The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-02 00:00:00

WEST DERBY UNION

The usual weekly meeting of this board of guardians was
held yesterday, at the board-room, Mill-lane. In the absence
of the chairman, and deputy-chairman, Mr. Siddeley took
the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Lunt,
Abrahams, Morris, Wilson, Leyland, T. Edwards, Wensley,
Medcalf, Evans, Craig, Bolten, and Callis. _ _

The minutes 'of the list meeting were corfirnaed

The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books
kept by the several officers, and found them correctly
made up.
The Master of the Workhou-e reported that last week
there were 604 paupers in the house, since when, seventeen
had been admitted, two born, twelve discharged, and one
death, leaving, this week, 610 ; and there were for the
corresponding week of last year 605. The Master of the
Hospital reported that, at the beginning of the week, there
were eighty patients in the establishment. This week there
were eighty-six, and the corresponding week of last sear
there were fifty one. Cheques to the amount of £l5O were
voted for the sustenance of the out-door poor.

TENDERS

Out of all the tenders sent in for the printing of the
establishment, that of Mr. Fraser, being the lowest, was
accepted, after a desultory conversation.

A letter was read from- the Poor-law Board, relative to
the governor's children, the Board insisting that the main-
tenance of the three youngest should be paid for. The
subject was referred to the committee for them to report
thereon.

The clerk was instructed to advertise for tenders for those
articles for which contracts were not sent in last week.

Some routine business was disposed of, which gave
occasion for a great amount of talk of no interest, and the
board adjourned.

EMIGRATION CASE

CHARGE AGAINST A RUNNER.—William Renayre, an
" emigrant runner," was summoned by Mr. Stewart, one of
the emigration officers, on bahalf of a young girl, named
Margaret Blake, a native of Dungarynn. Mr. Bluck was for
the defendant, and Mr. Almond attended to watch the case
OR the part of Mr. Freckleton, emigration agent. It appeared
that the girl had engaged a passage in the ship Lady
Franklin, and had paid her passage, and obtained a ticket
from Mr. Freckleton for that ship. The defendant was a run-
ner in Mr, Freekleton's office, and three of the girl's frien la
haying arrived in town, and booked by the Great Western,
she wished to go with them in that vessel. The defendant
undertook to get the ticket changed ; and, it seemed, that
when she was sent on board the latter ship, she was
refused a passage by the captain, on the ground that
she was enoiente. It was alleged that the girl was locked
up (with some others) on board the ship for the night with
drunken sailors. The following evidence was given in the
case before Messrs Aikin and Smith, who presided at the
police court :—Thomas Montgomery, a clerk at Messrs.
Hill and Tracy, emigration agents, stated that he was at
the clearing of the ship Great %Irk stern, when the girl was
rejected to by the surgeon of the ship, and sho was returned
next day. He got her ticket from a clerk of Mr. Freckle•

ton, wlio asked him to take, it to the ship, The girl was
locked up all night au the ship. ',gr. .s.,lewari: Were there
not drunken sailors locked up with her ? I heard so. To the
bench ; The girl got her ticket next morning, when she was
turned on shore. The captain would not take her after what
the surgeon said. The ticket was on the cabin table all night.
Air. Bluck said he did not know what the charge was. Mr.
Stewart replied, it was for inducing a passenger to give up
a ticket. The witness, in reply to Mr. Bluck, said there
were others rejected as well as tlie girl. Mr. Aikin said it
was a frightful case towards the poor girl. The first person
who had induced the girl to give up the ticket was liable,
but here is a third person (Montgomery), not the agent of
P:aiiiyr girl hoenc came
the person who received the money, and he was sent in
order to avoid the liability, and he left the ticket on the
table all night 'withnt saying a word about it, and without
of the ticket was done by Mr. Freckleton to oblige the girl,
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clearance list of that ship. Mr. Aikin as on the
wished to know if
the girl would be forwarded to New York,and
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discussion Mr. Freckleton said he would do so, and pay her
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expenses, and the case was then d'