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Funds has been much discussed, and although efforts
were made by this Vestry to induce the Governors of
the Charing Cross Hospital to provide the required
accommodation for the objects of the Charity, embracing
a provision for persons afflicted with contagious
and infectious disorders, it was discovered that such
arrangements were inconsistent with the rules of the
Hospital and therefore could not be made by the
Governors. The result has been that on comparing the
advantages offered by various hospitals in the metropolis,
it was found that King's College Hospital offered
the greatest amount of accommodation, and it is therefore
probable that it will be selected, and that the whole
of the funds of the Charity, by a scheme to be finally
settled by the Master of the Rolls, will be paid to the
Governors of the Hospital, who in that case will be
required to supply such number of beds as may be
prescribed by the scheme, subject to such rules and
regulations as may be thereby declared. The Annual
Income is at present about £100 per annum and an
increase of it may be expected within a short period.
Leicester Square.
At the close of the year ending 25th March, 1863,
a Bill called "The Regent Market, Leicester Square
Bill," was pending before the House of Commons.
Petitions against it were presented by this Vestry,
the Metropolitan Board of Works, the Inhabitants of
Leicester Square, the Vestry of St. James Westminster,
and the Marquis of Salisbury. It was decided by the
Committee, to whom the Bill was referred, that the
Petitioners in two out of the five Petitions could not be
heard, and for this and other reasons the principal
urthen of opposing the Bill fell to the lot of this
Vestry.