MR. MATHEWS's celebrated ...
The Times, 1824-10-25T00:00:00

7 IL MATHE S'Vs celebrated TRIP t AMERICA having been luterrupted, in June last, nt the ptriod of Its 2sighest attraetlion,nby tile noizessityof comnccing the liglish Opera gaonAi; und many familles of distinctoio. then absent from Lonaon having urged its rePetition, It le respectfully announced, Mr. bM. will be found AT HOME, for n fewv nights in-,re dreary month ofNovem- her, at the THFRATltM ItOYAL, 9NXGLiSII OPER.i HOUSE, with that highly ceclabrated y.ntertaiinent. T*4E'TO LITAN WATER WORKS COMPA;NY. I .YJL-EXPLANATION of the Pl,A6Vlr SUPPLYING PURE and | WIHOLESONlF. WATER-in submitting to the Publie a project for arrying lito effect such an important and novel improvemnent as an absolute change In the quality of water supplied to the inhabitants of ;London, it may be necessary to explain more fully the objects con- templated b the Metropolitan Water Works CompanY. It has not been, nor can it be, denied, that the present supply of Waeer, whether ithe from either of the present sources, is in the one "os Impregnated wvith a comnbination of the foulVtt and most on- *vholesome substanees that can hie Infused Into It, inad In the other, the earthy, turbid, feculent, and diseoloued state of the water prr- eents an evil as great as the former. Sueh belng the condition In which wvater Is nowv furnished to the inhabitants, it has been thought highly Important that a ComPanY ahiould be formed for -sunlyini pore and %7l,olesome wvater frotn the .spr1ngs of the earth. Neth this view able engineers have examined aeveral spots of ground in the neighbourhoed of the metropolis par- -ticularly eligible for the construction of the works requisite, and 'they have reported, mest decidedly and satisfactorily, that ani bhun- dant and Plentiful supply of water can be obtalned from the springs obelw the blue clay, about 35 fathoms depth. A similar report vas also Iade by the late W.Walker 6 years ago. The practicability of the ptan being therefore not a macter of doubt, It now remains to show, that the establishment of suich a Cornpany Is Imperiously called for on sroutnd of publie necessity and utillty. It Is well known that on certain spots where Water can be found, at 40 or 60 feet below the surface, that pumps have been constructed for -the supply of the inbabitants (mnore partieularly In the eastern part of the metropoll.,), but it is found thrt the qoantity tlius supplIed is very .1nadequate. to aeneral wvants, nid cannot be procired but wvithout nendingoutfroAn home for It amidst the contention of scores who are waiting for their turn at the pumpe. Nelther (an this difficulty be re- reedled by inereasing the number, as water cannot be found li every 'convenient part; and the trouble and delay In sendin- from your own house for every pailfull of water required in the most inclerment -weather must be, as Indeed It Is now, felt (where these pumPs are erected) to be a great incenvenience and personal trouble and difflculty. :By the present plan, It is proposed to establixh works on an extensive and powerful scale. The shafts which are to be sunk will g0 odown :200 or 300 feet until ehe springs are fully opened, and a plentiful suP- PIY of Water will be pumped up by engines of great powver ilito reser- -voirs, where it wfll be alvays ready for furnishing the nmains and lrvpeswith as much pure soft water as families may at any moment re- .qure. If It ti objected that the rate of charge will be higher than that -of bther compaLnies, It Is only necessarv to observe that, from the esti- ,xates of expense laid before the directors, It apDears quite certain that xhe charge ror supplying pure water wvill be less than what is now paid for the present supply. The great utility of this plan to every part of .London, but more particularly to the west end of the touvn, must be obviouslylmportant; the company offer as a public body vhat eannot %e'vbtaned by private and individual means-namely, a plentiful and ~qpsostant supply of pure and wholesome water laid onk to any part of a hbuee, at a chargre less than what Is paid at the presenit timne. To SUCil aS may be desirons of becoming proprietors oit the Metropo- litan WVater Wo;rks Company tbls prospect holds out advazntages niot oundeel on useless and experimnental theer'es, but on a Plan which ust obtain public preference, and consequently &fford a handsome idlyldend for the investment of capital. W. BEETHA?M and SON. Solicitors, Freenisatis.court.Cornhiil. Subscriptions are now receiving, and prospectuses mav be obtained, scontaining Diretars' names, at tne hlknklug-houses of MessrsaBIareCIY. 'Tritton, Bevan, and Co. Lomba d-street; and Mtessrs. Brooks, Dixon, sund Co. Chancey-lane.