channel, to an extent of near SIX IRISH MILEi. The Estates may be viewed on application to John Glamott, V..q. Can)lin, County of Wexford ; and Mr. Wm. Fraser Jackson, Land Surveyor of the same place, of whom Particulars may be bad ; alqr the principal tuns in the town of Wexford ; the Commercial Itown. ,, rad Eschange Coffeehouse ; of Robt. Franks, Esq. Lemon s; rest, dna John Blennerhassett, Esq. Lower Mount street, Dublin; uf , Mi:••srs Langford and Watford', Solicitors, Southampton-street, Lovria Garden; Messrs. Swett, Snakes, and Carr, Stillman, No. 6 , Ildsinchall street ; at Garraway's Coffee House, 'Change-alley, ; and at Mr. Robins 's Office, No. 170, Regent•street, Loudon, where Plans of the Estates may be men. Seated in a beautifully undulated Park, highly ornamented with stately Timber Trees, Carriage Drive, extensive Walks, with de. lightful and interesting Scenery in various directions. A Capital Property for A NOBLEMAN or FAMILY of the FIRST DISTINCTION. With all requisite Domestic Offices, Farm Buildings, Dog Kennels,&c. Extensive Pleasure Grounds laid out with exquisite Taste, orna. merited with numerous Choice Exotics, Evergreens, Shrubs, &c. The Manors or reputed Manors of Wolverton, Clere, Woodcot, North Oakley, and Freemantle three-fourths of the blarsor of Hannington, alias Hannington Launcelevy, abounding with Game; with the Quit and other Rents, Rights. Privileges and Appurtenances. The Perpetual Advowson and Right of Presentation to The RECTORY of WOLVERTON, With a Capital Parsonage House, Gardens, Orchard, and Pleasure' Grounds; and Farm Buildings, with the 'lithe of die whole Parish, • AND ABOUT SEVENTY-SEVEN ACRES of GLEBE LAND, The Annual Vallee about FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM, The present Incumbent about Seventy-three Years of Age. Sundry Farms, with Farm Houses, Yards, Gardens, and all neces sary Agricultural Buildings; Let to respectable Tenants on Lease, and at Will, With several Cottages sad Gardens, and the Hare and Hounds Public House • _ _ The whole containing upwards of THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, Of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and fine thriving Wood Land, all lying Compact, and divided into Eligible Enclosures. In the occu pation of Mr. WM. nonce, Wm. Brown, R. and J. Ruddle, F Flower, Andrew Twitchen, John and James Brown, and others. LOT 2 —EWHURST PARK ESTATE, Situate near to Lot One—Comprising The MANSION or MANOR HOUSII,:EW HURST PARK, A Substantial Uniform Brick Building ; Seated on a beautiful Lawn, in a Park, finely urnatnented by noble Sheets of Water, formed at a great expense, with Stew Ponds stored with Fish; stately Timber Trees, Plantations, and delight ful Pleasure Grounds, with all necessary Domestic Offices, capital Walled Garden, well stocked, cropped, planted, and clothed with Choice Fruit Trees, The Manor or Reputed Manor of RW HURST With its Rights,Priyileges, and Immunities; abounding with Game.. The Advowson and Presentition to the Rectory of Rwhurst, With the Tithes of the Parish. the Annual Value about ONE HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM, The Incumbent about Sisty-one Years of Age. THE LION INN, Situate near the Park Gate, on the South Side of the Turnpike Road from Basingstoke to Alderntaston; Sundry FARMS. with Farm Houses, Yards, Gardens, and Agricultural ➢uildings, and nearly ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES Of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and thriving Wnod Land. The Mansion and Wood Lands in hand—the Farms let to re spectable Tenants, part on lease and at will, in the occupation of Messrs. Whistlers, Harris, Leavy, Wiz, Wise, AVehb, and others. Lot s—The MANOR of HEYWOOD, With its Rights, Privileges, and Appurtenances—the Fishery in the River Loddon, the extent of about two miles, abounding with Fish; also, leywood, Lilley Mill, and lamb-11's Farms, in the Parishes of Burnley and Stratlifieldsay, Hanky, Weldon, and Strathfield Ttrgis, with Farm Hooves, Gardens, Yards, Barns, Stables, and all requisite Ootbuildingv ; a cvpital Water Corn Mill, with powerful head of Water, working two pair of stones ; and sundry Enclosures of capital Meadow, Arable, and Wood Land, CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT ACRES, TWO ROODS, In the occupation of Mr. Charles Tubb, on Lease. Lor 4—The MANOR of IN HURST, ali4s INHURST and lIA 11, With the Rights, Royalties. Quit-Rents. Piiileges and Appurte nances, and the Freehold and Copykold Estates, situate in the Parishes of Tadley and Baughurst, comprising Tadley Farm, with a brick-built Farm House, Barn, Stables, and Outbuildings, in the occupation of Mr. William ltuddle ; Tadley Woods In hand; Cottages, and sundry Enclosures of Meadow, Pasture, Arable. and Wood Land, upwards of ONE HUND RED AND FORTY-FOUR ACRES, TWO ROODS, Near the Turnpike Gate, on the road from Basinguoke to Reading. LOTS—THREE ALLOTMENTS of PASTURE LAND, Situate DM the New Inn, on the mad (rem Basingstoke to Aida- manor, nearly SEVENTY-FOUR ACRES, In baud. LOT 6—SILCHESTER FARM, in the Parish of Silehester, Comprising A BRICK BUILT FARM HOUSE, Tiled, with Barn, Stables and Outbuilding., Garden and Meadow, Arable and Wood Land, containing SIXTY NINE ACRES. The Woods in hand, the Farm in the occupation of George Goddard, Adjoining the Lands of the Duke of Wellington, -- Griffiths and Lees, Esqrs. Lot 7—ln the Pariah of Ringsrlere. a MESSUAGE, With Gardens, Orchard, and Outbuildings, and Meadow Land, Containing nearly EIGHT ACRES. In the occupation of William Cripps, tenant from year to year. •Lor B—A PIECE OF MEADOW LAND, Sheffield Meadow, Situate in the Parish of Burgh&ld, Containing nearly SIX ACRES. In the occupation of Mr. Benjamin Draper. a Particulars may be bad on the premises. - - - Wolverton Mansion may be viewed by applying to Mr. Joseph' Brooks, the Bailiff; Ewirtirst Mansion on application to Mr. Budd. the Gardener; the Farms, Lands, &c. the respective Tenants will show, of whom particulars may be bad ; and at the New Inn and Lion ; of Mr. Glover, Auctioneer, and at the Crown, Basingstoke ; Pelican, Newbury ; Castle and King's Head, Marlborough ; Bear, Rr ad iag and Hongerford; George, Winchester; White Hart, Sa lisbury; Sun, Maidenhead; York House and White Hart, Bath; Bosh and White Lion, Bristol; Hen and Chickens, Birmingham ; of liners. Goodeve and Rankin, Solicitors, Gray's Inn ; at Gar raway's ; and of Mr. Robins, No, 170, Regent-Meet, where plans ' 1 of the &seta any be ama. . . Conindisioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Nias, Princes street, Bank. John Orth Waldener, Rising Sun Public-house, 4th...rivet, Picca dilly, August 26, September 16, and October 3, at ten, at the _ . Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts. Basinghall-street. At tornies, Messrs. Vandercurn and Co. Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Robert fairy, Mile End-road, victualler, August 26, September 2, and October 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bank rupts, Basinghali-street. Attornies, Messrs. Argill and Co. White clidpel- road. Benjamin Smith, Birmingham, steel toy-maker, Sinember 15,16, at eleven, and October 3, at one, at the Royal Hotel, Birming ham. Attornies, Messrs. Norton and Co. Gray's Inn-square; or Mr. Wills, Birmingham. John Quick and Frederick James Chown, Stonehouse, Devonshire, mjliers, September 9,10, and October 3, at eleven, at the New ~ ,.erondon Ion s Exeter. Attornies. Messrs. Brutton and Co. New Brand-street or Mr. Brutton, Exeter. Charles Tuck. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, shipwright, September a, at eight, 10, at nine, and October 3, at twelve, at the Star Inn, Great Yarmouth. Attorniea, Mr. Edmund Reeve Palmer, Great Yarmouth ; or Messrs. Swaia and Co. Frederick's•place, U.d Jewry. DIVIDEND to be made in BA SINGHALL-STREET. Nov. 4, John Jenner and John Wharton Soppet, Greek-street, Soho, linendrapers, at ten. invioiNps to be made in the COUNTRY. Sept. 27, George Bingley, late of New York, United States of America, merchant, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Sept. 13, Nicholas Isaac. sen. Nan&id, Gloucestershire, msltster. at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Bath. Sept. 13, Edw. Young, Wakefield, Yorkshire, woolstapler ' at eleven, at the Sessions House, Wakefield. Sept. 27, Charles 11111, Rochdale, Lancashire, inn keeper, at two, at White's Hotel, ;Manchester. Sept. 29, Thomas Drake, Rose-MIL Drayton-in-Hales Shropshire, 'stiller, at ten, at the Phenix Inn, Drayton-in-Hale:. Sept. 29, Robert Dawe3, Drayton-In. Hales, Shropshire, mercer, at twelve, at the Phenix Inn, Drayton-in-Hales. Sept. 16, John Mann, Overbury, Won cestershire, silk throwster, at eleven, st the office of News. Laval. Plies and Byrch, solicitors, Evesham, Worcestershire. CERTIFICATES, See. 12. William Hubbard, jun. late af What. Lion court, Cornhill, mer chant. ' William Woodcock, Preston, Lancashire, timber and wise merchant. William Wisedill, Friday-strect, ironmonger. John Barnett, Stroud, Gloucester,lire, innkeeper. Thomas Chantler, Pendleton, Eccles, Lancashire, hop merchant. Thus. Ainsworth and Peter Con, Torton and Bradshaw, Lancashire, bleachers. Joseph 13sowne Kidderminster, silversmith. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Lucy and Thomas Morgan, Great Trinity-lane, cat• penters. Jahn Spencer and John Barlow, Sandywell, &Ilford, Lancashire. silk dyers. John Ames, William Atkinson, William, Brunskill, Charles Mullikin, William Atkinson, jun. and William Ames, PaTernoster-row, silk manufacturers (so far as regards Wm. Atkinson and Win. Brunskill). Edward Roach (deceased) and Janie. Roach, Newport, Isle of Wight, millers. W. H. Palmer and W. Cranswick, Islington, grocers. John Ashforth and George Hurridge, Sheffield, Yorkshire, cutlers. C. Whittingham arid C. Whittingham, jun. Chiswick, printers. Phillis Weakner and Anne Weakner, New Bond -street, child bed-linen-manufacturers. 'John Campbell and John Hathaway, Tottenham-court New-road. Jienj. Bailer and Joseph Bailer, Barnstaple, Devonshire, leather dres,ers. R. Greenough and J. Lawless, Manchester, cotton manufacturers. Betty Parker and Ann Partington, Pennington, Leigh, Lancashire, confectioners. T. Slagg and J. Slagg, Ford, Eckington, Derbyshire, edge-toul-manutact num. John Fletcher and Thomas Tanner, St. Paul's Church-yard, haberdashers. R. Hills and S. Sconham, Maitivone, Kent, bakers. Wm. Cumming, Wm. Glrdwood, and A. Thomson, Edinburgh, woollendrapers. IC. Friend and T. Phipp, Ilishopsgate.street- Within, auctioneers. Josiah Spode, Rachel Wolfe, Ralph Bourne, Win. Baker, John Boerne, Charles Bourne, Thomas Minton, Hugh Booth, and Jos. Booth, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, colliers and farmers (so ' far as regards the said Charles Bourne). PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE METROPOLIS. The following is a copy of the Repott from the Select Committee on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis: The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the present system of supplying Water to the Metropolis. including the Borough of Southwark, and into the amount of the Rates paid by the Inha bitants, and who are instructed to include Lambeth, Christ Church, Surrey, and the adjacent Parishes in the Inquiry ; and to whom the Petition of the inhabitants of the Western parts of the Metropolis, and also the Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty to inquire into the state of the Supply of Water in the Metropolis, severally presented to the House in the present Session, were re (erred to ; and who were empowered to report the Minutes of Evi dence taken before them, haws considered the subject to them referred, and agreed upon the following Report The Companies which at present supply the Metro polis, including the Borough of Southwark, Lambeth, Christ Church, Surrey, and the adjacent parishes with water, are eight in number; the West Middlesex, Grand Junction, Chelsea, New River, and East London, on the north side of the Thames; and the South L don, Lambeth, and Southwark, on the south side; all of which derive their whole supply directly from the River Thames, with the exception of the New Rivet, which takes water from the River only occasionally, by a steam engine placed at the Broken Wharf. The Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, state in their Report, that their attention was chiefly confined to the description, the quality and the salubrity of the water, and that they did not consider themselves called upon, either to consider new and more eligible sources ,ot supply, or to suggest plans for the improvement of those already existing, and that they had therefore pro ceeded to obtain specimens of the water taken out of the various parts of the River upon an extensive scale, and placed them in the hands of a Gentleman emi nently qualified by his extensive knowledge of che mistry, and his practical experience, to analyse and report thereon. The Commissioners also proceeded to examine the Engineers of the various Water Companies, as well as the Agents of the petitioners, who bad submitted BIM( comp aints to Parliament during the last Session, and also WI those persons who, from local knowledge or observation, were induced to offer their evidence upon the subject. The Commissioners, after observing in the following passage of Dr. Bostock's leper:, 't That the water of the Thames, when free from extraneous substances, is in a state of considerable purity, coritaininOnly a mo: derate quantity of saline contents, and those of a kind which cannot be supposed to render it unfit for domes. tic purposes, or to be injurious to health ; but as it ap proaches the metropolis it becomes loaded with a quan tity of filth, which ren.lers it improper to be employed in the preparation of food," &c. appear to arrive at the following conclusions: " It is obviGus," they say, "that water receiving ser large a proportion of foreign matters as we know find their way into the Thames, and so far impure as to de. stroy.fish, cannot, evens when clarified by filtration, be pronounced entirely free from the suspicion of general insalubrity. In reference also to this question, we ap prehend that there ate no grounds for assuming the probability of any improvement in the state of the az. ter drawn from the London district of the river. "Taking into consideration the various circumstances to which we have adverted, together with the derails of evidence by which they are proved and illustrated, and also the facts' derived from our own observation and experience, we are of opinion, that the present state of the supply of water to the metropolis is suscep. tible of and requires improvement ; that many of the complaints respecting the quality r f the water are well founded, and that it ought to be derived from other sources than those now resorted. to, and: guarded by such restrictions as shall at all tines enint,e its cleanli ness and purity." •i , Your Committee cannot but unanint . . usly approve these sentiments and opinion s of th e Commipsioners, that the supply of water for the Metropolis,including the Bo rough of Southwark and the adjacent parishes, should be derived from a purer source than it is at present; and in furtherance of this object, therrecommend that Mr. Telford be instructe.l to proceed to the making such surveys as he shall think necessary, in order to en able him to recommend a practicable and efficacious plan of supplying the whole cf the Metropolis with pure and wholesome water. Your Committee have further proceeded to inquire into the amount of the rates paid by the inhabitants, as compared with those psid at the pet io,l when the for mer Select Committee investigated this subject, and which will appear in the evidence annexed to their Re port. In observing upon this very important subject, your Committee will take for the basis of their proceedings the able Report of the Select Committee appointed in 1821, in which, after a most full and labotious investi gation into the whole detail of the Income and ExFen. Jiture of the various Water Companies, that Committee observe, 41 That the public is at present without any protection even against a further indefinite extension of demand. In cases of dispute, there is no tribunal but the Boards of the Companies themselves to which in dividuals can appeal ; there are no regulations but such as the Companies may have voluntarily imposed upon themselves, and may therefore at any time revoke, for the continuance of the supply in its present state, or for defining the cases in %WA it may be withdrawn from the householder. All these points, and ctiers of the same nature, indispensably require legislative regu lation, where the subject matter is an article of the first necessity, and the supply has, from peculiar alarm stances, got into such a course, that it is not under the operation of those principles which govern supply and demand in other eases.' " The principle of the Acts under which these Com panies were instituted, was to encourage competition; and certainly in this, as in other cases, it is only from competition, or the expectation of competition, that a perfect security can be had for. a good supply ; but your Committee are satisfied, that from the peculiar nature of these undertakings, the principle of competi tion requires to.bc guarded by particular checks . and limits in it.; application to them, . in order to render it effectual, without the risk of destruction to the com peting parties, and thereby ultinia-ly of a serious injury to the public;" and the Committee proceed to remark, 4 , The submission of their accounts annually to Parlia ment for a few years would necessarily throw light on this part of the question." Flom the general tenor of the Report, it should also appear, that the Committee consideied the Rates of Is2l, which included the increa.e of 25 per cent. upon the rental of 1810, as sufficient to remunerate the various Companies at that period; but an inspection of the present Returns, shows that a gradual increase has taken place, amounting to no less than £44,000 per annum to those Companies who derive their :applies from the North side of the River Thames. , It must also be remarked, that there is no Scale of Rates existing, or any criterion by which your Com mittee can form a judgment upon the reasonableness r f the rates imposed ; no two Companies appear to avee in their mode of rating; on the contrary, as the amount is unlimited, so is the proportion altogether uncertain ; it is not regulated either by the quantity of water con sumed, or by the distance to which it is conveyed, but appears to be in every instance left solely to the agents of the different Companies, td.charge as they shall think fit. With respect to the new Table of Rates, alleged in the Petition of the inhabitants of the we.tern parts cf the metropolis to have been introduced into a Private Bill passed in May 1826, empowering the Grand Junc tionz Company to levy an addition of . om 50 to 800 per cent. upon their customers, your mittee have examined the Chairman of the said C pang there upon, who states that the said new Tables of Rates, levying a partial and oppressive tax upon the inhabit ants of the district, was at the time introduced contrary to their wishes, and that they ate desirous that it should be repealed ; your Committee therefore recommend the immediate repeal of the said clause. In conclusion, your Committee have only to observe, that the late period of the Session at which: they were appointed precludes them from entering more fully into the subject of the investigation, particularly so far as regards that most important part of their inquiry, the inequality of the rates ; but they trust, in recommend isle the immediate employment of Mr. Telford in the object in view, and also the repeal of the obnoxious clause in the Grand Junction Company's Act cf 1826, they have, as far as circumstances would permit, ful filled the duties committed to their charge. ~., i r , I , , ir 0 , 4 t : , , v l 1 K 1 1 . 1 i I. 11 4 ' ! !-L.