Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-04 00:00:00

TOXTETH BOARD OF GUARDIANS

The usual weekly meeting of this Board was held
yesterday, in the Board-room, of the public offices, Park-
road. The Guardians present were —Thontas Urquhart,,
Esq., (chairman), Alexander Miller, John Moss, John
Wilson, William Johnson, Joseph Wilson, J. B, Hughes,
M. A. Johns, Samuel Siddely, Henry Leyland, William,
Ldyland, and John Rogers, Esqs.

The Guardians proceeded, to the relief of paupers.
The Report of Mr:. Gough, house governor of the
West Derby Workhouse, showed that the- number. of
inmates belonging to. Toxteth-park district was. 374.. A
cheque amounting to £1.20 was drawn for the relief of
out-door paupers.
A case prepared for counsel was read, the purport
of which was to consider whether the medical officers
had a right to continue their services after being noticed
by the clerk, or to, resign in accordance with, a resolution
passed by the Bnard. The ground on which the. officers
protested against the notice was that they had entered
upon a second year before receiving notice to. resign,
The Chai.rinita said, the question was, whether notice
could be given at any other time than, at the end of
the year.

Mr. Wilson, said., with all respect to. the. clerk, he
wished to know what was the duties of the clerk in the
natter. Fie saw in the specified duties that the clerk
was to attend to all orders and directions of the poor law
Board of Guardians. From that, he would say that it
was the duty of the clerk to, have made the medical
officers. acquainted with the reaolation an the day on.
which it was made.

The Chairman wished to. know. intr. Wilson had artot
motion to bring forward. _ _ _

The Clerk said, that even had he written to the
medical officers on the day on whioh the reslolution was
passed, it would not hare• reached them till the next day,
and consequently they would have commenced a, new
year.

Mr. Moss moved that the case for counsel me sent
up to London forthwith.
Mr. Rogers seconded the motion.

Mr. Hu-glies tnoved an amendment, that the case be
not sent up, but that the officers be contimmd as medical
officers, and he gave notice of motion to that effect for
that day week.
Mr. Moss said he was very glad that Mr. Hughes was
obliged to hold over his motion for a week. If any
circumstance could convince him that they were right as
a medical committee, in having the matter investigated,
it was what had come up before him that morning.
When the medical certificate were placed in his hands he
took occasion to ask the parties that the doctors
said they had visited, whether they had been
visited or not, and in no less than twelve
instances he found that Dr. Gilmour had certified
to have visited where he had never been at all.
He thought it a monstrous thine", that these men should
be paid a salary of £2OO a-year for work which they never
performed, but which was done by assistants at from £4O
to 150 a-year, Ile had made a charge against one
medical officer, but the others he would compliment for
the manner in which they had done their duty, especially
Mr. Barratt and Dr. Whittle. He had asked their
patients and had been informed that these gentlemen had
visited them upon all occasions. He thought it would,
therefore, be well to send the case to London forthwith,
and that the certificates be referred to the medical relief
committee for enquiry, and that the committee should
report upon the matter to the board.
Mr. Rogers seconded the motion, wl-,lch, upon being
Vat, was carried.
This ended the publie business,

THE LATEST NEWS.

AUSTRIA

TRIESTE, Wednesday.
Advices have been received from Corfu to 29th
January.

The 'lonian Parliament, after having unanl-
mously declared for union with Greece, passed 9
resolution to elect a parliamentary committee, for
the purpose of considering what further measure 9
should be taken.
Mr. Gladstone, in consequence, addressed
.9
message to the Parliament, stating that tbl
resolution was contrary to the constitution, en
advising that the committee beinerely empowerev..
to address a petition to the Queen of Great Britaill'

THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
CORFU, JaTY. 29,
The members of the lonian Parliament have
handed over to Mr. Gladstone the address of tl*7
committee to the Queen, with the request to 11
before the great powers their desire for union Wit
Greece.

TURKEY

CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 20.

According to advices received from Jassy, 5
political conspiracy, with a Russian tendency, ha 9
been discovered and frustrated.
The statement made by some French journals,
that the English Consul had protested, in an
interview with the Viceroy- of Egypt, against the
projected Suez canal, is false.

ME PARIS BOURSE,
PARIS, 'Feb:
I 17 p.m. ,The Bourse opened rather firm, Ull`
with very little doing, Rentes 68 35.
2 VI p.m. The speech of Her Majesty at the
opening of the English Parliament has producea
a fall, and Rentes are now 6& 34.

3 30. The Bourse closes very flat, and a further
fall of per Cent. has taken place. Rentes,
67 40 for Money, and 67 55 for Account. Foil!,
and a half per Cent, Rentes for money, 96 sv'
Bank Shares, 29f.