Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-02 00:00:00

The usual, fortni---8E
htl LECT—YESTRY. _ - -
, meeting of -Select V,
was held yesterday,g the Rev, Rectorthe Campbell in sthe
chair. The other members present were —Mesirs.,
Itairstow, Owen; Smith, Crellin, Gair, Byford, Critchley,
Scott, Williams, Sackson,Whitt, Chesney, Melly, Syred,
ChUrchwarden Cropper, Hughes Steele, Turner and
Luft
The Chairman stated to the board that he had written
to Mr. Weightman, in reference to his accounts, and he
got a letter in reply, stating that they would. be ready
for delivery in the course of the ensuing month.
Mr. Crellin stated that he had seen-Mr. Weightman;,
and he made the same promise to him, and assured him
that the Vestry might depend upon having the accounts
before them in the course of February.
WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the workhouse committee were
read and confirmed without any special remarks.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings-of the finance committee were read,
and on the motion of Mr. Owen, confirmed.
Mr. Bairstow gave a notice of motion to advance the
salary of Mr. Walker, relieving officer.
INDUSTRIAL 'SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.
The proceedinn of the Industrial-schools committee
'were road.
liclurciinligairstow moved that the proceedings be confirmed,
the •acceptance of tenders for enclosing the
Cloisters at the school.
The persons tendering for the work were—Mr. Weber
ior iron work, Messrs. Lingard and Meyrick for glass-and
Painting, and Messrs. Wilson and Jones for brtckwork,
Masonry, &c.
The proceedings were confirmed.
A. letter was read from the Poor Law Board, stating
that they had received a communication from Mr. Luff
and Mr. Chesney, in reference to a vote that was tendered
by the latter gentleman and refused by the chairman at
the last meeting, in the case of the election of a relieving
officer. The board wished to have a communication
from the Vestry on the subject..
The Clerk submitted a reply which he had drawn up, and
'which contained a full statement of the particulars of the
F,;.:lse; the substance of which was that, on the last
estr'Y day, the members were voting by ballot
for the election of a relieving officer, and after
the votes were all taken and counted, there appeared
It blank voting paper. This, Mr. Peck said, belonged to
Mr. Chesney, and Mr. Chesney upon that, although he
was not aware previously that he had given in a blank
paper, wished to record his vote in favour of one of the
officers. The chairman refused to take the vote as in-
formal, and as 'it would have been a casting vote,
and that too when it was known to the members how the
votes stood. ruder these circumstances, Messrs.
Chesney and buff wrote up to the Poor Law Board,
objecting to the right of the chairman refusing the vote
of a guardian.

The Chairman said, he could not allow Mr. Chesney
to vote openly, when the other members were voting by
ballot.
Mr. Chesney said, he had intended to record his vote
on the paper, but he was talking to a member upon
another subject, and upon the clerk coining suddenly for
his-vote, he folded up the paper, believing he had written
the name of the candidate upon it.
Mr. Williams said he was near Mr. Chesney at the
time, and he believed Mr. Chesney intended to vote in
the same way as other members. He had the plan in his
hand, and seemed quite confused when the clerk came up
suddenly to him.

Mr. ihesney said that the chairman refased to receive
his vote, in order that he might give his casting vote in
favour of Tomlinson.

The Chairman said, that this was a deliberate "tie " on
the part of Mr. 'Chesney.
Mr. Chesney : Then I bec, to withdraw it.
In reply to Mr. Cropper, °Mr. Chesney acknowledged,
that he did not know now, whether he had written the
'name upon the paper. (Laughter.)
Mr. Cropper said he' had four resolutions, which, if
passed, would express the opinion of the board in re-
ference to this matter. The first was, " That this vestry
has the power to decide as to 'the manner in which votes
Sehecaollnd asbewtak,en." There was no objection to this. The
" That on this particular occasion it was
decided that the voting should be by ballot," and to this
no objection was offered by Mr. Chesney. Third. "As
there was nothing to show by whom the blank had
been returned, the chairman was justified in refusing the
vote afterwards offered by Mr. Chesney."
Se'eral members objected to the words •."Nothing to
show „
r ~,as not being the fact.
settmler't ,Lle
'ilesney moved that another election take place to
matter.
had t: nifty said it appeared to him that a gentleman
an., been elected who was not acceptable to the board,
tatnewn.ould, not have been elected if the votes had been all
_Mr. Owen said it was all disappointment, and insinu-
,te_ci that several members lad been actuated by private
I::,,,:eathough he (Mr Given))
!!Tuence in endeavouring*to hoist Mr. Penn into a situa-
able of Mr. Penn.. •Severe.l. members, he said, acknow-
had nothing to-eav unfavour-
able
• him that they had voted for Penn, although
'lneff_considered Tomlinson the best man.
„ Messrs. Luff, Jackson, Scott, and Critchley, defended
Inemselves against the insinuations of Mr. Owen, and
Fated that they had voted for Mr. Penn because he had
Z°nen a good and faithful
'officer long connected with the
itavebnli.shment, and to such some preference should be
,Lue„ After some further discussion, Mr. Oritchley seconded
ja:t motion made by M. Cropper.
14%1'1. Chairman read overr the resolutions before putting
r. Chesney ob'ected to his name being in the second
oMsohitio„.
The Chairman
Wane out.
r -L'ir• Chesney again interrupted the chairman while
eadThing the resolutions.
you iChairman : Be quiet sir. lam sorry to speak to
t no „ his
tha Way, but you behave at this vestry in a way
how - other member behaves ; you do not semi° know
.. to behave yourself. You made use of an expression
+^cia° which was disgraceful to -.you but not digraceful

Then I will leave your most valuable

Mr. Chesney : I withdrew it.
lThe Chairman : Well, sir, behage yourself as other
bers. I must say I have always been treated with
utmost respect on all occasions (hear, hear) ; and I
reyire you, sir, to behave in the same way.
ur he second resolution was then put and carried, with
Chesners name omitted.
4, Several amendments were moved-on the third resolli-
'On amid a lengthened discussion, during which Mr.
oe uelney kept reeating, "It just Ttuires a new
ction." Ultimpately, the resolutiqon, at the
:uggestion of the: chairman, was put in this
.s ;term
tl!t-j As Mr. Chesney himself was not aware, until his
ntion was drawn to it, and as he is not now aware,
iterift:sftinill:e_ib.:s:lank paper was his the chairman was justified
to receive the vote afterwards tendered by Mr.
The resolution was then carried.
Thewas fourth resolution was, " That as the voting paper
and informal, the vote of the person tendering was lost,
~in not . calculated in the votes."
was carried without opposition.
The proceedings then:terminated.

iastThe 01/rdiiRXENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.
; nary monthly meeting of this body was held
Laird7;ll„al6; in the Public Offices, Birkenhead, Mr. John
Were....;"' the chair. The other commissioners present
B Messrs. M'Donald, Golbourne, Harrison, M'Gill,
-I:nett,Willoughb Baylis, Bailiff, Hardman, Keightley,
Whirter, Cook. Y'
TUE LIGHTING AND WATCHING COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee were read, but con-
The no matter of public interest.
proceedings on the motion of Mr. Goibourne,
were adopted. ,

THE MARKET COMMITTEE.
kTl?ec proceedings of this committee xere also devoid of
nbh interest,' and were, on the motion of Mr.
Whirter, confirmed.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee announced that the
Itlisew regulations for car drivers had been sanctioned by
" Quarter Sessions, and had been adopted.
On the motion of Mr. Baylis, the proceedings were
confirmed.
There had been 42 deaths in the township, nine of
Which were from zymotic diseases.

ROAD. AND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
A, Prom the proceeding's of this committee, it appeared
La at Mr. Laird, the chairman of the board, had asked
Rermission to extend the coal vaults of his works in
Church-street, for which he offered to pay a small rent,
three feet beyond the parapet, which the committee had
refused, and then applied to make the vaults up to the
Parapet, which the committee assented to. There was no
other business brought before the committee.
i Mr. Hind moved the adoption of the proceedings, and
411_. answer to a question put by Mr. Baylis,
it the
41d, that in Liverpool, it had been customary
Corporation to claim a small amount
a such a privilecre, but the commissioners had found
,rraounted to suclia trifling amount, that it was not worth
oublinm in. In this case Mr. Laird had only asked for
toprivilF7ge which was granted to every landowner in the
base
The application had, however, in this instance
,
a,__een made, as Mr. Laird was the chairman; in any other
t Would have been only made to the surveyor.
13aYlis Wished to know whether the corporatio