Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-17 00:00:00

TOXTETH PARK BOARD of GUARDIANS.
The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester-
day, at the Public-offices; Park-road, Mr. S. Alpass in the
chair. The other guardians present
_ were—Messrs. Joseph
Harrison, John Wilson, G. W. Hunter, M. A. Jahns,
Joseph Brundrit, Samuel Siddeley, John Moss, J. D. Carter.
Mr. Gough's report showed that there were in the West
Derby workhouse, belonging to the Park, this week, 341 ;
corresponding week last year, 359. In the hospital last
week, 30; this week, 37. _ .

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Cheques were granted for the out-door relief of the poor
to the amount of £9B.
The Chairman stated that he had received a letter,
signed H. M. Leathern, tha purport of which was that Mr.
Leathem wished to take the place of Mr. Heath, relieving
officer, who is at present incapacitated by sickness.
Mr. Williams was called, and he expressed his willingness
to undertake the duty of Mr. Heath, in addition to his own,
till further orders.
Mr. Cleaver then read the following letter from the Poor-
law Board :

Poor-law Board, Whitehall, S.W., June 15, 1859.
Sir,—l am directed by the Poor-law Board to state that they
have received the. report of their inspector, Mr. Mainwaring,
respecting the inquiry recently made by him on the subject of th-
alleged removal of some of the voting papers used in the election
of guardians for the township of Toxteth-park, in the years 1857
and 1858, from the closet in which they had been deposited.
The board have carefully perused the report and the evidence
which acclmpanie:l it. They observe that the election for the year
1857 was conduc ed by Mr. Thomas Avison, as returning officer;
and that the voting papers were virtually delivered by him to the
board of guardians. The guardians had themselves zip board-
room or place of deposit, but occupied, for the transaction of their
business, rooms beloneing to the overseers of the township.
The board are of opinion that it was, in strictness, incumbent
upon the board of guardians tel pass a resolution declaring where
the voting papers were to be deposited. They did not, however,
adopt this course. They were informed, by a clerk of Mr. Avison,
who attended their meeting on- the 20th of July, 1857, that the
papers had been placed in a closet in the waiting room of the town-
ship offices, and that it had been locked up. He then gave the key
to the guardians, and the chairman subsequently delivered the key
to the clerk. The board consider th, t this proceeding was, in effect,
an acquiescence by the board of guardians in the place of deposit for
the papers in question, as being aproper one. audit appears that the
voting papers of the following election of guardians were also
deposited in the same closet. It further appears that the clerk
kept safely the key of tho closet in which the papers were deposited,
and that the closet was opened ultimately by a pick-lock, under
the instructions of one of the overseers, for the purpose of enabling
him to examine the voting papers of 1857. If the guardians had
had any plat for the deposit of the election papers better than the
one in which they were actually deposited, the clerk should have
been instructed accordingly. But the board are not aware that this
was the case ; and for the above-mentioned reasons they do not
think' that any blame rests either on the guardians or on their
clerk for want of due care in the custody of the voting papers.
The board think that Vie overseer had perhaps the legal title to
the premises in question ; but the board cannot avoid expressing
their regret, that instead of applying to the board of guard -
the subject, he should have thought proper to cause the c

regularly

be forced and th?, documents, which do not belong to the oversees,
examined in the way described in the evidence taken at the inquiry.
It does not appear, however, that any of the voting papers were
actually abstracted.—l am, &c., DEVON Secretary.

To W. Cleaver, Esq., Clerk to the Guardians of the Township
of Toxteth Park, Liverpool.

The Clerk was instructed to write to one of the medical
officers, requesting to have his book of returns made out
and ready for inspection by the guardians- each board day.
Mr. Moss wished to know why they got no report from
the visiting committee as to the state of the paupers in the
West Darby workhouse. The board knew nothing of
how many there were, except from a garbled report of Mr.
Gough.

Mr. Brundrit said he did not think the committee would
be able to pick out their own paupers, even if they did go,
without Mr. Gough's assistance.
Mr. Cleaver said they had no legal right to go there as a
committee, but that they might be admitted to visit their
paupers through courtesy.
Mr. Moss said Mr. Cleaver's observations were uncalled
for. He had often interrupted .a most important discussion
by some of his remarks. Perhaps Mr. Cleaver wanted to
take his position.
Mr. Cleaver said he had no desire to change places.

Mr. Moss said Mr. Cleaver was wanting, or seemed to be
wanting, to monopolise the right of a guardian, and he was
to consider that he was their paid servant.
Mr. Brundrit said he would tell Mr. Moss, for his
information, that he had once visited the West Derby
Workhouse.

Mr. Cleaver asked if he were to submit to the dictation
of Mr. Moss when simply doing his duty.

The Chairman : Certainly not.

Mr. Moss said he was not Co be intimidated by Mr. Cleaver,
and it was exceedingly improper to throw in his remarks.
His observation was insolent ; for it was not asked for. If
there was no legal necessity to go to the workhouse as a
visiting committee, there was a moral necessity. • The
Chairman, too, might be as disrespectful as he pleased, for
aught he cared.
A Guardian : What is the use of all this ?
The Chairman : It amuses Mr. Moss and does harm to
nobody. (Laughter.)
Mr. Moss : You cannot put me down, sir.
The Chairman : I don't want to put-you down. I would
rather set you up on a pedestal. (Laughter.)
The matter then dropped, and the board separated.

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

- Yesterday

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD,

CorroN STEALING. —Three men, named Callahan, Kemp,
and Henigan, were charged with stealing cotton. Officer
706 said he saw the prisoner at the Sandon-dock, where
there were some ships discharging cotton, and he observed
them going amongst the bales, and getting cotton, which
they packed in between some timber. He watched them
for twenty minutes, and then he took them into custody.
Mr. Cobb, for the prisoners, endeavoured to show that the
wind was blowing the cotton about, and that the prisoners
were only securing it for the owners. It was shown, how-
ever, that the prisoners were old offenders, and they were
sent to gaol for fourteen days.
_

CAUTION TO SAILORS.-gr. Murphy, of the LoCal Marine
Board, brought up a man, named David Frazer, charged
with having deserted the ship John Bull. The prisoner
had signed articles to be on board the ship on Wednesday,
hut he did not go on board, and the ship was detained. The
prisoner was sent to jail for eight weeks.

BEFORE MESSRS. PARKER AND HOUGHTON

THE "ILLUSTRIOUS JENNINGS, OF INIARYRONE, AND HIS
TAIL," AND WHAT THEY DID. —A young man, described
as the "Illustrious Jennings, of Marybone," was summoned
for having made scrumshins of Tom Walsh's windows and
window sashes; to' the value of 12s. of the current coin of
the realm. Mr. Cobb appeared for the house of Walsh,
and Mr. Bluck for the " Illustrious" Jennings." Mr. Cobb
opened the- case and said, the defendant is Called-the "Il-
lustrious
Jennings, of Marybone," and he has a tail longer
than any boa constrictor. That tail consists of men,
women, and children of the Hermon line of Jennings -
in fact, all the people in Marybone, and a great
many out of Marybone, and a number of the mer-
chants of " Paddy's Market," claimed to be joints
of this celebrated tail. As might be expected,
" The Illustrious," was the head and tail of the gang, but
for why, or wherefore, he (Mr. Cobb) had not received any
instructions. The " Illustrious" used to go out in the
evening's, like the man on the pale horse, "Conquering
and to conquor." These nocturnal migrations from Mary-
bone, appeared to be in search
,of adventures, and new
discoveries, in the regions lying north of the Island of
Marybone, and west oeHighfield-street. Saturday nights
being the favourite
.time for this exploring amusement,
the "tail-" and the " head" thereof, used to sally
out with their trains of artillery, which consisted
of pokers, tongs, shovels, pots, cans, kettles, and old
saucepans. Having subdued the chief portions of
the inhabitants of the Continent aforesaid, the
" Illustrious" got infused (drunk) one night, and, like Alex-
ander, sat down and cried, as he had no one else to conquer.
After thinking awhile, his memory turned backward, and
he recollected that the house of Walsh had coughed once
at his dog, as it lay asleep in the sun, and as the house of
" Jennings" could not brook such an insult, he resolved to
repay it with compound interest. He therefore got more
infused, and at the head of the tail he marched forward to
Burlington7street, the head-quarters of the Walsh's brigade.
The advanced guard of the " Illustrious" was headed by
two females, who were fit to be rifle men or rifle women,
any day from the first of January to the thirty-first of De-
cember, and (continued Mr. Cobb) may be they wouldn't
make "finely turned down shirt collars" and " Colonel
Brimstones," hear that ! for they belonged to the
bould soger boy school— to wit, " the devil a hare
they -cared" for all the Welshes that ever breathed
carbonised gas, or drank Jerry Nag ! Arriving at the
out-posts of the camp of General Walsh, a council of war
was called, and the mode of. attack agreed on. The
"Illustrious" was to lead the centre,. while Betty Malowny
was to take charge of the left wing, and Judy .Rooney, to
whom the poet singeth—

" My own gentle Judy,
So mild and so strong;
My sweet Judy Rooney,
The pride of my song,"
was commander of the right flank. The "illustrious,
however, dashed on with such impetuosity that he had
gained the victory before his allies came up, for he had
demolished the goods and chattel!! of General-Walsh to the
amount of 125., as aforesaid, and probability he would
have demolished Mr. Walsh, .with- all his seed, breed,
and generation, but for the assistance of a friendly
pig-sty, that covered them front the victorious
army. This truly graphic • oration of Mr. Cobb,
elicited warm bursts of hearty laughter, and he sat
down amid subdued app!ause. Ile called several witnesses,

who proved the case to perfection. Mr. Bluck, as usual-
contented himself by making-a good and effective busineer.
like
__speech, very telling in its way, on behalf, of _Oll
" Illust.zious Jennings, of Marybone," and among(
other witnesses, whom he called to prove an alibi
was Mrs. Brigadier-General Judy Rooney, who, (a
coming forward to the table, gave it such a clout
with her right fist, accompanied with a hurroo, the t
frightened half the people out
_of the court, and if
matters had been deputed to her settlement, she'd soot
have made short work of magistrates, attornelcs,
policemen, and bridewell-keepers. Her evidence was Ell
striking -on the table—that the magistrates came to the
conclusion of fining her commander 12s, or to be imprisoned
for a month. " The " Illustrious," took the latter alter-
native, and goes to " country quarters " for 28 days drill on
the mill. _ _ _

Mrs. White, summoned the " Imperial Burial Society,",
for £6 odd, alleged to be due to her, as the representative
of her brother-in-law, a man named Sims. Mr. Bluck
was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cobb for the society. The
case was before the court on a former day, but was
discharged on a technical objection. Six pounds had been

already—paid but the balaiice was dis
characterised the conduct of the
and spoke of the body in
the magistrates m

strong

Mr. Bluct
diddles,!

lours

_ .
and after a waste of about two
in which several persons were examined pro and con, the
bench decided that the society should pay the full amount
claimed by the woman, and costs. Mr. Parker added, thai
the business of such societies should be conducted more

Dtitch boardinghouse-keeper, named Conrad Geratz,
who lives in Blundell-street, was charged. under the 15th
and 16th Vict., section 331, for harbouring a deserter from
a Dutch ship. Mr. Bluck was for the defence, and said
the man went to the house
defendant did not know he bad deserted The magistrates

in ordinary lc

;er, and tli

thought the eas,

proved, and inflicted a

of £5 and

---s---

BIREEYIIEAD POLICE COUR7

Yesterd

BEFORE MESSRS. FIELDEN AND SHAW

tiSSAITLTING A GAMEKEEPER.. --James Minshell was
charged with committing an assault upon one John
Williams. It would appear that, on the 23rd of October
last, the plaintiff went into a public-house in Greasby, and
met Minshell and a man named Langley. The two latter
had some alleged grievance against Williams, whom they
said had destroyed some of their traps for catc.
and also of killine
loset to I him, and sever(

v maltreated him.
Lam.r.l

for their apprehension,
assault. Minshell made o
Wednesday eve

Warrants wer

ey was fined for the
could not be found until
s arrested. Evidence was