Vlli TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



they now are, the whole mass of nastiness must inevitably have passed 

 down the throats of the worthy persons who derive their supplies from 

 the said Basin. The sooner the Reservoir in Hyde Park is looked after, 

 the better. We should also like to know something of the state of the 

 West Middlesex Reservoir at Kensington. 



The Letter on the Burial of the Dead in the Streets of London, is rather 

 intemperate, and we must decline its insertion, entirely agreeing, however, 

 with the writer as to the indelicacy, impropriety, and, we may say, barba- 

 rity of the custom. We are surprised that he omitted the churchyard, 

 as it is called, of St. Clement's in the Strand, where the burial-service is 

 often performed in the actual street, and within hearing of the profane 

 language and other abominations of the draymen, coal-heavers, hackney- 

 coachmen, et id genus omne ; and where the tomb-stones almost form 

 part of the public pavement of that most public situation. 



It is with sincere and deep regret that we announce the death of 

 Dr. W. H. WoLLASTON, which took place on the 22nd of December, 

 at his house in Dorset Street, Manchester Square. His loss will be 

 severely felt by his numerous friends and acquaintance, and generally 

 deplored throughout the scientific society of Europe. 



