The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-03 00:00:00

CITE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1830;

THE WATER SUPPLY.

The &Howie, are the reeehttieth of the these&
sioners. Tbsp contra a of the her, as well ea as
eitinseiset of the °prier of that y.
QUALITY OF TRY WATT&
" 1. That fur dare.% use it is eerier le the average
tia.l.ty of waters. "who'd to towns.
" 2. That its laftzr me a supply he domestic nes sere
shinty leer as mesa el hardesse.
"1. That even when ram seer the reach of pollution
from the error of the ineeepdts It owner as ram,
vaqier with the sews, of ether sad ',getable matter.
" 4 That ehheigh illibliatere IMAM of interforil may be
la pan rensourd or eareseed by Unarm, the • :ere or
hardness wig eta se. , varberteg this wart watt for the
Salowilg unfit thr *delft the skis sad for the
erdlele7 petrels el vrestitrigslorateesreiag as seemly'
serasper ; Ise the oe of tea, by ors.
dery write to the like nom* lad ler ealiaary pro-
ems., ttheaishiag their egirithey eat inerearag
exp their
oses
" 6. That the quality of the water of the river Lea sad of
the New Bier is is this so bother thou Mat of eh.
Thames wore takes bspasdw the Mears of the sewsge of
the metropolis.
"6. That the water takes by the lentbetb Company from
the Thames oprete flaaperford Merkel is chug, <with
mime and vegetable imparter, averted, the art of tin
dmetterge of sewer water, whirl reader it wholly safe fa
use, art highly dangerous lathe health of the parr who
drink it.

That of the soma prim:Mal emapeoles by w►le► pipe
water a roamed to the metropolis, tour &sliver it wit►out
previous filtration.
•,S. That tie &loft ha the quality el the water at presaht
supplied, when isabestadl la Ms Least obiestionahle aseidium,
sera the evils arida/ drugs Ms ilietsibatisa la the intilliersel
state, see all aggravated by the premise et barrette:eat di►
thibudee.

9. That the prudes of inteneittest distribution ems.
Woes, is the ease of the better &script:Ms of bosses, the re-
tention of the seater is cisterns sad butts, sad is that of the
poorest climes, is tabs, pirchmo, sad owl other vessels as
ma be obtained ; and. se a 11081101111C•1111 of welt re eatioa,
the water imbibes soot sir dirt, and sheerlia the polluted sir
of the teas, sod of the tilienaleoly thee, needed, and an.
healthy localities and rooms is which the poor reside.
" 10. Teat from the inferiority of the water at its seethe
as at Format collected, and from the additional pollution sad
de•erturation consiosed by the moil' of its distribution, a
lame proportion of the pnpelanrion is rendered armee to the
daily use of water so a beverage, sad is inclined sad almost
toned to the use of fermentoo liqsnrs and ardent spirits to
an **teat greatly beyond the eoneumpion of suck drisks
where parer tenter is more accessible.
" 11. That the annual cost of the construction cad math.
tens, as in repair of casterss sad their supports tad °Damned
apparatus in the houses of the middle sad wealthier slaws
ones f aired* the sacral water rats.

12. That the eat of the pip;-water supply and the ad.
ditional equine* and inconvenience resulting trona the pre-
sent mode of its disribution came the population in some
suburban di.triete to revert for water to open ditcher, and in
other crowded localities to shalbw 'priori or wells ; manes
which are subject en ineressing trout carpools,
from badly r nteructed home drains and sewer., and from
overcroodid graryards.
.11 That the lomilisttion and intensity of cholera iamb
ors:rata as those alluded to was promoted io a moat 'narked
manner by the an. of water containing decompaing animal
and ',ruble matter derived from sewers, drains, and other
Impure sources. . .

14. That the districts sent severely visited by epidemic
cholera, as well as those VIM 'Skied by ordinary epide•as
diseases, are low-lyispi dirriets where, ban the detective
state of the draintge, t►en is as news of damp and putrid
daeomposition ; sad that each mons of damp is *unmated
by the waste of water atteadant on the iateraii tent mode of
supply ; a waste w,:ic► appears to caned the whole of the
animist rainfall on the inhabited are nth' matropolas.••

sugary sill, end hums the nesetre Asps 'heady
beamed he tae dettetts works andeueted le igaarease.
" Bads( pertlealarly **sifted the etatessite es le die
Jeers** gauntries of water required hr fts drifts of
drains and semen, sad the asking etas iaprised system of
draieefie. w• tad—
" $l. That epee a gales .f dreftese sash as that at pre-
sent isms, conehtise el id* heusiolleelas sad senors,
ease esumanktime efftesspift. deposits, there would be
dashed. he the Inteadlieed ressed of these estonseledene
* duals& essidieehle oddness le the present taaatitisa
oatap• water pangted in ter the supplyefta lattreall/2 bet
t any epees of hew er ads Osiers w sew
does the astsvislatiala et thosayeder retese, sad renders
seems, the essaininant et the pmeilee of Intermittent
deadieg, is in heel, highly Warless ss the pablie health, sad
oesht to As presided.
" 32. That meet Oriel wet* ha* plastid beysad doubt
the madam et the eenefteisar of the Metropolitan Seal.
tooCessidistee—diady. that systematically adjusted
inhaled hews air tall sewers are kept dear et deposit by
the ft* of the sellw ewer water ale* 'rhea endeared
away at roper lee*. and that ao additions of water is rt.
gaited hr this pulpits.

1111rIMAOL
With referentsto those extensive districts of the nee-
wapitis tbe hovels ef whirl are below high- water mark,
where the sewer water is at pretest penned up until it sin
be disekarged at low welter, and where patrfffiag deposit lo
accumulated in the argon is ecomensenee of the low bliss
arrested diaries high water, onmessed—
.• 33 Thal k will empire** Mildew of water, and on.
tainly so fairessed Papua in pmping, to eau* such a con-
tinuos, she imam vatse as will prevest deposit ; end
'that this grevesdos ef dolga& is the true objest to he aimed
at, sad net she siihimal quastities of wave to rte
move breWtltlkg whisk ought not to have bees
allowed assuniellgo.
" U. That beside' the great Injury to this public health
from the pending up of sewer water and the consequent
convenio• of large ex sewers and reservoirs into ex-
tended cesspools; and beside" Use wea:e of water and Ike
expense of pumping It into ibis district for the removal of
accumalatioas, the intermittent system of &slain* the die-
tile!s below high water nark by gravitatioe without the
aid of panit.hig fee their relief, must seosseitite the conti-
nued pollatio• sl the Thaws, and obstruct or delay the
application ditto refuse as swan.
" 3.5 That, 'mew is extra onseerof absolute fimiency
the pumping in of additional espplies of water, before properly
oonstruceed home drains are laid dowa for Its removal,
would, by incressiao damp, still further deteriorate the mai-
tary condition of Use population, and occasion still greater
dilspidatioas and injury to tenements.
" 36. That the seperatha of works of pipe-water supply
from those for the removal of waste water occasions delay I.
the neculoa of works of primary ineportanoi for sanitary
improvements, as well as inereasA expense.
" 37. That it appears that while the espial* of sowers
and draias a ream:mid by sat improved tabular system of
drainage, the exposes of oarth•work, of digging, sad el
making good, is nee-ball of the total expense, and that,
therefore, the separate laying down of water-mains and
drairmagenmaias must frequently cause this last portion of the
I apenes to be materially increased.
38. That, us these ground., sr. d as the principles already
recognised, the only way of wearing systematic works with
economy and effidesey, as well as with the least delay, will
be to consolidate ander one and the same public manage-
ment. Use whole works for the supply of water, and for the
drain aim of the metropolis.
" 39. That It is esesatisl to the scosentyand efficiency of all
such works that the whole disuibatory apparatus, small as
well as large, service pipes, and house drains, together wi-h
water-mains, public drains and wain, should be laid down
under one nstem, and kept in action under one supervision.
" 40. That it appears from this eximiaation of improved
works which have been in operation for a sufficient length of
time to test their tamely, and from denoted Intimate* made
by different competent engineering officers upon house-to-
honer examinations of the worst conditioned districts. that'
combined works. comprising a water-ripe for the service of
each house, • sink, • drain, aid waste pipe, and • soil•pan or
water closet apparatus, may be laid dews and 'maintained
in action at a cost, not ezineding, on the smite, three
halfpence per week, or leas than half the average expense of
cleanaing the cesspool for any single tenement.
" 41. That the general survey being now sufficiently ad
canoed, such works may be executed for separate districts
without waiting for the completion of any general measure
or plan of main sewers.
(Tor be coadnued.)

MEETING IN FAVOUR OF SECULAR EDUCA-