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ho purpose of securing the insertion, in the Bill then
before Parliament for making the Thames Embankment,
of such clauses as should protect the Vestry from
oss or damage to be occasioned by the passing of that
Bill. One of the objects of the Petition was to protect
the parish from any loss of rates, by reason of the
removal of parish property in making the Embankment.
Another object was to compel the Metropolitan Board
of Works, at their own expense, to connect the existing
sewers of the parish with the proposed intercepting
low level sewer.
The Vestry Clerk appeared before, and was heard
by the Committee, in support of the allegations of the
Petition. The Committee divided several times upon
the Petition, and eventually declined to make any
allowance for the supposed loss of rates, but consented
to the insertion of certain clauses, for the protection of
the parishioners, as regards any alteration or interference
with existing sewers.
leicester square.
In accordance with the instructions given by the
Vestry, as stated iu the last Report of their proproceedings,
the Petition of the Vestry in support of the
Gardens in Towns Protection Bill," introduced into
the House of Lords, by Lord ltedesdale, for the purpose
of preserving, amongst other things, the centre of
Leicester Square as an open space and free from
buildings, was supported by Counsel on behalf of the
Vestry, who attended before a Select Committee of
the House of Lords. The parties in opposition to the
Bill were also heard. The Committee, after amending
some of the Clauses, reported in favour of the Bill,
which then passed through its several stages in the
House of Lords, but, owing to the lateness of the
session, it did not pass through the House of Commons.