The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-18 00:00:00

by their opponents to prevent the subject being
ventilated, covered them with disgrace the most
complete. What will the Council say to the
conduct of the Chairman of the Water Committee,
in getting the Water Engineer to concoct a report
for his own private use, which would enable him
to meet the motion of Mr. Alderman PA.ax
Awl what will they think of their Engineer, who
Manufactured this most impertinent and dictatorial
missive? Assuredly the writer Might just as well
have told the Council that he was their master on
this question, and whatever he saw fit in the plenti-
tude of his authority to order, must be obeyed in
defiance of Alderman PauitEa or the Council. A
more insolent document wad never laid before
the Town Council than this partisan report of Mr.
Thomas DUNCAN, about which we shall have
something more to say ere long.
For fi''e mortal hours, on yesterday week, were
the Pikeists flayed alive, until they became furious
with rage, and were compelled to drown arguthent
by growls, yells, and frantic clamour. Mr. BEN
NETT was denied a hearing, and a motion put on
the books by Mr. GODFREY was not even enter-
tained at all. Although that gentleman's views
might have gone far to meet the difficulties of the
este, he was denied the chance of stating what they
were. His.plan was, to supply the Pike water and
the well water through the same line of pipes, but
at different times during the twenty-four hours,
by having one reservoir at Kensington set
apart exclusively for the use of the Pike water,
and the other for that supplied from the wells,
Now, at first sight, such a proposition might appeal
somewhat difficult of accomplishment, if not
altogether impracticable, but, upon closer investi.
gation, there is nothing impossible about it. Al
all events, Mr. G3DFREY assuredly had a right to
have been heard in explanation of his views. In so
far as the reservoirs are concerned, there could
exist no actual practical difficulty. By merely
shutting one valve and opening another, either
Pike or Spring water could be sent down the dis-
tributing mains at pleasure, nor need there be any
cessation in the flow. No doubt at first there would
be some little difficulty in clearing all the pipes of
the Rivington water, ere the spring water could be
drawn off in its purity, but even that is by no means
insurmountable. In all large houses where there
are cisterns, the arrangments could be carried
out with the utmost facility, and at little or
no cost, a stop tap on the supply pipe
being all that would be required. To simplify the
plan, and what is perfectly practicable, would be to
give a supply of spring water to the whole town
three days a week, and the Pike during the
remainder. About this there could be no difficulty
or cost, and it would meet all the requirements of
:he inhabitants, and silence all controversy. We
[lope the Water Committee will consider this.

ARISTOCRATIC Gossip.—As the season approaches the
absence of the Baron and Baroness Brunnow from London
becomes more and more a source of regret to the beau
monde. The munificent hospitality of the Russian Lega-
tion under their auspices was always one of the greatest
points of attraction amid all the gaieties of the London
season. The Count and Countess d'Appony, the new
representatives of Austria, not only worthily represent
the Emporor at our Court, but also give promise, by the
friendly feelings they have already established with our
aristocracy and the brilliancy of some of their parties, to
make their legation very popular. The present represen-
tative of the Czar. perhaps from being appointed ere the
acrimonious feelings engendered by the war had corn-
ple'ely subsided, or suffering from the exhausted resources
of his country, is pursuing at the Russian L,gation the
vpry opposite course from that followed by his princely
and popular predecessor. At the Hanoverian Legation
there will be a series of brilliant fetes in honour of the
nuptials of the Countess Helene Kielmansegge. This
mansion is exceedingly well adapted for large receptions,
remarkably well arranged and beautifully fitted up. It is
indeed the residence of the Kng of Hanover in this
country, and has been furnished for that purpose. When
his Majesty visits this country, or any of his family, they
take up their abode in Grosvenor Place, and the Legation
will have to seek temporary accommodation. The mansion
has therefore been fitted up with this view. At the other
foreign legations this course is generally reversed. The
King goes to an hotel, and the representative remains in
possession —Court Journal.

MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY. - The Presbyterian
General Assemblies have been disputing for a long time
concerning the propriety of a man marrying his deceased
wife's sister. The legality of a nearer and more delicate
relationship being established by marriage has just been
decided by our Court of Appeals. It is altogether proper,
so says that learned tribunal, the highest authority in the
state, for a man to marry his mother-in-law I The
quartette of judges came to this decision after this
fashion, and upon the following case Bell married
Samuel Bell, her son in-law. Mr. B. died, leaving the
interesting widow, and also several children by his first
wife, whose grandalother was at the same time their
step-mother. These children refused to grant the old
lady her dower, and hence the suit. The cause was
brought before Judge Pryor, the late learned and
estimable judge of the adjoining circuit. lie decided that
the marriage was void, as the parties were within the
degrees of relationship fixed by the statute of 1793. An
appeal was taken, and the adjudication of the lower court
was reversed. The Court of Appeals decided that there
was no prohibition to such a marriage by the statute of
1793--that marriages within the Levitical degree are not
void, though voidable. Accordingly, if any man desires
to marry his mother-in-law he can go ahead. The law is
on his side.--Louisville Journal.

A WORD FOR LIVERPOOL.—"J. M.'" writes to a Lon-
don morning cotemporary—" I have been reading your
article about the Mersey Conservancy Bill. Believe me,
sir, it is not the imposts or duties which Manchester
grumbles at, but it is the position, the high position which
Liverpool has attained, that its neighbour begrudges.
It must have been a formidable and convincing opposition
to Mr. Low's bill last session that required the govern-
ment to withdraw a bill proposed by one of its own mem-
bers, and the Vice-president of the Board of Trade does
not exhibit his good sense in being so tenacious about the
matter. He, of course, is influenced and urged on by the
Manchester party. The subterfuge not to include Liver-
pool in th's new bill is too clear to be overlooked. By
legislating thus you would isolate Liverpool and fetter the
others. Tien they would have divided interests, and
another bill subsequently would bring Liverpool to
the position of its precedents. As a port, the place
assailed stands first in the world. Enterprise and natural
advantages have given it a high place, and mark the
extent of its usefulness in commerce, religion, and emi-
gration. As a commercial port, it has its way to make
and to pay ; like every other city it has seized on advan-
tages which have offered, and it has risen from the
wilderness' which you sneer at, to what it is. And what
it is, Manchester knows right well. If you would teach
your friends of that said city to be a little more charitable
and not so envious, they would be the better Lancas-
trians,"

WORKING MEN'S SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS, CAKES
STREET.—James Hardie Macrae, Esq., presided last Sltur.
day, and, in addition to a very instructive address, delivered
in a most attractive manner, the chairman exhibited to the
audience a portion of the telegraph Bible which is to connect
America with Europe, and explained the peculiar manner
in which the wires were laid, and the probability of such
communication Leirg established by the month of Juno.
The concert was one of the best of the season. John Fan-
worth, EN., will preside next Saturday evening, at eight
o'clock,