The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-03 00:00:00

entleman himself who

ave held the

[ccountabi e

'then prevailed au:prig*
t, and still more that

memher
of the council, to a verv,large and important section of his
colleanmes.who had delegated` fo'thein as a committee very
serfons and important duties. That, courtesy shonlitlilve
dictated the propriety 'of et Irds:i„an-ar.swey ; but as the
committee had been left Wiqielt rOeiiltkg an'y answer, they
,•• •
conclasions—one that
trictly inqUirett it o the

ould only

M r. Hodson hi

f havir

'l),,,ar investi9:ation

to shelter hinisellmtider

tiewhieh he said .11

1' giveiritot to divaige the
mes of the parties who hart cortimunica.ed to hint the
.clurstances. .He :thought Abbt ;-Mr. 'Hodson could be
ircely aware of the false position in which he had placed
himself b' the'itatemerit he haTuiride; atkl'?he course which
he now pursued in reference to it: He (Mr. 33rancke0
-slated at "the fast conneil that, iirespecthe of the'll66l
guilt, the giving of bribes was an indictible offence' (hear,
bear), and that thegivet; of ,biibes plight be taken before
the magistiateS:ati4. teed or inikiSoned as the case might
be. Did Mr. Hodson intend.tumake himself a party to the
00113111i€000 of sack an offence ? for he•::fftid posith6ly
d,entlied- that it had habitually and systithaticaVltaken
nhee; and that it was still being committed. Was he wil-
ling, amhe had stated that he was willing, that itshtrnld go
forth on the wings of the press that such a practice did
exist, and also t'

inference drawn by himelf 1114 the
watch committee was not deserving of the confidence of the
—was he witting that it likewise should'go forth that
member of the' council, sent there by ,his
constituents to look not only; atter the interest
of the Council,, but of the community at , large
admitted himself, laublidly, to be an' aceeis'arvl6 the lam
and before,th

council
hh

:t.; ,for he gtate-cl.that-,,the syltem c
hear)
=-grosS breaches Of tru

•••
Tvants of the oniincil,- and the habitual•-•
corn-
- -liftable offerfee, by Parties w4p,were known
Was he.wilting that that should
He could not conceive that If M.
,touson.naa WIJKUIt at the -=matter in that' ligbf, he 'woald
have placed himself in such' a positilti"tisthe nthestgOit; Vitt
that he would liavv. , gone- to the party, to whom he had
/111:iiself' not tOi'divplge ,the cireinnstamce., ,and en-
`''d of the pledge, and, failing in that, that
`'.E4 that if the system:Were con-

to him

r

(fear; heUr.l
the public.?

o befot

.tch

give
if his

and tha

he public ind

,ptaclelfot ch
golice force,

zeneral r

'es again

the.watch

15'9'01, henceforth

••• .• • ...aisou, • 1.u.. Lir, 1.11.1ty
them to the proper quarter,- and give the watch cgmpplillee
ihi'oppOrtunity of purging their"ofteers'`froit'ing'effetice
they might he charged with. (Hear, hear.) 4 A

e had hoi

4, and 711 was` theyef

specei dpiiverect. by bi

no doubt, ihticl been iiien

iu uy Lite, watcn committee, (rpm, th-e,erilemess
h it wai.delivered:as.their statement., ;He mild
alt that he never, for one moment, supposed that
eat 3.ny membLr took in the eouneitrwhen 4Us-
iestions r*ltstiv e to the interests of the town
:seamed to be of a pers)nal .character.L It wa
ant, from the proceedings of t

-.44 .PQI4I-

of the—council, wCZTVO.VI

painful one, that th

lad now tur

place into a perfect atteaklipa

fess. ho.