The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S IN THE EAST.

A meeting of the vestry of St. George's-in-the-
East was held on Thursday evening, Mr. Clark
presiding, to receive the reply of the Bishop of
London to the following resolution agreed to at
their last meeting, and forwarded to his lordship :
That this vestry regrets the following innova-
tions are still retained in the services at the parish
church, namely—surpliced choristers, chanting in-
stead of reading the prayers of the day, preaching
in a surplice, popish hymnals, communion table
elevated on steps, super-altar and embroidered
altar-cloth, candlesticks with candles and credence
table, all of which this vestry is of opinion is
distasteful to the parishioners at large, and deters
many from returning to their parish church or
of connecting tLemselves with its services; and
this vestry is further of opinion that a return
to the old form of worship, as it was when the
Rev. Bryan King became rector, and as it is now
performed at the other three churches in the parish,
viz., Christ Chinch, St. Mary's, and St. Matthew's,
is the only way to obtain the confidence of the
parish."
Mr. W. L. HOWELL, the vestry clerk, read the
reply of the bishop, as follows :
" Patterdale-hall, Oct. 1, 1860.
" Sir,—l yesterday (Sunday) received from you
the copy of a resolution adopted at the meeting of
the vestry of St. George's•in-the-East, held on the
27th ult.

" I regret to find that the parishioners, as repre-
sented by the clergy, still consider that certain
matters which they have enumerated have the effect
of ' deterring many from returning to the parish
church, or of connecting themselves with its ser-
vices.' I was in hopes that arrangements lately
made, and especially the appointment of the Rev.
Septimus Hansard as curate, a clergyman of great
experience; and conciliatory disposition, who has
no sympathy with extreme parties in the Church,
and whom I have known intimately and respected
for the last eighteen years, would have been ac•
cepted by the parish as a proof of Mr. King's desire
to make every reasonable concession, when he
could do so without appearing to yield to the cla-
mour of the mob.
" I have been pained to hear from time tolime
that certain petty and wicked attempts to inter-.
rupt the services of the church have still been
continued by a small section. Mr. Hansard, I know,
confidently looked to the respectable parishioners to
save himself from such annoyances and the parish
from the disgrace of their attempted revival and
continuance. I presume it is with the view of ex-
pressing some difficulty which the vestry has felt
in responding to Mr. Hansard's natural expectation
of the active assistance of all hii respectable parish-
ioners that the resolution has been adopted which
you have forwarded to me.
" With regard to the particular matters enume-
rated in the resolution, the parish, I doubt not,
understands the delicacy of Mr. Hansard's position.
I shall be glad on my return to the diocese, at the
end of the present month, to meet a deputation of
the vestry, and enter with them into a careful con-
ci,leration of the matters they have brought before
me. But, meanwhile, it is the duty of the vestry to
use every means in their power to prevent the
parish from being again disgraced. It must not be
forgotten that much has been done to meet the
reasonable wishes of the parishioners, and it
will, I hope, be seen that as a preliminary to
any satisfactory result following from our pro-
posed meeting, and the consideration of the topics
you have brought before me, I have a right
to call upon the vestry and the great body. of
the respectable inhabitants, by their private in-
fluence and by their presence in church, to co-
operate with the authorities in putting a stop to
any annoyances attempted to be continued or re-
newed by a small, ill-disposed minority, who show
themselves incapable of appreciating Mr. Han-
sard's conciliatory conduct, and bent on desecrating
the house of God.
" Hoping by the last week of this month to find
the. parish, through the exertions of those whose
wishes you have conveyed to me, in such a state
that I can with satisfaction meet the parishioners
in the presence of the curate in charge and the
churchwardens, and enter fully into all the remain-
ing difficulties.—l have the honour to be,_. sir, your
obedient humble servant, " A. C. LONDON.
" W. L. Howell, Esq."
The letter was unanimously ordered to be en-
tered on the vestry minutes, and after a discussion
it was resolved to adopt his lordship's suggestion
for a conference, but to defer the nomination of the
deputation till the next ordinary meeting of the
vestry.

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gether, and pay off all hands. This would be but bad eco-
nomy, as, to say nothing of the damage to the machinery
from having no one to attend to it, the dampness of the
climate at Milford Haven will effectually rot all the splendid
hangings of the saloon unless fires be from time to time
burnt in theta. The sum required for the new decks and
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HANSON'S PATENT POTATO DlGGER.—Yester-
day a trial of Hanson's patent potato digger took place at
Mr. J. Gilbody Smith's farm, at Fox Hill, Barton, under
the supervision of Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, Salford,
who are agents for the manufacturers. The inventor is an
Irishman, belonging to Belfast; and, although the imple-
ment has been completed and exhibited for two or three
years past its introduction among the farmers of this neigh-
bourhood has been only very recently accomplished. Mr.
Smith, of Barton, who is somewhat of a successful speculator
in agricultural machinery, recently purchased one of these
machines, and allowed Messrs. Richmond and Chandler to
have a public trial of it, yesterday, in one of his potato
fields. The field was on the Moss, and the soil, conse-
quently, was light. This was one advantage for the
machine, but it was more than counterbalanced by the dis-
advantage of an excessive quantity of chickweed. Never-
theless, the work was performed in an excellent manner,
and to the satisfaction of nearly all the spectators, who in-
cluded a large number of the neighbouring yeomen some
of whom were so pleased with the machine, that they gave
orders on the spot to Mr. Peters, Messrs. Richmond and
Chandler's agent, to supply them with a similar one. Afore
than one gentleman wanted the identical machine which
was being tried, but Mr. Smith would not part with it.
The principle of the machine is that of the screw pro-
peller ; the screw being a number of revolving blunt forks,
and the shaft being turned by the motion of the wheels.
The implement is so constructed that the wheels run over
the ridges which it is intended to dig. Two small wheels,
like those of a plough, are placed in front ; two larger ones,
nearly the size of cart wheels, are situated about the centre
of the machine, and bear the whole weight, besides giving
motion to the forks. The forks revolve at right angles to
the wheels, and are immediately preceded by a flat coulter
or sheer which penetrates to the bottom of the ridge and
lifts up the soil and potatoes together. As the two horses
draw the implement along, the shear leaves the soil and
potatoes behind, when they are immediately caught up by
the forks and thrown off or scattered on the surface of the
ground to the right. It remains only to pick up the potatoes
and carry them away, for which duty a large number of
persons is requited to keep pace with the industrious digger.
There is perhaps room in one or two parts of the machine
for slight improvements which experience will doubtless
suggest to the manufacturers