CAPTAIN COLOMB&c.) (Tower Hamlets, Bow,, asked the First Commissioner of Works, Whether it is the fact that a Memorial, signed by 30,000 inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets, was presented to Her Majesty in 1841, praying Her Majesty "to grant the inestimable benefit of the space" now included in Victoria Park "as a Royal Park;" whether, in reply to that Memorial, a Letter, dated 26th May, 1841, was addressed to Mr. Frederick Young, honorary Secretary of the Committee of the movement which resulted in that Memorial, by Lord Duncannon, on behalf of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, containing the following passage:—
I have great pleasure in informing you that Her Majesty has expressed her entire approval of the steps which have been taken for complying with the memorial of the inhabitants of the Tower Hamlets for making a Royal Park in that populous district.whether sec. 3, of 4 & 5 Vic. c. 27, provided for the purchase of certain lands therein specified, and for their conveyance to Her Majesty, Her heirs, and successors, and further provides that, when so conveyed, such lands shall ever thereafter be taken and be a royal park, by the name of Victoria Park; and whether Victoria Park is now a royal park; and if not, why not?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER (Mr. PLUNKET) (Dublin University)said, that the facts as to the formation of Victoria Park in 1841 were as stated in the Question; and there was no doubt that Victoria Park might, in that sense, now be termed a royal park.