The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-04-05 00:00:00

chair,—

The notice convening the meeting having been read, the
Summary of the Accounts of -the Churchwardens for the last
year was laid before the Vestry.

' Vlt was moved by Mr. Chure'lrtrarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. JOHN WHITBY, _ _

That the Accounti of the Churchwardens now read do pass.
It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. Thomas URQU-
HART, seconded by Mr. S. B..JACKSON,
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Thai the Accounts now read be referred back to the Church-
wardens to be made out according to law.
The original motion, with the amendment, having Leen
severally put from the chair, the motion was declared to be
carried, whereupon a poll was demanded by Mr. URQUHART.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. EDWARD P. M'KNIGHT, and
Resolved unanimously,—That Mr. Charles Frederick Came
be elected a Churchwarden for the ensuing year.
It was moved by Mr. Churcilkvarden BANNER, seconded Ty
Mr. EDWARD BRADLEY, and
Resolved unanimously,—That Mr. Robert Hutchinson be
elected Churchwarden for the ensuing year.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. CHARLES WILLMER, and
Resolved unanimously,—That Mr. John Brancker and Mr.
Peter Bourne Drinkwater be appointed Sidesmen for the
ensuing year.

It was 'moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and _ _

Resolved unanintously,—That Mr. Charles Willmer be ap-
pointed an Overseer of the Poor for the ensuing year.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and

Resolved unanimously,—That Mr. Joseph Gardner be ap-
pointed an Overseer of the Poor for the ensuing year.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE,
That Mr. Joseph Shakeshaft be appointed an Overseer of the
Poor for the ensuing year. _

It was moved, as an amendment, by Mr. ROBERT BRYDEN,
That Mr. John Whitby be appointed an Overseer of the
Poor, in place of Mr. Shakeshaft, but this amendment was
withdrawn, the original motion being put by the Chairman, was
carried.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and _

Resolved unanimously,—That Mr. John Hand be appointed
an Overseer of the Poor for the ensuing year.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and

lieBol7:ed,—That Mr. James Brownbill and Mr. John Wil-
liams be appointed Churchwardens of St. Paul's Church for
the ensuing year.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and
Resolved,—That Mr. George Nickson and Mr. Thomas
Gregory be appointed Churchwardens of St. John's Church for
the ensuing year.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE,
That a Church Rate of 2d. in the pound be laid for the ensu-
ing year. _

It was moved as an amendment by Mr. URQUHART,
That a voluntary Church Rate of 2d. in the pound be laid ;
but this amendment was not seconded, and the original motion
being put by the Chairman, was carried.

It ivits moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and
Resolved,—That each of the Parish Clerks be paid the sums
of .t"5O, in consideration of their giving up their fees on the
bills of mortality, and circulating them gratuitously, as usual,
upon the understanding that the grant of it shall not be con-
sidered a permanent allowance.

It was Moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and
Resolved,—That the Churchwardens be authorised to pay
out of the Church Rate, the sum of .eto to the second Minister
of St. Paul's Church, in addition to his present stipend.
It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE,
That the sum of .e7O be paid out of the Church Rate, in aid
of the Welsh Service at St. Paul's Church, provided the Welsh
Curate visit the district, such sum to be divided as follows,
namely,—the Minister .55, Clerk, .elO, and Sexton, £5.
It was moved as an amendment by Mr. WILLIAM ROBERTS,
seconded by Mr. ROBERT WILLIAMS,
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That the sum of .t'9o be voted towards the support of the
Welsh Services in St. Paul's Church, on condition that the
Welsh curate perform the various functions of a Parish curate,
in connexion with the said church, and ecclesiastical district
attached to that church, and that such sum be apportioned in
the following manner, namely:—
To the Welsh curate £6o
„ Organist
„ Clerk lO
„ Sexton

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The original motion, with the amendment, having been
severally put from the chair, the amendment was declared to
be carried.

It was moved by Mr. Churchwarden BANNER, seconded by
Mr. Churchwarden CLARKE, and
Resolved,—That the report and statement of accounts of the
Equitable Rating Committee be reserved for consideration at
an adjourned meeting of this Vestry, to be held in this place
on Tuesday, the sth April next, at Twelve o'clock at noon;
also, that then the election of the requisite number of Select
Vestrymen to supply the annual and other vacancies be made
in accordance with the notice already issued.
Mr. Churchwarden BANNER submitted the following propo-
sition to the meeting, and the same was reserved for considera-
tion at the adjourned meeting to be held on the sth proximo :
" That it be an instruction to the Churchwardens for the
ensuing year to procure plans and estimates for the erection of
a church upon the site of the present St. Peter's Church, such
as shall be best adapted to the accommodation of the parishio-
ners, and of such an architectural character as to its exterior
as shall be a credit to the town of Liverpool. Resolved, also,
that it be an instruction to the Churchwardens to place them-
selves in communication with the Town Council to ascertain
how far they. would be inclined to encourage such an undertak-
ing if, conjointly with the new church, arrangements can be
made with the concurrence of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese,
for the widening of Church-street by taking into it so much of
the churchyard, as would give the street a width adequate to
the wants of so important a thoroughfare."

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It was moved by 'lllr. WILLIAM ROBERTS, seconded by Mr,
ROBERT WILLIAMS,

That St. John's Church, in this parish, has long performed
in a praiseworthy manner the functions of a Parish Church ;
with an ecclesiastical district legally assigned by the Bishop of
the Diocese to the care and superintendence of the clergy
thereof, together with Sunday and Daily Schools, and Ragged
School, in active and useful operation, for the benefit of the
poor children of the district and neighbourhood. That the
stipend of £lOO, hitherto paid to the Curate of that Church, is
absolutely inadequate for the faithful services rendered to the
Parishioners; and that, therefore, it is expedient to increase
his stipend to 46'180 per annum, being the same as paid to the
Curates of the Parish Churches of Liverpool. That the Church-
wardens of the Parish of Liverpool be hereby
f 480 per
pay out of the Church Rates the additional stipend o
annum to the Curate of St. John's Church.
GARDNER
It was moved as an amendment by Mr. Overseer ,
seconded by Mr. BRYDEN, be adjourned
this day); and the motion
until the meeting of Tuesday next (
and amendment being severally put from the chair, the samend-
mentiingaftnnle:futfor his able and
was declared to be carried. empowered to
taken on WEDNESDAY next (to-morrow)
the 6th April.
Mlr:huerCqunhAairitth,,ivAuNldnbowe announced that the Poll demanded by
AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, Rector of Liverpool,
in the Chair.
sti.hve,—r h Chair,at
the thanks of the Vestry
in the chair. CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk.
be
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