The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-06 00:00:00

CONSECRATION OF THE CITY OF
LONDON. and TOWER HAMLETS CEMETERY.
On Saturday the City of London and Tower Hamlets
Cemetery, situated on the right hand side of the Mile-
end-road, about a mile on the eastern side of the Mile-
end-gate, was formally consecrated by the Bishop of
London, previous to its being opened for the reception of
bodies. Though the weather was exceedingly unfavour-
able, owing to the heavy and unremitting rains, the at-
tendance was numerous and respectable.. The temporary
chapel, in which the ceremony took place, was densely
crowded. Among those present we observed the k
Mayor, Mr. Sheriff. Farncombe, Mr. Sheriff Gibbs, Mr.
Deputy Alderman Green,,and various others.
About twenty minutes to three the Bishop of London
arrived (having previously robed at the house of Mr.
Francis, one of the Directors), and proceeded imme-
diately to the consecration of the ground. One of the
Directors of the Company having presented a petition
for the consecration to the Right Rev. Prelate, the latter
caused the petition to be read, which having been done
by the Registrar, the Rev. Mr. Williams, the Bishop's
Chaplain, proceeded to read the 39th and 90th Psalms,
and that portion of the 19th chapter of the_ Gospel of St.
John which relates to the tomb of Joseph of Ltimathen.
After the Right Rev. Prelate said prayers—
One of. the Directors ,ef the Company (Mr. Deputy
Alderman Green) presented his Lordship with the Act
of Parliament, and the deeds of conveyance of the
ground, after which the Right Reverend Prelate directed
the sentence of consecration to be read. This having
been done, the Bishop signed the document, and directed
the Registrar to register it, together with the petition.
The company present, with very few exceptions, then
knelt down, when the Right Reverend Prelate read a
prayer composed for the occasion.
The Bishop concluded the ceremony of consecration
by, pronouncing the apostolic benediction ; on which the
company separated, the largest portion of them adjourn-
ing to a neighbouring marquee, in which a cold colla-
tion was provided. The number of persons who sat
down to the collation was-about 200, among whom were
a great number of fashionably-dressed ladies.— Mr.
Alderman Deputy Green presided on the occasion. The
Chairman, after most of the company had partaken of
refreshment, rose to propose the health of the Right Rev.
Prelate. The toast having been drunk with great up-

plause,
The Bishop of LONDON rose to return thanks. He
greatly approved of public cemeteries in the suburbs of
large towns, both on the ground of the health of the in-
habitants, and on that of public decency. The only
difficulty which ever occurred to his mind on the subject
was, that the necessary effect of these cemeteries must
be to cause interments to be removed from those parishes
in towns in which the deaths take place, and consequent-
ly
deprive the clergymen of those parishes of the burial
fees which they would otherwise receive. As the repre-
sentative and guardian of the interests of the clergymen
of the metropolis, he felt it right to allude to this cir •
cumstance, as the greater part of the living of many of
the clergy was derived from burial fees. He was happy,
however, to say, that by a yecent Act of Parliament pre-
vision had been made for insuiiig some arowance to the
clf'rgy in cases where bodies were removed from their pa-
rishes to be interred in public cemeteries. The Directors of
the Company whose cemetery had been just consecrated,
had, he was happy to say, acted with liberality towards
those clergymen who would be deprived of their usual
burial fees by its means ; and though the remuneration
was not all that could be wished, still he was pleased to
witness the liberality the Directors had• displayed. It
was quitd as much as could be expected—(Hear, hear)—r,
and the clergy mustbe satisfied with a small remuneration,
The Right Rev. Prelate then quitted the grounds. It
was stated on his departure, by a gentleman present, that
he (the Bishop of London) intends to bring in a Bill in
the ensuing Session of Parliament to prevent any further
interments in the City of London.
The City of London and Tower Hamlet§ Cemetery
embraces an extent of thirty acres of ground, and pro-
mises, when finished, to be very tastefully laid out. The
first interment took place yesterday afternoon, very
shortly after the ceremony of consecration had taken place.

ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING AT

LYNN.

A meeting of upwards of 300 inhabitants, convened
by public notice, was held on Monday evening last, nt
the Freemasons' Tavern, to consider the propriety of
a petition to the House of Commons for the repeal of
the Corn-laws.

The Rev. Mr. 'HAMILTON ended an able atkeeob by
joining in a resolution before the meettegr, " approving
of the acts and resolutions of the Conference of Christian
Ministers recently held in Manchester, on the subject of
the laws which restrict the supply of food to the people."
A commercial gentleman in the body of the meeting,
stated that he came from Leeds, that seeing an advertise.

meat fur a public meeting on the snhieQt of the softie
laws, he felt himself eonStilitlKl to at end it. He was
enabled fully to aonflrta the statements which had been
made as to the distress so universal!) existing, not only
amongst the labouring classes, but the wholesale and re-
tail dealers as well. He had lately been at Hull, Lin.
coln, Boston, and other large towns, 411c1 the pittvorsal
cry is, "We have no trade," Qii the part of the suffer-
ing weavers of Yurlishlpo, ho thanked the meeting for
tho sympathy they exhibited in their distresses.
A petition embodying these sentiments, and pray.
ing a repeal of the bread-tax, was moved by .11,
Trenowath, and seconded and carried 17,nat inmusiy by
the meeting, who agrees with the elniirman, that in the
b§9TICP ilf ITouie from Parliament, no one would be
so proper to present it to the House of Commons as Mr,
Cobden, the newly-elected Member for Stoekvßt.:=
Norwich Mercury.