Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-13 00:00:00

increased of late year

made their collections, to be aga.,..
..aternoon. Considering that it would take them an
3 of half an hour to reach the extreme part of their
:s. he thought the time allowed for the collection of

1, after havi

m there ,at

two in the

averag

tes was but very little
impossible that under

lie thought it quite
zulation the offickers could

referred to the dismissa
that they be reprimand

the chairman, ana

committee be appoin

I to Consider the rules

tions of the office
were req

and-, to report

iat alterations,

:fficient regulation c

Mr. Denton seconded the amendment.
Mr. Jackson said, with the information apresent before
him, he felt very much disposed to support. Mr. Caffarata's
amendment. He thought if there were to be any. dis-
missals the finance,committee ought to be included. (Hoar,
hear, and laughter.) He thought what:the officers- chiefly
required was au, effwient head over thin, and a practical
system.
Mr. Cropper. said the officers did not, in fact, all attend
at nine o'clock in the morning. They sometimes were not
there for the whole day. It was not an unfrequent
occurrence that they sometimes looked in for a few minutes
and then went awaN. He did not think any
ing cle

at two o'cloc

ks of his own NI

gentleman.

very v

he whole

sum of money which he had received and: not

Duff said there was some little excuse for Mt
When the rules were first made they were under
the special directions of a committee, called.the cottage rating
'inrnittee, which, once a weak, looked over the books and
led to the general business of the collection. A year
or two after the committee fell into disuse, was not
appointed again, and then the whole of the duty rested
upon Mr. Ireland.
Mr. Owen denied that there was the slightest reason why
the officers should not hand in their money every day. As
to Mr. Ireland, there was no imputation whatever upon
his moral character, but he appeared to be wantinc, in
energy, in resolution, and in. promptitude. He knew
that these men were doing wrong, but had not the
courage to report it and bring it before the
committee. The board could not have confi
in the capacity of such a man to guide those beneath hiu.,
they ought to be controlled. It was only when Xi
Roberts was likely to be prosecuted that he gaye in a lam
each other.
sum of money, which ought to have been paid in before. b
Mr. Jones suppported the views of Mr. Qwen as to tht
irregularities of the officers, and added that some of the
amoneynd that
awt ltihi eehohffiacdembeehnadpabiedcoil heabdobnedesnraraenisefodrbey
Ireland's resignation should be
Finally, a division was taken, when, the amendment ,as
be stated upon the minutes that
lost by 12 to G.
lie
cletp
tNevda,s
baugtretheclat thatholltura.
no imputation rested. upon his moral character.
The remainder of the proceedings were confirmed.
is and Staintonto notice, the rescinding of
a resolution, by which the ing
Mr. Denton moved, accord'
board had accepted the tender of
Messrs. Day
\
acceptance, instead of that,
On a division, howeve for wines and spirits, and the
r tht, of Messrs. Batey and Sewrizlit,
This
-cone Wed the i ..0 motion was lost,
... business.

Ireland