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they were mode, end no rise was levte.i on the parties.
lie war as much Ng iitiet what wits terihrel a cisnabi•
itatiCill as any wail, hilt In this 1)41(1411 hr in•laucr.
be wits utterly Convinced that the public Could not
obtain an adequate *tinily of witor on the terms
that 114/111e people seemed to think practicahle i MOM he *or
per,tielleil that the only course likely to lead to a fair nod
practic:ible rrntilt between all invites, was, Ti, se•t no foul an
amicable orranzenrent with the Water C•empaules. Tha
ersmbitailistn, as it lied been called, between the New River
and Emit London Wain. Company, so tar (iota twine en-
tered into with a view to the injury of fro- public., had lora
deeio,d and errancy,' nu the shit t priiteiples of equity and
jiishec by issue of the firi.t legal authorities ~f hit tow—arid
if the arrangement had lost been made liei wren the/wit Cottt-
panies,Mt or the other of them, as matters stood at the time,
must have fallen, and the public mast have suffered front
the failure. He egitiu wished to ■sk the 0.4111111 M whether
the Committee app. 1111 l ed by the Itst Aleetnic Had commu-
nicated with the Directors of the East I.nmilosi Water Works
re-verting the complaints alleged aguirel them, or whether
they had proceeded in (raining their ttcpoit upon imparts
evidence !
The CHAIRMAN replied. that he load stated at
the outset that no official entsinautticannit had been
made to the Committee by the Directors of the
East London Winer Works, and that the Com-
mittee had certainly made no application so the
Directors, becstiote they were of opiiiinn that the
Jailer ought to hme Arid solicited any rationnolention„ if
they direirei it desireblz. tlw Dirrunts looked opus. the
Cominitlve as elnliirti to any liVigree of iniflortsnee ur atten-
tion, they might have sought some tuttscommishirmion
with theta—they had not done so, KO, on the contrary.
loaded the Gentemeu composing the Committee with every
evil het of cunt ;1 ntely suit übl tot it Crier of Shane!"
Mr. YOUNGE said. tint trove the answer or
Chairman, it was quite clear the Committee, io nut colieldt-
jog the I►iseelora, had proceeded tiptoe crpurFe. I videnee.
• Mr. SIMPSON said, that he hail heard the Dieee.
lots eared out a pin for the Cenimittee, sin,l.llsrtgaelesl
their prorectings.

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Mr. TH09149 G 481.1: Rita. that tenet,. li Ilte ar-
rangement lids/rest the New (t vrr and List Lin-
don Companies. Ilse supple I all pi rililtle• had
bents consigned to the latter, lie prinnised es
greater supply 01 wirer 4han he previously hail, and that no
increase of rate *Auld take place for 11 even pars, hat it, the
result he was miserably deceived, for his supply of water
lweante worse, and there was stare ail Im-ileum. of r:.lc
to thruhle theaninunt origisystly Hear, hour )—ii us
wife, he could simmer the Meeting, 1,4,6(.111411V
of her out having a sufficient 'apply of water for h. r flumes.
tic times, and in no degree had it East London Conspsity
raffilleil their proinise in this case. The esimplaints !brunt].
out Betlinsl•greess were universal on she same subject.

Mr. CLINCH claimed the otteotion of the Meet.
log. Ile N•cd he was one of the Colleetas em-
ployed by the East London ronipatuy, and that when tl.a
augmented rate was fiat kid, L. lied cailethist Mr. Bunt-
ford to state to him Ihe •dvatice on hit nartieUlar water rate,
and that Mr. 'B., who lIIIW ,cein,.l so ho. tile to the Com-
pany, had at the time repressed Ilia opinion that Ihr advatiee
was moderate, and proutised to pay his Aare in a fortnight
lie recollected ski, applying to Thomas- Ileyoulds for the ad.
genera rate; hut he said he war not to pay ii, as he li.ol
agieed for a given rum fur seven years with the Company.
The moment the Company had asc^itaiurd that such ud
agreement had been made, they intuit dial, ly aceishal to it.

Mr. BUMFORD explahseti. that it WWI true Mr.
Clinch had called upon hirn, Nt li that he had ad.
Waifs! his own particular rate was lsrately assessed, but
surrly that was nu season why he should sit down emileutrii
whets he found his neighbonis grossly overch irged, at the
rate of 2 and 3110 per cent. !hough he himself was spared.
—(Applustae)—As to Reynolds's ease, h.• eau• the nom pre-
sent, and lie had heard from hum that when he went before
the Directors to Nosed his agreement, be had been by puma
of them reviled and abused. They afterwards were obliged
to admit lot contract.

Mr. TitoNtatt RETRO I.ns, who seemed i plain
mechanic, said, that lie went to the Court of Di-
rectors, to state that he was protected hy his agreement
from the augmented rate. He 'gored for Ss a year, for a
term tof seven years, for his supply of water, and they
wanted to make Mon pay 14s saying. they did not recollect
any such agreement as he stated. When he went to com-
plain before the Directors, and retain' dorm that their
Clerk had a minute of the agreement', some of diem reviled
Inin, and said that he was" a had fellow, and the ringleader
of the Committee against she company, and that if they
had their will, they would take hum up."—(4.outtliter.)-
11e said he wanted nothing from them, he came to pav
money according to,o him agreement, and lie wombl pay am
more. They then found the agreement, and did urt demand
from him the augmented rate.—(Thor, Iwo%)
Mr. ‘VALIIEIt bt 4 fed, that lie hod once been the
eomneor of the East London n'ater Cottinantt.
and felt himself railed upon now by the Ichna of the Re:
port, to state, that the works therein alluded to as unnect s.
easy and eirpensive, bail been erected under his superinten.
deuce. The estimates of laying down the [Atoll were, it was
true, Tony considerable; but the reason war, DM the C
pasty, for a better security, had laid down iron pipes ; and
the baaina, or tcaervoirs of wits r alluded to, *ere contrived
and erected fur the ',Odic good. These la, an touch
nlained of fir their express., contained in some instances
10.001) barn'• of water fur ihisog the mails pipes, and the
object was al • sya to Penile the public in cars of tire an •
adequate supply of water. Ile haul creek(' sort' nmomil,
fur the We-t niololleont Water Works, for the Grand
Lion, and the Portsmouth Companies. The pulthe must
see thcadvaista:te of such plans of raising water to 'emote a
supply crews of accident; and be should have wish,'
that the Rupert had contained more of fact and 144.1 of Opi-
-11 iOll, it would then, lie was sure, carry with it more weight
both here and elsewhere.
Dr. W 1.311 said, that the Meeting had nothing
to do with the plans Cr arrangements of the Enka..
neer, of the respective Companies. They had turret, to
consider of the best means of repelling the earls of this
combination between time New River and the East London
C ;anima.. Cumbiaations were at all time,. itangeromno
both on their general and iudividual results. The facts on the
Reivort were strinig rend conclusive, and it was ridiculons to
say that theiCuinneittee should have courted any amicable
interenoirse with the Directors, whom they charged ri' a
stallion of faith iu Ihr performance of their pilh'ir ton-
hart. The cointpialtot was nut that the Companies had
united and ndran-ed their rates to meet an eidareotl m -
prodotiore, hot that they had united to carry into ritort a
dreidrd moistMaly, trlucli left the public withlin any et,
dress, end then arbitrarily implored upon that reddie
use taufair, nacallcd-fisr, and exorbitant water-fro:. ThN