The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-26 00:00:00

SPECIAL VESTRY MEETING.

Yesterday, at noon, a:Special Vestry meeting was
held in St. Nicholas's Church to consider an application
by the. Burial Board for leave to go to Parliament for
au act giving compulsory powers to purchase further
land, &c., required for tile doritpletion of the new
Anfield park CenieterY. There Nbete little inure than a
donen .gantlenien .presenh.and the Chair *as taken by
the Rev. Rector Campbell.
. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE said they ,were aware
that in consequence of the. Burial Board having expe-
rienced some difficulty in 'securing such property as
they considered necessary in order to complete the new
cemetery at Walton from obstructions throWn in the
way, they had deemed it desirable to seek compulsory
powers under the Act of Parliament to effect that par-
denial. object: They all knew very well that going to
Parliament to obtain a bill ova: an tinpleasont,thing,,and
it was very properly esteened by, most peoPle to b'e a '
very expensive proceeding. But in the instance to which
he wished to call attention on the present occasion, the
demands, particularly in one case, that of the Messrs.
Ranthmell for their property, which ran into the very
heart of that which they had already bought, were so
exorbitant and so extrayagantsomething like 100 per
cent. more than what they had paid to other parties
whose land was of as great value, if not more so,—that
the board did not feel themselves justified to negotiate •
on the only terms open to them without coming
td the *es,try,, and asking their sanction for the
purchase a the vAiole amoiiii—ftir the difference
matedb etweenat
Messrs.
the en
sertsh
the opinion of the vestry that it was net Worth.
inßganlitkhemxell,Oaoloidtetli4e6,b9,ooarQ.d.iwrl t e*stal-a
their
while to go to Parliament, then the purchase might he
concluded for the sum named ; but, on the other hand,
if they thought that the board, after having employed
Mr. John Stewart to negotiate, and since then Mr.
Harvey, the clerk of the board; and all their endea-
vours having failed, that they ought not to yield to the
'..iiravagant rate demand 4 but that they slioubi obtain
the prdperty On fait and madetafe term
asked .the •+eatry td Sitrietidn their applieation in the
ensiling session tor the netesaall poiterlidt Obtain
4,---thpti he
that particular PropertY,thilY, for there might lie other
property of Use to the board. init to inchide such Other
prOperty as lnight be ile&sSarY, tlie.ceniefery, it
WaS quite true if it Were the Of the i.estiV,l,t
was undesirable to make such plichase, and
.£hat
the bOard should not incur the expense of going
to Parliament, it was possible they might make an
arrangement with the Messrs. Ranthmell ; but they
must bear in mind that if they came to that decision,
they should be placed at a very considerable disad-
vantage. In the first place, the law required that they
should not approach a private residence within 100
yards. In the second place, they should be compelled
to erect walls round the property of Messrs. Ranthmell,
the cost of which could not he set down at less than
£6Oll or -4360 Q ; and he asked whether it would be a
Seemly thing to introduce into the heart of the eernetery,
perhaps an unruly and disagreeabe
difference between Messrs. Ranthmell and them, was
confined to between £3,000 or £4,000,-4hat was,
between them as buyers and sellers,—but, so far as he
was concerned himself, he believed it would be extremely
Wrong to yield to such a principle. They were dis-
posed to give a fair marketable value for the land, and
even more. They were anxious to get the groUnd into
condition speedily, with the view of erecting the
different places of worship, the walls, gates, lodges, &o.
He might mention that the chapel for Dissenters was on
Unconsecrated ground, upon an arrangement which had
Been already thoroughly described. He believed it
stOodnpon the &mind of the Messrs. Ranthmell, and it
would be a .Yery difficult Matter indeed Arithotit that
site, to make anything • like a harniorfising effect
between the three places of wdrshilh , It appeared to
hint that if any gentleman would look .at the plan, he
would see that that property of Messrs. Raiithinell was
necessary to the full and satisfactory, completidn of that
great work. TheY wished to go to Parlianient with the
sanction of the vestry. They were anxious to avoid
further expense;- but for the- sake of a.few thousand
pounds they felt they could not conscientiously pay,
without the sanction of the vestry to their doing so, the
obstinate, and unjust, and exorbitant demands which had
been made upon them. He begged therefore to move :
" That the Burial Board.for.the parish of Liverpool be
and are hereby authorised, if they in their discretion
See fit to do so, to apply, to Parliament for a special act,
conferring upon the, said board compulsory powers of
purchasing all such iand and hereditattietits in the neigh-
bmirhood of, or 6ontigttotts td, the intended Cemetery of
the said parish, at Anfield' Park, in the parish of
Walton-on-the-Hill, as the said board may reqiiire for
the completion of the said cemetery."
kr. S. B. hoittorr seconded the motion, and wished
it to be understood that their. going to Parliament to
obtain those powers did not involve their purchase of
any property, or of all the properties,;for they could not
purchase any of those properties without coming to the
vestry for their sanction. They had therefore just to
ask them to put them in a position to deal with those
properties upon fair terms. They were much
encouraged by the result of enquiries which they
had made on the subject throughout the country.
The Corporation of Leicester, which acts as the Burial
Board there, were placed in a similar position to them-
selves. The Earl of Dysart would not negotiate with
them for land which they required ; but on going to
Parliament they obtained the powers sought without
any diffiCulty.• It was necessary that this should be
proceeded with now, that they might be going on with
the work, and that the necessary Parliamentary notices
might be given. The embellishment of the ground, and
selection of sites for the chapels, would have to be delayed
till this was disposed of.
Mr. GLADSTONE added that, as a rule, the principle
which the Burial Board would act upon in regard to
outlay in churches, lodges, walls, entrance gates, and so
forth, would not be on an extravagant scale, but of such
a character as to be not open to criticism. It was not
their intention to go on the principle which had been
adopted as respects St. George's Hall, and other things.
They should markout a course, and should have economy,
but not mistaken economy, in view; and he thought
that would be approved of.
The ChUirman then put the motion, which was passed
unanimously ; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman,
the vestry broke up.

the purpose, in accordance with the provisionsof the Liverpool
Improvement Act, 1838.
On the motion of Mr. Sheil, seconded by Mr. Beck-
with, the prayer of the report was unanimously adopted.

THE STREET RAILWAYS, .
A letter from Mr. Bushby. on the Street Railways was
referred to the sub-Committee, Mr. Bowring being
informed that the joint committee, to which it had
ptevionslY' been referred, was still in existence, and
must report tirton the matters (as a joint committee) to
the Coiinbil.
A 1640 fc'OniNtr: wiliiani kirk. making a oTtijiirgiit
against ThOuikh Surveyor, ,astd a Wall being taken
crown near his oil inillS .in..greatt He:ward:street, Was
referred to the .Courts and AlleYi Conimitge.: