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
On Tuesday, there being the following members present,
'viz., Messrs. Muncaster, Swainson, Mayor, Green, A.
Henderson, Bright, Thornely, Ferguson, Groom, Mellor,
Scholfield, Molyneux, the Vestry Clerk, and Mr. Over-
seer Kilshaw, who occupied the chair.
e . w,
Were minutes and proceedings of the two last meetings
hour and confirmed, as were also those of the Work-
The4ilid Finance Committees.
Poor Lac% Mr. Clements with Mr. Tufnell, Assistant.
nieetin& w,. Commissioners, appeared before a special
on the 15th
°E the Select Vestry, summoned for the present
COs, litsith instant, when all the members were present
re.th_ro.nr Cla Mr. Rowland, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Bris-
CO; and „.r.
'3l Maynard. Mr. Tufnell stated that he had
arch the new building at Kirkdale, and Mr. Cul-
asila,,', the itect, produced plans of the arrangement
;I. 91e She
which Mr. Tufnell particularly ex-
plained seemingly to the satisfaction of all present. The
lilic.ertsefficient way of imparting instruction, he said, was
~:r4iSh the agency of masters, and not imparted by tuo-
Flings, andthat each class should consist of about forty
arranged on a iising platform, and taught sitting—
!tntult ;aster standing. He seemed to think it of the ut-
td ozportance tbat children should be divested of all
b idea of pauperism. He also said that the girls ought to
etiinosntructed by male teachers, who should he married,
iu.d that a woman oumht always to be present during the
every
Gantand atehbaototlh,esrueeshhopuelrdanbnes, a man and woman to
he said, could be best
o_btainefrom the Glasgow Normal Seminary. On the
t
Sub' of the appointment of superintendent, be gave
ofi
ZlB.l his °Pinion that he should have the superintendence
L.e whole establishment, but that a steward or clerk under
tin should have the management of the mechanical part.
Mm should Tufnell strongly recommended that the candidates
rpr the situation should be seen, and suggested thatbae
would meet
for that purpose should be appointed, and
ei,cl,,id Meet them on Tuesday next, in London and ac-
ra';',,i)any them to Norwood School and other establish-
offitls
_, a similar nature near London.
1 the ueoutation was accordingly appointed and consisted
144 . e Rev, Rectorßrooks,Mr. Houghton, and Mr.
—retnner es,
trr.bTei,tlianks of the Board were unanimously voted to
Uicated -Lnell for the valuable information he had commu-
,
I 6
eadi nibs Workhouse return it appeared that in the week
at the the 10th August, 1588 paupers were in the house,
in the tof 2s. lid. per head, amounting to £176 Is. sd. ;
at ancorresponding week las year, the number was 1565,
tlls 6 "Dense of Is. 81d. per head, amounting to
Per s,;
Hula, showin an increase of 23 paupers, 41d.
, The d X3I 155.31 d. in money.
last fr, r of case r:lieved out of doors, during the
duringiuieht
en„ the , was 6,502, at an expense of £729 12s. 4d. ;
a,,,,` 4:74e ts,,aine Period last year the cases were 6,584,
---I,' 12 3..ui1-, thereby exhibiting a decrease of 82 cases,
house-"e sick.rud• in money.
2,, utiderePort showed the number of persons in the
2 ‘r which illuiedical treatment on the 19th instant to be
stnall Pox ,aV be classed as follows, namely : 16 of fever ;
41
b°Ys ands.d.rirus measles ;10 lying-in-ward ; 3
men'sopthalmia
It
Tedhiecalllarod , sick nursery ;41 itch wards ;38
lock ward /7 gmal ward ;34 womens' ditto ; 12 womens'
Parts of the ''' °ld mess'
wards, and fourteen in other
kr x building —Total 222.
nrkhnus '•
• osa e minutes contained a return moved by
pearedin tl
meat "w• respecting the consumption of butchers'
Compare house during the first six months of this year
meat
was with the same period of 1843, by which it 81).
that the increase in the consumption of butchers'
upwards of 4,3001 b. more than last year, which
7naesdifeuallyoffiaccceorusn,ted for by the extra diet ordered by the
increased number of officers dieted in
othfe house, and thteheueeof
beef on eleven Sundays instead
whTohdeierdetiunrttihfeufretvheerr.zhorseewdetrheaitntthheenpuronplboerrtioolfl
pertoornks.
of rather more than 41 per cent. less than last year.
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THE ALLEGED MURDER OF CAPT. HALSEY,
DISCHARGE OF THE PRISONER, KENT.

In our last we gave particulars of the alleged murder of
'Captain E. L. Halsey, the, commander of the ship
Thomas Bennett, in the Bay of Biscay. The
to
informs
tions taken before Mr. Rushton, were forw
James Graham, with a view ofascertpario
ascertaining from
uroomet to
the law
officers of the crown whether the
liberated, or whether, if sent for tArinahanhselisehrotuoldthbeelatrtiteedr in this country or in America.. l .
question was deemed of essentia
that he should
Ame-
rican Consul here had formally
demanded States, upon the grounda
Importance, as the
tittsent for trial to
sailingthe Unifiedunder the American nag and
vessele was
-I,konththe high seas at the time of the occurrence.
"ednesda morning a reply was received from
Grahae_,T.ames
In, enclosing the opinion of the law officers; and
shortly after it had reached the hands of A .
tart
cheer gathered p etay correctlygentleman had an interview with the Lord Chief
40enoeeon the bench of the Crown Court, to whom he an-
nor the d the result. Neither the
0
hot th on of the law offisg,ahtheaummunication itself
esnrmtdeuhli
fro„ e Purport of both maY
gteed to
t.disclhn.arthedfireant
expected
Pria;ceeatZuet 't•taanndsinjruertiv awftoeurldthheairverebeeeinp
theta th , bin that e Lord Ch
Wed. at the pinionoof the law
might then be
.r
• -esdY . and that they intoonsideration.
(Mired t Inorning,
Kent c on
consideration_
f 0 take the bills against oiffiefeeßrsaranans
meantime been
Pared,u'r Manslaughter had in
that t,EO order that, if the opinion
in this country, t
should be prisoner might be tried
his trial. At elevenor
0,000.
_e rt.2_delay in putting him on_ter
the
should be to the effecthere
jatu ''' on Wednesday, however, after
abandoned an
t a...e,s Graham' letter, the bills were
t twelve o'clock
ttr,euu.inrY discharged ; and at half-pasthe
the receipt
df
the.
Police-court.
iyfr.llsoner, Kent
Con - ushtno the; the American
ezpaosttbraosukgehdt
whetherp th.ts'iti; (wb°
EIN, tie, Prisoner would be brought up that. '
.yettrettstthe following al-
-he had
was not in attendance) had beend informed
told thee senior clerk, replied in the affirmative
'telve ;31istil that l e should be brought up at half-past
riso-
ter inn etncic. RushtonAlr.' then addressed ti!e*Pns in
When the depositio
submit thseteerveutaken before me, I.told you that I shoulde
done so, a .i.ence to high official authorities.
the fact of it is
the borouc,ll -41!
h now my duty to discharge you.
From
ing been brtahne,,-ndY of the deceased Captain H hav-
I hay
of great r
quiry int ''- be in
jto institute a solem I
was take o the cause
ornecessaryh.death,
and since the evidence.,
"bin the •urisdiction of the caosreoynner.no_f
Were mn by roe, that .hissiryhas terminated. The jouiray. t°rY tO-eu
rnusstifi-
able
hes•c.iu to 1,
left th nateide."
~now that their verdict was one o
esnecivabilitv, and it must be
The oris ner was then dischargejd, and
e court a -. -13 dof spectators.
We u ' ceonapanted by a crow
pnillt__, stand that Captain Varnum has
been ap-
p place
of th:u, to the command of the Thomas Bennett in . .
on h'oaurerased captain—that a new crew has been shipptA
Charlestonthe vessel, and she sailed again on Friday for
Accintx,,----c,----- n n T sda a man,
Game t,„--- AT ,JEORGE'S rl_n e
u landingfrom
ntie 01,l'uwards, fell into the river, when
Pierhead,
bat,
theby`n oodside steamers, at the George's
of thelaZ.Prompt exertions of Mr. Chaffers,the master
li. 1., -ming-stage, he was got out without injury.
• 'IltA
of this exten-
sive fir, 1',4 8t Co.--In the advertisement
serted the
wotri 4,-1' in our last paper, we erroneously iont,i
itqtead caution " over the prices of their so h ng coats,
of
adopting
tLe name of
caution adverting to other parties
It'oe of their house.