Widnes Examiner. — 1888-03-10 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

TTIP., EXTENSION OF ST. PETER'S • PARISH.  On Thursday evening a public meeting of the parishioners of the old parish of Warrington, convened by the Rector and churchwardens, was held in the National Schoolroom, Church-street, the objdet for which it was called being to protest against the proposed alienation of the district bounded by Battersby-lane, Orford-lane, and Lythgoes-lane, by annexing it to the parish of St. Peter's. --The chair ws.s occupied by Councillor N. B. Percival, the Rector's warden, and there was a good attendance.—The Chairman, in explaining the object of the meeting, said that the parishioners of the district in iiiiestion were strongly averse to being included in the parish Of St. Peter's, and wished ,to 'remain as they were. They hoped that they should not be too late tq prevent the change. The Crossley-street and Hamilton-street schools wete flourishing, and parish work was 'tieing well carried on in the district, and there was no justification for such a change being made.-Councillor R. W. Francomb, the people's warden, proposed "That this meeting expresses 'the astonishment and indnation of the parishioners of the Warrington Parish Church That any scheme involving the alienation of so large a portion of this parish should have beenprojected, and carried to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, against the express wish of thc Rector, and without consulting the feelings of those whom it seeks to transfer to anothq parish." He -was, he said, much surprised when he heard that it was proposed to take that portion of the church parish and annex it to St. Peter's parish. He could not see thehecessity for it. and thought that it wbuld be much better for the people of St. Peter's to work up their own district—Councillor Wright seconded the resolution. He failed to see, he said, what benefit St. Peter's was to gain by the alienation, which would mean an addition to St. Peter's of about ninety acres of land, and a large population. Any clergyman who wished to do his duty would have sufficient to do in St. Peter's parish without such an addition. He looked upon it as a ver3- unfair proceeding to attempt to take a portion of the old parish, without having obtained the consent of the Rector or of the parishioners--Mr. T. Cawley advised the meeting to pause before they adopted such a, resolution as the one proposed. The scheme had been put forward ' by men who had the interests of St. Peter's at heart. —Mt. John Roberts also 'spoke against the resolution, and spoke of the difficulties that had to be encountered in connection with the new parish of St. Peter's. They had a. right to ask the old parishioners to give wait, a little. The permission of the Rector had been asked more than, two years ago, but he had always opposed the scheme tooth and nail. After a little further discussion the resolution was adopted by a largo majorCannell then proposed—" Resolved, that in deference to the strong feelings already expressed by the parishioners, and particularly the unanimous opposition thereto offered by the residents of the parish immediately affected thereby, this meeting respectfully, but firmly, requests Sir Gilbert Greenall to Withdraw the offer made to St. Peter's, in .so fax'as it affects the -aliehation of any. portion of the rectory parish of Warrington." He thought that' the attempted alienation was a mean ana contemptible trick. Mr. W. Brooke ' seconded the resolution and spoke at length on what had taken place in connection with St Peter' parish. parish. He thought that the extension was abodt as cruel and unrighteous a thing as had ever beeh perpetrated.—The resolution was carried.—lt was also resolved, on the motion of Mr. Woolaeott, secon,ded by Mr. Brundrett, '; That this meeting resolves itself into a committee, with power to add to its lumber, to memorialise the Bishop of Liverpo.ol, and the Archbishop of York, against the scheme, a copy of such memorial to be forwarded to the Privy Council.—The meeting then terminated.  KAY'S TIC' PILLS, a specific in Neuralgia, Faceache, Sid. and 13l.; pogtage, id.. Of all Chemists.—Advt. On Thursday morning the Rev. A. Solari, Vicar of St. Mark's Hill, 'Tipton, committed suicide at his residence by cutting his throat with a razor. • Mr. Patrick Corcoran, printer of the" Cork Examiner," was released from Cork Goal on Thursday, after imprisonment under the Crimes Act. • KAY'S COMPOUND Essence of Linseed, Aniseed, Senegal Quill, Tolu. 14c., with Chlorodyne, d.,131d.. &c.—Advt. '  Tiu