The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

.4'4661 16 5

CR. s. d.
By Balance from last Year's Account 1206 7 11
Received on Account of the Church Rate, 1847, at
Id. in the .e 2846 10 7
If Ditto, 1846, at lid. in the
Ditto, 1845, at lid. in the £

„ Pew Rents of St. Nanlas's Church 2O 8 6
„ For Interments in St. Martin's Cemetery
„ For Sand Sold tiom St. Martin's Cemetery
„ Interest allowed by Bankers 440 1 G
Less commission charged by ditto 916 4

44661 16 5
Examined with the vouchers produced, and found correct, •
WILLIAM itEES, Auditor.
Errors excepted. Liverpool, 22d April, 1848.
JOHN FERGUSON, Churchwardens.
THOMAS LITTLEDALE,
CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr, THOMAS POOLE,
seconded by Mr. RAYMOND HOUGHTON
That the Accounts of the Churchwardens now read do pass.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. THOMAS POOLE,
Seconded by Mr. EDWARD BRADLEY,
That a voluntary rate of one penny in the pound be laid by
the Churchwardens, to form a fund for bringing into charge all
property within the parish, and for effecting an equitable ad-
justment of the parochial burdens.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. JOHN SMITH, se-
conded by Mr. WILLIAM WATSON,
That the Churchwardens and Overseers, with the following
gentlemen, viz. :—Mr. Samuel Thornely, Mr. Edward Perry
M'Knight, Mr. Charles Edward Rawlins,. jun., Mr. James R.
Jeffery, Mr. Tnomas Godfrey, Mr. John Woodruff, Mr. Thos.
Dover, and Mr. John Smith, be a Committee to receive, ma-
nage, and apply the voluntary rate, for the purposes mentioned
in the foregoing resolution.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. THOS. LITTLEDALE,
seconded by Mr. JOHN MELLOR,
That Mr, John Ferguson and Mr. William Bennett be elected
Churchwardens for the ensuing year.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. Churchwarden FER-
GUSON, seconded by Mr. JOHN SMITH,
That Mr. Thomas Poole and Mr. Charles Pim be appointed
Sidesmen for the ensuing year.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. Churchwarden FER-
GUSON, seconded by Mr. JOHN SMITH,
That Mr. Thomas Poole and Mr. Thomas Clark be appointed
Overseers of the Poor for the ensuing year.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. Jon N SMITH, seconded
by Mr. Churchwarden FERGUSON,
That Mr. William Watson and Mr. Thomas Urquhart be also
Overseers of the Poor for the ensuing year.
The names of the Select Vestrymen retiring having been read,
the following Gentlemen were unanimously elected, viz. :
Mr. HUGH MoLvNeux, for 1 year.
Mr. THOMAS WYLIE, for 1 year.
Mr. JOHN WOODRUFF, for 3 years.
Mr. SAMUEL SHAKESHAFT, for 2 years.
Mr. THOMAS L. HODSON' for 3 years.
Mr. JOHN WHITBY, for 3 years.
Mr. EDWIN CASSON HINDLEY, for 3 years.
Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, for 3 years.
Mr. JOHN ABRAHAM, for 3 years.
Mr. THOMAS AVISON for 3 years.
Mr. ROBERT BRIDSON, for 1 year.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. Churchwarden FER-
GUSON, seconded by Mr. THOMAS POOLE,
That Mr. William Hutton and Mr. George Nixon, be ap-
pointed Churchwardens of St. John's for the ensuing year, and
That Mr. John Tatham and Mr. James Troughton be ap-
pointed Churchwardens of St. Paul's for the ensuing year.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. Churchwarden FBA-
OUsON, seconded by Mr. JOHN WOODRUFF,
That a Church-rate of 20. in the pound be laid for the
ensuing year, and that lad. be applied towards the purchase
and completion of the new Parochial Cemetery at Walton, and
that the remaining Id. in the pound be applied for the ordinary
purposes of the Church-rate of this Parish.
The CHAIRMAN made a report of the state of the funds of
Warbrick's Charity, and of the application of those funds to the
purposes of the charity, and also of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the voluntary rate, laid at the last Easter Vestry.
It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. THOMAS WYLIE,
seconded by Mr. THOMAS URouHART,
That the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Select Vestry be
empowered to apply for an Act of Parliament to enable them to
apportion a part of the ground purchased for a Parish Ceme-
tery for the purposes of a General Cemetery, and if necessary
to' enclose additional ground, and to sell the ground so ap-
portioned for graves, at such moderate rates as will place them
within the means of all classes of the parishioners, the proceeds
to be brought to the credit of the Church-rate, after deducting
the expenses which may be incurred in the management of
such General Cemetery. The costs of obtaining such Act of
Parliament to be defrayed out of the Church-rate or out of the
money to arise from the sale of the land for the above purpose.
It was Resolved; on the motion of Mr. Churchwarden FER-
GUSON,
That each of the Parish Clerks be paid the sum of 450 in
consideration of giving up their fees on the bills of mortality,
and circulating them gratuitously as usual.
And that the sum of 450 be paid out of the Church-rate in
aid of the Welsh service, at St. Paul's Church, to be divided
amongst the minister, clerk, and sexton, in the following p►o-
portions, that is to say—the minister, 435 ; the clerk, 410 ;
and the sexton, 45.
Also that the sum of 430 be paid to the clergyman of Saint
Matthias's Church.

The following proposed clause in the Liverpool Decks Bill
having been read to the meeting by the Law-clerk :--
" Provided always, and be it enacted, that the Warehouses
to be erected under the authority of this act shall not be opened
by the Trustees for the reception of Goods, Wares, or Mer-
chandise until the Trustees shall have obtained an act directing
that the occupancy of the Trustees of all or any of the Ware-
houses to be erected under the pro. isions of this act shall be
subject to the payment of all parochial and other local rates
now levied or hereafter to be levied in the parish of Liverpool,
or other the parish, township, or place in which such IN are-
houses may be situate in like manner, as the same are or would
be payable in respect of Warehouses, the occupancy of which
is beneficial."

It icWu;anintously .Rcsolved, on the motion of Mr. JOHN
SMITH, seconded by Mr. JAMES THOMsom,
That proviso proposed by the Dock Trustees to be in-
serted in the Dock Bill, and now read, is not satisfactory, and
that the Dock Trustees be required to withdraw the bill, ac-
cording to the engagement given to the parishioners, if the
rating clause, as originally agreed upon in the Town Council,
cannot be inserted in the bill. _ _

It was Resolved, on the motion of Mr. JOHN PEMBERTON,
seconded by Mr. IRELAND LOWE,
That it be an instruction from this Vestry to the Select
Vestry, to enter into communication with the Trustees of the
Liverpool Merchant Seamen's Fund, to ascertain whether por-
tions of that fund ought not to Le applied in the relief of fa-
milies of deceased seamen who are now maintained out of the
poor's rate, and that the Select Vestry do report thereon to the
parish at the next meeting of the inhabitants.
JONATHAN BROOKS, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the Chair,
It teas unanimously Resolved, on the motion of Mr. JOHN
SMITH,
That the thanks of the Vestry be given to the worthy and
Rev. Chairman for his able and impartial conduct in the chair.
CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk.

A MODEL Bowl, OF PUNCH.—In 1694, a bowl of punch
was made at the Right Hon. Edward Russell's house,
when he was Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's forces
in the Mediterranean. It was made in a fountain in a
garden, in the middle of four walks, all coyered over-head
with lemon and orange trees, and in every walk was'a
table, the whole length of it covered with collations, &c.
In the said fountain were the following ingredients, viz.-
4 hogsheads of brandy, 8 ditto of water, 25,000 lemons,
20 gallons of limejuice, 13 cwt. of lump sugar, 5 pounds of
grated nutmegs, 300 toasted buiscuits, and a pipe of dried
Malaga wine. A canopy protected the fountain from the
rain, and a boy from the fleet rowed a boat round the
fountain, and filled the cups of the company, which com-
prised upwards of 600 men.

FRENCH NOTIONS OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE —There
can be no safety for any class, high or low—no stability
for any Government, liberal or otherwise, in a country
where the institutions warrant the promotion, by conspi-
racy and violence, of any individual caprice. Political
change in the best of cases loses its profit if wrought by
unconstitutional means. Civil war smouldered for sixty
long years over the whole breadth of Britain, even after
our own isolated change of succession. From the same
period of French history now last past any person may
select encouragement and examples for pushing forward
any private persuasions up to the eminence of universal
laws. Upon the principles which installed M. Louis
BLANC in the Hotel de Ville, and which he himself has so
unambiguously laid down, any citizen would be justified
in organizing any association for the advancement of any
theory. What the theory is—whether social, political, or
religious—whetherdeveloped as Communism, Catholicism,
Absolutism, Imperialism, or Judaism, signifies not a sous.
His sincerity must be presumed, and his rights are indis-
putable. He may fall a martyr, or he may soar conque-
ror, but that he is amenable to any authority for the dis-
durbance lie may cause is an idea not to be named. We
are now witnessing, in a most startling light, the fruits of
these principles. The whole French nationis to meet in
an assembly constituted by the universal and indiscrimi-
nate suffrage of the entire population. It might be
thought that from the decisions of such a body there
could be no possible appeal, and that whether Frenchmen
chose to decree themselves the subjects of an absolute
monarchy, as did the Danes in 1660, or if a limited one,
as did the English in 1688, was a matter entirely at their
own option. Yet it is already positively and openly de-
clared by each and all of the respective sections of the
respective clubs that if any other than their own private
opinions are sanctioned, or any other than their own
peculiar theories advanced by the National Assembly,
they will march against it—that is to say, that the voice
to which they will acknowledge allegiance in not the voice
of the people, but their own. France is a Republic, but
it is a Republic in which each individual citizen claims to
be a State in himself more completely than ever did
Louis XIV.— Times.