The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-31 00:00:00

WEST DERBY UNION

The usual meeting of the Board of Guardians was held yes-
terday at the board-room. The )Rev. W. Badnall presided.
The other members of the beard Present were Messrs. Edwards,
Siddeley, Heyes, Craig Medcalf, Pitts, Wilkinson, Whitt'',
Wilson, Morris, .elias, Lunt, Sagar, Evans, Abrahams, Shawe,
Callis and Batten. Cheques to the amount of upwards of £220
were voted for the relief of the out-door poor. The Master of
the Hospital reported that the numbers in his establishment last
week were 85, since which 11 had been admitted, 1 born, 4
discharged, 1 death ; this week 91, and for the corresponding
week of last year, 54. The Master of the Workhouse reported
that the number of paupers in the house last week was 593;
since when 21 had been discharged, 19 had been admitted, 2
died, leaving this week 595. For the corresponding week
of last year the number was 608. The Law Clerk
reported that he hail inspected all the books kept by
the several officers connected with the union, and found
them all made up correctly, except those of the Master
of the Workhouse, owing to the absence of his assistant, who
was on leave of absence. A long discussion ensiled upon the
question of the last moiety being granted to the master of a lad
apprenticed trom the union. The Master of the Union asserted
that he had frequently seen the lad about the streets in a filthy
state, so much so that he thought ho could not be attending to
his occupation ; indeed ho appeared to be more devoted to do•
estic affairs than to that of learning his trade, that of a barber.
The master denied that that was the case, as the boy had the
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sole management of the business, he (the master) only attend-
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o'clock on
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until
objected three
to the boy being thus
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Sabbath ; but, upon its being understood that it was
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unavoidable in the district, the bounty was granted to
the master, Mr. Shaw declining"l44'
to move an
m ent on the subject of working on the Sabbath.
After that point had been settled, a long conversation ensued,
relative to four children being admitted into the workhouse
from the hospital. Mr. Lister, the senior medical officer of
the hospital, in his explanation of the case, attempted to
insinuate, that the master of the workhouse had over-stepped
his duty by sending certain patients, under the head of fever
patients, into- the hospital, when they were not in fever; but
the master of the house showed he had a medical certifieite
under which he acted, and was therefore exonerated
from all blame in the matter. TN, master of the
house insisted upon the charge being fully investigated,
as he considered that an imputation was cast upon
his character. Mr. Lister stated that he had no charge to
make against the master of the house, and the subject dropped,
although there was a disposition on the part of the board to
have the whole matter investigated. After some routine
business the board adjourned.

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The Archie°logical Institution of Great Britain and Ire.
land, having chosen Edinburgh as its place of meeting this
summer, the inaugural meeting of the season Wag held in
the Queen-street Hall,. there on Tuesday, under the presi-
dency of Lord Talbot de Malahide, and was attended by a
large number of gentlemen whose attention has been devoted
to arebmological and antiquarian study on both sides of the
Tweed.