The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-24 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL UNION BANK.
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Appltcations for Shares continue to he received at No. 4,
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By order of the Board. of Directors,
JAMES LISTER, Manager.

Lit •rool„-Ipril 23, 18.35.

GRAND JUNCTION RALLWAY,
• To Irenmasters and Otl .
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HE Directors ate now ready to C NTRACT for-it. quasi-.
tits of malleable IRON RA ',, in Tenders of not less
than 500 Tons each.
Specifications, as well as Patterns of the Rail, and all other
particulars may be had on application at the Company's Of-
fices, Mersey -Chambers, Old Churth-yard, Liverpool. No
Tender will be received after May the 1141;1835.
By order of the Directors, .
J.
sTEpHENSON,S)
LOCKE,
Engineers.
Liverpool, 20th April; 1835. • '

PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
4. VESTRY will be held in ST. iiliciter,As' CHURCH, on
WEntsEsoAv next, the 29th instant, at Twelve o'clock
at Noon, to appoint eighteen of the most substantial Inhabitants
of the Town, to be joined with the Mayor, Recorder, and other
Justices of the Borough, for carrying into execution the several
Acts of Parliament for Lighting, Watching, and Cleansing the
Streets of the said Town.
P. WOODS, Law•clerk to the Commissioners,

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PARISH OF LIVERPOOL.
THE REPORT OF THE SELECT VESTRY.
THE Churchwardens and Select Vestry, in conformity with
general custom; presento the Parishioners in Vestry as-
sembled, a statement of. their Accounts during the year ending
25th March, 1835.
By this it will appear, that the total expenses of the Parish,
have been £51,201 9s. 9d. or less than they were in 1833 by
£4,778 18s., a reduction wlich, arising chiefly. .in the Work-
house departments is attributable partly to the lower price of
'provisions and to the advantages which have resulted from hay-
lug constantly funds in hand; throughout the past year, to pur-
, 4ettase the necessary commodities upon.the best terms, and partly
to the zeal and activity of the present Governor of the Work-
' house. who has shown himself, upon all occasions, extremely
souse,
to carry lot° operation thoie plans of order and eco-
nomy laid down by the Committee of Management of the Work-
house, which, without in the slightest cegree tending to lower
the scale of living, or to abridge the comforts of the inmates of
'the establishment, have, together with the greater cheapness
alluded to, in several of the more important articles of consump-
tion, contributed materially to diminish the whole charge upon
the Parish, in this branch of its expenditure. The County Rate
is upwards of £5OO less than it was in 1833, and though there is
every reason to believe that there is considerable inequality in
the assessments of the Townships throughout the County, the
Committee appOinted under the Resolution of the last Easter
Vestry to consider the subject generally, reported that they were
unanimously of opinion that it was inexpedient to open the
question, considering, that though there might have been a con-
siderable error committed with regard to this Parish in refer-
ence to others at the outset, yet, that from various causes the
inequality has been in some degree earrected, and notwithstand-
ing that, upon a new valuation of the County, the Hate would
be more equitably apportioned, yet in the result the charge upon
Liverpool might not ne diminished. Added to this, as the Poor
Law Amendment Bill gave to the Commissioners a certain
-power to order new valuations, it was deemed advisable for a
time not to take further proceedings.
' In referring to this subject, and as being intimately connected
with it, from having upon several occasions brought it pro-
minently before the Parishioners, the Select Vestry are natur-
ally led to allude to the late Mr. Forwood, a gentleman whose
death took place in March last, and who, during fifteen years'
',employment iu the service of the Parish, manifested so much
asstcluity and intelligence in his vocation as frequently to call
for commendation from the Honorary Officers of the Parish.
Immediately upon his decease the Select Vestry proceeded to
inquire into the changes which might be desirable in conse-
quence of that event, and they now recommend that the situa-
tions of the Rate-book Clerk and of Superintendent of the Ille-
gitimate Office should he united; that one of the Constables
attached to the Illegitimate Office, in consequence of the Poor
Law Amendment Bill rendering it likely that the labours of
that department will gradually decrease, should he dispensed
with ; that the Salary for the united offices of Rate-book Clerk
and Superintendent of the Illegitimate Department should be
L 250 per annum. (by which a saving of £lB5 will be effected in
the two branches;) and that Mr. G. Forwood, the present
Rate-book Clerk, whoie habits of business and correct deport-
ment were universally acknowledged, and whose mode of dis-
charging the duties of his office has already been the subject of
praise in the Report of the Select Vestry of 18:34, should be ap-
pointed. This recommendation it is hoped the Parishioners in
Vestry assembled will carry into effect, it being of such a nature
as will combine economy with strict control, and preserve en-
tire not only the usefulness of the Rate-book Office itself, which
has been found to he invaluable, but also continue and main-
tain that system of management and of accounts which the
late Mr. Forwood so advantageously introduced into his de-
partment.
The Select Vestry would also suggest to the Parishioners,
that the labours of Mr. Mackinlay, as Secretary to the Select
Vestry, have become very great; and though they are aware
that his Salary has been increased from time to time, yet they
would still hope that some further augmentation would not be
objected to. particularly as he has never availed himself of any
assistance whatever in his department, although proposed to
him by the Select 'Vestry. but has always in his own person.
during a period of nearly fifteen years, performed the whole of
'lris onerous duties. The Select Vestry, under these circum-
stances, recommend that Mr. Mackinlay's Salary for the
future should be £3OO per annum.
In obedience to the Resolution of the Vestry summoned in '
October last to consider of the propriety of instituting a Day
Police, and to enable the Parish to make an arrangement with
the Corporation for the payment of the Parochial Clergy, a Bill
has been introduced into Parliament for these purposes; and
though the change of Administration has interrupted its prose-
cution, Yet the Parishioners will be aware that, upon giving I
fresh notice, it can at any time be agaiu brought before. the
House of Commons this Session. The Select Vestry lament that
any opposition should have been signified to a measure which, if
passed into a law, would give security to persons and property
by the establishment of an effective Day Police, and at the same
time relieve the conscientious Dissenter from the alleged griev-
ance of Church Rates, by making the Parochial Clergy here-
' after entirely dependant for their Stipends upon the Corporation,
and not upon the Parish; whereas, without some similar ar-
raugeinent, though Church Rates should be by an Act of the
Legislature abolished generally throughout the'lingdom, they
will still exist in this Parish under those Local Acts of Parlia-
ment by which the Rectors are entitled to their Endowment to
be raised by a Rate upon the Inhabitants.
It is not the intention of the Churchwardens to propose an
Church Rate for the present. They do not desire to shrink
from any responsibility; but, under the probability of a general
Measure being brought forward for the abolition of Church
Rates, and of the Local Bill now before the House of Commons i
being passed into Law, which may render Chuch Rates in this 1
Parish unnecessary, they consider it more satisfactory to both
Churchmen and Dissenters to wait the decision of the Legisla-
ture upon these subjects.
The Select Vestry have not been able to classify the Inha-
bitants of the Workhouse as fully as the last Report of the
Select Vestry recommended aod, as it must be admitted, the
best interests of Society. require, because the Workhouse itself
would require to be remodelled, and in many parts rebuilt in
another form, before any elassification could be rendered effec-
tual; and this would involve too serious an outlay to be under-
taken hastily, and without an express and positive sanction from
the Parishioners generally. This it does not enter into the
minds of the Select Vestry at present to demand; nor will they
do so until it shall be seen whether the Poor Law Commission-I
yrs, who have applied for and obtained every information re-'I
specting the accounts and management of this Parish, and to
whom very extensive powers were conceded by the Poor Law
Amendment Bill, in respect to the Building and Enlarging of
Workhouses, have any Plans of their own to suggest or enforce.
The Select Vestry feel it due to themselves to state, that they
have throughout the wholta•of their Acts endeavoured so to dis-1
charge the duties of their Offices as that, with every considera-
tion towards the indigent poor, they should at the same time ,
protect the Rate-payers; and, following up the examples of their
predecessors, they have endeavoured, - where Parochial Relief
has been afforded, or where Hates have been wholly- or partially
excused, to distinguish between the helpless and unfortunate
and the profligate and idle.
The Select Vestry, in conclusion, venture to hope, looking ail
the present financial state of the Parish, the Debt being now
wholly paid off, and £5,259. 6s. 2d. remaining in their Bankers'
hands to the credit of the Parish, that the succeeding Church-
wardens may be enabled to make such an important reduction
in the next Rate as will not fait to give satisfaction and relief to
all classes of the Parishioners
JOHN MACKINLA Y, Secretary.

THE FOLLOWING is A SUMMARY OP THE ACCOUNTS.
Dr. £.
To Balance received from Churchwardens of
23,042 9 5
.. 35,487 18 4
725 11 11

)833
Rte received
tiundries receive d

£59,225 19 8

Cr. E. •. d.
Paid on account of the Workhouse
Out Poor . . 19,327 12 0
Illegitimate-office 875 9 6
County Rates 11,281 18 4
General Management and incidental Ex-
penses
Churches
Balance in Messrs. Leyland and
Bullen's Bank £5,259 6 2
Baladco in Treasurer's bands t) 10 1

5,259 16 3