The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-11-18 00:00:00

PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WEST DERBY UNIO97.—At the weekly meeting held
on Wednesday, the following guardians were present :
Mr. Roskell in the chair, also Messrs. Lunt, Brown,
Bunting, Edward Johnson, Alpass, Mountfield, Carter,
Miller, Abrahams, Shaw, Elias, John Jones, Pilkington,
Jeffries, James Jump Davies, John Birch, John Davies,
Smith, Tattersall, Craig, Bolshaw, and Sutton. Cheques
for out-door relief were given as follows :—Mr. Allen,
£75 ; Mr. Stain, £35 ; Mr. Potts, £lOO ; and Mr. Pear-
son, £2O. Joseph Bamber, a member of the Liverpool
police force, was elected porter at the Workhouse, at a
salary of £5O a-year, with house-rent, gas, and coals.
There, were thirty-four candidates. The salaries of Mr.
William Hodson and Mr. Thomas Barlow Musker, col-
lector of poor-rates, for the township of West Derby, were
raised from £lOO to £125 per annum respectively. A
memorial was presented from several of the inhabitants
of

le township of Litherland, complaining of an offen-
sive and dangerous nuisance arising from a deposit of
chemical waste at the entrance to Litherland-park, and
a committee was appointed to inspect the same, and take
the necessary steps for its removal. Mr. Tattersall again
brought before the board the subject of a nuisance arising
from an offensive ditch near to Prospect-vale, Fairfield,
and belonging to the Corporation of Liverpool, which he
stated to be in a very bad state, and was a source of great
annoyance to the inhabitants f that vicinity. The clerk
was desired to write to the Corporation Surveyor upon
the subject, and request his immediate attention to the
matter. The board broke up about three o'clock.

Docx COMMITTEE.-At the meeting on Thursday,
Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming were accepted as tenants
of the shed on the east side of Sefton-street, at the rent
of £lO5 a year.—The tenders of Cramshaw and Sons for
iron, and of A. and G. Holme for a shed on the north
pier of Bandon Basin, were accepted—. Mr. Roydon was
appointed a member of the Marine Sub-committee, in the
plac:. of Mr. Littledale.—Mr. R. Tvrer, master of the
Formby light-ship, reported that the captain, two mates,
and seventeen of the crew of the barque Elizabeth, which
was wrecked, took refuge on board the light-ship on the
sth instant.—Mr. Bold mentioned that he bad been in-
formed by one of the partners in the firm of Focke and
Boult, that fees had been received by some of the dock
vatemen. The solicitor was requested to write to Messrs.
Focke and Boult to give the name of the captain who had
paid the fees, and to furnish other evidence, in order to
lead to the detection of the men who had received the
bribes.—The number of delivery foremen at the Al-
bert Docks was ordered to be increased from 20 to 28, the
new men to have 245. per week.—The Sub-committee for
the office of Master Porters, &c., recommended that the
new bye-laws be adopted and carried out, subject only to
a satisfactory arrangement being made for ascertaining
with precision the hour at which each' vessel reports at the
Custom-house, as to which the solicitor is instructed to
communicate with the collector.—X3o were voted to the
St. Anne's Dispensary.—Mr. Evans complained that one
of the clerks had refused to give him some information as
to the Albert Dock warehouses, and on being informed
that a general rule had been passed by the committee to
prevent servants from giving information to individual
members, Mr. Evans threatened to resign bis seat at the
board if he could not obtain information from servants
under the controul of himself and others. This led to
considerable discussion, which was concluded by Mr.
Barber giving notice that at the next meeting he should
move that such a resolution, if one existed, should be
rescinded.

HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The first meeting since the
annual election was held on Thursday. Mr. Parker was
unanimously re-elected chairman, and Mr. Bennett
deputy-chairman. The following gentlemen were also
present :—Messrs. Atkinson. Fernihough, Tyrer, Lloyd,
Beckwith, J. Nicholson, Johnson, Chalmer, Dover,
Clayton, Henderson, Godfrey. Mr. Fernihough, sup-
ported by Mr. Bennett and Mr. Godfrey, recommended
that the general purposes sub-committee should be aban.
doned, and a finance sub-committee appointed in its place.
Mr. Johnson, Mr. Chalmer, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Beckwith,
Mr. Lloyd, and Mr. Dover, contended that the sub-
committee was absolutely necessary, as thereby the time
of the general committee was economised, and the busi-
ness done in a more efficient manner. After a short dis-
cussion, the motion was withdrawn, and the general
purposes sub-committee appointed as follows :—Messrs.
Picton, Beckwith, Nicholson, Lloyd, Langsdale, Clayton,
Chalmer, and Godfrey. The visitors of the baths were
then appointed as follows :—South end :Messrs. Beck-
with, Clayton, Picton, Lloyd, and Fernihough. North
end : Messrs. Atkinson, Chalmer, Henderson, Godfrey,
and Langsdale. Pier-head baths : Messrs. Godfrey,
Tyrer, Lloyd, Beckwith, and Langsdale. Parliamentary
sub-committee: Messrs. Parker, Bennett, Dover, John-
son, Beckwith, and Atkinson. Messrs. Langsdale and
Johnson were re-appointed on the joint sub-committee for
the collection of rates. The outstanding accounts sub-
committee was appointed as follows :—Messrs. Parker,
Bennett, Lloyd, Nicholson, Atkinson, and Beckwith.
Rates sub-committee : Messrs, Picton, Atkinson, God-
frey, Lloyd, Langsdale, Johnson, and Fernihough.
Adaptation of streets sub-committee : Messrs. Parker,
Bennett, Lloyd, Langsdale, and Dover. The medical
officer of health reported that little change had taken
place in the health of the town during the last three
weeks. Scarlatina still prevails as an epidemic ; but,
with this exception, the public health is in a satisfactory
state. The deaths in the borough during the last three
weeks have been 211, 212, and 222 respectively ; the ave-
rage weekly mortality of the same period of the preceding
four years having been 216. Of the 645 deaths during
the last three weeks, 454 have taken place in the parish,
and 191 in the extra-parochial wards.
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.—
The first meeting of the present session was held on
Thursday evening, in the board-room of the Collegiate
Institution, the Rev. Dr. Thom, vice-president, in the
chair. Nine new members were proposed, one honorary
member was elected, one ex-mayor and vice-president was
enrolled without election or entrance fee, and tno ordinary
members were elected. The donations to the library and
museum of the society were numerous and very valuable,
embracing the transactions of four learned societies, some
books presented by 'their respective authors, three by their
editors, one by the proprietor, and seven others by various
members. Of maps and prints there were some presented
by Charles Roach Smith, Esq., from his Collectenea An-
tigua ; one by Maclure, Macdonald, and Macgregor, of this
town ; and five by the Rev. J. P. Lee. M. A., Principal of
the Grammar School, Lancaster. The miscellaneous do-
nations included newspaper cuttings of antiquarian articles,
and a specimen of natural history. The articles exhibited
included an ancient volume, two stone drinking cups from
Jerusalem and the Black Sea, two jagged spears from
Africa, and one from Australia, an ancient and peculiar
fibula, several well-executed drawings of localities in
Cheshire, and ancient poll-books of Liverpool, with the
local fugitive literature of the time. In the miscellaneous
information the attention of the society was drawn to the
ancient custom of electing a mayor of Asses'-green, near
Rodney-street. It was explained that the liberty stones
marked the limits of freedom from tolls, not from civil ar-
rest, and examples were quoted of the fluctuating nature
of the population of the town. It was announced that,
with the concurrence of the Library and Museum Corn.
tnittee of the Town Council, the society's collection would
soon be laid out at the rooms of the Free Public Library
and Museum, adjoining Slater-street and Duke-street. A
letter was read from John Ireland Blackburne, Esq., of
Hale, suggesting that at least two meetings in each session
should be held during the day, and, the society cordially
approving, referred the details of the arrangement to the
council. An interesting paper was read by Joseph Mayer,
Esq., F. S. H., showing that King John and King William
111. in reality never visited Liverpool, but that the recent
visit of our present severeign was the first and only en-
trance of royalty to the borough.

SELECT VESTRY.—The ordinary meeting was held on
Tuesday, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chair, and
present, Archdeacon Brooks, ' with Messrs. Clarke,
Bradley, Shakeshaft, Wylie, Gardner, Wiggins, Pember-
ton, Denton, Mellor, Hughes, Sumners, Dover, Kitchen,
Fairhurst, Carne, Ireland, Willmer, Banner, Savage, and
Blain. The proceedings of the Workhouse Committee
showed that there were 2,406 persons in the house last
week, compared with 1,805 at the same period last
year. This week the number of inmates was 2,099,
compared with 1,775 last year. The minutes of the
Industrial Schools Committee contained a letter from
Mr. E.*B. Browne, the government inspector of schools,
in which he stated that the girls were deficient in mental
arithmetic ; and he also recommended that they should
be taught music by note. Mr. Earle had been appointed
chairman of the Building Committee. A communication
had been made with the Town Council as to supplying
water, and measures had also been taken to ascertain the
expense of . sinking wells. The committee had also
directed that estimates should be procured for building a
plunge bath in the boys' department. The proceedings
of the Cottage Rating Committee contained a series of
resOlutions and correspondence touching the conduct of

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two of the collectors, named Wilson and Cotten]. It
appeared that Wilson had called upon a Mrs. Noble for
rates, and threatened her with a distraint by a bailiff if
she did not pay five shillings, and :half-a-crown costs.
With some difficulty the woman raised the money among
her neighbours, and paid it to Wilson, who gave her a
cheque receipt in the usual way, and the person who was
with him signed a receipt on the back of the collector's
receipt, as G. Edwards, for the costs. It was subse-
quently ascertained by the committee that this receipt
was in the handwriting of Cottam, and he was pointed out
by Mrs. Noble as the person who signed the paper.
Wilson and Cottam at present stand suspended from their
office, and the committee have issued an order to the
collectors that in future they ere not to distrain without
their permission. The cost of maintaining the poor, in
and out of doors, for the years ending September, 1850,
and September, 1851, was as follows :—Total amount
expended in-doors for the year ending September, 1850,
£9,912 10. s. 9d. Total amount expended for the same
purpose in the year ending September. 1851, £10,680
Ils. 2d. Out-door relief, in money and kind, for the
year ending September, 1850, £34,628 14s. 3d. Total
amount expended for the same purpose, in the year end-
ing September, 1851, £30,899 2s. 10d. Total expense of
relief, in and out of doors, in 1850, £44,541 ls. sd. The
total in 1851, £41,549145. Comparing the year's expen-
diture of 1850 with 1851, in the aggregate outlay there is
a net decrease' on the latter period of £2,991 lls. Mr.
Peter B. Drinkwater was elected a vestryman, in place of
Mr. John Johnson, resigned, Mr. Gardner brought for-
ward a motion to correct a discourteous practice of which
he complained in the admission of vestrymen to the
Workhouse. His motion was to appoint every member of
the vestry a visitor to the house, with power to enter at
reasonable hours, and when he thought Pt so to do, and
also to report in the visitors' books any matter which he
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might consider requisite to enter. Ag;eeciTo