The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-10 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

STEAM 741 Al4EßlCA.—Yesterday the screw steamy
Edinburgh sailed for New York with the United Stat
mail, a fair cargo, and a large number of passengers, et
whom forty were in the saloon. The screw stooge
Anglo-Sasoii also sailed yesterday, for Quebec, with till
Canadian mails, a full cargo, and about 200 passage°
Assarrrs.—Samuel Adams, a sailor on board till
ship Evening Star, sustained a severe scalp wound °I
board the same ship by a blow of the second mate.'
Mary Ann Donlan, residing in 15 Court, Orange-sete6
received a scalp wound in same street, by a blow fres
another woman.—Both the injured parties were tskel
to the Northern Hospital, where their wounds lee°
dressed.
INQUESTS.—The Coroner held the following inque6:
yesterday :—On the body of William Berry, a P°rtet,
the goods station of the London and North-Viree'l
Railway, Waterloo Dock. He was nineteen Years.ai
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age. A Clide of istwun
-
him cm the spot: There was no blame attached to",'J
one; and the jury fouund a verdict of "Acciden;
death:"--2n the body Of Michael Siggins, a labourer
the employment of M ,essrs. Fielding, Brothers.
Saturday last he was at work in Gradwell-street, Whd
a bale of cotton fell on him, and he died in &mega'
of the injuries received. yerSct, Accidental death'
On the body of a child named Wendth, seven weel°'l
• , .
that l'?us otei;lain in bed, Verdict accordingly.
FIRE IN CASTLE-StßEET.—About half-past
o'clock last evening the police discovered a fire eV'
premises of Mr. Henry Greenwood, stationer, Otir,
street. A quantity of water in buckets was
diately procured from the opposite side of the street 01
thrown into the premises, but with little good eff•
The fire-brigade under Mr. Hewitt, and the eng::
from Hatton-garden, were speedily on the spot,'
plentiful supply of water being at hand the fire
subdued iii the course of ten or fifteen minutes.
dainage done, we understand, is not
,serious, the ga'l
having been confined to a cellar, in which some s! r'4,
and empty cases were consumed. The shop OH

entirely escaped injury.
TRIAL OF A TRACTION ENGlNE.—Yesterday
noon, a number of gentlemen assembled at the
Dock dock station, to witness the exhibition afmr,
improved traction engine. Mr. Woolhouse, under'l
direction of Messrs. J. and H. KeywOrth, exhibited
engine which is of seven horse power. The inake°i:
the machine are Messrs. Clayton and Shuttleworthf,
Lincoln, the celebrated manufacturers of agrianitu!t
IMpfenients. The chief peculiarity of the present Wool
is in the application of the power, which by meao,o
system of levers, is equally diStriblited upon the
wheels, whereas, in ordinary cases, it is applied,
side only. A great saving is effected by the dispolub,
of the cylinder, which is placcd in the smoke box.
lays her own rails, and is provided with a break, I/.0
is supposed to be sufficiently powerful to etOP,A!
motion when the machine is upon an inclined Plea
The engine is steered by a rack and pinion, an arni
Ment which will enable it to turn in a much less ti 4
than by the usual method of using chains; The tA,O
contains sufficient Water to supply the engine for 1
to
houis: At the trial, yesterday, a. loaded lortly,
nine tons weight, was Atieliedi incl the *Orkiii,„(r.;o
machine appeared to be satisfactory.—the eitiO
will be repeated to-day.

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIO

Mr. Rapes .presided .at the, weekly meeting g Vie;
board yesterday, and the oilier members
Messrs. M'Connel, Roberts, Whitby, Metcalf, A raht,
Clarke, Haigh, Pilling, Edwards, Richmond, sulle;
Wareham, Jeffries, and Reyes. The following .61261„-F
for out-door relief were granted :—Mr. Potts, Pit;
Mr. Robertson, £36 ; and Mr. LYthgoe, X 32 t
Gough reported the number of paupers in the I^
house last week to be 315, this week 317 ; correspon7;
week last year 279. In the hospital there were:l:4
week 90 paupers, this week 77 ; corresponding weelje,
year 90. The following letter from Wm. flees, suds
was read :

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Old Trafford, 7th Mal, oil
Gentlemen,—Mr. Banner, in a report which I have s or
the Liverpool ...lertury, has referred to me in a manners/1011
what uneallti tor; and I in consequence submit to Soo
following remarks. tei
Mr. B. says "the incorrectness of the accounts war•-lis
in my opinion the doubts and suspicions enqrtaiiied bl ty
Smith." Now, the documents submitted to Mr. B. b,/iOO
guardians expressed no "doubts or suspicions," but coatilo6:
a point blank charge of felony, and all that Mr. B. 110,0
was to state whether or not, his opinion? that charge
sustained by the evidence of the books and nothing lilts°
am quite certain that Mr. Smith had no " doubt or suer-
upon the subjthe ect.
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Mr. S., in first part of his communication
Poor-law Board, charges Mr. Gough with having feloefrr„,
abstracted certain stores in the first quarter of the Yea rr
namely, in the quarter ending 29th September. Now, et;3l
body except Mr. Banner, and perhaps Mr. Smith, know'
the first quarter of a peer-law year does not end on the -
September, but on the 24'hJune. There was, therefore, a Act
in the indictment, which would have been fatal to it 10 °Je
court of justice in England. It should at least have incin4
Mr. B. to refer to the real first quarter, which, indeed, be
after I had pointed out the blunder.
Mr. B. says, with reference to this first part, thee
.!,;
errors " as to quantity only, and balance each other, the ra°o'./0
in both quarters agreeing with the contractor'. invoices.
to
this period the books appear to examined by the audi°
the sth December, 1857, and not corrected." es ,t
I admit that what he calls errors were not corrected
auditor, and for the simple ream that so far as the "Pe,
sions receipt, and ponsumption account," and the "I°s-
day-book" are concerned, they were not errors at all. pie
One quarter of an hour's examination of the books °oe
Banner's office elicited the following facts, and should -ay
sufficed to determine all the matters submitted to that gen
man.
real In the last week but one of the June quarter—the
quarter. The contractor having, it seems, completet
supply for that quarter, delivered ten packs of his eaaecer
for the September quarter, and very properly the bOoke)enoir
entered these ten packs in the " Provisions receipt and 00
gumption account;" but no invoice coming with thells!o.
entry was made in the " Master's Day Book," a book VP to
lent to the " Bought Book"- or "Invoice Book" of bleeebi.'
accounts.
got)
In the first week of July furtber delidery of fi.flYpro'
took place, and these were correctly entered in the ,
visions receipt and consumption account," These 00
simply represent facts. Mr. B. calls them error/ "8,0
one another."
To return : With this delivery came an invoice, not Of
oe,
but of sixty packs, including the ten packs, delivered g
and this invoice the book-keeper proceeded to enter ja
usual way in the "Master's day-book." tie
At flay audit for the half-year I admit that, tinewrof
quantities received duly accounted for, and the tiolief o,*
also accounted for, I did not deem it worth while to inid'e_A
alteration in the books. Certainly I should have done *1-
if I had made one in the way suggested by Mr. B. to
As, to the second part of Mr. Smith's charge, I have (Nil! 0
remark, that the facts were investigated and fully reporte 0
the Poor-law Board many months before the charge was
up, as Mr. Smith knows full well. W.
Finally : This charge of felony, so tenderly described, li•-•<
the
Smith's " doubts and suspicions" was not engendered bi 0.0
mare's nest now examined, but is only a repetition of char
which have been insinuated and openly repeated for
After many months of ferretting in the books, the mares.°
was brought out to give body to a phantom.
I have only to add, that I shall to prepared, at the elOgi
audit, to investigate any point relating to the account's:lo
which any ratepayer may have reason to entertain ````lol
and suspicions," especially if they appear to wear a bon'
character.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
years P.•

(Signed)

WILLIAM Baas,
District Audi's"
To the Board of Guardians of the West Derby Uaion• ie
Mr. SHAW moved that copies of the letter be 50'
Mr. Smith, Mr. Banner, and to the Poor-law Board 4
The motion wa.a seconded by Mr. Heyes, and oar"
This concluded the business.