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4. That no Lamps shall be suspended by ball and socket-joint
only.
6. That no Lamps on posts be agreed to unless they are kept
lighted the whole night.
6. That a sketch of the proposed lamps, with their dimensions,
and of any intended inscription thereon, be submitted with the
application to the Vestry for approval.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
The Edison Electric Light Company having failed to
comply with the conditions of their Provisional Order, the
Board of Trade gave notice to the Yestry in the mouth of
May of the revocation of the Order, known as the St. James's
and St. Martin's (London) Electric Lighting Order, 1883,
with a request that the notice might be published in two
newspapers circulating in the district in two successive weeks.
The notice was published accordingly in The Times and the
West Middlesex Advertiser, of June 6th and 13th.
With regard to the St. James, St. Martin, and St. George,
Hanover Square (West London) Electric Lighting Order,
1884, notice was received in June from the West London
Electric Lighting Company, the undertakers, of their intention
to apply for a further Provisional Order in the ensuing
session. The draft of the proposed Order, as well as of a
private Bill, has since been deposited, and received the consideration
of the Yestry.
Under the Bill, the Company are seeking powers ot an exceptional
character; its main provisions being to confer
power upon the Company to acquire lands by compulsion, to
vary the conditions of purchase ot the undertaking by the
Local Authority, to extend the time allowed tor carrying out
the compulsory works, and to restrain legal proceedings
without the consent of the Board ot Trade. Some ot these
provisions are contrary to the Electric Lighting Act, 1882.
and the Vestry entertain a strong objection to a Public Act of
Parliament of general application being modified in certain
respects to suit one particular case. They have therefore