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St. James's Churchyard, Pentonville.—The
Vestry have considered the subject of this churchyard
being laid out as an open space. Many complaints
of its present condition have been made
from time to time, and the opinion of Counsel has
been taken by the Trustees of the Church with
reference to the right of the Vicar of St. James's,
Pentonville to prohibit the laying-out of the
churchyard as an open space, except upon conditions
imposed by himself. This opinion is to the
effect that the Vicar's rights are limited, and that
the probability is that the Consistory Court would
grant the necessary faculty. Captain Penton has
signified his approval of the proposal, and a letter
has been received from the Metropolitan Public
Gardens Association stating that this Association
will be prepared, as soon as preliminary steps are
completed, to at once lay it out at an approximate
cost of £500. The expense to the Vestry for
maintenance and caretaker may be taken at about
<£1U0 per annum, and they have decided that the
Solicitors be instructed to take the necessary steps
to obtain a faculty for laying out the ground under
the Open Spaces Acts ; that subject to same being
obtained, the offer of the Metropolitan Public Gardens
Association be accepted, and that the Vestry
take over the ground when laid out, and maintain
it in future.
Combined Drainage.—In April, 1894, an invitation
was received from the Holborn District
Board of Works to appoint two delegates and the
Vestry Clerk to attend a Conference at their ToWn
Hall, on the 17th May, to consider what action can
be taken with regard to obtaining an alteration of
the law on the question of combined drainage. Mr.
Sans and Mr. Walton were appointed as the Vestry's
representatives. The County Council was