The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-08 00:00:00

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Abe outdoor expenditure, on account of
~,,,le Ormskirk alone, appeared to be, in money
lout-door expenditure, on account of
North Meolsalone,'
In moue .
was
.
.
ilr,Ve4ind Y.
.................. ...... .*:
u Master's account for provisions for the _
week
.....
5 16 0
Balance in the tr.;a*s ......... hands

4 2 0

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1 13 2

Theo titer's journal reported—
mber of paupers in the house last week 97
-Number admitted
Dischared ....
Born g .
Died
...
,
Remaining in the house .•• • .
'Vagrants relieved
Paver ward
'lumber of paupers receiving out-door relief :
Able-bodied
.... - -
Net able-bodied .
Children . •
..•
21r. Parnell stated that
tjne pauperism of t union was
of the the decline. 'When last he made uphe his accounts
": the whole of the (E
wilthli strict, he found that one and eight-
Per cent 0° the pauperism of Ormskirk received
t)areehial leeta relief. This was an extremely small rate of per
te, the
~.,, avers e throughout his district generally being
three
4'4 tight-tengths per cent. He had usually the plea-
-re
1 eoulplimenting the Ormskirk board on their position
48 rew,, ..
etr„,°"l.med pauperism, and he did so again that flay with
"-' the'treat pleasure, as he found that the list
ef poor upon
..,.. ks was still less than at this time last year. He
1-141(1 also inform them that their expenditure for 1855 was
'els than their expenditure for 1854, so that they
had a de-
trease both of expenditure and pex
1) perism.' When he last
tip
quarter. 44de UP his accounts, it yeKe the twelfth week of the
Pauperism then was
.7
Re foe;nd that the total amount of the
~2. Their whole population was
10,231. If the none
t w ;_, r"l`ation, therefore, were divided by the
I)lllPerista' i -`:".o'a be found that the total per tentage was,
la he ha,..lstai"-ed, one and eight-tenths.
it Zillti!_u,Evairtnan : Our weekly statement for the last two
,:_dat been rather on the increase.
paer • rernall said he found that the board had now 767
Ine Aft upon
upon 752 their books, and this, therefore, was rather an
;Zate .
iture Chairman : This week it is 775.
Mill i.;. ?entail Said, even allowing for that slight addition,the
4)res ''''e per ventage of pauperism on their books at .
leitheinutttui_ the went was but small, almost as small as any union
Arno„,.ue ,vhole of the district. The proportion of children
414-6 the 767 paupers was 53 in the schools of the wor
tan% 939 out of it. With regard to that part of
rali;itre un,der his inspection, he had only to say, gentleie
coenlr‘uat looking at the particular circumstances of
very
tl,3;>. he considered the pauperism of the union waisstyrieyt
the pene Were great townships in that important (1.
luiderieerlem of which was extremely 10w... ln Ashton-
Eitoei,sque the pauperism was only about le in every 100.
1)et.417/tt about 2 ; Salford not quite 3 ;
414eiat ii"" 2 ; Dewsbury rather better thaOnid2ha;mPreston
.41)41;:f ; tfaslingden about 3; Prestwich about 3; Barton_._tont •-rWell, about 3. There were, however, about 7 per
the iareeeivinF
relief in Skipton. His impression was that
iotiitiWnese 0 pauperism 'was caused in Ormskirk by the
there ''''2ls then Which the prohibitory order was issued
Of tht;Tlj also guardians' own management of the affairs
union,
13_ _ torca:rior iie THE WOR/CHOTISE sdnoots•
riloti;neXt business was the consideration of the_
Stoner
4, i', 14 which notice had been given by Mr. Sf
blade
Litelcing into consideration the changes ongenren—tly
Itecebt sat ohs situation of schoolmistress, the board frequently
to
the salary
ha taeovernrnent assistance any longer, and that
kr. il Year, with rathOno and house accommodation."
rotnmr.
tener :Val!
4400.nidshtind be had received a letter f
lustrueti
board
tieintee to some
it refer 'the honour to address him occasionally,
Prepare himself with certain statistics
union
motions which were to come b.
Union ina,,lltv, thecae statistics were the population of
before
ef
the-
elliouet
0:.°1,0 ; amount of crime then and now ,thefor
treeoutnnt:l.hvaater:ttheserflo:ntihe Poor then and now; the amount -
new, showing the cost of the police
of P. like °Nutt,' rates and a comparison with other unions
ii.4ooBBAcharacter within his district. Now, it was quite
All he
eu eihe could furnish the board with those statistics..
1/4'efoe 712 d Possibly do was to stick to his duty, and bring
of Vallperis- ell from. time to time the
thennincnon the
•erime
07 in the district. But to go into allst
0_
I:elice of %Ante community around, and
456, he " county at the different periods of 1840 andhis
Poweroloareu.ld assure them would be wholly out of
areile ,-
lo id 1e even know one to whom e could
ol',Pve him the informationrequired. He had been
tritsietteitchnaetr,iftore very reluctantly to write to tklr.Stoner.
gas out of his power to give the information.'
11413er tillet know whether Mr. Stoner wrote privately, or
Air, ste_lnetruetions of the board.
the boarcrer Raid
he did not write under instructions from
ll
-crespond 1 fnture Mr. Parnell might consider a
r.
allpaeninet from
him as private.
'carirelPonil
opeiitio_ence upon such'subjects. Now there were
r. Stonerul sent to him which he believe emanated from
tkinfdttrrtetrittieseinailidisa circular was sent to him enclosing them,
attendance that day. Then there came
eilthediLe note
aaYing, " The reason alleged for the
tmotionie
!is kilo-. in the nOtiCe, but excluded from the circu circular lunieetiwse -14 - Brown's conduct in conducting theex-
ad the attuatieg led to the resignation of several mistresses,
ex-
bet the "luerences which exist respecting the management
• -%-vo himopi-
to n- and Mr. Parnell placing the board in .
41 read."e or the other." He was very much surprised
literen Ing this. There was an error regarding
andan
401444 of opinion existing between Mr. Brow
• gees'. and much the same error was •fallen inntoby
le ez att titsoe West Derby Union, to whom, however
Ntr,
pa....13.1.eined
matter. It was thought that hhe. (Mr.
0 Ceall) vsished the whole of the education of the ldren.
nanorbi butut industrial, while Mr. Brown wishedei it to
7P. , tutmental. Now, he believed that to be a great
Both , were for having mental and industrial From
lein,"lellieqally given to each child in the ninon,
tome— Q 8 had been in the district, up to the present
nt, While be had very frequently had the pleasure. of
iteeei
et,
With Mr. Brown, he never found any difference
opinion Raoy one particular. His own views of educe-
-4 were of ery simple character in regard to these poor
lildren—that they should be taught to read and write, and
Understand what they read and wrote, but also that they
ould learn to work, so that they should not only be moral
d happy, but also industrious and useful persons.
tear, hear.)
Mr. stoner then proceeded to propose his motion. He
id if he should be thought by some members rather pro-
in going into the matter, he d they would consider
a interests which were at stake,and gyim a patient
d attentive hearing. He souttoonlly, the
t:tgood of thet
seavtaiefier
tvatarir
beer
elates of the house. He sought
the out-door poor of Ormskirk, being°
uld succeed in that object he should not only elevate the
and
of that class, but also the condition,
of the people of
)ral, social, and political,
a trnion at large. With these prefatory remarks he would
once declare that if he took up the report, published by
e tneDectors, he should say there was an
evident intention
'on. their part to remove from Boards of Guardians the
ueation of the pauper children 'and he would
.say, that
nation
without exception, all seemed to be aiming at
Olio schools. There was an old adage, that c i
doel% foreshadowed themselves ; and if any one. would
the report, he would at once perceive an intention
'l° eoMething which wonld tend to make the system of
tralization more perfect, and deprive boards otfogueaxredrioainses
)re and more of the power which they
‘r the poor children. But with regard utougMr. Brown, he
'tad distinctly that that gentleman had been the cause of
a reaienation of three schoolmistresses before the present
a had been present when Mr. Brown conducted the exa-
nation upon several occasions. Mr. Brown appenared to
could
Peet from the children what no reasonable ma
Peet,
Pier 1 . Ilis demeanor to the mistress was such as.mnust_
,red tuem. in the estimation of the children, and it P
to him that the greater part of the inqniry of the
IPteetor was only to elevate the chaplain, or persons con-
ee(l With him, and give them an influence derogatory to
noard of Guardians. The first report Mr. Brown
44 in the books drew forth a special notice

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