The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

TEEMS OF COT roN "PAYMENTS,

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hTantE ISir,-W:DZET:FinTedII7I3I Is:TtHhEeaNevTilIMSEO3.
lucidly
described on the 23th ult., -by :your correspondent F. r
union amongst the importers of cotton, says your corre-
spondent. But, how is this union to . be; effected? It is
usel,,ss writing about an injustice, unless some one of the
sufferers comes forward in propria persona, and invites the
co-orration of those who are interested in its exposure.
If your correspondent, who seems to be a man of mark,
will send a round robin to all the principal importers, ask.
ing them to meet him in the cotton salesroom; now that
they are smarting under the injustice of being compelled
t, t.D,:gom, Dick, and Harry's three months' bills instead
of Cash, the present unju-t system must soon be aban-
doned, and a more equitable arrangement 1a.9 substituted,
which will arm the importer with the power of refusing
any but legal tender paper in- payment for his cotton.
Is not this a subject for our Chamber of Commerce?—
Yours, &c., A LOVER or Ju.MCZ.

WATER SUPPLY.

TO THE EDITOR OF TWE NORTHERN TIMES.

- -
Sir,—Taking it for granted our town council will decide
that the water we have now distributed to us is unfit for
holm use, the question arises, " Will the wells yield us a
sufficient quantity during the summer months ?" My
answer is yes—provided the corporation. will immediately
set to work and lay a main to the public baths and wash-
houses, and to a few other establishments using large
quantities of water, and suaply these with that from
Rivington, which is only fit for detergent or manufacturing
purposes. Since tne admixture of Rivington water, the
amount distributed has only risen from 45 to about 60
millions of gallons per week, and my opinion is, that more
than the difference (15 millions) is thrown away in the
frequent cleansing of our cisterns and in the waste from
z
end plugs in order t 6. beep the water at all tolerable.—
Yours respectfully, A, WATER DazzatEn.
May 4, 1857.

STRYCHNINE, v. CANINg.


TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—Knowing that your columns are invariably open
to the complaints of the oppressed, and your able pen
aiding to eradicate permanent evil, do, kind sir, insert in
your paper the lamentations and wrath of one of the
cbluntifnaeitshPfUelies •i‘iy
quadrupeds,master,
enjoying a stroll in the country' after his diurnal labours.
has
ien z accompanied
beep'
in by
the
eo
habit humble
of
r
Anticipating the pleasures of a rural gambol, we submit
to the bondage of a small and stifling yard with becoming
meekness. As was our wont, we journeyed out with our
master one evening last week, on what trifle meditating
we know not. So intent was he, however, in admiring the
I progress of the i ural shoots, that a dainty piece of bread
and butter greeting the olfactory
,organs of my canine
associate, was bolted sans cereznonie. Now follows the
tragedy. In a short time spasmodic stiffness seized tha
hinder limbs ';' the attempts to walk' gradually became
futile ; prostrate on the Footpath:AlM 'arched back, the
perfected
eieewwedii
ht
twitchings of the extremities, together with the convulsive
collapsing of the abdomen, and the sodden stiffening of the
uiwttsa9leukrrraaaliti)ndpg.ettittNieesolwabn.eeisMrtgoritecEmhdptittdoedwr
thw andep
olavi are
Waver
tree whole body, too clearly demonstrated that strychnine had
al
nzorceaux, the soont r the canine race is exterminated the
b-tter. Exercise is equally necessary to the quadruped
as the biped ; the' idea of disturbing game while walking
along the roads is preposterous. May this warn my
canine friends to eschew the approaches of this Gehenna,
and may universal condemnation be meted out to the
agent of this cowardly act. Sinei the above two more
valuable dogs have been poisoned °lose to Wavertree.—
Yours, &a.,
Say.
4th May, 1857.

A. gentleman writes to a
not recapitulate Mr.
L 01;1 LEE' CACSOEteuMrpi‘lolrlnli. yi) A:
need—Ta:
Barba's severe and unmerited suffering!, as the papers
enclosed will furnish you with ample notices of. his wrongs ;
hutit has-heen :found that, however unjust-and iniquitous
has been his treatment, and however'strongly 'the public
voice has been expressed in c•-indentitationof the enormities
inflicted upon him, no adequate- redress 'or compensation
from the government has yet been offered in atonement for
the great evil with which-the government visited him by a
prosecution confessedly erreue,,us. The only powerful
organ for rousing the advocates of truth and justice to a
rightful sense of the claims which :Mr. Barber has upon
the ,natio3, is the press, whose- power may reach all ranks
of society and turn .the hearts of rulers-to justice.
Teas CONVOCATION ABSILIWITY.—Yery.,- like a Lord
Msyor's chow, with a difference of the togger7; the
Primate presenting the MayorTthe bishops playing the
aldermen, the Dean of the Arches and the Vicar-General
acting GI and Meg ,g. It would be infinitely better to
revive the Miracle
fashion of the day, than get up
PAP, which were devout after the
such dull pantomimes as
.these, deficient alike in piety and pleasantry. Had Con-
vocation any serious or useful business to trancact, spiritual
or secular, there it be some excute tor opening it
with religious rites; but. there appears to us laymen to
-
be something the very opposite of reverent in opening the
proceedings of a body notoriously without a usetul function
or capacity, with solemn litanies, liyme, and sermons,
whether in Latin or the vernacular. What would be
thought
ciation beginning with prayer? Those who have nothing
of a Session of the Administrative -Reform Asso-
to do, or- will do nothing, neither want the Divine help,
nor deserve the Divine blessing.—. Examiner.

(IZ

REPORT ON THE RIVINGTON`WATER

WORKS.

[CONTINUED

Sir,—l stated, at the commencement of my Yea
d-
te
r ay s communication, that I had never seen- the
IYr titer in the reservoirlower than •it is at -present.

slew
lira not able to -state- witde e leel
• elew the overflow, but, judging from appearancth evs,
,it must be several feet. During,the heavy rains in-
`April it overflowed for a length of time,. and large,
94tritities of water were consequently run to waste.
er several days the depth of water flowing down
til
that
Waste weir was
,over eight inches ; thus proving
We Calc4atiOits made as to the capabilities of
these reservoirs storing all the water falling in the
''strict were fallacious. • . .
It is only -a week • since the dry-weather set in,
and
although the-draught does not exceed three
millions
of gallons per diem, and even this was
3t()Pped for a ,couple of. days while some valves
1? re being inserted at the Mointrery . House
Reservoir, yet the abstraction of even this trifling
qeitntit, has had th e effect of reducing the level
4 I havye des'cribe.d: Io the event of the draught
ever k ci.uallitig the quantity proMised, I haVe no'
cl
°l-lbt Mita the reservoir would be drained to the
totri in less than a month. That is, if sixteen
,i4libiougallons daily be-abstracted from it. The-
"ePosit left by the receding of the water on the
"?rth -, shore of the lodge is a most convin-
eltig
,proof or the filthy.. character of the
water. The. upper R.ivington ' Reselvoir pre-
jeers precisely the -same- appearance as the
Which
ono ; the scum of soot and oily filth with
d-lich it is in many parts covered, has , the most
legusting aPpearanCe. and one cannot help. volun-
ply ,exclaiming -- Good heavens! and is this
.4e stuff which the unfortunate people of Liverpool,
i'e compelled to , ennstitneilit must be seen to
e believed ;' but' itlii-tifefetb. be seen.: Leaving
the,, Itivington,,l., prpoßed
,het she Anglezark'ReSer-'
jeir, If the condition f4slig,gwater in thatqiitltiiit
~Mge. is ~bad;)-)this iis coasiderahly iwvrse,;'benagr
'earer the • prineipal--parzeof the impurity. The
main' sewer, rigoit',B'lwhieh. receives all The:
"ewag,e.'- 'Wiit4 Jig*, "Tht}b villages'''And public
'lurks on tlm setithafif - aide, .-ifli PA. aista.rice-
;f,llearlY, five miles, empties itself into thia r e e kVA'
;I'4 point near the Heapy -Altiks. These works
are numerous, consistingtolictifi and .liletielt works,
chemical works, print works,.weaving and spinning
141,418, all of wheal have gas works attached. The
'o)ulation of the villita is' large ' and -Iliptaly
ltlOraenting, and when'it
fromis borbe in mind thitt the
to4ele. of the refuse water the various works,
ußether with the sewage water from the towns
lye's into this goit, and is carried 4irect to the
Nervoirs, it .meed excite no surprise that the
'eter
,`should "present the appearance I have
eri bed. Mro-.. 3 wre: told some - time ago.
titilt there was „Aci) ,:be a , Sewer constructed so
to receive. all! these
,foul abominations, and
1,,.4y the clear off te works of the orporation.
tj'e(o.‘e doem s not appear to be any-indicatiCons of such.
werk. havingnbeen even, 'begun, and the stuff
Which
A I have je4;been describing is, permitted to
ti?lv,into, and iiii,x.-: with, the water consumed by
he inhabitants,of -Liverpool, withoui any 'apparent.
Eturt being made to prevent it. Of course much
,°f this stuffinitit*held in solution by the water ;-
Lech, will be 'defiesitetii,rin the bottom of the
reservoirs ; and muatof the-oily and volatile portion
it
ektts, ,as I have already-i.described, on the
t'4lrface. For my own part, I am, convinced that
e construction of a main sewer to —carry
'thisof
water, and finding a proper -outlet
()t it will prove:a very costly undertaking, even if
tketicable at all, of which there are doubts.
t4ennistances did not permit of .my visiting the
r'o upper reservoirs, the Roddlesworth, and the
4k,) Brook. I learned, however that the repairs
t the latter embankment are still in progreSs, and
that
k neither of these reservoirs are as yet considered
i
ltre for the storage of water. I may state that I
I°ll4rl but one expression of opinion amongst tha
;eople in the vicinity of the works, and I conversed
4:14 a great many—they all condemn the water
is
,4-11 fit for every purpose, and express their aston-
Ntueutat the people of Liverpool using it at all.
bile old lady declared that she would not wash her
'eor with such stuff.—Yours, &e.
10 UR REPORTER.