The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-11 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY E V ENINGI

Lady Fielding, Viscount dampden, Mr. Bowyer,
M.P., Mr. Monsell, M.P., and the Hon. Mr. Ca,ven-
.

dish.

There were also included in the list between

100 and 150 clergymen who had seceded and gone
over to Rome. He complained that in order still
further to promote the success of the Romanising
system they were pursuing, Mr. Liddell and his
friends were trying to get rid of the schoolmaster,
Mr. Davis, an honest Protestant, who was fully
equal to the duties, and had filled the office effi-
ciently for twenty-seven years. The excuse was
that from their not having certificated masters the
subscriptions to the schools fell off. But it was
th 3 Romanising tendencies of the clergy of the
parish that caused the subscriptions to the charities
to fail, and not the want of a certificated master.
In St. Barnabas, where they had certificated mas-
ters, the subscriptions had fallen off to a much
greater extent, and the schools were largely in debt
He further complained that upon one occasion, when
a charity sermon was about to be preached at St.
Paul's in aid ofthe House of Refuge, which he believed
to be nothing else than a nunnery—he was refused
the opportunity, which he thought he as church•
warden had a right to, of ascertaining what was the
real character of the institution in support of
whose funds a sermon was to be preached at
the parish church; and upon referring the mat-
ter to the Bishop of London that refusal was
Confirmed. (A voice—" He is as big a Jesuit as
Liddell.") He also wrote to the bishop about the
continued use of the crosses and other things, which
the judgment of the Privy Council had prohibited,
and the answer was in every way worthy of " J. C.
London." (Hear, hear.) (Mr. Hall read the letter,
which stated that the bishop had no advice or in-
struction to give, but that such subjects should be,
if subjects of lawful presentation, presented to the
archdeacon at the visitation.) Mr. Hall concluded
by proposing as the churchwarden for the ensuing
year their old, and tried, and faithful servant, Mr.
Charles Westerton, he himself being so heartily
tired and disgusted at the conduct of the clergyman
with whom he had been brought in official commu-
nication during his year of office, that he deter-
mined to retire. (Hear.)
In reply to a question from Mr. Blore, he aided
that the pews of St. Paul's would seat 1,500 or
1,600 people, but only about 100 were let to parish-
ioners, the others being taken by persons coming
from distant parishes. The income of the incum-
bent arising from pew rents and other sources was
about £l,BOO a-year, out of which he paid for the
services of one curate, leaving the parishioners to
provide for the other.
Dr. HUNTER Seconded the nomination of Mr.
Westerton.
Mr. C. WESTEItTON then proceedel to address
the meeting. He had hoped last year when lie
proposed Mr. Hall that after seven or eight years
of churchwardenship he should be allowed to retire;
but as he had found it recessary to commence a
suit against Mr. Liddell for contempt of Court in
not having complied with and carried out the judg-
ment of the Privy Council, it became necessary
and essential that he should resume the office in
order that he might be in a position to carry on
that suit effectively. It having been intimated
that he would be proposed again to accept the
office, a requisition that he should do so was got
up, and signed in the course of a few hours by
at least one half of the parishioners. Under these
circumstances, although he well knew the great re-
sponsibility of the office, and the sacrifice upon his
time and pocket it would entail upon him, he had
determined that, so fLr as God gave him strength
and ability to do so, he would accept the trust, and
continue the struggle to the end. (Cheers.) It was
his intention to have asked Mr. Liddell several
questions referring to the lights on the altar, and
would have shown that they were paid for out of
tita money collected at the sacrament, contrary to
tl- e protests of the parish. He would have shown
that Mr. Liddell and his curates encouraged confes-
sion, and received young women in the vestry and
in private rooms elsewhere, and then enjoined
penance and granted special absolution. More than
that, he would have shown that Mr..Liddell appro-
priated the offertory money to the establishment of
the mission in St. George's-in-the-P-ast by Mr.
Bryan King and Mr. Lowder, which had been a
source of misery and degradation to that unhappy
parish. Ile believed that Parliamentary influence
must be brought to bear upon these men, so as to
compel them to show themselves in their true
colours. They should be called upon to make some
failing-which they should be compelled
tdoeclaleraavteionthe church which they had disgraced.
(Cheers.)
Mr. Westerton was then declared duly elected.
A resolution was afterwards passed, at the in-
stance of Mr. Westerton, authorising him as church-
warden to take measures for removing objectionable
articles of furniture from the churches of St. Paul
and St. Barnabas, and to indemnify him fur any
expenses he might incur.
A vote of thanks to Mr. Hall closed the proceed-
ings.

ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS 771.4 GEDY ON

BOARD AN AMERICAN VESSEL.

The New York Courier and Inpirer of the 26th
ult. says :
On Saturday morning Capt. Webb, of the schooner
Thomas E. French, made the following singular
statement in regard to the sinking of the sloop
Spray, Capt. Leete, off Barnegat, on the 21st inst.:
Capt. Webb, of the rchooner Thomas E. French,
from Suffold, Va., for New York, consigned to Ben-
ton and Brotherc, arrived here this moraine.. The
captain states that on the 21st inst., four miles north
of Barnegat, lie picked up a yawl boat, containing
a Chinaman. The man was supplied with a com-
pass, hatchet, and a few provisions, and stated that
he had escaped from the sloop Spray, of Guilford,
Conn., which had that day been in collision with
the sloop Lucinda, of Rockaway. The Spray sunk
in about 15 minutes after the collision, and accord-
ing to the statement of the Chinaman, carrying
down with her the captain and his brother, who
were the only persons on board besides himself,
The French having to run into Little Egg Harbour
there saw the sloop Lucinda in a disabled condi-
tion; the captain of the sloop stated that during
the time the two vessels were together he saw no
one aboard the Spray but the Chinaman, who re-
fused to seek safety aboard his vessel.
The captain of the Lucinda states that when the
collision occurred the deck of the Spray was strewed
with bedding, flags, and furniture, indicating that
the cabin had been thoroughly ransacked, and the
contents scattered over the deck. The Chinaman,
who goes by the name of John Low, or Jackalow,
as he is more frequently called, is well known in
New York, and has sailed with Captain Leete for
the past four years. Something over a year ago he
stole a considerable sum of money from Captain
Leete, and ran away to New Haven, where he was
captured by the police and brought back to New
York. Such was Capt. Leete's attachment to Jacka-
low that he refused to press the prosecution, and on
his discharge immediately restored him to his posi-
tion as cook on board the Spray. He is reported to
be a very revengeful fellow, and when excited stops
at nothing, however desperate, in order to gratify
his revenge.
When picked up by the French, and during his
continuance on board, he persistently refused to
converse with any one, pretending that he did not
understand the English language. He says that
he came to this country seven years ago, in the
United States steamer Mississippi, and that he is
now twenty-six years of age. When asked why
he did not take the captain's money with him, he
said that it was locked up in a box, and that he
could not get it. His stories:concerning the man-
ner of the captain's death are very conflicting. He
first said that the captain was thrown overboard by
being struck by the main sheet; then he said that
at the time of the collision the captain was stand-
ing on the bowsprit and was knocked off by the
concussion ; and finally, that he was sick in the
cabin and unable to get on deck.
The latter story is highly improbable, for the
Spray left New York the same day the accident hap-
pened; and when she sailed both the captain and his
brother were known to be in excellent health. In
regard to the story about the captain of the Spray
being on the bowsprit, the captain of the
Lucinda declares that there was no person visible
about the Spray excepting the Chinaman. When
picked up he, had on a coat belonging to Captain
Leete, in the pockets of which was found a memo-
randum-book, upon the flyleaf of which was written
in pencil, " J. F. Leete, Guilford, Ct."
While on board the French Jackalow manifested
considerable uneasiness. When Captain Webb left
the vessel in the harbour to come on shore the
Chinaman accompanied him, and, strangely enough,
was permitted to walk off unmolested. He has not
been seen since. The Spray lies near Barnegat,
with her mast and broadside exposed, and when
last seen was being stripped by wreckers. The
police have the matter in hand, and will, it is
hoped, elucidate the mystery which surrounds the
affair.

The New York Tribune of a day or two later
gives the following additional particulars :
At an early hour on Monday morning the boats'
crew No. 2, of the Harbour Police, Coxswain Nes-
bitt, towed the sloop Spray from her moorings off
Jersey City to the Battery Basin, where she will
he, when the tide recedes, almost high and dry.
At noon the tide was fast falling, and a portion
of her forward deck was quite dry, but the water
was still even with the forward hatch. The cabin
could be distinctly seen, and the roofing was at this
time quite dry. The main hatch was uncovered
and the hold was filled with water. Towards the
stern were some articles of clothing and a large
bundle containing cotton.
Some of the harbour police had fished up a few