The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-30 00:00:00

LAMBETH VESTRY.

Yesterday a Vestry of this parish mut held. pursuant to the fol.
lowing printed notice. The vestry was but thinlcat tended !--
" A Vestry hill be held on Friday. the 29th day of October int/.
M ten o'clock in the forenoon (exact time), to receive a subentry of
report of the accounts and transactions of the Select Vestry for the/
care and management of the concerns of the pone of this parish,
agreeably to the provisions of the Nth George 111. And also, to
direct for what general or /Colic purpose or purposes the Church.
wardens shall apply the eottitertendsei of 484 S.. ad. paid to them
for the right of common, on the isonveysiser of the land part of Ken-
nington COMMON taken for the l•iw church and burlal.ground, at
Kennington. And likewise to consider the expellylley of providing
a new watchhouse fur the pariah, In consequence of the insomnia
and dilapidated state of the present Catchhouse and to come tO
such resolutions thereon respectively, ltd proceed in the premised
as oily be deemed expedient."
The notice of the meeting having been read, the accounts of the
various contracts for supplying the poor weer alio read. A mem.
meodation was made that the Solicitor be desired to tlivfie his bill*
in future, into dime for parish appeals, and thaw fin:general per.
Poen- A report was made of the proceedingsat the last meeting
of the parishioners respecting Mr. Evans's 1111.
Mr. LZT T wished to know whether another bill of Mr. Entail
had been preented, which was out stared in the report.
Mr. Fat. r. said hr could answer that there wu one of kill.
The Chateaux wished to know to what time the new bill al:
tended, as it was new to him.
31r. FALL said the hill that had been paid was up to Clvistmrs,
and the new one from Chritonias to Michaelmas.
Mr. Il•NWOOD said the last bill Included al Mr. Etans's
ehagent.
Mr. Fall. Said they had always been led to suppose that.
Mrt Ilaitwoon sunlit put suepailtion CAR of the questtes, acti
undertake to say that it did include all Mr. Evans'', chargei.
Mr. FALL hoped this report world be the lost spefth of
the Vestry; but that was not to he Papeete& Ile complained that
there had been an omission in the report of some of the most
im-
portant transactions telagng le Mr. Evaiis's bill. It was quite •
thOwytt NA perhaps NA mein and demerits were
nearly equal—ini denied,. being those of bmission. lie then en-
treed into a satirical disquisitioit on the comparative conduct of the
gentlemen composing the Select "'retry ; which he designated •
20-headed monster, and which, he hoped. would Wan be hurled
from its place. There were ronAtant blun at it. A few days •
ago a woman came for relief, and was asked by *gentleman—
" Hoe old ate you ?" Another, with stentorian voice, called out
from the other end or the tarle—" Illow ninny children hate you ?"
Thr woman, conflated between both quesdona, answered, '• sixty-
lire." (Hoses of laughter.) Another gentleman sold—." Poor
woman, she has a Inge family, give her live shillings." (Tre-
mendous laughter.) This was the way business was done where
two or three were allowed to speak at once. Ile regretted that Mr.
Evans was not presem, because he intrude,) to have addressed •
few words to hilt. lie then moved a vote of Whittle on the Select
Vestry.
Mr. DI tits 'refolded the rnot:on.
Mr. I.e et contender', that even die worthy gentleman's speech
sheered that the Select Vestry had hr.-tight things to light, which
otherwise would never have been discovered. Ile said. tha; in ills
opinion, the Overseers had done right toiler Mr. Evans's bill,
though he and all of them condemned the blot itself. Still. if ic
hail not been paid, they would have had a law-suit brought against
them, and there would hare been ton bills to pay instead of one.
Ile rcgrettci that peesomitlitiea had been suffered to go to such An
extent, and the curdurt Of the gentlemen composing the Select
Committer roust la• torommonly correct, when boiling could b.,
brought against them butt such personalities.
Alr. II A IIW 00 I) said, he *mild not follow Mr. Fall through ail
his pe:settialities ; but he put it to that gentleman. as a man of
honour, to say whether he hail not always given him credit f t
honesty and integtity of attention, and surely they might claim the
sante credit in return. He had no doubt they would receive the
an-
probation Of thri: fellow-parishioneri, to e.-111ch they were so well
entitled.
31u. %V t T.taMsort, late overseer, core elainett that Mr. Evans
held hark his bill. He denied that Mr. King was induced to sign
that bill ; both he and Mr. King consulted legal opinions on the
subject, and then Mr. King signed it. He contended that the re-
gularity of paying the parish aceountit, induced persons to take
their contracts at loner rates than they otherwise Could.
Captain Tr ex said, that a majority of sixteen to three of the 7i. •
lent t catty, had derided that the bill should he paid, and why
should they %aide time about a thing legally done ty a body del--
gated properly fur that pnriode.
31r. Di ales complained that Mr. Evans *ed. " I hate not Jena
with you yet, gnitleutett ; 1 have another bill of 2011:. for vim.'
A letter was read by the Vestry.elerk, addressed by 31r. Eva-4
to him, accompanying his bill, in which Mr. Evans declared his
readiness to have Ids bill taxed, in the kerne way as the sulicitorN
for the Surrey and Camberwell mails ; and expressing his satisfac.
Lion that Ale. Fall had been appointed metier, because then Ws
bill would be gone through.
Mr. IlAnwoon (aid, that Mr. Pram had been solicitor to do
parish for 34 rears. and all he had ref:vivid dating that time woes
2014., whilst it had been eirt^alsted iw newspapers that he had
received 4401. a year out of the pariah. assrailky(his 4v:ril'ts
was not 163 f. a year costs out of pocket.
The (Irma NI (lie. Irt/yley) thought this reply highly cr.••
tlitable to the character and conduct dl M jeivans. bud thought
a pity that hie lefty! to the Vestry.elstelc a
oodi bon totoiriac ! la
the *elect Vestry.
Mr. FA LI. replied. He contended that the hwastigation of M.%
Evans's hill so far Pram being close, Cast the merest meeker, Chia
inquiry that ever tank place. He denied that he had sear recog-
nist d this bill I he certainly (lid not dislike the bill alien be heard .
of it, so muck as he did after he tow the charge ha 11. He-charged
the auditor* of the p.m.h with negligence in making op the ac-
counts. lie had hinvtlf tletecu•il an error of lea (TM. Wee
dein, J.)

The (*dalttuav was rtrf.ll4l he had verity:tied some irregolaritie.
and personalities, by which their time bait been wasted. Ile the.
pot the question en the motion of tensiire 'unite by %lr. Fall, whit:::
was negatived on a show of blinds, of 19 to 16.
Some ordinary business of the parish was then disport...l of, at..l
the Vestry adPurnest. . .

The Nestor of the Polish army, Lieutenant ( ;Ague,
died lately at Warsaw, in the loath year of his age.
Lo LVITY.—J . Gordon, who died near Turitt; Bann:-
shire, some time ago, had attained the remarkable age of
131 years. All the travellers who chanced to call at the
neighbouring inn of Twirl* were uniformly directed by thr
landlady, Mrs. Wallace, to the cottage of the patriarch,
" wh re they would see (she used to say) the oldest mats in
Banfshire—ay, or in the world." Among the visitors Ma,
day at the close of the harvest was a young Englishman,
who coining up to the dour of the cottage, accosted a verve-
rabk-looking man employed in knitting hose, with " Sr,
my old friend, can you see to knit at your advanced perioa
life ? One hundred and thirty-two is truly a rare age.-
" Ikvirs i' the Mali ; it will Ile soy grandfather ye're
ing—l'm only wrenty-three—yell find hint round th,•
corner o' the house." On turning round the corner, the
gram cr encounti rill a debilitated old man, whose whitened
locks Lose testimony to his having long passed the ineridtau
of life, and whom the stranger at once consluded to be
John Gordon himself. " You seem wonderfully (mils, my
good Sir, for s: old a man ; I doubt not hut fon have ex-
periencol litany vicis,itudea in the eour,e of your Ion,;
life." " What's ',our w nil. Sir ?" inquired the person ad-
dressed, whose sense of hearing was somewhat impaired.
The übservation was repeated. "0, yieli be watitinq
otoirsthcr I reckon ; he's i' the vard duty." The stranger
now entered the garden, where he I-UMW the t .I,,rable•
man busily employed in digging potatoes, Anil humming
the ballad of the " Battle of Harlow." " I h are had some
difficulty in finding you. friend, as I successively ine!usn-
tercd your grandson and son, both or %Lew. 1 50ici....1
you ; indeed. they wool as old as yourself. Your 'about
rather hard for one at your ailvancol age." " It is (r. -
plied John), but I'm thankfu' that I'm able riser, as th,
follies, puir things, are no very stout now." The no.tr,i
ages of the worthy trio amounted to upwards of three ht.:.-
drtsl years.—Glasgir Free Peru.
FATAL. AceilDINT AT Till TOWOP GA A WORM MAN -
C 111.5 raft. Oer../7.—A flaw having been discovered in the
eery large gasometer, No. 7, belonging to the Commis-
sioners of the Manchester police. this afternoon, about two
o'clock, a man of the aline of lkllis d. wended th.:
column with a view of effieting the repair of it, and basin.;
a rope atliNed to his lksly, there was little occasion for
alarm. After being down a short time he was heard to call
out—" Putt Tile up ;" in the hurry of doing this it appi=r4
he got wedged fast in a corner, and peat fears were now
expressed as to the possibility of extricating him
Another rope not being at hand, there was some hi sit rtiott
in going down to his relief without one a workman of the
name of Thomas Smith, however, voluntet reel to tIJ so.
and thus avoid dangerous delay; he caught hold of th
chain and descended, antl sucwiled in liberating Ileitis.
:771.0ultioy,geirliti.artro.ing the rope round I was pulled up in time
ssamv
hh s
for,ltfe ,
wbkutn
ne:fthrtt frighltnaorteti7nasfeehtisofktinhi:l-
- the gas acted so powerfully upon bins, that he bast
his hold of the chain, and was precipitated to the buttorn,
and it was not not" three or four other tarn had ventured

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