The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1818-10-31 00:00:00

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'OA. 31, BLACKA‘'Ontrti BiflN BURGH MAGA- ell* by ►Prlillimivs, I. hiv rvetllrwcy Hoe Lord Leers.- c miii ,,,,,i,, , „,,,, they ~,,,e mom imEsted with otT a Cidtlittwd Wtauitropent lietpstio *Hai ihe lamb out, liamelsonwly printed la two trols.4 to. and illissirsled . v ri'lgin e Il i jcstieslitlirrimula will perform the Play of ElliF i is pilidisibril TUIS• DAT by ainstreons Views of the principal Buildings, simian t I!!! nie . nne they CoUld wish for priiinityug and car- uq ui ,t a thdit e era * el . i ll ipit ti kt. ; 4... , o f t h ee THE NIF,RCHANT OF VEINit'E. Hy/obit Harrel, - Albeuairle.street. mot modern, Maps of the City, kr. r) mg into eff-ct their projects: %Vim' iltrir mire was A deterieseEnes i ate vto litkf iu . lißbilOM introot. Mr. Powell; dirsiono, Illy. D. Fisher; Solaria, MIRE HISTORY or the CITY of DUBLIN, could not effect, they act ;shan't! ly intrigov customett which otiOs be ermattalled,widt the Mr Rsroord; Oratiauo, %Ir. Noir" ; Lanvin, Mr. T. HE E BRITISH REVIEW No. X.YIV. just 1 front the earliest seemly" 1 " the Prege'll I'M': con- an d private arrangement. and they entered into a 'Mimi. If %man ioatetil to ta from - Use EMI Lou:. c,,,,,k.. ; sti hick. Mr. K. 11•1; lAU lOCk 1411, 11tH Oxlservs; pehlithed, wow' Articles cm sits following Bab. isiriats its atansls, Antitiolties, Ecclesiastical Hisamy, nod compact with that very Company (the New Miter) . don to the Kew River Cisrepouy, he most. Pat e it e • 0 , 1 , Gmer ,,, aw n rters ; its present Itstest r Eilblic Oallrliatv. ricbouls. "pinta the machination, of which they were at Arr. err all arikam. ;lid vice terra. But the etheepentr G i mp,. m r . Worrifirr. Portia, by a rf,fot lady (hi r kat ~e , s : _ i. mle3e. National of lmprotrement, in appearance in Loodoo); Nerissa, Mu gayest; Jessica, ' side , or Ej.,,, k ,,, , mk, it p r i m , De ir lo ei - d ig. m o b ile , Institutions, &e. To which ars • fled, Binoraphif 41 Notirre ineurporated. The Cheiriataii described this ar- w a y in which the two Cutnpanits left the "public, Mrs. BINA. fie cu rl ' , Work on the French Reirotelionw-3. Willsoo's Her- of Eolvetel Nell. sad soliieve Apredices if he PuPolatklai rangeinnot as being is the higliets degree opposed with o ut 5 ,„ 7 ,A erie , w a y. wit 6. ) , a res t- u u m , After which. the Force of mows-4. Norman, of Asnrodang the Criminal taw of Foe. Revenue, Ceonnevests ad Literature. .1_ • pAsT TEN 111.1.011‘, hott-0 Near Tales of My Landlord-6 ProgrensofTypisno Pr the late JOHN WARBURTON, Esq. to the public niterrst, and he prouuuneed upon is throu : t i the metropoiii, rod divided it bittwerni AND A RAINY NIGHT. Fryer, aunt it* Treatment-7. Disputes brtwren America Deputy Keeper of illie Records in Ronsinchson Tourer,l the most unqualified condernnatiou. The effect of them. The Esst London Coutspony tools up all Copt. Ifilfltln., Mr. Rafrora . ; Harry Putlalialle Mr Pr." and Span-S. On the Appointiffrot of • Chaplain to Item. The Ids Rey.. JAMES WHITELAW, atom arrangement was, that the two great Conti:a- their poefisee.pjpes on the wevtern rode of this line. I , v; cameras &toil', Mr. IlArrfy ; Dowry , Mr. Mundell; tem Hoopitill-9. Mill's Ilimiory of &Hr.& ludi.--to. I N . And tlw Rev. R. WALIH, M.R.I A. nirs, without consulti:g in any manner the wishes n•id the New Rievr Company on the rasters,. The Barnet, Mr Xvitht ' T 4 . 1 %.1, Mrs Oren. Ivilieetwe from the Enpediti oi 1 0 expl or e a N or th_cf en t Printed for T. raJtll and W. D216€1, Strand, .London; East London then rent notice. that as Ailey weir , J.Commine,st Dublin; awl W. Ithiciimponl, at Eilsalsorek of the inhabitants, transferred over whole districts Dhofl nem at Sis o'Clock, the Prrfunname to begin at p a ,.. , e. from one Company to the other. just He it suited about to lay do4o liar .1 " on the .ride whi c h, wen n.. . nos. ; sompa Prior. !.-Pit, 3.; Second p,,,, e, es. London : Printed for Baldwin, Croloek, and Joy, Pater- prim. 1,...;.ti pper Galion; IL; nosier-row ; said J. Uatchard, Piccadilly. SHAM V 111.1INTRAT.11 ruins oserrroess nv . ...ILabeeroollery.2s.; Pelee 3a —Pit, as ; Secood .—Lnorr ; Scront.d Price, le.-Upper Gallery, ear nod Trim , 64, 'Norm and PlN** to he ts.ken of We Roalwell, at the Re loads of the Thrombi, frr.ot Ter lilt Meer; where may he lad • Prorste Hal nißhtlf mid, for the fateSeet aeraser., ionclotino of the Prattic, the SocAllire will he spew etety benirwr formence from Nine On Pierre • On Mnoday, Ince Siehard the Third, with The Musksl tert•iirowerit of The Noe tholdier. On Tam.day, the Comedy of The tostefry girt. After which will he proctored, a New Dramatic Romance, wide.; has been rime time in prep.cratioo, to be railed anemecide ; or, The f.ctal Offspring. With iac* Music, Scenery, and D ;rnent in n ., On Wednesdny, the Comedy of The Road to Ruin ! Old Duratun, Mr. Monden. _ QUIXOTE. HIGHLY ILLUSTRATED PROM PICTURES BY MR. SMIRK& On Friday, the tOth of November, will he published, hand• mutely printed is four sol4o, ; w liraisnd sinsbe r th e n. of, wittiest*, imprenreow , fee Mars. eis iiwynl Paper; and a few Curies, inn Penllo l 4 , -""sos " Iwstin NM. is 410. THIS /11.1/ Edition of the eelefirnlorl WORK of CERVANTES is • Translation, partly new, and partly founded on former Versions extensively corrected ; it will be emhellidied with beeves seventy and eighty Ea. graviogu. all of which have beets executed by the most dia. tsuguished Artist. of ihts country, from Pietnres painted By ROBERT SIMMER, Emit A. As the elaborate and bioltly-linished style is which these Engravings have been executed, will necessarily render the present moth more valuable than any future edition, the Pulilisliers request to be honoured with the Names, trans mitted through the medium of their respective Booksellers, of those Gentlemen who may wish to possess curly Interco 111011S, when the Copies will be faithfully appropriated cording to the dates of the orders. Printed fur T. Cadet! and W. Davies, in the Strand, Book sellers to the Royal Academy. which, by , sry . occupy Pzelutivelr, they Inuit lay on a, moderate addition to the farmer water tale ; and the Meeting would be too /irked to tram, that this Moderate imams was ne NW or, in mon instanter; not leo ulteO film SO to go per cent. soil in some from 2 to rtitf) per rent. This rice rim to SP. accairitywnsied with a better so opt,. of water.. bet lIJ suet improve., anent :aid; place; ell the rmitrary.lantli tile quality and quantity became less favaura.ble is the puhlir- He iiistanced several iiistsnees : if this diminished comity, and said, that the cleei to tier Company lied admitted the complaint to he universal. lie kriew via instance at E tat Mani; where an inhabi taritta rate for water was ea.sed N i t the East Lone don from 4!. to IR ; the parish Workhouse at Bethnal-green was raised from et. to ; a dye house, that originally paid , 20f. to the New River CIIIIIpany, and refuvied titt soloitatim,a to have the East London water In a Inver lute, ;$,. !!..Wll4 not so soft in qtlal l ty f u r th e pstrticts'ar:iuNinr;.‘, w a s oh. lilted by the line df demarnittion unw,kir take the water of the Intstr, not at co!. but at SO/. A stilin her of ;lemons about to build small tenements, had applied to the Es.t London Cowpony to Rno* at what rate they would lay me water for them; the surf agieed u p . n ( a nd a tnentorandum to thateffect WA. reduced to writing) was, that As. for each house should be paid for a term of seven yrurs. Yet, be., fore half this term hail iSpired, the ruts was sod denly and arbitrarily increa sed 14s. or ifis. It had been truly s a id, th a t it they applied tlitlr titer. terms profits to an iuereitse of capital, they could not r=peet to have it also in the shape of dividend.; It was true, that the public attention were called t o the effects of the injurious System petrified the tan great Witter Compintei It would bit moat desirable that the flatter vtiottld be further . inquired into throu g h the medium of a Committee, He concluded by a:drilla:4 secontliiik the Ittiolo. lions. LONDON UENUINE TEA COMPANY, Na,. 13, LtmeATcau.s.,_ INtretlyapp..pit •oLG r , ripMeeklmitior ; Semi?, criaNiskisent of NW hived 61 the Mamba. and 'eh kb 'sins into Rrthagemente with the "bite mode 61 ao other House in lA. Traits. To be OPENED NEXT THPRSDAY, 5Th NOVEMBER, 181 s. THIS COMPANY is composed of Merchants of the City of London, in the hope of rescuing the TEA TRADE from the opprobrium it has incurred by the conduct of many Dealer. (implicated in the recent disgrace ful convictions), and who, without wishing to build their Lase on the fallen reputation of others, yet conceive they are riodering an essential service to the Public, by form ing an Establislinreot to supply them with Teas, pure and noadiillerated, and which must assist to check and counter set the attempt* at fraud and imposition in a branch of trade ao er.eutially connected with the health and contort of the community. When it is considered how general and indispensable an article Tea is—bow winch it forms one of the principal ne cessaries of life—aad that, notwithstanding all these circum stance., how shamefully it has been adulterated—they trust the Public will appreciate the advantages to be derived from such au uudrrtaking as the present. It may not, perhaps, be generally known, that a great number of other Prosecutions are now pending ; ■nd eon. nectiii,g this fact with the many previous conviction that have occurred in all parts of the Kingdom, the conclusion naturally drawn will be, that great doubt must exist of pro curing the article genuine. rinTA nra.rtn r. 4 COPENT-GA /WEN. T HIS EVENING, SATURDAY,'Oct. 31, will Ire vete I, the Traded of THE GINIESTER. Beverley, Mr. Young; Stokely, Mr. Egerton; Lewson, Mr. C. K;mble; Dawson, Mr. Claremont. Mrs. Beverley, Mies O'Neill; Charlotte, Miss Foote. To whirl§ will he *.pled (for the It'll lime), a sew Comic Opera. in two sets, called THE BAItIIER OF SEVILLE. Founded on the Opera of that name, in which will be intro ilneed part of Rossini's end Paraii.llo's celebrated music quo.. w II 'Soufriere di Sivigiin" The Overture amt orw !Nair reimposed, and the whole adapted to the English Serge, by Mr. Bishop. Como Alnuivivn, Mr Jones; Dr. Raoul.), Mr. Fawcett ; J'.asi!, Mr J. Imams; Figaro. Mr Liston; Fiorello, Mr. l'yor; Am" Mr. Simmons; Tallboy, Mr. King. So• Dirkona ; Mareellina, Mrs. Sterling. A Private Pie wry be had for the Season, ur nightly, of Mr. Itraiolon, at the office. Mae', 7a Serum' Price, 3s. 6d —Pit. 3s. CI. Second frier, 2s—Lower Gallery. to. Secuud Price, Is.—Upper Hillery, Is Second Price, 6.1 Pl3rell fur the Bows to be taken of Mr. Brandon, at the Box•riere, Hart.strret, from Ten till Four. tl i Monday. Tl.e Point of Nonoor: Bertha, Miss O'Neill. I I:1 The Spoirit Child: Little Pickle (li.rt Moe. T. 11111 Ti. tibia will be aided, the Dramatic Knows= of Blue Beard. ACKLIN'S BIBLE, with its twine •tid I.Vil splendid Engravings, re.publiabed on an improved, yet far less expensive ;plan (dedicated, by permission, to his Rama Highness the Prince Regeni). This new and superior Edit of the Holy Scriptures, with names oils Engravings, and now iocluding a Prefacc ■ad Historical Accounts of the several Souks ; written ex pressly fur the purpose, By the Rev. EDWARD HARES, DD. Rector of Biddenden, Rent; and Regius Professor of . . Modern History, in the University of Oxford. Will be completed in Twelve Paris, published Monthly, price Two Guineas each; Six of the Parts are already pub lished, and the remainder will follow in regular 'accession. The printing is executed by Messrs. Bensky and Sons, in the size called Atlas Unarm °. The Engravings executed by the principal Artists of this country, from Pictures by all our most distinguished Painters, consisting of seventy Historical Subjects, besides more than one hundred Vignette Head piece' and Tail pieces, emblematical of the several Rooks; anal the Work, wbca completed, will form Three elegant Volumes of cunvenient size. So lunch ball been already said and written os the subjeet of Teas, that any further remarks might appear superfluous ; hut the Company causot forbear noticing the facility with which this adulteration may be effected, and Its pernicious effects upon the constituting. The first is too well known to need comment ; and, with respect to the second, medical men have observed, and justly, that 'genuine 're* i■ out solarium to health ; but that t►e inonsaae of nervous disorders may be attributed to pensiciosts ingredi ents with *lnch it has been deteriorated. This has beta ally proied by the fatal experience of many perspire peri wig to the late exposure*. Tea is literally alassist the only untrinsent of thousands of the eansmoully ; it is tht refute tiny to conceive the havoc a poisonous adulteration must make upon their conatitistioas ; and it is nut tou much to hike, that snail of the late alarming Worms are attribut able to this cause. Twe.(lAv will be rrviv►d, the Conway of She Woold sod , :hr IVottl4l Tfnt Dew trine). Mr. W Hyt...l,ta, Mr.. T. Han. With the nice et HiloMaas ••• It has bees. thought important, in this opulent and highly civilised country, to engage Young Persons in the Higher eta's", 'oftloektly Is allow* dillneof ilitely of the Sacred Page, by presenting to them t►e Bible in a more or form, enriched with Graphical Illustrations of the Text, of undoubted merit and character; thus making the elegant arts of Painting and Engraving subservient to the advancement of the great iaterrrts of Christianity, and the gratification of Taste coodneive to the improvement of Piety. With these views, the present Edition has been undertaken, upon a scale of snflicient importance to coin wand the attention of the highest and moat enlightened persons, yet with e►cry possible care to avoid unnecessary expense. Printed fur T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand. and W.;;R. ‘Vetitteatliy, The Clandestine Marriage, and The 11..ther t.t . Seville. I hi Thunder. the Tragedy of Ailelgitha ; after which OM time) a iwe. HAW. called Paul and Vir;iniai and Who AVMs? or The Wsdoe's Chf.iee. To prevent the possibility of thei► Tees being lowered by • mixture with an inferior article, the Cuinpany ENGAGE TO NEITHER BUY NOR SELL BOHEA TEA, •or auy of that large proportion of inferior Teas which are .o commonly used to adulterate the better sort.; their object bring So select strong fall.flavorred Te•s, so desirable to every Consumer. This day are pubbsbed, io one I/140111P Sm. embellished with two hi:4lly-finished Portraits of Ms. sod Mrs. Howard, Nice 2d 5s EVIOIRC of the PUBLIC and PRIVATE LIFE (W JOHN litmAita. the Philanthropist, compiled from his prieste diary andleiters, the journal et his roviii,lestto.l attendant, she rontasitnicalions sit his imilv awl satirising fririsds, and (Aber authentic sources of ihfunasaiten; most of it entirely original. 11, JAMES BALDWIN BROWN, F l ' 4 l. 01 the Inner Temple, Barriiter at Law. Printed Air Rest Fenner, Paternoster-row. Tie !Awing is a brief Epitome of the Company's Teas, whit-lithe Public may rely oa being found to answer the description girec EAST LONDON WATER WORKS COMPANY. Nu. I. Strong Congos, al 7s. An excellent Tex fur Fami lies; also fur Hotels and Coffee-horses . N 0 . 2. ant jellies HP O *, at Ns. 6d. Superior to most Greta Teas nue selling at 14s. N0..1. Genuine Conger, at 6s. 6d. A good Tea for corn- Tbi: Jas. is published. hi Sin. price 14q. hoards, Vol. I. of ►I'iLIE S( ItIPTURP. TESTIMONY' In the 31ESNIAII ; as Inquiry with a virw to a satisf.irtory dettrmiustion of the ihworior taught in the Holy Si tiptoes* rotire,uhue th. Prromi of Cha ist ; includine a careful ea. MD11.1.16191 of the Rev Thomas Belt.ham'p Calm Inqui,y, and of the uthrt prisitipsl ljuitarian Works ou the same MllO purposes. No. 4. Nix*, al 7s. A good GOWN Tea. .B 4 JOHN PYI SMITH, D.D. The Second V. low of Mi. woik r which will lie 'trent. I'. Ih,. Eviiltoect of ihe New Teinameat, eXpetied Iu 1)0 1 1 1 1 b:11.111.1 m the • o;nioig Intim Prim, d for Rrst I'vethen, Paternoster-so+. io pu!):.ohea, in otnt Viainntir, cuulecap Sou price 54. tonere% t ()VIC F O w TEF:S•4 • or, Practical i ' r ip% •!..iL iv% au; r IrMatiOn ' or hie* o*ll Closracler. By INA.Ar TAILOR, of Ovicar. Sernout Prlntr.'', fur Rest Friet:Pr, Paternoster -ow. dye is published, its owr viil foolscap Aril. Irir c fas. SELF...CULTIVATION ; er r , flints to a YOutit Leaving School. fly ISAAC TAYLI►R, of Ongar. Third grid intl. Rea rllBlll.l, i, .I;ty ig putt:Wirt'• in ante vol. Ilhuo. price ::s. tu.a,d., 671 Alt Fl qt.:ll)A Y. By J F I.: It Yti .r .c TA i'l.oll, with a Prefore by 51igs Jane Taylor, th .r of " Origivat Owerns"—" Hyatt's for !Anti 31.0 gig," P.inted !or Rest Fe tner, i.:.) is iinblistictl,ie three Fivo. /klieg U. Hs. G 4. boar d+, Tlir. FItIEND: 44 S '414'4 11r F.sray.c. By S. T. COLE k I IX; New with coo sitter:lM. .1.1,141nn.. Pr.ute.l fur Resit Fem. ~ Paterticner-row. :I imp dny are pultnatird. in tarn evils. Svn• Plice 1/.l;•ho3"i' t E TEItS I r .011 a (lENTLEAI A N a:e .114KOHTll of SCOTLAND fu Isis FRIEND in 11)N. Ir1)rs1 : outainisir the I) orripsis es of • capital Tanen in that Norilwin e.itsar%; *sill ass Ace/West of animas ass. consuss•i Cuassitna of the lathaliStar 1. Likenisse Arriiiont Wt thy filithkii. 1, with Itso 11.nts tr, and sit of the 11.1..pOrsusiera. T.. minds Is addr.:. a Letter srlettnx so the ALt tat, 11 .Irl ..iemsit the Mountain,. brqus in the le3r 7211. The Fifits •s:h a lacy.. Approol,e. cont3in tar stations Important N.sturstal 11. e 4, 11"1it 1 ' 1111(4 " MI. pulesalcd; wish Iltirtll6.ll . lllll. and NMl'', II) the Eildisr. It JA All ESON, F.A.S. Leto' sail rain. 111 ,;110.4 1 1 19/11.112 I/0.1 rof she St..ssolisueriass L 41411114 t 11.011 1 . 1, "I (. oial ,, l , sgett.etr 4 and tlit• ilistor y of regoalsi the [Lim os, ler. floni anthesitie A revistit of the ( - Amity of In- Onsessh%le, IS . cosassioaricatel) by Walter geuti, ikb4l4l. s. tug suss r, .1' in &watt. I.loii. No. b. Strong Sonehong, at Bs. Au excellent Black Tea, with a fine Souchang flavour. Fsittfiersnerred Sottelanirs, No. 6. at 10,. and No. 7. at 12r. The very finest Blau k Teas imported (sewer.) Nu. 8. Caper, No. 9. Pehne, and No. 10. lined Padres, all at 14r each. Exquisite Teas for fragrance and fla vour. inferior at loiter prices. No. 11. Moons, or snperior licankan. at Bs. A good (CO -44444 nical Green Tea, Mein very sawn. No. 12. Five Hymn Shire, at As. 6d. Delicate flavour, having many of the good properties of Ilyson, but de. ridedly inlet tor to No. 2. No. 13. Fine linsan, at 12s. One of the hest taa sale, possessing exquh.ite flavour and fine fragrance. Fins younn Harom, No. 14 at 10r. ad. and No. 15. at 128. Not tatertur w streuylA to Gimp:larder Tea. No. 16. rery fitoPit *prow, al 14.. and upwards. Ad mired by the Coausitsseur bp Tea fur thusie peculiarities discernible by a nice taste. No. 17. Crrdour Gunpowder Tar, at :Or. 114711 priced, but excelkut; ticketed from the erne,' sorts at the last male. Every de. , -riptlon of Tras that the Company ran reeont meuit, will be always 11 , 1 Side at their Peiiicipal Warehouse, 23, la;deute-liill; l'urchalers may Imre the satisfaction of seeing them weighed (if preferied) from the Oibrinal Packages, es they arrive from China: from twenty to n i ty Chains wal be always ape.. ft* that purpose. p. m +, s 11:4;teri of lone. Taverns, Crir•t-liniisea, and P. oprieri‘ranf ail ir.•;te EAtabliqhmvois, tna) lie limirerl that their Ciwninands will be PO .4,l 4 fAriftrily ex. roted. at to swore rk ri petition of thvir favours. In all 01q(11 where a Chest of Tea, or mcre, alone kind, is onh red, it wilt he f ',warder, in the Os-Irina, Packages, delivered dirrea foon the Last India IVorehno.,.., and tl,e pd„h„„er will h. entiri..it to the urcrweight.--Ndi. A Guilt of Congo CM'. tame allow Baths. All Orders will be delivered free of Carriage within Ten Ililnof Lyndon. fn accommodat► ramili►• r►riding at n distance from 1.‘“1: ire Ert:ibli‘hinfa are form:nig at Corishill end particulas•or which will very ithortly be liglwel ; and Pr the mar. aienee of Conntry Azents are appointing in every principal Town in the Kingdom. To prevent mi.talies, and In secure Pureb. from im. poeitum or poiSlitoti )))) all Tres sent by the CompanY min the Country, *Tull be ricked in 17. d Caves, roirl.nw,l io & 11 I:levatinu of their pemripal Fstahhilimeut iu Ludgate.hill, and scaled with Ihr Company's Seal. 7'. 1 :4 11 Ik. owlp arlirle sp!J tst tilt irrlnVislsesel. 11 gill he wer r01!u..... shot thei► alleuleun being devotes' rxelts %val. In ie. lb , Public nay the muse csourstletstly rely use a arauim. ••• eaust:esi quantilr is a Quarter of a Naga. IP. • • • • • :. ~ ~ ~: rft , Yesterday a numerous wood respectable Meeting of the loolwhitants of the Districts of Finsbury and the Tower, was held at the City of London Tavern, in pursuance of a Requisition for the purpose of considering the Monopoly of the principal Water Companies. At one o'clock Mr. J. B. SHARPE took the Chair, and called on the Secretary to read the Requisition in pursuance of which the Meetink was convened. After this was done— The Cristassare addressed the Meeting on the subject for the discussion of which they had assem bled. In taking the Chair on the present impor taut occasion, he said he hod yielded to the solici tationa of others, and much feared, that without their considerate support, his feeble efforts would he inadequate to maintain that authority which they had delegated to him. This Meeting had, he said, originated with several gentlemen of ability, who had looked at the degradation to which the greater portion of the public had been consigned, by the monopoly of the Companies who chiefly supplied the metropolis with water. These gen tlemen had felt it their duty to warn the public of the injuries they were daily enduring from this mo nopoly, and which were constantly increasing in a compound ratio. They were guided by ;to per sonal views, and the public good was alone their object and motive for preparing a series of Re solutions for the consideration of this assembly. Many persons present may, perhaps, recollect, that up to the year 1807, the Nets River Company had a monopoly fur almost the whole supply of the water of the metropolis. They had at the west side the whole range up to the Park ; and on the east, as far as Shiadwell o and the Thames. Their iiiordinate demands, end iiirffirient supply, went at that period howl in hand with each other, and the consequence was, that an Act of Parliament was at length passed fur the establishment of an other Company, rimier the title of the East Lon don Water Works Company. The Legislature granted a charter to this new Company, expressly to protect the public against the injurious effects of the monopoly whicii previously existed, and also to insure them a cheap and fair supply of good water. At rust the new Company went oil very well, both kir the Proprietors and the public, but he was sorry t observe they soon became a party to the holm.: sauna of the ed which they were incorporated to redress, and were armed with an nifttuation to grasp at an exclusive (monopoly themsrlve,. A year after 1114 g..t their dialler, the E.irt. Loudon 0):11113:1 d 4 StC)111.1 Bute to P.reltesnent her TW - ..11r0v jt . particular profit. polda wets called upon to resent this iudiffereuce to their general interest and convenience. The mall of the arrangement was highly injurious. Thit . East Loodou Cotonou!, isteleasi of wording the *owe of the New Hirer Company, by keeping tip aphis competition, actually fell into its views , . Mu-eased the price of water, and reduced the quantity of their supply ; that pursuing the very reverse of the course for which they had been established. The lino effect of this combination between' the two Companies was, that it defeuted the botanic:sus of the Legislature to establish a fair competition for the public good ; it also, by reducing the supply of water, and placing the public in a situation where they were without redress, if they refused the terms dictated by the Water Companies, greatly contributed to the increase of damage by tire, fur the supply was v often found so scanty as not to be procured in any thing like a sofficieot quantity until alter the fire had attained its height. By reducing lute supply to three days in a week, this great metropolis became exposed to an teggra vation of one of the greatest calamities by which • tali- city could he IA toed. Another result which flowed from this compact, and which directly con travened the preamble of the Act of their Incorpo ration, was, that they held landlord. liable where the truant% did not pay. Tina was, in fact, levying a new tax upon the landlord, when the preamble expressly said flail the expense was to be sustained by " Inhabitants." The Chairman said, t h at these were great and crying evils, end concluded by ex pressing a hope that in the consideration of diem the gentlemen present would abstain from any po litico' digression. Mr. dicta rose to move the Resolutions prepared by a C • tee. 'rite Meeting, he surf, tutolit perhaps, at first sight, expect to see men of fortune and Members of Parliament in attendance upon the present occasion; but hr wee sure on reflection they would think that men of plain habits of business, and who really felt the evil crone been to them, were more acquainted with, and better calculated to enumerate the details of the system under is hieh they suffered, than any other set of persons, how ever superior they may be in rank. He then re ferred to the preamble of the Act, which incorpo rated the East London %%rater Works Compasity— it set forth the necessity, owing to the growing po pulation of the districts of Stratford-le-Bow, 14- hugton. St. Matthew and St. George's-in-the-East, of securing to them a proper supply of wholesome water. it was obvious that the intention of the Legislature, in giving a new Charter, was to benefit the growing popolotion in the Eastern District, by presenting a fair competi tion to the New River Company. 'i'he Charter was, therefore, granted oil broad public grounds; but he denied that the Company lard used it for the beneficial purposes for which it wa:. intended. By the operation of the Corn Bill, it was not likely that the quarters loaf would fall touch below a shilling in value; it was, thrrefare, important that the public should not be Unposed ul in the price of the next and most essential aliment of human subsistence. In protesting; against the injurious acts of the East Londois Company, he had no wish to urge any measures which might tend to the injury of individual capital, nu the ciintrary, lie wished that, when fairly applied, it should beat its full and proper value. Bnt this was not the case here ; for the moment that the two Companies com bined, the price was not only raised lOa. in the 405., but up to 54 percent. hey I the previous rate. Pao. 'lament, its establishing a new Company, never con templated such an exorbitant increese of profit. It would he said, petit/pa, that • great deal of money hod hero stink by the Company in substituting iron for bather pipes. He thought this argument would not hold good, for the durability of the material would soon, in the saving of repairs, pay oft' the original increase of expense. It was siaid, that not withatanditig the increased premium paid by the public fur water, the East Londou Company were unable to pay a dividend of more than two sod a half or three per cent., and that this therefore *hewed the fair average of their charges. Now he denied that this was a fair ciiterion, mod fir this reit coo, that instead of letting the profits go till' iii pre sent dividend, they were sunk in augmenting the orioilial capital, so that tae future value of shares would become raised to an extraordinary stain. Why tint. i.i.teisit the profits in this manner, let a fair share be divided, and abandon this scheme of auginentitig capital ? Besides, lie shrewdly conjectured, that the extensive system of laying down trim invest was pri t i,eteil 1 17 DireetUr* *llO were theiTiPelVt4 large item-hounder*. fie knew not how to proposer specific remedy—enough oil, manifest to call fur itiquirt, mid the report of a Cm ttttt dire. Perhaps the best remedy would he the estalilisliment of a new Cothieine. The worthy Gentleman einiellided by proposing a series of Re *Outwits, expressive of the rhingeiuus effects of mo nopoly, and declaratory of its particular existence In the onsinicr to which the two chit Water Com panies sic to teil, and appointing a Cie 1111 l tinge to iiiquiie into the best 111e.11104 of seeking reifies* for the pultliO. Mr. Sunroofs rose to second these Resolutions. He said, that the New River COittpany had, mail lately, pipes lord 11..!‘sii tslitte at prssent Utast of As the question was shoot to be pnt— Mr. JANE* [hetes (of the Coalmine Council) rose end claimed the attention of the Meeting. He feared, he said, that the cold calculation he had to make would not be deemed as ralatable to the Meetivg as the glowing speeches to which they hod already liatdierl. The Chairiiian had displayed great public spirit and great ability, lie was there lore entitled to respect and esteem for his intentinua. But he (Mr. Davies) could assure the Meeting, that malty of the statements they had this . d.y heard as bids, were ill reality founded ill error—he did not say the intatateinenta were interittband, but they were most assuredly not correct. He 'wow ed there as one of the Directors of the East London Water Works Company, and reside to dawns% the question fully and fairly. He admitted that the public were entitled to in abundant quantity of good water, and that they lent a light to be fur niched with it at the lowest pawls.. price. But. before the Company could be condemned by this Alerting, lie thought they should have sit oppor tunity of being heard in their defence. The East London Company, it would be proved, if their lady. were properly looked into, bed sunk a large sum of snooty in contending with a powerful rival. The expense of their acts of incorporation haul been also prodigious. It was very true filet at the outset they met great support from messy parts of the public, but it wars equally true that from on extensive combinition among their tenantry they had further incurred a very heavy liras. They were often exposed to a heavy loss after laying down pipes; by a disagree." timid about the rates to he paid for the supply of water. On the slightest difference the tenant went over to the New River Company, after the East London bud been at the expense of laying down his pipes. In this way from 14 to 20,000/. had been sunk. This led to the arraitement between both Companies which had been alluded to, stud he anointed himself one of its wannest supporters—it was Itlrslit to protect the public from unfelt ancl.not, as had been said, to impose any Arita miry exactions upon them. The Compaoy, iii making the arrangement alluded to, had consulted the best interests of the public, and were ready to give the fullest and most satiSfactory information of the necessity of the measure. He denied that any monopoly had arisen in the course of their pro ceedings. Monopoly meant securing to one's self the disposal of any particular article. This could nut be said to he the case here, tn. shy Company rnmy set up and form the same cutinestion with the nOlatie.----[Here some interrtiption took place in the Alerting, but the Chairman, after an appeal from Mr. Davies, succeeded in procuring him a flee proceeded to assert, that the s not:•ernit and conduct of theConipany had beeit grossly repreeristed, and that he Came in the spirit of mall,- talon to make this arsurafice to the Nleetilig, and etler them an opportunity of seeing the whole silltj• et in its proper light. The Board of the Cnoiliat",. (mild iibt he better constituted than it was, •.1.1 it one at all times reedy to hear any cemplairtt that may ca,nally arii.e, and strord 'gutted:ate restless. ‘i by then, by a Alerting like this. striae ttsele.slv to iirelioilice walk: mind, prewtat that bile iaogoiiv voh.o ; lo the etanolany were ready td admit into their The amnia that the Coo.. pan) • hail raison their rate Is le l'reft its the ere; ttavit.st ratio ustet . werd say I tekostirout.:—(4l . ~... ii