Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-17 00:00:00

wEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS

The usual weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday, Mr.. 11. Edwards in the chair. The. other
Kirkus,

guardians present were—Messrs
Ledger,

Wensley

Stone, Roberts; Shaw, Smith, Parkin, Bolshaw,
Taylor, I. Edwards, Richmond,Rain-
Hayes, and Medeaife:

Abrahams

Morris

)rd, Woods, Rosco

-Mr. Potts, £125; Mr. Olney, LIS

nrcl Mr. Lythgoe,

The returns showed that the number of paupers in the
workhouse last week were 675; admitted since, *born, 1;

6G7, of \s-hom 359 belonged to the Tox.teth Park district

last year, was 669

The proceedings of the Hospital Committee contained
a recommendation, that the chaplain of the house should
conduct a special service on Sunday for the convalescent
patients. _ _ _

The confirmation of the proceedings was moved by IVf.r.
Stone, and carried.
The Clerk was instructed to write to the chaplain On
the subject. _ _ _

A notice was read from the Nike Office; by which it
appeared that an accident had taken place with' the,
hearse of the workhouse; and that the driver had received
• 'cries. It was awreed that four

some in_

011,11/1.0 UC
pat on the hearse, for the purpose of making it 'more
secure and steady.

Mr. Smith read some correspondence between the
Poor Law Bbard and iltr. Gounir, in reference. to some

naLerneuus Lau were maae by Mr. Rees, the auditor, as
to the state of the accounts. It appeared that there
were a number of errors in the books, which, in Mr.
Gough's reply to the board, were attributed to the late
porter and bookkeeper Mr. Kennedy, who was lately dis-
missed for misconduct. Mr. Gough further stated, that
as Mr. Kennedy had kept the books for four years
previous, without any complaint, he had no reason to
doubt his Competency to fulfilthe duty in a proper and satis-
factory manner. , lie (Mr. Gough) also desired to con-
vey to the board, that in future he would exercise a
stricter supervision over the details of the accounts in the
department referred to. In a subsequent letter, how-
ever, the board did not relieve Mr.. Gough " from
the duty of seeing that the books and accounts of the
Workhouse were properly and correctly kept," and ex-
pected he would do so in future.

- The matter was referred to the Visiting Committee.
Mr. Smith moved that a pauper named Chmbidge, who
had been employed as an assistant in the portnes office
for a length of time, be appointed as a successor to Mr.
Kennedy, the late porter and bookkeeper. lie contended
that such an appointment would be a great saving to
the union.

Mr. Kirkus reminded the board, that there was a
rsOn already appointed temporarily, and on trial for a

-month

Mr. Taylor seconded the motio:

After some discussion, Mr. Ledger moved as an.
amendment, that- the consideration of the matter be
postponed for a fortnight, when he said they would be in
a better position of knowing how to act.
Mr. Kirkus seconded the amendment, and contended
that the appointment would be no saving, nor did he
think it would be•a wise one. In reference to what the-
Poor Law Board had written on-this subject lately, he
referred to past transactions to prove that it was no new
office, but one that had long ago been sanctioned by the
Poor Law Board themselves, and the following, is the
copy of a letter he wrote to the Poor Law Beard,:—

TO' THE POOR LAW BOARD

".Walton-on-the-Hill, -Feb. 10; 1859.
"My Lord and Gentlemen,—l beg to address you on
the proceedings of the West Derby Board. Some time

was consu

and agreed to the alteration to permit the duties of book-
keeper and porter to be performed by one person. The
alteration was found to act well, and has done so no to

the present. The late officer, Mr. Kennedy, was dis-
missed for irregularities and'a breach of both morality
and discipline ; and now certain parties, not from any
desire to , benefit the Union, but out of spleen, pique,
and spite to a certain officer, and that officer a valuable
one, have endeavoured to, prejudice your minds' and so
by a side wind to annoy him and frustrate the board by
calling upon the said officer to do duty he was not ap-
pointed to perform ; and you, acting up to that power of
Eozutgelda,nodr,
have
erableiatin which
esneouheruniiiisfolrimkeeldy, tnolibseletdh,e
ocrurbseranof
to
else stultify yourselves, to request the board to do away
with what has proved: a good arrangement, and your
desire to entail upon the Union two officers in the place
of one, no ,good to any party acruing, from. the alteration
backward. -I may be wrong., but my impression is that
secret correspondence carried on by your board in.
reference to any union is Contrary to the spirit of English,
freedom and law, and more worthy of foreign despotism
than English liberty. Trusting you will review your.
decision, and allow. those who should know better • here.
what is wanted than any red-tape officials, be they ever.
so honourable, I am, your obedient servant,

ticvs.,.
~ Rs, It was only the other day you thought
remonstrate in reference to the appointment and safiltto, ary
of a nurse at the hospital, although it is the usual salary ;.
and the party was perfectly satisfied with, the bargain.
The Poor Lam Board may be useful as, a board of re-
ference, but must be a bugbear if allowato control such
minutho."

Mr. Kirkus concluded by. saying he would vote for the
amendment, and he hoped' theboard' would act inde-
pendent, and not be infilieneed in any way by the personal
animosity- of Mr. Shaw; or Mr. Smith.
Mr. Shaw said he. 'was not in the habit
people,,
na--- of going to. the. "Brown

Ike some

and urgo,g on

;0111g-to make an
sTr. Kirkus objected to these remarks.
Itr. Shaw said he did not use any names and then
continued to say that the system, heretofore. adapted had
Poor

on some member of tike‘ board.

.w7lio"a1(1 76;

Pot been a ,ccoos one, as the correspondence of the
that day testified.

. -
Mr. Hues remarked, that- it might be supposed, from
the remarks. of Mr. Shaw; that these, errors had been
going on for years,_ whereas it had. only been for the last
few months—at the most not longer• than the last year,
or they woald have been, detected by. the auditor ; and the
person who kept the books was now dismissed.
The matter was put to the vote, and the amendment
was carried by a maiority: of 12 to 9.
Mr, Kirkus mow :a that a vote of thanks be give, to.
Mr. Field, for his kind liberality in inviting and allowing
the children of the house to soo his panorama.

rapeat his motion
an amendment on the motion ot.
The motion was unanimously
ma tigiyea to.
that he would
Mr. Ledger re a notion of motion for that (tiy. fort_
night, that the'otHoo of bookkeeper and port€T• shall be
ocnoimittiirlia.iutsedicillaiyitnifloogrntaneviegpienirsztaiasioie.
Mr. Ledger. • . ,
This concludel the business,

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—
THE LOSS ON TILE LIVERPOOL AND
CROSBY LINE.
[rhom 017 Ft, OWN REVORTER.I,
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company was held
Manchester,
at noon, at the company's offices, Hunt's Bank,
Manchester, 11. W. Wickham, Esq., M.P., chairman of
the board of directors, presiding. , Amongst the directors
present were Mr. William Stuart, deputy Chairman, and
Mr. James name, of Liverpool.
The report, which has already been published, was
taken as read. The following paragraph, in the report
gave rise to a discussion strongly condemnatory of the
coarse pursued by the London and North Western
COmpany :—" The London and North-Western 'Rail-
way Company have brought bills into Parliament
for lines which will viable them to get to
Bradford, Wakefield, &c., and thus divert traffic which
is already sufficiently accommodated by your line of
railway. This procedure on their part is the/more to be
-dePrecated, us it follows upon the earnest and hearty
efforts of your directors to maintain the most friendly
relations with that company, and the avoidance, on their
part, ofeverything which could in any way be construed
as either Against the letter of any existing
as likely to interfere rith that friendly,-sr
so long existed between the two companies.
The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report
and:accounts;.said-: He was disappointed on this occasion,
that the report should contain -the recommenda-
tion of so small a dividend as at the
four per cent. only, but when they looked at the different
'charges which had been brought into the accounts durin,c
the half-year just ended, he thought they would sce:the,i
'the directors had acted with prudence. in making those
'charges, and so, on the present occasion, redacing s'fie
dividend. Many of those charges were exceptional, -and
would not, in all probability, influence frau; dividends
'The parliamentary expenses, and the increas'
consequence of the late competition, we
more particularly alluded ;to. The competition which
had existed, but which was now happily closed, had
prevented, amongst other things, the directors r
mending the dividend which they had anticipate- "
income efthe company 'during the past half

agreement, or
I)irit which has

rate of

cu charges in
!,re whyt he

'ecom -

Th©
r had

been slowly recovering from the pa
during=pie preiious year. As compared with the con
pending period of the previottS half-year, there was
decrease in the amount of passenger traffic ,to the extent
of £24,512, but an increase in the goods trdffic amounting
to £33,994, showing a nett increase in the half-year's
receipts of ..-C21,482 over the previous half-year. For the
first six weeks of the present half year the receipts
amounted to £23,662 in excess of those of the previous
half Year, and the amount of last week's traffic, which
had only that day been published, showed an increase of
£3,000, so that already they had a considerable increase
on the previous half year. The increase "in the expendi-
ture, during the past half year, was undoubtedly very
large, but a considerable portion of it was for parliamen-
tary expenses, which amounted •to £ll,OOO, and this,
with the sum paid for the renewal•of way, would account
for £21,000 out of the total increase of £29,000. With
regard to the proposed amalgamation with the East
Lancashire company, he regretted that they did not
obtain powers for it in the last session of parliament.
The two companies had, however, worked harmoniously
together, notwithstanding ; and, considering the half-
year they bad gone through, that was a very great
advantage. The directors were again applying to parlia-
ment for the amalgamation bill, and he confidently hoped
they would carry it. It would be an advantage to the
two companies, and—he said it fearlessly—it would be
equally an advantage to the public. Referring to the
proposed new brances to Dewsbury, and Wakefield, he
said the directors deeply regretted that they were com-
pelled to apply for them, but the conduct of the London
and North Western Company, in coming into their district,
had forced it upon them. After stating that the directors
had decided to expend £12,000 in the erection of a
new station at Wigan, he said that the shareholders had
every reason to look forward to the most satisfactory re-
sults for the future, and concluded by moving the adop-
tion of the report and accounts.
Mr. William Stuart, of Liverpool, deputy-chairman,
seconded the motion.
An animated discussion of nearly two hours followed,
in the course of which the expenditure and .accounts
were freely canvassed, and several shareholders.were
loud in their complaints, alleging that several items of
the yxpenditure were unjustifiable; and also that the

goods traffic was carried to; low, and: was unremnnerative

Mr. l3ruff said, he was alarmed at the enormous expen-
diture, and if it was to be permanent, the value of the
property would be seriously damaged. lie condemned
the conduct of the London .and North Western Railway
Company in attempting to come into their district. It
was altogether an unprovoked act, and he. would
support the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Company in resisting.it.
A shareholder, whose name we 'could not learn, occu-
pied the time of the meeting for a considerable period,

in finding fault with the entire manag
company. Re held in his hand a huge bu]
and was evidently listened to with impal

course of his remark

Mr. James Holme (director), of Liverpool, rose, and
said he would suggest to the hon. proprietor, that instead
of going into all those details he should write a pamphlet
on the subject. (Laughter.)
The Shareholder said, he had already written it, and
had it in his pocket. He then remarked that all railway
'companies that be had been in the habit of
said that they were quite puzzled by his w

addressing,

at matters. (Loud laughter.)
Mr. Stockdale, of Bolton, complained that the express
train from Liverpool to Manchester was frequently
started from Liverpool and travelled the whole of the
journey with one passenger, and why that train
was kept on was to him a mystery. The
chairman had said the directors were going to expend
-£12,000 in the erection of a station at Wigan. In his

opinion £2,000 would be sufficient to expendon a station
in such a place. There was another question which
he should like to ask, seeing that Mr. Stuart, of Liver-
pool, was present. He was present on a former occasion
'when a gentleman took up the question of the Liverpool,
Crosby, and Southport line. Now, on that occasion Mr.
Stuart stated that the traffic on the Liverpool and South-
port line paid the 31 per cent. which was guaranteed to
the shareholders of that company at the time of the
amalgamation.

As far.as. my

Mi. Stuart : I said nothing of the kind. -
knowledge, I believe it; is paying itself, but our directors
do not know exactly.

The Chairman said, that the objects in getting possession
of that line were of a twofold character. They wished
to. get it into their hands, so that no other entrance into
,Ltvervool, from Southport, should be obtained. At. the
:time, it was contemplated to get a shore line into Liver-
pool, and it was therefore thought wise on their part to
get hold of the line even if it did not pay.
Mr. Stockdale repeated that, at a former meeting, it
was stated in the room that the traffic on the line did pay
per cent., and he (Mr. Stockdale) was happy to hear
it, but afterwards he heard Mr. Cawkwell make a
different statement in a committee -of the House of
Commons, to the effect, that after they
_had paid all

their expenbes in connection with the Liverpool and
Southport traffic, they had only £2,000 with which to
pay. the 31 per cent. Now, if that were so, how could the
original proprietors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway Company be surprised to receive only four per
,cent ?

said, that the express

The Chairman, in his reply
-train between Liverpool and Manch
in consequence of the London and Nor
pany having one. That train, yesterday, conveyed 30
First. class and 12 second class passengers_ from Liverpool.
'Therefore, it was not so bad.

er was necessary,
LZi 'Western Com-

The .report and accounts were then adopted, and a
dividend in 'accordance with the report was declared.
A motion by Mr. Pockin to adopt the .scheme of rail-
'way management propounded by Mr. Wrigley, was
uegatived by 28 to 38.
The retiring. directors and other officers _ha
elected, the proceedings closed-

rig been

•SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
A fele pickings by a friencl ofthe Man in the J 1 On.
Mr. George Dawson has arriv.ed at Middleham, from
Ilambleton, and brings a string of seven horses.
Agnes is doing .good work, and siook.s remarkably welt
Tiorraton goes very free and whatever race .they
want him for he will be very dangerous.
runstall ,Maid
looks magnificent, if she only trains on she will be • just
good enough. to win the Great Metropolitan Stakes,
Underhand. and Marsoillaise go like rue horses, but with
respect to Underhand you must look oat for Min.'
At Ilsley Mr. Joseph Dawson has a two,—

ear-old 7-
ry powerful looking
-t
Dengue],

may do a good air

bi the Fl

)utclunan, out of Vandeux din's darn
iu England,
I now come'
—4 I . must

e of the

d will do something this year
Mr. Dawson and J. Prince& st

Of Dawsoil:;

good

S untert

and looks well

inu goes like a race-1
doing wry good work

le 3.14n0l
nth 'look

- sunbeam, and
well, the, latter

having wieJi
work, lnd

crrilics, Xing

of thO Isles, I 2

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LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BETIORE It. MANSFIELD

.THE LoYR ADV,ENTERES,. )12 MISADVENTURES, OF
ANNIE EDWARDS AND JOHN LEWIS. —Annie Edwards is
a tidy, darkeyed, blackhaired, rosy-checked girl of 21,
or thereiboUts; and, more be token, she is altogether
handsome, in the ordinary acceptation of the term ; and
yet -Miss Annie Edwards was a bar-maid, whilom, at the
public-house of Mr. Fisher, Great Crosshall-street, corner
of Standish-street, but now resides at the beer-house
of Mr. Richard Harrison, Burlington-street. Such were
the particulars regarding. the aforesaid Miss Annie
Edwards, as collected yesterday, when she entered the
witness-box. On looking towards the dock, there stood
at the bar a round-faced good-looking youth, of about 20
years in this breathing, whose same was pronounced
John Lewis, and stated to be a steward of an Australian
packet ship, and the charge against him was by Annie
Edwards,. and, -as she stated, it was for threaten-
ing 'to take her life. The girl, on being • asked
what her corriplaint was, said, he 'wanted to.marry me,
bat I would not have him, and he threatened to take my
life. He did so before, after he came his last voyage
from Australia. Mr. Mansfield.: What did he do lately ?
He came on Monday night last to the `house, and brought
a dagger, with which he threatened to take myilife=or
:that he would use it on me. Prisoner:: Did you ever; hear me
.-EIA), I would take your life'? No, but others did. Pri-
soner : I deny it ;it is not true. You cannot bring
any one who will 'Say 'that I said so. Richard Harrison,
the owner of the beer-house when the complainant lives,
said, the prisoner came to his house on Monday night
last, and pulled out a' dagger. He told the prisoner it
was an -unlawful 'weapon. He said it 'was to protect
himself. Prisoner : Did you hear me my I would use
it on the young woman ? No, I aid. not. Miss
Edwards : Why, I had 'to leave my place in conse-
quence of him. Prisoner No ; but don't you know

that you were going :to poison yotcrself about the
Complainant. No. That was berme you went to
Australia'. Prisoner: Den't you know you caused my
brother's death? No. He died of consumption. Prisoner :
Yes, but you caused that to be br6ught on him, and as
you caused his death, I suppose yogis now want to cause
mine, although I offered to marry. you. Mr. Mansfield :
Did she give you lunch encouragement ? Yes, a very
ndeed.
negation
Edwards

He then

It on to desc-ribe if,

faced . Annie