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by retirement of the third of the body by effluxion
of time. The Vestry concurred with the
views contained in such communication, and so
informed the Local Government Board; who replied
that, having regard to subsection 4 of section 48 of
the Local Government Act, 1894, they did not
think that effect could be given to the suggestion
that the rules framed by the Board should be
altered so that casual vacancies in Vestries should
be filled up at the next annual election of Vestrymen.
Decease of Members.—The Vestry regret to
record the death of Mr. Churchwarden Sans, which
took place at his residence, 3, Garnault l'lace, on the
3rd June, 1895. The Vestry on the motion of the
Rev. J. H. Rose, M. A., passed the following
resolution:—"That this Vestry desires to place
on record its appreciation of the great public
loss Clerkenwell has sustained through the death of
the late Mr. Churchwarden Sans, whose ripe
experience and untiring energy have been without
stint or grudge placed at the disposal of the parish,
in almost every office for a period of twenty years,
and that a copy of this resolution be sent to Mrs.
Sans, with an expression of respectful sympathy in
her bereavement, and an assurance that the members
of the Vestry share in her sorrow."
On the 21st November, Mr. Walter Lumley, of
Exmouth Street, also died, and the Vestry passed
a vote of sincere sympathy with Mrs. Lumley and
the family in their bereavement.
The Vestry also regret to record the decease of
Mrs. Cheshire, the hallkeeper of the old Vestry Hall,
which took place on the 21st July. They passed a
vote of condolence with the members of her family.