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. On the previous Wednesday, she took out the child, and placed it on the lobby of the house of Mr. John Smith, publican, Browtilow-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 I,rsoner that she had sent it to the Workhouse, upon which witness said that was right, as it would be better there then 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 said 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. EmtortarioN.--Etiglishrnen are usual!), unwilling to quit their fatherland, but they appear fast losing that honourable spirit of nationality. Thousands of Irish, Scotch, and English emigrants are pouring into the United States, a foreign country, subject to foreign laws, while a colony of their own empire, where the institutior4 of the mother country prevail unaltered.—where the soil is productive and labour receives its full reward, beet-Awe there is a' large demand for it, and where the climate is acknow-!edged to be the finest in the world, is overlooked. Weallude to Western Australia, so replete with natural sources of prosperity, which, are only delayed in their effects, by the inadequacy of the population to tarn 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 YrESETING —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 thtt date—he paying any expense incurred—was refused. By the Workhouse return, it ap-peered there were 1,618 peepers in the house, costing,. 2s Old per bead, amountingto £166 17s Id. In the cor-• resporehng week of last year there were 1,659 inmates, atan expense of Is ad per head. amounting to £127 17s 7d. showing a decrease of 41 in number, and an increase of61d. per head, and £3B 19s 6d, in money. The out door' expenditure for the fortnight' ending Bth instant was £773 6s Bd. which relieved 7,002 cases; for the comparative period of last year there were 6,691 cases relieved at an, expense of £744 17s, showing an increase of 311 cases,and £2B 9s Bd. in money.—There was a slight increase of fever cases in the house, but otherwise the health of the inmates was not materially altered. A letter was reads from the Poor Law Commissioners, confnming the regulations made by the vestry and Mr. Clements for the go-• vernment of the medical department. In another letter the Commissioners said they bad no power to sanction • the recent vote of the vestry of a retiring pension-of .c9o, per annum to Mr. Nightingall, the late surgeon. —Mr. Mellor and Mr.- Whitby were appointed members of the Committee in the department 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.