The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror.

  • Edinburgh (Scotland). Parochial Board.
Date:
1862
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Credit: The facts bearing on the claim of the poor to 1. The Poorhouse grounds and buildings; 2. Paul's work mortification; and 3. Trinity Hospital : and dissent from the report of the Law Committee of the Council refusing the poor's claims / by Councillor Curror. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    community of the city of Edinburgh, and feeling, for the reasons stated in the outset, that the deliberation and con- sideration their importance requires could scarcely be expected to be got for them at the end of a lengthened sitting of Council, on a motion for approval or disapproval of the com- mittee’s report, I gave notice of the motion already quoted, in the hope that thereby the whole matters might be deliber- ately brought up, considered, and disposed of in the face of the community, who are the constituents alike of the Council and Parochial Board. That motion is self-explanatory after the narrative of facts now given; and, whatever the result of it, I conclude by beseeching your Lordship and the Council to deal with the whole subject on its merits, and to dispose of it without delay, but only after a careful consideration thereof, and of the interest of the trusts, beneficiaries, and community involved, and a due regard to the consequences of litigation. I am not aware what the Council have ever gained, but I see what the Corporation lost in one single case by refusing an extrajudicial settlement of it. A question arose between the Corporation and the Board of Ordnance as to their rights in the compensation got from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bail- way for running their line through West Princes Street Gardens. The Board of Ordnance offered terms of arrange- ment which would have left the Corporation all the ground to the north of the railway, and all the money they had got from the Company, The Corporation refused these terms, and the case has now been settled by a judgment of the House of Lords. The loss to the city by refusing this amicable arrangement was : Expenses paid to the agents of the Board of Ordnance for Court of Session proceed- ings, Expenses of appeal in the House of Lords, taken against the report of the Law Com- mittee, to be paid, £1300 0 0 1000 0 0 Carried forward, £2300 0 0