The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

"`ARkET NEWS, -(11111:-", v Col), EsDAY Nr-o-tXCHANGE wED---' r,t w i frtsh -thtanding that the arrivals of English . _Wheat ..it lt r , d 11 P to this - rnornii,g',4 maiket, cuut a t iso lti a; " 5 i that lho si c , i.ri age, were on a very limited scald, sari small, th e 'a' of almples of both red and white was produce send for all kinds of Wheat of home r d,ffi. eid,, nactive, and Monday's quotations were with ived this IN'it.supported No For, iga Wheat has arrived toletabi Te- daY the quantity on offer, ex gra , r); , air r et; Y etensve. Pine heavy samples wer i a in i lti&i:") at full prices. Li the middling aro in sa fe e r , io .. r . Twe Palaaratively little business was tranwhl, What 1',14 ;4'atinc" car lay, of Polish Odessa Bar- I li tior Wolland at 32s 6d per quat•ter -1 at 101 11 , °° g 1 ' la moderate supply, moved off sluwijats la),:cell. Malt, however, was quite as tla off slowly, but ve no actual fall fi t?a r i . o . t .. i i, e , e ,,u in r Nirhtios. Beans, se em.l, Indimi Corn to ea II 46('11t Mationzry. ARRIVALS TITTS WEEK. Wliein. , Barley, Malt. F '? P ilak . -......____ra. Qrs. 0,. Qrs. Nt "•-• ]ro 2,120 73 ° ' 7° P'f 0z„ .' ...... 1 - . I IN - 920 ' 1,6( 0 - 1 i " satr). ,rl, OXOUGII 110 p NEILIZMEET; flops, and ~,T,atiet continues steady fur all net llt 8 1', 3 prices ices well supported in every c ' w °f samples is comparatively small. % Ile , WEEZTECETAPEL. . instance. a sluggi,h atte, 411 Y speaking the demand was ' , 1,1 ''t prices were mostly supported. l ' 41 ; t°31 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 10d; Veal, e N o., _ . as 4d to 3s 8d per 8 3 by the carects • lb 3 1 ,roar :n o Vle b - ' z-- i -,4- (THIS-(TIIIS DAY') ; ilh, tr I.IIOMAS 11 HEATH-JUDGMENT. ''l thi,``tllonr 'l,7•] •e'ha llor PARKER gave judgmentneur I 'Po t ) i tl e :t t le this :Olng,n which came before his llci in 47 ' , sr di r est and costs. The testator died . tope toild!nbd..!tated inlai s s will tliat . his estates wer e not to n. but that the rents accruing thereon should go d titht.trietratild.e,b;ts, which amounted to about 2,0621, s rents the.thad bee 4 c t? wif e fAlya,..ad been done, the residue was to be givena Ocrj d n ' lire. The total amount of to about 4001, I,'l th ere 'lll - the four years amounted The t' Nte r • II " now a balance in hand of about 97/- t;t.tt,terliclis._ report had found that the estate of f au t ii2 he . I,l'ltop2 h in der WO/. a-year, and that it was til, b. 3' nis debts, which amounted to a considerable 111 4 ..kiis 10no 'f' 01 -11 l or ~ .Ir, eater going throu d h ee t r h e e e fa to cts ?;, Do N 14.11,111 there must be said a he should refer the Ikatitta!)l'k tonthcoonclusion he ascertain what was the e sell stated the th t , , sad ~,,,,_ water to y ther tli t ued , th "'oe of the persona estates specifiea tj cordingly etir,tl at to be without prejudice to the fur 3 and adrainist t' s-Jud ci ra ion :IJi,N'S BENCH. -(THIS DAY') gment accordingly. (i tli r . :B 1%8 ~ • prjui Sitting at the first day of the Msi t4 4 4 -all i n ita i ns the 4 . , ti of London. The cause-list or itati,;:eetity-one cases, of which nine are special juries. Thi 410 t Was GRATIA3I V. BRETTLE. c are remanets a ll tit Of ill action of debt brought the defendant Veade(lll.aberdasher's bill, to whichof the bill. dv'e plen4',e general issue as part to recover the ga Towards lli i 4 44 4 . wits a draper, in Lud to-hill, and the s t tips,' r gintlero an residing in the Albany. dress et lh pi e ' a ' in i t B...tithe defendant purchased a silk lid which was „to t ; la shop for 8/. 15s. • tlp,•':4laga‘i4n qatabers, and on a subsequent ' day ho induced a l kiic ll for ~acconipanied by a lady, and bought another lei.,kr film, 44,7'. Tne manners of the two an , as Mr. , 41411 1 (1 , leY were, man and wife, t h ,,, ad i lo ' , e a' the defendant to be a man of for him, qt, 'esitation in ' ' h' or the lady lad 93 ,edit, e tOttr -- giving him, at the y I.tbest, 'ugly, Some time afterwards, puroperty, 8it,,15.,1,„ Parcel of haberdasher, together By" BO th e Bent to the defendant's chambers,l guineas; but ~ te tt , la n 0 , . t--. five . af„,ae hi uawl, valued at for y mounting to the w if e, and itei,usat de l ,was delivered for the former h. items N'tltilatlared that the lady was not t is two items. a l Ootlrt k h t ) was cnly liable for the firs laid it down ir koi rtil e of 4,oWove, in charging the jury, a l a d y to 11,, t ` 4, lid'aw, that where a man introduced kilmthe °g w his in such a way as of any tht that .4iB Wife, he was liable for thee he valuebelief that ; 1 rat 1., Jop 'vet., °b lt.t be supplied to her in . t to induce a belief t l ,, to 8,, outained i account ; but it .w as for the "ha 9 w ht '4 s,eli ahe !her the evidence was s N a Any let f, r the full Cot 0 1 . returned a verdict for the plaintiff o ufficient toe sta ateaed. E -----------------upp (THIS DAY.) slat ,,,. .4 ...• .-4 aa.--- r e Mr. Baron ‘...eiisi _Prins at Guildhall, be_or zh, 4141yrris; and ' a Common Jury.) kti 1 4 s o t I)E1111ILL v. MAITLAND. 2d , , 41„lhour do n action to recover 331. ss. • th,l•;Crowdaa, as a carrier. Mr. He w " ler th e der aPPeared for the plaintiff, and for work 4 4 . 1 % etto, eiendant. miller and Lt,,,,, it "?Eit said the plaintiff was a ion was ropllit to AB'Esurt, in Devon, and the t e d e u t e te him 11111Brryi,,tee0Yer the balance of an account rst United (] op, i h tl t (:‘, 0 ,,, Ore end coal for the BOIIQIII•e,-„Pany• The defendant was a share adven or curt, London and oof the earliest st 1111 lha teh ld '. " * The undertaking_ .t ? ; lic e ,, , 0 era, in the mine. It was Ashu broker in 4 Otp t l oe siul was abandoned in ites„4Pora tendcost-book principle, and " dopted Otiakt'• d his shares in the form usually The e a fendant 1 8 4 5 f o h . 0 ~,N to ,. 441 es to d • that way- --- d amount : ,b'a Ott to eln defen to the to nti,„ l o t tn , rlaY some of his calls, reason tl;Bio o r h-. 1-, tied, therefore, had no ,t debt, in ' i l -t , e11 4 te" n ia b‘?ing fixed with the present 1 1?" 4 bov e F tl Y of the other shareholders. ha .1/0, acts having been proved, evidence ,4t4fenib's contended that there wasno o f the Ita4l l lay , :Int Mangh sanctioned the proceeding?.., any t!4°,titY t e r . et' haring given the managvr° itt'..1.10.0,1r1,,,ear the debt. the law was' 11444 tsa" 4-141rrINT, in summin u, said b e eon ?4l Btl (1, givinglaentered into a Partnership he must artners to iN 4q his given authority to his "-P s incurred Qits I)l4edit for all the necessary expense could l id s 1)14 of the undertaking; and there e j _, ta rt tOte frorethat carrying coal from Totnes t? th e , , w i u s e s Ilitytlthe the f, mine to Plymouth to be shipp e ° __ ta . .' I ,, tl ,q 4 ss e t - , lll ,acil and ordinary business of Iti re _v_u_ n _ 14 1 ' th e .'". The de'eudant was, therefore, sP e t4t4 .ir oebts incurred. plain' 1 4. ti,Y. acordinglY, returned a verdict for the "° fall amouut. 411, __ 41,,,, unLE SEX SESSIONS. it)/ ./ 0 „ (THIS DAY.) sed bly'dres d 11, 1 k We in " and Eliza ilson, respccta stealing, ac sills rep ell, Were indicted Jones for r q, p t , - recelvt„ ' •• a four 50V- ' e 'llj,, Laq i B h.••g, a . purse, eontainin a rty of A" 4 . , ft,h, 'lungs in silver, the prope l.,_r. D I; .... her p erson. teed .Rea Metcalf ala -1,11 to r va. defended Jones, and Mr. s ey.,llson. m ' prose anted. at I , a, ~ la erice r.Payn e pr evening last, at 'l/4'quelt was that, on Saturday country, 1 4,4 kldi,, i proiccutrix arrived from the - lway, 1 / 4 ) tlie "g t °4 ter . stern Rai , tih re t0,,,_ MMus of the Great We Charing-cr"-b t, NB ''' a seat in one of the pm , a nd the two . N i t !. Peso s, was followed into it by r 4 Norris, 1,1/4'44 NA Qf Wll beside Al- then oth o . eta placed herself . was ' sad her ti F atrectly opposite. The carriage_ one of ;l ra ila a s ,„ i t was passing ' t from the station ° tor to +ls . 'll abkJ PAcerrien directed the condu c ladies." l it d i'l - e Ye on those two young sat I, t o Bo who 1 4 th e ' and observed Jones , r . s m ake Istv %beet widow lady, Mrs. Nor i , He 013- k:tt thi s . which appeared to him auspicious. He stood I t lt4 tll e st e t , hrc) agh the window of the door as +4 i 44 - kite -''', and watched the prisoners in consequencesay to til;tre 1-41aan's sugg • He heard Wilson take it." 1 n Priscrier " D estlun it look sharp and _d been .Jp ( o, ba c : t ,8140 at the time ' that anything had in Ox l'ai,lttaot When the Prisoners were getting out search 4 t ,' Pt a k he requested the other passengers to n the 'he'tttlarr's and see 1 all s right. The"tipo h ad .1 PXcl • 1 Wa - her purse, which_ tk het alined that she had lost , safe into her ,St h a few min a ac ,, • the ' ulna i mutes before put b pay herfare. Ird i 1 fnii's tak en out of it a sixpence to got a few 4 p tt , ftwah OWed the prisoner, who had onlyh ande Mrs. rfp,,hot(l) arid when he challenged them urse on the t‘,.;(l, .esa‘v the prisoner Wilson drop tht2 This witness 'II ' th at The contents were all safe. by the Wlt Ili • passengers kir 3', I ) e prisoners were not t l4 ti t A • he platform, noticed ,4,, g for ere in the crowd on t. n. He 1,04, Soh, Cil d o Bon e one coming up by the train. were if they 111 N the '‘‘tik'' u . other ladies, as i n ," in I Itit o t. p o „, I) against . „ dodg..„ _ I P% ex, ,seta. He saw,other people detected r t,ltie °4 ; Di II lie had on a former occasion that Llk 1,-.40%„-g Pockets in his vehicle, and give n were pleased I,Bterlte,Ptody. The railway direotors Saunders, pre at •4 hinl-auct, and the secretary, Mr. idfor his ,Vr tit t :i,th Et sovereign. That scarcely pa A l'ii 4 Itf -) u at he thought it was liberal. in the 41 It "lee w 't k ith a that Jones pie ed it when she O h t l 6 ho Prosecutrix having dropped Is Bl' e t etUr d • her ( cket. , y a ? ,„_ „ ne it to p , given that was g kof ;sk e Wor s " f° ti ded Guilty, and evidence ~Bti a th- Wen-lenown mflmbers of the s nder 4' ' c llk 4 ,4 - n tried before u . t kt, - • a % • They had each bee . see.- Sentence. k Ptitt,, for robbing in omnibuses.-Sentence: lt 4t r t. 'lon for ten years. 'lli Al4rdsu p e rintendent of the railway police,had taken 4 thti:‘l4..,,_ .ounse.. 1 that he hat any Otl'la,llao aeon t? prisoners' c responsibility, and that ld be I , (I, e k b,_ o Lis ow n he Court wou ' (VA . pi above those allowed by t had nothing wit h the ° W pocket. The company Prosecution. Oats. Flour. Sacks 810 11 ePW.s.-", Kt 4 tek t ,' utt, 4 ,' EET--(T lIIS DAY.) the keeper of a coffee and cigar shop in r, called the Drury Saloon, was charged O 13 Qr -'elar Y With tiek c 4 f an assault upon John Franklin, ttqr eatinghouse in the Strand, called It 1, a t , rPe4r, slattent Rooms. e 11,114rtklisilutthat. the prose cu t or an d th e pr i s oner h a d l6 A piuttt n In the ccfft e-shop of the latter (which tL ec7 et ltt, l r g d -°tri et'), and in the result Fall knockTi t t 1% 41 11 ' ll R I "a, and then kicked him severely in l tiNeY t t h o "Lnger one of his eyes. lt t l l l tily , ou ght the ca se t oo ser i ous t o b e di s p os ed tt ), BD •a" co mmitted the prisoner to take his ,A, r M e • Gas h At OF THE AMERICAN WHALERS IN rittu*TnAeVv joatc.—The ellan, li_m i e , r s ica o n f k t ri o % t w ; wi th 300 barrels of oil and 5 2 0 u0 1) • tk sti - el ve of her men on the west side of Baf ty tak.' G o A, , they would winter there for the 4p t • ales, and the ship is to return for the 44 Itt.itiktieediiat,°/' WAITERS' PEES IN THE CITY.— .Pra?tice of extorting nee ostensibly as atl on for the services of waiters p is now Pr°- c)ftettflB. Ttublic consideration at some of the City ' 4 rgNt te,.sl,llox.ious tax has been abandoned at 4 abl . I , luansu‘s Ducklersbury. 1 4 if P. 9 ET 14 - _, INVIOLABILITY OF 71 1 oliAr A correspondent of the _Builder eof y--It ifl drought even by some who mean the best, 1.010 , a pruv;a.oa to leave graves undisturied for eighty years is :.,uietente are They neve no right to be dist urbed as long esthffer two yards of ,ground iu the country not inirt!a 01. 1 believe there is no country or island hut this, where they cannot afford their dead a grave in perpciuity; by which I do not mean the surface kept from cultivation or other uses, hut the grays from invasion. Even in the smallest of the Antilles I never heard of burying twice in the same ground, and some of these islands are more thickly peopled than Great Britain, and more cultivated than Surrey. But those who say there is any place where men cannot afford their dead each two yards of ground for ever if they choose, are not worth answering but by giving them the lie direct. Which is the more essential to " Christian burial"—a ridiculous acting and aping of a medimval baron's finery, or a decent treat ment of the body for a generation or two after? Which is the more indecent treatment, reconverting the ground into a common cultivated field, or into an English so called " burial-ground?" Is the heaping up and stowing away bodies on these piles burial at all, or the pile itself gtoundat all? Any use or cultivation of the ground again would surely be more Christian and reverent than this pestilent and abominable mockery. But cultivation is nowhere necessary, at least nothing nearer to it than timbur-grovring, which is the very kind of cultivation this country can never get from selfish enterprise, and therefore needs continually more and more, as Evelyn and others have said. TILE FIRE FI AN SKERTD LOSS O . F LIFE AT ON NEWARK, TuEsDaY.--The terrible calamity briefly described iu yesterday's Sun has proved more dis astrous than was anticipated, five individuals, instead of fear, as was at first supposed, having lost their lives. The mill destroyed was five stories high. At the time this catastrophe occurred, John Bailey, a miller's apprentice was coming out at the dour, and was driven forward by the rush of wind oocasioned by the chopping of so great a weight of roofing, flooring, flour, meal, &e., within. Henry Britton, a labourer, who was in the doorway just behind Bailey, with a sack of flour on his back, was knocked down, and partly buried in the ruins, but being dragged out, it was found that he was not mortally injured, though his nose and left shoulder were seriously bruised. A man named Rey nolds, and another named Britton, directly behind him, and following him to the door, each with a sack of flour or grain on his back, were knocked down and smothered; as also were two others, named Lloyd and Robinson, who were further from the door. Mayfield, the head miller, who it is supposed was loading the others, each in turn, was found standing up with his face to the wall at the western end of the building. Ho was the only one who was burnt, his head being thoroughly roasted. A man named Sleight and his son, a young man about 22 years of age, were also buried in the debris, bat fortunately they happened to be near a window at the time, which they smashed, and let them selves out at the northern side of the building. The son's arm was slightly bruised, but this was the only in jury either of them sustained. In the evening of t he same day, Mr. Falkner, the coroner, held an inquest on the bodies. They were found to be Willia m Stimson, aged 30, labourer of Rollestone ; John Reynolds, aged 21, labourer, employed in the mill; Frederick Lloyd, aged 22, butcher, of Rolle stone; William Mayfield, aged 28, waggoner, employed at the mill; and Jas. Robinson, 30, foreman and engii,:esr at the mill; Robinson was the only one who was mar ried, and he, unfortunately, has left a wife and five small children. A verdict of " Accidentally Killed" was re turned. The premises were occupied by Mr. Joseph Marriott; he was insured in the County-office for 5001. Tho build ing belonged to Mr. Chambers, of Tibsheif, Derby, and it is understood was CITY SEWERS COMMISSION. Yesterday a court was held. Deputy Peacock was in the chair. Some conversation took place after the court was opened on the reports of the several inspectors, but no thing of public importance was elicited. With reference to the fall of premises in Cannon street, City, it was agreed that the matter that after noon should be submitted to a view. OPENING O THE WESTERN AREA OF ST. PAUL'S. Mr. BARBER, the originator of the schem e fur the opening of the western area of St. Paul's Churchyard, desired that the clerk (Mr. Daw) should be requested to write to the Dean and Chapter for the purpose of ascertaining on what day it would be convenient for them (the authorities) to receive a deputation from that court.—(Hear.) Ile had understood that the Members for the City of London would attend the deputation if they were invited to do so, as well as several influential parties. Decided that the application be agreed to. Mr. H. Blake, jun., having been chosen assistant clerk in the room of Mr. Tickner resigned, The report of the medical officer was brought up and read.------- THE MURDER IN SOMERSETSILIRE. BATH, DEC. 9.—After the prisoners charged on sus• picion of being concerned in the murder of George Bush were remanded yesterday, information was received by Mr. Hughes, the chief of the Bath police, which in duced him, with Inspectors Brown and Drake, to pro ceed immediately to Farnborough, a village about two miles from Priston, where the murder was committed. The police there succeeded in apprehending a young man named James Evans, a butcher, living in the village, and whom they at once brought in custody to this city. The prisoner was to-day brought up for examination before the county magistrate, when Mr. Slack, solicitor, attended on his behalf. The proceedings occupied till pest fivo o'clock. Several witnesses were examined, including the two police inspectors, Win. James, a coachman to the Rev. Mr. Hammond, of Priston; George Lewis, gardener th toe the same reverend gentleman; and Mrs. Weeks, landlady of the Ring of Bells public-house. The principal circumstances affecting the prisoner, as deposed to by them, were that on Monday, the day of the murder, he was at the . sale at Pristcm,after whic.h ho was drinking at the Ring of Bells public-handhouse, in the same village, in company with the .an other man named Ricketts. Between seven and eight o'clock, the deceased Bush having shor h e landlady totly before disap peared, Evans, the prisoner, called to t know the reckoning. He then discovered that Bush had not paid his share; and he was heard to say to Rickette that he (Bush) must be ad — mean fellow, and he ought to have his head chopped off. He also . said ts t hat he should like to do it too. Ricketts t o ld him to bush up, but directly afterward s the y left together; and after being away about twenty minutes they returned, and called for another pint of beer. Evans had before paid Bush's share. On their return they did not appear so lively and cheerful as before, especially the p risoner Evans, who ex pressed a wish to go home, and asked a man named Perry to accompany him. Ricketts asked him if he was fidgetty, to which Evans replied, " No, I'm if I be." Evans, Ricketts, and Perry soon after left, to go home together. After the return, Evans took a quan tity of silver from his pockets and counted it. On being apprehended, a half-sovereign and some silver was found d u pon him, and also an instrument called a Bloodplilem, use for bleeding cattle , a n d which had blcod u p on it. was also found upon his clothes, but, being a butcher, of course that circ um stance does not bear so strong l y against him as it would against persons of other avoca tions. The . prisoner was remanded till Friday, Mr. Hughes observing sent h had other information, which he was not at present prepared to lay before the bench in the shape of evidence. Mr. Slack applied that the prisoner might be admitted ,o bail, but the magistrates declined to accede to the up on. plicatii AN AMERICAN OUTRAGE. The Opclosuas Gazette of the 9.9:h ult. gives the following account of an outrage in the parish of St. Landry :—" On last between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock, one Dr. J. W. llopkins, of Plaquemine l3rulee, entered the house of John D. Moore, eighteen miles from this place, in our parish, accompanied by a negro, armed with a double-barrelled shot gun. Hopkins attacked Moore with his pistols and bowie-knife. Moore being unarmed seized him and threw him down, and was about to wrest from him his bowie-knife, intend ing to use it in defence of his life, when llop shoot him upon which the negro replied that he could not shoot without killing both. Hopkins then said, " Shoot anyhow." Moore then sprang to the negro, seizedithe gun, and was about to take it from the slave, when Hopkins, who had raised himself from the floor, ad vanced towards him with his pistols and bowie knife. Moore then endeavoured to make his escape through his back door. Hopkins pursued him, and fired without effect. Hopkins then returned into the house, demanded'of Dloore's wife the keys, and bid her give him John Lyons money (the father-in-law of both Moore and llopkins). She replied they had none of John Lyons' money. He took the keys, searched the house, and found sixteen dollars in the press. He then turned to her and said he would leave no witness against him, that he intended to kill her. He took her by the arm and endeavoured to turn her round in order to shoot her in the back. Ile then fired. She threw up her arms for protection, and the ball struck her hand, nearly cutting off two of her fingers, it then struck her abdomen, when luckily it glanced, and did not penetrate the intestines or 'bowels The monster then mounted his horse and fled. There are now six men in pursuit of him. We learn they ar e now on his track, and will doubtless arrest him. He is a m an of slender form, about five feet nine or ten i nches in height, and light blue eyes. It i s reported here tha t Hopkins fled from Virginia for killing a man. REDUCTION IN OMNIBUS PARES.—The large body of proprietors of omnibuses on the Oxford-street line, forming the London Conveyance and P.,ddington Association Com panies, have announced an arrangement which affords faci lities for omnibus travelling on this most important line of road which have not hitherto been attainable in the metro polis. The most remarkable portion of the new table of fares is, that it not only enables the public to ride from the Edgware-road to Tottenham-court-road for Id., or to Far ringdon-street for 21., by any of the regu'ar omnibuses on the line, but also to and from Tottenham-court-road to tho bottom of Holborn-hill for Id. also; so that there are two distinct fares of Id. each, or 2d. for the whole distance, from the Marble Arch, through the heart of the metropolis, to the bottom of Holborn-hill, a distance of nearly three miles. These concessions to the public feeling in this matter will afford universal satisfaction. LONDONI, WEDN.UOA/ ItVEN'INGs tireßSllBll It 10, _lB6l. tersea, both possessing Ralph:lto; and other impuri- , value r - o the Nada aonsufaY©d In Loedon for the per ties. Accordieg to the eviden c e before tho House, the pose of mixing with water amounts to 30,0001. anon ' latter, the Battersea water, is impregnated with the ally. Tits washerwoman is a more important mem - contents of 130 public common sew ers , a n d with all sorts her of society then the wealthy cotton spinner. A , of decomposed a n i ma l an d vegeta b le substances. It; dozen shirts may he bought for 4/, and, with therefore, the Thames Dill on water b e as goo d as economy, will last fur for three years ; and supposing this, the Battersea water, w h a t a delicious beverage that three s hi rts are washed per wsek, at a cost is preparing for the unsuspecting but too confiding lof fourpence for each shirt the washerwoman's customers. We would advise th em t o l oo k at our i nterest in the twelve shirts will, at the end of three engravings. years, have amounted to z nearly 81., while that of the After giving analyses of the Tha mes wa t er , th e sp i nner has been only commissioners proceed to add that th e wa t ers were a ll persons living in London 4 withlt may be estimated that moderate incomes, say sensibly tinged of a yellow or ochry tint, due chiefly 6001. a year, spend one-swelfth of it, or about 50/., in to suspended clay, washing. Supposing that the each indi- Thus much as to the supply from the existing corn- vidual amounts on the a a y s e r p a a g i e d w t b o ash l i s n . - pe o r f week, the panies on the Surrey side, and so we dismiss it, trust- whole cost of washing, ing that the Legislature will stop the Lambeth and London, will amount to 4 9 00 00k per annum. The t h h e e re inhabitants of Southwark worthies from continuing their abomina- prices of washing in the Co-unt,ry, „ r etro tious, whether obtained from Vauxhall, Battersea, or employed, do not exceed one-half of London; so that it appears an ann t u h a e l outlaytose oPaidf twoi h soft water Thames Dillon. We shall now proceed to consider what it is that millions sterling is occasioned to P° li clothes, by we do want—we want a constant and abundant sup- the hardness of the London water. agshirbriouoar ply, at high pressure, of a pure and wholesome water, at the large scale, as in the process of wash w " a low rate ofcharge. This short sentence, of four es- you must make the whole of the water:hdeetelrgent, sentials, comprehends as regards water all that we re- either by means of soap or by soda. quire. We want "a constant and abundant supply" also of washing in hard water is much greater. of water instead of an intermittent and insufficient one, wear and tear of clothes is also excessive when hahel as at present, because by such a supply the water is water is used. It has been estimated that in El l ie delivered purer and fresher, of a lower temperature in arti c l e o f l a di es ' co ll ars alone a destruction to the summer, and less subject frost in winter; and amount of 20,0001. takes place annually from the because the system admitting of greater economy, is employment of hard water. better applicable for baths, street cleaning, large So much for hard water and its disagreeablee. consumers, for the flushing of drains and sewers, for With regard to the proposed new supply, it appears the extinction of fres, and for many other pur- that the Wandle can yield a minimum quantity of poses. We want the supply "at high pressure," be- upwards of twenty-seven millions of gallons daily, and cause constant service is incident to it. This metro- a maximum of forty-four millions, while the present polis is exposed to the danger of extensive supply of Thames water is not more than nine conflagration, and if a hurricane of wind millions. should arise at ,the time of any large ware- We have seen that the quality of the water is of the house fire, in a direction to drive the flames best; and the quantity ample, therefore the wishes of across the street from house to house, the havoc th e p u bli c are i n every respec t t o b e gra tifi e d w i th might be as great as any that has been witnessed in what they desire, and at a cheap rale. modern times. If the supply be at high pressure, one of the many advantages would be to have water on night and day, at all times, in all mains, and all services; and fire-plugs could be placed, of three inches diameter in the clear, at certain intervals in all the mains and pipeage. A hose could then in a minute or two be screwed on and introduced inside the build ing where the fire actually was • the jet of water would be continuous—it would be larger and much stronger than could be procured by an engine, and the fire would soon be got under. This has been tried in Philadelphia and other places, and two-thirds of the fires have been arrested with trifling damage. We want "pure and wholesome water." By this we do not mean the tasteless distilled or rain water, but the water most fitted for our drink and domestic use, such as that which is free from organic or putrescible matter, and free from constant discolouration, and that which is perfectly bright and clear, soft and cool. Such is the water we desire to see introduced into this metropolis. We come now to the last division of our sentence —" at a low rate of charge." We want all the foregoing ad vantages at the cheapest possible rate. On this head we are confidently assured that whatever changes in the system the Legislature may adopt this point will form a prominent feature, and so we may with satis faction dismiss the matter, and feel convinced that, although great profits must and will arise to the shareholder, yet we shall not hear of any now-to-be formed-water company having their shares increased in value to such an enormous extent as those of the New River Company, whose original 1001. shares are now actually worth many thousands of pounds. We are told that the advantages to which we have referred and many more can be obtained by the appli cation of the Wandle water as the source of supply. We have a prospectus before us of a new company now being formed. It has been before Parliament, and their Bill has been read a seeond time, and stands referred to a Committee, at which stage it is to be proceeded with in the ensuing session. Their proposed supply is from a new source of water to the south district. We refer to " The Wandle Water and Sewerage Com pany," and as the title implies, the source of supply is the River Wandle. WEST OF IRELAND LAND INVEST MENT COMPANY. Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Mr. Digby Sey mour, Sir H. O'Conor, the Chevalier Claussen, Mr. John Murray, C.E., Mr. Wright, of Sunderland, Mr. J. N. Higgins, Mr. Hannah, Captain Hook, and several other gentlemen, waited upon Mr. Labouchere, at the Board of Trade, for the purpose of laying b-fore the Govern ment a statement of the views and objects of the pro moters, and of soliciting the grant of a royal charter of incorporation. Mr. D. SEYMORIT, having introduced the other gentle men of the deputation, stated that their object was to purchase some very extensive tracts of land in the west of Ireland, which were at present in the market, and which might be purchased at prices little, if anything, higher than that whigh emigrants were compelled to pay in many of the Transatlantic settlements. The opera tion of the Encumbered Estates Act had already gone far towards removing the legal difficulties which had previ ously existed in the transfer of landed property in Ire land, and it was considered that the introduction of capital and well-directed energy, under the auspices of the proposed company, affording the means of con stant employment to the poor of all ages and both sexes, would ultimately remove the objections which were so generally entertained by English capitalists to make permanent investments in that country. The land which the promoters wished to obtain under the provi sions of a charter was principally situated in the coun ties of Galway, Mayo, and Roscommon; and while they proposed to introduce and to afford every possible en couragement to the introduction of the most approved system of farming, grazing, and other agricultural ope rations, they at the same time were anxious to incorpo rate in their rotation the extended cultivation of flax, sugar, beet root, chicory, and other crops, which would be found best adapted to the charatter of the soil and climate. In order to bring these and other crops into a proper condition for the market, they proposed to erect suitable sheds and buildings, where the various pro cesses of preparation required might be carried on, thus affording the means of constant and remunerative employment to the labouring classes. The flax would be brought into a state similar to that in which it was imported from foreign countries, and sugar would be extracted from the beet-root, the refuse being appropriated, with those portions of the flax crop not required for use by the manufacturers, to the feeding of cattle. The fact that at present a sum of between eight and nine millions was annually sent out of the country for the purchase of foreign flax, was a circumstance which proved in the most convincing man ner the extent of the exisisting markets, while there was no doubt that the recent improvements in the pre. partition of flex by the Chevalier Claussen (who had promised to give them every support in his power) would have the effect of opening up new and extensive markets both in Manchester and the woollen districts of England. The importance of supplying the existing deficiency in the supply of the raw material required for the manufacturers of this country, and with it the de velopment of the industrial resources of Ireland, had been for several years past seen by the Government, and grants of money had been and were still made to the Belfast Flax Society for the purpose of extending the cultivation of flax in the southern and western parts of the country. The operations of the company would not therefore in terfere in the slightest degree with any existing British interest—the object being simply to supply a deficiency which bad long existed, and which private enterprise and capital had been hitherto found totally inadequate to supply. The same argument, to a great extent, ap plied to the production of sugar from home-grown beet root. Under these circumstances, and considering the present unfavourable state of the country for encourag ing private enterprise and capital, he trusted on behalf of the promoters that the Government would be disposed so far to give their countenance and support to the un dertaking, as to recommend the Crown to grant them a charter of incorporation. The deputation was very courteously received by the Right Honourable Gentleman, and upon retiring were in formed that he would take an early opportunity of con sulting with his colleagues on the subject, and would inform the deputation of the final result. Although we see connected with this undertaking such names as GURNEY, SORES, STONE, MILDRED, Goweiv, and others, all in the mercantile world deemed in regard to wealth, integrity, and social position, the very elite of the City ; and although we know full well they would not in any character lend their names to an undertaking such as this if they did not conscientiously believe that it had great and commanding merit, yet we must be par doned in saying that, great and high-sounding, and justly appreciated as their names must be, we should ❑ot have intruded the subject. matter of this com pany as the means of doing a great and important good to our suffering fellow-creatures, if we had not for our justification far greater names, in a practical and scientific point of view, than theirs. Our attention was drawn to the subject of the Wandle on hearing on the 26th ult. the admirable and indeqendent lec ture on the water supply delivered at the Museum of Practical Geology, by Dr. Lyon Playfair, the justly celebrated chemist attached to that museum in the department of her Majesty's Woods and Forests. Dr. Playfair, speaking of the operation which water had on lead; and to illustrate the presence of lead in water, stated that he had ,prepared several bottles of different waters, into which a piece of lead had been immersed, and these bottles had remained sealed up since January last. In those waters which had acted on the immersed lead, his detective experiments rendered the presence of lead very appa rent. One of the sealed bottles contained the IVandle water, and after commenting on its well-known quality for brightness and very remarkable softness, clearly showed to all present that it did not act on lead, thus proving by irresistible evidence that the as sertion that soft water acted injuriously on lead was an entire fallacy. Dr. Playfair's experiments are corroborated and supported by the most eminent - chemist of the day. We have neither directly nor indirectly any in '.erest in the Wandle Compan but hay' THE LATE SIN JOHN GLADSTONE, BART.—This distinguished Baronet, whose demise we briefly recorded yes terday, was, throughout his public life, a staunch Protec tionist. His life, in point of mercantile shill and enterprise, was perhaps unprecedented. The deceased was the eldest son of Thomas Gladstones, Esq„,_ of Leith, by Helen, . . ...Lulu company, bit). .suing a great --- daughter of Walter Neilson, Esq., interest in the health and comfort of a large die- obtain ed OtSpringfield. In 1835 he aroyal licence to drop the final "s" in his name, trict comprehending half a million of souls, we have and take the name of Gladstone. He was created a baronet been led from our zeal to do good to extend our corn- shortly before the retirement of the late Sir Robert Peel meat on this subject far beyond the length we bad con- fr e o n n t l . I e o n in ut e n e ' a i c n c e l p B t 4 e 6 d theirt oisffinctols)oelrelytoeanddthtehcaotntdhietiovnettratbillee templated ; but having gon e th us f ar, we s h a ll proceed should not be considered, in doing so, to recognize the pro to show how it is that the Wandle has not been resorted priety of Sir Robert Peel's free-trade policy. Sir John mar to ere this, recollecting that it was one of the sources ried, first, in 1772, Jane, daughter of Joseph Hall, Esq., of of supply looked to so far back as 1834. In that year Liverpool. d r m ew ari t i e o d b , ert s s e o c n on secondly, in Provost lBlo, A ot. n3l the late Mr. Telford, the well-known engineer, was _ daughterof Ile county Ross ; and by her, who ' diedt 1835, he has had n issue a employed by the then Lords of the Treasury to make a four sons and one daughter. He is succeeded in the title by survey round the metropolis for the purpose of aster- his eldest son, Thomas, born hi 1804, formerly M.P. for Ips taining the means of introducing a supply of pure wich.- Post. water. He reported to their Lordships that the river ALARMING FlRE.—This morning, shortly before Wandle afforded an ample source of supply—that it four o'clock, a fire, which at one time threatened a great de. ttrucrn k tf o property, broke out in the house occupied by was reckoned rather better than the Verulam (which a fi e e r in w u waterproof firstcfise f m oo er d e s a situate a eil a e t et t o n . was an exceedingly pure water), and was indeed ex- l ia r.l2, Strand. r'll[:-hdee dealer ceedingly fine. He made use of these , expressions : on duty, who, seeing an immense body of flame in the shop, "if is very fine"—" the best of any '—" extremely gave the alarm, and sent off for the engines and fire-escapes. good." It was, he said, "perfectly transparent water,' Before the arrival of the engines the flames had almost and was unif orm ly so ; and even after a flood, in a f ew reached the second floor, b u t ow i ng t o a goo d supp l y of water hours it became perfectly pure again. There was the action of the fire was confined t o th e l ower part of the he said, " no ne cessity for filtration for the wa t ers o f m h house. e fre e t ln e m n ates e , r we art are f t gl e ad to learn, all made th e i r n k al i on either th e Wandle or Verulam." Dr. B os t oc k was roof p to the m house it:toil:ling. o Thepwiroleseogbassesitoge s at this time employed to analyze the Wandle wa t er , was b urn ou t , an d t h e l ower part of the house damaged trade edby and be in every respect confirmed the opinion o f M r . fire and water. Mr. Jone s , t h e d ent i st, who occupied the Using floor, is also a sufferer, Telford, and added, that he was very much surprised the hared of his stock in trade heing destroyed. The house is in, but as to the stock to find that the water of the Wandle, NEAR WAN DS- WORTH, was chemically purer than any other p ar t of in trade we could not o bt a i n any d e fi n i te i n f ormat i on. the river. The repairs of th e B en ti nc k s t eamer , b e l ong i ng t o the Oriental Steam Company, cost 35,0001. I They have Now, the reason of this water not having been re- contracted for a steamer of upwards y of 3000 tons,and with sorted to ere new, is to be accounted for by the fact engines, by Penn, of 1,200-horse power. She is to be built that hitherto no plan was suggested for its application by Mare and Co., Blackwell. This is the largest power without the destruction of the mill-power, which ever put into a steamer, the Cunard boats being only about Bp horse power ; but perhaps they estimate engine-power would alone have required many hundreds of thou- differently on the Clyde and on the Thames.— Notth British sands of pounds to have purchased. Daily Mail. The proposed plan of the Wandle Company, which THE CONVICT SMITH.—The life of this wretched has met with the approbation of all the public man, who was convicted at the last sessions of the Central bodies interested in the matter, is to take the water Criminal Court, of the murder of an infant child of a woman near Wandsworth, at or near the spot pointed out by with whom he cohabited, and who was sentenced to be the late Dr. Bostock, and to relieve the River, hanged, will, it appears, be saved. At a late hour last even from its sourceto this spot, of all possible impurities, by j a n t g li a ew co g ni at m e i lr u o i m eti r n, Ge a o d r d g r e es6e r d ey to a th nn e o s u h n e c ri i ff n s, tvicaesfraeecte that, the interposition of intercepting sewers or drains, by after a full consideration of all the circumstan g ces laid before which means the mill-power is not interfered with, him by the Sheriffs, he had felt it to be his duty to recommend but, on the contrary, improved. Many of the large to her Majesty that the life of the convict should be spared, i mill-owners, feeling th e grea t a d vantage i t w ill b e to and that his sentence should be comm u t e d t o t ransportation them, have petitioned Parliament in favour of the Bill. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.--W for life. .9c- e - e T a l l ie ß s o ec: l ndc9mpany, under the command of Captain OOLWICII, DEC. Engineers, have received marching orders, and a , under t) an escort, to Portsmouth. of f r t t b sm e oeuotnih... The water is to be raised to Wimbledon-common, the baggage left Woolwich this mornt at a height of 160 feet above Trinity high watermark. This elevation will be sufficient to distribute the for Nine Elms, t . o e b oni e mcoianavieenyeedd e b ffi y ce r r a s i , l n w a g n y d m will leave Woolwich to-morrow, b y water at a constant and high pressure service The officers, nun - commissioned steamers, for Vauxhall pier, en throughout the district, and, at the Elephant and PanY, one of the Wool- ROBBERIES AT JULLIEN'S CONCERTS —Yesterday Castle, at an altitude of 110 feet ; but it will route to Portsmouth. information was received at the chief office of the Metropo not be distributed until it has passed through a liton Police Force, been Great Scotland-yard, of the following new system of filtration, when, according to the cal robberries havinggthe committed on the persons of gen culation of the Government Commissioners, such tlemen while in Ipiroonmenade of Jullien's Concerts, at water as the Wandle will, after boiling, have no more than from one and a half to two degrees of hard- Drury-lane Theatre. !, c old l le l ve o r hands, maker, Spirtz andpsotnhtee 4th inst. a gentleman was ness, which must alone be a matter of great econo- robbed of a three-quarter la another . gentleman was robbed o ( f ?. a mical importance to the rich and the poor, on account 2woa2tcliiijebwelled in two holes, maker, w a ( t ) c n li iw h i e t h s s t e h ii n n s d t s . of the great saving in the consumption of tea and soap. s of opsgate- street. , do l able cased lady's gold M. Soyer bore testimony to the importance of soft Metcalf Hopgood, No. water in making tea, the great beverage of the popu- \ person Also on the 3d inst , from the lation, stating that from actual experiments he had and • a gentleman, a patent lever silver watch, capped 1 jewelled, maker's name Wilhelm Downs. ascertained that there would be a saving of at least Loss OT one-third the quantity of tea by the use of soft wate r was the South more Stack, near li 1 _ wrecked at Porthdafarch, two mil es from_ . THE R O BERT BRADFORD.—This vessel —five cups instead of three would be made, wi th yesterday morning. The commander, flavour and strength. There would be equally great Captain J. Gloag, and eleven of the crew were drowned, and advantages in regard to the cooking of meat and vege- the greater portion of cargo was lost, It is feared that there tables in general, for " the true flavo ur cannot b e were some passengers on board, as Captain Gloag had apprised extracted by hard w at er ." the owners that passengers had been engaged. She must Dr. Lyon Playfai r , i n hi s lecture to which we have made an extraordinary run, as the last advices from her were dated the end of October, and announced that she w as have referred, stat e d th at b efore 100 gallons of London then loading. There is every probability that she had late pipe -water can be made detergent, 30 ounces of SOSD must be consumed. The avera advices from the Cape. • , FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE LONDON Docxs..--Ye-s -ge consumption of ' soap throughout England is 7i lbs. per head of the terday a melancholy and fatal accident took place in the London Docks, under the folloywiinnggicnirtchuemosltdanwceasp.pinlt sbeaesmins, population, whereas the consumption in London is that two men side were engaged . on a small swinging -stage 151bs. per head. The loss to the inhabitants of the painting the starboard gunwales, when the tackle b g erected at the of a vessel I metropolis from this cause 61one, —namely, the extra means gave way,. and the two men were precipitated iyntosotmhee water. An instant alarm was raised, and consumption of soap —: s robabl not less than 200,0001. per annum. Vie try p tothe drags were soon brought to the s economise y in soap pot. One man was in London by adding soda to soften the water. The other was unfortunately drowned. rescued, but the THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO TFIE METROPOLIS. "Aide toi et le ciel ((lidera," such was the advice of Jupiter to the clown whose cart wheel was sunk so deeply in a rut that his horse was unable to extricate it. The fellow sat down and cried aloud for help. " Help you l" exclaimed the god, " Lay your shoulder to the wheel, you lazy hound, and endeavour to help yourself, and then you may expect aid from me." This fable may be well applied to the inhabitants of the metropolis, who are continually crying for fresh and pure water, yet as a body make no effort to obtain it, but quietly sit down, treating the matter as an absolute impossibility; and instead of sedulously applying themselves to obtain the requisition, leave the task to a few who, as it were, single-handed, are left to combat with the diffieulti,o and overcome them if they can. It certainly is a matter of 'great surprise how a people vauntingly professing to be cleanly, should so long, with a full knowledge of the fact, daily before their eyes, of the discharge into their daily drink of the sewerage of this vast population, continue to be content with such polluted water. It might have been expected that this well-known and astounding fact would have created such a hurricane of indigna • tion as would long since have swept before it the present system of corruption. But such is the apathy of the case that, with the exception of a few meetings called together at the earnest solicitation of some worthy philanthropist, no notice appears to be taken, and the mass are allowed to go on drinking and dying, heedless of the cause and effect. This extraordinary apathy can only ba accounted for by the remedy for the evils not being generally known. Let the tocsin bell sound and let the people flock together and demand redress. Let the officials in every parish aid in this cause, and let all of us put our shoulders to the wheel, and we shall soon have a be neficial result. The supply of pure water is so essential to our very existence, that we feel it an imperative duty to bring the subject prominently before the public, in order that those who have it in their power to render assist ance, may rightly understand the matter, and give that assistance for the benefit of themselves and those who have not the power to interfere. Yet all have in some way a direct or indirect power to assist—some can assist with their purse; others by their intellectual acquirements ; and all by joining in representing to the Government the grievances arising from the sup ply of water "wholly unfitted for human consumption." 'We have now before us the various reports of commissioners, committees, and boards of health—the Lancet and many other sources of authentic informa tion ; all of which have been printed and published for our general use and benefit. From these we shall make such selections as may appear necessary to give a fair statement of the present position of the water supply on the south or Surrey side of the Thames. We may mention that we make choice of that large district, because the evils are more grievous, and because by far the greater part of the population there are comparatively of the poorer class of the coinmu nity, who require to be looked after in a sanitary point of view as much for our good as their own. For filth engenders disease and pollution, and but let an epidemic tendency arise, and, as the flash of lightning, the contaminating influence will rapidly spread, rushing as a whirlwind from the dwellings of the poor to the mansion of the rich, striking all alike by its pestilential effect. Water in its elementary state is a chemical combi nation of two gases, " oxygen and hydrogen," in certain proportions. These gasses are alone necessary to the constitution of water. In this simple state it is only to be met with in the very purest of distilled water and in some ice. The Wonham Lake ice has been esteemed the purest of any hitherto introduced to our notice. In this state of purity, on account of its solvent properties, it is not found here, but is always in combination with other matters, and these consti tute the nature and quality of the water. It constantly pari&pates in the properties of the manifold sources whence it is derived or through which we obtain it. The additional matters with which it comes in contact and impregnated are arranged under the two heads, " organic and inorganic." The inorganic additions are for the most part merely suspended in water, and do not impart any deleterious proper ties, but there are, however, inorganic substances contained in water in a state of solution, and to the presence of these are indebted the sensible properties of water. The organic matters are those which impart the deleterious impurities to water, and are either derived from dead or living substances of a vegetable or animal nature. Everyone who has been in a steam or other boat on the Thames has had an opportunity of seeing the inorganic matter, or suspended clay or sand floating past him, but the organic or deleterious matters are hidden from his view, and to these shall we direct our particular attention, because they are our most insi dious and destructive enemies. During the influenza and cholera epidemic, when the mortality occasioned by the effect of polluted water was excessive, the aid of the General Board of Health was required, in order to avert or mitigate the ravages of those diseases, and their attention was par ticularly directed to the inferior quality, and defi cient quantity, of the water supplied to the metro polis. They reported that the supply of the Surrey district of the metropolis was " wholly unfit for use, and was highly dangerous to the health of the persons who drink it." This district is supplied by the following companies from the Thames water, namely-- TIIE SOUTHWARK AND VAUXHALL—and THE LAM BETH. Tne first of these two companies takes the supply near the Red House, BATTERSEA, and the latter from a point AT LAMBETH. We will now consider the quality of the water taken at BATTERSEA and at Lambeth, as appears by the evi dence given on various occasions. It is reported on oath that the supply of these two companies is " the worst water in London." The water as now delivered very generally exhi bits " a thick and opaque appearance, and although professing to be filtered, differs but little from Thames water itself as produced direct from the river." The great source of pollution to which the Thames water is subject is the sewage, which consists of every con ceivable filth and abomination—the waste of the kit chen, the contents of the watercloset, the refuse of the slaughterhouse, knacker's yard, hospital, gas works, and other impure manufactures of every de scription,—these and many other matters of an offen sive, disgusting, and dangerous character, are height ened by the decomposition which they undergo . in the sewers, previous to the discharge into the river. The filtering system at present adopted only sepa rates the larger particles of earthy and organic mat ters, allowing a free passage of the smaller, includ ing all the lesser animalcules, but all the impurities of the water in a state of solution of course readily pass through the filtering medium. The medical writer of the Laud, in speaking of the disease occasioned by the impurities contained in water, and referring to Thames water, says, that if we allow two quarts of Thames water as the average daily quantity of water, in some form or other, con sumed by each person, we must, from positive evi dence, admit that there is then introduced into his or her system every day ten, twelve, or more grains of some earthy or alkaline salt. When it is remembered that five grains of many earthy or alkaline salts constitute a medicinal dose, the conclusion is indisputable that such water, especially with other organic impurities, must produce medicinal action, and, therefore, affect the health. It would occupy all our columns were we to give a minute description of each particle of impurity found in the Thames water, and, therefore, shall present to our readers two engravings, which we have selected from the Lancet of February last, in order that the public may have a clear idea of the impurities. SOUTHWARK AND V LAMBETH COMPANY. AUXHALL COMPANY. _ / . r ‘ .,_, „ • r . \ ---- IP - i , 1ia.. 4 11". :---,_ - ',7 'vs- \ w. ... • .‘ .. ' L I , et: . -0 - : y ''.,', --.-- '''..--;'% a t . , ~. tr...l'• 4.. • • , 0 , 0, ._, ~ .• , k ,-,N 4 5. ,- .! . • - , " - . - v- ..",' ' ' - 7 ' Ot " O 2 ' tiihNiii- - - , w 1! ,_, ii i ~,, , i-,, r ---____---' 0 ---- ) ' 4 ii / : %'l. - - 4 ,4fiA ', i \... _ fr-:- --, .,....> ''"".• " ,'' ,/,. 4,/ ,_ --,--.-_--,&k, ill 't, v - tr,4- 4 i -- -" - 411k‘ ~,,, • '), • .ii ~1 / 4 \ )',, /' z VP-#44l' ~ . v ........_ ~,. .....A „ ,. , --, ~,- - --\ \• - 1 _....—___ ._.- - - --- r -).- - t ,. ....,.. 1m 7- n „, ~ . 1 ~,;,,v , . T i - N ,._ ~ , 64 1 c .:":%',7 --; 4 4 t, ~+' '' • ' \(' d \" ‘f ' - ' ill V1: 1 ) 1. : , : ~ 0 •.. •V ' , r :f r ‘, . 1, ,401 ~,, iy . :,..,; 4 11e‘. , , " Aa l 4 ( - N , ' 'e , OP . ' . 1.:. '-:\ 4 ' ' • " This engraving represents the principal animal and vegetable productions contained in the water as supplied by the Southwark and Vauxhall Company. Drawn with the camera lucida, and magnified 220 diameters." - I .6*'' ,-;.• - ''''''',, *co • r -- . 40 ),0 . --_,}-. Y ( 4, 4 -• , 4 %.__) \ __;' , E:,io .,. . _-_ ~.:-:*,- -: .1.-" C • r 4 / 4 : . 1' "."...::,-- • • . " vp, ' .l:::\:i_.77lk, ......:, ca _ . .„ rt ),, , ,_ ________,,,.,‘ ----;,-........ , \...... 1 0 , ~. k"3 p. ' °- - , ---, 1 \--- i ; Li 1 \ " • ••••.- *.' j . ~/ 7 --,,,- - -- p . , .. •ifc.- < .'.. :1 ...;;i.-ki,‘;! ~ TU, . '" ,' d* s.''',•% '''' ''' . ' \''',' ,'' ' --, ", -; "•7 1 .4 4 %';11: . —a t : 'T'. 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The foregoing drawings " represent only a very small portion of the organic matters, living and dead, contained in the samples taken of less than a quart each." But sufficient is'adduced to convince any one that the presence of such creatures as are there shown, must render such " water wholly unfit for human con sumption!" On this point it would be simply a waste of words and argument to offer another observation. An Act some time previous to the last cholera epidemic, was obtained by the Lambeth Company, authorizing it to supply the south district with water to be taken from the Thames at THAMES DITTOS, near Kingston, and the company have recently been ac tively employed in laying down the mains and con structing their works there; on the completion of as s liic thesupply derived from L the h worst in Lnndnn,willbe anabh, denounced discontinued.et Let us inquire into the Thames water at Ditton. Before it has reached this point it will have received " the refuce•outpourings of upwards of 200 cities, towns, and villages," and we can readily conceive that such outpourings, consisting of the living creatures seen in the engraving, would float on and on, increas ing in number with the outpourings from each town and village. Just above the point whore the proposed new sup ply from the Thames is to be taken, rushes the liamp • ton Court Sewer, adding to the already numerous excremental accumulations of the other cities and towns, that of the Hampton Court District—and no small addition is this ! We have before us the report of the Government Commission of the 23d June, 1851, on the chemical quality of water. The Thames Ditton water was analyzed by these Commissioners ; and what does the analysis declare ? That this Ditton water contains— a sulphate of lime, a sulphate of soda, a sulphate of Po tassium, a nitrate of lime, a chloride of sodium, a chloride of Potassium, a carbonate of li m e a n d a car bonate of Magnesia, Silica, Iron, Alumina and Phos phates, Ammonia, and last, not lea s t, organ i c matter ; and all these impurities after the water had been filtered; for the sample was taken "from a main in Surbiton, near the company's works." What do these Commissioners say ab ou t the sul phates and chlorides!' That the sulphates remain in solution although the water is boiled, imparting per manent hardness; the hardness bein g , i n f ac t, s li g h t l y increased from evaporation in the boiling. We will pass over the organw matter, as we ha ve sa id an d a h ewn enough for all reflecting minds to dwell on. During the last session of Parliament the water question was referred to a Select Committee, consist ing of Sir James Graham and other distinguished Members of the House of .Commons. In the course taken from the 13 ( 1 13 1y AT W TE U RSEA) as of their investigation the engineer of the Southwark and Vauxhall Company was examined. lie Thamesdp e that a t t h the e s a m e water pl a c s e u hereto fore, adding that, in the course of a short time, the supply would ba taken from Thames Ditton. It also appeared in evidence that the Chelsea Water Com pany likewise obtained their supply from a place near the Red House, BATTERSEA. There would, said the engineer, he conceived, be but very little difference between the water got from Chelsea and that from Thames Ditton, and as far as the analysis goes, the water drawn at Bcttersea at two hours' ebb, is as good as that drawn from Thames Dillon, indeed he did not think the water at Dillon would be preferred in any case except in that of a new supply. The chairman of the company was also examined. lie stated that he was of opinion that there is no ap preciable difference between the water drawn even at Henley, and THAT AT BATTERSEA ! ! It is clear, therefore, from the evidence of these gentlemen, that they conscientiously believe the public will derive no advantage by the proposed new supply from Thames Ditton. The Battersea water appears to be as good as the Thames Dition, and the latter is as good as the former—ergo, the Dittou must be as bad as the Bat- DON ii -~~ (From Eliza Coo-Rt'; Journal.) "Don't, toy love; don't 101 l about in Sour chair in that way ! I never saw such and awkw ard girl t" The child sat erect i❑ boarding-school tritn—back straight and hands in her lap,—preciso and priat. "Now, Charles, don't ! How you do fin your mouth, and stuff it out in the most vulgar possible way. Don't take such large bites, I beseech y ou .• Charles was more moderate for the next few mouth.- fuls; but Jane had by this time relapsed, and reclined in her chair for a rest. " Girl, you are lolling again ! Go out of the rooms this minute." And Jane vanished in tears, though relieved from the restrrint of the perpetual "Don't." The mother was not done yet. " Don't make such a . noise, children ? Can't you sit down quietly, and learn your lessons ? John, you'd never be aluthing but a dunce, unless you get on." Charles was slinking out of the room to enjoy the liberty of the back-lane, but again the mother's "Don't Charles," called him hack. And so the round of useless annoyance went on, till the children, sad and soured, were sent to bed. This is an instance of " governing too much," — imposing prohibitions which are only felt to be such. --a limitation of freedom which makes even little childre n w i nce un der it as a despotism. These children, though they do not reason, are quick to feel such little grievances. They work into their temper, an d make them querulous and bitter. The .. don' t " ry interference with soon finds a response in their own hearts ; an d "Don't bother me,' is what they think if they d o not sa All unnecessay it. is a po s iti ve evil. corrected, and every action Restraints there must be, and guidance ; but when almost every movement is ac children's liberty companied by prohibition—when every little word is criticize interference is being reasonable bounds, and they h ecome pushed beyon d "stupid," irritated, of positively rebellious. y induce a h Prohibitions that are imposed • " • d—they feel that disregarding authority. garded are positive evils. The ?nly to be dill's* habit of The A teach insubordination, and tend only to disorder. ' only be educated in freedom; e bu seir . it of a child can reiteration of " don't" 3 , 0 u have in the constant prohibition, repulsion. The child s only bondige, little faults and great faults subject indiscriminately the same condemnation, and learns to treat each •Litll) same disregard. Thus the power of the e with the educator is lost, and in course of time becomes impotent to re• press any real fault. " Don't" teaches nothing : it reduces the child to a machine, which is not the best way of qualifyi ng i t for a recipient of knowledge. "Don't" makes him timid and suspicious, and tired of a self-government which has no certainty and no satisfaction in it. It perplexes his moral sense, and incapacitates him from doing right of his own accord. It habituates bins to subjection to others' wills, and hinders the growth of self-reliance and the capacity of self-government. "Don't" implies badness : it is an imputation o f wrong-doing, else why the pro hibition. It is a slur, it is a restraint, and it may be an insult. It means coercion, and all ceercion is blighting in its effect. It begets resistance in streng characters, which may ripen into a despotic and overbearing will, the fruit ful cause of unhappiness to itself as well as to others. Thus bad training is propagated—harsh commands issue in harsh consequences —the voice of coercion and prohibition always finding an echo in its subject. The obedience it produces is only temporary. "Don't' prohibits the deed, but does not deal with the feeling in which the impulse to it arose. The disposition and state of mind which stimulated to the deed remain the same, and unless the character be improved, it will next time work by stealth and in secresy. " Don't," threats, and the stick will never humanize a child, no more than they will a grown man. They clay forci bly mould the external into a coarse semblance of order; but can never create that improved internal state out of which alone better deeds can arise. Co ercion and restraint may make hypocrites, but they can never develope nor educate true character. It is a notorious fact that the most severely restrained chil dren almost invariably grow up the worst and wildest men. "Don't" runs through all our systems of legisla. Lion. It builds prisons, hires policemen, and freights convict-ships. We do not educate men ; but we punish them. We do not prepare them for self-go vernment, but make laws by which they are governed and punished. Society leaves its children to pick their morality from the gutters ; but when they grow up to be men it draws strict lines around them which they are too blind to see, and then calls out " Don't cross there ; if you do so it is at your peril 1 " Society allows about half its members to grow up to man. hood unable to read, but nevertheless expects of them the self-command of well-cultured beings. It matters not that they cannot read the laws ; they must obey them. If they listen not to the harsh " Don't " which " Don't" which is cried out to them from all sides, the policeman has at once his hand upon their collar. "Don't " sets man-traps and spring -guns for poachers, and trains gamekeepers and bloodhounds for their apprehension ; it places custom-house officers at our ports, and sets the coastguard on the look-out for smugglers. "Don't" employs armies of soldiers and policemen, and keeps a host of tax gatherers in its service. " Don't" aims at repression always. It is constantly " putting down." It is always at work with new projects, not for improving men's character or instructing their minds, but for coercing them by punishment or penalty into obe dience and external conformity to the law. If not " Don't," then it is, " Thou must not," or " Thou shalt not." And if any disobey, it calls forward a policeman, and gives the offender in charge. " Don't " pervades society in all wa y s — i t is con • stantly standing in the path, turn where you will. It prescribes the boundaries of fashion, and hedges in custom and habit. It is the favourite phrase of Mrs. Grundy. It is even the religicn of many. " Don't" laugh—" Don't " believe such a thing— " Don't profess so-and-so. You must profess and believe what is set down for you by your betters. But you say you are free, and desire to think freely. Nothing of the kind. There is the law which says " Don't ;" which imposes disabilities because of your thinking differently from those who administer it; and makes you pay for your departure from the ways of thinking and believing which wiser men than you have established. - Repression and hindrance there must be where freedom leads to crime and infringmenta on the well being of others. That must be admitted. But let us be careful, lest by our own arrangements we origi nate the cause of those very crimes and infringe ments. Make men criminals, or place them in cir cumstances where a criminal tendency becomes their normal state, and prohibitory laws avail nothing. They will be broken through like cobwebs, and then you have a criminal class. Refuse education to the poor, or attach to it certain conditions which a re to them irksome a n d o di ous, and be not surprised if you have an ignorant adult population, who regard your laws, which they cannot read or unde rs ta nd, as so many regulations devised, not s o . much f o r th e pre servationuponthemo.f m order, eese a r s e for s s t n h a e k infliction fl in t c e . o n gne good d f punis hmen t intelli gentreprescitizensand punishmen t. righteouslyTo begin with the laws of en forcement of the latter is beginning at the wrong end. It savours less of justice than of revenge. Prohibition and punishment are evils indicative of other, and, it may be, greater evils. For, where conduct is as it should be, there is no need to pro hibit or to coerce. W e ll t h en, the true course is—to begin by removing the cause of the evil —to deal with the formation of the charact er and the habits—to make these good in the first place —to aim at a care ful development and culture of the whole nature—in short, to thoroughl y well educate the individuals, be they rich or be th ey p oor, of which society consists. Uhenteihl noxious done,iiesuste h the e ohibition and p un i s h men t mu st imputation of either folly or cruelty—pe r h aps both. TO THEF ErT A SIR,--Y ou are mak in gre aogßoodoFuserliefEthS ITIV the Arctic Blue book, Which the Admiralty h a ve sent you and others of the public pr ess . Y our articles on this subject have been much noticed, and will materially serve the cause of humanity and justice. It is too true that Captain Penny is sacrificed to profession jealousy, and yet to him alone we owe all that has been or that will be done. Nearly connected myself with the navy, and having friends on board the missing ships, I feel bound to tender you my thanks, which will not be the less acceptable bcoause my name may not happen to be known to you. I am, Sir, you obedient servant, ___ , • A CONSTANT READER. London, Dec. 8, 1851. HURRICANE IN THE BAY OP BENGAL.---By the arrival of the extra Calcutta steamer to Suez, and thence to Southampton, we have received intelligence of a terrific and most disastrous hurricane which swept over the Bay of Bengal on the 26th of October. The gale commenced from the south-eastward, and blew in tremendous gusts for 12 hours, extending along the whole of the coast from Madras to the mouth of the Hooghly. At the latter place several light ships were driven on shore, as also the Precursor steamer, although riding with two heavy anchors. A French and o ne or two English ships of some size were driven from thei r anc h ors, and but little hope was enter tained for their safety. The coast in that portion of the dead bodies, literally strewed with the wreck of the ships and er bodies, many of whom were Europeans. The gale, force to the lulling for half an hour, veered round with equal 1 hours. The north-west, and continued to blow for sever w a E off w ith the loss of Precursor being on a mud bank was got ere eventually put her rudder. Her passengers and crew they we re on to Suez. on board the Erin, in w hich vessel al ed there can be little From the perfect calm which prevail ed the bay. m C OMMITTED FOR FOE ca LITERPOOL J.RADESM w AN as remanded on Friday last doubt that the cent re of the cycloid passed over the head of Gitny.—Mr. John Dean, q before Mr. Mansfield and Mr. Booth, in t yesterday morning ate roorni and was committed for trial a the magistrates' Priv the present assizes. On a charge of forgery ,who a second examination ' *'r ~ Ol t ......' 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