The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

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INTERESTING EXPERIMENT BY THE
LIVERPOOL AND HARRINGTON WATER

On Thursday forenoon, several gentlemen assembled4n
the yard of the. Waterworks Company, in Harrington-
street, to witness an experiment in the ejection of water
through a simple hose and pipe, which, as was fully
evinced, will, if adopted, prove of inestimable value in
the rapid extinguishment of fires in any part of the town,
independently of the slow, uncertain, and expensiv(
ployment of the best ordinary fire-engines,
A length- of new hose, with a metal branch pipe,. of
iths of an inch in diameter, was secured to a stand-pipe
communicating with one of the mains in the middle of
the yard, and by means of this simple and portable appa-
ratus, such was the united power of the hydraulic pres-
sure of the water in the reservoir and the force of the engine,
immediately proximate at the works, that it threw.a con-
tinuous stream of water to an astonishing height, and to
a great distance, by the mere direction of two men, hold-
ing the one pipe, and they on the ground. Had a man or
two been.placed on the roof of one of the 14wer build-
ings with this pipe, there can 'be no question that the
water would have reached a much higher summit, for the
hose was tortuous and kinky in several parts, and, more-
over, not perfectly water-tight, being, thougyof the best
leather, quite new, and partly pervious through the extra-
ordinary pressure. As it was, even in the infancy of the
contrivance, which, when perfected, will be much more
effective, the water was thrown to the top ot the engine
chimney of the works,—a height of at least 100 feet, and
from a point at,rnia considerable distance from it. The
power exhibitedrn combined distance and height was also
surprising. The water was thrown clear over the whole
length of four story buildings, round three sides of the
large yard, over the still higher range of houses on the
went sidenf Hill-street on the west.

After this first experiment, the parties proceeded to the
south end•of Exchange-street, with thie-same piece of hose.
This was intended to show the power_ of the contrivance
'at a long distance from the works, wherever the company
have laid mains, It was not expected that the water
could be thrown so high here as close to theengine, and in-
deed, the superintending engineer,. Mr. James Mc, Do-
nald, had ordered that the engine should be put at a low
pressure, lest any of the pipesin,thc main (which have
not been all proved, as all the, new ones are) should give
way. Nevertheless, the water was thrown across Dale-
street, to the top of Bank-buildings, tve to six ordinary
stories in height, (say 50 feet,) and over the top of the
buildings immediately contiguous at the west corner of
Exchange-street east, an apparently greater achievement,
as the projection was nearly perpendicular. The advan-
tage of the system—ta which Mr. Mc. Donald has given
his utmost attention—is not only the projecting force that
can be given to the' water, but the continuity of the
stream. By gravitation and steam-power, provided the.
pipes be strong enough, (and they can all be made so,)
as much water can be thrown, without delay, in or upon a
burning building by one of the branches used on this oc-
casion, as by six ordinary hand engines within the same
time,—the latter, be it remembered, requiring successive
relays of men to work them, and long pauses between
each exertion, during which the devouring elem:mat is ac-
complishing its work.

per 1000 cubic feet from the Ist instant.
Only two manufacturers at Manchester are now work-
ing full time.

the machine trade at Preston is suffering severely.
Where more than a hundred men were employed, only
four or five are now engaged.

On Sunday, Catherhielharples, aged 58, drowned her-
self in the reservoir near Bury, whilst in a state of intoxi-
cation.

eeting, originating with the Odd-fellows, was held
in-_ skirk,.on Monday, the vicar in the chair, to pro-
mote a subscription for Ireland. The sum subscribed in
the room was £4O.

RUNCORN.—The trade of this port is still on the in-
crease ; no fewer than 3300 vessels arrived dining the past
yvax, and upwards of 1500 vessels received cargo export
fr thence, and thirty vessels arrived from foreign ports,
SHORT TlME.—This is the twelfth week that the spin-
ners and manufacturers of the borough have worked their

mills four.days per week, and we bear nothing said of any
extension of time.—Stockport Advertiser.,
Dixon, who attempted to commit suicide during his
trial at the last Chester sessions, has since attempted to
starve himself to death. He is now nearly recovered from
the effects of the wound which he inflicted on himself in
the dock with a razor.
On Friday, an inquest was held at Moss Bank, St.
Helens, on view of the body of John Hoggatt, a labourer,
who was found dead in the school-room, at Moss Bank,
where he had gone to sleep the night previous. Mr.
Blundell, surgeon, of St. Helen's, gave his opinion that
deceased died in a fit of apoplexy.
CHARGE OF MURDER Two YEARS AGO.—A man,
named Charles Foley, was apprehended on Tuesday
night, at Wigan, on a charge of committing a murder

near Ballaghaddereen, a mile and a half from Sligo, about
two years since. He was removed from Wigan on the
following morning, in custody of an Irish officer, who had
come over to apprehend him.
THE CONSPIRACY AT NEWTON.—On Monday last, at
the Sessions Room, Elijah Bowman, Joseph Blamires,
and John Roberts, three of the parties included in the in
dictment for conspiracy against Messrs. Jones and Potts,
of the Viaduct Foundry, Newton, surrendered themselves,
and entered into the necessary sureties to appear and
take their trial with the others, at the next Liverpool as-

DINNER TO POOR AND AGED PERSONS.—Upwards of
150 poor persons, above the age of sixty-five years, were
provided with an excellent dinner, in the National School
Room, Warrington, on Monday, a subscription having
been entered into for the purpose. The Hon. and Rev.
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- On Thursday se'nnight a fire broke out in an office at-
tached to a timber-yard belonging to Mr. James Latham,
joiner and builder, St. Helen's ; the office was destroyed,
and a great many articles belonging to his trade consumed;
yet with the assistance of the neighbours, and the timely
-iyal of the engines, the fire was confined to NO-- 1

sere 1,
No cause as yet can be given as to the
The loss will be considerable.

SHORT
TIME.—The hands at the extensive cotton mill
of Messrs. Eckersley, spinners, Wigan, have been, as al-
ready stated, put upon four days a week ; and yesterday,
the Sovereign Mills, the property of Messrs. John Woods
and Co. was put under the same regulation. There is
little dnuht that Fic.vprzil :.

will almost immediately reduce their hours of labour.
One mill, that of Mr. Henry'Bullock, has been shut up
for a month.

WOMAN KILLED BY HER HUSBAND.—James Ingham,
an engineer employed at Messrs. Jamison's, machine
maker's, Oldham-road, Ashton, has been committed to

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Mg his wife. The man‘eame home late at night, found
his wife fighting with another woman, the watchmen
about, and his furniture broken, and was so exasperated,
that he knocked his wife down and kicked her. She was
far advanced in pregnancy, and this treatment occasioned
her death.

THE MANCHESTER BOROUGH GAOL.—The result of a
long debate in the Manchester Council on Wednesday
last, was the passing of a resolution to the effect that the
committee for general purposes be authorised to take the
necessary steps for the construction and management of a
new Borough Gaol, and to borrow from Government (un-

uer tne net a and t vie.) the sum required, on the most
fovourable terms as regards interest. It appears that the
sum to be borrowed is £84,000, at four per cent., but
that Government have undertaken to pay the cost, out of
the consolidated fund, of maintaining convicted prisoners.
FALL OF THE LEVIATHAN CHIMNEY,—The enormous
chimney, recently erected to the height of 140 yards, by
Mr. John Dobb, manufacturing chemist, Wigan, fell to
the ground on Thursday afternoon, about four o'clock.

and Liverpool canal, in which direction' it has fallen,
forming a bedding in the canal at least twenty-five yards
in width, and ten feet above the level of the water. The
traffic on the canal through Wigan will thus be stopped
for several days. Several workmen were on the chimney
up to twelve o'clock at noon. No person has been hurt
by the fall. •

REPENTANT THIEVES.—III September last some thieves
tered the gardens at Springfield-hall, the

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and helped themselves liberally to
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, cucy urunc ono toe garaen-
house and stole a gun. A reward for the apprehension of
the rogues was offered at the time, without effect ; but
whether the fellows have repented of their dishonesty, or
whether, the shooting season being pretty far advanced,
they have no further occasion for the implement of de-
struction, certain it is that they have secretly found their

gun in its place.—Lancaster Gazette.
IRISH EMIGRANTS IN MANCHESTER.—It is a very re-
markable fact, that, notwithstanding the large influx of
Irish paupers and mendicants into this town, during the
last few weeks, they have scarcely at all applied for relief
to the board of guardians of this union. During the pre-
sent week, only seventeen Irish families have applied to
the board, who have resided in Manchester for a shorter
period than three months. Perhaps this fact may be ac-