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A reply was received from the Right Hon. W. H. Smith,
stating that the subject had received, and was engaging, the
serious consideration of the Government. Subsequently a
Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed,
at the instance of the Government, to enquire into the
question.
JUBILEE OF HER MAJESTY'S REIGN.
The completion of the fiftieth year of Her Majesty's reign,
which evoked such a spontaneous and universal expression
of joy, was not allowed to pass unnoticed by the Vestry.
Piccadilly being included in the route taken by the Royal
Procession to Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the
Thanksgiving Service on the 21st June, the Vestry gladly
availed themselves of the occurrence to afford some hundreds
of children attending the various public schools connected
with the Parish an opportunity of witnessing the Procession
from the Churchyard, which the Rector had very kindly
placed at the disposal of a Committee for this purpose.
Subscriptions towards defraying the expenses of erecting the
necessary stands, and providing the school children with
refreshments and some suitable memento, were invited privately
from the leading parishioners, and the sum of
£198 4s. 6d. was received in response to this appeal.
A platform capable of seating between six and seven
hundred children was erected, and invitations were issued to
the various schools as follows, about 1 teacher being invited
to every 15 or 20 scholars:—