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14
Case relative to the Tothill Fields Bill. —

and means, only a few of them eventually experienced it; as
appears by a Petition presented by the Inhabitants of those
Houses, to the House of Lords, which Petition is reprinted in the
above mentioned pamphlet written by the abovementioned Dr
Wilson at that time one of the Prebends of Westminster and
Curate of St. Margaret. —

How much stronger a case that was than the present
will appear from the following passages in the Petition (being
the whole of it except the formal words at the Introduction
and Conclusion) in which the sufficiency of such a Ground
as that of the present Bill is at present Bill is in a manner
admitted. —

"The Bill if passed into a Law" say the Petitioners "will
"greatly injure your Petitioners in their properties, and will
"be the absolute ruin of several hundreds of Tradesmen and
"Artificers, who must be driven from their respective dwellings,
"to seek their bread in places where they are unknown. —

"And their Petitioners humbly submit to the Consideration
"of your Lordships, whether such powers, as are contained
"in this Bill have in any instance been granted by the Legislature,
where the object proposed has not been some great
"and public advantage. —

"That your Petitioners apprehend, that the inconveniences
"proposed to be remedied by this Bill are only imaginary;
"that the evils which it would bring upon your Petitioners, are
"real and substantial, and the advantages to arise from it
"would be confined solely to the projectors and proprietors
"of the Houses to be erected in pursuance thereof." —

The projectors there spoken of are His Grace the present
Archbishop of York (then head Master of the Westminster
School) and a Mr. Salter. —

The Bill experienced (as under such Circumstances
it may well be imagined it would) great opposition as well in



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Box

123

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

224

Info in main headings field

case relative to the tothill fields bill

Image

002

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f13 / f14

Penner

Watermarks

g & ep 1794

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Paper Producer

fr3

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1794

Notes public

see note 3 to letter 1392, vol. 6

ID Number

41650

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