The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-12 00:00:00

CLERK OF THE PEACE.

Mr. LLOYD said it afforded him great pleasure to pro-
pose an old resident of the town, and one who stood high
in his profession, for the vacant office of Clerk of the
Peace. He begged to propose Mr. Peter Wright.
The TOWN-CLERK said this was one of those offices for
which the Council had no power to pay by salary. A. bill
had been brought into Parliament, last session, by Sir
James Graham, which, when passed, probably in the
next session, would enable them to do so ; but, in the
present position of things, he recommended the Council
to adopt a resolution, to the effect, that the nett emolu-
ments of the Clerkship of the Peace should not exceed
, leaving a blank for the amount.
Mr. LLOYD accordingly moved that Mr. Peter Wright
be appointed Clerk of the Peace, receiving the fees, and
accounting with the borough fund for all fees above £5OO
per annum, which was to be his sala.y, and that it be un-
derstood, in his appointment, that Mr. Wright was to
follow his private business, paying his own clerks.
Mr. ASPINALL seconded the motion, and, in doing so,
bore testimony of Mr. Wright's excellent character. He
said he had known him for many years, and that he had
his authority to state, that, should he be elected, his ser-
vices would always be at the command of the Mayor and
Council whenever the Town-clerk was absent from Liver-
pool.—(Hear, hear.)
A discussion then took place on the subject of postpon-
ing the appointment, during which it transpired that the
fees of the office were, last year, £l2OO, and the year
before £l6OO ; and eventually the appointment was ad-
journed, to obtain a letter from Mr. Wright that he will
be satisfied with such salary as the Council may affix to
the office. _ _ _ _

Mr.. AnciN said he wished to call the attention of the
council to an individual who of all others was the most
proper person to appoint as Clerk of the Peace, and he
would have moved his appointment, but for the fact of
the salary being such that Dir. Ellis could not afford to
give up his situation as clerk of the magistrates.
Sir THOMAS BRANCKER also paid a high compliment to
the conduct of Mr. Ellis.

THE MAYOR'S ALLOWANCE.

Upon the motion of Mr. John Holmes, the Mayor's
allowance was ordered to be the same as usual.

DOCK COMMITTEE.

Mr. MOORE moved that Mr. Charles Stewart Middle-
ton and Mr. Robert S. Henderson be appointed members
of the committee for the affairs of the estate of the Trus-
tees of the Liverpool docks, in the room of Mr. Henry
Holmes and Mr. Simon Lee Trotman, who had ceased
to be members of the Council. Agreed to.
Mr. MOORE announced that there were four other
vacancies in the Dock Committee, occasioned by the
retirement of Messrs. Evans, Barclay, Bulley, and Holt,
as aldermen, which would have to be filled up at an ad-
journed meeting of the Council, appointed to be held on
Wednesday next.

FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Upon the motion of Mr. G. H. Lawrence, the Fit.ance
Committee for the year was constituted of the following
members :—Messrs. G. G. Hornby, Turner, Aspinall,
Sands, Hodgson, Leigh, Blundell, Shaw, Hugh Hornby,
Houghton, jun., John Holmes, Bushell, Birkett, Sir
Thomas Brancker,
and G. H. Lawrence.

WATCH COMMITTEE.

Upon the motion of Mr. ASPINALL, the Watch Com-
mittee was compoped of the following members :—Messrs.
Glazebrooke, Harbord, Hodgson, Hugh Hornby, Joseph
Hamby, G. G. Hornby, Houghton, sen., G. H. Law-
rence, Kilshaw, Parker, Rlumpton, Preston, Henderson,
Sheppard, R. L. Jones, Sothern, R. B. Hill, Thompson,
Thornhill, Tinne, Turner, Mann, James Brancker, T. B.
Horsfall, and James Aspinall.