The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-04 00:00:00

WEST DERBY "UNION

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday, at the board-room, Mill-lane. The Rev.
Wm, Badnall presided. The other guardians present
were-LMessrs. Lunt, Morris, Wilson, Baynes, Leyland,
Harrison, Elias Evans, Heys, Craig, Batten, Shaw,
Abrahams, Wensley, Fitzpatrick, Richmond, Pitts, and
Dr. Hume. _ _

The Clerk reported that he had examined all the hooks
kept by the several officers, and found them correctly
made up. OFFICIAL RETURNS.
The Master of the Hospital reported that last week
there were 98 patients in the establishment under his
charge, since when six had been admitted, 13 (Lcharged,
and two deaths. This week there were 89 patients, and
for the corresponding week of last year, 56.
_ _

The Master of the Workhouse reported that last week
there were 606 papers in the house, since then 30 had
been admitted, four born, 17 discharged, and one death
—leaving for this week, '4622, and there were for the
corresponding period of last year. 608.
Cheques to the amount of £220 were voted for the
relief of the outdoor within the several districts of the
union.

THE MASTER V. THE DOCTOR,

Mr. Batten then came forward and moved the adoption
of the following resolution, which had been agreed to at
a special meeting of the committee. The resolution and
the evidence taken on that occasion, were as follows :
A special meeting of the committee appointed at the
last meeting, to investigate the cause of a complaint made
by the master of the workhouse, against Mr. Lister, the
medical-officer of the workhouse for the sick poor, of an
imputation cast by the latter oNcial upon the character
of the former, was held on the 28th of August. The
members present were Messrs. Batten, Medcalf,
Siddeley, Johns, Boyes, Collis, and Lunt. Some
correspondence was read, including the letter al-
dressed to the board by Mr. Gough, and like-
wise one from Mr. Lister, declining to attend
the committee. The committee then took the
evidence in support of the statement made by the master,
which was to the following effect : John Davis, master
of the workhouse to the sick poor, stated that, on the
night the three children were re-admitted to the hospital
from the workhouse, on the 18th of July last, be sent
for Mr. Lister immediately ; and after he had examined
them, he seemed very much excited, and said, " The
children have been wrongly done by—they have been
given their powders before the medical officer has seen
them." Mr. Lister, addressing me, said, " Gough said
he would send them back, didn't he ? There is something
wrong, I am sure. There are other Palmers, besides
William of Rugeley." On the following morning I
accompanied Mr. Lister to the house of the deputy
medical officer of the workhouse, when Mr. Lister asked
Poole if he knew what they had been giving to the three
children, as they were suffering from intermittent fever
Mr. Poole said he had given them nothing, but found
them suffering from simple fever, and he ordered them
back to the hospital.
Mr. Poole stated, he had asked Mr. Gough' on the
19th of July last, what he had been giving to the three
children sent on the previous evening from the workhouse
to the hospital. I asked this question, in consequence of
Mr. Lister having told me that the children had had
something improper administered to them. Mr. Lister
told me that there was a bad feeling entertained towards
the hospital by the workhouse.
_ . _

The subject having been duly discussed, the following
resolution, moved by Mr. Johns, and seconded by Mr.
Siddeley, was adopted :—" That this meeting, having
heard the statement of Mr. Gough, and the evidence of
Messrs. Davies and Poole, are fully satisfied that Mr.
Lister has made use of very improper and ungentlemanly
language towards Mr. Gough, and has cast aspersions on
the character of that gentleman which are altogether
unjustifiable."

In moving the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Batten
took occasion, to refer to some observations which had
been made in the NORTHERN TIMES, and which obser-
vations must have been given by some member of
the committee, which, besides being a breach of confi-
dence, were not only erparte statements, but were void
of trail. Having briefly referred to the allegations
contained in the paragraph, except those which related
to himself, which he passed over in silence, he called
upon the board to adopt the resolution of the committee.
The following letter was read from Mr. Callis, and
also some observations he had intended to make on the
subject, had he been present:
Great Crosby, August 30, 1856.
William Cleaver, Esq. :
Dear Sir,—On reading the NORTHERN TIMES' article
yesterday afternoon, I sent at once twice over for Mr.
Johns, but could not find him. I had not time to see
you or Mr. Batten, as I had to attend the lodge, and it
was past time then, or I should have given you what I
now write, as I am confined here with inflammation of
the chest. Seeing I never wrote a word, or suggested to
any one to write, or heard or suspected any one was
going to write anything which appeared, and no one
could be more surprised than I was, and am very certain
no one could have been more hurt. Having been absent
from the lodge on several occasions, and having been
found fault with by the master, is the reason why I did
go. I, of course, have my opinion still, which I hope
to explain at the board without causing one unpleasant
feeling.—Yours, very truly, CHARLES CAWS.
N. 8.—1 am writing this in bed ; be good enough to
let Mr. Batten have it when you have read it, or tell him
the contents so far as you may see proper, to relieve his
mind, as I know he must have been very much annoyed.

Mr. Harrison seconded the adoption of the report.
_ _

Mr. Shaw thought that Mr. Lister should have been
present, and defended himstlf before the committee. He
thought Mr. Callis'slgter out of all hounds, for it was
evident that he had been in communication with Mr.
Lister.

After some few observations, the resolution of the
committee was unanimously adopted, and the board
adjourned.

FATAL, ACCIDENT.—On the 12th of August, Mr. Jolin
Phythian, a farmer, residing at Halewood, was thrown out
of his gig at the bottom of Mount Pleasant, and injured
severely. He was taken to the Royal Infirm iry, where he
lingered until Tuesday, when he died from the effects of the
injuries received. An inquest will be held on the body this
day,_

MINOR MISERIES.—Amongst the multitude of minor
miseries there are few chit so painfully annoy as the injuries
inflicted on the feet by tight or ill-fitting boots and shoes,
and not unfrequently by the neglect of the toe nails or of
incipient corns and bunions. The attention of residents or
visitors suffering from these causes is directed to the
announcement of Mr. Simms in our advertising columns.
He is the author of a practical exposition on the feet, and
his testimonials from the nobility, medical men, arid resi-
dents in this neighbourhood, speak for themselves.
INFANTICIDE IN LIVERPOOL.—CODONEE'S INQUESTS.—
Yesterday the coroner held the following inquests :—On
the body of a child found in the canal, reported in yester-
day's paper. It appeared from the evidence that the
child was born alive, and that death was caused by drown-
ing, Verdict, wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown.—On the body of another ohild, found in the
Grecian Hotel, • In this case it appeared that the child
died of exposure to cold and neglect, aad the jury found a
ver.lict of wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown.—On the body of Anne Ryan, who died in a
house of ill repute, in a court off Frederick-street. The
deceased suffered from asthma for some years past, and
lately she drank to excess. She was very feeble for some
time past, and died suddenly. Verdict, died from excessive
drinking.

SAGACITY OF A POLICE-ornezu. ARREST OF AN
ARSCJNDING CLERK.—Yesterday, William M'Cree, a young
Scotchman, aged about 20, was arrested in an hotel by
detective-officer John Scott, under the following eiroum-
stances : —lt appeared that the prisoner was engaged as clerk
in a large Australian shipping house in Leith, and that he
absconded, taking with him a considerable sum of money.
A message was received in Liverpool in reference to the
prisoner, and Scott went in search of him. In an hotel in
John's.lane, the officer discovered a person very like the
"man he wanted." He addressed him by name, but the
youth at first denied that he was the person, but subsequently
he admitted that he was the pasty. A message was
sent to Scotland, and a person from the house arrived here
and identified the prisoner, who was sent to Leith yesterday
in custody of an officer.

PRACTICAL NAVIGATION.---OUr young nautical friends
will be glad to observe a now edition of the Practical
Navigator's Guide to the Local Marine 2toard Examinations
by A. Macdiarmid, announced in our advertising columns.
The treatise before us is the result of considerable ability.
We do Ant know any similar woi k of its size, containing so
much valuable information. We find the first section
treating of elementary, deoinkal,:duodecimal, and logarith-
mical arithmetic. The second section embracing the morn
common problems of navigation and practical seamanship.
The second part of the work is devot3d to the higher
problems of practical navigation, together with the marine
steam-engine examination, as required by the board of
trade. 4 more useful little work cannot find its way either
to the cabin or the forecastle. We, therefore, wish the
Guide, and its talented editor, every success.

g, ExALTIN9" visit LION.--" " Familiar in our mouth as
househOld words," has lately been " The Lion Slayer," but
never before the present occasion did we witness the
exhalagon of a lion. Our quadruped friend has hitheito
shown himself to be perfectly c,)ntented with his cognomen
of " Forest Bing," and not in the least ambitious for a more
elevated position. It was, therefore, with no small wonder-
ment that we, yesterday; witnessed the up-rising of one of 03
hanimals, to look down with contempt uon the poor
lhard-
working world below. In sober earnest, however,
yesterday
the authorities of St. Gieorge's Hall placed on
one of the stono monstrosities manufactured
certainlyto the
the noble b,last to which we have referred, anda
its
ereppresent
tall, was
ingenious device. adopted to give their progenynnet.tian with the
worthy of the position it is to hold in
Statuary, of a similar
" Unadorned Candlesticks." Otbec
;lather beautifying the
class, are in course of preparation forwe have adopted a most
exterior of our hall. Truly,
dand lions original squadron of sentries—wen:nal s ,

FATAL ACCIDENTS.

Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday morning, a
terrible accident occurred in the city of London, within
a stone's throw of the Bank of England. Little Swan
Alley was the scene of yesterday morning's catastrophe.
Between twelve and one o'clock, in the dead of the
night, a loud rumbling noise attracted the attention of
the police on duty, who, on going into Little Swan
Alley, found that two houses hail fallen in, burying their
inmates under their ruins. Inspector Todhunter, with
a body of police, having taken possession of the place,
a search was made, and four pers .ns were taken out
dead. It is believed that other bodies are still amongst
the ruins.

Yesterday morning. shortly after ten o'clock. an acci-
dent occurred at a new building in the Wellington
Barracks, Birdcage-walk, by which one man was killed
and six severely tpjured. It appears that during the
absence of the foreman of the works, the labourers had
placed more bricks and mortar on the scaffold than it
would bear, wiieh caused it to give way, and on which
were at work about twelve or fourteen persons. Ser-
geant Shaw, 231, hastened to the spot, and conveyed the
sufferers to the Westminster iThspital.

TRADE REPORT

-WEDNESDitS

LiVEltrool

COTTON.—Thu market continues very active, the demand to-day
has been animated, and with a plentiful supply. prices lire very firm.
The saleF—includlng 80 Pernambucos 7*,-1 to 7.1 d, 7,100 ahias 6 7-16 d
to fled, 550 afaranhams 6fl to qd, 150 Fgyptians 6Zd to 7.1 d, 2,600
Surats 4d to 54d—are reported 12,0)0 bales, of which 3,000 are on
s;,eculation and for export.
SUGAR—We have no impro
hhds of Demerara only being r
Rum
MCC
SAGO FLoua•-800 bags I

nt to not c

our market. 60

.1k1) SALTPETRE

distant arrival at 183 6d pi

LINSRED.-2,500 bags Bombay s-dd at
Jure.-150 bales low sold at ~fl 4
Beawoon.-80 tons sold at £7 5s to 7s 61 per t
LOGWOOD.-60 tons Campeachy sold at £8 lOs to £d 121 6d per
ton.

oxs per qr