The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-16 00:00:00

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS' PRINCE ALBERT OF SAXE COB CEO

AND GOTHA, N.G.
The humble Memorial of the undersigned churchwardens
and overseers of the parish of New Windsor :
Showeth—That your memorialists attended a meeting of
the parish of New Windsor, in the vestry, on the Bth dad• of
January inst.
That, at the instance of your memorialists, a majority of
the parishioners present at such meeting passed the following
resolutions :

" That this vestry extremely regrets that the resolutions in
reference to the rating of his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
passed at the vestry meeting held on the 18th of Sep-
tember last, should have been so carried, inasmuch as this
meeting is now fully aware that his Royal Highness is not in
any way liable to be rated for the Flemish Farm. And that
this vestry deprecates the garbled statements set forth in the
public journals on the subject.
"That, inasmuch as the maintenance of the poor presses
heavily on the pa-ishioners, a respectful memorial be now
presented to his Royal Highness, praying him to take the
state of the parish into his gracious consideration ; and that
such memorial be prepared and presented by the parish
officers."
That your memorialists cannot approach your Royal
Highness without expressing, in common with all the re-
spectable part of their fellow-townsmen, their deep and heart-
felt regret that any person should have been present at the
said vestry who should so far have forgotten that respect and
propriety of feeling due to your Royal Highness, as to have
given utterance to some of those observations which have
appeared in the public prints, and which your memorialists
at such vestry deprecated.
That your memorialists beg to assure your Royal High-
ness, that the various incorrect and unjustifiable paragraphs
which have from time to time been inserted in the public
papers, have never been sanctioned or approved by your
memorialists, and have been published without their know-
ledge and concurrence, and have consequently caused great
pain and embarrassment to your memorialists.
That your memorialists, in humbly and respectfully lay-
ing their embarrassed position before your Royal Highness
in the first memorial, did so, as stated in such memorial,
from a necessity, as it were, cast upon them, and in opposi-
tion to their own feelings.
That your memorialists have a full knowledge and con-
viction that your Royal Highness is not in any way charge-
able for any rates in respect of Flemish Farm, and regret
exceedingly the resolutions which were passed at the vestry
on the 18th of September last, which your memorialists
again beg to reiterate were passed without their participat-
ing therein.
That your memorialists scarcely know how to approach
your Royal Highness, in craving oa the part of the parish
your gracious beneficence in aid of those funds which are
appropriated to the poor, because they feel that your Royal
Highness has not been trete ed by some (happily very few)
persons with that respect and propriety which was due to
your Royal Highness.
That your memorialists would, however, cast themselves
upon your Royal Highness's gracious consideration, knowing
full well that liberality and kindness which has always been
prominent in every act of your Royal Highness.
That your memorialists would again assure your Royal
Highness of the attachment and respect which is felt for your
Royal Highness in this royal highly-favoured borough.
And your memorialists will ever
-pray, &c.
THOMAS ADAMS,
WILLIAM INGALTON, Churchwardens.
JOHN CLODE,
JAMES CHISHOLM,
WILLIAM NOKE,
HENRY RosE, Overseers.
Tuos. CLEAVE,