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having regard to the fact that Mr. Tripp's illness
was the cause of his not being nominated, and that
he has had three years' experience as an Auditor,
they adhered to their nomination. The Council then
informed the Vestry that unless one of the candidates
is withdrawn it may be necessary for them to
order a fresh election, upon which the Council were
informed that the Audit had been held, when they
took no further action in the matter.
Decease of Member.—The Vestry regret to record
the death during the year of the Rev. J. H. Rose,
M.A., Vicar of St. James's, Clerkenwell, on the
28th April. The Rev. J. H. Rose, M.A., had
been connected with the Parish for 30 years, viz.,
for seven years as Curate under the late Dr. Robert
Maguire, and for twentythree years as Vicar,
having been elected in 1875 by a large majority, in
open polling extending over three days.
The resolution of the Vestry upon the announcement
of his death was as follows:—That this Vestry
desires to place on record its deep regret at the
sudden death of the Rev. J. H. Rose, M.A., Vicar
of Clerkenwell; its high appreciation of the faithful
services rendered by him in many ways during
the past thirty years, and begs respectfully to offer
to Mrs. Rose and family its sincere and heartfelt
sympathy in the great bereavement that has fallen
upon them.
Vote of Condolence.—The Vestry received with
deep regret the intelligence of the decease of the
Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, which took place on
the 19th May, and respectfully tendered to Mrs.
Gladstone and her family its deep sympathy in
the loss they have sustained by the death of Mr.
Gladstone, whose high character, ripe scholarship,