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MARYLEBONE VE TRY.
A large meeting of the ratepayers and parishioners of the
parish of Marylettone was held yesterday aftertraon in the
Workh :use-yttrd, Alarylehone. foe tie. purpese or receiving
the Report ofthe Committee amointed to oppose the Bill now
before Parliament, eittitled The illaryletaorte Vestry Bill.
G. A. YOUNG, Esq , took the Chair, and briefly explained
the objects of the meeting.
Mr. C. Fi.e ran, the Vestry Clerk, read the _Report of the
Committee,: which was as felloes : -
-ST. AIARYLEBONE PARISH BILL.
Fairrt of Committee jointly appointed at the Public. Meeting
of Ra'epayerc.on the 7th ;lay of March last, and by the Beard
of Vestry, for the pu?pose o opp' sing the above Btll in Par-
liament.
The various methods by whieb an effectual opposition cauld
be made to a Bill which seeks to deprive the ratepayers of this
large amlopulent parish of some of their most important rights
lannit pritle
Ilnefiioingt under
lime to time, sii
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be seen in the fallowing brief statement, chi h they have much
pleasure in submitting to their fellow-parishioners.
At the period of holl.ng the la.t public meeting there was
hut a vet ysh art time to e'apse before the day appointed for the
second retell gof the Bill. It aas therefore, the first duty of
,Yta ;iounrs Ca igamr,
against it tstacai secondtoittiti .n
reading,lhe Housea t!pfeCtiotinoin-
was presented, signed by 3,477 ratel avers, in addition to a
petition presented by the Boards of Vestry anti Authors to the
same effect, %%bast the petition of the promoters tit the Bill,
notwithstanding the surreptitious manner in which many of the
signattues were publicly proved to have been obtained, con-
tained only 600 signatures.
The Bill was read a second time on the Bth day of March,
and to show the intense interest excited in the public mind by
so extraiirdieci a measu e as the one then introduced, your
Committee have only to state, that no less titan 337 Members
attended, bring the largest number, it is believed, that ever
voted on a pi ivate Bill.
Your Committee have been in communication with the pa-
rishes on the south side of Oxford-street, and the poprlous and
influential parish of St. Panc.as, whose interests would be ma-
terially affected if the Bill was to pass into a law, and they
have much pleasure to report • bat the parish of St. James,
Westminster, and St. Pancras, have cerdiallv co-operated wi h
them, by presenting a petition against the gill, alai the former
parish have actively engaged themselves in painfng out to their
representatives in Parliament the pernicious tendency of the
measure.; and as a result of such exertions it is important to
state that the lion. and Gallant Member fur Westminster, the
Hon. Capt. Rous, and his colleague, Mr. Leader, voted against
the second reading.
Your Committee would riot omit to mention that the Hort.
Member for Middlesex, Col. I'. Wood, who introduced the Bill
originally to the House of Commons, upon being made ace
quainted with its real nature, at once gave up the previous
charge into other hands, and not a Member of the Metropolitan
Boroughs being found to move the second reading, the unplea-
sant task devolved upon the Hon. Member for Lyrnington, Mr.
Alackinnon, well known as being one of the active meraera of
the old se!f-elected vestry.
Your Committee are inclined to believe that such second
second reading would not have been attempted but for the
statement then made, that two very important clauses, naenely,
the one raising the qualification of vestrymen from 40/. to 60/.,
and the other seeking to secure a snug place for a treasurer at
a salary not exceeding 1,000/. per annum would ultimately he
w,thdrawn.
Your Committee have since the second reading of the Bill
prepared and presented petitions to Parliament, as well from
the ratepayers as from the Board of Vestry, praying to be
heard by counsel, agents, and witnesses against the preamble
and the several clauses therein contained.
Your Committee have much pleasure to state that, in order
fully to carry into effect the p rayer of the foregoing petition,
the valuable senices of G. A. Young, Esq., Wm. Theobald,
Esq., R. Thomas, Esq.. James Cop pock, Esq., anil E. G.
Randall, Esq. have been gratuitously offered and accepted.
Your Committee would only state, that the more they have
considered the Bill the di eper is their antipathy to the objects
contemplated by the promoters thereof, viz., to disfranchise a
vast majority of the ratepayers, both parochially and politically,
to create disunion and discontent in all parts of this most ex-
tensive parish, and eventually adding to the existing burdens
of art already over-taxed community, by thus introducing a
Bit which, under the guise of a l• Private Paving Bill," would
repeal the vital clauses of the Public \resit ies' Act.
Your Committee, therefore, ie conclusion, reiterate that
they are ready, heart and hand, to give this Bill their most de.
termined and steady opposition, in which couelu ion they have
the fullest confidence of having the support of every ratepayer
who values those privileges which are beyond all price—privi-
leges which your Committee, on the behalf of all, are earnestly
desirous lather to increase than impair, and to perpetuate the
same to the remotest generation.
Mr. LANPILAM proposed the first resolution, to the follow-
ing effect :—That the meeting had heard and considered the
report of the Committe of vestrymen and ratepayers detailing
the steps they had taken in opposition to the St. Marylebone
Paris'i Bill, and also the proceedings at the conference held
with the promoters of the Bill with the greateit satisfaction,
and the fleeting therefore urged upon the Committee to con-
tinue their strenuous and unc imptomis ng opposition to the
Bill. He (Mr, Langhatn ) was not one of those who had been
honoured with au invitation to nicet Dr. Spry and Mr. Pope,
but by the courtesy of the Doctor lie was present, and he
thought no man was more suited to humbug a Radical. lie
(Mr. Laugh= ) had great respect for the Doctor's
talent, but he must say that the interest advocated by him
was not synonomous to theirs.-1 Cries of " Hear, hear.")
He held in his hand a return of the amount of the church-tate&
collected in that parish for nine years subsequent to the time
the present. Bill rains into operation. In 1825 the aureh-
rates were 16,263/., in 1826 they were 16,706/. in 18°7
16,8821., in 1823 17,297/, in 18.41 17,2371., in 1830
111,530/.,
in 1831 11,3171.
The Coalitata St here intimated that this was notthe qucee
tion before the meeting.
Mr. LANGIIAM said it was a very important question, and
he hoped the meeting would allow lints to go on. In 1833,
when the stew Vestry Act mine into opeiation, the amount was
8,632 L, in 1834 6,111/., in 1835 6,170/., in 1836 1085/.,
in 1837 6,3531, in 1838 8,430/., and in 1839 to 6,4721, so
that they would see that the amount of church-rates had been
reduced nearly twt-lhirds of the former amount. It was
in consequenceof this great reduction that the Bill before Par.
liament was introduced. Ile did not believe the jeomoters 0
the Bill were sincere, for they wished to divide the parish into
districts in older to obtain power. lie was satisfied that if the
late Mr. Cobbett had been placed as the candidate for the
whole country, that he would havb been elected with a very
large majority over any One else ; but going lido districts he
was defeated continually. 11 ( Mr. Laugh= ) felt
posrtropiw.engldy
on the subject, and he was deter,mined to oppose the
measure to the utmost of hie power.
Mr. Ereeorr, in seconding the resolution, said he thought it
was not a just or fair mode of proceeding on the part of the
promoters of this Bill to have commenced their preca dings in
holes and corners. Their duty was to have summoned the rate-
payers, and to ascertain their sentiments on the subject. lie
thought it would be a disgrace to the House of Commons to
pass such a Bill—( Hear, hear) - and he hoped and trusted
they woad reject it.
Mr. SAVAGE said it was a very precarious thing to entrust
the interest of a parish to any Committee of the House of Com-
mons, for there Wa,, great laxity in the proceedings of thuee
Committees. He (Mr. Savage) did not belong to either of the
parties who had got up the Vestry, or the promote* of the Bill.
The Bill proposed to raise the qualification, and his decided
opinion was that the qualification was already too high, and he
should therefore give that part his-strenuous opposition. The
term parish conveyed a very imperfect idea of the place, for it
was rather a city. One parish contained not less than 1,000
houses, in another 2,500, and in Christchurch 5,000. The Bill
provided that a certain quantity of Vestrymen should be
elected for each district, and it provided that the Church% ar-
dens of each district should send to every ratepayer iii the dis-
trict, a list of all persons, alphabetically arranged, named
for the representation of the ward in the vestry. It was his
opinion that under this system the election of vestry men vvoild
be more fair than before.—(Loud cries of " No, no," and some
cunfus:on.) ale recommended:them to do nothing rashly.
" I want," said Mr. SAVAGE--.

A Vow E.— .1 pot of half-and-half.— ( Loud laughter. )
Mr. SAVACtE said, to him it was matter of indifference
what resolution was passed, but he hoped they would consider
tke subject with calmness and deliberation.
Mr. Siait said, he felt much surprise at the extraordinary
position Mr Savage had taken that day.-4 lime, hear.) He
(Mr. Sodar) could hardly have thought it possible for a set. of
men to draw up 300 clauses, not He of which could be ad-
mired, and when Mr. Savage came and expres,ed his admira-
tion of a port ion of that Bill, he (Mr. Soder) was quite sur..
prised at such a proceeding. lie forgot to tell them that the
parish would have to pay the expenses of this Bill if it passed.
Some gentlemen had said something Mount half-and half, but
he must say that Mr. savage was not " all hail."—(Laeighter.)
He trusted they would not be induced to re:inquish their op-
position to this Bill, for if they did not go the whole hog,
they would be taken in and done for.

Sir B. Ilwt.r. said, it was a source of great satisfaction to find
that measures of such great importance, and of such vita! inte-
rest to the peo, le, should be diseus,ed with so much calmness
and deliberation. It would be in the reeolrmion of all that
that was the second time the subject had been b.ought
before them. An attempt was made to interfe e with
the Local Act of the parish, and be could net
without an effort again,t it, such an interference'
to be made. From the einsiplex'on of that meeting he was led
to believe the feeling of Cie parish was, that the present Act
should not be tampered with. 'the last time they had assem-
bled was before the second reading of the Bill, and it must be
known to them all, that he had done all in his humble judgment .-
to prevent the second reading of the Bill. Ile was the not
sanguine of success. Ile had stated that the circumstances uneer •
which this Bill was brought forward were very suspicious. ,
He thought; from the , n tuts of the deputation, that they
could not doubt who the promoters of the were. He
would just touch on the provisions of the Bill. The qualifi-
cation of vestrymen had la en abandoned. To show the ani-
mus of the parties who supported this Bill let them consider
the proposal to levy the rates to be paid in advanceo lie did not
wonder at this being abandoned, for he did not know where
they would find 'people whowould like to dip t heir hands into their
pockets twelve months before the money was due. With re-
spect to the balloting of vestry men, the Bill provided that
the list of vestrymen was to be left with each rate-paYer, bat
if the rst was not the election should not be vitiated. •
Now if one less than 40, or one more, was placed on the vote, .
that vote was rejec'ed. With regard to the clause respecting
the salary cf the treasurer, he believed that an alteration was
proposed, but what was that alteration? The original
proposition was that the salary should be not more than 1,0001
oppose the Bill,.
a year, and the alteration was that it should not be less than3l )1.; so that while it could not be less than 3001. it might be •
raised to 3,000/.- The Hon. Baronet concluded by stating
that he should still, to the best of his power,
The CHAIRMAN, before putting the resolution, read letters
from
nl‘tit er da‘VLke. leY
Thearid resolution u ri -a l‘t
K nns°tnh' apolog;ing for their
uo-aen put and carried.
Asoion was also passed for forming a subscription for
A resolution was then passed, renewing tilt powers of the- .
Committee.re
the purpose of opposing the Bill, and the mi eting separated.

EN6l.lsll TomuS 1N Cuts/L--0n the northern Aide
of the island of Koolongsoo, opposite to•Amoy. are two tombs
of brickwork, supporting stone slabs placed horizontally, bear-
ing the following inscriptions .-Ist, " Here lyeth the body of
Captain Stephen Bak r, who commanded the Success, who
died ISth October, 1700, aged 49 year." The masonry of
this has been undisturbed, and is in per:ect preservation. ad.
" Here lyeth the b dy of John llvffill, son of Henry Ds.ttill,
commander of the Turnbull, who died, wt. 13 years, Iti9:_4."
The bricks have stink down on one side, and the slab has de-
clined with them. There is also an upright stone, bearing an
inscription in Portuguese, surmounted by three Crosses.
Canton Press.

A letter from Salamanca gives an account of a Illali,
named Adan, 4ti,ve,of en in the province of Cuenza, who,
"t-4,„cprtAin distance a cart
from his procq riinis itith, it, eit.)nd. the second Sampson. A
shirt time ago he undertoolNo drSw
with a load in it, equalling 10,0(X) lbs., and wottld have accorn.
plithed his task, but from Lome men on the eiR tiding up to
They ffsrbilanced the vehicle, and by its
see how he worked.-
fall so seriously injured the feel the modern Sampson, that he
has ever since been confined in the hospital.

Lieerpo,d has -during the Mgt fortnight resembled
a garrison town, from the numbers of siddiers of various regi.
ments in its Oreets, on their route from Scotland and Ireland
to Portsmouth, where the reinforcements for India are collecting,

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