The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

pool custom-ho.use--

- Imports :—Wheat, IWO qrs.; parity,
qrs.; Oats, 3336 qrs. ; Beaus, 2839 qrs. ; I'ease, 522 qrs. ,
dian Corn, 39,265 qrs. • Indian Corn Ales!, 1481 hes. ; Oatm,

Exports :—Wheat, 1529 qr
Beans, 144 qrs. ; Pease, 126 qrs. ;
Indian Corn Meal, 1510 brls.; Flour, 237 aks. 4648 br
Our intelligence from London. at the time of

Barle

does not bring the close of the market,-I;uWheat trade was very languid,
to accept less money ; it v

factors. were not inclined
howe,- -^ted that

some concession would be made before the cu..
the day's business : the show of English sample
very small, and the supply from abroad only mod
Barley sold slowly, at last Monday'. -'
consequence of limited

lusion of

moved tardily ; a
remain unaltered

receipt
iu Beans

dear, but

the quotations

AMERICAN VERSUS IRISH PROVISIONS

For some time past we have noticed a gradual diminu-
tion in the amount of Irish provisions on the market.
Hams have been successively " dull," " a drug," " un-
saleable," and for weeks they appear to have gone alto-
gether. This was the first article to becorr
the quotations; Lard has f•llowed ;
considerable time been quoted non
figure, i.e., " long middles, free from
50/; but no specification is made of and
Let us look at the American trade.
Barnes, and Whittingham tell us th^'
qgo
" A
nfbout 1000 boxes Bacon were brought award by auctior
1,11;r11

,visible in

and Bacon has for a

the same
,ew)► 481 ca,

Black,

last creel

off briskly at 31/6 @ 33/, and light Westernijndtniaici at 34/
(0 36/. The inquiry for fine Eastern continues languid ; 37/ @
39/ has been paid for long middle rib in, and 40/ a 41/6 free
from bone. Hams have gone off at 36/ @ 40/, .
quest. No Shoulders in the market. Pork com
in retail quantities. The sales of Beef are on ait
Cheese in little demand : fair quality has b-
-43/ ; fine is wanted."

s to sell
to scale.
t 42/

The only article in which the Irish producer appears to
maintain himself in the market is new Butter, for which,
with increasing imports this week, prices have declined
2/ 'p' cwt.

BEBINGTON BAZAAR.—This bazaar, the object of which
is perhaps the most laudable that c€ n be conceived, viz.,

church, will be held during the r
majesty the Queen Dowager has c
name to be associated with those of

to allow her

1 Rock Ferry
lion. Those
assisting. the

re usually -made

LIVERPOOL WATER SUPPLY.

its own ;
town ; t]
circurast

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force the %Tate

would be caused

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and so con]

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plan, and every f
effective manner.

a level

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may be
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brought to

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tending
of fuel.

upply c

however, for v

4,000,000 gallc

station

-maker, 1\

report i

to state ti

tended
Simpsc

have to

the' machine

as a statioi
dock suppl

vered into
Windsor v

least 1,000,C

the daily quantity of
supplies the council

Lshire-r

with a uniform water level standing at a considerable
height above the bottom ; that no tendency to exhaustion
in the deep strata has hitherto been perceptible, as proved
by the fact that whenever the Green-lane engine has been
stopped for a short time, the water has risen to the height
at which it was found on sinking the well; that deep sink-
ing and excavation, in judicious situations, have always
been attended with success ; that the parts of the district
yet unappropriated promise a copious supply ; and, finally,
that the draught from the sandstone increases its absorb-
ing power. From all these considerations they arrive at
the conclusion that "a supply of water sufficient
.for
the present and prospective wants of the town may be
obtained from the new red sandstone,"
It has been objected, they say, that such supply would
be expensive, owing to the fractured condition of the
strata, the great divisions formed by which have been not
inaptly termed " boxes" ' • and that when these fractures
are filled up with clay and impermeable matter, aseparate
well will be required for each division. Presuming this
to be the case, however, they conceive that all difficulty
will be got rid of by making such boxes or divisions,
communicate laterally and empty their contents into a
common subterraneous channel, instead of pumping the
water from each -separately from above. Wells can be
sunk at a great central station, and driftway, or small
tunnels carrieJ from them underground, intersecting

nese -- poxes," or divisions if they exist, and laying
under contribution any extent of red sandstone. Should
such divisions be found, as is stated in layers, at different
depths, they will be effectually tapped by the shafts which
will be required to be sunk at intervals, for the ventila-
tion of the tunnels and removing materials. They re-
mark, however, that experience at Green-lane and other
sinkings in the sandstone does not warrant the supposi-
tion that the fissures are always filled with impervious
materials, the fact being that the substance which they
contain is often porous, and thus form the main channels
in which the underground waters are conveyed, and which
will be intercepted and carried to the central station by
the driftways and borings.
The following are the details of

SIMPSON AND NEWLAND'S PROPOS

M,PLAY

cumstano
ti

the site we consider most advisable, under all cir-
-, for a central pumping station, would be at
present Green-lane works. The well here is 185 feet
eep ; the rock at the bottom of it is much fractured, dis-
located, and loose ; and the greatest flow of water is from
this portion. We would propose to sink deeper into this
loose rock, and from this point to drive a heading or small
tunnel, in the first instance in a northerly direction,

elling, in which direction
the strata are surcharged with water, and are
to be most favourably situated with regard to the
erranean collection of it. In the estimate which we
ve made of the expense of the work, we have assumed
tunnel to be three miles long; but we arprehend that
le demand would not render this extent of excavation
ecessaryfor a considerable time to come.

" In this manner any desired supply of water, limited
only by the quantity to be found in the sand-stone of the

y • %I
district pierced, may be collected at Green-lane, as a cen-
tral station, and from thence raised for distribution.
" Supposing, therefore, it were decided to have recourse
to the sand-stone as the source of water supply, we will
proceed to state what are the measures we would suggest,
for the establishment of such a supply on the most com-
prehensive and economical plan.

" Our idea is, that the .new works should eventually
be made the principal source of supply to the town,
and that, as they become gradually advanced to such
an extent as to afford the required quantity of water,
the whole of the present stations, with the exception of
Green-lane and Windsor, should ultimately be aban-
doned. Bevington-bush, Soho, Water-street, and Ho-
tham-etreet stations, require such an outlay to make them
as might be much better expended on the more
.1 with respect to Bootle, thougl-
, and the -.qv abundant.

ks ; am'
;owl

, -
ty paid for the water makes it
the expedient to give this up al

, the
3 expensive, that it
so, when it could be

3Tpensated else

" There would be no difficulty, in our opinion, in dis.
losing of the land and materials, at any of the stations,
o advantage, when it was desired to abandon them.
" The Windsor engine should be thoroughly put in
Tder, and made to deliver into the Kensington reservoirs.
'his, and the present Green-lane engine, would deliver
bout 2,000,000 gallons daily ; and, as the present maxi-
sum requirement of the town frem the water works may
e taken at about 8,000,000 gallons, the remaining
,000,000 would have to be supplied by the proposed new
-orks, which might hereafter be extended gradually, ac-
Drding to the increase of the demand.

be considers

" lst.—lt would be central; the principal part of
the pumping would be done at one station, by which a

I working would be attained. -
2ndly.—The plan would ensure a great saving of
)ense. We have already shown how expensive the
sent stations are, and it needs but little considera-
a to shew that the new works would be in a high

e favourable, as regards
-ow works

Jo n o y.
.—The ne.. would, from their nature,
be capable of gradual extension in the most convenient
manner. The length of tunnel driven may gradually
be increased, and the pumping power augmented, as
the present stations are one by one abandoned, and as
the demands for water subsequently become greater.
By contrivances, too, of a very simple and well-known
kind, the gradual extension of the subterranean works
may be effected without interrupting the supply of
water from those portions already in action."
As the quality of the water thus to he obtainc.
uch canvassed, the engineers forwarded two specnne,
ne, one taken at Kensington and ano-
-qd well, to Professor Brande for

I has been

analysis ; and that gentleman's report states both waters
as "extremely soft, very pure, and quite fit for domestic
purposes, the Green Lane water having 9 degrees of hard-
ness by Dr. Clarke's test, and the Birkenhead water only
41." They add :

" It is worthy of remark, that an analysis was lately
made by Professor Brande, of water supplied by several
of the London Companies, and also of samples taken
direct from the Thames, at different points, one of these
being seventy miles up the river, near Henley ; the qua-
lity of these samples varied from 14 to 17 degrees of Dr.
Clarke's test, and contained 19.5 to 23 grains of solid
matter per gallon. Hence the water from the sand-stone
at Birkenhead and Green-lane is proved to be many de-
grees softer than any used in London.