Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

THE WEST DERBY UNION.

The usual weekly meeting of this B lard of Guardians
was held yesterday at the B lard-room, Miil-lane, Everton.
Mr. Henry Edwards, 'he deputy chairman, presided. The
other guardians present were Messrs. Lunt, Abrahaml,
Medealf, Roscoe, Whitby, Freikh Almond, Birch, Rich-
mond, Ledger. Pitts, Rayw., Wensley, Taylor, Morris,
Parkin, Stone, and the Revds. Tattersall and Hindley.
OFFICIAL RETURNS.

The MASTRR of the Woßxtiousz reported that there were
569 paupers in the workhouse last week, since then 42 had
been admitted, 33 discharged, and one birth, leaving 580
in the hram this week of whom 361 bel-mgad to Toxteth-
park For the correip3nding week of fait year there
we-e 00-1.
Tne NIASTPIR of the llosrtr.tr, reported that last week
there were 96 pa,ier.its in that establishment, since when
18 had been admitted, 10 Iseharged, and 3 deaths. This
week there were 106, of wh )m 30 belongail to Toxte)h-
park. For the corresponding week of he year there
were 80

Cftecines to the amount of £l5B were voted for the
maintenance of the oat dior pool within the districts of
the Unif,n.

THE MAST INDIA COM,.ANY AND THEIR LIBEiZALIIMr.

At the lest meeting of the Board a soldier wile had been
discharged fe-tm the Eest-Indie Compau}'s service, applied
for relief. He steed that his name was Ch istopher
Byhoe, and that he had boon eight years in Borobev,
daring which period he hai beea wonaded, a id partially
disabled, that he had received an order from the cempany
to apply in Liverpo 1 for a pension, but had telt
received anything beyond £5. - When the rapi)lic ant
applied for pariah relief, the whole subject was gone
into by the Board, and tee Clerk was instructed to
write to the D.recters of the Company on the subject.
He did do so, and in reply thereto, an enswac was
received to the following effect :—.‘ The Secretary to
the C.mrt, of D rectors of the East India Company is
instructed to acknowledge the receipt of Mr William
Cleaver's heter of the llth instant, bringing to the anuct'e
notice the claim to a pension made by Christopher Byrne,
lete a gutner in the Bombay artillery ; and in reply, the
Secretary is desired to say, for the information of the
Board, that Oe esteleithed r=gulaions of the Company,
preclude thi Court from cemplOrig with this claim, as
stated by the Aecretary on the 6-h f July last In con-
sequence, however, of the injuries received in the execu-
tion of his duty, he has bcee presented and paid with a
gratuity of £5 by the order of the Court."
Several Gut diane expressed it as their opinion that
the poor applicant hod been harshly treated, and requested
to know if nothing further could be done in the matter.
The CLERK replied that he had done all he could; that
he had written t he Cour , and had received the answer.
But still he thought that the poor man had not been
properly treated, es he held a note from the Company,
telling him to apply fir his !erasion ; aed by that note he
was entitled to Is 3d per I'sty as a pension.
Mr. ABRAHAMS said he did not think that he was entitled
to the pension, as it was the rule of the company not to
give a pension to pa 7sone who were not to:al!y disable 1.
The CaSRK then reel the regaletione, f,-on which it
appeared that soldiers, unable to contribute towards their
own livelihood were entitled to is 31 per day.
After some further conver-aTion the applicant was
temporarily relieved with 4t p r wAsk, and the Clerk was
instructed to see what could be done in the matter, by a
further cemmuuicetioa with the Beard of the East ladle
Comp any
The subject then dropped.
TUN STONE-1r ARM

The CLAIM read the report of the sapiriltnndant of the
stone-yard, frAn which it anpaa-ed that during the pas!,
week ha ha sold 30 was of brokrn stones t) the Earl of
BefLon, at 174 pee too, and that a-, the present time there
Wal about 400 tons on hand.
ALTgI..ITrON OF Tlt2 TAM g or mEErING.

Mr. Pim said : At the let rne.eting he had given
notice that he should mwa that the tine of the. Board
meeting b., shared &nee Toxreth E',.-rk had been tepa
rated fin the union, coreetimes they had not been able
to form a Board, until af:er the-efore he
should move that, ios:ead of the .B ,ard meeting at ten
o'clock in the mmaing, it do not, in fu tire, meet until
eleven.
The Rev. Mr. TA'NEES ILL ',legged to second the motion,
Mr. Roscoe WAIld move, as an amendment, that instead
of the Board meeting once a week, dor thy meetings be
h-Id fortnightly. He wa4 TIN) so'e that they could do
the business quite as well, and the sane eourse.had been
adopted by other in the district.
The ilturaqtrt: Ye 4; but they are r 4 miller unions.
Mr. Roscon: Th re is Li-rerplol, they (-) meet once a
tornight, a-A Chorley-on•Medlock, and Preston.
Mr. TAYLO2 sec.nded the amendment, believing that the
bnsiLe•s would be muel better done than it was at present.
He did hope that before the Bard came to a de2is!on,
that they would well consider the question, and not
"stupidly" decide upon it without thinking about it.
The CIItIRMIN expre-seil his diSapprohation of Mr.
Ttylor using the ward " as he thought it was
uncalled for.
M-. TAYLOE Slid he would withdraw the expr• scion, but
hyped that the question would be well coaside:.ed by the
guardians Wire they voted 9u

31.. ABRAIR3I3 paid he should move an a'tel, amend-
ment, which was that the Boa,d should meet at tw)
o'c'ock —(Cries of " oh, oh") —instead of at ten. He wa:
quite sure the business could be done well, and that instead
of the pardiane having to loose a whole day in transact.
ing the public bushiespi, they w.Juld then have to loose half
a day.
Mr. LuNr had much piemure in seconding Kr. Abra-
ham's amends en

Mr. KEYES thought that any alteration from the
present system would advan'sgeous.
Mr. Prrea contended that it wonid b 9 init3o3aible t) do
the bn,ineis of th 3 board if they only mat once in a
fortnight.
Mr. TAI Los sup:g33ted the. tie stibjee: should stand
over f)r s week, in order that the mecits of it might be
well o lisidered.

However, af-er some di'maion, the bard divided,
when there appeared—for the amendment, for mtieing
onca a firtnight, five hande ; fur meeting at two o'clock;
instead of ten o'cht k, twe've hands: and fir meetitg at
eleven o'clock, instead of ten, six hands. The amendment
for meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon was, the efore,
declared carria3, and the clerk was reqnaste i to obtain the
sane ion of the Pool-lew Board for such an alteration.
TILE VALUATION OF THE UNION.

At the last meeting of the weekly Board, a latter was

rec?ived fi,m the POor Law Inspector, inVmaiag that a
gentleman belonging to Yorkshire ly,d been app,inzed to
make a vatuati mof the property belonging to the union,
with a view of ascertaining the valul of -such pr: per y,
and deciding what portion th© Twr eth-pa,k guardians
should have to contribute towards the liquidation of the

same property. The guardians of thin union objeCted to
" the appointment of a valuntor edno'ng from a distant part,
when, is Lirerpo•il, they had Mtn of sterlihg integrity and
honesty, wh ) could do the earne duty ; therefore, afe:

.
brief C3nvrrsation,_ it was unanimously agreed that the
Clef shoal i write to the General B)ard, and requ3st that
they would reconsider the selection they had made, an
allow the 1-c4l B tard to app int their own valuer. In
answer to that application, the Poor Law Inspector, Dle
Manwaring, replied, that the Board had. taken the letter
et the guardians into cnsi lerstion, and were willing that
the the two Board , the West Dolby utitn and the Tox
teth Park guardians, should, if they could agree, appoint a
valuer them!elves.

After the reading of etc) ah:tve ommuniettion, at the
suggestion of the dirk, M. Abraham propsed that the
name; of Mr. J. C Stewart, Mr. A. Helms, and ll'. J. A.
Ye'on, ahon:d be iubrni'ted the g tardia3s of Toxte.h
Pa.,k, and that ona of the three thcntit b 3 aelee'el to
make a valitaion a the property of the Union, instead
of the gfivicraen appointed In Yorkshire
Ths having been agreed to. the Clerk NMI instrne!ed
to place the resolation beLre the Toxteth Park B. and at
their next meeting.

IfISCMLLINVATS
On the motion of Mr. Abtihi7llS,,it was decided that
Mr. Bramham, the removing of for the Union, Phonld
be the relieving offi.N.r for th 3 West Derby nis'rict, at a
celery of £l3O per annum, and that each relieving ofiiter
should be thlremovirg officer for his own diotiict.
In aoswer.to a question put by the Rev. M.r. Tutorial),
with reference to the medical officers bending in their
return'' the Cle-k said he would, at the next meetioz, be
prepared :with the new order issued by the General thard,
anl would give an suswer as to whether they should be
sent in weekly or monthly.

TIIE NF.W ou.tgrTors.

By an order from the Poor Ltw Beard, the election of
addHonal guarlians to the Union took place on eaturchy
lsqt. Tz.e:a was n, oppeition, ant the followirg gentle-
men were return&. and took their seve this day at the
Pond For West Derby TowaNhip, Mr. J French and
Mr. A Stone; for Wevertre,, Mr. W. Parkin ; and for
Everton, the Rev. H J. Hiod:ey.'

TEND!R% 10)R SUPPLIES.
The follo-ving tenders for provisions, ScLi.., for the next
three months were accepted :—Plour and oltinial for
workhouie, Mr. W. Tsylor Le'gh, 251, Mill street ;
potatoes, Henry Bates and John Ahearn, potato salesmen,
MAR) c Pleasant ; meat, Mr. Thomas Thomlinson, 18,
Hanover-street ; bread for the hospital r.ficl out door poor,
Thomas. Allen, Prescot-road, John M‘Whirter, 251,
London-road, and Simnel Cutterrell, Brunswick-road.
There being no other business, the Board adjourned.

SIM7I
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