The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

SALARY OF THE TOWN-CLERK.

THE recommendation of the Finance Committee, to in-
crease the salary of the TOWN-CLERK from £2OOO to
£2500 a year, was brought before the Town Council at
their meeting on Wednesday, but, in pursuance of the
standing orders, the confirmation of that portion of the
report was postponed until the next monthly meeting of
the Council. As the question involves an additional ex-
penditure of £5OO a year, it must of course receive the
opposition of those few Radicals who deem they are doing
good service to the ratepayers by objecting to every pro-
posal for increased expense, without reference to the justice
or necessity of the case. The Council have, however, a
duty to perform, from higher motives than mere petty
saving, and the majority of their constituents will coincide
with the opinion that the truest economy is to pay a fair
remuneration for efficient services. In the letter which
the TOWN-CLERK has addressed to the Finance Com-
mittee, he has very fairly stated his position, and shown,
by reference to the offices which have been abolished,
and the duties which have been thrown upon himself,
that a considerable saving has been effected since the time
of his predecessor, while, at the same time, the business
to be performed has been largely augmented. He has
shown that, notwithstanding this immense addition to his
labours, requiring unremitting vigilance and mental and
physical exertion, his remuneration does not now exceed,
by more than £lOO a year, that which he obtained in
1835, when he had the prospect of a yearly increase from
private practice, from which he is now debarred. If the
profits of his office were estimated at the usual profes-
sional charges paid to attorneys and solicitors, for the
business of the Corporation, as is done in most other
boroughs, they would have amounted to a net income of
about £14,000 a year, a sum which bears no compa-
rison to that which is now proposed as'the increased re-
muneration for services which it is not disputed are effici-
ently performed. In a case of this kind a system of
niggardly parsimony would be the most wretched econo-
my, and though Mr. SHUTTLE WORTH has the honour to
admit that the refusal of his request would be attributed
by him to a sense of public duty, it is neither to the
honour, or the credit, or the advantage of the borough of
Liverpool, that one of its most important officers should
be inadequately remunerated, and placed in a situation
which does not give the Corporation a fair claim to the
whale of his undivided energies. In all public offices,
whether of the State, or of municipal institutions, it is by
far the best course, and the truest economy, to command
the highest talent, and the most efficient services, by
adequate compensation; and we feel convinced that the
members of the Town Council, at their next monthly
meeting, will best consult their own sense of justice, and
'the interests of their constituents, by agreeing to the
recommendation of their Finance Committee.

NEW CHAPEL AND SCHOOLS IN WIND-
SOR-STREET.-I3AZAAR, YESTERDAY.

Some years aro a number of young gentlemen con-
nected with the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, in
Bedford-street, Toxteth.park, opened a ragged school for
the children of the lower classes residing •in that neigh-
bourhood. 'Other schools in connexion 'with it were
-subsequently opened in the district, and at length a chapel
and school have been erected in Windsor street, capable
,of accommodating from 400 to 500 children, which is
'intended to be open'for the admission of children of all
'religious denominations.
In aid of the funds of the new building, a Bazaar was
opened yesterday, in Mr. Walker's large and ,commodious
-rooms, in Church-street, which that gentleman had
kindly placed at the disposal of the committee for the
oocasion.

Although the day was exceedingly unfavourable, the
attendance of visitors =at the bazaar was very good, the
-rooms being frequently crowded, especially in the after-
noon. The display oflancy and other articles was choice
and varied ; and, amongst the specimens exhibited, some
were exceedingly valuable. There were six stalls, besides
-the refreshment stall, at which the following ladies of.
ficiated
1 Stall.—Mrs. and the Misses Davis, Mount-
gardens ; Mrs. Davis, Washington-street:; and Mrs.
;Lewis, Great George-street.
No. 2 Stall.—Mrs. 'Rogers, Wellington-place ; Miss
Hughes, Mount-street ; and Miss Jones, Hope-place.
No. 3 Stall.—Mrs. Hughes, James'-street:; and Miss
'Hughes, Southampton-street.
No. 4 Stall.—Mrs. and the Misses Williams, Breck-
'field-road ; and Mrs. Thomas Williams, St. ;Domingo-
road.
No. I Stall.—Mrs. Jones, Berry-street.; and Mrs.
'Rogers. Parliament-street.
No. ,6 Stall.—Mrs. and Miss Roberts, Hope-street;
Miss Reece, Mrs. J. Roberts, Huskisson-street, and Miss
Gibson.
The 'Refreshment stall was ,under the management of
Mrs. Jones, Bed ford-street ; Mrs. Reece, Everton-terrace ;
Miss Pryde; and Miss Brown.
Miss 'Brewer, the celebrated Welsh harpist, was sta-
tioned in a prominent part of the zoom. and enlivened the
company -by-the performance of several popular airs during
the day.
The receipts of the day were very satisfactory. It will
be perceived by an advertisement that the bazaar will be
continued to-day, and to-morrow the chapel will be opened
for divine service, when we perceive that sermons will 'be
preached by Dr, Raffles, the Rev. T. R. Welsh, and the
Rev. -C. M. Birsell.