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

TILE bEJN, LON 1.)0N WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 15, 1846

The heads of bureaus specified certain additional sup-
plies that would be necessary to the titling out of the
vessels in question, and estimated the aggregate cost of
the same at 10,600,000 dollars.
They stated that the augmentation which it was be-
lieved the proposed objects imperatively required, would
be the addition of three sea steamers of the class of the
Mississippi ; of five frigates, and six sloops with steam
propellers in aid of their sails; 28 coast steamers, of
about 600 tons, with arrangements for moving along the
coast with safety, to carry two heavy guns and eight or
ten days' fuel; 12 smaller coast steamers, calculated to
carry one heavy gun, for the navigation and protection
of the sounds and passages which skirt the Southern
Atlantic States, and those of the States bordering on
the Gulf of Mexico; that one steamer be provided for
the protection of the Lakes Michigan and Huron; and
13 new sloops, to be fitted with sails only, or with sails
and steam combined.
The probable expense of this proposed additional force
was estimated as follows

_____-- -- --- - - .
Dollars. Dollars.
3 sea steamers at
28 coast and lake ditto
12 small coast ditto 60,000 „ 720,000
5 frigates with steam 530,000 „ 2,650,000
6 sloops with steam
12 frigates, if with sails only 340,000 „ 4,080,000
9 sloops

was, however, merely a conjecture. Pennsylvania Five
per Cents. were quoted at New York on the 31st at 691
to 70.

The. spring business at New York was progressing
fairly, though the position of the Oregon and Mexican
questions caused frequently rather an uneasy feeling
affecting all business more or less. The news from
England of the final decision of Parliament on Sir R.
Peel's Bill was anxiously looked for. The Stock Market
was lower. United States Six per Cents., which sold
when the late steamer left at 1111, could scarcely find a
buyer at 110.

Making a total of 16,190,000
To which add for ordnance and other stores 1,030,000

Gives 17,220,000
Such, in substance, was the character of the recom-
mendations and estimates furnished the Committees of
Congress by the Secretary of the Navy—and which the
President says, in his message, in reply to Mr. Dayton's
resolution, met with his sanction.

EXCHANGE.—London, 109 k to 110 ; Paris, 5 26+ to
5 231 ; Amsterdam, 39i to 394 ; llamburgh, 35i- to
354 ; Bremen, 784 to 791—at which rates a large
business was doing in English Exchange.
MONEY MARKET, MARCH 31, P,M.—Stocks continued

Now, the question is which of the two sets of proposi-
tions and re2ommendations met with the President's
sanction ? The recommendation of the Secretary for 10
steamers, or that of the heads of bureaus for 40 ?

in a very unsettled state, and there is not likely to be
much change in the market until after the arrival of the
foreign news, which may be expected on Thursday
morning. Money is tight, and the banks are cautious.
There is a rumour to-day that the Sub-Treasury Bill is
about to pass, though what will be its immediate effect
upon the monetary affairs of the country is not easy to
determine. One party looks to it with hope, and the
other Ns ith despair. It is safe to say that at present
matters at Washington do not look at all encouraging.
There is nothing settled in the policy of the Administra-
tion, and business men seem to be in a quandary.

LATEST FROM WASHINGTON.
IMPORTANT AND PACIFIC SPEECH OF MR.
WEBSTER.
WASHINGTON, MARCH 30.
The resolution calling upon the President of the
United States for any addition'il correspondence upon
the Oregon question was the prominent business in order
before the Senate during the morning hour.
Mr. Webster suggested to Mr. Clayton, the author of
the resolution, that it should not be passed. There had
been no doubt letters received from the American Minis-
ter at London. He judged so from the strenuous oppo-
sition of the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations to the resolution. The Government, it might
be presumed, was in possession of information which it
did not care to communicate to Congress. He hoped,
however, that all the information desired and necessary
to an intelligent action upon the subject would be com-
municated before the vote was taken upon the Bill.
Mr. Webster enlarged upon the merits of the question,
and reminded the Senate of the frequent offers which
had been made to compromise it upon the line of 49
degrees. The 49th was a line south of which England
could not allow herself to expect any territory; while
the navigation of the Columbia, for a limited period, was
a fit subject for friendly negotiation. The strongest
reasons addressed themselves to both countries for an
amicable adjustment, and the present was a most pro-
pitious moment for the settlement of this long-pending
controversy. The line eventually agreed upon would
undoubtedly be the one which had been proposed by this
country many times, and his wish was that the whole
controversy might be settled here and now. The country,
he earnestly desired, should at once set about a friendly
negotiation of the question. The question of notice, he
hoped, would be postponed for one month, in order to
afford time for negotiations.
Mr. Allen said the discussion commenced three weeks
ago in claiming the whole of Oregon. It got down three
weeks ago to 49. It was now proposed to give up the
Columbia river, and he supposed that in three weeks
more the proposition would be to surrender all north of
the Columbia river. Soon after, he supposed, we should
be ready to give up the whole rather than go to war.
Mr. Hannegan—Better that than go the Columbia.
Mr. Allen said that all we lost would be by the delay
of the Senate.
Mr. Webster said, he had not said one word in favour
of yielding the free navigation of the Columbia. If
the line of forty-nine was agreed upon, he supposed
that the navigation of the river might be yielded for a
limited period.
Mr. Clayton said he would not press the resolution to
a vote or action upon it. He thought the information
called for should be communicated, but whether it came
or not, he should vote for the notice, and putting an end
to the convention of 1827.

The Oregon debate was then renewed upon the main
question of notice, and
Mr. Barrows, of Louisiana, addressed the Senate in
a strong, patriotic, and common-sense speech on the
whole subject. He was in favour of compromise upon
forty-nine, and gave a very searching review of the
policy of the Administration.
Mr. Fairfield laid before the Senate the long-con-
cealed estimates from the Navy Department; now, how-
ever, sufficiently known to the public, and the Senate
then adjourned.
The Sub-Treasury and the Tariff Bills have not yet
been presented to the House of Representatives, where
they must, according to the Constitution, originate,
although Congress has been in session nearly four
months. These measures, which are, without doubt,
the most important of the session, are in a fair way of
being put off until the last moment, or, perhaps, carried
over into another term.

The latest news from Washington shows that all eyes
are now turned towards the Senate, and the changing
views of the President on the important question
which now engrosses public attention, are deemed as of
but little importance, when brought into comparison with
the probable action of that body; for, after all, although
the President may embarrass the settlement of the
ques-
tion by his duplex policy, and his ignorant blundering,
the alternate decision of the question is with the Senate.
If that body shall by a decided expression of opinion in
passing the notice, recommend negotiation and compro-
mise, the point of etiquette must h waived and nut •a-
-t
negotia-
tions be resumed. And if, what is not improbable,egtlhe
Senate shall by a large majority either express its ap-
proval of the forty-ninth parallel, or recommend its re-
newal, those negotiations would be resumed with every
probatility of being brought to a pacific and satisfactory
adjustment of the question.
In regard to the effect produced by the publication of
York the Message, the New
Courier and Inquirer says
received ,
"It kas been universallyas adocument of Ent
little importance. It seems not to have
increased
degree or in any quarter the apprehonsionof in any
war.
Stocks, nevertheless, seem to have declinedew York.%.-ae
rrY per-
ceptibly upon the receipt of the news at isT
Mr. Calhoun's speech in the Senate on the Ore
question, on the 16th, excited very general attentfoonn
13. e regards the proposition to give the notice as of little.
importance now, because the sentiment of the country
demands the pacific settlement of the dispute ; and
although he said that nothing could induce him to vote
for the naked notice, as proposed by the Administration,
he thinks it not at all unlikely that he may vote for the
notice, as modified in the resolutions of Mr. Colquitt.
The army of occupation in Texas, which at the last
accounts was giving symptoms of an advance, had moved
from Corpus Christi towards the Rio Grande. It was
said that General Taylor's orders were positive to cross
the Rio Grande, and penetrate the Mexican territory,
should he encounter any opposition from the Mexicans
in his march to that river. Numerous reports appear
throughout the papers of " large bodies of Mexicans"
having advanced to oppose the march of the United
States army, but they were entitled to little or no

credit.
". The United States squadron had also resumed its

former station in the Gulph of Mexico.
The Mexican news is not important ; no change had
taken place in the Government with the exception of
the substitution of Senor Tornel for General Almonte,

as Secretary at War. The New York papers say that
the project of a Spanish Prince on the throne of
Mexico, which was noticed by the Tiempo, was ill re-
ceived.

The Courier and Inquirer has several rather severe
articles on this new movement. It intimates that
whoever supports such a project quarrels with the
United States. So also says the Washington Union.
In the meantime rumours were pretty generally
credited that Santa Anna would be soon back in Mexico
with a good chance of succeeding in a counter-revolution,
and that he has a full understanding with the United
States as to the terms of settlement of all points in dis-
pute, including Texas and California.
The New York papers comment severely upon the
proclamation of the Governor-General of India, in which
the Punjaub was annexed to the Indian possessions. One
" And yet England denounces the annexa-
tion them says,
of Texas as an act of rapacity, and as an evidence
of aggrandisement and ambition which the leading
powers of Europe are called upon to combine against
and resist."

The Henry Clay, 1,400 tons, and the finest and largest
'vessel belonging to New York, went on shore thirty
/riles from that city in a tremendous gale on the night
of the 24th ult. The sea made a complete breach over
her, and the masts were all immediately cut away. Six
persons were drowned in attempting to go ashore in a
beat, two sailors, two steerage, and two second cabin
Crsengers. The ship was valued at 90,000 dolls., and
e Cargo, which was light, was mostly insured. A
!°°d part had, however, at the last accounts, been got
bpt7n a sound condition, and the ship might probably
e,,,gr't off "flan tho wh,,10 of hor oargn was out. the
at`go remaining in the slip at the Lst accounts was in a
bc:raged condition. There were about 300 people on
mostly egligrutrs, r.'ll w"l,9ra were sped acept

twenty-three sloops, two sea steamers, eight brigs and the six persons before alluded to. The vessel, if it could
schooners, two harbour steamers, and four store ships. be got off, would be taken to New York.
The cost of preparing this force is estimated at 625,000 T .
of T
dollars. he trial yrrell, for the murder of Maria Dick-
On the stocks there are four ships of the line; three ford, had taken place; when the jury, in the face of most
frigates and two sloops of war; one ship of the line par- conclusive evidence, acquitted the prisoner. Somnam-
tially finished at Sackett's Harbour and Lake Ontario; hulistn was the pica of defence. The jury, however,
one steamer is building at Pittsburg, and another has stated that that did not influence them. They did not
been contracted tor with Mr. Stevens, of New York. The
cost of completing such of these as can be finished, is consider the case as proved. Ohjection to capital
estimated at 2,955,000 dollars. _ punishments was surmised to be the cause of his ac-

quittal. It was an aggravated case.
A shocking massacre had taken place at Auburn, New
York. A negro entered the house Of a Mr. Van Nest,
and murdered the whole family, consisting of five per-
sons. Revenge was his object, he said.
Commodore Crane, of the United States navy, had
committed suicide.
Great floods and consequent damage had taken place
at Buffalo, New York, at Albany, and in the interior of
Pennsylvania. An immense amount of damage was
sustained. Several of the Lake steam-boats were crushed
to pieces by the ice at Buffalo.
Tie cost of repairing the damage occasioned to the
public works of Pennsylvania by these floods, which
will amount to about 112,000 dolls., and the loss of tolls
consequent upon not opening the canals at the usual
time may, it was apprehended, interfere with the pay-
ment of the August dividend of the State debt. This

UNITED STATES and MEXICO.
We have received the following, dated February 25,
from Tampico :
"We bad an express to-day bringing the intelligence
that the American troops had taken possession of the
Fronton de Santa Isabel, situated near to Matamoras
so near that it is considered Matamoros is already taken
by the Americans, for what can the Americans do with
such customers ? The Fronton de Santa Isabel was taken
without a fight, and there were only some Mexican
Custom-house officers and pilots, who were made
prisoners."

COURT CIRCULAR
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—'The Queen and Prince Albert
took an early morning walk in the grounds adjoining to
the Castle, and afterwards returned in a pony phaeton.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred. the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their accustomed pony and walkiugexercise early, in the
Castle precincts.
In the afternoon Prince Albert drove the Queen out
in a pony phaeton fur some time, attended by tw
Equerries, Lieut.-Colonels Grey and se,ymour, on horsehback.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
the Castle this afternoon, to pay a visit to her Majesty
and her Royal Consort.
There was no addition to the Royal dinner circle at
the Castle this evening.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester vi-
sited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at
Marlborough House.
Their Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Meiningen and :Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
attended by Earl Howe, Baron de Reitzenstein, Captain
Taylor, and Mr. Bedford, honoured Drury-lane Theatre
with their presence on Monday evening.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial--
office from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The post Paschal season has commenced and com-
menced gloriously. The three Grisi, Mario, and La-
blache have returned to us, and appeared last evening
in I Put itani. Grisi was in excellent voice, and looked,
and acted, and sung delightfully. Never did she give
the delightful polacca, the gem of the first act, " Son
vergin vezzasa,” with more exquisite taste—her fioriture
was beautiful exceedingly. Her scene with Ricardo and
Giorgio, in the second act, was the very acme of pathos;
and the third, the whole burden ofwhich falls upon herself
and Mario, was throughout a perfect triumph. Lablache is
as great, in every sense of the word, as ever. The mag-
nificent duet " Suoni la tromba" was splendidly given
by Lablache and Fornasari, and its repetition was called
for with an enthusiasm which was quite uncharacteristic
of the usually cold audience of her Majesty's Theatre.
Never has so short a space of time worked such an im-
provement in any artist as the last two seasons have
worked in Mario. His voice is not only increased in
power, in firmness, and in clearness, but it has also
increased in compass. His rote di petto is clear,
powerful, and firm, and his voce di testa is
as delicate, as beautiful, as flexible, as com-
pletely under command as the voce di testa of Rubini,
but more powerful. It is a perfect instrument perfectly
played upon, and Mario is now, take him for all in all,
the first tenor in the world. But he is not alone an ac-
complished musician—he is a great actor ; there is none
of that listlessness about him which formerly marred
some of his best efforts—he is now full of feeling and
pathos. His making up is as it always has been admir-
able, and his Arture, both as regards music and acting,
is perfect. The Ricardo, of Fornasari, was very fine. No-
thing could be finer than his acting in the grand scene with
Lablache, " Il rival salver to dei," with which the second
actconcludes. Hatred, contempt, jealousy, and at length
love, pity, and a high sense of honour overcoming all the
baser passions, were successfully depicted by the marvel-
lous expression of the features with which Fornasari is
endowed, in such a manner that a series of Daguerro-
types of this great actor in that scene, would have formed
a perfect series of illustrations to Lavater. Neither
words nor music were wanting to express the workings
of his mind. The face was the mind's mirror, and re-
flected every light and shade of passion by which
that mind was agitated. But it was not the
features alone which expressed the passion, the voice
was as expressive as the features—that voice, power-
ful yet tremulous, betrayed the excess of passion which
was working within, and which in its working breaks
down the strength of the strong man, until he becomes
as weak as the infant child—until at length, yielding all
to love and honour, he determines to seek a glorious
death in the field of battle ; and the scene finishes with
the magnificent duet " Strom 1a tromba," to which we
have already alluded. The acting of Fornasari through-
out this trying scene is one of the finest things on the
stage. It is a perfect study, and must be seen
again and again to be thoroughly appreciated.
Grisi, Mario, Lablache, and Fornasari were all called
for at the conclusion of the opera, and bouquets innu-
merable were showered upon the stage, which were col-
lected by Fornasari and presented to the prima donna.
The opera was followed by the ballet of La Catarina.
The house was crowded by the elite of the fashionable
world long before the rising of the curtain. There was
scarcely a box or a stall unoccupied at the commence-
ment of the opera, and the pit was crammed.
Among the company present were their Royal High-
nesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended by
the Baroness Ahlefeldt, Baron Kuesebeck, and Mr. E.
St. John Mildmay ; his Serene Highness the Heredi-
taryrPrriiinlecee
Edwardof S a xe
ofM e
Sillineg Weimar.nand ahtitsed Snereednbey High-Cap-
tainoess
Taylor and Mr. Bedford ; the Duke and Duchess
of Cleveland, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the
Marchioness of Worcester, the Marchioness of Wes
axe

meath, his Excellency the Russian Minister and the
Baroness Brunnow, the Count Esterhazy, the Earl and
Countess Howe, the Countess of Wilton, the Earl of
Cork, the Countess Dowager of Essex, the Countess of
Clare, the Viscount Ranelagh, Lord and Lady Aylmer,
Lord Sandys, Lord William Beresford, Lord and Lady
Templemore, the Marquis de Palavacino, Lady Womb-
well, Lord Keape, Lord Gardner, Lord Charles Wel-
lesley, the Hon. R. Curzon, Sir A. Barnard, Lady Rose,
Sir George and Lady Carroll, Sir IL Willoughby, Sir
R. Wilmot, General Meade, Colonel Knox, Major
Buckley, Mr. Trclawney, &c. &c.

EASTER PAROCHIAL MEETINGS.
ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK.
ANOTHER REMARKABLE SCENE —On Easter Tuesday,
in accordance with annual custom, a meeting of the
parishioners of the united parishes of St. Stephen, Weal-
brook, and St. Benet, Sherehog, took place in the vestry-
room of St. Stephen's Church, for the election of church-
wardens, &c., for the year ensuing.
In the course of last week, notices, convening two
vestry meetings for the election were posted on the
church doors—one by Mr. Rock and Mr. Flight, the
churchwardens appointed by the open vestry, and the
other by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, on the part of the select
one—and to meet at the same hour, namely, eleven
o'clock. Shortly before the time the Rev. Dr. Croly,
the rector, accompanied by Messrs. Rock and Flight, the
vestry-Jerk, and a party of parishioners, took possession
of the room; and on eleven o'clock arriving, Mr. Alder-
man Gibbs, with three of his colleagues, entered, and
therefor
choiceofficers.
in Thela
vriebqruoeokst,,
residence his
however, being politely declined, the Alderman, with his
where their parochial business wa,, no doubt, performed.
Dr. Croly then took the chair, and
Mr. H. CUNLIFSE proposed the' reelection of
Messrs.
Rock and Flight as churchwardens. The parishioners
were fully satisfied with the manner those gentlemen had
endeavoured to regain their privileges ; and he trusted
they would go on in the same spirit, and obtain that jus-
tice that was so justly due to the parish at large.
The proposition having been seconded, the re-election
of Messrs. Rock and Flight was declared to be carried
unanimously.
Mr. Roca, in returning thanks, said he felt obliged
for the renewed proof of confidence of the parishioners ;
he had hoped that the question, whether Mr. Alderman
Gibbs and his colleagues, or Mr. Flight and himself (Mr.
Reck), were the legal churchwardens, would have been
settled last term ; but the case unfortunately was not
reached as yet. It now stood No. 6on the list, and was
appointed for argument on the 22d inst., and on the re-
sult a general meeting of the parishioners would be called
in order to take the whole of the parish affairs into con-
sideration, with a view of securing a speedy and jut dis-
tribution of the parish property. He had been asked,
what they had done during the three years of litigation ;
but he would say, that if they had not succeeded in ob-
taining those privileges that had been unjustly withheld
from them, they had prevented the enforcement of rates
to the amount of 1,5001. The parishioners might rely '
on his continued exertions in the claim they were prose-
cuting, for a fair and prompt statement of their parochial
concerns.
Mr. FLIGHT having acknowledged the approbation of
his fellow-parishioners, in again selecting him as one of
their churchwardens, and declared his intention to pro-
ceed fearlessly in the task they had entered into,
The Rev. Dr, CROLY rose and addressed the vestry.
He said nothing but a strong sense of justice, and of his
duty to his parishioners, would have brought him there
that day, under the severe domestic affliction which had
befallen him. But the condition of the church of the
parish, and of those to whom the parish was indebted,
absolutely demanded immediate inquiry. Why Mr.
Alderman Gibbs persisted in forcing his services on
them was a question which, palpable as the object was,
he avoided mentioning, merely for the reasons stated by
the vestry-clerk, that the whole case was about to be
decided by the judges. But the facts, which none could
dispute, were these : that the church of the united
parishes remained in a state of squalid and scandalous
disrepair; that the parishioners knew nothing of the
distribution of their revenue, and thus the three indivi-
duals most necessary for the proper performance of
divine service had been unpaid for years. It was with
considerable pain that he had been informed by the
organist of the church, that the debt now due to her
amounted to 110 guineas. The sexton for nearly three
years- had not been paid; and he (I)r. Croly), as the
afternoon lecturer, had now upwards of three years' sti-
pend due to him. As for the services of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs, as churchwarden, he knew of none, for he seemed
to have lost sight of the most important duties appertain-
ing to that office. It was the duty of the churchwarden
to see that the church was kept in repair. A glance
would show how that duty had been done.—(Hear.) It
was his duty to prevent the parish being involved in
debt. Mr. Alderman Gibbs brought it in debtor to the
amount of 1,8001., and that debt to himself.—(Hear,
hear.) And, lastly, it was the duty of the churchwarden
to attend the church during divine service; but he had
not seen Mr. Alderman Gibbs for some years, and, as
far as he was concerned, he had no particular desire to
see him there. For fourteen years no church-rate had
been raised; certainly, from no reluctance on the part of
the parishioners. He must do them that credit on all
occasions, but simply from their declaring that they
would pay no more money until they had an account of
what had been done with the past.—(Hear, hear.) A
more natural and necessary demand he could not con-
ceive. But no account was given, and in consequence no
rates were received. They could easily calculate the
average rate, and they would see that the loss amounted
to a very large sum, now whollyirrecoverable. He would
abstain from saying more, simply because the whole
matter would be speedily decided by the legal authorities.
Still he felt all the sincere determination to see justice
done, which every man ought to feel in such an instance;
and he looked forward with strong hope to the decision,
which would extinguish the evil already so deeply in-
jurious to the peace of the parish, and to the credit of
the church of this Protestant country.—(Cheers.)
Other parochial business of minor importance having
been proceeded with, the vestry broke up.

ST. LEONARD'S, SHOREDITCH.
Yesterday the annual meeting of the parishioners of
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, took place in the parish
church, for the election of churchwardens, and Mr. Long,
late junior warden, was unanimously chosen as successor
to Mr. Bewley. Mr. Pearce then nominated Mr. Tho-
mas James Simpson to succeed Mr. Long as junior
warden, and in a speech of some length highly eulo-
gised his character and previous services iu the parish.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Cottell, but was op-
posed by Mr. Solomon, who nominated Mr. Robert
Black ; and, upon a show of hands, the majority was
declared to be in favour of the latter. A poll, however,
was demanded by Mr. Pearce, on the part of Mr. Simp-
son, and the polling was directed to take place on Mun-
day and Tuesday next, when a fierce contest is expected
between the opposing parties.

ST. THOMAS, STEPNEY.
Yesterday a vestry was held in the large district
church of St. Thomas, Arbour-square, to elect officers
for the year ensuing. Mr. George Ward, the son of
Thomas Ward, Esq., ship-owner, and Captain Richard
Male, were elected churchwardens for the ensuing year;
and a vote of thanks to Messrs. Wasen and Self, the past
churchwardens, was agreed to without a dissentient
voice. Several gentleman addressed the meeting on the
necessity of appointing a vestry-clerk, and Mr. Pelham,
the solicitor, was proposed and seconded by Mr. Heslop
and Mr. Kent. His election was carried nem. dis.

ST. DUNSTAN, STEPNEY.
A meeting of the rate-payers of the hamlet of Mile-end
told Town, which forms a greater portion of the exten-
sive parish of Stepney, was held on Monday, at the
Town-house, Mile-end-road, to elc-ct churchwardens and
other officers for the ensuing year. A society, called
the Stepney Anti-Church-rate and Parochial Reform
Association, sent out placards, recommending Mr. Morse
and Mr. Howlett for churchwardens. The Church party
sent a requisition to Messrs. Head and Hawkins, church-
wardens for the past year, to allow themselves to be
again put in nomination. The contest was looked upon
as a struggle between the church-rate and anti-church-
rate parties. After several speeches, the question was
put to a show of hands by the Rev. Mr. Vaudrey, the
rector, who presided on the occasion. The majority was
three to one in favour of the old churchwardens, and
they were declared to be re-elected for the ensuing year.
The anti-church-rate party demandeded a poll, but they
abandoned their intention, and said they should fight
the battle of church-rates in another way.