The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-06 00:00:00

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS

ly ilieeting df the itotird Nttiliclaissteidayjn
the noard:roorn- at theVOrkiiouse, Mill Road,Eveaon,
JOSEPH .HAnnisON in the chair. There were also'present
the following members of the Board :—.*Rev: W. Baduall,
Messrs: Abraham, Lunt, Craig:, Hayes, Metcalf, Tattersall,
Roikell; Wengley,, Aliddss, Jeffries, ,Horsfalli Gilbert
Harrison, James Birch, Dry, Owen, and Davies:
•The minutes of the last Board having been read, the
plications for out-clOOr relief were disposed of, after .which
the cioiernor, Subniitted his weekly
report, from.which it
appearti. that the number df paupers. in the house during
the week was 624, against 632 in tile cardpoilding• week
of last year. .

IRREGULARITIES IN THE lIOUSI

• 11r. GOUGH, the governor, stated to the Board, that on
Saturday last; three of the female inmates::ivere in a state of
into eatiOni and created, a disturbance in, the house. On
enquiry, he ascertained that they had given frionby to come
workmen of Messrs. Weber, iron-founderS, at present on;
ployed on the premises, and that with theineney these men
brought spirits into the house for the women: He (Mr.
Gough) had brought the case before the-Beard; in order that
the Men might be punished for this intlingenient of. the Act
of Parliament, which provided that no person .should be
allowed to bring spirituous liquors into the house without
the consent of tie master; under a • penalty iif £lO, or two
months' • Imprisonment —The Rev: IV: BADNALL Have
yiiit the names of the "Men ?—The tiOvitSdn; I, haie, btit
not here.—The Rev: W. BA.DNALL : It is a most disgraceful
case, and I
,moye that the men be summoned .before the
magistrates, in order that the case may be dealt with under
the Act ,of Parliament—Mr. WENSLEY seconded the motion.
He thought the Men ought to' be made an, example of.
The motion was carried unanimously, and the clerk was in-
Struc tcd accoldina

Exterior ot. 8008-BEEP)

ALPASS reported from the committee appointed to
investigate the applications which had ,been sent in for the
office of bookkeeper, that ; th.o committee. were unanimous

Nfr, Cape for the situation

The tea

monials of Mr. and Mrs. James; and of Mr. and Mrs; Nash,
of Ireland, were also highly creditable ; but the Committee
specially. recommended Mr. Cape, and he begged to move
his appointment.—Mr. Rosa.ma. seconded the noMination;—
Mr; Kinxus thought Mr. SitllleS a more eligible candidate.
He was a married man, and it was understood that .the
Parties were to be.niarried. Mr. Cape, too, was above the
specified age j he was fifty_3-ears old.—Mr. ALPASS : That
is most unfair. Mr. Cape distinctly told ns that his age was
forty-five.--Mr. Timms : He is fifty if he is a day:—Mr.
ALPASS : Really it is highly improper to give Mi.
.Cape the
lie in this manner. [Mr. Cape was her called before the
Board, and stated that he was forty4our last birth-day.]--
Mr: lituti.ns then Urged; as a further objection against Mr.
.Cape, that he did not knot whether his wife was living or
not. It was understood that she was a. drunken Woman ;
and if she Was living; and came to create an annoyance at
the hospital, it would be very inconvenient. • The testimo-
nials of the various candidates Were licit read; Mr.
AVENSLEY then moved, seconded by Mr.-Ix/it, the, appoint-
ment of Mr. and Mrs.. James.---Mr. 'ABRAHAM proposed
Mr. and Mrs. Nash.---Mr. TAITERSALt; sMonded the pro-
posal.---The CHAIRMAN then put -the names of the three
candidates, when there voted for Mr. Cape,- Mr. James,
5 ; Mr. Nash, 4. Mr. Nash's name ,being -the lowest, was
struck out, and on the second voting the num,bers were---
for Mr. Cape, 9 ; Mr. James, 6. . Mr.. Cape . having been
elected, was called in and informed of his appointment.

CHOLERA PRECAUTION'S,

The Rev. W.- BAuxilL said, there. Was a most important
-matterthat he Wished to bring bef,,re the board, in connexion
with the deputation which had been appointed from that
board, to wait upon the Health COmmittee of Liverpool;
but; before doing so; he would ask the Chairman if the
hOspital was in a sufficiently complete state to receive patients,
provided the cholera 'should break out amongst us ? The
• CHAIRMAN : • I believe not at present, but it will be
shortly. The Rev. W. BADNALL : He hoped it would not
.be long before the hospital would be ready to receive patients.
He felt -Very anxious that something should at once be done
'to meet the contingency. The fittmgs of this hospital had
been very expensive, and if the rate-payers should find, in
the event of the cholera breaking out, that there was not
accommodation for the cholera patients, the board would
incur a heavy and a fearful responsibility. He hoped it
might please providence to avert this .dreadful scourge from
visiting us; but still they ought to be in a state of preparation.
He strongly urged, that the hospital should at once be got
ready; in case of an event, which they must all deeply
deplore. Hitherto, they had not taken any active part in
connexion with :the -Liverpool -Board of Health, because,
thein
Committeeunion.
of
Hhaeppniolyw' cnaome case
to the of cdheopluertaatihoandtoyetht eocHcuerarlethd
Liverpool, which that board appointed at its meeting last
week. With respect to their relative position to the Health
Committee of Livorpool, it was absolutely necessary, that
there should be no mistake in the minds of any one at the
board. It should be understood, that in administering
medical relief, the Liverpool authorities and themselves,
were -distinct; Whatever medical relief might be required
in the union, neither the medical ;relief Committee of
Liverpool, nor • the health Committee of Liverpool, had
anything to du with it. Again, the health .Committee of
Liverpool had nothing to do with the West Derby
union districts except in one important point, which showed
the great desirability of their co-operating with that body.
The objeet of the health Committee of Liverpool was to
prevent disease by the removal of nuisances, whilst the
object of that-Board was to cure dise'ase--to instruct their
Medical Officers .to, meet cases when they did arise. Now,
he thought it .was highly necessary that their medical
officers should make daily returns to the medical officer of
health in Liverpool, in order that that gentleman might be
'put in possession of every particular as -to the state of the
. health of the town, so that when any special case arose he
• might- be in a position to direct his attention_ to any par-
ticular locality. affected. That was the reason why their
Medical officers should give daily returns to Dr. Duncan of
all cases of diarrhoea or cholera that might arise. He
should also say that • their relieving officers should report
• any, nuisances which they might see.. These nuisances
.Should he taken notice of,, and laid before this Board, so
that when they 'went down to meet the. Health Committee
of Liverpool, representations of such nuisances might be laid
before the Committee ; and he had the authority of the
:Mayor for saying that-such was now the staff placed under
•Mr; Fresh, the'lnspector of Nuisances, he was in a position
at on te' remove such nuisances. (Hear, hear.) If this ar-
rangement was not carried out, the probability was that many
nuisances within the union would not 'be removed. With
that view he would move the resolution he:had drawn up.
4e.wqs exceedingly alxious that such a resolution should bo
put.upon their books, in order that the Health. Committee of
Liverpool might be perfectly satisfied than they were . quite
willing to co-operate with them. (Hear, hear). He thought
they had had warninf, enough, and ifthey-'6ould arrest the
progress of this formidable disease in the event of its appear-
ing-amongst them, they would not only be doing their duty
to that large population which was placed under their care
as the guardians of the poor, but, they would also be con-
ferring a benefit on every class in the 'community. They
knew well that if the cholera might bfeak: but among the
poor, it might also reach the higher classes, and 'therefore,
when they were taking care of the poor, they were , at .the
same time taking care of themselves: He concluded by
proposing the following resolution That this Board,
from an anxious wish to co-operate with the- authorities in
Liverpool, in devising and adopting measures for arresting
the progress of Asiatic cholera, do hereby request the medi-
cal officerS of such parts of this union as are situated within
:the municipal borough of Liverpool, to make a daily return
of all cases of diharrhm or cholera, to the medical officer of
health for Liverpool, at the public offi.cei. in Cornwallis-street.
And further, that the relieving officers do report weekly
to this board, any nuisances which- they may consider
injurious to public health; in their several *districts within
this borough, or on the filthy condition of any lodging house,
cottage, or cellars, of which, they may have knowledge
within the same."—Mr. ROSKELL' seconded the motion.—
The CLERK suggested that the terms of the resolution should
not-be confined to the borough. If there was a nuisance at
Kirby, why should it not be reported by their officers as well
as one in Toxteth Park ? Mr. BADEALL :My motion is
necessarily confined to the municipal borough, 'because the
.health committee have not jurisdiction beyond it. After
some little discussion the resolution was carried unanimously.

THE MANURE DEPOSIT IN SEFTON STREET

The CHAIRMAN followed up Mr. BaanalVs resolution by
bring.ing before the Board thB subject of the Manure Depo-
sits in Sefton-street, Toxteth-park. He complained that
notwithstanding the remonstrances which had been made,
Mr. Rose still continued to deposit the night, soil he removed
into Setton-street. The subject had been a source of much
annoyance to that board for infiny some time ago
-Mr.-Cleaver wrote • to ..Mr. Rose, .giving. him notice that if
the.nuisance*as .not removed, proceedings would be taken
against him by that Board, but still the nuisance was con-
tinued. The. other day, whilst he . was with the Deputy
Town Clerk, in Cornwallis-street, Mr. Rose came into the
room, and on that occasion he stated to him (the Chairman)
that no more •manure would be deposited there but cinders,
and that what was already there would •be removed. Now,
in spite of this promise, Mr. Rose was actually depositing
manure there at the resent time, and Ire therefore thought
that the time had arrived when proceedifigg should be taken
against Mr. Rose to compel him to remove it. With this
view he moved that Mr. Cleaver take such legal steps against
Mr. Rose as the circumstances of the case demanded.—Mr.
WENSLEY seconded the motion, which was carried without a
dissentient voice.

After some fUrther routine business the Board adjourned.

SCOTCH INFLICTIONS.—" Winter," say the. papers,
" has already set in with severity in Scotland." What is
worse ; Lord Aberdeen has, months since, set in with severity
in England.—Punch. ,

QUEENSTOWN. —A sad accident has happened to Lieutenant
Fitzgerald, of the Marines, belonging.to the Terrible, by
the want of thought of some midshipman, whom he met
returning from shooting. It appears he 'asked the youngster
some questions upon which the latter answered, " I will let
you know who I am," firing off his gun in the marine officer's
face. Happily, it was not loaded with. shot, although the
force of the powder has destroyed the sight of one eye, if
not both. -Major-general Sir J. Thackwell, is expected in
Cork to-morrow, when he will receive a public reception.

POLICE COURTS.-

tiCTEPDAY

TilE
KNIFE.---A young man of very ill appearance, named
Mogi Tdy; ;was brought forward, charged with stabbing a
girl halted BetSy Ingfam on Monday night. The prosecutrix
said, she Went with the prisoner' du the evening in ques-
tion to take a glass of ale in a Vault in Watertoozroad, when
they had some dispute, and the prisoner dabbed het', A
medical gentleman deposed to examining the wound, which
Ni`eiit to the bone in left side but was not dangerous.
Tlie prisoner was corataitted for trial to the assizes.
THE ACt OF TE.A.nTs.—A decent res#eetably clad sea-
man; who gave his name as William Doherty, of the ship
" Goliath," charged three men; with swindling him out of
two shillings, in Mr. Condliffe's public_ house; in London-
road. He had been paid off on Tuesday, aild was proceed-
ing in the direction M t, George's-road, when he fleet two
of the Prisoners; One of theni rtresepted himself to be a
farmer. They induced "him to enter the l!Ousei and called
for drink, Parker afterwards came in as if selhii

.z` razors,

They riden produced cards, and the complainant was in-
duced to play; they offered to bet with him, that he would
not find the ace of hearts by looking at the hacks of the
bards, a bet he was simple enough to make. When the fel-
lows were arrested, several flash notes and sovereigns were
found on their persMisi The magistrate said, that it was
quite evident the prisoners Were roBues and vagabonds: Ile
would therefore commit them for three monthi each: Mr.
Clough.Saidi that they very accurately answered the deserip,
tion of three men Charged With a robbery somewhere In
Suffolk.
CUTTING WTTII A 'Won.— Mary M'Evdy charged a
hideous-loookinm ruffian, named John Kelly, with Miffing
and maiming her in the public-house of a person named
Fishers in Tithebarn-street. She deposed that she had
formerly cohabited with this brr

T. went

hihi and a woman• into the public-hodge named; when
he knocked her dolirn aio. cut her arm with a ratorrin a
very serimie manner:, The . other . weniai swore that -the

savage knocked her down and cut her fin
with the same weapon, though she had at
child in her arms. The prisoner was co

time a

monthei with hard labour:
A PLnAgAY'r IN Gostilloe, one of th
Lancashire Artillery, Was cliatecl with indecently exposinl

his person, and alherwise most outrageously conducting
hiniself in the house of Mr. Bontlierby; Great
Ilaracr.street, where he was billetted. lie had thictivit the
bed and bed-clothe shout; broken a jug, threatened to piill
down the house, made tise: of most ruffianly lang,uage, and
to wind up; committed an indecent nuisance in the bar
before complainant's wife. The magistrate said that re-
spectable peoplp must be protected from such ruffians. It
was hard enough to have people billetted in decent houses,
without the occurrence of such conduct, He therefore fined
the prisoner 405., and in default to be imprisated for one
month. •

AN AMATEUR DETECTIVE.---A Scotchman who was sworn
after the usages of the Scotch covenant said that, on Thurs-
day, he was going cloWii. Tithtbarn,street when he saw an
ill-looking person, named Sallies &gat, tie prisoner. Sup-
posing: him to be a.bad character lin resolved to. " detect "
hini, and, for thatpurpose feigned s'e3p and inebriety, Whilst
he allowed the prisoner to rob him of his watch, which the
latter broke. The' officer, found the Wateli lying on the
street; The magistrate discharged the prisoner on the ground
that the prosecutor had,been served perfectly right.

61.1E11140R WAGES.--DISPUTED JURISDICTION.
—Yesterday 'four seamen, speaking the Spanish language,
and one who spoke English, summoned Dominick Azzopani,
of the ship Anturo. The captain was represented by Mr.
Campbell, solicitor; whilst Mr. Chilton appeared for the
claimants. Mr. Campbell said that he believed the prelimi-
nary question was whether the magistrates had or had not
jurisdiction, and he believed he could chew that they had
not. Accordingly the captain was sworn and examined by an
interpreter, when he said that the vessel belonged to the
principality of Wallachia, now occupied by Russian troops,
and the owner resides in Constantinople, and is a subject of
Wallachia. The magistrate said that this settled the mat=
ter, as, in order to give the court jurisdiction, the vessel
should be a British one. This matter was, however, ad-
journed, on the moVement of Mr. 'Chilton, to have the ship's
certificate produced.:
FURIOUS DRIVING.—ThOMaS Jackson was fined ss, for
furiously driving a spring cart through the streets: Thomas
Rowe, fined 5s and costs, for driving a car in Pork-Toad at
the rate of 12 miles an hour. John Hanley, 5s and costs,
for furiously driving in Windsor-street. William Tarbert,
lOs and costs, for furious driving in St. James's-road:
CRUI:LTY TO ANIMALS.—Thomas Gullagher was fined
2s 6d and costs, for driving a poor donkey, whose back was
all raw under the saddle, and described as being in a state
shocking to look at.

SToxi THROWING.,—TWO little boys; named Warburton
and Enerdall, were charged with throwing stones in the
street; at a nurse with some children, and fined 5s each.

A PRINTER IN DIFFicuLTIEs.-Alexauder Campbell, a
printer, was placed in the .dock, charged by Mr. Hilton, a
gentleman connected with the office of the Northern Daily
Times, with having come into that establishment upon the
previous night, quite drunk,and created a disturbance there.
Mr. Hilton stated that he appeared upon the part of Mr.
Charles Withrwr, and that the prisoner had herrn mado
drunk by members of the Printers' Society, in order to pre-
vent him from doing any work for the Northern Daily
Times. Mr. Maisfield asked what the prisoner had to say
in his defence. Prisoner : I believe, your worship, this is
a court of justice; -and I trust you- iaf3t grant me the privi-
lege of explaining this transaction up to the present hour.
I am a journeyman printer, and I vacated my situation in
London, to take a frame upon Mr. Charles Willmer's news-
paper. I came down from' London, and having been in
Liverpool before, I. niet a number of old acquaintances, and
had a glass or two with them, and the consequence .was, I
became seriously 'indisposed, and unable to commence
business at the time aypointed. I went, the following day,
and tendered my services .to 51r.Willmer, but he said, "You
have come too late ; I. am afraid you are like others, led
away from me by the Printers' Society, and I have put
another man in your place." From that time to this, I
have met Mr. Willmer frequently in the street, and have
spoken to him, and he told me that the first vacancy which
occured in the office,. I should be put to the frame.
Yesterday, I was anxious to obtain employment, and I went
to Birkenhead, where' a gentleman named Osborne had en-
gaged me for service, to commence this morninz. There
was a gentleman; an old friend of mine, Mr. Willmer's
foreman, whom I wished to see, and I went into the office
last night. That mail was not the clerk there, but another
young man. I asked. to see my friend, but I was told he
was busy. I asked to go up stairs—" You can't do so
without permission." • " Where is Mr. Willmer ?" "He is
engaged also." .I was in altercation with the clerk,
respecting the unreasonable nature of his refusal. when, my
face being turned' towards the street, this individual came
behind my back, gave 'ine a push in the neck, and pushed me
into the street. I turnedround to see who it was; nd imme-
diately I saw Mr. Willmer coming round from the back of
the shop. The policeman who took me into custody can tes-
tify that I came quietly, and even he pondered, paused, and
argued the question, and said, " Well, really, if you press
the charge, I must take him." -I was not drunk ; I had
only taken a glass'of ;. lam not a member of the Liver-
pool Printers' Soclety,.nor am I connected with them in any
opposition to Mr. -Willmer ; I protest it on the honour of a
man ; I know there is a strong feeling existing against me ;
I have not a friehd in Liverpool, and I do trust sincerely
that the magistrate on the bench will not inflict a penalty
on me, for I am unable to pay it,• and must be committed to
prison, the consequences of which would be disastrous to me ;
I have left a wife and an infant at her breast, at Rugby,- in
Warwickshire, and if I am sent to prison, the only. possi-
bility of support she has is gone. Mr. HILToN said that
Mr. Willmer did hot *Wish to press the charge, but he was
anxious that the matter should be brought before the public.
The annoyance was not in that man being made drunk, butin a
dozen other cases. Last week a machinist of Mr. Willmer's
'was made drunk, and the same thing had ooeurred in several
other instances. The officer was perfectly aware that there
was no violence at all used towards that man. Prisoner : I
appeal to the officer: The 'Police Officer : You were not
shoved out of the shop ; I had to take you out. Prisoner : I
gave offence to no one, and I am not acting in concert with
the Liverpool Society, nor would I do anything inimical to
Mr. Charles Willmer ; on the contrary, perhaps I would be
the man who would have the courage to speak out against
the unreasonable nature of the opposition of the printers of
Liverpool. Mr. HILTON : This man would have been em-
ployed, but he never was sober. Mr. MANSFIELD : You
have certainly no reason to complain of Mr. Willmer. He
is perfectly ready to fulfill his contract with you. In place
of coming to your work, and acquiring the character of a
respectable man, the appearance you make is in a state of
into.ication. The best thing yon' an do is to go to Cheshire,
and seek employment there. Let him be discharged.

MANCHESTER.-Cm COURT

CHARGE OF ROBBING A TIMBER WHARF.—Two boat-
men named Thomas Peacock, and James Birtles, were placed
in the dock, charged with having stolen a quantity of wood,
the property of Messrs. Hay, Nish, and Mc Kean, Oxford-
street Saw Mills, but under the charge of the Harrington
Carrying Company, from whose yard it was alleged that 202
deals of timber had been stolen by the prisoners. Mr. In-
spector Maybury of the detective department, stated"that the
two prisoners were taken into custody on a charge of having
taken a quantity of deals from the side of the canal near the
Harrington Carrying Company's wharf. In answer to questions
put in cross-examination by Mr. IV. P. Roberts, solicitor,
who appeared for IPeaCock, Inspector Maybury said that in-
formation of the timber having been stolen was given at the
Town Hall, on Tuesday week, that the deals were recovered
on Thursday, that Birtles was apprehended the same night,
and that Peacock was brought to the Town Hall on the
previous day (Tuesday,)—Mr. Mc Hale, book-keeper of the
Harrington Carrying Company, stated that 202 deals had
been missed from the yard belonging to the Company.
They took stock yesterday (Tuesday), and they found that
that number was missing. The deals had been received at
the yard at different times within the last 12 months. He
did not think they, could have been sold.—Cross-examined
by Mr. Bart, solicitor, who appeared for Riffles :—I have
been in the employment of the Company since last Novem-
ber, but he had never taken stock before Tuesday, since he
went to that establishment.—Mr. William Mc.Cowau, a
book-keeper in the employment of Messrs. Hay, Nish, and
McKean, builders; Oxford-street; stated that according to
the books of his employers, the Harrington Carrying Com-,

patty ought to have had in their possession (belOnging to his
. employers) 6981 deals of timber, but according to the stock
taken by the company, they could only produce 6779, con-
sepiently therewas a deficiency of 202 deals. The Harrington
y' *ereCompan the carriers of Messrs Hay, Nish, and Mc.
Kean, and the eonipany were bound to produce the number
of deals on the bookS of his employers. Witness knew the
deals produced by the mark on them.—Cro--
amined.— The deals might have been
Christmas last (when he lot t
Messrs. Hay, Nish, and I.lc.lCeim
"kept in the yard of the
rying Company, the yard of Messrs. Bellhouse, Oxford-roau,
and their own yard. The Messrs. Bellhouse, who were ready
to produce the account in full of the deals under their
charge, were certain that none.of the timber had been taken
from their yard. The missing deals might have been taken
from the yard of the Harrington Carrying Company, or from
that of the Messrs. Henry, Nish, and McKean. Mr. Mc
Nish stated that he went to the Town's Yard on Monday,
when a party told him that he thought certain deals then
produced, were the property of Messrs. Henry, Nish,
Kean, whose mark was upon them. The firm immediately
sent to the offices of the Harrington Carrying Company,
with a request that they would take stock of the quantity of
deals in their yard belonging to the firm. It was then dis-
covered that 202 deals were missing. John Lister, who is
employed in the tonnage department of the Bridgewater
Canal, stated that on the previous Wednesday morning, a
man paid him 2s: tonnage for a quantity of timber in a boat.
The man who paid him the money was not present, but Bir-
les, one of the prisoners, was near to the boat when wit-
less went dov i. to it. A person named John Ilan
brilter, stated hat he purchased from a friend
Henry HO* ,ker; in. Salford, thirty deals of woou,

went Qv

as to iudu,
of timber 1

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each.