The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-24 00:00:00

THE LATE VESTRY MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your
paper, to make a few remarks upon the conduct of an indi-
vidual named Clarke, at the vestry meeting of yesterday.
The purposes for which the parishioners were assembled
might have been effected in one hour, had it not been for
the idle, frivolous, and worse than useless objections and
amendments of this person, who, as you will perceive by the
report published in this day's Courier, had nearly all the
talk to himself.

Now, if this gentleman's time was of no value to himself
or to his respectable employers, he ought to have considered
that " time was the estate" of a great portion of the pa-
rishioners'then assembled, and that they could ill afford to
waste two hours each in listening to his nonsense. Two
hours to an individual may be nothing, but when multiplied
by four or five hundred, it becomes a large portion of time,
and the work that might have been gone through in that
time would amount to a-very heavy sum, the whole of which
is for ever lost, because an old garrulous gentleman delights
to play the orator, to the amusement no doubt of himself,
but to the utter disgust of the greater portion of his hearers.
This letter is written in perfect good feeling: the writer
does not like to see old age making a laughing-stock of it-
self, and he therefore trusts that Mr. Clarke s good sense
will deter him from ever again furnishing the public with
such an exhibition.

I am, sir, yours &c.,
22d Afiril, 1840. A TRADESMAN.

OPENING THE BOTANIC GARDEN ON THE
SABBATH DAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Liverpool, 22d April, 1840.
SlR,—Will you permit me through your valuable columns
to call the attention of the Proprietors of the Botanic
Gardens, to the important question which will he submitted
to them next Tuesday, viz., whether they will sanction the
opening of the Garden to the public on the Lord's day.
• To those who have erroneous or inadequate views as to the
obligation of christians to " Remember the Sabbath-day, to
keep it holy," it may appear a very desirable arrangement to
allow the public an opportunity of spending a part of that
day, by taking a walk in the garden ; but I trust the number
of persons holding such sentiments, forms a small propor-
tion of the proprietors of our institution. Surely none who
are in the habit of responding " Incline our hearts to keep
this law," will be so inconsistent as to give their votes to
tempt others to break it ; and surely there are also many,
who, although they do not corresponct, love that holy law as
much, and will join in the determination of withholding their
sanction to a measure, the carrying of which would delight
the hearts of the worshippers in the new " Temple of
Science" and promote their objects, as well as prove a snare
to'others who ought to be assembling together for Christian
worship. _ _

Our senior Rector occupies a place in the direction of the
Garden, and as one who is especially called upon to be a
guardian of public morals, we may rely upon his vigilance
and zeal to perform his part. It only requires that the pro-
prietors should rally round him by attending the meeting,
and showing by their votes that no expectation of pecuniary
assistance, however desirable, will bribe them to sanction
such a violation of christian principle and morals.
I would suggest, that instead of admitting the public on
Sunday, they be admitted on another day of the week; and
if it be objected that the working people could not reap the
advantage of such an arrangement, I reply, that from April
to September is the only season that the gardens are worth
visiting, (except the hothouses, into which the public could
not, under any circumstances, be indiscriminately admitted ;)
and those persons whose avocations prevented their visiting
the gardens during the day, might go in the evening, as the
gardens might be kept open till dusk. Besides, the arrange-
ment would afford an opportunity for that large and import-
ant class, whose religious principles would prevent their
going on the Lord's day, and the benefit proposed to be con-
ferred would therefore be larger, if another day were adopted.
I remain, yours respectfully,
A PROPRIETOR.