The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-14 00:00:00

TOE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LOCAL MEETINGS.

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—TiIe usual
weekly meeting of this board took place on Wednesday,
Mr. Sheppard filled the chair. From the weekly report
of the Fever Hospital, it appeared there were in the house
last week, 94; admitted during the week, 16; dismissed,
cured, 26 ; died, 7 ; remaining in the house, 77. It ap-
peared from the weekly reports, that in No. 3, or Crosby
district, the number of cases relieved were 71, at a cost of
£l3 lls. 9d. ; in No. 2, or West Derby, they were 557,
at a cost of .£'B2 9s. 4d. •, and in No. 1, or Toxteth-park,
1139, at a cost of £136 9s. 3d. The number of inmates
at present in the Workhouse was 489. A resolution was
carried, recommending a salary of £lOO to Mr. W.
Hodgson, as a colleefor of poor rates. The Poor Law
Commissioners thought the salary ought not to exceed
£6O. The conduct of Mr Whittle, one of the surgeons
for the township of West Derby, was investigated, relative
to a charge which had been made against him of giving
two patients what the board considered an extravagant
quantity of brandy. Mr. Whittle's explanation seemed
to be satisfactory to the board. The increase of Mr.
Whittle's salary next occupied the attention of the board,
but it was ultimately postponed until the next meeting.
It was resolved that the inmates of the Workhouse should
be regaled with roast bf,ef, plum pudding, &c., on
Christmas-day.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—At the usual monthly
meeting, on Tuesday, a motion was made for the addition
of Messrs. Hind, Potter, and Adamson to the Finance
Committee. This Mr. Hieklin said he regarded as a mo-
tion of want of confidence, and he moved an amendment,
but the original motion was carried by a majority of seven
to five. Mr. Greene (the chairman of that committee),
Mr. Fox, and Mr. Bentham, then resigned their seats at
the committee. Mr. Potter said he would not attend if
their resignations were accepted ; in fact it would be a
gre at
inconvenience for him to attend for some months to
come. The receipts at the ferry from the 23d April to the
30th November last were £13,456, and for the same period
last year £14,989. The total expenditure was £9,842.
A good deal of conversation then took place about a deed
which had been entered into with the railway company,
on the subject of baskets of fruit and barrels of herrings
being carried across the river to Monks' Ferry, and by
which it was alleged £2OOO a-year had been lost to the
township. The chairman said the matter was in the
hands of the law-clerk, and they could not interfere with
the matter at present.—A motion was then made for the
discontinuance of the policemen on hoard the steam-boats,
but as it was thought those officers were very useful, the
motion was withdrawn.—The Incorporetion Committee
recommended the overseers to call a public meeting on
that subject.—Mr. Land moved that a special meeting of
the board be called to take steps to lay rates to the utmost
limit allowed by law, for the purpose of paying the bonded
debt, and also to take measures for obtaining the sanction
of the iatepayers to the proceeding. The motion was se-
conded by Mr. Thompson, and carried.
SELECT VESTRY.—At the usual fortnightly meeting, on
Tuesday, Rector Campbell presided. Mr. Parkinson was
told by the chairman that by the act of parliament he
was disqualified from taking his seat at the board. Mr.
Parkinson withdrew, after an ineffectual attempt to explain
the reasons of his non-attendance. It appeared that there
were three candidates for the chaplaincy of the workhouse,
viz., the Rev. Drummond Anderson, curate o fSt. Jude's
Rev. J. E. Barrows, incumbent of St. Matthew's, Stock-
port, and the Rev. E. D. Green, of Bridgewater. The
latter gentieman was not proposed. On a division, Mr.
Anderson was elected by a majority of 12 to 7 ; the two
rectors voted for Mr. Green, because they considered his
previous connection with a similar post of duty rendered
him more suitable for the present situation.—Mr. Ur-
quhart was elected a vestryman in the place of Mr. Par-
kinson.—Mr. Hart read the following apportionment of
the money granted by the Lords of the Treasury, for the
relief of the widows and orphans of the medical and other
officers, who died of fever caught in the discharge of their
duties :—Thos. Smith £3O, C. S. Rowland £9O, Inspector
Forsyth £65, Surgeon Ashcroft £7O, George Young £4O,
Surgeon Griffith £7O, Norton £4O, Yeoman £4O, Simpson
£4O, Bright £4O, John Wilcox, master of the Akbar, £5O,
Matthew Walker, superintendent of the Akhar £7O ;
John Hughes £2O, John Yates £3O, E. Rigby £45. For
the week ending the 4th December there were 5246 cases
relieved at the cost of £5Bl, and this, compared with the
same week in the previous year, showed an increase of
the:expense, and an_ ncrease of 485 in the num-
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ber of cases relieved. The Finance Committee reported
that the integrity cf Mr. James Sharpe, one of the re-
lieving-officers employed at the relieving-office in St.
Anne-street, was questionable, erasur3s having been made
in the books, and they suspended him, and recommended
his dismissal to the general board. It was reported that
there were 808 cases of sickness in the house, including
479 fever cases; this being a decrease of ten in the total
number of cases, and an increase of six in the fever cases.
The magistrates requested that the fever cases from the
borough gaol might be removed to the parochial fever
sheds, stating that policemen would be sent to take charge
of the sick prisoners, thereby relieving the parish of all
responsibility as to their safe custody. The vestry com-
plied with the request, upon the understanding that the
compliance should not be taken as a precedent, it being
extremely objectionable that the parish hospital should be
used as receptacles for prisoners in custody. The numer-
ous women of ill fame who are inmates of the:workhouse
were ordered to be employed in grinding wheat. It was
reported that there were 5,239 cases of sickness, including
3,043 fever cases, under treatment in different parts of the
town, being an increase of 183 in the total number of
cases, and of 87 in the fever cases since the 26th ult.
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—From the minutes of
the last meeting, it appeared that the new dock bill was
then iftibrhitteci,--and the various clauses discussed and ap-
proved of. It was ordered to be printed, and copies laid
before the trustees as soon as possible.—lt was ordered
that the residence on the Albert Dock pier-head should
be appropriated to the chief superintendent of the Albert
Dock warehouses, and the surveyor was instructed to re-
port as to a site for the residence of the dock master. In
reply to a question from Mr. Tobin, the Chairman said
the dock master was still unable to attend to his duties.—
A letter was read from Messrs.:Hardman and Co., re-
questing an interview with the committee, relative to the
classification of sugars at the Albert Dock. It appeared
that the Ursula, from Calcutta, arrived with a cargo of
sugar consigned to Messrs. Hardman and Co. These
gentlemen allege that a portion of the sugar which was
placed in the Albert Dock warehouses was damaged by
salt water, and wish to make a claim upon the under-
writers for the amount of the loss they are likely to sus.
tain. In order to substantiate their claim upon the under-
writers, it is necessary to get a certificate from the officers
of the dock trust that the sugars are damaged. The offi-
cers, however, maintain that the sugars are only damp,
not damaged. Upon this subject it appears a long cor-
respondence and inquiry have taken place. The opinions
of brokers and others have been taken on both sides, and
different decisions given. The sugars have even been
subjected to chemical analysis, and the chemists disagree.
The warehouse sub-committee considered they had gone
far enough into the question, and, placing confidence in
their own servants, backed as they bed been by others,
declined to call in the aid of a London chemist, as they
were desired to do, to decide between the two chemists of
this town. Mr. Waldie, and Mr, Huson. Messrs. Hard-
man, Grey, Heap, and Crossfield were introduced, and
Mr. Hardman made a very long statement, during which
he commented on, and described as satisfactory Mr. WM-
die's chemical analysis. He also stated that Messrs.
Crossfield and Heap had attended to state that the sugar
was damaged, and that they would not purchase it on the
classification of the officers of the Dock Committee. The
gentlemen having retired, the Chairman said there had
not been a single new feature advanced. Mr. Mann said
this was the only complaint which had been made against
the classification of sugar by the Albert Dock servants,
except some months ago, when they were blamed for
being rather particular. t was then unanimously resolved
by the committee to confirm the opinion of the sub-com-
mittee and not to re-open the question. The harbour
masters' sub-committee recommended that the salary of
the master of the Queen's Dock should in future be £250.
This occasioned some discussion, and at length it was de
cided that the salary should remain as heretofore,at £3OO.
The appointment of dock-master was, upon this decisimi,
postponed.