The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-15 00:00:00

PARISH OF KENSINGTON.

On Monday a meeting of the inhabitant rate-payers of
the parish of St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, was held
in the large room of the National Schools, for the pur-
pose of electing churchwardens and other parochial
officers for the ensuing year.
The venerable and Rev. John Sinclair, M.A., Arch-
deacon of Middlesex and vicar of Kensington,• having

taken the chair,
Mr. HANSON said as no inhabitant had come forward
to propose a gentleman as the parish churchwarden for
the ensuing year, he begged to propose a tradesman,
well known to all present, who, on the recent election
for Guardians, stood fifth on the list, who had served
all the minor offices in the parish, and who had on all
oectudons dune his duty fearlessly and faithfully. He
meant Mr. G. H. Sasse, of the lligh-street.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.)
Mr. HARLEY seconded the nomination.

Mr. S. COUSINS, as no one else had come forward to
do so, would propose that Mr. J. Bellworth), the late
parish warden, who had so ably and efficiently performed
the duties of the office during the past year, should con-
done the office fur another year.
Mr. BELLWORTHY then said he had been so pressed
by his friends around him to fill the office for another
year, that, though oppo,ed to his own wishes, he would
consent to do so.—(Loud cheers.)
_ _

Mr. MILEY said,- he must confess he felt considerable
reluctance, as a new inhabitant of the parish, to come
with the complaint he was about to make, but he felt it
to be his duty to do so, and he would fearlessly perform
that duty. He had not yet been an inhabitant two
years, but on entering the parish he felt it to be
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it was enacted that every parishioner not resorting to
his parish church was liable to be fined one shilling, and
it appeared monstrous to him that when the parishioners
are compelled by law to resort to the parish church, they
should, through the arrangements of the churchwardens,
be refused a seat. A case in paint had been decided by
a high Ecclesiastical judge. It was the case of the parish
of Wingfield, Berks, tried in Hilary Term, 1825, and
he would read to the vestry extracts from the judgment
of the Judge.
Mr. BELLWORTHY begged to inform the vestry that
he had found Mr. Miley a seat, although he now com-
plained. He denied that any of the seats were kept
empty, and he appealed to the Rev. Chairman if he had
ever seen any of them empty. He had allotted all the
sittings in the best manner he could, and his instructions
to the pew-openers were, that on the first rise of the
congregation they were to fill all the vacant seats.
Mr. MILEY declared he had for three months past ob-
truded himself into a pew, leaving the persons to whom
it belonged to prove their right thereto either by faculty
or otherwise.
The re-appointment of Mr. Bellworthy was then car-
ried by acclamation.
The Venerable CHAIRMAN then nominated Mr. J.
Sheppard, of Kensington-square (Registrar to the Bishop
of London), as his churchwarden for the ensuing year.
Several of the leading inhabitants having borne testi-
mony to the eminent qualifications of Mr. Sheppard for
the office, that gentleman explained at some length the
principles on which he should act while churchwarden,
and the other appointments having been filled up, the
vestry broke up.

PARISH OF ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-

FIELDS.

On Monday a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish,
according to ancient custom and usage, was held in the
vestry-room, for the purpose of electing churchwardens,
sidesmen, and other parochial officers for the year en-
suing, and also to receive the accounts of the Committee
for paving, cleansing, and lighting of the parish for the
last year. The Rev. Sir R. H. Duckenfield, Bart., the
vicar, in the chair. For four or five years the gentle-
men nominated for churchwardens and sidemen have
been chosen unanimously. Such was the case yesterday;
and Messrs. Hall and Dalton were appointed, without
opposition, as churchwardens. The other officers hay-
ing been proposed and seconded, no opposition was
offered. A desultory conversation took place upon the
Paving Committee's Accounts, with respect to the I lealth
of Towns ail, and the good that might be done by the
Committee in ioquiri'lg into the nature of the drainage,
&c., in some of the
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