The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-20 00:00:00

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.

The weekly meeting of thin body was held. yesterday,
at the Board-rood at ,the Workhouse. Mr. Heves

occupied the chair ; and the other guardians present
were—Messrs. H. Edwards, Ledger, Roscoe, Roberts,
Smith, Pilling, Wareham, Abrahams, Jeffries, and
Richmond.

From the Governor's returns it appeared that there
were last week 304 inmates in the workhouse ; admitted,.
23; discharged, 15 ; dead, 2 : this week 308, against
269 in the corresponding week of last year.---The Master
of the Hospital reported that, the inmates in that esta-
.

blishment last week were 40 ;. admitted, 2 ; discharged.
4 : this week 38, against 60 in the corresponding week
of last year.—Cheques for out-door relief were granted
as follows :—To Mr. Potts, £112; Mr. Roberto'', ;
and Mr. Lythgoe, £22.
A SMALL " SCENE."
Before the regular business commenced, a member
called attention to the fact that Mr. Smith was copying
something. (It was, we believe, the weekly provision

account.)
The CHAIRMAN, rising, said—You must not copy it,.
sir, without permission of the board.
Mr. Sxtrru—l will do as I please, sir.
The CHAIRMAN—Take it from him !
On this, Mr. Roberts, assistant master in the, work-
house, advanced to where Mr. Smith was sitting, and

after a straggle, forced the document out of J-Ntr. S.‘ tnith's
hand, and threw it to the chairman.

Mr. SMITH—I have put a mark upoß it.
The CHAIRMAN—We are afraid of you tearing our
papers up.
Mr. SHITII (rising to leave the room) said.—You may
well be ashamed of them.
Mr. LEDGER—Axe you off ?
Mr. RonEnTs--Bid Mr. Smith good Morning, Mr_
Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN—I shall be very glad if he dots not
come again.
ALLEGED STARVATION.—SINGULAR CASE.

Mr. Joii. (JouGt.' BROWN, a scripture-reader, attended

in reference to the case of a woman. named Mary Anne

Walker, residing with her husband at 3, Anne.7street,
Mill-road, who he had found sick, and in a state of
complete destitution, although her husband who lives
with her, is in constant work as a porter. and as such is
in the receipt of 245. a-week. She was removed
with hey . two children to the workhouse, where
she died on Monday night. The father of the
deceased woman and her husband were in attend-
done at the board. The husband denied that his wife
was pinched for food ; but she was very ill, and he had
engaged a nurse to attend upon her. lie had given the
nuri=e money to buy what was required, and it was her
aalt if there was any want of medicine or food.
Mr. BROWN stated that there was not a morsel of
bread in the house.
Mr. EDWARDS moved that the Coroner be requested
to hold an inquest over the body.
Mr. LEDGER seconded the motion, which was carried ;
and he then proposed that the husband be forthwith
taken into custody for neglecting his children.
Mr. EDWARDS said the fellow had murdered his wife,
there was no doubt, and seconded the motion, which
was also carried, and its execution entrusted to Mr.
Bramham, the relieving-officer.
MISCELL kNrous.

Mr. ABRAHAMS drew attention to the fact that Mr.
Phillips, the contractor for the supply of meal to the
workhouse, was not performing his contract to the satis-
faction of the governor. He understood that he had
had more trouble with Mr. Phillips's contract than all
the others put together.
The CHAIRMAN—When does his contract end
Mr. CLEAVER, the clerk—On the 29th of this month.
Mr. ABRAHAMS—AI the same time I think it should
be taken notice of. The meal sent now is not fit for
pigs.
A special meeting of the Finance Committee, it ap-
peared, had been held, to consider a plan for reducing
the salaries of the relieving officers; but the delibera-
tion had ended in a resolution or report that the com-
mittee saw no reason for making any reduction, in such
salaries, for the reason amongst others, that within a
recent period there had been a reduction of fire officers
on the workhouse staff.
Mr. AIIRARAMS moved that the report be adopted.
In addition to what was stated, there had been a reduc-
tion in the hospital establishment of seven paid nurses
and a housemaid.
The motion was seconded and carried.
Mr. Charles Howell, assistant overseer of Kirkdale,
wrote, resigning his situation as collector of rates, as he
had not time to devote to the increasing duties of the
office. On the motion of Mr. Abrahams, seconded by
Mr. Roberts, the resignation was accepted; and it was
agreed to advertise for a successor. The salary is £lOO
a year.
' his willingness to •
Andrew Hamilton, the superintendent of out-
door labour, wrote explaining resign,
but asking for a month's notice.—Agreed to.
ri rgs Notice
a ori T,
(llno egivenoef a nast of the proposed appointment of Mr.
R oe be
te
or book-keeper.
ieldaetrtention to the fact, that at a
the committees on Friday, a very
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assistanta,
• .tani question would be raised—that was as to the
propriety of having an industrial establishment, to
Which the children might he removed from the
workhouse.
Mr. LEDGER threw out the suggestion that the
hospital would make a good tu.natic asylum. There
were about 100 pauper lunatics chargeable to the
Union; and by the proposed conversion, they may pro-
bably effect a great saving to the ratepayers.
The CHAIRMAN thought they couldbe kept cheaper
n asylums; and a resultless conversation ensue'.
The board broke up shortly after one o'clock.

Telegrams from St. Petersburg quote the price' of
Tallow higher at 50 roubles for all September: The
exchange was quoted 361 d.
The annual meeting of the Society for the Propagr.,
Lion, of the Gospel in Foreign P?xts, is to be,held in the
Hall of the Collegiate Inctitution: on Monday evening
next. Two colonial bishops (Mauritius and Labuan) the
Dean of Ely, Dr. Francis ilesgeY, atia Rector Campbell,.
are-announced as the 'speakersl—and we do not doubt
the friends of the. society,inalsten tO their statements.
that there will be a large -and iak,ential
attendance of
We are requested to state that the lower gallery will be
reserved far the Subscribers to the society, and any.
friends isbo may accompany them,