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operation of the proposed water bill, it was decided that
such a request could not be entertained.
Some routine business was then disposed of, and the
Board adjourned.

CORRESPONDENCE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

O quid agits ? fortiter occupa
Portum. * * *

* * 'FU nisi ventis
Debes ludibrium, cave —Hort

Sin,—A state of uncertainty and doubt respecting the
intentions or the sentiments of public men and lukewarm
legislators, is, in the greatest degree, prejudicial to our
interests and detrimental to our strength. The covert
designs of secret enemies and professing friends are al-
ways the most dangerous, because the most successful.
Disaffectio❑ in the camp, or the mine under the fortifica-
tions, are more to be dreaded than forests of enemies and
roars of artillery.

The purposes of Sir Robert Peel—disguised, but suffi-
ciently apparent to the man of more than ordinary obser-
vation, who, elevated above the multitude, like the astro-
nomer in his observatory, takes more than an ordinary
view—were expounded to an incredulous people six
months ago, amongst others very confidently and im-
pressively by yourself, before experience had verified
your lamentable anticipations, and what was thought
prophecy had grown into fact. But now, sir, no one can
plead ignorance. Simple fact is the object of discern-
ment, without the chances of probability, or the mystifi-
cations of prophecy. The measures of the betrayer have
been fully developed, treachery has avowed itself, and
moral turpitude can no further go. The once sceptical
people stand amazed, and the only advantage gained is
that lesson which experience never fails to teach, and
which I now exhort my countrymen to treasure in their
memories and impress upon their minds.

The position of the Church, it is almost needless to
premise, is one pregnant with alarm to every faithful
Protestant and anxious adherent, solicitous for her wel..
fare and devoted to her cause. It is not, sir, that it is
assailed from without ; it is not that the " great whore"
rears its head from Rome; but that the secret stab of
perfidy is aimed at her existence, and the " worker of
iniquity" is developing himself at home, avowing himself
in our parliament, and creeping into the breasts of our
statesmen, infecting our universities, and poisoning our
bishops. The unqualified opposition of Popery we were
fully expectant to see, if not prepared to meet: the roar-
ing of the " beast" did not surprise, however it might
alarm ; but we naturally started with horror and amaze-
ment at the hissing of the " auguis in herba," the snake
in the grass. We have long implored Providence to pro-
tect us from our enemies ; but, alas! the day has at
length arrived when we must with equal fervour cry,
" Save us from our friends!"

But, sir, amidst our execrations of Government and
opposition to their measures, we must not lose sight of
the dangerous heresy which has lately partially receded
from public view. People Are too apt to imagine, that
because its spirit has recoiled from that observation which
is not yet ripe for its more mature developement, " Pu-
seyism" has had its day ; but, with great earnestness, I
would warn my countrymen against this delusion. The
English character is constitutionally inclined to the desire
of quietude and repose; and whilst John Bull can soothe
his con,cience with such a consideration, he sits down
indolent and inenergetic, if not lulled into perfect indif-
ference. 'This apathy is exactly for what the enemies of
Protestantism—Mr. Newman, Dr. Pusey, and the Jesuits
—are anxious. They have well studied this peculiarity in
the English character, and, with all the detested arts of a
Machiavel, have shaped their policy in accordance. Let
us not be deceived ; let us foil them with their own wea-
pons ; let us spoil their chosen game. Think not that,
because it is somewhat hid, Tractarianism is extinct.
Though suppressed, it is not destroyed ; though we see
not the smoke, the fire is nut yet extinguished ; though
the flames are not visible, they still smoulder. Jugglery
is the very essence of Popery; and whilst, nay because,
candour is the principle of truth, it is only by this that
success can attend the system of evil. Let us strip it,
then, of its new-fangled dis,emblance, and drag the latent
confederacy of darkness to the searching light of day.
Believe me, there are at this moment, and increasing
every day, Jesuits ordained into the .Established Church
—Romanists preaching the " doctrine of devils" from
Protestant pulpits, and, under the appearance of expound-
ing Protestant tenets, inculcating to a deluded audience
the errors of Popery. 0 what need had ye to endow the
polluted College of Maynooth, when, from the classic
Seminaries of Oxford, the poison of heresy and schism is
circulated through Protestant England
lieu pietas. heu prisca fides."
Quis. talia fanda"

" Temperet a lacrym is ? "

These statements cannot be denied. They are facts
which have been repeatedly proved, and shown incontro-
vertible. It has been proved that those destroyers of
domestic peace are insinuating themselves into families
the least open to their attacks, or apprehensive of their
machinations; that their presence is poisoning and blast-
ing where it is thouzht most distant, and that even Pro-
testant pulpits have been used as the means of conveying,
to a Protestant clergyman's own daughter, the instru-
ments of perversion from her faith, and corruption of her
fidelity to her home and parents! Can it be doubted that
it is through the agency of Puseyism the genius of Jesuit.
ism is asserting itself in Protestant Engltind,—yea, and
developing itself in England's Church? Whilst we are
apathetic, they work secured from observation and pro-
tected from interference. Whilst the watch-dog sleeps,
they effect a surer entrance into our Master's mansion :
like the mole or the rat, that hides its head beneath the
covering of the soil, they are feeling their way unheeded
and un,een. There is, indeed, no circumstance that in
the slightest degree tends to, show that Puseyism has
ceased its apostate work, or that its supporters are para-
lysed in their secret efforts. Is not Dr. Pusey—(a man
whose countenance, it is said, is remarkably significant of
the deceitfulness of his heart)—is not Dr. Pusey yet the
head of one of our c:ille2es?—are not those entrusted
with the education of England's youth, tainted with the
deadly schism ?—and is not the university choked with

those who deem it no dishonour, in the Jesuitical distor-
tion of all their, finer sympathie3 and feelings, to think
one thing and avow another—to walk with a " lie in their
right hand" ? What, then, can we expect, but that, in
conjunction with the detested disciples of Ignatius L9y-
ola, who derive their name from a blasphemous and pre-
sumptuous perversion of the sacred cognomen of the
Saviour of men, they are covertly, and therefore more
surely---in_ the camp, and therefore more successfully-,

screened from public observation, and therefore more
atrociously—exerting all their powers, and using every
base advantage, to poison the fountain of truth, and open
the sluices o error—to uproot the foundation of our
" Catholic faith," and to subvert the holy consequences
of the Reformation—to destroy the nat'onal principle of
Christianity, and erect the " worker of iniquity" in its
Place—and, by laying in the dust all that has maintained
her in her proud position and placed her above all the
earth, blot England from the records of nations, and
England's Protestantism from the annals of relieons ?
For my part, sir, I am free to confess that I would rather
see the workings of this daneerous heresy, and witness its
proceedings, than be conscious that it is mustering its
efforts, managing a catastrophe, and sinking n mine, that
shall one day burst for h in all the terribleness of matu-
rity, and astonish affrighted Christendom with the explo-

or powers

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already stated, the resolutions, cautiously' abstained from
saying where such a power or right should rest.
As Mr. Hume had obtained the appointment of a
committee to investigate these matters, and to endea-
vour to consolidate the introduction of water with the
sewerage, paving, and improvement of towns, pro-
bably Parliament might, without the interference of that
meeting, say who were the proper parties to introduce it.
He would not trouble the meeting with any further remarks
upon this resolution, because he knew that Mr. Moore,
Mr. Rely, and other gentlemen conversant with the whole
machinery, and who were better able to enter more into
details, and to give better information than he possibly
could be, would address them. He had attended merely as
a make-weight to abew his entire approbation of and great
anxiety for Liverpool having as ample a supply of water,

I shall enter a little further into the subject in another
Yours, &c.,

and as cheap as it was possible. Mr. Brown here read
the first resolution, which will be found in our advertising
columns, and added, that in opposing the present bill,
there was another evil to be referred to of a very impor-
tant character. Many persons had private wells and
founts upon their own premises. If the bill were suffered
to go on, and the company were allowed to sink their
wells deeper, all the private wells and founts would be
drained, and the owners robbed of that water which they
now enjoyed without ith 0-- her damage of

NIGEL,

ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, TOXTETH PARK

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sts.—it is with a mixture of pleasure and pain that I
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of your valuable and widely-circulated p;'per, that the
congregation of St. Thomas's, Tosteth Park, are about to
be deprived of their much-esteemed pastor, the Rev.
Walter Butler, A.M., the present incumbent. It is .a
source of pleasure that the Directors of the Grand Junc-
tion Railway Company har- -nan;:- to *l-- -bi.

price, w furl.
being compelled to pay a large price for its substitute
(Hear.) Mr. Brown concluded amidst much applause by
reading the resolution.
Mr. GEORGE GREEN said that in the resolution which
bad just been read. and which he had the honour to %P.

~(esteo xi the inhat,.
tants of Crewe a glorious Christian philanthropy for the
spiritual welfare of their immortal souls, by erecting a
place for the public worship of our Creator on the Sab-
bath-day, and appointing the Rev. Weterlautler to the
living ; and may those objects which they have in view be
crowned with blessings, which I have no doubt will be
followed by the appointment of such an indefatigable and
zealous gospel minister as the reverend gentleman of whom
they have made choice. And it is additional pleasure
that the congregation have almost unanimously signed a

memorial to John Gladstone. Esq., in favour of t
tented curate, the Rev. Chas. Marshall, being successor to
the vacant incumbency, which selection will be very much

esteemed by a many of the roorer classes

and especially the pnor children now assembled in the
schools connected with the above church.—l am, s'r. &c.
ONE OF HIS HEARERS.

April 13th, 1846

DANGEROUS DRlVlNG.—Yesterday, at the police-
court, a respectable looking man, named Littler, was
charged by a female and a 'Wig,. ntE,,r With

uiavc,, nos gig turiously down St. John's-lane, on Satur-
day night, by which the complainant was knocked down
and hurt, and some articles of grocery which she was car-
rying scattered and lost in the street, to the amount of
9s. The defendant said that his mare was skittish, and

he could not restrain her; also that
complainant. It appeared, however, that he was rather
intoxicated:at the time, and be was fined 40g. and costs
for furiously driving, and informed that be must compen-
sate the female for the Harks she had experienced,
otherwise he would grant her a summons against him, to
enforce the payment of a fair amount.
CORNS.—Those who are troubled with these abomi-
nable excresences on their feet, should refer to the ad-
vertisements in our paper of to-day. Mr. Picard, an
acknowledged skilful practitioner, extracts them at one
shilling each.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—ADD Saturday even-
ing last. Mr. Lover gave his entertainment, entitled
" The Queen's Vi-it to Ireland." The attendance was
very numerous, and Mr. Lover gave•great satisfaction,
particularly in the relation of his anecdotes. It will be
seen, from the advertisement, that Mr. Ransford gives
his " Gipsy entertainment ,on Saturday evening next.
SIGNOR CAMILLO SIVORI.—This unrivalled violinist
appears at the two grand concerts which will be given
to-night and Thnrsday next, at the Concert-hall, Lord
Nelson-street. The public will also have an opportunity
on the same evening of hearing Mr. J. L. Hatton, the
popular vocalist, in the style of Mr. John Parry, our ta..
leated townswoman Miss Whitnall, and Mr. W. H.
Reeves.
DEATHS THROUGH INTOXICATION.—On Sunday night week
John Dickinson fell into a cellar in Leeds-street, while in a
state of intoxication. The deceased was taken home, where he
died shortly afterwards from the injuries received. On Satur-
day week John Gaskell, of Bevington-bush-road, took an over
dose of laudanum, while in a state of intoxication, and died in
a few hours afterwards.

cond, he found two distinct propositions assumed; first,
that the supply of water was deficient ; and next, that
the mode of its distribution Was imperfect. Of the defi-
ciency of supply, we might be better able to judge when
we learned what • competent authorities said was an ade-
quate supply, such as Mr. Thom or Mr. Ilawke,ley.
Mr. Hawkeslev laid it down, that as a minimum supply,
each family ought to have twenty gallons daily. Liverpool
was supplied by two nompooies—tho Tata.terworkw
Company, and the Liverpool and Harrington Company.
These companies trading in water, of course, were not very

anxious to communicate any informution as to the qt
tity supplied by them, their ohj-ct naturally beim

the Bootle Company might be told from the capacity of
the tanks and the pipes, and the power of the en.
gines ; but he was unwilling to trespais on this sub.
iect. as Mr. Thomas Moore. who brad aponto,l

attention to the silbj-ct could afford much better int•orma-
tion. Mr. Moore estimated the possible supply of water
by the Bootle Company at one million gallons in 24
hours. He (Mr. G. Green) found, in an old memoran-
dum book, dated 1798, August 30,• that at the request of
Mr. Bryers, from London, Mr. Holt, from Walton, with
Mr. Yates, surveyor, and six or eight rther gentlemen,

went to Bootle to examine the quantity of "rater produced

There were present the Rev. Mr.
attorney ; Mr. Harper, Lark-
William Kerr, &c.

produced in 24 hours
Houseman; Mr. Wyatt
hall; Mr. George Green, sen.; Mr

an. Lim memoranuum went into tne details of measure-
ment, but the result, as he had stated, was that these
springs yielded 278,280 wine gallons in 24 hours, being one-
fourth of the amount it was now stated at. What their
improved works, excavations, and overflowings of the canal
might add he did not know ; but if the supply were calcu-
lated at one million gallons, he feared it had been taken at
far beyond the fact. The next company that furnished a
supply was the Liverpool and Harribgton. These two
supplied the whole town. Of the nature and quantity of
the supply furnished by the Harrington cc mpany he had
no reason to speak, because they admitted they had never
been able to furnish sufficient water to the town. They
merely took water which was available to the inhabitants,
and charged them fur it. (Hear.) The nature of the sup-
ply furnished by this company was well known; but it
i did appear that at a certain depth below low water, n the
red sandstone, water was to be drawn. The wells which
this company proposed to sink would be in this rock, and i
thus the private wells would be drained. The wells in Green-
lane had drained all the surrounding wells for a circuit of
three miles; and be therefore perfectly agreed wilh Mr.
Brown that it was utterly hopeless to expect a competent
supply from any works managed in the same manner.
(Hear, hear.) As to the node of distribution all 015
meeting were aware of it. (Hear.) The water was on so
many days in the week ; sometimes the tomcod's were
not in attendance at all to turn on the water, and thus
there was much inconvenience and loss of time to the

I SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE TOWN.—IMPOR- publicmanagement.nthis
dwellwas
within
from the mode of
TANT PUBLIC MEETING. every person's observation and
he would
upon it. (Hear.) The next part of the resolution to which
Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a public meeting of the he would direct attention was a strong recommendation,
i bill, and for taking any other measures requisite to pro-
as from that meeting, to unite in opposing the present
vide an ample supply of water. (Hear.) He wished the
with a most repectable requisition addressed to the
burgessesNi
ei
pr ue and i
Courtinhabitants anhfi ttahnets
Sessions
r lo o l
House,w a
compliancesinhel di n
meeting particularly to notice this suggestion, because
Mayor, for the purpose of " taking into consideration the what was most wanted in this matter was a desire for
but that we must appeal to London upon matters which
bill of the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works union. It was a common reproach against us that we
Company brought now before parliament." The Mayor were not able to settle our differences among ourselves,
ought ►to have been arranged in Liverpool. The grand
_the presided,
most near
influentialwho m we
merchantsobserved
aan
dc o
inhabitantsn i , l era ble
theof
town and neighbourhood. panacea for all our differences invariably was, " Ssnd a
he MAYOR, on assuming the chair, opened then pro- deputation up to London." (A laugh.) He was very mach
ceedigs by stating that he had eonv„ed the meetig in of opinion that a deputation to London was rather the end
consequence of a requisition, numerously signed. The than the means. (Hear, hear.) In fact there was no
requisition, his worship added, would explain the pur- more jollier life than that of a deputation man in London.
severald object of the meeting, and he understood that (A laugh.) He had certainly some arduous duties to per-
in the committee-rooms of the House of Commons; he
gentlemen were present who would explain their form. For instance, he must have his back whitewashed
noraticular views, and also submit resolutions. Ile had
*doubt the meeting would receive both.their resolu- must submit to the hot and cold draughts of Dr. Reed's
tions and their remarks in the spirit in which, he was sure, ventilators—which were no joke; he must fish for stray
they would be offered, namely, that of improving the po- members of Parliament, who, like Thames trout, were I
sition of the town with regard to the supply of water. very scarce, and also watch with wishful glances the de-
The TOWN-CLERK read the requisition ; stating that parting robe of Mr. Austin, when the Speaker was an-
-73) signatures were attached to it. flounced at prayers. He must write home that one
Mr. Wm. BROWN moved the first resolution. He said member had worked like a regular brick, and that another
that owing to the position in which Liverpool stood, as had supported him ; anti then he must adjourn to the
notoriously the most unhealthy town in the 'kingdom, a deputatinns' dinner. What were we doing in the mean-
character which was sustained by evidence that could riot time? (Hear.) Were we thinking of the purity of %Touc-
he doubted—the visitations made through it, in the first hall-road and New Bird-street, that the annual flight
instance, by Dr. Duncan, subsequently by the Sanatory of deputation men must go on upon the wings of the ex-
Commissioners, and again by testimony given before the press train ? Was fever to bold its fell revels about
V 1 etch Committee by Mr. Walthew and others—there I Crosbie-street, in order that the Diddlesex Junction
could be no doubt it was necessary to do something to might be invited to dinner at the Burlington ? These
secure the introduction of a more abundant supply of , were matters which he trusted would be setied at home,
water, particularly as the want of it was one of the pri- without the constantly recurring evil of sending depute-
rnary causes of unhealthiness. (Hear.) This subject tions to London. (Hear.) Having said this touch, he
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deeply affected all classes of the inhabitants ; and they 'would leave the resolution in the hands of the Mayor, in
the firm conviction that it would be confirmed by the
had very properly called upon the Mayor to preside at
', meeting ; and that the meeting would thus take the first
this meeting, in order that their views might be known
upon a subject so important to all. (Hear.) To do so i great step towards securing an ample supply of water
was a duty we owed to ourselves—(hear),—we owed it to I' for this great and flourishing town. (Cheers )
the town in which we lived ; but more particularly was it Toe MAYOR then put the resolution, and it was una-
owing to the humbler classes of our townsmen, many of nimously carried.
whom had not, on many occasions, the means of washing Mr. BLACKBURN rose to move the next resolution, and
their hands and faces. (Hear, hear.) It must be obvi- commenced by expressing extreme regret at the absence
ous to every gentleman who had taken the trouble to of a gentleman who had greatly distinguished himself up-
visit the courts, alleys, streets, and cola de sac, mentioned on this subject, and whose proceedings in relation to it
in the evidence he had referred to, that it was utterly had entitled him to the gratitude and confidence of the
impossible for the poor either to wash their clothes, to public. He referred to Mr. Samuel tlokne. (Cheers.)
keep their persons clean, or to make their dwellings so tidy There were two points, both of which had been referred
and
emain at comforta
home ble,
with tas that husbanmilies ids should be disposed to by preceding speakers, which must be taken for granted
to rheir fan r evening, in e in all the proceedings and discussions upon this subject.
filth and dirt that surrounded them. The natural come- One was, that a very abundant supply of water was abso-
quence of such a state of things was, that the poor men,
when they went home after a hard day's work, did not find lately essential to the health, comport, and morals of
lare towns, Liol among rest ; and te next,
necessary comforts in their dwellings, and they naturally that in this townver therpoe wawamost lamentable deficiency
resorted to the pothonse, where they found the well sanded in the supply. Supposing it to be granted for the sake of
floor, a comfortable fire and a pot of beer. The habits so argument, that the existing companies were able to fur-
induced were well known to lead to great demoralisation, nish a sufficient supply to all who were able or
so that not only the health but the morals of the town willing to pay for it, still the question how
suffered from the want of water. (Hear.) Much had was it with regard to the supply to the humbler
been said about the difficulty of procuring a sufficient sup- classes? (Hear, bear.) How with regard to the sup.. ply for Liverpool. He apprehended there was nothing ply for the extinzuishing of fires ? (11,ar.) How with
in this objection. It was very probable that within the regard to the cleansing of the streets (Hear.) HOW
range of the borough a sufficient supply could not be ob- with regard to the flooding of the sewers ? (Hear, hear.)
tained ; but that a sufficient supply could be had by going To all these questions he thought an unfavourable answer
to a short distance for it could not be doubted ; and surely
must be given. It must be admitted that as related to
the expense ought not to be matter for question when these points we were badly situated—so that even if the
water was literally as necessary to our existence as food. wealthy inhabitants of the town could command a sufficient
(Hear, hear.) At this moment there were four bills be- supply—which he fraekly confessed was within his own
fore parliament, each seeking, one more than another, to experience—there were a great variety of points of essen-
obtain for us a greater supply of water. First, there tial importance which the present companies were unable
was Lord Lincoln's bill, which had, as it appeared to to meet. The town, therefore, was called upon to ob-
him, a great deal of unnecessary machinery, and the tain a better supply than was at present possessed by
purposes of which could be supplied in Liverpool with- it (hear). The resolution he should have the honour
out having an additional corporate body, either through to propose went to this very point. Before he read
the medium of the Town Council or that of the High- the resolution he must be allowed to say that he
way Board. The resolutions to be brought before the trusted Fe might regard the present meeting as the
meeting cautiously abstained from saying what par- commencement of a series of exertions on the part of -
ties ought to introduce the water ; but at the. same the inhabitants which would insure the triumph of the-
' they were Protllla. —a— • -

1 time they were equally strong in the expression of a be- object in view. In embarking upon any enterprise, we
lief that the subject should be taken up by the town, and ought to have distinctly before us the object aimed at, the
that there ought to be an ample supply of water at any purpose to which we directed our exertions, and the point
cost. (Applause.) It was understood the Harrincton at which we would be satisfied, and without which we
Water Works Company had been desirous of negociating would not be satisfied. He thought it desir,,ble, then,
with the Corporation for the purchase:of their property ; to lay it down as a general principle, that the wealthy but, having failed, they were now in negociation with the and the poor inhabitants ought never to be satisfied upon Highway Board. He hoped and trusted the means would this subject until they had secured a supply of water,
be found for making ample compensation to the private limited only by the demands of the people —(Cheers.)
interests of every man for what he had expended in that More than that—they ought never to be satistied until
company, or far any prospective advantages that might be the distribution throughout the whole town had Upon
way ; but private interest must on all occasions give made in the best possible manner.—(Hear, hear ) Upon
way to the public good—a principle which had long been a subject of tmhirs.soßrtla,cwkebuwrenre
here
anever t o
rsetsoopl
usthi
oo
nr t,
admitted. When he looked at the supply that the existing of the nearest approach to absolute perfection.—( Loud
companies were furnishing, and compared it with that of cheering..
some of the cities across the Atlantic, at a very moderate and in continuation expressed a hope that the audi-
cost, and in most ample quantities, be must suppose that a ence would bear with him if he ventured to make
similar feeling of good will towards an indigent and a few observations upon the distinct parts of it. The first
labouring fellow-townsmen, would actuate the people point referred to, which claimed attention, was the ap-
of Liverpool. (Hear, (hear.) He knew from personal pointment of a public body, to supply water to the public,
inspection that Baltimore had a constant supply of water, in opposition to the principle of competition by different
and that the poor might, at all times, rert to the companies, or the establishment of any one company,
hydrants in the streets, when they required it, if they having in view a profit from the capital invested. He did
did not think fit to have the water in the interior not hesitate to avow himself a stren.ious advocate, in the
great majority of cases, for competition. He believed
of their houses. (Hear, hear). Philadelphia had an
equally constant supply both for the poor, for extinguish- that, in the vast majority of cases, by the force of compe-
ing fires, and for all necessary purposes. The city of tition the cheapest supply of any given article ccuid be
New York had gone to very great expence with the same obtained, and in the best possible way, and that it might
object. It had cost the city of New York nearly two safely be left to society to regulate the supply and demand ; millions sterling to bring the water of the Croton river but there were cases which furnished exceptions to the
into the town, and £700,000 additional to distribute it rule. It was not very difficult to prove, or at least to ad.. through the streets (hear). In order to endeavour to duce reasons to show, that the supply of water was one of
padrocure
been called to o a similar.supply in Liverpool, the present meeting these exceptions. We must never push any principle to
hppose the bill introduced by the its utmost pos.ible extent, because there were exceptions
Liverpool and Harrington Water Works Company, which to every principle, however general its application.
appeared to him intended to entail upon this town a mode
tWahwenhiewbe
mcuonstsidbeereedxptehnedevderiyn
plarge r
iamounte
rofancadpiin-
of supplying it exceedingly inexpedient. It was natural
to expect that when a company was framed for a given providing the works for its distribution ; the difficulties
purpose, they would endeavour to make it profitable, and to
obtain remuneration for the capital employed upon the un- lying in the way of ob'aining an act of parliament to
dertaking. They could not be blamed for that. But if the constitute a company, and the length of time that must
object in view were entrusted to a public body, where necessarily elapse before any dividend could be made to
the shareholders ; when we reflected further upon the
there was no private interest involved, we viewed it with
great advantages that a ~,... ..;...:.._

dency, of which we were not quite diu e of proof in
Liverpool, where two or mire companies ex ed t
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o coalesce,
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causeto play
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ok
re
town in the greatest qumtity at the least possible cost.
The requisitionists who had met to concoct the resolutions
to be presented to the meeting, suggested that the bill of the
Harrington Water Works Compy should be opposed
their own interest and emolument,—he thoug it the
arudostpetd
the
resolutions meetingw otuhladt
wouldon u
hen
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meeting woti'd say these were very sufficient reasons for
preferring to be supplied by a public body, rather than by
He understood there were some differ-
iemi:iiicl, sentiment,
te milted.
dor o(
between the Corporation and the_ High- nrivate enterorize. (Cheers.; When it was con,idererl
pl:lainneeadiortn.)

article of indispensable necessity

it was important it should be accessible for public pur-
poses as well as for private use, and for many purposes
for which payment could not be demanded, he thought
the meetine would concur in the resolution that it was
the duty of the public, in their corporate capacity, to
provide themselves—(hear)—to dioribute it, not for the
purposes of emolument or profit, but for the use of
the community, at the lowest possible charge, (Hear.)
A. question might naturally arise, whether it was possible
to obtain a larger quantity of water than was already dis-
tributed in Liverpool for the use of the inhabitants, be-
cause if no more could be obtained than was already ob-
tained, no beneficial purpose could be served. The
means of an abundant supply was the first f ihential ele-
ment towards the improvement of our condition in this
respect. This question was exceedingly important, and
one which, f bPfn— -- •

, trom the evidence aore us, it was not diffi-
cult to answer in the affirmative. It was very easy to
show, and he should for this purpose avail himself of the
information afforded in the second volume of the Health

of Towns' Commission Reports [Evidence on the supply
of Water]. There could be no great difficulty in obthin-
ing a sufficient quantity for all the purposes of Liverpool,
however large the town might eventually become. Mr.
Thom, in his evidence, pointed out three sources whence
. .

of surface water, collecting it in reservoir

large

tanks, properly filtering it; second, rivers, where they are
within reach of the town ; and third, deep sunk wells. It
had been affirmed by Mr. Thom upon the authority of well
ascertained facts that three feet of water annu.illy fell

in many par

s much larger, so that a compara;ively small
surface, if judiciously drained, and the water collected in
reservoirs, would afford an immense supply. With regard
to rivers, Nottingham was supplied from a river in the
immediate neigbourhood : and the water from rivers
could be brought at a very small expense from considera-
ble distances. Mr. Thom stated that one town (Green-
ock) was smiplied with water through a conduit or passage,
Which cost £4OO per mi e: which passage, he said, would
be ample for the supply of a town containing 500,000 On-

quantity

i and impracticable