Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-27 00:00:00

THE PAROCHIAL RATE,

Mr. Jones said that there was now in hand about £l,OOO
of last year's parochial rate. The rate was ld in the
pound, which produced about £3,800. With the sum in
hand, he thought a rate of id per pound would be sufficient
this year. This would reach about £1,900..
- Mr. Carne asked the churchwardens what had been done
With £4OO which had been granted for the purpose of
repairing St. Paul's Church. He wished to know
if anything had been done---if it ever had been
made use of, and if not, was it the intention of
the churchwardens to expend it on St. Paul's church ? lie
was quite in the dark as to what was done or what was in-
t mided.• He was churchwarden when the £4OO was granted,
and he was really at a loss to know why it was not appro-
priated for the purpose which it was granted. He had been
asked by Mr. Hutchison to make this inquiry..
Mr. Jones was quite surprised that Mr. Hutchison had
instructed Mr. Carne to put the question he did.
However, he might say, in the first place, that no such sum
had been expended on St. Paul's. The church commis-
sioners had asked for that sum, and had been refused. It
was quite true that they had £l,OOO in hand, but the
churchwardens did not think it their duty to spend money
simply because they had it. A meeting of the church
commissioners and the churchwardens had been held, at
which the subject was impartially discussed, and the
majority were in favour of not spending the £4OO. He was
also sure that this was the mind of the parishioners at
large. _

Mr. Bairstow said, on looking over the accounts, he found
that there was inserted in the voluntary receipts some £7O,
received on account of Walton Cemetery. How came it
that money received for private intermeuts should be put
down as voluntary. Surely anything received for inter-
ments was not part of the voluntary rate.
Mr. Jones explained. Last year the sum total received
and expended was put on one side of the accounts. This
year the receipts were placed to the credit of the Cemetery,
and this accounted for their coming under the voluntary
rate.

Mr. Bairstow could not understand. The Cemetery fees
had nothing whatever to do with a voluntary rate. It was
quite a distinct affair, and ought to go into the poors' rate.
There seemed to be £lO9 more than recevied from the volun-
tary rate.
Mr. Jones again explained that, lee year, the whole expen-
diture of the Cemetery was paid out of the voluntary rate.
Of course, the receipts must either be deducted from the
expenditure, or else put on the credit side. Last year it was
deducted from the gross, this year the gross is left as it is,
and the receipts are accounted for in another place.

ELECTION OP CHURCHWARDENS.

Mr. Peck wished to elicit whether any alteration in the
constitution of the present Select Vestry was proposed by
the present churchwardens. He thought that, if any change
was contemplated, it would have been proper to submit it to
the ratepayers.
The Chairman here interposed and said, that Mr. Peck
was rather out of order. However, after some con-
versation,

Mr. Peck resumed. It was his wish to know, what list
the Churchwardens proposed to elect? and it was of great
importance that they should produce that list. If not, he
should find it his duty to oppose every one put forward by
them.

After some conversation, it was agreed to go on with the
election of churchwarden.