The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-07 00:00:00

THE HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCI
CHESHIRE.

The first sessional meeting of this society was held into.
Grand Jury-room, St. George's Hall, last evening—!,lrr
Danson, the president of the society, oocupied the chair. P,;
Hume, the hon. secretary of this highly popular society, el
that he had the pleasure of announcing that the nun:ll96.a.
applications from' persons wishing to become mere of turn:
society was so numerous that it would be impossible to 1";:i
for them on one evening, therefore the council had deejtjio
that they should be ballotted for in get§ at each meeting. „,
Bishop of Sodor and Mann was unanimously elected a Iltem",i
of the society. The Secretary then announced the receiPt
the following donations :—From Miss A. M. neatoor,
Noels;
curious collection of various British aud
Coins ; from A. H. Rhind, a work on British Antiqtlitie9,'
R. Sanshill, suggestions for a medal to cooein°l
R
Gilbert
'he discovery of the passage to the North Pole.
French, Esq., a large silk guidon for the society, with the aro.
and badges of the two countries emblazoned upon
Kingswil I, a Chinese gong, snout of the Swordfish, and h°
any t'r
of the Albatross. P. R. M Quinn, Mani's Weekly &a
,r 1853, a Northwich play bill, for 1799; and by Mr. Pr" ffiag
Sayer's history of Evertor]. A Tyburn ticket, discharicsid
Richard Foulkes or his assignees from all parish °r cut•
offices in the parish of Sy bottin, for apprehending antLfirr°B,:c io
ing a felon, and an original letter from Mr. John ".,es`‘ldeot
Miss \Vigner, b earing 'date, January 1789. The -rite; of
then rose and delivered the annual address to the lotem"—Tbo
the society, which was listened to with marked attention.i
Rev. Dr. Hume and Mr. Heath afterward! addtesseu
society, afier which the meeting separated.

WATERLOO AND SEAFORTH LOOAII
BOARD OF HEALTH,
held et
The usual periodical meeting of this board Wear ith
the public c f&es, Waterloo, on Tuesday. Air' "' it
et
occupied the chair, and the other commissioners Plo6eoe,
were—Messrs J. Ridley, E. Breckenbridae,
J. Blackburn, 11. Jones, W. 11. Jones, and Ii• 1 ifilifid the
to read the of
The Law Clerk, Mr. Mason, then proceeded
minutes of the meetings held since the establishwendap
wee
yot
the board, and likewise those) of the extraordinary
from which it appeared that a clerk, collecter,ol_,s,reed,t!
had been appointed, that Mr. Myers had been tell" of Or
iniort -rtiott
act as treasurer to the board, and that the
lighting committee, for lighting with gas a 6ertaitlltijocli
of the township, had been agreed'to, as had also the e,e1,,,ii1;
for levying a geni rAI district ' 'lV"` t
and other rates. ,should
coati
mittee had recommended the sum of £Bl 13s. gi", 'ghoul'
of the preliminary eXpertses for obtaining the ae,ricisioth
IT. Theal%.
be paid in five instalments, but the board, on 3 .slae
decided to pay the amount iu one sun', Tl 3 a 14`),.." 11l tuYk
also recommended a general district rate of ls. ot',., riai'
pound, but the board had decided, by a large raei°7vo; rate
a rate of is. should be levied, and a light4ed,
of 4d. . Their proceedings were adopted and confirm
THE CLERK'S SALARY. to tioP
Infive to
ti
copursuance
rayos ftoa be
callede notice
p
paid
don to to
olproposeerk hisil erasoatildetcbof befits
he proposed the motion, of which he'had given 11,°_,- eese'r,
would direct the attention of the board to the sala,"etk ria'
to clerks of similar boards. At Crmskirk, the e' kOh
paid £25 per annum, Wavertree £25, Toxteth Per; be
and Garston, £7O per annum. Such being tbe.,75;130
would move that Mr. Mason, their clerk, be pot'
annum. tee fir
The Chairman, after a silence of some few mil° nrtor
quested to know if any gentleman would second the r
sition. No commissioner rising to do so, Ito la ti
Mr. W. H. Jones suggested that the subject sis-plihost,
referred to the finance committee. lie thought 11- r tb,"
wbethe tit,
should be put in possession of the f,ct, as td
soma mentioned by Mr. Kilshaw were the "1Y arni;fir'
that, ono
those clerks rt ceiced. For his part, he thought
Kilshaw had meant to say that those clerks receite,i tbd
other sums for their services, he was misinformed
subject. led 0°
Mr. H. Tones thought, before the board atternioiatriels
the salary of the clerk, they should hare a coratplunnrivihet,
• take,a' he
with him, and ascertain what he' ' was willing to bat ,
duties he would perform. He concluded b moving ,bat
subject be referred to the fiaance committee, with stroioet
that they woull take the whole subject into cerielAue-
.;
and report thereon to the next meeting of the boarwrooP.
Mr. Ridley had much pleasure in seconding the P
oi.

tion. 11 O tee
f 0
Mr. Blackburn considered that it would be we, hoe I
board to ascertain what duties the clerk woo 00 °LI
perform, and thus fix his salary at a certain small'
4_, It
there would be no other calls upon the board. of 114
After some further conversation, in the Goatee the el'ej
the Chairman expressed it as his opinion that the. Per&
course that could be pursued would be to agree t°oolol4
position for referring the matter to the finance c°bor etl
That course was ultimately adopted, Mr. 1C,,,u06 1,,151510;
expressing his disapprobation, and that, ou the e'iciffht t"
as he had given the notice, the subject had a I."' it
Battled at once.
andMr.itica
# this—tha". the
commissioner gave notice of a motion, a rig "'a
absurd,dley
as cointsidaermedounstued'
oat" arguntivenbL
motion was broilolt forward, all the board ha' t foot
agree to it. As the motion he had male, had 00
seconder, all his arguments were good for nothieg*
The subject thea dropped.
is% 00
THE SURVEYOR'S REPORT. 00. 431
e to
The Surveyor reported that all the works werenvost. 10$
satisfworily, and that instead of twenty leel.ra'sotee'
would only want se7entean, therefore there Wel"
,
to be disposed of. The report was adopted.
THE RATES OF THE DISTRICT• toot:0 el
7A
The Chairman said : At the last extraordieati 101°10
this board, a rate of Is in the pound was agreed t° to Co
and he wished to know when they would be able for
any of the money or
The Clerk : The estimate must be advertise
teen days before it can be legally collected.
The Chairman :Do you mean to say so ? f heirj
The Clerk : Yes. clerk obe rte
The Chairman then went on to accuse the e'e,:,oo rep
negligent in the performance of his duty, hee.,"ery Pee
the full authority from the board to take e4,.,00 o„e' L
have the rate collected, and yet he had Itet„7„-teel:4,/ ten
wished to know when the rates could be eeu'es-coa/rbee
'There are
daClerk o
ui:trhNbaoosto
fkuasns
ttt until
oal
sba
be
l omtshsaei(bi rate ae,t
our,ee
vb eoanon.kdssotttn3i .atipolie,tsye tba
o;
he
the person engaged on them had worked on A o,,"bt
until they were done, no rate could be collee' e`" 50"-
A very long and desultory conversation follotta gaol
course of which several commissioners 00'1:ere Fret° 1
as to whether the law-clerk was right in hie 3"" 1016
th of the Act of Parliament. st °etc,' ale
The Chairman said it appeared to ,4t th the
were exceedingly hasty in running into debt, u" pay
to ~0v
not appear equally ready to raise the moue/ • 0 "
debts. ire; tad
Mr. Blackburn thought that as the b,c/443,,,r..01er 00a
lawyers, and as they had employed '" hem,t,a
should abide by his decision. , rm. oi•-• At
The Clerk said if the board thought 'd
incompetent to do the work to which theY the
him, he would willingly retire, and gap,--at
they bad reposed in him. It would apt seaol),_,°"
observations that had been made, that "f ofoutd M 4
wilfully wrong. What reason, in the nano of of
fro( "of
he have for so doing, when ever since the 4,-troos'hitstle
applied to the town, he had devoted the h",, iOlO-4 t" itt
attention to carry it out, to the interest of tireserliefP
Mr. Jones and Mr. Blackburn having the
so the
full confidence in the course adopted, reel Aer
ef
order to have the rate legal, - as fa
The Clerk, in answer to the ChairMa"' ado
board that all possible expedition should he VI
06
to have the money collected as soon as pee e.,
FO,
BORROWING MoNEY. tO 001. e as
Mr. J. Jones suggested that, in or"enor oho fo
present want of funds, that each cornroissi()rj bag Abe
the amount of his rates, and then they we" . sal'•111
to go on with. 00a, leg
a
The Chairman objected to such a C 009.1
010 vie° 814
would not :pay one halfpenny until the t" Io
0 Ott f
made. i„,,ar'a
Mr. Blackburn suggested that the -/ tiekt/
their banker to advance them £lO3 to ge - the ve°ler'
the rates about to be collected. tote'
the
After a very lengthened conversation,!„,oo,A ott'
of Mr. H. Jones, seconded by Mr. Blaerr, se."l raa! 03'
was instructed to call un the treasot",,," 0137,-I.stg"
request. and, if it was complied with.
sented to be one of the five ommissiooe'S actout.
cheque for the amount borrowed. n trans , the
Some routine business having been
board adjourned.

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P
AUSTRALIAN SHIPS.—The clipper o"iXigStill-e0(110971,Pt.
yesterday morning for Melbourne, bal.„`",,rkles '„(tlOcieog
gonerst.h—e T2shtehninewstcaltiap;petrhselt ill b° salts for Sfaxef'do
valuable cargo of 2,000 tons on beard, ue-ibe 0`- Goe'cloll
to sail Ist December.—The Admiral 1305er for 0 'Oa
GeneraliPM adhafoooiljooo,
'i,e oldv:
the 20th ; and the Henrietta Cornelia Nr,,, Mr. .ate t,itl
sama day. All these vessels belong '' tiggref'ese
n'ffoahrgoe77oopotsoountp'oswn
as'
r•
odAfslceoarfrsgesty:, 0
blo,eoi
sni Line. .0' ii
sBfoorreongtipisrat,
segsr‘,,e,
Luger
etri
i;ati.tiati ;lib
tie
ear : i
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1.7. crt.—On Thursday last, tilt" -- Ales' od, '' t,lO
the spacious new building-shed of Dlessrs.o 91l' oat t°,l,
expressly
and Sons, a beautiful ship named theta I°l'l 0 btli rp- ,
been I,rve 00
tons measurement. This fine yesicl soer 0 the fir,
order of James Ber:zley, Esq•/ shtivi)i'r2cet.''f r illisillce
cargo of teas from China to this coantrl.,,,at e
,ri. 3
of
for competing in the Year.., -..°1.50er-e.rhe
titular trade no expense has been sPreatibuat
i.ec,guist,eofool
could devise to eclipse all competitors
Robin Hood is classed 13 years A 1 on, bet an '0" se," elf
°l'Llori's gdditldtb°
shipping, whose rules would have grantee'lain svestro-316
year, had her owner allow& d her to r,":n„ 00 _ j t) ..et
longer under cover. The Robin Hood
,rlsti'l,porst,:ajy Po
sharp ship was launched on her kl ways, to
vj'as itl9oe,
extreme ends with mids:tip bi'e a: and 0s illiDef
upright. She made a beauri unatille she
scheretedr
cheered by a large concourse of spectator.s_vos,
cote cot
d,ately taken under the large trirboo,_braeots ertll
masts are being put in and her other equ'i",a the w
when she will sail fur Liverpool to iriy v
Chino.-4berdeen Journal, Nov. 6.