The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-07 00:00:00

PARISH OF ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.

The Committee of Management having pre-
sented the MEMORIAL to the Rev. Archdeacon
POTTY have now the honour to present a Copy'
of the ADDRESS, together with the Archdeacon's
ANSWER.

(By Order bf the Committee,)
R. THOMAS, Jun. Secretary.
Hungerford Coffee-House, Dec. 24, 1824.

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ADDRESS.
To the Venerable JOSEPH HOLDEN POTT, A.M. Arch-
deacon of London, and Vicar of Kensington.
REv. Sin—Several Inhabitants of the Parish of St. Martin., pAI
in-the-Fields, having long enjoyed the heartfelt satisfaction of Fri
witnessing your unremitted exertions and kind solicitude "
promoting the Temporal and Spiritual Welfare of all those A
committed to your Pastoral care, desire on your preferment,'
which removes you. from them, to testify their Sentiments of to to
Veneration towards you, and to present a Memorial, however read
imperfect, of their personal Attachment and Gratitude. At of ti
the same time, they beg to assure you, Sir, that deeply as they Chri
feel, and sincerely as they regret, the loss of a Guide and has
rence to whom they have looked up with unfeigned reve..
rence and affection, they cannot but rejoice in a change which Sect
promises to prolong so valuable a life, exclusively devoted to
the promotion of true religion, and consequently to the ad- c
vancement of the best interests of their fellow-creatures.
HENRY HAKE SEWARD, Chairman.
Dec. 22, 1824.

ANSWER TO TIIE ADDRESS.
I must intreat the Gentlemen by whose hands I have re-
ceived so munificent a proof of kindness and esteem, to express
in my behalf to all to whom I stand so much obliged, the
lively sense which I entertain of the token of regard with which
I am thus honoured.

I cannot entirely conceal from my much valued friends what
my own mind suggests with reference to those services which /
are marked with such distinguished approbation ; but when
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expressions of gratitude and satisfaction may seem to be more
proper, I will not press my fears upon them, nor describe the tiir
reluctance I should feel, if I were bidden to accept this gift, and
the testimony by which it is so much enhanced in value, upon
any claim of adequate desert. I dare not, however, view what
they have written, or record it in my own breast as the subject
of my future recollections, without professing my conviction,
that they have weighed my past labours with a kind but par-
tial hand. The defects which I have found in them have not,
I trust, arisen from a careless spirit, or from any want of ear-
nest inclination, or of anxious efforts to discharge the duties of
my place among them. If they have added to good inclina-
tions and to anxious pains, more than I can find myself en-
titled to, I must refer it to their own liberal and candid tem-
per, which would not take a strict standard for the measure of
a gift.

The comprehensive nature of this concurrent grant, which
embodies so large a number of my much esteemed parishioners,
adds greatly to the honour so conferred. I have only to assure
them, that in every future day of life my best wishes will at-
them, and that my most grateful remembrance of their good-
will never be far distant from my thoughts.
Will you, Gentlemen, who have favoured me with this
visit, allow me to convey this Answer by your hands ? in-
treating you to accept my warmest thanks for the part you have
so kindly taken upon this account,
I remain, Gentlenien, with sincere regard,
and with earnest prayers for your welfare,
Your much obliged add faithful Servant,
JOS. HOLDEN PO TT.
Vicarage, Kensington, Dec. 22, 1824.

Yesterday the several prisoners confined in
the Borough Compter, in addition to the annual
bounty of the Right Hon. the Lonn
and Sheriffs, on Christmas and New Year's-day,
partook each of a most ample provision of good
old English fare, roast beef and plum-pudding,
together with a quantum sufficit of Barclay's
entire, in which they drank to the founder of
the feast, JoHN HOLMES, Esq. from whom this
act of benevolence emanated on his election to the
high office of Bailiff of Southwark : the conclu-
sion of the feast was marked by repeated huzzas,
and hearty wishes for the prosperity of the donor.
The turnkeys shared in the general banquet.

A genteelly-dressed middle-aged man called
a coach off the stand at Newington, on Tuesday
evening, and desired the coachman to drive him
to Oxford-road, and after he entered it from
Tottenham-court-road, he would tell him where
to stop. The coachman, not (hiding the check-
string move, stopped to inquire where he should
set down his fare, thinking he was asleep, but
receiving no answer, he opened the coach door
and found his fare a corpse, he having cut his
throat from ear to ear with a case knife. A let-
ter was found in the pocket of the deceased,
stating his distress, dated from Kennington, to a
Mr. M-, in Wigmore-street, which was,
it would seem, an answer to one refusing farther
aid. The name of the deceased is Legatt. He
was an Italian, and taught languages at a school
at Sunbury, which he had left some time.--
He had a shilling and some halfpence only hi his
pockets.

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FIRE.—On New Year's morning, about three
o'clock, a fire broke out in the concerns of Mr.
Price, printing-ink-manufacturer, situate in Lin-
coln-lane. Owing to the inflammable nature of
the goods stored in the premises, and the great
want of water, the buildings were completely
consumed before any effectual assistance could
be rendered. The engines and firemen of the
Royal Irish, National, Royal Exchange, Im-
perial, and Commercial Insurance Companies,
were on the spot soon after the fire was dis—
covered, but owing to the cause already men-
tioned, the shameful want of water, they were
delayed a considerable length of time before
they could get to work with effect. Their united
exertions, however, contributed to subdue the
flames, and save the surrounding premises from
ruin.—(Dublin Paper.)