The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-30 00:00:00

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in each paper.] It has bees. If you
cannot do the work, why do you not resign, and let some
one be appointed who can ?" I do not resign because I
know that if I cannot do justice to it, there is no man in
the profession who can, and because I have been
here so long that a mutual attachment has grown up
between the patients and myself, which I should find
it painful to sever. The old people are cheered bs
my visits to the wards, even when medicine can do them
no good, and look to them as a daily pleasure. The in-
fants stretch out their arms to me, and run to meet
me as soon as my approach is perceived ; and children
who have grown up, and gone from the house to service,
greet me with many a smile as I pass through the streets
on my daily rounds. From every one in the house there is
a word of welcome, or a salutation of kindness and hearti-
ness. And if you, sir, had heard the expressions of regret
amongst old and yaung, which I have done, when the dig.
cuasions in the board this winter have turned upon my,
being forced into a resignation, you would not be
surprised that - I retain the position whilst I
have health and energy left to discharge the
duties of medical officer of this workhouse. Thus,
sir, have I concluded the remarks which I have
thought it necessary to make in order to substantiate the
charge which I have most unwillingly been forced to bring
against a Board, with which I have always had the most
friendly relations until this winter. I have endeavoured to
avoid all personalities, and everything which could pro
yoke or keep up an angry feeling in a single breast. For
myself I have no personal feeling on the subject ; and if
in the heat of the contesting, we have fallen into the
common error of combatants, in aiming rather to wound
our opponents than t I make good our own defence, I
trust that the kind feelings of old times will now return
on both sides; and as the object which I have always
eudeavoured to keep steadily before my mind, has been the
good of the sick, I shall still hope for that result in a
return to friendly relations between us ; and if my, own con-
duct or language has Leon
_such 38 to excite deserve] dis-
approbation on the part of a single guardian. I tender him
my apology, as I truss and feel assured that he will himself
accept it. _ _ _

Mi. Whitby, Mr. Lunt, Mr. Abrahams, Mr. Pitts, Mr.
Joseph Harrison, Mr. Wilson Ledger, Mr. James Birch,
and other guardians, and Mr. Cleaver, the clerk of the
union, Mr. Gough, the governor, and Eiizibeth Woods, the
nurse of the lying-in ward, were afterwards sworn, and
stated that they had .never heard any complaint made
against Dr. Nevins, by either the patients or their friends;
on the contrary, they considered him to be very attentive,
and the patients always spoke of him in grateful terms,
especially the more aged people, and the young children,
who were stated to be very fond of him. The patients
never appeared to have suffered from want of attention on
his part, though some of the guardians said they did not
consider that he had been supplied with as much assistance
as he ought to have received. When he was sent for, he
always went cheerfully, whether it was day or night; and
when the cases were severe, and required two or three
visits a day, he did not appear to grudge his attendance.
The Inspector soon after retired, and as the subject
under discussion has created a great deal of excitement, his
report will be looked forward to with much interest.