The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
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MORNING, DEC. 1, 1846

Before proceeding, in accordance with our pro-
mise, to examine what has been remarked upon as
the most important consideration, connected with
the proposal to divide the magisterial business of
the borough—viz. the cost of such an arrangement—
we may be excused if we set our readers right upon
one point about which, we believe, some misconcep-
tion prevails. A comparison has been drawn be-
tween the labours of Mr. Rushton and. of the metro-
politan stipendiaries, with a view to shew the justice

of the former gentleman's claim to an increased
salary. But it has never been stated what the latter
are paid for their lighter amount of labour. A pa-
ragraph in the London Times of Thursday states
that

" The magistrates of the 13 police courts in the metro-
polis are paid £l,OOO a year. and the chief magistrate
£1,200. There are 22 a►t £l,OOO a year, and one at
£1,200, making £23,200 a year paid in the salaries of
magistrates."

The gentleman receiving £1,200 a y-ar is, we
believe, Mr. Hall, formerly stipendiary magistrate
of this town ; and certainly we never heard that his
talent was at all inferior to that of Mr. Rushton, for
whose services £2,000 are demanded. It must be
borne in mind too that we have in Liverpool, to
assist in the performance of the ordinary magisterial
business, a large number of borough magistrates,
who, we presume, are quite competent to administer
oaths, and to sign the ordinary documents connected
with the administration of justice. At all events we
find them ready enough to assert the dignity of
their office, and to obey the summons of the stipen-
diary, whenever that gentleman feels called upon to
lecture any unfortunate body—the Watch Commit-
tee or the Select Vestry—which has fallen under
the weight of his displeasure. Surely the borough
magistrates, as a body, are of some use upon
the bench, beyond occasionally sitting as silent
members upon cases which the law requires to be
decided before two m gistrates ; we might not
have any such gentlemen from all the arguments
of our contemporaries. Let us proceed, however,
to the question proposed—the expense of a division
of the magisterial business.
The cost of the staff attached to the present
police court, and required to conduct the entire ma-
gisterial business of the town, was last year as
£ s. d.
)I'4—sal ar
de
jun., d
185 10 11
150 0 0
109 4 0
Parkinson, 43 6 8
5 8 4
140 0 0

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Edward Rushton,—salary .
Benjamin Ellis, do., .
John Nyberg, jun., do., .
do., .

John Tasker,
John Greenwood, do.,
Henry Walter, do.,
J. C. _
J. Walter

W. Parkinson and wife, do.,

Total £3133 9 11
We include Mr. Parkinson amongst the staff of the
court, because he appears to us an essential portion
of it, and one who contributes largely to the justice
of its decisions ; and yet, we may remark, en pas-
sant, that if ability and industry, shown in the col-

Anon of most .tatistics of crime within
the borough, deserve reward, Mr. Parkinson is an
underpaid officer. There are other parties em-
ployed about the court and the main bridewell, and
some expenses attached to both, the cost of which
-owes under the head of " constabulary and police
and " expenses of bridewell and police sta-
but, as these will be in a great measure

valuable

force,

Lions;