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should either make some further appeal to the Coun-
cil, or place something on their minutes to show they
wished to apply to parliament. If they went to parlia-

tion that Dr. Duncan be required to devote himself ex-
clusively to the duties of his office, and that his salary be
£750 per annum. . .

Mr. PARKER moved that reporters be admitted to the
weekly meetings of the Health Committee, so far as re-
gards public business. Mr. WALTBEw seconded the
motion. Mr. RATEBONE was sorry to be obliged to give
the motion a direct negative. The Council divided, when
there appeared, for the motion, 20 ; against it, 24. The
motion was consequently lost.
After some discussion, upon the motion of Mr. Lace,
seconded by Mr. Harbord, the salary of £750 was granted
to Dr. Duncan.

Upon the motion of Mr. Lace, the proceedings of the
Water Committee were postponed. In moving their
postponement, Mr. Lace took occasion to observe that the
Council would be glad to hear there was more than the
expected sufficiency of water at Rivington Pike. Mr.
Hawksley reported that he thought he should be able to
procure 23,500,000 gallons daily. The actual quantity,
measurement, during the last twelve months, was now
ascertained to be 24,000,000 gallons, being half a milllion
more than Mr. Hawksley's estimate.

Mr. LACE then moved the next portion of the proceed-
ings, which related to the erection of baths and wash-
houses. It was proposed to the Council to adopt the pub-
lic Act for establishing baths and washhouses, and to raise
a sum not exceeding £25,000 for the purpose of the Act,
it being competent to the Council to pay the interest on
such sum, annually, out of the surplus income of the
Corporation.
As Mr. Parker had a iistinct motion on the subject, he
withdrew it, on the understanding that the payment of
the interest should be made obligatory on the borough
fund, and that the interest be paid for this year out of the
surplus income of the Corporation.—Agreed to.
Mr. S. HoLME then moved that the salary of Mr.
Rushton be raised from £l3OO to £l6OO, He said that
he was not sorry that the increase proposed last year was
not made, because it had given him an opportunity of
making himself acquainted with the routnie of the busi-
ness of the police-court. Since then he had made himself
acquainted with the nature of that gentleman's duties,
and conceiving that he had last year committed an act of
injustice to that gentleman, he felt it to be his duty now to
come forward and do an act of justice to an honourable
man who discharged his duty in such a way as to reflect
the utmost credit on the town at large. Mr. Holme then
entered into a minute detail of the nature, extent and
complicated character of the multifarous business which
was transacted in the court of the stipendiary magistrate.
He believed it was a fact that from the judgments of that
gentleman very few criminals escaped—a convincing proof
that his judgments are a great saving to the town.
(Hear. hear.) He then read an extract from a private
letter from a baronet in London, with a view of proving
that Mr. Rushton transacted more business than any two
of the London magistrates. The prudence and sagacity
of Mr. Rushton had caused the withdrawal of many
clauses from acts of parliament, which, if allowed to be
carried out, would have been very injurious to the bur-
gesses at large. He thought that it was his duty and the
duty of the Council to defer, in particular to the opinion
which they entertained of Mr. Rushton. It was of the
utmost importance for them to retain the services of such
a man as Mr. Rushton, for if he were removed it would be
a loss, not only to the magistracy of the town, but it would
be a loss which would be felt by the Corporation itself.
In conclusion, he would state to the Council that the vote
which he gave last year was in ignorance of a great many
of the details of the business connected with his office,

and such being the case he would leave the matter in the
hands of the Council, by moving the resolution of which
he had given notice. . _ _

Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE begged leave to second the mo-
tion.
Mr. COOPER thought they had no right to vote away
the public money in such a manner. He thought that the
present salary of Mr. Rushton was quite sufficient for any
stipendiary magistrate. He thought that they should
have two courts, and that the business of one of them
should be presided over by the borough magistrates. He
then proceeded to read several extracts from Mr. Holme's
former speech, with the view of showing the consistency
between it and that which he had just made. He (Mr.
Holme) had told them, in his speech of last year, that the
press was very useful for preserving people's speeches, and
keeping them in pickle; and he (Mr. Cooper) hoped that
the press would keep this speech of Mr. Holme's in pickle
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