The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-24 00:00:00

LIME STREET WARD. GREAT MEETING OF SUPPORTERS. MR. JEFFERY'S A public meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. J. R. Jeffery was held at eight o'clock, last night, in the • F 'reemason's Hall. Lime -street. The hall was crowded to excess and as for th e p ersons on t h e p l at f orm, t h e i r "namewas legion." The chair was taken, amid general cheering, by Mr. Thomas Haigh. Among those present we noticed, Messrs. Thomas Haigh, Esq , Robertson Cl!a.dstolle, Esq., It. W. Ronald, Esq., J. Kitchen, Esq., Tindal Atkinson, Esq., John Bighana, Esq., Henry r ernie, Esq., John Robinson, Esq , Kinder Live rse dge, .„Esq., A. C. Stewart, Esq.. J. Gillham, Esq., Henry Tate, •nise., Edward Graham, Esq., Charles Sharp, Esq., S. B. Jackson, Esq., Thomas Cope, Esq., Charles Rowe Cope, „E•sq•est, George Goulding, Esq , A. C. J e ff ery , E sq. , J osep h •b, Esq., Walter Cross, Esq., D. J. Kelly, Esq., and Thomas Burton, Esq. The Chairman rose, and was received with great 'cheering. H e sai d he felt greatly obliged to the meet log for the respect that had been paid to him by calling him to preside over such a large and respectable an essenahly—(hear, hear)—and threfore he felt much hono ur in taking the chair. He certainly could have wished that some person more competent than he was had been chosen for that duty, but to the very best of his ability he would render them whatever service was In his power. (Hear, hear.) They were all aware of 'the objects which had called them together that evening --it was announced by placard. [He then read the notice calling the meeting.] It was his duty, however, to inform the meeting that, about twelve days since, a f ew of the burgesses of the ward met to consider what steps were necessary to secure the return of a Liberal representative to the council at the forthcoming election. About fifty persons were present on that occasion, and they, after deliberate consideration, came to the unani mous determination to select a reformer to represent them in the council. (Hear, hear.) That meeting also Came to the determinatirn to present a requisition to J. Jeffery, Esq.,—(load cheers)—asking him to become their candidate. (Hear, hear.) That requisition was signed, in a. brief period, by 308 persons in the first two bi ghts—','near, hear)—and since that time a great number ?f nandes, he might almost add, double that number of °°.rgesses had signed it—(loud cheers)—and, what was ' le tter, still more friends were signing it. On the second M ight, after the requisition was resolved upon, it was Presented to Mr. Jeffery, and his reply to that they had before them. (Hear, hear.) He (the chairman) had little mere to say than that lie fully concurred in the ° Pinion of the burgesses, that Mr. Jeffery was a fit and p r oper person to represent hi s b rot h er electors in the row?' Council. (Loud cheers.) The present meeting, a n numbers and respectability, was a sufficient answer to any one who said a wrong step had bean taken. It was !.proof th a t th e lib era l i nterest was the right interest in -!Attie-street ward. H e h a d no thi ng more to a dd, b ut to introduce Jr.meeting.—Mr.. Jeffery to the eeting.—Mr. Jeffery, come iftorward. [lmmense chee'ring followed, and Mr. Jeffery fo rward. `present cheer hing.]ed imself, and was greeted with the most fferous Mr. J. R. Jeffery then came forward, and was received w ith a burst of applause, which was kept up for several Initiates. He said—Mr. Chairman and brother electors, t hank yon most sincerely, most cordially, for the warm 'eeeption you have given, first, to the a nnouncement o f nattne.., and, secondly, to my responding to such a e art-Falt call as came from the breast of my friend, who presiding on the present occasion. (Hear, hear.) o Ztlemen, we have met for the purpose of discussing earrYing into practice, I hope, a most sacred trust; b'.;eore I enter upon that important—all-important 4 P inestion to us as burgesses, and electors, and ratepayers, t. t 1 Lime -street ward—l m us t as k your i ndulgence, and 4 ara sure you will give it me with patience, while I give 3 '° l l a counter statement to the speeches which were delivered a night or two since from this very Platform. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I must ' e ar?) , you back for a little while to the days when there "ere two committees existing in this w ar d, as are ex i st i ng this ward to-day. These committees were fighing cinder different banners—the one was the red Tory ntler, the other the whit e an d bl ue Lib era l b anner. aeh 'etc] its standard, and they fought at last for ph antoms and for shadows. (Cheers.) The chairman h ere ob serve d M r. R o b ertson Gladstone in the body of l "e hall, and requested him to come on the platform. Mr. Gladstone then ascended the platforrn amid the most enthusiastic applause. Mr. J e ff ery continued : Gentlemen, I was s av i ng th ere W ere W two star;iards. Each party w as fi g h t i ng un d er i ts then stand- d rd, and each party thought it desirable that fo u , t . WC I should unite into one ; and, of course, having dot tinder separate standards, it became necessary that they should seek a standard un d er w hi c h t h e tv,Q Parties could unite cordially, naturally, and, as th e y el ieved, for the benefit of the electors and burg esses a t lay eyed, [Considerable interruption was here caused the ' misconduct of some individul at the lower -11 " of the room.] Well, gentlemen, be a standard that we raised for the united committee was that of ignoring Politics in the council chamber. That committee did tne the honour to elect me its chairman, and as soon as i i h t°o k the chair, I stated as plainly as I am able to use j r , English language—[here the noise at the end of the ` a ti interrupted Mr. Jefiery] -when it had subsided, he continuedthe : I stated, on taking that chair, as plainly as „, t , English language would permit me to do, whoever th ent into the council chamber under the auspices of T h a t cocanaittee, would not be permitted to use his ti " I licipal position for the promotion of party poli ,,fai purposes. (Applause.) Gentlemen, for six ''.`•ars that principle remained unviolated as far I know; and, to the honour be it said each member of that united committee, I believe t here Was no attempt to deviate from the strict path, hut b a nil was kept on both sides, and by both, and I believe n Y eve!), individual member of the committee. (Cheers ) r?t, sir, it was left for one of our representatives to vio 'gm that pledge—(hear, hear)—and it was left to him to L'lel t• a eat, too, after a promise—a special promise, that he rould not do it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) John Lloyd, my opponent at present, made known the ,In e tier ; n.ght, a conversation which he said took place tween him and me, in my counting house, and he t ated also, that he had called at my place of business, e r business, and that my speaking to him upon the B . a ject in , question, was a somewhat accidental dream- Bnee ---that he accidentally called at m countin ' oss e, and th a t h e was quite unprepared for g it, that I e to b e h is statement here (holding up a newspaper.) .st4w,gentlemen, I have no hesitation in saying that that ate ment is not a correct statement of what passed ~,e tf tw eert us. (Cheers.) It is a long time ago, gentlemen, 1 1 " am willing to believe, that Mr. Lloyd has led .."r ..."11self to believe that it was possible or that he ° Uld like n ow that that conversation did ' occur. But, unfo rtunately for him, 1 have evidence that it was not ' ve ry likely to occur, and I have evidence that he did n ot l call on m e f or th e p u rp ose which he state s , an d th a t ) 18 conversation with me was not an accidental one, but Inat he called for the purpose of returning a call, which h ad been made on him by myself, and our esteemed friend /v „,° o now occupies the chair. There wa s a vac a n c y, "Pon the death of the late Alderman John Holmes— There was as aldermanic vacancy in the council to he Cited up. It was rumoured that Mr. John Bold [A nice (indignantly): Tom Bold.] (Great laughter.) Mr. Jeffery : Well, it was rumoured that Mr. Thomas told would be a candidate for the aldermanic vacancy. 4 Now, as the chairman of the united committee, con stituted under the principle to which I have referred, that politics should be ignored in the council Chamber, I considered that, as chairman, I was the !onservator of the principle of that committee, and that '; ‘ t was my duty to take the initiative, if initiative were n ecessary, to protect it against any injury that might possibly arise, either from incaution or otherwise. (Hear, 11:." ., ?•nd cheers.) I consulted with my esteemed friend roW :,aigh, who occupies the chair, and he agreed with vial C o at it would be desirable that we should, together, nude r . w l4 , l ,r. Lloyd, to remind him of the circumstances Ward - "Mh he had been elected as a member for the ele ct ; and to call his attention to the fact, that the of Mr. Bold, or rather, his voting for Mr. Bold, i te i‘ c ' i 'd be a violation of the principle under which he k r. his seat. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Unfortunately, left • Iloyd was not in his office when we called, but we Nv o '' °l 4 With his clerk that we had called, and that we be glad if he would let us know when it would zgoiti convenience to receive us, and we would call ' att a r u. Instead of sending us w o rd, in reply to he °all, on his way home in the evening, thus called on me, to know why we had t i,la called on him. Now, gentlemen, compare ileo two statements if you please. (Applause.) Mr. p, Sd says that he called at my place of business for the h:P ° ses of business, leaving you to infer that it was for t; _ Purpose of making purchases, and that our conver t_uu yeas accidental. I tell you it was not accidental, eat le r, n ave Haigh and I called on him for the purpose! mentioned, and that he called in return to know 11 '' e ; , 0 1 13jeet of our call. (Applause.) I will give you, as y as my memory serves me, the conversation that 1, Place between us in my counting-house. He said to and Mr. Haigh called on me to-day." I said, said' ,d.id—take a seat." He sat down close by me. I sta our obje c t was to call your attent i on to the cir braes unde r w hi c h you were e l ecte d . W e h ave been nc, told that your friend Mr. Bold is to be elected to the Z e a r e e rtn anic vacancy. N ow that is c l ear l y a po li t i ca l service it is clearly a munici p al reward for p olitical of the 3 ; and for yo u t o vote for him, is a direct violation there principles which const i tute the comm i ttee, an d will be danger of the disruption of that committee You support him." eorr e • (Hear. hear.) H e sai d, " I b e l ieve I et in saying I won't." But it would appear that was r at h er fast in giving utterance to the word, for e T " i d _ immediately, " I w i ll pa i r with Mr. Gregson. " t dm not I iolating any confidence whe n I ment i on names ? 3'°". mention that nam e to you, in or d er t h at you seat be a bl e to judge of the entire circumstance, and THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. say whether he has drawn the right inference or not. 1 feel it necessary to my case to mention that gentleman's name. I regret it exceedingly, but I feel, in justice to myself, that I could not avoid it. He said, " By-the-by, I will pair with Mr. Gregson." Of course, gentlemen, it occurred to me that pairing was voting; but it Would appear, also, that it occurred to hitn at the smile time, and therefore he went on to say, " Between you and me, he will vote for Bold if he is in the council." I have no hesitation in saying, most emphatically, that these were his words. What does he say here ? He says here, " I gave Mr. Jeffery thn name of the ge n tl eman w h o , I said, would not vote for Mr. Bold." He told me most posi tively—" Between you and me," said he, " he will vote for Mr. Bold, if he (Mr. Gregson) is in the council." Now, these are two opposite statements. I leave you to settle the question. (Hear, hear.) Let me show you also that my letter to Mr. Lloyd subsequently, and I will call your attention to it directly, mentions that fact, and to which letter Mr. Lloyd never sent a reply. Well, why was it that we saw so much danger to that cotn- mitteA by the election of Mr. Bold ? It Was not because Mr. Aiken's letter; I read it to him. " I said—" I want to answer it,—where can I write an answer ?" " Oh," he said, " I want to write a letter Myself, I ani going across to the Town Clerk's office, in Parliament street; if you go with me; I Will show sod where it is, and we can write our letters together" We wont together, and we seated ourselves at the same table, tiird•t . S. With his own hand ho furnished me with a sheet of paper. I wrote my letter to Mr, Aiken, and I handed it across the table to Mr. Lloyd. He read it. We folded our letters, wo addressed them, we walked together, and, as he was pleased to say, arm-in-arm to the Charing-cross postoftce, and Mr. Lloyd dropped his letter and mine both, with his . own finger and thumb, into the post-office letter box. (Laughter.) Gentlemen, a man has need to have a good memory when he has to do • with otte *ho has such a treacherous memory. (Cries of "Hear, hear," and cheers.) Mr. Lloyd has made a virtue of necessity, and produced our correspondence. He says, I " will be very straightforward"—it appears qu i te neces sary that he should tell the meeting so (hear, hear, and cheers) —" and I shall 'give you the documents, and my comments with them." Now, gentlemen, your labour will be it vain if you attempt to look for those comments. I looked for them Mr. Bola was simply a Tory. (He a r, hear.) lam sure in the public prints, and I could find no comment whatever , there was not a Lib era l mem b er o f th a t c ommittee who on m y corres p on d ence w i t h hi m. R ead the correspondenceif ever expected that Mr. Ll o yd w ou ld vote for any man but y ou pl ease ; an d sa y w h e th er hi s s il ence, whether his non-r eply ' a Tory; but Mr. Bold w as some thing more than a Tory, t o my l as t l e tt er d oes not tonv i ct hi m of that with whch I (Hear, hear.) There was a great principle involved in have charged him. (Hear, hear, and cheers ) Now, the next the election of Mr. B o ld. At th a t particular time—and quest i on l am ca ll e d upon to notice is this—if Mr Lloydet I must carry your minds back to that particular period— acted thus treacherously towards me, why did I not and you must imagine yourselves living at that day at once break up the committee ? Well, -gentle surrounded by particular circumstances, in order to judge men,had fairly confess I felt th a t th e comm i ttee fairly whether we w ere d o i n g m ere than our duty to the worked very harmoniously together, and that to visit committee whom we represented on that occasion, and of the sins of Mr. Lloyd upon the head of the nextgent leman which I was chairman, in ca lli ng on M r . Ll o yd n o t t o w h o woul d have to ret i re from the council, would doing support Mr. Bold. Understand me —I did not ask Mr. what the T o ries like to do up on a ll occasions when you permit l Lloyd to vote against hi m . N o w, g en tl emen , t wo t h em — v i s i t their own sins upon your heads. had no desire to Months before Mr. Bold had been a candidate for the seat do that. I would not perpetrate such an injustice, and there at the dock committee, which he had vacated, I believe ; fore I allowed the flatter to stand over Leith the man himself on the reconstruction Of that committee, he again came again, in order to visit his own sins upon his own head. became a candidate for a seat on the committee, and was (Loud cheers) 1 have been charged with unfair , dealing. rejected by the ratepayers to the dock estate. (Hear, Now, I put my case before yod, I am standing at your bar, hear.) Mr. Bold, during his seat there, showed his and I will be perfectly satisfied With yod decision. The 25th political revenge— his political venom, by putting on the of August is the last day upon which any objections to persona books of the committee a motion to alter the name of upon the burgess roll can be taken. I put myself above the Bramlcy-Moore Dock, because, forsooth. Mr. Bramley suspicion, as I thought. I communicated some deers before Moore had chosen to come before the constituency of that my determination to Mr. Jones Gleave—who you will Liverpool as a candidate to represent this borough in admit, lam sure, is on Mr. Lloyd's side—as the chairman of parliament withsut first asking Mr. Thomas Bold's con- the one political section of the united committee, and to my sent. (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Tom Bold made a rod friend Mr. Haigh, acknowledging him as the chairman of the for Mr. Bramley-Moore, but it was found in the hands other sect ion, the liberal section of the committee. I corn of somebody else, and Mr. Bold himself felt the smart- municated to these gentlemen my determination to resign my ings of it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Bold's friends constituted seat, and that if [they choose to make any objection to any the majority of the council. There was a vacancy to the burgess oh the roll on either side, they might have an oppor aldermanic chair, and he was elected to it, and from that tunity of doing so. Did this look as if I wished to take the he was sent down to the dock committee, in defiance of slightest advantage of either side? (No, no.) But I the desire of the dock ratepayers. (Hear, hear.) Now, submit to you, that it did look as if I were resolved to gentlemen, as ratepayers of the borough—as voters carry out what I believed to be a great principle, and that for members of the Town-Council—that is a I would not be cajoled, even by the slippery iMr. :John course of proceedings which it is our special duty to Buck Lloyd. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Well, gentle repudiate and to prevent the repetition of so far as in our men, I must now introduce to you a conversation which power lies ; for I know of no party who would sooner occurred between Mr. Lloyd and myself, probably three bring that fact before a committee of the House of Corn- weeks before theist of November, in which he was elected. mons, in order to diminish the power of the council over It was early in October. Mr. Lloyd called upon me and the management of the dock estate, than the very party said, "I understand you are going to oppose me on the who now exerci ses a p o Wer th e r e . (Ch eers .) N ow , I Ist of next November." I said, "You understand what is want you to see th a t thi s ' ques ti on i s no t, as it was t o ld not true. I have no intention of doing anything of the you the oth er ni g h t , a s i mp l e quest i on b etween Mr. J o h n sort. You have been chairman of the St. George's Hall Buck Lloyd and Mr. J ames J e ff ery . I wan t you t o Committee ; and it seems that if you are sent back again understand that. (Hear, hear.) It was a question between to the council, your friends are going to put you into the one of the representatives of Lime-street Ward and the civic chair, and are going to open St. Georges :Hall next chairman of the committee under whose auspices he was year in honour of your mayoralty. They are going to returned to the council. It became, therefore, a public invite her Majesty—honours may await you. 1 should not a private one. Now, gentlemen, Mr. Lloyd told you deem it a most ungracious thing on my part to oppose you in his speech the other night that Mr. Bold's election took on such an occasion, and under these circumstances." place in October,—that his own election took place on the Now, again I ask you, am I open to the charge of unfair first of November, and that he was elected under the dea li n g shai with Mr. John Buck Lloyd? (No, no, and cheers.) i e t y'itliyour permission, make a remark or two auspices of that united committee over which I was pre- I upon as ne e w ec , deli v ered at the meeting the other night from siding, and that there was plenty of time for me to resign ttlis (platform by the chairman of the meeting. I have my chairmanship, but that I did not do so. Now, you had the pleasure of his acquaintance and friendship so will understand my opponent is a lawyer. But I profess far. I believe mim to be a highly upright and honour able to have some little common sense, and I have no hesi- man. I believe him to be a man of stern principle ; but tation in putting my common sence against his law. he feels himself in an awkward position. He manifestly (Laughter.) [Here the noise at the end of the room was does not feel his seat easy, and lam not surprised at it. renewed, but the party creating the disturbance, and who (Hear, hear.) He was either wanting in perception— it was said, had been sent for the purpose, was, which ' is:not usual with him—his perception, probably, after some time, put out.— Mr. Jeffery continued— was dimthed, or he was too con fi ding after he had been Now, I hope we have got rid of that man who came here pro- elected to the chairmanship of the committee. He charges fessedly to disturb the meeting, (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd me with having broken faith with him. He states that says—" It was in October, 1853, I met Mr. Jeffery, at the on a g i v en day I called upon him, and after some con time Mr, Bold was brought forward as alderman, and was versation, he asked me did I mean to come forward elected. On the first of November following, the very day on myself, and that I said I had no such intention. Gentle which I was returned without opposition by the kindness of men, I tell:you all the matter frankly, and I spoke to him, your joint committee, over which Mr. Jeffery presided, I re- as I speak to you to-night, the truth. (Hear, hear, and ceived the first of the letters." Now, gentlememen, if I loud cheers.) I had no intention whatever of coming understand English at all, that means that between Mr. Bold's forward, nor was I aware that any Liberal members of the united of committee had any intentio ie. election and Mr. Jeffery's election, I had time to resign my Mr. Reay went to the committee meeting whic nviting h had be m en chairmanship. (Hear, hear.) Is that what you understand c alled for el the t purposeo e f a elec electin g by it ? (Cries of " yes.") I t a k e y our common sense , gentle. Th e y g a successor thatseat to As my s s o e o lf n . men. Now, that e lecti o n o f Mr. B o ld t oo k pl ace upon t h e ,as Mr. Reay had taken Yo his seat, they proceeded last day of October, and on the first day of November, which at once to nominate their candidate, and :for that was the next day, Mr. Lloyd was elected. Now, gentlemen, I purpose, they proceeded to pass a vote of confidence in saw in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES of that morning, on my Mr. Lloyd. It would appear that there were 40 gentle breakfast table, the division in the council. I confess to you men present, of whom 34 were Tories, and 6 Liberals. I saw that record both with surprise and with sorrow. (Hear, That we called a meeting of "the united committee for the hear.) I could even not believe it to be true. I, however, , purpose of selecting a candidate 1 It was proposed by erne did not record my vote for Mr. Lloyd on that occasion, although : ihe followingnseleFeiVahrat evening, e ni m n ee g ti t rl i g at shg e ug b i z i a r. jof o n y eg t a e r li) it has been the custom for myself and a few others, to record r should be invited to attend, that I should be requested to our votes simply for the purpose of carrying out the techni- ,' make my complaint known to the committee, in the pre calities of th e l a w. A s soon as I reached my counting- sence of Mr. Lloyd, and that they should sit in judgment house, I wrote Mr. Lloyd this note. [Mr. Jeff er y then read • upon both of us. I had given my authority to more than the first of his letters to Mr. Lloyd, which have been already , one gentleman to say that I was willing to respond to such published, and the reply of Mr. Lloyd.] Immediately an invitation. But I believe lam right in saying, that on receiving that reply I determined again to write to Mr. every Tory there, except the one who proposed the reso- Lloyd, but before I had an opportunity of doing so, I received lotion, voted against it. Four of my friends withdrew an invitation from him to dine with him and the committee, from the committee, feeling that they oth were ket bei i t t l i g et Thede I having been chairman previously before the 9th of Nevem tboeoelns kfe—htfeelitnogtthhaatt day was n longer ~, to the honour of p y , b w side l s d . they ber. In reply to that invitation I wrote the following. [Here Before up withdrew, one of them attempted to remon- Mr. Jeffery read his second letter.] Now, I ask you, gen_ strate, 1 believe, against that state of things, when tlemen, whether that letter does not directly charge Mr. Lloyd another:nef the committee said, " Come, shut up, cut it with a breach of faith ? (Hear, hear.) Now, I will take no short, we are all of one mind here." (Oil, oh !) Now, I credit to myself more than belongs to me—that note is much do think that my friend, Mr. Reay, ought to have seen softer than the note which I intended to send myself, but as that that was not a tribunal before which to submit a my friend who new occupies the chair, had called upon Mr. motion as to a suitable candidate to represent the f ward Loyd with me, I thought it due to him that I should submit in the council. (Hear, hear.) t I fo s r ubmin t z a it t h it a w ll o d u elg a n l e .e e to him my note before I sent it to Mr. Lloyd. Mr. Haigh !o ee h n is d ohinion and i s i ,p h r e es i t i e a e d c said— him, _ " Now, gentlemen, we suggested that my note was too tert, too severe. I did not b een d oing do e n m e g the ls b e u y siness for which you were called together ; think so. Well, Mr. Haigh said, "just be kind enough to if you please we will issue fresh notes, and in:the fresh put in so-and-so, and it will soften it down, it will be a little notes we will state that the meeting is called for the pure bit more courtious to him, and does not detract at all from pose of selecting a candidate." It that course had been your statement—it maintains every word you wish to say, but pursued, and our friends had not then attended, I for (shrugging his shoulders) I think it would be a little bit one would have said—" It is your own fault, if you do not better." (Laughter.) Well, gentlemen, the words which attend to your own business you deserve to suffer for it." Mr. Haigh inserted were "as I view it." He said, (Hear, hear.) But instead of that, one of the four who " you aro charging him, without these words, with retired from the meeting, in order to judge of the fairness a direct falsehood." " Well," I said, "my good friend, I of calling the meeting, applied to Mr. Reay for the list of mean to charge him with a direct falsehood." (Cheers.) names of those who had r a e d n invittged list — that attend. Mr. he ilad " Well, but," he said, " you need not tell him quite so list got Liberals to be invited, sharply." (Laughter.) I said, "If it will please you to put s ß e e n a t Y on te t ld o h M ini r A jl r e . a and that Mr. Gleave had undertaken to get circulars printed Cleave in these two or three words, I will do it." I did put in and delivered. 'The gentleman in question applied to Mr. these two or three words at the suggestion of my friend. I sent Gleave for the list of names to see whether the Liberals had the note. I received no answer to it. But I received an neglected to be at their posts at the proper time. Mr. Gleave invitation from the Mayor of Liverpool, I believe, to the first replied upon a written memorandum that Mr. Elliott open dinner which was given at the Town Hall. Of course I had got the lists. The gentleman applied to Mr. Elliott declined the invitation. I could not accept even th e Mayor's immediately, and Mr. Elliott replied that Mr. Gleave had invitation, when, in his individual capacity, he h a d f or f e it e d got the list. The gentleman then felt that he was being my good opinion of his veracity. (Cheers.) At that dinner, bandied about from pillar to post—that he was being made to which I referred before, given by him, lie was as , ed a a shuttlecock of—and seeing the course of the professedly question, in consequence of my absence, " united committee What is the matter committee, his first impression became somewhat took counsel with some of his friends, and between you and Mr. Jeffery ?" What was his answer ? don't know !" He had got these two notes of mine in '' l his of f e t y he althLoiubgehrtist convinced. He desirable that there should be a meeting to consider whether they were being made possession at the same time ! I have read the note fools of or not, and what ought to be done under the to you which conveyed my objection to dine with him. I circumstances. A meeting was called in the Victoria did not simply answer the invitation and decline it, but Hotel. What was our astonishment when we assembled I gave him very distinctly, even as modified by my friend, to find that there poured in a lot of the other side! I was my reasons for declining. He answers one of his elected to the chair. On taking my seat, I said I was guests, and tell him —" I don't know." You have his own informed that the meeting was called by circular, and words that this was his answer. (Hear, bear). He has pro- that nvte t d he t rg at wlr w e as u gentlemen re h i present not wish to t o h had Intrude, not and (Need the correspondence himself, I leave it to you to say I begged that those who h ad not received an invitation whether the two statements are not as much opposed as the would withdraw that we might proceed to the business two poles. (Hear, and cheers). But he must valorously, or, for which we had met. Well, gentlemen, they produced as it would appear, somewhat convulsiv e ly, replies, when ho is a circular—a copy of ours—a forgery. (Loud cheers.) told to call upon Mr. Jeffery, and it will be all right, " no, I They had got a circular printed as nearly like ours never will call upon Mr. Jeffery for any such purpose." Well, as they could, but we were quite as sharp as they— but does ho send anybody to Mr. Jeffery ? (Hear, and cheers). we detected them, and did what you will Does he ask a friend to interpose to make it up ? lie does, commend us for doing —we asked them to be good enough gentlemen. (Cheers). A mutual frie n d ca ll s u p on me a t to find their way out. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) A very the instance of the then mayor, Mr. Ll o yd, an d as k s me to large number of them retired. I have since been informed overlook the matter. I said, "my frie n d, I can d o no such that there were one or two mean enough, contemptible thing." '•Well, but ," he said, " you don't want the Mayor e w n a o s ug e h ie b g a s s a e i ro t u o g e h a , v t r o remain inthemight m h a t v o () h i e , e a e r n w s a h i 3 l of Liverpool to apologise to you ; do you ?" "No," I said, f or a pre j u di c i a l purpey s ' e a . way what (Oh, oh.) I say, gentlemen, " I don't want an apology from anyb o dy—th ere has been a that whether a' matter be political or be social, I know no breach of faith, and it is irreparable with me." (Cheers) difference whatever. I conceive that a man's honour is After that I received another invitation from the Town Hall, at stake in the one case as much as in the other, and the but whether the second invitation from the Town Hall came man who has one honour for one act, and another honour to me, after that little episode which Mr. Lloyd has thought for another, is unworthy of the confidence of any class of proper to introduce into the matter, or not lam not prepared p h e a orl m e. eet ( in Lou t l a c t hex e s.? mit A ed resolut ion w a s committee proposedwsl'eesulc ru do say, for I kept no record of it. That little episode was our t exist. It w g: as carried unanimously. Other long e r resolutions meeting in London. What it has to do with the question at followed, and subsequently a committee was constituted issue it will be for you to judge ; but Mr. Lloyd appears to be sadly wanting in a prop on which to support his defalcations, for the purpose of taking such steps as might be agreed upon with reference to the coming first of November. My and he lugs this in. He tells you that he was in London upon friend Mr. Haigh was elected chairman of the provisional the town dues question ; but be tells you I was not there for committee, to which office he was fairly entitled, having any such purpose. Ile distinctiy says that ; he does not far higher claims than I had to continue in it. His labours content himself with saying, " I don't k now w h a t M r . J e ff re y in the good work number once , twice , if not thrice as many did there ;" but he says I was not the re f or any such purpo se. y ears as mine, and honour be to him for all the labours he Ho says he met me accidentally in the lobby of th e H ous of has bestowed upon the Lime-street ward, and the Commons. He did so. But what did I do in the lobby of p romotion of good government, and the promotion of civil the House of Commons? I h a d recheck! a note from Mr. and reli g ious liberty. (Lou d e heere.) Mr. Reay is lithe chairman committee. lam exceedingly sorry John ,Aiken, who was the indefatiguable and assidious secretary fo r it , tbec of au s t e he l o w th o e u r idr ather have had him with us. He on that oncasion, for the purpose of making the necessary charges me with having dealt unfairly towards him, and arrangements for the public meeting to be held in St. George's r u e u s t e n u p t position puse m r. Hall, upon the subject of -the town dues. I received a note isfaylshathdantohtepwroollidsendothhimave from Mr. Aiken—an official note. I had received several Lloyd. Gentlemen, was I, because I gave him an answer other notes from various friends on the subject. I went down in private conversation, that I had no intention of becom thbaetenlinwohuisldp to the House of Commons in consequence of th e ing a candidate, was Ito be bound by that answer for to present information which these letters conveyed to me, to ever, and never after to respond to any invitation from my brother electors, if they should think fit cheers.) Whenever see my friends from Liverpool, and obtain all the information which I sought ; I met with Mr. Lloyd in the s m u e ei rs a ith . one ? (Hear, hear, and lobby of the House of Commons. I felt that we were there was per fectly M. When Mr. ircu ms i t r a e n e e e t o mi g ht o arise , h,it I I subm i t ieasti . to .... you that together upon a public occasion to promote the public good ; Reay asked me that ques;Tori, I might l have very fairly and I sank my private feelings to discharge what I felt to be answered him by saying, " Well, I think Wind better wait a citizen's duty. ( Cheers.) I speak in the presence of men until lam invited." (Laughter.) Instead of my saying I who have been before the public f or man y ye a rs. lam satis- would be a candidate for the representation of Lime fied that they will agree with me, that no man is fit to take street Ward, I think it would be more decorous to wait upon himself any public duty whatever, unless ho can act and see whether I was wanted. I submit that decorous with the greatest political opponent he ma have when lie is ri g ht feelin g , and even good citizenshi p should induce a man to called to act together with hi m f or the pu y blic good, and for wait a n d see whether his nei g hbo urs and b rother electors (Hear hear and the promotion of a public duty.cheers.) thought he was a competent man to go into the town cou ncil I conversed with Mr. Lloyd on the subject, of tbe Town Dues, to do their duty, and if they found that he was such a man, and of my visit to the House of Commons. I showed hire they would be sure to pick him out, and ask him to go. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, you have, on several occasions, many of you, been kind enough to intimate to me your desire, whenever it might suit my convenience to place my serviced at your disposal, that I should represent you in the town council. (gear, hear.) I had, lio*e•ser, nd inten tion when I conversed with Mr. Rcay to do any such thing. But, subsequently, the provisional committee to which I have referred, did me the honour to come to a unanimous resolution to present me with a requisition calling upon me to permit myself to be placed in the position in which I have now the honour to stand before you, as a candidate for your suffrages for the representation of the Lime street Ward in the town council, at the forthcoming electien, upon the Ist of November next. (Cries of " hear, hear," and loud cheers. Gentlemen, that requisition, I feel, states more of me than I fear I deserve. (No, no). But it was signed by so many burgesses of the ward, in so short a time, and feeling, as I do, that the duty of a citizen is the highest duty a man is called upon to perform, ansthat it' it were in my power to respond to the invitation, it was my duty to do so cordially and without delay. GentlFmen, acting under the influence of those feelings and those principles, I did not hesitate, but I at once accepted the requisition, placed in the hands of the gentlemen my address which you have seen on the walla, and I Stand before you this evening to make known to you the faith that is in me. (Cheers.) If that faith be acceptable to you, and you, send me into the Town Council, I will do your duty for you to the best of my power and ability without regard to my own individual interests apart from yours. (Cheers.) Igo therefor no purpose but to serve you—it is your business and not mine. (Hear, hear). I hope then, gentlemen, you are satisfied with my explanation and you will do me the justice to say that I have done no wrong on this occasion from the first to the last. (Renewed cheers.) Gentlemen, I shall detain you no longer by what I feel ought not to have occupied your time, but I was necessitated to go at that length into the question. lam extremely obliged to you for the indulgent hearing you Tiave given me, upon a question not of that high character, not of that noble order for which we are assembled this evening, and by your permission, sir, and the perrnission of the gentlemen I have the pleasure of addressing, I shall now proceed to the immediate business for which the meeting has been convened. Gentlemen, hold that a community cannot be financially wrong and socially right. If you want an illustration of this go across the channel, and, unfoi tunatcly, you have it there. Look at the fever heat with which the authorities lie down upon their pillows at night, and rise up in the morning, in consequence of the disordered state of the finances of France, and you will see that I am right in coming to the conclusion, that social order is disturbed immediately the balance of finance comes on the wrong side. (Hear, bear.) Then, gentlemen, in attempting to put before you any views as to the duties of a town councillor, I put first the question of finance. Any gentleman aspiring to the position I now aspire to must feel that it is a great honour to be elected according to the spirit of the constitution to a seat in the council. It is debasing, it is demoralising to go there by any back stair or pocket borough influence, (Cheers.) Gentlemen, t have not asked a single elector for his vote—l have not sought the suffrage of any one individual; and, I am sure, you will permit me to say that it is not my intention to do so, and that I shall receive your approbation for it. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I have said before it is your own business—it is, at least, more yours than mine, for I am only an infinitisimal individual among the muhitude. You are the masses, and have the great interest at stake—l have comparatively but little. If you please to select me to go into the Town Council for the seat which will be vacant on the Ist of November, I told you before, and I tell you again, t will do my duty there to the best of my power and ability. Well, now, gentlemen, look at the revenue of this great estate. Why, this corporate estate is a small king dom. It is a German Principality, and with far greater re. sponsibilities than any German Principality, in my opinion. There is the great avenue, one of the great arteries, through which flows all the raw material which employs millions of our population of the northern, and some of the midland coun ties—here flows out again the raw material in its manufactured state, having added to it the value of the industry of the bee hives of Bolton and Wigan, and Sheffield, and Birmingham, and Manchester, and all the surrounding districts. We have to provide for the accommodation of millions inwards and millions outwards, and have therefore in that section of our duties very heavy responsibilities, and I say woe be to the man who undertakes those duties, and is not resolved to do them conscientiously, whatever may be the offence he may give in carrying on his duties to the best of his power. (Cheers.) I appear to have given offence already, so you see I have begun getting myself into a bother. (Laughter.) I cannot help it. I must speak out what l l believe to be true. Idoso as courteously as I can. If it-she the fact why should I withhold it ? If the statement be trete, why should I not express it? I have stated in my address that I-denlo.e the circumstance that there is not a single member of the Council, neither councillor nor alderman, who h a knowledge of the state of Liverpool, over which he is put to preside as an agent, (Hear, and cheers). My opponent has charged me with issuing an abusive address. Let me introduce to you what my opponent himself says :—" Let me ask you if some of you do not recollect 1833, when my late .partner, then the town clerk. Mr. Foster, went through the ordeal of a Royal Commission of Enquiry into the estate and property of the Corporation ? I was then his partner, and, although I did not appear in court, yet I was actively engaged in obtaining information, from time to time, as might be required. For twenty one days that commission sat ; and when, at the end of as many periods of years as the Corporation had existed in 1833, I hope, if such another enquiry should arise, it may be found as clearly and as honestly dealt with as the Corporation was previously to that period." Now, gentlemen, I ask you who has offered the greater insult to the Corporation of Liverpool ? Out of this vast assembly, I very much question whether 20 gentlemen, or even probably a dozen, would, •but for the Reform Bill of 1832, not at this moment, be without a vote, or a name upon the Burgess Roll. (Hear, hear, and cheers). Yet my opponent, with all the boldness he is capable of possessing, intends to imply that the corporate estate was better managed and taken care of in the olden time before that reform, than it is at the present day ! But what does that say for him, a member of the corporation among the rest ? (Hear, hear, and cheers) Well, I want to know what he knows about the corporation estate now ? He talks about having been a partner with the man who waded through all the documents Rot up in 1833. But is the property which was valued in 1833 being rented now at the same valuation ? (Uear, bear.) Has the corporate property remained in statu qua from that day to this ? (Hear, hear.) if 1833 be the last date of the last inventory of the corporate estate, I do think that, that very fact is an evidence which proves that there is not a member of the corporate body who knows anything about the corporate estate. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gen tlemen, the revenue derivable from the yearly rental of the , corporate estate, is £23,500 a year. Ido beliveve, that if the reduction which has been placed upon the books of the council, ' at the instance of our highly and deservedly esteemed friend, Mr. Robertson Gladstone—(enthusiastic cheering)—l say, if the resolution had been practically carried out, and laid before the council, it would [not (surprise me at all to find that that rent roll would be augmented from £23,500 up to £30,000, and not even then over estimated. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd said, the last inventory was taken in 1833, and we are now living in 1856, so that is twenty three years ago, within ono year of the whole time I have resided in the town of Liverpool, was the last record made which the agents and trustees for the burgesses possess of the immense estate which they have undertaken to manage and control. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Why, can anything be so monstrous ?—and yet I am charged with issuing a most offensive address, and most abusive address ! (Laughter.) Well, gentlemen, lam quite willing to receive that imputation from the quarter whence it comes. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The entire income of the borough, gentlemen, from all sources, is very nearly, I believe, one million of money. Half of that, or thereabouts. is derivable from the dock estate the other moiety from the corporate estate, from the water, and from what may be termed the borough rate. I call rates levied within the borough, borough rate. Our Manchester neighbours say we have no borough rate. Now, what do you suppose is the amount raised within the parliamentary borough, in the shape of a rate upon the the inhabitants of the borough ? In round figures it amounts to £130,000. Yet, they have the effrontery to tell us, that they have a borough rate, but we have none—whilst we extract from the pockets of the people £130,000 a year, iu the shape of rates for various purposes. (Hear, hear.) Now, the law expenies of the corporation last year were £15,500. (Oh, oh.) Where is there a provincial town in the kingdom having a much larger revenue than that, except in the North of England ? (Hear, hear.) We spent £15,500 in one year in law. Well, now, is a lawyer the right man to send to the Town Council after that ? (Cries of no, no," and cheers ) I think we had better keep the lawyers in their offices, and when we want them go to them. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Pay them their fees for advice given when sought, but when we have so many lawyers in the council chamber, I am quite sure we are mulct in consequence, and as a principle and a rule uge there ought to b e no member of that profession upon t h e fi nance committee of the council. (Hear, h ear , an d cheers) He oughthear.) Well, not to be sen t th ere —i t i s t o our p re judice that any lawyer s h ou ld occupy a seat there, in my op i n i on. (H ear , a;2 bugbear—whenever gentlemen, wthe h e c a o v r e po s r p a e te ke estate t has we bee h n ave a great bb been told to " hush, hush, hush, take care, some body or other will come and take it from you." (Hear, hear.) My opponent has had recourse to tho same thing. This is held up to us as a road in terrorem. But' if we have a right, let us maintain that right boldly—that is the true course and the best course, and I have faith in Queen's, Lords and Commons, that justice will be done to vested interests, whether in the hands of corporate bodies or of individuals, and if you do me the honour to send me , into the town conncil chamber, I shall net be deterred by any such fears from making every enquiry, and ascertaining the position of our property to the best of our perceptive ability. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I am afraid lam detaining you sadly too long — (cries of'" No, no") —but I have been requested through the prints to give you my opinion upon three or four questions — g as, water, and the parks. Now, gentlemen, I place next to finance, education ; and under the head of education, I place parks and circulating libraries, notwithstanding . Mr. Alderman Dover's opinion to the contrary. I would give a circulating library to every ward in the town. (Applause.) And allow me to tell Mr. Alderman Dover, that it will cost the consti tuencies no more annually to have a library in every ward in the town, than it will to have one huge library in one locality. (Hear, hear.) It will cost no more ; but if it does cost more, so much the better, provided that cost is incurred by the thirst for knowledge in the people. (Hear, hear.) Well, I put parks for recreation under the head of education. I put our Saturday evening concerts—the concerts at St. George's Hall —under that head. (Great Applause.) And I think it is the duty of the members of the council to promote such education to the utmost of their power and ability. (Hear, hear.) Have they done that ? You have a piece of land known as the Newsharn-house estate. That cost £lOO,OOO fifteen years ago, and I believe that it has not returned a gross revenue of 11 per cent., nor ss net revenue of 1 per cent., I daresay, and yet it has ne'er been laid out by your representatives for your recreative purposes. Now, sir, I say it is at once the duty of the council to place that a no 1 g 1 i w - -- Gladstone) would call upon Mr. Lloyd and many other members of the council to undertake to reply to certain questions that he was prepared to put to them in !the Town -council on the subject of the property of the corpo- I ration, and of the result they themselves would be the j ca u od u d d g crh e. e es ds which n Ap p prloapuehs proper ) Tire.hi ,judicious, Gladstone sl h d a as d nt edn h er l e a s r pe d eo en Mtefenri respectful ) el language, g ff t ue e a r g y4s , denominated " one of the most abusive addresses that o could be pinned b y any candidate to a gratuitous insult to the corporation of Liverpool, a corporation which should s t and second to Kingdom." Now th ere he agreed.ny i The n t e h e e rp U er n a i t t i e e d n should not stand second to any in the United kingdom, but there was a nrevious question—did it stand second? (Hear, hear.) Why should it not stand first ? (Applause.) Were they in the present day to be told that It was a gratuitous insult to any one where the inte rest was at stake, was so great for a ratepayer or other member of the community to desire to be informed on the momentous point—as to what the possessions of the cor poration were ? Let them turn to any one street in Liverpool, and go to any official that moment in the Town Hall, and ask him which was leasehold, which freehold. which on lives, and he (Mr. Gladstone) pledged himself that not one official could be found to answer it. (Cries of oh, oh.) So far as his experience went, the members of the council were in comparative ignorance of the extent of the property of the corporation. He admitted that they could tell the boundary on the west was the Mersey—(great laughter)—and by some sort of conjuring they might be able to guess at the boundaries on the north, the south, and the east, but that they could tell what the public generally knew of their individual property, he most positively denied. (Cheers.) Mr. Lloyd, as he had already said, protested against that statement of Mr. Jeffery s, but if the protest were at all admissible, it applied to the Town Council itself more than to Mr. Jeffery. (Applause.) The council itself had already decided that such a return should be made, and had thereby admitted their own ignorance on the subject. (Hear, hear.) If one were to credit Mr. Lloyd every particular ceenected with the corporate property was to be found in the report of 1833, but he (Mr. Gladstone) would pledge his reputation that, in all the pages of that volumes, there was nothing of that material and important information which it was the object of his motion to obtain. The report, indeed, recite , / the various charters under which the corporation held its titles, the list of its officers, and some of the sources of its revenue, but since the year 1833, there had been immense acees sions to the corporate estate. (Hear, hear.) In looking at the report, it would be also seen how easily the commissioners who had come down to make the enquiry in 1833 were gulled, for they were quite satisfied with the same total, which alone were to be found in their report, without at. all requiring the details. (Laughter and hear, hear.) The report, no doubt, was very well, so far as it went, but they wanted to know more. (Cheers.) They wanted to know the position—the boundaries—the number of square yards—of any particu lar block of property—the tenure under which it was held, and they wanted to have that so systematised that they could obtain any information as to their property, without being obliged, as at present, to sacrifice a considerable portion of their time to obtain any knowledge without it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone then referred to the con templated retirement from the Council of Mr. Hugh Hornby, and Mr. George Holt, and after paving a well deserved compliment to the ability and honesty with which these gentlemen had always discharged their publics duties, proceeded further to dilate on the management of the corporate estate by the council. He would illustrate it, he said, by one instance. He would take one description of their property, that held by tenants at will, which, in one particular locality, amounted to £1,357 5s 9d. Ile alluded to Exchange-alley' North. It was well known that in that particu lar space Mr. Lloyd's office was situated. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He did not blame Mr. Lloyd for having his office there, but he blamed the corporation, who, up to this very moment, allowed the premises in Exchange-alley North, Eechanee•street West, to be let to tenants at 30 per cent under their right value. (Hear, hear.) Those who were acquainted with the value of land in Liverpool, would bear him out in stating, that in the last twenty years, property in the vicinity of the Exchange had advanced to the extent of 20 or 30 per cent. (Loud cries of " more, more.") He wished to be within bounds, and he:took the increase at 20 per cent. Well, when did they suppose the rents were last advanced alley North? In the year 1838—(c oh ")—nor would they have 1 Exchange of " Oh, len, had it not !nt father, who time, and who, been for their was appointed conceiving the iniquity was too great, considerably enhanced the rents—that was to say, he raised Mr. Lloyd's rent, and the rents of all the others, to something like from £BO to .el2O. (Hear, hear.) The Bank of England, and he believed other public offices, did not let any of their rooms under £5O, but he would like to know how many *rooms Mr. Lloyd held at £5O a room ? (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Gladstone concluded in an eloquent peroration, calling the meeting to know no dis tinction between men but their respective powers to do good, and promote the common weal. lie resumed his seat amid the most enthusiastic applause. Here Mr. Cope came forward to propose a resolution, when :urveyor A Burgess stepped forward, and asked the following question—" Is it a fact that Mr. Loyd asked the council to consent to refund him the money he spent, over the usual allowance for the year, when he filled the office of mayor ?" (Loud cheers.) Mr. Cope went on to say that the resolution he had to propose was merely one for the appointment of a com mittee to carry out the last resolution. There were already 100 names on it, but they wanted more, and he was sure they would all work well together, and in the hour of the election he knew they would work so effectually that Mr. Jeffery would be their representative. (Loud cheers.) Dr. Jeffery seconded the resolution, which was passed amid acclamation. Mr. A. C. Stuart, T.C., then came forward to propose a vote of thanks to the worthy chairman. He said he would wish to have followed up the facts stated by Mr. Gladstone , hut at that late hour he would not d e t a i n t h e meeting: Perhaps, before the let of November, he would have an opportunity of telling them smile more tales about the corporation. He would propose a vote of thanks to the chairman. The motion was seconded by Mr. Robinson, and was carried amid loud applause. The meeting then separated, cheering heartily for Mr. Jeffery, Mr. Gladstone, &c. AS MANTLES and JACKETS are so very generally worn this Season, J. MAC LENNAN, 36, CHURCH-STREET. (OPPOSITE PAREER-sTREET), Has maje arra ,, gements to have a Case of Paris MANTLES and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the other Fashionable Materials, delivered Every Week for the next Two Months; therefore, those Ladles desirous of having the Fashions as soon as they make their appearance in Paris, combined with moderation In prices, are respect fully solicited to inspect the Stuck. JUST RECEIVED, from London, Two Cases contain ing about 700 MANTLES, commencing at the extraordin arily Low Price of 4s. lid, each. SHAWL AND MANTLE WAREHOUSE, OPPOSITE PARKER STREET. in a position that the poor man can go out on a summer evening, if he thinks proper, with his wile on one hand and his child on the other—his wife, probably, with a little one in her arms—and two or three running before them— (laughter)—to frolic in the grass, and that will do a vast deal more towards the raising and elevating the social state of the people than could be done by extending the means for keeping open public houses. (Cheers.) Gentle men, I say that parks should be provided as places of recreation. They cannot, however, be provided without cost, but what I say is, let us have the maximum of benefit 'at the minimum of cost. (Hear, hear.) I have been also requested to speak of gas, and it has been said, that my election has been jeopardised by my not having referred to it in my address. (Laughter.) Who, in Liverpool, does not know my opinions on the gas question ? (Hear, hear.) I have fought the Gas Company in Parliament no less than three or four times, and what has been the result? Why, that there is now £150,000 invested in the gas works for which there is not a penny interest paid. (Cheers.) In 1839, we lopped off -W-16,000 from the capital of the old company. They wished to invest their profits to the extent of double that sum—i - 96,060. They went to Parliament for the purpose of capitalising it, but we successfully opposed them as consumers, and the com mittee of the House of Commons refused to allow them to capitalise more than £50,000 of the £96,000. (Cheers.) I take pleasure and pride in saying that I was one of those who fought that battle ; but can we say so much of my opponent ? (Hear, hear.) Our friend, Mr. Kitchen, who is on the platform, brought , for ward his report on the question of gas lately, and a most able report it was, and I regret that it was not received and adopted in its entirety (hear, hear); but the day must come, when the council will have to interfere with the supply of gas in some way—not that I wish them to take it into their own management, that is not what I desire, but the company having now reached the maximum of dividend, have ceased to have an interest in economic working in the application of great scientific improvements, which would be instantly introduced if they were not receiving that maximum of dividend. (Hear, hear.) Well, now, I come to the question of water. I think that at this moment the less said on water the better ; but you will recollect that in fighting that battle, I had the honour to occupy the chair of the comniittee of rate-payers out of doors, as opposed to the council in doors/. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jeffery then detailed the active part he took in opposing the Pike scheme, and in conclusion exhorted his supporters to conduct the great struggle in which they were now engaged, with temper and good humour. If they returned him to the council, he would not consider that he hold the seat as a free hold, but on a three „ years' lease, and that the renewal of it would depend on his performances. Mr. Jeffery concluded amid enthusiastic and long continued applause. Mr. Liversedge then came forward to propose the first resolution. He was received with loud applause. After apologising to the meeting for his inability to do justice to the resolution, he proceeded to say, however unable he was to address them, there was one thing he felt, and that was that his task was an exceedingly easy one, as it did not require any eloquence td enforce it. (Hear, hear). Mr. Jeffery was so well known to the people of Liverpool that it was not necessary for him to say much on that point. (Hear, hear). He (Ur. Jeffery), it was well known, was a gentleman well able to grapple with all the questions that came before them ; and it required no eloquence on his (Mr. Liveredge's) part to induce them to think he was not the most proper man to represent them in the Council. (Loud cheers). In reference to what was called the " United Committee," he (Mr. Liversedge must say that he was always adverse to it, as, in his mind, it was something of a cheek on public opinion (hear, hear), and so long as it existed, parties took advantage of it (hear, hear) ; bet now that they had got rid of that, he did not see why Lime-street Ward would not, and could not, return, as well as others, one or two liberals. (Hear, hear). The Ward was now free from that Committee, and they were, therefore, at liberty to select the best man to represent them, and he trusted that, man would be Mr. Jeffery. (Loud cheers).' He then:pro'Posed a resolution to the, effect, that Mr. Jeffery vAti a tit and proper person to represent them in the council, and that alrjegitiinate means should be resorted to for the gultese of securing return Mr. :Table* came forward to second . the resolution: He said they ware called on by the constitution' of the country to choose a representative in the town council for Lime street Ward, on the Ist of November next. (Hear, hear.) He felt very happy at being enabled to second the motion, and he was happy to say he stood there that evening, for the first time, as a free and independent burgess of the ward. (Hear.) They had heard a good deal spoken about what was called the " United Committee," and Mr. Reay had told them there was not a more unanimous committee in Liverpool than in Lime street Ward, and that neither Whig nor Tory could bring any charge whatever against Mr. John B. Lloyd. He did not say that Mr. Reay would willingly state anything that he knew to be untrue, but that assertion was not true. (Hear, hear) Some six years ago, when Mr. Lloyd presented himself - to the burgesses of Lime street ward, he stated, as one of his qualifications, that he was opposed to the Pike scheme. (Hear, hear.) But he would only refer to his conduct since that time, or what he had done on that question. (Hear, hear.) Well, they were not now checked by the efforts of the United Com mittee, and therefore they had success in their hands. (Loud cheers.) It could not be said that there were no charges brought against Mr. Lloyd, and, without referring to any other at present, it was quite enough to mention that of the Pike scheme. Mr. Lloyd subsequently stated that if that scheme cost more than £450,000 he would not sanc'ion it. Was Mr. Lloyd of that opinion now ? and did he after that sustain his position on the point he told them ? It was we;l known that the Pike business had already cost over £7oo,ooo—(hear, hear)—and, therefore, they sliould be careful after that in recognising any one belonging to what was designated the United Committee. (Loud cheers.) That committee had had its day, and there was now an explosion and a great deal of smoke followed it. (Hear, hear.) He trusted, however, that the vapour would pass away. They had now come to the plain question, of which of the candi. dates was really the best man—the fittest man to represent the interest of the ward in the Town Council ? Suppose Mr. Reap had summoned two hundred electors of the ward upon his united committee, what had the electors of the ward to do with that? That committee might dwindle down to fifty, and were the electors of the ward to be bound by the decision of these fifty men, although the whole ward disapproved of whatever resolution such a committee might arrive at ? (Cries of " hear, hear.") But now they were free, and let them act accordingly. (Hear, hear.) There was one thing he would do, and that was, quote the words of Mr. Reay in reference to Mr. Jeffery, and these were— " That no one could question the ability of Mr. Jeffery, when compared with Mr. Lloyd." (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He (Mr. Jackson) fully agreed in that observation (loud applause), and he did not think that there was any gentlemen in that great meeting would differ with him inithat opinion; and he trusted that the great majority of the electors of the ward, would. on the Ist November, prove the truth of the assertion. (Great cheering.) Mr. Reay also stated, that Mr. Jeffery was a man of industry, great exertion, and natural talent. (Cheers.) No doubt whatever about that, and the burgesses of the ward would not be doing their duty it they did not send him to represent them in tho town council on the first of November. (Great cheering.) Ho then seconded the resolution. Mr. Robertson Gladstone was received with deafening cheers, which were continued for some minutes. After expressing his thanks for the reception accorded to him, he proceeded to state that he justified his presence among them, not being an elector of the ward, by the num ber of outside gentlemen who took part in Mr. Lloyd's meeting. By the name of Mr. Jeffery he meant, an advocate of able, just, and independant local government (cheers), and when he saw in other proceedings an attempt to unduly exalt by extraneous aid their opponent, he felt bound to come forward, and while advocating the great cause, which they had all at heart, to support Mr. Jeffery, who sprung from the most honourable of all sources, that of independent and honest industry (cheers,) had shown himself by his talents to be a member of the community !of whom they might be proved. (Hear, hear.) He considered it was his duty to support such a man, in order that he might not be crushed by those who would, from what they conceived to be their aristocratical posi tion, (hear, hear,) make a tool of the shopkeepers, and be civil to them, and acknowledge them only on such occasions as suited them, when either a member for the Town Council or a member for the borough was to be elected. (Cheers.) After declaring that, under the cir cumstances stated, Mr. Jeffery was justified in retiring from the amalgamated committee, which, he contended, was the true cause of the present difficulty, the eloquent gentleman continued to say, that the question which they had to decide was this : There were two candidates before them for the representation of the ward in the Town Council—which of the two did they consider the most competent to represent their interests there ? (L ou d cries of " Jeffery for ever, and cheers.) What was it that ought to decide that qualification ? Surely it was the fitness and qualifications of the i n di v id ual ? (hleaars, h ear .) And, even taking all th a t h a d been said by Mr. R e ay to be true, he (Mr. Gladstone) would upset it, by denying that any man had a right to place another in such I chains—to tether him down, and so prevent him from. giving his services to his fellow townsmen when called for, as in this instance, by them. (Cheers ) Mr. Jeffery had been accused of using offensive language in his address, because he had thought proper to state what he (Mr. Gladstone) knew for a fact—(cheers)—what ho knew to be in every word correct. The offensive languag e was in the third paragraph of his dr very p ro p er l y reminded the e thebaerdsoefss'n which i council, b of which h e (Mr. Gladstone was m m one was a mem er— b (laughter)— e that there w as no one of them thoroughly acquainted with the property that belonged to the corporation. (Hear, hear.) Now, he hoped that neither Mr. Jeffery nor himself would be for a moment supposed capable of stating that which they believed to be untrue—(hear, hear),—and what Mr. Jeffery stated in his address was strictly consistent with fact—(cheers)—and hel (Mr. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL, WEEKLY REPORT! October 22, 1856.—1 n-patients Discharged : Cured, 20 , relieved, 0 ; at own request, 1 ; irregular, 3 ; dead, 1; entered, 25 ; under treatment, 66. Out-patients : Cured, 41 ; entered, 60 ; under treatment, 69. Treasurer : James Houghton, Esq. Visitors : J. Farnworth, Eq., and S. Martin, Esq. Honorary Chaplain : Rev. D. T. Barry, B.A. Physicians and Surgeons for the Week s Dr. Petrie and Dr. Cameron House Surgeons : Mr. E. C. Garland and Mr. William Townsend. .E OF LOTA LODGE, THE MIDLETON.—About three wakened ,roceLd f bbs' his TOTAL DESTRJCTION BY FIE RESIDENCE OF LORD VISCOUNT o'clock on Monday morni by a crackli noise, which app library, the in rally oc, from whence they had retired to rest on previ ing, about half past ten &ch. lordship observed that the stout mahogany do ock. On entering t was in flames, wind ;ending towar threatened to'cut off all communic With great presence of mind his 101 s'eps for the preservation of life, and wa to secure the safe removal of Lad Miss Brodrick to the porter's lod lordship demesne, on the Glanmire ll -road, mile from the housl t messenger to the Glanmire immediately responded to by InspectsoripWaadlseo, a quarter of a notice-barrack, which was with despatchedt the ewhole ho dispossable force under his command, such a manner as t o ll ? at e m serve c order, e an a d me P e b f y a south-west wind, which ormmand, which were dist e ri n b t ug: abstraction of property, s r favoured v ebalenwimu on fl p the house, made earful havoc. An express was sent off to the city for an engine, which arrived about six o'clock, but its arrival was of no value, for not a drop of water was to be obtained. Soon, the whole of the interior, containing costly furniture, silk damask curtains, valuable books, prints, ornaments, Sze., were a prey to the devouring element, the progress of whi c h ige of the wood wor k or was so rapid that scarcely. a dyes While we writ e th e l as t interior fittings has reinalne remnant of the floors and furniture are smouldering away, and the only parts likely to remain uninjured are t h e con servatory and the back premises, from which some trifling articles of pottery were alone rescued. Horses having been obtained from Cork, about six o'clock, the family removed to the Imperial Hotel, and we regret to learn that both Lord and Lady Midleton received slight bruises in the harry of escape. Every possible assistance was given by the neigh bours,friends, an d t h e working populat i on . C o l. B eam i s h , Jl' ~was early en the sr o-, 'on horseback, and had the good luck to save some articles of clothing. Doctor Tivy, Mr. Thorley, and other gentlemen, were also present, and the grea'est sympathy was evinced by all who witnessed the fearful visitation and sufferings of this noble and estimable family. Lota Lodge is the property of James Smith Barry, E'q , and was merely rented by Lord Midleton for the summer months. It was, perhaps, the handsomest villa residence in the neighbourhood of Cork, being constructed by the famous architect Morrison, at a cost of £lO,OOO. The house, we understand, was insured in the Sun and London Union, for £3,700 in each.—Cork Reporter. of the