The Statesman. — London, England, 1818-11-30 00:00:00

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ROBINSON, Secretary. bodletplet-iisse, Nev. 90, 1818. CONETITUTION saEwmay, BELL LANE. URSUANT.to en Order of the High Conet of Chanerry, made in a cause where, BENJAMIN AIRS anti A noth-r. an behalf of theatielves. and all other the . triprietatre a. tI Share-holder. of and in a certain Brewery. *ailed THE. CONSTITUTION ALE AND TABLE BEER REIVERY; :ire'Plaii.sitr...ind Sir WILLIAM RA WLI NS, itt;gio, and Others. are I) fentia44 3 an persons elaimioa to be estitleft t-i ..ny Stmt." in the void Brewery. er the Proreed. illowent AND 4'l(t) HAVE NOT YET SUBSTANTIATED VII EIR t LAMS, ore to come in and !sake wet their rrbpec r *far Clainit. before William Covrtertay, Rol. one of the Ma,— Sera 'b rid Court, at his Citaniber4. in Stasthsamitowbuiltt. Ina% eh eatery lane, Loudon, on or before the 90th day of Jae snare, BD& oe in dettank thereof they *III be peremptorily sit clodird the hew* af the said Order. .1. HINDMAN, Solicitor for the Company. .. A ,~,~.. *~,~ Water.worki. His estimate of the espene e twin. ) eery fnr their establishment, was a no not ra mod.. ing 60,0001. Thet the Bills obtained b) this Com. pony, were upon the welt ascertained groan& of hi. competenry on the part of the N.. River Compelsy to soppl) the district ; and that in his evaders - co be. fore a Committee of theltte of Cnbtmons; be gars in an accurate survey of the works of lite Nisi River Con„any, and proved they had not a sollican quantity of water to satisfy the demand. Ili quence of this inability to se: ply—the high prices charged—their arbitrary and Vesitioos eondecr—i. - and the daily supply being reduced tis freer, and theri. to three days in the week. its. Legislotere granted the Charter to the East London CoMpsey ; and it that time it never was expected the Companies sreelii coalesce ) or that the Public should not built+. bee neat of a fair competition. The East London Company, for theAns4taie4 speculating, doubted the estimate. end paittsit • dividends upon their shires. out of their eepitet; itot' tabled a premium upon each 1001. thereof 13 ' which means teeny made immense sums of money s and some now hold several shares, the actual profit.' of their speculation. The Company, by a mitgeld: ed influence, nett proceeded ) at an ezpeoceof tee thousand pounds, to erect a mound of eseb, 84 feet en height, and a pewit fill steam engine fur chi pare poie of raising the water over this mound, when the general service of eater required only 45 feet. 111111 level of altitude in the town not exceeding that height above the walks. Proceeding in this Meaner (and as if fur the purpose of exposing their prof•ootr ignorance of the principles of science), they arso now uselessly erecting another powerful engine, ant laying down an enormous maie, at the estimated el. permit of 50,0001. for the purpose of hotting the wow' in a large body to the town. 66 Now it most be evident this plan is dlassetrie cally opposed to all the well-known principles s eit science, since a small engine in the town by creating a vacuum would bring the water with less than *ill the power now employed ; the pressure of the stmotte phere in this case assisting and not opposing the die recline of the water. The East London Compeer' expended a sum of 32,0001. in the purchase of tliek West Ham Wster.works, by entire mismanae•mont, alien they might have purchased them for 15,0001 e In the purchase of the Sharlseell Witer.works, they' were equally prodigal, and lavished away • large sum of money. In their estahtishonent for managing the Works and collection, thrr are most 'lnnen.. gently eependin g upwards of 60001. INr •otteet, whets the whole might he eniidecied f•tr Tess Masa one half the *mime. Mr. D idd further stare% es his decided opinion, Burt this speculating system at first pursued—the sebsequent mismanagement—the, profound ignorance of the principle upon which their Works are conducted—the estrevagout waste tif meat' nay—and the appropriation of their income to esteedi their Works and capital - -a-constitute the orthelpot causes of their recent exorbitant sod unjustifiable . charges upon the Public." Your Committee cannot doubt, from the above professional evidence, the eombination of the two Companies was the result of (big eatnthsely defective !system, so ably exposed. The Appendix of evidences will show the unjustifiable and very partial systene lately acted upon in the increase of Water charges; so much so, that it appears to your Committee, thole Companies have laid on the heavier charges, where they expected no opposition would arise; end when, the inhabitants ere of a higher order ) or where their pipes are brought into competition with other CM" ponies, the charges, if increased at all, base been be. insensible degrees and extremely moderate.--(Vide App. No. 10.) Your Committee now proceed to inveatigste the third head of their subject—the monopoly established by the combination. In the opinion of your Committee, monopoly is the exclusive privilege of any person, or set of per. sons, to possess or sell any particular commodity.— Now, by the combination of the two Companies, their extensive wool's, and their riches, a monopoly is in effect established in this district in the supply of water. It is deemed unnecessary to enter iuto the dangerous nature and effects of a monopoly, so well understood as this important branch ef political eco. nomy is et the present day. But your Committee consider it necessary to show some of its results its the present case. The first result of this monopoly is, that comp,• titiorn, which the Legislature intended on granting ' the Charter to the East London Company, and th-re. by to regulate the price of water, is effectually de. strayed, and no longer exists. The second result is . , the better supply of teeter, which the Charters provided for, cannot be obtained throughout the specified districts; since the major part of these' are still supplied by the New Hover • Company. And those districts now under the entire controul of the East ( A mnion Company, are served but three or four days in the week, and for the most part very scantily supplied. The third result is, that though in name there ats two Companies, yet in effect the Public liege but one source to apply to for water; and, therefore, meat take it at any price, however exorbitant the charge may he; or, however bad the quality, and scanty the supply. The fourth result is, a perfect Indifference on the part of the Companies, whether the Public are sup. plied or not. And the conaequent danger to which the lives and p r operties of she inhabitants within the distral are conarantly eaposed. Your Committee beg to refer to some melancholy c am .. it, the Ap i pmdix, ilium , s t ing she slarndnit evils resulting from thi% lood , fferenCel in which it will be Seen the ravages of fire were extensive, and oily in true opium eltimately Islamised by a common poop. i , t , '~~; 1 { L. SPRCCILATION POR INDIA oR AMRRICA. THE relebtote4l AIIIAT AR Y CARRIAGE of ibe PERQR of FRANCE. ispour , tl nt Wnter• lon (late the pr peaty or the Prince Regent), with the lobate 4 Its eon* os nod vAstftme coni-oes, consisting of the. en • p E qu ip ag e. services of Plate. Dt:tornestl4. Vlrtirtirtille, Fife area. nod fawn) . Pititnes, Coliosat Statue nod Bioko. in Mare bk aad Bri nse, with a warms or iititer splendid lands. of art, ex.-ivied by the first Arti.ts In France to eninnseatorate the prior pal 'Winos of linpotesso. and collected at a enosiderattle =re. in 1811, fin... tin. L.maeo .nber Preach Pnlnces t. the whniet,of the Ink wiped .r exisitulitte at the London Mossonu,wlich he, been visited Vowed, bairn million of pert Imo. sad is presumed would be equally attractive in India se America. The whale it now OPF.N for PUBLIC INISPEOTHbN, it few drys preying, I , their being SOLD by AUCrION, (unless ditpo.eil of by Prvate Coterart. of which moiler MN' be gives), at the Pail% Head, Caution-tweet, war Guil#llll4 Admittoace frog ten till desk, at Is. each. Deserislve boo. *doggies Is. DON QUIXOTIC, HIGHLY ILLUSI‘RVIICD FROM PICIVRES HY MR. SMIRK. Thig dae was published, elegantly pointed in Four Volume% 8, pm, 91.81. in boards; a limited nomorr there wits wooly impressions of the Plated on Rowil Paper. price. 151. 156. toThrots; AO a few copies, with Prof Imnres4,. Moos of she Miro, on India Paper, in 4t0., price 9.61. 54. in honrd4. Till!: Now rdigion of the celebrated WORK of CERVANTI ti k a Tr.inslaii 41, partly new, owl partly founded on former Version.; exirniti4elly corrected; ern. bello.hrd with hoessurpos seventy and eighty Engravings, all of whirls howr teroo excruseit in she st elaborate and highly dininbcdn3le, by the Oro Antos rtbiseoainry, from Picture ' - Es ROHERT SMIRKE, Esq. R. A. Printed for T. C. , dell and W. Davies, Booktellets to the Acadsorn. =ry RAKASIRI. E ere requested to direct the attention of per .ons nfilieted with mental h..dlly (teeny, nerves:ls de . iiattity, tuaatil wasting?', 1..... of appetite, indigemino, eleisresignn • of slams. tremhline , :haltinz (the h • ii44.si orhsitic and every • Nether trod ssf 'Towson, nith , nas. ulcerated illf4ollll. seminal Illeakaelle. Plan* lathe limbs HMI joints, ea..susuptiver hishits. aldb all ratstkutioruil e..inplaint., iss make trial of elehrw CORDI Al. Bilk,Lll OF RiKi3IRI.. • r Reatosoliter. eti prep wed and %obi, wholesale and retail, 4,. C. J. J.. 1 raw, M. 0., f the F.stsit ton Media ul Estuttlistiwent. 7, C•iannti-sweet Rua , Sr. nenrie% in oh. Ewa. E s antan. ft it univernilly :irkauasledgrd to he the at.• a w r rea bk. and passackyl rewarutive in all the ahnve crimp ptatitis ryas' diseoverodt it Obit the hlo d, ea•e• tnit.t iri.,lcnt pains in the b. nil stannica. :mil prawns gentle twillairninn.— It is utterly imp sable f.r lanionix• to express. nt clown/nor la. cowl. tatticieunly she value Ibis woods-fel and ine parable kledtriar in 8..1 .rant bent to the nitiviett, and Riving vixen:rho the na.,; s tun t va l is.t. 1, t ,, isi been renihred s« prefeet health. sof see having , heels *Need by die. leot diseases. its I have teen despaired iif, u. only by alter f. Rec. ben by their prole siinial nue:a:ant-. hy amisteinntioi of the Pettprieine, in bottles I I*. each far twa quantities in • Ile. SQ.. ens al ow four quantities is family battle, fisr 334.. duty included. by n hi. It soar 11 4 . 110( . 11 41 1 This inewienahle Medicine will trrp in all eliMnlet and may !e had ,if R..relay stud Suns, Fleri.niarkei = Vail.. IDonthillt H J. Preston, lUI, atrium ; J. It i brut*. 1.93. ern:A t Stake. 56 P , eriletilly t Barker. 1 . 25. Oaf ird..trert Chandif r. i 6, 0 if 0441. virrett Tom lit. M iddle, r••i•, 114 , 11nicn : and by the most respecint& aledicine Vendeti in emery part so the kingdom. Dr , C J. Jordan lakes this nenernt opportunity of an? anuncing to tn. Pngie. that he hi. .lady a•sclu.ivc ly to the cure of tnittwelar envapinini-; a. a regitifir merahrr ut toe Royal Ci.llete of Paysic.nno he ofl. r. r, sveedV Per.un neat cure for every saes of nervnie: el:: s ai s,: bows yen lone qandene i or .40 , e most invite ale kind. or- by 111191 na4 superior on.denf trratnii sit r.peedilyan a etre* I u liyirse red • P 7. C. J. . 1 "0 111 1 EIM 4 V be ennsulled, by all sink.. f.nat the mni iwte nine is. the ' , riling at the Eart Le a hal !M di. 0111 Efilelsii.liMettf. 7, (*mourn-titre* 11.•al, :war the Cnntuseis • tial Rnad inni•‘; lie. Si. George'. ie the Eik•t. 'T II ft; lons-estriblishtol ropotation of MonSre. Clf Rill Id sold Co.. coontiimsl tvit!s their well-known et povwfwe ad Ameeme h; the treatment ..ort rem of a le* Frio, te e c. tooplaitib. entitles thew . • supeel,r. rhinos and A derided prefer' err over all other ptactitionero. Meters Cowrie arid Co. es regular Surgeons, and Meraher4 of the R , yhl College. of Lon don and Ildistioargb, 1111.441141 it/ the Public the town it 'bitty years mocesofal yr ctiee to lite Sletrispoli- where their steals TV tit nod cure of V e ner ea l Complaints, ' Nenrous Debilitit. Vascular Relaxation, and Aton% of the Organ.. Striciiiress at the Urethra. &c. ate. hat proved uniform!. iriumphanr• Is slight and r• cent rams of infection. a perfect Core is complet , (id in the sham grind of tali delis; and in those cases uf ain .le *M. plicate.' mita", where other Practitioners •hai:e failed of heron. a pe.__,. :er perahvernowe in their plop 4 P treatment in sure, to the Patient re 'mead and perfect ie-ndithili-hatent. In • Vert 114 flehilitv, a trotter produced • v convivial eices,hr, by the insm...ierate el joy, .alt of sensual yleasurer, by redtwatry . lid 11•0 r salchow. It .hiss. or ilv env other calor, the Medicines : She, p.eieribe all pro 'tire the !mimic,' effect-. in improving I *mess fatally biota of body ash; mind. Several Noblemen and i Gentlemen of the ilir.t re,pvciahilitv, have horn under the cure of Uttar,. Currie- and Ott. fur the removal of Complaint, of the 'Unitive. Strictures (ire. and having received a radical and permutes+, nue. request that refetence ansv be wide to Sham a, sniitfactory evidences: of the decisive superiority of Messrs. Cerra. and Co.'s plan of treatment ; many .4 thew Gentlemen • have Icift Sorters. fs fr mi ten to twenty veer", and bad heeit isii. 1 der the care of MYSOff. Moine. Heavisidv.rsod tither Sort'i'e of equal "m u 's'e, who aste•opted the cure by the npylicatisio ~ of the Lusr r Cis's,. ic. wit ;mu, suceets. Stets's. Curs isia4 Co. may be c viselthd by either set. with the gretatit &Matey, setter', and honour, at their house, bia.lo7. Hationagarden.— Patti nts in the country ore requested to mate the yard- Coins. "f the; Clues , sie, and general habit of living. Ike. en. el :sing a rt-tnittartce for advice and medicines, when the seine aril be given or pent to their part of the kingdom. To insure t it secrecy so esiseatial to our undertaking. lite postaga i o t f . har m e y be added le the accosts for medicine.-107, , re. ,r • s• -, . i i 1 , •. .ss__ .. IC~ • 1,1 LONDON, MONDAY,- AI • •.., 8, , . ...-- :S44PPANO9N ASJ) • itivinOckTEß-. • WORKS' COMPANIES. • . • - The following is the Report read by Mr. May, et the Meeting:pethe City_ of Loudon Tavern, on Friday : THE REPORT. The Committee appointed to collect facts relating to the present Monopoly of Water, and to consider of provision being made for the better Supply of Water to the Eastern Districts of the Metropolis, and to report the same, with their Observations, to the Public; have, penman, to be tile Resolu. ' Lion of the Public Meeting, considered the matter 'to them referred, and unanimously agreed to the fallowing Report : Your Committee, deeply impressed with the emit kgportance of the subject matter referred to their con. leideralion, have !Init.'sa time in obtaining she neees !Nary information ', end hers applied themselves m o st. 'diligently, and with great Permitter's, to the per. 'romance of the duty imposed on them by the Public. . In the detail of evidence supporting the Lions herein set forth, a few important cases only . have been selected. Since they found it impossible to insert all the evidence u hich they obtaitiod, viitboot swelling this Report into a bulky volume; and be. cause they considered the remaining evidence would. be employed to better solvatitage before the great Iris burial of the nation, to which they ultimately recast. mend this investigation. And further, it was found Air" expedient to treat this subject more in a ge. !worst way, than dippiug deeply into the minute detail. 4 your Committee, on • consideration of th e su b • pet generally, were led to palatint the. nature and. ffinisions, of the Charters or Acta of Parliament. :establishing the New River and Emit London Water. work Compauies, iStc. and are decidedly of opinion s that before the Public can onssiblt receive any re. .dress of the present. alarming. evil, they so:justly complain of Nurse Aces of Parliament must undergo an entire revision, some important classes introdetel ed, and otherwise generally amemied. Your Comnsittee, in investigating this subject, have arranged their enquiries under Use following bends : • First.—The Acts of-Parliament establishing these Cnmpanies. Secondly.—The combination formed between thein. Thirdly.—The monopoly establighed•by this cola. loiirthlys—The remedy which voter Onnivaitti. considered it _as part of their duty to recommend tit the Publics. With respect to the Acts of Parham. nt, tour Coma mittee consider them singular., inadequate to the petpmips to which they were iisteus!etl, utile'+ it he admitted that pub lic interests are . e be sacrificed so the interests of a few. it has been considered, there. tore, that whilst every pohsible s. , curity and pro. teatiun should be given to the property of the Cons patties, sod Lull powers ;igen them to enforce, in a ..ommary way, the just debts duo to them. st is, on the other hand, of indispensable necessity the public should be protected against all arbitrary and vets. sinus proceedings, and that the Companies should be ompellod to give an ample and good supply of water to those places and inhabitants which they have agreed to serve. Your Committee assn consider the present Ad(' of Parliament defective, inasmuch as every stipulation nn the part of the Companies is optional, and on the part of the Public. eninp u t. ore . Lit the first place—To all those places recited in the first audsecouti Acts of the East London Water. work Company as staled to ba very inadequately supplied with water, and for the exi.ress purpose of riving a better supply these Acts were obtained, it should be compulsory, end not, as at present, op. tional on the part of the Company to give a good and sufficient supply. Itt the second place—The Companies should not have the option of filling their mains during the night, hut it should be imperative on the part of the Com panies to keep their mains so filled, and ready to give a :efficient supply hi cased fire duriag the night. Its the third place—That the Companies should have the power to distress for delit and to cut off the supply of water et the same time, appears extraordinary and estra-jedicial. Your Committee, in common justice, e.itosider the debt contracted by the intim. bitant should be levied upon him only ; and the Com panies should no longer possess the alarming power of charging the same ippon the landlord. It vppears to yoei Committee, that as it is the con stant and invariable practice of the New River and Esst London Water.work Companies in all COW where arrears of water cfnreges accrue, to cot off the supply ; neglecting to aeHect this charge, or eoforte the payment by distress, and refusing to renew the supply unless the arrears be paid, they therehy create an illegal and unjultifiable imposition, amounting in effect, to the levying a rate upon the land without consent of Parliament. Such a method pursued by these Companies is singolarly oppressive, since it ias. pose, a heavy expence upon the landlord, after pay ing these arrears, by obliging him to relay no the water at his own cost. And your Committee cannot imagine it would be considered peculiarly hard upon these Companies, to suffer losses naterally.locidental to all commercial and trading concerns. _ _ In _the /nerds pl ace---Tbe present Acts of Parlia ment gives a* redress to the Public for the arbitrary and veastious conduct of these Companies, in dilapi dating and laying waste the leaden pipes belonging it:, -the inhabitants. A complaint which your Corn tnitteecannot but consider as worthyattentiou, and requirins Ise inaniediant regoedy.--{Vide Appendix • Neh 4.} ~V. :* 1818 • '', if Tear C ~ Oise aware that in annoy siteationsi Sthin Aisle sive district there is riot, and per -4 bops can *lvor be, any competition between the Water l work Cleopitsiies, and that in all sorb cases the inhabisant oust pay any sum, however exorbitant, which the Cowponies may charge, or be absolutely deprive 4 el teeter consider it would be hig' i ly es ' pedient end Aleneicial, that measures should be adopt eel to protect the Public from such demands. AA •your Committee bate obtained abundant information of such exorbitant demands having hero made in' ahaey . cales, and knowing it is the cpnstant practice of late of the ton Companies where no competiti on • exists, cannot but consider tkaubsestre of a protecting chime in the present Acts as • principal defect.-.. (Vide Appendis, No. 6.) In the alath.place, therefore, it should , be enacted, ',That in ell eases where no competition exist., aid wlverelbe lehebitatit may thiuk himself aggrieved by the charge for, water, the price demanded shall be fixed by arbitration. .You Committee, folly aware from daily experience of the abases, that time alone, independent of private interests Constantly operating, will engender even in the best constituted Societies, are anxious some ti gelation* should be enacted, calculated to check their uncontrolled progression. And your Committee are of opiaion, any commercial institutinn, in which the profits of trade promise to increase with time, and scarcely to know any limit, is itijeriees to society, and dangerous to the Slate. It should therefore be enacted in the proposed amendments, that an annual account of the net income and profits of the East London sail. New River Water Companies, should he given in oil neth,t9 the Rouse of Commons, and a certain woof dividend, without any bonus, fixed as a per tentage upon the actual value of the original shares. Thus placing ender the controul of Pain/. ~ meat, those enormous sums, which in time would ae. cumulate s and might otherwise be converted to Ws . peses of dangerous nature, Your Committee conceive it extremely unjust that thiV frit high prices. for water should be continued, ' *km ie. one Crimper), the large profits derived have raised the original shares many hundreds per centum; end the shores of the other hare borne a premium of 130 *Per cention. (Vide Appendix, No. 64—But when it le known these Companies are daily in. rreSsing their already exorbitant charges, the rotor miry at the *ail becomes more apparent, and ins contirinhasce wordy incompatible with the public in- Irreatl. Ynuicgaropitter having, now enumerated the prin t-spat ile.lii'io the present Atta % and having shown some of the evils resulting therefrom, beg Wave to claim attention to the second object of their con auletation, namely —" The Combination of the East Condon wirk I he New Ritter Compton)." Volt,' Commuter on entering into this subject of their investi g sni..n, feel duly sensible of itsimpart. so w ., viol cannot but acknowledge it a matter of ea treiMe &Jiang*, To charge soy individuals with an isfancetor in.helnpUsa nature as a combination against any others, is a serious matter. how much more se rioes must it he considered when this charge is brought against two Chartered Companiea, whose riches and high public character Ought to have placed them beyond those temptations which hurry the poor and wretched into misfortunes a nd the worst of crimes. Your Committee are shocked tit the consideration, and mould have gladly passed over this subject, so pain ful to their feelings. Bat the evidence they are pos sessed of, added to the notoriety of the Companies pachange of pipes., as laid down in several districts, left no alternative, and compelled them in the honest discharge of their duty to charge these Companies with a conthiaoon, as criminal and indefensible as any that ever fell beneath the weighty sentence of the la w.,---( Vide Appendix, No. 7.) Such are the impressions made upon your Committee, that they thought it most advisable to incorporate the evidence in the Report. Added to this, is the evidence of Mr. Ralph Dodd, one of the first engi. neers of the present day, a Gentleman to whose ta lents this great city is in an eminent degree indebted for many of those new and splendid works of art with which it is now adorned. This important evi dence will trace the cause* which led to the combine. lion, and prove, in the opinion of your Committee, beyond dispute, a series of acts of fraud, extrava gance, and follies, - certainly unprecedented in the hioory us any ocher Company ; and which could re ceive no other support and arrive at no other result than this criminal combination. In proof of the combination, your Committee now state the evidence of Mt. J. B. Sharpe, *hid) is as follows :--.-" That on an appeal to the Directors of the East Loudon Water Company, the Chtirmso of the Committee informed him, the Company could not grant any re dress, since the district in which he resided was now turned over to the New River Company, and that he was to consider himself as taking water of that Com ',pony. The Chairman further slated, this regulation was in consequence of a deed regularly entered into between the two Companies, by the first leg.al ad vice ; and that it was.therein stipulated, all those in habitants who took water of them, hot who were now turned over to the New River Company, should be amply supplied with good water, and at the same prices." tour Committee consider this strong evidence of the combination being regularly entered into by the two iCempanies. The evidence in the Appendix (No. 8) will prove the Companies had no regard for their own stipulations, since no sooner had the New Riser Company taken posyssion of this district their they raised the water generally 25 per cent. and in the other case raised the prices to the amount former ly paid, when no competiliun existed. Mr. IL Dodd states:—" Be was originally em- PIST.I I al Vilinegre 1 1 1 111 FIONA th. Not Landau . _ r. •-,: - : ' s:. go ~i~i . _~ 7:1 ', . P ..) -