The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-17 00:00:00

WEST DERI3Y GVAIIDIANS.

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held at the
board-room, Mill-Jane, yesterday. The Rev. W. Badnall,
presided. The other guardians present were—Measrs.
EdWards, Shaw, Siddeley, Roberts; Abrahams, J. Harrison,
Lunt, Pitts, Morris, Birch, and Wensley.

OFFICIAL RETURNS

The Master of the Hospital reported that last week there
were 144 patients in that establishment, since when twelve
had been admitted, and the same number discharged : there
had been no deaths; leaving this week 113 patients. and
for the corresponding week of last year there were only 78,
shnwing an increase this week of 38.
The Master of the Workhouse reported that last week
there were 704 paupers in the house, since which 36 had
been'admitted, and 1 born; 33 discharged, and 4 deaths;
leaving this week the same number, 704, For the corres-
ponding week of last year there were 703 paupers in the

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POOR-LAW BOARD INSTIIIICTIONS

the attention

ort:from the Poor-Law Commission,
of this board to the provisions of a
stsession, which provided for the

education of the young child

f poor persons, who are
relieved out of the workhouse, and which enacted, that the
guardians of any union, or any parish in .England wherein
the relief is administered by the board of guardians, may
grant relief for the purpoee of enabling any poor person
lawfully relieved out of the workhouse, to provide education
for any child of such person, between the ages of four and
sixteen, in any school to be approved of by them, for such
time, and under such conditions, as they shall see fit.
In consequence of the great number of abandoned cha-
racters,. most of them near their confinement, it was
decided, on the motion of Mr. Shaw, seconded by Mr.
Harrison, that one, named Garnett, should, when sufficiently
recovered, be taken before the magistrates and punished as
such. It wac stated that this woman had had no less than
seven illegitimate children, five of whom were alive.
In answer to the chairman, Mr. Harrison stated that the
overseers of Toxteth-park woull be ready on the following
day to pay a portion of their call for the rates then in
arrears. All the other townships had paid up their calls.
The Chairman drew the attention of the board to
the nuMber of abandoned women then in the house. Far
years it bad been a source of much regret that such a state
of things should be, and he conceived that they would not
be doing their duty if they did not take some steps to check
the growing evil. y What he wanted was to have the worst
of those characters kept by themselves, and if possible
placed on a different diet, for he was sure that it was
exceedingly improper that such characters should be placed
with the more respectable persons. He hoped the board
would take the matter up immediately.
Mr. Shaw and Mr. Harrison echoed the sentiments
expressed by the rev. chairman.

A brief conversation followed, in the course of which the
Master of the Workhouse intimated that he had a plan by
which a better state of classification might be adopted, and
the committee were requested to see what the arrangements
were, and report thereon at next meeting.
The board soon after adjourned.

KIRXDALE SE S STONS.--YESTERDAY

The business of these sessions was resumed at the
Court-house yesterday morning, at ten o'clock. JOSEPH
PoLLocK, Esq., Judge of the County Court, presided. The
following magistrates were on the bench—Messrs. Harden,
Hall, R. E. Harvey, Thompson, Greene, Campbell,
Hodgson, Theakstone. Preston, and Allcord.
The magistrates did not assemble for some time after
the hour appointed, being engaged, as it was understood,
in selecting a chairman for the day, in consequence of Sir
Thomas Birch having decidedly refused to accept the
chairmanship of the session, to which he was by some
ardent friends elected on the previous day, notwithstand-
ing that he had, both by letter and in person, refused to
occupy that position, sllould he be elected.
After the usual legal formalities had been disposed of,
the following gentlemen were selected as

THE GRAND JURY.
Alexander Coghin, broker, Huskisson-street, foreman.
Robert Cook, hatter. Liverpool.
William Carbett, tailor, Lord-street.
Samuel C. Cowan, tea merchant, North John-street.
Thomas W. Cookson, wine merchant, Alfred-street.
James Jack, engineer, Kirkdale.
William Jones, gentleman, Kirkdale.
Peter Maddox, shipowner. Kirkdale.
Rote .t ll. Elroy, cooper, Kirkdale.
Henry V. Lewis, professor, 800 le.
John Collinson, draper, Ormskirk.
John Holcreft, farmer, Ormskirk.
Thomas Ball, draper, Southport.
Henry Burwell, bazaar-keeper, Southport.
James Blackhouse, miller, Southport.
George Darwell, yeoman, Southport.
Thomas Evans, innkeeper, Liverpool.
James Carson, tobacconist. Liverpool.
Frederick Hill Cumming. druegist. Southport.
Willi •ni Bell, yeoman, North Meals.
W.l iarn Nimes, boa-ding-house keeper. Ormskirk.
Wi liam Higginbottom Gartside, ormskirk.
William Eastty, auctioneer, Ormskirk.
The above gentlemen having been sworn,
The Chairman said—Gentlemen of the jury : In the
absence of a permanently appointed chairman, I have
been requested by the unanimous decision of my brother-
magistrates to preside Oil this occasion, and as such I
shall address a few words to you. I am happy to say
that your duties are likely to be light, as the number of
prisoners on the calendar is few, but I am afraid the
smallness of the number does not show that this district
is in a very satisfactory state, for by a recent alteration
of the law I understand that thirty-four cases which
would have been brought before you, but fori the late
change in the law, have been disposed of. Had those
34 cases been added to the present number, there would
have :been an excess in the usual number of prisoners
at this period of the year. The character of the offences
which will be brought before you are light., and I do
not think from your experience that they will require
any observations from me, but should you require any
assistance, the court will be most happy to afford it to
you. I cannot even for a moment assume this place with-
out making some reference of regret fur one who is cone
from amonest us, and who for so long a time presided
over us. His image is so impressed upon me that I can
scarcely recognise the place without him. The learned
gentleman'then dismissed the:grand jury.to proceed with
the finding of the bills.

The calendar contained the names of forty-eight pri-
soners, of whom seventeen could read, twelve read and
write imperfectly, twelve could neither read nor write,
two could do both well, and one had received a superior
education.

In a short time the grand jury returned into court with
a number of bills, and the trial of prisoners was pro-
ceeded with. There are only two appeal cases to be
heard, neither of which are of any public interest or
importance.

POLICE COURT.—YESTERDAY.
(BEFORE 3IR. H. HORNBY.)
A HEAVY CASE.—A young fellow, named John Duffy,
dressed as a sailor, was charged with stealing twenty-
eight pounds of lead piping from the north-end-works,
belonging to Mr. M'Cormick. Police-officer 470 stopped
the prisoner in Limekiln-lane with the lead, which the
prisoner alleged he had found. The prisoner was
discharged.

STREET ROBEERT.—PoIice-officer 764 brought up a
well dressed young woman, named Elizabeth Ward, on
a charge of having stolen a gold watch from Mr. James
Thompson, a publican, residing at Brownlow-hill. On
Wednesday last a report bf this case appeared in our
paper. The prisoner was then remanded, in order to
have a search made for the two men who stopped Mr.
Thompson in Williamson-square, whilst he was follow.
ing the prisoner, but these were not forthcoming. The
prosecutor found the watch in the prisoner's hand when
she was stopped in her flight. She now repeated the
story told by her last week, which was not contradicted
by Mr. Thompson. The prisoner was discharged.
STEALING TooLs.—A young man, named John Hughes,
was charged by his brother, William Hughes, a respecta-
ble man, carrying on business as a publican and builder,
in Greenwood-street, Everton, with stealing a quantity
of carpenters' and other tools from his premises. The
prisoner offered the property for sale at the shop of a
broker, named Higgins, residing in Marybone, where he
was stopped, and given into custody. The prosecutor
said he had done a great deal for the prisoner, and this
was the return for his kindness. lie did not wish,
however, to have him punished, but he could not take
him back again. The prisoner was discharged, with a
caution and a reprimand.

(BEFORE MR. ROMILLY AND MR. HORNBY.)
ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Thomas Forster, the pro-
prietor of a large boarding and beer-house, No. 26, Bath-
street, was charged with having assaulted a female
named Catherine Taylor. The complainant stated, that
on the Bth instant, she went to the defendant's house,
to inquire for a sailor named Jacob Farwell, who had
come from America in the ship Manhattan, and on ask-
ing for him, the defendant called her an improper name,
and told her to leave the house, but before she had time
to go, he ran at and struck her, and kicked her, flinging
her into the street. She stated, that there was still
marks of violence on her person, from the effects of the
blows inflicted by the defendant. In reply to Mr.
Chilton, who appeared for the defendant, the witness
denied that she used bad language to Mr. Forster, she
did not try to force her way into the back parlour, and
she positively denied having acted either violently or
disorderly in the house. Mr. Chilton produced a wit•
ness, named John Atkinson, who stated, that the com-
plainant had acted violently, and attempted to force her
way into the house, although she was told the man was
not there. The defendant put her out into the street,
but did not use any more than necessary violence. A
female who was with the complainant at the time of the
transaction, corroborated the original statement, and
the bench thinking there was more than necessary
violence used, fined the defendant lOs and costs, which
he at once paid.
SMUGGLING.—John Francis, a black seaman, on board
the ship General Lang, was charged with attempting to
smuggle one pound and a quarter of foreign manufactured
tobacco, He was fined 12s the value of the tobacco.