Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-20 00:00:00

THE DAY'S NEWS.

The adjemrnecl meeting of the Town Council
was hel i yesterday. The proceedings were en-
tirel-7 confined to the water question, which Mr.
Alderman Cooper introduced, by moving the pro-
oeedinge of the Water Committee. In doing so,
he coolly asked the icdulgence of the Comic.] for
a farther trial of the filtering process, which ho
was of opinion, could yet be brought to
a state of perfection. In the meantime, the
committee would supply the town with- a 3 much
of the red sandstone water as could possibly be
obtained, and only make up the defieiency with
the Rivington water. He, however, by his subse-
quent remarks, seemed to be not quite so confident
of the ultimate success of the filtration process, for
he said—" If the result sought for by the experi-
ments could not be,ebtained, then it became the
dety of the committee—and he thought the people
of Liverpool had a right to require it of them—to
see that the public were supplied with a water
which was satisfactory to them, either by double
pipes, or by a better arrangement of the pipes
which were now in existence It was his wish
and desire—and he believed he might say the
same of the committee—that the present could be
so appropriated that the water could be given
him alternate days, or Chit, at a small expense, a
distinct set of pipes could be set aside for Rirington
-or spring water, without going to the expense of
re-piping the whole of the town.' Mr. Cooper .also
stated that the recent bursting of the pipes
at Rivington were not Lear so serious as the
Press had led them to believe, and that the sum of
8001. would cover all damages, as Mr. Dockwray had
contracted for repairing for that sum. Mr. Earle
seconded the motion. -Mr. Jeffery called for
the production of a map or plan of. the
water meins and pipes, as they at present
were laid at the difkrent streets, bat although
such plans are in existence they were not
produced. It had keen said that it was
impracticalilo to supply tiler town with two

kinds ofmatzT with the present pipes. Mr•. Jeffery
demurred to this, and said that from advertise-
• went whic3r. he had seen, and he had no
doubt was.zeen by the Chairman of the Com-
mittee, that the outlay of £I,COO or £2,00.0, the
object which .alderman Cooper said was impossi,
ble to be attained, could at once be consummated.
After some 'further remarks, Mr. Jeffery moved
an amenclment,to the effect that the proceedings
of the C,lmmittec be not enreirmed until the
latter had supplied them with the particulars
Low the resins were laid. Mr. Stitt seconded
the amendment. Mr. Hodson would not oppose
the production of the return•; but; he said, that
although Yr. ..Teffery would lead them
to be:ieve that he was the only person in
the room who was Anxious to give a pure supply of
water, the committee had been supplying for two
months past the largest possible quantity of spring
water. The committee.were most anxious to supply
the Rivington and Belsandstone watere separately,
through the existiag pipes, but Mr. Duncan said
such a proceeding was ,impossible. Aftetward§
several gentlemen spoke 4n the question; and the
Council ultimately &anErv.ed the proceedings of
the committee.

A large and influential ineeting of the electors of
Peter's Ward, was held at the Clarendon-rooms,
last night, to hear Mr. C. T. ;Bowring expound his
opinions on the leading queecions of local interest.
The speech of Mr. Bowring, will be found
in another colume, • was of a .most convincing
characte.r. He boldly attacked" -tile system which
encouraged the complete control.of the Council by
the Conservaive party—a party who have always
been averse to improvement and alteration, and
who used all their ingenuity and trilent to prevent
that progress which is essentially a sign of the
times. The pater ques ion he adverted to at some
length, and lir. Alderman Cooper, and his fellow
members of the committee, would do well to read
his remarks. Rio condemns the Itivirrgtan water
in !,oto. He shudders at the responsibility which
those incur who would still force so foul
s quality of water as that we have for some
time:had upon ptalie use. Mr. Bowring attacked
the manner in which the Corporation accounts are
at present published,,and strenuously advocates a
thorough revision in the mode and manner of
keeping and publishing these sail accounts. The
dilatoriness of the town surveyor and others in
respect to the con-production of the returns of all
the Corporation property, .moved some two years
ago by Alr. .Qrladstone, was very properly eon.
demned, and after alluding to some other ques-
tions,
.such as the education of the masses, the
treatment of criminals, Sce.. he wound up by
saying, that if the electors should place their
confi fence in him and retina him, he should
honestly endeavour to carry out the principles
which he had just enunciated. Several influen-
tial gentlemen of the ward then addressed the
meeting, and the resolutions expressing confi-
dence in Mr. Bowring, as a fit and proper person
to represent the Ward in CAincil, were paced
unanimously, and the meeting separated. The
enthusiasm evinced by the meeting is a gratifying
omen of Mr. Bowring's success, and if any elector
of the ward is in doubt as to the merits of that
gentleman and the retiring member, we wou!d
advise a careful perusal of the formet's speech.
The domestic news this morning is interesting,
though rather meagre. It is rumoured in political
circles that two or three more gentlemen will be
called to the House of Lards, ere the meeting of
Parliament. First on the list stands Sir Benjamin
Hall, who, it is said, is to be Baron Llanover.
The Second is Sir John Hanmer, ALP. for Flint-

shira ancestor, Sir Thomas Hanmer, was

Speaker in /713, and represented Suffulk in five
Parliaments. He is a very wealthy man, and has
had, with a very slight intermission, a seat in the
1104S0 of commons for twen:ty-seven years. His

title will, probably, be Baron Flint. The name of
Mr. John Abel Smith has also been mentioned for
a peerage. He also is a man of great wealth, and
has had a seat in the House of Commons. His
title would, in all probability, be Baron Petworth.
The Queen of Oude is at present lying dangerously
ill at her temporary residence, at Richmond,
near London. Some additional particulars, respect-
ing the mystery of ;the Waterloo Bridge murder, are
published, from which it is expected that a clue
will be obtained. The fact is simply, that another
witness has come forward, who saw the woman
with the bag go on to the bridge, and who is ready
to identify her, should she be found. That is all.
A point of negative importance, however, has been
cleared up. Mr. Hugh Patterson, the Australian
gentleman, supposed to have been the victim, has
been ascertained to be alive and well, and is now
in Ireland.

The French Emperor has refused to allow the
passage of English troops across his territory as a
means of expediting their journey to the East. The
reasons assigned for this refusal are twofild—first,
that great difficulties would arise in the embarkation
and disembarkation of British troops at the French
ports; and, second, that the Enziish Government
persist in their belief that the best way to send re-
inforcements to India is by way of the Cape of Good
Hope. The Homeward Mail, a paper whose writers
are well versed in Indian topics, endeavours in its
issue of Saturday, to warn its readers against sup-
posing that the most unfavourable news may not
yet reach England. It speaks of the new levies
of Sikhs, to the amount of 30,000, as men who,
with the rapidity of an electric flash, might turn
auinst us. Our cotemporary, therefore, depre-
cates any slackening of the hand, and warns the
public against believing the statementsof those who
prophecy smooth things. The correspondence.
of French residents at Calcutta contains
very severe animadversions on Lord
Canning's short-sighted policy in net listen-
ing to the entreaties of the inhabitants of
that city, and placing it in a state of seige. A
correspondent of a Paris paper says, that although
the native pence were known to be thoroughly
disaffected, it was only after they had been detected
in trying to corrupt the regiment from Madras
that Lord Canning could be induced to organise a
European force 1 ' And that even then the same
kind of policy which led to the common suppression
of the native and the European press, was followed
by sparing the would-be seducers, and punishing
only the partially seduced. He, moreover, asserts
that the creeks of the Hooghly are haunted
with boats filled with armed men, and that
although this is known ' to the authorities,
no attempts are made to drive them out.
But the most important part of the letter is that
which tends to confirm the statements with respect
to the differences between Sir Colin Campbell and
the Governor-General and his council. It is
represented as being notorious in- Calcutta that
matters were on the most unsatisfactory footing,
and that Sir Colin had, as we have been told
before, threatened to leave. But the Frenchman
goes further, and after pointing out Mr. Grant
as the .particular member of council who was
most pertinacious and troublesome in thwart-
ing the views of the General, he asserts
on one particular occasion, in council, the
civilian was so intrusive and dogmatical in his
criticisms upon the purely military plans of the
soldier, that the latter rose, and saying, " I thought
I was commander-in-chief, but I find that office
belongs to you ; nothing therefore remains for me
but to take nay leave," was about to leave the
chamber. It is impossible not to entertain some
apprehension that the rumours which reach u
from English sources are well founded, when we
find them thus corroborated by a foreigner, who
may be supposed a stranger to the standing feud
between the mercantile community and the com-
pany and its officers. By Satinelay next we may
be in possession of a fortnight's later news from

It is only the other day that we stated the intention
of Louis Napoleon to send an expedition to Mada-
gascar, and completely conquer that Island. To
day we learn that the Queen has expelled all the
French and English inhabitants, so that the
French Emperor will now have something to
engage the attention of a portion of his ".glory"
seeking soldiers,

. .
It appears that the English and French govern-
ments are quite united 'in their opinions on the
1 Spanish quesiion L'lsra Hocvlieu has uaa u long
interview with the Emperor Napoleon, and the
result is stated to -be perfect unanimity.
;The commissioners appointed to define the
boundary between Russia and Turkey, in Asia
have assigned the whole of an important lake in
Armenia to Turkey, one-half of which was claimed
by Russia. Every point is now so clearly defined
that future disputes will scarcely be possible.
Thing of Prussia is in a sad state. He is
raving. At last. accounts he had lost all recollec-
tion, and could not speak a sentence so as to be
understood. A regency appears to be inevitable.
The Bank Directors have raised the rate of
discount to 8 percent.

THE Mutiny at the Nore demolished public
confidence, and the military revolt in India—
a far more formidable event—must inevitably
produce disastrous effects on the National mind.
The first news ,of the mutiny in the British
fleet caused a depreciation of fully 20 per cent.
in the prices of the previously depressed Govern-
ment Stocks. Consols fell to 47, and were
unsaleable at that _low price. Similar disasters
do not produce such sudden rovalsions in these
days. The amount.of stock afloat in the hands
of the public at the present time is very trifling,
and the liberal use which is made of Exchequer
Bills, and the high favou.ria which they are held
in the Money Market, gives. he Chancellor of the
Exchequer great power over the Stock Exehanze.
Still, we have considerable eakase fur apprehen-
sion at the prezent crisis. We place little faith
in the current prices of stocks. We pay even
less heed to the daily quotations of Exchequer
bills or the amount of governmerit accammoda-

tio3 paper in circulation. The Bank screw is
the sole object of earnest solicitude with our
bankers, merchants, and traders of every grade.
The industry and commerce of these islands
suffer runre from an advance of one per cent,
in the banking ates of disttivt.than the govern-
ment did in ita political and iltnocal influence by
a depreciatioa;:of 20 per cent, in the value of its
securities, fifty or one hundred years ago. The
dangers which once surrounded cabinets have
been removed from the wings of politics and
placed on the shoulders of those classes who are
engaged in working out the material prosperity
of the empire. By this transition the fundholder
is spared the h€2.vy losses he formerly sustained,
and industry, trade, and commerce are left to
bear the brunt of national disasters.

`We must not look, therefore, for the shadows
of coming events to the Scock Marlet. If we
should see the public funds recede ten per cent.
from their present value it will not b-3 because
British Intja has been lost by continued misrule
from the day .3 of Clive down to the present hour,
but from the fact that all the great and enduring
interests of the con_Amonwealth have been sud-
denly checked, in order to give increased power