Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-01 00:00:00

last fairly played out ; the patience even of the
Pike advocates in council is entirely exhausted,
and neither that body nor the public will
brook further delay on any pretext, however
specious.

The monstrous villany of the most infamous
job ever perpetrated is now before the world in
all its naked deformity, and the most infatuated
apologist of the hideous abortion,. while it
remained in a state of enabryo, now shrink in
disgust at the appearance' of-the foul monster,
they►, themselves, aided in calling into existence.
In short, on Wednesday next, the Water
Committee are bound, by every ;principle of
honour and honesty, to make a clean breast of it.
They must no longer cloak their guilty agents
who, by the veriest system of falsehood, fraud,
and deception—by the practice of most
rascally delusions, and juggling tricks, succeeded
in foisting the foul thing on the town, reckless
of consequences, so that they succeeded in
securing their share of the plunder. What cared
these adventurers, though 400,000 human
beings were doomed to slow poisoning, so that
they accomplished all they cared about— the
realization of their fortunes. But the time has
now arrived when the Water Committee must
disavow all further sympathy or connection
with this gang, or else they must be prepared to
sail in the same boat along with them. We
have, over and over again, stated our conviction,
that the Water Committee were the mere
tools, the dupes, of these artful impos-
tors ; that they were guilty of the most
unjustifiable credulity, and that amongst
their number were met without minds of
their own, mere chattering, drivelling, servile
imbeciles, who, parrot-like, were constantly in
the habit of repeating by rote what had been
studiously dunned into their ears by the
jobbers; but we have always contended that as a
body they were innocent of all share in the huge
swindle, or that they were in any way influenced
by other than pure motives. Wednesday next
will determine, however, how far our opinions
have been correct. There must be an end put
at once and for ever to the wretched system of
falsehood and dissimulation which have been so
long practised on the patient and confiding
people of Liverpool by a horde of unprincipled
adventurers. We would fain hope that the
Water Committee and the Council will see the
absolute necessity of taking the initiative on
Wednesday, by disavowing all further connection
with, or approval of, the proceedings of those
mendacious quacks, otherwise they may
rest assured the public of Liverpool will
adopt measures to protect, themselves from
further injury and injustice. It is for their own
representatives in the Town Council to say
whether they shall be driven to the alternative,
as a dernier ressort,, of carrying these into
effect. We hope, for the credit of the
Council, and the peace of the town, that this
will not be rendered necessary, but that resolu-
tions will be come to, which will have the effect
of restoring to the inhabitants their ample supply
of pure, wholesome spring water at once.

The wells are or can at once be made
capable of yielding 50 millions of gallons of
water per week. This is equivalent to 125
gallons, or the fill of a large punCheon, for the
weekly use cf every man, woman, and child, in
a population of 400,000 souls. Can such a
quantity of water be legitimately used ? Verily
not. Much stress is laid on the increased quan-
tity used during this summer for watering, streets,

&c. Although the increase may to the super-
ficial observer appear considerable, yet when
compared with the aggregate yield of the wells,
it amounts only to a mere driblet. One hour's
pumping at Green-lane would more than
suffice to supply the whole of the water used
for watering streets. S 3 Much for that. Then
we have the fact, which cannot be denied, that the
mixed water is so offensive to the eye, and so
filthy in appearance, as to prevent many persons
even from bathing in it ; and yet the poor inha-
bitants have been compelled to use this abomi-
nable filth, for every purpose, for the past nine
months—remonstrances notwithstanding ! It is
notorious that the predictions about the water
improving have all been falsified ; it is more
obnoxious now than it was when first introduced.
Although the supply is obtained entirely from
the Rivington reservoir, without any admixture
of the inky stuff impounded in the Anglezark
lodge—and although this, the best water the
district affords, is mixed with double its volume
of pure spring water ere it is supplied to the
inhabitants—yet even then, as every water con-
sumer is aware, the wash is abominable. And
we would just ask, if this is the condition of the
very best water at Rivington when thus treated,
in what state may we expect to find it when the
doubly-distilled putrescent catchments of Angle-
zark and Roddiesworth are mixed with that of
Rivington. It is a notorious fact, and all con-
versant with these waters acknowledge the
Anglezark water to be totally unfit for human
use• This admission is made even by partizan
officials. Verily we have paid for our whistle !
We have got for our million and a half sterling
a limited quantity of poisonous bog wash ! !

PRUDIVITIAL Ln INSURXNCZ —ln our impression
of the 25th August an account was given of the
accidental drowning of two boys, one of whom was
drowned in his attempt to save the life of the other.
We are requested to state that the parents of one of the
youths had only two weeks previously Insured his Life in
the Prudential Life Assurance Company, whose offices
are in Adelaide-buildings, Ranelaigh-place, in this town,
who, immediately on hearing of the melancholy accident,
sent down the amount of the policy (nearly £2O). We
believe it is the practice of this Company to discharge all
their claims in as equally prompt manner,