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EASTER VESTRIES. «- — ST. PAUL'S. THE NEW CLOCK. The annual vestry meeting of 6t. Paul's was •*eid on Tuesday evening, the Vicar (the Rev. F. JWwards) presiding. Those present included Messrs. R. T. Wickham. and C. J. Owen (church- wardens), F. Weeks. Llovd-Williams, J. E. Leem- lUg, W. Bedford, T. Carter, S. Sheen. H. John- son. J. E. Norbury, etc. Mr. Wickham, in pre- senting the accounts, said they had had a normal y^ar, except that it- had boon longer than usual. 4'le accounts for the previous yoar shewed a Qp-btor balance of £ 37. 19s. They had not im- proved matters, and they had now an adverse balance of L46. Ss. lid. They had had 24 offer- tories for church expenses, which had produced a SUm. of £ 115. 9s. 3d., or an average of JB4. 16s. 2d. Ppr offertory. During the previous year the avsrage was £ 5. 9s. The lowest offertories wexo ^°'r church expenses, and it might bo a good thing h'-nt that such offertories were quite as worthy 0i support as the others.—The Yicar &aid it was v.°' curious that many of the Sundays devoted! to church expenses were abnormally wet—Mr. Wick- foam agreed that they had had some bad luck. Proceeding, Mr. Wickham said £ 16, 14s. had been received in subscriptions against J620. 8s. 3d. in ce preceding year. Altogether the inoome came "9 ^s. 3d., while their expenditure was £ 205 was s- 2d. If it were not for the sale of work, the Recounts ootild not go on, as apart from the funds that rouroe their income was about £ 40 a year less than the expenditure.—Mr. Owen said it was strange that the offortoties for church expenses \Ver not supported as well as the other offertorios. -L Nlr. Wickham did not think people appreciated cost of running the church as they did jt. -Ihoy did it remarkably well.—The Vicar: It uld be run on half the expense.—Mr, W ickham: f'S, if we chose to do it.—Mr. Carter: A good inany people admit it is the cleanest church in *-he3ter.—The accounts were unanimou&ly adopted.—The new clock, which is to be given by lle relatives of the late Miss Nessie Brown in «coordance with her wish, was under considera- V?a- question of lighting it came up, and L Weeks suggested that the Corporation might oe inclined to do something.—Mr. Wickham also •nought they might be inclined to help a little.-— ne Vicar did not think they should go on their Knees and ask the Coi-porat.ion to do it. The now aniens might ask the Corporation to allow the Olotor meter to be used. At the same time they litlea not bind themselves to have the clock lighted more than they thought proper.—Mr. Carter asked whether the Corporation lighted St. Peter's Church, clock.—The Vicar said the clock would have two dials of four feet in diameter. There would be a 5cwt. boll, and the clock would strike the half-hour and hour. The Lord Kelvin com- pensating baJanoo would be used, and the clock was guaranteed not to varv more than three seconds a week all through the. year. To get in tile compensating balance a certain amount of ro- Contruction of the tower was necessary.—On the o;on of Mr. Wickham. seconded by Mr. Owen, r'le vestry recorded their thanks to Mr. Frank rown for the gift.—The Vicar thanked the re- ding- wardens most earnestly, also the excellent Jdesmen, who had done their duties equally well. nominated Mr. John Guy as his warden for aUe onsuing year, Mr. Wickham having expressed Wish to retire from offioe. Mr. Weeks was elected peoples warden. Messrs. S. Sheen, T. ,rarter, J. E. Leeming, J. E. Norbury, Lloyd Wil- Janis, W. Bedford, C. J. Owen and — Cooke were appointed sidesmen of St. Paul's Church, while ^essrs. Ducker and Povw wove re-elected sides- men of the Mission Church.—Hearty thanks were Recorded Air. W. H. Churton (choirmaster), Mr. H. Thomas (organist), the. choir, and Mr. T Almond (organist at the Mission Church).—Messrs W. H. Ohurton and W. Johnson were re-elected lay delegates.—The Vicar also lecorded lus thanks to the assistant clergy and Sister Bessie for their help to him in the parish. ST. MICHAEL S. L The annual vestry mectiiig- for the parish of St. M:C-MC1 wa.s held in the vestry, on Wednesday oeyeaing, the Vicar (the. Rev. Francis Hicks) pre- ^oing.—In reviewing the work of the church Wing the past year, 1he Vicar thanked the con- Sa^rfatl°a for their Easter offertoiy, which, lie of m conta:ned over 300 coins. The. groat event rw*1? year had bc-en tho sale of work, and it. was riar,y due to the efforts of the ladies of the that they had been successful in securing •>a ijanc<1- i;l ItiiucI of £ 86. The total collections Hr peon £ 135. 14s. 8d., against £ 85. Is. during the fi* ''viou3 year. Last year there had been two or q,rfj° rnoie Sundays, but the bad state of trade no ubt accounted for the slight difference in the j| Q^unt. During the year a Bible class for juven- had been started on Sunday afternoons, and I Oompany of the Church Lads' Brigade had also I Un°k^°rmC^ a.id his appcajed to be keenly taken <lio boys. Thert> were attempts to induce elder boys to remain with tbom, as there ap- »^red to be a shocking want of young men in .,(' church. There was not a good proportion of lr¡e:1 attending the services, but there was a still Rialler number of young men. Whether it was t>a-fc they had not a boys' school in the parish did not know. The day schools were on a more i-sfactory footing, but a sum of money was Vautect to bo spent in alterations, and it seemed j'° be greater than they could m-oet. Everything •ad worked harmoniously in the parish, and they making good progress.—Dr. Cuff presented J*6 statement of accounts, which shewed that the totalled £ 235 and the expenditure £ 175, i ^ving a balance in hand of £ 56. This satisfac- •y state of things was entirely due to the sale of ^or!—The Vicar thanked Mr. Jackson, his re- aring warden, for his energetic services, and dominated in his place Dr. Cuff. the retiring People's warden. Mr. Griffiths was elected to the •latter position. The sidesmen were re-elected, with. the addition of Mr. Tillman vice Mr. Griffiths.-—A hearty vote of thanks was accorded the choir, choirmaster and organist for their ser- vices. and the meeting terminated with a similar compliment to the chairman for presiding. S.S. BRIDGET AND MARTIN. The annual vestry meeting for the united parishes of S.S. Bridget and Martin was held at the church of St. Mary's-on-thc-Hill on Wednes- day. the Rector (the Archdeacon of Chester) pie- sidincr. At the commencement the Rector thanked the wardens, sidesmen, organist, choir and chinch officers. The clergy depended very much on the lcind help given to them by the. laity in various Ways. The clergy should willingly welcome any lieip given to them. (hi" of the great encourage- ments they had in their work was the hearty, willing and loyal co-operation of the laity with them. He put oil record his veiy high apprecia- tion of the services of those who had worked with him in vaiious capacities during the year. He also expressed warm sympathy with Mr. Nieldi in ing continued and seviou3 ill.The Rector nominated Mr. W. Warrington as his warden for St. Bridget's. Mr. F. J. Latham was re-elected people's warden, and Messrs. H. Liglitfoot, V.. Edge. H. Poyser and D. M. Roberts were ap- pointed sidesmen. For St. Martin's parish tho Rector nominated Mr. Isaac Y\ illianis as his war- den, and Mr. R. Ivnowles was- elected peop.e's warden. Messrs. C. Stewart. T. Chamberlain, J. P. Dean and Alexander Hornby were appointed .sidemen.Tho accounts shewed an adverse balance of seven guineas, with outstanding ac- counts amounting to 1;17. The offertories for the year amounted to JB155. Is. 6d.. of which :625 16s. 9d. was given to special objects.—The Reø- tor, in submitting the accounts, said it was a mistake to suppose they passed churchwardens' accounts at vestries. That was correct, so long as the parish contributed by rates towards church expenses. Now since they had ceased to have church rates, while it was most desirable and absolutely necessarv that the churchwardens diould take into their confidence the parishioners by submitting the accounts, it was not done in the lesral and official way of passing the accounts. They were submitted for the information of the parishioners.—Mr. D. M. Roberts, warden for the past year. mentioned the insurance of the church, which he said now stood at £ 10.275. He thought the premium, which came altogether to £ 8 19s. fed., was rather heavy, and he had asked the insurance office to reduce it. They had agreed to accept a reduced rate of Is. 6d. in the £ on every- thing connected with the church, and suggested that tho insurance should bo increased to £ 12,000, making the premium £ 9. That would cover a year's offertory at £ 150.—It was agreed to accept the "educcd rate, and to increase the insurance to £ 12.000. ST. JOHN'S. The vestry meeting for St. John Baptist's parish was held on Tuesday evening, the Vicar (the Rev. Canon Cooper Scott) presiding.—Before commencing the business tho ViCar paid a. wann tribute to the memory of the late Mr. John Tay- lor. who had been seldom he said, absent from their vestry meetings, and had frequently filled the office of churchwarden. For a long period they had benefited by his genial and helpful coun- sel, and by the active and heart-felt interest in all I that concerned the welfare of the parish. He moved that the clerk write to Mrs. Taylor ex- pressing the vestry's sympathy with her and her family in their bereavement.—Mr. H. F. Bull seconded, and it was unanimously carried.—The Vicar nominated Mr, H. F. Bull as his warden, and Mr. H. Beswick was elected people's warden. Dr. Jas. Taylor and Mr. F. S. Bishop were re- appointed lay delegates. The sidesmen were re- I elected, Mr. James Davies, the Vicar's retiring warden, taking the place of the late Mr. Pritchard. —It was decided to levy a voluntary church rate of 3d. in tho E.-Tli- church accounts shewed that the year began with a (Jebt of JE47, and ended with one of JB30. thus shewing an improvement of £ 17. There had lieen 86 collections during the year, as against an average of 80. The offertories for the choir and organ fund amounted to J656. as against JB48 the previous year; for church ex- pcnses £113, as against £102. The almsboxes col- lected £26.. as agajnst JE;15, and the total receipts came to £ 210. The expenses amounted to £ 193 — The accounts were passed.—The charity acoount8 shewed that the year began with a balance of £ 79, and ended with one of £ 97.—St. Barnabas's Mission Church accounts indicated a balance of £ 84 in the maintenance fund at the beginning of the year. and which had been reduced to JB48 at the close. Their total income was JB76, and after paying all expenses a. balance of £ 10 was left, but it was understood that this balance would be swallowed up by a payment to the education authority in July next. The church fund for the building of a new church now stood, at JE154, and they were anxious to increase that amount at tho bank. They had had also the sum of JE207 towards tha. establishment of a new institute.— Mr. C. Millington, the church treasurer at St. Barnabas's, was heartily thanked, as were also the choirs, choirmasters and organists of both churches, as well as the Vicar for his services as treasurer and correspondent of St. John's School. —The Vicar announced that the Duke of West- c minster had convoyed to himself, Mr. Bull and Mr. Beswick as trustees, the old rums and orypt under certain conditions.-—Mr. Beswick, in spoak- ing of the pulling up of the shrubs and bushes growing in the rains, said they were pulling the walls to pieces; they must be taken away, what- ever the public might say.-Flowers did not do any harm.—The retiring churchwardens and all parish workers were thanked for their services, and the si dee men of St. Barnabas's re-elected with slight alterations.—A vote of thanks to the Rector closed the mooting.-He stated that this was tho 1,369th consecutive meeting of which they had record. HOLY TRINITY. The Reotor (the Rev, L. M. Farrall) presided at the annual vestry meeting of this parish on Thurs- day evening.—The accounts shewed that a sum of JB129. 18s. 6d. had been raised for church ex- penses, £ 63. 16s. for the poor, and £ 50. 19s. 4d. for foreign missions and other purposes non- paiochial, making a total of JE296. 5s. 6d. There was a. debit balance on church expenses of JB49 lis. 10d., against one of L37. Is. 8d. last year.- The accounts were adopted-On the proposition of Mr. T. Knowlas, it was decided to levy, as be- fore, a voluntary church rate of 3d. in the £.- The Rector, after expressing his thanks to the church officers for their services during the past year, nominated Mr. W. V. J. Walley as his churchwarden, while Mr. Thomas Knowles was lie-elected people's warden. The following were elected s'd,snieii: -iLfessrs. W. H. Henderson, W. G. Hewitt, F. Segar, W. Pierce, J. Formston. Cathcrall, J. Pierce and Webster. Dr. King and Mr. John Rogers were appointed lay delegates. ST. MARY'S PARISH CHURCH. AN OLD CHESTER DEED. The vestry meeting for St. Mary's parish was held on Thursday evening, the Rector (the Rev. H. Grantham) presiding.—Mr. F. Barnett (people- s warden) presented the accounts; which shewed a balance in hand of JB15. 14s. 5d. It was explained that this would be practically swallowed up by the painting of the sailings and the- provision of new Lellropos, which wore matters which would bave to bo carried out immediately. The total offertories amounted to JS418. 15s. 2d., tenpence more than in the preceding year. For church ex- penses, £ 179 4s. 6d. was given. Although this was an mcreaso of £10. the wardens stated that the sum fell short, by JS72. Os. 7d. of the expenses. The deficit, had been made up by the Church Council, who had voted the waidens the whole of their funds. £ 87. 15s. Offertories had also bc«n given to parochial objects, £ 144. 2s. lid. diocesan and other institutions, £ 67. 5s. Id. and foreign missions, £ 27, 4s. 3d. The accounts of the Mawdcsiev Charity and the parochial charities were also submitted. The latter showed an n- come of £ 21. Hi' including a balance in hand of £5. 18s. Id. Tlio year had ended with a balance of £ 4. 2s. 6d.—The wardens' accounts were passed.—The Rector said he had received a letter from Mr. J. T. Golder, explaining that ho had been called away by the death of an uncle. He (the Rector) thanked Mr. Golder very much for having continuod two vea:s in office as his warden. He had shewn great earnestness and ability, and had been most. kind in everything. He also thanked the parishioners for their generous and kind offering to him on Easter Sunday, which amounted to JE50. 5s, lid. He was very grateful for such kind heip. Ho nominated Col. Savage as his warden in succession to Mr. Golder.—Mr. J. W. Henderson was elected people s warden. Tho Rector nominated Messrs. T. Lance Ley and Rowson as his sidesmen, and Messrs. J. T. Golder and It. J. Williams wero elected people's sides-men. —Mr. J. Egerton Gilbert thought they ought to express their regret at the continued illness of a gentleman who had been sidesman and church- warden times without end. He referred to Mr. W. N. Nicholls. Only the Rector knew the kind- ness, and moro than kindness, with which he had met every claim upon him in any official position in tiie I ilrisn. lie moved a vote ot condolence with Mr. NichoJLs.—Mr. H. B. Dutton seconded. --The Router ea.id Mr. Nioholls was conscientious and earnest in everything he had done. They trusted tho cloud was passing over, and that, he would soon bo among them again.-Ti)e Church Council was ro-olected. with Messrs. F. Barnett and W. N. Nicholls to fill two vacancies. Messrs. J. Gooddic Holmes and J. T. Golder were rc- elected lay delegates. Mr. J. Egerton Gilbert was again appointed auditor.—The Rector, referring to certain matters connected with the church, eaid tho reredos required attention. The central panel of the Resurrection was given by the late Duke twelve or fourteen years ago. It was now becoming very dirty and discoloured in some parts, and something would have to be done before the diunp got in and seriously injured it. It was a matter for tho churchwardens and vestry to look into at onco—On the motion of the Rector, a vote of thanks was accorded to the re t iring church- wardens, the sidesmen, lay delegates, choir and organist.—Mr. H. B. Dutton said he had with him a history of St. Mary's-on-the-Hill, in which was mentioned a certain deed. Tho Troutbec-k Chapel in St.. Mary's Old Church, which was pract,ioally tho south aisle, contained some time in the 17th century some interesting nionumeiits belonging to the Troutbook family, buried in the chapel. In 1661 tho chapel fell down and buried tho monu- ments in it. The city had not then recovered from the siege, and the place romained for thirty years in a ruined condition. After that time the | parishioners approached the Ear! of Shrewsbury, the owner of the chapel in succession to the Tiout- becks, and on 1691. through tho aid of Sir Joseph Jcckvll, who was conneoted with the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Troutbeck Chapel was conveyed to the parishioners for ever under a deed. The deed wa.s printed in Hemingway's history, and was stated to bo an authenticated copy. Heming- way stated that, the original had been preserved in an iioll chest in the church, but he regretted that he could not. learn what had become of it. He (Mr. Dutton) had been able to find the deed, and it was a. very interesting dooument. Tho seal was as perfect as the day on which it had been put on. It had only been misplaced. Ho thought it would be a graceful act to hand the deed over to the Church of St. with tho consent, of the vestry. He proposed that t.hey empower the Rector and churchwardens to hand over the deed to the present Rector of the old church. He knew he would receive it and welcome it.—Mr. Barnett seconded.—The Rector said ho thought they were only doing what was right in handing that valuable document to thoso in possession or the Troutbeck Chapei. Me would be glad to. carry out the resolution.—The motion was carried. ST OSWALD'S. PARISH HALL PROJECT. The Rev. E. C. Lowndes (vicar) presided over this vestry on Thursday evening.—Mr. A. B. Dye (people's warden)' read the accounts, which re- vealed that the balance against them at the end of the year of £ 61. 5a 5d. had been reduced to £ 38. 8s. 10d., so that they were £ 22. 16s. 7d. better off tha.n they were last year. The Easter offertories at, the Parish Church and Mission Church, which were presented to the Vicar, amounted to £ 83.—The Vicar thanked the parishioners very heartily for their generous Easter
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offering, which he appreciated not only for its usefulness, but also as shewing good feeling to- wards himself. They had had two very trying years in the parish. At last Easter vestry it was mentioned that they had lost both their curates, and this year they had gone through the same experience. It spoke well for the steadfastness of the parishioners that in spite of the changes the number of communicants had increased each time. Last year there were 75 from the parish, oonnnned, and this year already they had 56. That shewed that the parish, in spite of tho changes, was not going backwards, but forwards. Last year ho had to ask them to make a special effort with re- gard to the curates' fund, and he was most grate- ful for the way in which the parish had responded. He also alluded with satisfaction to the healthy activity in connection with the Mission Church. A most gratifying feature of last year was that for the eighth or ninth year in succession the parish had beaten their previous record in sup- port of foreign missions. Something like JE160 was raised last year. (Hear, hear.) He con- cluded by nominating Mr. John S. Latham as his warden for the year. explaining that Mr. G. H. Reynolds, The retiring warden, was unable to give the necessary time to the duties for another year. —Mr. J. Arkle proposed the re-election of Mr. Dye as people s warden, and said Mr. Dye had ac- quired an excellent knowledge of matters of im- portance which had been brought before the parishioners during his tenure of office. It was desirable, in order that these matters should be brought to a successful completion, that Mr. Dye should continue in the offloc,Alr. F. B. Mason seconded, and it was heartily cal-ri,-d.-On the initiation of the Vicar, congratulations were ten- dered to Mr. Dye on his successfully passing his final examination qualifying him as a solicitor.- Both Mr Latham and Mr. Dye returned thanks. The following sidesmen were elected:—Parish Church: Messrs. Mason, G. Day, Britton, Row- ley, Pringle, Bromley, Hart Davies, T. E„ Hughes, J. Arkle. A. Birch, Thwaites, Howard, Morris and T. C. Johnson. Mission Church: Messrs. John Davies, Beard, Pinches, Hy. Williams, and Rathbono Jones. Messrs. Birch and S. H. Holme were re-elected lay delegates. Two months ago the Vicar had a conditional offer of JE500 from an anonymous friend towards a parish hall. Mr. Lowndes now said that the sub- committee had decided to ask Mr. Beswick (archi- tect) to prepare a plan. As the result of consul- tations with Mr. Beswick, he now submitted for the consideration of the vestry three sketch plans representing tuildings which would cost respectively about £ 1.920. LI,700 and £ 1,820. The two dearer designs provided for a main room measuring 60ft. by 30ft., retiring rooms, etc. Major illacgillyouddy, who had kindly guaranteed ;L150, had said ho would not. give a penny unless the main room was 60ft by 30ft. So far £1.270 had been promised. (Applause.)—Major Mac- GiLlycuddy moved—"That the land at the west end of the churchyard, being a desirable site for the erection of a parochial hall, this vestry meet- ing requests the Vicar and churchwardens to take the necessary steps to secure a faculty for that purpose in accordance with the plans prepared by Mr. Beswick and submitted to the vestry." The Major urged that if tiley weire going to erect a parish hall it should be worthy of St. Oswald's parish, which was one of the wealthiest parishes, if not the wealthiest, in Chester. He was sure there would be no difficulty in raising the money. He had guaranteed a sum, but he hoped it would be something considerably more. (Hear, hear.)— Mr. W. E. Browne suggested that there should be further opportunities of studying the plans, and onttia iy, on the motion of Major MaeGiliy- cuddy, seconded by Mr. Browne, the vestry ad- journed till this ksatti-rday) evening for that pur- pose.—-Major MacGillycuddv ailuded to a pastoral play he is arranging on behalf of the scheme, and said he had practically arranged for a company to come down from London for the purpose, and that he relied upon the co-operation of the parishioners to make it a success.—Thanks were given to the retiring churchwardens, sidesmen and other church officers, qiid also to the choirs of the Parish Church and the Mission Church. ALL SAINTS', HOOLE. The Vicar (tho Rev. F. Anderson) presided over the annual vesiry meeting tor All Saints' parish, which was heiu on Friday evening. There was a iarge attendance. The printed state- ment of accounts shewed that the offertories amounted to £ 297. 2s. 6d. The total receipts came to £ 351. 9s. 2d., and there was a balance in hand of j32. 15s. 6d., against C2. 3s. 7d. a year ago. The acounts were adopted, and on the motion of the Vicar the churchwardens were ac- corded a vote of thanks.—Mr. F. Coveney having expressed a wish to retire from offioe, the Vicar nominated Mr. S. Reading as his warden.—Mr. Reading, in consenting to stand as warden ,said it was Kurteen years since he first received that honour from the Vicar.—On the motion of Mr. Coveney. seconded by Mr. W. G. Marrs, Mr. T. W. Chalton was re-elected people's warden.— Dr. Butt and Messrs. W. G. Marrs, G. Dobson, H. ElLIS, J. Barber, W. Garratt, J. P. Loam, W. Williams, H. Andcrsoi, R. H. Watscn. C. Wright, T. S. Mowie, T. J. Boughton, J. E. Johnson, S. WTcbster, W. Ballance, G. A. Fletcher. A. Bell were elected sidesmen.—Messrs. F. Coveney and W. G. Marrs were appointed Jay delegates.—The Vicar then introduced his new colleague, the Rev. Henry Neville, who would shortly be licensed by the Bitihop to the curacy.—Information was asked for concerning the organ, and Mr. Gerrard (organist) grated that the debt still cn the organ was £ 167. The «cccunts would shortly be made up and he would then call a meeting of the Organ Fund Committee to go into the question.—The organist, choirmaster and choir were thanked for their services. Votes of sympathy were parsed with the families of the late Mr. Alfred L. Williams and Mr. J. Elliot.—On the motion of Mr. Coveney a hearty welcome was given to the Rev. H. Neville.—Mr. Ballanoe suggested that there should be a celebration of Holy Communion every Sunday. He thought in a church of that size, and a parish of that size. there ought to be an opportunity every Sunday for members of the church to communicate if they wished.—Tho Vicar explained that Holy Communion was cele- brated every Sunday eitheT in the morning or at mid-day or in the evening. It was only when there was a fifth Sunday in the month that there was no celebration.—Mr. Ballance suggested that there should be an early celebration every Sunday. People then could make no mistake, and those who could net attend, at mid-day, or in the evening, would not have to go over the bridge.— Mr. H. Anderson thought they should not put too much work on the clergy.—Mr. Ballance said he did not think it would be placing toe. much work on the clergy.—The Vicar promised to con- sider the matter. ST. MARK'S, SALTNEY. This vestry was held OIL Thursday evening, when the Vicar presided.-fho accounts having been passed, the Vicar nominated Mr. G. F. Clough as Ins warden, and the vestry unanimously re-elected Mr. R ichard H. Roberts as parishioners' warden. The following were eleced as sidE-smen :-Mess:s. B. Youd, J H ass a 11, \V. H. Major, G. Lyon, W. Mumford, P. Bennett, W, E. James, C. Newman. In addition to the above the following were elected to the Church Council: Messrs. E. G. Williams. J. Sheriff Roberts. E. Phillips, H. S. Whitelcy, 0. Lewis, T. O. Hogarth, Hart Daviea and C. H. Deeley. TARVIN. The annual vestry meeting wag held in the Parish Room on Thursday evening. The Vicar (the, Rev. J. H. Wilcockson, M.A.) presided, and the attendance included the Rev. J. S. Lux- more, Messrs. R. Price and T. H. Parker (church- wardens), Dr. T. JV. E. Moreton. Messrs. N. Large, J. Lea, G. Johnson, J. Leach, A. H. Shur- rock, G. H. Ikin, W. E. Lea. E. Hopley, W. Wilkes, P. Darlington, Oakley, etc. Mr. Price submitted the charity accounts, which showed that £ 2. 15s. Id1, had been received for the spade account, and £ 2. 15s. 3d. expended in 17 spades, while JB4. 14s. 4d. had been received for the coal charity, and £ 4. lis. Id. had' been expended. For the bread charity £ 7. Os. 7d. had been re- ceived and JB6. 18s. 8d. expended. From Brere- ton's Charity 7s. 3d.. had been received and 8s. had been distributed to eight widows. These ac- counts were unanimously adopted.—The hearse accounts shewed that JB1. 17s. 6d. had been re- ceived for the hiring out of the hearse.—The Vicar nominated Mr. N. Large as his warden, and cn the motion of Mr. W. E. Lea. and seconded by Mr. P. Darlington, Dr. T. W. E. Moreton was elected people's warden. Mr. J. Lea (Stapleford Hall) was nominated vicar's sidesman, and Mr. G. Johnson was appointed the people's representative on the resolution of Mr. J. Lea, seconded by Mr. R. Prioe. BUNBURY. Held on Tuesday, the Vicar (the Rev. S. P. Tow-ncnd) presiding. Mr. Byrd presented tho accounts for the. past. year, which shewed a balance in hand of £4. This wa.s considered satisfactory, inasmuch as there W-ü; a deficit of over JE30 at the commencement of the year. The lighting ac- count. a separate fund, shewed a balance in hand of LIO. Messis. R. Brocklebank and D. E. Byrd were unanimously re-elected wardens, and the sidesmen were re-elected, with Dr. Archer as an additional sidesman. It was resolved to record in the minutes that a new stained-glass window had been erected by Mr. W. W. Downey, of Nantwich, at the south side of the chancel, in memory of his sister. It was mentioned that all the registers dating from the foundation of the church had been looked up; and as one or two were found to be in a dilapidated condition they had been renovated at the expense of Mr. Bockle- hank. It was resolved that. a list of vicars of Bunburv from the earliest times bo tabulated and fixed in a prominent position in the church. Votes of thanks *v. ere passed to the churohwardens and sidesmen for their services during the past year. and to the Vicar for presiding.—In seconding the vote of thanks to the churchwardens, Mr. G. F. Dutton called attention to the fact that Messrs. Brocklebank and Byrd had now served for an unbroken period of eleven years as church- wardens. and expressed the obligations of the parishioners to these gentlemen for their valuable services. PULFORD. Held on Thursday, the rector, the Rev. H. Branscombe. presiding. The churchwardens pre- sented a financial statement shewing a balance in hand of L7. Mr. T. L. Okell was appointed by the rector to fill the office of his churchwarden, Mr. Joshua Smith being appointed by the parish- ioners. Messrs. L. Bebbington and R, Parker were clcctcd sidesmen. 1BLLESMEEE PORT. The annual meeting was held on Thursday even- ing. under the presidency of the. Vicar (the Rev. O. E. Rice). The finances of the church were shewn to be in a highly satisfactory state. The churchwardens and sidesmen were re-elected. KELSALL. The vicar (the Rev. J. H. Wilcockson) presided over the vestry meeting in connection with St. Philip's Church. The outgoing churchwardens, Messrs. R. Clarke and F. P. Oakley, presented their accounts, which were unanimously adopted.- The vicar nominated Mr. Clarke as his warden for the ensuing year, and Mr. Oakley was unani- mously re-elected people's warden. e The church- wardens were rcquestefI to see that a new plan of the graveyard was provided, as the aid, one could, not be found. NORTHOP. Held at the Northop Reading Room on Thurs- day evening, the Rev. Clement Davies (vicar) pre- siding. The Vicar presented the statement of accounts of the parish church,. which shewed a balance in hand of £ 9, 9s. 5d.; the curate that of East Nortl10P" shewing £ 4. 4s. lOd. to the good; and Mr. E. Ellis Williams that of Sough ton Mis- sion, shewing a balance to the good of JE4. 12s. 7d. The Vicar no-nominated Mr. J. Eldon Bankes as his warden, and Mr. J. Watkinson was unani- mously elected: parishioners' warden. The sides- men were elected en bloc, with the addition of Mr. J. R. Richardson for Northop Church, Messrs. Joseph Latham and George Dodd for East Northor). ALVANLEY. The vestry meeting was on Thursday evening, the Vicar presiding. Mr. S. H. Noden, the people's warden, read the accounts, which shewed a balanoo in hand of a little over JB4, which was considered very satisfactory. The Vicar elected Mr. 'Thomas Wright as his warden, and Mr. S. H. Noden was re-elected people's warden. Mr. H. Hutchinson and Mr. S. H. Noden were elee- ted lay representatives to the diocesan conference. A vote of thanks was passed to the ladies for their services as decorators on the festive occa- sions of the church. I HESWALL. This vestry meeting was held on Wednesday night, when the Rector (the Rev. T. H. May) presided. The retiring churchwardens. Messrs. W. H. Jones and H. G. C. Day, were unanimously reappointed, as also were tho following sidesmen: Messrs. Ixjadley Brown, J. H. Hubback, C. Dorri- cott, G. Hollowood, G. Broster, J. Ellis and T: Talbot. Messrs. Thos. Brocklebank and Leadhy Brown were reappointed representatives to the ruri-decanal and diocesan conferences, with Mr. W. H. Jones to act in the event of either being unable to attend. Tho financial statement shewed a small adverse balance. This wu also the case with the Mission Room accounts. The Rector said they had to r<egret the loss through removal from tho parish of Mr. Meadows Frost and family, and through death of Mrs. Bromfield.. The church tower renovation fund amounted to nearly £ 180, and it had been decided to go on with the work as far as the funds would allow. Burial accommodation was in the hands of the Parish Council, who were carrying out a scheme for the extension of the churchyard. He thanked the congregation for their gratifying Easter offering, which came to JB25. 4s. HELSBY. This vestry meeting was hold on Thursday even- ing, the Rev. E. W\ Evans (vicar) presiding. The accounts for the past yc-ar, submitted by Mr. J. Blytho (parishioners' warden), shewed that, the inoome was as follows:—Balance brought for- ward from the previous year £ 12. 13s. lO^d.. collec- tions for church expenses £ 187. 8s. 4d., collections for speoial objects JE54. 12s. lid., total JB254 15s. lgd. expenditure £ 274. 17s. 3d., leaving a deficit balance of £ 20. 2s. 1A(1—The Vicar said to a certain extent he was responsible for the de- ficit., and it had been brought about by certain alterations and repairs which he considered were necessary, both to the church and the church cot- tages, and which ho had had carried out, but he was quite willing to pay the cost of these, amounting to about 920, if the parishioners thought he should do so.-Th,s, however, would not bo listened to.—Mr. Knight proposed that the accounts be passed.—This was carried.—The a c-co u n ts in connection with the mission services hold at the Recreation Hall shewed that the total income, including a balance of £ 3. 8s. 2d. brought forward, amounted to 225. 15s. 2d., and expenditure £ 18. lis. Od.. leaving a balance in hand of L7. 4s. lid -The Vicar, in eulogising the t-erviccis of the churchwardens, said it had Veen his lot to work with many churchwardens, but he had never been associated with two with whom he had worked more amicably and smoothly than during the past year. He was very grateful to both Afr G. C. Taylor and Mr. J. Blythe for their splendid: work and pssistanc.o. He again nominated Mr. G. C. Taylor as his warden, and Mr. F. C. Bradley as his sidesman. —Messrs. J. Blythe and J. Jeffs were proposed for tho position of parishioners' warden, but the latter declining to stand, Mr. J. Blytho was again elec- ted to that office. Messrs. R. W. Hill and J. Jeffs were both nominated for the position of parishioners' sidesman, and on being put to the vote Mr. HilL was elected by a small majority. Messrs. J. T. Collier and Jas. White were ap- pointed lay delegates to the diocesan confer- ence.—The Vicar expressed his hearriest. thanks for their admirable services during the year to Mr. A. Garten (Sunday school •superinetndent), Miss N. Davies (teacher of the g-irls' Bible class), Messrs. R. W. Hill and J. T. Collier (leaders of the men's Bible classes, the Sunday school teachers, Mr. R. W. Hill (oi-gqn-At and choirmas- ter), who through ill-health had been forced to resign that position after 22 years' service; the members of the choir, Messis, i, Malpass and P. Priestner, and the Sunday school teachers at the Recreation Hall, Mr. W. B. Barlow (choirmaster), Mr. W. Barlow, junr. (organist), the choir, to- gether with Mr. J. H. Dixon and H. Knight, for their work in connection with the mission ser- vices held at that place; the lay representatives, the Church Council, and Mr. J. Bazley (sexton). He also thanked Mrs Whalley and the ladies who had generously provided flowers for and decora- ted the altar throughout the year, and also for the church on special occasions.—The Vicar re- ferred to the proposed Parish Room, which, he said, was badly needed, and appealed for further support. He had already had about E260 pro- mised out of the JE500 required.—On the proposi- tion of Mr. Garton, seconded by Mr. Colher, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Vicar for his excellent work during the year.—Mr. J. T. Collie" extended, on behalf of the meeting. a heartv welcome to the Rev. T. W. Sharpley (curate), who returned _thanks.—The ^following wer-e elected members of the Church Council: The churchwardens, lay representatives, and sides- men. and Messrs. W. B. Barlow, G. Britland, J. Bromley, H Davies, J. H. Dixon, A. Garton, J. Dallimorc, G. Lee. A. MaJpnss, A. Priestner. H. Kniarht, F. A. Pye. W. A. Tomlinson, T. Tudor, H. Welch, A. Whalley, W. Priestner, J. Jeffs, T. Hatton, and B. Peacock.—A cordial vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. R. W. Hill for his 22 years' services as choirmaster and organist. HOQTON The vestry meeting of St. Paul's was held on Thursday, the Rev. A. E. Cooper presiding. Mr Latham read the accounts. The receipts shewed that the month!v offertories amounted to £ yo. 13s. 4d.. special collections to £ 106. 6s. 6d., and poor fund E56. 12s. 7d. These, with other small items, brought up the total to JB255. 14s. 6d. The expenditure included a deficit from last account of £ 17. 0s. lid., general expenses £ 18. 10s. 4d., wages L31. 9s. 3d., gas and coal accounts B52 5s. 9d.. special objects L106. 6s. 6d.. poor fund C56. 12s. 7d., and other items, making a total of JB255. Is. 7d., which left a credit balance of 12s. 7d. Of this, however, 10s. 4d. is on the Woodin Memorial Fund. so that the actual balance for church work is 2s. 3d Mr. Bradley proposed and Mr. Hopley seconded that the accounts be passed. This was agreed to. The vicar again nominated Mr. Latham as his warden, and in doing so thanked him for past services. Mr. Mort was re-elected people's warden. The vicar nominated Messrs. F. Bradley, A. S. Collard, J. McMurtrie, H. Nicholson and S. E. Woodward as his sides- men. while Messrs. H. P. Beckett. N. S. Burnell, J. E. Harrison. J. Hopley and E. Lewis were again chosen as people's sidesmen. Messrs. H. A. Latham and J. McMurtrie having been thanked for their services as lay representatives to the diocesan conferences, were re-elected to that position. The various church officers were re- appointed, and votes of thanks were passed to the honorary treasurer of the Sunday school, Sunday school teachers, the choir, and also to Mr. Beckett for auditing the church accounts. The Vicar re- marked that good work was being done in the Sunday schools, and they now had 175 children on the books. The vestry expressed their satisfaction with the reading desk as rearranged, it being con- sidered a great improvement. The Vicar, as hon. treasurer of the choir and organ fund, submitted the annual statement, shewing receipts to be £47. 6s. 10d., expenditure £ 45. lis. 7d.. leaving a credit balance of £ 1. 15s. 3d. The poor fund receipts amounted to £ 58. 6s. 7d. and the expenses to £55. Os. 6d.. there being a balance in hand of JB2. 6s. Id. Mr. R. Bradley, as hon. treasurer, read the accounts of the Sunday school, the income being J359. 13e. and the outgoings £38. 7s. 4d., leaving a credit balance of J31. 5s. 8d. A new account, that of the trustees of the school house, was then brought forward by the Vicar, who explained that the County Council would
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I have nothing to do with the school house; the income had been JB40. 16s. 10d., and after paying expenses incurred there was a balance of JE55 2s. 5d. The "Parish Magazine" accounts shewed a credit balance of 10s., the income being J617 14s. 8d. and the expenditure £ 17 4s. 8. During the year there had been collected at the children's services JB2, 5s. lid., which is devoted to a fund for providing a children's window at the west end of the church. The Vicar thanked the parish- ioners for their Easter offering (£54. Is. lid.). It was, he said, very encouraging to him in his work. WHITCHURCH. 'This vestry was held on Tuesday. The rector, who was unable, to be present, wrote nominating Dr. Gwynn as his warden and Mr. J. M. Etches as his sidesman. Mr. Duggan was elected people's warden and Mr. Bacon sidesman. NESTON. THE LATE MR. R. BUSHELL. This vestry meeting was held on Tuesday even- ing, the Vicar (the Rev. Canon Turner) presiding. —The Vicar referred in sympathetic terms to the loss they had. sustained in the death of the late Mr. Reginald Bushell- He had always looked to Alr. Bushell for support and counsel, and Mr. Bushell had been a most generous, contributor to the church, and to every good object in the parish. He moved the following resolution: — "That the parishioners of Neston desire to record their deep sense of the loss sustained by the parish through the lamented death of Mr. Reginald Bushell, who had long resided in Neston and who had bo-en closely identified with every good work which had fox its object the benefit of the church, the schools or the parish. In exprossinir their high appreciation of the late Mr. R. Bushell, the parishioners beg to tender to Mrs. Reginald Bushell a.nd family the assurances of their sincere sympathy with them in their bereavement.—Mr. T. Modynaux seconded the- resolution, which was unanimously carried.—The Chairman. next pio- pos-ed—"That this meeting of parishioners con- siders that some permanent memorial to the late Mr. Reginald Bushell. should be erected in the parish church, with which he. had been so long connected, and that a. committee be appointed to raiso the necessary funds and to suggest the form the memorial should take."—Mr. Cramer-Roberts secoildc.d.-Thos,- piesent in the vestry were en- rolled as a committee to carry the resolution into effect.—Mr. R. L. Price, in presenting the annual accounts, said there, was unfortunately a deficit of L25. 3s. Id., which had been brought about en- tirely through the failing off in the collections. In 1903 the collections amounted to JE508. and in 104 to JS559, whereas in 1905 the amount was only £ 300. The total expenditure was E325 15s. Sd.—The Chairman said the, reduction in the amount of offertory could be accounted for to some extent by the many unfavourable Sundays they had had as regards the weather, and the ab- Banco of various friends. The number of coins was satisfactory, for the total number in the offertory, not including the early services, was a,666. Of these, 15,889 were copper ooins.—The accounts were duly passed, as was also a vote of thanks to tho retiring wardens for their services during the past year.—Mr. Royden (Little Nes- ton) asked how it was that Lord Mostyn collet-ted tithe in Little Neston, and the Cha.innan ex- plained that in the days of Henry VIII. many tithes were passed into the hands of laymen, the tithes collected, by the clergy being iii many in- stances very small in comparison with tlesc. Vicar again nominated Mr. R. L. Price as his warden, with Messrs. J. G. Leo and H. T. Cramer-Roberts as his sidesmen Mr. T. Ioly- neux was re-elected people s warden, and Messrs. Joseph Johnson, John Basnett, H. Smith, M. Livermoie, F. Kidman. J. Royden, W. H. H. Quinsey and T. Oxton (Burton-road) were elected people's sidesmen. Messrs. H. T. Cramer-Roberts and W. H. H. Quinsey were appointed as the parish representatives at the diocesan conference. —Mr. Ariel Gray, one of the lay readeia. was thanked for hi* services in conducting services from time to time at Parkgato and Lfctle Neston —Mr. James Syer Warren was thanked for similar servioes at Little Neston.—By way of giving figures as to the work of the church during the past yeax, the Chairman stated that the number of baptisms was 115, marriages 20, burials 52. The services in church numbered 299. at Parkgato 55, and at Little Neston 65. a total of 409. Holy Communion had been celebrated 120 times, pri- vate Communion (sick) 49 times, and the total number of communicants had been 2.057, the number of communicants on Easter Sunday being 268.—Mr. R. L. Prioe handed the Vicar a cheque for L27. 17s. 10d., being the Easter gift to him from. the congregation. INCE. This vestry meeting was held on Tuesday even- ing, the vicar (the Rev. F. Clifton-Smith) pre- siding. The accounts, presented by. Mr. W. Greenway, showed expenditure for the year £ 37. 3s. 5Ad., and receipts £ 38, leaving a balance on the right side of 16s. 7jd. The accounts were adopted. Tho vicar again nominated Mr. Greenway as his warden, while Mr. T. Darlington, on the motion of Mr. W. Brown, seconded by Mr. o Proffitt, was unanimously chosen people's warden. The sidesmen, Messrs. E. Littler, O. Proffitt, E. Helsby and W. Brown, were re- appointed. Mr. John Warburton and Mr. W. Greenway again became lay, representatives. The question of abolishing the church rate was brought forward by the vicar, and after some dis- cussion the vestry decided to do away with the rate and substitute morning and evening offer- tories every Sunday instead. It was agreed that the children's pews be altered and brought to the level of the other pews, the matter being left in the hands of the vicar and churchwardens, as was also the purchase of some new hassocks for the church. In bringing forward the idea of a new organ for the church, tho vicar thought that a strong effort should be made during the coming year to secure one, and a committee was formed, consisting of the churchwardens and sidesmen. with the vicar as secretary, to devise ways and moans to accomplish that object. EASTHAM. At the vestry meeting of St. Mary's Church on Wednesday the Rev. W. E. Torr (vicar) presided. The people's warden (Mr. Chambers), stated that the receipts were as follows:—Offertories, £ 261 13s. 5d. (less retained by the vicar for the poor, £ 28. 4s. 5d.); cash from Eastham Burial Joint Committee, £ 12: sale of glass, 15s. total, £ 246. 4s. The expenditure amounted to J3229. 13s. This left a balance in hand of £ 16. lis., which would he needed for recasting the bells, which had just boon completed. Mr. Babington, in moving that the accounts be passed, said that their wardens had shewn great ability in their work; the offer- tories amounted to some £ 80 more than last year. The vicar nominated Mr. Harrison as his warden for the ensuing year, and on the motion of Mr. Babington, seconded by Mr. Woodward. Mr. Chambres was re-elected people's warden for the 27th time. The accounts of the Stoke Charity shewed the receipts to be L63. 12s. 9d., of which £ 42. 12s. 9d. was brought forward from last year and j621 had been received as rent. The ex- penditure amounted' to B22. 16s., which left a credit balance of £ 40. 16s. 9d. Messrs. J. Ashton, J. Price, R. P. Sing, W. Smith, J. H. Vernon and J. White were re-elected sidesmen, together I with Mr. R. Davies in place of Mr. Cochran. who has left the village. Messrs. Chambers and Price ■were again chosen as delegates to the Diocesan Conference, and thanked for their former ser- vices. Mr. Harrison presented the vicar with £ 31. 10s. 10d., the Easter offertory.—The Vicar said their kind act had placed him still more in their debt. He always had a feeling of re- luctance in accepting the offering, as he was not in the same position as some of his brethren, who were very ppor indeed. He could assure them that their offering would go towards increasing the stipend of some of the loss fortunate. He .referred to the resignation of Mr. Pope, the curate, on account of ill-health, and said he had appointed as their future curate the Rev. H. Barker, who had been for six years curate at St. Paul's, Trarim em. HA WARDEN. The annual vestry meeting was held at the Girls' School, Hawarden. on Easter Tuesday, and was attended by a large number of parishioners. The Reotor (Canon Drew) presided', and the follow- ing clergy were also present:—-the Rev. W. H. Paikes, the Rov. Alfred Abel, the Rev. R. C. Allen and the Rev. J. F. South-a.m.-The Rector ailuded to this being his first vestry meeting in the ancient parish of Hawarden, and the pleasure he felt at thcro being such a veiy largo attend- ance of churc-h-pcople. He said that the. efficient carrying out of his duties depended upon the co- operation of his parishioners, and appealed for tneir support. Church reform was now a question much in the air, and one of tho first steps was to make the annual vestry meeting a really vital thing in itself. Pie had been in office only for about throe months, and so had not been able to visit his people as much as he would have desired, owing to the necessity of making himself first acquainted with the work of the parish as regards organisation, finance, etc. As regarded the clergy staff, he had hoped to have had the Rev. Mr. Scott with them about this time, but owing to his breakdown m health Mr. Scott had been com- pelled to withdraw, and he (the Rector) would unfortunately be without his services. He, how- ever, hoped to have the assistance of the Rev. Mr. Poolo fiom Swinton about the middle of August. Alluding to the defects in the lighting of the church, he said he proposed to make certain), im- provements in the Whitley chancel, at hts own personal expense, with incandescent burners, with the improved "inverted mantle" system. The parishioners might then possibly consider the advisability of extending this lighting system to tho whole building. He further allwded to the urgent necessity of having a proper vestry erected urgent necessity of having a proper vestry erected on the north side of the dhancol. a matter which the previous Rector felt most keenly, and recom- mended this for further consi deration -The churchwardens' accounts shewed receipts amount- ing to a total of JB281. 18s. lid., with an adverse balance of J645. SiI. 5d.—The Rector said this was undoubtedly a serious state of things, and he felt it ought not to exist. There ought to be a weekly collection of at least 25 or £ 6.—Mr. C. B. Toller explained that additional expense had been incurred this year owing to the partial rebuilding of the churchyard wall. The extra. amount was really JB43, but owing to the Rector's generosity this amount had been reduced to only £17. (Hear, hear.)—The Rector suggested that in future a 1 quarterly financial ytaetweat should be issued1 to the worshippers at the parish church, ep that they might know exactly how they stood.—The ac- 'counts were passed.-Tho accounts for the school chapels of St. Winifred's, Ewloe, and St. Am- brose's, Sandycroft, were submitted. On the former there was a surplus of 9s. 3d., and on the latter a deficit of JS2. 12s. 7d.-The election of churchwardens and sidesmen then took place. It was decided to elect eight sidesmen for tho parish church, instead of four as in the past.—Mr. E. Sydney Taylor was nominated by the Rector as his warden, in the place of Mr. C. B. Toller, to whom the Rector paid a warm tribute for his services. Mr. John Wikock was unanimously re-elected parishioners' warden for the seventh time successively, on the proposition of Mr. D. Jones, seconded by Mr. T. Wright. The vestry elected the following sidesmen Messrs. G. Shall- croft. Arthur Potter, Gordon Bailey, T. Bosweil, W. Jvl -I' and J. Bioughton. The Rector nomin- ated Mr. T. Wright and Mr. Arthur Lyon as his sidesmen. Messrs. L. Chilton and J. Duckworth were appointed sidesmen for St. Winifred's, Ewloe and Messrs. Thos. Davies and E. Griffiths for St. Ambrose's, Sandyeroft.-The, parish charities accounts were submitted and inspection invited.—The Rector stated that there was a balance at tho bank of £ 16.—The method of col- lecting the alms in the parish church was dis- cussed, and it was decided that offertory ba.gs should be used in future instead of the cumber- some plates used herotofore.It was decided t-hat the question of the disposal of tile old parish hearse should be left in the hands of the church- wardens.—Tho Rector mentioned that a good re- sponse had been made to the appeal for the churchyard improvement fund, over 50 having already put their names down as annual sub- scribers.—The meeting closed with votes of thanks to the retiring officers and to the Roctor for pre- scribers.—The meeting closed with votes of thanks to the retiring officers and to the Rector for pre- «;;TH" '"e.' CONNAH'S QUAY. This vestry meeting was held on Tuesday even- ing. The Vicar (the Rev. Thomas Williams) pre- sided.—Mr. T. J. Reney (churchwarden) ex- plained that the total amount oolie-ct-ed for all purposes during the year was JE139. 6s. 91.; the expenditure amounted to £ 133. 9s. 3d., leaving a balance in hand for church expenses of £1 Os. 7d., and for clergy help fund of E16. Is. 5d.—The Vicar nominated Mr. T. J. Reney as his warden for the year, and Mr. Walter Baird as his sides- man. Mr. A. Ferguson was unanimously re- elected parishioners' warden, and Mr. W. H. Lloyd parishioners' sidesman.—Sympathy was ex- pressed with. Mr. C. Davi-son in his illness. BUCKLEY. This vestry was held on Tuesday, the vicar (the Rev. D. R. Pelly) presiding. The retiring church- wardens presented their accounts, which shewed that although they started with a debtor balance of 9s. 2N., they finished the year with a credit balance of £ 21. 5s. O!d. Tho total amount of the church collections for the year was L188. 10s. lid., ae against JBISI. lis. 2-Ld. for the previous year, 4 while the total number of coins given for this year was 21,610, against 22,897. As the services for the greater part of the year were held in the National Schools (owing to the re-building of the church), the accounts were considered very satisfactory. The vicar nominated Mr. Thomas Williams as his warden, and on the motion of Mr. Charlet3 Dolby, seconded by Mr. R. M. Gibson, Mr. William Nunns was elected people's warden. The vicar nominated Messrs. John Mackintosh and G. A. Roberts as his sidesmen for the parish church, and Messrs. Charles Aston, John Henry Rogers, R. M. Gibson, Charles Dolby, John Dunn and Henry Lamb were ap- pointed sidesmen by the vestry. Messrs. Charles Ellis and William Lamb were appointed sidesmen for the mission church of the Good Shepherd, and Messrs. John Simnor and Robert Williams were appointed sidesmen for the mission church of St. David's. Messrs. William Newton, James Newton, E. Peers, Thomas Jones. John Dunn, R. M. Gibson, James Brookfield, Joseph Williams, Henry Hayes, and the Rev. J. Compton, together with the two churchwardens, and the vicar as chairman, were appointed the church council. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Canon and Mrs. Drew for the many generous gifts to the parish during the time of Mr. Drew's incumbency. ROSSETT. The Easter vestry tock place on Thursday even- ing, the Vi-car (the Rev. E. Charley) presiding. The Chairman alluded to the changes that had taken place sinoe the previous vesiry. They had lost their previous vicar through removal during the year, and they had to deplore the death of Captain Griffith-Bosoawen, who for so many years devoted his life to the welfare of the parish, the district, and the whole county, preferring a ll.fo of work to that of leisure, which he might easily have adopted, and dying practically in harness. Thsy hoped to be able to erect a local memorial to him apart from the one decided upon by the ■county. They had also lost recently by death Mr. J. M. Machell whe, although unable for some tjimo to attend the -s&vices,. had continued a generous contributor to the funds of the church. He desired to call their attention to the condition of the churchyard, which was greatly in need of repairs; there was also the. question of formula- ting a table of fees for buitials. Hitherto tJJ-a fees obtained for the burial of non-parishioners had been appropriated by the churchwardens for the maintenance of the churchyard. Whether this was correct would have to be discussed. The Chairman thanked Mr. Randies, the people's warden, and the sidesmen for their valuable as- s stance. Mr. R. Randies submitted the balance- sheet fcr the year, which shewed a small adverse balance. The Vicar nominated as his warden Mr. G. R. Sandbach. Mr. Keen proposed, and Mr. E. Wcolrich seconded, the re-appointment of Mr. R. Randies as people's warden, which was unanimously approved. The following were ap- pointed sidesmen: Messrs. Griffith Jones, J. Eardley, H. Edwards, and J. Randier; while Mr. G. R. Sandbach and Mr. Babb were ap- pointed representatives to attend1 the Dicoesan Conference. Messrs. E. Babb and J. Hastings were re-elected auditors. Mr. Babb moved, and Mr. Randies seconded, that a vote of condolence be forwarded to the family of the late Captain Griffith-Boscawen in their bereavement, together with an expression of the deceased gentleman's great public worth. The motion was carried nem. con. The meeting afterward,; constituted itself a special vestrv for the purpose of making application to the Chancellor of the Diocese for permission to erect a stained glass window OV9r the chancel at the eastern end of the church to the memory of the late Major F. H. and Mrs. Barker, of Llyndir. The Chairman remarked that the window would be very handsome, and a great, ornament to the church the expense would bo borne by the Barker family. The proposal met with the unanimous approval of the vestry, and it was decided to make the necessary appli- cation. GRESFORD. This vestry meeting was held on Tuesday, when there were present the Vicar (the Rev. E. A. Fishbourne). in the chair, Mr. Chancellor Trevor Parkins, Major Rcbertson, Mr. J. Thorley Sykes, Mr. P. L. Roopor, Mr. Reginald James, the Rev. R. J. Barker Owen. Mr. J. C. S. Brockbank, 'Mr. J. Gough, Mr. James Lee, etc.—The Chair- man alluded to the change adopted at the sug- gestion of the wardens in using plates instead of bags for collecting, which were found to be more satisfactory, the collections having increased by a sum of about ;C20.-The Chancellor remarked that when bags were substituted for plates many years ago they then found the bags to answer better.—The Vicar thanked Mr. Reginald James for having acted as vicar's warden and nominated him for the ensuing year.—Mr. P. L. Rooper moved the re-election of Major Robertson, Mr. J. Thorley Sykes. and Mr. J. C. S. Brockbank, as people's wardens fcr the ensuing year., which was seconded by Mr. James Lee, and unanimously approved. The following were appointed sides- men :—Mesrs. P. L. Rooper, J. Gough, W. Lee, J. Parry, R. Edwards, and Vincent B. Wright. The following were appointed lay representativee at the Diocesan Conference:—Major Robertson, I Mr. Reginald James. Mr. J. Allington Hughes, and Mr. J. R. Orred, while Mr. Chancellor Trevor Parkins, Mr. Reginald James. Mr. J. R. Orred, and Mr. Vincent B. Wright were asked to represent the parish at the meetings of the ruri- dccanal association.—The Chancellor drew atten- tion to the fact that flowers were frequently re- moved from graves in the churcliyard.-It was decided to keep the eastern gat-e locked in future so as to prevent children from roaming in the grounds.—The Chairman mentioned that Dr. Mules had spoken about the dangerous condition of the boundary wall of the village green near the station, saying that the Parish Coune; ought to see to it.—The Chancellor, however, stated that it belonged to the vicar and churchwardens. to whom the matter was referred. INHARMONIOUS BELLRTNGERS. At the vestry meeting of Northwich Parish Church on Friday a parishioner drew attention to the disgraceful manner in which, he said. the bells had been rung, and the complaint was taken up, by several others. It was stated that certain differ- ences existed among the ringers, and that one-half would not work in harmony with the other. One of the church officers, who professed to have a knowledge of bellringing, said the bells had not been properlv rung for years. It was decided that the vicar and the wardens should have a meeting with the ringers. Reference was also made to the unsatisfactory collections received. A suggestion to substitute brass collecting plates for bags was made, the argument being that the plates might shame some people into giving more. Against this it was mentioned that the present collections were purely free-will offerine, s, and if there were plates the amounts given might in some oases be termed "shamed" gifts. The resolve was to continue to use the bags. VERGER GOT HIS "RISE." At the Easter vestry meeting at Hook. nen." Surbiton, it was decided to raise the salary of the organist by E5. Thereupon the verger promptly expressed the opinion that if the organist was worth B5 a year moro he was worth at least 92 a year more. The Vicar, while sympathetic, said a resolu- tion must be moved if anything were to be done; No one ventured to make the necessary roove, "Why don't you do it yourself?" said one of those present to the verger. "All right I will," said the official. I move that I am granted an increase of 2 a year." The resolution was seconded and put to the meeting. Only the verger and the seconder voted in favour of it, but as there was no OPPOSITION t)io,vic,sr ctedarcq the resolution carried