The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-03 00:00:00

that at a meeting held on the 28th February, in. 'conse-
quence of Mr. Lloyd having stated that the boo

an unsatisfactory state, a committee was appointed to
examine and report. On the 14th March they met, but
'id not present a written report, the chairman (Mr.
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Lloyd
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daily, and that the accounts were corr

if.r, reiterated the charges against

proposed an amendment to the effect that as the sub-com-
mittee appointed to investigate the parish books had not
presented a written report, the charzes could not be main-
- The minute of the 19th March. appointing the
[sttee, was also read, upon which

Mr. FISHER complained that rlr. Macauliffe an I other
persons had taken upon themselves to call a meeting at so
short a day as to render it impossible that any report could
to presented. He was satisfied with the explanation Mr.
Macauliffe had given relative to his extraordinary duties
as regarded himself, but not with the conduct of other

parties in ‘er.
Mr. RonsoN explained that he was appointed on the
first committee; they met on the Monday evening; their
body consisted of six members, two of whom were over-
. ---nnnently honorary members; the gentle-
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gentleman and himself. A violent a.
between Mr. Fisher and Mr. Macauliffe. ((Jr
amidst which Mr. fisher expressed his opinion

tercation took place

of chair,
should be reserved at a public meeting.) He contended nothing
that the report had emanated from an individual. It was
strange, too, that Mr. Macauliffe should summon the
committee when he did, because he was aware no report

had been drawn up; no report could have been drawn up.
it was impossible to examine the books in one hour, one
day, or one week ; the reason no report had been presented
was that there had not been time to prepare one. Mr.
Robson regretted that he had consented to serve on the
second committee—the final one, which reported that the
accounts were correct.

Mr. MACAULIFFE stated that he had summoned the
meeting by the instruction of the overseers, and further
observed that when Mr. Fisher and Mr. Robson left the
room it was his clear conviction that their inquiry had
terminated.
Mr. ROBSON replied, that he (Mr. M.) had never com-
municated with him, and it was impossible, from what
passed, that any report could be drawn up.

Mr. HARBORD wished to know by whose authority the
time had been limited, by the committee being sum-

rnoned ?

Mr. MACAULIFFE replied, by the overseers ; and upon
being required to mention names, said the gentleman wag
not present.—Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Short being present,
name was again demanded, when he said Appleby.
(Cries of " Oh, oh.")
Mr. LLOYD observed, that it was due to the overseers,
as well as the committee, that that committee should be
informed ; it had been done, and the books had been gone
into and reported upon ; he, therefore, thought the mat-
ter had better end.

The CHAIRMAN thought Mr. Macauliffe had courted
inquiry at the last meeting, by calling upon them to ap-
point a second committee.
Mr. HARBORD would ask whether that were a meeting
for the business of that important township, or to decide
upon matters of etiquette ? (Hear.) He hoped there
would be an end to party faction amongst them thence-
forward. There were some persons who, if they

straws

to appoint overseers, and also to elect poor law guardians,
and it should be remembered that their elections had for-
merly cost £5O or £6O. He would ask why they could
not agree there, and save this money, and thus disappoint
' 'dling fellows ?

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Mr. DoNALDsorf moved that the accounts be passed
This motion was seconded by Mr. W. B, JONES.

On a division, it was decided strongly to'recommend to
the magistrates the four following gentlemen as overseers
of the poor for the ensuing year :—Messrs. Thos. Lloyd,
William Fisher, Joseph Betteley, and H. S. Alpass. A
division took place between Mr. Fisher and Mr. John
Finch, but the former was carried.

Mr. WATSON (councillor) proposed that the poor law
committee should consist of the councillors and aldermen

of the wards, and a number of ratepayers

A long list of names was then proposed and carried

Mr. WATSON consi lered tl►at this committee should
meet once a week, with the object of devising means to
procure an equalization of the taxes, and he thought if
they went properly about the business, this committee
would be allowed to manage that business, which, though
at present controlled by the magistrates, came more imp
mediately within the province of such a committee as he
referred to. He was convinced that if they w,

~ent on ex-
cusing the small tenements, and saddling the whole of the
taxation on the occupiers of the more valuable property,
the latter class would soon desert the township ; and even
then there was an apathy observed by such persons in the
public business. People were determined to leave the
place, and therefore they declined to attend such meetings
as that, taking no interest in the proceedings. He was
opposed to giving out-deor relief: he would advise the
erection of sheds, in which to distribute relief in fond.
At the present prices of provisions, he would undertake
to feed the poor at a penny a day. By these means the
poor rate would be reduced from three shillings to one
slaing and sixpence or twenty pence. Mr. Watson also
referred to the cost of the removal of night soil, (£lO,OOO
per annum,) and suggested that this and the deposit of
the sewers should be collected, and conveyed into the
country, where it could be made to defray the cost of col-
lection and removal.

A vote of thanks was afterwards passed to the late over-
seers, when the CHAIRMAN took occasion to remark on
the valuable services of Mr. Appleby.
Mr. HARBORD paid a tribute to Mr. Lloyd, not only as
an overseer but as a councillor. He was ever ready, in
his place in the Council, to stand up for the interests of
the ward which he represented.
Mr. LLOYD responded. He considered he had not
done more than he was in duty bound, and that duty he
was prepared to discharge in future.
A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.

On Thursday last, Robert Quin, a prisoner in the
Borough Gaol, hanged himself in his cell.
SERIOUS MISTAKE IN IDENTITY.7OII Thursday
morning a man named Darnley, about thirty years of age,
whose dress exactly corresponded with the description of
the prisoner, Wilson, now in custody charged witu the
murders in Leveson-street, as given in the bills, excited
the suspicion of the superintendent of the Albert Docks,
in which he was employed as a day. labourer. The super-
intendent communicated his suspicions to Mr Dowling,
who immediately sent a policeman and bad him taken
through the streets to the police-office. The poor fellow
WAS so overwhelmed at the novelty and peril of his situa-
tion, that he could not at first give a clear account of him-
self, but it was at last discovered that he was not the man.
After his liberation he was so unwell that he could scarcely
attend to his work.