The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-04 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY,

, .
The fortnightly. meeting of this board was held yes-
terday morning; in. the Parish-offices, 'Brownlow-hill.
The Rev. RecOr_ Campbell presided; and the other
members present Were Messrs. Churchwarden Cropper,
13airstow, Cook, Williams, Denton; Byford, E. Byferd,•
Williams, Satchel!, and Hughts.
The proceedings of the Workhouse and Industrial'
Schools Committees, were confirmed without opposition.
It was stated that the Poor-law Board had agreed
with the Select Vestry in their opinion of 'Mr. Leather,
and had called upon that gentleman to resign,, which he.
has since done. The correspondence was as follows:
Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S.W., 29th March, 1860.
Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Beard to transmit, for
the information of the Select Vestry of the parish of Liverpool,
the accompanying copy of a letter which the board have this
day addressed to Mr. Leather requiring him to resign the office
of medical officer to the workhouse.---I am, sir, your obedient
servant, C. GILPI, Secretary.
To H. Haggar, Esq., Vestry Clerk of the
Parish of Liverpool; Liverpool.

Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S.W., 29th March, 1860.
Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to inform you
that they have received from their inspector, Air. Manwaring,
a report of the inquiry recently held by him into the com-
plaints preferred against you as one of the medical officers of
the workhouse of the parish of Liverpool, together with the
evidence taken upon that weasion.
The board having carefully considered the evidence, are of
opinion that, with the exception of the fourth charge against
you—viz, of neglect to visit the workhouse on the 29th mid
80th May, 1i59, respecting which some doubts may exist—the
charges investigated have been substantiated against you. It
does not appear to the board necessary to enter fully into the
, particulars of all the charges ; but with respect to the first
and last charge, they think it right to state that your pro-
ceedings in making the entries in the time book on the occa-
sion referred to, were irregular, the entries themselves con-
flicting and inconsistent, and your explanations on the, subject
marked by contradictions and inaccuracies.
You are aware that the charges in question form part of a
report sent to the board by the Select Vestry, containing state-
ments of various occasions on which complaints had been
made and censures passed upon you for irregularity or negli-
gence in the performance of :our (fatties • that the Select
Vestry are dissatisfied with the manner in which' you have all
but uniformly discharged those duties, that they have entirely
lost confidence is you, and that they have repeatedly requested
the board to, terminate your appointment.
Loojaug to the nature of the charges established against you
and the manner in which you endeavoured to explain and
defend them, and your position with the select vestry, the
board bate arrived at the conclusion that they have now no
alternative but to require your resignation.
The board regret, therefore., to be under the necessity of re-
questing that you will tendeeto the select vestry your resigna-
tion of the office of medical officer of the workhouse.—l am,
sir, your obedient servant,

(Signed) C. Gurnr, Secretary.
To P. W. Leather, Esq., Medical Officer of the. Liverpool
Workhouse, Liverpool.

173, Broxrnlaw-hill, Liverpool, April 3, 1860.
Sir,—l am much gratified in being enabled to perform at
least one act which have reason to believe will be graciously
acknowledged by yourself and the select vestry. It is the one
of tendering my resignation as senior medical officer of the
workhouse, an appointment which I hare uninterruptedly
held for the last 13 years.—l am, eir, yours respectfully.
To the Chairman q the Select"Vestry.PET,Eß W5l. LEATHER.
The annual report of the Industrial &hoots, at
irkdale Was read by Mr. Bsirstow. From this it
appeared that the number of boys in the schools on the
Ist of April, 1859, was 439 ; girls 418; admitted since
138 boys and 137 girls ; re.adinitted from the workhouse
74 boys, 79 girls ; re-admitted from absconding 7 ; re-
admitted from service 117 ; sent to service 349 ; sent to
thcir place of settlement 8. There had been one girl
sent back for theft; 36 for bad conduct; 14 for incom-
petency. The total number in the schools at present is
696. The report included a recommendation to the
Vestry, to allow the land in front of the schools to be
permanently enclosed. The report was adopted. The
proceedings of the Finance Committee Were read and
confirmed. A vote of thanks to the Rev. Rector Camp-
bell was then moved hy Mr. Ekugiws, and seconded by
Mr. Bairstow, The latter gentleman had gm% pieastlrt
in seconding a resolution, upon which be, It they
would all, agree. They were *ply indebted to the
Rector for his kindness u p,restdirl pm them during
the past twelve thAtkt4h. The rPlotution having been
carried unmki,rnonsly, the P..bv. Rector briefly returned
thanks ft-ir Oleir kirinsss. He would assure them that
cz4 iong as he could preside over the vestry with satis-
faction to themselves and usefulness to the parish he
was most happy to do so. It had always been a source
of satisfaction to him to preside over their meetings,
because he felt sure that whatever at words might
have passed in the heat of disCussion, no one ever
intended to give offence, triad for his own part he could
say that he had, never taken offence. Their proceedings
were generally conducted in perfect harmony, arid if
conwesed with thoae of- many other public bodies, he
citel not think they need blush for their conduct. The
debates were carried on with due attention to the
interests they concerned, and the responsibility of the
board. They had the disposal of £120,000 per anunp,
and he believed that their business proceedings, were
conducted with a view to the comfort of the poor, and
the interests of the parishioners, • Tire was no other
public business,

1„IvEn1o,oli. POLICE,. COURT. .YESTERDAY.

-UTTERING Ban Ootaf.—MAry
g (Before Mr, RAITLEa.)
Couville was brought
up on remand, charged 'With uttering counterfeit coin,
a base ss. coin, on the 29th January, to a
*IQ passed a bad sixpence, on the 19th March, to Mar-
garet Rat ;
MHughdesa,y 53,,
to G p
Mrs. Hunter ;- a bad ss, piece, on the 11th February,
to George-street,
-streeaetliaPoharaku.;
2a5,55H.
Hughes-
street; on thei s.
same
street ; and a ss. piece, on tire 29th January, to Thomas
Axbridge. Sent for trial to the sessions. .
STARRING WSTH INTENT TO MURDER,—James Burns,
29 years of age, was brought up on a charge of
huaarym;staanbdbihnegwasa ailasboltucha.rged.with,
eataing and wounding Catherine Heslin, with intent to
dwoilliftuerigyrieavuodusmboaticliyo-
. nx474oamelydr34Meic:oaleml Mouislrv444oy, wiitiliihini, ten:
atuad Ilnir zuor
The prisoner is An Amexican seaman, 11- '
built, rather ruffianly inn his an rangy -
in a handlcerchitif, Tilt ''•
-t•a•lelly tiaeae. On , • ar him.
e is stoutly
illh:sic''Pin stoutly
.... was cut, was wrapped
circumstances of the case are
liasbiedte!asy a woman named Catherine
__,, _,.. . nday night, about ten o'clock, the
public-house, at the corner of
aliitesk":l7:'r:o)4n7;l7rereedt"
i
South John-street, where they
quarrelled. The quarrel extending- to some men, the
prisoner, unobserved by Heslin, took his knife out' and
stabbed her in the back, inflicting er
requested
proceeded,ted
b y
Aicihtaeaplpemaruisrionyt,o
the
g- an incised wound an
,i
4n c li
sinus,in,,leneghtah.
only person therein, to shut his knife and put it in his
packet.. Without making- any answer, he stubbed
him in the groin, producing an incised wound
in the upper part of the left thigh an
inch in length and four in depth, and dividing
one of the large arteries, from which the blood flowed
profusely. The ruffian was immediately seized by three
men ; still he kept brandishing the knife until he was
taken into custody shortly afterwards by Police-constable
Robinson. The wounded were conveyed to the Nor-
thern Hospital, where they were attended by Mr. R.
Harrison, the kouse surgeon. Yesterday morning Mul-
roy'a weuari bled again; and it was with much difficulty it
was stopped. His life is considered in great danger.
The wound on the woman is not of a dangerous nature.
When arrested the prisoner merely said,-"If I'd been in
the. States I'd cut their b---y livers out." The prosecutor
was brought.to the court in a car. He appeared pale
as death, and .too weak to stand. Mr. Raffles ordered
an officer to obtain a glass of brandy, which revived
him. The prisoner was committed to take Lis trial, on
both charges, at the assizes.
CHARGE OF STEALING GLASS FROM A MANUFACTORY.
--7..AichaNd Holder was charged with stealing 2;700 plates
of photographic glass and 'Abs. quicksilver. Prisoner
had been in the employ of Mr. James Alexander Forrest,
glass merchant, for two years. Three months ago glass
was missed, and Mr. Forrest gave instruction to have
the packages marked. On the 2nd of April, about eight
o'clock in the morning, the pockets of the prisoner's
coat, which hung in the cloak-room, was searched,
and nothing was discovered in them. At twelve o'clock
the coat was searched again, when a quantity of photo-
graphic glass was found in the pockets. The same clay,
as he was going to dinner, Mr. Forrest called hini Into
the office and desired him to show what he had in his
possession ; and at length he drew out ,nine packages of
glass, which, he alleged, he had bought. He was
immediately given into custody. Mr. Forrest then
accompanied Inspector If to the prisoner's residence
in Alice-street, Paddington, where, in a cupboard, were
found' ninety-six packages of purple, opal, and patent
plate glass, several bearing the mark which had been
made previaasly at the works. Two pounds of
quicksilver *dm also found ; the whole amounting
ill value to , £5 10s. Mr. Cobb, who appeared,
for the prisoner endeavoured to show, by a number of
invoices, that the glass had all been bought from various
merchants, and honestly paid for. The prosecutor cam;
pared the invoices with the goods, and rernarked that
they did not tally in description. Tote. ncisoner, Who
protested his innocence, was seat tor trial.
CONCEALING TRA Or. BOARD A VESSEL—Owen
Jones, master of the sqhpeaer Prosper, lying in King's
Dock, was. C44rgc4 with concealing on board the vessel
7 lbs, of to, value £1 la. The ofb,cora of customs found
tine tea secreted in a drawers at which they got with
considerable diAenity, ,Mr. Tyndall appeared for the
CrOwn, and the praeeedings were instituted under the
23251 secl•ioa of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1853.
'i,4lAisoner was mulcted in a penalty of three times
t e amount of the tea, and costs.
THE MOCK AUCTIONEERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
—Norcliffe, Jackson, Clarke, McGrath, Preston, and
Coulter, were brought up on remand, on the charge of
conspiracy to defraud, &c. Since the examination of
the witnesses, the prisoners' friends offered bribes to the
prosecutors; -and M‘Dorkald received £2 10s., but
appeared to press, th... charge notwithstanding. Mr.
Rollie eian4ned the chat); and stated that it was not
wort. the: labour to make it up, Ann Bowden
preterred another charge against Nardi* and Coulter.
Op. the sth of Jauuary it appeared! she went into the
auction-room, where she saw Norclitk the wooden leg
man, and qtaVl,reza, ;Ad, elle was induced to buy a pieee-
-9/0.14f9r1,6a,
? WirA. 3 Cur them to address the bench on behalf of
Mews. Cul:baud Bluck st ated that it litOuld
pXl4o,tien, who were committed to. take their trial
ati the sessions, bail being rofased.
DASTARDLY ASSAULT ON THE HlGHWAY.—Discharged
Indian soldiers, named John Riley and Samuel Hughes,
were charged with assaulting Thomai Walsh, seaman,
Wader the following suspicious circumstances. At, tan'
o'clock on Monday night, the prisoners, and another,
met the prosecutor in Vauxhall-road, aaj having
walked
beside him for some distance, r,bear asked for a little
tobacco. Tobacco being, reinsed them, they asked for
money, and then they AAA the prosecutor down, and
•
not been iirreited by P.C. 142. Fined 20s. and costs Xi:it.
would dAtSsihave proceeded to other violence had they
the assault; in default, one month's imprisonment.
'A BAD STEPMOTHER.—Susanaah Foster, a miserable-
looking woman, was charged, 'by her stepson, John
. Foster, with stealing a float, worth L 7. Her husband—
(and father of the prosecutor and several
eago without
other children,
said to be half-starved) clied, some
makinga will ; consequently, the ateplother, Its
' inheritor of all his personal, properly, could not be eon_
victed on the charge, and was therefore dismissed.

not cee,siderect likely that, in laresent dis-
of foreign politics, the Stock Exchange
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et
4 is
date
committee will order, as they • did last year, the
establishment to be closed on Saturday, the day after
Good Friday,
The first concert by the students in the Royal Academy
of music took place on Saturday, at the 7,nStifution, in
Tenterden-street. Mozart's. "Miss, dg I?rofunctis,'! in
memory of the late Earl of Westmoreland, the late
president of the Academy, was selected for the opeuing.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF HER MAT,,ESTY'S ROYAL
BOUNTIES AND GAtE :11101,EY ON. 1001sFDAY.-011 Mon-
day morhil IMAllai Custom, the usual royal
bounties gap. swaiey were distributed in tlie Tango
Parishes in; and round the metropolis.

CORRESPONDENCE.

EWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinion: of
our correspondents.]

THE ELECTRIC CLOCK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TINES.
SIR,—I ask the managers of the Electric Telegraph
Company, through you, of what use the clock in Castle-
street is, or of what use the time-ball at the top of the
building is ? Common sense would teach us that the
clock and the ball ought to be in unison with each other.
I have watched both the clock and the ball for some
time past, and they have seemed to me to go by the rule
of contrary. To-day, however, one or other was worse
than usual; more than seventeen minutes elapsed, after
the minute-hand of the clock had indicated one p.m.,
before the ball fell. One or other must be wrong; and
the public only ask what they are fairly entitled to, viz.,
to be told which is to be believed—the clock or the time-
ball.—Yours obediently, OBSERVER.
Castle-street, Liverpool, April 3, 1860.

CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO IN EUROPE.—The Emperor
of Austria has published an ordonnance intended to pro-
mote the cultivation of tobacco in Hungary, Croatia,
Transylvania, the Waivodine, and the Banat.
The announcement has been made of an amalgamation
of the two influential Stock Exchange firms sf Sheppard
and Sons, and Cannon, Pelly, and Alcard. They repre-
sent in their business transactions some of the largest
of the metropolitan discount establishments, and several
extensive provincial banking establishments.
The Prince of Wales, on his visit to North America,
in addition to his suite of nine gentlemen of honour, will
be attended by one of the Queen's Secretaries of State,
in consideration of the part he is likely to be called on
to take in public affairs. We believe that her Majesty's
the
choice ft
r th f
is post ollef honour and trust has fallen upon
Duke o Newcast.
At a special ordination, for his own diocese (in
Australia), the Lord Bishop of Brisbane admitted John
Tomlinson, 8.A., of Wadh. Coll., Oxford,
and student
of the Theol. Coll., Wells, to the holy order of deacon.
The ordination was held in Trinity Church, Paddington,
on Sunday last, the Ist inst.