The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

THE SELECT VESTRY

The usual fortnightly meeting of the members of this
board was held yesterday, at the Public-offices, Brownlow-
hill. Mr. Churchwarden Woodruff was in the chair. The
other vestrymen present were Messrs. Whitby, Cook, Syred,
Smith, Denton, Mellor, Bairstow, Shaw, Crawford, J. Jones,
Whitty, Satchell,Jackson, Brancker, Taylor, Crellen, Owen,
Chesney, and Critchley.
The Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting, which
were adopted and confirmed.

THE WORKHOUSE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee recommended the
general board to accede to the previous recommendation for
increasing the governor's salary £5O per annum, he hence-
forth employing his own domestic servants and all pauper
servants to be withdrawn from the house.
Mr. Shaw begged to move that the proceedings be con-
firmed. _ _

Mr. Denton seconded the motion.
Mr. NV hitty requested to know whether the increase in
the governor's salary was ircluded in those proceedings, or
whether it did not require a special motion on the subject.
Mr. Shaw : 1n fact it is not an increase of salary ; but es
there might be some difference on the subject, he would give
notice that he should at the next meeting move that the

increase be made.
Mr. Dentm requested to know whether Mr. Weightman
had furnished his accounts for the measurement of the

buildings ?
The Chairman replied, that putting the question at that
time was rather out of order, but he would, notwithstanding,
answer it at once. He has not yet furnished the accounts.
Mr. Denton thought such conduct on the part of Mr.
Weiehtman exceedingly discourteous to the vestry. He
had been repeatedly applied to for the measurement, and
yet he would not produce them. He thought that some
stens should be taken to insist on their production.
Mr. Bairstow thought it was rather surprising that
neither the contractor nor the sub-contractor had interfered

in the matter.
Mr. Denton said the fact was that Mr. Weightman had
nothing to do with the sub-contractor; if be had had, it
would have been a very different thing. He concluded by
moving that the clerk 'oe again instructed to take the
necessary steps to obtain the production of the accounts.

THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.
The proceedings of this committee were read and con-
firmed without any comment, as they did net possess any
feature of public interest.

THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of this committee were rather more volu-
minous than usual, and several matters had undergone
investigation, amongst which was a letter from Col. North,
stating that a man had been dismissed from the Liverpool
workhouse ; that the watchman had given him 7s. 6d., and
he had a list of places to call at on his way to London,
written by a Mr. Thompson. This matter had been
enquired into, and from the investigation then made it
appeared that there was no foundation for the charge, and
that there was not such a person as Thompson on the estab-
lishment; also, the case referred to them from the West
Derby board of guardians, relative to the case of Mary
Almond, who, it was alleged, had been refused relief. [The
facts of this case appeared in this journal a fortnight since,
when the case cme before the board.] All the parties
concerned bad been examined, and the result of that exa-
mination was that the blame solely rested with the woman
herself, who had made several statements on the subject.
With regard to the complaint made by the police against
Martin and Hughes, that case had also been investigated,
and the two men told not to offend again.
The Chairman, in reference to the case of the pauper
Almond, said that the relieving officer of West Derby was
to blame for not having relieved the woman, and then she
would have not been found in the streets. With regard to
a letter which bad appeared in print, from Mr. Heb-
back, the chairman expressed a hope that in future persons
would be more ready to investigate cases before they made
charges

Mr. Whitty : In the proceedings of the finance committee,
there is something said about the payment of £6 for
rectorial rent charge, he should like to know what the
me ming of it was.
The Chairman : It is a payment in relation to the Kirk-
dale Schools, and has been paid to Mr. Stewart:
Mr. Whitty : Bat have we a right to pay it ?
The Clerk : Ten years ago the subject was discussed, and
it was then referred to Mr. Lowndes, who decided that the
vestry was liable to pay it.
The Chairman : Wished to know whether the payment
of the amount should be deferred.
Mr. Bairstow : It would be better. We can then see
if we have a right to pay it.
Mr. Satchell : I hope Mr. Chairman you are not going
to take away Mr. Stewart's rights, as well as the rights of
the rector.
The Chairman : I am not going to take away any
person's rights.
Mr. Whitty : All we want is information.
The Chairman supposed that Mr. Whitty had a right to
ask a qiiesiion.
Mr. Bairstow : To settle the question, I wish to move
that the payment of the rectorial charges be postponed
until the next meeting (cries of " no, no"). Ido so only
for the purpose of obtaining information.
Mr. Chesney seconded the motion.
Mr. Brancker : It is one of those payments that have
been made for years, and why should we not pay it now.
Mr. B iirstow : Because we have paid it for years, there
can be no reason why we should not have information on
it now.
Mr. Satchell : It has been paid for years, and surely you
would not in-ult Mr Stewart now by saying that he had
been taking that which did not properly being to him.
Mr. Whitty thought it was right that the vestry should
have information on the subject to see if it was correct.
They would not pay any other bill without first seeing all
was right.
Mr. Denton did not see that there could be any objection
in deferring the payment under the circumstances.
Mr, Brancker : But it is not like any tradesman's bill.
Mr. Whitty could not see that it would do any harm in
deferring the payment, so far as it being an established
custom to pay it, he did not think from the experience
they had recently bad on another subject, that that was any
reason why it should be paid. He considered that the
subject should be deferre I for fourteen days to have it
examined into.
The vestry then divided, when there were twelve in
favour of the payment being deferred, and six for it being

paid.
The motion was consequently carried, and the clerk was
directed to be prepared by the next meeting with the facts
of the case.
After transacting some routine business the board ad-
j ourned.

TreE No SURRENDER SRAM.—" No surrender," was
Lord Palmerston's motto. He insisted upon the fulfilment
of the treaty of Paris according to its terms—denying that
the Bolgrad point, or the question of the Isle of Serpents,
was in any degree obscure or doubtful. He insisted, there-
fore, upon enforcement. We are assured, however, as if it
qualified the concession, that " our government has made it
a sine qua non that no questions but those immediately
referred to the congress are to be admitted for discussion."
If we read this explanation aright, it means that the dig-
nity of our ministers is saved because they specially sur-
render only those very things the surrender of which they
declared to be out of the question, while they are to retain
them by the connivance of the French government. Is it
so very certain that it will only be a dramatic performance
in Paris—all show and no real concession ? In truth, we
cannot feel any certainty on that score.—Spectator.

C,MMITTAL OP A HORSE STEALER AT WAKEFIELD.—
On Monday, before the West Riding magistrates, at the
Wakefield Court House, a young man, namel Wm. Henry
Norbury. was charged with stealing a black horse, the pro-
perty of Mr. W. Clayton, maltster, of Wakefield. The
horse, which is worth £2O, was placed in a field at Sandal
Magna, on the 10th of last month, and was there seen on
the above date by several' witnesses. On Mr. Clayton
going to the field next morning he found that the gate had
been taken off its hinges, and that the horse had been
stolen. An innkeeper, from Penistone, stated that on the
day on which the horse was stolen the prisoner arrived at
his house on a black horse, which Mr. Clayton has since
identified as his property. He asked him to put the horse
in the stable. He then wanted to borrow 155., and on
being refused he immediately decamped, leaving the horse
in the possession of the innkeeper. The innkeeper, on
going to the police office, identified Norbury as the man
who took the horse to his house at Penistone. The bench
committed the prisoner to take his trial at the assizes.
EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF MISSING VESSELS —OR the
application of certain shipowners of Dundee, the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered the Bulldog
and Salamander steamers to proved immediately towards
Archangel, in search of five merchant ships belonging to
the port of D indee, which were from Archangel, homeward
bound, and have now been missing for two months past.
Each cf there ships has received on board preserved meats,
warm clothing, boots, Sec considered necessary for the
relief of the lost men should they happily be fallen in with.
Both ships left Sheerness on Monday. The commanders
are ordered, on their arrival in the Tay, to put themselves
into early communication with the owners of the missing
vessels at Dundee, where it is expected some experienced
ship masters, old traders to Archangel, will be ready to
proceed on board. Both ships will then proceed north
until they make the Shetland Islands ; from thence they
will steer north west, and proceed as tar north as latitude
64, provided they are not prevented by float or fixed ice,
Their orders are to cruise for fourteen days, and then pro.
teed to Cromarty, and report the result of their search.