Joseph Yarroll and Valentine Levett, as assessors; and W. P. Beecham, jun., as Vestry clerk. Jno. Kenward was chairman.
The Assistant Overseer was the only subject for discussion at the meeting held on the 5th of April, at the Norman hotel, when it was resolved that he should provide securities of £300 before the 30th of April for the due performance of his duties.
The Required Bond. On the 11th of May a rather largely attended meeting was held at the Warriors Gate Inn, pursuant to due notice, to receive the report of the Overseers as to the Assistant-Overseers bond and to consider the position of the parish with respect to the vacancy caused by the death of Chas. Valentine Levett. It was shown that Mr. Ward had entered into the required bond with Messrs. Grosslob and W. P. Beecham as sureties. A lengthened and desultory discussion then followed upon the other subject named in the notice convening the meeting, many of those present erroneously imagining that the meeting had power to appoint the late Mr. Levett’s successor. Two applications were received, one from Mr. Yarrol, of East Ascent, and the other from Mr. Harwood of White-rock place. These, however, could not be entertained in a formal manner, and a committee was therefore formed to make enquiries.
Decrease of Land. The selling of land by Mr. Eversfield for building purposes having lessened the area of Mr. Deudney’s Gensing farm, the vestry meeting held at the Horse and Groom on the 6th of September, decreased his assessment on ten acres, and took off £25 from the gross rental of his farm buildings.
Mechanics Institution
At the quarterly meeting on the 16th of February, the Report showed that the members had increased from 130 to 135; that the Rev. W. Tilson Marsh had expressed his intention of becoming a life-member; that the receipts, including a donation of £2 from Lord Harry Vane, M.P., amounted to £22 2s 7d, & the expenses to £39 6s 2d, leaving a balance due to the Treasurer of £17 3s 6d. The report also stated that Mr. J. C. Savery had given a lecture on “Coal Gas”. Mr Selway, “An Hour with the Miscroscope(sic) , illustrated with numerous drawings,” and the Rev J. A. Hatchard “A Reading of Poetry,” which last would benefit the Institution to the extent of £8. Thanks were voted to Mr. A. Burton for the loan of the Assembly Room, and to Mr. Decimus Burton for paying Mr. Selway’s travelling expenses from and to London.
At an Adjourned Quarterly Meeting, the Committee’s report state that the number of members was 132, and that notwithstanding some disappointments and drawbacks, the financial position had -
