Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The incident that had arisen with respect to the
Moldavian elections was of course ended by the
Porte's compliance with the wishes of the four
powers—a fact confirmed by the last despatches
received, which further add that M. Thouvenel is
to pay an official visit to the Sultan to-morrow,
and that diplomatic relations will be at once
resumed. It was expected at Constantinople that
the new Ministry would be constituted by the end
of the present week, The oonduct of Lord Stratford
and Baron Prokeseh, in abstaining from joining
the other Ambassadors in their representation
to the Sultan, is now the only point of the affair
possessing interest, and requiring explanation.
That want of unanimity, concerning which the
Paris papers are not sparing of comment, does not
appear to be here dwelt upon or taken up in any
unfriendly spirit towards England. It is plainly
seen and well known that Lord Stratford is the
cause of the hitch ; and people generally have left
off being surprised at anything he does. They do
inveigh against, and wonder at his Government
retaining the services of so troublesome and tur-
bulent a personage. The censure of foreigners,how-
ever, is not to be invariably advanced as a sound
motive for the removal of an ambassador, since he
may very often incur it by doing good service to
his country. Lord Stratford has so many enemies
at borne as well as abroad, and he has so repeatedly
been the cause of trouble to his Government,

besides having on at least one recent and well-
known occasion incurred its severe disapproval,
thtt one is led to the inevitable conclusion that he

has been so long maintained where he is only on
account of his possession of , certain valuable
qualities and high qualifications for the post. It
is presumable that we shall know something, before
long, concerning the reasons he held to justify his
recent disobedience of orders.

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1857.

LIVERPOOL PARISH BURIAL BOARD.

fhe anetnal meeting of the Liverpool P *fish Burial Board
took place, at noon, yeaterday, in St. Nichol ,air* Church ,tor the
election of three members in the room o t those who retired
by rotation, and for the transaction of 0 thee business. The
chair was occupied by the Rev. Rector ( .7avapbell.
Mr. E. HaRVRY, Clerk to the Boart 1, stated that it had
been agreed by ballot that Mr. Chu! chwarden Woodruff,
Mr. Churchwarden Shaw, and Mr. J.. 1. *Stitt, should be
the retiring members this your. In, three years the rule
of retiring by regular rotation_ would. prevail.
Mr. J. R. JINFERY observed that it would be in tile
recollection of the parichioners that on the first election of
the Board it was nut thought advisable that Rector Camp-
bell should be appointed omit until certain questions which
it was unnecessary further to allude to had been
first settled. These questions were now settled,
and the objections to Rector Campbell's election
were therefore removed. He (Mr. Jeffer3) was informed
that Mr. Shaw was anxious to retire in favour cf
Rector, and he had, therefore, much pleasure in moving
that Rector Campbell be elected in the room of Mr. Shaw,
and that Mr. Woodruff and Mr. Stitt be re-elected.
(Hear, hear,)
Mr. S. THOItsieRY seconded the molion.
Mr. WOole itUFF expressed his regret that from the
pressure of other public duties, he bad not been able to
devote as much time to the business of the Board as he
could have desired. If there was the slightest wish to
elect any one in his place—(" no, nu")—he would willingly
retire, !areal:lse he had no desire to retain a position the"
duties of which be could not fully discharge.
The CHAIRMAN said that the only thing that could
induct him to act would be the anxious wish which he
had always, not only professed, but, he hoped, evinced, to
render any service in his power to the parishioners
of Liverpool. (Gear, hear.) With regard to
this office, he could not see how he could
perform its duties.. He was getting a little beyond his
work, and he would, therefore, rather decline the office ;
but if the parishioners thought he could render them
any service, he would at once accent the position. (Hear,
hear )
Tue motion was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. J. R. JEFFIIRY thou moved that the salary of the
clerk be 450 a-year. It was by no means an adequate
remuneration for the work which Mr. Harvey had per-
formed, but it was to be hoped that for the future his
labours would not be so great.
Mr. Hewn seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously adopted.
Tae following report was then read :
• REPORT
of the Burial Board for the Parish of Liverpool to the General
Vaitry, August 27, 1857,
At the General Vestry held on Easter Tuesday last, the board
made a report to the pariseioners, containing aa acoutit of their
proce-d nes up to that time, especially of their inquir!es for a suit-
able piece of land to be purchased for a cemetery, and mentioning
also the proceedings then in train for obtaining the author' tativo
decision of a court of law on the doubtful construction of the Rereads
Acts, w.th relation to tee power of the inhAbitan.s in gen eral vestry
assembled o elect the burial board for the parish. Those proceed-
ings, conducted uneer the advice of eminent counsel, tits en in pur-
suance of the recommendation of the Boma secretary, were shortly
afterwards brought to a most satisfactory issue, setting at rest for
over the doubts wh eh would otherwise hive axis ed as to the legal
construction of the beard and impede . its action. On a motion
before the Court of Queen's ileneh, for a rule calling up,:n the mem.
bare r,f the board to show cause why an information in the nature
quo trarranto should not be tiled against teem. Mr. Pashloy, Q C.,
as counsel tor the board, showed cause In the first instance, and
the court discha,ged the rule, decidieg .11 faveur of the election
ote the board by the general vest y, accompeale t by an intimation
approving of the course adopted for obtaining a decision on the
, point.
The board then resumed teeir inquiries fir land, and the con-
sideration of suce properties as were offered. or which they could
ascertain to be on sale— sleeted in the letter duty by the advicea of
Mr. Holland, the medical in.pector of the British Act department of
the Home-office. The inspee,or recommended the bead to endeavour
to obtain a si a which would to convene nt for the poorer classes, and
sufficiently near the town to admit or inexpensive access. The
township of Toxteth-park being provid el with a cemetery situated
near the southern part of the town, ea advised 'he board to turn their
attention to the norther,: and eastern neighbourhood; and stated
from his experience that cemeter es, proper, lad out and conducted
itchier due regulations, so tar from being a disadvantage to the
neighbourhood, hail proved advantageous, and popul r and suitable
places of resort. He further suggested that, if the site of the cemetery
were contiguous to a ranee pa k, tee two migut be Laid out so as to
harmonise with each other. The Newsham-house estate, purchase,
by tie corporatiea, was suggested as mee ing, in point of situation,
the recommendations es tae medical inspect in and it was determ,nsd
to ascertain whether tee corporation weeld be willing to part with a
portion of that proper y to the Bur al Board for a cemetery, and if
their answer should be fa' tearable, to proceed to the requisite exami-
nation and surveys, to enable the board to judge of its suitability with
respect to quality of soil, facility of drainage, and other pal titulars.
An application was made by let er to the finance committees of the
Town Councelon the leth of May last, requesting an appointment for
a deputation from the board to wait upon them on the subject, and en
interview took place, purse int to appoi talent, on the lath of June,
betweee the flu:taco committee and a deputation from the board, who
explained the above v ewe. The ape.icatien was fav„urably enter-
tained by the Comm use, who undertook to bring the subject before
the corn settee fortneir decision. Pressure of o her public business
of the highest n geney and im °nailed. and consequent absence of
members of the finance conmittee and office s of tne Council, have
caused some delay in the matter being considered by the C 'uncle but
their decision will now probably be shortly obtained. Should that
decision be favourable' toe board propose to take the necessary
measures to obtain the further iurormati 'n required by them respect-
the estate, and the various de, ails necessary to enable them to form
a judgement as to the propriety of its adoption for the site of a
cemetery. At present they can express no opinion on that question,
nor are they in fact in a position to form an opinion of the desirab lity
of the properly in auyp rticuler, except that of situation, until they
have had a report ou the retails above alluded to. The board, feel,
however, that, write holding themselves perfectly free to reject the
property, should they, on further inquiry and consideration, deem it
expedient to do so, yet that they could not consider they had
adeqnateey fulfilled their duty of ascertaining all the land available
to theta in the neighbourhood of Liverpool befo o m king their
select ion, without learning whether a portion of the News iam
Estate can be obtained, and if so giving it a cerefai coasieeration.
Other properties have also come under their notice, present ne
various tomperative advantages and disalvantages, and the different
modes of access by railway, road, and canal, have also ..ad the atter,
non of the board. On the suteect of aces s by canal, they have
applied to the Home eeeretery for his advice, and he has directed
the medical inspector to make a report of the subj et. The board
feel strongly impressed, from the information they have acquirel on
the different subjects bear ne upon the selection of a site and the
mode of using and regulating a cemetery, with the prudence and
propriety of not hastily coming to a eetermination. The consequences
of any error or Oversight would be p:rtnanent, and the d nit:Laity in n
neighbourhood so densely peopled, and where the price of land is so
high, as that of Liverpool, of ele,osing a piece of land combining the
greatest number of advantages with the fewest objections, renders
circumspection peculiarly necess ry.
The bill which ha. been introdac el by government in the present
session of parliament, for amend ng the existing burial sae has also
had the attention of the board. 7 his bill has to dergone various
alterat out during its progress through the legislature, but if passed
in the form in which it now stand., as it probably will b it will
materially affect the quantity et land necessary to be provided for a
cemetery. The bid wi 1 short y pass into law, and wll then guide
the board on this point Tee feet of its b-ing actually before the
house of parliament would, bowers-, have alone rendere I it prudent
to postpone making a determination until i s provielous in their final
state are known. It may be adder that the board have suggested
amendments in the wording of the b 11 considered to be caten•
lated to extend its usefulness, which ameudmente have, to some
eeteat, been adopted.
It is hoped when the Act appears in its final state, its provisions
wed be found to enable the trans er of the Walton Cemetery to tee
burial board, should such transfer appear desirable to all parties
concerned.
On tue subj -ct of the Necropoli , an axe angement has been come
to between the parties concerned, with the tomurrence of the build
board, which, it is hoped, may prose satisfactory t s all parties. It
wili be recollected tent tue last report m neons the tact that the
committee of grave wi era had proposed to the Templeton of the
Necropolis that tee entre management of tilt cemetery shouel he
transformed to the bur al b etre, acrd had a.,plied to the b card fa: their
assent to mu transfer. The report fur her states that the proposition
should have their teteful camera:aeon.
A neg. elation lets since taken place, which has resulted in the
following arrangement. being agr. el upon between tire pa ties, and
assented to by the Burial aeard, so far as regarea the p stout
members of the board, though its insure is such, 'hat no compact,
permanently binding on the uo .rd, cote r be meets:
Tae e acropolis is for the eature t be uncle,- the management of
ten gentlemen, et whom livef
are to be selected by the propr etors ;
three (being grave-owners and net pr iprietore) are to be selected by
the grave-owners; and two are to be named by, and out of, the
Burial Board, not bung pr 'p esters.
This arrangement necessitat s a supplemental deed of settlement,
which is nee being prep ;red by sir. erook, the baeister. The board
c .nside7 such an arrangement prefer .ble to the abso ute trap fer of
the Necropolis to V.em, inasmuch as it leaves them perfeetly 1/ ee from
existing obligalons in their choice of a peleie cemetery, under the
a. to of purl ament, while the voice sub control 11 the rime igelient of
the N.cropolis, which it affords to them se long as they think p oper
to sxerelse it, will pro-/ably tend to insp.re pails confidence in the
tutur, conduct of that e-metery.
The accounts of the board was pre,ented on the 34st of March last,
to ihe snifters appointed by the Vest yin that month; an I the same
were duly audited amo to ing to the eurn of .4'l L 3s .d, anti are now
reported to the Vestry, is pursuante of Ens act of par timeut.
THE LATE LAD 1' BARE LT.—MELBOURNE, May, 20. It remains to report that, pursuant to the act of parliamcnt, the term
You will have beard of the melancholy death of Lady of office of tlirea members of
gheed has exerred. The selection f
Balkly. She hail been to short a time here to be much the three first mete rs te r has 'alien by ballot upon sl es r..
known, but everybody who had met her was delighted with Woodruff, Show, and Stitt, all ef whom are re-elieible by the Vestry.
her engaging manners and lady-like courtesy—a striking Mr. J. R. JEFFERY moved the adoption of the report, and
contrast both in her ease and that of 'Sir Henry Barkly, ' in doing so regretted the absenc of Mr.Roberteon Gladstone,
with the habitual hauteur of our previous "great person- the chairman of the board, He then referred to the new
ages" The cause of poor Lady Birkle's death has been Burial Act, and eb.,erved, that by the limitation of the
carefully hushed up, and from an amiable motive. It has orders iu Council they could now put four bodies in one
never been alluded to in any of the journals here, but I grave in place of one. Ureter those circumstances, it
see no reason why yen should not know it. Lady Bar- vrould not be nee, carry for them to purchasea as large a
kley was very fond of driving her own pony phaeton, quentity of lead as they otherwise o; and they
sometimes with a groom riding behind, but sometimes, I agreed with the medical inspector of the General Board of
think, without any ettendant• She dr n'e well. We all Health, who suggested that instead of providing one large
admired her elegant ease and simplicity of style. One day eersetere for the whole town it would r e better to provide
she was driving rip the slope of Princee-bridge just three smaller ones in different districts. Texteth Park
as one of the Se Kilda omnibuses was coming 'down. district was already provided for; so woe the north end,
The harness was in a very shameful condition, and sod- and Vol hid only to provide fur the eastern district of the
dealt' the reins broke. Lady Barkly perceived this, and town They coesidereil that the Newshem House estate
sewthe unmanageable yeliele coming down the slope, swer- woul be a suitable place fir the purp,sr, and as they had
ving from side to site. She clad not know what to do, but heard from the report the e n par Awn were willing to dispose
hoping the driver might yet be able to avoid her, the kept of a portion of that land to teem As t i the arrangement in
her proper side. Tee onteibu e however, catne in ccutact reference to toe N, cr. oil
s
hoped that while it would
with her pleeenn, which was overturned in an instant. give is,i•eurity to the public, it would render the recurrence
Lady Barkly was taken up almost fainting. The driver of those scenes wheel they all hal deplored impossible for
was speedily sviead, and niett day brought up to the police tho fte are. As a greveowuer he looped that the facts in
court; but her ladyship deenned to all any one to ap- regard to the Necropolis enquiry would be buried in ebli-
pear against him, saying simply, "It was an accident." vion, and that they would hear nothing further of the
Had all this been known, not only the driver, but pro- matter.
bably the proprietor of that line of omeibusses, would Mr. WOODRUFF said it should be understood that Mr.
have been ruined. Not a word, therefore, was said about Jeffery o sly spoke leis own santitiaeit:r
it, by request, I take it for granted, of her ladyship. In matter, and not the opinions of the
Board,
a week or ten days afterwards Lady Barkly was delirered • Mr. JRFFIRY : C rtriuly,l
0., olei.n regard to this
speak my own sad-
a a son, and died in a few days, the child following her' ments•
also in a fortnight. She was buried in the cemetery, in a On the motion of Mr. Jeffery, seconded by Mr. Wood-
spot indicated by herself the funeral being at an early ruff, rleaukt were voted to the Chairman ; after which the
hour of the mot ping, and quite private, at her own request. meeting seenarated,