The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-15 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, 'APRIL 15 1857(

THE EASTER VESTRIES.

ST. PETER'S, SAFFRON-HILL —A meeting of in-
habitant householders was held yesterday, in the
vestry-room of the church, Saffron-hill. The Rev.
J. 'W. Laughlin, incumbent, nominated Mr. Bi-
rough as his churchwarden for the year ensuing.
Mr. Cottrell proposed that Mr. Green be appointed
churchwarden for the district during the year en-
suing, which was seconded by Mr. Allen, and unani-
mously agreed to. Mr. Hanslip stated that the
church was greatly in want of cleansing and repairs,
the cost of which was estimated at 2501., and there
being no other fund from which the cost could be
defrayed it was proposed to borrow the amount on
the security of 1601. per annum received from the
Thavie Estate, and to repay it by annual instal-
ments of 251. The Charity Commissioners had
given their sanction to this mcde of raising the
amount, and it was proposed to apply to Vice-
Chancellor Stuart for his authority for so doing.
The meeting sanctioned the proposed mode of raising
the money for the purpose stated, and directed that
the proper notice be affixed to the church-door an-
nouncing the intention to apply to Vice-Chancellor
Stuart for his sanction to such proceeding. The
business of the day terminated with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.
ST. ANN'S, LIMEHOUSE.—At a vestry held
yesterday under the Metropolitan Management
Act, Mr. S. D. Skillett in the chair, Mr. Wm. An-
derson, Mr. James Edmonds, Mr. James White-
head, Mr. Joseph Dear, Mr. James Samuel Ross,
Mr. John Barrett, Mr. John Longcnore Holmes,
Mr. Francis Bernhard, and Mr. Stephen Dadd.
Skillett, were put in nomination for the office of
churchwardens. A ballot having been taken, Mr.
John Longmore Holmei and Mr. Stephen Dodd
Skillett were declared duly elected. Mr. Arthur
Antoine Walter was elected asvestry clerk.
ST. ANDREW, ITOLBORN. —At a meeting of the
Tnavie Trustees, held in the Inquest Room, St.
Andrew's-court, the Rev. J. J. Toogood, rector, in
the chair, Mr. Charles Marley, of High Holborn,
was elected senior churchwarden and Mr. Robert'
Scott, of Fetter-lane, junior churchwarden. Messrs.
Gilhan; Brett, Abbott, and Webb were elected
sidesmen for the ensuing year.
ST. GEORGE-THE-MARTYR.—At a vestry meeting
held in the Vestry-room of the pai ish church,
Queen-square, the Rev. W. Short, rector, in the
chair, Mr. Herbert Williams, of Great Ormond-
street, and Mr. W. C. Hugman, of Great Ormond-
street, were elected churchwardens for the year
ensuing, and Messrs. Tibbetts and Now were elec
ed sidesmen.

HOLY TRINITY, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.— Mr. Ste-
phen Pearson, of Lamb's Conduit-street, and Mr.
\V. Melton, of Bedford-row, have been appointed
churchwardens for the year ensuing.
• ST. SEPULCHRE, LONDON. —At a vestry meeting
held yesterday afternoon in the vestry-room of the
parish church, Skinner-street, the Rev. James Jack-
son, vicar, in the chair, Mr. Geo. Scamell, Mr.
Chas. C. Lucombe, and Mr. Thos. H. Fox, were
elected churchwardens for the ensuing year.
ST. SEPULCHRE, MIDDLESEX. —The guardians of
the poor elected for the portion of the parish which
forms part of the Holt'orn Un'on are Messrs. Thos.
Lansdown, Wm. Goldsworthy, John Edwards, and
Robert Winder.

ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST.—At the usual annual
Easter vestry meeting, Mr. Win. Clark and Mr.
Thos. Psddon were elected the churchwardens for
the ensuing twelve months, and the following gen-
tlemen were the successful trustce3 :—Mr. James
Fraser, Mr. John Fraser, Mr. Armwrong, Mr.
Chatwood, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Fairclough Mr.
Richardson, Mr. Stretford, Mr. Bond, Mr. Thomp-
son, Mr. Francis, Mr. Carpenter, and Mr. Foulger.
Overseers : Mr. Rumbold, Mr. Shaboe, Mr. Hasted,
and Mr. Herbert.

MILE-END OLD TOWN.—At a vestry held on Easter
Monday, Mr. Samuel Stephenson and Mr. George
Davies were chosen churchwardens.

ST. MATTHEW, BETHNAL-GREEN.—On Monday,
at a vestry meeting, Mr. Thomas Martin was ap-
pointed churchwarden, and Mr. Robert Brooks was
voted in as renter-warden.

ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARK. —The elected vestry
held their annual Easter meeting last evening, at
the church, when the following gentlemen were
elected as wardens :—Mr. S. Pegg, warden of the
great account ;f Mr. Beard, renter's warden ; Mr.
Nevin's, college warden ; Mr. Tan, Bell warden ;
Mr. Soundly, Newcomen's warden ; Mr. Plant,
Spratt and Jackson's warden. Messrs. Byers,
Toby, Brydges, and Williams, were then elected
overseers. After the election of some minor
officers, a petition, numerously signed, was pre-
sented, prayingfortheproceedings ofthe parish being
conducted in open vestry, instead of as at present,
under the 18, 19, and 20 Vic:, by which this pari,l is
incorporated with Christchurch, the proceedings
being conducted byelected vestrymen. The petition
was read, and without any discussion it was ar-
ranged that the propriety of presenting it to the
Legislature should be considered at a subsequent
vestry. Thanks to the chairman closed the business.

CHRISTCHURCH, BLACKFRIARS. —Yesterday a
public meeting of the ratepayers of this parish was
held in the Vestry-room, adjoining the church; tho
Rev. J. Brown, rector, in the chair. Mr. B. Hem-
ming, the late senior churchwarden, was re-elected,
and Mr. Johnson was chosen in the room of Mr.

Chem], the junior warden, who retired. The audi-
tors of the churchwardens' accounts were then

elected, as well as other officers, the proceedings
terminating with a vote of thanks to Messrs. Hem-

ming and dhenu, the past churchwardens, and to
the rev. chairman.

ST. OLAVE'S, SOUTHWARK.—At the Easter Tue-
sday vestry of this parish, held at the Vestry-house,
adjoining the church, the following gentlemen were
elected wardens—Messrs. W. Snook (rector's war-
den), W. H. Pettigrew, J. Peaks, and S. Jenkins.

MILE-END OLD TOWN..----At a meeting of the ves-
try of the hamlet of Mile-end Old Town, held yes-
terday, under the Metropolis Local Management
Act, for the purpose of electing 50 trustees, and ar-
ranging other affairs under the recent act of Parlia-
ment, Mr. S. Stephenson, the senior churchwarden,
occupied the chair, and a,number cf the most influ-
ential officials were present. The following gentle-
men were the trustees under the local act :—Mr.
P. Atrill, Mr. S. Baster, Mr. B. Becton, Mr. W.
H. Cable, Mr. J. Canhon, Mr. B. Cooper, Mr. T.
W. Crow, Mr. P. Edinger, Mr. J. Ely, Mr. J. Giles,
Mr. F. J. Gold, Mr. J. Griffith, Mr. J. Haigh,
Mr. J. J. Hickmott, Mr. H. Hollingsworth, Mr.
J. K. Hort, Mr. E. Horton, Mr. J. Jacks, Mr. T.
Jenkins, Mr. G. Laundy, Mr. E. Leigh, Mr. H. J.
Leatherdale, Mr. J. Lynn, Mr. C. Moody, Mr. S.
Morse, Mr. W. Newton, Mr. J. Norris, Mr. J.
Patten, Mr. H. Preece, Mr. J. Sadgrove, Mr. R.
Mr. W. g, Snow, Mr, T.
Shall:1ov, Mr, T. Single,

Smith, Mr. J. Stainer, Mr. E. Strevens, Mr. J.: ESCAPE
sr- - Sykes, Mr. D. Tull ,w, Mr. Q. W. Taylor, Mr. C. I
THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE CHURCH DISPUTE..: Tattinar, Mr. J. Wetton, Mr. H. Wright, Mr. W.
ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDEN YESTERDAY,
Hollingsworth, Zr. C. C. Moore,' Mr. W. P. I
During the last day or two the inhabitants of the I Jackson, Mr. A. Single, Mr. E. Nelhain, and Mr.
J. Simpson.. The vestry clerk having read tip I
formed by placards that a " great Protestant de
western district of the metropolis have been in- J•
of the business which transpired, the usual
-.
monstration" would come off to-day (Easter vote of thanks terminated the proceedings.
. Tues- I , c, MARGARET, NEW FISII-STREET. —Yesterday
oT. ,
day) on the occasion of Mr. Westerton's again 1
at a meeting of the vestry and inhabitants, Mr.
offering himself as
,churchwarden of the parochial i
district of St. Paul's Knightsbridge,;Keeling, although of the Hebrew faith, was re-
was expressed that as, a
canidate in and a hopo , elected, for the third time, churchwarden of this
l opposition to
him parish ; the interests of the church being viewed
was to be brought forward by the High Church ; by the parishioners as faithfully protected under
party, persons whoioympathised with Mr. Westei-
ton would. attend, in order, by their numbers, to ; his care.
declare their abhorrence of Tractarian innovations I
in the services of the Church.
From some uncertainty as to the time appointed i
for the commencement of the proceedings crowds Those persons who have resolved not to specu•
of persons assembled early in the morning, amongst i late in Russian railroads will applaud their. own
them being a large number who had no connection with I iiidgment when they read the subjoined extract
the district. They foUnd to tileir disappoint- j from a letter addressed by the late -Count Ficiruel-
ment that the nomination of candidates was not to ;moue,
who f ' was Austrian • Minister
or many years commence until half-past 2or 3 o'clock. lat St Petersburg-, to the late Marshal Marmont,
The Hon. and Rev. R. LIDDELL took the chair Duke cf Ragusa :
at the meeting, which was held in the school-room, " 'net° aie persons who believe that the construction
Wilton-place. After nominating Mr. Jackson, as of railroads would change the face of this country (Rua-
the minister's warden fora the ensuing year, he I eta), by bringing the places of production and those of
called upon the parishioners to procee I with the exporta' ion nearer to each other. Doubtless rail-
nomination of thPir warden. , roads would be beneficial for the landed proprie•
tors, but would the profit be in proportion to the ex-
The Hon. and Rev. F. BARING moved, and the
pease of constructing and of keeping Hon. GRENVILLE BERKELEY seconded, the re-election
arairolracoadwlo
isG emneorrael Destrem,eteot in repair such
of Mr. Westerton. Both gentlemen denounced, inat
than
skilful eontghienreetro,
giveand
very severe terms, the . system pursued
.by Mr.
lan opinion , on everything that concaenryns Russia, has
Liddell and the High Church party in conducting clearly proved that the keeping in repair of (Russian)
the services of the Church, and expressed a hope
that the recent decision of the Committee ofTriv railroads will always be too expensive. As the soil, even
Y in the so-called south, freezes to a 'depth of four feet,
Council would put a stop to all such innovations wouhl.not the ,tha.a, continually throw , the rails out of
for the future. theirliorizintal pdsition ? Besides, what labour and
There being no other candidate, Mr. Westerton how . much money would be required fur repairs that
was declared duly elected amidst loud &reels. . wenld have to be made at such enormous distances.
Mr. WESTERTON, in thanking the parishioners for
"I can well understand that such roads are made in
his re-election, said - that from the opinions the colintries which are so rich that private companies can
*
Bishop of London had expressed he had every Yea- nodertake to c3nstruct them. It is a good method of in-
son to believe that his lordship would set his face vesting
capital, and it besides enables people to travel
against those innovations of which Churchmen ge-
m ore economically ; but is such the case when States
nerally.hadmust borrow money in order to make them'? As the
so much' reason to coMplain. In re- interest on ' lians necessitates an augmentation of the
ference to the recent decision of the Committee t,ixas thi-se who do not travel'are obliged to pay a part of
of Privy CorinT6il he hailed it as a great triumph the expenses of those persons who make use of the rail-
for the Protestant party. It had b:een decided roads. This would be more especially the case it Russia,
that there should "ba no altar in the church, and where the Stat rc m alone construct railways. The time
with the altar of course the sacrifice would fall. He which elapsed before the St. Petersburg line was corn-
had reason to know that the Archbishop of Canter- pleted proved that bogs are even greater impediments to
bury hailed the decision as a great triumph for the the construction of railroads than mountains."
evangelicals, arid had expressed an opinion that the The letter from which the foregoing passages are
sacramental party must now retire from the church. taken is'elatett February 14, 1851, and is contained
(Hear, hear.) He thought the committee of coffin- in the ninth volume of the Memoirs of the Duke of
cil deserved great praise for their impartial juclg- .Ragusa.
ment, more particularly when it is remembered that
nOblemen, fashionable ladies, and others who had
influence, did everything they could to bias their
minds in favour of the Tractarian party.
On the motion of Mr. WESTERTON, seconded by
Mr. PAKIWGTON, a vote of thanks was awarded to
Mr. Liddell for his conduct in the chair.
The proceedings then terminated.

THE NEW RUSS]. AN R 4 IL ffi.;lYS

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, APRIL 14.
The yarn market continues very firm, with a har-
dening tendency, in fact spinners have in many cases
raised their quotations from a to 4 per lb. Shippers
continue to purchase freely, even at advanced rates. In
cloth there is little or no change • a very firm feeling
exists, which id maintained by the high price of cotton
and yarns.

NOTTINGHAM, APRIL 14.
The home demand for lice continues good, but the
bolydays are interfering with business this week. Plain
nets are in request at high prices, and theta are signs of
improvement in the fancy and silk branches. The price
of silk and cotton iv still very high.
The hosiery trade has been active for a considerabre
period, and is still in a satisfactory state.
Worsted yarns and silk are exceedingly dear.
LEICESTER, Arian 14.
We are in the midst of the Easter holydays, and
therefore there is not much doing. In most branches
business is quiet. Up to the present time the opera-
tives have been tolerably employed, and as stocks are
low anything like a demand wi l cause briskness in the
labour-market.

LEEDS, APRIL 14.
There has been a little more inquiry for lighematerials
suitable for spring, but in the other branches of tIA
woollen cloth trade no improvement has been manifested
since Saturday. The holyday seasons generally in-
fluence business, and this morning there was only a
small attendance of purchasers at the clotb-halis. The
transactions were few, and a quiet tone prevailed.
The inclemency of the weather tends to retard the
demand for summer goods.

" 'HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 14.
The cloth trade of this district has rather retrograded,
the improvement noticed last week not having been
maintained. There have only been a small number of
buyers in the town, who have principally bought. odd
lots, at a little reduction in price, or have contented
themselves with looking out for new patterns. . There is
no animation in any branch of the trade.

FROM THE COLCHESTER
BO LOUGH. GAOL:

(From, the Essex Herald.)
On. Sunday morning considerable bustle and con-
sternatfou t al place in the town in consequence of
the extraordinary escape from the borough:gaol of
l the prisoners, Geo. Partridge and Jas. Greengrass,
two members of the London swell mob, who, were
remanded on a charge of being coneeined in steal-
ing a canvas purse, containing betwAn si. auvi 6/.,
'from' the till in the .shop of Mr. Geo. eant; fruiterer,
Wire-street, on Thursday week. The Mayor', gave
strict orders to the gaoler to keeP the prisouers sopa-
rdtely; and not to allow them to hold any cOrfunu-
niciticie With each other. They were accordingly
kept in dcfferent cells, hut complaiiied• of want of
airing. Mr. Harvey, t" ,e gaoler, released therri:l.oth
from: the cells fur that pnrpcse about -ten Minutes
past six o'clock on Sunday. evening, arid, allked
them to walk in the large yard together. Shortly
afterwards M. Harvey hearing a, noise flit:Md.:it to
proceed :from a deserter, and a boy, " prisoners
in the cells, who :exclaimed,' " Them " two
fellows are
"off !": -me )riiii;,- - Partridge and
Greengrass, wom they • heard soaring the 'high
walls of tilt gaol. Information was given to the
police, who upon going. round- to St. Rtrini.ald's
churchyard, in Angel-lane, behind' the BorOugh
Gaol, discovered Part. idgerestirig Vehind a tomb-
stone. ', He appeared to be suffering, as if stunned
from a fall, and was immediately conveyed: back
to the gaol. H s companion, Greengrass, had ef-
fectually made hi 4 escape, for although the borough
police were despatched in all directions, and Maey
of the inhabitants were actively searching here and
there, he has not since beenerseen or heard
of. Mr. Turner,: assisstant to Mr. Nunn, surgeon
to the borough gaol, was "called in to Partridge,
whose head was stunned, face bruised, and arm
much swollen froth his fall. On examination it was
discovered that the prisoners had made their escape
from the gaol iu a most daring and extraordinary
manner. Partridge, a rather tall and Muscular
young man, had, it appears, pusoed Greengrass,
a small but very active young fellow, up. the
high perpendicular door of a dust-bin, over
which hung a revolving chevaux de. -frise, on
to which ho somehow suspended • hitnself.
From this helght of at least tWelVe fee.t;:he was en-
abled to pull up his , companion Partridge, when
they both got over some lattiCe brick-work on
the top of a high wall, which cleared them of the
gaol, by admitting them to the ' roof of
the Adjacent Blue Boar public=house, Angel-lane,
whence they slid down the tiles and fell abou t twelve
feet into St. Runwald's churchyard. Greengrass
being light and active, escaped; it is supposed with-
out injury, but Partridge, who was a taller and.
Much heavier man, injured himself in the man-
ner described, and prevented further escape, other-
wise, as he afterwards said, " he should have been
off." 'Superintendent Dunn, by desire of ' the
mayor, was in London on Thursday and Friday, and
succeeded in ascertainingthat prisoners belonged to
a gang of the most expert swell 'nehmen iri the
neigabourhood of Wintechape!, Kingsland, and
Elaggerstone. The superintendent also discovered,
that the female to whom Greengrass directed a
letter since his incarceration. in the borough
gaol, was a notorious prostitute. Mr. Dunn put
himself in communication with the police of the
metropolis of that locality, and has no doubt
that during this week he shall be able to gain
the whole of prisoners' antecedents. Although
their escape from gaol undoubtedly detrac's from.
the merit of their original capture, it is fully ex- •
pected that Greengrass will soon be retaken, as Lis
escape has been telegraphed to London, and eve ...y
nook and corner of this town and neighbourhoid
is under strict police surveillance.
Yesterday (Monday) the - prisoner Partridge
was placed at the bar . before the Mayor, and J.
Mann; Esq., at the Town Ha!], when,he appeared
extremely crestfallen at his capture: Superintendent
Dunn handed to the mayor a letter he had
received from the police authorities at Cardiff,
who denied all knowledge of prisoner, who pre-
viously stated that he came from that town.
The- evidence of the prosecutor and witnesses was
nowread over to prisoner, who was committed for
trial at the next borough session. Prisoner-wit n sume
emotion) denied all knowledge of Greengrass; and
asked, to be permitted an interview with his wife
in attendance, which was granted him. He was
afterwards removed by the two o'clock train to
Springfield gaol for safe custody to await his trial,.

DISGRACEFUL WEDDING.

On Easter Monday a remarkable wadding took
place in Bradford parish church. James Tetley, a
pauper, well on in yr,;ars,
.3vai married •to Betty.
Stockdale, whose previous husband was killed at
Bowling Ironworks. The patties had lived some
.time as man and wife, and the legaliiation of the
marriage was necessary to secure pauper relief.
A procession left the neighbourhood of Sticker-lane,
where the couple resided, shortly after eight o'clock,
accompanied by thousands on its onward march,
tie multitude still increasing in density as it passed
down Leeds-road and Up Vicar-lane to the Old
Church. It was led by a man on horseback will
white hair, 97 years of age, dressed in a scarlet
cloak, and this patriarch of the cavalcade gave away
the willing bride. Two other horsemen follovied,
one dressed in a soldier's coat and a sorry hat, with
his face painted as red as the coat ; and the other
in a bearskin jacket or cape, with hat to match, and
his face painted like that of a. savage New Zealand
chief. Then followed, in a cart, the bride and
I.ridegroom, with an object sitting • low between
them, resembling, in his crouched position, the
figure of " Old Nick," playing the bagpipes in
" Tarn O'Shanter." The bride sat calm and meek,
seldom looking round her, but the -excited brAe-
,Yroom often gesticulated violently, showing the in-
tended wedding-ring on the little finger of his right
hand. Thirty riders, on patient-looking donkeys,
came next. Many of them were smoking, had their
faces,coloured, and were dressed in all imaginable
costurno=. Behind these came several vehicles full
of "weddingers" and others enjoying the singular
scene ; and to a,kl excitement to all, a band of
musicians made the welkin ring with their furious
execution of "See the conquering hero comes."
By the time the procession- had reached the top of
the Church-bank no, fewer than 20,000 persons,
who had eQc sped chiefly from mills and warehouses,
crowded the churchyard and many of the adjacent
sheets. When the knot was tied they were pre-
vented from parading through the town by the
police, and went to a publichouse up Harrowga'e-
road, thousands still following.—Manchester :Ex-
aminer.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT LUND-

HILL.

On Sunday last, in conSequeec3 of the finding of the
body on Friday night, the pit was visited by great num-
bers during the day, many of those present being res.-
fives of the unfortunate men in, the pit, as it was gene•
rally thought that other bodies would float on the pit
being unroofed. At 6 o'clock in the evening the chair
which was at the bottom of the shaft, which, could
not be pulled up with the entire strength of tlr tqo
powerful engines, was barad about two or three Males.
As the removal of this obstruction was essentially neces-
sary not only with regard to the using of both buckets
and the speedy emptying of the pit, but also the libera-
tion of any of the hedies which might be kept down
by the chair, it was determined late on Sunday night
that an attempt should be made the next morning
to hoist it out, and that no efforts should be
wanting to effect this most dangerous but highly impor-
tant object, which would be the means of making the
emptying of the pit a comparatively easy matter, occu-
pying only some three or
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the chair. After almost superhuman efforts for
upwards of eight hours, the men, all the time being
drenched to the skin, the heavy cumbersome chair
gave way, and was moved into the centre, and
was then raised by the pi C,er of ,the two engines.
The.getting out of the chair, the most important and
difficult operation that has yet taken place since the
opening of the shaft, will, it is expected, speedily bring
the labours of the gentlemen on whom has devolved the
responsibility of extinguis4ing the fire and reaching the
bodies to a conclusion. Had the proceedings not been
conducted with such secrecy, there is no doubt but that
a much larger number of persons would have been pre-
sent. The coffin having been deposited in one of the
compartments of the graves constructed for the reception
of the bodies, it was sealed, in such a manner as to pre-
vent any noxious smell arising therefrom.
From the time of the chair being got out up to yester-
day afternoon the operations of draining had been sus-
pended, and the workmen were employed in getting out
debris and lengthening and repairing the conductorb at
the bottom of the shaft. It was expected that by last
evening the operations would have again fairly cool.
menced, and if no further stoppages take place the wa:er
is expected to be unroofed this day.

On Thursday next the freedom of the Burgh of
ton is to be presented to James Merry, Esq., M.P.
The number of patients relieved at the Royal Free
Hospital, Gray's-inn•road, during the week ending April
4 1857, is 2,006, of which 703 were new cases.
,
MADAME TIISSAUD'S EXHlBlTloN.—Notwithstanding
the unfavourable state of the weather on Monday whole
troops of admiring visitors attended this long-established
exhibition, arid which continued in Ktreams throughout
the day- The various .groups and figures of all claspes,
from the monarch on the throne to the wretched convict,
are here represented—all ti instruct and amuse the visit ors
who honour the proprietors with their presence. Many
additions have been lately made in the decorations, and
when complete will present one of the most gorgeous
suite of apartments in the metropolis.