Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-01 00:00:00

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they had no other means of
was not able to do it.

n said it anPeared.to him that'll' Mt". Fleet-
moot' was not able to perform the duties, the best thing for
them to do was to appoint a person that was able, but he
thought .Mr. Fleetwood was very well fitted for the duties.
.Mr. Denton said the chairman had said everything neces-
sary to meet the application. It was the duty of the supe-
rior of the order to appoint another person in Mr. Fl

wood's plade if Mr. Fleetwood was not able to perform the
duties. They should not break the rule that they had laid
down.
Mr. Peck thought Mr. Denton had very little faith, and
was afraid, if they permitted another priest to come into the
house, that it would put the religion established by law in
danger. He could not see why they should not consent to
so reasonable a request. It was not for a permanency, and
he thought it was only gracious to conccde to the application.
H He put it as a matter of good feeling. They were now on the
best of terms, arid they sho,,ld not, by a little matter of this
kind, create new disagreements.
Mr. Denton said he could not but smile at his friend's
extreme simplicity.
Mr. Critchley begged to move that the application be not

entertained.
The motion was seconded and carried, Mt. Peck only
Toting against it.
This concluded the general business.

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BIRKENHEAD VESTRY MEETING

Yesterday a meeting of the ratepayers of the township of
Birkenhead was held in St. Mary's Church, for the purpose
ur fit_and_ Droner tieing substantial
householders, to be appointed by the magistrates as over-
seers of the poor for the year next ensuing. The meeting
was convened by the outgoing overseers, and there was a
good attendance of the ratepayers present. The Rev. A.
Knox presided.

Before the business of the meeting was proceeded with,
Mr. Harris said he had presented a requisition, signed by
some ratepayers, requesting that the overseers would put
into
consideration the notice convening the meeting, " and to take
consideration the propriety of paying the collector, Mr.
Thompson, by a regular fixed salary, instead of by poundage,
as heretofore, and wished to know why they had refused
to do so."
The Chairman suggested that it would be much better to
go on with the regular business, and after that, if any
person had a grievance, and it appeared that some of them
had grievances, that such grievances should be mentioned,
and then the overseers would state why they had declined to
call the`meeting... . .

11Ir. Harris said he had been told so at the last meeting,
and had taken the course he had, and he expected an
answer to this question, " Could the notice calling the
meetinc, be amended, so as to take into consideration the
subject of paying the collector by salary ?"
The Chairman said, he did not think it possible that the
notice could be legally amended. If the ratepayers liked,,
they could convene a meeting for discussinc, the subjeot,
but he did not see how it could be done at that meeting.

read the statement of
inch it appeared, that the 6d. rate ha&
1.; the Bd. rate £3,982 Bs. 4d., beirig a.
_ 'Tit: out of that, the Mersey Dock

After some conversation,
Ir. M

,in, one of the oversee.

the aeco
raised £

Board. owed t

m of £402

the magistrates had

excused persc

for abo
Th,-

£lOO, .and about £IOG was
mount of rate collected , was
a calls that had been, mad
The cash in hand was £BOO

that the ME

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