Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-08 00:00:00

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ission of the proceedings 4 the marine
p. _ necoming committee, 111 ^rtment the tender was accepted),
an application was made to the Mr. Smith moved thai the letter of Messrs. Bancroft be
lie promiSed to do so, but had, referred back to the-committee for further inquiry.
Mr. Boult seconded the motion, which, after

delivered of a child, the paternity of which had never been I day (during the d

doubted. On the state and condition o

known` to her parent

,nt to marry I

without assigning any reason, broken off all fuither intimacy I discussion, was carried

WORKS COI

with the plaintiff, leaving her in the disgraces pobuie.
which he had alluded. Under these circumstances, the The committee recommended the acceptance of the
Plaintiff had brought this action. Mr. Lawrence Wyatt, following tenders : —Messrs. Price and Carter, oars; Adam
father of the plaintiff, deposedthat he *as a retired tradesman, Highton,_ sheet lead ; Newton, Keats, and Co. lead pipes;
zit,iilisli Osesl,mpoalsie eld,raitegla.ssi
attnres,LTjadr,d,aannda C0.,0,
- - •,t. Oxford. He had four sons and one daughter
The plaintiff is twenty-six years of age; iron. A letter was read' from the timber trade, declaring
a corn dealer at Oiford, carrying on a the impossibility of their removing from the storage ground
__ :_ e 1,,, Tr,,Qlziqcnn-dock until accommodation had been

plaintiff

_ husband died about three years ago. The defen-
dant was acquainted with her, and visited her before her
marriage. trupn the death of her ,husband, she and her

provided in the
was invited to

13-oult gave notice th

.t. at the next meeting, he

th reference to the construction of

would put a luesti

children came to reside with me

About eighteen months I

the basin _
Mr. BroCklebank moved the confirmation of the pro-

ae defen'

ceedings,

I*ll .•
t my house till about three months before
February last.. On the second Sunday .

WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee did not contain any-

ain. Pke saw him

of importance

-THE DOCK TELEGRAPH

MARINE COMMITTEE

A discussion arose out of the proceedings of this committee,
in reference to the future mode of working the dock
line of telegraph---whether by letting all the wires to a
public company, reserving priority for the messages of the
board ; by retaining the whole under the direct control of
the board; or by retaining one wire for the use of the
board, appropriating a second for the use of the customs, a
third for the Bridgewater Trustees, and a fourth for the
general public. Finally a resolution was passed, on the
motion of Mr. Tobin, declaring it desirable that the line
should be let by public competition to some company.
The proceedings of the committee were then confirmed.

PILOTA GE CONDIITTEE

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A letter was read from the Trinity House, giving their
sanction to the alteration recently made in the buoys of the

channel

DOCKS AND QUAYS COMMITTEE,

Mr. Lockett, who proposed the confirmation of the pro-
ceedings, asked the board to permit him to postpone for a
week a recommendation with regard to the erection of
dock-gatemens' cottages within the walls of the docks
The permission was granted, and the proceeding
confirmed.
The proceedings of the Master-Porters' Committee were

5 were

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confirmed.
A letter was read from the Town-hall Clerk, offering, on
the part *of the water committee, to supply water to the
fountainS, along the dock walls at the rate of Li Is. per

annum.
The Chairman thought there must be some mistake on the
part of the water committee.. The fountains would be for
the use of the public in general, as well as for the dock
workmen.. In tact, the workmen employed by the board
would have, comparatively speaking, very little benefit from
the fountains.
Mr. Brocklebank said the main object of the whole thing
was to give the public the advantage of having these
additional drinking fountains. Ile thought any charge
came with a very bad grace from the water committee.
The subject was referred to the docks and quays corn-

mittee.
A letter from Messrs. Caleb Smith and Co., requesting
that the American ship Isaac Wright, which had been burnt
in the Mersey, but which had been re-built and measured
the same as a new ship, under the British flag, should be
charged at her present rate of tonnage, instead of the old
American tonnage, was referred to the docks and quays

committee.
A memorial from men employed in the weighing
materials' department for increase of pay, in consequence
of greatly increased hours of labour, was referred to the
master-porters committee.
The board fixed the first Monday in August for the
election of audit commissioners.
This concluded the general business.

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HEALTH COMMITTEE

The weekly meeting of the health committee was held
yesterday, Mr. Alderman 'Dover in the chair. The other
members present were—Messrs. Shiel, Crellin, Beckwith,
Crosthwaite, Bowring, Anthony, Stitt, R. Gladstone, Avison.
The Deputy Town-clerk read the following

REPORTS,

The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector
of nuisances reported various particulars of the operations
in their several departments during the week, from which
it arpeared that 102 nuisances complained of by inhabitants
had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them ; 887
houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 2,757 apart-
ments, and 483 cellars, had been put under examination,
with the view of improving their sanitary condition, and
221 lodging-houses had also been examined and reported
upon.

The medical officers report stated that the health of the
town was favourable. There was return from the
Howard-street, district (Vauxhall-road); but assuming that
the deaths there were the same KS in the previous week,
the_ total number of deaths during the week, ending last
Saturday, would be 194, ;viz.' in the parish, 126 ; and out-
townships, (38 ; showing a decrease of 45, as compared
with the corrected average of the same week for the ten pre-
vious years. Zymotic diseases caused 47 deaths, and of
these 1.5 were from fever ; six from hopping cough ; two
from scarlatina; two from diptheria ; one from croup ,• none
from small pox or measles ; diarrhoea caused sixteen deaths.
There was one case of fatal dysentry, and' two of bilious
cholera. Disease of the lungs considerably on the decline,
having declined from 74 in May, to 40 last week. The
temperature was it of a degree higher than the average.
Mr. Stitt said, he thought that was the time to make an
observation personal, to himself, in regard to a subject dis-
cussed at the council, respecting a certain letter egarding
deputation to the finance committee. He begged to state
distinctly, that either directly or indirectly, he knew nothing
of the matter, until it was pointed out to him in the paper.
Mr. BecKwith : Oh, there is no charge whatever against
you, on the -subject. (Hear, hear.)

A memorial from tile inhabitants of Great Howard-street,
was read, complaining, of a nuisance arising from the manu-
facture of bones, &e., into manure..

The subject m reforreu to the medical officers, to re-
port on.

In reference to registered lodging-houses, referred to in the
c Anvil proceedings on Wednesday, Dr. Duncan made an ex-
planation, and said, the matter arose in consequence of an in-
terpretation put on the words, " common lodging-houses."
Mr. Gladstane was of (Tinian that a lodging-house, meant
any place that afforded aecommodation for money payment.
The question it seemed arose in consequence of the magi'
trates interpreting the act of parliament thus---,, That it Ivo,
not considered a • house was a common lodging-heils:7_
except nightly lodgers were taken "—weekly lodgers v;2:
not supposed to come under the above designation. A:fh
a brief discussion' the matter was referred to the wue
committee. The board having transacted the usual rou.
1
business, and the several reports having been read, L"
meeting broke up.