The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-12 00:00:00

FOOTPATHS,

Complaints were made about several of the footpaths
being considerably out of repair, when the surveyor in—
formed the board that the repairs could not be executed at.
present, on account of the scarcity of cinders to lay down~
on the paths ; but, as soon as a sufficient quantity could be
procured, the repairs would be proceeded with.

LORD SALISBURY .8
CLAD

Mr. PICTON rose and said that he wished to make a
few remarks relative to certain statements made in one of
the Liverpool papers, accusing the board of exercising
great secrecy in their proceedings with reference to the
case of Lord Salisbury's claim of the waste land in the
There had also been some remarks in the same
ative to their exclusion of the reporter, at the
when the board were consulting, on the subject. He
wished to observe, in the presence of the reporters, that
the board had no desire whatever to conceal any portion.
of their proceedings; but where a question of title was
involved, which was an investigation of a very delicate
they thought it would be prejudicial to the public
if the whole of their discussions were made known
le matter had become properly matured. The in-
of the ratepayers were seriously involved in the
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the ratepayers if they caused the proceedings to be pub-
lished in a premature stage. He thought it right to
make these observations, after what had taken place, that
the public might be convinced of the board having no
desire to conceal any of their proceedings, except in those
cases where it was not prudent to do so until the whole
of their plans were completed.
The CITAIRMAN coincided in the observations made by
Mr. Picton.

Mr. DAVIS did not think the question interfered so,
much with the ratepayers as it did with private indivi-
duals. It was simply a matter of right between the Lord
of the Manor and his tenants. What benefit could the
ratepayers derive from the settlement of the question ?
Mr. PICTON said the ratepayers were materially in-
terested, for Lord Salisbury claimed every scrap of waste
land between the hedge and the high-road. The Board.
of Commissioners did not think he was entitled to it, awl
they were making an inquiry, by procuring the opinionof
counsel and other evidence necessary, in order to find out
whether Lord Salisbury possessed this right or not. He
wished to know if Mr. Davis intended at this time to
advocate the interest of Lord Salisbury.
Mr. Dlvrs said he wished to advocate no interest but
that of the ratepayers. He wished to notice that they had
turned a sewer into Lord Salisbury's ditch, and that
had caused him to look after his own interest in this
matter. Mr. Davis thought his lordship was justified in
what he had done; for he had done no more than other
gentlemen belonging to that Board had done. He had
only taken that ground which was opposite his own land.
Mr. PICTON said—l have taken some land, but what I
took I paid for. This is the very thing we are contending
about. Lord Salisbury wants to take the land without

'Mr: DAVIS said, if Lord Salisbury had done wrong,
then the parties whom he had injured ought to make him
suffer for it.

Mr. PICTON replied that the public had suffered by Lord
Salisbury's proceedings; and it was the duty of the public
to inquire into the matter. The Board of Commissioners.
were empowered to act on behalf of the public, and there-
fore it was their duty to investigate the business.
Mr. CIIA.FFER : I beg to ask Mr. Davis whether
or Mr. Picton did anything, when we enclosed certain_
portions of land, without the permission of this Board ?
We submitted a plan to the Board; and, after having ob-
tained their sanction, we acted with their authority. Lord_
Salisbury should have done the same, and then there
would have been no necessity for his tenant, Mr. Davis,
to step forward this evening to advocate his interest. The
advocacy is premature, until the subject has been fully
investigated.
The CHAIRMAN considered that this discussion ought
never to have taken place, as it was altogether too prema-
ture. The beard ought to feel obliged to Mr. Picton for
bringing the matter forward in the way he had done, an&
he hoped the reporters present would give Mr. Picton
credit for having done so.
The discussion concluded by Mr. Davis bringing forward
a motion, that the surveyor be instructed to confer with
the surveyor of Lord Salisbury as to the probability of
forming a road without prejudice to the public.
No seconder appeared, and the motion was not put by
the chairman.

This terminated the proceedings.

DEPARTURE OF VIE PAMPERO.—The South American
and General Steam Navigation Company's new paddle-
steamer Pampero, Captain G. H. Haram, started at two,
o'clock on Sunday afternoon for the Brazils and River
Plate, with fifty passengers, £20,000 in specie, a full.
cargo, and the heaviest mail ever dispatched from this
port for those places.
THE GOLDEN ERA.—At the Police-court, on Wednes-
day, Captain Peat, late of the Golden Era, which through.
his alleged negligence, put into Pernambuco damaged_
early in November, was charged under a warrant, by the
Board of Trade, with misdemeanour under the 6th sec. of
the 93rd chap., 13th and 14th Victorii, for imperilling the
ship and passengers by his misconduct. The case was
remanded for a week, Captain Peat being admitted Us
bail, himself in £7OO, and two sureties of £350 each.
EVERTOR TOWNSHIP ACCOUNTS.--A meeting of the
ratepayers of the township was held on Thursday, at the
Crescent School-room, William Henry-street, to receive
the report of the committee appointed to investigate the
accounts of the township. Mr. Councillor Nicholson pre-
sided. The meeting was numerously attended. Mr.
Councilor Woodruff proposed the adoption of the report.
He most emphatically denied the allegation that the com-
mittee was actuated by ill-will against Mr. Shaw. But it
became a matter of duty to see to the cause, when they
found the rates rise from Bd. to Is. 6d. in the pound. He
thought the business of the township had been grossly
mismanaged ; and that it had outgrown Mr. Shaw's Ma--
nagement. The report set forth, at much length, that the
books of the township had been found in a most disgrace-
ful and slovenly state of confusion. After obtaining the
services of an accountant, it was found that Mr. Richard
Morley, collector, was surcharged with the large sum or
£369, which had been lost through negligence. At a sub-
sequent audit, the poor-law auditor certified an additional
sum of £56 14s. 10d., received by Mr. Morley, as not
accounted for. The report went on to state that Mr.
Morley, by the direction of the Poor-law Board, had
resigned. After again referring to the total want of sys-
tem and the mismanagement, the report dwelt somewhat
at length upon Mr. Shaw not holding himself responsible
for the money received by his clerk, Mr. Slater, to whom
he was supposed to give £lOO a year of the £220 he him-
self received. The report concluded by re-stating the
Correspondence of that person on the subject. —Mr. Foster
seconded the adoption of the report.—Mr. Came thought
the vestry and the ratepayers themselves were to blame
for the state of things complained of.—Mr. Walker moved
as an amendment, that the report be not received ; and
eulogised, in the highest terms, Mr. Shaw's conduct-
In conclusion, he said Mr. Shaw was prepared to give
security for the collection of the rates, if the township-
gave him a sufficient staff of collectors. After a noisy
discussion, the report was adopted. A memorial to the
Poor-law Board, praying that the suggestions of the
report might be adopted, was then agreed to, after which
the meeting separated.
A FARMER'S CREDI7LITY.—On the 7th of last mouth,
as Peter Spencer, a farmer, residing in the parish of
Se,arisbrick, near Ormskirk, was standing near his own.
house, superintending some labourers employed by him,
he was accosted by a female of the gipsy tribe, and a con-
versation between both ensued. The woman (having
learned the fact from a servant whose fortune she had
been predicting, as has been since ascertained) told the
farmer that he had,.£72 in his pocket, wrapped in brown.
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paper, and succeeded in persuading him that, if he would
entrust the money in her
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the purpose of imparting to it some portion of a mysterious
power which she possessed, and imply obeyed in-
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money would double itself, in six quadruple itself, and
that this process of reproduction should operate to his
rifiy.fint.n.ge till be became the richest man in the county..

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