Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

conduct had been despotic, tyrinnieal, and he might say, greatly oppressive. Si nce h e had -been in the Conncil, The elections took place yesterday amid s t i mmense he had discharged his duti es t o th e b est o f hi s a bi l i t i es, not for the - Wa7di but for' the town ; and as he was going excitement. _. The-occasion was m a rk e d by more than a usual amount of bustle, and the streets _leading to the back, he wouldet7. l ltinuo to flo so faithfully and honestly, and with ou t f avour a,d_alt•‘etion• - ( Chee r s .) -.-- ' n the several wards w ere lit erally crowded - - -,,,, b1e kind ofplacard. Re again thanked the electors, and'_ .retired amidi t .the greatesil, cheering. „.. ng• MUNICIPAL ELECTION. polling putt.,-_ by vehicles, covered by every iwa b ...._,_ . The heavy rain, winch fell almost uninterrupteu, l . 11-44lig was prisseci to the elriiinvin of the throughout the day, had the effeot -of laying .Himont committee, ate.. 4 dOeided wis' b exPresgeel that; c c every cab and - coach in town wilier contrit/gOon to a va a ao y aga i n _ g in „ , ,,, . ..,,t .. '. . whenever convey electors to the poll.' It is unnecessary for us to .. •••• - enter here hit, ~., nf tu t , .• • , , . a triamphant.rnajority. (This was followed Burn turn by ..--. occur, ,no ratepay'L r ITOUId re- ....., ,„,, iucitients of the elections, - a., b ` • we give below:repcikts of the proceedings' in eaCh ward. y great cheering ' and -cries of " That . we will do.'') After Ito 3t enth'usiasticallY cheering Mr. Shimmin; the The following is the official declaration of the poll, at Chairman 9f the committee, and the several meml its close yesterday afternoon, at four,Welock . th e committee, the meeting sep arated, and M " " :—, ..., , repaired to the Town-hall to- sign , his rc' Names of INo. c Candidate it, J. Stitt John Shitrimir Oliver llokkn James Steasq. H. C. Beide._ W. P. Jeffreys J. R. Jeffery_ G. Nieksori Rohertson J G.Livinfistcm returns Wards. _Names of IN'o. of btuiclidaffs. lArotes. F . 1 593. ,e 1 Cearm I 107 5 o pposition 1 t withdr'wol 1 ''• I. Avoodbo,rg .1 355 Tames ,li °lre,. 29.1; J , :aue - .; :Am).— 17S IJohn Wilson IC. Aspinnll l6l A. Miller 222 . W.H.Anthon; 252 ys'"c of ST. PAI TT Matters - have g' The usual d disturb _,S WARD. Ir 41" tieeedingly quiet in this ward. iii fit. Pads-nuare was wholly un- - , clay by the . exciting scenes attendant on .03nikeed 'election. The severe straggle' prognosti-' zatqd.•hy the announcement that four gentlemen had come forward, as candidate s. f o r the stifftagres -of the eltOiors, has ended in nought, and Mr, Holden is again, 1.?6r the fourth time;, the representhtive of St Paul's Ward in the Town Council. Finding the contest to be entirely hopeless, Mr. Mlay withdrew on Monday, and Messrs,,Howen and Williamson yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, thus leaving Mr. Holden - Master of the field. CASTE-STREET .WARD The contest, in this ward, was ,one of the closest and keenest in the town, steadily kept up from the openini , to the closing of the poll. The following is the state of the poll from tcn o'clock until four _Steains. Woodburn. 88 49 12 „ 1 ), 2 ~ Majority for Mr. Steains, A large number of the friends of Mr. Steains assem bled in his committee room, Commercial Hotel, Dale street,: at four o'clock, and received the announcement of the poll with enthusiastic cheering. Mr .CROSFIELD, Chairman of Mr. Strains' Committee addressed the meeting in a few word :ongratulating • them neon having done their duty so nobly, and slioWn that they would not have dictation from lawyers or any - (cheers.) ; Ike thanked them for, their ,exer . one.else S received with 1 mdnon-elec Ns then rose, and w applause. 'He said: Gentlemen elector of Castle-street Ward, I stand before you now .on( jority of 43 -ov I have been r ver Jay opponent dismissed this .da whom No. Ball, c uric of Ward. Evert on Kirkdalc Vauxhall 1. Paul' Castle-street St. Peter's... Pitt-street... Lirile4treet . St. Anne-street South Toxteth. North Tosteth. (Signed WM. Sill; TTLEWOR I 11, TOWN -CURB. The following may be taken as the political class Mnser Everton, Scotland, - Vauxhall, J. Shlmmin 15 St. Paul's, 0. Holden, unopposed. Exchange, C. Turner, unopposed.. Castle-Bf., St. Pact' Pitt-street; 'W. P. Jeffrey Gt. George Rodney;' AbererorOb, J. A. Tobin, .unopposed Lime-it yeti, St. Anxie's, G. Nickson, Westtierby, F. A Clint, u S. To - kteth, J. Robertson, N. Taxteth, J. G. Livingster., mortposed, No. ofl Votes.l Radicals. John Stitt - GGa Wooo. tuff, unopposed IJ. H. Wilson; unopposed Wm. Earle, unopposed. J. It. Jeffery 264 EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD The candidates for this ward were Mr. J. J. Stitt, and Mr. Carrie. The election throughout the whole day was very briskly contested. The following is a state meat of the poll at 'four o'clock : Mr. Stitt . . . . . 668 Mr: Carne . . . . 593 Majority _75 .nortty atter tne =closing of tne pY addressed the electors from the Window of Iris iOnitnittE room--Mrs. Berry's (boarding-school. On making hi appearance he was greeted with prolonged cheering and waving of hats.• Ile said, at that exciting moment of victory, perhaps he might lie pardoned if he was not able to express his thanks to them ie these terms that he should wish to • do. The largest r him to-day that number of V( had been pc Ms thanks rfl for. a v on timc 11, and lt NORPIDRN DAILY TIMES. jnrity, the.Tollawing being 'the hourly. returns - of. tlyp state of the poll : Jeffreys. Stccl 10 o'clock 11 ~ 12 1 „ 4 45 95 19,1 • • ; 119 2O; 170 0 9 . • 178 Final 'state of the poll. imp o-,..tance, the con- • Majority for Jeffreys Shealy' after four o'clock the. numbers were an nounced from Mr. Jeffreys'• committee-rooms in Park-lane amid tumultuous , applause : : Mr : :Rigby,. chairman of -31 :ivery; dannenced 'a canvass opportunit‘; next year ;, .A.ll would 'rive them his dim. He ta= d i ed upon them 4c Mr. Asifirrall, which was res- Mr. FArnarunsT said they had, er• now, and there would be another and he was sure if Mr services they would return to give three cheers I ponded to Mr.•Jeffreys' committee, addressed the electors, and con gratulated. them upon the victory they had achieved that Citik.ntits CAir.i4 next .addressed the gentlemen prescrit. lie stated that they would have had a much larger majority, but that their duplicate votes, which they could spare, went to an adjoining ward—even •he (Mr. Canis), had not ,voted for Mr. Jeffreys; but had given his support to another ward. lie did so becn -- -cV TOR'''_ ri AND OtJTH TOXTETH wAnDs. • CONShRVATIVE The polling for these wards commenced Pisterday at nine o'clock, and was carried on with gr,dt..spirit and v:ii;i4eur by the Conservative party up tf, the close.-, ..The result is, that the Conservatives of the township 0 North and South. Toxteth have t r i ump h e d gloriously in , the good Conservative cause: Following is •the official state of-the poll for the various candidates . daring the day. • ' Mr. Jeffreys could do without his vote. - He ee shown latedthem upon the majority of. They Clad shown that that the ward was a good Conser- 4 a m nne;, and they had nobly:done their duty that da:v, conoluded by thanking them for their supty:,;.', of tpv, servative cause, and- for the :Lore manne- z i n good-which Cthoney.. had acted that day. -. . 14Ir. Jeffrey:, was loudly called for,. 'He was requested to gpeak out of the window,buthereksed, saying that be had made 9.n:angenittts- with the pol Ace not to speak through the winclows it would be an act of charity to let. people go home on such a day. Mr. JErra.vys proceeded- Gentlemen, and fellow el•, , .ctors . of Pitt-street Ward, I have to, congratulate you on your exertions and success fill efforts thiS day. Perhaps we could not haVe had more mrforht iate day for an election, but the result has turned out to be just what we eltpectedthat is, in a Majority. We calculated upon a majority of% 100, but as we could spare votes, we divided our duplicates, and even oar respected chairman, Mr. Rigby, voted in another ward, at the last moment. It has been no small task to keep ahead against-calumny, falsehood, and, all kinds of shifts and schemes which have been used against us.; but lam glad to say that not one of my suppoiters or coinmittee would stoop' to do that which our opponents have done so systematically: We have gained by fairness, truth, and honour. (Cheers.) I have myself during this contest been abused, calumni ated, and insulted most egregiously. I may add that the requisition which was presented to me was signed by the majority of the intelligent, influential; and wealthy voters is the ward. You may , . simple reason, that . othe r , wards required their votes and they got them. I.do not know whether to : , ..etice . neighbour of mine—l think he is scarcely worthy of Livingstone Anthony 201 169 280 210 -100 , . Messrs. Livingstone and Robertson. The newly-elected members then adjourned to the Royal ; Oak Hotel, where they, were followed by an immense crowd. Mr. Horsfall having read out the official return, then calledmn Mr. ROBERTSON Io address the meettne , . That srpnfl A. Ails of the Ift , v for libelling his neighi niverse ;•-in fact, I - talce — liirn tr (Cries .of " NPLeilan we can afford. to After some few rc for t an' electioneering paper, or if they did, they 3vould run _ a great risk:or getting themselves into d diKenity. He . - , -.. .•• , _ 7 , , 2:5 thanked those who had given him . their support, and . The fortnightly . meetin,7 of - the Select 1 hOped that Ir. ' . .l:ciekson, who was the loan chosen held at tOI i?' •h. Board-hy the majority of the electors, - would do his -, lew , hill, the Rev. R e ctor Cainnhell - , ,L 1 , 1 Brown duty. in a manner satiSfactory• lo".them. One thing t h,,., _ ~., ... 4—. ' r . tiair • and ' — qs that there was V no: iiorce laW in'municipal matter ~ ,-.. , T . . e, , ~... were also nresenti --7 ArPnrs. - urOrrpor'P • cleck. in the Pans . - . ,-- 0 - o T . tyy was ~. qiven general Satifacdon, for it *as I ' D for three 3't":.°_! - : 'He hoped if, at the• expi ~.,on of the 'r Al . : . - . , - , ott-, ~onn \\111 4 ,..,,, kJook, am all, that no faction 1 . wo - smith, Owen, 7L•]divard Byford,. three years, he haj :idol' Williams, William 11 W . hit t l ° 1 2 iv' Turnek, Hughes, impossible. for. any man ..! :0 sq..l4Y6yred 2 ' Gary, G. Melly.. • -' F. . opposition should be got up, i4710,..tutn him ant, been- ....."' I .. - , after all, a man's. pro,essions were - Lf mrn compared 3vith his-actions. He , re'. 'rel. from test defeated, but With the best wishes of (- minded man in the ward. (Bear, hear.' SELECT VESTRY: CCnIMITTEE , The proceer-- , 4 this committee were toad. Mr. 'in' moving their adoption ; desired to draw "attention to the resolution of the committee, call upon the Poor-law Board to dismiss Dr. Leather from the-office of senior surgeon._ Re said, the - report in the papers had probably ink,rmed the members of the Vestry what it was that led the eonithittee to adopt the resolution; but the report must hate failed to cow , vey the impreesint. made':.poiethe minds of the members of the coinut 4 ittee by the equivocal Manner 54 'Which Dr. Leather answered the questions that were put In him. It ";as only right lo,say, that while the committee were unanimous in pas Sing the resolution, they were also unanimous in the opinion that tlie ease, _in itielf, was not sufficiently strong to warrant thee - A in - recom;• mending the Poor Late )3oird to, dismiss Dr. Leather from his office; but they all agreed in thinking that, after the number of resolutions that had already been passed concerning Dr. Leather, .he time was fully come when it was incumbent on them to make a determined 1 He then proceeded to read a number of resolu tions that had been :paned by the committee, during several years, eoncerniN- the conduct of D r . Leather. He remarked that it had been'proposed that some notice should be taken of Ihe proceedings, in another place, relating to Dr. Leather's conduct ; but he did not think that these proceedings bad much to do with the board, beyond "strengthening ' their . opinion. 'of Dr. Leather. -He congratulated. them on the corn 'inittee having adopted the resolution' after the exposé that had taken place in a public court of law. Mr. SCOTT was of opinion that after the public ea,pos of, Dr., Leather's character and conductin the town, the public opinion called imperatively upon the board to do something more than pass a resolution. He thou g ht they were called 'upon, if they had th e power, immedi ately dismias him. It was really painful ,to go thr-iugh the town, and hear - people say, " What a pretty surgeon you have got in your house." - If they could pass a resolution to dismiss Dr... Leather instantly he should move that they do so. i stand. „ - • Majority for Robertson _*; ! —5O Mr. BYFORD—We 4 cannot di sm i ss hi m . G. H. Horsfall, Esq., presided during the election ; Mr SCOTT — Then we can suspend hi m . Mr. Joseph Harrison performed th e _d u tie s o f ,v i ce - The CHAIRMA N —You can suspen d hi m. chairman; and Mr. J. Johns itcted as honorary secretary-. Mr. SCOT T —Th en 1 m o ve as an amendment that he When the result was madelcnown at each of the com- be, suspended from hi s o ffi ce unt il we get the decision of mittee-rooms 14 of the Conservatives, their supporters the Poor Law B oar d. icsairinnrl +l.'s en,•,,,,,,,,, ..,•,41-...,-.:,........: 1..,n• ,•1,,,',.,...:...r. 1,, .441.. .0 —... ' The fi- . . . ... amendment was not seconded. oir. WEETTTy q u it e concurred-in every word that had fallen fiorn the chairman of the Workhouse Committee, - ;hility of the bop -.inn that the . _ as to the responslk,_ ..rd in set inmates' of the house were properly cared f MU: DATft'sTow agreed with Mr. Crop thought that Dr. Leather m»-"- he-board: Leather rn The , motion was then ,a CRO: said the per's m inim ouslv ago, •to resolution, OnVER 2, 1850. )3IRXENHEA-D COMMISSIONERS The usual monthly meeting of the Birkenhead Coro— missioners was held yesterday morning in "the Board— room, HamiltonLsquare. Mr. Hi►id 'presided, and the other members present were. Messrs. Peck, BaYlisr Bell, Beazley, Cook, Barnett, M'Gill, Keightley, anti Rae. tIGATiNG _ Asl3 ' irATcllll Messrs; Willoughbt PeclE kka beazley had been „ appointed a sub-cotinltre'e Zvi the purpose of inspecting the town, with a vieii th providing additional gas-lights in the streets, Thq:fretik.'wing,s were confirmed, on the motion of VT _ Ivey: Mr OooK was glad to hear that a sub-ConimittOe ltda Veen appointed, for there had lately been many dedideri arising out of the deficient lighting of the township... The proceedings of the Markets. Committo were read' and confirmed. 10 e'tZ6`ek 11 ~ 12 „ 1- ~ 2 „ 10 o'clock 11 „ 12 „ 1 „ 2 12. tinic ley had 're Majority for Liyingtone SOUTH TOXTETII 55 56 100 94• 140 118 180 150 213 185 NORTH TOXTETH HMALTA .COMMTrTEI The registrar had reported that tim m ;3ber of, deat lls , in the township, during the mon* tact been 60, of which 18 were from xymotic •&iseims. • The proceedings were confirmed: - Mr. BELL - Wished ti correct- an error into which he had fallen at a previous meeting, in reference to Claugll - Vale: There_ ad not .been, as he had previously stated,, several cases of fever in that locality, and he rerrretted that he had been misinformed. The onlY . nuisance complained of now, it w ou ld seem, was the filthy state of the pigstyes. • Dr. Bkrus said the drainage of Claughton. certainly' was execrable; and the landowners had not done their duty in neglecting to improve their property in 1' sanatory point of view, and the occupiers had done wrong in allowing the sewers to ge t c hoked up. As regarded pigs, he felt sure .th at they were -a very great nuisance, and ought be . removed from the ...neighbourhood of huma n ' .dwellings, but.he very much regretted to say that the magistrates did ,not co-operate with the committee ill repressing such abordinations. ' ' • 'Mr. BELL suggested that the committee should Po" teed againit the owners of the property, so that the proper system of sewerage might be, accomplished. The CHAIRMAN said the Act of Parliament was suit: - piently strong to meet the case. The proceedinis --- oFtliTitoad and Improvenien t Committee were read and' confirmed. FINANCE eo3tsirrrlE. This committee recommended that the house No. 35, Hamilton-square, should be taken as offices for the Commissioners, at a rent of £lBO a-year for the first five years, and £l3O a-year for the remaining pe r iod of the lease, which is for ten years in all. Mr. REIGHTLEY moved the.confirmation of the 1 0- _ '.llfr. - Coon. said, it was too late now t o discuss th e matter, but he , strongly objected to the recommendati on of the committe e , and thought it wou ld h ave b een Vic more ... wise had the Itoard accepted the offer of the com' pany formed for the purpose of erecting a town-hall. The proceedings were then confirmed. following is as account of .th, Try receipts 59. £2.312 I- 06tober April to 31st 0 T, ui 1858, ution had 18 5 ' repeat the chart ace in which he had intetifits,. Or failed to take a fair the? tad. put upon him: He had challenged. them to-point out a 'single case—to point out anything dishonourable, or a party job in which he waoconcerned; or where he had -attempted to benefit his. : own interest at . their expense. How bad their opponents conducted' their election—his sentiments had' been denied - after explanations front hint, they had, eirettlated — Sentiments which he was entirely opposed to ;—such:. conduct was dishonourable. Not content with that, the had inserted his name along witli;eue of the. .-m most. t.disgraceful transactions that ever took place in this town. After all this they had given their -verdict to-day, and they might go home and con- Aid* Ant verdict. He now returned to the Council with' foie satisfaction that he had the renewal of their cwifidenee, and, three years hence, he hoped to be able to :address them with. such .eonfideace as he did on this ocOon: He thanked them for the attention they had paP..to him during such wet weather, and wished them happiness and prosperity. '(Lduct ehe.ers.) Mr. MOZLEt and Mr: Waittta. then addressed the assenablage, after - which, three cheers were given for Mr. Stitt,., the unsuccessful candidate, the clithrthan of the committees, the .car-drivers, &c., and the meeting dis persed. - - a giagle-.iE gloated their hare of the bttrdens he had VAUXHALL WARD The polling for this ward took place at eight o'clock in the morning, and was continued with much spirit throughout the day. The following is the stattka4 the poll as returned at the following hourS Shimniin, 9.30 o'clock 10.30 „ Cearns, 13 been at At leasi have frien 37, and I who do not II ). speak wit rs of the pi ial leza' fe3~iof. phalanx berg „of most influent • rallied round me. I have several here whom ___., pride and a pleasure to me to show that I can ran among my friends. , , Mr, Avison and Mr. George Melly also spoke. ST PETER'S WARD, In St. Peter's Ward the retiring member, Mr:James llolme, was opposed by Mr. Henry Christie Beloe. The polling during the day was more brisk than has been the case tinnily in this ward, and the result of the poll was the return of Mr. 13eloo, by a m ' • •, -- Shortly after four o'clock Mr. B eloe met his supporters at the Brunswick Hotel, in Hanover-street, and the chair was taken by Mr. Bowring. The CHAIRMAN congratu ' lated the Liberal electors of St. Peter's Ward upon a glorious and, a, great triumph—a triumph which they had earned by their own intelligence, zeal, and indonaita ble lave of what was right and. proper; for the :gentle men they had beaten consisted of no fewer. tha n th ree ex-mayors. (Cheers.) He believed they had now crushed the spirit of Toryism in St. Peter's Ward. (Cheers.) . Who was the man that would dare after .this successful .contest to compete upon Tory principles.. for the representation of the ward ? (Hear, hear.) If the . Liberals brought out good and true men, they had the wards in their own handg,- On this occasion, the Liberal candidate had, "notwithslancling the inclement state of the weather, polled 31 vote?, being more than had e ver b een po ll e d , by any candidate.. (Unc9rs.) Mr. James Holme had polled '283 votes,-and the majority in -favour of Mr. Beloe was, therefore, 48 : (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. BELOE then addressed the electors. He gave expression to the deep emotion that he felt when he found that, although comparatively unknown to the ward, he had been returned as its representative. He had not one word to say ag?inst his respected opponent Mr. James Holme, nor against the immense amount of Tory influence that had been brought to bear to prove that his (Mr. 13eloe's) remarks were balderdash. The day would arrive when he hoped to be able to carry out his pled'go that that income which was fairly and honourably belonging to the present genera tion should be applied for their benefit from year to year. (Applause.) And he would say to Alderman Holme, that he was not at all afraid of his denunciations or those of his party. (Hear, hear.) In spite of the m , he would boldly endeavour honestly and faithfully to carry out that which he believed to be true, and which he believed 'would tend to the interests of the town. (Applause.) He was much indebted to his committee for their exertions in his behalf. It was owing to their energies, and not to his own qualifications, that they had achieved the grert success .that day of beating an ex mayor. (Cheers.) In conclusion, he would move a vote of thanks to the chairman for the energy with which he had conducted the election that day, and for the excellent services that he had rendered to the town during the period he had sat in the Town Council. (Applause.) Mr. JOHNSON seconded the motion, and in the course of a long speech said that Mr. James Holme told a friend of his some time ago, "I have retired from mu nicipal work." That was the fact, and the proof of it was to be found in the circumstance that, during the last twelve months, Mr. James Ho had only attended three or four Council meetings. , The only reason why Mr. Holme was brought out at this time was, that he might vote for eight Tory Aldermen, but he trusted that the result of that contest would deter the Tories from again Attempting to thrust one of their party—even though he were an ex-mayor—upon the ward. The motion was agreed to. _ The CHAIR3IAN acknowledged the compliment, and moved a vote of thanks to the two . honorary secretaries —Mr. Brown and Mr. Rickarby. Mr. HASTINGS seconded the motion, which was agreed l t e h d r g e d cheers rs eo f m or pl At im r e . to, and th e t wo gent l emen re f erre d to h av i ng acknow e n k ltohee. proceedings terminated scith LIME-STREET WARD. There was a poll in this ward. Mr. Jeffery, the out going, Councillor, and Mr. John Wilson, of Union-court, Castle-street, were the candidates. The result of the proceedings was to continue Mr. Jeffery in his place for the next three years. The numbers polled were as follow : Mr. Wilson . . . . . 30 Mr. Jeffery • • • : . 264 Majority for Mr. Jeffery 234 PITT-STREET WARD, In this ward the Radicals made the most strenuous efforts to oust Mr. W. P. Jeffreys from the Tow n Council, not for any fault that they could find with that gentleman, but in consequence of some private preju dice. The gentleman selected to oppose Mr. Jeffreys was one well known to the voters of the ward ; but, un- fortunately for him, the majority of good, thorough-going Conservatives. ing: of the poll to the close, Air. Jeffr a the open- THE FINNL CLOSE. . 153 Majority for Shimmin =46 Shortly after four o'clock, Mr. Shimmin, accompa nied by his committee And a number of friends, assem bled at the spirit vaults kept by Mr. Johnson, Vauxhall- road,, when - The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. H. LAFONE, said, he felt great pleasure in meeting them there on the present glorious occasion. (Cheers.) Last night he had his doubts, the week before he had his doubts, but then he had to announce to them a certainty. (Cheers.) They had achieved one of the most glorious victories ever known in the ward. In four con tests they had not had such a victory, the 'greatest majority being known at the election of Powell' and Nicholson, when they had only a majority of five., They then had a majority o f 46. .(Great cheering.) That showed that the Vauxhall Ward was not to be bought or ,tyrannised over, or compromised from doing its duty. He had much pleasure in saying that they had again returned Mr. Shimmia to the Council, and trusted that he would be long .spared to_do his duty, and that at the end of three years they would again return him. Mr. Shimmin had proved to the town what sort of man he was—(hear, hear)—he would not' pledge.himself to one party or the other, but was ready to r assist all who asked hi m, whether they voted f or h i m o against him. (Cheers.) Ile (the chairman) assured , the electors that he felt it a °Teat honour to introduce Mr. Shimmin to the Town Council. It was one of the t l o h proudest hours of hi s , life assisted with them all in ' his return. (Cheers.) then introduced Mr. Shimmin to the electors, and concluded amidst the DIM vociferous applause z Mr. SIIIMMIN, on eommg forward, was most enthusias tically cheered. He said, he assured them that he felt it wa s a great pleasure for him to find that in Vauxhall Ward Liberalism had triumphed over despotism. They had that day give n proof, whatever might b e said to the contrary, that the electors of that ward were not to be bought and sold like cattle in the market--(cheers)—and he was pleased to say that he had never seen an election carried on with better feel ing, for he had not heard 'a single angry word expressed, in the ward, although he had been through the whole of it. They had strictly avoided all personalities through out the contest; and it should be recollected that they did not come out against their op p on ents, but their opponents came out against, them. lie had told them before that he would do his duty. He had done so, and as they had done him the honour of again electing him, he would tell them something that he had not done be fore, and that was, that he had had the offer of being rehired free of expense for other wards ; but had pre ferred being elected for the Vauxhall Ward, which ward had first done hitn the honour of returning him to the Town' Council as their representative ; and although - the contest had been severe, he f e lt p rou d th a t he had contested it, and had thus proved his real friends. (Cheers.) He would rather have been beaten stain upon his character. "Lis oppo nents had not proved their liberality, but he and his party had proved their lib lity, while their opponent's Teat pr than profess; They would knowledge of the world to know that sanctity were unquestionably little than'their neighbours; He had always, found that i"-ors of liberality were in general more illiberal than others A' vote of thanks was voted to Mr: Rigby, for I .ertioias on behalf of Mr. Jeffreys. RlG:nx, in returning thanks, said that he had used his small'influence to the best of his ability. to elect their excellent representative. If he had not a good opinion of Mr. Jeffreys he would net hare worked for him in the way he had done. It was true that he had not voted in that ward, but he with others had given their votes in other wards where their assistance was re quired. Mr. Rigby concluded by again thanking them for -the kind manner in which they. had received his name, and concluded amid great cheering, Some other gentlemen havingspoken, the proe--A. that Che.oynsheardvawtiovxekeconsti tuency,calltheywere.the although their opponents bad th e p resump ti on • • s. ANNE'S WARD. to that . day, although it was a very severe one. He The polling commenced ye s t er d a y morn in g, at the t h anked , them all ; and h e should, he hoped, be always Pontack," Christian-street, - with great spirit among, found worthy of their confidence. (Loud cheers;). Ile the electors, favourable to the ret Ira of Mr. Nickson,, could not conclude . without thanking the canvassers for the Conservative candidate, forilie representation of thiS the manner in which they had exerted themselves. ward in the Town Council, and by ten o'clock nearly Mr. ROBERTSON then moved a vote of thanks to the double the number of votes was polled for Mr. Nickson canvassers, who had exerted themselves so well. that had been in the same time for his opponent, Mr. Mr. LIVINGSTONE said he felt great pleasure in second- Aspinall. The returns throughout the day showed an ing the motion. increase in favour of Mr. Islickson, and at the close of Mr. BLAND having been loudly called upon from all the poll he was declared to be returned by a majority of parts of the room, said it was not the first time that he 105. had rece i ved marks of their. approbation. They had About four o'clock a large crowd had assembled out- always been victorious in Toxteth, and he hoped they. side the house, notwithstanding the torrent of rain that always would. , (Applause.) . Why, they could hot was falling at the time, and inside the Pontack was a think of defeat there. A defeat in, Toxteth would be number of Mr. Nickson's more immediate friends, among calamitous. (Hear, hear.) There was one. fact which whom were Mr. R. F. Steble, chairman, Messrs. R. D. could not be denied ; and that was, ,that they had that Tidder, Jack, R. Morrison, jun s Butcher, Read, Brewer, day added to the respectability of the 'Town Council. Wilding, Ashley, Edward Jackson, hon. see. (Applause.), It was true they bad experienced some On the arrival of the official return, Mr. STEBLE, difficulty, but a victory would be of no value' except it addressing the people outside from a window on the had some difficulty connected with it. ' (Loud cheers.) second - floor said :-Electors and non-electors, the con- He called upon them to stand by the good old Con test is now over, and the result I have no doubt is known servative cause, and never let their opponents triumph to you all, but you may not be aware of the exact over them. numbers. They a re these :—for Mr. Nickson we have Mr. HILTON HALHEAD next addressed the electors. polled 266, and our opponents 161, according to our They had always COMB off victorious in Toxteth Wards, calculation ; thus leavinz us a majority of 105. We in returning good Conservative candidates to the Town' leave it to you, whether in all our statements Council ; and, he was proud to congratulate them on the that we made—in • all our proceedings, if we glorious triumph they had achieved that day. (Cheeri.) have not been sincere. Electors, you- have done Mr. JOSEPH LAWRENCE said it would be useless in your duty, you have returned the right man to the him to say another word beyond what they had heard right place. We assured you at the beginning that we from the different speakers who had addresSed them, commenced honourably, and you have behaved honour- but he could not but congratulate them on the result. ably by us in returning . Mr. Nickson—(cheers)--by Let them-ever be able to show their opPohents in the such a triumphant majority. (Cheers.) I have only, wards that they were always staunch and true to the as the chairman, to thank you for the support he has Conservative cause, and never; suffer Radicalism to received, and now beg to introduce him once mo re t o prevail. , (Cheers.) They, had been dra wn i nto your notice. (Ch eers .) the contest; and they had performed their • Mr. NrexsoN, on making his appearance, was- re- duty well. He besought them not to let the words' of ceived with loud cheers; he said :—The battle has been the Earl of Derby be forgotten, which he spoke at the fought--the victory has been won. (Cheers.) True to Conservative Banquet. So long as they , put their your promises, you have placed me triumphantly at shoulders to the wheel, they,, could : always conquer. the head of the poll. (Cheers). Coercion .and mis- (Applause.) It was well known, what they had mom.' representation have done their work, but all in plished in days gone by ; and they had shown their vain, and the hour of retribution is come. (Cheers.) opponents, that day, they could do the 'same again. You have maintained your independence --you have (Loud applause.) , thrown off the tyrannous incubus, and you have Mr. HARRISON said they had been designated by the vindicated your right to think and act for your- Radical party as a clique and a faction ,• belt he was selves. Would that I had word s t o convey t o this, great there to tell those who charged theta with being so, that multitude the depth of my obligations for the exertions they were a very powerful clique. He trusted they you have made on my behalf. I thank you for your would always pull well together, and do their "duty support this day, and I thank my chairman and the hereafter, as they had done it that day. Such a members of my committee and my honorary secretary victory as to-day's was only accomplished by great for their indefatigable zeal and application to their labour and indomitable energy. He would urge duties, whose conduct has placed me in my proud upon them the necessity, of paying attention to, ,the position. (Cheers.) Gentlem en , I w i ll not detain you registrat i on of voters, an d canvassing in their diffe6nt in this inclement weather, but will only assure you that localities, so as to keep up the list of. Conserv a ti v e I will endeavour so to act as to j us tif y you in placing voters. Let them work well, and the Conservative your confidence in me. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I cause was sure to, triumph. bid you farewell, and lam extremely obliged to you Mr. JOHNS, honorary secretary, said, that the can all. (Loud cheers.) vassers had 'worked well, and deserved the greatest Immediately adjoining was the committee-room of praise for their exertions. If, in future, their opponents Mr. Aspieall; ,and at the close of M r . Nickson's speech, tried to bring forward their Radical candidates, he several parties entered. hoped they would be in a position to giVe them even a Mr. ASPINALL said as there were several recent better " dressing." All they required was, to be firmly arrivals who wanted to know how he b ore hi s d e f eat, united; an d b y t h e i r un i te d energ i es k e ep Toxteth free he would tell theM that he bore it as every Englishman from Radical rule. .(Applause.) should bear it—in the - most calm manner possiole. All After giving three hearty cheers. for Messrs. Robert he came into the ward for, was to oblige those who son and Livingstone, accompanied with rounds of asked him to fight' for the principles which would have "Kentish fire," the meeting separated. been trampled upon unless he had come forward to • defend them. As they all knew, he eame at great per sonal inconvenience to himself, bat he tame because he BRITISH EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA.—The returns from would not have been worthy of the name of citizen if the Board of Trade show a decrease of £116,913 in the he had not come; and he had lost. Re 'did no t come va l ue o f Br i t i sh exports to the Australian colonies dur with the full expectation of being returned. He was not ing the nine months ending, September 30, as compared quite so juvenile as not to be aware that several gentle- with the same period for 1858, when the amount men had b een as k e d t o stand before he had been asked. reached £5,030,717, while the declared value of enume- Many wou ld h ave sa id that it was no compliment rated articles for the same period of this . year is only . but he was not to allow such a paltry matter to influence £4,883,804.. The latter sum is made up under various him. He said the canvass on the other 'side had been: items, of which metals form a total of £1,041,877, con going on ever since the election of Dr. Hodson, a year sisting of iron, machinery, &c. ; apparel and slop, ago. The pe o pl e , w h o h a d not much sense, had been £821,329; leather, £711,700; beer, ale, and spirits,_lnduced to sign a requisition to Mr. Nickson, under the X 58.30501; cotton, £480,367 ; haberdashery, £467,020; impression that there was to be no opposition, and the woollens `:;6255,170 ; stationery, £214,789 ;, silk manu ethens-ef!uence was that they would not withdraw what factures .1.25,846 ; linens, £94,405 ; earthenware, woman, y ad and d t their d hand against to. ever r e p c u at t i t ti in o g ned the e i N r 'e n ry ammeatno , . 2r ,Ls i B n , i 7 n 4 a 9 ,T ; oh o r i , l igi se e e f d oe X t. 3 2 9 2. 929; and soap, .418,195. came to a termination twat it mig 'writhe Igor woi-d with- re§T aattr of ions of ,n;section of the members- of the. year), 1 the statement in his hand, and ,o.come. forward mid that.tlieso were. not his the reporter's,, then he bad niith f. Mr. M .iy was )oard as.a'body e blame wis more to say Mr: MELLY thought, before this was mentioned at ,the 1 - estry, it was due to him that Mr. Byford should have sent him some information, by letter or otherwise; to ask him if he had been correctly'reported, •nnd he would haVe called upon Mr. Byford to explain: He made a long speech, of sonic three-quarters of an hour's duration, and only. a few sentences were pulAished of what he said with regard to the vestry. These did not repre sent what he meant, though he would not say that he did not say them. Since then, he had been called upon to address a large public meeting,nt which he had made the fullest explanation that he could have made. He hoped lead to a public nothing that he had said would , •, discussion, as he had no intention of, saying anything to give 'Offence - tO the 'members of the board, or any one section of the board. He therefore hoped; as that was the first personal - discussion th= . hall . taken place in that room since he had the honour of sitting in it as a mem ber of-die-lvestry, that it-would not be continued, and he expressed his regret that _anything that had fallen from him should be the occasion of such a discussion bein ...introduced. - Mr. BYFOIp-If Mr. Melly will throw the onus on the reporters, I am perfectly satisfied. The CHAIRMAN—I think that Mr. Melly's explanation ought to be perfectly satisfactory to every member of thiiboard. Re cannot recollect the exact words that he used 'at the time, and he says he wished to cast no reflec tion on the character of auy man. .cftoring in the - track of the "Woodside ferrY-bu' — t i abut ha-d - been -come to with the. Birketillea_ way Company for r Mr, ICI LEX, moved the .confiill which was ion of the p AS AND WATER 6031MITTEi ' This committee -recommended that the Commissione r '; old offices be taken for the gas and water department, i 0 a rent of £l6O a-year for the first five years, and £ l2 , a-year for the second five years of the lease. The engillf e r had been instructed to extend the gas-mains in Ifigl o and Lower Tranmere, so th a t th ose places m ight lighted more effectively than they are at present. f Tho proceetlings:;were. co n fi rme d - op . the motion °t Mr. 11PGILL. LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 1 o f The LIBRARIAN had reported that the 1111 " - .',f --. borrowers, during the month, from the Lending Lig-n"', had been 3,084 ; the number of readers in the Referell'i, Library, 307 ; the total number of readers now on ,t e books, 1,540 ; and that the number of volumes il l libraries was 6,162. • - The proceedings, were confirmed on the motion of .Pr' BSYLI; THE BURIAL BOARD. - The LAN-cLzalc reported that he had r eceived fr ° . l, the Council-office the order of the Queen in Coup ei r ,. appointing the Birkenhead Imp rovemen t Commissione f a Burial Board for their district, u n d er th e p r ovisions ° the M Act 20 and 2,1 Vic., cap. 81. r - . BELL moved, and Mr. M'GILL seconded, tha t tie Cemetery ; Committee be constituted a committee of eh, Burial Board t o t a k e th e necessary s t eps to call act. The members are Messrs. Hind, Bra d M'Whirter, Bell, R ae , Gilb er t son , ai d W a lth o w• t yc The motion as agreed to, and this conclude d business before the b oar d. out Mr. BYFORD—I think my character will bear inspec tion with any man's. It is all very well to make per sonal remarks at election meetings, but 'they cannot be pa'sseq over. LUCK TOO LATE.—A soldier 'belonging to 6 i.t. be f o re regiment of the line was tried a f ew d a y s age f his the military tribunal of Cou r m ,ges for robbing one e_ e i v e comrades of a sum of 6f., and was condemned to t" ean , months' imprisonment. On the" - very day of thi, ra il'', demnation he received -a- 'l e tt er f rom his i t ! t he that a ticket which he had taken 'loft lottery Des Orphelins had turnei-up a prize of 70 t he and that he had only to present his ticket to receiv e money'. • e - th THE HON. Mn; • BRUCE.- had Bruce has - a the finest opportunity distinguishing himself e ver ie wit i r possession of a diplomatist. -- His position was, act out analogy—consequently he was at liberty 'g en t; without following precedent, as is usually bleu of and the brightest idea he exhibited, from the date 35 . his arrival at Hong 'Kong to his arrival at Tako,ar w to U . ) fellow his brother's pslicy—he does not aPP e t . 0 0 have had a second idea. He concluded tha t 00 11 Chinese were trying to humbug him, and the h e remedy . was to pitch into them. In this vie_l_ is has been Supported by the larger portion of the pr'l b o. this country,-but there is an exceptional reason for __err Mr. Bruce was appointed by a Conservative GO`with ment,' and the Liberals being again in office - 1 to Lord Elirin in the Cabinet—Mr. Bruce escaP_l; t ice a great' -- extent the censure of both the Conser' be i t ti,f and Liberal journals ; these questions alwaY s e knoW turned to. party account, more or less, and 1 1, os es that that portion of the 'press which ur aer iti• these matters without such influence is in the min thl Had the Derby Government been in (Ace !iiheril news reached this country,. the dressinc , the e wool' influence would have administered to Mr. ° 13 10 ,. r a s the have been equalled only by his own conduct to!r 4 ,, a novi, Chinese. We believe his recall would have ii,e4 oea teo on its road, and not a small party would have ad, cool' that he should be arraigned before the Rouse v mons.—China Telegraph. have appear`, , fell STEAM RAMS.—The Admiralty, i t _iid steam given an order for the construction of a see". ~.o i lding; ram. Company's On e yard, isbe in g Glasgow, has taken the con_ tract for the otl t er eng la ra u Bbuairlktint g CthreeekT;haamndes3fSr:lnisP:apiT.ebr,Ters,i are to be broad vessels, of great tonnage, wit fort h oi a y THE LATE GALE.—Up to the close of Lloyd's on of 1,250 nominal ousthe-power. It it clailne, tbe-ith Saturday afternoon, intelligence was still coming in of that they will be rongly put together thot„ e otv, ~r casualties and losses during the -late great storm. Its run, stem on to another vessel, and sink her opl ) , ".; fl uot , at f equal for violence and - terrible consequences has the lOss of only her false bow. This will P7.01-a - ,, u nt , not bean experienced for the last twenty . years, outlay on old iron. A-shig coated with foi_l e L oiila r scil io. , and the boisterous weather of Friday night led to inch iron plates above water, with only her r quit on T ' ro il some apprehension that there would be a renewal ling below, will roll so frightfully as to beea(Lrant to ilie of the gale. By a return made up to Friday evening, ageable in a sea-way. Next, if she were to, s t,r ae Aion " i ,„ of the result of the gale, we find the following :—Vessels down a vessel with a powerful battery, it . l A, rec riess_.v ii, totally wrecked, 96; vessels stranded, and other casual- whether her antagonist would not stop broadside' ''.lk.„Ttl_lei, ties, 530—total, 626. Probable loss of life, including a well-directed raking concentrated - ..__: the sh o o k the Royal Charter, 600. Many of the losses will fall if she were driven against a large s!lil' of ear, ff er heavily upon Lloyd's; and the various marine insurance would probably throw her_ engine outrara than to h e t offices; but the bulk ' (coasters) were principally insured perhaps do more mischief to the to h ave O a in clubs. Another shocking catastrophe happened on doomed enemy. As the rams are sailers,. r, p th as e s W eng els er h s c h o i as p, t, ap at pa F re is n h ti gu y anrfd.l,oTohoetownrse,ekbootftoamlaurgpe- sbureehadvtheseoisf wouldbea . m d t e h s e e y ribe wi a ll ei b r e eni s t io_ O Nl 61 " hea : tir di:t a i l:, positionsic'ns small rolls ei t ; t c o ti s n t g orn afor an n v y o tl l e ut g io w n ld ni °u a ,vessel, „with good speed, nwoi! intain a r i i_ , less wards, was seen under the rocks at Aberbash. I c t o h n : was the Charles Holmes, 880 tons burthr i i, h roof, wuld ' he li` c l ee ply since been ascertained that the unfortunate ship A 26th, the morning preceding the put her hors de combat. These rains manded by Captain Bowdley, which only left verpool the . rudder of the ram was,s 0 P will li e too shoa l for Mobile on thenboats into T hey , and, vessels at se ..0 it would be impossible for any person on board to water, and they will be cumbrous ve , lt anchor, as storm • from the spot where the wreck was found, immersed to follow shallow draught gu a. a rote re been ascertained perhaps sink her ; but if crippled in Survive, the whole of the coast being a range of pre- might be steamed on to . a . ship of war , cipitous rocks. At present it has not the p. aides a If their.no. _v. whether she had any passengers ; it is thought she had. pin would not be commensurate. of time, and', l „7., , to m sa b i e l r ea m f a r n o y ta so L u i l v s e . rpAlotehl:ou andh f i e m r p 6 en b et a ra t bolee,irthirneypmreagynabbeiiiintyvahluaasbnine+iil atta eki , s ...i. haTnehreAl crew, o m ss e ri e willha however, I v p h e r u l o i e v l r t: ship, w he o a u u l ds.hi number This concluded the proceeding? LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. MANSFIELD.) CHARGE or SAIUGGLING.—John Bibby, -master of the steam-tug United Kingdom was charged with having some tobacco and cigars on board the steamer. Mr. Tyndall appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Snowball de fended the prisoner. —An excise officer stated that he went on board the steam-tug yesterday. -He found 34 lbs. of cigars, and 101 lbs. of .tobacco. - The prisoner is the master of the boat, and acknowledged that it was his. It appeared that the steamer had been tugging an* American vessel.—Mr. 'Snowball: Did he show you where the tobacco was? No.—Mr. Snowball said Mr. Tyndall wanted a remand, which he could not iesist; but he would ask his worship to'allow him out on bail. —Mr. Mansfield said he might be bailed cut in the usual way, by depositing the fine (£100) with the Bride well-keeper. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—Thomas Dorr, a carter,' was charged, on remand, for having embezzled £1 16s. 6d: and I.ls. 3d., the property of his master, Bernard Bop, salt and sawdust dealer, Pitt-street. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr. Bluck for the prisoner. Tho circumstances of the case appeared in • our paper a few days ap;6. In addition to the charge of. £1 16s. 6d , for salt and sawdust, there was a charge of 1 ls. 3d. made against him. It appeared from the evidence of the pro secutor that the prisoner had received the 11s. 3d., which he did not account for:—Mr. Bluck contended that the prisoner had paid the £1 16s. 6d. whilst his master was drunk, and called a witness to prove that he saw the prisoner pay him the money in his own house in Pitt strect.—Detective-officer Redman stated that when he took the prisoner into custody he said he paid the money to prosecutor. in the stable when he was drunk.—Com mitted for trial ; bail was taken. for his appearance. ) 11 : P ro t beenrr iI to a It was satisfied thy .ty faithfully; tom give- him credit for doing his them during the time that he had the I in the Council.. ,(Loud. cheers.) . Tit( weather had been anything but favourable ; I glad to Say.that it did not, damp their energies, or weal their exertions in, the good old cause of Conservath_. (Applause.) He begged of them, - in conclusion, ,to • accept his,sincere thanks, and they might rest •assured that he would , alivays do his duty faithfully. ,towardS nnn 1 tli‘n,l-ne.in nes," nls, eln.l -L a seat Mr..LIVINCISTONE then came forward, amid deafening plandits. He said he regretted that he. could not find words- to thank them sufficiently for the honour they . .had• again conferred upon him, and the deep obligations he owed them. The triumph of that day was a glorious Conservative one. (Applause.) Ire believed that they did not return him solely on his own, merits,; .but he believed that it was the cause which they held so dear to them. He trusted that they would know one another. . 144 York d t ecl, Uir e , gotip.. 0 V\nnc VD, .e w 1„, , k.) a, ttir'Pes ~\ .\ BrE~,I B 11 4 ltp s , 41 " e ° l4 ' Attrli - On„ , tl R ( ; ' , 44 0 1%) it ,k l 4 lit , l 4 t, ji '' )1 0 1 4%, he l ati te4d7,l V, 4 lk kkh os, ONz A hfr, t;: L eti; l :,. 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