The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yesterday,
in the West Derby Workhouse, Mr. Joseph Harrison in the
chair. The other members present were the Rev. Dr. Hume,
Messrs. El. Edwards, Johns, Medcalf, Sagar, Craig, Pitts,
Siddeley, Calls, Evans, Abrahams, Watkinson, Elias, Evans,
Roscoe, Baynes, Morris, Wilson, I. Edwards, Lnnt, Pickup,
Wensley, Craig, Shaw, and Green.

F:om the raturns, it appeared that there were in the house
last week 680 persons, against 716 last year ; there were
admitted during the week, 18 ; born, 2 ; 41icharged, 12 ; and
1 died.

There ware in thq iloapital during the week 128, against
114 in the corresponding week of last year. 4 were admitted,
and $ discharged,

Relief cheines to the amount of £266 were drawn,

Several applica4ions for the office of chaplain to the house,
in the room of the Rev. Thomas Moore, resigned, were read.
The applicants were—Bev. H. M. Moore, Ptescot ; Rev. W.
R. Stewart, St Matthias's, Erskine street ; Rev. R. T.
Leslie, of St. Matthews; Rev. R. R. Moore, of All Souls,
Vauxhall road ; and Rev. J. G. Bliscoo, of St. Marylebonei
London. _

Mr. Abrahams moved that the Rev. R. R. Moore be
elected to the office. He observed that Mr. Moore bad fre-
quently offie,ated during his brother's absence, and was there-
fore well acquainted with the duties of the office, which.
toge'her with the high reputation he had earned as curate of All
Souls, rendered him a most eligible 'person for the office which
he now sought.
Mr. H. Edwards seconded the motion.
Rev. Dr. flume bcre the highest testimony to the char,.
acter and qualifications of Mr. Moore; and said that from an
acquaintance with him for upwards of nine years, he could
conscientiously recommend him for the office.
_ . _

Mr. Cailia moved that the Rev. Mr. Leslie he elected to
the office, and observed that whether they elected him or Mr.
Moore, he was sure that either would reflect credit on the
board. (Hear, hear) Mr. Leslie, however, was a married
man, and, as such, bad peculiar claims on their sympathy and
support.
Mr. Mawdsley seconded the motion.

The votes were then taken, when there appeared—
For the Rev Mr. Leslie—Messrs Siddeley, I. Edwards,
Canis, Sagar, Roscoe, Almond, Mawdsley, Watkinson, Craig,
Evans, Johns, Pickup, Baynes, Wilson, Lunt-15.
For the Rev. R. R. Moore—Rev. Dr. Hume, Messrs.
G•een, Morris, Shaw, R. Edwards, Elias, Medealf, Pitts,
Richmond, Abrahams, Wensley, and Harrison-12.
The Rev. Mr. Leslie was accordingly declared elected to
the office.

Some conversation arose as to the amount of tte salary, bat
it was the opinion of the board, that having made the appoint-
ment first, they could not fix the salary at a less sum than
that paid to the predecessor, namely, £2OO a year.
A conversation arose as to the appointment of a medical
assistant to Dr. Nevins, but it was resolved that no step should
be taken in the matter until it was first known whether the
divisio❑ of the union would take place or not. It was agreed
meanwhile that the allowance of 30s. a week for a dispenser
to Dr. Nevins be continued for a month.

Mr. Shaw begged to be allowed to correct a misapprehension
under which he feared the board laboured, as to the number of
persons in the bodge now as compared with the number when
Mr. Litlw.ow was governor. 8o far from there being an
increase there was a decrease ; for while last week there were
only 680 paupers in the house, there were in the time of Mr.
Li thgow_ 749.
The tender of Mr. J. R. Cooper for knives 9.11 two,preng
forks, at 6s the dozen, was accepted.
The board then adjourned,

THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS' REPORT,

The second report of her Maesty's civil service corn.
missioners has just been issued in the form of a large
blue book. The report is partly the continuation of a
narrative of proceedings since May, 1855, The object
cf the examinations Is : 1. To test the candidate's actual
fitness for the duties ; and-,-2; to test-his education and
intelligence generally. The number of candidates upon
whose cosec the commissioners adjudicated from 21st of
May, 1855, to 3ist of December, 1856, was 3,004. Of
these 60 were extra tz totem, 12 physically incom
petent, 10 devoid of satisfactory evidence as to
character, 99 admitted without examination (on
rte
declined undergo with-
drew eitherto the examination or
without completing it. Of the remaining 2,686
actually examined, 1,587 passed and obtained certificates
of qualification, 880 were rejected, and 219 were unsuc-
cessful upon competition. Thus, the rejection's were in
the ratio of 35 per cent. on those actually examined
(not counting the unsuccessful competitors.) In the
seven months ended December, 1855, the ratio was 29'5
per cent. Out of the 880 candidates thus dismissed it is
reported that no less than 425 were turned back for bad
spelling alone, or with other subjects, except arithmetic ;
147 for arithmetic alone, or with other subjects, except
orthography; and 243 for spelling and arithmetic, with or
without other subjects ; s s that only 55 have been rejected
since ti-e conni.sioners commenced their duties for
deficiencies not involving spelling and arithmetic, or both.
For four situations (three of them junior clerkships, and
one a senior clerkshio of £2Oll to £3OO a year) there were
46 competitors, including 28 sons of professional men
and independent gentlemen ; 26 of the candidates had
already been engeged in some definite occupation ; 25 out
of ti? 46 had finished their 'education at one or other
of the universities or colleges of London, and 16
of the remaining 21 were eluca•ed at public
or grammar schools. A large proportion of the
candidates gave evidence of considerab'e information
and ability, and the four successful ones have been tried
and not found wanting. Precious specimens are given
in the appendix of the orthography, or rather the caco-
graphy, of rejected candidates:—" Beauty" is spelt
"beaughty ;" "Blenheim," "Blennemm ;" "bowels,"
" howls ; " confederacies," " con fed rises ;" " character,"
" cbariktar ;'' " cavaliers," " caveleirs ;" " credulity,"
" crednality ;" " inju re," " ingure ;" " into," "in toe ;"
" elements," "ellirnents ;" " neighbour," " nabour ;"
" monks," " munks ;" "philosopher," " pholisper ;"
"panegyrics') " panageracs ;" " patriots," " patrotes ;"
" recesees," " rescess ;" " review,'" rieveu ;" " with-
out," " whiout ;" " warmth," " walmth ;" and the
like.

IMPORTANT TO ASSURERS.—At the Court of Gunmen
Pleas, on Tuesday, an action was brought by the executors
of a Russia broker, to recover the sum of £2,000, on a
policy of insurance effected in the Accidental Death Insur-
ance Company. It appeared that on the '27th of January
last, as the deceased was seated in his parlour, he was
' seized with a violent fit of coughing, and fell down, his face
coming in collision with the grate. He sustained severe
injuries, amongst others, a portion of his,lip being knocked
off, and being advanced in life, it was contended that his
death resulted from the injuries. In the defence, it was
proved that the deceased bad been labouring for some Clue
under asthma, to which disease his death was attributable,
but the medical testimony adduced was to the effect that
•
the disease was not per se sufficient to cause immediate
death. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
THE LATE BURGLARY AT AsROVER.—Some further
information of an important character has been obtained
with regard to the burglary at Ashover, which was
described in yesterday's paper. In a small plantation
near the rev. gentleman's house, part of a Birmingham
newspaper was found, supposed to have been left by the
burglars. It also appears that five .persons were seen on
the evening previous in the village, and that they took up
their abode for the night in an outbuilding near the hall.
The young lady, who made her escape in the miraculous
manner described. is slowly recovering. She was not in
a stale to be spoken to until yesterday, when she said
that when she heard the burglars coming into her room
she stood against the door to prevent them ; and expecting
they would enter, she opened the window and suspended
herself by her hands from the 'window dill, until complete
exhaustion compelled her to let go her hold, and she fell
into the yard below, a distance of fourteen feet, and
injured her back. One of the supposed burglars booked
himself at Chesterfield station for Derby, where he was
subieguently traced to Birmingham. He described himself
as a cork cutter, and said that he had been robbed by five
men and a woman. An officer had been despatched in
quest. of him.
MADAME RISTORI AT ROME.—Under date of the
we learn that the Romans have received their favourite
Ristori again with enthusiasm. They consider her acting
improved since her visit to Paris and London. She has
acquired more passion and power, more accurate delinea-
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and more the unbounded applause she obtained out of her
country, should have urged the Ristori to greater exer-
tions and.more exact study (to have increased her pathos
or nature would have been impossible) than whilst pre-
viously acting in Italy, where she was certainly not
unadmired or unappreciated, but perhaps not so
highly admired as her merits deserved. She has already
delighted her old friends the Ronfans, and her new
admirers the foreigners in Rome, in the tragedies of. the
Rct, Medea, Francesca du Rimini, and the brilliant comedy
of the Locandiera. Another extra representation takes
place on Saturday, but the subject is, not yet announced,
the government having very Judiciously forbidden the
production of either of Alfieri's frightful tragedies, entitled
Plued ra and .11yrrha. In a monologue, entßitomledeCo piocohheric a
iaee
alla prima attrice, the Ristori gave the
pleasing and affectionate resume of her artistical,B f
career,orhte
which was responded to by thundering brava
's
Signora Adelaide." She appears to have recovered from
her accident at Naples, except that she acts with a piuk
silk bandage round her right arm,,