School Treats.
St. Mary’s Evening School. The youths of the school in Stonefield road, of which Mr. James Rock, sen., was the chief founder, were invited to their annual treat in the school-room on the 21st of January.
St. Mary’s Day-schools. The boys, girls and infants of these schools had their usual May-Day treat on Wednesday, May 1st, in a variety of amusements, as well as in the consumption of a variety of refreshments, such as buns, Victoria sandwiches, new milk &c.
Girls Ragged School. About 90 children of this school, founded by Miss Paton and other ladies were treated to an annual tea and gipsy-party in Ore Valley, on the 19th of June.
Girls’ British School. The children attending this school, in Providence Row, partook of a bountiful tea in the school-room on the 13 of September, and engaged in various amusements, a storm preventing their assembling out of doors.
Halton Schools. Nearly 250 children of these schools were entertained with tea and cake, and with an afternoon’s pleasant games in the parsonage field on the 19th of September.
Vestry Meetings.
At Ore on the 17th of January, a rate of 1/- in the £ was agreed to. C. H. Frewen, Esq of Coghurst, in a speech of some length objected to the rating of his property at £185, whereupon Robt. Hunter, Esq. offered to Hire Coghurst Hall, unfurnished, & eleven acres of ground attached at £200 per annum. This offer was declined.
St. Michael’s Easter vestry was held at the Wellington inn, and a 6dy rate was agreed upon. The overseers named for magisterial selection were Messrs. Wood, Wise and Foord.
Holy Trinity’s meeting was also held at the Wellington inn, on March 22nd, Mr. Polhill, overseer, presiding, and who suggested that the vestry should empower the overseers to resist the payment of the rate which the Local Board were about to levy to meet the expenses of extending water mains through the parish, the said district being already supplied from the Eversfield Waterworks. The Vestry Clerk said that was not the proper way to raise the question. He also said the only mode of resisting the rate was by appealing against it.
St. Mary-in-the-Castle. This parish had its meeting at the Pelham Arms on the 25th of March, Mr. Burchall being appointed chairman. The same gentleman having removed into the adjoining parish was highly complimented for his assiduous attention to his office as one of the retiring overseers, and vote of thanks to him ordered to be entered on the minutes. Mr. Phillips was re-elected vestry-clerk; Messrs. Clement & Haywards were appointed surveyors for the outbounds.
St. Clement’s was held on the 26th of March, with Mr. Jos. Amoore, (a churchwarden) in the chair. J. Amoore and J. R. Bromley were re-elected churchwardens; G. B. Poole and Jas. Ives re-elected sidesmen; John Phillips re-elected vestry-clerk; J. Ives, re-elected assistant overseer. Mr. Henry -
