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THE ROYAL FILTER FOR CISTERNS.
THE HEALTH and the COMFORT of
'very Family are so immediately hound np with the
SUPPLY of I'URE and WHOLESOME WATER
t their habitations, that, to
.use the words of Dr. Ure,
the eminent chemist and physician of Glasg-osv, " it ran-
'let but be an interesting object to ascertain the qualities
7 f that which is daily consume,' by tics inhabitants of
art, cities; seeing that a veryntinute portion of unwhole-
s.
se
—e matter, daily taken, may constitute the principal cause
of the differences in salubrity which are observable in dif-
ferent places."
Important as this fact is, it is not the less true, that the
Public attention was never fully roused, until the appear-
ance, about fifteen months ago, of a publication, called
(c
The Dolphin ;" the object of which was to prove, that
40 article, designated by the illustrious Dr. Mead as " the
;: kiele of all our nourishment," was actually supplied to
,e'ero in a polluted and unwholesome condition. The writer
threat with prosecution, and his statements de-
;lee en
tred to he false : a public meeting of the inhabitants of
tie Western part of the town nevertheless took place : peti-
t), 41 were presented to Parliament : and the result was,
g,e anointment: of a Royal Commission to inquire into the
"ale of the Supply of Water to the Metropolis.
The long and anxiously looked-for Report of the Corn-
bite:timers has at length made its appearance. We have
Z'etally gone over the hundred and fifty folio pages of
nth it consists, and we venture to aasert, that a doe is-
-1:77" Of greater importance has scarcely ever been laid
before the public. Upon the concurring testimony of
Zany of our most eminent chemists and physicians, facts
,
the mast fearful nature are therein established, beyond
_,"15 possibility of contradiction ; namely, that the water
"term by the Companies front the river Thames, is sent
'No our cisterns in a condition impure and offensive in
ile extreme—that it is loaded with decayed animal and
vegetable matters, the proceeds ofd hundred and forty-five
eestmon sewers—that it is strongly impregnated with the
deletes ions refuse of gas, celour, lead, and soap-works, drug
and manufactories of every description—and that, in
‘"nt.equence of this mass of pollution constantly mixing
'eith it, it has become net only disgusting to the senses, but
11_,eit to be employed in the preparation of thud, or for any
itlYtestie purpose.
The three Commissioners, Dr. floget, Professor Brande,
cad Mr. Telford, the eminent engineer, commenced their
%ours by requesting Mr. Wright, the individual who di-
rt!eted the public attention to the existing evil, to furnish
'en,. With a statement of the alleged grievances, and ts
point out the best mode of obtaining information, as to
the truth of the allegations contained in the petition of
the inhabitants of the western part of the Metropolis to
parliament. In consequence of this request, Mr. Wright
addressed to them a Memoir, which is annexed to their
before
This Memoir, together with the Evidence taken
the Commissioners, contains a series of testimonials
'0 the gross impurity of the Thames water, of which we
'hell here give a brief outline. All of them will be read
'with interest ; some with sensations bordering upon horror.
ran' would have credited the frightful facts, if they came
a less questionable shape.