WEST WARD UNION. The usual fortnightly meeting of the guardians of the West Ward Union was held in the Board-room of the old Workhouse, inn the village of Eamont, on Wednesday. MR. J. ATKINSON, of Winderwath, presided. The following guardians were present: MR. J.. JAMESON, REV. T. HOLME, MR. W. H. PARKIN, REV. W. BURTON, MR. J. LONGRIGG, MR. W. HUTCHINSON, MR. W. NOBLE, MR. W. SAVAGE, MR. T. BIRBECK, MR. J. IRVING, MR. J. MIDDLETON, MR. J. SERJEANT, MR. J. HODGSON, MR. FORSTER, MR. J. P. SHEPHERD (clerk), and MR. RICHARDSON (relieving officer.) THE VAGRANT WARD AND COST OF MAINTENANCE OF VAGRANTS AT SHAP. The Clerk said he had a communication from, and also had an interview with, MR. LUMB, LORD LONSDALE’s agent, who informed him that he was now in a position to give the guardians a site upon which to build a new vagrant ward at Shap at a less price than the one which had been previously names. – The Relieving Officer produced an account from Fell, who at present accommodated the vagrants. Previous to 9th of May, a shilling a head was charged for each individual; but after that date, two shillings a night was charged – the whole bill amounting to £6 8s. 6d. This subject gave rise to a long conversation, the unanimous opinion being that the charge was exorbitant, but still that the guardians had not only no option but to pay the demand, but that they were compelled to submit to the imposition until some other arrangement could be made. Eventually it was decided to provide a wooden shed for the temporary accommodation of vagrants until a new ward could be built, and a committee was appointed to select a site and procure an estimate of the probably cost. THE SITE FOR A NEW WORKHOUSE. MR. JAMESON announced that the negotiations with MR. COWPER for the purchase of the present site upon which to build a new workhouse were now at an end. He entered into a long explanation of the circumstances which had led to this, and said it was not at all owing to any misunderstanding between MR. COWPER and the Board, but simply to the obstinacy and exacting spirit of MR. McDOUGALL, who leased the farm buildings behind the old workhouse, and also the portion of land required to be enclosed to meet the conditions laid down by the Local Government Board before giving their sanction to the purchase. MR. McDOUGALL, notwithstanding new farm buildings, and vastly superior to the old ones, were to be erected for his accommodation, continued to decline signing the agreement for giving up the property which he held upon lease, unless a number of other things were granted him. Anxious to bring matters to a close, MR. COWPER continued to make concession after concession, but finding that all attempts to come to terms with his tenant were unavailing, he had commissioned him (MR. JAMESON) to announce to the guardians that the negotiations which had been going on for the purchase of the old workhouse, farm buildings, and land must now be considered to be at an end. This announcement elicited no remark. NOTICES OF MOTION. MR. W. H. PARKIN gave notice that at the meeting on the 8th July, he would move that the site for a new workhouse offered by MR. HUDSON, at Shap, be taken into consideration. MR. JAMESON gave notice that he should at the same time move a similar resolution with respect to the site which had been offered by LORD LONSDALE, situated in an enclosure on the road to Yanwath. This concluded the business before the Board.