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

£.59,25 19 8

•Liverpool, !March 25, 1535.
Error* excepted.

JOHN MACKINLAY,
Secretary to the Select Vestry.

ROBERT JONES,
Audited by IJOHN WILKINSON,
Jour KusaAw.

At the ANNUAL. VESTRY, held in St. Nicholas's Church on
TuEs DAY the 2let April, 1835,
The Rev. JONATHAN 'BROOKS, one of the Rectors, in the
Chair.
The report of the Select Vestry and the Accounts having
been read,

Itesoloyd,—That the Account now read be approved and
allowed, and that the Report and a brief Abstract of the Ac-
counts be inserted once in each of the Liverpool Papers-
The undermentioned Officers were then appointed for the
year, namely :
Mr. J. A.Tuirvit.
Churchwardens of thnParish.
11,1r.1.1. H. Lawarartew
Mr. W. Suva) Sidesmen.
Mr. G. Ma !Myr?
Mr. J. Bitiscos..
Mr. T. FA IRCLOUGH
Mr. W. N ictioLsoN } Churchwardens of St. John's.
Mr. R. LEDGER.

SELECT VESTRY.
Mi. Richard Warren,
Mr. Richard 'Harbord,
Mr. Robert Jones,
Mr. Samuel Martin,
Mr. G. W. Crook.
Mr. William Walthew,
Mr. John Richardson,
Mr. William liuson,
Mr. Edward F'ranceys.
lerk.

Air. John Kilshaw,
Mr. William Nicholsoni..
Mr. James Eekersley,
Mr. John Wilkinson,
Mr. 'William huihton, I
Mr. George Riding,
Mr. Robert Clay,
Mr. Is. Hutchinson,
. Mr. Robert Heywood.
Mr. M. D. LOWNDKS, Vestry-C
Mr. W. DICKSON.... Treasure
Mr. A. BLACK .... . Assistant
Mr. J. MAcKisitar.. Assistant.
Mr. G: P.. Foitwoon, Assistant.
Illegitimate Department, ai
CULLS

t-Overseer.
-Overseer.
-Overseer, Superintendent of the
nd Rate-book Clerk.
:CTORS.
I Mr. Zechariah Barnes
Houghton,
Mr. Thomas Ellerton,
J 111 r. Charles Hart,
Mr. Thomas Musgrove.
Mr. and Mrs. DOWDALL, overnor and Matron of the •
Workhouse.
The Rev. WILL t sat Tyaza, Chaplain of the Workhouse.
Mr. BasitzToN NIGHTINGALE., Resident Surgeon of the
Workhouse.
Resolved, That tine sum of £5O be paid to each of the Parish
Clerks, CD their giving up their fees on the Bills of Mortality.
Rewired, Tbat the sum of £52.5. be paid to the Trustees of the
Dispensary..
Resolced, That the sum of £2lO be paid to the Treasurer of
the Northern Hospital
Rendered, on the motion of Mr. Churchwarden TERMER, se-
conded 1/V Mr. COOPER, That the thanks of the Vustry be given
to \Dr. Macrorie, Dr. Gouthwaite. and Mr. M'Culiock, Phy-
sicians and Surgeon of the Workhouse and Fever Ward, for
their valuable services during the past Year.
Res/oved, on the motion of Mr. CIIOI.AILEY Woonwarin,
seconded by Mr. JOSHUA HENSHAW, That
.the same. stipends
be paid to the Rectors and Curates as last year.
Resolved, That the sum of £2O each be paid to Mrs. Aldersev,
Mrs Ward, anti Mrs. Richardson. • ,
Resolved, ou the • motion of Mr. PLATT, seconded by Dr.
BAIRD, That in consideration of the long and faithful services
of the Rev. John Pafford, as Curate of this Parish, the sum of
.£.122 10s. be allowed to him fur the ensuing year.

Mr. John Walthew,
Mr. William Middleton,
Mr. Thomas liavenshaw,
Mr. William Gibaou,

Resolved, on the motion' '6f Mr. COOPER, seconded by Mr.
I Gourney BARNSLEY, Ti.A the Secretary of the Select Vestry
do make a return, at the next. Easter Vestry, of the attendanci
of the Members of the Select Vestry on the quorums as well es
at the board meetings.
Resolved, on. the motion of Mr. SANTLEY, seconded by Mr.
lIN CAM PJA.I.L, That, in the accounts for the ensuing year,
there be stated the particulars of each item amounting to £•2O
or upwards, and the quantity, price, and by whom supplied
and in case of contract the name of the contractor. _

Resolved., on the motion of Mr. Moss, seconded by gr.
Coo PER, That the thanks of the Vestr) be given to the Church.
wardens, Overseers, and §elect Vestry of the last year for their
attention to the Parish. _

JONA. BROOKS, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the chair,
Res°lced, ou the motion of ►he Worshipful the MAYOR,
seconded by Mr. CH9LAILItY WOODWARD, that the thanks of
the Vestry be given to the Rector, for his able and impartial
conduct in the Chair. _

M. D. LOWNDES, Vestry-Clerk

THE WOMAN LATELY EXECUTED AT BRISTOL,

Mrs. Burdock, the woman executed last week at Bristol, for
poisoning, was born near Ross. Her relations subsequently
removed to Kentchurch, on the borders of Hereford and Moo-
mouth. At the age of 19 she came to Bristol to look fur ser-
vice, when she was hired as house-servant in the family of Mr.
Plumley, poulterer, Nicholas-street, where she lived a year arid
a half, and where she so misconducted herself, by pilfering and
other improper acts, that she was suddenly discharged. Her
conduct was so reprehensible that her master refused to give
her a character; for which she employed a solicitor to bring an
action, and laid her damages at £5O. All parties prepared to
go to Taunton, where the action was to be tried, but the day
before the assize her solicitor sent word that the plaintiff was
missing. Between the time of bringingithe action and the day
of trial she married, or said she was married, to a man of the
name of Agar, a tailor, with whom she lived but a very short
time, for soon afterwards she was residiug in the Horse-fair with
a man of the name of Thomas, a gentleman's servant, who had.
a wife living at the time; by this man she has a son, now living,
about 15 years of age. Subsequently to this she formed a con-
nexion with Wade, to whom she was not married. Wade kept a
clothes-shop on the Quay, and was steward to a steam-packet ;
he also kept lodging-houses in different parts of the city, ulti-
mately in Trinity-street, where the horrid crime was committed.
After Wade's death she married the husband whose name she
bears. He had been to America, and having taken lodgings at
the last-mentioned house, became acquainted with the widow,
who, in reply to an intention expressed by him of returning to
America, suggested that by a marriage with her he might he en-
abled to carry on the clothes trade, to which he had been accus-
tomed. At this time she had become possessed of Mrs. Smith's
money, a great part of which was paid to clothiers in .exchange
for goods. ;Here, her career was arrested; the sudden
and partly concealed death of Mrs. Smith, and the abstrac-
tion of her property, led to many inquiries; the girl (Mary
Ann Allen) was traced out, and her information of various
circumstances which have been elicited on the trial led to the
exhumating of the body, and the result has been shown. Mrs.
Burdock was a stout, rather tall, and good-looking woman. She
was deplorably ignorant, could neither read nor write, and
appears to have received no religious or moral instruction. It
is not true, as reported, that she was of the Roman catholic
persuasion; to a question put to her, she replied that she had
never been in a catholic chapel, or held communion with a
minister of that persuasion on religious subjects. Previous to
the trial she made her will, devising, after the payment of her
debts and expenses incurred iu detending the prosecution, the
remainder of her property to her two children, a lad about 15,
and a girl about Bor 9 years of age. Of the property, however,
we understand there are no less than four claimants • her trus-
tees, the creditors of her husband (to whom she would not ad-
vance a penny,) the relatives of the murdered lady, to whom in
equity it belongs, and, lastly, the corporation of Bristol, who
claim it under the 01a charter. £5OO still remain in the
hands of Messrs. Stuckey and Company, who hold it under
an . injunction not to deliver it up to the trustees. The
culprit grounded her title to the said property on the
will of the man Wade, who, there can be little doubt, was
accessory to the murder. We have heard it rumoured that she
made a confession to the nurse who attended her, with an in-
junction not to divulge the same until after her execution. We
have not the means at present of contradicting this statement,
tho Ugh we do not credit it; but it is quite certain that she made
no disclosures to the chaplain. As it has been thought probable
that she was implicated in the disappearance of the young man,
Clark, who was missed about two years ago, and has not since'
been heard of, the trustees of the prisoner having found among
her effects a watch-paper hearing the initials " C.," and
thinking it possible that it might have belonged to that indivi-
dual, they waited on his friends and communicated that fact,
and they were permitted to examine all the things in her pos-
session, but we understand not the slightest trace of any thing
tending to connect her with him was discovered.—Bthiol Mer-
cury.