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Case relative to the Tothill Fields Bill

was addressed— such has been the operation of these causes,
or some of them, upon a body, pacific by profession and in
practise, that, from that time to the present, no leases have
been granted in pursuance of that advertisement, nor have
any legal steps been taken to establish the right of making
such grants.(a)

That in that instance the insuperable, and one
may almost say radical, unfitness of the spot for the species
of improvement in question, was at least among the causes of
failure, will appear the more probable the more fully the
history of the attempts of a similar kind, that have been
made in that vicinity— comes to be understood. If the plan,
presented by the Adams's about the year 1760, met with so
little encouragement, it was because, at that early period (it
may be said) the Country and the Metropolis were not as yet
ripe for it. But an attempt made at a much more recent
period— at the most favourable period known, and in a
situation which, though contiguous, presents the same advantages
in a much superior degree, has been equally unsuccessful.
Parallel to the course of the Thames, between Tothill Fields
and the River, runs a tract of Land, stretching from
Grosvenor House to the Wharf called the Thames Wharf (in a line
running (without any interruption worth noticing) through
a length of from 700 to 800 Yards, along the River Wall,
and extending in depth from about 400 to about 250 yards

(a) Since the above was written, it has been discovered that the
piece of Garden Ground containing an acre or some such
matter occupied and let out into small Gardens by Mr
Stoer, together with the spot on which his house is erected,
are held of the Dean and Chapter under a Lease the
date whereof is subsequent to the above period. The fact
is mentioned for the sake of accuracy: but the argument
does not seem to be in any way affected by it. The same
uncertainty remains unremoved.

Identifier: | JB/117/113/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	113	Info in main headings field	case relative to the tothill fields bill
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	38730
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