Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1883 Excerpt: ... placards, charging the church party with intimidation, with tampering with the register, &c., and the meeting was a very unruly one. One report says that when the church doors were thrown open, at about twenty minutes to two, there was a dreadful rush into the church which was soon filled, while a great crowd remained outside. At two o'clock the vicar and wardens appeared in the gallery, and were met by hisses, groaning, &c., while Mr. James Fielden, Mr. John Bright, and Mr. Barton, went into the pulpit and reading desk, and were loudly cheered. On account of the immense crowd it was decided to adjourn the meeting into the churchyard, whereupon the vicar with the incumbents of St. James" and Whitworth, the two curates, and two churchwardens planted themselves on the tombstone of James Taylor, while Mr. Fielden, Mr. Bright, and others were on the adjoining tombstone of Robert Marriott. Mr. A. Brierley then read the following estimate of expenses--£ d. Bread and wine for the sacrament, and cleaning communion plate 710 Two new surplices, and washing and mending surplices 7 10 o Clerk and beadle's salaries 10 o o Organist and blower 21 o o Bell ropes 44o Stationery 20 o o Coal and candles 400 Cleaning church 7 IO o Visitation fees, and expenses attending the same 1 1 o o Repairing the church inside and out, churchyard wall, and gates 385 10 o £477 15 o Mr. A. Brierley, in his speech, justified each of these items of the account. In answer to those who urged that the offertory should be devoted to supplying the sacred elements, he contended that the offertory was necessarily devoted to relieve the poor. In regard to the charge for surplices, the item had been first introduced by the wardens, who had been elected especially to effect a reform in these ...
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