The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1844-06-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

CHILD DESERTION.—A poor emaciated woman, named Moran, a widow, was on Tuesday charged, before Mr. Rushton with having deserted her child, a boy of only about three weeks old. It appears that she lived with her mother and sister in Milton-street, where she was delivered. tin the previous Wednesday, she took out the child, and placed it on the Libby of the house of Mr. John Smith, publ'can, Brownlow-hilt, who sent it to the Workhouse. The prisoner's sister said she missed the child, and on asking about it, was told by the pesoner that she had sent it to the Workhouse, upon which witness said  that was right, as it would be better there than they could do for it. The prisoner, she said, was very poor; she had nothing but what she got by sewing and it was very difficult to get any work. Mr. Rushton sold the witness had acted most improperly in abetting the prisoner to abandon her child. She ought to have advised her to apply for parish relief for its support. Had the child perished, they might both have been committed for murder. As it was the prisoner must be committed for trial. EbilGßATlON.—Eng:istimen ate usual•y unwilling to quit their fatherland, but they appear fast losing that honourable spirit of nationality. Thousands of Irish, Scotch, and Engl.sh emigrants are pouring into the United States, a foreig❑ country, subject to foreign. laws, while a colony of their own empire, where the institutions of the mother country prevail unaltered,—where the soil is productive and 1-•bour receives its full reward, because there is a large demand for it, and where the climate is acknowledged to be the finest in the world, is overlooked. We allude to Western Australia, so replete with natural sources of prosperity, which are only delayed in their effects, by the inadequacy of the population to turn them to due account. We are, however, glad to find that Mr. Alexander Andrews, of 14, New City Chambers, and Mr. J. W. Hodge, of 11, Warnford-court, London, have volunteered to give every information on the subject of this very eligible colony, and we hope that the public mind may soon by this means be fully disabused. SELECT VESTRY MEETING —At the fortnightly meeting, on Tuesday, the senior Churchwarden in the- chair, an application from Mr. John Taylor Crooke for leave to take a copy of the poor rate laid in November 1843, with the payments up to th.t date—he paying any expense incurred—was refused. By the Workhouse return, it appeared there were 1,618 paupers in the house, costing 2s 01-.1 per head, amounting to £166 17e Id. In the corresponding week of last year there were 1,639 inmates, at at expense of Is 61-,d per head, amounting to £127 as 7d. showing a decrease of 41 in number, and an increase of Gid. per head, and £3B 19s 6d in money. The out door expenditure for the fortnight ending Bth instant was £773 Gs Bd. which relieved 7,002 cases; for the compare five period of last year there were 6,691 cases relievetfat tut expense of £744 /7s, showing an increase of 341 cases, and £2B 9s Bd. in money.—There wag. a slight increase of fever cases in the house, but otherwise the health of the inmates was not materially altered. A letter was read from the Poor Law Commissioners, confirming the regulations made by the vestry and Mr. Clements for the government of the med,cal department. In another letter !he Commissioners said they had no power to sanction the recent vote of the vestry of a retiring pension of .c9a ter annum to Mr. Nightingall, the late surgeon.—Mr. Mellor and Mr. Whitby were appointed members of the  Con,mittee in the de,.artmeni. relating to illegitimate  children.—Mr. Gray reported that various sums had been received as reimbursement for the support of a lunatic female. One sum for this purpose (of £150) had been discovered in the hands of a gentleman near Latham. through the activity of Mr. Rowland, visiting officer of this town.—Adjourned to the 25th instant.