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Margaret and St. John, Westminster, on the occasion of my
retirement from the office of Coroner for the City and Liberty of
Westminster.
It is not easy to express adequately what my feelings were on
reading such a resolution, but I can sincerely say that they were
those of extreme pleasure and gratification, however little I may
have felt that such kind and flattering expressions were deserved.
Coming however from such a meeting, they must ever be highly
estimated by me, and the possession of the elegant transcript of
the resolution must always be regarded by me with much pride
and satisfaction; to have won such expressions, after long years
of laborious and important public duties, will also be to me a
comforting reflection that so far I have not laboured in vain.
Kindly present this to the Vestry at a convenient opportunity.
I am, dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
J. E. Smith, Esq., (Signed) CHAS. S. C. BEDFORD.
Vestry Clerk.
Upon the receipt of a letter from Major-General C. A. Sim,
on the 9th January, 1889, tendering his resignation as a
member of the Works and General Purposes Committee, in
consequence of his duties at the School Board for London,
the Vestry ordered its thanks to be conveyed to MajorGeneral
Sim upon his withdrawal from the Committee.
The retirement of Mr. Thomas John White being
occasioned by the passing of the Local Government Act, the
Vestry marked its sense of the services rendered to the
parish by its representative at the Metropolitan Board of
Works by passing the following resolution:—
That as the time is near at hand when by the operation of the
Local Government Act, 1888, the dissolution of the Metropolitan
Board of Works will bring to an end the connection
which since 1855 has existed between that Board and the Westminster
District Board of Works, and this Vestry successively,
this Vestry desire to convey its thanks to Mr. T. J. White for
the valuable services which he lias rendered, and its appreciation
of the intelligence and uprightness which he has displayed as
representative of this United parish upon the Metropolitan
Board of Works during the period of 23 years:
That the Vestry also desire to take this opportunity of bearing
testimony to the zealous interest Mr. White has taken in the
welfare of the parishes, and to the assiduous and successful
manner in which, for upwards of thirty years, he has filled
numerous and responsible offices in the parochial administration,