The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-14 00:00:00

PARISH OF ST. PANCRAS.

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.
Yesterday a special and extremely full meeting of the
St. Pancras Vestry was held at the Vestry Rooms, in
Gordon-square, fur the purpose of taking into consideratiou
the propriety of presenting an address to her Most
Gracious Majesty, in reference to the present state of
affairs, and in support of the course she had taken with
respect to the change of Administration.
Mr. R. HonsEroot, having been appointed to the Chair,
Mr. llououTos rose to move " That the Vestry forth-
with address her Majesty npon the present crisis." There
never was a time when the youthful Sovereign of these
realms more demanded the support and loyal expression of
her subjects than at present.—( Hear, hear.) She had, in
his opinion, been subject to an attempt upon her rights and
privileges the most arbitrary and unconstitutional, and such
as it was the duty of all her subjects, possessing the slight.
est loyalty, to resent.—( Hear, hear.) The neighbouring
parish of St. Marylebone had set a noble example,
and he (Mr. Houghton) hoped that not Only St.
Pancras, but the whole country, would come to a similar
determination to support the Queen, by which means they
would not only be maintaining the prerogatives of the
Crown, but at the same time secure to the subject those
rights and liberties which it was the only aim of a selfish
oligarchy to deprive them of.—( Loud cheers.)
Mr. BRETTINGFIAM briefly seconded the motion.
Mr. CLARKE would not yield to any member of the
Vestry in loyalty to the Sovereign; but whilst be enter-
tained those teelings, he could not consent that the time
of that Vestry should be wasted in a subject which was any
thing but parochial. He maintained that that was a body
not established for political but exclusively for parochial
matters, and under such circumstances ho protested
against the course about to be pursued.—(oh, oh.) The
motion was here put from the chair and carried with one
disentient.

Upon the motion of Mr. Houghton, a Committee, con-
sisting of Mr. Vigbrs, M. P., Mr. lye, Mr. I3rettingham,
Mr. Charnock, and Mr. Houghton, were appointed to
frame the address, and place it before the Vestry forth-
with. They withdrew for this purpose, and whin they re-
returned, Mr. Houghton read the address as follows :
TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT

MAJESTY.
The humble Memorial and Petition of the Churchwardens
and Vestry, representing the loyal, populous and wealthy
parish of St. Pancras, Middlesex.
Showeth,

That this Vestry has heard with feelings of deep indig.
nation that an attempt has been made to banish from your
presence the female friends for whom your Majesty enter-
tains affection, and, thus to render your social station more
painful and degraded than that of any other woman in
your dominions. .

That this vile attempt to make your Majesty a state
prisoner in your own Palace, to place a spy over every one
of your domestic movements, and to make your office a
mere pageant to bo used solely for the purposes of a
reckless oligarchy, arc not in accordance with the consti-
tution of this Kingdom, and are insults which your people,
this Vestry doubts not, will resist in your Majesty's behalf.
That this Vestry, relying on your Majesty's firmness and
Constitutional principles, dreads not attacks on Liberty
from the Crown, but from the selfish and ill instructed part
of the Aristocracy ; and therefore this Vestry humbly prays,
That your Majesty will be pleased to call to your Coun-
cils such Ministers as will uphold the prerogatives of the
Crown, support all necessary Reform in our Institutions,
amplify and freely extend the broad basis of the Represen-
tation of the People in the Commons' House of Parlia-
ment, thus forming a bulwark to the Throne which will
prevent its being trampled upon by a self-seeking oligar-
chy, enlarge the bonds of civil and religious liberty, and
carry prosperity over your Majesty's vast dominions.
" And your petitioners will ever pray, &c."—( Loud
cheers.)
Mr. HOUGKTON—I beg to move that this address be
adopted by this Vestry, and placed in the hands of the
Secretary of State, for immediate presentation to her Ma-
jesty.—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. VIGOR., M. P., in seconding the motion, observed
that he never knew a more important subject come within
the province of that Vestry than the present, and seeing
that they were the representatives of a parish containing
nearly 140,000 souls, he thought that a memorial emanat-
ing from them would have its due weight and influence on
the mind of her Majesty.—( Hear„hear.) Ile,was one of
those, however, who wished that their voice might not only
reach the ears of the Sovereign alone, but also the ears
of all her Majesty's people, that they might profit by the
example, and join in the same expression of feeling, from
one end of the kingdom to the other.—( Loud cheers )
Mr. SIMPSON conceived it would be preferable to en-
trust the presentation of the petition to Earl Durham, as
they were not yet certain what Ministry would come into
office, and it might come into the hands of a Secretary of
State, who would take care it should not go before her
Majesty at all.—( Hear, hear, and No, no.)
Mr. VlGotts said, that in the event of the memorial being
entrusted to Earl Durham, they must either request his
Lordship to obtain a special audience of her Majesty or
the presentation must be deferred until the next levee,
which will not take place before Tuesday week. The
course recommended was not advisable, and he (Mr.
Vigors) would pledge himself that if the address was
placed in the hands of the Secretary of State immediately,
no time would be lost in laying it before her Majesty.—
(Hear, hear. )
The motion on being put from the Chair, was carried
unanimously with acclamation.
Mr. Hoocicros, in moving that the address be adver-
tised in the public newspapers, said he hoped instead of
defraying the expenses attending it out of the parish funds,
that the Vestry had loyalty enough in them to do so out of
their own pockets, and he would also move that that prin-
ciple be acted on.—( Cheers. )
Captain O'NiEL seconded the motion, which was also
carried, and a liberal subscription having been entered
into, the meeting broke up.

GREAT PRECURSOR MEETING
AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR.

Last evening a very numerous meeting of the Pre-
cursors of London was held at the above tavern, for the
purpose of remodelling or forming a new Precursor Asso-
ciation in London. The price of admission was one shil-
ling : this did not prevent the people from mustering i❑
large numbers.
Mr. O'Connell arrived some time before nine o'clock,
and was received with great applause. Upon his taking
the chair his invitation to the meeting to give three cheers
for the Queen was responded to in the moat enthusiastic
and deafening manner.
The meeting was severally addressed by the Chairman,
Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Sankey, and others, and the resolu-
tions were passed without much dissent, the Chartists
getting a pretty fair hearing.

MUNIFICENT DONATION.—On Friday, after
Dr. Duff had concluded his lecture on behalf of the
Indian miisions, an anonymous note was handed in to the
Rev. Doctor, which contained /00/., to be applied in
bringing the Heathen within the pale of Christianity.—
_ Edinburgh Post.
BOROUGH OF NEW SIIOREHAM.—WC under-
stand that it is the intention of Mr. Salomons to conic for-
ward for this borough, in the event of Mr. Gorin i3r's re-
signation, which is anticipated. Mr. Salomons, who
doubtless, be backed by the interest of the Duke of Nor-
folk, will, we presume, hardly find an oppone it.
Dr. Spangenberg, the celebrated Hanoverian
Physician, who has been for some time in attendance upon
the Crown Prince, has given it as his opinion that his
Royal Highness's eyesight has improved. Baron Graeff
does not, however, incline to the same way of thinking,
and being uncertain whether it would be safe to attempt an
operation this year, has ordered the seabaths of Nordeney,
whither the Prince will proceed at the usual season.
A KEEN SCENT.—A Tory paper of this city
speaking of the resignation of Ministers, opines that the
event is creditable to his 4, pugnostications." That the
Editor should have thus voluntarily unkennelled himself is
too much to suppose. after every allowance made for his
known
modestyg
and love of truth : no, he wrote, in all
probability,
" pro nostications ;" but the " printer's devil,"
with
that attention to the eternal fitness of things" which
characterises that " little unknown" in all his interferences
with the composition of matter for the press, chose so to
alter the MS., as best describing his master's birth and
breeding. Truly the dog hath a keen nose ; and might
immortalise himself by becoming the founder of a sect of
Pug-gnostics ! Now, no fawning, pray, at this complimen-
tary pat on tho head. Down, Pompey, down I—Bristol
Mercury.
THE CHARTISTS.—The Manchester Guardian
of last Saturday says—" In this neighbourhood all appears
' to have been perfectly peaceable since last Saturday ;
the drillings which were public and notorious in various
parts of the district, have been either wholly discontinued,
or carried on with so much caution that they have passed
unnoticed; the public sole of arms has been to a great
extent discontinued ; and we have not beard of any gather-
ings out of doors in the slightest degree worthy of notice."
In the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Satur-
day, in the libel case of Gray v. Barrett, the Jury returned
a verdict for the plaintiff, 100/. damages and costs.
AN OLD CALF.—On Thursday last, at Ayton
cattle market, Mr. Hood, sold a cow and a calf, bred by
him, for the sum of 52/. The calf was one year and four
days old, was sucking the mother in the market, and was
considered to weigh 42 stones !—Berwick Advertiser.
HANOVER, MAY 6.—His Majesty the King
has been pleased to confer the title of Privy Councillor
on the Danish Count Otto Von Blume. He is son-in-law
of the Privy Councillor Count Von Plattin Hallermiend.