The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-27 00:00:00

SPECIAL GENERAI

APPOINTMENT OF A BURI

the special general v._
A re
U que!t of a numerously
St. Nicholas's (parish) church,
thurPese of taking steps to provide a g,
beet parish- The attendance was considerably num
, not crowded. At twelve o'clock, the chair w-
-17 the Rev. Rector Campbell. Among the•
Itresent, were—Messrs. Tobin, Woodruff, C.
eeifeelfeto'rrY):.p• B. Jackson, S Thoruley, Enoch Ham
SYcla"Y, A. C. Stewart, Rev. W. F. Tayir
SarV,l,r• Denny. H. Alpass, Carne, Alderman Do•
14e.,&;`'' Owen, Bairstow, Boult, Chesney. Q"'"
The
evestry Clerk, Mr. Hart, read th,
rileetiungto the churchwardens, and the note,.
nature
Churchwarden Woodruff proceeded to explain the
gen'ttlire uf the proceedings. He said—Mr. Chairman.
the 'ealan, it probably will be better that, at this
r a business, I should at once state to the meeting
cagede and the circumstances under which we have been
,ee together. On the 9th of August, the churchwardens
rne,,e,i,ved a requisition, requesting them to convene a
inting according to law, for the parishioners to take
el'a!t.heir to the resolutions which were to be
pitted to them, in accordance with what the vestry
hist has just read to you. The churchwardens gave ructions for the meeting to be called in :duejcourse,
about e.ght days after we received the notice, but by some
atlrertance it was called illegally, one week too early,
We',ica Consequence, the meeting could not take place.
be ~ter%ards received a further requisition, the resiilt
"nuich has been the present meeting. It probably will
Pr --e„eAceasary that I should just make a short statement,
me. 41g the remarks of the speakers who are, to
Ita.n, It will, perhaps, be in the /Tee'
wae-J A gentlemen present, that in the
the thueelared by the late
.Arrwb
furtVeerl,l3„ arochial e.--•

,stry, convened in

ordance will

signed requisition, was held

cemetery

Rentlet

Baxter.

calling the

tae of

of St. M

"lip.
.teecc__ Town COI,-
is_
rn, urged upon the v,_
?os't tal place, they should proc&
sible—that it was unwise, on every e• -
°Tiger within the limits of the borough. The vestry,
accordance with these views, took steps to purchase a
lyPiheiceehohnhde,enasvayiodufnkrn, ow, I believe, most of you, a
id
ton, e
or very nearly paid foro,faetn\nirrase.,
r ailed the Walton Cemetery. That ground,
etPlired two or three years to put it in a proper couditice-
f°l* the parlilaiite )°se, and as te v .
h estry were no 10tic
(Itt;brury in the old ground, they then procee,
interments Martin's par-ochial
.b .
€4r,"ati, Yauxhall-road. Unwilling to tax the parishiotric
wsainl ore than was necessary, and knowing to
.. go
.ng.
en„,6311, esPecially when they had so much groundh 'Pe_ -
lya";:d at St. Martin's must have this effect, the c ur h
the.meas continued, from time to time, with the consent of
that,hareient°la
.to perform their interments there. It appears
b . ',-1., an order came from London to the effectThaat
ordernrial ground of St. Martin's was too chair frorn some cause or other—probably the reverend
The burials
eootieillati ean explain what—was not obeyed. until the
Rpor:senutettntoe take place in St. Martin's Cemetery
ernine t
.; but, within the last two or three months a
that ~_ n inspector has been down, and has reported
for the grounds must be closed forth.wit , and there_
.ell, archivr,,,G_,"rge Grey issued an imperative ordsehral'ti
mace ir,''',ruens that no further interments
Was th" °t• Martin's burial ground. The c otatnkee
info" att, the churchwardens had no alternatrvesegbluietnteoe
taken
Place which vestry of this order, and of what h
ld taadke such
roeasa'rsloh we did, requesting that they h
dead, e'i',,as they thought necessary for
else.
eenburial of the
Immediately
r heir in Walton or somewhere
tea his
e,_lng known, some gentlemen thought it advisable
Illbse suould proceed to Walton forthwith, stitatrining,,ththaet
stategOent acts of Parliament had passed
tePla'sll7.t.,hings very much since the Walton Faroleudnat-owthaE,
rste4..t7etneeeatning!brmed into a cemetery. This e
hstraeis or
CousideYrionun. are called together to-day. for. th
the desirability of appointing
kake "Oard, and; eithber to have Walton Cernet,
for teach other arrangements as may be thoughtpropi
141PorLblirial of the dead, upon a scale becoming t
alay afar of a parish like Liverpool. (Hear, hear.),
,W,arden;r4ark that neither the rector nor the churchd
Lrieat,:
hearha. v) e the slightest objection to a burial boar
471cietlt 13f the They consider it highly necessary for the
apirite, at the community that some steps should. be taken.”opei
Pro Posed measure, if carried out in a
tag may be
e. (Rear productive of very great general advanp
kr. , hear.)
ale
all °lttl Man Dover asked if the meeting could h
the b Aldof the
aria' v. Rowers which the act would confer upot
kr. uoard ?
vestedroeh Harvey said the election of the board wai.
The bc..rl the parishioners at large, in vestry assembled
Wile, ter 'would remain in office until. the next yane
This wer.e, should go out, and re•elections take l
Powers
,etu occur annually. The board wouldpliay
Ivith the Purchase land, and to make arrangement;
1.11144 ira clergYunan as to fees, and other. incidental
and re t',.. Test board could not buy land without coming
and
"would .ie ‘,
a .Y and getting the consent of the latter,
and e have to do everything under the control
the
boar,,action of the Home Secretary. The powers of
In th were chiefly to enquire what land would be suitablete
Proposrtzst place, and then to lay before the vestry,
.11
then re lon to purchase, anti if the vestry approve or it,
Pureha carrY out the purchase, and, when the land was
Tea aults, n.'
'kill, sed, to lay it out, to make general arrangements,
181,11.etribet;oui conduct the business of the cemeter.
the board would be elected there by the
Oners' votes. Any parishioners who thought proper
1.,_11.1 rt,and a poll.
iellriatiritr. 3.eBJoeiffil et unsaid, he had been requested to move
, which was as follows :—" That a
tool, groan shall be provided for the parish. of Liver-
there etropolis
Lao 11 the county of Lancaster, under the Burials beyond
lion Would be th
Act "
• He said, 'he.could not suppose that
Eb 'as that. e slightest opposition to such. a resolu.
ptri"'archly "'. Under the circumstances in which the
shi ardens had informed them they were placed as
;NI °,,tle,,rs arising from- an order in council whic
"esltecl-e", solne years since, and which had so far been
Pareehi',..s he understood, because it was supposedro t`
eolitietC, cetnetery did not come under an o
address, but hi regard to which, from a recce
eon, 'A tO the chairman by the Home
hafte2.llellco of a decision given by on,
advis;,, 1t Would appear that the vestry w-
Parechs, the vestry Was now'oblie.ed to close the ,
for i 'al burial ground, andb seek accommoa,
'3l.lTleilli.t..rnaents somewhere else. That order
Were 110',.?4n0 upon them somewhat by surprise, and they
altered
al riased in this position. In consequence of _
eha,e,,,
thee of things since the land at Walton was pur
are, ,",_ Y were obliged to provide a very much. larger
it We'll" th9Y would have done had the law remained as
lags :111tJa847. Be should here refer to the past.
proceed_to be
the parishioners,
before entering upon what he conceivrelB4B, a
gener`l hionerifmuch'for the future. In the yea
resent vestry, more largely attended than the
Wer vestry,
v!_str e special vestries usually
that;Ws.a.s held.
Ile should speak of the roceedings of
each e,"rY as a 'whole—the resolutions being a part of
barn ',here-no one resolution being independent, but
that's- a' eolziPonent part of the whole. He found,. then,.
the '1 that occasion a resolution was passed sanctioning
suggZtre.4lllse of land for the purposes of a ceniectenruyneaisi
`.-nanteli'°Y the Health Committee of the To
~ 24 a4teollt of the town. The land coveredwann extent
Zici• iti th s' At that vestry a church•rate was levied of
Vl' the purposee Poud, of which 11d. was to be appropriated
1114 he,of paying for the purchase of the land.
requiri 'e was also a resolution passed at that vestry,
crated ng that
a portion of the land only should be conse-
for le and that the rest should remain unconsecrated,
would be
saftiojewas sUpposed that 27i acres of land
regl,. tit according to previous experiene,for the °I the 7rbeots of the borough under the then existing state
the whole Subsequenily, however, it would appear that
;atiee "ole of the land wa:- e' ensecrated, and not in accord_
ler theWpiathristhhe
.resolution Passe d by the general vestry
~. solutie • it was not for him to explain why. that
rvr°eeeei...ll was ignored. He could not see anything in the
'se slightest`"gB of the Select Vestry subsequently which made
took reference to that resolution whatever, and he
setati_ bathe case according to the principles of rep re-
%ea et. 'e government, of which they were justly so proud,
15byrorued, twbhatiesheeliineg hoped they were equally sensitive as
ay had power otaextrheetm hasettivheey,
, altho screntation, thethey ought the
also to take Caro v eesntirely relieve their own shoulders of responsibility,
;Poe
ahem ugh gentlemen might be good enough to take kip selves the duties, nevertheless the public should
tk P vigilant eye Upon their representatives, in order
eat each
ti(,be,, ndividual should perform his duty. in the great
part gle of government, of which each happily formed a
le • (Hear, hear.) If, therefore, there had been any
gal discov‘ery
general , made subsequently to the meeting of the
it %, vestry winch should tend to alter the resolution,
vestars the duty of the Select Vestry to call the general
submit. to
which' atic'teildetrhel.;ll:l them the circumstances
vestry hearecide Position, and then leave the general
(Hear pro uon the course they „have„en
the
hove rale utained that would be
but that course, .'arse under the circumstances,.r
but
of the land wag r, had not been pursued, and tli
eons crated. Those, therefore, w
eWereenfo rpmr
provided
dt
co,
dt the . ritual
T heaot
r thooonEstablished _•"--
unity here which did
rom partic'
novtevY large section of the corn.
e'toluded virtually f
Ivithatever. (Hear.) Now, he in. to that ritual we;
NI tPating in any benefil
yes free to say that under
;,," new act,' which had reeentl aanssel the legislature,
;"crwhole of that land would not
:',Or the interment of those who confoZeYd siifficient, event.
to the rites o
"t. tstablished Church. It was quite clear, therefore,
I,‘ohrat a far greater extent of burial ground was necessary
~ so very large and populous a parish an that of Liver-
i'ool, the
population of which, although it by ito m„
ttol,tyeaded to the present. parliamentary boundary of the
raj u, was very nearly, if not quite, 300,000 souls. Re
tiNg.hll32 told that there were private cemeteries, but th
th,',„"art gone by when private cemeteries. would answere
bp- varPese of investments and remuneration of interest,
t:r4Wt, -eu.se the legislature, in its wisdom—and he thought
isely-e-hed declared it the duty of the parishiouers
On '',°..vitle for the interment of those who dwelt. no more
aeurZeul, that they should cease to be a nuisance and a
he to,, ef pestilence to the living. (Hear, hear.) When
Int--41 them that, during the last nine years the averageo
~,Cer_ll?ents in that parish had been upwards of 9,00
.--e
pariusktl told them that, if they went a little beyond th. _
iticreli to the parliamentary boundary, the number would
ints..esoe to 12,000—when he told them, that the pauper
4,,,,,.°D, nts alone, from March 17 to April 16, 1847,
th "ted to 650, he was sure they would agree with hiM,
at el
Of kit acres o land would not suffice for the purposes
wrtostat of the parochial dead, even of those

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