enthusiastic. — A week later, Mr. Chamberlain gave a lecture to a crowded room on “Phrenology”, a subject which he had well studied under Professor Donovan.
At a quarterly meeting of the Institution on the 8th of Aug., the Committee’s report showed the number of members to be 201, and that, in round numbers, the receipts were £22, as against £16 disbursements.
On the 29th of October the second annual soiree of the society was held in the St. Leonards Assembly Rooms. Mr. Chamberlain presided, and 255 persons were present. The tea, music, addresses, and other features of this intellectual feast, were completely successful, the details of which are given in a separate “History of the St. Leonards Mechanic’s Institution”.
St. Leonards Church — Baptisms, Marriages, &c, 1850
This church, which, by Act of Parliament, was erected for the two parishes of St. Leonards and St. Mary Magdalen, registered during the three years which ended with 1849, the number of baptisms 225 and of burials, 141, apportioned as under: —
| 1847 | Baptisms | 71 | Burials | 30 | Excess of births | 41 | |
| 1848 | Baptisms | 79 | Burials | 37 | Excess of births | 42 | |
| 1849 | Baptisms | 75 | Burials | 74 | Excess of births | 1 | |
| 225 | 141 | 84 |
Of the 74 burials in 1849 there were 32 of strangers, so that, probably, the excess of births over deaths was considerably greater than the figures represent. During that period the Rev. G. D. St. Quintin was the Incumbent or Perpetual Curate, with assistant curates G. W. Phipps, C. W. Blathwaite, A. F. Pedigrew, H. C. Carter-Smith, T. A. Sprowle, E. Rudge and J. F. Pizey. The subordinate clericals did not, of course, all officiate at one time.
On the 11th of March, the Revs. G. D. St. Quintin, T. A. Sprowle and H. C. Carter-Smith attended, with clergymen from Hastings, a Church-Missionary meeting in the St. Leonards Assembly Rooms, presided over by Earl Waldegrave. — Mr. St. Quintin was also the officiating clergyman at a marriage in high life, which took place at the St. Leonards Church on the 9th of April. The bride was Helena, eldest daughter of William Bosanquet, of London, and the bridegroom was Mr. Robert Meade, son of the Rev. Percé Meade, of Ireland, and nephew of the Dowager Lady Howden; also cousin to Lord Howden, Lord Clanwilliam and Viscount Brabazon. The bridesmaids were Miss C. Bosanquet, Miss Meade, Miss A. Meade and Miss Percy. Among the wedding party were the Dowager Lady Howden, the Hon. General and Mrs. Meade, Earl Clanwilliam, Viscount Brabazon, Sir Godfrey and Lady Webster, Capt. Meade, and Mrs. R. Shafto Adair.
