The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

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the county if they did not select a gentleman more
intimately acquainted with it than Mr. Pollock. The
Chairman bad alluded to his appointment being with the
Secretary of State. Upon that he would say that if
they, who were not so appointed, were incompetent
to perform the duties of magistrates, they should at onl
leave the room, and the sooner they were done away
the better. He argued that from the manner in which the
country justices had hitherto performed their duties, it $O5
not actually necessary that the chairman should be a nil
brought up to the law. He concluded by expressing I'ls
regret that Sir Thomas Birch had declined to a(
office, and said that he should not vote for Mr
any other gentleman similarly situated

Pollock, °

141 r. Baiclay conceived that there could not be a norre
proper person to administer the law than one who had Taal.
the law his study, as then there would not be so mu"
stooping down from the bench to the attorney, and
him what was to be done in this or that matter. If Mil',

Pollock was chosen, it was his opinion that they wool,'
have the proper man in the proper place, ile was Tire that
if gentlemen looked at some of the recent absurd decisioll6
given by magistrates. they would see it was necessary t°
have a person well acquainted with the law to preside over
them.

Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., said there was ono view of 08
question he would wish to bring before the court, before
they proceeded with the election. He alluded to gentian
halding the position of county "court judges. He f''!l
agreed in all that had been said with regard to the ahi l 9
and high standing of Mr. Pollock, but he would ask, cid "
pot occur that sometimes where cases were heard in the
county courts, the appeal against the decision given WB5
heard Quarter Sessions?
Mr. 7'1;11/e : Such is not the case.
mr. ch.:ens?: All appeals, I can speak as belonging to 06r
profprofession,from'county courts are heard in the superb

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ght to know better than me. I W 1
Mr. llorsfall : f
courts.
not contest the point wlth
you; but in a recent act
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parliament, are not certain vzises under the mercantt
marine act beard in the county cou.'ts, and the decision 09
be Mr.
against at quarter session: ?
. Greene : I am not aware of the
cowers of the 111
cantile act, and therefore cannot say.
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The Chairman then asked if any gentleman any °ine
candidate to propose ? .4tef
After a pause, Mr. W. Browne suggested that the
from Sir Thomas Birch should again be read, observiit
that he had had a conversation with Sir Thomas on OLw
subject, and had pressed him, as far as decency would pet,
mit, but be still declined to accept the office. (The lette,
was accordingly read.)
Some conversation then took place, as to the probabilq
of Sir Thomas accepting the chairmanship, if he was Sti'
of being unanimously elected, when
Mr. Hodgson said, to save the time of the court, be
• would propose, as an amendment, that Sir Thomas IPcb
be the chairman. He attributed Sir Thomas's declinO:
to accept the situation to the meeting that had been (rot
atC
in St. George's-hall; because he did not choose to till,,,111;
to what might have been a defeat. However, he P.'
Hodgson) could not but believe that, upon mature reflect,
tion, he would accept the office, and perform the duties.
Mr. Rosson begged leave to second the amendment.
Mr. Earle : What is the use of wasting the time of „till
court by such a proposition, wheat it is known that Ire b 0
not accept the office. Sir Thomas told me himself th,lt I
should decline.
Mr. Thompson hoped that the magistrates would pre/el,'
upon Sir Thomas to accept the office, and perform tv

duties of chairman. tbe
Mr. Greene was making some further remarks upon do
meeting in St. George's-hall, which he assigned as
cause of Sir Thomas refusing to come forward, when tp
The Chairman said he was determined to put a stop
ed
the remarks, as they were quite irrelevant, and he 110 P
that the gentlemen wou,ldbe ing support the chair.
Mr. Tinne rose but met with cries of " opayt
spoke," he resumed his seat.

Mr. Rosson: I rice to make one remark.
The Chairman : You have already addressed the Tneetil
Mr. Rosson : Yes, but one word on the amendmtnt• 0,
had not intended, had not Sir Thomas Birch been 1:101
posed, to have said another word, or have taken any Po
in the proceedings, but, as I consider him the fittest One
for our chairman, I must say that I most cordially se'c°o
the amendment, and I will emphatically say this 7)0%1
reference to the private letter, but which I do not cons:
private—nor how could it be—but I will give that ,111/,11
every magistrate present, that, if you elect Mr Poll
respecting him in his profession as I do, you will be 141,
the foundation of a degrading and unconstitutional Pill,
cedent, which will be the first step to the general cent°
sation of the administration of justice. 1101
Mr. Earle: You might give your advice when you
asked for it.
Mr. Holt thought it a great waste of time to he v°til3ol
on a point that had been settled. Sir Thomas Birch ~eft
declined to accept the chairmanship of the sessions, t'of
the question was decided. Is any person prepared to
that Sir Thomas will accept the office?
Mr. Greene : Will any person say that Mr. Pollock di
accept it ?

Mr. Browne said he had argued with Sir Thomas'
had told him that, in all probability, he would be o°ol'll
unanimously (of course of that he could not be sure)
yet he declined.

The Chairman : If there are no other eandi
put the amendment.
The amendment was accordingly put; when sixteen ha
were held up in favour of it.

A Magistrate : flow many magistrates are there preseP
The Clerk : Twenty-six.
A Magistrate : We had better have the names talge4ol
The names were about to be taken, when Mr. 1-,itle
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said, that with the consent of his friends, he would toi
draw Mr. Pollock's name, although Sir Thomas hag
me. decidedly, that he would not accept the office. 660
Mr. Earle, as the seconder of the motion for the 69
of Mr. Pollock, was requested to give his sanction to all
it to be withdrawn. He said : Sir Thomas told 01641,
would not act. I came here to act straightforward, 11"
do not see why I should withdraw.

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Mr. Rosqon : He is in a very different position noll',o
Mr. Earle : Don't talk to me, sir. He is not 1
different position. I shall do no more in the matter. ,

After some other conversation, to
The Chairman put the amendment, which he declii
was unanimously adopted.
ryboo4
A deputation was then chosen to wait upon Sir --AP,.
Birch, and inform him of the result of the election.
the deputation had retired, most of the magistrates le
room.

THE PUBLIC BUSINESS
of the county was then proceeded with ; Mr. Vir•
taking the chair.
From the report of the Chief Constable, it appeareud
during the past three months there had been 2,203 Pe,.„00(,'
apprehended by the police, of whom 199 had been :le
matted for trial, 1,365 were summarily convicted, 78 b°'
out, out, and 561 discharged. 1,891 persons had been
etrl
mnned by the police, of whom 1,705 had been conci,,,,
136 dismissed, 50 did not appear, and 48 warrants 31
granted for the apprehension of the remainder. 00,
persons bad also been summoned by the parish author.'"
of whom 3 had been committed for trial, 2,103 cony%)
993 settled out of court, 231 dismissed, 43 did not nPrfil
and 42 warrants were granted for the apprehension °
others.
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The Bridge-master's report was adopted, and a 11;
was granted to Mr. John Owen, as keeper of the 11101
asylum for one year, and the license for Walton lu
asylum was transferred to Miss Eliza Squires.
This concluded the business, and the court adjourtieJi

GREAT LIBERALITY AT PRINCE'S P-

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES. 00
Sir,—Previously to this time the proprietors, by
of a small portion of the above park, have arrogate
themselves the exclusive privilege of a certain port°, 0
the water space during the frost. This they have dciti4i
breaking the ice, to the great annoyance and 41000
those who have availed themselves of the sport up°1)10(
ice during the frost. To my great surprise, I find, tod
information, that they have given up their real or Oa
right to the public, simply because the said territod oA
too circumscribed for the performance of tllt'irt9
evolutions upon the ice. Wonderful liberality 11)
Should they think proper, at any future time, to retlio
the exclusive principle, I promise them an introduc ti°et r
the subject to the mayor, where it will doubtless g
investigation.
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space, which might be used during the summer monitlytifo‘l
a space upon which to sail some of the most be3o01;)
models of sailing vessels that are very frequently 1.000,
the carpenters' apprentices; this is what is very
wanted. In the winter months it could be used for ;:i4,or
upon the ice, without the chance of any one being drh°,ltl
Parliament Fields is the site for such a purpose • ",;erei
pits in those fields have been recently filled up. 'l.""tioi'o
no place more suitable for such purposes. If yov
these remarks proper ones to be made, I shall be g
see them in an early publication. gf
A READER OF THE NORTHERN

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The lee Mr. Rovers's personal property is saki )
under £25,000. The pictures and books are possibli,
£40,000. In his later years Rogers lived on an $
from the bank. , Art

The writer of "Table Talk," in 'the Illustrate'a fled
contradicts the statement that Mr. Layard is writins4
work on Assyrian antiquities, and gives the felloorro old
of gossip !—The Prince of Wales " took the 01314
other day on a public occasion. The Prince %pelfl
attending Farraday's lectures. Prince Albert, it so I),a9rijsV
was unable to attend— the chair was vacant—it wor17:01
filled. The boy-Prince took the chair, and to the socl,
of many, behaved like other boys, with great v 3
and, of course, good sense.