The water question. Memoir addressed to the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty ... to inquire into the state of the supply of water to the Metropolis / [J. Wright].

  • Wright, J. (John), 1770?-1844
Date:
1828
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    I 8$c. fyc. St. Saviour’s, Norwich, December 16th, 1827. Gentlemen ; As attempts have been made, in certain jour¬ nals devoted to science, between the appointment, by His Majesty, of the Commission to inquire into the state of the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, and the opening of its sittings, to under-rate the importance of the Inquiry, and thereby to lull the just apprehensions which have been excited on the subject; I have thought it to be my duty to draw up an Outline of the Question, as I consider it to stand at the present moment. I herewith enclose you a copy thereof; and I accom¬ pany it with a List of the persons, whom it appears to me necessary to call before you, to substantiate the several Allegations contained in the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Western part of the Metropolis to both Houses of Parliament. I greatly regret that the severe illness of a near relation should, at this moment, detain me in this city; but, in order that the question may not suffer from that circum-