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TUE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH
COMPANY,
Securing Exclusive Communication between Great Britain and the
Continent of Europe, under Privileges from the French aad Belgian
Governments.
Capital 150,0001, In 30,000 shares of 57. each, to be paid in full.
Liability of Shareholders limited to the amount of Subscription.
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Offices. 30, Conihill.

,DONORARY DIRECTORS.
His Royal high ne,s'the Duke of Cambridge.
His Excellency the Count Colonno Walewski, Ambassador of France
His I.xcellency M. S. Van der Weyer, Envoy Extraordinary and'
Minister Plenipotentiary of lelgium
His Excellency the Chevalier Bun en, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentia-y of Prussia
His Ex:ellencv the Baron lientinck, Envoy Extraordinary and
ulster Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands
His Excellency the 'Tar uis D'A,eglio,
Minister PlenipotentiarY of Sardinia
Minister His Excegency signor Isturiz, Envoy Extraordinary and Mt
Plenipotentiary of Spain . - ''
Envoy _Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria to
His Excellency the Baron Roller, Envoy Extriordlntahrey ' nranLMoinfisttheer
Belgians.

CHAIRMAN.
The Lord ,lle Manley.
DIRECTORS, ,
A. Anderson, Esq., M P t of the Peninsular and Oriental
. zee or
Company
John W. Brett, Esq., 2, THinover-square ,
Ernest Bunsen, Esq., Abbey Lodge, Regent's-park • •
Sir James Carmichael, Bast., Sus,ex-gardens.
The Hon. FrederickiCadogan, lieraord-,treat, May Fair .
W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M. Chalmaan of-the London and,sonth-West-
ern Railway Company
Le Chevalier Divuet, Belgian Eurbassy • ' ' '
T. C. Granger, Esq.; qc., 31. P.; Temple
S. Laing, Esq., Chairman of the LondOn and Brighton Rail`ivay COlll--'

pany
John Masterman, jun., Esq., Nicolas lane, Lombard-street.

8ANE.E.1137-I,ONDON.
Messrs. Master►pan, Peters, and co., Nicolas-lsute
Sir Claude Scott and Co., Cavendish-square.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Ilancl, 17, Warwick-sfreet, Re-

gent-stteet-
Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, Bucklersbury.

SECtRETABS.
• L:. C. liertslet,
In August. 1851, 'the Prothuters of the Sabinarind Telegraph
formed themselves into a French Company (Societe en Comman-
dite), and established telegraphic communication between Diver and
Calais. •

I -1.

On the 13th-November last the telegraph was opened to thopublic,
since which time it has worked without the slightest irregu'arity
or interruption.
A submarine Telegraphic communication having been thus sue-
cessfullY proved, the promoters consider that the time has now ar-
rived to invite the public to c '-operate with them in developing the
resources, and extending the advantages of this important Under-
taking - . .

The following brief statement will show. •the actual position and
prospects of the Sub arine Telegraph:—
A royal charter of incorporation was obtained in 1851, but it has
been determined to surrender the same for one of more extended
powers, enabling the Company to establish a S ibmarine Telegraphic
Communication with ail parts of the Continent of Europe. "
The draft or this charter is now before the Board of Trade, and it
is believed that it will he dually granted at the next Privy Council.
The capital of the French Company consists of 75,000 shares of 1/.
each.

It is proposed to surrender these shares for shares of a corres-
ponding value in the Company ndw foci log under the aforesaid
extended Royal Charter..

An exclusive con..i.s :on has also been obtained from the Belgian
Government, and important privileges from other foreign Govern-
ments. _ _ _

The Charter of Incorporation will unite these different conces-
sions and privileges, thus securing to-this Company the exclusive
right of televaphlc communication between, Great Britain and the
Continent. _ . . .

The receipts of the Submarine Telegraph have never been less
than 5 per cent., although it has been severely cramped in its
operations in consequence of its present - position, forming, as it
does, only one link in the chain of continental communication ; but,
after allowing an outside margin tor works and expenses, and for
laying down a distinct and most complete line from Dover to
London, the returns during the past month have been at the rate of
71 18s 31. per cen-.
In order to provide for the daily Increase of business, and to secure
the telegraphic communication with the Continent aga.nst any risk
of interrup.i n, it is proposed to lay down a second cable between
France and Englanl, and also one between Dover and Ostend, which
will give 16 Telegraphic lines of communication between Great
Brit •In'and the Continent, and amply supply the various lines of
France, Belgium, Rolland, and Germany.
Responsible parties have undertaken to lay down these lines with a
sufficient number of wires for any amount of traffic that can be
anticipated, for the sum of 70,0001., to include all patent rights,
and all preliminary and other expenses incidental to the Belgian
and cf her concessions, ss hich will become vested in this Company.
The Charter will authorise the raising of a capital cf 300,0001. ;
bu, under the arrangemeAs above referred to, not more than
75,0001. of new capital will be required to carry out the objects in
content -dation.
The European and American Electric Telegraph Company being
formed under the powers of the Act of Parliament in connection
with this Company, the arrangements for completing the extension
of the Submarine Telegraph to London, Manchester, and Liverpool,
will be immediately concluded, when the French Government have
undert 'ken to provide independent ssires for the exclusive use of
the Submarine Telegraph from Calais to the centre of. Pars. In the
course of a few months, theretore, the Exchanges of London, Liver-
pool. and Ma chester, will be brought into instantaneous communi-
cation with that of Paris ; an.l the same principle may be carried
into eff. et with all thernher cities of commercial importance through-
out the Continent of Europe.
An estimate of the vast es tension of business which must follow
such a devel opulent of Telegraphic Communication, under a system
of mo !crate charges, may be arrived at by a consideration of the
marvellous results which attended the introduction of the Fenny
Postage. The day of experiment with the Submarine Telegraph has
passed, and all, theref re, which now remains is to afford every
facility to the polio to avail themselves of an invention which is
evidently destined materially to affect the interests of the Commer-
cial and Political World.
Applications for the 1,500 ...glares may be made to Messrs. Foster
and Braithwaite, Stock Brokers. 60, Old Broad-street, City.

THE EUROPEAN OM AMERICAN)
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 135.
In connexion with the Submarine Telegraph Company.
Capital 200,0001., in 40,00 Shares of 51. each. Deposit 31. per share.
Offices, 30, Cornhill.
CHAIRMAN.
Lord de Manley, Chairman of the Submarine Telegraph Company.
DIRECTORS.
A. Anderson, Esq., M.P., Director of the Peninsular and Oriental
Company
W. J. Chaplin, Esq., 'M.P., Chairman of the London and South-
Western Railway Company
Samuel Laing, Esq., Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway
Company
John Masterman, Esq., jun , Director of the Subniarine Telegraph
Company
Jon W Brett, Esq., Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., Director of the Submarine Telegraph
Company
Ernest Bunsen, Esq.. Director of the Submarine Telegraph Company
Rear-Admiral Sir . Richard O'Conar, K.C.11., 'Stanhope-terrace,
Hyde•park.

SECAXTARY.
W. M. Shaw, Esq.
BANXEII.S.

Messrs, 3fasterman, Peters, and CW.,liicolas-lane, Lombard-street.

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for the formation of a just opinion, before advising the
representatives of the Booksellers'
Association, who
have bound themselves to abide by your Lordship's de-
cision. I shall he glad to know whether, in the event
of such a deputation b:ing appointed, it will be conve-
nient to your Lordship to favour us with an audience,
apart from the gentlemen who represent the Booksellers'
Association. They have already adduced such evidence
as they consider sufßaient to ensure your Lordship's
judgment in their favour; and as we have no desire to
enter into a personal discussion with them on the sub•
feet, a separate interview would be more accordant with.
meet
ee l7th
our viewa. I venture to write before the meeting above
referred to takes place, in order to prevent inconvenience
to your Lordship, as I learn that your Lordship has
ariloreoakcslyelleeerrieseAcianstseodtto
oimt
Association
n Lord, your Lordship's obedient servant,
• JouN CHAPMAN."
, "Stratheden House, April 28, 1852.
" Sir,—l myself would be most happy—and so lam
representativeso f
m a),._ am, o f
my
the
sure would the Dean of St. Paul's and Mr. Grote—to con-
fer with the deputation you mention, upon the terms you
propose. But, instead of yur coming to us separately, I
strongly advise you to attend here on the 17th of May.
We appointed that day expressly to afford you an oppor-
tunity of meeting us, and by no means exclusively for
the association. You may-depend upon it, that from the
proposed arrangement nothing unpleasant to any of the
parties can ocean
ssl remain, your servant
obedient t
,
-" John Chapman, Esq." " CamPBELL,
Lord Campbell fully understanding that while his
opinion would bo respected, his arbitration was act to be
accepted as final or decisive. The "statement" of Mr.
Chapman was, in effect, a reproduction of the documents
and arguments with which the public is alreadsi
It was listened to throughout with great interests
Mre.BABBAGE moved the first,744dlntion: "The prin-
Opine of free trade having now been established V fx-
perience as well as by argument, it is the opinion of this
meeting that they ought to be applied to books as to all
other articles of commerce.'' The principles enunciated
in this resolution be had held all his life, applying them,
to the commerce of 'literature as to every other trade.
He was convinced that the Booksellers' ASsoCiation
greatly misapprehended both their rights and their in-
terests; and, though there might ire some quarters be
some temporary mischief, as the consequence of abolish-
ing artificial regulations and consenting to a natural and
wholesale trade, he was satisfied in the end general bene-
fit eeen to the retail booksellers themselves would be the
result. He did not see why the arrangement.for a more
natural state of things could not ho made gradually and
quietly. This was a matter in which there need be no
violent hurry. Free trade in this, as in every depart-
ment, was inevitable; and it was folly to attempt the
maintenance of any artificial regulation of the price of
,such a commodity as a book.
Mr. ROBERT BELL seconded the resolution. He re-
garded this indirectly as an author's question, tho sale
of an author's book, and being dependent upon the price
of the book. He had some doubts if the expression
" free trade" was discreetly used in the resolution. The
• phraeo might leave some wrong quasi-political impres-
sions, and might deter the alliance of some friends; and,
further than that, he questioned if competition, pro-
perly considered as competition in the ordinary commer-
cial sense, would be regarded as applying to the book
trade. For instance, he could not see how Mr. Ma-
caulay's " History," or any similar distinctly eminent
book, could be regarded as being exposed to competi-
tion. Ia the main principle implied in the resolution he
entirely agreed. The retailer became absolute proprietor
of the copy which• he purchased; and it was obviously
his right to sell that property at whatever price he
pleased. Perhaps there might be unfair underselling, if
all restrictions were removed; and this was to be avoided
• by the publisher diminishing the margin of allowance
between the advertised and the trade price.
Mr. T. SAIINDERS (bookseller, of Charing-cross), ad-
dressed the meeting. The gist of his observations was,
that the Booksellers' Association was proceeding upon
the fairest principles of trade, and that the restrictions
which were kept up were necessary for the protection
01 the dealer. " Free trade" had nothing to do with the
question. He was a free-trader; but he denied that
this question of the regulations of a trade could be set-
tled with reference to the axioms of free trade. Free
trade applied to the taxes on books, and to the import
of books, but not to the terms on which a body of re-
tailers should conduct their business. Mr. Saunders
was supporting the proposition that the meeting was
unwarrantably attempting to interfere with the profits of
the retail booksellers, when several gentlemen inter-
rupted him, denying that this was the question, and
The CHAIRMAN suggested to Mr. Saunders that his
remarks did not apply to the affirmations of the reso-
lution.—(Cheers.)
Mr. SAUNDERS would then consent -to speak simply
to the precise terms of the resolutions. He continued,
however, in the same strain, and became involved in a
•dispute with. Mr.. Bentley as to the forayer discounts al-
lowed to the trade.

Mr. NOVELLO replied at length to Mr. Saunders.
Mr. G. Wieets took the same view as Mr. Saunders,
and altogether denied the right of such a meeting to
meddle in trade arrangements,
Mr. SOTHERON followed on the same side; and an
angry disetusion arose as to the precise points at issue.
[An amendment directly opposed to the resolution was
proposed by Messrs. Willis and Sotheron, and afterwards
withdrawn; and a supplementary discussion was then
provoked es to the right of Messrs. Saunders, Willis, and
Sotheron being present. Mr. Chapman said the meeting
had been csn veiled for a specific object, gentlemen hold-
ing a particular set of opinions only oa the question hav-
ing been invited; and ho explained that on handing 000
of the circulars to Mr. Saunders, he had taken for granted
that that gentleman would not offer to take part in the
proceedings. He was surprised, therefore, that Mr.
Saunders and his friends should have not only rpoken,
but moved an amendment. Hereupon, Messrs. Saunders,
Willis, and Sotheron, offered to withdraw; but Mr. Chap-
man begged that they would not do so;
and the chair-
man, with the evident approbation of the meeting ex-
pressed his determination, dissentients being present, to
hear all they had to say, and fairly to put whatever pro-
positions they might think fit to make.]
The resolution, after sense further conversation, was
carriedCAßLE , three han
KNIGHTds only
being held up against it.
Mr. S pr 00303,
Lott seconded. the next resoplution: and
4* That the princi-
Mr. TOM TlT-
ples of the Booksellers' Association are not only op-
posed to those of free trade, but aro extremely tyranni-
cal and vexatious in their application, and result in
keeping the prices of hooks much higher than they would
otherwise be, thus restrictiee
a their sale, to the great
injury of authors, the Public, and of all connected with
literature.
Mr. Bust' (of the firm of Bickers and Bush) spoke
to the resolution. In his opinion he association which
cline to him to dictate the terms on t
erms on which he should
deal with his customers might be properly handed over
to the police.—(Laughter.)
The resolution was carried unanimously, the three dit-
sentients ceasing
ti to offer further opposition.
The third resuon, which was carried, was proposed
by Professor NEWMAN, and seconded by Professor
ANSTED:—" This. meeting considers the peculiarity of
the book trade—viz,, that Um publisher fixes and adver-
tises the retail price of his publications—no valid argu-
ment for the maintenance of the present restrictive sys-
tem, and that the less the office of promoting the retail
ssle is centralised in the publisher, and the more it de•
valves en tho local bookseller, the
mecca of literature.
better for the corn-
Professor OWEN proposed the next resolution—
,, That the trade restrictions, falling as they do with
peculiar severity upon books of ,
comparatively
circulation, greatly retard the Spread of the higher
limited
branches of science and philosophy
prefitable and, til)
indeed, dangers by rendering it un-
: to publish works de-
voted to them." He illustrated the argument of the re-
solution by referring
to
b
sbuiejee:tlexperience as an author
of books on scientific rho difficulty of get-
ting such hooks published had led to combinations of
cientific men, who had turned amateur publishers, and
who made the publications pay by fixing natural instead
of artificial prices on them. The publishing System was
obviously a rotten one, or it would not drive scientific
authors to these resources.
Dr. LANKESTER seconded
the resolution; and on
carried.
being pest it was
d the fifth resolutions,
Mr.
WARD propose
a 5.....,,,
___.e trades with arti-
shown that
perience having repeatedly.
ficially high profits andl
profits and a large
tewmmolfulloawnt t gain by being
forced into the natural east
opinion that :market, this meeting is
of
tarP from at"
abolition of
the present restrictions,
benefit i ."
1 injuring the book-
selling business,
it; and
N seconded after
will greatly
a speech from
wltaivitas
Mr. CHAPMA
Mr, SAUNDERS, It was carried.
i
A conversation then took place in reference to the
Lord Campbell
suggestion to wait uponMr Chapman should
mately decided that
his Lordship, &hip) and should
or, on Sheulti-
convey to
appointed day, on his
d the views of the meeting Mr,
Dickens the resolutions an .
te to Lord Campbell,-. r.
and to
Dickens undertook to
write
had declined to appoint explain that the meetinggen
the ground that as thae coo:lt-
:mitten as a deputation,etitlemen constituting the meeting
appeal made by the g
id not be courteous to his Lordg-
was to the public, it wou
implying in itself an acceptance
ship to act in a manner .
Mr. Bush, however, made it
of his definite u P
mi- irsgeindividual, he should certainly
attend that, 14 an
Association of y
deputation of theßooksellers
attend the
to Stratheden-house.
The meeting hen broke up after a vote of thanks to
t
had exercised tho most , consummate
the Chairman, who
edings constantly threatening
1 tact throughout Proce
I to take an unruly ttiLnL......______r___ _
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HOSPITAL FOE CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON.—_His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Lord
William Poulett, paid a visit of inspection on Tuesday to the
above institution, preparatory to his taking thechair yesterday
at the festival to be held ill commemorarion of the east wing
His Royal Highness was received by the Rev. Sir U.
the chairman of the committee of management, Sir Thomas
Gladstone, G. Wingfle!d, Esq., Dr. Carsham, the physician
of the day. and the other officers of the institution. Hit
Royal Highness spent a considerable time in the inspection,
and expressed himself highly gratified with the general ar.
rangements. •
RATIONAL. ExcISE.--117hat would b 2 a goof sub-
stitute for taxes on knowledge?—Taxes on ignorance; be-
cause, in the present s*.ate of popular education, they; would
"411411 Y bta mucta gpio prOuctir!...esncht

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
CHRONICE4II.—The long-itandirg controversy re-
specting the Nle!Topo!itan Water Supply seems at last to
be practically settled. Tt.e few remaining defenders of
the Board'of Health may perhaps a'teropt to reopen the
discussion in the Muse; but there will be little disposi-
tion on the part either of the Government or of Pau lia-
ment to overrule the conclusions at which the Select
Committee have arrived at the close of its laborious in-
vestigation. The present Bill, as amer:ded, coincides in
almost all resplnts with the arrangements which we have
repeatedly recommended as just and practicable. The
supply of water to London is still to be confided to pri-
vate enterprise*but the companies are subjected to va-

rious important restraints end crmditions for the protec-
tion of the public. The important question of rates
remains unsettled, in consequence of the judicious
determination of the Committee to dal separately with

the case of every district in the metropolis. The far
price of water, as "of any other commodity, depends on
its cost, and therefore varies greatly according to local
circurnstano,es. Some of the companies are, up to the
present time, under no legal restriction as regards their
scale of charges,while others, having recently had occasion
to solicit new Parliamentary pryers, are subjected-to the
provisions of the Waterworks Clauses Act. By the
pending Bills a maximum rate will be fixed for every
water district in London; and the Committee will no

doubt take care to provide for future reductions by im-
posing at the same time a limit on the dividends, ac-
cording to ordinary modern practice. The progress of
building in the outskirts of London, and the probable in-

troduction of a water supply into the poorer tenements,
may in a few years afford the means, not only of enrich-
ing the stockholders, but of greatly relieving the present
consumers. The history of the recent struggle afford, a
striking proof of the utility of a judicial inquiry in dis-
pelling prejudice, and of the necessity of maintaining the
existing securities forthe•protevtion o£property. Only

two or three year., have elapsed since, .the.. Baird
Health took advantage of a popular clamour, founded

on Unit own frivolods and garbled statistics, to recom-
mend that all the existing water resources of London
faould be at once arbitrarily abandoned. The Thames
Aid the streams of Hertfordshire were suddenly disco-
..

vexed to be unfit for human consumption; and the
Board determined to bring supplies exclusively from
the Surrey hills, where no water had previously been
known to exist. It seems strange that any Govern-
ment could so far countenance suph quackery as to
make that project an excuse for impeding all the schemes
which were actually proposed, , either by the present
companies or by rival capitalists, for extending or im-
proving the water supply. At last, however, the Board
attracted the attention of the Administration by a new
and still more daring eccentricity. An ingenious gen-
tleman was sent into Surrey to collect evidence in fa-
bout of the official " gathering grounds;" and he came
back with a new-fangled project of his own, founded on
a supposed discovery of various springs and streams
which his employers bad never heard of. The latter
coolly adopted the substituted plan; and they once more
claimed a monopoly for their new device, at the expense
of all the establishments which had, up to that period,
upplied London with water. Their last vagary had the
fortunate effect of enlightening Sir George Grey as to
the true character of his subordinate advisers. A scien-
tific commission was appointed, which afterwards con-
tradicted in detail almost all the propositions respecting
the quality of our supplies which had been long and in-
dustriously circulated in blue books at the public ex-
pense; and a Bill—which, however, was wholly untena-
ble in itself—was submitted to a Committee of the House
of Commons, which has been virtually reappointed in the
present session. The measure of 1851 was framed by
Sir William Clay, under the ivfluence probably of..
temporary alarm. It was understood that he
afterwards .abandoned his own proposals, and the
Government which endorsed them never affected to give
them any hearty or docent support. It was provided by
that abortive scheme that all the companies:should be
amalgamated, but no principle was laid down for the
valuation of the stock on which the dividends limited by
the Bill were to be calculated. A power of a most ano-
malous kinfl was given to the Secretary of State, en-
abling, him to direct the Water Company at any time to
resort to any new source of supply.
It was evident that
this provision was the result of a remnant of the perni-
cious inflaenee formerly -possessed by the Board: of
Health. It was perhaps not.intended that so extraor-
dinary a discretion should ever be exercised ; but the
clause would have enabled any obstinate or capricious
Minister to ruin the Water Company at a moment's
notices and perhaps at the same time to leave London
dry. It would have been almost as reasonable to
give the Secretary of :State power to order the di-
version of the Great Western Railway into any line
which he might deem preferable to its actual course.
In the present year, the same obnoxious provision
stieonns.e_
Wto
heanb atnhcleoßn
itl
ih de zfiprosste di n ctroomd puneel sdo,rwy
eamexsplglaaimnead-
was retained, although L-)rd Seymour had the good

the objections which attached to its detaile; stating our
grounds for believing that a Committee would probably
be able to convert it into a working measure. The
Board of Trade, instead of the Secretary of State, is now
to be invested with a certain power of inspection and
control-over the ordinary working of each company, and
over the adoption of new sources of supply. • All the
existing establishments aro to be compelled to filter their
water—a process hitherto employed only by three or
four companies. Covered reservoirs and water-courses
are to b 3 introduced within those limits to which the
smoke of London may be considered to extend its dete-
riorating influence. The system of constant supply is
to become universal within a period of five years. The
rates, as we have already stated, are to be regulated ac-
cording to circumstances, under the provisions of spe-
cial Acts; and consequently the most material detail
of the new arrangement still remains to be settled.
One of the most important provisions adopted by the
Committee limits the supply to the waters of the
Thames or of its tributaries, taken above the range
of the tide. But a- large portion of the population of
London has no interest in the new regulation. The
New River and the East London Companies supply more
than half the metropolis from the New River and from
the Lea, above the tidal flow. Greenwich and Woolwich,
with the adjoining suburbs, depend on the Ravens-
bourne; and the Lambeth Company has recently opened
its noble works at' Ditton, some distance above Tedding-
ton Loci. The Grand Juno:ion and the West Middle-
sex Companies will have to retreat from Kew to a point
somewhat higher up the river; and the Chelsea and
Southwark and Vauxbal works must be removed from
their present questionable position in Chelsea Reach.
When these changes shall have been e ffected, any fu-
ture addition to the water supply—should it ever be
required—will probably .be drawn from the chalk
to the north of London. There is, however, no
objection to any contribution which may hereafter
be Nue( zed out of the arid. sands of Farnham.
In a conversation which arose% some weeks since
on this subject in the House of Commons, Lord
Ebrington attempted to introduce the general sanitary
question—expressing, at the same time, en appKehonsion
that the lower diStriets south of the river might be
swamped by an excessive fl re of water. It is desirable
that Parliament should remember that there are two
independent objects to b 3 considered in dealing with
this matter. The present Bill purports to provide pur-
chasers with an unlimited supply of water, of the best
. .

quality and at the cheapest rats which •
may permit. Toe question of pr elidinindiffa universal dis-
tribution
this
moment ofthe se eepopmlypiasnaionsewnotiurl9edy circumstances
willingly.. furnish the
indifferent one. At
poorest lefleiee hou- •., ee- ee in London with all the water
which it could use. If the
it may be hoped that
the present measure will lead to a
reduction in the rates; but the fact is that the poor will
not pay for a comfort which, beyond a certain limit, they
have not yet learned to regard as a necessary of life.
It is for Parli'ament to decide whether a compulsory
water rate shall bo levied on the owners of houses in-
habited by the poor. Inconsideration of such an arrange-
ment, the companies might fairly be required to
submit to a reduction of their ordinary rates. There
are many grounds on which Parliament, on behalf of the
public, is entitled to interfere for the purpose of eupply-
ing every dwelling with water. A man has a right to
be uncomfortable himself, and perhaps to impose annoy- i
ances on tenants who may be wilting to comply with his ,
terms; but no one has a right to increase the risks of
fire, or to create a certainty of fever. The advocates of
s initary improvement will do well to direct a'
portion of their energies towards securing a universal
supply of water; and their efforts will certainly not b
ee
impeded by the circumstance that there is already
most
main, fully charged, within a short distance of the
wretched lodging-house in London. The water is there,
and it will run through a service pipe the moment that a
bargain is made either by law or by special contract.
It is idle to wait for some other mode of supply, to be
provided by some different management. Neither A
municipality nor a Government Board on get eviser for
nothing. Let the means of securing a reasonable price
bo provided; and then it will be time to inquire
whether the companies are exorbitant in their demands.
ADVERTISER.—The case of thev. Mr. Glad-
stone is that of the Reformation agains o t P Ropery; that of
the .Protestant clergyman against the arbitrary power,
which is now openly assumed as of divine right, by the
ty
prelates who rebelliously denied her
Majes's rove- 1
reignty as supreme head of the Church;
oth the and
hops and
it is alt:o
the case of every layman egaist b bis
priests of Rome, who, under the cloak of Puseyites and
Tractarians, have entered th 3 Church for the purpose of
undermining her, and introducing the Pope. Their ob-
ject in regard to the lay memb
boasttime
coming when no English laymen, hoe ever high might
be his rank and station, would dare to stand uncovered
in the presence of the meanest servant of the Church.
Let not those who dissent from the Establishment, ner
even those who never belonged to the Christian reli-
gion, imagine that they arena riot interested, and deeply,
too, in the issue of the peing struggle with Rome,
and its diehonest oftessarLs, in the nefatio -
, es otsgutee
of bishops, parsons parishes, and curates of churches
and chapels of ease, for if °zee they get the ascen-
dancy, the red arm of religious persecution will again be
bared to the shoulders, the fires of Smithfield
will a
a.n ,
blaze from morning till night, and a band of Celtic els-
*ages the devoted slaves ot the Popish priests, already-
trained and thirsting for " heretic and infidel blood, will
-
cm& will
neeneet the horrors of another three days and nights of
BaribolollloW Wthe streets Of the Metropolis a .
au alt our