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Company ; and, although I am not prepared to prove that its in- 

 fluence on the health of the inhabitants of the west-end of the 

 town has been deleterious, I conceive it likely to become so, if it 

 continue to be supplied in the same foul and muddy condition, in 

 which it comes into our houses at present. 



*' I must add, Sir, that I think the Public is under great obliga- 

 tions to you for bringing this subject of the supply of water to 

 the Metropolis, to the notice of Parliament. 

 " I am, Sir, your's truly, 



(Signed) " Henry Halford." 



Now, throughout this evidence, two circumstances have forci- 

 bly struck us, and greatly tend, in our opinion, to invalidate its 

 evident object, — the first is, that no analysis of the water was 

 undertaken by, or at the request of, any of the above gentlemen ; 

 that no chemist was consulted, and that we are studiously 

 kept in the dark as to its nature and composition ; — the second, 

 that not one actual instance of the poisonous and mischievous 

 qualities of the said water is adduced, or even hinted at ; nay, 

 even the "Doctors militant" upon the above formidable list 

 are, themselves, not the least healthy specimens of the inhabi- 

 tants of the parishes of St. George and St. James, though they 

 have now, for several years, had no other aqueous supplies than 

 those of the horrible common sewer to which they refer. 



The fourth and last part of The Dolphin, proposes to treat of 

 the " abatement of the nuisance, and of the best mode of pro- 

 curing a pure and wholesome supply of water for Westminster 

 and its suburbs/' To this we turned with much eagerness, in 

 the hope of finding some plausible suggestions or practicable 

 plans for the improvement of the supply of water to the Metro- 

 polis generally ; but the author has here merely recapitulated 

 his former statements, without suggesting any thing plausible 

 in the shape of remedy for the grievances which he has detailed : 

 the remedy, indeed, is not very obvious ; but before we ven- 

 ture to throw out a suggestion or two respecting it, we are in 

 duty bound to make a few observations upon the conduct of the 

 directors of the Grand Junction Water- Works Company. 



At a meeting held at Willis's Rooms, on Monday the 9th of 

 April, " to take into consideration the means of supplying pure 

 and wholesome water to the inhabitants of the western portion 

 of the Metropolis," certain resolutions were passed, which we 



