The great Serpentine question has broken out afresh. Dis- satisfied
with the prospects of Mr. Hawkesley's plan for cleansing that filthy pool, a deputation has appealed to Mr. Cowper to stop its progress if he can, and to devise and execute a more efficient scheme. We are glad to see that Mr. Cowper sympathizes with the objectors ; and that, although he is not prepared to arrest the works instituted by his predecessor, he is disposed to take the sense of the House of Commons on the subject. A correspondent of our own suggests a new plan. He would reduce the Serpentine to its natural level, and suffer it to meander through a beautiful meadow ; but apart from any question of the practicability of this proposal, we may say that our correspondent forgets that what we want is a clean lake and not a tiny streamlet.
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