The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

THE MINISTERIAL INTENTIONS

Under this head, the Manchester Guardian, which,
from the fact that its information may be presumed to
come from Mr. Milner Gibson, a member of the admi-
nistration, and one of the members for Manchester, is
entitled to credit, contains the following remarks with
respect to the intentions of Lord John Russell's govern-
ment :

"We are informed, from an authority on which we
depend, that, immediately on the meeting of parliament,
ministers will propose strong and decided measures for
the purpose of facilitating in every possible way the
importation of food, and of economising the use of the
stocks of grain in this country by the removal of the
existing restrictions on the use of sugar and molasses.

We have reason to believe that the plan of the govern-
ment will comprehend provisions to render available for
the English market those stocks of grain in the Medi-
terranean ports and elsewhere which are at present
excluded by the operation of the navigation laws."
After expressing its opinion of the probable power of
the premier to carry his measures, the Guardian con-
tinues :

" If our anticipations be fulfilled, Lord John Russell
will effectually remove from his administration the impu-
tation of doing nothing with which, during part of his
former tenure of office, he was so constantly assailed ; and
the parliament of 1841, in which the party of resistance
saw the complete triumph of its principles, will be, to
future ages, a still more signal example of the great truth,
that in this country no power can withstand the require-
ments of an advancing public opinion."

MEETING OF MAGISTRATES.-IMPORTANT
LETTER FROM MR. RUSHTON.

A meeting of,lhe borii.fl magistracy, preliminary _to

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fissions-house.

G. H. LAWRENCE, Esq., the mayor, presided;

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there were also present Thomas Bolton, :John HOlmes,
David Hodgson, William Earle, Christopher Rawdon,
arid Thomas Booth, Esqrs.
The Worshipful the MAYOR said he would commence
proceedings by reading a letter received from Mr. Rush-
ton. He expressed his regret that the Council had not

increased Mr. Rushton's salary—a regret, he was sure, iu
which all present participated. Every member of the
Council had spoken highly in his favour, and from first to
last bore testimony to his great zeal m faithfully dis-

charging his duties: But although the Council, on public
grounds, had declined to increase his salary, he should
say that Mr. Rushton and his friends would not regret
the discussion which had taken place on that occasion.
The debate embraced, among other matter, the question
whether Mr. Rushton would not be relieved, and the
public convenience promoted, by the establishment of a
second court. This was a point of so much importance,
that he would but refer to it on the present occasion, and
at some future time call a special meeting of the justices
to consider it. The mayor then read as follows, Mr.

Rushton's let

Liverpool, Jan. 14th, 1846

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should not do justice to my feelings
to you how highly I estimate the ap-
' we recorded of my conduct as a
royal of the manner in which the
discharged. The terms of
your meeting on the IGth day of

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duties of my office have

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d to the Council your opinion or my
ervice _ dssure you that I value that opinion more
than the pecuniary reward which it was your object to ob-
tain. Though I fully appreciate the delicacy which pre-
vented Mr. Sands.from consulting me before he made his
Motion, yet, if he had consulted me, I should have given

him the opinion which, on more than one occasion, fhave
given to other magistrates who have from time to time
consulted me on the subject. I should have told him, as
I told them, that the application would be unsuccessful,
and that; it tuip,jit....p possibly luxe -tbe elle (A. iisv:4-aing: a
i professional man n the unseemly struggle for higher gain
than he was receiving, whilst, with some persons, it might
have a tendency to impair the moral force and influence
of the office. I feel grateful to Mr.

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