The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1876-09-23 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE TOWN C. ,lINCIL.  The Rev. Mr. Goss said he would like to bring forward what he considered a personal matter, althought it did not relate to himself as a member of the Board before them. It was within their knowledge that at a recent meeting of the Town Council certain remarks were made by one or two members of that highly houourable body reflecting somewhht on the conduct of the Board. He was sure that the membera would be unanimous in agreeing with him, that it was a most inconvenient thing that one public body should take upon themselves to discuss the business of another public body, and he would say nothing about the bad taste of some of the remarks that were made at the meeting of that body of wisdom. Perhaps the members of the Council would admit that in the present state of the town there were many important matters which demanded their consideration other than the business of the School Board. Certain remarks were made as to the lavish expenditure of the School Board, and one gentleman who had lately been advanced to some position in the town—a tribute of the people in fact—had gone so far as to insinuate against the Board that they had taken a certain step simply and solely on electioneering grounds. He (Mr. Goss) for one must distinctly repudiate any knowledge of such a transaction, and he thought it most unfortunate that Mr. Townson should have made the remark. The members of the corporation had a right to their own individual and personal opinions, but they had no right to discuss the affairs of the School Board as a corporation. Ceatainly they were the guardians of the ratepayers interests in money matters, but they were not the guardians of their interests in education, and it was the duty of the School Board to attend to these interests, and they could not allow such remarks to be made in the way in which they had been. He was not quite sure that it was not the fault of the mayor himself. (Laughter.) Mr. Se2neider : That is unkind. (Laughter.) lie VMS very sorry that Mr. Goss had blamed it on him, but it was not his fault. The fact was that the whole dismission arose from a (location that was put to him, and knowing that there was a considerable amount of feeling in the town, especially on the assertion which had been carried out at the present time, that they were raising a sevenpenny rate for one year. He thought it was his duty under the circumstances to defend those with whom he acted, whether they belonged to the Council or the School Board. The sevenpermy rate was not a rate for a year, but for nearly a year and a half, or in legal parlance it might be fifteen mouths. At all events their year ended on the 29th September, and they wanted £1,500 to to complete their expenditure up to the 29th September, 1877, and this should have been charged to the previous year. an th,+1f1.0... only ts ~te ur nvepeuce for the year. The Rev Mr Poth. rgill thought it would be best to ignore the remarks made by the members of the Council altogether, simply Lemma they had nothing whatever to do with the affairs of the School Board but to pass the precepts. The Rev Mr Hughes endorsed these remarks. This concluded the business of the Board.  Wm. DEWRANCE, of 4 and 5, Paxton Terrace, has the best stock of Ties, and Linen and Paper Collars in Town. Linen Collars every shape. Agent for Johnson Brothers Kirkdale Dye Works.—[Anvr.l ho Lainbeth police magistrate, after hearing evidence on Saturday in support of a charge against Robert Every, a constable of the P division, of having beaten a man on the head with hie truncheon and rattle, considered that an aggravated assault had been committed by a person whose duty it was to protect the public instead of using violence, and sentenced the defendant to two months' hard labour.  Oa Saturday, at the Liverpool county magistrates' court, a labourer, named Miller, was charged with attempting to murder his wife, at Garston, near Liverpool. On Thursday last the woman was discovered lying on the floor of their house, blseding profusely from a deep cut in the throat. Though conscious, she was unable to speak, and pointed to the pris.oner who was present, as the person who had committed the not.