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A motion of Mr. R. Taylor's, in the Court of Common Council, for referring the information on the proceedings on Mr. Alderman Scales's case to a Special Committee, was lost, on Thursday, by a majority of two.
A consultation was held, on Wednesday morning, of the new Over- seers of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, elected since the adoption of the New Vestry Act, in consequence of the decision of the Magistrates at Queen Square Police-office ; by which the parochial officers, who had served since the year 1828, and not paid poor-rates while in office, were declared liable to pay as other parishioners. The practice, it seems, has existed for upwards of one hundred years ; but as the Statute of Limitations does not extend to poor-rates, the Over- seers have determined to demand the rates of every person in the parish who has served parochial offices previous to 1828, and if payment is resisted, to summon them before the Magistrates. It is expected that about 2,0001. will be recovered. Mr. Stephenson, the Vestry Clerk, who has held the situation for about thirty-three years, will have about the heaviest sum to pay.
The exterior of the Banqueting House, Whitehall, is at last finished ; and the end of it next to Waldegrave House, which heretofore dis- played brick-work, and altogether a dirty and very irregular appearance, has been stuccoed.
The Ordnance Office in Pall Mall has 'just undergone a complete embellishment, and now presents as stylish an exterior as the smartest private dwelling in the metropolis.
The Commissioners of Woods and Forests have granted the unoc- cupied plot of ground between the Ronal Westminster Mews and the Sessions House, and the north-west side of Westminster Abbey, for a site for the new Hospital. It has been surrounded by a hoard, and workmen have for some time been employed in making the necessary excavations for the foundation. Owing to the loose nature of the upper stratum of soil, it was found necessary to carry these to an un- usual depth ; and no less than 80,000 loads of earth were removed be- fore the workmen reached the stiff clayey stratum on which the foun- dations are intended to be based.
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