The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

most earnest and impressive manner ; after which a col-
lection was taken up, and cards distributed to those
friends who kindly undertook thus to add to the funds.
On Wednesday evening a sermon was preached in
Christ Church, by the Rev. Thomas Gregg, by whom the
claims of the orphan were fully stated and enforced. An-
other meeting for the same purpose was held on Thursday
evening, in the school-house, St. James's-road. The Rev.
J. Hampton presided, and was supported by the Rev.
Messrs. Parry, Graham, and Cuthbert. The meeting was
addressed by the chairman in a most impressive manner,
as also by the Rev. Messrs. Parry and Cuthbert. The
Rev. Thomas Gregg, as on the previous occasions, de-
tailed at length the nature and operations of the society.
It was clearly shown that much good has resulted from
the labours of the committee ; and when it was stated
that for the sum of £3 10s. Od. a poor orphan child can
receive diet and lodging for a whole year, the smallness of
the sum manifestly created surprise, but it was clearly
proved by the speaker that that sum is found sufficient in
Ireland, where the children are located in the farmers'
houses, in the county of Wicklow. They are placed un-
der the care of ten parochial clergymen, and every thing
provided for them to meet their temporal and spiritual
wants. It was mentioned, with much satisfaction, that a
friend to the society, in this town, had presented to the
secretary the munificent donation of £5O. On one occa-
sion the note so liberally bestowed was held before the
meeting, when the speaker remarked on the quantity of
clothing and comfort with which it would surround many
of the 335 orphans under the society's care.
All the meetings were opened and closed with singing
and prayer.

HIGHWAY 80A1113.-SUIirLY OF WATER.

After the transaction of some routine business, at the
meeting of the Highway Board on Thursday,
Mr. PROCTER said they would hear from the law-clerk
that full notice had been given to apply to parliament at
the ensuing session for a bill to enable the board to supply
the town with water. He wished it to be understood that
he should move for a parliamentary committee, in con-
formity with that notice, at their annual meeting for the
election of commissioners, on that day week. His object
was to inform the public especially, so that they might
have an opportunity of coming to the meeting, to move
any instruction they might consider necessary to that
committee in reference to the proposed measure. The
committee should be a most impartial one, and no political
feeling should be allowed to step in. He should propose
five members of the board ; and when he stated that Mr.
Tinne and Mr. Birkett were to serve on that committee,
be thought there could be- no fear en that ground. The
public had only to come forward and move any instructions
they considered necessary for that committee.
The CHAIRMAN stated that many persons had stated if
an arrangement had been come to with the companies,
there would have been no necessity for laying down pipes.
When, however, they went to parliament they found the
pipes were not f sufficient capacity, and being laid ac-
cording to the levels of the streets, did not admit of the
requisite force being applied, so as to obtain the required
supply, and pipes must have been laid down under any
circumstances. The board had also gone to expense in
forcing the water up into warehouses, and had given an
additional supply of water to the town. The land was
obtained under very favourable circumstances, and the
erections were necessary to bring the supply of water to
the town for the benefit of the inhabitants generally, and
must have been proceeded with whoever had taken the
matter in hand. He should, however, like to know what
the council meant to do, inasmuch as the board was going
to parliament, and they (the council) were doing the same ;
and he understood, since he had come into the room, that
the Toxteth-park people were going to parliament also. It
had been suggested that they should keep the thing in
their own hands, and he should like to know what the
council intended to do, as the inhabitants ought to be in-
formed on the subject.
In reply to a question, as to whether it had been ascer-
tained that a continuous supply could be bad from wells,
The CHAIRMAN said he believed it bad not been de-
cided with certainty. It had been mentioned to him that
an arrangement was being made at Edinburgh to bring a
supply by one of the railway companies, and they might
adopt some such measure if necessary.
Mr. PROCTER observed that he bad suggested a mode
which had been under consideration by Mr. Weightman
and Mr. Simpson, and for which plans and sections would
be completed by the 39th instant, of bringing water from
the river Alt, near Sephton Meadows, by means of pipes
laid along the banks of the canal. If it were the opinion
of Messrs. Simpson and Weightman that a supply could
be obtained by that means, and Mr. Simpson's opinion
was, he believed, that if they could not get a continuous
supply in Liverpool, such a plan would be desirable, Be-
sides, if they were to get sufficient in the town, they
would have all the parties from Wavertree, the Old Swan,
&c. coming to complain of their water being taken away.
The bill for which the notices had been given would,
however, give them ample powers to draw water from the
Alt or any other source.
The CHAIRMAN said be had received a copy of several
resolutions passed at a meeting of the committee of the
Bootle Water Company, held on the 12th instant, at which
Mr. B. S. Riley presided. He then read as follows:
"The committee having perused the printed evidence
taken before the committee of the Highway Board, and
their report thereon touching the supply of water, have
come to the following resolutions :
" Ist,—That the committee do not consider it necessary
at the pri sent late stage of the proceeding to point out
and controvert some inaccuracies and misstatements in
the evidence, and have had no hesitation in at once ad-
mitting the broad principle, that the supply of water is
not so abundant and frequent es is desirable.
" 2(l,—That many of the evils complained of might and
would have been, to a great extent, remedied, if the wa-
ter-works had felt themselves warranted in increasing
their outlay, by an extension of their works, and by
adopting some of the various improvements which have,
from time to time, been discussed by the board.
" 3d,—That the expenditure has been mainly checked
by the public excitement on this question, by the obloquy
so freely thrown upon the Water Company, and by nu-
merous threats against what has been termed their mono-
poly and their existence as a public company.
" 4th,—That concluding there is now little prospect of
the present Water Works, with the strong feeling against
them, giving satisfaction to the public, whatever extension
and improvement they might, by an increased outlay of
capital, adopt, this committee have every reason to believe
that this company will have no objection to meet the ge-
nerally-expressed wish, that the Water Works should be
under the control of the corporation, and that they will
be ready to treat either with the authorities:of the borough,
or the commissioners, under any general act that may be
obtained, for the transfer of their interests on fair and
equitable terms."
Mr. BIRKETT remarked that, as regarded who was to
supply the town with water, it made no difference whether
the supply proceeded from the town council or the com-
missioners. As to the continuous supply, he thought it
better that the supply for domestic purposes and that to
be used in cases of fire should not be supplied from the

same source.
Mr. TINNE thought there was no reason for coming
into collision with the council, as to going to parliament—
they had only one interest to serve, and that was the pub-
lic interest. He believed the object of the council was to
get Lord Lincoln's bill transferred to them. By that bill
the powers of the Highway Board were swamped and taken
away. The object of the council was to avoid, if possible,
the very large machinery for carrying out those things
which could be accomplished by a smaller body, and
thereby save expense. He hoped that board would also
go to parliament to get the powers of Lord Lincoln's bill
transferred to the authorities of the town. He agreed in
opinion with other gentlemen that it mattered little as to
who supplied the water, but they might rest assured the
power of doing so would be given only to one trust. He
conceived the water was not the only thing they ought to
go for; and that, without efficient sewerage, it would be
impossible for them to do what they wished. He quoted
from a letter written by a medical gentleman in New
York. containing some valuable suggestions in reference
to the subject.
The LAw-CLERK then read the notices referred to by
Mr. Procter, which were to the effect that the proposed
bill wz.s to enable the board to supply water for the general
purposes of the town, to purchase the rights of the water
companies, and to obtain a supply from the river Alt or
any other source.
Mr. LAWRENCE said he was not then prepared to give
his consent to taking the powers mentioned in the notices,
and should object to the board taking such powers with-
out a public meeting being called.
Mr. PROCTER explained that it was necessary, as he
had stated, that a public meeting should be called to con-
sider the matter.
Mr. COOPER said the owners of property and inhabi-
tants generally were determined to have such a measure,
and the pressure from without would compel either one
party or another to proceed for it. He did not think the
council was the body likely to carry it out, for when they
came to the matters of pounds, shillings, and pence, they
would stop. He considered that the inhabitants ought to
have a voice in it, as it would be impossible without their
co-operation to carry the measure out.
Several of the members also expressed themselves as to
the necessity of getting the public sanction.
Some conversation then took place as to the operations
now going on in connexion with the new water works,
when Mr. Simpson was called in, and he stated that they
were getting 900 gallons per day ; he believed there was
more water, but the present engines would be inadequate
to perform the work required.
Mr. BIRKETT and several other members thought thit
if there were grounds for supposing that by going further
more water could be obtained it would be better to do so.
Several questions were then put to Mr. Simpson as to
whether he considered a continuous supply of water could
be obtained from wells in this locality for 300,000 inhabi-
tants, and whether any regular supply might be depended
upon from the river Alt ; also, whether any large town
that he knew of was provided with, water by means of
wells alone. His opinion did not seem favourable as re-
garded a supply from the Alt, it being a rapid river, vary-
ing with the state of the weather, and not affording con-
venience for the erection of reservoirs. Glasgow, he be-
lieved, was the only large city that had received its supply
from wells, and there the inhabitants were proposing a
plan for going to one of the lochs. He was not prepared,
however, to give a decided opinion on those points, and it
was agreed that he should consider them, and prepare
plans, &c. for the consideration of the board, in connexion
with the application about to be made to parliament.
The LAW-CLERK declared the names of the retiring
commissioners previously to the annual election on
Thursday next. It appeared that Mr. James Brancker
was disqualified by non-attendance, and that Mr. Tyrer
did not qualify as a member. Besides those gentlemen,
the following will retire :—Messrs. R. Houghton, Plump-
ton, and Tinne, elected by the council; Messrs. Birkett,
Aspinall, Kaye, Hornby, and Cooper, elected by the rate-
payers.
The board then adjourned.

FORTHCOMING RETURN OF CAPITAL BY THE
COMPETING COMPANIES OF FRENCH
RAILWAYS.

The Journal des Debals calculates that the following
will be the result of the restitution to the shareholders of
the deposits paid to the several companies competing for
the grant of Railways from Paris to Strasburg, from Toms
to Nantes, from Creil to St. Quentin, from Paris to Lyons,
and from Lyons to Avignon Estimating the ten per cent
to be all paid up, there will be for
19 Companies, competing for Paris
and Lyons line.... .....
11 Ditto for Paris and Strasburg
9 Ditto for Lyons and Avignon
9 Ditto for Toms and Nantes
9 Ditto, Creil to St. Quentin

Total,

£15,200,000
5,500,000
3,960,000
1,260,000
1,260,000

£27,180,000

Taking, however, the more probable case, that the ten
per cent. is not all paid up, the Debats thinks that we
may state the amount safely at £20,000,000 ; and as only
one company will be established for each route, and con-
sequently only ten per cent. of the deposit retained, the
large amount of £18,000,000 sterling will be returned to
the various shareholders, English and French. The
Railways are to be conceded within a month, hnd the re-
turn of this money into active circulation must be a sen-
sible relief to the market.

A. NICE APPOINTMENT.-THE GODLESS EDU-

CATION SCHEME SWAMPED

Our " Conservative " ministry are certainly taking
every pains to prove to the world that Ireland is their
" chief difficulty." Blunder after blunder is the result of
their wretched attempts to conciliate the anti-English
feelings of the disaffected agitators and priesthood of that
land : and the very boons which they confer only add to
the contempt with which their truckling is regarded by
their recipients. Their last move—the appointment of
Dean Kirwan, whose only claim is his being a bitter pa-
pist, as president of the godless university of Galway—has
lost them the countenance of the only journal of character
in Ireland which has advocated their measures—the Dublin
Evening Packet. We give our contemporary's descrip-
tion of the instrument selected to raise the character and
advance the attainments of the priesthood of Ireland :

" The appointment of Joseph Kirwan has, we own, com-
pletely dispelled all our h- pes. It has actually filled us with
dismay. It is now 28 years, we grieve to say, since the writer
of these remarks fir-t knew Mr. Kirwan. He was then a se-
cond-rate assistant in about a third-rate school iu the town of
Galway. Yet, even that s tuation, humble as it was, he was
scarcely competent to fill. Through the bounty, however, of the
late Roman Catholic warden, he was transferred per saltum to
Maynooth, where he was never able to obtain the slightest dis-
tinction in any branch of literature. Indeed, we greatly doubt
if, at the present moment, he knows the difference between a
plane and a solid angle, or can translate two consecutive sen-
tences in any Greek author. It is our firm conviction that in
two years, let him work with all the industry of which he is capa-
ble, he could not qualify himself for entrance into the Irish uni-
versity. And this is the man selected to be president, no less, of
a college. Oh shame, everlasting shame, on a Government
which could thus insult the feelings and understanding of an
entire nation. But we are told, perhaps, that he is a clever
preacher. Yes, but a preacher of what? Why a preacher of in-
tolerance, of hatred, and a bitter animosity to everything Pro-
testant; with all the virulence of Father Thomas Maguire,
without one tithe of his ability or learning. To this work have
his labours been chiefly confined since he became a clergyman.
Such is the Rev. JLseph Kirwan, the honoured choice of Lord
Heytesbury. Now, we tell the government that this single ap-
pointment will have done more to injure them in the estimation
of the Protestants of Ireland than any other act of theirs since
Sir Robert Peel's re-accession to office. There is not a man
with whom we have held any conversation on the subject who
has not cried out against so gross a violation of all public de-
cency. It is a piece of enormity that has absolutely filled us with
indignation. Who, in the name of all that is marvelous, could
have advised Lord Heytesbury to sanction such a suicidal ap-
pointment? What enemy in disguise could have thus imposed
on his Excellency, for none but an enemy could have done the
deed?"
There's a character to be selected by a ministry which
has at its head a prizeman of the first university ! The
president of an Irish university so mere a dunce that an
Eton boy of nine years old would pluck him in three
minutes!

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS,
AFTER THE MANNER GF A DISTINGUISHED MASTER

(From Punch in Liverpool.)
A. Z. is right. " Expansive force" is the power which
produces expansion. As applied to literature, it is syno-
nomous with the power of " spinning ;" and enables our-
selves to spread over a " paper and a half for sixpence"
the same amount of information which we used to sell for
fivepence. The frog in the fable, like ourselves, was
gifted with a large amount of expansive force.
P. Our very intelligent correspondent is in error, in
imagining that the line, " Tityre to patulse recubans sub
tegmine fagi" is from Virgil. It is to be found in the
works of an old grammatical writer named Guiielmi
Lilii.
An Advertiser has hit exactly the cause which renders
the Mercury the best advertising medium extant. The
prolix stupidity of our leaders, and the generally uninte-
resting character of our miscellaneous matter, impel our
readers to resort to our advertising columns for amuse-
ment ; and thus publicity is given to all advertisements
with which we are favoured. An additional cause of the
superior advantage which we offer to advertisers is the re-
gularity with which the Mercury of Friday gets into the
bands of greengrocers, cheesemongers, and others, on Sa-
turdays, by which every pound of butter or pennyworth of
cheese sold becomes an advertising medium on a small
scale.
' ' " .

Philosophus. We never remarked the singular fact
mentioned by our correspondent, that when the first of
February falls on a Monday the first of March falls also
on a Monday, leap year only excepted. We have, how-
ever, gone o'er our Mu of the Mercury from its -com-
mencement, and find that Phiiosophus is strictly correct.
Didasculus. The best copy-books are those of Smith
and Dolier. They may be had at the Mercury-office.
Mrs. Caudle's Lectures. These inimitable lectures
having now been announced to be concluded, we purpose
commencing a series of our own, which, to distinguish
them from those of Punch, we shall style the Coddle, or
the Molly Coddle Lectures. We have not decided yet
which. Each lecture will be recited by the writer in cos-
tume, and with appropriate scenery, night-dresses, and ap-
purtenances, at the Saturday Evening Concerts, Lord
Nelson-street. The subject of the first lecture will be
" Coddle (or Molly Coddle) has had his portrait taken
again." _ .