The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-04 00:00:00

LOCAL MEETINGS.

THE GUARDIAN SOCIETY ON THE WATER QUESTION.
—On Tuesday night a meeting of this society was held in
the Portico, to memorialise the Council to take no further
steps in the RiVington Pike water scheme. Mr. W.
Smethurst presided, and the meeting was very numerous.
Mr. Jefferey, in moving the first resolution, expressed the
same opinions he had given at the previous meeting of
the Lime-street Ward ratepayers, yesterday fortnight',—
namely, that the Council had not furnished the inhabi-
tants with such information—the result of the recent sur-
vey made through them—as would suable them to arrive,
at a right conclusion. The evidence on the several
schemes was, so far as they knew it, of the most contra-
dictory nature. Had he been in the Council he.should
have proposed a premium of £5OO to be given to the
scentific party who would show the best and most econo-.
mical source and means of supplying the town with water.
He condemned the summary abandonment of the Bala
Lake scheme, and concluded .by strongly urging the ne-
cessity of a oondensed statement, containing the main
facts and information connected with all the various pro-
posals, being supplied to the ratepayers by the Town
Council. Mr. Councillor Harbord seconded the resolu-
tion. He had seen water brought in bottles from Riving-
ton by members of the Council, and he had detected in it
four or five specimens of the water flea, each having a bag
of eggs hanging on it. He showed that, with the present
liabilities of the Corporation to the Water Corinpanies,
(X 694,000,) it would be impossible for them to do justice
to the bondholders (who had sold the works upon the faith
of what they were to receive from the Corporation) with-
out imposing some rate or other upon the inhabitants,
and, under the circumstances, that rate would be high if
. the Pike scheme were carried out. The motion was car-
ried unanimously. The other resolutions were passed
unanimously and the meeting separated,
FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION.--011 WedlleSday
night a meeting of the members was held at the rooms,
Hargreaves Buildings, to receive a report of the council.
Amongst those present were Messrs. Robertson Glad-
stone, president. C. Robertson, R. Shiel, J. Finch, sen.,
R. Farrer, F. Boult, and H. Claypole. The report
embodied the following :—The council had prepared a
code of rules, and the object of the Association was daily
becoming more appreciated. The Mayor had presided at
the meeting of the 31st of May, and all present were
unanimous for financial reform. A full report had been
published for the information of the public. It Was pro-
posed that her Majesty's allowance should be reduced
from £385,000 a-year, to £200,000, and that the allow-
ances to the Royal Family should also be abridged ; which
it was hoped her Majesty from her attachment to her
people would aooede to, as a noble and royal example of
retrenchment. These propositions will be followed by
successive papers of the pension list, sineoures, &c, show.
ing the practicability of extensive retrenchments in the
public ofOceal army, and navy, digamoic mike( auk ju