The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-11 00:00:00

RESTORATION OF YORK MINSTER.

PUBLIC MEETING AT LEEDS.

On Monday a numerous and highly respectable Mreting
of the inhabitants of this town, convened by the worshipful
the Mayor, was held at the Court-hooge, to hive the
proceedings of the General Meeting at York laid before
them, and to consider the best means of promoting the
subscription now on foot, for repairing the damages which
the Cathedral at York has sustained by the late calamitous
fire."

At a quarter-past twelve o'clock, RALPH MA R KI.A ND,
7SII , Mayor, was called to the Chair, who opened the
business by stating the object of the Aleeting, and express-
ing a hope that the inhabitants generally, upon this melan-
choly occasion, would come forward with very liberal sub-
scriptions, as they would have observed that a few of their
fellow-townsmen had, at the York Meeting, come forward
in such a way as to reflect the greatest honour upon their
names.

GEORGE BANKS, Esq. rose and said, he hoped to have
had, before that time, a printed pamphlet of the proceed-
ings of the York Mee: ing ; but, in the absence of that do-
cument, he thought the proceedings should be read from a
Newspaper which he field in his hand.
ROBERT BARR, Esq. proceeded to read the speech of
the Chairman (the Earl of Harewood), and that of the
Rev. W. V. Vernon, on that occasion.
GEORGE BANKS, Esq. thought that all that was neces-
sary to be read, in addition to these speeches, were the
resolutions which were passed at the York Meeting.
ROBERT BARR, Esq. then read the following resolu-
tions :

"That the principles* laid down in Mr. Sail' ke's Report,
on which the Dean and Chapter propwe to conduct the
restoration of York Minster, have the full approbation of
this Meeting.
" That from the deep interest in the restoration of that
magnificent edifice, which has been felt throughout the
kingdom, but above all in this great county, of which it
has for ages been the pride, the Meeting entertains a con-
fident hope that a sufficient fund may be raised fur carry-
ing the repairs into execution by a public subscription.
" That a Central Committee be now appointed to pro-
mote such a subscription, and that it be instructed to take
measures for the establishment of local Committees, where
the exertions of a Committee may be useful.
" That the members of Vie Provisional Committee, and
all subscribers of 25/. and upwards, form the York Cen-
tral Committee, who shall held their first Meeting at the
Festival Committee Room this day, at three o'clock, and
shall adopt their own regulations as to their future meetings
and proceedings.
" That conformably with the suggestions of the Dean
and Chapter, the sums subscribed he placed to the credit of
four Trustees, who shall be empowered to invest the
money in Government securities, in their names, to ad-
vance it to the Dean and Chapter for the purpose of the
restoration, as the progress of the work may require, and
to audit the accounts of the expenditure.
" That the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Milton, the Hon.
Wm. Duncornbe, R. F. Wilson, Esq., and John Mar-
shall, Esq., be requested to accept the office of trustees.
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" That the Central Committee he authorised to call for
the subscriptions, and pay them to the credit of the trustees,
and to take any further measure which may be necessary
for carrying these resolutions into effect.
That the subscription be now entered into.
" That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Lord
Lieutenant for his able conduct in the Chair."

BENJAMIN SCOTT, Esq. then rose and said, in further.
ance a the measure he h id to propose—
" That this Meeting express their unanimous approba-
tion of the proceedings at Yolk, to raise, by a general
subscription, sufficient funds to re,tore the Cathedral at
York to its former splendour."
CHRISTOPHER BECKZrr, Esq., moved " That a Corn •
mittee be now appointed in aid of that object in the Bo.•
rough of Leeds, and that the following Gentlemen be
members thereof :—The Mayor, the Vicar, George Banks,
Esq., Christopher Beckett, Esq., Thomas Bischoff, Esq.,
William Williams Browne, Esq., Benjamin Mott, Esq.,
William Hey, Esq., Peter Rhodes, Esq., Benjamin Sad-
ler, Esq., Thomas Tennant, Esq., Henry Hall, Esq., the
Rev. James Armitage Rhodes, Christopher Smith, Eeq.,
T. W. Tottie, Esq., John Wilson, Esq., Thomas Benyon,
Esq., John Marshall, jun., Esq., George Rawson, Esq.,
John Perfect, Esq., Thomas Blcyds, Esq., John Darntont
Esq., William M. Maude, Esq., John Cawood, Esq., Ed •
ward Baines,'Esq., the Clergy of the parish of Leed., the
Ministers of all Dissenting Chapels, together with all Sub-
scribers of 101. and upward., and that they have power to
add to their number.

WILLIAM GOTT, Esq. moved, " That the Committee
meet immediately, to adopt measures for promoting the
Subscription."
RALPH MARKLAND, E4q. having left the Chair, it was
taken by BENJAMIN GoTr, Esq., when the thanks of the
Meeting were voted to the Mayor, for calling the Lone,
and for his services and conduct in the Chair.

The above Resolutions were severally carried ❑nani-
mously, and the Subscription at the close of the Meeting,
amounted to 1,3121.

" The principles here alluded to are—that the building
should he restored in every part, with materials of the
same durable quality as those employed in the original
construction of the fabric; and that the same design, and
all the ancient ornament,' work should be strictly adhered
to as far as it can be ascertained.

A very numerous meeting of the Trustees of
the Surrey New Roads took place yesterday at the Horns
Tavern, to confirm or: not the recommendation of their
Committee to erect a Toll bar across Itlackfriars.rold, be-
tween Holland -street and Stamford .street, to guard against
the very many schemes adopted to escape paying the Circus
Gate. It was proposed by Mr. Meytnott, and seconded by
Mr. Haws, as an amendment, that no Toll-bar be erected
on the Blackfriars•road. The Chairman put the question,
when there appeared for it 20, against it 32. The parish
of Christchurch will, consequently remain, for time present,
without that great nuisance a Toll-bar in the middle of
this respectable parish.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Saturday
evening was married, by special licence, the Lady Ape,
Pager, filth daughter of the Marquis of Anglesea, to Capt.
Byng, eldest son of Sir John Byng. The ceremony was
performed by the Bishop of Chichester, at the Duchess of
Argyll's, in Upper Brook-street. The Bride was given
away by her brother-in-law, the Duke of Richmond.—
The Bridemaids were Lady Georgiana Paget, Lady Sophia
Lennox, Miss Graves, and Miss Russell. The company
present were—The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Duke
and Duchess of Richmond, Duchess Dowager of Richmond,
and Lady Sophia Lennox, Earl and Countess of Mount-
Charles, Mr. and Lady Jane L. Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Gen.
Byng, Sir G. and Lady L. Murray, Sir Hussey and Lady
Vyvyan, Sir Wm. and Lady Joliffe, Lord William Russell
and Miss Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney, Mr. and Mrs.
Win. Russell, Earl of Erroll, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. A.
Fitz-Clarence, Lord G. Lennox, Lady Caroline Stewart,
Miss Paget, General and Mrs. Champagne, Miss Graves.
After the ceremony the happy couple left town fire Wrc-
tham Park, Mr. Byng's seat, in Middlesex- The Bride
was most elegantly attired in a superb dress of blonde lace,
with two deep flounces, over a rich white satin slip, with
a cooly lace veil to correspond. The dress of her Grace
the Duchess of Argyll consisted of a rich white satin,
trimmed with a deep flounce of blond, with a head. The
dress of her Grace the Duchess of Richmond—a rich white
satin, ornamented with blonde.
TIIE GRAND SALE.—AII the world were
congregated at George Robins's yesterday, and to• day (
vent-garden became, on a sudden, the seat of gaiety and
fashion, and the crowd of carriages was so great as to in.
rerfere with the usual avocations of the market. The ex-
hibition which has provoked all this bristle is certainly of
the most splendid order, and it is not difficult to perceive
that extraordinary good taste must have presided over the
selection. The casket of jewels is magnificent ; the late
Queen of France (Maria Antoinette), has contributed to
the interest of this sale—the !splendid diamond necklace
and cross having belonged to this unfrrtunate Queen.—
Hayne (the celebrated) and his renowned dressing-we,
have caused much controversy; it is admitted on all hands
to be the most elegant that ever was made—hut its utility
seemed to he very much questioned. Love, of Bond_
street, was paid 1,050 guineas for it. The sale com-
mencers to-morrow. The names of several Noblemen were
spoken of with confidence as being the proprietors, but as
Mr. Robins observed a profound silence, we will not
indulge our readers with "on Bits." The value of the
whole, it is said, exceeds 30,0001. The Duke and
Duchess of St. Alban's were at the public viett' this
morning, and were very loud in their praise.
Mr. Justice Littledale and Mr. Justice Gaze-
lee, the Judges of Assize, will arrive in Exeter on Tues-
day, the Pith inst., and the husimsa of the Conrt com-
mence on Wednesday morning. There are, up to the
present time, fifty-four prisoners for trial —of whom ten
are for burglary, five housebreaking, eleven highway rob-
bery, one horse-stealing, three sheep-stealing, one stealing
from the person, two manslaughter, one shooting with in-:
tent to kill or do harm, cue uttering base coin—the re-
maining seventeen are for minor offencts,,,Exeter Alfred.