The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-28 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL GAS: COMPANY.

THE annual meeting was held on Tuesday, at the offices in
Newington. Mr. G. H. Lawrence, chairman of the board of

directors, presided.
After the annual statement of accounts had been read by
the manager, Mr. Steele, the following report for the past year

was read ;

It is with much pleasure that the directors have to report to
the proprietors that the business of the company has pro-
gressively increased during the past year.
The directors have taken steps to provide for the continuing
demand for a further supply of gas, by the erection of addi-
tional works between Edge-hill and Wavertree, and in such a
position as will afford to the company the advantage of having
the cannel coal brought by railway 'to the works.
The directors have now the satisfaction of submitting to the
proprietors accounts of a favourable character, not only as re-
gards the interests-of the proprietors but also of consumers.
The anticipated result of the year's accounts ending the 30th
of June last, which the directors submitted to the proprietors
in the report laid before them at their meeting in August,
1854, has been realised, and the proprietors will ascertain from
the accounts now submitted that the reduction of the price of
gas within the borough, which took place on the Ist January
last, has been fully justified.
The directors wish the proprietors to unde:Stand that one
great advantage which has assisted them hr bringing the
affairs of the company to such a satisfactory result is; that the
supply of cannel has been delivered under contracts• made
some years ago, at a price much under the present market
price.
At the half-yearly meeting in February last, a dividend of
five per cent. for the preceding half-year on the consolidated
stock of the company, and 2s. 6d. per share on each of the
£25 A shares, was declared, which together amounted to
£22-,521

The profit and loss account, for the year ending 30th of
June last, shows the profits of the company for the year to be
£49',157 Os. 4d. ; deducting from which amount the above sum
of Xt`2,521 55., leaves a balance of £26,635 fss. 4d. applicable
to the payment of dividend, and to the reserved fund.
By the act of the company, the reserved fund to be provided
is £3 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the company, now
amounting to £463;l2s—that is to say, a sum 0E13,893 155.,
and the directors.' have passed to the credit of thisfund the sum
of £3,328 Is. 61,-which completes the total amount new re-
quired by the act.
The directors recommend that out of the above sum of
£26,635 15s. 4d., a dividend' of Wiper cent. on the consolidated
stock, and 125.-6 d. per sharenn the £25 A shares, be now de.;
dared for the half-year ending: the 30th of June last, which,
together, will amount to the slim' of £23,156 55., and this sum,
with the £3,318 Is. 6d.so carried to the reserve fund, makes the
sum of £26,484 6s. 6d., leaving a surplus profit of £l5l Bs. 10d.'
The directors feel assured that the above satisfactory result
of the operations of those provisions of the company's act of
parliament which secure to the consumers, with the increasing,
business and profits of the company,.' progressive reductions'
-in the price of gas, wiil;demonstrate to-the inhabitants of this
community that, by giving to the management of the ccnt-
pany their confidence and support, they. will obtain the bene-
fit of further reductionemore speedily than by giving their
countenance to agitations; which; whilst they have had the .
effect of distracting the attention of those who are entrusted
With-the- affairs of the company from their proper and ne=
cessary duties; must certainly occasion an expenditure of those.
funds- which otherwise would forth the basis of further re—
ductions in the price of gas:
The directors' first duty is to consider the provisions of the-
company's, act of parliament, and. to take carethat the pro-
prietorsd
tetheir
receiving= a r o
tphreeijvu;hcradOisenmimcoaleoirpcdaetuavnro p r
company;
;p paidaoaa
rnrfncyidt
um:el
pariteidroyitigenntne7l.l
have
premiums
which
bta tcinehui
07,t;sheer
profits
tpfieo expended
snct
dtta
consideredeiro in
company,
l at parliamentthelnwa works
ryl
Ik, astrn;ftp:trbohinyeets
to
i
divisible, but,. in fact, only giving to such proprietors a divi-
dend of £5 percent. per annunt,, and in some• cases- a less divi-
dend on the amount paid to the company foie their shares.
conclusier4 your directore have -to state-that four of the
ditecters; namely, Mr. Earle, Mr. Barten, Mr. Larwrence,
and :Mi. Mu:ten retire from a& direction, butt are-eligible for
re-election. GEORGE: H.. LAWREISCE;.Cliairrnan.
The report, on- the motion of the CHAIR:Mr:AV,. seconded by
Mr. CHARLES TURNER,' was unanimously adopted-..
The CHAIRWLY moved that a= dividend of five per cent. for
4haluilf,year ending the 30th Xene, be payable; less income-
; tax; on the 23rd. inst. The resolution was adoptefl
: In reply to a, question by Mr:: C. Turner, the CZAIRAIIN
said that early notice would be 4ven of any intention to make
call upon the- A uhares. At present they were- not in want
of money, but the new works is t render it neeessaey.
Mr. Ha Earle,-,Mr.. James Barton, and Mr. IL-Lawrence,
retiring directors were re-elected, .and Mr: John Grant
Morris was elected i n room, of Mr. Mozley, who • retires from
health,

Mr. Radley was appointed cue of the anditort,,in room of
Mr. Morris.

The Cira.m....-cts .proposed nut the remuneration of the di-
'rectors be £5OO per annum fonthe present year..
Mn C. TUR:MR proposed a vote of thanks: to-the directors,
:and expresssedlis regret at the attacks made on the Gas
Com-
ypan3r out of doors-, because he. felt that theseattacks were quite
;undeserved.. The chairman had referred to,the determination
-of the directors to withdraw from the inquiry :going on before-
the council. That matter, the- -director& had, douttless wejl
-'considered. Whether they had considered:that u withdraw-
'ing they mk,,ht be looked upon by the public% taking a too
'hostile view of the matter, his-did not know..;. but if anything
of that sort xere the result, it would be most unhappy. It was.
most desirable that before the town they should not,
appear as regarding the investigation in: a. hostile
and - he • thought that their. withdrawing- from further.
inquiry might be looked uport in that point of. view.
The, eaklE3l4Zi. assuaed Mr. l'lmner that the matter
' alluded to. had received; the best consideration of the:
directors. When they first entered, into the investigAtEuu.
they me.;; the council in. the most, friefuLV spirit ; tr. 3!
quite acknowledged the rieit of, the:council to interfere, and
the compfuty felt they had nothing todieguise. But as they
were afraid that objections would bo . raised which at the
moment it might be (Monk to meat, ..they had come to-,tlie
;conclusion not in, any hostile spirit:, hut with a view to their
'own protection, of withdrawing from Ihe inquiry. His brother
:directors were unanimous on the point. When the proper
time came they would be prepared to give proper amwers to
all charges or objections.
This terminated the proceedings._

RMICENHEAJ4,- LANCASHIRE,, AND CENTRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Tnp half-yearly, meeting of this company v,as held at
XottVs Ferry- Hatel,,Birkenhead,, on Saturday; Mr. William
Atkinson, of Ashton Hayes,. near Chester, in the chair; the
late chairmr.ns. Mr. Bancroft;, ocrapyipg a seat among the
directors. After the usuld.preliminaries, the Secretary, Mr.
Glnsox, resit the following
PORT.
The directors regret that, owing to the severity of the win
ter and the depression of trade, the accountsSer the half-year.
show a csosiders.ble redaction in the amounof receipts, com,_
pared with the corresponding six months of..- 1854.
The receipts inthe half-year
eliding 30th. Jane,. 1854,
,amounted; to „ £33,840 4 5, £33,585 /5.27:
30,58`,1e• 10.8 30,297 13,1

Decrease 23,5D,7 13 9 £3,28Z 19 6
The decrease in goods trafic has taken place entirekpcn. the
/Ale between. Chester and Birkenhead, the quantity carried
being in the half-year ending 30th June, 184...15...vp, tons.

_
1855...1A3,477, tons.
f
But it is satisfactory to observe,, that the traffic on. the line
between Chester and Manchester continues to. progress, as
shown by the following comparison
Carried in, half-year ending 30th June, 1854-393723 tons.
18.56,-40,381 tons.
Th.,a- expenditure in the goods department has been de-
creased, but in the locomotiv.e department there, bas been an
increase, owing to the high, price paid for- coke and to the
peculiar position in which the company is, placed with regard
110. 0.0 Chester station.

A reduction in the price of coke has, since been effected,
awl a further reduction• is anticipated. when one of the con-
tracts expires next Christmas.

The coaching charges have been augmented by compen-
sation paid for injuries sustained by an accident which ocr
cUrred to a train in January last. All the claims, except
one, arising from this accident have been settled, and charged
in the revenue account for last half-year.
The directors have much satisfaction in reporting that the
Birkenhead Docks have been sold to the Corporation of Liver-
pool. The prospect of the docks being completed by the ori-
ginal promoters was so very uncertain, that the board felt no
hesitation in giving their support to the passing of a bill to
promote an object of such vast importance to the interests
of the company ; and as the act requires that the works be
completed within three years, the proprietors may reasonably
look -forward to-the increase of traffic for which the large
expenditure was incurred by this company to connect the
docks with the railway.
A few days after the last half-yearly meeting an intimation
was received from the Great Western Company that they had
directed their solicitor to prepare a notice of their intention to
run their own trains over this lino, but no formal notice to
carry their intention into effect has yet been received by this
company. The directors regret that the state of the uncer-
tainty in which they are thus placed, has prevented them tak-
ing such steps as would have put the arrangements for the
carriage of the traffic across the Mersey in a more satisfactory
position.
The same difficulty presented itself in considering the extent
of accommodation necessary for the traffic at Birkenhead; but
when the amalgamation of the Liverpool and Birkenhead Dock
Trust was completed, plans were obtained for the erection of a
warehouse and the formation of a basin on the station at the
Great Float : the cost is estimated at £15,000.
By this outlay, accommodation will be provided for various
descriptions of traffic which could not otherwise be obtained ;
and, in conjunction with the system of hydraulic cranes, which
is expected to be in operation in about two months, a large re-
duction in the expense will be secured, and the traffic conducted
with more dispatch and efficiency.
The estimates include a building, to which it is proposed to
remove the head-offices, and, by concentration of the staff,
effect economy in the management.

The position of the company with respect to station accom-
modation in Manchester has occupied much of the attention of
the board. An offer was received some months since from the
Bonding Warehouse Company to dispose of their property in
Salford; but after a careful consideration by a deputation of
the board, the offer was declined. The directors will continue
to give their attention to the subject. •
The expenses of Chester station still bear very heavily upon
the company, but notice, under the powers obtained in the act
for amalgamating thee Shrewsbury and the Great Western
Companies, has been given for a revision of the proportions this
company should contribute to that station.
The alterations in the management referred to in the report
to the last half-yearly meeting have been carried into effect,
by the appointment of Mr. Charles Mason, as manager, at a
salary of £550, an increase being contingent upon increase in
the dividends paid to the shareholders.
With the view of meeting this increased expenditure, the
board recommend that the annual allowance for direction be
reduced from £9OO to £6OO. Mr. Gibson, in May last, gave
in his resignation of the secretaryship ; and as it has been
considered desirable that the offices of secretary and treasurer
should in future be combined in Mr. Johnston, who has
hitherto been treasurer, there will thus be a saving in the ex-
penditure, notwithstanding the appointment of Mr. Mason,
who will take upon himself the out-door employment hitherto
managed by the secretary.
Mr. Bancroft having resigned the chair, Mr. Atkinson
has been appointed to fill the vacancy.
Your directors have seen with regret the remark made in
the Great Western report, that their traffic is still obstructed
by this company; your directors are not aware that any ob-
struction has been offered to the traffic of that company during
the half year referred to.
Your directors have the satisfaction to report that arrange-
ments are in progress by means of which the relations between
your company and the Great Western company, and other com-
panies are expected to be placed on a more satisfactory and
friendly footing, it being the determination of your board to
afford to all the companies in connection with this railway the
greatest possible facilities for an interchange of traffic,
Your directors feel that this policy, pursued with energy
and economy, will, at no distant period, place this undertaking
in a position more satisfactory to the proprietors.
Since last half-yearly meeting, Mr. Gibfr has resigned his
seat at the board, and the following directors retire by rota,
tion, Mr, Bryans, Mr. Peter Catterall, and Mr. James Brown;
consequently there are four vacancies to be filled up, and Mr,
H, C. Beloe; one of the auditors, also retires by rotation.
The directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of
per cent. per annum be declared, and made payable.on the sth
Sept., subject to, deduction of Income-tax. _ _

The CHAIRIVP.IP, in moving the adoption of the report, en-
tered into an explanation of the• causes which had led•to his
appearance in the position he held oh that occasion. Referring
to the position and: prospects of the company, he deprecated
the restrictive clause- im the agre?,ment with the London and:
Northwestern, which• prohibited them from carrying foreign
traffic from Chester to• Lower Walton at other than local rates.
The intention of this was; no doubt; to prevent the Great
Western and ShrewsbmTy traffic from going upon their line, to
the great annoyance of that company mid, loss to themselves;
The Great Western Company, he understood, had leased land
near the docks at Birkenhead for £2,-000 a-year, and had built
warehouses and offices, withthe view of carrying on a consider-
able business ; while they had purchased a number of flats for
the purpose of carrying their goods traffic over the river.
After reverting to other topics mentioned in the report, and
having announced, as his general policy, not ta•'allow himself
to be over-reached by any company to the detriment of the
Birkenhead• Company, he conclittled by moving the'adoption of
the report.
Mr. prcrA)ll-1:0 HARPER secondtd the motion.

In the course of the disciissio-ic hvANs, a diiector, ex-
plained, in reply to Mr. Milne, thatthe excessive charge upon
the'goods' traffiburose from the difficulties inseparable from
a divided right of entrance into the station at Chester. Apart
from that, the expense& of their goods traffic were as economi-
cal as those of any-line in the kingdom.
After some obser-Miorss from Mr. Nowinn HAUPE:7, with
reference to the claims' of the Great Western Company, and
the irapolicy of offering any obstructionto, their traffic coming
upon the line,
_ _ _

The -.report was unanimously adopted, and the dividend.'was
declared; subject to income tax, and payable on the stri, of
September.
The knowing were unanimously appoinVed directors in the
place of those who had retired:—Messrs. Mlles France Ben-
nett, of Liverpool, Inn.- Henry Pettijean, John Alexander
Hobson, Manchester an& Thomas Hunter Holderness, of
Liverpool.
Mr. wart& Johustob Iv•as, appointed secrathry, vice M.
Gibson, resiOted..
Mr. Beloe-was reappointediauditor.
On the proposition of Mr:-BELox, seconded ?-iy 3.1 r.
X resolution was unanimoty:adopted, expressiug regret that
Mr. Gibson bad .resigned the office of secretary, the duties of
which he had discharged withvo much diligeneT and ability.
A vote of I:l4Proks to the- chairman termimted the pro-
ceedings.

1101?R1ELE TRAG:NDY.--CHILaREN
3-TARVED TO 'DEATH.; I 1 LTVE.V.:POOL.

Saturday,eneerthe mostpainfutand harrowinzgiiquiries
aver held before the Borough coroner Itlis investigited, dis-
31esing an unparalleled degree of parental inhumanit,w on be-
half.of the prisons-1-s, William and Mary Aspinol, two.of;whose
children have diedifrora starvation,,while the life of =other is
road, mid. on Fri&ii..mecning, aftena quezrel, which rased the
despaiwd of. Thie•prisoners livadi Delon-place, \--,u;shall-
Miole-uteighbourtood„ the. femaleprisonen- called to a police-
men„ and said th..*muk of her children .had; clued on We y,
from the cruelty et the male prirroner.:. The officer cn, this
for a surgeon; and, by his advice,_ke• took the proner
totbridtAvell. Information was Oen:given, to Mr. Blaka,,the
coroner's beadle, whoi.on going to the. hour of the prisoners
%and several chililren: almost blark.vrith,filth, and in a perfect
state-of nudity. One..about four 7cars- old, named William
Valentine, was huddld up on a like-a dog. This. poor
child: was so emaciated. that, though now well attended to. by
the dispensary surge.ons, his life is: despaired of. One clißd,
named Emma, a little,girl about & year and ten months old,
was. did in bed,. n. mere dirty skeleton, most horrib...e- to
look, at, and anotherahild about fourraonis old, who diednn
Pricier/ night, while Mr.. Blake and the surgeon were present,
from evident starvation. The biggest-held, on Saturday-was
solely on the bedY:_of . the child Emma.,. The jury and. the
coroner both v;zited the house where these dreadful scenes
occurred, and were- quite horror-struck... with the sight,. the
premises being dirty and desolate to. a degree scarcely

The coroner,- Informed the jury.- that he had requeslzd a
medical man to 'visit the house in... Ali-elk the bodies lay;. and
that, he was aceompanied by Itiln; :Walters,. of the Towr.t.liall,
for, the: purpose. of having photographic- representations of the
two deceased taken. The jury slimild be- told that tha man
then before tham..had been given, intecustody in consecnenee
of a statement made by his wifel..butJw did not know that
he should be- thing his duty, after-Islet he had seen and been
informed og.,itihe ditl not requi2a that. the wife be alsnappre-
hended. . _ _

A woman here; stepped forward from the body of the murk, I
and said, in, 9,:10ud and excited tone. of voice,;" I am the
sir, and I'll,come I'll come.' She; was then taken into.cusr
tody, and placcclt;eside her hrsiUricl,..who took not theslight-
est notice, eC her. The female prisoner is apparently about4o '
years of age,. under the middle height, slightly foraged,. and .
has a rather• genteel appearance,. She was attired h a black..
Coburg ices,. black flounced visite, black transparent :bonnet,
and blaekjace veil ; nevertheless,.her physiognomy was sinis-
ter, and:;:imanifested indicaticas,,of irregularity of life..
dressing the coroner, she said.,'When I made tier charge I:
did ao.aiust my husband, I tunst.have been out of u.ky senses
I
I must., have been mad; aird,:l now exonerate him from alt.,;
blame. If there is any blame, it is with myself—itliwith,rno.!'
The first witness was John_Aspinol, the eldest, son .of the.;
accused,.a lad about seventeen years of age. 1-I,:said that.his..
father: was a clerk in the London and North Western,liailway
offiee,.at a salary of £7s.a.year, and that he 12itoself receivedi
8.-....a.vieek, which he either gave to his father or his mother,
There were of the family,
,:live, five brothers.aucl,;two sisters.
mma died on Wednesday,afternoou, and his brother. on .Fridaty
evening, their bodies Using quite wasted away.. The deceased,
Emma, was not able to,w3llk, but sometimes sat.ouher mother's
knee. He had heard his father complain. that she wasatot
taken proper care of.; He also deposed Hl* his.father and
mother often quarreled, generally on aceountiof. his.,uu:ather
spending a portion, of the household money, in.dria.. His
mother did not geeerally treat the deceased,kindly,andlle had
seen it naked in a dish on the sink. He. and , his, father often
came home and found no food prepared. for them,, and the
mother quite drutAlg,..- The dead childriaLoftetl,crave4 for food,
which was giveu,them by his lather and ,sister,.but he didn't
remember his mother giving them any.. This witness's ac-
count o' the state of their house was, most painfuli to listen to.
It was dirty spa disorderly, and the.childrew &IRA sometimes
on the boards..and sometimes on the flag stones of the kitchen.
The window. ,and furniture were, broken,, am.li everything in
confusion.

Mary Apieiol, daughter of the prisoners, about fourteen
years of age,, gave similar evidence,. to. that of the previous
witness. She stated that previous to. the last fortnight the
deceased was healthy and hod food,. but she could not tell if
she 11E4 enough. The deceascdwes. frequently washed in the
sink by- her sister, a child, eight years of age. She caught.
cold,,and deceased appeared to.wa.ste away about a week before.
she,flied. When food was. given to the deceased, the others
children often pinched her and, took it from her. Her mother
used to drink, and she andthe father quarrelled very ofteniucou-
scvences On Thurs4sy last her mother drank a quart, of ale,
which she purchased with money given to her by her son (the
first witness). She often pledged things for her mother,. who
spent the money in drink.. Sometimes they were two,or three
days without food.. but not all day. Latterly her. father and
brother purchased, the. food for the house, and they. often could
not stay while she (witness) cooked it.
Mr. Geo. Xerap, surgeon, said he had made-a/Jost mortem
examination of the body of the deceased. lie never saw such
a case of emaciation; the eyes were exceediogly sunken, and
the arms and. legs quite wasted away to a skeleton. The heart
was healthy but empty ; the lungs healthy but of a light
grayish colour; and the entrails totally devoid of either fluid
or feed sufficient to fill a dessert spoon. He had no doubt
but that the deceased died of starvation. it was the worst
ease of the sort he ever saw. The bones of the deceased pro,
traded in several places through the skin. The appearance
presented by the body of the deceased could not be produced
by disease.
Mr. Salter, cashier of the London and Northwestern Rail-
way Company, said the male prisoner received In a-year,
paid monthly, and his son £2O a-year, paid fortnightly. The
prisoner had several times asked for his salary in advance,
alleging domestic difficulties as the reason lie did so.

John Aspinol recalled—A Mrs. Smith, he said, sometimes
visited them , -she was at their house on Thursday, but he
could not tell when she was there before.
The male prisoner said that he and his-son bad frequ&tly to
walk the streets till all hours of the night, as they could not
stop in the house, the female prisoner, when in a state of intoxi-
cation, throwing plates, dishes, &c., at them, and breaking the
windows and furniture. She never washed the children more
than once a fortnight on the average, and he was frequently
obliged to cook food for them. The children and their mother
were generally in bed when he and his son came home.
The female prisoner said that her husband frequently got
money which he refused to give her, and that although she
and the children were very often without food, he reused to
give her money either for• food or other necessaries, and he had
several times beaten her and abused her when she asked him
for money,• Her husband on one occasion lately asked her to
go in a public house, and because she refused he beat her
so severely that she was forced to break the windows to call

[AuGusT 28, 1855.

for help. She had previously been in a business whi
her to keep herself and children, and she had tolaut
that if he would leave her alone she would not wan to
He had taken a vast amount of her own propertY to PI tie
After a lengthy summing up, from the Coronr,..e,
returned a verdict of "Wilful murder" agaZitcf,DP
Boners. The male prisoner, on hearing the vee sod
and his wife, who a moment previously had r
reP-
braided him, now called him by endearing narne'jtliatlit
herself for saying ought against him, and declared
one of the kindest and best men in the frorld. loobed
The Coroner said that the children would be
by the Workhouse officials. 101
On Saturday Mr. Carr, the Governor of hosfk,
accompanied by Mr. Blake, went to the prisone% eig
placed an experienced nurse in attendance Ron for
with means to obtain everything that raigbt
towards aiding their recovery. tl
YESTERDAY,
An inquest was held on the body of Thoinas 'Lite
pinol, aged four months. . tbe °,l
The first witness examined was John AsPinle
son, who gave similar evidence to that ITbichter,
Saturday.—Mary Aspinol, the eldest daugh ti`o
deceased died on Friday evening. Ile slept tier sad
three days before he died. Had seen her
child ; but she did not appear to have plenty °flcitl),!ll
heard her mother say she was short of null'
fed the child with a spoon, as much as he,cc'e-d ft#
during the last two or three, days the child rein!, tot o',l
She observed him to waste away. Her father ho.u., Psi
opportunities of seeing the state the child was 11° p
slept in the same bed with his father and ntotlit;•o4,
night-dress and other clothing. Her father ar, my./
often quarrelled about her mother getting drily nee, "r'O'
day witness's brother gave his mother sixPe ~tbek,/
mother sent her for a pint of ale, and then forkl:"bott
she drank. A deal of money was spent 'Willi/
r
mother and her father. When witness went fort
was plenty of food hi the house.—Policeman FAA
said his attention was• first called to the e 0111,a01M
lug about four o'clock. He was on duty CO'.n, ,9110,V,,
when Mrs. Aspinol came from a back-door 311,_u 1,4
to protect her from her husband. She said Pe
shamefully, and murdered one of the childreiltie
starvation. There was one lying dead in the
another dying aside of it. Witness went 01,16,1;
Eldon•place, and knocked three. times but cti.°'l, (dire
mission, though he heard so .times;
me• erne inside.
the' cellar window to the back door, and lino do fed,n,w'
prisoner asked what hewanted; ' ' 11'). and refuse
another officer was going for assistance,
prisnner opened the door. He had athick
Witness- asked him what he had hied"l'V"
done toj ty
when+ he- replied, "Ask me no questiOns, 911,e 01t0
lies." Witness took him into custody. SO °'-cf o'4)
dren dead, and another in a very bad state, akooA,
dispensary for medical assistance.—Mr.Edval.,Y be
at the North. Dispensary, in Vauxhall-road, 530,1`../ trips,
by the lastwitness to go to 64, Eldon-place: ,`"„i,
house he found a female child in bed in the I";`,Lietkots.vr2
deceased lying beside it. It was in • • 135.°
a rely roe A.
emaciated, andwasted almost to a skeleton. jtovb
the child had had no food for 1 urs. the(
some io of ,
. afterwards, and witness made an examination 1,1 o'6
the presence of Mr. Fletcher. He found no 0.'41.0 j,
on the surface but it was considerably en3sc),fitO
its folds; and the bones prominent. The ofoAfi
ratively healthy there was about half a sr-00e'
gested food in the stomach- Thero was a total gjottye:
on any of the tissues, and witness attributed tr.l'e,etoijOi
o
bpvhaorieutspintriftvedeiarnp,opatuihniteeddtccutPoor. :urt Sehi edde e
oofentdrtho airifmV court.
he could not do so without bette an r
realsloelliTe—.Y. to have I—Zilli:eorCf.art.:l;;
wards a juryman called' the attention of tue ftr;
asaidmbi‘
theafter
gaveuTher
been
eassistedmust
nlaughsrltDtaisisgtiliivtimmatoawtiwti:77h,Taeg,etnt,
13eeptFoestIrnelleesnesNit.pitiicebhmorhyruiaiesotdsronso:::.37.utiritle,t4etaiilotastteuloat;lean,
snloail;aeoi:cilfw:i:etrideaahtbaoseleketeteuevt.bhxrtr.aluian3tlre.n.tedaii;3o:o:s3;ligativi.ll,looll,;:o;;e:by;
aaslsriewprirahasnodednen,roatilidiindvhiteiotlesl
witness
sdy riefixoeztimeelipiintfgtt;:sl4fii.:ilelicobt.baotif.
hea
tcst
taid
n
as lchtha
as
otshraoaatnpdupe rr
de
re
utalhyerei
:eidbon:teitraielidrieliovoid.
bharrcdsae a seiosebu:
t,2:nttd,i.tectp
0101
eiarreet,lstiti
eia;rereir
ad c
et; ci
lir.:fistf,
eldrfiitaff,e,:iv..,,,,ee.:!.
,Al 3 _4lO •
it
nd,
•
th
cr
Joe ro(
ainpvhOeSttioggaratiopnh
of the deceased, -as it would be• difficult tyro' -Oh',
tion an adequate idea of the t't roti,eo
tared at some length into the law- asn.cpapPiTtli4 `..tet
the respective parents in cases-of' death oc!;teet.;,-, lsoe
neglect of supplying children veiihnourisir„,)
remarked on the condutt of the. indivior,o (1,00',;e07
turned out of the court, and who;. be 110°`"rile
primary cause of the disagreement, betivel „tol
commented on tha-evidence as iFaPPlieci ebe 0,3;09
ease, and left it to •the jury to say whether/1,4,0,0t
rishment, of which i# was evider.t the child, both, °'ll
of gross negligenor, and. whether that 0,
vrwparenhait. and if so, wit of them. . returned 5
T
mjnurtycieralgernatbrief
both s
ESS
lirisoasc 1.
Larr E 1? Po against
tbe
—emTESMICDAY, the general quart er smie r
the borough commenced before GBert 17ea 01,4;4
Reterder. The calenjar contained then
_arn.,0:510.1

soner3,-charged with feloi3y, and for Wit/
The- ibllowtag 'gentlenieri•were sworn ion

GIUND Jragri
ThomBOIICII, broker, Oldhall-street,,f
ore ie
is,„g
Chtiitopher Bushell, wine broker;...Nortn PI"
Sarauel.B.Ulley, share bioker, Hackin'a-hePt,
Thomas, Arthur Bushi#, broker, Dale-streltreet"
• Samuel Marshall Holley, broker, Bamford' t,
John'lratort, broker, Oldliall-Street. ,„sttect
Robert Crosbie, tobacco. broker, North J°S,,,,atree
Frederick Chapple, merchant, .South ,Cas'.;?t,
Henry-Cram, ship broker, South Jelin-str`" io,to
Jolre.Deister, wine merchant, Eiclar.o4
John,•Dirtton, broker, Exchange-buildinP'
Robert bison, merchant; Rumford 4/110- feet
Edward Eceles, broker, Chapel-street-,
Thomas. Stanton Eddowes.,-anehor-ernitL'il,
Marwelr Hyslop,' merchant, Canning--stru'sie&
William Griffith Leete;hroker, Sweetiug'
James- Little. rectifier,. Rodney-street..
Rol'ert Makin, the younger,broker,..Bi
Wilatins Moore, soap manufacturen.Va-
The- PZCVAIDER then, proceeded to .addre:°.
the liet before him, which was fuller thaw tße,
contained the names of 10 prisoners- send '5ll
course-- of. five weeks. There were, but
whichflie had to make to , them far• the 191„tetror.
them the cases that wouldhe brought 1'e,'01114",,,,,tiii
was auase of house-breaking, in. which „15rt,,
the thief' entered through. ',the- beak y 1;
had no, fastening, ; but if -they should be, of „'it
window, had been shut °down,. the• opel"n„,°
the- sash would be a, breaking- into
There-,• was also a mse,- of obtaining,
pretences, in which a p0,1541a .by representingvue
were saver, induced the - pawntrokm-s t° P ,1"1101
Tauze than they worsld otherwise, have dole jot
they were- not silver at. all: this 11°00ce0Y,fi
advanced many different-theories,. For i° 0)010
sal any of them (thojitry)an, nose:and horse'ott,,s74
ranted to be sound, WI attorney... w.2ald tell tltletlGt` firt
use proceeding againstAiiin b°,1.011,v11.0:1
proceeded against onAltewarranly. Not to P'.4#l
a learned argument on the.reatter, he thoogi
would be for them tr.t.nud: the wig. Theagh
be light, he was notlnite• so sure that crime
nishing in the town,Arecalm., from the late ir",it 'Ol4l
found that there wereSfss persons in Prit;„l" •
;11'esii
time—more than the average ; and, in trll.'f.'o4
that fewer persoris had been sent to the
also found that them bad been a firmer 117,001 V tit
convictions, and,that a larger number of„,ac„
fined in prison.' Rather it was another °I `A
,slo'll4lerr:ri(jt,
offenders than a dimhsvition of crime wench r,""'
in their calendars. 'Far be it from hiest4S 00/0,,
importance e,summary convictions. 11.3'..!:4.5r,,,51 so"
that the gyeatest part of the criminal basti-nf tP"4".,
. was admintstered by the summary decis:ol.s-fveri,.
and he beteved that, as their intelligencd; ibeatTpridi;
confidence. of the public increased, tila" af,',;r,e"
would be eardeuded. At the same tirae,.sloaf. A 0_1"
were tied;with regard to measures of Pun eit Tev.„
also always be a proper proportion obse!lv
cases sent to the higher courts, Qtlierw':,iordrtaA,
would he, too much lenity in the punk or„e? io:oihre
woulcil find the number of offenders. 0° eortroTroarl,;..
becausethe hands of them agistrates, to r°,,. 10,,(0',(0'pit
tied& He therefore rejoiced when. he'
cases,, more powers were given: to tlicia,rett'd 1-4
ad- of parliament passed this. session V rift
(elio Recorder) had had the, honour o'f InF 1 11.0
Lions, which he thought had, been. ack.a2te;',i ot of
the powers of summary jariscliction not° wieoi, tor,
Far instance, where a party scgn iel tlPlefOltl
the magisteate, instead. Of seliding h
ce gico•
s
to receive sentence,, might satf- IPJ
In other cases, where. a person 114 soil' oier'a
summarily convicted when sent to th' soole.,01C(09/4
lible to penal servitude. The want of Jo, 041
had been severely felt,. because when a'°ol Coto 0911
or twelve times summarily convicted merely , caw,
010 i"
(the Recorder) it was almost hopelesg, ce , Ale
prison. His hands had been tied, and }1; woo' 05e -
him to imprisonment. This new i?c 5010 ilute, )le
useful measim of punishment, verY ati)e*,
passed. A time was drawing ttniconst,,.slooltst
many persons.—he meant, the annua „, lose or toe
formerly regretted that, at one time,:.`:434 to
.tol
.40
liberal in granting licenses. He""a'atioptO'flliretlie
the other view seemed to have been
1.,.,ber for,,
trews. seemed to have limited the thotcootsfurt,
necessities of the public, and he did ""
tottt itecooroor
good order, they would persever° '
occasion,
_as the judge of that eoo reedit Ogli
acknowledge a fresh and most imporlille to el 1,0
poration of Liverpool. It was imPopoporalet'ere et):
without being reminded with %vila_ es
4100,
the Corporation had provided for_ :5 A:
the administration of justice. But'' there wt
part in the administration of justictr;_ io3oof t?
ho ought not to be forgotten:4 °
the 13/„001,10,711
parties who had offended, again!' .0(11110 „ero art,
The Council of the borough, deteir;for steel
s°,c.c it
wanting on their part to Pr°vi(seonfine'lleriiiSciP"l-'edPe
vast expense, built a Oleo of f -risco) ...disp!'; tr,e
that the best known system
.on cceole „it„
carried out. There, in seclusto of 0 Ati !If%
from doing mischief, and be 1 url'opjit,L;lo.oi
The Council; he- had no -doubt,
rv.°_.,ers so c 1 11 c
and religious influence for tlilte.,p_eisss'llio ",")
ty
ktely been his privilege to ._t_reci iiii3 e'X!
ii
with which the magistracy vi liot
iWiio_draisdpboseepdrpolcotnecler,freogfint eti iiiielifl,tsioe2,2:tcrl'icift‘,::tot.lueproorrllo,,,"cii.( 1
care and watchfulness with whichet. their (TteeS:oo6; ea'''
in siielahuiodpabedletholehj
security from crime. ,„ to
piece,
grand jury were tilt ut.. • •
teoetn'n tii'd td
thraiablistacnotrnsmaenndeete7se who resoit to iot'

;1101's,t1r14./fr,,j
1070,00'
lot,
' r
re
10,

[SSS
less Which: .1,
told ber
)t want
7ty to Pa) the
coroner,
„,inet 11,0
7,:erdiet, i
re
viled tarlio
,amen,
relit bt
Glared the

d. ki
be 1""

P
ESS-
tO
a c;l#