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TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
Attention having been called to a decision of the Home Secretary,
permitting meetings to be held in the Square on Saturday afternoons,
Sundays and Bank Holidays, he was requested to receive a
deputation from the Vestry on the subject, which request was
acceded to; on the 20th October, 1892, the following resolution was
passed:—
“Resolved unanimously—That the Home Secretary be informed
the Vestry much regret he should have decided the question before
hearing the views of the deputation he had expressed his readiness
to receive, and he be further informed that under the circumstances
the Vestry feel it will be unnecessary to avail themselves of the
opportunity they sought in order that he might be informed as to
the views of the parishioners.”
TRADE REFUSE.
There having arisen a difference bet ween Messrs. A. and S. Gatti
and the Vestry relative to the removal of refuse, it was agreed on
the 12th January, 1893, in order to avoid legal proceedings, to refer
the subject to Mr. Fladgate on behalf of Messrs. Gatti, and to
Mr. Preston (a member of the firm) on behalf of the Vestry, to
submit their views to a third Solicitor, in order that he might state
a case for the Opinion of Counsel; and it was agreed that such
opinion when given should be binding upon the Vestry and
Messrs. Gatti for a period to be determined upon, or until further
legislation more clearly defining the term “trade refuse” should
have taken place.
It was afterwards determined that Mr. Fladgate and Mr. Preston
should each instruct a separate Counsel, so that both parties would
have their interests separately urged before an Arbitrator; subsequently,
however, the Solicitors were instructed to stay proceedings
in reference to the arbitration, pending receipt of a report
from the Works Committee upon the subject.
On the 26th January, 1893, a letter was received from the
Solicitors, reporting that at Bow Street Police Court, on the
19th inst., at the hearing of a summons against the Vestry for the
non-removal of refuse from Drury Lane Theatre, Sir J. Bridge had
Vestry, and suggesting the carrying of the case
to a higher Court, and generally advising thereon. The Vestry,
however, decided to take no further action.