The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-27 00:00:00

ASSIZES IN MANCHESTER.

The following is the Memorial of the Manch ester Law
4sseciation, which was presented to the commissioners
" Saturday, by Messrs Welch and Robinson, as a depti-
Ttltion from the association :
° the Honourable the Commissioners for inquiring into the
Pediency of altering the Circuits of the Judges in
,rh Eagland and Wale'.
The
sMemorial of the Manchester Law Association, being a
ciety of Solicitois of Her Majesty's High Court of
hancery, by the undersigned, being the President of
i..
shltownehtbassociation, duly authorised in their behalf,
---Tha the Manchester Law Association includes
ig
n'erly all the attorneys practising in Manchester and the
of '
boll
towns That the assizes for the county palatine
;Lancaster are holden at Liverpool, foe the despatch of all
lisizo business arising in the southern division of the county.
R,,apt the said southern division consists of the hundreds of
tl'eerd and West Derb Liverpool being the largest town in
ja
the.de of West Derby,y' and Manchester the largest town
the hundred of Salford. That the population (as taken at
tf \„.lstis of 1851) of Liverpool is 375,955 and of the hundred
hero;Lvest Derby, 632,986 • and the population of Manchester
'a1f.8,4116( is. '491,321, and' the population of the hundred of
are ?'d 937,793. That the following amongst other towns
'6e 16 the hundred of Salford, namely Ashton-under- Lvne,
11,thaining a population of 56.959 ; Bolton-leilloors. 61,171 ;
lam, 72,357 ; Rochdale, 98,013 ; Bury, 70,143 ;
tthlit:t;:iirett:, 16,793 ; Dean, 29,819; Dukinfield (in Lanca-
,.` e)• 26,418. That Manchester and Liverpool are upwards
miles apart, and that the boundary line between
and livi°verl;:ould.reds is about equi-distant from Manchester
tThat it is the general and earnest desire of
she inhabitants of the hundred of Salford that the assizes
ht,:;ltid, be holden at Manchester for the
.despatch of assize
desire sinarig in that hundred, and that their reasons for such
Ze are llow
Li That the great expense and loss of time in attending at
jibtle;rP"l amount in many instances, practically to a denial of
1117". 2. That in civil causes claimants frequently abandon
Lye4rittst claims or submit to unjust settlements, solely to
i•-„,?"1 such loss Of money and time. The defendants are often
n-""Qeed to submit, in part, to unjust claims, from a fear of in-
tt,,4rring a similar loss. 3. That the foregoing statements arm
nrr„-,(1°13, corroborated by the fact that of the list of -causes
ed for trial at Liverpool, two thirds are from fiailYeSt berby, while only one third are
.fro '.'ne hundred
'I the hundred,pf
"o rd, although it is believed that th
cf the ".., business transactions
hull Salford hundred far out-nom' those of the West Derby
shatlr'd, the p,pulation of th
to
at the he
'I -Salford hundred outnumbering
Th,t6f the West Delty hundred more than one third. 4.
of the Salford hundred are compelled
alai 1Y
a coirsiderable time from home and at-great expense,
alai
,'c engaged for the most part in the business
x',l 'v
s 5,,, W
"leest Deest Derby hundred ; while the jurymen
rby are near their homes, and are not called
11411:t14 to devote an eqnal amount of time to
.the Salford
*11„, rhed: S. That the case is still harder on special jurymen
tea:leilg usually persona in the position of merchants, are
ao ti Y always taken from the towns of Manchester or Liverpool;
th lat those taken from Manchester are from home during Lie,,whnic period of their service, whilst those taken from
'l,l;ra-ri).101 are not required to quit their homes at all. 6.
ve t ;lesions as are the evils above-mentioned, still
14.4' evils arise in connection with the celminal
sheincsa of the hundred. 7. That in crinalnai Cases
rrunaber of witnessess in each ease it much
great
s p.,:rnthaa in civil cases. That vast nutr!Lers of persons are
R're,j,ed to attend at Liverpool as tvitriesses, generally for a
Tsalue,:fcgth of time, at groat cost to the county ; and, at the
hat time frequently at cons'iderable loss to themselves. 8.
psn;elnany of such witrt;sses are the most efficient of the
mii ' Who are thus taken from their duty to the injury of the
Arof :'; 9. Th-A many of your memorialists, speaking from
thste,tanal eXnerience, can state that prisoners who are advised
iih,,„.,`"el have a good defence, are not unfreqnently obliged to
ts:uc'n such defence, solely because they cannot pay the
c11,1)-,"" tf the necessary witnesses. 10. That between Man-
kiiP.er and every part of the Salford hundred there is direct
That railway communication.
tilh,,.at for the above reasons your memorialists respectfully
holden that assizes for the hundred of Salford ought to be
that at Manchester: Your memorialists, therefore, pray
Yesl.3'no°4
.Iral be pleased to take their representations into
. nsideration ; and your memorialists venture to express
their so
the h ufident hope that you will recommend that assizes for
3•eurnndred of Salford may be holden at Manchester. And
ilirneceorialists will ever pray, &c.
gestieev_f"ln clerks of Manches*er and Salford, and other
itePonrntafuetrle, formed part of the united deputation.. A
the "Is been presented to the association, describing
of the interview, and especially urging that,
olatat Y pro.gress is to be made in this very important
i 8 ttrker:atin2ted and immediate action must be taken. It
toeresiaTAtuat the Chamber of Commerce and the Com-
:tith the"s°ciation should take up the matter
.conjointly
stithoriti,c°rPoratton ; and that the co-oper.ation o the
4"
WOull ),.._°f at'l the towns in the hundred is necessary,
v."- very valuable. —Manchester Examiner.

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C-ri4ROE OF FRAUD AGAINST AN EX-
MILITARY OFFICER.
theto Preston Police Court was crowded On Wednesday
,_th 14,,, a case of fraud preferred by Lieutenant Mytton, of
-1:14,-f' ' ° Regi men t, stationed at the Fuliwood Barracks,
ft'tv„..,°,ll, against a gentlemanly looking young man, who
4etii,,lo name of Heath Heaviland Chanter, recently
thet-; ensign in the 57th Regiment. Mr. Mytton stated
\vial a the 11th of February last, while stationed
Dris,, his regiment at Newcastle.on-Tyne, the
teirer called upon him, and representing him-
reia to be travelling home to his family who
be l'ited at Bideford, Devonshire, and who are said to
asisitgli_dY resNctable, he begged the loan of £3 lOs to
Ititel re on his journey, as he was short of money.
litla c eeetving the money, he wrote a cheque on
.Cox
NI b °. London, but requested that the chervie might
Aoive Presented for a few days. Mr. Mytton, after
io tiog three (Lys, and seeing nothing of the prisoner
am
.° Meantime, transmitted the cheque to London.
teeettTes advised that the prisoner had no funds to
toe it",e, cheque. On Tuesday afternoon, while at the Pres-
to,' h to
.Way station, he met Capt. Nun of the 80th Regt.,
tilet tha°2ng,mentioned the circums'ances to him, he found
tleoll Prisoner had that day played a similar trick
the h 1 hica. Whilst conveying the prisoner to the lockup,
tio'",,°`,teernan observed hi
It 4 rtieernan seized tb, rA put something to his mouth.
4 prisoner's hand, and took from
4t tl:„all, Phial conta;,nitig laudanum. After being lodged
eoe, tr°lice statir,q, the prisoner was visited by a sur-
tbh: Poi tiot„ittwas. found that he had not taken enough of
11";8°11e8t - ":,, injure him. In reply. to. the charge, the
the chequie
h" to ' 411 d his reason for desiring
a t hv' presented for a few days was, that he might
fit; home, and transmit the money he had borrowed.
IkiitVgistrates thought the charge could scarcely be
.°„ settleillel, and the prisoner having signified his ability
t'Alluta.,wah the two officers on the next day, he was
Iltooce, until today. When first apprehended he
f
leetnestbe" to give to Captain Nunn his watch, by way o
iktell ;%_ but when searched at the station he had no
'e.9s a;,11 tliS
tt possession, but, in its place, three common
—velaect to a flashy Albert guard.
r,Ati •
I,\Me 11411301vte le INFANT. —A young woman, named
i3t-tie' Na
tried by the Paris Tribunal of Cor-
litor,ellal Police for abandoning an infant. The circum..
b‘ttßob,,,e were rather singular :—A ball was given a fortnight
I'l t' a laClYresiding in the Rue des Martyrs, and in the
-1148 of it
for ,4 parcel Young woman went
b • net.., banded it to the servant, saying that it was :11, ,rnalstress the Baronne de F--, who was at the
04144'11e cloak' was deposited on a bench, and the young
(%'etl ...."Irned to leave; but. another servant, who had
et'll4"l/1 her in another family, recognised her, and
11„14ttio„" Ah 1 Celestine, is that you asked her several
e`‘:ll es ; she, however, seemed greatly embarrassed, and.s
tl;ll.lt_way. She had not been long gone, before cries
'1";;Ict otll4ll from the cloak, and on its being opened, a
gelsvlll4,l a few days old was found wrappeod up in it.
t'e shallt who had recognised the y.oung w man stated
10,,ree.",e had lived, but it was sometime before she could
ltittesZed• The tribunal sentenced her to three months'
the osi'Ment, and 16f fine.
taleell:fesPondent, writing from Paris, says :—The recent
it her i` the Emperor of the French is, it seems, receiving
11,14,1 c'hUgh handling elsewhere than at Paris. At Vienna
tqtie" I Ip° e° I told, most unfavourably received.
t.111;orr upon am
tmthere as' feeble and unsatisfactory to
5 kilo .egree. The Presse of. Vienna has most severely
tsats, itt, and characterises it as weak, colourless, and
!Lib,4 th
lei 4 "Ppose the French post office
itw will be compelled
frequently
kind' the e German papers next as
vto,, erns English. England will, of course, derive a
ItOci he'elaneholy satisfaction at this. Here, perhaps,
tl ipteapod place to inquire when the French govern-
tos4„tali h nus to stop this odious system of interdicting
4.1i4 cf fleWsPapers from entry into France. If the govern-
qve, w."? Empire be so strong as it would make us
tlki, e io 17 is It afraid of the attacks upon it that are
Yet iloqe'''llglish newspapers ? They surely have not
1, a% r to shake an Empire so firmly placed.
b:154 heelY a day passes in which some offendinge.
4,4 il'"elvanaper is not shut out. The Daily Tel
e-
-41 .40, .. 4,4._ .
e4l ,
eieentted, on an average,. about once a week.
t /N. • witted,
its masterly caricature of " Swit___zer-
i 4 . Sp, _
..
til 40 is "? the snake," has been rigidly kept. _out.
leer ivi b, "7r added to the list of the prescribed. Surely
liive-Ore harm done to the French government by this
tihal4,l ialp°licY than there would be if it acted on more
offs' '*s co-h,''s' When will Louis Napoleon's officials learn ?IQ theLPrese
is too
it only to strengthen, and that
tiihrette4 daY to attempt to prevent that free. discussion
carry to affairs which every English journalist has the
on 4