Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-30 00:00:00

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that Mr. Ride wa!

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stat%ltUat when I%

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against Mr. Low

:oncludecLiMr: Bolton, on •of the maps -
tbe
rad stated the results of his visit to _0
.gment, the place was altogether too_sf,-
dations Whtch-were required in a well s_"„t,
Aiel,T:id

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and as-regarded-the -seats-, they were _ ..he was sure that the ,ladies---at all events according'l;6o
present fashion—would have considerable difficulty tobuii.el'
aceoinmodated.at all. (Laughter.) his opinion the for
ing was, according to its present arrangements, a vet:..,,ge
proper place- fora theatre.. The accommodation for the cu.e.
of, dresses was very defective, and so little did the arra;eo
m enta for the separation 'of the sexes, seem to hav„„e'ce 01
attbnded to;‘that.there was -no security for the obser-cf;te or~
ordinary decor-ann.—Mr. Holme said he was in -the eu,., 300
the first occasion when this case game before the beo,S",osed_
he at once confessed, that at that time, he' was Ole be
to hafe voted in favour of granting the license, becatillitobT
thought, 'from the evidence then adduced, that it was a aoett
building but from what he had since seen in the newsP 'llllO
he had thought it his dutY to inspect • it. lic..osultr
done so that morning, and now he would give them the art oP
tions was 34 feet, and- 41 feet in
of his experience. He found that the length of that I),epfo",,
.the premises intended to.be devoted to theatrical rePt`'t
• whole superficial area was •only. about 121 square Yerd,7o,
Holme, in continuation, stated that he found the Pre,,l•ches td
respected the arrangements for dressing, the' OPPi,"io, 01;
the building,- lighting, &c„ to be very objectiona a'o
quite unsuited to the purpose's for *Which the lie7ties ffa
sought. He dwelt more .particularly upon the faiencec'
Ingress and egress. The door by which the aud,..iog
to enter was only 'three feet six inches wide; and
things into consideration---the loss of life which had 0617-. den
at one of the London theatres, and at the Surrey decidc?:,fi
owing to similar defects in those buildings--he wasoniodato
9f opmion that this building was not fit for the acS
_,ott
of such a large number of people. He made these
without any referefice whatever to the moral part advisc';
strong Yo"-=
tion, and, fol. the reasons he had alleged, he stro„,„ ace 4.
his brother magistrates not to grant the license. I,_"„'i,"the get
nothing less than a dungeon.---Mr. Aspinall said ti!,‘"„tt on the
parliament did not give the bench any. dieerey_,,, anger
grounds stated by Mr. Holme. If they were satisrumier..,;(l.,
he
respectability of the applicant; trey were comPell.ecttoos.-- e to
act, to grant the license, subject to certain rest'? _ poetic.,
Holme : If that is the case, it is nothing less !_1176, reset of
apply to the magistrates. Mr. Aspinall : I mar
°, the Aoicer
upon that part of the question. I take my stan4ve no P here
parliament, and say that under that act y..,,011 `l;ergh WO, the
of reftisal under certain conditions.--Mr. scotioo °"O.. to
appealed to by the bench, and having read the,_, cordinsot,
sit of parliament, he gave it as his opinion impelled to fci no
the evidence before the court, they were coraPiot be bto Put-
the license.--Mr. Holme hereupon observed, hiul wo fit
hesitation in stating that, if the law comPel'ettitaing,..,,,pen-
•his name to a document certifying that this boiould Toec•
by over-crowding, or if any loss of life ab°lte dch3int
width,' • So Oa DIV
for-theatrical representations, and if anythiaffula of any
to Pu,t,
he should consider himself legally liable for
over-crowding
,at the approaching duce hiss
that
party. Nothing on earth, therefore, should .1 gate Awed-
his name to the document.---The bench tiler' 11,,,5t be rebe any
was their unanimous opinion that the license must
DerbSl
Mr. Aspinall observed that he hoped there sc._ Earl 0' ,; kited
little Philharmonic Hall, for all the lobbies the2-,7_ioga er
with gas, which seemed, in the case a the :4 *-
have so much alarmed Mr. Holme.
banquet to were to

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