The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

SELECT-
VESTRY.-YESTERDAY,

NG OF THE WALTON CEMETERY,

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A special meeting of the Set
ect Vestry was held at twelve
consi dclock, yesterday, in the parish offices, Brownlw -hill, to
for th er the propriety of opening the new cemetery
at°
Walton,
e interment of the pauper dead of the parish. Mr.
Woodruff, senior churchwarden, presided ; and, amongst thei
other members present, were—ifessrs. W. Jones, Satchel l,
Reier, Whitty, Smith, Crellin, Jackson, Owen, Shaw,_Bair-
snow, Syred, and Taylor.
The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said. that it was
unnecessary for him to occupy their time by gnoitnog into the
consider.
details of the question which they were called
ellie.Y were as fully known to each member of the.o board as to
oineself, and it would be also in their recollection that at the
last special meeting convened to
considert
Campbell having
this question, the
beard took up this position—that Rector declined to permit further interments in St. Martin's Cemetery,
Cud the Vestry not thinking it
.deiirtahbeie to open Walton
feet
churchwardens to
-etery at present, they authorise( .
Inalte the best arrangements they could with the. authorities of
13t• James's Cemetery for the purpose of parisehrkinterments. On
communicated
that resolution having come to the Vestry CI almost immediately with the authorities of St. James's Cem e.
in reply, asked for time
Thetheirßionarda
result of their meeting was communicated mleetttera,nwd-
he would request the clerk to read.
then , The Vestry Clerk (Mr. Hart)
letter : Exchange-street West,' read the following
September 8, 1856.
near Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 6th instant,
respecting the proposal entertained by
Jamie's Cemetery,
Select Vestry of
s Cemetery, I beg
lending paupers for interment .
to inform you that a meeting of the committee of that
:leernefery took place to-day, and, after. very. mature considere.
ben of the subject, the strongest objections were expressed
dutted" a proceeding, not only in consequence of the very
,„„ 'Pace appropriated for the poor district in St. James's.
re-reterY, butalso for considerations of a sanitary paturese, -coßetas the
Committee are of opinion that so lan inerea
totyonldbe
frinets in a very central and populous partargeof thee
feelw
n
!i their d
. j
very offensive to the neighbourhood, they wll
duty to oppose any pauper burials taking place in St.
an'es'S Cernetery.--I am, dear sir, yours truly,
N. D. BOLD, Treasurer.
Charles N. E , Vestry Clerk, &c,
The Chairman continued o say that the Vestry would now
lee the position i which they were. They
„thee Rev- Mr. Donna had taken upon himself the responsibilityiel
were aware that
"i negle'eting to obeyY the Rector's directions as to immediately
to the Cemetery, and that he had written a letter *o -e
~'eBtrY, Stating that he would extend the time to the
in
inst. zee was •
'the ~ . not quite sure whether Mr. Denny was then state that Mr.
aaininlree room, but, at all events, he (the Chairman) might.ea.
Denny bad that morning received a communi
Ltstlion from the Rector stating that burials should at once ceasef
. Martin's
'''''t "uh. et • Re', therefore, presumed there was an end o
dem. Je • St. James's Cemetery would not have their
, there was no other church yard in the parish, according
to law
drip t to Which they could resort ; and they. were, therefore,
" her to go to Smithdown-lane, which was out of the
Parish, or to Walton. The dead should be buried, and who-.
ever took the resoonsibility and whatever might be the cense
111ces, a Place should be at once determined.
Tith. „,11.,ay.1.31r. Denny was then
him that
interment of the
1)441 t y their position, in reference to the
he had explained to
/Nice. I wished toknow
dead and if he had any statement to
nieih 1/. -
teeth ev• Mr. Denny said : I have come, gentlemen, to
tte 1,1,-,°. following statement with respect to the serviees of
obed• Marti Parochial Cemetery. The Rector has delayed_he
t 3,0 lenee to order of the Secretary of State, already,. as h ,
Lions, three times, and neither he, nor any one under his direencn-
perfo'rrnlat disobey the law any further ; therefore,
kI bee T, from this date, no funeral service at that ceweetery.
it Its. `.,e "ay that if I seemed to imply in my note that St
he. r 14 a Cemetery is being closed in consequence of. the Redcto.n;
e fling aZerieved at the mode of appointing the burial boarh. (o
1,00 ltruction which I do not think my words hear), nothing
into,
re:ltfearthe Cron) my intention. He has merely resolve
~.,, a s
and obey the law.
elle Chid
in refere rman : Ras the Rector given you any instructions
sae .i. nee to Walton Cemetery, or are you prepared to say
The in regard to it ?
"tlei4ee Rev.
INe Mr. Deadyenny
to-d I am prepared to say thisemuch—to
Iv° be rha two o' o
eetnettLeakr;. Will
any burials whichay •a at 're sent to lf-past
us at the Wal ton
i.141..r. Jackson Can you inform as on what terms ?
furv:a.kr. Can
: I can not.
It aeksen : And that is one of the vital points involved.
Ineartoettery tbe
t I'. flatchell : Then as regards the opening of Walton.
matter is settled, though I understood the chair-
Th,_°;!y.thet we could not go there.
Waitkr'. Inalrn,lan replied that he made no such s.tfatemonento.o
to
e. e,"": Mr,.
.Denny merely says that i
ette'-' ktetnetery to bury your dead, they will bey there' in
lieanee to officiate.
tieT' %Wien : I undere,fand from Mr. Denny that they will
teereun,L,.. .
or eot., —•.., say eircutustazices, whether the dead are sent
ilev. Mr
at half-past two
'o'clock ie ...* Denny : 0 yes, we sceall be there
The d'illUe performance of our duts'• ,
that it is now
It lego airman : That is assuming, c 4 course,
oe se I Constituted burial ground for the parish,
there to
pete"el at liberty, as curates of the parish, to go and that
Toren the
_,
~
Ilev• M "tie"
m_. _rr: Denny: Decidedly.
he r itty asked if there were any legal form
Or, could
thgy°ne through before Walton could be opened ?neceissary to
e° Denny
eeppo.!,°eeed and inter there immediately as
tre'et'ut without any order from the Secretary ofMState?for a
le'gt' Chairman replied, that the churchwardens had
at °of time considered that they were at liberty to go th.erne
Ivilaat7ernclnent, without any authority from any perr
~
Viewe'e'cand that they had not been legally disabused of
otnmae.
View It
.was no doubt stated that two years ago
sand
'that, i, leatlon with the authorities in London took p
and re copse the
Dr. Sutherland came down to Liverpool,lurin
lila% rrted
againsta the ground being suitable for a 1
been taken
121)0111 tilt, he snot aware of any steps having .
leti„, ' ny the authorities in London, or of their
.having_
.es ~.....eloted to „
vvii, me Vestry that they could not bury their dead
4nelin,,in The ground had been consecrated, and. he was
Itith the ''''' think that the Secretary of State could not interfere
kruett4
,;,-11,1ton rests
to to % Satchell: Then, ea I understand, the objection; to go
her Chairinan reel i
B°le:v with the one-sided Burial Board •
__
exactly; and asked Mr. Denny if
fult;,,,ll.alanYr frther notc.o'mEs-rnupication to make to them.
se obi .Mr, Denny replied' tbet he had not, h.ut th it he would
Ita Postale" tfthe churchwardens would let him know as soon
The rev wilat the intentions of the Vestry were.
Mr. ikgentleman then withdrew.
teirt nt anye4:l begged to disabuse the m!nd
. at the bz..er Parishioner who might entertain the idea
of Mr. Satchel!,
of throw-
!tr.l3 an
oub lal Board were for a momet desirous
IYalto
their going to
80teehes whatever in the way of
W, that the contrary, he had said a
piece
ll'
ll'
-4
before,
of letid he did not think they could as he said
buy
again,r
but the an near on such advantageous terms
I! tlie„! desired delay in order that they
might,an
that hi' thought desirable, extend that cemetery,
'hat
h the meantime they should not commit them
lion f Y interment
or toe.
8 there, as by so.
lon% for land monal land might be prejudiced, and an addition al
doing, their negocia. i
‘tkc,i f exacted from the parishioners. Th.ey. had simply
tot nr del
„ tense, aY that they might undertake negociations for the
'Qat th 1 of that cemetery on the best possible terms, and now
?.ot he? Were deprived by the hasty proceeding—which he could
Itsizty Pbthkicing it was on the part of the Rector of that
'''lrtt ts:.:6 Would merely say, in reference to their position,
Which i7l, leenled to be he precisely the same eircumstances
led
to hei.e:e,ehlerchsv dens were in 15 54, who, having been
111011,-: 1 the u fiar of the place were unwilling to incur IleCt.:r eIPeN noftnnenpaanin2 •t That was precisely
-th i-'' NW reee -r-----' I * • Id be better to keep
their
as_e thin. • euey conceived that it won .
,il,. ore e_ they could ‘.°
ial ' °Pell until see whether or not it would
ooe of .APensive to have a new cemetery altogether.
nowand
bl'et,tleos the It; but the Rector, by his determination, had_
'''t° forth, question It was probable that Dr. Sutherland ea:ettleert4,l-Cshnipael;Peiinai;on of the unfitness of the ground from a
104401:led ~,,hat
‘,. examination of it. Ho might have
ti, 14 like , 4s the nature of the soil to the depth of
e> Vere •or 9 feet; but the Vestry were aware that
person greater ,ihabit of comm
itnell
14
the commencing their graves at a
1 Who had Ipth than that, and he was informed by a
. te: 0 e first inst
-.ad
i 4
Who
u°red in it to the depth of 70 feet, that they
;,e_ 4 Veriaid in
some once, a stratum of clay, nine feet thick, or
. I bed of sand, Places with sand—that benea_ththeelaz
sit ioehes , about 26 feet thick, then a bed of clay from
te had , '0 two feet deep and then sand altogether so far.a
bltit ' t"ld' that was t, the depth of 50 feet, terminating
ringraeve- end_hiaered.stoneorock, from which buret a beautiful
,„°` ater,
be,., made ate;, shoot:
the about 1
they
cam_
to a
feet of the surface.
o 4 Of gam 'I graves to depth of 15 feet, 0 .
rtftPose . the hest possible soil they could havp for the
coeld 1 BO that, un-ter all the circumstances he thought they
of
aae°otthd: better ‘thango to Walton. (Rear, hear.) But
n,4`e'tion......thr question arose, and that the most important
regard
fro fee". Ile presumed the!.e had been no corn.
t
lard to ii•-el_nl the Rector as to what his intentions were with
The th, 18 Charge on the parish for interments?.
cation cant-roan replied that they had received no common:_
taight rep ern the Rector since the last board meeting,. but he
tion,
teat to them what the Rector had told him in converse-
°r the •tnelY, that he was prepared to meet tho Bur.ial Board
Meet e,estrY in the most liberal spirit possible, provided they
any
.c.r171 .11 the same way, that he was not prepared to make
Pern,'int, age for the breaking of new ground, as the law would
ieter. nial, and that he was not prepared to charge for pauper
eeo._'l)ents as for other burials, He (the chairman) had every
1)01,74 t° believe that he R'ector's expectations did not go
sn;,7l 2s 64 or 3s fort private interments, and one half that
tr?r probably less, for others.
and if
Jackson asked if the Rector could alter the scale of fees,
80, whether such altered scale would be binding on his

kleeesso; ?
~rilThe Chair The Rector has likewise express,
lbee:i_lPless to leave the subject of fees to be decided by a
isbo
uf the parishioners, the rate to bo sanctioned by the
te,t,P' I am not making those remarks in favour of the
1,17, but to put the whole case before you.
• Ulerx. replied that the scale could Pot be altered,