Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

BURIAL BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the Liverpool lnrial Board
-was held at half past ten o'clo:k, 3 esterday, in the Board
Boom, Workhouse. Mr. Robertson Gladstone presided,
and the oilier members present ware, the Rev. Rector
Campbell, Messrs. Wpodrnff, Jackson, Sdtt, Corbaily,
Thornley, and Bsirstow.
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Mr. BTITT said, the first duty of, the Board, after re-
election, teemed to be the appointment of a chairman and
deputy-chairman. The business of the pa.tty year might be
considered as merely preliminary, but,that of the coming
year would be of an important character It was expellent
that the chairman and deputv.chairman of the Board
should be men c mversant with the transactions which had'
Wien place dazing the opening year of the Board's
existence. The late chairman and deputy-chairman of
the Board, Mr. R berteon Gladstone, and Mr. J. R.
Jeffery, deserved the warmest thanks cf the members, and
of the public, for the manner in which they had discharged
the duties of their offices, and he therefore moved that
these gentlemen be re-elected.
The motion was unanimously adopted.
The Cnaismart expressed his acknowledgment for the
hcnour which had been conferred upon him and the
Vice-chairman, both on his own behalf and that of Mr..J.
R. Jeffery, who was then in London. There was at
present some infuEion of Lew blood into the Board, and
be should have been very happy to resign his place if the
Board had thtught fit to elect any one else, but, at the
same time, he admitted that there was some fcrce in what
had been said by Me. Stitt, as to the importance of elect-
ing men to the offices of chairman and vice-chairman,
who were acglainted with the business which .had been
transac ed during the fi lit year of the Baard's existence.
Be had himself considerable knowledge of the township of
West Derby, ind he thought the chain would probably be
better preserved by his clatinuing to hold, at least for
some period, the office in which The Board were good
enough to place him last 3 ear He felt that his duties
had not been performed so ably as Mr. Scitt hid stated,
but he felt at the came time much indebted to that gen-
tleman, who was always courteous, for the good opinion
he had ben kind enough to express.

The flllowing gentlemen were then named to constitute
the Land's Committee :—The Chairman, the Vice-Chair-
man, the Rectar, Army% Corbslly, Stitt, and Jackson.

II 'The CLERK, Mr Harvey, stated, in reply to Mr. J,ekson,
that Mr. Weightman had informed the committee that the
Corporation would be willing to treat for a portion of the
itTewsham House estate, for the purposes of a cemetery.
Mr JACKSON moved that application be made for per-
mission to enter upon the land, and make the nece.ssry
examinations.

Mr. WOODRUFF seconded the motion, which was agreed
to.

It was also agreed that applicati'n be in de to the Town
Council to ascertain their intenti mg in regard to the
general drainage of the Newsham House estate, and to
request permission for Mr Newlands to attend the Burial
Blard, in reference to that subject.
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The CLERK said he had received a communication from
Mr. Hart, calling attention to the state of St. Peter's and
St. Nicholas's churchyards, with a view to such repair= as
might be found useful and necessary.
r. WOODRUFF said, that commu:Acation came from the
rector and churchwardens. Its ol,j,ct was to bring before
the Burial Board the question whether that body or the
churchwardens were to , aka the repairs of the churchyards
in hand. Where the churchyards were closed by acts of
parliament, he believed that the clause was that the Burial
Board should be called upon ti keep them in repair, and
then make a demand upon the overseers for the expenses.
On the suggestion of the CIItIREAN, the letter was
referred to the Clerk to report upon.
This closed the business.

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH Grlt FAT TARTE, at:LEWIS an
COMPANY'S. Uaneladh-street.

The Horticultural Society of London bold a great fruit
exhibition at Wailis'e Rooms on the 24 b.
'nee Clay of VFrrou ,NCE.—The frantic roars of the
' bloady old limes," at C-hbett used to cill it—its
playing the pi: t of a furious character in one of M .zart's.
operas, who indulees in mast melodious strains in the
idea of first hanging his enerry, then roasti g him,
then quartering t ien, then spitting him, and then fl ;Ong
him alive—its tearing the passion of revenge to tatters
and to rags—all th a would appear but silly if under the
pathos of tragedy there %erre t eistinc ly le-a-cep:able the
tricks of comedy. The London Times overaises its part,
but only from panic. I' silo ales namely wAh a su'lect
even missed by M tier?, the Taruff., of evenge. What
it sim; ly wan a is to wriie up the funds. pn i to slreett the
government. As Delhi has no', late 'he wall of Jericho,
fallen before mere puffs of wind, John Bill i 3 to be
steeped in cries of r,s n7,e up to his very ears, to make
him forget that hi; Guyer :meat is respen.ible for the
nfschief ha'ched and the eitlossel dimensions it has been
allowed to assume —New York Tribune,
ALLEGED IMPOSTURE —HEMARKABLE CASS, —At the
Pr; stop P lice Court, the other day, EYz awl; Barker and
Maria Barker, two well dressed, res:ectable looking women,
who repres reed that they were sisters, o ere phc d in the
dock at the Town Hall, on the charge of dotal, Log money
by false and fraudulent pretences Bdi seemed much
concerned at their p oition, and one wept bitt rly. Mr.
Gibbons stated the, on the p ECOD3 night, about h ilf-pi a
eine o'clock, he and Mr. Ralnland visited the lodgings of
the prisoners in Butler-street, and aporehenrieri the womee
on the charge of obtaining money by false pretences. Tit; y
stated th tt they were highly connected, :and begged that he
would forgive them. He told tie( mheha I no power. and
they must accompany him. Hs (fu Id the sum of £6 in
gold and silver, and else a gold watch. 0 . desiring Mr.
Ringland to make a f 'ether march one of the prisoners
handed to him the her:A produced, [The book contained a
long list of subscriptions, vetoing t. em tOs to 2s 61 each,
amen eting altogether to about £32, about fs fourth of which
had be n obtairea in Preeion.] The pelt:es were slaters,
and came from Ireland. They said they were sorry, and
would pay b etc the money they had received. Irisp,-ctor
Ringland stated that he received information of the prisoners
collecting money on the pretence that it was for six chil-
'dren of C,pta;n Roberta. The said Captain Roberts had
died in New York, and his wife in England, leaving six
children, who were now living at 12, Newton-street. lip on
inquiry it was found there were no such children at 12,
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Newton-street. The defence of the prisoners was that they
were children of Captain R krts by a sfcend marriage,
and that they were collecting money in order to usable
them to go out to America. Mr. Mink contended that
there was no case at all male out against them. They
were remanded. On Frid .7 the two women were again
brought up in the presence of a crowded court. They
seemed in great despondency, ant heartily ashamed of them-
selves. Mr. W. Blickhurst appeared for them. Mr.
Ascroft prosecuted, there being ale , in attendance nearly a
score of gentlewomen of the town fr, m whom the prisoners
had obteined tontrihutions. Taere were a number of
clergymen present, and the cases erred to have enlisted
the in ere:t of the "great unpaid," of whom there were no
less than eight upon the bench. Mr. Ascroft briefly stared
the case (substantially as riven above), and called Miss
Alice Allen, of West Cliff, 'who deposed that 13-tvvi,en
eleven and tweve o'clock on Monday last the prisoners
called at her house, at d told her that their mission was to
reiAe some money for viz orphan children, residing at No.
12, Newton-street. They reeresented teat the childree
were the offspring of one Captain Roberts, who died-on his
passage to Buenos Ayres. In carsequeree of that state-
/Dent she gave them two shillings for her sun', Miss Resew..
She saw them again on the Tueseay, on Walton% Parade,
when they said that they lived at S eph nsoe's-terrace, and
their names were Johnsor. She went to Newton street,
and after her visit there she met the prisoners again in
Chapel-steeet, just as they were coming out of Mole Guest's
house. Sne spoke to them and salted if she had misnade--
stoed the number of the street. They replied that she had
misunderstood the number, which was 24 and rot. 12.
They observed further that they felt butt at being doubted,
and she remarked that she did not wish to doubt them, bit
she had not been able to find the chndren. Tney a.id they
bad jest been to Mr. Addison, who had been very kind to
them, gave them money, and told them that if they did rot
get enongh, be would mike up the amo-nt required. One
said, " Had we not better go to Mr. Addison at once r"
Mr. Ascroft : They perhaps will have to go to Mr, Addison.
(Laughter.) lifts of Bank Parade, deposed that
she gave them five shillings. Miss Aldie gave them 2a
6d. Miss Denson centributed five shillines. Mel. 1.
Blackhurst gave 2.61. Mrs. Napier sularerihed two shil-
lings. The representation was nearly the same in each
case. Mr. Ascroft said he c:uld multiply this class of
testimony if it were necessary. S rah Crabtree, lodging-
bonse keeper, Batler-street, said that on Wednesday week
the prisoners came to lodge with h-r. They gave the name
of Baker, and s: id they came from Liverpool. They staid
until they were apprehended by Mr. Gibbons. Margaret
Cunliff deposed : I live at No. 12, Newton street; I have
six ebildren—(laughter)—there are no orphan children
living with me. Ann Jimeon said : I live at 24. Newton-
street ; I have no orphanchildren living with me. Mn
Gibbons and Me Ringland detailed the apprehension of
the women who expressed oontritioa fir what they had
done, and said they would return the money to the various
parties. Mr. Gibtons found iu the possession of one £6
and a gold watch. In the pessession of the other were
found' a gold watch, silver thimble, a pair of brace'e's,
and £1 9s 10,44. Mr. Blackhurst said the defence would
be reserved for the trial. The prisoners were then commit-
ted to the sessions.

At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street.
BOYS are Cl.O f BED from the Age.s of Six t,o Tvrzoty Yews.

POLICE ISTELLIGENCE-YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.

BET3RE MB. •MANBFI rLD„

Krum—Charles Williams, a sailor on beard the
ship Tuscar.va, was charged with having stabbed another
sailor, named John Babe, belonging to the same ship. 'Com-
plainant said he was knocked down by the prisoner, who
had a knife in his hand, 'but he could not say if the
prisoner used rho knife. The policeman who had charge
of the case said he got the prisoner wiping blood off the
knife now produced. Furgeon Wall, of the Northern
Hospital, said he found four wounds on the c-mplainant's
bead, but he was of opinion those were inflicted by kicks,
rather than by a knife. The prisoner was sent to gaol for
two months.

MORS KNIFING.—A girl, named Margaret Johnston, was
charged with having stabbed another girl, Earned Catherine
M‘Gowan, in Peter-street. The parties fell out abDut a
foreigner, when the prisoner took up a knife and stabbed
complainant in the forehead. She was remanded for the
press nt.
OUT OP THE SALT INTO THE PICKLE.—John Smith, a
salt-dealer, residing in Virginia-street, and Charles
M'Ardle, a carter, were charged with havitg stolen 7
cwt. of *salt, belonging to Bernard B gue, a salt-dealer,
living in Pitt-street. Mr. Cobb was for the prosecution,
Mr. 81. ck for the prisoner Smith, and Mr Campbell for
the other prism er The case lasted some time, but may
be summed up thus-:—The prisoner Smith and the
proseentor had each quantities of salt on the Prince's-
dock ba,in quay; the heaps were lying within twenty
yards of ech other. The prisoner M•Ardle was Mr.
Smith's caner, and by his directions took away the salt
which wait claimed as the property of Mr. Bogne. It
would seem that Mr. Smith was cautioned not to take the
salt, as it was not belonging to him, and the same calla ,n
was given to the carter, but to no purpose. It also appeared
that there seas some former dispute between the parti-s.
and no good feeling existed betwixt them. Mr. Smith's
proceedings were, however, open. and without any con-
cealment. It was ultimately agreed to let both prisoners
stand out on their own recognisance to this day, in order
to produce other witnesses.

LIVERPOOL BLNKRUPTCY COURT.—YarEamy•