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illuminated address and an album containing the portraits,
of the members of the Vestry were presented to him. The
elected Chairman, Mr. G. C. Whiteley, presided; he was
supported by Sir Edward Clarke, late Solicitor-General,
and many other influential guests. The banquet was given
as a testimony of the worth and esteem in which Mr.
Marsden was held by the Vestry and the Parish, and the
speech he made in replying to the toast of his health on
that occasion was a history of the important events that he
had taken part in since his election to office in Camberwell,
which from being a village lying outside the City, had
become a part of London itself, and had a population of
a quarter of a million.
At a meeting of the Vestry held on the 17th May,
1893, nearly every member being present, the following
resolution was passed:—
"That the Vestry Clerk be instructed to write on
behalf of the Vestry and express its sincere sympathy and
condolence with Mrs. Marsden and the family in the
irreparable loss they have sustained by the death of Mr.
George William Marsden, who has so well and faithfully
discharged the onerous duties of Vestry Clerk to the
Parish of Camberwell for the past forty years."
Mr. Marsden was interred in Camberwell Cemetery.
JOHN COOK REYNOLDS.
Mr. Reynolds who was associated with Mr. Marsden
during the whole of his official career, died at his residence,
Glebe House, Vicarage Road, on Sunday the 23rd July,
after a long and painful illness. He was appointed
Surveyor to the Vestry of Camberwell upon the coming in
force of the Metropolis Local Management Act on the 2nd
January, 1856.