The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

TIE LiYIRP•OL STANDARD.

with water. &ibiramis, Queen of Assyria, and founder
of Babylon) constructed an aqueduct to supply that city.
which was of immense strength, and calculated to yield
miler for a considerable distance. The Greeks comme-
morated the finding of a spring by a festival and religious
services took place on the anniversary of the opening of a
well. The wells of the Greeks were celebrated for their
architectural beauty and costliness. The ancient supply
of Rome was 100 cubic feet of water per diem for each
individual • whereas, at the present time in England, we
had scarcely one cubic foot in 24 hours for each individual.
This he attributed to the want of protection to capital,
and to the prejudice which generally existed against re-
ceiving supplies from proposed sources. Mr. Gore was
frequently applauded during the course of his remarks ;
and, in conclusion, stated that in his next lecture he
should allude more fully to the supply of water in modern
times. On Friday, Mr. Gore resumed his subject; hut to
a very thin audience. He gave a cursory but very inte-
resting historical sketch of the various modes of water sup-
ply employed in France, America, and our own country.
Speaking of the Roman aqueducts, he called especial
attention to the fact that even at a considerable outlay,
uniformity of velocity was sought in conveying the water
from its primary reservoirs to the city. The gradient given
to large aqueducts was about six inches per mile; and he
mentioned one instance to show that, although if the
water had been brought in a straight line it would only
have to traverse 22 miles, it was taken a sinuous course in
the country, a length of 44 miles, to secure a uniform
descent. The lecturer sketched the magnificent projects
of water supply originated in the time and through the
means of Louis Quatot ze, and concluded by special and
interesting reference to the chief works undertaken in our
own country. We ought to mention that Mr. Gore was
assisted in some of his illustrations by the patent rapid
water purifier of Mr. Forster, of South John-street,
which he said was the best invented, whether as regarded
the main object in view or the neatness and convenience
of the apparatus, which may be constructed of any size
for the use of private families or large public establish-
ments.

LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,

DEFEAT OF THE ROMANS

The despatches which have been received from General
Oudinot by the Government are dated 4th of Jane, five
o'clock a.m., from the head-quarters, the Villa Pamfili.
The attack commenced at three o'clock on the morning of
;'3rd, when the Villa Pamfili, the church of San Pan•
zia, the Villas Corsino and Valentine were successively
The Villa Pamfili was defended by numberless

ricades and 20,000 men. More than 2-00 prisoners,
including 10 officers, were taken by the French before five

the same morning; three standards and 200,000 cartridges
were also captured. The Church San Pancrazia was taken
at seven o'clock a.rn., and the Palace Corsini at ten o'clock,
and at the same hour the Villa Valentini. The Romans
set fire to these positions with their mortars, and the
French had to abandon them, ksit they were immediately
retaken. Garibaldi tried to turn the left of the French
position, but failed. On the night of the 3rd the Romans
had attempted A sortie, but were driven back. In the
taking of these important positions the French had 1G
men wounded, of whom 7 were officers. The amount of
killed is not stated. The despatch states that the Freud

,roops be, aumira►bty,
Besides the official despatch just mentioned, two tek
graphic despatches are -said to have been received, which
would fix the loss of the 'Romans at 800 killed and wounded,

and 300110.

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