Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-05 00:00:00

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Polling upon
the following Motion and Amendments, which were pro-
posed at the General Vestry, held in St. Nicholas's Church, on
Friday last, will be Resumed THIS MORNING, (Tuesday), at Ten
o'clock, at St. Nicholas's Church, viz.
Motion—Proposed by Mr. Churchwarden JONES, seconded by
Air. Churchwarden. CROPPER :—" That Mr. George Scott be nom-
inated to the Magistrates for appointment as one of the overseers
of the poor."
Amendment—Proposed by Mr. OWEN, seconded by Mr. CAr-
FERATA :—" That Mr. James Denton be• nominated in the place of
Mr. Scott."
Second Amendment—Proposed by Mr. DYNE, seconded by Mr.
TREMOR :—" That Mr. James Whitty be so nominated."
The following is the result of to-day's poll :
Persons. Votes.
For Mr. iirhitty. 330
For Mr. Denton

For Mr. Scott • 29 ..
Majority for Mr. Whitty, 301 Persons; 440 Votes.
HENRY J. NAGGER,
Liverpool, 4th April, 1859. Aoting Vestry Clerk.

ECONOMY, RETRENCHMENT, AND PAROCHIAL
REFORM.
TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE TOWNSHIP OF
TOXTETII PARK.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,—On the above principles the majority
of the present Board of Guardians were elected, it is NOW for you to
say, by your votes on the present occasion, how far you are of
opinion they have redeemed their promises. .
Firstly:—As REGARDS ECONOMY : THEY HAVE REDUCED THE
POOR-RATE TO THE EXTENT OF ONE-FIFTH, which has not only
enabled them, by judicious management, to meet the various
exigencies of the present year, but also to bequeath to their succes-
sors a very considerable warm's. By their indefatigable exertions
in your service, the Township now stands in the gratifying position
of being FREE FROM DEBT; a state of affairs unprecedented in its
annals.

Secondly : As REGARDS RETRENCHMENT : It must be fresh in the
memory of every observing ratepayer with what indomitable tena-
city the men who are now struggling for office opposed the reduc-
tion of their extravagant Plans for the new Workhouse, which, if
carried out in accordance with their views, would have entailed
our t
least
tTog.p aTwo wasteful fmu la
Jo: unnecessary
f theßoard, as
to
nowt he
consti-
tuted, tuted, the success of our present advantageous arrangements and
limited expenditure must be attributed. Will you, then, by your
Votes, assist in reversing a policy so clearly beneficial to your
interests?

Thirdly :—As TO REFORM : The very loose and unsatisfactory state
of the system of Medical Relief throughout the Township had become
pain fully apparent, and was no longer to be tolerated by a majority of
the present Guardians, who have, after much opposition and misre-
' presentation succeeded in remedying the late flagrant abuses by
the appointment of twe medical gentlemen, wao WILL DEVOTE THE
WHOLE OF THEIR TIME to their pauper patients. This salutary
change has not been effected without great opposition from
INTERESTED PARTIES, who have spared no pains in the distortion of
facts to defeat so important an object, and to heap calumny on its
philanthropic promoters.
Finally, permit us most respectfully to recommend to the rate-
payers to record their votes in favour of the 18 gentlemen
whose numbers on the voting paper are included from 18 to 35,
and who are unanimous in their determination, if elected, to
pursue the same enlightened and merciful policy which has been
established by a majority of their predecessors. The list of
gentlemen we strongly recommend for your adoption are approved
of and nominated by
WM. RATHBONE, ESQ., JAS. M‘MURDO, ESQ.,
JAS. CROSSFIELD, ESQ., THOS. AVISON, ESQ.,

J. R. JEFFREY, ESQ. I JOHN LATHEURY, ESQ.
Earnestly appealing to you for that generous support which we
feel they are entitled to, we kc, Ladies and Gentlemen, your
most obedient and humble servants,

JOSEPH WILSON,
HY. LAYLAND, Senior Overseers,
Public Office, Toxteth Park, April 4th,t1859.