The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-09 00:00:00

BAIL COURT, Nov 8.

CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL-QUO WARRANTO-THE
QUEEN V. HARVEY.

IThe SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for a rule calling
upon Robert Ellison Harvey to show cause why a writ
.:11 the nature of a quo warranto should nut be issued,
eelling upon him to state by what right he exercised the
fu actions of an Alderman of the town of Liverpool. A va-
cancy having occurred among the Aldermen of Liverpool,
on the 29th Oct. last Mr. Harvey was elected to the vacant
office under the provisions of the 27th section of the
Corporation Act. Now, by the provisions of that Act,
no person. was qualified to be elected to the office of
Alderman. who was not either a Town-councillor, or
qualified to' be ~such. According to the provisions
of the Act, no ,person was qualified to hold the office of
Town:Councillor whose name did not appear upon the
bureess rolL New, as in 1840 the Mayor and Assessor
had not time to revise the burgess lists, the roll in being
at the time of the election of Mr. Harvey, was, under
,`be provisions of the Act 1 Victoria, cap. 71, the one
fest. 1839. In • that list the name of Mr. Harvey did
not appear, and that, he apprehended, was prima facie
asi Ifficient cause to entitle him to a quo warranto. But
the affidavits went further, they set forth that Mr.
Ha rvey was not entitled to be on the burgess list, inas-
mu ch as he was not an inhabitant householder, but re•
sided with his mother, in whose name the house was
raLed. Since that tide an attempt had been made to
place Mr. Harvey on the burgess roll, by having the
house rated in' his name ; but his name was not on the
burg ess roll in force at the time of his election.
M r. Justice PATTESON—Take your rule.—Application
grar iced.
CRIB lINAL INFORMATION AGAINST THE " WORCESTER.-
MERE CHRONICLE"--THE QEEEN V. ARROWSMITII.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL applied for a rule calling
u eon the defendant, Isaac Arrowsmith, the printer and
Pt. blish er of the Worcestershire Chronicle, to show cause
e,lev a criminal information should not be filed against
him for the publication of an article of a libellous nature,
relit cting upon the character of Henry Ricketts, Esq.,
one 4)f the• Justices for the county of Worcester, on
whose account the present application was made. it ap-
pear,Kl teat the Magistrates for Worcestershire, in
Quieter Sessions assembled, had determined to esta-
blish a County Police, under the provisions of the
Act of Parliament. A Committee of the Magistrates
bad be en apointed, of which Committee Mr. Ricketts
had be en a member. That Committee had met from
time tc . time, and had reported to the Quarter Sessions ;
and under the sanction of that Committee, Mr. Ricketts
had hired a lock•up house at Bromsgrove for the purpose
of min g it as a station-house. This had been reported
to the • Quarter Sessions, held at Michaelmas, 1840, and
at the lepiphany Sessions following the Committee re-
port( :d on the difficulty of providing a proper place for
a stm ition-house, but stated that arrangements were in
progress for that purpose. The Committee con-
tinued its labours, and Mr. Ricketts still con-
tinued to act as a member of that Committee.
Endear( urs were still made by him under the sanction
or the C ommittee, to procure proper premises for a sta-
tion-hout ;e. Thos premises were held by Lady Harriet
Clive, bb' lease from 4.1-ke Dean and Chapter of Worces-