The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-06 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

• The accounts received front the Cape, to the Ist of Jan nary
are of an unr.vourable character. The Caffres had made a
series of attacks ou the settlers in the ueighhourhood of Gra-
ham's Town.

..Iheb;al;;im's Town Journal, of 'Dee. 25th, says :—" We are
enabled to add, that the most prompt steps are taking by the
local goverment to meet the emergency. The Mary and Jane,
and the John Pirie, wilt he dispatched immediately with troops
and stores of all kinds. The Hon. Colonel Smith will leave
town to-morrow morning, to proceed by express to the scene of
action. We regret deeply to learnt that the number of deaths
already officially reported amountedt to ten. There is, however,
no truth in the report that Bathurst has been burnt, or that the
Hottentots at the- Kat River had fled to Graham's Town. The
latter had joined the fotees, in defence:of the colony, to a con-
siderable amount. The number of Caffres within theco:ouy is
stated to be about nine thousand."

The plan of the Caffres appeared to be to lay waste the sur-
rounding country. On Monday a number Of the most respect-,
able householders formed themselves into a mounted patrol, and
during the night traversed the_ heights round the town. On
Tuesday the rumours were more alarming; 20 head of cattle
and' ,600 sheep bad been taken from the farm of Mr. I. llowse
on the Fish River. On Wednesday it was fully ascertained
that the immense thicket which lines the bank; of the Great
Fish River, and which in this part forms the divisional line be-
tween the colony and the territory, was completely in the occu-
pation of the Caffres.
"WEDNESDAY, DEC, 24, 10 O'CLOCK, P.M.—Reports of the
most distressing kind still keep pouring into town from various
quarters. At Jan Delports, on the Fish River, about eighteen
miles distant, the Caffres in great force attacked the kraals, and
after an obstinate resistance, during which six Caffres were
killed and five of six farmers wounded, the former succeeded in
carrying off the cattle and burning down the dwelling. Intelli-
gence has also been received of the murder of an Englishman,
named Robert Cramer, near the Caffre Clavnits. The poor
man was driving some cattle towards his residence, assisted by
two little girls, when he was intercepted by a body of Caffres.
They stopped him, and after addressing to him a few words
which he (lid not understand, they despatched him with their
assagais. The poor girls were both mounted on one horse, and
the wretches fired a shot at them, which passed just above their
heads. They, were so terrified that they fell from the horse,
which the Caffres instantly seized, together with the cattle,
leaving the children to proceed 'home without further inter-
ruption. At this moment the town is quiet, but bodiesof Caffres
have-been seen at no greater distance therefrom than seven or
eight miles.

"`THIJKSDAT MORNING, 11 o'cLocK.—Every hour brings in-
telligence•of a more and more distressing nature. Mr.' If. W.
Ilendetson, a most respectable merchant of Graham's Town,
and who happened to be out on a visit at the residence of his
father-in-law, Mr. 'l'. Mahonv, has, with Mr. Mahony, been
cruelly murdered. lie was, with the family of the latter, en-
deavouring to escape in a waggon from the farm to the military
post at. Caffie's Drift, when they were tcaylaid and despatched
with assagais. Mrs. Mahony and a child of Mr. Henderson's
were allowed to escape, and are now on their way to town.
• "The family of air industrious shoemaker, named A. Forbes,
was also murdered yesterday aft'rnoon, and their dwellings
burnt.

" Advices have been received from thr- nissionary Institution
of Wesieyville under the CAM e chiefs Mato and Kama, rhich
state that the daffres in that quarter are perfectly quiet, but as-
sistance is implored from the colony to aid the missionary and
his family, and such traders as may not have been murdered, in
effecting their escape into the colony. There are little hopes
entertained of the safety of the tiadeis."

Mr. Hamilton the British minister had sailed in his Bri-
tannic Ivlajcsty's ship North Stir for Monte Video, in order, it
is said, to negotiate a treaty stilt the government of the ori-
ental gate of the Uruguay.

MAr:cil 6, iso6

SUPPLY OF WATER FOR LIVERPOOL.

TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OP LIBIZPOOL. 4c•

•
Sett,—On the 7th of December, 1831, I took the liberty to
submit to Samuel Sandbach, Esq., then chief magistrate, stone
details of a plan for appropriatingle surplus water of the Leeds
and Liverpool Canal to the extinguishing of files stud the
cleansing of the streets and sewers, but for certain lea,sons now
fortuuatel set at rest I was desired to postpone the official de-
livery of the letter.
On the 16th Jan., 1833, the day after the destructive fire is
Lancelot's Hey and the New Quay I again drew the attention
of the then Mayor, Charles Hoiden', Esq., to these suggestions,
the plan having in the interim been approved of by several
eminent engineers, and its utility generally acknowledged, which
is in some degree corroboyated.by an application to the Leeds
and Liverpool Company, bya letter from Mr. Horsfall, dated
30th April, 18.33, to the chairman of the committee of proprietors,
requesting to know upon what terms the company would be dis-
posed to allow the surplus water of the canal to be used in cases
of fire and for cleansing the streets, and upon what condition
the company would grant such privilege, in reply to which the
general assembly of proprietors of the canal, held at Preston on
the 20th Sept., 1833, came to the following resolutions:—
" Resolved, —That this company will allow the privilege of
taking the present and future AUI plus water, not wanted by the
company, for such beneficial purposes, for a nominal considers'
Lion only.
"Resolved,—That the granting of this privilege is not to pre-
vent the company resuming the use of the water whenever they
think it is wanted for the canal and its works."
A further proof of the sense entertained of the utility of the
proposed appropriation of the surplus; water from the canal was
given by the town-clerk, on the Bth Nov., 1833, in his reply
have
belnre
said the municipal commissioners, in which he is reported to
,
" It was due to the corporation, and still more to the late
Mayor, Charles Horsfall, Esq., to state with reference to the
the health of the town, that a plan had been in agitation for the
.ast twelve months, and was now he hoped drawing towards a
successful conclusion, by which the surplus water from the Leeds
and Liverpool canal would he appropriated to the scouring of
the town sewers, which would materially contribute to the health
and comfort of the inhabitants, and also for the purpose of ex-
tinguishing fires."
These two facts certainly lead to the hope that the powerful
aid of the Corporation will not be wanting in the promotion of
an undertaking which
,promises such benefit to the mercantile
interests, as well as to the inhabitants generally, with all of
whom the corporation, from their very extensive property. have
a natural community of interest.
In again submitting to your consideration, and that of the
other members of the Common Council, as well as the public
generally, the policy of au early adoption of these suggestions,
I think it necessary to embody in the present details a consider-
able portion of the contents of the letter addressed by me to the
Mayor and Council, dated 7th December, 1831, (Appendix
No 1,) in order to obtain a connected and perspicuous view of
the whole subject. The items for consideration will be treated
of in the following order, and such tables, documentary evi-
dence, and plans, as may be requisite, will be added, viz.:-
Ist. The surplus water of the canal.
2d. The practicability of the plan from the levels of the town.
3d. An account of tires during the last four years.
4th. The consequent advance of prenlium.
sth. The insufficiency of the present fire police.
6th. The amount of insurable property.
Ist. The superfluous waters under the control of the Leeds
and Liverpool Canal Company present an almost inexhaustible
supply, always ready, without expense, supported by a Pool ex-
tending from the end of Oldhall-street to Apply Lock, upwards
of 29 miles in length, and furnished by water front the Lancas-
ter Canal, River Douglas, and other minor streams.
This valuable surplus of water, which now runs waste over the
weirs et Apply, Fallout, Latham, Helsel, Lydiate, Aintree,
Netherton, Bootle, and Liverpool, by an accurate calculation
in the year 1830, amounted to 11,485,935 tons, (equal to 31,468
tuns per day, 1,311 per hour or 21 tons per minute,) a quantity
sufficient to supply an equal, number of engines of 9 inches cy-
linder Worked by 32 men, or 59 engines of 6 inches cylinder at
the rate of 24 strokes per minute.
To divert this overflow would be a work of little trouble or
expense, the same being done with the permission of the com
pany, and under the direction of their engineer, and as the
consent of the company has been given generally, it may. be
presumed that little difficulty would be met with in completing
this arrangement.
2d. From the elevation of the top water of the canal the over-
flow might be conveyed in pipes through a very considerable
division of the town, along the whole of the dock quays, and
over au area of not less than 500 acres, containing the principal
and by far the greatest proportion of those depots and stores
wherein the inerchandise and wealth of this enterprising port
and its various traders are congregated. The pipes would be
constantly filled with water, which would he available in case of
fire immediately at its very commencement, a desideratum so
particularly requisite.
By plugs conveniently placed this surplus water might be so
directed as to scour out the open kennels and water the streets.
The large sewers now under construction might also be cleansed,
and the foul stench arising from many of them be obviated by
the same means and with very great effect, as the fall, it will be
observed, at low water, is about sixty-one feet below the top
water, by the table annexed, (appendix, No. 2,) the data of
which are obtained from a general piau of the levels of Liver-
pool, taken with the utmost accuracy, after many months' labour,
by a practical engineer, who has been kind euough to allow me
to make such extracts from his observations as might be useful
in the present detail. From this table it will be observable that
what may he termed the richest part of Liverpool is from 2:5 to
35 feet below the top water of the canal; and it has been sug-
gested by one of the best practical engineers in the country,
that if the dock trustees were allowed the use of this surplus
water, it might with the utmost facility, and at a moderate
charge, be conveyed along the dock quays up the iron pillars of
the sheds' and in pipes along the roofs of the same, and in any
alarm of fire a hose might be screwed to the. pipe and the water
discharged on the shipping, where requisite, in any desired
quantity without further trouble or delay.
The accompanying plan will at one view show the area of
Liverpool under the level of the top water of the canal, and
over the. whole of this most important part of the town, (as it
appear., to the u est ward of the line coloured yellow;) the surplus
water is available. The mode of the conveyance of this water
would be by pipes, the details of the expense of which is parti-
cularised, for all dimensions from 6 inches diameter to 1-1, in
table, (appendix No. 3,) with occasional fire plugs. When
once laid down they might remain for years without further
expense, the occasional breaking up of the vavement, in cased
fire only, excepted. '1 he facility with which the carts for wa-
tering the streets might be filled, and the consequent saving to
the parish, are also subjects worthy of notice in this place.
3d. The next subject for consideration is the list of fires
which have taken place in Liverpool between 22d December,
1831, and the present time, (see appendix No. 4.) These
are particularly specified, with the levels under the top water of
the canal. It will be remarked that the must destructive tires
have taken place within a circle of 700 yards from the northers
extremity of the canal, (see the list,) and within this circuit the
most valuable a arehouses are situated. It will also be noted
that few fires of consequence have occurred above the level of
the canal; the Castle Mills are, however, an exception, and
this only to the extent of a few feet, the land below within 100
yards being under the range. The fires have almost invariably
happened in the winter months, when, with the exception of
frost, there is the greatest abundance of waste water; but even
in frost, unless unusually severe, the supply would he available,
a special provision being made, iu such an event, by laying the
pipes beneath the general influence of congelation. This is a
consideration of great importance.
4th. We now come to the proceedings instituted by the
several fire offices in consequence of the severe losses sustained
by them from the fires detailed in reference (appendix No. 5.)
In 1826 the several companies were compelled by a series of
calamitous fires to increase the premium on warehouses and
merchandise • the rates then fixed were 6s. per cent., including
hazardous risks and on floating policies with the average clause
7s. per cent., which rates continued to he charged until 13th
Feb., 183.3, when the companies issued a notice to the publics
(appeinfix No. 6.,) that for the future the premiums would be
list. and 12s, respectively. 10 the notice it is intimated that
the company felt it incumbent upon them, after the repeated
contlagratious of merchandise &c. which had been experienced
for mote than thirty years, to take seriously into their consider-
ation the propriety of some conjoint effort in order to induce
the proprietors of such property to adopt measures of efficacious
precaution to lessen those dangers and to bring them more
within the range of those calculations which govern the opera-
tions of fire offices, thus holding forth to the community an im-
plied promise that on the adoption of precautionary measures a
corresponding reduction of the premium would be granted. The
list of fires (No. 4.) exhibits an imperfect sketch of the casual-
ties and consequently the losses arising therefrom to the fire
offices, according to the best information which it has been pos-
sible to obtain, and these, together. with the want of those pre-
cautionary measures alluded to, certainly justify the officers in
imposing the enormous tax on lse trading community of Liver-
pool. 'Pups necessarily leads to the-
-sth item -of remark, viz., the insufficiency of the present fire
police. From the report appendix No. 7-.) made in Decem-
ber, 1631, by the agents of the several fire offices interested in
the fire in Lancelot's-hey, on the 10th October, 1831, it is ma-
nifest that the amount raised under the act of 7th of Geo. IV ,
cap. 57, is quite inadequate to support an effective fire-police
establishment for this great town, anti that therefore there
exists a necessity for further legislative enactment; and it cer-
tainly would have been desirable had it formed a part of the
present contemplated police bill ; this, however, not being the
case, I presume to submit to the consideration of the municipal
and parish authorities whether another session of parliament
should be allowed to pass by without au application for a bill,
and this may the more confidently be done if the pecuniary
risk by fire and the amount which might be saved to the com-
mercial community of the port are duly weighed and considered,
and comparison carefully made between the implied reduction
of premium and the probable expenditure iu the laying of the
necessary pipes &c. and of an efficient tire police.
I w ill merely add that Liverpool possesses in the proposed ap-
propriat ion of the surplus water of the canal an advantage in
the cheap, plentiful, and immediate supply of this indispensable
requisite which is altogether denied to. the metropolis, and
which, added to a sufficient fire establishment, ought to reduce
the premiums, at least, to the rates charged in that city.
It is not my intention to enter into the particulars of the de-
tails submitted in the appendix; the greatest came and pains have
been employed in their preparation, and the further considera-
tion of them, as well as all other minutiae, would more distinctly
become the business of the board to which the subject may be
referred. .

. If these suggestions, which have for their object fit the inte-
rests of the commercial community only, but a so those' of the
public in general, appear to be calculated to accomplish the va-
rious important and beneficial ends above described, it is hoped
they will be deemed not unworthy of your deliberate considers-
tion.-1 hare the honour to be, most respectfully, sir, your obe-
dient servant, THOMAS MOOR E.
12, Roscommon-street, EVOlton, March 2,18 W.

Nourri Belitschi Effendi, the Turkish minister of commerce,
is daily expected in London to replace Narvik Pasha at our
court. Ile travels in great state, with a suite consisting of 33
persons. "The high rank of this officer," says the Alfyerneine
Zeitung, "gives reason to infer that he is going on a very im-
portant diplomatic mission. and it is thought to be in conse-
quence of the formation of the new ministry iu England. At
Vienna. on the 13th ult., he had an audience of Prince Met,
ternich."

PERILOUS ADVENTURE OF THE DUKE OF RUT'. AND.—AS
his grace was coming up from Belvoir Castle in his close
carriage and four, without lights, the night being quite dark,
the carriage came in contact with the Manchester coach. By
the concussion the Duke's coachman was thrown of the box,
and the fordman actually flew out of the rumble behind; for-
tunately neither were materially hurt, nor did the carriage
sustain any injury, except one of the wheels and the splintei-
bar. The body of the 11lanchester coach was much injured,
and the outside passengers were pitched off the roof, but none
were materially hurt. The horses broke from their traces and
fled to Grandma).

OLD GLORY.—The radicals of Westminster are endeavour-
ing to pi omote a meeting of the electors, with a %tew• of having
a resolution passed calling upon Sir Francis Burdett to resign•

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Mincti 6. 1835.

Under the Patrortagetf -the, MAYOR and BAIL 1 I.TS. ,

THEATRE:ROYAL, LIVERVOOL

bPER

r"r Nobility '
~ . . Gentry,and Pubic. of Liverpool and its
... ' Vicinity are .restil'etfuily informed that this. present
ritl.DA Ythe 6th inAtaut» will be. performed, (for the FIRST
T 1 Al in Liverpool,) V4cimi's celebrated Qpera of .. .
•

E ROMEO.
.Giulietta. ' Madame KNotherland.
• Romeo Signora tesari.
Capeßio • Signor DevaX
Adele 'Signora Cainp•
Lorenzo Signor Boi gon.
Tebaldo Signor Ga • .
Books with words of the Opera, in Italian and English, may
he had at the Theatre, Is. 61. each.
Subscription Tickets (transferable) for a Season of One
Month, 12 Representations each month. £2 2s.
The Box-rdlice is open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock,
where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their
places, and ,receive their Subscription 'rickets, from Signor
uAmPt, Box-office Keeper.

THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL.

ITALIAN.OPERA

SIGNORA CESARI returns her sincere thanks to her
. Friends and Patrons of the Italian Or era for the flattering
treeplition she has met with in Liverpool, and begs to infiirrn
the, Subscribers and: the Public that her BENEFIT'-will take
place on TUESDAY nest, the 111th instant: no which. oeca-
li,u) will be performed the vbef :d'ceuvre of e celebrated
Maestro Vaceaii-
- • "
GIULIETTA 'ROMEO,
In which the character of llosmo was ex p esily.composec.l at
Milan for La Signora Cgs: it.. •
Capellio S' or Deval.
' Giulietta...M'adarnerKvnt erland.
Adele - Sionora Citinpit •
Romeo. Signora Cesari.
Lorenzo - Signor INsragon.
l'ebaldo Signor Galli.
After the Opera will be performed \Veber's celebrated Over--
titre to Oberon.
Duetto Buffo, (in character,) "non temer mio bel cadetto,"
frgni the favourite Opera, "11 Posto Abbandonata,". del
Maestro Illercadante. Ca:letto Scozzese' Federico, -.Signore
Cesari; Sargente Mezza Gamba, Signor NI-arani.•
Seena el Aria, (ii character,) "II oh to ch' iachiamo," from
Rossini's favourite Opera, "La Donna del Lago." Malcom,
§ignera Cesari.

To coneluile with, llossini's celebrated
DOUBLE (PA RTE'I7O. •
For Eight Voices and full Choruses, "L' Asia in Faville e
Avvolta," in which the whole strength of the Company will
appear. -

opranil-3.4adame Kynthnlund and Miss-Emily.
Tenori.—Signors Deval and Deviu.
Contralti.—Signoras Cesari and Campi.
Bassi.—Signors Galli and Marani.

Subscribers' Tickets are not achniUedon this Evening.
Prices of Admission. —Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes,
38. 61. : Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, Is..
Doors will he opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance
Will commence It Eight precisely.
Tickets to be ha'l at Signora CESARI'S Residence. No. 13,
Houghton-street, and at the Box-otfice of the Theatre, where
Places easy be taken.

'Ube Eiberpool eStanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH &, 1835.

We have receivetrNew York papers: to :the 15th of
February. The majority of the House of Representa-
tives, led. most :unexpectedly 'by Mr. Joss QUIN&
AoAMs, is represented to be clecietlly favourable to the
President's views with respect to warlike measures
against France. This hostile spirit,' however, is, to a
certain extent, plaCed under restraint'by. the.pacific.reso-
lutions of the senate. Still it is hard to say what may
be the result if a majority of the popular representatives
gliould favour the. ,policy of General JAcicsON. It is
Questionable whether the senate could stand against such
manifestation's of democratic power. •

Tire citizena of 'New Yorke had, before the packet
sailed, received ace.mots.frOni France to the 3d January.
Tfiey seem quite disconcerted at seeing no.notice taken
0f them and the president's menaces in the Paris join.-
1141 s. In the Daily Advertiser we find. the following
naive observations:—

After great search through our French journals, 'we cannot
find that the United States is ever nientioned, not a word is said
in the chamber*, by the press, or by the yurernment, in relation-to
our cloirn*. The vt hole feeling and iutetest.uf the ptib!ic mind
in Paris appears to he' engaged in speculation as to the poli-
tical state of England and. her Lew ministry. 'As the presi-
dent's message must reach Paris in a few days after the Albany
left Havre, we hope it win be deemed of sufficient importance
II lie mentioned end discussed in the newspapers, that we may.
form some idea of the course that France will Adopt.
It is, certainly, uncivil in :the extreme on the part of
the papers not tosav a word " in relation to our claims."
When a roan is under obligations to another it is cheap
Politeness to .acknowledge the fact. But the truth is, tile
American journalists do not 'unden;tand :the genius of
the People of:France. They are, or ate supposed to be,
in debt to the Americans in thelargesuni of X 1,000,000.
NoWthe word "debt" is a word tnOst har'sh to ears Po-
lite. An ancient gentleman of this the old world would
as Soon be shot at once as be dunned for a debt, or spoken'
10 01 a matter of money. if the French owe the million
we can easily conceive the • reason why they neither
Write nor speak about. it. It is an unpleasant business—
it deranges the-current of ideas—it spoils the music at'
the okt injut es the appetite.. .The silence, how-
ever, which the Americans complain of is, nevertheless,
ominous. The 'French, we suspect, do not intendeithert
to admit the debt or pay it. Indeed we are altnost sure
bf this. '4 Mr. President, therefore, may go to war when
he pleases. The French love such sport, and they are
Olakincr preparations accordingly. . • .
_These papers contain some more of the details of the

eorrupt andsjobbing transactions of the American Post-
. ufice- We shall give thetn the benf.fit of uur kind offices
°a another occasion.

The faction has atlength brbken down ! On Monday
LonuouN RUSSELL mustered the " legion," and
tile most sanguine expectations were entertained by the
apposition that ministers would sustain the third and
last defeat, be compelled to resign, and sink into that
State of powetle.ss insignificance so poetically described
lOW so modestly boasted of, a few months ago, by the_
drudges of the Whig press, whose duty it is to "chronicle
finial' beer."

Lord JOHN, we say, mustered his forces and commenced
an attack upon the premier in a string of questions, pro-
bably intended fur grape shot, which, instead of doing
dalnage, were answered in so masterly and so effective a
tanner that his.lordship's best. troops were ashamed of
their leader, laughed outright at his imbecility, threw
(kwn their arths, and withdrew from the field in the most
admirable disorder.. The confusion in the Whig camp
ja beyond description.. Lord MORPETH has seceded
frunt the unholy alliance ; Lord HowlcK has received
instructions from home Which impose silence on him ;
PANIRL O'CONNELL, seeing no chance of,plunder, has
retreated from the front to the third bench, and has taken
.it!) a position actually behind HUME ; even Sir RALPH
4-'ol'nz has not been seen since the second battle of the
campaign, for reasons which we do not choose to -ex-
Vain ; and, what is mare wonderful still, honest JOSEPH
'B4SE has teceived a friendly admonition from DURHAM
Which has wrought a singular change in JOSEPH—if for
'4°9(l,.as We hope and Z;elieve, so much the better. His
"et are under deep obligations to Sir ROBERT PEEL—
greater than to any living man;—and it is gratifying to
think th:it there are some of thern-w ho confess as much,
candidly and unreservedly.
These facts-.speak-fur. themselves. The intelligent
Portion of the community' know who
.and what Lord
jutINI RUSSELL is, and we ascribe "to the passion of the
Inotnent, the disappointment of a faction, and the loss of
Place inflicted upon the whigs, the total forgetfulness
Which has be-Cn evinced as to the personal pretensions of
Lord JOHN to lead the House of Commons. Such for-
getfulness, we thought from the first, could only be transi-
t°r-v• An hour's reflection upon the fortune and talents
`'l Lord JOHN RUSSELL would have convinced the most
rabid of his partizans that he of all men was the most
;'i'tngerous to ful:ow. Why so ? . First, because the no;
'le.tord never. yet framed a measure or promoted an un-
dertaking which prove a complete failure. He
4e. ver fished for fame but in muddy streams--never caught
a 611 of more value than a gudgeOn,-never flung a book
!IPNI the 'waters-which did not sink ntsrtsr'lfoit~lit shares
a speculation t‘hicli did not go to the dugs—never
Wrote a play which was nut sent. to perdition on the first
night--ne%:er'SupPorted a ministry Which did not prema-
turely perish.
These are singular coincidences in the life of Lord
j
°'l3 R SSELL, and then have only to be canvassed for
4nineretlibly.short. space of time.to induce those who re-
fi c! to change their course—those who are superstitious
-ware !—t! ose who are world-wise to draw in the -
.