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years from the passing of the Act; to alter the level of the extension
from the high to the low, or in other words, to construct it below instead
of above ground ; and in this bill a clause has been introduced requiring
the Great Eastern Company to construct a footway between the termini
of the Great Eastern and North London Railways, eight feet wide, from
Sun Street to Liverpool Street. This is the subject of agreement between
the two companies, and is intended to obviate the necessity of making a
new entrance to the North London Station, as required by that Company's
Act, and to meet the convenience of persons living north of those
stations.
A bill has been introduced (since passed) authorising the construction
of a tramway through the City Road, which, for the length of about 800
yards, will pass through this parish.
The Education bill has passed into law, but it confers no new
powers on the Vestry, although in respect to elections for members of the
School Board some duties may be imposed upon the Churchwardens.
Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., introduced a series of bills into Parliament, the
object of which was to remodel the government of the metropolis, which
would have involved the abolition of the Vestries and the establishment
of municipal councils in the Parliamentary boroughs. One of these
bills passed the second reading, and was referred to a select Committee.
The other bills were not read a second time, and the Committee was not
appointed. It is anticipated that early legislation upon the subject will
take place at the instance of the Government.
IMPROVEMENTS.
An improvement of considerable magnitude has been carried out in
the parish of Shoreditch by the Metropolitan Board, the first of any
character in this parish to which any contribution has been made by that
Board. Shepherdess Walk has been widened by setting back the wall
of St. Luke's Workhouse some 40 feet, thus opening up the way for
carriage traffic through to the Essex Road, Islington. Although almost
tho whole of the land taken for improvement is situate within the parish
of Shoreditch, the advantages to accrue will fall equally, if not in a
greater proportion to Islington and St. Luke's. But the parish of