The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-24 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL HUMANE SOCIETY.

The committee of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane
Society met on Tuesday and Wednesday, and passed the fol-
lowing resolutions :

A gold medal to Captain Clegg, for saving a number of the
passengers and crew of the William Huskissou (the highest
reward of the society,) and £lOO to be distributed by. him
amongst his officers and crew.
A gold medal to Captain Collins, of the Roscius, for saving
the crew of the Scotia.

Ten pounds to Captain Schabilling, of the Dutch galliot
Harmony, and £l5 to be divided amongst his crew, for saving
the crew of the Heath, on the 18th ultimo, off Tuskar, and
for his kind treatment till he landed them at the Isle of Man.
Ten pounds to the captain of the sloop John and Grace,
and 50s. to each of his crew, for taking the crew of the Eli-
zabeth from their boats, and bringing them to Liverpool. The
Elizabeth was from Liverpool to Trieste, and was run foul of
near Holyhead, and abandoned. The John and Grace was
bound to Dundalk, from Chester.
Two pounds to the master, and £1 to each of the crew of
the Hoylake Life-boat, for saving the crew of the Hector,
when she was sunk on West Hoyle.
Several sums were given to assist the passengers of the
Wm. Huskisson.
We understand that a resolution was passed to authorise
the payment of £lO to the Steam-tug Company, when any of
their boats go out to save life ; this, however, to be irrespec-
tive of any remuneration for services rendered ; the Steam-
tug Company engaging to take out a life-boat when advisable.

MEETING OF THE WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.

On Tuesday last;the usual weekly meeting of the Guardians
of the West Derby Union took place at the Board-room, in
the Poor-house, the principal object, pursuant to advertise-
ment, being to elect an auditor, at the salary of twenty
guineas per annum.
A very full meeting of the guardians was assembled.
The ordinary business having been disposed of,
Mr. WM. WINSTANLEY, the chairman, begged the atten-
tion of the guardians to the appointment of an auditor of the
accounts of the board.

Mr. JOHN SANDERS, clerk to the Union, read applications
from the following persons :—Mr. Rhind, the master of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Mr. Price Davis, Mr. J. F. Par-
ker, Mr. Joseph Pennell, Mr. P. Mitchell, Mr. Homer, and
lastly, Mr. Joseph Harding.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS wished to know how the board
intended to proceed as to the election. It was a matter of
material importance, whether any of the candidates for the
office were or were not the paid agents of the union. He
thought that the conduct of the board should be above all
suspicion ; and if the accounts of such a paid individual were
to be audited by himself, it appeared to him a perfect ab-
surdity to make such an appointment from the list of candi-
dates. He would, therefore, move, that no person who is
a paid officer by the union should be eligible to the situation
of auditor.
Mr. SANDERS stated that Mr. Pennell and Mr. Homer
were both paid officers of the union.
Mr. JOHN C. THOMPSON observed, that Mr. Homer was
merely a district registrar.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS would emphatically state, that
his question had been answered in the affirmative. He cared
nothing about the office the party might hold, but, he re-
peated, it involved a perfect absurdity to elect a person to
guarantee the correctness of his own charges and vouchers.
Mr. THOMPSON.—The accounts are such that never come
before the board.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS.—I care not for that. I object
to the principle. I do not consider the men, and am sorry
that their names have been given.
Mr. BIRCH agreed with the Rev. Rector Brooks, and re-
marked, that the reverend rector's objection must, in his
(Mr. Birch's) opinion, be fatal to the election of either of the
parties.

- Mr. WILSON required to know from Mr. Sanders, the
clerk to the board, whether, in his opinion, the parties- who
were named were eligible ?
Mr. SANDERS.—I will refer to the clause in the act.
The CHAIRMAN remarked, that, in his opinion, the poor.
law commissioners should be written to.
The Rev. Rector BROOKS would not consent to that. lie
had no notion of writing to the poor-law commissioners upon
every little matter which the guardians had the full power to
determine.

Mr. THOMPSON said he should move that Mr. Homer was
a fit and proper person to fill the office of auditor.
The motion was seconded.

The Rev. Rector BROOK7said, having referred to the books
handed to him by the chairman, it was quite clear that the
auditor must examine the accounts of the district registrar.
Mr. Homer held that appointment, and he should move an
amendment, in effect—that no paid officer of the union should
be appointed to fill the office of auditor.
The amendment having been put, and afterwards the origi-
nal motion, the former was declared to be carried. The ap-
plications of Mr. Pennell and Mr. Homer were then dismissed.
A long debate then ensued upon the fitness of the respec-
tive candidates. Ultimately, the votes were taken by ballot,
and Mr. Harding was duly elected.
A protest was afterwards read by Mr. Thompson against
the appointment, and he concluded by moving that it be re-
ceived.

Mr. SANDERS supported the motion.
An amendment, that the protest be ordered to lie on the
table, was proposed by Mr. Riley, and seconded by Mr.
Eccles.
The amendment was carried by a considerable majority,
and the guardians adjourned.