The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-04-12 00:00:00

SPORT of the CHURCHWARDENS and SELECT
VESTRY for the Year ending '2sth.March, 1833.
Adopting the custom of their predecessors, the ChurChwar.-
delis and Select Vestry present a Report of their proceedings
during the la'st parochial year.
The whole 'amount of expenditure shows an increase upon
that of the preceding year to the extent of £11,090, the cause
of which will be presently shown.
The weekly expenditure for the maintenance of the poor, in
the Workhouse, for provisions and clothing amounts to t?s. 31,d.
per head, showing au increase of Id. per head, compared with
tne last year. This excess is it! a-great measure attritattabie
to the _unproved diet of the initiates previous to and during the
prevalence of the cholera. it' is, hoWeVer, gratifying to re
mark, that the total weekly expenditure per Ilea., including
expenses of buildings, managetueut,"&e. exhibits a decrease us
2d. per head upon the previous year, and that wuile the average
weekly number of inmates of the house exceeds that of 1832 by
143, the total expenditure is only £l3l more; and that, cons•
pared with 183 J, the average weekly increase of persons is 185,
and the "positive decrease" of expenditure £317.
The expenses of maintaining the out-doo poor have far ex-
ceeded those of last Year, Owing to the rtality from cholera,
by which many families Were deprive oue or both' parents,
and from similar causes.
Pursuant to the recommendation of prectious Vestries, a new
valuation of all the property in the parish, on cue uniform prin-
ciple of the fair annual value to be let, has 'been at length com-
pleted. This work has been attended with great difficulty, and
unexpected and inconvenient delay; and although, from the
'adoption of a new principle, by which many iriegtuariti,s -have
been corrected, dissatisfaction has for a time been created, the
Select Vestry are persuaded that open a candid consideration
the parishioners will find ample reason for being satisfied with
it, since it has, for the' first time, placed every description of
property on an equal footing. It is true, indeed, that by many
of the parishioners it is considered to be en act of imprudence
to take the assessment at the full rack rent, as it enables the
Government Officers to add to their estimates for Howie Duty,
in which case the Parish of Liverpool is ;Assessed at a higher
rate than the rest of the country. The Churchwaidrus and
Select Vestry are assured, however, that this is not the case;
that if any definite per centage were taken of the rack rent, or
full value, in the general assessment of the town, it is the impe-
rative duty of the Government Surveyor to add such per cent-
age to the assessment to the Poor-rate, and to make the in-
creased sum the value fur the computation of the House Duty;
and if any deduction were to be made front the full Value, and
this was not so notorious as to be easily leiiint by the Govern-
ment Collector, there would be no protection for the parishiuners
against the most uuequai taxation. At the sante time, the Se,ect
N esti y are ready to admit that the *ant of one general prinCipie
of ustestiuent to the Poor-rate, And of one periodical survey
thruu4hout'the country, leads to the weatest mequajtieS as to
all tu.:,!s dependent upon 'the Poor-rate; and if the exigencies
of the country will not admit of a repeal of the I,ionse. linty,
the Select Vestry recommend the parkhioners to petition Par-
liament to adopt such.a curnmoti principle of assessment as will
subject every part of the kingdom to a uniform s 3 stem of
taxation.

c rout tne peculiar circumstances in which the Churchwardens
and Overseers were placed on entering their office, they have
been under the' disagreeable necessity of laying a higher rate
than has been usual of late years, but they feel confident that
an impartial consideration of their reasons for doing soe wilt be -
a still-Licht justification. On entering upon the niseharge of
their unties, they found that their predecessors had laid a tate
unusuaity low,—that a debt of considerable amount was owing
lo the Bank;—they found, too, a large arrear of unpaid ac-
counts, us well as ciaiias of a pressilig nature hens the County
'freaeurer. Not long afterwards, this toeu was visited with
that appa.ing calamity which it has p.eas-ed Providence to in-
dict upon almost every pact of the g:olie, the immediate conse-.
queuce of which was to Ming upon the parish an expense ex-
ceeding E 100,4 a sum much less than the Select Vestry at the
time apprehended, considering the extent to which the disease
prevailed, dud the mesancholy cousequences which resulted
fl um it; and not on:y was the expeuaiture in the mg of casual.
and teniporary reaa* greatly augmented, but the same awful
visitation left a great !mintier of indivictuais totally dependent
upon this continuing for permanent support; and this circum-
stance, in a great degree, accounts for' tee great increase in the
expendituie.ail the•out-door poor which has been before alluded
to. Besides the extraordinai y demands occasioned by the cho-
lera, it must he observed ,that the proportion of this palish
towaras.the County Rate exceeds that os the preceding year by,
the eum of £1.3t,; an amount arising in part from County
Bin:dines in prowess, and as to-a consmerabre sum for damages
eq.uvered against the I.undred of West Derby for riots during
the last year. The foregoing reasons for laying a rate ot's.
tor met year will, they are confident, acquit them in the -Judg-
ment of the parishioners for the course they hive taken. 'l ac
Churchwardens, in resigning their trust into the hands of their
feldiw-parishioners, -cannot sin fromcalling their notice to
.tilt great harcishitinf upeu any iudiviauals, iu amide!)
to the very onerous chides which are nivOlved in the situation
of Churchwardens of so extensive a parish as this, the very fear-
ful personal responsibility which they were compelled to incur,
satisfied, as they are, it wilt not be controverted, that the inte—
rest of the palish, as well as only.commun justice to those who
may have co succeed them, tequird equally that the 'rate laid
shoals, when property collected, always place the parish in a
situation to render their 'honorary ullieers free Jima unfair
reeperiathility, and at all times eualie them, •by the command
of iimitediate lesources, to go nito the market tor the. necessaiy
purchases with the greatest benefit to the parisinotiers at large..
"i. he Select Vestry regret to state that a eel y large amount Of
Rates remains to tie col,ected, and a very consieetalne amount
of debts remains to be dischaeged. et he-delay in snaking tae
rate cuhscquent upon the new aeseesuient, is, in a great eteusui e,
the cause of this utickwarcluess. bat the Select 1 estry cannot
eter.ook the fact, that the pubic service of the Parish has sus-
wined great inconvenience from the fi•cluency with which toe
cettectois have -been taken from their ()raillery Lanes, hien then'
Littematucc being required at the difreredt poe:s.
'the Government zurveyw' has mace particular complaints
ie tins r epcct, because, ii.tweigh the receipt of Poor Rat .4 may
. e preteeeteig during the poll, the collectur of the Goverinaeu.
.s t ninety at to stand stiti.
:it an ttiteear,ce of the ee, on:inundation of the committee ap-
Leaated at the, last Easier estr}, the Chuichwaiden.eaticiSehict
estry beg to state that the Ran look a the teeserit year, has
beeu made oat on an improved ptiaciple, auu a. ecw rcga.ation
has been adupted, as to toe collectien of the fates, according to ;
which the Parish has het n diviecd into leglit cfist:iets, .:lid
sub-committee of the Select VeSiry. been appointed to super-
e.leh coact:ter, 'awl though this has Leen in operation
..ir.3 eleett three mouths, the Select Vettry no not -hesitate to
their coneiciiee that, if the system be pe, severed in,
Atostantial goo:: trio in.ocr trout it. in to this, the S.
.ect est.ev have appointed alr. P. Vet aunts, to the attire or
.sate tit ra, at e s.aiary ol selejeet to the.eptnulia-
non of the tiettetae.Vestiy. I:,s peticipa, auties ate to .ceeive
eue recoett the daily retain, al 11. Q., ....otteatii ialld I.‘ ce,.s.rer,
by
which in: sus the See.eet t'.ti iesee tic fuees.,, Liu% k tac •
to. cetious, awl ;ty' iteteeee.e Leta learn weat latee pep. vs
..ee. in 'i hi I.,ae dltti teecives le-
:, es floe, the tt.! ,tets in new peeve ty ecie.cee rreso oeeep...-
. 5,511, 41:14 01 . eeiseng plupetyy,
Sae imitetee he crese, e: tee 1'af.31.1i1..'41D0. 1.11.111611 ea, It a.;
.y exiaicice, tii,it 'etc p. eve.% atit.n of eat. ti riae
~,,ok wt., tat gt a.l) iti act. - isie ee•aleet s entry ilaVe t sic
itiie f.C1.1,111 to that same airs OffiCCA ea epee ite
thts:e recieze,.. their saugtene
ex.feeta.iorie. et.e.ect'a csrry truce leave to .ate, lout they
oi,eetei. the 61:leap( haul: ...ei le, wali the titi,.nts ateaci.e:t.
te it, now taiaeletler„ oy e,er. ti. I.7teavocia,
tees. alai ee c ea l.! t i.e.rt!) ee .I,ctantha it ar the Leaeoe
ea; ot .tatants in
l'aeeleeiet teaceia aee. :in frOin ce.p.aieeieg their
.ezese ,lie ou ag.l 1 .:e. ei et r.
etAin,evtio, tett:us •Il Lai Vt,..1 al/L1 L 44541,11.4,
ietees o: eed ~ti aetme

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1833.

bon!. must necessarily have been taken. up in the performance
of those duties. Nor ought an opportunity like the present to
be neglected of making a just amt proper acknowledgment of
the oldieiiiions the qsarisitioners are under to
•Mr; Overseer
fletishaW for the zeal and ability with Which -he discharged the
important and dangerous duty of superintending the hospital
for the reception of cholera patients and the house of refuge.
The Select Vestry in consequence of th inattention of one
of the Collectors to the duties of his office, regret that they arc
under the necessity of reconmiending the Parishioners in Ge-
neral Vestry not to continue his -appointment. And the Select
VeStry having had ample means of satisfying -themselves of the
efficiency of, Mr. Richard Ellerton, the present Collector of
Arreani, foe the office of Principal Collector, recommend his
appoinehient in the place of the Collector alluded to.
The Select Vestry recommend their successors to direct their
earlier ,attention to the best means of effecting a inure complete
classiaiscttiotkof the inmates of the Workhouse than that which
has ttirOdy been effected; since it cannot have escaped the ob-
servatifin of any one' 'who.has,bects enabled to direct his atten-
tion to the subject, that, owing to the want of some effectual
means of s,parating the more profligate and abandoned, from
the betaer shspesed, it has been impossible to subject the inmates
twiuels- a•governinent as might exclude• the prevalence of im-
moralities, which cannot but be revolting to every well-regulated
mind. It appears IO the Select Vestry, that one of the greatest
benefits the parishioners coital confer- Upon those unfortunate
individuals, who may be compelled to take refuge in that asy-
lum, woulti be effected, by impowering their successors to snake
such akemtient•in- the interior of the building, as will enable
the overseers or governor for the future, effectually to prevent
all improper conanunication between -the. profligate and well-
disposed, whereby a more efficient discipline may be main-
tamed,, and the interests of the parishioner's and the cause of
good motels, at the same time be promoted.
The Churchwardens and Overseers cannot but feel the deep-
eat regret in announcing to the parishioners, that the present
impaired state of the health of one of their oldest and most va-
luable servants, .renders it imperative upon them to recommend
sortie a.teration iu regard to the superintendence of the Work-
house.: The Governor, from whose zealous and indefatigable
services the PariSh has derived incalculable benefits Outing the
space of upWard.4. of 30 years, is at plesent labouring under
such serious b4idilv infirmities that some assistance to hint is
absolutely required, and it is the opinion of the Select Vestry
that the best means of rendering justice to one of their oldest
end ab.est servants, and at the same time of furthering most es-
sentially the imeyesis of the parishioners, will be the appoint-
ment-of a deputy governor, of such a character as will be a
security for the nue protection of -the comforts of the paupers
on the one hand, anu on the other, will secure to them in the
event of the refitment of the present governor, the succession
of one who has had an opportunity of shewing his competence
to till so responsible a situation; at the same time such an ar-
rangement will afford the person so appointed the benefit of the
enrcrienee and advice of a person who has been confessethy one
tit the most efficient puhric officers in the. kingdom. The Se-
lect Vestyy therefore recommend that a person of the above
description should immediately be advertised for, at such a fair
remunerating salary as is likely to induce men of proper cha-
racter and information to offer for the appointment. The Se-
lect Vestry would suggest that the salary should be £2OO, Mr.
Hardman, retaining his present appointments .with a salary of

Someallusion will naturally be expected to the recent at-
tempt to introduce Sir J. Cam Hobhouse's Vestry Act into this
parish. The parishioners are of course aware that that act has
not been adopted; but it should be known that of the actual
number of votes, delivered to the Churchwardens, a considera-
Le maority were decidedly bad. The Select Vestry think it
incumbent on them to cali the attention of the parishioners to
,t,b4fakt, in order that they may consider the expediency of
taking sihne steps for an appacation to the legislature to prevent
thelepetition of such an abuse, by. which, if there had not been
a very minute and laborious scrutiny, the parish, contrary to
the intentions of the Act, would have been subjected to its oper-
ations, without the consent
.of a majority of bona tide rate
payers.
A is S TRA CT of the ACCOUNTS of JAMES FOSTER and JOHN
• DAVIES, Charchwar4ens, and the Select Vestry of the Paridh of
LCrerpool,
.1: um the 250 t of March, 1832, to the 25th IV March,
1833:—
RECEIVED. d.

Balance received from the Churchwardens of 1832 1,174 7 4
Received on Account of Rate of 1831
Reeeived Treasurer's Poundage for collecting Assessed)
Taus 678 14 9
Received for Borough Voters • ~. 57 9 0
County Voters 35 15 4
Summonses 2O 16 6
Amount due to Messrs. Leyland and BuWm.

1:49,8!3 1G 6