The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-12 00:00:00

IMPORTANT =WINO OF PAROCHIAL
DELRGATRIL

A numerous meeting of delegates from all the
principal purshee of the metropolis took place lest evening
at the board room of St. George's Workhouse, Southwark,
for the purpose of carrying out the recilutione adopted at a
preliminary meeting held In the vestry-hall on the 13th ult.
There were present leprountatives from the parishes of St.
Marylebone, St. Paacru, St. Luke, St. Martin-in-the-
Fades, St. Clement Danes, St. Giles, St. Andrew Holborn,
St. John and St. James Clerkermill, St. Mary Kensing-
ton, Bt. Saviour's, St. John's, St. Glove's, and St. George'.
Southwark, St. Mary Newington, It. Paul Covent-
garden, Lambeth Sanitary Assoeistios, St. Botolph, Bishops-
gate, Bermondsey Stepney Union. Spitalfields, Ratner-
kith., Bt. George Eloocustairy, St. Giles, Trinity (Gray's-
inn.lane), Strand Union, St. Anne Bobo, 8.. John, and St.
Margaret, Westminster, Chelsea Union, Bethnal-green,
Aidgate, Poplar, Chelsea parish and union, Paddington,
West leffidon Union, it. :time i, St &rid:az*, 1:::::..f.:.,
Shoreditch, Wbitechapel, Shadwell, Bro.mley, Deptford, St.
George's-in-the-East.
On the motion of Mr. Pea.ratent, of St. Luke's, seconded
by Mr. Tat/Puns, Mr. George Collinson, chairman of the
Board of Guardians of St. George's union, wee unanimously
called on to meld*.
Mr. WALKER, churchwarden of St. Glare's, South-
wark, moved a resolution to form ea emulation of parochial
representatives, to be called "The Water Supply Aso d..
nos, ' for the purpose of promoting measures in parliameot
for °Malabar see abundant sunk of pure water, en the
pdsuiple of continuous suiply and constant high pressure,
noise the immediate control of a public board, to be elected by
mrso-payrs and owners of property. He attriouted to the dd.
Swum to the supply of water the marked contrast during
the period of cholera between Lambeth and Southwark on
MN one hand, and Wapping with the adjoining districts on
the other; the v Illation having fallen but lightly in compa-
rison on the latter.
Mr. GEORGE, chairman of the beard of guardians of St.
Anne's, Soho, seconded the resolution.
Mr. HORNE, one of the guardians of St. Luke's, Old.
strut, suited, from statistics furnished by medical officers of
his parish, that where there was a
_plentiful supply of water
the cholera had touched lightly. The water companies, he
remarked, who professed to give 4i per cent. on their capital,
managed to pay 11 per cent., for which the public were
taxed 190,0001. a year. It was because government was said
to be about to appoint a commission that he thought the
parishes should move ; for he viewed with great distrust the
practice of debtralising the management of such matters in
the hands of government.
Mr. T. W. SANDERS, of St. Martin's in-the Fields, dis-
sented from the resolution, which was carried, as were else
resolutions for raising a fund to defray expenses by subscrip-
tions among the vestries, and for obtaintug returns showing
the extent of the present water supply and rates.
Mr. G. SHILLIBEER, of St. Luke's, congratulated the
chairman on the effective manner in which this movement
had been supported, and moved the thanks of the meeting
to the chairman.
Mr. ELLISON seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously carried, and suitably ackscerledged by the chairman'
The meeting then adjourned to Monday evening next, at
the Lawson Rooms, Gower-street.