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and conferring with the Rector, and with his consent, recommended
that the Mortuary should be erected on the Northern part of the
Churchyard, South of the private pathway from the North-west
corner, and nearly opposite the Vestry Hall.
The Committee had plans prepared in accordance with the terms of
the Chancellor's judgment, and recommended that the necessary steps
be taken to obtain the Chancellor's approval of those plans, and
grant of the faculty.
The Committee also recommended that the offer of Mr. Merceron
should not be accepted.
The Report of the Committee was adopted, and the new plans were
lodged in the Court. The Chancellor directed a fresh citation should
issue, to which Mr. Merceron and his tenant, Mr. Wilson, have
entered an appearance; but they have delivered no statement of
objections, and what the grounds of their objections are is not known,
beyond Mr. Merceron's objection to have any Mortuary erected in the
Churchyard.
At present it remains for the Chancellor to fix a day for the hearing.
WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.
The Special Committee to which last year the subject of the
Removal of the Market was referred, after making enquiries and
communicating with the Vestry of Mile End and the District Boards
of Works of Poplar, Limehouse, and Whitechapel, recommended that
the Vestry should join with the Vestry of Mile End in endeavouring
to obtain a removal of the Hay Market from Whitechapel ; and
further, that the Vestry should in due course inform the Metropolitan
Board of Works that the Vestry concurs in the opinion that the
Market should be moved, and press upon that Board the necessity of
taking steps to effect that object. The report of the Special
Committee was approved.
In February, Messrs. Ewin, Perrin, and Hilditch were elected
Delegates to attend a Meeting, to be held on the 17th March, at Mile
End, to determine what course should be adopted. The Meeting was
held, but was adjourned in order that the Vestries might have the
opportunity of considering the resolutions passed at the Meeting.