The Sun.
London, England, 1835-02-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

MIDDLESEX ELECTION DINNER.

A Dinner was yesterday given by the friends of Reform at
Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead, to celebrate the return of Mr.
Byng and Mr. Hume. • Amongst the company present we no-
ticed Messrs. Hume, M. P., Villers, M. P., Blackburne,
M. P., Roebuck, M. P., Adam, Blisset, Murphy; Lund, &c.,
with Sir John Scott Lillie, Major Revell, Mr. Commissioner
Evans, and Mr. Childs of Bungay.
The Meeting was most numerously and respectably at-
tended, and as the district of Hampstead had been considered
as the strong-hold of the Tories, it seems to have created
much sensation in the neighbourhood. Due praise ought to
be given to the Landlord for his taste in the arrangement of
the decorations. In the front of the Tavern, laurels, inter-
spersed with variegated lamps, had a very imposing effect,
whilst the appearance of the lobby and interior of the room at-
tracted not less attention. Banners were hung along the
walls, containing appropriate inscriptions, and amongst others
we noticed " The glorious 3096, unbought and unbiassed,"
" The Kin.-' and his Prerogative," " The People and their
Rights," "Civil and Religious Liberty," "Good and cheap
Government," " Hume and Independence," " Triumph of Prin-
ciple." Every effort seems to have been made, as well for the
comfort, as the convenience of the company. At a little after
six o'clock John Kelly, Esq. took the chair. Mr. Hume
took his scat on the right of the Chairman, and Mr. Black-
burn, M. P. for Huddersfield, on his left. To the right of
Mr. Hume were Mr. Roebuck, and Mr. Villers, M. P. for
Canterbury. After the usual toasts of " the King," " the Duke
of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family," the Chairman
proposed the " People, the true source of all legitimate power,"
which was drunk with great enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN then said, they were assembled to celebrate
the triumph of their two worthy representatives, who had been
elected in spite of such great opposition on the part of the
Tories, who had exerted the influence of that wealth which
had been dragged from the pockets of the people, to intimidate
them from voting according to their conscience, and who, by
living on pensions and sinecures, had enchained the energies
of the people, and had driven multitudes of their fellow coun-
trymen to seek a precarious subsistence in the most remote re-
gions of the world. It would not be his duty, however, to
describe their conduct in the presence of those gentlemen, who
had honored him on this oceasior with their company, to whom
their principles were so much better known than he could de-
scribe them. What had taken place, however, would prove,
that there was no re-action on the part of the people, but that
on the contrary a great triumph had been effected by them, in
destroying the power of Tory faction in this district of the
county.—( Cheers.) That burst of acclamation assured him
that they were determined to move on with the man under
whose banners they had fought and conquered, notwithstanding
the gross calumnies which had been resorted to, to destroy
their confidence in him, and this day convinced him they would
still turn to him whose life had been devoted to the welfare
of his country. The Chairman concluded by giving the
health of Mr. Hume, the unflinching and uncom-
promising advocate of retrenchment and reform, who
cl irned their gratitUde alike with their unqualified sup-
port on every future occasion—may he long live to be our re-
presentative In P -
ar ament,
Drunk with nine times nine.
Mr. HUME said he could assure them he felt deeply grateful
for the gratifying manner in which they had received the toast
proposed by his friend. He was at all times happy to meet
with those who were interested in the question which he had
so long advocated, though he felt that their chairman, in stat-
ing his claims to their attention, might have partially expressed
them. If, however, he had any Clain' to their attention it was
that of consistency. He had none of those claims for elo-
quence which had hitherto been the passport to political
power and political influence. He was one of those possess-
ing common Intelligence, with unremitting exertion, and as
he had before stated, he felt his only claim on their attention
and support, was on his consistency in advocating those re-
forms which he thought the present meeting were desirous of
continuing. There were times in which it became imperative
to celebrate a triumph, uncl one of those he thought the pre-
sent, now that the Tories had again come forward in the full
strength of that power which ought long ago to have been
crushed, It was incumbent on the electors to show that no
reaction had taken place to rally reiiild their standard on occa-
sions like the present, and from the respectability of this
meeting, it was to him a convincing fact that they were not sa-
tisfied with what had beeri dune, Their opponents had
made a great show of victory on the score Of hie having been
beaten in the Hampstead district ; and he had seen a report in
Which it had been stated that only eight of its electors had
Voted for him. Now such was not the fact, and he felt it his
duty thus publicly to refute this untruth. The numbers were,
for Hume, 45; Byng, 52; Wood, 80. This corrected state-
ment had been sent to the Morning Post, and he understood
they had refused to give insertion to Shame.) So much
for Tory justice. He did not think he should be going far
from truth in saying that he was not supported by the rich,
the powerful, the great : but, on the contrary, his friends lay
amongst the middling and the industrious classes of society;
in short, he might state, that wherever there was a prepon-
derating influence of the Church and the law, they were in-
variably against him. But in the parish of St. Luke's he
had received no less than 87 votes, whilst Wood had only re-
ceived 22. He could not wonder at the state of
,public affairs
up to the time of passing the Reform Bill, but he hoped the time
was now fast approaching when none would be allowed to re-
ceive the public money but those who worked for it, and
when none would be called on for more than was necessary to
defray the expenses of a cheap and efficient Government.
Mr. Cameron, the gentleman who presided on the occasion
of the Conservative dinner at the Holly Bush, had exult-
ingly exclaimed, that at least in the neighbourhood
of Hampstead they had put down "sedition," a term he
employed to designate a demand for Reform ; but he trusted
and felt assured that that gentleman would find, at the next
election, that the demand for Reform would be much stronger
than it had ever been before. If their enemies had triumphed,
it was owing to their own supineness and negligence, and to
the improper confidence they had placed in their own security.
They considered the Reform Bill had done every thing for
them, whereas he could assure them they must fiill be on the
alert, must still be watchful, if they wished to posses; them-
selves of the advantages which the Reform Bill had given.
That bill had placed sufficient power in the hands of the
people, who were most interested in its introduction, if they
would divest themselves of carelessness. The late Ministry, '
he considered, had been rather slow in lopping off abuses ; yet
when he now reflected on all the opposition they had to con-
tend with—the secret intrigues of rank and influence, and, he
might add, a power behind the throne greater than the throne,
he did not feel so much surprised; nor would he, at the same
time, if then as well aware of these impediments as at present,
have given them such decided opposition as he had. The
question, however, now was, which was the best method to
drive out the Tories from the place which a Liberal Ministry
ought to occupy—a Ministry which would carry forward all
the provisions of a Liberal Government. He trusted that on
the first day of the session the Metropolitan members would
be as one in asserting their choice in the election of their
own Speaker, which would at once discover the waverers.
The country had suffered more, he was convinced, from this
class of individuals than from any other; yet he hoped the first
day would set such an example, as that they would be afraid
to repose confidence in the Tories. Mr. Cameron had stated
that they possessed all the wealth, and intelligence, and re-
spectability with them, and thus he supposed inferring that he
( Mr. Hume), and such as thought and acted with him, were
to be considered as the tag-rag and bob-tail. However that
might be, he should never alter his opinion, for he never had been,
nor ever would be, a half-and-half man.—( Cheers.) He had
been calumniated in all quarters behind his back, by persons
who dared not publicly avow themselves, and the ears of the
electors had been poisoned by the most slanderous and infa-
mous reports. Still he hoped that the people would ever find
him on the right side on all occasions which tended to their
amelioration, and the extension of their liberties. He had so
often had occasion to address them on the Reform Bill, that
he should not detain them on that subject; but there was one
point to which he would for a moment allude, namely, that of
the vote by ballot, as he was fully convinced in his own mind
that nothing but that could protect the people from the in-
fluence and intimidation of the rich. No where had this been
more obvious than at Enfield. He had received many painful
communications from individuals, stating they would have
voted for him if they had dared. lie hoped, however,
that at the next election many would then vote for him,
who were now disabled from so doing in consequence of the ab-
sence of ballot. In conclusion, he would earnestly enjoin them
to look after the lists at the time of registration, to see that
none were put upon the list which ought not to be there, nor
that any were omitted who ought to be registered. The Tories
had gained every thing by looking after these points. There
now only remained to him to return his sincere and grateful
thanks to the electors of Hampstead, who had so manfully come
forward in support of the cause which he advocated; and he,
therefore, begged to propose, with permission of the Chair-
man, the health of the 3096 independent, unbought, and un-
biassed electors by whose majority he had been returned.—
Drunk with enthusiastic cheering.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr. Blackburn,
M. P., and Corporation Reform.
Mr. BLACKBURN returned thanks for the honour which the
electors had done him, from the manner in which they had re-
ceived his name, not, he was convinced, for any thing which
they knew of him, but as connected with a branch of reform
which would be attended by the greatest advantage to the
country. He felt assured that when the whole of the proceed-
ings of the Commissioners were completed, it would be seen
by the country that they had effected a great and permanent
good to the country. This meeting furnished an evident
proof that no re-action had taken place in the public mind
with respect to reform. He most sincerely congratulated
them on the triumph they had achieved on the election of their
long-tried and faithful representatives.
he CHAIRMAN then proposed "the health of Mr. Roebuck,
and the cause of education."
Mr. ROEBUCK, in returning thanks for the honor that had
been done him, said that he congratulated the meeting that
they belbnged to a constituency in which the business of
electing a Representative was their's, not his, as well for the
example which they had set to the whole country in impres-
sing this great truth. They were distinguished from almost
all others in this respect, and it was a privilege which they
ought highly to prize. With the exception of one or two
boroughs, there were none like them. • There was, however,
one he could name that was superior to tkem, namely, Dun-
dee, where they had dispensed with the presence of their
Representative to cansass them.—( Here Mr. Blackburn inti-
mated that such had been the case at Huddersfield.) The
Hon. Gentleman, in an able speech, commented on the acts
of the late Ministry, and said, that though they were perhaps
excusable for not having effected so much reform, from the
opposition they had to contend with, yet they were not excus-
able, for not endeavouring to carry them forward—they were

The Dwthes§ of Kent and the Princess Victoria walked for
rattle time in Hyde-park yesterday forenoon.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir
Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Rosslyn,
Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. Secretary Goulburn, the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Ellenborough, Earl de Grey, Sir Edward Knatch-
bull, the Right Hons. Alexander Baring, John Herries, and
C. W. Wynn.

The Council sat in deliberation till half-past six o'clock.
Count d'Aglie, the Sardinian Minister, General Alava, the
Spanish Minister, and Count Seckendorff, the Prussian Charge
d'Affaires, transacted business yeSterday at the Foreign-office.
The Cabinet Ministers dined last evening with the Earl of
Rosslyn, at his residence in Grosvenor-place.
The Earl of Aberdeen entertained Sir George Murray and
a select party at dinner on Tuesday evening, at his residence
in Argyll-street.
_ _

The Marquis of Aylesbury visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday.
Despatches from Sir R. Wilmot Horton, the Governor of
Ceylon, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.

The Duchess of Bedford and Lady Georgiana Rus-
sell are about to leave Woburn Abbey, where a gay party is
assembled, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Aber-
corn, who, with his Lordship's brother, Lord Claude Hamil-
ton, the new Member for Tyrone, remain at Baron's Court,
Strabane.
Lord Kenyon and family are expected from Gre-
dington, at his Lordship's residence in Portman-square, to-
morrow.

Lord Holland is about to commence his regular
dinner parties in Burlington-street.
Lord Durham is expected in town from Durham
Castle in the course of the ensuing week.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fane,
G.C.B. (who is proceeding to Bengal as Commander-in-
Chief of his Majesty's forces serving in India), was appointed
Commander-in-Chief of the East India Company's forces
there. The undermentioned appointments were likewise made,
viz.:—W. B. Martin, Esq., provisionally, as the Third Or-
dinary Member of the Council of India; and John Sullivan,
Esq., provisionally, as a Member of Council for Fort St,
George.
Mr. Scatcherd, Chairman, with a deputation from
the Committee of Excluded Maritime Officers of the Hon.
East India Company's service, had an intervieW yesterday with
the Right Hon. the President of the Board of Controul.
The Secretary of the ex-Master-General of the
Ordnance (Colonel Cowper) hot received a step in rank,
and the second class of the Guelphic Order, on the oc-
casion of the change in that department. Lord Edward
Somerset has entered on his official flinetion§ at tli6 of iii
Pall-mall as Surveyor., Ocoerai, vice Colonel Fox.
At a Meeting of the National Society for the Edu-
cation of the Poor, &c., held yesterdt_ty at the Central School,
Westminster, there were present—The Bishops of London
and St. Asaph ; Joshua Watson, Esq. ; Rev. Dr. Walmesley ;
Rev. H. H. Norris ; James Trimmer, Esq. ; William Davis,
Esq. ; William Cotton, Esq. ; and the Rev. J. C. Wigram.
Queensberry House, Piccadilly, which has been
taken on lease by Lord Cadogan, from the Marchioness of
Hertford—after remaininr, uninhabited for more than twenty
years—will, it is reported, be complete in its improvements
in three weeks, when the Earl and Countess will remove,
from their present temporary residence, at the Green Park
Hotel.

The diplomatic business of the Brazilian Embassy,
during the absence of the Chevalier Ribeiro, on a complimen-
tary mission to the young Queen of Portugal, sister to his So-
vereign, has been confided to the Chevalier Lisboa, the Secre-
tary of Legation, and the attaché M. de Paiva.
The official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, in Downing-street, remains for the present closed up.
All the books and papers of Earl Spencer have been removed
to the family mansion in St. James's Place. It is rumoured
that Sir G. Clerk, joint secretary to the Treasury, has been
offered the premises by Sir R. Peel, and it is believed that he
will remove to them.
The Grecian resident Minister and his lady have
removed to one of the elegant mansions in Chester Terrace,
Regent's-park.
WEST SURREY CONSERVATIVE DINNER.—A
dinner was given at the White Hart, Guildford, on Tuesday
last, to celebrate the return of Charles Barclay, Esq., for the
Western Division of Surrey. About 120 gentlemen sat down
to dinner, among whom were Admiral Sir Graham Moore,
Lord Grantley, and others. Miles Stringer, Esq., was in the
chair. The usual Conservative speeches were made, and the
party broke up at a late hour.
BURGHLEY HOUSE.—The following have been
visiting at ',his splendid mansion, during the past week :
The Duke of Rutland, the Marquis of Graham, the Earl of
,rtnchilsea, the Earl of Lonsdale, Earl Spencer, Lord
Burghersh, Lord Rokeby, Sir John Trollope, Lady Clinton,
Lady Frederick Bentinck, Lady Georgiana Fane, the Hon.
Captain and Mrs. Spencer, Colonel and Lady Eleanor Low-
ther, Colonel and Mrs. Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Heath-
cote, Mr. and Mrs. P. Pierrepont, Mr. W. S. Poyntz, M.P.,
Captain Townshend, John Moore, Esq., &c.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FATHER.—The
first and last Lord Mornington (Garrett Wellesley) had always
a strong partiality for the harpsichord, and contrived to steal
intervals of practice in spite of his sister's assertion that he
only spoiled the instrument. His father about this time de-
claring his intention of having an organ for his chapel, Garrett
undertook to be ready to officiate as organist the moment the
instrument should be finished. This was accomplished in less
than a year and a half ; and at the expiration of that period he
sat down at the maker's, and played an extempore fugue, to
the astonishment of all present, who did not imagine that he
could have executed a bar of a single tune.
MAJOR MACNAMARA.—Upon inquiry, we have
ascertained that there is no foundation for the report of this
patriotic member's sudden death, of apoplexy, which had been
circulated through the city on Saturday. We are glad to find
that not only is the report totally unfounded, but that the gal-
lant member is in the enjoyment of excellent health.—Free-
man's Journal.
CONSERVATIVE MEETING AT DARTMOUTH.--
A meeting of the Conservatives of this borough took place on
Friday last. Above one hundred and thirty of the principal
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood were present on
this occasion. A. H. Holdsworth, Esq., presided. The
toasts were those usually selected on such occasions, but with
this addition, that each was introduced with an appropriate
speech.-- Western Luminary.
The father of the present Sir Watkin Williams
Wynn was a great patron of the arts, and so fond was he of
plays that he built a very handsome little theatre at Wynnstay,
in North Wales. On one occasion Austin, the actor, then
manager of the Chester Theatre, was requested by Sir Watkin
to assist him in superintending the getting up of a favourite
comedy, which was to be acted entirely by amateurs, many of
whom were noblemen and ladies of rank. A day was fixed
for the performance, and, as a matter of course, a rehearsal
was called in the morning. Sir Watkin and Austin were at
their post, making all preparation to give effect to the play.
All was ready. " Clear the stage," cried Sir Watkin, " and
call Lord A—." " His Lordship's gone a shooting," ex-
claimed a servant. " Call Sir B. then." "He is
gone a fishing, Sir Watkin." " Request Lady D— to
come, then," exclaimed Sir Watkin rather peevishly. " Her
Ladyship and several oshers are just gone out for for a ride,"
answered one of the servants. " Who the devil," cried Sir
Watkin, " would be a manager ?" "I am sure I would not,
said Austin, " if I had your fortune."
SEAMENS' HOSPITAL SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of this Society was held yesterday at the office in
I3ishopsgate-street ; Lord Radstock in the Chair. The
Secretary. Mr. Harley, read the proceedings of the last
General Meeting. and also the report for the past year, which
were adopted with the unanimous approbation of. a meeting
most numerously and respectably attended. The several re-
solutions were moved and seconded by Messrs. Urquhart,
Labouchere, Rotheram, Grey, Shepherd, and Young, and
passed unanimously. By the report of this most efficient and
benevolent institution it appears that during the past year
2,422 patients were admitted into the hospital, and 1,043 per-
sons relieved as out-patients. We regret to state that the
pecuniary affairs of the Society are not commensurate with
their humane exertions ; the available sums for the present
year being—interest on funded property, 1,520/. ; annual sub-
scriptions about 1,4401. ; and the probable receipts from the
Merchant Seamen's Bill about 200/., making a total of 3,1601.,
to meet an expenditure of above 5.000/.
We are sorry to perceive that the subscription for
the poorer classes of sufferers by the late dreadful hurricane in
Dominica, makes but little progress. That hurricane, we are
told, " reduced the town of Roseau to a heap of ruins, the
country to an arid and parched waste, and deprived upwards
of twenty thousand persons of food and shelter ;"—and yet in
a period of four months the subscriptions amount to only
2,973 l.—scarcely three shillings for each person.
The celebrated Captain Johnson, who acquired so
great a notoriety by his escapes from different prisons, and his
invention to liberate Napoleon, has forwarded the following
letter to the author of " Scenes and Stories, by a Clergyman
in Debt, written during his confinement in the Debtors' Prison."
DEAR SIR, London, December 20, 1834.
I have to thank you for laying before me the materials which
your industry has gathered respecting my changeful career. They
are, however, spurious, as well as all former anecdotes of me have
been ; not excepting those of Sir Walter Scott. I have now cor-
rected them, and added other materials connected with my escapes
and expeditions; as well as a description of the power of the
submarine ships by means of which the Emperor Napoleon was to
have been rescued from St. Helena.
It gratifies me to add that your work will now contain the only
correct account of me that can be published until I can fulfil my
design of placing my own life before the world, of which the pages
you have given can of course be considered only as an episode.
Yours, faithfully, THOMAS JOHNSON.
The Author of " Scenes and Stories, by
a Clergyman in Debt."
The other subjects which Captain Johnson has mentioned
in this letter, involve, we are told, matters of the highest public
importance; among which are an account of his contract with
the King of Holland, to form an effective defence of the
Scheldt, during the late war with Belgium, by means of his
submarine torpedo warfare—his late negotiation with the
Pacha of Egypt—the overtures of Buonaparte for his ser-
vices—arid many anecdotes of the late Duke of York—Sir
Home Popham—and some living characters. We look with
great curiosity for the appearance of the work.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1835.

not deterred from bringing down argument. He could not
phicc confidence in Sir Robert Peel, a man who at one time
declared that :D. change was mischievous, and consequently
every tendency to change—ofie who had gained his seat by
opposing the Ministry when out of office, yet now, when in
office, actually turned round, and made use of their own
words.

The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of Mr. Villiers, the
Member for Canterbury.
Mr. VILLIEits returned thanks, and observed that the vic-
tory which he had gained was a victory over the influence of
property and persons. He had gone into the strong old of
Toryism and monopoly. He had, as it were, taken the 10411
by the horns, and the triumph which he had gained had been
in spite of the atrocious influence of the Cathedral and the
Corporation.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr. Hill, late
Member for Hull.

Mr. HILL felt grateful to them for the honour they had
done him, though he did not occupy the same proud station
with those who had last addressed them. lle was a defeated
candidate. Before the passing of the Reform Bill Hull was a
sort of Nazareth among election places—to go to Hull was to
go to a den of corruption. When he went to it, however, he
was returned free of all expenses, excepting those authorized
by law. He had no band, for he did not whistle himself into
favour—he had no good cheer, for he did not wish to drink
himself into favour. Subsequently, his enemies had bestirred
themselves—they had spent 12,0001. to eject him—he, him-
self had not V,OOO/. to spend, and if he had, he would not
have spent it for such purpose. The consequence was, he
was no longer Member for Hull. He congratulated the
meeting on the success of their election, and trusted that, so
long as that Hon. Gentleman continued to serve them faith-
fully, they would not forget their duty towards him.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the health of Sir John Scott
Lillie and Mr. Barclay.
Sir J. S. LILLIE briefly returned thanks.
Mr. BARCLAY said he had been less fortunate than the Hon.
Gentleman, who had previously addressed them. He had
taken the hull by the tall, and thus getting too near its heels
he had been laid prostrate. He trusted, however, that a dif-
ferent spirit would be acted on at a future election, as he was
determined to have another run at the bull, when he anti-
cipated a different result.

Sir J. S. LILLIE then proposed the health of their respected
Chairman, who briefly returned thankA.
Mr. HUME observed that as it was now growing late, and
he had some distance to return home, he would propose
" Ireland" before the meeting separated.
We have great pleasure in expressing our sense of the ex-
cellence of the accommodation provided on this occasion by
Mr. W. H. James, the honorary secretary to the committee.
Much praise is due to this gentleman for his endeavours to
secure the harmony of the meeting, by promoting the conve-
nience of the individual members.

ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.
(THIS DAY.)

At ten o'clock a Vestry Meeting of the parishioners of St.
Martin's-in-the-Fields was held in the Vestry-room, the Rev.
Mr. DITKENFIELD in the Chair, for the purpose of nominating,
electing, and choosing, a fit and proper person as parish clerk,
in the room of the Rev. Anthony Hamilton, who had declined
the office. The Vestry-room was crowded.
Mr. SIMPSON, junior Churchwarden, entered into a state-
ment of the circumstances in consequence of which the office
of parish clerk became vacant by the resignation of the Rev.
Anthony Hamilton. He contended that the right of nomina-
tion and election rested with the parishioners in Vestry assem-
bled, and referred to documents then on the table, which he
read from their ancient parish records, sheaving that their right
existed previous to the promulgation of the ecclesiastical
Canons, which were passed in the year 1603. He then referred
to circumstances where the parish exerted that right, and
called upon them to maintain their privileges. He concluded
by proposing Mr. Parkes, late the Deputy to Mr. Hamilton, as
parish clerk.
Mr. MAyEs seconded the resolution.

Mr. FENN, in a long speech, supported what he maintained
to be the privileges of the parish, and proposed a counter-re-
solution, stating the mode in which the salary should be paid.
The CHAIRMAN said, that if he took that motion, it must
come as an amendment.

After a short discussion, the two motions were embodied, as
a substantive resolution.

Mr. FEN N then proposed Mr. Alexander Smith, as Parish
Clerk.

Mr. SMITH said, that in allowing himself to be nominated,
it was only to maintain the right of nomination by the Parish.
If he were chosen, he would decline for Mr. Parkes.
The CHAIRMAN, before the question was put, wished to as-
sert his right to the nomination of Parish Clerk. He did so
in order that his successor might not be deprived of the privi-
lege he considered they were entitled to. He would, how-
ever, only so far show his dissent, as he did not wish any ill-
feeling to exist in the parish.—( Hear, hear.)
The question was then put, when Mr. Parkes was chosen
unanimously.

After a ion.- discussion upon the point of salary and fees to
Parish Clerk—

Mr. FENN moved " that the fees now received by the clerk
of the Church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, in virtue of his
office as lay clerk, be continued to him by the vestry."
The resolution—on being seconded—was agreed to unani-
mously.
Col. JONES, Messrs. POUNCY, WYLDE, &c., addressed the
chair, when, the minutes of the proceedings having been read
and signed by the Reverend Chairman, thanks were voted to
hire, and the vestry separated.