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

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REPORT ON THE RIVINGTON WATER
WORKS.

Sir,--I have just returned from a careful inspec

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tion and survey of the lowerportion of the Rivington
1 Water Works, embracing the filter beds, equalising
'' tanks, the leakage at the Millstoneißank, and the
con Mimi of the lower lodge
Ifrom the Black Boy to
Horwieh. The weather ha's been for the last week
exceedingly favourablefor vie wing these works to
, the best possible advantage. The season has been
wet. in the eatieme, and I naturally concluded that
the water would be flowing over all the waste weirs;
such, however, is not the case—in fact, I have never
seen the water so low in the Rivington lodge. I
shall, however, detail seriatim what fell under my
owe observation, beginning With the
kILTER BEDS.

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Of these, you are aware, there are sir,.
occupying a space of nearly three acres, or
half an acre . each. -.Although they have :only
been in operation .a short time they have all
become silted. „over with .the shine and filth
which is deposited„by the water on its passage
thr,iutzh:them., This silting is a constant source
of labour and'expense, as a considerable portion of
the original sand lias to be removed on each
clearance, and its plale supplied by -fresh washed
grit. On passing through these filters the water
is received into two tanks called clear water or
equalising tanks, and from these it is conveyed direct
,by the mairile As pall Reiervedi, ' It Was .considered
that the Water, in these tanks, afterbeing filtered,
would remain an a comparatively pure state for
a long period; such, however, has not proved to be
the case. Notwithstanding the intensely, cold
weather, it has been found that the water in these
tanks stunk to such an extent as, to be,offensive to

people at a distancel, andit his been- found:.neces,
sary to empty and. endeavour -to, Otirify. -them.
Sunk- was the' disgusting nature of 'the deposits
found in'tlieni; that oders were-given to cart it away
out ofliae"hotice of the people of florwielf; and
quick' lithe 'is' now being used,- with •a view to
oecolourise the water;- and :destroy the .animal,
and vegetable organisms which at present are
forming in it, with the'greateSt rapidity. I will nut
speculate on the probable success of this axneri.
meat; but even if it should;'_be mccessfUl in
destroying the animalcules. with which the water

teems, it, will have the effect of rendering it even
harder than the well water of t Liverpool.
THE LEAK AT TIIE MILLSTONE BANK.

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This./ some twelve months'agO, was deseribed as
a mere!l(trifling affair, and., the then, -chair-
man . of. , the Water Committee,,, assured the
council that it would be stopped.at .a trivial cost.
But it has not yet b,!en.stopped,,nor is there any
appearance of it. 120 men are now at work.on it ; a
powerful steam engine, acting on four large pumps,
is kept in operation night and day, pumping the
water_ back into the lodge. But there does not in
reality appear any greater prospect of stopping
this leak now than there was twelve months ago
The job sppears destined to be a permanent one.
A substantial workshop is now in course of erec-
tion And, no douht, Mr. Oakes will see that it is
fitted up to the best advantag,e for a lasting estab-
lishment. The cost to the corporotion is only the
trifling sum of £6,000 per annum, and who would
grumble at the annual outlay of this bagatelle
to keep a faithful servant employed.
The trench is sunk to the depth of nearly eighty
feet, and extends in length several hundred yards
it is a formidable work, and there are mountains
of excavated material piled up in its vicinity ; the
flaw of water is, of course, much reduced at
Grindford-lane, as it is regularly pumped out of
the trench and returned to the reservoir. There
is some talk of sundry actions about being com-
menced against the corporation by parties who
allege that their property has been injured in
consequence of the flow of water from this burst-
ing of the embankment. No one can at present
calculate the time when this shall be made secure,
or the cost it will yet entail on the corporation, but
ot:e, thing is certain, that considerable time must
elapse, and much expense yet be incurred, ere that
object can be satisfactorily accomplished. A
gentleman with whom I conversed, and whose
knowledge of everything connected with the
Works, entitles his sentiments to the utmost
respect, told me that, in his opinion,
they are no nearer a solution of this costly diffi
culiy than they were twelve months ago. A cheering
PnisPect, certainly, for our Corporation
THE ROLE—THE INJUNCTION —THE QUEEN'S BENCH.

The road leading from the Squirrel to the mile-
stone? is the one which has led to so much costly
and protracted litigation, and which is, in all pro-
bability, destined to lead to much more, skirts tho
southerly side of the reservoir for about half a
mile. According to the original plan it
was provided by the Corporation that
this road should be made of a certain
width and maintained in order at the sole cost of
the Corporation. It appears that the Corporation
have not made the road in accordance with the
parliamentary plans, it being narrower by 12 feet,
or thereabouts—hence the proceedings against
them, taken at the instance of the Road Trustees.

As your readers are already aware, an indictment
was preferred against them in the local courts.
The Corporation appealed to the Queen's Bench,
where a few days ago judgment was given against
them, and there the matter at present rests
Rumour here has it that there is to be an appeal to
the House of Lords by the Corporation, against
the decision of the judges of the Court of Queen's
Bench. What the result of this may be no one
can tell, but I fear it will be adverse to them.
As the matter stands at present, it wears a very

ugly aspect. A. substantial stone wall has been
built the entire length of this road, abutting close
on the south embankment of the reservoir.
The cost of this wall was £l,BOO. To take
this down and re-build it closer to the water,
on the land belonging to the Corporation,
.would of itself be a costly process, but that is not
the principal difficulty, as it is already in as close
Proximity to the embankment as it is possible to
bring it without materially altering the whole of
that portion of the works, which would involve
very serious difficulties and great coat. As the
land on the other side of the road is not owned by
the Corporation but by private individuals, it
follows that if the road is to be widened this can
only be done by purchasing th a necessary quantity
of land from them at such prices as they may
choose to ask for it, as we believe the Corporation
have now no powers by their act of parliament to
sake possession of a single yard of it. In which
ever way the matter has to be arranged the cost to
the town will.be large.
STATE OF THE WATER IN THE RIVINOToN RE3ERVOIR.

The strictest orders have been issued to the
various persons in charge of the reservoirs, that on
no account are they to permit any one to go over
the works on pain of instant dismissal, every road is
strictly watched, every gate locked and gap blocked
up by ‘‘hich access could be supposed likely to be
got to the works. These absurd precautions only
evaibit the consummate folly of the parties who
have fancied that by such contemptible and futile
barriers, they can prevent me or others similarly
di-Vesed, from surveying at our leisure the whole,
without even the fear of interruption: The water
in the Rivington lower lodge is seen to best advan-
tage from the artificial embankment on the
southern side. Here dulling its entire length it
is pitched with rubble steno, and as tlip water
is of considerable depth, there does not appear to
be much vegetable growth. As you proceed higher
up, however, you then have unmistakeable evi-
dence of the true character of the water; all along
it is of a dark brown colour, this increases as you
ascend, until from the Millstone to the Rivington
bank its appearance is that of the most filthy clay
rank and
pit in the country, while even now
luxarious vegetation appears diffused all over the
bottom, showing clearly what is to be looked for
in summer. Crossing over the bank, and resting for
an hour at the Black Boy, I proceed down
the northern side of the reservoir, where there is
no artificial embanking, the base of the Pike in
its natural state answering the purpose of the
pitching on the other side. And it is here that

those who visit the Pike must go, if they wish really
to know the true character of the stuff furnished to
the inhabit»nts of Liverpool, by . the corporation.
1 hey must make up their minds to encounter
difficulties in their progress ; but if their object
is the eliciting of truth, they will surmount these
without murmuring. There is no road, no footpath.
You must scramble as you best can over hedges,
rugged Wallsovade through filthy ditches and filthier
lagoons, and have an . occasional tilt with A surly
cur or two, who appear not to like the presence of
foreigners. Following the tortuous course of the
lake for some two and a-half miles, you will emerge
at Walter Shaw's farm, rather tired, and, if you
have dined on a • red herring, very thirsty ; for
although you have been floundering amongst,
Pike water for some three hours, you would
perish with thirst ere you would touch a drop of it.
On this side of the lake there are numerous minia-
ture inlets or bays, extending sometimes a con
siderable distance inland, in fact, the base of the
Pike may be said to bevandyked With these. The
wind for some time bad been blowing from the
'opposite shore, thus carrying all the more volatile
impurities which remain on the surface, into these
where it remains, as no disturbing atmospheric
influence can then affect it; find assuredly such a
mass of disgusting filth as floated on the surface
of that water I have never witnessed., I am well
aware that my description of it will not be credited
by the supporters of the Pike,"but I ask you and
your impartial readerS, to. 'place credit in my
testimony, until it shall he proved false. Those-.
who, in the plentitude of their ignorance, pre-
s-urne to deny all ad captandani., my statements,
ought to go and see for themselvea,b'efore'ventUring
to.express an opinion. Almost fOr the entire dis-
tance from the Black Boy, to Horwieh Bank,
the surface of the reservoiris covered with a black
scum, similar in every respeet,to what may be seen
occasSionally at George's Ddck Basin. This may
ibe lifted maaSes, its smell is most offensive, and
the appearance of the water underneath it is such
.that no Christian would really give it to his pigS.
bark me, sir, thisiS no exaggeration. This unctuous
coating of concentrated" 'putrescent matter covers .
the reservoir many yards iu:widtt, and:through its
entire length.. I cannot fully describe it; it must
be-Seen to be appreciated in all its abominatiot;4
I must defer my report of the condition of the
upper works until to-morrow.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, YOUR REPORTER.

Horvvich-Moor Gatez 4th May, 1857

9V'T
RIVINGTON WATER.

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THOMAS DUNCAN, ENGINEER. -

In conformity with your. orders you have com-
piled a report. in answer to a memorial of the
people, on the water question, let us examine it.
Ist. You assume that the memorialists prayed
for tuseparate set of pipes to all the out townships,
at the expense of the borough, and you carry out
the figures accordingly.
2nd. You assume that every street in Liverpool,
and every house in them, possess baths, water-
closets, and so forth, and will require two sets of
pipes. Accordingly, down go the figures for that
item, and so you go on assuming a very great
deal which the memorial, that it was your duty to
give an honest report upon, was never intended,
and cannot be twisted to convey. Every phrase
possible and impossible is squeezed and turned into
figures, and added to your column of pounds
sterling, until you have produced a horrid total,
which you and your slow poisoning committee
vainly trust will frighten the inhabitants of the
town• What the memorial did pray for was
simply this—

That the supply from Rivington should be
reserved for "extinguishing fires, and for sanitary
and manufacturing purposes." These are the
words of the memorial ; read for yourself at the
Bth line, surely that is plain enough.
Mr Thomas Duncan we don't want the stuff in
VUL 11U113,:, at an.

Ist. Because it is not fit fir baths The chair-
man of the Baths' Committee acknowleck-ted it
when you had it in Cornwallis-street. People
would not venture the risk of dyeing their skins
brown by bathing in it. The excuse about the
iron pipes was all humbug; you knew it then, and
we all know it now.

2nd. It is not safe to drink, as it was shown by Dr.
Edwards, at the meeting of the chemists' associa-
tion, that Hivington water, or any mixture con-
taining it, when stored for twenty-four iIOUTS in a
leaden cistern will dissolve lead, and water thus
impregnated is highly injurious to the public
health. Nine cisterns out of ten are lead ; con-
sequently only one family in ten are safe. You
who drink your pint of cold water early in the
mornings, avoid as you would the plague the first
jugfuil drawn from the leaden pipe.
3rd—lt is not fit for the purpose of the laun-
dress, because you put cart loads of lime in it,
which, as well as making the water hard, will
cause it to take all the colour out of the clothes
which are washed in it.

For water closet purposes—there we have it—it
is exactly the thing, arid in a dwelling house it is
the only purpose for which it is in any way suited.
But all houses have not water closets, the majority
have not ; besides, the quantity of water required
to work one, to a gentleman of your big fi.zures,
would appear quite as insignificant as in reality it
would be, and not at all worth the expense of laying
down a second set of pipes.

These are the reasons why we don't want your
Rivington water in our houses. We want you to
leave us and our clear refreshing well water alone,
and to arrange. so far as possible, that it shall not
be wasted. Where it is a matter of no moment
whether the water to be used be clean or dirty, we
want you to use the Itivington water; as, for
instance, in flushing sewers, extinguishing fires,
watering streets, hydraulic cranes, steam engines,
and breweries. If I remember right, Mr. Mellor,
at one time, expressed himself in favour of it for
that purpose, on the principle, no doubt, of nothing
too thiek to boil.

If the wells were relieved from these heavy de-
mands, there would remain a❑ ample sufficiency
fur the householders ; consequently your verbose
report is quite inapplicable, and not at all an
answer to the memorial ; besides which your piles
of figures are perfectly fallacious and purely illogical,
as I shall take the liberty, in another letter, of
showing. DIOGENES.

One advantage of the Corrupt Practices at
Elections Act is that it will afford the public a
precise account of the actual expenses of each
election throughout the United Kingdom. " The
return,'' says the Weekly Dispatch, " will conclu
sively demonstrate the heavy tax imposed on all
public men by the present system o! voting, and
establish incontestably the absolute necessity for
the application of a remedy. Election expenses
have hitherto been a myth. They have been sup-
posed to be very much greater than they really are,
but still they are much larger than there is any
good reason that they should be. ' I spent £1,500
at my first election,' said a late member, ' and was
returned. I spent only £7OO at my last, and I was
rejected.' An experienced election agent says,
Show me who has spent most money, and I will
show you who has been returned.' In both
instances the parties mean only perfectly legal
expenses—not bribery, corruption, or even treat-
ing." . .

The Press has a touching appeal to the Conserva•
tine members olio have shown signs of defection.
" Are," it says," the ties which unite party so light,
the sympathies and associations which bind men
together, who have so long fought side by side,
so utterly worthless that they are to be snapped
asunder for the sake of caprice, and whistled
down the wind for the enthronement of a
crotchet? Has all that served to ennoble party
connections and lift them above. the character of
a mere sordid combination been heard of for the
last time—the sacrifice of personal partialities—
and reservation. of individual aim--till both could
be gratified by the triumph of the general principle
which the party might espouse ? Then, indeed, is
the chivalry of political warfare at an end, and
the are of calculators and contractors has suc-
ceeded r

Off..ffTifyij

MONETARY AND COMMEr.CIAL;

Lutßrool, Moriday Evening.

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The sales of Cotton to-day "were, 7,000 bales,
including 3,00.0 on speculation and for Pxpirrt. The
demand was general, but in small -qUatipitieS, „and
with a good supply prices were unchanged. - •
The Liverpool Shire Market was-very steady
to-day, perhaps prices of the leading Shares might
be quoted'as ndminally higher. The saics today
were :---Eastern Counties; 11 13.16, ; Edinburgh,
Perth, and Dundee, 84 ; -EAst Lancashire, 071 ;
Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1011, Y.•
Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, .191 ; London
and North Western, ; London and
South Western, 101 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 391, ; Midland, 82-1, North
Eastern, 211; Leeds , Capital Stock, 20; .Oxford,
kVoree,-ter and-Wolverhampton, 14,4 ; Dovers, I ;
Dutch Rhenish, d ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 16,1,
11.16,1 14-16, -a, 11-16 ; Do: .6, per .Cent. • Deben-
tures, 9(lc ; Great Western of. Canada, 248 ; Lan-
( ashire and Yorkshire £l6•Shares,l4 ; Berwiek 4.
per Cants, 92; Liverpool Borough Bank, 10 5-16.
The following were the closing prices':—Blifekburp,
BZ-; Chester and Birkenhead, 436,i'061•;'Cirle-•
donian, 34;1, .34-1; Chester and tiolDiead;l7l,;-•181-;:
Eastern Counties, 111, 11 13.16 ; East :Lancashire.
971, 981; Do, X 9.. shares. 1416. 137.16, p ; Great
Northern. -24 i, ; Great Western, 06i, 67 ;
L•tticashire and Yorkshire Stock, „1.001.
ditto 19 Shares, 1, 18 p ; Liverpool, :Crosby, and
191, Ed; London and .North Western
Stock; 103 1051 ; do. 8 Shares, 3-16, .4. d ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 391, 391 ; Midland
Stock,' St-1, 821;
_North British, 10 946, 10 11-16; •
Nortli , StaffOidShire, 5, 414 •- • North '.Etistern----
gerwi,,k, 219-16, 21 11-16 ; Yorfl• and North Midland,
326 ; ,Leeds Capital Sock, 01, ; South
_Eastern and:.Dover, 22 0-16,,.22 11-16; SCOttish
North Eastern, 13, 13-1 ; Buffalo: and Lake nuron,
par, p ; do. New shares, ,par, 4 p ; Dutch
Rhenish, 1, 'W d ; Great 'Western: ..of Canada, 241
241 ; do. New ~,Shares,:• 2* • p ; Great
Luxembourg, ,11, dl Grand Trunk of Canada;

161, 164.
The Market for the Public Funds and:Securities
toLday, ' 'maintained the' (potations `'of' Satitrday;
-although there wasnot.tnany transactions tbi:eport.
Consols for Money and the 4-t ecOunt" elosel at 931
to 031
TaaTi

. In. the London Share Market today the transac-
tions were not large, yet prices of 'all kinds were
well maintained. The following-were the closing
prices :—Atnherga.e, Nottingham, and East Jane-
tiOn, •54, s,t'; Cidedoniati,'69l, 70;" Edinburgh and
GlaSgow, 1l1; Eisterri Cotiniici, 111; East Lauca-
shire, 97, 99; Great Northern, 07, 98 ; ditto A.,
88, 89 ; Great Western, 66i,. 67, ; Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 1011, 1011; Leeds Northecn 393, 403;
Loudon and North Western, 1053:,,1053; London
and South
.Western, 1001, 1013 ; -Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 394 „Midland
Stock, 82fi, 82,1- ; North. British, 42i, 433: South
Eastern and Dover, 74 ; York, 'Newcastle and
Berwick, 86,'87; York -mid' North Midland 653;
Grand Trunk, 163, 161 ; Great Western of Canada,
243, 24,1 ; ditto New, 21. 2i; Great' Southern and
Western, 103. After official hours the business
transacted was at the folloWing nuotationS, viz. : -
Caledonian, 693, 70 ; Eastern Counties, 111, 1J.4 ;.
East Lancashire, 98,, 99 ; Great Northern, 97, 98 ;
Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great Western, 661 67;
,Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1014, 102 ;. London and
North Western, 1053, 1051; Manchester, - Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire, 30,3, 40 ; Midland
Stock, 821, 831 ; North British, :423, 433 ; South
Eastern and Dover, 75, 751; York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 80, 87; York and North Midland, 651.
The Liverpool Wool Sales are proceeding. The
circular of Messrs. W. Grearne & Co., issued this
afternoon, says :
We have had a very good attendance of the trade at our
public wool sales, which commenced on the 29th ult.. They
are progressing more. favourably than was generally
expected. The first day's sale consisted entirely of fine
Buenos Ayres Entre Rios, Lisbon, and Italian; but, in
the absence of competition for these wools, there was very
little sold, the chief portion being withdrawn for higher
rates. Ine low wools counneneea on inursuay, on winch
day 2 004 bales East India were offered; the.sale opened
with considerable spirit, and the whole was taken at an
average redaction or about Ad per lb on the closing prices
of last sales. On Saturday and to-day, we have, however,
had increased animation in the biddings, and, with the
exception of the lower qualities of white and yellow, the
prices realised are now about equal to last sales, and in
some instances even higher prices have been paid, one lot
superior white for carding purposes realising 181 d per lb,
a price hitherto unheard of for East India wool.
Letters from Melbouree were delivered this
afternoon. The markets had been glutted by
excessive arrivals from England, and prices had
been inordinately depressed. Several failures had
taken place, but they were mostly among small
firms of limited means, and not likely to
influence the market; yet confidence had
been shaken. From January 1 to March
the excess of imports over exports was £173 806.
"I'hey were beginning to look out for winter.
Fortunately, roads to the interior were in much
better order than they were at the same time last
year. One of the chief points among commercial
matters was the exceedingly depressed state of
the flour market, but as prices were thought to
have reached their minimum, and as there was a
disposition to store goods, in anticipation of a
better demand, the market was likely to, take a
start in the other direction. Already there seemed
some improvement. Horse food is very scarce,
and seems to be the only class of article in which
the market displays anything like activity. The
success of the mail steamers was highly gra-
tifying to the Australian colonists. Their ra-
pidity and regularity was expectectto produce some
changes in the mode of conducting trade, as monied
shopkeepers, instead of depending upon English
shipping houses, or English shipping houses were
likely themselves to commission buyers
,to pur,
chase for cash in the.home markets. From Sydney
there had sailed the first vessel that ever took a
cargo of Australian produce to Belgium. It con
aisted of fine wools only.

The advices from America do not materially
vary from that brought by the steamer last
week. The Money Market was steady, with a fair
supply, and a moderate demand. In the Bread-
stuff trade no change had occurred in prices.
There was but a moderate business doing. The
Pi'ovision trade was dull and rather lower. Freights
to Liverpool were nominal. Cotton to Liverpool
per lb. The Cotton Market had been steady,
with small sales. The crop this year would, it was
thought, not reach three million bales, and great
fears were entertained respecting next season's
yield. Frost had destroyed the new planting of
both Cotton and Corn in the Southern States, and
estimates were getting down.

"A NOVEL Irocsrawn.—A new and very ingenious inkstand has
been submitted to our notice; by a simp'e but ingenious contrivance
the ink is always kept clear and Lad."—Northampton Mercury.—
Sold at Is 8d 2s 6d, and 38 6d ea, h.—Advt.
Boos.—One of the greatest domestic r ulsances, especially in the
spring and summer of the year, Is thn prevalence of bugs. Many
means have been tried to prevent or exterm nate them, but all
hitherto ineffectually. Cleanliness mar check, but cannot eradicate
them. Mr. R. Grcer, late one of the Liverpool sanitary officials,
after intense study and d, ep research with many practical experi-
ments, in the usual pursuit of his official avocation, has :,t length
discovered the great desiee -atum, " Greer's Patent Anti-Bug Lotion,"
is an unfailing exterminator of bugs, 'fleas, 80. It Is clean, simple
in application, agreeable in smell, and perfectly innoxious save to
Insects. To be had at the Ant-Vermin Office, 49, Brownlow.hiil,
Liverpool, in bottles at Is. Cs. and 4s each.—Adnt.
THE CALIFoRNIAN Pax.—The everl,ating questan f "is this
good pen" has been answered by Mr. E. T. Hall, of South John
sire. t, who has succeeded in t roducing a metallic pen. which he
designates, not inaptly, as above. There is hardly anything more
annoying titan a bad pen—every one knows the mi•ery. The pen
made by Mr. Hall, is lit for any hand to use flight or heavy), and
what is of the greatest value, it does not corrode, but will work with
equal eacility in any ink. From eaperience of mot,ll c pens, we can
say that this one, which is polished as gold, and will last pearly as
long, is the Lest one we have ever used,—Northern 'limes. One
box. containing six dozen pens, sent free on receipt of 29 6d In
postare stamps. Agents wanted tor the country.—Adv.
Emigrants to the UNITED STATES and CANADA, by taking the
Through Tickets of the Glair(' True k l'ailway Company, are con-
veyed from their port of landing to their destination in less than ONE
QUARTER or TRH TIME taken by Steam Boat., and at abort' the tame
rates of fares Thus a passenger c,n reach Chicago from Quebec, a
nistanes of i,CO7 miles, in leas than 2i days, whereas by water it is
nearly double thedistanee.and requires from 12 'to 15 days, with five
or six changes of Steam Poeta, eluting all of Which they are exposed
to the arts and machinations of designing persons; whore sate means
of living is by their plunder. The steam 'floats, especially when
crowded scarcely afford protection from the neither. ; Passengers
with Through Tickets are allowed the same amount of luggace. free,
as on board the snip, and it is conveyed from the Ship to the Ralway
Station without any charge whatever. The Agents of the Grand
Trunk Company will give Mechanics, Art-sans, and Labourers, on
their arri,at, the best information In respect to employment, the
ttl eps at which it is to be had, and the rates of wages Intending
emigrants can have sent to the n, free, a Tariff of Pa senger Rates ;
and all their enquiries with regard to the sal leg of both ate:mere
and sailing ships, Scale of Dietary, c:, will be immediately answered
on application, either personally or by litter, at the offices of the
1 Grand Trunk Company, 21, Old Broad street, London.