The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-17 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET.--There ha
more cheerful feeling in the City to da
though it would be ton much tosay-th
trust have wholly disappeared. It
gained in the general estimation that
the Bank Directors has passed over _
acting on the currency, and it may b:
b:
even understood to have evinced a dial).
more in quarters where it was sl-ivrn-t
usefully bestowed.-- Times.
TIIE NAVY EsTiNiArEs ..--; the Navy Estimates T1:10 stnnli-pox is raging w,th great virulence in the.
for the year 1837-38 law: been TV 2sented to the House of F•jrest of Dean,
and at Newnham, where several persons have
Commons and printeil.. The su A r squired to be voted for the died from it.—Bristol Mercury.
service of the year is 4,Z)21,501/ V .eing 12,042/. less than tli,, In consequence of a rule laid down by the present
vote of last year the amount c '
t'', :hien was 4,533,54,31. Government, not to appoint to the Rccordership of a borough
Of Ge- ' '
-.man pride we pi ;a'. ent the following r-itraot-person
any locally
dir."dry anecdote ;._,A Germs omtbscr
a Lord left Qvaers in 'ills tvi)l not tion in Parlimilent, Lord John Russell has declined app
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to be interred, but that he mi ht be enelosmd uptight in a pillar Mr. Talbot Baines to the RceDrdership of Leeds. 'Fhe ru (..
which he- had ordered to b(Leeds Town
I hollowed, and fastened to a post tract not known either to Mr. Baines or the _ _
in the parish, in order to 1 de._liatyax
Witliiipg °ITT his body, FeVeixt any peasa.4t or slave from Council, when the recommendatton was ma
... 1 E3press.

S hten, altogether, a
y (Thursday evening),
at the symptoms of dis-
is at least something
the weekly meeting of
:host any new measure
added, that they are
;sition to risk something
Jet assistance would be

ST.MARY-LE-STRAND-DEFEAT OF
THE CHURCH PARTY.

Yesterday (Thursday) a very numerous meeting of the pa-
rishioners was held in the Vestry-room, for the purpose of
making a Church-rate for the past half year ; Mr. Jones, the
senior Churchwarden, was in the chair.
It appeared from the statement submitted by the Church-
wardens that the expenses for the past half-year amounted to
180/. 7s. Id. There was in the hands of the Churchwardens
the sum of 761. 17s. 6d., which left 103/. 9s. 7d. to be pro-
vided for by the parishioners.
Mr. FALCONSE moved the granting of a threepenny rate.
On the motion being seconded by Mr. Aeftwi,
Mr. SMITH rose to move an amendment. He gave the
Churchwardens the full credit which was due to them for the
economical manner in which they had managed the parochial
affairs. That he opposed all Church-rates upon principle,
and disapproved altogether of any section of the Christian
Church being supported by compulsive measures.—( Hear,
hear.) He could not get himself to believe that the wealthy
and respectable Churchmen of that parish would endeavour
to compel their Dissenting brethren to support a Church,
of whose services they do not approve. The parish of
Saint Mary-le-Strand should imitate the neighbouring
parishes of St. Clement's, St. Paul's, Covent-garden, and St.
James's, where Church-rates had been abolished, and where
the Church expenses were paid for by the pew-rents.—
( Hear, hear.) In the parish of St. James there had been no
Church-rates for four years ; notwithstanding which, the
church had been well supplied, and no less a sum than 9,0001.
had been expended in repairing the church and building a
school-room. St. Paul's, Covent-garden, was in an equally
flourishing state : the Church expenses in that parish being
paid by the pew-rents and the burial fees, and an arrear of
218/. having been paid off, in the year 1836, by the same
means. He would therefore move as an amendment, " that
the Vestry being of opinion that the imposition of Church-
rates is both unnecessary and unjust, the Churchwardens
should be instructed not to expend on those rates any more
money than they were now liable for ; that in the meantime,
and for the putpose of indemnifying them for the sums for
which they were now liable, a threepenny rate should be
granted ; but that all future expenses connected, with Church
matters should be defrayed by the pew-rents."
This amendment was seconded by Mr. BROWN.
Mr. WESTMACOTT stated that he highly approved of the
temper and discretion with which the subject had been brought
before the meeting by the opponents of the rate. Mr. Smith's
resolution, he conceived, embodied just enough, and nothing
more. He begged leave, however, to enter his protest against
that part of the motion which condemned Church-rates as
being " unjust."
Several other gentlemen afterwards addressed the meeting,
amongst whom were Mr. Elliott, Mr. Hart, 'Mr. Limbird,
and Mr. Thurston.
On the motion being put by the Chairman, there appeared
for the amendment, 26 ; against it, 18, being a majority of 8
against the original motion for a rate.