The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD:

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Last week, as the servant man
of Mr. Wm. Forsbaw, of Tarleton•hall, Scarisbrick, was
returning from Liverpool market, where he had been with
a cart load of potatoes, he was met, about a mile from
Aintree race course, on the Ormskirk road, by two fel.•
lows, who, after demanding his money, seized hold of
him, and succeeded in taking from him six sovereigns,
with which they made off towards Liverpool. After a
few minutes' deliberation, he determined to follow them,
and tying his horse to the nearest gate, pursued and
nearly came up with them at the canal bridge, about half
a mile from the place where he was robbed, but he still
kept at a distance, unperceived by the robbers. When
they arrived at Walton, to the young man's great satis-
faction, he met with two policemen in the street. He
exclaimed, " these two men have robbed me of six sove-
reigns," when they were immediately taken into custody,
and both confessed their crime, and gave up the money,
which they had divided. On the following day they were
fully committed for trial. It is said that a subscription
will be got up in the neighbourhood, to reward the young
man for his perseverance and success in capturing the
robbers.

WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS.—At the
weekly meeting, on Tuesday, it was reported by the me-
dical officer of the fever-house, that, of the twenty pati-
ents left in the house the week before, eight had been dis-
charged cured, two had died, and that five new cases had
been admitted, leaving fifteen in the house. A letter
from the Poor Law Commissioners apprised the Board
that the Commissioners are now prepared to carry into
practice the enactment of the last session of parliament,
for the augmentation, out of the national treasury, of the
salaries of union medical officers, schoolmasters, and
schoolmistresses, and for the entire payment therefrom
of the salaries of district auditors. Another letter sanc-
tioned the proposed division of the township of West
Derby into two districts, for the purpose of affording me-
dical relief. It recommended the continuance of Mr.
Greatrix, for the municipal division, and the appointment
of another officer for the rural division. The commis-
sioners also assented to a proposed addition of £2O to the
last quarter's salary of Mr. Greatrex, in consideration of
his extra labours and expenses through that period. The
Board then proceeded to the election of four medical offi•
cers, at the salary of £BO a year each, for the four dis-
tricts into which the township of Toxteth-park has re-
cently been divided. After some discussion and divisions,
the choice fell upon the following gentlemen :—For the
first district—Mr. H. G. Harbord, by the castint, vote of
the chairman (Mr. Sheppard); second district—Mr. Gil-
mour, apothecary to the Liverpool Workhouse; tbird
district—Mr. Ewing Whittle, of the Northern Hospital;
fourth district—Mr. G. S. Deane, of the Northern
Hospital.

DOCK COMMITTEE, THIIRSDAY.—A report of the
working of fixed berths was submitted, but as it was con-
sidered in some respects not complete, it was referred
back to the Harbour-master's sub-committee, to be made
up for six months only. A specimen of lanterns proposed
to be used in ships for the general docks was submitted
and approved of. The Chairman said he wished it to be
again understood that he had no responsibility in granting
the use of these lights. Mr. Tobin : I wish it to be un-
derstood I disapprove of them altogether. The Chairman :
I will be much surprised if you do not find ships turned
into workshops.—A bye-law was proposed for the regula-
tion of master-porters in discharging ships, to the effect,
that no master- porter acting in pursuance of the Dock
Act, should undertake the receiving, weighing, and un-
loading of any vessel using the docks, &c., unless nomi-
nated by the owner or consignee entitled to the largest
proportion. That in case no such application' be made
within 48 hours from the reporting of any vessel, it shall
be lawful for the application to be made by the owners or
consignees of such vessel. After a short discussion, it
was proposed by Mr. Bold, seconded by Mr. Rankin, that
the time should be limited to 24 hours. Upon a division,
the original proposition was carried : Messrs. Bold, Ken-
dal, Locket, Saunders, and Rankin being the parties who
voted against it.—A letter from the master tradesmen in
the block and pump making business, complaining that
Mr. Drury, clerk in the Dock Office, was a partner with
Mr. Catterall—that when booking vessels for the Graving
Docks he was in the habit of presenting his card of busi-
ness to the captains of vessels, and that the memorialists
suffered materially in business therefrom.—The Chairman
said it was a very serious charge, and must be inquired
into by the sub-committee, to whom the letter was refer-
red.—A letter from the Rev. E. Hull, complaining that
Thomas Howard, a workman at the north docks, had
taken hold of his arm and pushed him out of the new dock
works, was referred to the Committee of Works. Mr.
Hartley said the man had only done his duty. A strong,
rough fellow was placed at the gate in question, in order
to keep parties out. It was a private entrance, and no
person had a right to go through it. If Mr. Hull had
gone to the right gate, he would have been received with
courtesy, but if he or any other person had gained admis-
sion through that gate, the man would have been dis-
charged. _ . .. .

SELECT VESTRY.—At the meeting, on Tuesday, the
chairman (Rector Campbell) expressed his belief that it
would be unnecessary to read the letters which had passed
between the board and the Poor-law commissioners, rela-
tive to the new parish-offices. It would be sufficient to
say, that they (the commissioners) had communicated
with the Building Committee, that the thing was now in
a fair train, and that the new offices would be immediately
commenced. The resolution passed by the magistrates at
their meeting held on Monday week, and inserted in our
last, having been read, Mr. Thornely, in moving that it
be recorded on the minutes, made a long address. He
said that although many unpleasant things had arisen dur-
ing the controversy, he was persuaded it would end in
good—that each party would see their proper position,
and that such an event was not likely to occur again.
There was a great deal, as Mr. Rushton had said, of paro-
chial business to be administered in Liverpool. It was in
every way desirable, therefore, that the board should have
the co-operation of the magistrates in the transaction of
that business; and now that they had come to a fair un-
derstanding with regard to their relative positions, he
hoped, from this time forward, that they would have a
good understanding, and have the co-operation of the ma-
gistrates in all parochial business, whether it came from
the Workhouse or from the Select Vestry. Mr. Fergu-
son seconded the motion, and begged to say one word on
the subject. The statement he made, and which he
thought it his duty to make, at the last meeting, as to the
circumstances which had induced the Workhouse Com-
mittee to adopt the resolution relative to the police cases,
he made with very great care. He avoided everything of
a severe nature. He might have said a deal more than he
did, but he avoided giving offence to any one. Subse-
quently, however, owing to some remark made by a gen-
tleman at the board, he was induced, on the spur of the
moment, to say something which might have been as well
avoided ; for though he should speak the truth, it was not
always prudent to speak it. He had never said anything
derogatory to the magistrates of the borough ; and now,
he trusted, things would go on more peaceably, and more
in accordance with the duties of the board than had
hitherto been the case. He seconded the motion. The
motion was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Hand deried
the truth of a paragraph which appeared in the Mercury,
and which charged him with having taken Mr. Horn, re-
gistrar of births, to vote in Abercromby Ward, and the
Mercury has since made an abject apology for the shame-
ful charge, more shameful because the charge was reiter-
ated after a previous similar insinuation had been denied.

CORRESPONDENCE.

ON THE SANITARY CONDITION OF SOME
PARTS OF LIVERPOOL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.