Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-02 00:00:00

against the Board was excited, and the result
was its annihiliation by Parliamentary Ordinance.
Their powers were transferred to the Council,
who induced the public to believe that they
had a magnificent water scheme, which in due
course would be developed. Yes, it has indeed
been developed, and has proved a magnificient
job for its promoters. Mr. HAWKESLEY, who
had only just declared that there was abundance
of water without Green-lane at all, came
forward and modestly declared that he had made
the notable discovery that he was deceived !
That there was no water in the r... 41 sandstone,
and by the most consumate assurance he
managed to persuade the Council of that day
into his views. In an evil hour the Pike was
resolved on. The Pike Water was repre-
Isented, by HAWKESLEY and his gang,
as being the purest in the world. Rad
we not the solemn testimony of learned
professors (?) of chemistry and geology—of
bankrupt Welsh miners, dubbed with the name
of Captain this, or that, to give their opinions
some weight ; together with a swarm of other
harpies preying on the corporate purse, one
and all swearing by the purity of the Pike
Water ? Now, that the bubble has burst, that
the true character of the abominable wash can
no longer be concealed—when the Water
' Committee find themselves placed in a false
position with their fellow-burgesses, and call
on their engineer for explanations,- what is his
conduct ? Is he overwhelmed with shame,
does he seek a refuge from disgrace in oblivion ?
—No, no ! The Pike has answered his purpose,
he has coolly pocketed his 10,5001. on
account, and all expenses, say 5,0001.
more, and he now tells the Water Com-
mittee that the water is as good he et•er ex
petted it to be, and turns up his nose at them
They have answered his purpose, and he can
now afford to treat them with contempt.
We ask the •Water Committee, will they
bear it ? We hope not ; and that they have
sufficient spirit left to resent, in the only way
it can now be resented, such consummate
impertinence ; that is, by ejecting' him from
the Town Hall—well would it have been for
Liverpool had he never entered it.

We hope the deliberation of the Committee
will be of a character which will enable us
to congratulate our fellow-townsmen on their
result ; namely, a determination to restore to
them their well water forthwith, irrespective
of engineering jobbery of any kind—of that
the Committee have had enough ; we repeat it,
let them act on their own honest convictions
and restore us our well water, and thus secure
the lasting gratitude of their fellow-townsmen,
both rich an I poor, and let them remember
that the latter have no filters.

In a few days we shall be enabled to lay
before our readers a truthful account of the
present condition of the Water and Works
at Rivington.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

[COMMUNICATED.]

THERE can be no doubt that the general
public, as evinced in the tone of that portion of
the Daily Press which re-echoes the feelings of
the majority, has taken a very gloomy view of
the news received by the last mail from India.
We cannot help thinking they have taken a
more desponding view than the news warrants,
and we will briefly recapitulate the chief features
of the Bombay intelligence. The retreat of Sir
LIENav HAvs,LocK, with his band of nine hundred
heroes, on Cawnpore, leaving the brave defenders
of Lucknow unrelieved, is undoubtedly a great
disappointment to all, but can hardly be looked
upon as unexpected, when we consider how that
small forcs had been thinned by victory after
victory. The refusal of the Bth Madras Cavalry
to march upon B3ngal, unless they received extra
pay, and the consequent disbandment of that
regiment, is also a dark spot in the advices from
Madras. Serious signs of disaffection have also
shown themselves in two or three regiments of
the Bombay army, which had been raised from
nearly the same districts, and were composed of
the same inflammable materials as the now too
notorious Bengal Sepoy.
Considerable uneasiness, doubtless, must exist
in the Bombay Presidency, but a complete panic
seems to have seized the newspaper editors of
that city. In their hands figures can hardly be
considered safe, and we cannot consider the
vague reports which they give us as worthy of
entire credence. They state that Major-General
Sir llENity lIA.vELocx is about to be hemmed-in
at Cawnpore by three armies of mutineers,
mustering 50,000 men in all, or more than
five-eights of the number of Sepoys who have
mutinied up to that time, which is an obvious
error.

The news is gloomy enough without any
exaggeration of its dark side being required, and
the closing statement in the summary of the
Bonzbay Times, that " the tone of the import
market is rather improved in some articles," and
that " a further improrement in the money
market is to be noticed," will, in the eyes of
commercial readers counteract some of the
preceding remarks of its editor:

From Delhi the news is decidedly cheering.
General NICHOLSON arrived on the Sth August.
His column was expected two days after. On
their arrival, or a few days later, the assault may
be expected—and it can have but one result.
D hi once in our hands and the tide will turn
in our favour; for the news of its fall will have
more influence on the army before Lucknow and

Cawnpore than the arrival of large reinforce-
ments.

In the Punjaub all continues quiet ; one or
two more regiments have been disarmed, and the
Government have accepted the offer of GOOLAB
SINGLI to raise 5,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry,
and a battery of artillery. This fine old Maha-
rajah died on the 2nd of August, but there is no
reason to doubt that the arrangement will be
carried out under Sir JOHN LAWRENCE'S super-
inten dance.

The mutiny of Kolapoor (Bombay) does not
appear to have been as serious as was supposed :
only 200 men of the 27th Bombay Native Infan-
try revolted. and robbed the treasury chest, and
they were dispersed or executed ; at Belgaum a
plot was discovered among a portion of the 29th
N. 1., and its authors brought to trial at Rut-
nagherry, a second wing of the 27th was dis-
armed, as they were suspected. The other mili-
tary stations of the Bombay Presidency were
tranquil ; and it seems to us that the feeling that
the Bombay army are, as a body, unworthy of
trust, is at least premature.
We now turn to Cawnpore, the place where
our interests are most deeply centered, and to
which the thoughts of all reeu: with a warm
glow at the feeling that they are of the same race
as the men who have done such deeds of chivalry
We cannot believe that Providence, who has
watched over that noble band, in the mid-day
march over that glaring sand, and in the mid-
night bivouac in those fever-whispering jungles,
who has strengthened their bodies against all
disease and fatigue, and their hearts against an
overwhelming foe, will allow such men to perish.
We cannot believe in the defeat, by. any number
of deserters—of murderous Sepoys—of HAVE-
LOCK'S heroic army. We know that the odds of
the battle of Busserah-Gunge were as ten to one,
and that 0 )nas was assault2.d and taken, guns
and all, by 900 Englishmen. including sick and
wounded, though defended by 5,000 rebels ; and
we are sure that famine is the only eneny whom
NEILL and HA.VELOCK will have cause to fear.

Whether, by the continued mercy of the GDD
of BATTLES, reinforcements will arrive in time to
avert so mournful a death, is the question which
agitates all hearts at this moment ; but whether
these men live to be welcomed home by a:I-
-miring fellow countrymen, or whether they
"sleep the sleep of the brave," their deeds will
never be forgotten while English history is
written.

We began this article by stating that, in our
opinion, too despondent a view of the news was
taken by our readers ; if, by placing the more
cheering view of the case before them, we have
dissipated any portion of their anxiety, we have
not written in vain.

BODY FOUND .-Yesterday, the body of a man, name
unknown, was piek-A up at the Rock Ligh,hiuse.
ACCIDENTAL. DRATIT.-9n the 16th September, a man,
named F x, was hurt in Clement-street, by a cart,
and died in the Noitheru Hospital, yesterday, from the
Effects of the injuries.
Last night, Mr. an-I Mrs. Williams appeared before an
audience crowd3d as usual. "Shandy Maguire," " Our
Gal," and " The Irish Lion" were the performances,.
Mr. and Mrs. VVilliami appearing together i❑ the latter.
The audience were enthusiastic in their applause.

CAUTION TO SAILOIL,' BOARDING-HOUSE KEEPERS.—
WilliiM Sheridan, the keeper of a sailors' bowling-
house, was summoned under the Act of Parliament,
for soliciting a sailor, named John Davison, to lodge with
him. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the Crown, an I Mr. Cobb
for the defence. The case having been clearly proved, the
defendant was fined £5.
THEXTRE ROYAL.—Mr. and Mrs. Banerat WILLIAMS'S
BENEFIT.—We are anxious to draw special attention to the
fact that this night Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Williams 'ake
their beuefit and appi-a, for the last time but one. It may
be reasonably hoped that a house crowded in every part
ten testify on this occ,s:ot to the warm appreciation felt
in Liverpool for this most comic pair. Four pieces will
be brought forward to-night, and the occasion is thus made
one of especial attraction.
DEATH OF AN AF.LICAN BUSH CHIEF. —" Old Simon,"
the celebrated African Bush chief, the oldest of the Bush
people, belonging to Mr. Gordon Cumming's illus rative en-
tertainment, died a few days ago, and was buried on Tuesday
in St. James's Cemetery. He was a very droll fellow in his
way, and quite dramatic, and used to cause much gratifica-
tion to the audiences. There are only two real natives of
this wonderful tribe now remaining in this country. Mr.
Cummins's entertainment still continu_s to be as attractive
as ever, and the reßpAttsible mechanics are availing largely
of the boon of prices accorded to them.
Tate TRANSPORT SERVICE. —The Liverpool, New York,
and Pailadelphia Steam Ship Company's steamer Bos-
phorus, arrived at Queenstown on the afternoon of the let
October, from St. Vincent, Cape de Verds, to whHi part
she went to take a supply of coals to the company's
steamer City of Manchester, on bier way to Calcutta. The
City of Manchester arrived at St. Vincent on the 6th
September in 10 days after leaving England (the fastest.
passage yet made by any transport), and ,after coaling, lett
aga n for Coq, n on the Bth inst., with 700 offieers and
men of the King's Dragoon Guards, and 54 h Regiment.
Up to the lOta instant, when the Bosphorus left St.
Vincent, no other s earn transport had called since the lust
advic s.

ARRIVAL OP 1118 GREAT BRITAIN —Oa Saturday
evening this huge ship arrived in Q ieenstown, and
afforded a very s itisfactory testimony to the cap .city of
our h 'Omar by anchoring opposite the strand under
Harbour-row, at little more dist.ance from the shore (a
mere shingle strand at that part) than allowed her to
sving. Itadeed, so close is she, that the Prince. Arthur,
river steamer, which through the kir.d tc.S3 of her et-yr-
m ender, Captain Cameron, went roux]. the ship in order
to give his passengers an opportunity of seeing the prop
ir-
lions of the great leviathan, had barely room to turn.
Owing to the icamers) quantity of sores she is obliged to
carry far her long voyage, the Great Britain dos not now
look so imposing as she would when her hull would show
more loftily over the wa,er. At the present moment; and
before she has a single one of the troops, or any of the
baggage that she is to carry, 02 board, she draws twenty
one feet of water. Of coarse, as she proe.seds on her
voyage, and diminishes the bulk of her coa!s, this draught
will be Examiuer. . -
PASSENGERS PER ATLANTIC.—SaiIed for New York on
Wednesday, the 30th ult.:--Mr. D. E-Thebond, Mr. IL
J. Rogers, Rev. J. M'Clintock and lady, Mr. T. Brooks
and lady, Mr. 0. Slate, Miss Slate, Miss Cummings, Miss
Cameron, Mr. L Qasyrouge and lady, Mr. W. Jackson,
jun., akid servant, Mr. D. C. Wiod, Mr. C. H. Raymond,
Mrs. Walker, Miss Giscoigne, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. J.
Osgood and lady, Mr. G. Northam, Mr. J. G. B ,thurst,
Mr. J. J. Williams, lady, and servant, Mr. W. H. Osborne,
J. Millet and lady, Mrs. Bathurst, Miss Bernard and
sister, Mr. Mann, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Holland, Mr. H. A.
Garratt and lady, Mr. J. Lienan and lady, Mr. D. B.
Fuller and lady, Dr. E. S. Hoffmann and lady, Mr. R. W.
Montgomery, lady, six children, and two servants, Mr. W.
8.. Thomas. Mr. Fu'ler, jun., Miss Fuller and sister, Mr.
W. Gay, Mr. Z. Taylor, Mr. Wethered and lady, Mr. T.
A. Gray and lady, Mr. E. A. Low and lady, Mrs. James
and three ch,ldren, Mr. J. EL Fisher, lady, and child, Mr.
Waller, lady, and infant, Mr. G. W. Taylor, Mr. Morgan,
Mr. W. H. Holmeo, Mr. D. K. Metcalfe, Mr. T. Schrouler
and family, Mr. W. H. Paine, Mr. Slater, Mr. Taft, Mr,
Bignardi,- Mr. F. B. Elliott, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Alden,
lady, two children, and governess, Mr. W. T. Wood and
lady, Rev. J. S. Stone and son, Mr. H. R. Bryans, Miss
M'Culloh, Miss Sparrow, Mrs. Stone, Miss Stanton, Mr.
G. P. Smith, Mr. D non, Mr. Spencer, Mr. E. H. Bulkley
and lady, Mr. Sillivan, Mr. T. B. Parker, Mr. T. D.
Wrinch and lady, Mr. Van Lenness, air, Ramsey, Mr, W.
Lewis, Nir..E. Sobepley-120 passengers.