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I would just add, that the quantities of such fish condemned by me and
the inspectors have been larg ; and it is a matter to be much regretted
that the authorities of the Market, with such ample opportunities for mischief,
do not adopt some stringent measures to prevent so grave a wrong.
FEEL GROVE CEMETERY.
Some time ago it became known to me that preparations were being
made to build upon this ground, which had been closed for several years.
The Government of the day was communicated with, and I met Dr.
Holland (Inspector of Burial Grounds), and Mr. Keldy, the freeholder.
We learned from Mr. Keldy that there certainly was no power to prevent
him building upon this ground; and we were informed by him that he
had already leased the land to Mr. Willsmer, of Leyton. The ground
being unconsecrated, and the remains of the dead not disturbed, no opposition
could be effectually made to frustrate their object.
Much conversation ensued upon the matter, and subsequently an Order
in Council was obtained, which directed that it was to be covered by
vegetation. The same order extended to the cemetery in Globe Road,
in the parish of Mile End Old Town.
This order was as powerless for good and as worthless as the paper
on which it was inscribed, and as such, it was totally disregarded—not
a single requirement could be enforced. No plant or evergreen has
taken root there—no germ budded—no flower blossomed; but over
the graves of our departed neighbours interred in the Globe Road
Cemetery there are buildings and dwelling houses as thickly peopled as
any other portion of our city. A like inevitable fate awaits Peel Grove.
In Peel Grove, at the commencement of this year, the work of demolition
began: monuments which recorded the last resting-places of
friends and relations were removed, and assigned to base uses never
contemplated by affection and kindly hands which placed them there ;
dry rubbish was thickly strewed over the ground to the depth of three
feet, and the sad spot once watered by the tears of sorrowing friends
made ready for the erection of buildings and the construction of highways
for busy feet to trample on and desecrate. Dr. Holland and myself met
again, and by appointment, the lessee; we remonstrated strongly and
urgently, but we found that the counsel's opinion—that of Sir Roundell
Palmer—was adverse to us ; that the Order in Council was of no avail;