The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-19 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.

THE EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES.
The committee re-assembled yesterday morning.
The Right Hon. W. Cowper in the chair.
Mr. Phin said a clause was agreed to be prepared
with reference to land reclaimed from the river to
be appropriated to a pleasure ground for the use of
tho public, and he therefore submitted Li cloilSe.
which would read as follows :—" All the land re-
claimed from the Thames which is not intended for
streets or roads, nor is otherwise specifically appro-
priated by the provisions of this act, and which lies
between the eastern side of Cecil-street on the east
and the Crown lands on the west, between Surrey-
street and Arundel-street, together with the land to
be reclaimed between the south side and the approach
to the embankment roadway, shall for ever hereafter
be vested in and maintained by the board for the
use of the public as places of recreation or orna-
mental ground ; and the expenses incident to such
maintenance shall be deemed to be expenses of the
board in the execution of the act 18th and 19th Vic.,
c. 120, and all parts of the metropolis shall be
deemed to be equally benefited by all sums so ex-
pended by the board."
After a short discussion, the clause was agreed to.

Sir William Jolliffe wished for some information
as to what had been stated by Mr. Gore, the Chief
Commissioner of Woods and Forests, at a former
meeting of the committee. He stated that, if that
roadway was not made in front of the Crown pro-
perty, he was authorised to state that the Govern-
ment would be at the expense of making the em-
bankment, and he wanted to know if the Govern-
ment were ready to incur that expense.
The Chairman said that was on the condition that

the public should be shut out from the use of the
embankment, but the committee had decided that
there should, be a footway upon it. Now he might
state that there had been a communication with the
Treasury in the interest of the Crown lessees, but
the Treasury had said that the matter must be left
to this committee, and he therefore now asked the
committee to decide upon it.
Sir J. Shelley thought they were entitled to have
same official notification of the intentions of the
Treasury upon it.
Mr. Baxter said the Crown would attend to the
representations of this committee.
Lord H. Vane said that, without the consent of
the Crown, they could not have had the bill before
them. The consent of the Treasury, therefore, was
a matter of necessity, who could stop them in their

progress at any time.
Mr. Baxter said that certain clauses had been
sent to him by the solicitor to the Crown, which he
then submitted to the committee.
The clauses were read, but they merely carried
out some details requiring that any part of the fore-
shore to be filled up in front of Somerset House and
the Board of Control should be deemed to form
part of those establishments ; that it should not be
lawful to erect any building or structure on any
part of the embankment on the Crown lands with-
out the consent of the Commissioners of Works; and
in case it might be necessary to remove existing
stairs or landing-places, and to erect and maintain
other landing-places, it should not be necessary to
obtain the approval of the Thames Conservators.
A clause was proposed in reference to the rights
of the Duchy of Lancaster, which recited that in the
valuation of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments
belonging to or enjoyed by her Majesty, or her
heirs or successors, in right of the Duchy of Lancas-
ter, required to be taken or interfered with for the
purposes of this act, the amount of valuation shall
be paid by the board to the receiver-general of the
revenues of the duchy before the board shall com-
mence any works within the manor or precinct of
the Savoy, or within any lands belonging to her
Majesty in right of the duchy, the valuation to be
made by two arbitrators, one arbitrator to be ap-
pointed by the board and the other by the Chancel-
lor of the duchy, and an umpire to be appointed by
them, or in default by the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury. The award of the arbitrators or um-
pire to be final, and all costs and expenses to be paid
by the board.