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sum of £50 for their interest in the said five-feet way, and to convey all their right and
interest in the same to Mr. Beech.
The question of the abolition of the tolls upon the Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, and
Deptford Turnpike Roads, having been brought under the notice of the Vestry, they
have appointed a Committee to consider the whole subject; also to confer with the Committees
of the adjoining Parishes, and report thereon to the Vestry. No meeting has,
however, taken place, inasmuch as the Vestry of St. Paul, Deptford, declined taking any
steps, and no reply has been obtained from the Vestry of St. Nicholas, Deptford. The
Vestry of Bermondsey expressed their willingness to have a conference with the Committee.
Great complaints being constantly made as to the length of time the bridges over
the entrances to the Grand Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe-street, were kept open, the
Vestry have caused two notice boards to be set up, one near the west end of the new
bridge, and the other near the east end of the old bridge, with an inscription thereon,
stating the time allowed by the Act of Parliament for keeping the bridges open, and the
penalty incurred by the Dock Company for not shutting them within due time, and
directing persons detained in consequence to give notice thereof to the Vestry Clerk.
In consequence of the embankment of the open ditch round the cricket-field
opposite West field-terrace, constantly falling away, thereby causing the public footpath
along the said ditch to become very dangerous, and the Vestry having been so often put
to the expense of repairing the same, they gave the freeholder notice to fill up the ditch
and fence in the field, and negociations are still pending to obtain that object.
With respect to the removal of St. Thomas's Hospital from its present site, the
Vestry made the following Resolutions, and caused the same to be forwarded to the
Governors of the Hospital:—
Resolved, that this Vestry are of opinion that the removal of St. Thomas's Hospital from
the south side of the Thames would be a great injury and loss to the sick poor of this District, and
that the same ought to be rebuilt on some suitable spot of the south district; also
Resolved that a copy of the foregoing Resolution be forwarded to the Governors of St.
Thomas's Hospital, and that they be respectfully requested to continue the Hospital, on some convenient
spot among the working population on the south side of the Thames.
Upon the Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment Bill being brought before
Parliament this Session, the Vestry caused the following Petition for clauses to be presented
to the House of Commons :—
METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
in Parliament assembled:—
The humble Petition of the Vestry of the Parish of Rotherhithe, in the County of Surrey,
Sheweth,—
That under the 47th section of the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855, the Parish of