Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-21 00:00:00

pander to the brazen cupidity of a parcel of

designing adventurers.

The Water Committee declare it as their
opinion, " that it is impracticable to deliver the
Pike water and the well water through the same
pipeage." The opinion of the Committee may
be taken for what it is worth ; but we beg to tell
them that we happen to know it for a fact that
there is nothing impracticable about the matter,
and we tell the Committee now, as we have done
previously, that if their agents are unwilling or
incapable of doing so, others can be found both
able and willing to perform the task. About
that there is no mistake.

With regard to the plans of HAwKsLEY, DUN-
CAN, and SPENCER—to purify the Pike water in
bulk—we believe them only calculated to amuse,
deceive, and delay. They will be productive of no
permanent good to any except the parties them-
selves. But there has been enough of this
impudence and brazen imposture at the cost of tin
public. All the filtration in the world will never
convert the bog-wash of Rivingtou into spring
water, and we want no doctored decoctions forced
into our stomachs by either one process or
another. What we want, and what we will have,
is the restoration of our well water, without any
contaminations whatever. We are perfectly
aware that our spring water contains a certain
quantity of salt, lime, magnesia, &c., but only in
such proportions as to add to its purity, pleasant-
ness, usefulness, and healthfulness. Of these
virtues we had ample proofs and we shall neither
credit amateur-chemists or self-dubbed civil
engineers when they endeavour to persuade us
that our water is either impure or unhealthy.
Out upon such mendacious quackery. The time
has come when the people of Liverpool must
proclaim that they will no longer be befooled as
they have been.

There is yet time for a wholesome impression
to be made before the next election. Let the

ratepayers resolutely resolve to support no can-
didate who will not comply with their wishes on
this point, and let it be distinctly understood
that, irrespective of any ►limsey objections, the
instant restoration of the well water is the one
thing essential. No wordy subterfuges or
jesuitical blandishments, but frank pledges that
this will be complied with. This is at present
the sine qua non qualification. All others are, in
our opinion, at least, matters of secondary con-
sideration.

THE RISE IN TEIE RATE OF DISCOUNT.—IiI allusion to
this matter, the City Article, in yesterday's Times, con
tains the following remarks :—This step is solely in con-
sequence of the American news. According to the latest
dates, the rate of exchange even for the best bills, had
fallen to a point which would give a very large profit on
gold from England, and although, owing to the possibility
of a sudden rebound, speculators on this side might
hesitate to undertake the operation to a heavy extent,
the amount of bills transmitted from New York, with
direct orders for returns to be made in specie, coupled
with the sums heine iipenatritarl hp niir n.ritwlL.Ao for the
purchase of securities, involve the certainty of a further
drain, against which the most prompt :precautions were
requisite. The public were aware that the question of
an advance to 8 per cent would depend entirely on these
advices, and if the Ariel had arrived at her expected
time the movement would doubtless have been adopted
three or four days back, since the later accounts,
brought via Boston, aro scarcely so bad as those
with which she started. The rata now reached
is equal to the highest known in modern times, and
our only experience of it was for four weeks from the
25th of October, 1847, when the railway panic attained
its climax, and Consols were down at 80, the bank bullion
having been reduced to £8,312,000 and the reserve to
£1,547,000. In the present instance it is unlikely that the
pressure will last even so long as four weeks, but, as our
condition must depend upon the course of the American
disorder, and it is impossible to conjecture what may be
the next turn of frenzy, we must hold ourselves prepared
for all contingencies. According to the accounts to-day
everything has been brought to a dead lock. Debts could
not be paid between distant cities because there was no safe
means of remittance, and produce ready to be converted into
gold could not be forwarded to port, awing to the absence
of any 'power of obtaining advances upon it. Every
ono saw that if the machinery of ordinary custom
could again be set in motion all would instantly bo
righted ; but in no quarter was there power to bring
about such a result. Whether escape would be
found through some final convulsion, or through a
slow and
.fluctuating convalesence, no one could pre-
dict, but it was certain that matters could not continue
long in their then state. Among the considerations on
the favourable side was the fact that the stock of specie
in the New York banks still stood at £2,280,000, which is
beyond its average amount, and more than £500,000 in
excess of the total held at the corresponding period of
last year, while their note circulation was less than at
that time. The Californian arrivals of about £250,000
each fortnight would also be retained, and in less than a
week the Vanderbilt would be due from Havre with, it
was believed, £200,000, to be folloWed shortly by the
£320,000 lately despatched from London and Liverpool.
Against these prospects the only alarming point is the
possibility of the run upon the banks for hoarding pur-
poses, which had already assumed disagreeable propor-
tions, becoming altogether ungovernable. Meanwhile, as
regards our own position, in all those branches of trade
not connected with America there is a total freedom from
uneasiness, The circumstance of an advance in the rate of
discount to 8 per cent. for a few weeks to meet a
temporary evil in which all other nations participate can
inspire no dread on the part of any solvent houses. The
difference between that and 5 per cent. even for two
months would amount only to an extra 103 per cent. on
all the accommodation they might require, and if their
capital and current profits are inadequate for such a
contingency they can scarcely be considered fit to be in
business at all on their ow❑ account. Of course, there
are eases where, owing to heavy contracts having been
entered into, or other similar causes, the effect may be
peculiarly sevore, but these are altogether exceptional.
As a general rule, there ought among a sound mercantile
community to be no terrors in 8 per cent., or any other
rate of discount, supposing it not to have been occasioned
by a reckless course of national extravagance, and hence
there is reason to believe that the announcement of to-day
gill be received throughout the country, as it has been in
the metropolis, without the slightest indication of con-
fusion or alarm.

THE PACKET SIIIP JEREMIAH THOMPSON.—On the sth
September we gave an account of the sailing of this fine
and favourite New York packet, with over 500 respectable
Passengers, for that city, and it was predicted that she
would make a quick passage. This has been amply
fulfilled, as the following extract from a letter, written by
a gentleman who wss a passenger, will show :—" We made
a splendid passage, of twenty-four days, and had very fine
weather—in fact, too fine, for we were five days becalmed,
and made uo way; so that is reality we were lauded in

le 10/
nineteen days from the day we left the *erael' A. fife
every ship that we saw, and one vessel tat left I'l'oo
the day before we sailed, did not arrive for tell Wood,
us, and others that left along with us have
There was not an hours' illness of any one on
PL".. oe
Captain Blake behaved like a father to every 011116.0
humblest passenger claimed his attention as Ife otof
first person on board. Dr. Taylor, the medical °O,
the vessel, was also most attentive to every one. mole
is a noble one, the provisions were first-rate, ancidalifa
ar Blake won the affection of every one on bod. 1-„,„de
too, was kind and courteous to all. I amsure tagille
of the passengers will be glad to hear thia—sn"
captain and his fine ship remain long togetherr

411,
nioat.
FIRE LAST NIGHT.—Ina house in a court off; Postillg
street, tail night, several persons were engaged 1;00 life;
oakum, when a !park from a candle set the oekabe eosin
and immediately the house was in flames. Tt sod !dr;
from Temple-street was immediately on the sPe
Hewitt succeeded in subduing the fire ere lose
theb:rri'
was done.
A MAGTSTEATE WANTED. —Yesterday, as lig- sin'idstsbif°
ness of the second court was delayed for a edep-olso
period for the want of a magistrate. One gen"-eses
Dixon) disosed of the dock and town soreve:;eis'et'oese
when a second magistrate was required to heir setleeJ
ca,es, there was not one to be found. The esit.sll,,-,
was, that es a second did net turn up, the first 0:00 the
sects kept
for a. very long time no business was tranto
public, as well as the officers of the court, weref teiSis
state 0 A
state of idleness. How long is such a oss
continue ? a, nobly to
SUDDEN DEATH —Liverpool has lost anotos' borssis
generous citizen. It is with great regret wscieti to
announce that, yesterday afternoon, whilst eegao.'ale 114
office, Tower Baildings, Charles Coteswortht 'ootiefrio
seized with what is believed to have been an spathe.
and after a few hears' suffering ceased to hreo-olear": o
deceased gentleman was highly respected as wg- ottitt°s
man, and in his private character as a generees;peard.o.
to the public iustitutiens of the town. r° 'rue:
were in attendance, and certified that death W3'"
Tel
plexy, the result of natural causes. ,tbo
DEATH OF WM. AYitE3, THE MESSOCig' erOtu
dutS tie fhe ,
BANKRDPTCY CATRT.—It is our palatal
death of Mr. Ayres, one of the messengers 011 last.sflis
ruptey Court, which took place on SaturelaY,„tha 4;01
brief but painful illness. The deceased waaretScsrl'sis
year of his age, and was dismost experienoso,"teS teoji,
mech and deservedly respected. He was apPo;,,
office which he held, as the successor to the It so rfo
Sin :e the decease of Mr. Ayres, Mr. Constois'-4r. "'Se
with whom the appointment rests, selected '
- .eo
Wright, of London, as his successor, an] fran ea datlr
man's experience, there is no doubt bat that s
res,
the office will be well performed.
there JP'
THE LIBERALI tY CF CAP rAistS.---ali'Y 'n "S .10%
number of captains of vessels lying in tWlarr'till.
sueamoned before the bench of magistrates se-rpirtls -deft
any persons keeping tile watch. This is Per,,-,aes.o'sr
till, and is one of the dock regulations, which_ro it riai
to be attended to. When the cases are calla' loth!,o
riahly occurs that one of the lads belonging3's• or
appears to answer the summons, and the el" 2.1;• 1;
vieriltel
t.ley had just turned in aced asleep,,e'r-ilatiis•:alle
work on beard the vessel all the day." 1'; at the iihe
reluctantly impose a fine upon the lads, ao 010
time express it as their opinion tkat that tle'osieol'al
paid by the captains, as they have na right to 'clot'
•to work both day and nigh'. Penh s this Sell le fP fter
$
cause the evil to he remedied. P borv'S
FATAL Bataan EXPLOSION.—Last eveningsoce las st;oot
sot. o'clock, one of the boilers in Mr. PlllO lie
Corn Mills, Great Howard-street, explo led. tor
tell
to say that (lee man—the engineer—was inelirpoOdfahr
and another severely scalded. The latter was • psf,s-ertelSt
removed to the Southern Hospital. Thr,eseal secreei4er'
were also slighly hurt, and a horse was scal'Oo preOo it!,
There has not been much damage done to t;;;telltenses
With the exception of the bricks in the insole'''. f
of the exploded boiler being dislodged eiridedesrSthild
about, and some slight injury done to the WOO, soloalt
public-house and barber's shop, there isba as eV/
woteh notice. The mill e
will go on worl‘lrloss le'
dig
after the coroner's jury have visited the Pr: of
explosion was probably caused in conseatlene'
too little water in the boiler. , a th_rOir
DEATH IN CRURCII.—A. very melanchoil -es we/
is St. Jam s's parish church, Poole, on FridaY• , this
the wife of Mr. Thomas Henry
attended on that day at the church to return
_OlOl9
place three ^..4 iFyfr
her confinement, which had taken
She walked very well to the chu eh, whoon gal; 01
Palk, grocer, oltionalit
complained of faintness. Her nurse, wftheln
led her to a seat to rest, until the esrem°oll)scab
or a Carl then going on was over' - On being
f d her
expressed herself better. The nurse chafed too bsel
... tows
short time, when Mrs. Palk suddenly grasp!
the
nures and said, " Oh, nurse nUrse, I alllr.ligb
Dr. West was sent for, bit bet his arrival sn,eeteci
pired. An ineffectual attempt had been made W.,:ispetillo,
on dive j
down her throat. An irquast was held
Dr. West attended, and stated that he consider,. s[ll/( tb
jibi
death had been caused by want of a suficifllya
blood to the brain, caused by an inefficient 11.1'.-
,ast;or
heart.—Salisbury ,journal. ,go
141NHON ARchITECTURAL PH)TOGRAPltiol,eladt
loThis association being about to make their se:ooiol6e
nof photographs, (as advertised in one,drs
we cannot permit the opportunity to piss toad
more prc.minently before our readers the advatl';
th refrom. By this means, gentlenaell dirris'iirsottlaos°o
photogra phis views of the most cslebrate , $ ',tors
buildings in the world, at a mere nomill'otttel;alt;
make themselves better acquaint( d with thele,Voliegoiti
fire sides, whilst they are enriching their flne
the finest of drawn;?, pencilled by the ssorloiss,,fraseld
rays. The sub;cription is one guinea, or
..1701 I",isfOls
annum, and for each guinea the subsc ibtr,-,pers'A
chotee of three of the largest size prints, kge'seet'aollal.
at 25a each), or eight of the next size, at,roteree:.pbe
number of nailer views, or from 30 for4"aetag,r'iteergt
views, at pleasure, all by the most eminen P.-I,oo.gple
Specimen prints have been sent down frl'lnio tber,"ory'
we earnestly advise all who take an in'erest I P`titt f
LoC3 we ,
to call and see them, at the office of the sold!
Secretary, Mr. C. 0. Ellison, architect, 33, .-;rite l'ortagh'ro
MODEL HP THE BATTLE OF BALAVAV" the-aitys;
the above deadly conflict, in which the llowsr olie'sf oft.;
forces wan br night to bear on our eallant ,en;reatti.to
troop, was opened yesterday, at 28, Hole-oloitteVh,',ll
rate ins ac's n, previous to its being es'aicy'rfittly's
public. The history of that sanguinal c°11•;-the
ono of the most fiercely contested struJeloise.. ell bat
war, for on the issue depended the war--‘; a or ,;;; )1O
every phase that Etelisti language c 'u,ltisrieol3oll3.rais°'sef ;o'l
know the scene, rod, 'by maps and oraai
the model we saw 3 esterday, conveys
field, aud the position of the contending arrliho be rre, °leo, °filo
yet presented to the public. We have "-tb siO 'ef
tarhld, with the disposieiou of the armies at b‘,.°opito4,oatip
Russ ea we see the advantageous gretoll py,
ans; their suerior numerical force, 3,/3 r
apparently favcurab e to them, the wonaeoaos'ip 6,if
place of b ing welt " licked," they ei a',4,1101031,,,51e;i1
late our brave fellows, wile " thrashed 00 'h
style as the Muscovite will never forget' jot's:,
we'l got up, faithful and accurate, and, 110
131'01
ion orr of
prove interesting to every one.
ExCuRsION TRAIN;.—III our itnpeess, aeraeorto 1/11,01
the "News of the Day," the writer of 113;7 io e,ait ;$1
paper fell into an error, which we crreej Closseeol
lication of Saturday. By a mistake ru'r. tioltetsiferot
reported to have said " that the escursiloss °pie
' .was a regular swindle," and also that thereto pee I'° the
complaint about excursion trains, Rol e,°-00 eit'osettol
so far as Calling them " public swindles.' 00re551,0,/
to Mr. Clough, we find he did not use er7t nett Jr,o'e
cosild bear such construction, •nd we cfga,s olVtae
Mr. Marcus,r It I tic
den and Noith Western Railway, has ec'ol'icgast °Tor
the manager of excursiona 0'44- a" 1/
qu)ted observations tippled to him• h,ln t,
of erfre'
I)l3re • remqte from the wr'tei'a mind, t';°;oest;
remarks could apply to Mr. Marcus's rnahrl:ol-010ospere.° 1!$0!
sion trains —alanageMent that we havetta- Tv, peolso
quently, during the summer, to eulogise'oeot'°ooi
allusion to Mr. Marcus—his name was uOtded io frail
certainly the observations were not lean aoti" t /-
to refer to him—as our explanition nu we re anti"
tte f!;
We deem it right, again to state, thato „id a Oes,
coustrucdon has been Hilt on the oass3gwoet ""
l CORONER'S COURT —Yesterday
owieg inquests : —Oa the body or J9,,,oroileliirgii
keeper. It appeared that on SundaY the etriPoos
tinooCorov )to is( opt op
deceased was watching some poll, at, Clool‘,
Deck, when, between twelve and
foe%
his foot against a hawser, arid ve his Ace, yew,
ar:to hiejae;
although every exertion was made to sa,„ „slot:
in a brief time, and was drowned. voebonee'eotel-siee
_o ltaba
et
bodywas aocfc iad e
labourer,ntall
death.-0a tha body of a child naro.„e" diet ee,oest
Oa
30 On the last day of September, t"-00 th°,oo,
other men, was engaged filling a wage" so a sor
named Jibe desesoolOW
and St. Helen's Railway, near Towagree as °faille le°
ysc aided. veT es, kir,
deceased was told to couple the Wagrons' the°t;seorilltrs
stopped. Be hid not time to do so, w''''sea tor-belP
back, and c tight the hind 0f deeet plat totatepe
buffers, and crushed it. died ,ottleer"fori4talg Posirest4rgl'
pital, from the effect of the injuries. The follorldh opOP
a ver 'let of accidental death, made the pe as "
moot :—" That there was great ignoralt/ed ia
lessee's, ou the part of the persons eivr