The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-28 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE VESTRy,_(THIS

D AY.)
The Clerk of the Vestry was not present this raerirt
ing when the chair was taken at eleven o'clock, the us,
hour of meeting, but Mr. Watts explained to the Vestt'br4
that he had received a note from the clerk, stating,,',
he could not attend in consequence of a sudden iowisree,
n, and requesting him, Mr. Watts, to act in bitryi#
After reading the report of last week, Mr. 10.4
stated that he had in the course of the morning reel, #
the news of the death of the rate-collector, and thl"tts,
sum of money had been transmitted to him, Mr.
colleted
by that gentleman's daughter, which had been CO
by him during the week. Comm
A VESTRYMAN proposed the formation of a mtee to examine the candidates for the now vacant
of rate-collector, and to recommend to the Vestry tlm,
whom they thought best fitted for that office, abet
Vestry might elect one from amongst them. oht
Another GENTLEMAN thought that this motion °lit°
not to be made until the office was officially declare('
be vacant. gr.
Mr. SOAMES thought that the statement male by .0
Watts was an official declaration that the office
vacant.
'lure" be

A VESTRYMAN moved that the office be dee— Aos
vacant, and that a Committee be appointed to e-11.,4"--
the candidates for the office.—The motion was cats Q•
Mr. WATTS then read the report of a Comnaittee,sol;
pointed on the 24th of December, 1844, to inquire Ijo
the necessity for causing a new curtain to be Pls'rodi
the organ loft of All Souls Church, And also of new. tee
for another curtain in the same church. The COnsultstia
were of opinioa that these articles were necessall'

that the cost would be about
Mr. GOMM rose and said, I should very much -,2,00
ask some gentleman of the Committee, or some r;nl.
connected with All Souls Church, whether there ie."'
thing more required there ?—(A laugh.) tllsl
A MENDER of the Committee said that there 109;_a
when then the Committee were examining the orbi4;
loft, they were told by the clergyman, that therelbe
another curtain which was in a very bad state. oh
expense of placing a new curtain there would be to_.
more than the expense of those repairs into the nerto
sity of which the Committee had been appoint
inquire.
W
Mr. GOMM proposect,that the report be returnelore
the Committee, in order thit they might state the neb:
and expense of all the repairs required in the cblnues,
Mr. SoAmEs said that in his opinion this was.,-*:lrbt,
tion of pounds shillings and pence. If the etscrered
owing to the imperfect state of these curtains, re° rept
the pews uncomfortablP, no one would be willing t the
those pews, so that if' t;:e Vestry would not cell'":„Ie
repairs to be made, they mast part with their r
ren: ers.
After much discussion, Mr. Gomm's motion
ried by a show of hands.

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A SAPIENT JURYMAN.—Last evemi:j, _311;1,4:001'
held an inquest at the Horn of Plenty, I.l'°„-,„„•
-00'-;r13"
Mile-end-road, on the body of John Giles, aged
eight years. An inmate of the Stepney unienosta
house, Mary Ann Howard, one of the nurses, ee; 00
that in the month of October last deceased, who 1/""0 0
agricultural labourer, was admitted to the hound*,
casual pauper. Being afflicted with ulcers in inee
Mr. Simon, the master of the workhouse, kindlY re,- of
him in the house, and he was placed under the e'" ,1 not
Mr. Storey, the parochial surgeon. Deceased weitiirta
placed to any work, but assistance being rei, et'
in the fever ward, he voluntarily became tl-e
tendant upon the sick. On Christmas-day last ibeiso
himself seized with sickness. He complained o%,,ser•
cold. Mr. Storey ordered him gin and
some
Deceased had subsequently some tea given to mi--„E" or
Juror—Can you tell met whether it was " Souche"yesl.)
" Bohea?"—(Loud laughter, in which the Court Je7eees
Another Juror—l think it is of very little consetl, loos;
whether it was souchong or bohea. Witness ota
it was tea, but of what quality I know not. v";,h tbe
soon afterwards died. Mr. Storey, surgeon, sale Oleg
attributed death to fever. Mr. Simon, the waste' of
ta
workhouse, said there were at present fourteen ese fotS
typhus and scarlet fever in the house. The h°115.016
the receptacle of all infectious cases of the parish.
juror above referred to made so many observations
the evidence that hiS brother jurymen were con
vey,
with laughter`. Verdict--" Natural death from fel•-pr,
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL STANDAII the
_.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Payne, the Coroner forl no
City, held an inquest at SL Bartholomew's 1:108P1111„f'SD
the body of Henry Marsden Miller, aged 20. soo;forttr
Miller, builder, of the Kingsland-road, who 11- from
nately came by his death from accidentally fallingLeates
the inside of the roof of the Royal Standard be e oje;
into the pit, a distance of sixty feet, by which an other
with a compound fracture of the left thigh' a—video&
injuries, which caused his death. From the ethe de'
adduced before the Coroner, it appeared
ceased was an apprentice to Mr. Johnson,in bebuildlilga
Tooley-street, Borough, who is engaged -w-,,ireste.
the Royal Standard Theatre, in Nortoll
the 10th inst. the deceased was occupied in or; wing for
the ceiling, and was assisting in erecting fPC (3400 111.
that purpose. In order to let himself down ken tire
ceiling with greater facility, the deceased had
strap and cord for that purpose, and was endeave hie>
to hook the strap to a fastening in the scaffolding, hatilder, of
he unfortunately missed. The deceased was then and
served to be hanging on with his hands by a pole, 7.„,
was calling out for help. In this frightful position he hie
mained about a minute and a half, when he let,
hold ; in his fall his right foot came in contact' elfro
stove ; he then rebounded from the stove and fell hes; es
into the pit on some merta:. The deceased wasifiiol.
diately placed on a shutter and taken to the krietis
Mr. Reid, one of the house surgeons, stated that place
necessary that amputation of the thigh' should titZspitslf
immediately the deceased was brought to the
which was accordingly performed by Mr. Lawre"-erhsge
small a part of the stump was left, that grestrrlefsore;
took p
lace, and the deceased never rallied o
ration which was most skilfully performed. 111,,e Litnef
of the deceased said he was in the theatre at sn
and was satisfied that the unfortunate circurnsteL;:ree*
purely accidental, and no blame attached to gall Pc
Verdict—" Accidental death." ing Ole!
SUDDEN DEATH OF A FEMALE.—OH 110 x- 'idea O-
a young woman named Mary Wilkinson, who re°„-feboSs
No. 4, Fashion-street, Dockhead, left her hotn"-ne to
half-past five o'clock, with the intention of g;°lt7i to
the Victoria Theatre, where she had aPin-te her
meet two young men of her acquaintance. 0 re'
way she met a young woman whom she knew, whthequested to be allowed to accompany her, to i'mhosea
deceased complied, and as they went along she Pi: lifter,
some pears, of which deceased ate one. She see- 500
complained of great pain in her stomach and bole ,Ardst
vomitted freely. After which she crawled hcene tn
as far as Rowland Hill's Chapel, where, seeercilese;
theh statement of her companion, she lay, for to
t ree-quarters of an hour, in the greatest agoniagessrs'
humaneßrady, persons carried her to the surgery of that
B Blackfriars-road, who paid every attention so
skill could suggest. After remaining there for
fool
hours, at her own request she was removed to Pe'beslf
home, where during the night she died, and bar
awaits a Coroner's inquest. wet'
THE NEW MEDICAL BlLL.—Last evening! 7,beid
ing of the Associated Apothecaries' Society of ofenrac-
and Wales, formed in the year 1812, and illedici!en-cher
titioners generally, was held at the Crown an" --•,,,sioale
Tavern, Strand, to take into consideration the_ fre.....`4,,
of Sir James Graham's Medical Bill ; Mr. Me' the/
Chelsea, in the chair. The chairman remarked thstio
had been called together to take measures for 0pr.,,5 ale
Bill which, if passed into a law, would utterly ru;),.
class of practitioners to which he belon ed.—(llet; d
order to meet this evil, it had been advisableg tow-6130v
college which would embrace the whole of the Flood
legally qualified practitioners, and in which they ;lig'
be their own governors. Mr. Fuller, of Pm:civil
moved a resolution affirming the necessity of 16 0
the re-introduction of Sir James Graham's Pwso the
repudiating any legislation that did not ensure '.opert
medical profession a sound education to the pilot' c, 1161
and adequte protection to the public. The as 13'"
thought, of Sir James Graham having brought;',.°o the
in Parliament, and of having withdrawn it hei°- tdr
e
close of the session, was an evidence of his earner 13/
sire to do good by allowing adequate discussion'itter
uniting sauveter en modo with the fortifier file firepstor
would certainly defeat the Bill. Mr. Wooleyeo',:;
ton, seconded the resolution, and spoke in big
gistic terms of the Act of 1815. The _effect, n,..°yers_te'
of Sir James Graham's Bill would be quite the '" -Om
as it would tend to lower the education of the gLg 0
practitioner, and to put him on the same f0n,,,,t-itesn
the druggist. Even Sir James Graham's for
might, after the passing of this Bill, set -1:01c0',
a surgeon, and thus a vast amount of ruiserf,'„ aoe'
upon the public, The proper object of legislatlrdieno
should be to elevate, not to degrade, the Prele;lid
and the best plan they could adopt would be to Roo of
college such as that adverted to ; and on the elettec(l
Mr. Semple, seconded by Dr. Warnsburgh, it was e •
Or ,
oel
that measures oul be fbith taen by the
in combination shwith otherrth brawnchesk of medicals Pr ne
pt.
tioners, for the establishment of a new College' or be
Warnsburgh thought that the old proverb would leer
realised, and that medical men might congratulated/0i;
selves on the fact that, ex ;nolo bonum (brae-lege('
hear.) This resolution bein carried, it was eus..e ea
that the society should unite with the recently 'lnject
National Society of General Practitioners of 3'l! to be
Surgery, and Midwifery, and a special meeting Jew 0
called to take the subject into consideration. •A tea,
vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting sepa/ sial
TIIE WEATHER.—The frost has given iflliercei
been succeeded by a thaw. The fog, which ctanliters'
on Thursday afternoon, has continued, with little to:
tion, ever since ; and last evening it was so dense sus.
travelling was rendered both difficult and dange.,pas
Although the frost has relaxed, the temperature is urth.
sually cold, owine, doubtless, to the prevailing 11°ae
easterly winds. At six o'clock last evening the thermos
meter at the dockmater's office, St. Katherine's, atoll,
86 degrees. The barometer is falling. The fog ot,'„, to
river yesterday afternoon became so dense as wh°"Joias
suspend the navigation, and last night several sand,
packets from the Continent, as well as from Se°'‘``,oois
were overdue. In the forenoon the, Greenwich. of,
wich, and Gravesend steamers wero running as.t;snta.
but only at quarter speed, to guard against acciacer,
They appeared to be well filled with holyday passength.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and y0u„,1,0
ful family are passing Christmas at Dalkeith Palace..
Noble Duke provided the indigent in the neighbout'ney;
of his princely domain with the means of enjoYin,gof
happy Christmas, A petition, signed by about 100
the inhabitants of Yarrow, near Selkirk, to grant, b
his
a site to build a free church, has been refused "

Grace.
The Earl of Aberdeen has been elected president;
and the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Sutherland* °J
Earl of Errel, the Earl of &Afield, and Viscount Arbuth;
not, vice-presidents, of the Aberdeen Spalding Club fo
the ensuing year.