The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-20 00:00:00

'l'llE LIVERPOOL STAN DA ILD.

entered into the unpleasantness of canvassing, cap in hand, the
evil ought rather to be endured than by removing it risk the
possibility of doing injury to their pecuniary resources
Dr. Coi.k.i N'S ;vas not opposed to the ballot, as applied to the
di rectionof government or of private institutions, but in Dublin
the medical men were chosen by committee.

Rey. T. C. GLADWIN.—Theu how did Dr. Cheyne not suc-
ceed thare, notwithstanding his transcendent talents? (A
laugh.)
' Dr. Cot.LiNs.--Because he had not a particular interest in
the committee.

Mon.F.v said, the committee did not represent
the subscribers. He had himself seen the difficulty arise in
prevailing upon gentlemen to act as a committee; and often
upon the day of meeting he had known eighteen men elect
themselves. They might be very 'rood men, and have the in-
terests of the institution at heart; but would it be proper that
those self-elected men should have the power of ch005m,.,,, the
medical officers vested in them, and that it should be taken from
700 to 800 subscriber's? If the committee were elected by ballot,
then it might be done. •
Mr. Faiisis thought it!would be more desirable, as the prin-
ciples of the laws were indiscriminately animadverted upon,
to discuss their merits in the order in which they were drawn up.
Mr. EDEN objected to that being done. He had not pledged
himself to.second Mr. Blundell's motion, and Mr. Motley had
given them a most substantial reason against it; besides,: he
did not think that they ought, after the committee had devoted
-so much time to the consideration of the rules, to offer any op-
position, but on the contrary should give them their hearty
concurrence.

The Rev. W. BLUNDELL then withdrew his amendment.

Dr. COLLINS could not call to mind any rule prescribing the
number of visits the medical men should pay.,
Mr. BROWN said the consideration of that point would be left
to a committee.

In compliance with the wish of Mr. DUNSFORD the law rela-
tive to the medical men was read over. They are to be re-
elected every year, and three of them to retire in eleven, twelvt,
and thirteen years from the period of election.
The • resohitions were then put by the Mayor, and carried
without a dissenting voice.
Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE then proposed the following
gentlemen as the members of a committee.
Charles liorsfall, Esq., President
Mr. A Hodgson Mr. Wm. Brown
Rev. Buddicom Rev. T. C. Gladwin
Mr. Cartwright Mr. Lewin Motley
Mr. Edward Moon Mr. W. W. Currie
Mr. James Lawrence Mr. Charles Warner
Mr. Thomas Freme Mr. G. W. Wainwright
Mr. Harmood Banner.

" Mr. T. B. HORSFALI. seconded the resolution,' which was
carried unanimously, and upon the suggestion of Mr. LEwIN
Mozi.;ys, Mr. Robertson Gladstone's name was added to the
list.

The Rev. T. C. GLADWIN was glad to announce to them, that
the Mayor, Charles Horsfall, Esq., had kindly conseutclt to be
their cliairmati for the ensuing year.
Mr. WILLIAM BROWN then moved the thanks of the meet-
ing to the Mayor, for the very great interest he had manifested
in the cause of the institution, and for his services in presiding
upon that occasion, which being.seconded by Mr. LiGiraonY,
was carried unanimously. _ •

. The MAYOR briefly returned thanks, and the meeting sepa-
rated. •

PARISH COLLECTOR,

A Vestry was yesterday held in St. Nicholas's church, for
the purpose of appointing a Tax Collector in the place of Mr.
Richard Ellerton, deceased. The attendance, was .exceedingly
good, the body of the church being nearly filled.
The Rector, Mr. CAMPBELL, having taken the chair, the
Vestry Clerk read over the names of the several candidates,
and a letter from Mr. R. 0. Harbord, announcing the resigna-
tion of his claims in favour of Mr. Thomas El'erten, son of the
deceased collector. _ _

MY. GODFREY BARNSLEY begged to propose Mr. Charles
Hart as a candidate for the situation, whom he deemed fully
competent to fulfil the dutiei of the office' to which he aspired.
From being upon the select vestry he, (Mr. B.) had many
opportunities of observing his conduct, whilst he was employed
under Mr. George Forwood, in the service of the parish, and
he could testify that. his behaviour had always been that of a
zealous servant of the parish. When they had last met for the
purpose of electing a collector, the gentlemen of the press had
not thought it necessary to attend ; this he was happy to find
was not the case at present, and he hoped would not be soagain,
as it was important; and as the press was intendedfor the good of
the public, itshould be attended to, that the characters andt es-
timonials o f the candidates for public situations might be laid
before the inhabitants of the town. An endeavour had been
made by a pathetic appeal to interest the parisboners in favour
of one of the candidates, but although he could well enter into
the merits of it, and sympathise with the distressed family, he
thought that an appointment of this kind should be made solely
on public grounds, and on those, and those alone, Mr. Hart
stood before them ; he had no particular friends or interest in
his favour, but rested his claims solely upon his character, his
talents, and his past services to the parish.
Mr. Ht TCHINSON seconded his nomination, and considered
that he would fulfil the situation, if he obtained it, in an efficient
manner. A paragraph had appeared in the paper of Wednes-
day, written in favour of Mr. Ellerton; and in the paper of that
day there was another in reply. The first Mr. H. read Over,
and wished to know whether he -should read the reply or Mr.
Hart's address?

Air. llooEtur TuuNER—" You hail better show up the false-
hood of the address."

Mr. HuTciiitsoa then read the reply. He considered Mr.
Hart in a worse situation than Mr. Ellerton, jum, because ho
depended upon his own exertions for the maintenance of a wife
and four young children, of whom the eldest was under eight.
He should rest the claim of Mr. Hart upon the parishioners at
large. •
Mr. JOHN SANOARS wished to. ask the parish-officers whether
or not the late Mr. Ellerton served the parish any longer than
a year, that he might thereby contradict the assertion to that•
effect which bad appeared in 'Gore's •
Mr. ROBERT TURNER said, that so many falsehoods had been
palmed upon the parish by many persons.—(ShaThe ! Order!)
He would not be put down by any one present so long as he
spoke the truth. He asserted that so many strings of falsehood
had been imposed upon the parish, that they ought to examine
carefully all affecting tales which might be brought before them.
—Now what were the present facts ? The children left by Mr.
Ellerton were four, of whom the youngest boy was 16 years of
age, and the youngest girl 20. He should have voted for Mr.
Ellerton himself, had it not been for his artful attempt to de-
ceive the parish by foisting upon it his address.
Mr. WAL CustEß Wished, that the individual merits or de-
merits of each candidate shculd be discussed when he was pro-
posed. He considered it extraordinary that an anonymous
production such as that which had appeared in Gore's, should
be listened to for a moment.
Mr. GEORGE WELSH'S name being called out, and no one
having proposed him, his name was struck off the list.
Mr. \VILLIAM WINSTANLEY proposed Mr. Thomas Pennell,
and he was sure that, if elected, be would do his duty faithfully.
Mr. RAE seconded him.
Mr. WILFRED TROUTBECK proposed Mr. George Barker, and
was seconded by Mr. Jos. COOPER.
Mr. MILES Booth declined a contest.
Mr. JOHN CROASDALE proposed Mr. Peter Rotheram, and
was seconded by Mr. JOHN DAVIES.
Mr. RICHARD DAWSON proposed Mr. Thomas Ellerton. He
had a great respect for the memory of his father, who had faith-
fully served him for many years as a clerk; he had for seve-
ral years been an active and steady servant of the parish, and
he-was certain that his son was every way calculated to fulfil
the duties of the situation. The anonymous letter he would
leave to his seconder.
Mr. WILLIAM COMER seconded the nomination. Tie agreed
with Mr. Barnsley that, as a general principle, it was an excel-•
lent one, that a person filling any situation in the parish, should,
if deserving, be promoted whenever an opportunity offered itself.
Though he did not wish at all to detract from the merits 'of Mr..
Hart, who, he believed, was a very worthy man, he consi-
dered the situation of Mr. Ellerton peculiar, and that his.
claims were stronger than Mr. Hart's. Ile had known his fa-
ther for the last twenty-five years, and he had never been ac-
quainted with a more upright or worthy individual in any ca-
pacity. He was •first in the employ of Mr. Dawson as a 'confi-
dential clerk, from whom he went to Mr. Swanwick; and had
been in the service of the parish for the last four years. He
entered Mr. Blackstock's office at the commencement, out of
which he was taken, on the motion of Mr. Theakstone, and
made a collector of arrears.; and had conducted himself
so satisfactorily in that department, that last year he was
appointed one of the collectors, and he was sure that any
gentleman who had anything to do with the parish would readily
bear testimony to his worth. He was very sorry to perceive the
letter in Gore's paper which had been read to them. Now, it'
had stated that Mr. Merton had left a family of four children
well provided for, that the first, a daughter, was married; the
second was the present candidate, the third a young lady who
had a good school to maintain herself with, and the fourth a.
young man in a merchant's office with a small progressive sa- •
lary. He was sorry they should ,have considered the. anony-
mous letter to be matter of fact, hut had they inquired they
would have found it to be otherwise. Mr. Ellerton never was •
in better circumstances than he was in when he died, and until
the last year of his life his salary had never exceeded £BO per
annum; during that period it was £100; he had formerly been
a schoolmaster, and afterwards, as he had already intornied
them, a confidential clerk to Mr. Dawson and Mr. Sa anwick; in
each of which capacities he had never received more than £80;
Mr. Ellerton had, with this, brought up his family in an ex-
ceedingly respectable manner, and trained them to habits of
industry ; he had never kept a servant in his house, but. his
eldest girl had attended to the household duties until she had
reached a suitable age, when she came to his (Mr. Comer's)
house as a servant. The next to the eldest was Mr. Thom as
Ellerton, the candidate for his father's situation, who had served
an apprenticeship to Mr. Hunt, the respectable irenmonger in
Church-street, from whom lie had testimonials to his character,
which the Vestry Clerk would presently read to them ; after hav-
ing served seven years apprentice Ship, 'Nil.. H. having no occasion
for his services as shopman, he had been employed in the pa-
rish office under Mr. Dowdall, Mr. Forwood, and Mr. Dixon,
since when, on the recommendation of his former employer,
.Mr. Hunt, he had entered into the service of Mr. Stansfield,
quaker gentleman, who kept an ironmonger's shop in Birken-
head, where he now remained, who allowed him a salary of £3O
a year and his board and lodging in his family. These were
th'e falsehoods' as Mr. Turner had called them, which had been
palmed on the parish. It might be better for Mr. Merton's
future prospects if lie remained where he was; and had he not
two young orphans to provide for, he would certainly have ad-
vised him to have done so, because he then would have had a
chance of entering into business on his own account. The
anonymous letter said, that of the two children left by Mr. El-
lerton Younger than the present candidate; one was a young lady
who htid maintained herself by a well-attended school, to her great
credit. Now what were the 'facts ? This young lady was a ser-
vant to the family; she scoured and she washed ; and, thinking
that she could contribute by that means to the resources of the
family, she had begged her father, a short time before his ill-
ness, to permit her to keep. a small school : she had done so,
and obtained—three little girls, who, on the appearance of the
cholera in her father's house, had been immediately taken
away from her, and the probability was, that she could not re-
gain them so long as she lived in her present residence. Her
brother, a boy, had been called a young man with a progressive
salary. He received £8 per annum for the present year, £lO
for the next, with a further increase. Messrs. Swainston and
Cram were hiS employers, and they could speak to his services.
Mr. Ellerton, be had before stated, had been four years in the
service of the parish, during the last year of which he had re-
ceived £lOO. Mr. Henshaw could bear witness to this.
Mr. IiENHANV said that Mr. Ellerton had filled one of the
most arduous offices in the parish, that of collector of arrears,
until the last year, when on account of his faithful services he
had been promoted to the office of collector.
Mr. COMER continued. The amount of Mr. Ellerton's sa-
lary never was sufficient for the last five years, with all the
economy and praiseworthy industry of his wife, who was the
most pains-taking woman he knew. A relation of his had died
a few years ago, 'leaving bins £560, and what. did he do with it?
A friend of his had built him a little cottage!in the suburbs of
the town, for which he paid interest of a mortgage—he paid off
the mortgage and bought another house in London-road, which
produced dim an annual rental of £2B. He was not a very

strong man, and that he might live in an ailtsiteation, he had
built the cottage he-had just'alluded to, and his obedience to the
wishes of the vestry, in removing to a house in the district for
which he was collector, he might say had cost him his life. The
house he had formerly lived in was let after he left it for £lB
per antrum. Being a considerate and prudent man, and calcu-
lating upon the destitute state' in which his datigotcrs might be
placed by his death, in his will he had left them the house• which
produced £2B, together with an amount of in the Saying's-
bank, to be divided equally amongst them. This was all that
Mr. Ellerton had left in money besides his quarter's salary,
which was not yet drawn, and he was sure there was not a
sovereign in the house beyond what was due to the parish,
which would no doubt be found correct, as he was so extremely
honest that he had known him to borrow a sovereign from a
friend rather than take it out of the bag in which he deposited the
money he had collected belonging to the parish. The furniture iu
the house would, in all probability,- have to be sold to pay
the funeral expenses, as the small house alone was left to the
boys, which would be an annuity of £9 per annum, with what-
ever might be left of the furniture after paying the funeral
expenses. But for the extraordinary visitation of Providence,
which had deprived him of both father and mother in one day,
he should have been sorry to have interfered with Mr. Hart's
claims. He had known the young man since he *as five years
of age, and he pledged himself to his future good behaviour:
of his -sincerity- in so doing he could offer no stronger proof
than the fact of his having proposed becoming one of his secu-
rities, should he be so .fortunate as to be elected to the situation.
Mr..HtrrcanNsoN wished to know whether he would under-
take the care of the orphans, in case he married.
Mr. COMER was sure he would.

Mr. TURNER said ifie3lwere not orphan children, (cries of
"Shame," and great laughter,) they were any thing but chil-
dren. -

. Mr. E. D. FALKNER proposed Mr. James Rowe.
Mr. JOHN PARKE seconded his nomination; the more they
inquired into his character, the more they would like hini.
He should leave all the speech-makinc, to others. (A laugh.)
Mr. JOHN SORLEY proposed Mr. Wm. Baylis, and was
seconded by
Mr. IIALLowEs, who stated that Mr. Baylis was a captain
of the Nightly Watch'; he had three children, and he had no
doubt, from the faithful manner in which he hadi perfoimed his
duties in the situation he now held, that he would be an active
servant of the town, if appointed collector.
The testimonials of each having been read over, a show of
hands took place, when there being a great majority for Mr.
•Ellerton, a poll was demanded on- the part of the other can-
didates, which was appointed to take place at the Sessions-
house, at ten o'clock this day.