The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-20 00:00:00

LONDON WATER.

Sir FRANCIS BI?RDETT called the attention of the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Secretary Peel) to
the Report of the Commissioners appointed to examine
into the supply of water to the metropolis. •The Hon.
Baronet made some observations which were quite inau-
dible in the gallery.
Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that he had read the Re-
port, and he did not think the evil was so great as to de-
serve the character which had been applied last by the
Hon. Baronet. The report clearly slimed that tke sup-
ply, as far as regarded quantity, was ample, and he
thought that as to its injurious effects upon health, the
evidence was rather weak. The report only stated,
that " the water was not free from the enspiciou
of insalubrity." At the /tame time ,it was impos-
sible to deny that a supply from a purer source would
be most desirable. It was true that the water had dete-
riorated, and that eels brought from Holland would not
live in the Thames; but still he thought that filtration
would be found to be a remedy for the evil. With
respect to the source from which the supply ought
to be drawn, and also with respect to the question at whose
expense it was to be done, he must say that his impression
was, that the Government ought not to interfere. It
could never be so economically done by Government, as
by Companies undertaking it, with a view to their
own profit. The project of the building of Waterloo-
bridge and the Thames Tunnel, great as they were in the
outlay, originated and were carried on by private specu-
lators. If there were a demand for a new supply of
water, why should there not be a new company ? Ile prN.
tested against Government attempting to procure that sup-
ply, fur it would be an improper interference with
private rights and property. It might be well to draw
the supply from part of the Thames which the tide did
not reach, or from the river Coln, or any other place, but
Government ought not to suggest from whence, nor ought
they to erupioy Engineers, for such expellee ought to fall
on the Companies who would calculate on being repaid by
the speculation. He thought, if the Report were suffered to
lie on the table, that schemes would shortly he suggested,
and private capital embarked to tarry such an object into
effect.

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Sir F. BURDETT was about to reply, when
The SPEAKER informed the House that the time for
a conference with the House of Lords had arrived, and it
was necessary immediately to appoint a Committee to meet
their Lordships in the Painted Chamber. The following
Hon. Members were then appointed on the Committee
Sir F. Burdett. Lord Arthur Hill.
Sir John Newport. Lord Ennismore.
Mr. Secretary Huskiseon. Mr. Caulfield.
Mr. Brougham. Lord Clements.
Lord Palmerston. Mr. Grattan.
Mr. Williams Wynn. Mr. Stanley.
Mr. 6harlea Grant. Mr. Brownlow.
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Lord Duncannon. Mr. Spring Rice.
Mr. Lambe. Mr. Vesey Fitzgerald'
Mr. Calcraft.
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Haymarket, complaining of the
Sir F. BURDETT, on hi,. return from the Conference,
supplied to the Metropolis, and
informed the House that he had communicated their Rao-
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into the same might be instituted.
Mr. HEATHCOTE presented a petition .Ifrnotmeslie wool-
grower" of canarvon, against the importation of foreign
wool.
the Mr.
Haymarket,
Britain to foreign parts dur-
ing LEWIS moved for a return of lead ore, lead,
of f
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Justices years, and also a return of the quantity
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lord F. OSBORNE presented a petition fruin certainfanners in Cambridge, interested in British agriculture,
Praying for a duty on foreign wool.
Mr. MABERLY presented a petition from the Magi-
strates of Abingdon against the Alehouses Licensing Bill.