The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-13 00:00:00

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS

Tire weekly meeting of the board.was held yesterday, in
e board-room, at the WorkhouSe, Mill Lane, Everton, Mr.
seph Harrison in the chair. There were also present the
ev. W. ladnall, and Messrs. Alpass„ Hayes,lteskell,
ant, Mountfield, Sinith,' Craig, Miller, Ahrahams, Tatter-

11, Kirkus; M'Gee, Jeffreys, W `and. ShaW.
It appeared from the books, that the balance in the hands
the Treasurer, amounted to £764 17s. 7d. Cheques for
it door relief during the current week, were given to the
ffieving officers, as follows : —Mr. Allen, £6O ;. Mr, Olney,
24 ; Mr. Potts, 182 ; Mr. Lythgoe, £lB.

CHARGE OF MISCONDUCT AGAINST A RELIEVING OFFICER

The CLERK submitted to the board a letter which had
en addressed to Archdeacon Brooks, as Chairman of the

Asylum, and
>. The letter

Visiting. Magistrates of the Rainhill Lunatic
which had been forwarded to the Magistrates
was from Mr. 'Roger Efties; an officer in the customs,
who was lately an inmate of the asylum, chargeable to the
West Derby. Union. The letter charged Mr. Branham, one
of the relieving officers, with taking two snuff boxes belong-
ing to the writer, when he went to the. asylum, and detain-

ing them ever since. Mr. Eaves complained that-since leaving
the asylum, he had frequently written to, and called upon
Mr. Branham for the snuff boxes, but had been unable to
obtain them. In answer to 'one of Mr. Eaves' letters, the
following answer was sent to him at the Long Room, in the
Custom-house, by Branham :

I received a 'note from some fellow respecting two snuff boxes, or
rather two boxes, containing snuff. The 'two boxes are in my pos-
session, and will remain so until the party who belongs to them con-
descends to call for them and give a receipt for the same, and further,
pay the 2d. I paid for the insulting note I received from him.
" J. BRANnam.",

Considerable discussion on the matter took place, in the
;ourse of which the conduct of Branham was condemned by
he various members of the board. After the discussion,
Branham was called in, for the purpose of , explaining the
Arcnmstances. The explanation was considered unsatis-
'actory, and the officer was ordered to retire; after which a

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further discussion took place,. and ultimately the following
resolution was proposed and carried :
" A letter having been read addressed to the visiting Magistrates of
the Rainhill Asylum, by Roger Eaves, lately an inmate of that Asylum,
liargeable to this Union, complaining that Mr. Branham, relieving
officer, had separated from his clothes, and detained two snuff boxes,
belonging to the said Roger Eaves, the Guardians have called Mr.
Branham before them, and he being unable to rebut such accusation,
or acconnt satisfactorily for his conduct in the matter, this Board is
desirous of marking. its sense of Mr. Branham's: misconduct, and re-
quire him to make immediate restitution to Mr. Eaves of the articles
belonging to him, and make a suitable apology. Ordered that copies
of the foregoing resolution be sent to the visiting Magistrates, and to
Mr. Eaves.'
The resolution having been passed, the officer Branham was
again called before the board, when it was read to him.
The CHAIRMAN then reprimanded the officer, pointing out
the impropriety of conduct of which he had been guilty.
DRAINAGE OF THE WORKHOUSE.

A communication from the Poor Law Board was read, to
the effect that Dr. Nevins had complained to them that the
drainage in the Workhouse was exceedingly bad. There
was an absence of water-closets in some of the wards. The
commissioners called the attention of the board to the mat-
ter, and desired that the deficiency might be at once remedied
After some discussion, the following resolution was passed :
"That the subject of the more effectual drainage of the Workhouse
be referred to the visiting Committee, with power to contract for such
work as they may deem necessary."

MR. ROSE AND THE MANURE NITISANCE IN SEI,TON STREET.
The CLERIc submitted the following letter, which he had
received from Mr, Rose, in reference to the resolution
come to by the board at their meeting last week ^—_

" 5, Great Nelson Street, Oct. 7, 1953.
" see, from the proceedings of the West Derby Board of
Guardians, that the Chairman laboured under the misapprehension that
I had not kept the promise made to him as to the removal of the night
soil from Sefton Street. Now the fact is that, since I saw Mr. Bar-
ison, I have been removing all brought down each night, and have
also considerably reduced the stock on hand.
"As I then informed the Chairman, I have also taken a new
wharf which requires excavating, at which the 'men are now •at
work ; when ready I shall tip the manure from the carts into the flats
as it is brought down in the night, and remove it daily, so that within
a month all cause of complaint will I trust, be entirely removed. -
" Under these circumstances, I hope your board will not press any
penal proceedings in the matter.
" I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
"W. ROSE."

Mr. ALPASS hoped the board would adhere to the decision
to which it came last week. Mr. Rose had for six months
promised them that the nuisance should be removed, and he
had not fulfilled such promise. He •(Mr. Alpass) was sur-
prised that the Health Committee of Liverpool did not
compel him to carry out the terms of his contract with
them.
Mr. JEFFREYS had no doubt that Mr. Rose would perform
the-promise made in the letter just read, and- therefore .he
hoped that the board would not be too hard upon him. He
had had great difficulties to contend with.
After some discussion the matter dropped, it being under-
stood that the Medical Committee would keep an eye upon
Mr. Rose, and see that he fulfilled the promise now made..

THE CHOLERA. HOUSES OF REFUGE V. HOSPITALS.
Mn. ALPASS brought before the board the• qUestion of
whether it was desirable or not to remove persons in an ad-
vanced state of cholera, from their.own homes to a hospital.
He found that many of their medical officers were of opinion
that to remove patients from their houses in this state; was
almost certain to cause death. The' medical 'officers .:were
under the impression that the most advisable course was to
remove the inmates of a house where Asiatic cholera existed,
to a house of refuge, but not to remove the Cholera patient
at all. It was, therefore, of importance to ascertain
Whether, in the event of the cholera becoming epidemic
amongst us, the board should prepare houses ,of refuge, or
cholera hospitals, to which to remove patients affected. Ho
concluded by moving a resolution, to the effect that the
medical Officers be requested to meet the medical committee
for the purpose of deciding upon the best course to be pur-
sued, in tile event of .the cholera breaking out. •
The motion having been seconded, some discussion fol-
lowed, after Which it was agreed toi and after some further
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routine business, the board adjourned.

THE TEA TRADE, Oct. 10.—The deliveries of tea,
in London during the week to the latest date for which the
official returns aro forthcoming were 673,464 lb. .