The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-05 00:00:00

ftST -DER-RV GUARDIANS.

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The Weekly ingt.,:fig.ot board' Wes' held yesterday,
when the folle Wing-meinberi-iteg eitt,—q&ssrs.. E.
Ward (chairman), Heyea, Wareham, Abraltaletig,
nel, Smith,
.._•Cl4ke,:. Haigh,RUlfrts, - Bolshaw, atf.cl
f*tligoi." -
'• The quvetraiii: reported the nuinber of paupers in the
Workhoufe-to'br glef et+respiyhcliben'iiieek- list year,
342. In the hospital 144 week theo., rl4 ete 6 adniit.44.
since, -6-; discharged, 10; this week, 56 ;.
week last year, 94. The following checks 'were granted
for oet-door reli4 : Mr. Potts, £11.5;.2111.r. Roberton,
£36 ; Ltehgae, . . •. • .

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SERIOUS `CHXRGE ,te,A/NST MR. SHAW._
A pauper, named Elizabeth -who was
admitted into the_ house on the 12th ultinid,
'Made statements seriously-affecting the character of Mr.
Shaw-(a member of the-board) she was brought up and
examined before the guardians. Before the examination
commenced, a note was despatched to Mr. Shaw,request-
ing his immediate attendance, and statiug that a pauper
/tamed Elizabeth -WiliinsOn, had made certain state,
merits affecting his character. - -
Elizabeth WilkinsOn then made the following state-
ment .--411 y teal tairte le Harriet cm". _ _ lAm a single
ioniari, of the age of twenty-/fine or thereabouts. ' I
know Mr. Richard Shaw, joirret arid builder, of Evertor':
8e never told me he was a guardian ofthis Union. I first.
met bin/ in litownlow-hill, about twelve years ago.' it

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-was•in etehing. A few weeks after that he came to
see me at my hottse is "Crolirii•Vace, loirreinbroke-
place. I have resided in that house up to Christmas
:last. On the second occasion he panic td my house.foi
an immoral purpose. -Ite-came regularly, ririettn2es
'twice a week, after that for au immoral purpose. This
was continued up to :Christnias-la4t, when-1 quitted
my hmise. lie generally Cable in the eve-ning,. and used
to stop abbut an hour at a time.:,• • ffr did not make me.
a regular alloWande, but at each yisit he gave trie money:
Ire !did not always give me the -tame sum. .lie did not
teifine liis name was Shaw, but I saw .hiny ona.-day go
into his own: house. After.-.I saw -hick go into the
house,. I.did not call Shaw. • • • . •

At thi& .point.. 4 the examination tiv, messenger
retorted from Mri Shaw, who said that he could not
comeirithe.board, because hP yds very-busy.- -
The woman then continued—l can read printing, and

I read the namo, over the gate. saw fir. Shaw at my
honse about a --month hefori I broke up housekeeping-.
I tavrhini after that iii the '
By the CHIIRMLN--,Wits he there on that occasion
for an immoral purpose ?
Answerr-Ile always.caine for that purpose.
The CRAIRDIAN—DO he ever tell you he was ill ?
Answer—Yes; he-hai told /tie' teveral times that he
was afflicted with the piles...:l -L.

cluutmAN—lsl.o.wr how 4ong after breaking -up house-
keeping was it that .ynti met him in the street 3
Answer—About a month after, when I met him in a
street leading, of .Pembroke-plkce,..
effAnimA.:4—What did lie say to you then ?
Auswer=l Spoke of him, and lie-is:idle was in a:,
hurry, and Was very ill. __lle also said, "I see you havei
Left your house.!' , _ • , • -
A-11Ieitinit--liid he' know your name ?
`Answer—Yea; ;I told him- my name was Cross, and,
tbatll pasied by-the name of Wilkinson.- . -
artmiukt:tx----Was_that at the beginning of the inter -
pulse ? • - . _ • • • •_ •t:

Answer—Yes; I told him a good_ deal about my affairs
and..used to. make a, confidential friend of him.
CnAtnmAN--How. did-you support yourself when at

this house?
Answer—lgr. Shaw was kind to cue,: and _used to give
me a good deal of, money ; but I had other means, of
living. -
A INlEnnEx—Did he tell you he was a married man ?.
A.uSWer—YES; he told me-thaiiiong and
said-that he had several children.

A INIEmBER—Did you ever'aik him hiinaine ?

Answer—Yes, hut-Itlon't-remember his telling me..
CnainltA.s--Welli after you fouad out his name was
Shaw, did you never- ask him whether his
.name was.
Shaw ? • - - -

Answer—l b3lieve I did.; bat I know that I frepiently
asked him what his name was, and he wouldn't tell me.
CHIIRMA.N—have you sent for Mr. Shaw since 'You
have been in the workhouse? •

Answer—l have asked Mr. Gough to write 'to him,
but he declined, and said he didn't like to do so. I have
not seep-Mr..Shaw since I-haft been- in ththOuse. - "
CHAIRMAN—What sort of a looking person was this
Shaw ?
Answer—He was a tall thin man; with white hair
and, white whiskers, and rather good-looking.

difAMMAN—Did you ever tell him that you had seen
him gOing_inachis yard ? •
"Attsinc—l thihk I told him' once, 13litt I never liked
telling him much tin fear he 'should not come to see me.
-Mr. _CIA/Mt 'said- that -he had heard -that ,Mr.-Sh-aw.
had almost admitted .this charge, and said there was
nothing uncommon about it.
'The Civr6iss Thought
degree •as guardians of the morals of th!jse people to
whom they administered: irelief.7 This. being so, it was
their duty to see Oat they came to that administration
with clean hands.
The-answers to-thelnestions-having beEntakEirdan
in the narrative form, it was read 'over to 4arTipt Cross,
who said it was quite true. She refused to sign it,- how-
ever, becausai she said 'she did' not wish to. iaktte Mr.
Shaw. . . -
lie:lto.htlers.theu-ght they had :now.good, and suffi-
cientreasOn .14:retaining the woman. •

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The ff.itaimix laid they oould net pursue such a
ccrurse,Thel'oo_r.lawi3lard• had poreer.4ordismiss
would be useless to send
a copy of the woman's evidenee to them. If this. charge
..idieula.turn out.to be true, it would-look very bad against
Mr. Shaw, after the prominentpart he had falsemin, the
:'Cliargei Which were brought forward against Mr..Gough.
.1.110 would suggest__ that a. eopy.:OLthis ex.amination he
sent to Mr. that_ tie.:_te*l asked whether it

was true. •
• -11;.• RoßtApirr*That is to be &ilia in the event of his
again treating it with the contempt he.
has now in uttering
a sit& excuse flit lion-attendance when his character -is
.so deeply COncernelf -4-, •
Mr. I3oLsits.w askia• iihether—the character of the
woman was_ such as to ;variant' the statements being
received as true „ . .
The CHAtiot.4.74 said they did not aceept.it as proved,
but it was 111 r. Shaiv'S duty to come forward and con-
tradict it. • ". - •-7

At the chairman'ii sitggestion:Nr:
.Bolshaw•iras: sent
to see hli. shaw, and 4it_hipi_what had taken :place, • ,
Mr.:BoLsitymf,—on-rettirning, said he had. seen Mr.
ilqt that: ientleinan Was7unable to come to the
board:as he was removing scene furniture: He had
,requested- Mr. Bolshaw to .state that- law could .defetid
himself, and that it, very easy. to .gat,- twenty -Or
thirly women out of the Workhouse to swear: away a
man's. cliaracter. Shaw had also-said that the
Everton-guerdians were not -duty eiecced, 'end" .knoiTing
that. they could not, sitl at -the- board 'any lodger, had
brought this matter forward that day. .. ,
Mi. Am.:mars said that, as one of the Everfon
Guardians, he could not sit down under such a charge.
It was a plain charge against the Everton Guardians of
conspiring to getup a case against an innecent man:-
Mr. .agreed with. Mr. Roberts-and thought .
that a resolution should be passed expres.siye,, of, the
'feeling of the board.
Mr...BOLSiAvi ' brought for Ward the
effect '.That the reporters be instructed • not to. 'publish
that Portion .of the board's proceedings relating to. NT.'
ShaW !" •
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The- motion was, of courae, much ridiculed Jiy, the
board,-andiell to tlie ground:

The subject !vas eventually postpoiteduntil net Week.'
114 ion then. moved the . following resolution,
which was Seconded and carried unadißously
Shaw_ -having imputed party motives to the-i'verton
Gaardi/nt,--Resolved unanimously, that the kiiarillant
Of the Everton. diltriet Iverei:not ,the parties 'to bring
forward . the ,investigation having. reference to a state-
ment bade by a pauper named Elizabeth Wilkinson,
against istr. Richard Sha*, the guardian, but thatsuch
investigation was brought before the board 'in. tho:usual
This-terminated the .proceedingr. - •

course."

The.traffie returns of the London and North-Western
Railway for tl2ewcek amount to £90,155, showing an
increase -ot £10,950.

Or A GLASGOW 'VESSEL—A telegram was
was. received `yesterday;' at the -Underwriters' neoins, to
the effeatr, that the Glasgow vessel Carrickfergus had
been wrecked, on. the. 3rd of this manth,'neat Vigo, a
seaport of Spain, situated in the province of Gallicia,,en
aim)* of the Atlantic. The notice further stated that a
part.olthe -craw and cargo were saved. • 7

DA NEW_ WINE LICENSE ACT.----tAITTION 7*
DRIYNIVARDS.—The maximum fine, by the present - law,-
on drunkards is 5§.., or 48 hours. The recent Wine
License Act is more severe. By the Act 23 Vic , cap.
27,) sec..4o, (14th June, 18600 it' is. *enacted that
" Every person' found -drunk in any street or public
thoroughfare, and whoovhile drunk, is guilty of any
riotous or indecent behaviour, shall, upon surnmaryton-
,viction .of such offence before tem justices, be liable to a
penalty of not more than 40a,, or.may be committed,
instead.of_ inflicting upon him any pecuniary penalty,
to the house of correction for any time not more than
seven days." Bibacious gentlemen had better look out,