Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-07 00:00:00

Rublit Stexts.

UOUND, on April Ist, a small, light-coloured,: Skye
' Terrier Bitch, with a collar on, and if not claimed' within
seven days, will be sold to defray expenses. Apply at 14, Everton-
,
woad. 3aB

ELECTION OF GUARDIANS.

TO THE RATEPAYERS OF TOXTETH PARK.

011 are now called ttpon to Elect Eighteen
Guardians to administer relief to the poor of this Township,
an also to watch over your interests in all parochial matters. At
the last election it was stated by the Overseers, Mr. Joseph Wilson,
Mr. Henry Layland, and Mr. Joseph Dickenson Carter— that the
Guardians then' in office proposed expending a sum of £40,000 in
the erection of a new Workhouse, "an expenditure which the
Overseers knew from their experience to be unnecessarily extrava-
gant, and were of opinion that an expenditure of about 817,000 was
all thst was requisite for the present and prospective purposes of
the Township for many years to come."
The result of the above appeal was the return of persons as
Guardians, who, instead of carrying, out their promises, have
erected a Workhouse which will cost, according to their own
admission, at least £30,000.
It is now falsely stated that the Guardians of the past year have
reduced the Poor-rate to the extent of one fifth, whereas that
reduction was effected by their much maligned predecessors.
In addition to the deception thus practised upon you, the conduct
of certain Guardians, in driving from the Board, by their disgrace-
ful conduct, its respected Chairman, George H. Horsfall, Esq., and
at the following weekly meeting, the Vice-chairman, Thomas
Urquhart, Esq., then causing the discharge of the Medical Officers.
and subjecting the Ratepayers to the costs of actions from each of
them, the amount of which cannot be calculated— the reckless
manner in which your funds generally have been expended, causing
an increase in one item alone of several hundred pounds, whereas
in other Unions there has been a considerable decrease in the
expenditure,—make it the imperative duty of all who are interested
in the good and economical management of the affairs of the
Township, to support the election of the eighteen Gentlemen whose
names appear first num the Voting Papers, and whose nomination
by gentlemen of the highest standing, who are themselves large
Ratepayers, is a guarantee at once for their respectability and
efficiency.
It only remains to call your attention to the modesty of Mr.
Joseph Wilson and Mr. Henry Layland in recommending them-
selves, amongst others about as respectable and worthy of your
confidence, for re-election, which is only surpassed by their recent
conduct as recorded in the report of the Special Committee of the
Guardians, viz.:—
" They find that on Saturday, the 19th March, the closet which
is 'situate in the apartment called the Waiting-room in the Public
Office was opened, either by means of a false key or by violence, by
one or more of the following gentlemen, viz.: Mr. Joseph Wilson,
Mr. John Wilson, Mr. Henry Layland, and Mr. Joseph Dickenson
Carter."
Do you think your interests will be in safe keeping in the hands
of such parties.
MATTHEW AUGUSTITS JOHNS, j Junior Overseers.
WILLIAM LEYLAND,
Public Office, Park-place, April 4th, 1859.