* * * * * _A. Austin_, _Esq._, _to the Vestry Clerk_. 1672 Office of Works, &c., S.W. 1st May, 1861. Sir,—I am directed by the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works, &c., to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th ultimo, containing a copy of a resolution of the Vestry of the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, respecting the portion of the road leading to Chelsea Bridge, which is in that parish, and I am to state that the Board must deny that the bad state of the road is ‘owing to the manner in which it was originally made up,’ that with regard to ‘the works lately executed there,’ if, as the Board presume, the Vestry allude to the formation of a sewer, those works were not done by, or with the consent of this department; and that although the Board are advised that the parish are liable to the repair and maintenance of the road, and have no claim on the Board in respect thereof, they are willing, with a view of avoiding expense to both parties, to consider any proposition which the Vestry may submit to them for having the matter settled by a competent tribunal. I am Sir, Your obedient Servant, ALFRED AUSTIN, Secretary. Chas, Lahee, Esq. * * * * * _The Vestry Clerk to A. Austin_, _Esq._ May 24, 1861. CHELSEA BRIDGE ROAD. Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 1st instant, I am directed to send you copy of a resolution of the Committee of Works and for General Purposes, which has been subsequently approved by the Vestry. Resolved,—That this Committee recommend the Vestry to reply to the letter from the Office of Works, &c., that the Board are still willing to agree to the proposition made by this Vestry to the First Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Works, &c., in February, 1860, for the purpose of having the question decided by a court of competent jurisdiction at the smallest expense, and with the least delay. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, CHAS. LAHEE. Vestry Clerk. A. Austin, Esq., Secretary, Office of Works, &c., Whitehall, S.W. * * * * * _A. Austin_, _Esq._, _to the Vestry Clerk_.