The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-11 00:00:00

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The select committee on the Sound Dues, which mate-
rially affects Liverpool, in connection with the different
parts of the United Kingdom, met to day, for the first time,
for the purpose of appointing a chairman, and. arranging as
fo the mode of proceeding.
The committee consists of the Chancellor of the Exche.
quer, Messrs. Disraeli, Cirdwell, J. Bramley-Moore, Lord
Stanley, Villiers, Newd6gate, Mitchell, Lord Chelsea, Mil-
ner Gibson, Hutt, R Phillimare, Deasy, and Duncan.
Mr. Villiers was appointed chairman.
After the appointment of chairman the committee
remained in deliberation for nearly one hour.
They eventually agreed to meet this day week for the
purpose of receiving communications from government, and
the various trade associations, who were invited to produce
evidenee,

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DISINTERMENT OF A BODY IN THE
ROCHDALE CEMETERY.

On Monday an inquest was held by Mr. Frerr and
Dearden, on the body of Lawrence John Hunt, interred
in the cemetery on the sth. Deceased was the brother
of Mr. Thomas Hunt, solicitor. A strange degree of
secrecy had been apparently observed with respect to
the interment, and on Saturday it was stated that the
deceased had been interred without certificate. Other
reports became current that unfair play had been used,
and the coroner ordered the body to be disinterred

first witness examined was—
Mr. Abraham Hill, of Toad-lane, Rochdale. cabinet
maker, who said he had known deceased a lont,
since a boy from Mr. T. Hunt came for b.

rovile re

R time,

,chial rate ;

he went to see him at his office.
order to make a coffin for his brother. By arrangement
he did not take the coffin till Tuesday night. He attended
the funeral on Wednesday, but saw no certificate of
death, and was not told of what deceased died. The
Rev. Mr. Rowan was the clergyman, and he asked for a
certificate, when he (the witness) sent Mr. Thomas Hunt
to him. The sexton, Mr. William Meredith, also asked

Mr. Hur

gave him an

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ought to I

by some gentl

had none to give him. The age

for a certificate, but 1
on the coffin-plate was 35
Mr. James Lawton, surgeon, deposed that he made a
post mortem examination of the body on Sunday. He
found no external marks or bruises to cause suspicion of
unfairness. He opened the chest and found the lungs dis-
eased, the right lung congested, and the left lung was very
small, with an effusion of two to three quarts of bloody
serum on the left side of the chest, and some threads of
lymph, the result of inflamation. The heart was soft and
flabby, with rather more fat than usual, and perfectly empty,
but otherwise hea'tby. The liver was extensively diseased,
and indicated very_ free living. The stomach was us _
and contained from two to three ounces of fluid matter
The mucous membrane indicated inflammation as the result
of stimulants. In his opinion death was caused by chronic
pleurisy and the effusion of a large quantity of fluid into
the left side of the chest, which would produce asphyxia or
suffocation. The colour of the liver was clearly such as
was caused by stimulants.

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Mr. Thonias Hunt, solicitor, brother of the deceased,
said his brother died on Sanday week, a little after ten
He alone was preslnt. He died at
he had lived for about
He liv

o'clock in the evening

his office, e

'eve wed

where he took his meal

he office, but there

was no b

I there.

the witness) was at the office on

the Friday and on Saturday, when his brother was very i'l
but refused to have a doctor, without assigning a reason.
He did no: beliece his brother was out of d..iors on the
Saturday, nor since Thursday. He did not visit his brother
on Sunday until a little after tour o'clock in the afternoon,
and he (witness) left th 3 office about four o'clock on Satur-
day. Ile did not go out generally except in the morning,
and was vary reserved.
The Coroner : You heard what Mr. Lawton said as to
the state of the liver. Has your brother been in the habit
of indulging in drink ? _ Tae witness : I shall decline to

answer that question. I believe Mr. Lawton has Fmk n
conscientiously what he believed to be true. It is not for me
to say that my brother has been guilty of anything of the
kind. _

The Coroner : It is my business to have proof, and to
put questions to get proof.
The Witness : I am aware of that, and I should prefer
it coming out in the course of other evidence.
The Coroner : But if witnesses decline to answer I cannot
get proof ; and when there is a refusal I am bound to
commit.
Witness : Very well ; if I am bound to do so, I must ;
but it is a painful duty, and I must confess the fact.
The Coroner : It is a public duty I have to perform.
In reply to the Coroner, the witness then said : My
brother principally drank ale, lie was removed from my
office to my house a little after eleven o'clock on Sunday
week. I visited him twice in the Sunday afternoon ; once
between four and five,—he was then breathing very hard;
and. again at ten o'clock, when he was sinking fast. He
might die in three quarters of an hour aften ten o'clock. He
was alone in the office. He had nothing for tea but some
cold ham and some ale. When I went to see him
at four there was a fire, but it was nearly out when I
went at ten. lam positive I saw him die, and that
he was not dead at ten, although it has been so
reported. He was on the sofa when I went in the
last time at ten. I could not tell what he said. He
has left no property ; his lite is not insured ; nor was
he in any club. He went to live at the office for private
reasons. I informed many people of his death. I had no
particular reason for interring him without a certificate.
Neither the Rev. Mr. Ro wan nor the sexton refused to inter,
or asked me for a certificate.—Mr. Walker said that Wm.
Meredith, the sexton, had informed the registrar.—The
jury then put certain questions as to why a medical man
was not sent for; but the only reply obtained was that his
brother was no friend to surgeons —The coroner said it

appeared to many people that the funeral had been con,
ducted very secretly. There was only four mutes beside,
the witness and Mr. Hill, and it had given rise to sus
picion. He certainly did think Mr. Hunt was a lit
blameable for not calling in some one to his aid.—Tue j
looking at the evidencs of the surgeon, came to
mous decision that the diseased died from natural causes

The offica of Comptroller at the part of Belfast is vacant,
by the lamented death of John W. Trousdell, Esq., which
has cast a gloom among his many respectable connexions
and friends.
INUNDATIOI,IB IN FRANCE.—The Lord Mayor of London
has called a meeting for the purpose of expressing the
sympathy of the, people of this country for the sufferers
by_the inundations in France.

INUNDATIONS IN SWITZERLAND.--ACCDUMS from Basle
give disastrous news of the effects produc2d by the late rains
in that neighbourhood. -A part of the side of the moun-
tain, in the commune of Bokten, has slipped, from being
saturated with water. Several housa have been destroyed
and cultivated grounds have been covered with tree

fruit trees have been much injured. The crop of cherries
has been entirely destroyed.
Tun PATRIOTIC FOND COMMISSIONERS.—It was decided,
at a meeting of the royal commissioners, on 27th May, that
there should be a perpetual endowment of £5,000 per
annum for the maintenance and education of 300 daughters
of soldiers, sailors, and marines. To produce this £140,G00
will be required—besides say £20,000 for the building.
That there shall be a perpetual endowment for a school of
about 100 boys, the sons of soldiers, sailors, and marines.
This, it is estimated, will cost £25,000 beyond the allowances
under the scale for the boys at present provided for. Until this
scheme is in full operation, the sums to be appropriated to
it shall be expended in aid of the general fund for the
relief and education of soldiers' and sailors' children. The
scheme will further comprise a perpetual endowment in the
Wellington College to the extent of £25,000, for sons of
military officers. A like endowment in the Cambridge
Asylum to the extent of £3,000, for widows of non-com-
missioned officers and privates. A like endowment in the
Royal Naval School at Newcross, to the extent of £B,OOO,
for the sons of naval officers. A like endowment at the
Royal Naval Female School at Richmond, to thc. extent of
£5,000 for the delight, rs of naval officers. A like endow-.
ment in the Naval and Military Schools at Port mouth and
Plymouth, to the .extent of £5,000, £2,500 in each, for
the children of soldiers, sailors, and marines.

sive of houses, coals, provisions, and other
812,090 I ls. sd. In addition, they had
rical Expenses, making in all £13,973, e-
JSDON, TUESDAY NIGHT. to 'the rectors of the parish, clerks, revel

£1,882

A that list, or the rettu
1 anything what

in money a

try books

Id who wore re

ng copies.

LI that that cemetery

been done by the wh

a sexton in that cemeter

in which not

yet laid down, receiving X6O

lon said, that b

lough the T

ihe eve in q

'stion occurred I

rion, who %cre employed is some capacity or other—ost
what capacity he could not understand from anything .he
could Bed in the return—in the parish cemeteries. It
appeared at the relief quorums, the other day, that a pauper
was consigned to the grave without any officer whatever
attending t 3 perform the funeral rites—that a boy in tl-
company had read tb° ' a'a Prn--

Lot. Layer, and that upon
:emontstrance being made to the ate-keeper only imperti-
nence, he might sly, had been received. He, theiefore,
thought it became highly necessary the vestry should under-
stand who were the responsible individuals td perform the
duties at the parish cemrteries. He was quite mire the
chairman would feel himself that this wag a matter deserv-
ing of great condemnation somewhere. Although, bearing
in mind, that the subject did not come under the immediate
province of the vestry, as it appeared to be a matter
pertaining to the rectors and churchwardens,itill he thought
he should not be out of order in alluding to it and requiring
explanation, inasmuch as be found that paupers were
employed in the cemeteries, and that certain amounts were
paid which were charged upon the parochial rates. He,
therefore, begged leave to put a few questions for informa-
tion, with the view of having the ma•tcr thoroughly sifted.
He should be glad to know, in the first instance, who was
respw.sible for the performance of the funeral services et
the burial of the poor in the pariah cemeteries, and who
performed the duties of parish clerk there; for he found that
the parish clerks received 6d. 1.,r every *initial in the
parish, high or low, rich or poor, in she cemeteries
or in the churches. ite should like to know, also,
what were the duties of the sextons, who the ..
what they received, and from what source they were paid
He should like to know the number of paupers employed in
the parish cemeteries ; whether it had not been the custom
-‘Nich had been charged to the

tons wer

nsible for-registering

of the new cemetery

had beeti pur-
her. ; that what

ie found that there was

had been

house rent and

ing a very large amount of money and losing interest on.
it appeared now, that they had no use for it; and h
should like to know whether it was ever likely to be c

The Chairman said, the rector was responsible for the
performance of the burial services, which he performed by
bis curates punctually andregularly. With respect to
.the

case alluded, to, the neglect of the performance Of that
was not in the least the fault of the curate. The 1
Henry Brooks was the curate. Of course he did not rc

,ended when proper not

the curate, received nOtica from the sexton that there was to
ral that day, and therefore did not attend. He
presumed it would be allowed that, under these circum-
stances, the curate was exempt from blame. Where the
neglect arose he (the chairman) did not know. It had been
,ed to the best of his ability, and the church-