The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-05 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE

The proceedings of this committee being read,
Mr. BLACKBURN inquired what width Lime-street would
be when it was completed?
Mr. S. HoLmE, in reply, said it would be 20 yards.
Mr. BLACKBURN next asked whether the street would
be all of the same width?

Mr. S. HOLME replied to the effect, that if the building at
the corner of Ranelagh-street were removed, the width there
would be 24 yards, and the whole of the portico of the As-
size Court would be visible from Renshaw street ; but it was
a question whether the corporation would give up the land.
It would certainly be a very great improvement. No deci-
sion had yet been come to, and the question was still open.
Mr. BLACKBURN thought that for the sake of a few
thousand pounds, the opportunity of making out a noble im-
provement should not be lost.
The proceedings were then confirmed, it being understood
that the matter is still iu abeyance.

THE COURTS OF LAW.
The proceedings, reports, &c. of the Courts of Law Com-
mittee were read, comprising the following resolution, which
was formally moved by Mr. Emu": and seconded by Mr.
Li.oYn :—" That upon a full discussion with Mr. Elmes of
the report of the Town Clerk and Deputy Town Clerk in fa-
vour of the proposal to appropriate some portion of the build-
ing of St. George's Hall and Assize Courts to the purposes
of the Police Court, it is resolved—That the report cannot,
with advantage, be adopted, but would, on the contrary,
hazard great deterioration of the whole plans ; and that it be
recommended to the Council that the original plan be pro-
ceeded with, subject to reconsideration as to the ventilating
tower, by dispensing with which the committee find that the
estimate for the proposed erection on the site of the Isling-
ton Market, if adopted by the Council, would be consider-
ably dinp
nished. And that the resolutions of the Council of
the sth instant, on any proceedings of the finance committee
at variance with the foregoing, may be rescinded so far as
necessary::
A long discussion ensued on the subject of the daily courts,

soma members concurring with the Town•elerk and Deputy
Town-clerk that ample accommodation for Mr. Rushton
could be provided in St. George's Hall, and that it was deli=
ruble to save the expense ; and others being strongly in fa-
vour of a separate building on the site of Islington Market.
The following amendment was proposed by Mr. George Hall
Lawrence, seconded by Sir Thomas Brancker :—" That the
Council do not see any ground for rescinding or varying their
resolution of the sth Apr il, 1843, approving of the report and
resolutions of the Firranc.. Committee, on financial grounds,
relating to the erection proposed by the Daily Courts Com-
mittee on the site of Islington Market, and that the original
plan of the erection on the site of the Old Infirmary be pro-
ceeded with by the Courts of Law Committee, subject to the
reservation for the magisterial business of the borough of the
portion of the building referred to in the report of the Town
clerk and Deputy Town-clerk, and explained in the commu-
nication of the Finance Committe with Edward Rushton,
Esq. ; and that the Courts of Law and Finance Committees
do confer together theron ; and that the Courts of Law Com-
mittee be authorised to proceed upon the plan of dispensing
with the ventilating tower." On a division the amendment
was carried by a majority of 31 to 8.
The following is the voting :
For the amendment.—Councillors Shaw, Houghton, Isaac
Holmes, Thornhill, Blackburn, Copeland, Sands, J. Holmes,
Aspinal, Royden, J. Lawrence, Ward, Birkett, Bushell,
Procter, Rigby, Kilshaw, Parkes, G. H. Lawrence, Lace,
Trotman, Platt, Sheppard. Smith ; Aldermen Houghton,
Bulky, Brancker, Freme, Nicol, Moon, and the Mayor-31.

Ageinst the anzeitdment.—Councillors Shand, :North, H.
Holmes, Priestley Lloyd ; Aldermen Earle, Turner, and
Brainley-Moore---8.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.
The following were the returns on the books of the Educa-
tion Committee of the average attendances.
North School. South School.
Boys 296
Girls 231
1nfant5.......,.. 219 ... 180

Total ..... 746 54.1
On the b00k5.... 967 685
The proceedings were confirmed.
GAOL COMMITTEE.-IS SIR JOSHUA WALNISLEY A
JUSTICE

In the proceedings of this committee it appeared that Sir
Joshua Walingley, in the character of a justice of the peace
for the borough, had suggested certain alterations to be made
in the Female Debtors' Ward in the Borough Gaol.
Mr. ASPINALL, addressing the Mayor, said, he wished to
know whether Sir Joshua Wallasley was still a justice of the
peace for the borough of Liverpool?
The MANOR.—He is; I believe he is.
Mr. ASPINALL said, after that answer he would read the
98th clause of the Municipal Corporations' Act, as follows :
" And be it enacted, that it shall he lawful for his Majesty
from time to time to assign to so many persons as he shall
think proper his Majesty's commission to act as justices of
the peace in and for each borough, and in and for each of the
counties of cities and towns respectively ,named in the said
schedule (A.), and in and for such of the boroughs in the
said schedule (B.) to which his Majesty may be pleased upon
the petition of the council thereof to grant a commission of
the peace : provided nevertheless, that every person so to be
assigned shall reside within the borough for which he shall
be so assigned, or within seven miles of such boroUgh, or of
some part thereof, during such time as he shall act as a
justice of the peaae in and for such borough."
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE had always understood, that
although Sir Joshua Walinsley spent most of his time in
Staffordshire, he had a house in Liverpool. (No, no.) Well,
he always understood so, and he rather thought it was so.
The MAYot was of the same opinion.

Mr. COPELAND said that Sir Joshua \Valmsley had no
house here ; when he was in Liverpool he staid at the house
of a connection of his, whose name was—
The IVIAYOR said, the reference to names was not of im-
portance. It was a proper subject for inquiry.
Mr. Alderman EVANS.—I consider it a complete evasion
of the law, because the law must have meant a bona' fide
residence.

Mr. HOUGHTON feared that if Sir Joshua Walmsley was
not a magistrate, the acts of all those magistrates who had
acted with him would be illegal.
The MAYoR.—Do you make any motion, Mr. Aspinall ?
Mr. ASPINALL.—Yes ; I now move that the Town-clerk
be instructed to enquire, and report to this Council, whether
Sir Joshua \Vahnesley is legally qualified to sit as a justice
of the peace for the borough of Liverpool.
Mr. J. N. WOOD seconded the motion, and it was carried
unanimously.

Mr. PARKER, alluding to a notice in the proceedings, that
the schoolmistress of the gaol had been dismissed for inca-
pacity, said it was most extraordinary it should not have been
discovered by those who appointed her, some years ago.