The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-26 00:00:00

ST. MARY STRATFORD, BOW.

Yesterday afternoon a General Meeting of the
Parishioners of St. Mary Stratford, Bow, was held,
for the purpose of considering the propriety of pass-
ing a Rate for the repairs of their ancient Church
steeple. It was considered a trial between the Se-
lect Vestry and the Reforming Party in the parish,
and the Meeting was in consequence so numerous,
that the Vestry-room was found inadequate to ac-
commodate all who attended, and it was adjourned
to the Church.

A PARISHIONER moved that Mr. Glover should
preside, as he was not one of the Select Vestry.—
Carried by a very large majority.
Mr. ALSTON rose to complain of the Report which
had appeared in the newspapers of Tuesday, the
16th inst., relative to the proceedings of the Vestry
Meeting of the parishioners, at which Meeting mast
gross misrepresentations had been made, relative to
the conduct of the Select Vestry. lie now denied,
in the strongest terms possible, the imputations -of
jobbing made upon him, and his colleagues, in the
course of the proceedings of the former Parochial
Meeting. It was the Committee appointed by the
Parishioners wl?o conducted the work, and not the
Select Vestry, who had nothing to do with it.

Ish‘voall I 1
\s.oisl eiaet( 1
A PARISHIONER said it was true that the Select
Vestry,teat
ansldlaye
attended
oraudney:i,
conducted
ohi (Ira,
dt nuotchtiteecdomni
majority
jto:vci
were
tryteh
of
work;feltehcet vp_ eebls.sttlort
Vestry-
men,
Raatalejil:Tldin:'econnected
men,
s. AwlaasSTaON denied the statements made,
majority of the houses for which compensati°" was
made were inhabited by paupers. One of these
on the character of Mt
with tlte Press..
public-house,
asrlssttor neuns,al
was here
strenuously
creditable condition.
positivelyby
atsleetrhoteether, that more than
that the
hsipcletciiatil;vnhighly
dutohnersonwe'erseidten,osatnl)d,
one of the houses were occupied by paupers.
Mr. DRURY must admit that several misstate-
mentsthose which
shouldtie;nli(nietedrlb.itaoe(!eAcagossrotrnegieemetanepbt, abroad,
Were present, he had no doubt that justice
would be
done. lie (Mr. Drury) must, however, say that
.
the figures were all substantially correct. Upwards
of 8,000/. lad been raised for the purpose otr• en-
larging their burying-ground, and noi
been gained for the purpose. Al,I one inch hal
the money had
been spent, and now they had not money enough to

pay for the consecration.—(Hear, hear.)—They
paid a solicitor's bill of between three and four hun-
dred pounds without taxation.
Mr. ALsToN—Yes, but it was not the Select
Vestry, but the Committee chosen by the pa-
rishioners which did all this.

Mr. Daunt/ continued—He asked why three or
four surveyors should be employed when one would
suffice ?—(Here several of the Select Vestrymen
declared that one would not suffice. This assertion
was met by a majority of counter assertions.)--He
by no means charged any of the Church-yard Com.
mittee with peculation; but he charged them with
gross extravagance, and with having endeavoured to
e t r Waser
the
accomplish the object by machinery, which took
away all the money. This charge of extravagance
'could not be overthrown ; this was true ; this was
the substantial charge contained in .the Report in
question. Then why he so angry about any thing
else that was said ?
Mr. HUDSON stated that he (though an opponent
of alla memberprpose ofj
theob
jobbing
ng
Com-
mittee. m
mittee. It was untruly stated that the Committee
had combinedt Vestries)together
It was untruly stated that they had purchased houses
which were inhabited by paupers ; and the real
amount of the. money raised was five thousand five
Select
hundred pounds. More had been relied than was
accounted for, but it (we understood him to state)
was returned. But after that large sum of money
had been raised, was the object nearer its accom-
plishment—(cries of no, no! from the parishioners,
and yes, yes ! from the Committee in turn) ?
Would the present rate do it ? (" We can't say,"
from several Select Vestrymen.) He concluded by
recapitulating, at great length, a number of charges
of extravagance.
On the part of the Committee it was replied, that
the sum of 2,6041., which had been mentioned, as
law expenses, as if it were only an attorney's bill,
included the expences of the various inquiries be-
fore .Juries, the enormous expenses of the Act of
Parliament, and a variety of other items. It was
said that the total proceeds to the parish were only
219/., when, in fact, besides 5184 received from
sales and insurances, the parish had acquired .copy-
hold estates, and had ground protected by railing.
The Vestry then proposed to consider the pro-
posed rate for the repair of the Church. The
Church wardens, who form part of the Select Vestry,
put in an estimate and report from two surveyors as
to the repairs considered requisite, and moved that a
rate of sixpence in the pound should be made.
After some further business of a reformatory ten-
' dency, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the
Meeting separated.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Plymouth Jourual.)

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—His Majesty's sloop Bri-
tomart, (10) Commander Warren, and the Bramble
cutter, (10) Lieut. Haswell, sailed on Thursday to
cruise. The former vessel, we believe, on the coast
of Portugal, to afford protection to the interests of
British subjects, and the latter to the westward.
The Antelope, tender to the Ramilies, sailed on
Monday evening for Portsmouth and the Downs.
It is supposed that the next ship from India-, built
at Bombay, will be the Andromeda frigate, and that
she will be brought home by Captain Fumeaux,
the Hind.

The Leveret, 10, appeared off the port yesterday,
and sailed again.
We understand that his Majesty's ship Bombay,
84, Captain Campbell, was only six months from the
day she was launched in India, to the day she entered

Remain in framoaze—Britannia, Windsor Castle,
Bombay, Trinculo, Jaseur, Royalist.
In the SOund—Pylades.

APPOINTMENTS—Commander Flinn is appointed
to the Pelorus,-Oce Richards, promoted; Lieut. M.
B. Jones, Pal!as; Messrs. Henry Sidney Smith
and Maynard, of the Yictory, to the Royal George.
yacht.

Commander Follett Pennell, late of the Fly, in
the East Indies, is promoted to the rank of Captain.
Commander Bennett, of the Trinculo, is promoted
to the rank of Captain, and Commander Samuel.
Price is appointed to command that sloop.
All was well on board the Maidstone at the Cape
of Good Hope on the IGth of June, then expecting
shortly to proceed to the Isle of France. The He-
licon was also lying at the same place.
The Hind arrived at Marseilles from Alexandria
and Malta Gth instant. The Challenger arrived at
Halifax from Portsmouth previous to 13th August.
The Sphynx arrived at Halifax from Falmouth I 3tl,
August, and sailed 14th for Bermuda. The Tyne
and Ringdove sailed from Halifktx for Bern-matt 10th
August. The Chanticleer arrived at Rio de Janeiro
front Falmouth 14th July. The Ganges arrived at
ditto front a cruise 19th July. The Cadmus sailed
from Rio Janeiro for a cruise 1 ith July ; and the
Tweed for the Cape of Good Hope 19th July.
The Sealark, Brown, of and front this port, ar-
rived at Alicant 29th August. The Hero, Speedy,
from this port, arrived at Archangel 25th August.
The "Kersval, Armstrong, of this port, from the
Cape of Good Hope, has arrived in the Channel.
The Solace, Cross, of this port, arrived at Terceira
from Liverpool on the 2d instant, and expected to
sail for Denia next day.

the resiatnee of the late Rev.
J limitedli term of years, as A hunt;ng
neat,
aD, for a
vicinity of which his Lordship's harriers will
Lord MUNCASTFR has taken the Priory, at
Br at ,
in o g
the el in Yori"ireH
N n ti aBAKNA
throw off during the seasall.

HASTINGS.--.--A Miss BLITLI lc has made her
&but here as a vocalist with great success; she sings with
much taste and science ; the voice:is a soprano of a good
quality, the tone and execution reminded us of Mrs..
DicKoNs. A concerto on the pianoforte was given by her
in a brilliant style ; as also one of BocusA's most difficult
pieces on the harp. The young lady is a pupil of Mr. A.
Li.v,and may be said to be a perfect mistress of her pro-
fession.

Some of its promoters, we hear, are
.urgent to
have the New College erected on part of the space laid ripen
by pulling down so many houses near Charing-cross.
Morning -Paper.
lve o'clock,
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—This day, about
t 5
toa
youngan
man, accident
servant of a mosttoil isre.rißotuisßtKleEse, description
occurred
has the country had
dealer, in Marylebone-street; it appears he was riding ire a
and, what
chaise with his master, but unfortunately for him his master
alightedin Castle-street,Leicester-square, and the young roan
irritated the horse, who instantly took fright, and carat.,
in contact with a post at the corner of Bear-street ; he was
thrown out of the chaise on the pavement, and was instantly
removed to a surgeon's in Leicester- square, __,, .
a decided opinion that he cannot survive.
is seldoenr°,,.2c;ll,l,l
luxuriance i any memory,
noel no
strength
than the present. ' We bad spring, with ,1
in the lap of winter ; early z.,11 its inn,.
the country exhibit more
rest,
we have had autumn, in all her richness,
of suTchl4iEnteCnsee
mer. Never, in Scotland, did
yellow grain set in a frame-work
ever before seen fields of we remember of having
verdure. Every thing which threw
forth leaves seemed g
instincti with life. Each leaf had being
of itself ; each branct was a thing of clustered being ; each
tree with its grouped
branches, its arms thrown out, in all
the grace of beauty, or wantonness of power, was a pis-.
tore full of meaning ; while the lines formed by the margins
of the fields or streams; the swells of groud or tops of
hills, spoke a language not less intelligible, and of a still
higher import. Even still the foliage is so abundant, that the
woods seem to he throwing off asurplusage of dress,wl, ile that
which is retained is enriched with many delicate and chosen
shades of colour. The mass is still verdant, but the tints
of red, and brown, and yellow, so finely graduated, confer
on the whole a new and enhanced interest. There is more
brilliancy as well as more watmtli of colouring; the tone
is deeper; the temperament, if we may so speak, higher ;
the harmony more complete ; the language of nature has
become more tender—mOving—as well as instructive—her
music has taken a more sacred character ; the earth has
become more distinct and impressive, the heavens more
glorious. Who, then, will assert that this is decay? It is
change ; but it is one from weakness to strength ; more
power is obviously at work ; and winter, in throwing all
frippery away, only discloses the stamina of lie. There is
change; but there is no death.-,-Scotsrnan.
COUNTRY.
—ln
no
year
of
which
tee