Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-21 00:00:00

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From the report of the master of the Workhouse, it
appeared that the number of paupers belonging to the
township last week was 331, sieee thea 13 haul beri
admitted, 18 dischargeJ, and 1 de ith, leaving this week
345.

Tie COFFINS.
On the motion of Mr. Bit tn, seconded b 7 Mr. R)bin-
son, it was agreod to accept the tender sent in by Mr.
J. B Cowley, of the Saw-mills, Scotland-road, fur the
supply of those articles.

THE CLERK'S APPOINTMENT.
The CHAIRMAN then read the f )110 xing letter from the
Poor L'tw Board, dated August the 19th, ant signed by
the SecrPtoryi:
I am directed by the Poor 1 aw Board to ackno oolcdgo the
receipt of your letter of the l4th instant, enclosing a copy
of a reso'ution passed by the Guardians of the Poor of the
"Coxfe h Park, in reference to the appointment of Mr. William
Cleaver as the Clerk of the township. I am directed to
state, that under the circumstances, and in deference to the
unanimous wish of the guardians, the Board will oiLr no
further objection to the appointment of Mr.. Cleaver to the
office in question. The Board request that the particulars
of the appointment may be communicated,
The CHtattmAN: Teat loiter is excoediagly satisfactory,
and I beg to congratulate you, sir, on the ceat;rmation of
your appoin' went.

THE RELIEVING OFFICERS.
The candidates seleetild by the sub committee, the B3ard
authorise to attend at the next meeting, for the purpose of
being Gamined as to their fitness for the situation. The
report of the sub-committee was adopted.

THE LAND COMMITTEE.
Oa the motion of Mr. Batten, second;A by MI% Alpas3.
the sub-committea asked for some additional powas to be
granted them.

Mr. JONES objected to it, as Mr. Pickup did also, on the
ground that it would be premefure to do so, until the site
for the workhouse should be selected.
The motion was adopted.
It was decided that the sub-committee and the guardians
should visit the Choriton and Mellock 'Cajon, prior to
deciding on the site for the workhouse.
Tnere bAng no other busine.s the Board adjourned.

THE PAW IN SWITZERLAND --Swifzirland contains 161
printing-offices. In the cantons of Uri ald Unterwalden,
one each :•Z tg, 2; Sett wytz, 4; Appeezell, Glaris, Bale-
Cimpagne, Turgan, G isens, and the Valais, 3 each ;
Schaffhausen, Lecerne, &here, and Tessino, 6 each ;
Neufchatel and Fribourg. 7 each ; Bale (city), 9; Vaud,
St. Gall, and Geneva, 11 each ; Arpin, 13 ; Berne and
Zurich, 21 each. Svvi:zerland, taking a'l the cantoes
together, has therefore one printing-office for each 16,000
inhabitants but the average varies very ceesiderably
when the cantons are taken separately. Bale (city) has
one for every 4,000; Geneva, one for every 5,000; Sehaff-
hausen, one fir every 6,000; Zarch, one tor every 11,000;
Berne, one for every 20,000; Lucerne, one for every
30,000 ; and the Grisons, one for every 50,000. The
smallest of these establishments have only one press, and
the largest s wersl hand-presses and two mechanical ones.
The whole of them together OJOSURI:3 annually one mil-
lion pounds of paper.
LOVE AND FEARFUL SUICIDR.--01 Saturday sen.,
long inquiry took place at the New Inn, Farnborough,
before the co.rener for Hinapihire, and a moat respectable
jury, on the bogy of a labourer, named Besboroogh, aged
eighteen, who came by his death in a dreadful manner.
It appeared that the deceased had been keeping company
with a young woman, named Yeoman, who is a year
younger. thae he was, and that they were mach attached
to each other. He was at her house on the previous
Thursday nigit, and the mother told the daughter she
would advise her not to allex him to come again, as she
was ra*.hir in ill-health. Toe deceased left her shout ten
minutes to ten, and walked straight to the South-Western
Railway, which was about 800 yards from the house. Ho
zent on the line, and, extraordinary as it may appear, he
stamped his feet down in order that he might stand more se-
care, and thus, with his back towards London, waited till
the mail train came along. The unfortunate man received
fearful injuries, which caused instant death. The jury,
after a long consultation, returned a verdict of "Tempo-
rary insanity." poop a more determined aßioide as
pew taken place,