Star.
London, England, 1829-01-09 00:00:00

ST. LUKE'S VESTRY MEETING.

Yesterday morning a Meeting of the Vestrymen of
this parish took place in the palish Church, for the
purpose of receiving a Report horn the Trustees tele-
tive't s the legal pr•iceedings adopted by them fee the re
covet y of the amount due to the parish on account of the
defalcations in the accounts, and to adopt such proceed
ings thereon as may be deemed expedient. Also to take
into consideration the amount of the debts owing by
the Trustee Board, and the state of Lighting and
Watching, and general Police of the parish.
At ten o'clock Mr. CHIPPeNDALX, senior Church-
warden. took the Chair.

Mr. WALL, the Vestry Clerk, read the Report of the
Trustee B .ard, which was very voluminous, and de-
tailed the state of the affairs of the parish.
Mr. RICHMOND said, that as one of the Trustee Board,
and. a member Of the Law Committee, he felt the greater
sati&faction in rendering a fair and full explanation to
iris fellow pa, ishiontrs. He also had to lament that the
greatest evils under which parochial governments la-
boured were. that they were not sufficiently communica-
tive with their fellow parishi. nets; to reunite which,
he was ready to give any explanation in Isis power.
Mr. SIMPSON, the Law Agent for the parish, pointed
out the situation in which the pas ishioners were involved
in ligation.
Mr. RICHMOND said that one of the sureties f:4- a
defaulter, named Lee, became a banks upt, and it was
a great public question for every parish in England to
know, whether or no the books of tie parish will not
be received in evidence as to the proof of a debt under
the bankrupt's commission? There was also another
question of great public importance decided latterly in
the Court of King's Bench, wherein Lord Tenterden
gave it as his opinion, that the Trustees. and not their
salaried Officer, was accountable; then if the Tsostees,
who ate not personally responsible for their actions in
that character are not responsible, and the salaried'
Officer declared inot to be responsible, it was high time
fofthe pariefiohers to look for a law that would secure
their properties, as it appeared every individual, except
the'tax prayer 1, were ;not, cued.
Mr. TAYLOR suggested the propriety of not intro•
clueing any proceedings before the Court of King's
Bench at that meeting. -
Mr. CALI/a/ILL said that he would recommend great
caution before they would hastily bring themselves into
(anther litigation ; and be therefore recommended an
arbitration whenever it could be effected. _ _

,A discussion followed, in which Mr. REILLY, Mr.
Simpson, and the Chairman, took a part, when it was
unanimously agreei that the Report be received, and
that the conduct of the Ti mice Board is entitled to the
confidence of the Vestrymen.
Mr. Ricsimoan then stated, that the nest subject for
the consideration of the Vestry was the situation of their
6nancial affairs, and which he considered, it not greatly
embarrassed, at least much complicated. It appeared;
that since the passing of the Act in 1810, the Board bor.,
towed upon annuities 18,9001. The plan he would pro-
'rise, in the shape of a sinking fund, for the liquidation
of the whole parochial debt, in his opinion, would be
Movie. neither ha►tily entering ourselves into a heavy
late for past misconduct of others, nor yet subjecting
futurity beyond an eighth share of their enjoyment of the
itlyrovements. He would therefore propose, that upon
6.411 of each annuitant, the amount be lodged in a
fiad until it shall amount to 7,5001. per annum—from
that period, in twenty ) ears, the entire of the debt would
'be disc ha•ged.
This Resolution was carried unanimously, after which
the Meeting separated.

DOVER, JANLIARY 8.
Sailed his Majesty's pa^~
ck the Crusader, Captain
HAMILTON, for Calais, with four carriages and sixty
passengers. Among them we noticed Lord JOHN
SCoT, Sir G. STANTON, Mr. DAMEN-GARMAN, L rd
PALMIRITON, dcc. &c. who arrived at Wright's Skip
Hotel during yesterday.
The intercourse between this and the opposite coast
is now become so general, that the passage (which was
some few years past almost at a stand during the
present month), is still brisk. The superiority of the
mail packets on this station (in which the length of
voyage may be calculated to a certainty, about two
hours and a half), have not a little contributed to this
result. Tbe Earl and Countess of SII/TOLIC and family
crossed in the same packet.
Arrived his Majesty's packet Salamander, with car.
sieges and passengers ; also the Finch steam packet the
Duc de Bordeaux.