The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

THE CRIMEAN MILITARY INQUIRY.

The heard of General Officers appointed to inquire
into the report of Sir J. 11‘Neille and Colonel Tulloch,
assembled yesterday morning at eleven o'clock in the
great hall of Chelsea Hospital, for the purpose of
arranging the course of the proceedings.

The members of the Board present were—Sir A
Woodford, president; Sir G. Berkeley, Earl Beauchamp;
General Knollys, Sir J. Bell, and General Peel. Lieut.-
colonel Douglas represented the Horse Guards.
The only officer present who was referred to in the
report of the Crimean commission was the Earl of
La can.

The Right lion. C. P. Villiers, the judge advocate
Seneral, read the various official communications re-
specting the appointment Gf the board and the order of
proceedings to be adopted. It was arranged that the
board would not send summonses to officers whose con-
duct was reflected upon in the report of Sir J. M.Neille
and Colonel Tulloch, except to those who had signified
a Wish to submit their defence to the board, but that it
should be open to any other officer referred to in that
Port, to apply to the board to be allowed to
appear before it in defence of his conduct.
The officers who have prayed to be heard before the
asuultnittee, are the Earl of Lucan, the Earl of Cardigan,
blehril" AireY, Quarter-Master-General, and Col. Gordon,
uty Quarter-Master-General, and they will be
alanained in succession according to their military rank.
teAxtn order was given to lay before the board at its
'Meeting, a copy of the report of Sir Y. M'Neille
danucciede°l. Tulloch, and also copies of all documents pro-
Aftert° parliatnent on the subject.
the
u some other formal arrangements had been made,
Luca° will
naissioners d adjourned until Monday, when Lord
attend with his witnesses.

IitALTH COMMITTEE.-YESTERDAY

day7;!eltlY meeting of this committee was
.heldryzdteerr.
"he,
godson,
members were present . M
Znea_ennkevvir following
(chairman); D. Crosthwaite, M'Guffie,k
, Sheil, Johnson, Flathead, Haydoc ,
a. ,2_Gladstone, and Godfrey.
urial Boron
npertv. Rh Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspec-
i-Nuisanees, reported various particulars of the
and ;rl.l n 2
". in their several departments during the week,
titten,ft which it appeared that 148 ashpits, &c., were
ere'" to and repaired ; 1151 cesspools had been
eued • ~, .
taken , i nuisances had been enquired into, and. means.
districtsto remedy the same; 694 houses in uninhabited
r , ~
iltai been (containing 2,321 apartments), and 337 cellars
9 41R t),_ Pot under examination, with the view of improv-
-1 Thuee,..sanitary condition. .
from thl'aW Clerk said he had received a communication
btir,_ Secretar
Rround e clergyman of St. Paul's, respecting the burial
and, with regard to St. John's, he had written
Y of State. with the view of having the
iraolliround there closed.
there T. the Medical Officer's report, it appeared that
r the wk, a considerable decrease in the mortality during
PrevineeK—the total deaths being 213, against 257 in the
i Pp WePk
Ahe L - •
i eons Law Clerk stated that Dr. Duncan was absent in
eque., ,
venid,, Lice of ill health, when Mr. Gladstone asked what
0 sainr,,,;°eY do for a medical officer as he received -a
large
' •
Letter'eßar ~li were read from Jr. Rose Wand Mr. Allison,
enter'lng their late tenders, but it was resolved not to
eon .°ll them, as the matter was in the hands of the
am alto th
A eont ge er.
) to kr.
George M for some masonry in Talbot-street was given
The Bower for £240 7s.
0 bone,,
adj ro tiu
rned.ne business was then transacted, and the
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IRp

ORTANT TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS

ltuAt
Manchester County Court, on Monday, an
the,',,rtant
„ question was decided by Robert Brandt, Esq.,
Judge of that court. It arose in the case of
eordr..lB TAE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
the on
which was an action brought to. recover Fom•
by on for expenses incurred, and loss of time sustained,
nt,law lae;slect of the defendants. Mr. Fernley, barrister-t
Volv , said the plaintiff, Mr. Gibb, was a metal deaier a
fio tnevrhampton, and some time since, having occasion to
Place Newcastle on business, he took a ticket for that
too at the Manchester Station, and at five o'clockin the
firpl:'Ye at ning Proceeded by the train which was advertised to
Nora Tv
—ewcastle at half-past eleven. The train reached
there in good time ; but between there and York
pia" was considerable delay, and on arriving at the latter
should the plaintiff found that the train by which he
endhave proceeded to Newcastle had left half an hour,
treat," had t 9 wait for the next, which was a government
Onethe
eana ala not get to Newcastle until four o'clock. in
wahtt. la
late for the plaintiff to do the bussiness
/to a 'ell he went—and he had to travel all night to keep
hei,,PPointment for the next day. The claim was for £6,
lrorline expenses of the journey, and .E 4 for loss of time.
*ere e defence, Mr. Cobbett obiected that the company
line not liable, the delay not having occnrred on their
lion_ As the
company had granted a through ticket, his
mdroeur the
the objection. Mr. Cobbett then
Budgejudßesrd the jury in mitigation of damage! ;. and the
f; aviog summed up, the jury, after retiring for a
olaitee'dfte, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount

Ai. - - - -
LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH

P413;111: usual monthly meeting of th's board was held at the
Mr. /10:11ficesi Dgremont, last evening,
commissioners
Dres_ , ey occupied the chair.. . other seven o'cloc>.
Robertslt were Messrs. Odell, Fishwick, Hill,
.-.to. Penny and E. Coulborn. Neville, Ball,
weirrebe,ietk read the minutes of the last meeting, which
auePled and confirmed.
The TIIE WORKS AND HEALTH COMMITTEt
at Clerk said, although there had been Eiv..o or three
attempts made to form a works and health committee, they
stibielle,q.. succeeded in the attempt ; but there was one
beam relative thereto, which he would bring before the
Op that It was relative to the assessment of
stheenFiaelrtniaesse.
rc., at subject it had been agreed to have a
P difficulty
b;lrred to the Curt of Queen's Birch. feZesbeen experienced for the want of
him, and
the three
he Mr. Coulborn had applied to him,
.ande stated that
‘vitWhetubbi,be at the joint expense of preparing such plans
Mr. oe (°,ard..
for
ttelotl obiected to the expenses of
defendant,
being sadiled
ware the rate accommodation of the defen plan. which
A „
~ payers..
lea'"4l`,ile other members of the board could not see the
an 4 icltnwlection to the proposition, as it was a friendly suit,
lion ti, as their duty to furnish the best possible informa-
It
Was
could to the Court of Queen's Bench.
Nan a.s agreed that the surveyor shculd. maks e
Mr.
nB, with tl, •
,011Ib .e assistance of a person appointed by
T orn,
sta'telldalltswr to a question put by a commissioner, it was
there being
the cause of the non-attendance_ was owing to
ber 'einß. a vacancy in the committee and another mem-
l'lrsa ill, • -
ATr.
*lnch Penny said he had not complained of
afternoon,
which „e
to met, four o'clock in the
the hour at
eal,"as,to him a most inconvenient hour, but that was
he'r.7ne had not been able to attend.
and at 't,lairtiaan : The hour was fixed by the chairman,
mr
phe time it was thought best.
trn there not ' en'
to prevent any
f . enn Th
ors
enamel
,oe'ng any meetings held, I.suggest that one
Th should be added to the committee.
was agreed to.
1%. ()dell
"era,then made a complaint as to the stamteosotf
dthise.
gr,e‘e,•e of Beaufort...terrace, which was in a been
repairtuedt state, and wished to know why it had not
Ih. A,
Of ,„„%unairman replied that it had not been for the want
ic'..uy, but at present that did not exist.
adrlAil... Neel.' was satisf.ed with the explanation..
oiininN ville then stated that there was a inece
lint it hg the pool t• which belonged to the commissioners,
of land
ikittaolitad for a long period laid dormant, and apparentlyh
every
re an owner. From what was going on, they
very
Yaluateson to believe that this land would become very
',eye,
s," ProPerty. What he suggested was, that the
commissionerscur-
e *ere
tiio(,ould be instructed to show that the
an
h,:re of it Heel of that land. There was not more than
ATT. Ipla.nd the cost would not exceed £8 or £lO..
atlobted.4 seconded the motion, which was unanimously
tolatjvearstitshen resolved that the clerk should he instructed
for tenders for the sewerage of New Brighton.
The ~, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
tnend—Vr°ceedings of this committee contained a recomne-
of Aft4,,l_loo that Alr. Thomas Marshall, of Blackborne,ohe
aDpoijn candidates who had made application, should
bltr lejl the chief who
in the lace of Mr. Scram-
ree4ieweuse resignation had been accepted at the last
ttle%tii.ill tn"ed, and Mr. Fishwick seconded, the rccom-
It'ir (,),n of the committee.
Jacks°. nt.solt, however, moved the appointment of a Mr.
Ntr. ,dell
li,Tr. I,seconded the proposition.
kr, m Is Iwick and Mr. Hill advocated the appointment of
raeter,a_rshall, whose testimonials were of the highest cha-
any ,f 11114 whom they believed would, without . disparagingili
piaee,t, Re other candidates, " be the right man in t e r g. t
order and a man well fitted to keep their little force in
wallsl,ri. Bell withdrew his amendment, and Mr. Marshall
~,,
eeeehrecl unanimously appointed•
obfeirnadrif.orktrhice then read the receipts and expenditure of the
t
past year, which, in accordance with the ac
ra, 1141ent, will be published for the information of the
e"PaYers
4 A.fter transacting
ijoUrned some routine business the board