The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.

into 'consideration the afflicting circumstances I was

placed in with no one of my own friends round me to advise
or counsel me, ignorant of the distance which I con-
sidered much farther, bowed down by grief as I
was, that I did not act with the coolness of after reflection
In the m;rlQ

of my trouhle Mr. Palmer insisted on my
signing a paper for £59, £5O of which he said Mr. Bladon
borrowed of him, and the £9 he said be had paid him for 20

gallons of gin, which he had not received. The gratitude
I felt for the kind treatment 131adon had, t thought, received
from them wnuld hate ihdueed me to have signed it in a

toin'ent, could I have done so without distressing myself ;
hut knowing the embarrasad state of my affairs, which
I candidly informed them of, still Mr. Palmer

insisted on my signing the paper, urging if it was not in
my power to pay he would not compel me to do so ; and
I think I should have been induced to have done SD
had he not sai I he had never borrowed a farthing of Mr.

I know he had told a falsehood, as I
en a letter in which he acknowledged £lOO, and told

on in his life.

and to insist on my

BIRKENHEAD
IMPROVEMENT ACT.

(FROM OCR OWN REPORTER.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS, TUESDAY.
The select committee on this bill re-asFembled to-day at

half-past twelve o'clock, for the purpose of going through
the various clauses of the bill, the preamble having been
declared proved yesterday afternoon. The Birkenhead
dock trustees, as the opponents to the bill, having been
virtually put out of court, in consequence of the preamble of
the bill having been declared proved, did not make their
appearance through their counsel, Mr. Goldsmid.
There was some discussion on some of the clauses, and
one or two gentlemen belonging to the commissioners were

and in explanation of them ; but, eventually, th
main provisions of the bill were agreed to—two or thre
trifling exceptions being agreed upon:

The bill will be reported favourably upon in the House
to-night, and the third reading will almost immediately
follow, as a matter of course.

THE SOUND DUES.

held at ten o'clock -yesterday, in the Parish Offices Brown

Tte Rev. Rector Campbell presided,
nt were—Messrs. Woodru

o'her members pr

Denton, 0 Neu, Satchel!, Bold, Svred, J. Jones,,
Cri.chley, Cooke, Bairstow, Owen, Hastings,
Whitty, Crelin, Gardner, Jackson, and Bra.acker.

WORKHOUSE COMMITT

The minutes of this committee were read. It appeared that "I
he numbera admitted to the vagrant shelf; during the week
yore 228 males, 124 females. dnd 30 children—in all, 382.

The number of sic cases in hospital on the 4th instant was
693, including 42 fever, and 20 itch. The total number in
the house on the 4th instant was 2,269. There was nothing
of any importance contained in the minutes:
Mr. Shaw movEd the adoption of the proceedings, includ-
ing a recommendation that the building works in hand be
finished da►ing the long days, which was carried.

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS COMMIT

The proceedings of this con
.med without any discussion.

mmittee were read a

I'INANbE dOII±MITTER

nd con.

The proceedings of this committee were read, and their

a moved by
Jackson said, since the last meeting he bad been

Jr. Woodruff

th a retur

or tae

or the paid offi