The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-06-15 00:00:00

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OMOTIONS IN THE LIVERPOOL POLICE FORCE.—On
aendalionof Captain Greig, the newly-appointed
table, the Watch Committee are reverting to the
itution of the Liverpool police force, as acted upon
the time Mr. Whitty had the control. One im-
t feature consists in ajudicious system of promotion
ibility, having a tendency to give the force
d: vitality. On Tuesday, as a first step to-
-organization, the following promotions were
—lnspectors to be superintendents :—Murphy,
er, Burton, Boyd, Brennan, James Macdonald.
lints to be inspectors :—Horne, Hough, Swaine,
son, (Ist) Creston, Haggarty, Scott, Kelsey, Has-
wart, Heyden, Wright. Byers, Morrow, Heaton,
Bul:ock, Macdonald, Marshal, Thompson, Wilson, Amos,
Cartmel. To be bridewell-keepers :—Sergeants Nl‘lnnes,
Alcock, Harper, Commelin, Tomlinson, (2d) and police-
constable 570 Blake. Some su't3ble observations having
been addressed to the men by the Chairman of the Watch
Committee, and by Captain Greig, they were dismissed to
their duties.

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HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.
—The eighth and last ordinary meeting of the session was
held on Thursday last, in the lecture-room of the Royal
Institution, at one o'clock ; the Rev. Dr. Thom, Vice-
President, in the chair. The attendance was very nume-
rous, especially of ladies and country members. The
room was hung round, and the tables covered, with arti-
cles, some just presented, or exhibited merely on the pre-
sent occasion, but most of them objects belonging perma-
nently to the society's collection. Mr. Thomas Dorning
Hibbert sent six letters of the period of James T, Charles
I, and Charles 11, all having reference to this part of the
country. The dates range from about 1606 to 1662, and
the documents give a curious insight into the manners of
the period. The following papers were read—Liverpool
Churches and Chapels, their destruction and removal or
alteration, with notices of Clergymen and Ministers, by
the Rev. Dr. Thom ; Notes on West Kirkby Church, by
James Middleton ,Esq. ; Suggestion respecting the Mounds
at Gausworth, in Cheshire, and communication respecting
the old House of Correction, Liverpool, by Richard
Brooke, Esq., F.S.A. It was announced that Mr. Mayer
invited the whole of the company to inspect his Egyntjan
Museum ; a special vote of thanks was therefore passed to
Mr. Mayer, and the usual one to the donors, exhibitors,
and authors of papers. The members and their friends
then adjourned to 8, Colquitt-street. The greatest satis-
faction was expressed with all the arrangements, and
many regretted that it was the last meeting of the session.
DOCK CONIMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Turner in the chair.—Several applications
for berths in the docks, to accommodate vessels employed
in particular trades, were referred to the Harbourmasters'
Committee.—The chairman said an application had been
made by a deputation from a committee of the Corn
Exchange, requesting the Dock Committee to grant them
the temporary use of a piece of land or a shed near
George's-dock, should they require it for the purpose of
carrying on their trade. It was agreed that every accom-
modation should be afforded to the corn trade under the
circumstances, and the matter was referred to the Har-
bourmasters' Committee and engineer, with that object.—
The chairman intimated that the next business was the
motion of which notice had been given by Mr. Evans; it
was to the effect that the resolution in reference to the
appointment of a successor to the treasurer be so far
rescinded as to require that the names of the several ap-
plicants be laid before the general committee ; and that
the Finance Committee should report as to the appli-
cation made by the present treasurer for superannuation,
and whether any such pension should be granted by the
dock estate. A long discussion took place on the ques-
tion whether the Finance Committee or the general com-
mittee should select a candidate, but ultimately Mr.
Evans agreed to withdraw his motion, and a modified one
was submitted by Mr. Tobin ; it was to the effect that the
resolution of the 13th of May last, in reference to the
appointment of a treasurer, be rescinded, and that the
Finance Committee report to the general committee on
the duties of the office, the salary that should be attached
to it, and the question of superannuation. This resolu-
tion met the views of the whole committee, and it was
adopted.—The financial business was then proceeded with.
WEST DERDY GUARDIANS.—At the weekly meeting,
on Wednesday, a long discussion took place respecting
the conduct of Mr. Tomkins, the relieving officer, who is
off duty from sickness. Mr. Alpass stated that during
the ten weeks before he was laid up with illness, Mr.
Tomkins had professed to expend £l6O 13s. on out-door
relief : whilst in the same length of time Mr. Croston
(temporary relieving officer for Mr. Tomkins) had only
expended £64 25., leaving a difference of nearly £lOO in
ten weeks. It was ultimately agreed that the assistant be
continued for six weeks at a salary of £2ss. a week, and
that no steps be taken at present with regard to Mr.
Tomkins. Mr. Alpass then moved that the guardians of
Toxteth-park be appointed a committee to ascertain the
reason of the great difference between the sum drawn by
Mr. Tomkins and that drawn by Mr. Croston. This was
agreed to.—Mr. Harrison submitted the report of the
visiting committee respecting Miss Berry, the schoolmis-
tress, having ill-used one of the scholars, named Mary
Burns, a girl under ten years of age. The matter had
been investigated, and site (the schoolmistress) had used
a cane, which was strictly enjoined not to be used. Mr.
Shaw argued in favour of the report of the case being sent
to the poor-law board, in London, with a request that they
would instruct Mr. Farnall, their commissioner, to
inquire into the matter on that day fortnight, and moved
a resolution to that effect, which was carried.—Mr. Har-
rison announced that the visiting committee had received
tenders for the building of the new hospital, and they
recommend that the tender of Messrs. Holme and Co.,
for £5,072 ss. 9d. (the lowest) be accepted. The board
agreed to the recommendation.—A minute of the building
committee, recommending that the quantity of the land
purchased for the site of the new hospital be offered to the
corporation of Liverpool at Gs. a yard, was carried, after
Mr. Tattersall had moved that it be sold at prime cost,
and Mr. Shaw had proposed that it be sold for 10a. a
yard. The board then adjourned.

HEATLYI COMMITTEE.—At the meeting, on Thursday,
Mr. Alderman Langsdale presided, and the following
members were also present :—Messrs. Godfrey, Beckwith,
Nicholson, Johnson, Lloyd, and Chalmer.—The number
of deaths in the week in the borough were reported to be
213 against 197 in the previous week, and an average of
204 in the corresponding week of the preceding four years.
The greater part of the mortality was owing to diseases of
the lungs, which caused 59 deaths against 49 in the week
previous. Measles had greatly increased, the deaths being
16 against 9in the previous week. A female, aged 66,
had died from excessive drinking, and an infant was smo-
thered accidentally by its mother, whilst she was in a state
of drunkenness. 142 of the deaths, or two-thirds were in
the parish, and 71, or one-third, in the extra-parochial
wards.—A letter was received from several inhabitants of
Soho-street, complaining of a nuisance from a bone ma-

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