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

THE RETURNS,

The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books
kept by the several officials connected with the Union► and
found them correctly made up.
The Master of the Workhouse reported that the number of
paupers under his cafe last week was 622, since when 17 had
been admitted, 1 born, and 25 discharged ; remaining this
week, 614; and for the corre,ponding week of last year, 653
The Master of the Hospital reported that last week there
were 69 paupers in that establishment, since when 8 had been
admitted, 11 discharged, and 1 death, leaving this week 92 ;
and there were for the correspending week of last year 67.
C'eques to the amount of £236 were voted for the relief
of tire out-door poor within the several districts of the Union

THE SCHOOLMASTER WANTED

Mr. Harrison : Mt. Chairman, I wish to direct your attention
to a subject of some importance, if I am in order ; I refer to
these certificates (holding - up a medical. officals weekly
certificate). Ido wish that' some steps could he taken with
the medical men to get them to write their certificates so as to
be read. They are invariably so badly written that it is
impossible to decipher them, and we cannot approximate to the
meaning of them.
The Chairman : I agree wi h you ; they are very badly
written, and there is another thing to complain of, and that is,
that even if we could read the writing, they are written in a
language that it is impossible for us to understand. They are
written in a language of their own —(A Voice : Gally.pot
Latin.)—and such long words are used that we cannot
understand what they mean. I think they ought to be written
in plain English.
Mr. Harrison : Certainly ; I want them to go to school
again, and learn to write; or, at least, not to forget that they
ever had been there. I think their writing the certificates in
the way they do, is treating this board with contempt, and I
do not approve f it.:
The Cha rman : "The-Board' had better instruct the clerk to
write to the medical men, and request them to write plain, and
to Englishise the certificates.
Mr. Harrison : There is a relieving officer (Lithgo) who
says lie cannot make the certificates out ; and should not
know what disease the paupers were suffering under, if he did
know the cases. Surely this is treating the Board contemptu-
ously.

The suggestion of the Chairman, that the clerk should write
to each of the medical officers, stating the complaint, was then
unanimously agreed to by the Board,

THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATES.

Mr. Harrison said, he had another subject to bring before
the Board. At the last meeting of the Toxteth Park Burial
Board, Mr. Cropper, and Mr. Gregson, called my attention to
the use that was made of the certificates for the schools. Cer-
tain parties get those certificates for the children to go to'
the schools, and then they took advantage of them, and used
them for the purpose of begging for money, to pay for the
schools, or for getting clothes for the. children, and then
applied the money so obtained, for other and sometimes,
for improper purposes. It was well known that, with a certi
ficate, no money was required. Those gentlemen told me,
that, in the Infirmary schools, the system they had adopted
was, to have the certificates endorsed with red ink, in these
words—" Not to be used for the purpose of begging." That
plan had been found to prevent such a system, and he thought
it might be carried out in the Union.
The Chairman thought it was a very good suggestion, and
the clerk was directed, in future, to see that all such certificates
were so endorsed.

THE RESULT OF THE LATE ALLEGATIONS MADE BY

MR. SHAW.

'I he Clerk then read the following letter relative to the late
special investigation on the above subject :

Poor Law Board, 3rd November.

Sir,—l am directed by the Poor Law Board to state that
they have received the report of their inspector, Mr. Farnelit
on the subject of the official enquiry, which he had held at the
Board-room of tile guardians of the West Derby Union, ou the
14th ult. The Board, having considered the evidence con.
tained in Mr. Farnell's report, are willing to comply with the
application made to them by the guardians in their resolution
passed on the 15th ult., and they will accordingly issue an
order to authorise the guardians to divide themselves into
committees for the purpose of hearing and determining
applications for relief. (Signed) COI;RTNEY.

The letter was ordered to be entered upon the minutes

COMPLAINT AGAINST A MEDICAL OFFICER,

Mr. Evans said he was one of the three guardians who were
deputed to enquire into the charge made against one of the
medical officers, Mr. Stevens, relative to his treatment of a
poor woman. From what he could learn he thought that Mr.
Stevens had been guilty of neglect. ile had treated the
woman Eelly as if she had been suffering from fever, when, as
she had- toed him; it was- inflammation of the, bowels. Mr.
Gilmore had subsequently attended the woman, and had treated
her as suffering from inflammation, and she had recovered.
lie moved that all the parties be called before the Board at the
next meeting, in order that the whole case might be fully
investigated.

Mr.eCallis seconded the motion, which was unanimously
adopted.
After transacting some routine business the Board
adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL

BEFORE MR, MANSFIELD

SANITARY INFORMATIONS.—Messrs. Glendenning and
Wilson, soap-boilers, appeared on summons, to answer
the complaint of a number of the inhabitants of Copperas-
bill and adjoining neighbourhood, in regard to an alleged
nuisance, caused by their inciting works in that locality.
Mr. M'Growan, Deputy Town-clerk, appeared to support
the complaint, and Mr. Raffles defended. The complaint
was laid under the 27th section of the Nuisances Removal
Act of last year, the nuisance having been certified by
three properly qualified medical practitioners, as required
by the Act. A number of witnesses, including Mr.
Leigh, surgeon, and Mr. Churchwarden Shaw, were
examined in support of the complaint. They admitted
that Messrs. Glendenning and Wilson had raised their
chimney in order to mitigate the nuisance, but declared
that it was still as offensive and injurious to health as
ever. Mr. Fresh, inspector of nuisances, and Dr. Dun-
can, medical officer of health, were also examined. They
could not speak as to the effect of the raising of the
chimney at the Copperas-hill works, but they declared
that the same means adopted at Messrs Glendenning and
Wilson's works in Mill-street, had removed the nuisance,
which was before as offensive and as much complained
of as the alleged nuisance in Copperas-hill. For the
defence several witnesses were examined, and they de-
clared that they now felt no inconvenience from the
works in Copperas-hill. Under these circumstances,
Mr. Mansfield dismissed the complaint.
DONATION'S TO THE POLICE OFFICE POOl3-130X.—Mr.
Mansfield requested the reporters to acknowledge through
the Press, the receipt of the following donations to the
poor-box, and observed that they were very opportune,
inasmuch as the poor fund had been exhausted, they
having overdrawn their account to the extent of £4 13s :
_Et° from J. P. Heywood, Esq., and LI from " A
Friend."

BEFORE MESSRS. BROWN, Ei'Q., M.P. AND HEYWOOD,

AssAurm.—Mr. Greatly appeared on behalf of Mr.
George Brazalli, who charged Nicholas Varry, of 27,
Mersey-street. with having assaulted him. It appeared
that the complainant is an interpreter to the Turkish
frigate, now in the river, and the defendant is a lodging-
house keeper. Some time since, several of the sailors
belonging to the frigate absconded, and some of them
were harboured by the defendant. The complainant
went to look after the men, and found one of them at the
defendant's house, where he had changed his uniform
for private clothes ; and for the latter the decendant
demanded payment of complainant, which he refused,
and then the alleged assault took place. The magistrates
fined the defendant ss. and costs.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY—ON A DOOR !—Mrs. Hughes,
of 60, Trueman.street, summoned Mrs. Marion Gonie,
a neiThbour, for assault and batteration of a door, and,
by way of set off, there was a cross charge against Mrs.
Hughes. Mr. Chilton appeared for the Hughesites, and
the Gorrie interest was protected by Mr. Black. The
contending parties were hale from the principality, and
it appeared that an instrument called a " dolly-pin," and
a child, caused the scrinimage, in which half the inhabi-
tants of Trueman-street took, if not an active part, at
least an interest. The " generals" on both sides had their
backers ; and some half a dozen of witnesses on either
side gave versions of the affray, different as chalk is from
real Gloucester. At the conclusion of the "testimony,'
Mr. Brown said the conduct of both " ladies" was
disgraceful in the extreme—one was just as bad as the
other, and therefore he would fine each 2s 6d and costs ;
and if again they came before the court, a much more
severe penalty would be inflicted on them.

BIRKENHEAD.
(BEFORE J. S. JACKSON, ESQ.)
EMBEZZLEMENT or MONEY.—William Houghton, a
baker, was charged by detective officer Hodgson, with
embezzling the sums of L 2 4s and Ifis, the monies of Mr.
William Maddocks, his master, lately carrying on the
business of a flour and corn dealer, in Lord-street,
Birkenhead. The officer stated that he had only found
the two cases above mentioned, but he had no doubt,
from a list he had found in the prisoner's handwriting,
that he should find many more, and prayed for a remand
until Friday next, which was granted accordingly.
Permission was also given to the prisoner to put in bail
for his appearance.