The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-30 00:00:00

to AN IT WA.TER-MONOPOLY
lo
public meeting of the water •rate payers of Lam-
' Beth public Southwark, and partsadjacent, washeld yesterday
tthe liridge-house Hotel, Southwark, to receive the
Report of a Committee appointed for the purpose of
f
Lrming a new Water Company. The Chair was
Borough
at one o'clock by Mr. H. Weston, of the
•uorough Bank.
_! Tie CHAIRMAN said that he was called upon to
take the chair at this meeting, in consequence of the
I.,llee'ilvenience suffered by the inhabitants of this neigh-
*eurhood, through the conduct of the Water Com-
Pan.„ ies on the Surrey side of the river in coalescing to
raise the price of the water supplied to their respective
rate-payers. It was a duty which the water-rate payers
Owed to themselves and to their neighbours, to unite
-411(.1 eo-operate with each other, to get rid of the
evils' of the monopoly.—(Hear, hear.) The gentle.
men who had taken the matter in hand, and called
rye present meeting, believed that they were prepared
a plan which would relieve the neighbourhood
„r(an that inconvenience ; and it would be for the
luleeting to consider how far they would concur in the
'econnnendation.
1...4.1,1/- Hon. Secretary, Mr. ROGERS. then read the
Port of the Committee, which stated that they had
1-412 appointed, at a former meeting, to investigate
7. Various plans submitted for the attaining of a pure
rd economical supply, and to procure an Act of Parlia-
-73 for the formation of a Joint-stock Company. The
tt i';1741.-nittee accordingly consulted able engineers, on
%ase:Judgment and experience they could rely, as to
and Purity of the water, the abundance of the supply,
the least expensive in its procurement and ulti-
te delivery. The plan of Mr. James Pinkerton for
'lrCleuring a supply from the river Wandle, seemed,
I,:,hafiPola most careful comparison With every other that
04--ot„"creen Presented to them, to possess all these ad-
b It appeared, from the evidence presented
`gCommittee to the House of Commons, in 1834,
at the. water of the Wandle is the purest that
be obtained within any reasonable distance of the
•,:ke'roPolia The same Report, and the evidence of
4118 Mr. Talfourd, and other engineers, justi-
arrlil the assertion that the quantity would be
poiPIY sufficient for the supply of the metro-
k„n district south of the Thames. The same
rorrt further corroborated the views of the Com-
watteeeas to the facility and economy of obtaining
at er aom that source. The elevation of the water
to I:!eddington Park, where Mr.
.Pinkerton proposed
,'"'e the water from, was ninety feet above the
tse,e, of the Thames at high-water mark, and the
6'ervoir which that gentleman proposed to form on
saaPhain-common would be eighty feet above the
witati level, thus enabling the Company to dispense
semi any artificial power for supplying the ordinary
ea,4",g, and thus saving not only a great outlay of
ertl'ai iu the first instance, but a very large and
ec, stint annual expense. The outlay required for
pliaalpleting the works, according to Mr. Pinkerton's
6110,;ineluding the reservoir at Clapham, would be
,"(3/. Having reached that point of expense it
pobliiiid be at the- option of the shareholders and the
pi, eas to the extent to which they would lay down
WooQsih• ; but there could be no doubt that the public
and no longer be content to receive the impure
at unwholesome article vended to them at present
,„stivan enormous price, when they could supply them-
(ies with the purest article at the cheapest rate.—
a,r, hear.) The Report, after some minor corn-
ineations, concluded by recommending the adop-
af 11„ ,°!*Alr. Pinkerton's plan, in confident anticipation
gi,""leb result f that meeting, the Committee bad
filee.ll the noticedrequired by the standing orders, for
„?.ntroduction of a Bill in the next Session.
1-'.he
motion that the Report be adopted having been
I,:ri and seconded,
• lhaettluoßE objected to the course which the
,ill-71,inittee were taking. The matters contained in
._toitt:LtePort were such as ought to be the last sub-
pr„,,ed to the meeting. In the former plan it was
he Fused that the qualification of a Director should
thenot less than five hundred shares, which throws
3'4'llole management into the hands of a few wealthy
0 'ls, and leaves the consumers as much at the
teeny of monopoly as ever.—(Hear.) The Commit-
411,,Ihvere beginning to-day at the wrong end. They
t to show first why it was that a new Company
irwanted.—(Heat and laughter.)
f r,• SorTLAwD, proprietor of the Bridge-house
an.:', Said, if the gentleman wants to know, why we
iais„""ria new Company, I will tell him. They have
t;,•;;',IIIY rate this year from 201. to 36/. ; and the
",;" and Foreign Schools from 91.95. to 21/.
kerne) Whereas the London Tavern pays only
ti ,0%, the Castle and Falcon 71. 75., and the London
.i, Report vas eechouse only 121.12s.—(Shame.)
" then unanimously adopted.
4 thatt* THORNE moved the first resolution, which was,
tee 4 a Company be forthwith formed to carry the
aftAerilltlendationa of the Report into effect ;" which,
a desultory discussion, was eventually carried.
sent qleos,‘'tion was then passed continuing the pre-
rturoher-:mittee, with instructions to increase their
A r,-,„i° 24, by selection from the Subscribers.
issue7tltion having been put that the shares should
effeet ti.," at 10/., an amendment was proposed to the
each, aat e
En shares should be no more than 11.
. tray
rePly to this it was explained that the duty
'The ,ransfer of a 1/. share would be 10s.—(Hear.)
ioriCrlginal proposition (101.) was carried by a ma-
AY (4.9 to 24. •
taitteresolution was also assed instructing the Corn-
a meeting opf
Shareholders for the elec-
%hares "'rectors as soon as a sufficient number of
itil pe,,lvere subscribed for ; the first payment to be
Th; Leent., with two months' notice of another call.
Titou-nhs were voted to Mr. Softland for the gra-
uss use of his rooms, and also to the Chairman,
"e ineeting separated.
1-4. t VE-r.
As. CAPTURE of a FORGER,
clothe followino• particulars of the capture of a forger
0: Police much credit :
Atirpo Thursday, the 17th inst., a cheque for 50/.,
flak tang to be drawn by J. M. Leader, coach-
eott "n Oxford-street, was presented at Sir Claude
'4,le fond Co.'s by Daniel Farrell, his clerk, and paid.
eierlt -gery was discovered the next day, when the
bis4llot returning to his duty, Mr. Leader opened
eallee', and finding several pieces of paper and some
ti•sh) eel cheques, on which Farrell had been prac-
lhatig_ Writing Mr. Leader's name, he sent over infor-
41ariln to his bankers. Application was made at
cat, uoroo-h
e or, 6 -street, and the matter committed to the
81(lea, l'llsPeCtor Beresford. No clue to Farrell's re-
tiet4iwas found until, on inquiry at some of his
Bader Ti the City who had recommended him to Mr.
f lain atisnote addressed to him was discovered which
'`aale; "ere a month. This proved to be from a
thi"e• theT as her 'residence was mentioned in her
Cis Parr
ells went to her, and learning from
ia(llng 3, t former address (for he behaved very
wh° "er), he followed up the clue; and ascertain-
"base, the father and mother lived, searched the
the ietio!it though he found nothing, he learned from
trelaTong-house keepers that the son had gone off
ac 11, cud as he had relations in Cork he thought
ace t4 . Would be his destination. The police were
the letter arrived on Monday evening, and
.Qtres' to,
ted llesday night Farrell and his brother were
erk by chief-constable Ward, eight miles from
Tivhotice°lll,„their way to Reverstown, to their aunt's,
I,;Vvat, ard were returning, after searching the house.
e,!ilielt-(111r pounds were found upon them, and on
IL,PPM carrell a brace of pocket pistols, loaded,
4'7 ae.%4.1a1 cocked, which he seemed inclined to have
a,"eri Most the police or himself had he not been
til4 tote surprise.- The prisoners. were brought over
he4r e irta before Mr. Rawlinson yesterday, when
v'"ence was given against Daniel Farrell, who
3%ecl h•.
rrow Is guilt. They were remanded till to-
h4rreii,),T, allow further evidence against William
present se-5.'74 they will 'be committed for trial at the
e l'ond -stc'tka of the Central Criminal Co.urt. Both
°ll I
at credi, ~4spector and the Irish police deserve
'or their active and judicious conduct.
ta.

"lam -;-, 4-L°l'4l, XiCHANGE.
West'
441e0t,01/llllittee Richard
—We learni. that the Gre
have appointed 11 i.
14ch t'
the 'eullitor, to fill the pediments of the Roya
Tli"e ;, i.tli sculpture.
LiiippolSreiie'r.oitiEs IN ASIA.—As may be naturally
m ckh4.-"' tne Whole interest, commercial and political,
The ..sLred z_
of our
~, in the important news fromthe East.
Ilgotialiti-e4B of our arms in Affghanistan,
\llih -`l.`ens at Nankin, have caused an andexcitement
%per 3. has been rarely witnessed : the favourable.
d: agora _
to4te • upon our manufactures has been. imme-
d IDthose Who were '
' and loudest in their blame of
41ere..",ainterston, for what they called his anti:corn-
thc 11)4' Peney, are not backward in their rejoicingi
has
affQ4'ght prospect the triumph of his policyt die-
Drive Ito us. The unscrupulous attempt
to d
to
a "1111 of the credit of this important resul ,i anll
tailei,Pr°Priate the merit to the Tories, has wio y
tishc virulentthe most that the public will admit is, that
4erti,„ opponents of his policy have the good
s
bee ti ~ae to be in office when the triumphant issue
1.14 ehieved.____,-, a
(-it sgow Argus.
ic-i INcomt-TAx.—The labours of the Commis-
tiers4 th.are rapidly drawing to a conclusion, in.sas fnar-
f.vc'rneed'astern district of the city of London i-
''''lrars.: Illey met on Saturday, at ten o'clock (cotlie
am cil'sioners present being Aldermen Gibbs,Wilson,_ea. °5(l te'grove Mr Deputy Blacicett, Messrs. P
,44, io'lll.R. L. Jones,Sampson, and Melville), 141'4h. reed at eleven o'clock, having no business before
but they
411 the 1,4-he sitting was resumed at a later hour, but
tercla,,- uusiness was finished before two o'clock. Yes-
Porti_j there were 132 numbers taken out, the greater_n
04 )11 of which were satisfactorily disposed of. I
llariast ehlY—and that a very bad one—wo
llL'at tfl sent back to amend his return. We understand
-
,las 1,,,e Commissioners, finding that their leniency
,Lcrpr,tert abused, are now leaning to a more strict in-
'he attempt of the Act ; but this only in cases when
Z. attletlidPt at
; evasion is palpable. the Commission-
..th then -ng' Yesterday were the same as on Saturday,
411,, .c addition of Alderman Musgrove and Messrs.
'r Icing, and Mr. Deputy Allen.