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parliamentary bills—continued.
opinion of the Vestry entirely subversive of the provisions
of the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, it was resolved, on the
4th February, 1886, that the Board of Trade be requested
to oppose the granting of the Provisional Order, and that
a Petition be presented against the Bill.
HYDE PARK CORNER (NEW STREETS) BILL.
The above Bill proposed to confer upon the Metropolitan
Board of Works the power of directing in what manner the
cost of the maintenance of the above streets should be
defrayed, whether by contributions from all or any, or wholly
by one of the following bodies, viz., the Metropolitan
Board of Works, the Vestry of St. George, Hanover
Square, and this Vestry.
On the 14th May, 1885, the Vestry resolved to present a
Petition against the Bill, which Petition was duly forwarded
to Mr. Hicks, M.P. for Cambridgeshire, for
presentation.
On the 28th May, 1886, the Clerk reported that the
Right Hon. G. Cubitt, M.P., Mr. Coleridge J. Kennard,
M.P., and Mr. C. N. Warton, M.P., had given notice to
oppose the Bill. On the 11th June, 1885, a letter was
submitted from the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P.,
stating that he had arranged the necessary blocks so as to
keep up the opposition to the Bill. On the 20th August,
1885, the Clerk reported that the Bill had been dropped on
the 10th inst. Notice was duly given in November, 1885,
of the intention of the Government to re-introduce the Bill,
and on the 4th February, 1886, instructions were given to
the Clerk to prepare and lodge a Petition against the Bill,