The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL TANbAIII).

CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD A LOAN SOCIEVid—On
Tuesday, the secretary and treasurer of the North
Briton's Friendly Loan Society, appeared before Mr.
Rushton to prefer a charge against Jane Harvey, Stephen
Parkinson, and Roger Banks, for conspiring to obtain
money from the society by fraudulent means. It ap-
peared that the female prisoner had applied in the usual
way for the loan of £5 in the name of her husband, Geo.
Harvey. She gave the names Thomas Wood, salt weigher,
and Patrick Murphey, boarding-house keeper, 7, Hurst-
street, as her sureties. The society having agreed to lend
the money, she went to receive it, taking with her Stephen
Parkinson, who represented Patrick Murphy, and Roger
Banks passed as her husband, George Harvey. The bond
having been duly signed by these parties, some suspicions
arose, from the manner of the parties, that all was not
right, and subsequent inquiry proved that, with the ex-
ception of that of Woods, the signatures were false. The
parties were then taken into custody. Mr. Dowling said
it was but justice to Banks to state that it was through
him the conspiracy was discovered. After he had signed
the bond, and found exactly what was intended to be
done, he went to the office and told the ::“Lure of the
transaction. Parkinson, who is the steward of a vessel,
stated that he merely went at the request of the female
prisoner, who said it was only to get 4s. a week, which
she regularly received. She urged also that she had no
bread for herself or the children, and that induced her
to go. Mr. Rushton said, he presumed these loan so-
cieties were becoming so numerous, and their transactions
so great, it was necessary to guard against them, and he
should be obliged to commit the prisoners. Harvey said
there was no money drawn. Mr. Rushton.—lt is no
reason because you did not accomplish your end that you
should not be punished. Harvey.—There are many gets
it in the same way. Mr. Rushton.—Then that concludes
me to send you to trial.
INCLIJESTS.—On Tuesday, three inquests were held be-
fore the Borough Coroner. The first was on the body of
Mary Ann Foley, a child fourteen months old. Ann
Foley, the mother, who resides in New Bird-street, gave
the deceased, on Saturday afternoon last, a bone, with
some meat on it to pick ; and while the mother was look-
ing through the window the child coughed twice and ap-
peared to be choking. In about an hour after death
terminated its sufferings. Mr. John Leech, surgeon, who
made a post mortem examination, was of opinion that the
cause of death was suffocation, arising from a piece of
meat having impeded respiration. The second inquest
was held on the body of Hannah Kirk, 42 years of age, the
wife of a bookkeeper of that name, residing in Pleasant
Hill-streeet. On Saturday morning last, the deceased
lay upon the bed in a beastly state of intoxication, and on
the following morning she wrs found insensible, and died
about eleven o'clock, a.m. Mr. John Atcherley, surgeon,
was of opinion that death had been caused by apoplexy,
arising from excessive drinking. The third inquest was
on the body of John Roche, a lad eleven years of age,
who, whilst bathing on Sunday afternoon in one of the
Brickfield pits, near the canal, went beyond his depth and
was drowned. Verdicts in accordance with the evidence
were returned in the several cases. On Friday, an in-
quest was held upon the body of a pensioner, named
Jaines Thomas, who died on Thursday, in consequence of
fails he had received whilst in a state of intoxication. He
resided in Harrison's-buildings, Mann-street. Verdict—
Accidental Death. On Saturday two inquests were held.
The first was on the body of Francis Rowlandson, a child
three years of age, who was found lying in Green-street,
on Wednesday last, with a large bag resting on his head,
and blood flowing from his right ear. It appeared that
several flags were placed in a standing position against a
wall, and that, whilst several children were playing with
them, the deceased pulled one down, and thus caused his
own death. The coroner censured the practice of placing
flags in the manner described, and said they ought to be
laid one upon another in such a way as to obviate acci-
dents to children.—The second inquest was on the body
of John Pritchard, a young man, twenty-five years of
age, who, whilst bathing at the North Shore, went beyond
his depth, and was drowned. _

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SELECT VESTRY.—On Friday a special vestry was
held, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair. There was
a numerous attendance of the board. It was announced
that the Rev. S. Cragg, who had received an appointment
elsewhere, had tendered his resignation as chaplain, which
was necessarily accepted ; and a vote of thanks was unani-
mously passed to him, highly commendatory of his con-
duct during the time he had fulfilled the office of spiritual
instructor to those committed to his care, and expressive
of the regret of the vestry that the parish is about losing
his valuable services. It was agreed that the rectors
should recommend a fitting successor at the same
salary, £250 a-year.—Mr. Bright thought that some
reduction of the salary was desirable, and that the
services of a competent person might, perhaps, be ob-
tained for a less sum than that stated. The salaries of
chaplains in Union Workhouses were from about £6O to
£lOO a-year each. If, however, the rectors considered
the salary hitherto given not more than adequate, he
should assent to its continuance ; but it had struck him
that some young clergyman who had other resources
might accept of the office at a reduced stipend.—The Rev.
Rector Brooks said that the salaries paid to chaplains of
Union Workhouses was no criterion, a 3 they, in most in-
stances, had other sources of emolument, and might be
otherwise employed than in the workhouses; but in the
Liverpool Workhouse the sole and exclusive devotion of
thechaplain'sservices were required, and he had the spiritual
wants of 2,000 persons to attend to. That number would
probably be reduced by the removal of the schools to
Kirkdale Lbut still there would remain 1,100, and he
thought Mr. Cragg's salary should be continued to his
successor. The Rev. Gentleman then called the atten-
tion of the vestry to the subject of the appointment of
Superintendent and Matron to the Industrial Schools—to
which he had all along devoted the most anxious care. If
the experiment to be made failed, it would have no imita-
tors elsewhere ; if it succeeded, it would be followed all
over the kingdom ; would be most beneficial to the hum-
ble classes, and of incalculable good to all. One main in-
gredient was the appointment of a proper person to carry
prudent measures into operation, and taking all circum-
stances into account, he thought the most eligible class to
choose from would be clergymen of the Church of Eng-
land ; for independently of station, character, and attain-
ments that would be secured, the offices of superintendent
and chaplain might thus be combined, and the salary of
the latter be saved.—Mr. Bright thought that clergymen
were not contemplated by the vestry when the advertise •
ment was drawn up; and doubted if clergymen, with their
peculiar habits and training, were best qualified to inspect
and direct industrial pursuits. Only one clergyman (Dr.
Bell, of Clonmel) was amongst the candidates.—The Rev.
Rector still thought a clergyman more likely to unite all
the requisites than a number of any other body.—The
vestry then proceeded to inspect the several testimonials.
There were 70 applicants—all of them married. Of these
21 have been referred to a committee, who reported on
their claims yesterday ; and we believe it was determined
to re-advertise for candidates for these important ap-
pointments.—A memorial to the Lords of the Treasury,
for a reduction of the interest on the loan of £12,000
was then agreed to, and themeeting separated.