The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

ST. PANCRAS VESTRY.

At the weekly meeting of the vestry of St. Pancras,
held in the vestry-hall, Camden-town, Mr. Churchwarden
Wyatt in the chair,
The Rev. R. ECKSTT brought forward a motion to
refer the subject to the General Purposes Committee to
aFcertain the legality of the Burial B,ard not patting a
new set of fees for interment in force sanctioned by the
Secretaryof State. He contended that iu consequence
of this proceeding a great act of injustice, not to say
fraud, was inflicted on Nonconformists, who had to pay
a much larger ground fee than those had to pay who
went to the cqn4ecrated ground.
Mr. BRETTINGEIAM seconded the motion, and re-
marked, although the Church Trustees threatened legal
proceedings against the Burial Board, and demanded a
ground fee even upon the un.loneecrated ground, on
looking to their own acts, he doubted if they were en-
titled to a single penny.
Mr. CAMP:RON moved, and Mr. YOUNG seconded, an
amendment to refer the subject to a c )mmittee already
appointed,
and in the course of their remarks they
charged that the previous speakers had made an unwar-
rantable attack on the vicar, which was denied, and
great uproar ensued. They also complained of a want
of courtesy in bringing the subject on in the absence of
the vicar. _ _

Mr. FURNISS and others supported the motion, and
after considerable discussion, the amendment was with-
drawn, and the motion was carried unanimously.
A requisition was presented from No. 1, or Kentish-
town Ward, callingrou the vestry to grant the use of the
commissioners' room for a public meeting of the rate-
payers, to consider the recent charges made against a
representative of that ward by the directors.
Mr. FUENISS moved, and Mr. GOoDWIN seconded
that the application be granted.
Mr. ALLEN, amidst tremendous uproar, said the
ratepayers had no r'ght to have the room for such a
purpose. If they wanted to hold an indignation meet-
ing, let them go to a " public: house." (Tremendous
uproar, cries of " Pot-house," and groans and hisses
from the gallery, which was only heightened by Mr.
WEDGWOOD moving, and Mr. ALLEN seconding that the
gallery be cleare6).
The Rest order of the day was ultimately, on the mo-
tion of Mr. BRETTINGIIAM, put and carried.
A ballot took place for an inspector of nuisances. The
numbers were—For Mr. Curtis, 37 ; Mr. Smith, 25 ;
Mr. Deck., 9 ; Mr. Lucas, 1.
Mr. Curtis was declared elected, and the vestry
sepa rated.

THE DIRECTORS OP ST. PAACRAS AND THE
CLERKENWELL POLICE MAGISTRATE.

At the weekly meeting of the directors of the Poor of
St. Pancas, Mr. Uturchwarclen Wyatt, who presided,
(railed the attention of the board to the reports of a police
case at Clerkenwell Court, is which a Man named Hazel,
described as a soldier, was charged with breaking win-
dows at the workhouse, and to the comments which Mr.
Tyrwhitt, the magistrate, bad thought proper to make,
calculated, without warrant, to bring public odium o❑
that board. So far from this man Hazel being deserving
of the commiseration which Mr. Tyrwhitt had thought
proper to bestow upon him, only a short time ago Me
was committed for two mouths from his own court
(Clerkenwell) for a robbery of tools belonging to that
parish from the workhouse. He had been several times
convicted, and when in the houyie he would not work
himself or let any other inmates do so. The fact was
that that beard had submitted to these calumnies from
the Bench upon them long enough, and he would sug-
gest that an application should be made to Sir George
Grey to have an inquiry into this case, in order to ascer-
tain how far Mr. Tyrwhitt bad performed his duty in
making the renia,kg he had done. (Hear.)
The Rev. Mr. LITTLER moved a resolution that an
application he made to Sir G. Grey, in accordance with
the suggestion of the chairman, which was eecouded by
Mr. WEDGWOOD, and carrion,