The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY PROCEEDINGS.

The usual fortnightly meeting of this board took place
" uesday there being the following members present,
Rend Messrs. Muncaster, Swainson, Mayor, Green, A.
Sl,son,_Bri.ht Thornelv, Ferguson, Groom, Mellor,
aoleir-ic—jaild,• Moly'neu, x, the 'Vestry Clerk, and Mr. Over-
The shave, who occupied the chair.
'were i.„`",mutes and proceedings of the two last meetingsr
house `au and confirmed, as were also those of the V% ork-
-11.1,0d Finance Committees.
Poo 7100 Mr. Clements with Mr. Tufnell, Assistant
'meet; 'jaw Commissioners, appeared before a special
on thjlg of the Select Vestry, summoned for the purpose
exco e 15th instant, when all the members were present
co -P„t M, r. Clay, Mr. Rowland, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Bris-
te' 41" Mr. Maynard. Mr. Tufnell stated that he had
ile through the new buildinr, at Kirkdale, and Mr. Cul-
of.atlv. the architect, produced plans of the arrangement
" schoolroomswhich Mr. Tufnell particularly ex-
mot
touevu2oerningly to the satisfaction of all present. The
throilerucient way of imparting instruction, he said, was
the,. g" the agency of masters, consist imparted by mo-
th`B, and that each class should of about forty
e ils, arranged on a using platform, and taught sitting—
It toaster standing. He seemed to think it of the ut-
jest importance tbat children should be divested of all
he
of pauperism. He also said that the girls ought to
tinstructed by male teachers, who should be married,
ut;`uat a woman ought always to be present during the
e 011, ant that
there should be a man and woman to
oterY infant school, such persons, he said, could be best
u„tained from the Glasgow Normal Seminary. On the
a; hijeset of the appointment of superintendent, he gave rt
the to opinion that he should have the superintendence of
hi whole establishment, but that a steward or clerk under
A? should have the management of the mechanical part.
for. Tufnell strongly recommended that the candidates
der the situation should be seen, and suggested that a
, Potation for that purpose should be appointed, and he
to(krnid Meet them on Tuesday next, in London, and
.ac-
tnOMY them to Norwood School and other establish-
TO °,f a similar nature near London.
of th: deputation was accordingly appointed and consisted
Brett-ill: ev, Rector Brooks, Mr. Houghton, and Mr.
MThe h'
„,thanks of the Board were unanimously voted to
ui tufnell for the valuable information be had commu-
e,ated.
etilp._ the Workhouse return it appeared that in the week
at tilug the 10th August, 1588 paupers were in the house,
la Thee cost of 2S. lid. per head, amounting to £176 is. sd. ;
at 54corresponding week las year, the number was 1565,
1a.% 6 expense of Is. 81d. per head, amounting to
l'e„,e e:lid•, showing an increase of 23 paupers, ,tld.
L.,:the 4, "d £3l 15s. 3id. in money.
74t. tor., j'Alaer of cases relieved out of doors,. during the
" girls
whores
uri des jesn
aurint `Qht, was 6,502, at an expense of 1/29 12s. 4d. ;
:V 44:749 ?gatt'o period last year the cases were 6,584,
7,-:-12. 38:8%, thereby exhibiting a decrease of 82 cases,
110„"e sick r "' in money.
o use Lind ePort showed the number of persons in the
422 er reed.
2 _ P which „__
~ teal treatment on the 19th instant to be
medic 1
vaMall po ja7 be classed as fo.llow.s, namdely 16 of fever
t boys a.,,, I, measles; 10 lying-in-war ; opthalmia
lock a ansick nursery ; 41 itch wards ; 38 men's
~..The Work h
• d surgical ward ; 34 w omens' ditto ; 12 w. omens'
building,—Total,
tnens' wards, and fourteen in other
lartB 9;rtdh
mr. Kilshaw° g.—Total, 222.
peti n minutesg t e
e containedonsumap
treturni o f movedbnt
c h e
rbsy,
meat in thec°tpar house during the first six months of this year
Peered Ted
with the same period of 1843, by which it ap-
t:neat at the increase in the consumption of butchers'
Was
w upwards of 4,3001 b more than last
as fully accounted for by . whi-h
year, ..
medical eneuxtra diet ordered by the
officers the increased
the house, and ' the use of beef mber of officers dieted in
Of pork. 'The return further on eleven Sundays instead
persons who died in theever showed that the number of
r house were in th
-of rather more than 41 per cent- less than
year.

THE ALLEGED MURDER OF CAPT. HALSEY,
DISCHARGE OF THE PRISONER, KENT.

In our last we gave particulars of the allegedrof mthuerdesrhoip
as Bennett, in the Bay f
T
Captain E. L. Halsey, e
the command
of Biscay. The informs_
werettai
rt.,
ionrgw
farrodme d
thtoe
ISa
wit.
James Graham, with a view of -
tions taken before Mr. Rushtoagnee
officers of the crown whether theprhiseo
snheoraoludghhte tor be
liberated, or whether, if sent for trial,
answer to the latter
in this country or in America.
question was deemed of essential iAmnportaneteh,satshteheshAomueld-
.l_l'l°44 Consul here had formally demanded
',_ lien, for trial to the United States, upon thefigaorouanndd that the vessel was sailing under the American
ee.
*an the high seas at the time of the occurrence. ,amOens
6ednesday morning a reply was received from Sir J "'ham, enclosing the opinion of the law 'cers ; and
Btt°rtlY after it had reached the handsofMr. Rushton,
et gentleman had an interview withrt ttohewhLoonardheehainef.
uo'uron on the bench of the.CrowneCou,
communication itself,
Aortlted the result. Neither the
has been made public ;
but the olunion of the law officeer
b lathered pretty orrectly
from
wPOrPort of both
have been discharged on
.
tlace,
tii,at transpired after their receipt.. Inc thedfirosrti
.rtieed ue grand jury would
rs was expected on
we: that the opinion of the law officem
tlip as', bin that the Lord Chief Baron intimated to
ight then be
.re-
914rencies.daY olorninrr. and that
Dtairjeledfor`o take thebbills againstth'eeynteianttitoimcoanshiedeenratpioren:
• manslaughter had in
.the meantime
ld be to the effect
iju order tbat, if the opinion b
that
4110144 Prisoner might be tried
his trial. At eleven
o'clock e no delay in putting him on
the receipt of Sir
sinouthis country, there
James gin Wednesday, however, after grand -"railarri's letter, the bills were abandoned and the
the priPtrY discharged ; and at half-aptastthetwelve o'clock
lir. ,Der, Kent, was brought up
Colutrahton thereupon asked whether the
%tit the(wh.o was not in attendance) had beend .2_.r.
Police-court
American
informed
.
till* thep_riPuer would be brought up thatt.vaey.. M
he had
twlylithe e:_n:or clerk, replied in the affirmative 7 o,ooneicul that he should be brought tier in n
the folio Mr. Rushton then addressedoath
muap ia
theat half-past
p riso -
ease "wing terms :
submit er
fac"t' a"
it
. ...e t,
don it
t e eviel'en before me, I.to
I have
" When thedepositions in
the flee to high official authorities.
kof the b's Id t I should
„,"'''' my duty to discharge you
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born oughts,ba . of
:1: ta e"n bh ' Coroner of
quiry into'thlemn in-
the deceased Captainifisey hay-
rne necessary to institute a soe .
it begs ithiu the jurisdiction of the
n 0
vry etshpaett
e eaUse
The jury
were me Y Ole, that inquiry has terminated.
tory to 4 °I. great
sola-
°f his death, and since theevidence
Able t, Y°ll to k
left tr,2micide." ahbiilitye,radniedt itw amsuostoebeofcoinastifi:
' court
we a , accom •
The prisoner was was then discharged, and
Pamed by a crowd of spectators.
/mote., ylerstand that Captain Varnum has bFen thel_to the comtnand of the Thomas Bennett in place.w ,
04 k
_ urqe a
6 c 1
captain that a new crew has been hil) a
tholastonthe vessel, and she sailed again on Friday for
A_
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batoceedrr AT GEORGE'S PIER.—On Tuesday, a man,
one of wt;rds, fell into the river, when landing from
bet, , the Woodside steamers, at the George's Pierhead,
t 4 „ o!,: the prompt exertions of Mr. Chaffers, the master
171. e landing -stage, he was got out without injury.
erne H)1r411 & Co._ was
the advertisement of this exten-
wolpfp. in our last paper, we erroneously inserted the
j0.,..‘2_ , coaution '' over the prices of their shop'ing coats,.;
tb,r4u f a caution adverting to other parties adop i g
uaitae of their laouse.