Sir,—Referring to your letter and enclosure of the 9th instant, I am
directed to transmit you copy of a letter sent for submission to the
Right Honourable the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works, &c.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
CHAS. LAHEE,
Vestry Clerk.
Sir R. Mayne, &c., &c., Chief Commissioner of Police, Scotland Yard.
(A copy of the last letter was enclosed).
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_A. Austin_, _Esq._, _to the Vestry Clerk_.
1672
Office of Works, &c., S.W.
1st May, 1861.
Sir,—I am directed by the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works, &c.,
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo, containing
a copy of a resolution of the Vestry of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea,
respecting the portion of the road leading to Chelsea Bridge, which is in
that parish, and I am to state that the Board must deny that the bad
state of the road is ‘owing to the manner in which it was originally made
up,’ that with regard to ‘the works lately executed there,’ if, as the
Board presume, the Vestry allude to the formation of a sewer, those works
were not done by, or with the consent of this department; and that
although the Board are advised that the parish are liable to the repair
and maintenance of the road, and have no claim on the Board in respect
thereof, they are willing, with a view of avoiding expense to both
parties, to consider any proposition which the Vestry may submit to them
for having the matter settled by a competent tribunal.
I am Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
ALFRED AUSTIN,
Secretary.
Chas, Lahee, Esq.
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_The Vestry Clerk to A. Austin_, _Esq._
May 24, 1861.