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THE CLARENDON PAPERS.

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CORRESPONDENCE of HENRY
HYDE, EARL of CLARENDON, and LAW-
RENCE HYDE, EARL of ROCHESTER, with their
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Copy of a Note from Mr. Spring Rice to the Commis-
sioners of Water Inquiry.
Whitehall, 10 or 11 Dec. 1927.

Mr. T. Spring Rice presents his compliments to the
Commissioners of Inquiry into the Supply of Water to the
Metropolis, and is directed by-Lord Lansdowne to com-
municate his Lordship's assent to the appointment of a
Messenger ; and to the appropriation of a sum not exceed-
ing 1001. finr paying the rent of apartments at which the
business of the Commissioners may be carried on.
Lord Lansdowne at the same time wishes to convey to
the Commisioners his expectation that progress may be
made, and the inquiry completed with as little delay as
possible.
The Commissioners of Inquiry into the
Supply of Water to the Metropolis.
of a Letter from Mr. millipps tv the Commissioners
of Water Inquiry
Whitehall, Feb. 19, 1529.

GENTLEMEN,.--I am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to
inform you, with reference to the interview you had with
him a short time since, that upon referring to the Ad-
dresses of Parliament, and the Terms of the Commission,
Mr. Peel's impression is the same with that which his pre-
decessor Lord Lansdowne seems to have entertained, viz.,
that the main objects of the Commission arc the description,
the quantity, and the salubrity of the water now supplied
to the Inhabitants of London by the several Water Com-
panies.
Mr. Peel also concurs with his Lordship in the hope that
the information upon those points which was in the con-
templation of Parliament may be procured without any
very protracted examination, or the taking of levels and
making surveys. I have. &c.
P. M. Roget, Esq. M.D. S. M. PHILLIPPS.
W. T. Brande, Esq.
T. Telford, Esq.

Copy of a Letter from the Commissionersof IVater luquiry
to Mr. PhiHipps.
Apartments of Commissioners, 9, New Palace Yard,

February 29, 1828.
SIR—We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 19th, referring to the interview we lately
had with Mr. Secretary Peel, and conveying to us his opi-
nion that the main objects of ow Commission are the des-
cription, the quantity, and the salubrity of die Water now
supplied to the Inhabitants of the Metropolis by the several
Water Companies, and his declining to furnish us with the
means of taking levels and making surveys, which we stat.
ed would have been necessary to enable us to decide upon
various plans for remedying the existing evils. We beg
leave at the same time to represent to Mr. Peel that tee
have been laboriously occupied for the last four months in
collecting a large mass of evidence relating to a much more
extended inquiry than is comprised in the questions to which
he has now limited our Commission.

This evidence we hoped would have prepared the way
for our recommendation of a practicable and efficacious plan
of supplying the whole of the Metropolis with pure and
wholesome water; an object which we cannot but esteem
as of considerable inwertance, and which, as appears from
the several petition:. to Parliament, giving occasion to the
present Commission, has been so loudly and so earnestly
called for by the Public.
While proceeding in that course of investigation which
apr,ared to us best calculated to satisfy the expectations of
the petitioners and of the public, we considered it a very
material object to obtain the most correct knowledge of
the true nature of Thames Water, which has been so much
the subject of complaint in different parts of the river,
from the mouth of the sea to Teddington, and for that pur-
pose vre were about to procure accurate analyses of the
water taken from different places, and more particularly
front those whence the several Companies derive their sup-
/Ay, and in different states of the tide : but as from the
expressions of Mr. Peel's sentiments with regard to the
nature of our Commission, conveyed in your letter, we are
led to apprehend that he may not sanction our proceeding
further in the inquiries we were undertaking, we beg to he
informed whether the expenses necessarily attendant on
such an investigation will be defrayed by Government, as
we had originally reason to expect they would be, from the
letters of Mr. Spring Rice to us of the 20th and 27th of
Novemker last.
With regard to the mere questions of the description and
quantity, and alleged quality of the water supplied by the
Companies, we are already in possession of sufficient
Materials for answering these questions, as far as can be
known from information supplied by the Companies them-
selves, and from such further evidence as we have examined.
But with regard to the salubrity of the water, it will
not be possible for us to give any opinion which shall be
satisfactory either to.the public or to ourselves, unless we
are furnished with the information to be derived from the
several analysis of Thames Water, of which we had already
plan, and taken all the preliminary steps to carry
into
t aced
eff theec t.
We have, &c.
p. M. ROGET.
WM. THOS. BRANDE.
THOS. TELFORD.

(Signed)

Copy of a Letter from Mr. PhiHipps to the Commi*sioners

of Water Inquiry.
Whitehall, March 4, 1828.

Gentlemen—l Lave laid before Mr. Secretary Peel your
letter of the 29th ultimo, and I have received his directions
to acquaint yen that he propoies to ret-ommend to the Trea.-

sury that the intentions of the Secretary of State by whom
the Commission for inquiry into the State of Water to the
Metropolis was originally appointed, with respect to the
payment of expeaces necessarily incurred in carrying, into
effect the precise objects contemplated by the Commission,
and with respect to the remuneration of the persons em-
ployed in the Commission, shall be fulfilled.
Mr. Peel has referred to Mr. Sturges Bourne, who filled
the office of Secretary of State when the Commisaion was
appointed, in order to ascertain what were his views in re-
commending its appointment to the Cros n ; and he has
learnt from Mr. Sturges Bourne that firm views were in
conformity with terms of the petitions to Parliament, and
of the Commission itself ; viz., " that the Inquiry should
be into the description, the quantity, and the salubrity of
the Water now supplied to the inhabitants of London by
the several Water Companies."
I am to state that Mr. Peel certainly did presume that
an inquiry into the salubrity and description of the water
would not be complete without an accurate analysis of the
water from the different parts of the river from whence
the several companies derive their supply; and that cer.•
tainly his impression was that such an analysis must have
been made during the period that has now elapsed since
the appointment of the Commission. Mr. Peel thinks
that it ought to be made without delay, and he requests to
he informed within what period, " the plan for such analysis
having been already traced, and all the preliminary steps
taken for carrying it into effect," it can now be completed.
I am, &c.
(Signed) S. M. PHILLIPPS.
The Commiesioners for Inquiring into the State

of Water into the Metropolis,

Copt• of a Letter from the Commissioners of Water Inquiry
to Mr. Phillipps.
Apartments of the Commissioners, 9, New Pal4ce-
yard, lOtla March, 1828.
_ _

Sts---In answer to the letters we had the honour of re-
ceiving from you, dated the 4th and 7th instant, we beg
to state that we have, in consequence of the opinion of Mr.
Secretary Peel, therein expressed, given immediate orders
for proceeding in the collecting and analysing portions of
water taken from the different parts of the River from
whence the several Companies derive their supply, accord-
ing to the plan we had previously laid down ; and that we
have every reason to expect that these analyses will be com-
pleted in the course of six weeks from the present time.
We have, &e.
(Signed) P. M. ROGET.
S. M. Phillips, Esq., WM. THOS. BRANDE.
&c. &e. &c. THOS. TELFORD.

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