The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-14 00:00:00

WEST DERBY UNION.

The usual weekly meeting of the guardians of this union
was held at the board room,-Mtillana,..Everton. The-Rev.
Wm. %dnall occupied ,the chair, The other guardians
present were Me-srs Lunt, Abrahams, 1. Edivards, Roscoe,
Medealf, Owen, Birch, Richmond, Pickup, Ledger, Evans,
Taylor, ,Johns, R iberts, Elaga,r, Baynes, ;Leyland, Morris,
J. Ifeyes, and Wensley.
Cheques to the amount of £232 were VciteVorWreibut-
door maintenance of the poor withfn the' dlsteretlif-, e
=, The Master of the Ficsiitte,l4eported that the nuinber'ef
patients in that estabtiThment last -week'were 117, since
when 13 ha! been admitted, 19 discharged, and 1 elea!h
This week there wee() 110 ; corresponding week of last
year, 79.
The'Master of the. WorkhOuse reported, that the nninber
of paupers in theilibita4 lait;w-ek was 60t,9iiiace'icheii'0
had been admitted, 1 bo r, 39 dischargiiVind
leaving this week 599; 'and for the cotrisqlSkidiervireek bf
last
The Clerkanncranced thatha had an ;lei:Omit which he
was unable to dischate, because he had not sufficient
funds in the bank.- > ,
From the conversation which ensued, it appeared that
many ,o f, t4B tOwilahips, were in arrear, including Testi. th
getY,gtetr!,on,,and ochers.
.....akr:-Lutl moved that iete'towa-hlp of Toxceth Park
etiiiim9Yl4:!o te.rineent
,step,. tak:nt to get the money
lillklaylor 4'68147ft-,3 m4?ioc.
As' it viiithone•ht by the botrd thstiir'it would not be
eating ihapartially by bumming one town 'hip in arrear
without-4U iottiAorif,i,?'

Mr. Tayler mbied &3 an a-nonduient thst, all the town-
ships be innianatmed. seconded by Mr. Baynes,
arol alms t, unsaid:du ily carried.
This being the firs. time the Rev. Mr. Badnall has. pre-
sidA at the board since his re!-election;as the chairmen,
he begged to express his kind thanks.to the, guaiflians for
the confidence they, ha t, agairt-PLaced,plitged,in bim, and,
he did treat that ha shoulo give the .same satisfaction he
WeA led to expect, feinm their re-electing him, that
he had-done. To achieve that, he depended much on their
support, for without the chair was properly suPpOrte3,
business could not be satisfactorily carried on; but if he
had, which he hai no doubt he should, that suppol, the
business would be cOndricd with satisfaction to hieiself,
to the board,. an I to the general body of the 'ratepayers.
He concluded by saying that nothing bat indisposition or
urgent professional business would prevent him from
filling th.s chair on all occasions. The revs .chairm.as
resumed his seat amidst the applause of the guardians.,
This concluded the business.
=

. We are nobler! to state that there is no truth in the
.
rumour which has appeared in several newspaper s, to tip-
eirmt that a matrimonial alliance, is a!lout to .take place
bitween the Hon. W. F. CaMpbell and the daughter of-thr4
late Bish)p of Gloucester.-11forning Pose.
IRISII ENCUMBERED COURT- —The weekly statk
tical details' of the Encuinh,:r4id Estats Court show a
large quantity of property for sale in•the present month,
the rental being £25 584,_ atid the the Fcreage 39,952
The total produce of salvos from 'the comine'nceen-nt has
ptsset twenty millions, the-figu..tes u? to this -dlie being
X 20,043,316, of which .ElOO,OOO has occurred during the
!meal:tit week, and to whlch atao:h-.r half million wtil. be
aided before the month closes.

A .-MAN DAOWNED IN AN ENGINE-TIOUSE.—,OD
morning, about ten c'clock,_ J Travis, agql forty-,
sev.As ytarS, engineer for Mr.-John llarrop, cotton spinner,
Lane-i/e, Crisropton, was foua I 41rowned in the eagine-
house. IL lieu ben seen abort a qaart,r of ?fa hour
before, Deceand appears to have gine to one of the
cisterns or wells, to loOk inside, and While in'that p
fallen in. When found ha was fcfiite riead, said his heels
ward uppermos'. The engine brigan to go -slow, and one
of the men .weut to look for)Xisvis; and Claud:him in the
cistern.
A rumour is in-current circulation that the vexed ques-
tion ortho Alsynooth. Grant is about to be settled by:a
grant from the treasury of £200,000, as the purchase
money, of the annuli suns of •£31,000, in ad;ii• jots to the
grant of the-college and al bu.l,lings. How this, reposal
will be relished by_b3th houses • rardaineto he seen. I
leaves the principle on which the opposition to-the annual
grant was founded uLtouched, and as open for disciP-sion
as ever. Tue only difference is that the measure, if cu-
ries!, puts an end to all further annual deb ttes regarding
i t.—Conk. Reporter.
COLONEL OLIPHANT AND Tim. H.E I.C.—There has been
for some days a rumour, which we have heard with much
regret, as there seems to be some foundation for it, to the
effect that Colonel Oliphant is about to retire from the
direction of the East India Company. His loss will doubt-
less be severely felt by his colleagues, and by all connected
with himie the administration of the home government bf
India, of which,his high chardcter, his general intelligence,
hia military experience, Rod his atLention to business
rendered him a most efficient member. The vacancy thus
created wilt give another nomination ('he sth) to the
Crown.--Sniielt, Elder and Co.'s Overland Mait.,,
A NEw Mon:; or A man slimed -.Lien
Armstiong, who lately finished a sojourn in Perth Pent-
tenti try, was remitted to the Sherif from the Central
Police Court yesterday, after examination as to haring
stolen from the premises of Messrs. M'Dinald and Freer,
calentlerers, Mitchell-street, five pairs of blankets, ten
pieces of hankerchieft, &a. It appears that . Armstrong
had affixed a hook to .rod, and having .broken a pane
in one of the windows of the calentler, .proeceieti to lilt
the art'cles by this. mewls. A party connected with the
plan?, hiwever, seeing the goods ap,,arently .in motion,
suspecte.ctsonnething was wrong, and csughtthe deli-quent
in the midst of his new experiment in angling.— Glasgow

'M
a. COBDEN AND THE BALLOT SJCIETT. —At the last
meeting of the executive cAmittee, a lever was read from
Mr, Coblen- to Mr. Thdthas±E, oar, the treasurer, enclosaag
his annual tubscription df £lO, inwhfch.Mr.' Cobden Said :
"Now is the time for ligitatieg yOur question; Mr. Grote
was accustomeC to say be was always welt -supported in the
first session of a new parliament, for that then,tbe wounds
of the electors were fresh and g,een from ,he electoral.
butt,le field, I- hope _you.- will be able to set up branah'
societies, and together E bSe• Otiotis all over the countrv.
I an Ore von, Mr. Whi;eburst, and Mr. Wickham, aid
thereat ef tae workers, hive dohe yriur duty, and are
entitled to the g.-atitude of.the country." • .
TDB 3.S GLASGO UNPREC EDE IT iD DESPATCII. —The
s,s. Glasgow, "which ar, iv d at the Broomielaw on Staday
mousing, on Monday was discharged of her cargo and
loaded; and in the ev,lcing 'we were astonished to learn
that she was ready to to s.. down the river, which she
really . did, in order to have ,Itcr compasses aojawed
previous to starting for New Y rk. , This despatch has
beers g-eatly accelerated la/ the Custom-house aathorit es,
by whose courtesy such feetlities were afforded as to be
discharged s 6 speedily , The ra.:.sou.of the Glasgow being
so quickly sent to sea' after her arrival, arises out of the
'act, that the s.s. New York, which should have sailed on
Tuesday, requires repa,rs that cannot be eff cted is time,
consequentiy the G;asgsvy has been placed on her station,
and the result we. have •accomisl.Lhed.—Glasgoto
Mail • ,
EiTABLISITM F.NT OF A TM:MIMI PILOT FLAG—Too

Board o. Trade nave received, tneouh toe Secretary of
State for Fereiirn Affairs, the subjoined copy (translation).
of a notice issued by the
.Turkish Foreign °thee, relative
to the estChlishinent'of -a' Tairkish pilot flag :—(Transla
tion.)—.‘ It having beau reported that nien-t- war and
merchant ships passing through ports in the do:minims
of .the
.Sultau.sometim:is require the services of a. pilot,
instructions have 'beau sent to the authorities of all
ports, tor the' harbour masters to take a gnardiaa from
the Quarantine, visit the ship, ascerAiu for' what place
she requires a pilot, and repiart it to the proper quarter,
in order that is pilot may be!,immediately ' procured and
sent on' bo ird, at a renotecation, on exhibit' fay the
ship, of whatever nation i may be, coming to an Ottoman
port, of a if tg similar to the one specially designed for
the purpose, 'of which a copy fillerewith soot to your
Excellency. The ambassadors of • all fries ily powers
having been requested to make the matter known to the
shipmasters of their respective nations, and to instruct
them to act accordingly when about to ask for a pilot. a
similar communication is made to ylur Excellency.. [ The
flag is a red peer, or red if eg with a white sq tare in the
centre.]
WHAT THE REFORM BILL SHOULD NOT CONTAIN. —I: should
not be eucumbered with too many kinds of qualification's,
It i q titO hoOeleS3 in any,rneasare short of unireisal suf-
frage to attempt including. all who possess the intelligenc
of which the 40s county q the, £lO-borough
franchise, are Lo s the legal tests. Nor is.it ao evil which
any sensible man Lead make himself Misetatle or very
wrathful about, th'it he his no voice, if existing tests pro-
vide for the complete representation of his clans or interest
—when, if in the nature or tile case, if ha is to vote, special
legal provison must be made for hini and Scone few d tens,
perhaps, of his Blass. If this provision be required for his
case, why net for others ? Tee law of the suff:age might
thus become intolerably oppressive and complicated in its
workings, without any corresponding advantage in the
complefeness, wisdom, or purity. of toe actual, restilt—the
charae'er of the representative body. A great variety of
qu ilifleation is earnestly to be deprecated, Our space will,
not admit of even a passing remark on the probable bearing
and issue of an educational qualification.' - It may deMand
e separate notice. We close the present, 'discession oldie
subject of parliamentary reform by reiterating the-hope
expressed in
,a former article, th it parliament will take
phrase is, before it endorses the absurd,
caildmvicber,oliass the ,
and
Most mischievous plan of voting by pruned
papers—a system open to every hand, and, as the trial has
prove!, prolific of political and eucial wrong doing ; and
which (contrary to the accredited legal aphorism, that
every wrong has its remedy) seems to admit only of being
righted by b3ing destroyed.—Leeds. Afercuiy.

POLICE INTELLIGENC

LIVERPOOL.
_ BEFORE MR.
SERIOUS is;otniner".—k nlime4l AiWK.llly, was
charged under the-Following rather strange circumstances.
'ln the 7th of April the compltonapvwttne name is
Joseph WeighimaearißekSaiith, M3;6E-street,
was ja,Tithibaric sweet,. 'and asked, saitoricmda-waian
comp'tny with the prisoner, Iyhelihe.tiltg, !Aug:4%4MA)
The prisouer Actilthe, sailor net ,to n indAM :414g
,) Weis
only a loafer. Hew-deed 'the prisoner what ha I/1130,43,ti a 11,541
at .the seine. elan he me.do a, blow at him. Ilediet
not hit him:fully. The pris,e er seie el' him, by the, iienk-
frem'oehind arid flung hiTil luta the 8. reet; 'and a float, that
wag paetsing, passed over h's right arm and setached
Wall, the surgeon of the Northern Hospital, stated
the nature of the said the itinChad to be
aliiputated. Three whip: sges for the dleence wO'Ved4hat;
that`the complainant Wafi!theaggresser,-and his 4.o6hti?;:
considering tho•affair one of accideit, dischittded the.lpric!
spier: • ; • I
(.1:1-ouss Ronny aY..a. Either Dieltinson, a young ,girl, and:
William Lawrence, were charged with having. ban coil=
corned in a robbery that ,took place in .the house of Mr,
Stephens, of 44, .Norton=striet.' It appeared that betweeee
one and two o clock on Trieeday,feome., one entere4 thai
ii:ruse of Mrs. 6%ephens, and carried off two cloaks (n. 5 atx
opera), ant a cepe,t;igoe,t with t-i) The et ),,,k4
and Capewere foutiCililosseesion 9f M
the girl IJI ary,'
b ae,e, w agre) she via4laffatiiiV:it)ieltifYo, man;(
it was ri4ii.c.td;
_had been seen afifitvg A top coat T eelo;:
btif,ltfi& evideli4lfibt 1)4164 fo.iffidient he was dischl eeol:
I,i' -
The girl waS' retnandOd;:
tinteirrnoit t-41Elizahetlr Wells Was charged by tlizabsta.
Allen, 0L65, Nopfolktstreer, under- the lobo-wing eirciime
stances : -40 n the 7th of March, the prisonet introduced
herself as a seevantnut plaee, but said, eke w abegi,
go}ug;to a pltie 3St ,Alf .olezard'lneandi asked, beiallowteel
to. stop a few clays. ; .; Complainant allowed her tO remain,.
and gave her food, as she had no money. The prisoner
subsequently introduced a person, whom she described as
a c engineer, fie a -friend of her On &till.-
day (after the 7th of, lilai.eh) evening the
coinpliliait left het Pt,tictr `--beef' for a shore
rim She had £9 -EavedPifti td *ay for beer, and thig VAA
in a drawer in thelied:rothijrfandun Sunday -the:litigant:4
had plenty of money, which said her friendtihai serit
her. She gave' one ofthe children a sixperice, wh;elfoom-
' plai.nant found to.,be and-old keepsake" which she .had
inherdralwer. • The, prisoner went out and parehased a
large quantity of things, and on her .return she le 't the
house, and vas not - heard of until the erevious day.
The complainant, when the prisoner went off, looked to her
"house," and found that her money, was, gene, and of
course it was Cletr.that the prigoner had taken the tin."
Oa Tuesday the prisoner called at the house of com-
plainant, in order to get her trunk, and she was then 0-en
into custody. The prisotiee was recognised as ass old
offender; and she virkoiliitelit for trial.
Lovs AND wiz 1114%M-4-coloured man named Bomingo
Mathias,- was charged with having stabbed a bean.titul
looking young .girl named' Mary Janes. • The facts .of
the case • ware as follows : —The prOoner ,it &WWII
was a sailor, and the, prosaeatrix lived mei?, bis;r
rant in a boarding-house, where, he used to reside wheel
on shore ~lle could not Speak much English, as 4
sheehaving an aptitude, fer " up larigneges," soen
learned his-[lt chid not'apPeae what-his linguag )
and as she stated,' he'loon became very fond of her, and
*anted her toinarry lan.' She refused, be bc-
catne 'very jealeug ai4threasened her' with violCnee:
She left her place, and he'followed her to her next Situa-
tion, and importuned her to martrher. She'atid refused,
and went from this place to a public-house- in F:•ederitilc-
ttreet. ,On Saturday night' the p :ismer met her in Clay-
ton.square, and
,threatened to stab: her if
.she did not
consent to marry him . She was stillinexorable, and on
Tuesday night he met her, and made a stab with -a knife at
heree. she put up her arm to save herself, and: received the
blaw in that brill). The prisoner was sent totttial.