The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-14 00:00:00

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS
of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL, convened by the
Mayor, and holden in the Sessions Rouse, on MONDAY, the 13th
day of April, "To take into consideration the Bill of the
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Parliiment,"
DAVID HODGSON, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair,
It was moved by WILLIAM tiaowN, Esq., seconded by GEORGE
GREEN, Esq., and resolved unanimously,

deficient, and the iiiode of distritution in many rospects faulty
and imperfect, more especially in the districtsiuhabited by the
working classes ; that no effectuit:s2.Blate-ftifthe better can be
expected so long as this prime ne ry of life is made an ar-
ticle of merchandize, and deal n with a view of profit, and
that it is therefore the interest as well as the duty of all classes
of the community t ate in securing an abundant supply at
the lowest possi c arge.

It was moved by Ttios. )3LACKBURN Esq., seconded by Tilos
MOORE Esq., and resolved unanimously,

That this object is most likely to be attained by concentrat-

ing the necessary powers in one public body, appointed by, and
responsible to, the inhabitants at large, and who shall under-
take the duties as a trust for the benefit of the town : that in
the opinion of this meeting an ample supply can be obtained if
the requisite outlay be made for the purpose, and that no ex-
penditure of money could be more advantageous, nor event-
ually, more economical, and that keeping the mains constantly
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extinguishing fires.
It was moved by JAMES RE AY, Esq., seconded by the Rev. WM
BEVAN, and resolved unanimously,

That for the foregoing reasons (as well as others) the bill now
before Parliament, broueht in at the instance of the Liverpool
apd Harrington Water Cohipany, is highly objectionable: that
the bill is calculated to perpetuate the vicious principle of pri-
vate competing companies, and while it confers great and op-
-‘ssivepowers, it gives no guarantee for any increase of the

quantity of water, or any improvethent in the mode of its dis-
tribution this meeting therefore resolve to petition Parliament
to refuse its sanction to that bill, and to adopt in its wisdom
such measures as may secure the objects pointed out in these
resolutions.

-ileOl;,eciThat the following Petition be adopted, and signed
by the Mayor on behalf of the meeting, and that he be requested
to forward the same to the Members for the Borough, for pre-
sentation.

To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled.

The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Li-
verpool, in the county palatine of Lancaster, in public meet-
ing assembled, convened by the Worshipful the Mayor of
Liverpool. pursuant to a requisition signed by upwards of
700 Inhabitants of the said Borough,

Sheweth,—That the Liverpool and Harrington Water Works
Company, have recently introduced a Bill into your Honorable
House, entituled, "a Bill to amend the provisions of the several
acts passed in the 3rd and• Bth years of his Majesty King
George the 4th, for supplying with water the town of Liverpool,
and Harrington, and Toxteth-park,' in the county of Lan-
caster."

That this Bill appears•to this meeting to be highly objection-
able in system, inasmuch, as it seeks to perpetuate a principle
which has proved to be incompatible with the cheap and ade-
quate supply of water for the public.
That your petitioners are of opinion that their object can be
best accomplished by entrusting the supply to a public body,
whose duty will be to improve the sanatory condition of the
Inhabitants, and reduce their burdens by providing a cheap
and continuous supply of pure and wholesome water.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your Honourable
House to reject the Bill, and to refuse its sanction to any mea-
sure which may not tend to recognize and give effect to the
principle which your Petitioners have taken leave to suggest
to your Honourable House.

And your Petitioners will ever pray.
(Signed) DAVID HODGSON, Mayo;

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The AfitiOr hving vacated the chair,
It-was moved by J. BRAMLEY MOORE, Esq., seconded by

GEO. GREEN, Esq„ and resolved unanimously,

That the cordial thankof this Meeting be presented to the
Worshipful the Mayor for his kindness in convening and pre-
siding at this Meeting.