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opposite St. John's Church and Vicarage, and the Avenue leading
to the Lunatic Asylum. This site is in every respect superior to
that in front of Paradise Row, which was at first proposed,
THAMES COMMUNICATIONS.
The Vestry and other Vestries and District Boards in the East
of London presented simultaneously to the Metropolitan Board of
Works memorials urging that Board to obtain power to erect a
low-level Bridge across the Thames, from Rotherhithe to Wapping.
In November a letter was received from the Metropolitan Board
stating that having on the 14th October considered several
requests for improvements in various parts of London, the Board
had come to the conclusion that it would not apply to Parliament
next Session for power to carry out any improvements in respect
of which the Vestries or District Boards interested were not
prepared to contribute part of the cost, and that therefore the
Board could not submit to Parliament any proposal for the
construction of a Bridge across the Thames from Eotherhithe to
Wapping.
FOURNIER'S CHARITY,
The thirteen candidates who were elected and received the gift
were:—
Mrs. Jane Alger, 17, Mansford Street.
Mr. Henry Beckwith, 62, Gosset Street.
Mrs. Mary Ann Bell, 24, Auckland Road.
Mr. James Bitcheno, 18, Gibraltar Walk.
Mr. Robert Brichel, 126, Old Ford Road
Mr. James Cole, 50, Cheshire Street.
Mr. James Cox, 14, North Place, Green Street.
Mr. William Davey, 100, Sclater Street.
Mr. John Dean, 35, Norah Street.
Mr. William Field, 10, Sherwood Place.
Mr. George McDonald, 2, The Oval.
Mr. Edward Short, 88, Buckhurst Street.
Mr. Daniel Smith, 5, Baker Street,