The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-25 00:00:00

NUMBERING OF THE STREETS.

AT the meeting of the Health Committee, on Thursday, the
following report of the borough engineer, on the numbering of
the streets; was read :
In again submitting to the committee the lists prepared for
the adjustment of the numbering of the houses in the borough,
it may be well to recapitulate the substance of my former re-
ports of April,. 1858, and July, 1854, explanatory of the prin-
ciple on which those lists have been prepared.
Ist, The Town-hall is assumed as the centre point, an& in
every street the numbers begin at its end which is nearest to
the Town-hall.

2nd, The numbers are so arranged that the odd numbers ate
on the left, and the even numbers► on the right, in going front
the Town-hall.

3rd, Where very Maw irregularity was found, the correction
has been made by adding' a. 2 letter to the duplicate numbers, as
No. 1 and No. la.

4th, Where any row of houses' forming part of a street is
named terrace or place, such as. Palkner-terrace, in Parliament-
street, or Crown-place, in Crown-street, the houses have been
numbered continuously, as belonging, to the street, and not to
the terrace. Thus, in Crown-pbace; Nos: 4,6, and 8 are pro-
posed to, be 78, 80;82, and 84, Crown-street
sth, When there is vacant land: in,a street, as many num-
bers are allotted to it as it could contain' of houses of the aver-
age extent of frontage of those already in.the street. Thus, in
Alfred-street, after No. 1, there is a space of vacant land 46 feet
lbng, equal to the width of three homes ;, therefore, as these
houses will; when erected, be 3,5, and 7-,the next number in
order is 91 As another example of this;,and of the disregard
of places and, terraces, take Hope-street„ south from Canning-
street.- Here' the first house going southwards-is- at present
No;- • Gambier-terrace, but in the list ?I becomes-I,lc Hope-
street.- At, the end of Gambier-terrace, wbieh. is 57 Hope-
street,there is.a piece of vacant land, extending-all the way to
Huskisson-street,34lB, feet long ; this will contain 14,houses of
8 yards-frontage, anck therefore, the first houseebeyondlins-
kisson-stmet is numbered 87.

Such isabrief recapitulation of the principras an,which the•
lists have been prepared, and, if it is satisfacterpte the com-
mittee, the•work may be immediately proceeded with.
As it is great importance that the work, once •begam.
should beflnished without delay, it will be advisr.bie+todividw
the town into ,districts-rand to employ a large staff of joiners` ,
and paintere;.under the• direction of the clerks who made up,
the lists, and,thus havethe work completed forthwith; ireplace•
of having it executed by a small staff and extended over niong
period. Tharderki with the list in his hand, will go-overithe•
numb ers in thentreet, marking those which have to be-altered,.
and the workizemwill follow and make the requisite'alticra.
tion. ,Iron-plate • numbers-will be substituted for iron,plate,
number s, and painted. and, gilded numbers for others of the -
like kind.
It is right that attentionnhoold be drawn to the communr,
cation of the postmaster, complaining of the serious inconve- -
nience top hichthepriblio areuzposed, and the great additional
labour cast upon theietter.carriers, by the frequent repetition
of a given a umber blithe' same street, and the confusion mad •
irregularity which prevail as-to the numbers generally.
It is very .difficult tb form an, exact estimate of the expense,. ,
as it is impost ible to. obtain data on which to found it; but„
taking the bes t meana-tOavoiderror, I calculate that the actual
work required should notfcost more than £5OO.
It will be net .essary, alio; to tomplete immediately the copies
of the lists I ,have prepared, showing the number of every
house as it now , stands, and ,as-itwill be when altered, for the
use of the post-ot Bee, the•parish.office, the Head Constable, the
Town-clerk, and Treasmr; The expense of preparing the
original lists of -.these copies-is, of course, not included in the
above estimates.

ECCLESIASTICAL. INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMI ANTS A,N,D, APPOINTMENTS.

- ••• --• —.
Rev. H. De Foe Baker, M.A.,-to the Curacy of Glooaton, near
Market Harborough.
Rev. H. B. Brownia ng, 8.A.,,,t0 the Curacy of Tinwell, near
Stamford.
-

Rev. C. H. Burnhat 1,8. A., to. the Curacy of Bozeat-with.
Strexton, near Welling!) 'orough..
Rev. W. Carter, to th. e Rectornof Slingsby, Yorkshire.
Rev. N. Challis, B.A .. to the. Assiatant Curacy of Christ
Church, Leicester. _ _

Rev. W. L. Clay, B.A. to theettracy of Brixworth. near North-
ampton.
Rev. G. P. Cordeux, M .A., Fellow, of Worcester College, Ox-
ford, to the Incumbency of St. Leonard,. New Melton.
Rev. G. Crabbe, jun., B ector of Merton, Norfolk, to be Domes-
tic Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Walsingham.
Rev. H. B. Foster, M.A Rector of Coln Rogers, Gloucester.
shire, to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Cirencester.
Rev. R. J. Haynes, B.A. ~ to tbs. Ctiracy of Scalford, near Mel-
ton Mowbray.
Rev. F. G. Hopwood, M .A., to the-Rectory of Winwick, Lan-
cashire.

Rev. C. A. Manby, B.A„ , to the Cueaey of Bisbrooke, near Up-
pingharn.
Rev. R. Matson, M.A., Curate in the Cathedral parish of St.
John, Antigua, to the Pasti -tral Charge of Tortola and the Virgin
Islands.

Rev. J. Parr, 8.A., to t he Curacy% of Badby with Newnham.
near Daventry.
Rev. W. Rayson, B.A. , to the- Curacy of St. Margaret's,
Leicester.

Rev. J. W. Richards, M. .A., to the, Perpetual Curacy of the
District Church of AU Sain ts', Rut, liarnbam, in the parish of
taitiord, near Salisbury.
Rev..). S. Sidehottorn, M .A., to the. Curacy of Canon's Ashby
near Towcastcr. ,

Rev. W. Standen, M.A..- to the 'Vicarage of Tarrant Monckton,
near Blandford,D4rset.

Rev. 3. H. Stephenson, . Rector of 4.4nspabam, to the vacant
Stall at the Cathedral Chur ch at Walls.

Rev. W. S. Trotman. 8.1 1., to the Curacy of East Haddon, near
Northampton.,

CLER ICAL ontzumtv.
Dec. 15, at the Vicarage, Fillongley, in the 83rd year of his age,
the Rev.. John Thickins, Vicar of Ex.ball and FlllOl4l ey, in the
county of Warwick.
Dec. 5, at Sealyham, the . Rev. W. Edwards, Vicar of Roemarket
and Hasguard, South Wales, aged 44.,
Dec. 6, at Harwich, I' ne Rev.. Samuel Nevill Bull, for many,
years Vicar of Ramsey and Davercourt-cum-Harwich, aged Sit
years.
Dec. ii, at the Vicarage, Llanfair,. Montgomeryshire, the Rev.
T. G. Moulsdale.

Dec. 13, at the Vicaral ,e, Church Tows, the Rev. James Pedder.
M.A., Vicar of Garden; ;, aged 59,

DIO CESR OZ-CIONTER.
PBRPEILMENTI3.-7 he Rev. W. L. Feilden has been mad-
lasted to the perpeti ial curacy. of Knowsley, in the county of
Lancaster, void by the cession of the Rev. F. G. Hopwood :
patron, the Earl of Derby. Value MOO, with a house.—The
Rev. L. F. Thomas has been licensed by the Bishop t 3 the
perpetual curacy of St. James's Church,Toxteth-park, void by
resignation of the Rev. Henry Hampton, upon the nomination
of the Rev. T. G.. Leigh, rector of Walton-on-the-Hill; near
Liverpool, patron in right of his rectory.

Tun Bishop o f Durham, who, on account of his mat age
and increasing infirmities, is unable to perform his episcopal
duties, has appointed. the Bislaop, of Manchester his,commis-
sary, and he will, for•the future, administer the affairs of the
diocese of Durham. .

THE BISHOPRIC o Dui a.-1t is understood that the
Bishop of Darharalhas. now actually made an assignment of
the revenues of his see to, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in
consideration of an annual stipend of £B,OOO. The: Newcastle
Journal, in making this-statement, earnestly hopes that such
vast surplus wealth may be appropriated to " ebjects that cry
aloud for help,, and whose appalling condition reflects shame
on our ecclesiastical institutions."
A new chureb, building effort in relation ttA, the metropolis
is in progress, Lord Robert Grosvenor being the moving spirit.,
The list of subscriptions commences with the Crown, £10,000,;
the Duke of Bedford, £lO,OOO ; and the Marquis of Westmin-
ster, £lO,OOO. The entire list, when the value of the sites and
promised churches-are reckoned up, reaches a total of more
than £30,000. The object is to collect £600,000, and to bulk!
100 churches.
T. Paws IN PARISH eaRRCHES.—Dr. Philli-
more has, given the following opinion as to the rights o£ pews
in parish, churches. Claims are made. generally upon the fol-
lowing grounds, viz.:— 1 Faculty, 9_ Prescription, 3 Purchase.
He says, "'l, deal with the last first. Purchase conveys no
title at all. No point of law is more clearly established than
that the sale of seats in a parish church, unless under the pro-
visions of a specific Act of Parliament, is absolutely illegal
and null. As to the title by, prescription. A few may be
prescribed for as appurtenants to a messuage, but only to in-
habitants of a messuage; therefore, the claims of one person
to seats appurtenants to several messuages cannot be sus-
tained. The seat, if appurtenant at all, belongs to the inhabi-
tants of the messuage. A title by pres./ription implies a
faculty granted and lost ; therefore, there must be proof of
repairing time out of mind—that is, beyond memory. Eighty
years have been held insufficient to exclude the authority of
the ordinary. It is, moreover, fatal to such a claim that the
parish or other persons should have repaired the seat within
memory. A prescriptive right requires the clearest proof by
immemorial occupation and repair. As to the title by faculty.
A faculty is a legal title to seats, if properly granted. It has,
however, often happened that, on examination, the faculty has
turned out to be bad—that is, to be granted to a man and his
heirs. The correct form of faculty is to a man and his family
so long as they continue members of a particular dwelling-
house in a parish. Parties claiming under these various titles
must be prepared to substantiate, by legal proof, within a
reasonable time ; and, if such proof cannot be produced,
verbal assertion is to be disregarded. And it must be re-
membered, by parties claiming exemptions from the general
law, that the presumption of the law is against them,"