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light, evidently having supported a most massive
building at a totally different angle to the present,
or were intended to have done, that the site
must have been devoted to some structure of
importance : and the date of the bricks, or rather
of their manufacture, points to the conclusion that
the original structure was of a more ancient date
than would be supposed. Although the room itself
has undergone many alterations and changes, these
old footings and foundations have not been interfered
with, and were not, more than was necessary
to effect the last conversion from an armory into a
Mortuary House, though a further investigation
might, or might not, have led to some curious
though perhaps not valuable information.
The erection of two new Public Conveniences, or
rather the replacing two existing ones with new,
and the re-erection of the materials of a former one
on a fresh site, completes the list of the most
prominent of the works of the Vestry for twelve
months. The new ones, to call them so, are
situated in Wells Street, Jermyn Street, and in Little
Vine Street, Piccadilly. The re-erected one is in
Blenheim Street, by Oxford Street. To each of
these a permanent supply of water has been given,
and the gas is supplied by meter. The two first
have been constructed upon a different principle
than that formerly adopted, whether a permanent
benefit or not time will show, as much has to be
learnt upon this subject in such limited situations.
Neither of these were undertaken without full and