The chief feature of the Government's proposals in their Linden Bill is the reconstruction of a great municipal City of Westminster. This has concentrated attention upon the Bill which otherwise would have home only the character of being a piece of humdrum municipal organisation, Will the City with if ancient prerogatives, liveries, and com-bear with equanimity the establish-of a larger, more populous, and wealthier corporation, with dignity enhanced by the inclusion within the area of its locality of the Imperial Houses of Parlinment and the chief West End public builds and in: tions? There is sure to be a loud protest st this clever piece of statesmanship which spikes the main battery of the Progressive party and should at the same tine effectually lay the bogey that the London County Council may in time gain such a paramount influence as to dominate even over Parliament itself '3rd March.
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