The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

WARD MEETINGS LAST NIGHT. LIME STREET WARD. )4ERTING OF MR. LLOYD'S SUPPORTERS. 1, ,A Meeting of the friends and supporters of Mr. J. B. le;,. °Y e d ' i n the Lime-street Ward, was held last night, in the pl roo m r elnasons next to the Queen's Hotel, known as the the ro e easefi to cro Hall. The re wa s a v er y n ume ro us att e nd ance , filled al, althou g h i ts di mens i ons are very capacious, being wding. Shortly after eight o'clock Mr. Lloyd eh eri n n the platf orm , an d was rece i ve d w i t h enthusiastic Chad ng and wa v i ng o f h ats. H e was accompanied by Mr. 111 r es Turner, Mr Thomas Littledale, Mr. Thomas Bold, j° ha Gladstone, Mr. James Holm; Mr. Thomas Reay, eie e. Fle ming, Mr. Holden, Mr. Wagstaff, and other gentle ...4fy_4tholeg the other gentlemen upon the platform were l e Henry B uc k mas t er , Br emner , W. Gib son , Elli s , a n Zt Lt. Cooper, Ridings, Proctor. Bevis, H. Roberts, lir 4 41 11 PeQl, B. Renshaw, Elliott, R. Horsfall. Tracey, 1 1 4, - ,r, Ward, Elm s , P r i es t, H ous l e y, D um b e ll, W i ll iams , Aspinall, and others. The,%lings moved, and Mr. E. Jones seconded, that Mr. keti i ," s Reay be appointed chairman of the meeting. The af r n :as carried amid loud applause. Th . T homas Reay accordingly took the chair. le e y„ e Chairman proceeded to address the meeting at great inen e t". 4. pupying - three-quarters of an hour in his state by he, urged upon the electors the claims of Mr. Lloyd, ett en i: e og-tried services as a representative of that ward, to pi„ mg over a period of fifteen years. He then proceeded iu a history of the establishment of the joint committee nean 7 a rd, composed of whigs and tories, by which an o th e inicms election had been secured on every occasion, to is..satisfaction of both parties. Of that committee A eneey resi gned le chairman up to a recent period, when he diffe ree the office. This arose in consequence of some Poi the between M r . Jeffery and Mr. Lloyd. On this and the r chairman remarked, that he believed Mr. Lloyd Ilellth-e'r; eller to be both persons of honour, and he felt which „ must have been some mistake about the matter leonyit'F. Jeffery had thought proper to magnify into 0bt,e,,,,a0• (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jeffery, the chairman e ineit.'eded, certainly retired with a very good grac to e, a fo v r e h ry ( xeeu e t he gentlemen of the joint committee (1, 4 „,,1nt banquet, where he gave them a most capital feed. d eels ) Then came the great denouement, Mr. Jeffery . th e the ' impossibity of his continuing .. the chairman of hei';3llllnittee with that fact staring him in the face that, as f all flittee, with that fact staring him in the face that, as bWl o ed Mr. Lloyd had, in fact, forfeited his word o "oar ehai,.,„ as a gentleman. Accordingly he resigned. The cheirm—lan thenproceeded—The next business was to elect a Ptlep n '" e n, and cards of invitation were sent out for that t ete , 4 8 e to over 200 individuals. On the evening of the be ' el maY vrben the chairman of the joint committee was to *re e t 2 t edr Mr. Jeffery called upon me. I believe lam not eoefi d 'c' and that there is really no breach of faith or of the ~,,""ce on my part, in stating to you, truthfully, what abrnversation was which took place between Mr. Jeffery of tillnYeelf upon that occasion. (Hear, hear.) A chairman kr e e Mat Committee was to be appointed in the place of le e ffery, resigned. Mr. Jeffery came to my place of br ass e t ee as, and he came, I opine, to take council of me, or right• b3 e• He said, "Do you think I should be doing l th e e:n He the meeting to-night, in order tnexplain . I of nay oppo s ition to M r . Ll o yd ?" I said to roe e v e n't think y ou wou ld b e j ust ifi e d i n attending the be iin c g to make an accusation against Mr. Lloyd, be d cause be 'Nu what I understand, unable to attend, a se ther ef 11° champion there to take up his can, will and of h _ or e i th You would be taking an undue advantage l sai d cs'Hy. Therefore he agreed that he would not come. great en Mr. Jeffery, with whom I have ever acted with the greatest sincerity, and, I pledge you my word, with the t here is t amount of friendship and respect—" Mr. Jeffery, Yon ne ', 1 , 48 been something so mysterious in these actions ot t erte.....7 - 1 , with respect to the dinner, to begin with, gentle braeeear, hear, and laughter) —" iespect to the Yers,, - e uP of an old quarrel, which has occurred three an / "go, that I must ask you no questions." Mr. Jeffery I) . e no dwere, then in earnest c onversat i on , so th a t th ere cou ld e t th e e not of his s i ncer ity u p on th e p o i n t. Th e meet i ng Veit 'eronsittee to elect a chairman, was to take place at ee, WeiC ek, and Mr. J e ffery came into my place abaut /t hat l' a ßlted him th e ques ti on f or m y own gu id ance as t o 1 44 , W as to do. I said to him, '• Mr. Jeffery, do you 1 d• '" oppose M r . Ll o yd p erso nall i ?" He an s we re d toe Bt tl 11, in . Y "I do not." (Loud cheers.) Now, gentle 'Leach , t lng got that answer from Mr. Jeffery, I had too uj es Pect for him to suppose for one moment that he l 'hate, e re wing dust in my eyes. I could see no harm e ntir e ly' in supporting Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Jeffery being out of the field, inasmuch as he had, in good fait eetitlnlPPosed—told me, two hours before I went to the Lere that he would not oppose Mr. Ll Id. I did, there .4l,lo4l„,PP,°,rt Mr. Lloyd, and Ido support him (T,oud chee s.) eoai n , -6 wen stated that he, himself, had been elected that' e -an in the room of Mr. Jeffery, and having denied ehaienY Unfairness had taken place in the proceedings, the fe lit tli rll t Z et e in o z. nclud e d his address by introducing Mr. Lloyd Lloyd came forward and was received with enthu y"heelast• ie y i e , n eering, which was again and again renewed. 'nri ' e tlee bad been restored, he said : Mr. Chairman ofietenttelsten, I think, after fifteen years' servitude shouldbe e n y r representatives in the Town Council, I fe r e t ` h atefut, ; e indeed, if I did not return you my hearty thanks A b atid - .' e rY great kindness I have always received at your p "Par a .ti i n at 'd if I felt that I . had been guilty of one single act - edeae g from that character with which I have always rean....oured to represent you— the character of an hone. // et I e hould not at this moment appear before you. It w'egerttllsemen, if I studied my own comfort and convenience, Pragtli,d have been my course, seeing that the ward was Odes 'else disturbed, to have issued my grateful acknowd o l'atnent for the kindness which I have received, an of y e bo N e lle n , ing Wed3.oiun retirement ment to you, for the purpose 're elect somebody in my place, lid s Weyer, I returned last Saturday week from a short i s t 'g to - '' ', w as informed of what had taken place at the meet. ; l et 111: 1 9, 1011 your chairman has referred. I was informed h - t eff• -• '''' e aY had been elected chairman in the place of "Ilitei„, - eli e and that a vote of confidence had been passed e,nlidanalY in me, as they were pleased to say, for my 440 ie;o : e8 your representative in the Town Council, and ahrd ' l eg Me to offer myself again to the electors of this e ntle e , r re.election on the first of next month. e a nee after what I had heard, if I had shrunk from at th at laeeePting that invitation, I should have considered op elan as not returning that gratitude to you which 1 have to expY occasions endeavoured, in very humble language, el leer ri t N etie to You. I at once accepted the invitation-- 1 " /nor' - sand I can only assure you, gentlemen, that I have ntie e occasions than one, during the fifteen years conse. °b er ; Y that / have represented you in the Town Council, to ti e l *matt my own mind, I consider that to represent . h e I ••ard s Lime-street ward is a greater honour than i tie .tnee e lVl an Alderman in the Council. (Cheers.) Gen tithed' have stated, also, that as long as Lime street ward e , ° e,re w „, have my services in the Council as e ' e lfar e — n' I devote myself to the interests and y e L eod ofdthat ward, and do my best endeavour for the Petr a : the inhabitants of the town. (Hear, hear, lied Lase is Therefore, gentlemen, do not be led away by what offer • I t/ brought forward to make you lukewarm in my Th e eer y , 40 t1 are told to " reject Mr. Lloyd, and elect Mr. tie!" V ec ause Mr. Lloyd is certain to be made an alder_ „eat ye'o, gentlemen, I again express to you my opinion e t i llree e 2nsider it a greater honour to sit in the council as a Veri'tative of such a ward as Lime street than to be an f„,, 11 ' I ask you to return me to the council. (Cheers.) b-enest""naider that I should not be acting the part of an e ' l e e rd t e in i aa if, in ten days afterwards, I allowed the ,;'etr n 00 disturbed again by taking my seat as an tal ll t i l 44! l t n he council. .Gentlemen, if you elect me, I de rnia 3' penalty, sit for thr f ee years, sooner than be Pet rata ti t (Cheers.) There ore, I would urge that r e ...et strongly upon von, because I see it has been ir ti 4 l bso" n a i l . .d d in order to make them lukewarm in the ward ey i rne tA m erhapa, be my friends, and warmly support me th e r keeti e 3' real feelings upon the subject (Cheers.) es de Alen, after these few remarks, I can only say e t regret exceedingly that any body of men, such sh ev e et ; -a y: v a h° have composed . the joint coramit'ee for tle e tl4 l, u „ r e, as your chairman has pointed out, a',.he y ",° 4 ground so slight, have toesbn disturbed, and 4 , l ,oh; e tdd have been called upon go into a contest, tek e "aer e i era sure, every means will be used against deludeus— go (4e , I do ask you to do what the chairman has d 4 st ate __ . {B eare to do, to be wide awake, and not to be eio;eet ° Tar, hear, and cheers.) For I think . after the r , he evest chairman, that only one fortnight from the % e t: fr enl h i ts of has' elapsed, when he received a declara th'"t°4e 4 r• Jeffery that he did not intend personally to ch 4,„ he me, e May judge what we may have to expect now - "a ) T in the field as a candidate. (Hear, hear, and R ro ll a a ; cl ,roes e j f, e _n s lY e. make these few observations simply to Af ter take re lace lam bound do, against anything which or, the "Fe f•om this time to the Ist of November. t hr ee jeinetollisition which I have received, after the conduct Ire have eG rnmittee, and the vote of confidence which aY eallPassed in my favour, and after what I am sure e P e be the painful position in which the chairman must s4 D t tie 0 th e P l aced from the meeting of the 7th of this month th is, i t bPresent moment—l say, then, gentlemen, after all r n e viee,, eee tocs my duty to do . all I can to support 4 41 of th" w hle have been pointed out by the chair-. Oveosh e warts; and I hope the electors, on the Ist of er will , et ers s uo their duty, as the chairman has done his. gbs er , 1 . And now, gentlemen, may I just take the liberty s _'Sth 'ug that the ' address of Mr. Jeffery is only dated the by -t's,tuis Month The meeting of the committee referred cel"oe " chairman to k ce uon the 7tb, and that was etlltiaeaLwanhaenythe, c_ o ony p er a sation p took lace between the aria erae n r. Jeffery. But on the 15th of this month, 6tres ee "Ir. Jeffery 'issued one of the mast abusive 1 r d• '( 8 / / w ea l lich . could be penned by any candidate to a tier th le e l r f toa a s, hear, and cheers ) He there takes upon ass the burgesses of this ward, that there is ceouneillor nor an alderman, nor one of what he si a4 deser: , title das " princely-piid officials," who knows one that otan o_f the corporeto state, or what it is Now, 1p leerp o , more geattutous insult to the Corporation or th A „se•-a c poration which should stand second to none - *ted Ringdora—(cheers)—l say a more gratuitous THE NORTHERN TIMES. --LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. insult was never offered to a body of men who sit together for the benefit of the community. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Gentlemen, let me ask you to look to the gentleman who fills the chair—the civic chair—as mayor of your borough, Mr. Stewart, the whole of whose life has been devoted, pro fessionally or otherwise, to the corporate estate, and the dock estate. (Cheers.) Are we to be told that he knows nothing of these objects ? (Cheers) Let me refer you again to Alderman Samuel Holme—(!oud cheers) who all his life has been connected with business iu this town. A Voice : And James Holme, toy. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. Lloyd : He is here before you, and will, I hope, have an opportunity of speaking for himself. (Cheers.) I regret exceedingly that the delicate state of the health of Alderman Samuel Holme compels him to write me a note, stating that he cannot attend this evening. We all know that he has suffered in health, and I could not call upon any gentleman so circumstanced to come into a hot room, and incur the danger of going out into the cold air again. Nevertheless, nobody regrets his absence more than I do, because I am sure that from his straightforward, talented, and business like habits, he would have been well able to tell you what the corporate estate is, of which my opponent tells you nobody knows anything whatever. (Cheers.) Bat what does my opponent say for himself ? Return me to the Council, he says, and with the least possible delay you shall know all about it. (Laughter.) 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 ri quired. Fur twenty-one days that commission sat—and when, at the end of as many periods of years as the Corporation had existed in 1833—1 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. In the book which we published of that twenty-one days' enquiry, the maps which were produced, and the information which was obtained from every source, you have an amount of information which anybody can, upon applying at the Town Hall, obtain a sight of; and there he will get a full history of the magnificent property ' which the burgesses of Liverpool possess. I may also refer you to the published accounts of the Corporation, which have been published year by year, since the year 1796, and which will show you the increase of that estate. I may refer you also to the annual accounts of the Corpora• tion, where you can put your fingers upon any portion of the estate, see what has been the incomes and expenditure upon it, and how it all goes on from year to year. Let me say, gentlemen, upon this point, that there are those without who are jealous of you. (Hear, hear.) This would be a very nice income to transfer to the metropolis to be dealt with by government officials. (Hear, hear.) We have had a great fight in the last session, and I can only say, that if there is one member of the Council to whom the town is indebted for his strenuous exertions in Parliament on your behalf, it is Mr. Alderman Bold. (Heat hear, and loud cheers.) Gentlemen, it is highly necessary that we should look after the State, and keep it in its integrity as now it appears. But the commerce of the Mersey is increasing so rapidly that you have scarcely dock accommodation for the shipping which comes to your port It has been stated by those high in authority, that there shall only be one dock management within the waters of the Mersey, and it was, I may say, forced up on th e C or p orat i on t h at t h ey should take the natural position—the position which nature herself has given —I mean the Wallasey Pool, in order to connect it with the dock management of the port of Liverpool. Now, gentlemen, what is our position ? The dock estates, as you are aware, is supported by the money which it borrows—l mean to say that it has to provide out of its rates for the interest of the borrowed money. There is no beneficial interest. It does not belong to any individuals, because, if it does not expend itself in the dock extension, the surplus must go to the reduction of its rates. But, gentlemen, the corporation has property, and it has stepped in. as it has, on more than one occision, stepped in to provide for the great increase of the commerce of the port, and it has found the money at the present time to the extent of a million and odd of money to purchase works over at Birkenhead. Bet at the present moment there is no revenue to meet the interest of that money, and it will take all the care of your representatives to guard the income of your corporation, so that the property of Liver• pool shall not suffer for Birkenhead. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers). Now, gentlemen, it has been stated to you by my opponent that he is a large ratepayer. lam also a ratepayer ; and, I believo, either for good or bad, I have as much brick and mortar within the borough as my opponent. (Cheers). I can only assure you, that if a rate comes upon oar property for the purposes of an improvement—a rate, which we have never felt in Liverpool —if our town dues are taken from us, I shall then have to suffer, in proportion to my little means, as much as any one among the ratepayers. It is not by the magnitude of the rates we pay that the question is to he decided, because the small man suffers as much in proportion as the large one. If my opponent has a large em,ablistiment, tor the purpose Or carrying on a lucrative business, he ought not to grumble at paying in proportion to the smallest man amongst us, (Hear hear,) Therefore, as regards being a large rate payer, I have only to say that I pay upon a large rental as far as the premises I occupy are concerned, and my property pays rates also, which, if my tenants did not pay, I should have in the shape of rent. Upon that ground I think we are upon an equality; therefore, I do hops, that in this contest we shall have nothing more of this. Well, then, I now come to a part which is rust painful to me, because it is a disclosure to you, just as Mr. Rae - has been obliged to make, of a private confidence between me and Mr. Jeffery. (Hear, hear.) I feel it most painful to have to bring into this discussion the names of other gentlemen who have nothing whatever to do with it, nevertheless, I stand before you here, and as honestly as your chairman gave the account of a conversa tion between him and Mr. Jeffery a fortnight ago, when he declared that he did not intend to oppose me, so honestly and so straightforwardly will I give you an account of the conversation which took place between me and Mr. Jeffery in October, 1853. At that period business called me into Mr. Jeffery's establishment. I saw Mr. Jeffery in his counting-house, when he thus commenced a conversation— " Well, Mr. Lloyd, do you intend to make Mr. Bold an alderman ? "—you will remember that Mr. Bold had never been in the council up to that time, though he had been a most active member of the Dock Committee—l replied, " Mr. Bold has already been an active member of the Doc"k Committee, Mr Jeffery, and I do not see why he should be an alderman." (Hear, hear.) Mr. Jeffery said, " Oh. but he is very unpopular, and you stand exceedingly well ;" and putting out that parental hand in the manner which any body who knoWs him will understand, and with his most bland and tender tone, such as he might use to a son whom he wished to direct in the proper course be ought to take— Mr. Jeffery said to me, " don't you vote for him, I know a great many who will not vote for him." I answered, "Why, I have just met a friend of my own who said he would not vote for him " Some other conversation of the same kind passed between us, he urging me not to vote for Mr. Bold, and I pressing his claims to the honour, and at last I said, 4, Well, Mr. Jeffery, if that be so, I suppose my friend and I had better pair." Upon that we left. The election of Mr. Bold took place in October, to supply a vacancy caused by the death of Mr. John Holmes, and be having the seat only to the 9th of the next month, Mr. Bold would have to be re-elected on that day. My election came on on the Ist November, and Mr. Jeffery was chairman of the joint committee, who then returned me without opposition to the council. After my election, the joint committee having behaved so exceedingly well, and, as your chairman has stated, " little dinners" being agreeable in the ward— (laughter)-1 gave a "little dinner" at the " Bee." There were about fifty gentlemen present, including Mr. Picton, Mr. Reay, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Haigh, but Mr. Jeffery thought proper to decline the invitation. I was asked what was the matter between myself and Mr. Jeffrey ? and I replied that I did not know. Then, it was said, " Oh, you have done something wrong in voting for Mr. Bold. Wall, you must only go to Mr. Jeffery, and you will make it all right," " No," I said, " I will never go to Mr. Jeffery-" (Applause.) What then took p l ace ? We had a very happy party. I do not know whether anybody missed the society, at the dinner, of Mr. Jeffery, but I did not—(laughter)—and all seemed exceedingly happy round the table. Well, when I was in London last summer on the deputation for resisting Mr. Lowe's Shipping Dues Bill, I met Mr. Jeffery, who was up, but not in that business, in the lobby of the House of Commons; and Mr. Jeffery and I, as thick as " Ingle weavers".—(laughter) walked up arm and arm to his new establishment in Regent street, where he wished to present me to his new partner. That was in May or June last ; and if I had been so very bad a person, why should he have wished to introduce me to his new partner? (Hear, bear) Now, that is the sum and substance of it all ; but knowing that Mr. Jeffery had written to me a note in 1853, after the election of Mr. Bold as alderman, and knowing also that a gentleman who could have born these things in his breast for three years, must have kept a copy of the correspondence, and that 1 would be at a disadvantage if I could not produce it, I looked for it, and, fortunately found it, though at first apprehensive that I had burned it. No doubt Mr. Jeffery thought he had my honourable colleagues, Mr. Pieton and Mr Johnson, by the nose, and that he could coerce me to go as he wished in the council ; but if I had known Mr. Jeffery then, as I know him now—if I had known then what took place, that which your chairman has told you, and if I had gone into his counting-house on a matter of business between myself and his establishment, and if he had put that question to me, gentlemen, I would have said to him, "Mind your own business." (Hey, hear, and great applause.) I will vot e independently in the council without the dicte tion of Mr. Jeffery—and I have not for fifteen years, I believe, shrunk from giving a vote in the council at any time I was called on. I can assure you also, that, if I am again elected by you, and if any matters over which I have no control should occur to keep me out of the council-room, I shall never close the council behind me until I have given a vote which you may see recorded in the papers of the council chamber. I must suppose, after what has taken place, that this correspondence was written for the purpose of bringing it forward at some time. It was in October, 1853, I met Mr. Jeffery, at the time Mr. Bold was brought forward as alderman, and was elected. On the first of November following, the very day on which I was returned without opposition by the kindness of your joint committee, over which Mr. Jeffery presided, 1 received the first of the following letters. Mr. Lloyd then read the following correspondence : Compton-house, Ist November, 1853. My Dear Sir,—l see by the report of the Council pro ceedings of yesterday, as published in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMER of to-day, that your name appears in the division, and as having voted for Mr. Bold. After what passed between us in my counting-house on Friday evening last, I cannot but suppose the report to be an error. shall feel obliged, therefore, by your informing me if it be so.—l am, my dear sir, yours very truly, John B. Lloyd, Esq. JAMES R. JEFFERY. Liverpool, 8, Exchange-alley, Ist November, 1853. My Dear Sir,—l referred to a private conversation I had had with a member of the Council, respecting the votes for Mr. Bold, when I called on you on Friday last. I then expressed to you my desire to pair with the gentleman I referred to. Not being able to accomplish what I mentioned to you, our votes were respectively recorded as appears in the Mercury of to-day—myself for Mr. Bold, and the gentleman for Mr. Holine.--I remain, yours truly JOHN B. LLOYD. J. Tt. Jeffery, Esq. Compton-house, 2nd November, 1853. Dear Sir,—l thank you for your invitation for Friday next, but must express my regret that I do not feel myself in a position to accept it. Your explanation, contained in your note of yesterday, as to what passed between us with reference to Mr. Bold, is entirely at variance with my impressions of the fact; and the circumstance of your voting as you did, after the express assurance given to me by you (as I view it). leaves me no alternative but to feel that your promise has not been adhered to. It is true yon said you would pair with the gentleman you referred to, smiling as you uttered the word; but you will remember saying, " Who, between you and me, will vote for Bold, if in Council ?'' And I could readily understand he would have done so, if the intention which, as I under. stand, then existed had been adhered to, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone had been brought forward instead of Mr. Samuel Holme ; but seeing, the determination to propose Mr. Holme was a thing ot the moment, your names being recorded as opposed to each other, would thus appear to be purely accidental.—l am, yours respectfully, J. B. Lloyd, Esq. JAMES R. JEFFERY. Now, does it require a conjuror to see whether a man actually records his vote or fains to record, the record. ing of it amounts to the same thing, or at least makes very little distinction ? I never heard Mr. Gladstone's name mentioned, nor anybody else, in the counil-room, nor was his name brought forward there. Mr. Samuel Holme, who was then the mayor, was put up, perhaps, by those who had as great a love for Mr. Samuel Holme, as they had for Mr. Bold. (Hear, hear.) I voted for Mr. Bold, and the gentleman with whom I was to have paired, voted for Mr. Hohne. That then is the bubble, gentlemen, which, after keeping it up for thres years, Mr. Jeffery has burst over you upon the present occasion. (Cheers.) Now, I fear I have detained you too long. (" No, no.") At the same time I can assure you that there is no single municipal question which any one in the room chooses to go into which I am not prepared to enter upon fully, for the past or for the present. Gentlemen, six years ago, in 1850, I came before you upon a question which then very much acritated the town. I refer to the Rivingtou Pike scheme. I told you upon that occasion the course I should adopt. I told you the course I had taken, and you were satisfied with stay explanation. I have only now to take the assurance of that honourable gentleman, Mr. George Holt, the chairman of the water committee, that, in a very few months, you will have the supply delivered to you in Liverpool; and I can only say that, judging from what I have heard from engineers and practical men, and princi pally, from those connected with the Manchester Water Works, which are upon the same principle you are adopting, there are those now who would be very glad, as a speculation, to pay you back all your money, and to take the works out of your hands, because they believe there is some good in the scheme. (Loud cheers.) If it had not been that you were the purchasers of the old water works, upon which you paid a large sum of money, I believe you would have got your Rivington supply cheaper in proportion to Ps length, than Manchester has obtained its supply. I have no need to bore you with this at present, as:you see the proceedings which take place every month ; but, if necessary, I am prepared to go into the whole of the question. I was one of those in the Council who opposed the purchasing of the old water works, because I said, as soon as the Town Council becomes a rating body, it will become an unpopular body. And I thought we had enough on hands in the management of the estate left us, if I be permitted to use the expression, by our forefathers, and that it would have been better to leave it to that enterprise which Englishmen delight in, and by which the capalists of this country have made England what she is, to supply you with water. I believe that you would have found plenty of capitalist, if you were short of water, to take up that scheme. (Hear, hear.) We have now nearly arrived ot the completion of the scheme, and if the increase of our population goes on as it is doing we shall soon want such a supply, because it is not right that to supply one portion of the community you :,tlollid rob another. I mean to say that the more you sink the wells belonging to the corporation the more you disturb all the private supply for miles around, which has been enjoyed daily for years. Having detained you so long, I feel that I may sit down with the same good opinion from you which you had of me for the last fifteen years. (Loud cheers.) I have never done anything, to my knowledge at least, to offend you, or the body of the electors, or even any individual voter. It has been my study, as your representative, never to take one single ticket, when they have been given to me, as your representative, to distri bute out of your ward. I have distributed every thing, I believe, and so my colleagues have done, without reference to 'whig or tory politics—and I believe I have, in all instances, done my duty as the representative of Lime-street ward, honestly and fai.h fully alike to all. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I have only again to thank you for the patience with which you have heard me. (Loud cheers, amid which Mr. Lloyd resumed his seat.) thel‘ir.jammeeseliti°nlgmebeplrieovpeod Mr. proposed resolution, entitled to tinn,tothe effect nire that confidence, and adopted him as a candidate for the representation of the ward. Mr. Cooper seconded the resolution. applause. Mr. was carried by acclamation amid loud Mr. Ellis Jones moved a second resolution, pledging themeeting to use every exertion to secure Mr. Lloyd's return Mr. Perris seconded the motion, which was also carried by acclamation. Mr. Charles Turner was loudly called:for, and addressed the assembly at some length in advocacy of Mr. Lloyd's claims. Mr. Fernihough was also called for, and addressed the meeting in support of Mr. Lloyd. On the motion of Mr. Turner, thanks were passed to the chairman, which the latter acknowledged in a few words. The meeting then separated. EVERTON AND KIRKDALE. A meeting of Mr. Stitt's supporters was held at eight o'clock, in Hughes's public-house, Bankfield-street, Bootle. The meeting was numerously attended. The chair was occupied by Mr. C. R. Hall ; and among those present were—Mr. Councillor Picton, Mr. Councillor Kitchen, Messrs. Walker Fraser, Watson, J. Swift, B. Hainsworth, T. Reason, 1".. Pickup, R. Langley, H. Hall, P. Chalmer, J. Robinson, Redrick, W. Swift, Jordan, Rourke, Winstanley, 11. Edwards, T. Bird, G Ledger, Higginson, J. Holland, Bark, M'Cracken, M‘Knaught, Bird, Bacon, E. Jones, &c. The Chairman, in opening the meeting. said he was quite sure they would all agree with him, when he said they were determined, in this election, to put the right man in the right place. (Hear, hear.) The right man in the right place was a man, he took it, who would sympa thise with the interests of the people, who would] sympa thise with them, both as to their social interests and to the great interests of this great commercial community. (Hear, hear.) The social interests of the people were matters of no slight importance ; and he spoke for him self, and he knew that he could also speak for his friend Mr. Stitt, when he said that they had the most cordial sympathy with the people in all their interests and con cerns, and that if there was one desire more than another which was entertained by the gentleman who sought their suffrages on this occasion, it was, that he might promote, to the best of his ability, the true interest and the happi ness of this community. (Cheers) It was of late the fashionable observation, that the council chamber was one into which a gentleman would not go. If that was the true position or things, it was a very lamentable one, but it was one which entirely and wholly rested with the burgesses. (Hear, hear.) If the council chamber had sunk in any degree in the estimation of the community, it was because they had returned to that chamber men who had not been competent to the discharge of the duties which devolved on them, and who had brought discredit on the town with which they were connected. (Hear, hear.) It was now time that they should wipe away this reproach. (Cheers.) It was time they should select the right man for the right place.- They wanted men who felt an interest and sympathy with the peonle, and who desired to elevate them by every means placed at their disposal as legislators in the council chamber. They all knew what had been done in the town for the improvement of the population by the establishment of free public libraries, and he felt peculiarly happy that they had, on that occasion, with them the gentleman (Mr. Picton) who had inaugurated those great institutions, and who, he trusted, would live to carry them through, and so establish them that they would be handed down to posterity as a blessing which would enrich in knowledge, and elevate the condition of the masses of the people. (Cheers.) They wanted a representative who would stand side by side with such a man, and who would be competent to take part in the discussion and promotion of such subjects. (Hear.) Mr. John Johnson Stitt was such a man, and him, he had not the least doubt, the burgesses of the ward would elect as their representative. (Hear, hear, and applause.) The chairman then expressed regret that the corporation had not established more schools throughout the town, and observed that they should deal with the extension of docks on this and on the other side of the river in no narrow spirit or selfish interest. They should look upon the port as a whole, and so manage it as to enable al 1 classes of the popul a ti on to d er i ve that advan tage which free trade bestowed thro ug h our extended commerce. In illustration of the extent of the commerce of the port, he mentioned that, during the three months terminating the 30th September, no less a number than 3,400 cabin passengers, 4,568 steerage, and 4,338 returned emigrants—in all, 12,315—landed here. During the first six months of the year, £3,705,526 was:paid in duty at the custom-house, while the exports from the port, for the half-year, ending the 30th June, amounted to £25,941,706, exported in 2,250 ships—the total annual exports of the whole country, before the introduction of free trade, amounting only to £42,000,000 or 43,000,000. (Loud applause.) Mr. John Johnson Stitt then came forward, and was received with :general cheering. He said that he felt almost overpowered by the exceedingly cordial reception they had granted him. It was another instance of the uniform kindness and consideration with which he had been received eve rsince he came before them, and he could only hope that he would at some future day be found to merit their approval. (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced in the opportunity which was afforded him that evening of meeting them, and particularly of meeting in such a place, for, as it struck him, it was a neighbourhood which of all others, perhaps, in the ward, ought to demand the most serious attention of any gentleman who went as their representative to the Town Council. (Hear, hear, and applause.) It was, perhaps, unnecessary for him that evening to state to them at length the circumstances which led to his appearance before them in the capacity of a candidate. He had already on a former occasion stated them, and it therefore sufficed for him briefly to say that a requisition, signed by gentlemen of all opinions, had been presented to him and pressed upon him. He confessed that, much as he esteemed the good opinion of his fellow. townsmen, and he envied no man who did not feel proud the_ofut m approbationuehashe esteemedof his fellow-townsmen—(hear, he h hear) ada b first shrunk from undertaking the duties of the office they had so kindly tendered to him. He had done so because he thought that the responsibilities of that office might be too much for him. and because he had a love for retire ment, sad those c ta: ms of home which he hoped every man around hen appreei tted. (Hear, hear.) But these were times when it hoe - no men to lay aside such feelings —to sacrifice their inc,inations and their tastes, and place their humble services at the disposal of their fellow. townsmen. His patriotism having been appealed to, he yielded to the invitation. (Applause.) Representation implied mutual and reciprocal duties, and should be based on confidence. The renresentative, on the one hand, should feel confidence 'in his constituency, so that when he essayed to do any work for them he would know that he was backed by them—(hear, hear)—and, on the other hand, the represented should have confidence in the man they sent to represent them, (Hear, hear.) They should know that he had no private, no selfish interest to serve— they should know that they could always rely on him, and that any suggestions they might have to make would always receive from him that amount of attention to which they were entitled. Without that double aspect of repre. sentation—confidence on the part of the represented in the representative, and confidence on the part of the repre. sentative in his constituency—he believed no permanent good could flow. That confidence should spring from knowledge. The representative and represented should know each, and the former, in seeking the suffrages of the latter, should show to them whether he possessed the qualifications which were requisite. (Hear.) He knew not what the qualifications were which they sought in their representative—he could only c mjecture that they were those which would fit him for the arduous duties which he wonld have to discharge. And what were those duties ? They were weighty indeed—they were onerous indeed— they were comprehensive indeed—their name was legion, and they were so interwoven with all the interests of society that he could not at that moment think of doing more than taking a very cursory glance at a few of them. There were duties of a strictly financial character—there were duties relating to the great and ever-inc-easing commerce of which:the chairman had spoken—and last, though not least, though too often forgotten, and too often overlooked by those who occupied the position of their representatives—last, though not least, were the great social questions of the day. (Rear, hear, and loud cheers.) Turning their attention to the financial duties which devolved on their representative, he should say that they should never lose sight of the fact, that there was an action and reaction always going on in the question of taxation and expenditure. An enlarged taxation led to an enlarged expenditure, and an enlarged expenditure necessitated an increased taxation. (Hear, hear.) Consequently these should be the strictest economy observed, so as to keep all within as moderate limits as possible, and without descending to particulars, that there should be a fair and equitable adjustment of the public burthens—no distinction between class and class (cheers)—no fish of one and flesh of the other—They should be all alike, the rich and the poor, and all should be treated with even-handed justice. (Hear, hear.) That was the great principle which ought to regulate the levy— ing, the collection, and the distribution of their taxation. Rigid economy should be observed in all that concerned their dealing with financial questions, and that should not only affect great and prominent items, such as had been referred to in regard to the Birkenhead docks, dock extension, the water scheme—not only should the principle of economy apply in those cases, but also to every minor circumstance—to questions of the salary and the like. (Hear, hear.) Next came the question of their ever increasing commerce, and in that what, a wide field of thought was opened up to them! How delicate and sensitive we -e the interests of that commerce! Their nem. .liseo oevetea cvony sea, aloe mem renowned corn inerce encircled the globe. (Applause.) It ought to be their representatives' duty to watch over it with anxious and honest care—to remove all impediments to its native growth —to provide by wise foresight for its extension and development, and to allure it to their docks, their quays, and warehouses. Not only should he be a man of large views, but he should be a man of eminent business capacity—a man who had some interest in the great affairs of commerce ; but he should be a man also of energy, of zeal, and last, though not least, he should be a man of incorruptibility. (Applause.) All these were required in the man who would go forth to take the representation of a great community like this, and if he mistook not, there neve was a period in the history of this great borough when those qualifications were so eminently necessary as for the times that were at hand. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Stitt then referred to the great social questions of the day, and declared himself in favour of the extension of free libraries and museums, of parks, like those in Manchester, for the recreation of the people, and of sanitary improvements. He denounced the mingling of party spirit in these contests, and in illustration of the tactics pursued by a certain faction in the town, read the following letter, which was received by one of his supporters, an elector of the ward :—" Dear sir and brother,—the grand committee having heard that You were about to support Mr. Stitt, of Everton and Kirkdale Ward, with your vote and interest, have requested me to advise you of the risk you unwittingly run of being expelled the Loyal Orange Institution by such conduct. A resolution was unanimously rassed at the Grand Lodge meeting, Birkenhead, in July last—that any brother voting for a radical at any election, or in other words, any one opposed to Church and State, should be expelled the Order. Believing that what you have done, you have done ignorantly, I therefore trust that you will immediately withdraw your support from Mr. Stitt." Mr. Stitt indignantly denouneed such tactics, and resumed his seat amid general applause. Mr. Thomas Reason moved a resolution, declaring that Mr Stitt was a fit person to represent the ward In the Town Council, and pledging the meeting to support him. Mr. Robinson seconded the motion, and in doing so, begged to state that the retiring representative, nor any other gentlemen in the town, had anything to do in the bringing forward of Mr. Stitt. The resolution was carried by acclamation. Mr. Picton, being loudly called for, then addressed the meeting. He bore eloquent testimony to the character of Mr. Stitt, and declared that while he would serve and do honour to the ward, his talents would also reflect credit on the town at large. He then dwelt on the growing importance of Everton and Kirkdale Ward, and as it was natural that there should be conflicting interests among the wards, advised the meeting to take example be the South end, which elected men to watch over the timber trade, and send in such a man as Mr. Stitt to guard their peculiar interests. The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Walker, after which, thanks were voted to the chairm an , a nd the assembly broke up. ➢IEETING OF THE FRIENDS AND SUP PORTERS OF MR. JOHN LONGTON. List night a meeting of the electors of this ward, favourable to the return of the above named gentleman, was held at the Derby Arms Hotel, Kirkdale, and wai respectably attended. Thomas Fleetwood Roskell, Esq , was called to the chair, and John Marewood, Esq., acted as secretary. The meeting was called for eight o'clock, and a quarter after that hour business com menced. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said, they ought to be cautious in exercising their privilege. He thought Mr. Longton the best man to send to represent them, for he had managed his own affairs well, and they therefore might c dentate on his attending to the affairs of the ward. (Hear, hear.) He then alluded to the state of the docks, and said they did not want an orator, they wanted a plain common sense honest man to represent them in the council, and such a man was Mr. Longton. (Cheers.) They all had known him as a r es id ent o f t h e ward, and as connected with the shippi ng interests of the town. They had known his capacity for business, and his integrity for a long life. (Laughter.) These were qualifications which entitled him to their support, and from the numbers and respec tability of that meeting, and from the support which he bad received throughout the ward, there was no doubt of his triumphant success. (Cheers.) He had now the honour to introduce Mr. Longton. Mr. Longton then came forward, and was received with loud cheers. He said he trusted that the Albion had a representative there that evening. If so, he wished to see the gentleman. (There was no reporter 1 from our cotemporary present.) He said in that paper of Monday, there was a paragraph relating to him, which was unjust, ungenerous, and unfair—(hear, hear)—and he trusted that paper would do what it bad promised, re port him fully. He proceeded to say that he thanked that large and respectable meeting for the manner in which he had been received, and for the honour done him as a candidate for the ward. (Hear, hear.) It was not his own desire to come forward to represent the ward in the council, but by the desire of a large and influential body of electors of the ward. (Hear , hear.) For some y ears , he had been solicited to offer himself as a candidate, but he invariably declined the honour, but now when he had been presented with a requisition, so 5 numerously and respectably signed, he could no longer TO THE LIBERAL ELECTORS OF TAME resist his own feelings. (Hear, hear.) He could again , STREET WARD. assure them it was not by his own desire lie stood before , them. He was not an orator, but if they believed him, ! he was a practical, pains-taking, honest man—(loud ! Gentlemen—You are now on your trial. O n th e one side yo u are afforded the opportunity of cheers)—and that was more than many members of the sup- Town Council dare presume to profess. (Hear, hear.) porting your principles, your consistency, and your The ward was one of v e ry gr ea t ex t e nt—it reached from honour as con sc i ent i ous men. O n t h e ot h er s i de Everton to Kirkdale, and f rom th a t t o B oo tle. It con- You are call e d on to sacrifice your principles, to tamed. he believed, over 30,000 i n h a bit an t s , and he did trample on you r cons i stency, and to be the active really feel a great amount of responsibility attending on a gents of your own dishonour. Which of these representing so many people. (Elear, h e ar.) But he positions is it your ambition to hold? The repre felt satisfied that they would co-operate with him, and sentative of your own principles .is Mr. Jeffery. that he would receive every assistance from their repre- The representative of the principles to which you sentative in council at present, and, therefore, if they are opposed is Mr. Llo d. s you vote and pleased to return him, he would not shrink from the support. the one or the other y of '' you give evidence of your ood faiththese men, so o el l v v e n s l responsibility imposed on him (Cheers) Aided by the valuable advice and assistance of the gentleman who and to orofthe g to yourselves represented your cause, represented them, he would endeavour to perform his are ready duty to the best of his ho nest a bili ty. In reference to to incur to serv e th e purpose of those local taxation, he thought th e roa d taxes pressed too who despise - you. The ch o i ce i s open to you. I heavy on the ward, and he wou ld endeavour to remedy Iviow there are many of you too hi g h m i nded to that. (Hear, hear.) He was not inattentive to local permit of doubt of the course you will persue ; agitation in the public mind, on matters such as were nay, I should even wish to hope that there is not a likely to occupy the attention of the council, and on such single man of your entire body who would not feel points he would bestow his best attention, and _yield to the degradation involved in voting for a Tory while no one on these matters. He would not yield either, to a Liberal is in the field. The record of your votes any one, in his endeavours to extend the blessings of on the day of election will prove this, and there it scriptural education to the poor—(cheers) —and he would will stand open to the public gaze as a proof of the devote his energies to this poi n t, f or their welfare in this integrity of Lime -street - Ward-liberalism, or, iu life and eternity. (Loud a ppl ause. ) L ong speeches he did other words, of what that Liberatism deems due to not think were qualifications for a seat in the Town good government, an d t o t h e protect i on of the. Council, but he trusted h e h a d o th erc l a i ms on their atten- general interests of the b urgesses. Th ose wh o are tion beside speech-maki ng . H e h a d l i ved in the ward and amongst them for many years, and he trusted to end his opposed to you seem prepared to find that all of days in it; he had rendered some service in it, and he you may not be disposed to do theii dirty work— would always endeavour to render them all the service that is, of your own mere choice; but they are he could by attending to their wants. (Hear, hear, and prepared to get over this difficulty in their own old cheers.) He might be allowed to mention a fact, in way. You are nothing in their estimation but a reference to his connection with Liverpool (Hear, grovelling set of potwallopers, whom a glass of ale hear.) He was a shipowner of the port, and he had one and five shillings per head can readily buy up. vessel named the " Town of Liverpool ;'' another the Unfortunately for them you have got votes which " Everton ;" a third the "Walton," and he hoped stand in their way; but fortunately for them you shortly, if they sent-him to the council. to have one have called after the ward—the " Kirkdale." (Loud cheers.) your . price ; and, that you may pocket your infamy with complacency, they are to give it to He had nothing more to offer, as they all knew his senti mentsr ; and, if they were p l ease d to return him, there save you blushes in asking fo r it a t th e r i s k o f was nothing on hi s p art wou ld b e left undone to forwa-d being refused. Think riot this is the language of the interests of the town and the ward. (Loud cheers) exaggeration. Oh! no; you know as well as Ido Mr. Draper th e n rose , an d proposed the following that this is but a trifle i n th e i r way w h en th ey want resolution:—" Resolved, th a t i n t h e op i nion of this to to manufacture majoritie s , . an d carry th e c i ta d el. L meeting, John Longton, Es q ., h av i ng l ong continued, Let us turn to one of their o r g ans o f l as t S a t ur d ay, and is still a resident in this ward, has acquired that and see the plan of attack which they deliberately experience, from his habits of business and intercourse lay down. A warned man is an armed man, as the with its inhabitants, thereby securing the esteem and Proverb tells us ; and, after the announcement so confidence which fully entitles him to our good opinion made of their intentions, you cannot charge them to act as one of the representatives of this ward, and that with any desire to conceal their plan of attack. this meeting pledges itself to use every legitimate means They know, they feel they cannot beat you in a to secure his return." The speaker went on to say. that fair and honourable fight, fought in the open face after the plain and honest statement of Mr. Longton— of day, with arms which alone honourable men his manly straightforward sentiments—there was not would use traitors but they c a n b r ib e ; th ey can mann much left for him to say, but to ca ll on t! - e e l ectors to facture tra through the i ns t rumen t a li ty o f return hint triumphantly. (He a r, h ear .) I t was true, as observed by the chairman, that they ought to act m oney. This is To r y p ur it y o f election, and this with great caution in sending a p erson t o represent t h em is the Tory estimate of the virtuous spirits which in the Town Council—to select a man t o represent t h em influence a Liberal. J u d ge ye of the value of the in the local parliament. (Hear, hear) It was not wordy compliment this paid you. Pray, follow me while or long winded men they required there—they wanted a I lay before you their plan of battle as avowed by man of integrity, upright-ess, and honesty, to represent themselves. I quote from an organ of their's, their wants and wishes. (Hear, hear,) They had now which is as respectable as the scheme is creditable. before them as a candidate such a man. A man who Here are the words:— had, by his prudence, managed his own affairs well ; " There is plenty of time yet to fight the mean, who had improved his m eans b y hi s own i ndustry and shuffling Radicals, and thrashthem well too. No integrity, was capabl e o f p romot i ng the interests of s doubt money will b e f ree l y spent b y t h e pur i ty o f others. (Cheers.) H e wou ld carry i nto the council his business habits and experience, and these would be more election mongers. To check this, is the duty of effective there than all the speeches that could he made the wealthy men of the Conservative party. There by nice and educated young gentlemen. (Cheers.) He is no law against bribery at Municipal Elections, and, would not offer one word even apparently offensive to as the Liberal canaille have their price, no false Mr. Stitt—he felt assured that that meeting would delicacy must prevent a counteracting influence." repudiate such—(hear, hear)—but he would say, that Now, gentlemen, I think this short extract they shoulid send in a man to the council free and carries its own moral sufficiently clear to show you untrammelled. Mr. Stitt said he knew nothing about what you have to do. If you choose you can have r,-!d-tapeism. and that he was untrammelled, but he would your beer and tobacco ; and such of you as may like to see the man who would attempt to red-tape or stand out for a higher figure, why, don't be mealy trammel the noble John Bull now before them. No, Mr. mouthed—you will get what yo'u , ask. No pains Longton could not be dragged, by any one, from the path cril are taken, as you w ill o b serve, to conceal the cloven of honour and integrity which he had trav e ll e d thro u gh life. (Loud cheers.) He would b r ing t o b ear on th e foot; there is no att emp t t o ma k e Esau appear or council the weight of his moral character and his busi- be what he is ; and it is for you to form an estimate ness experience, which were the essentials required in of the return you should make to men. who so the council. Some Mr. White, more facetious than openly avow their contempt for your position and bright—(laughter)—had called Mr. Longton a character, and for the spirit of independence you Methusela--(laughter)--but they all saw him there, a have hitherto shown in supporting your con• fat, healthy, vigorous, ruddy man, active and intelligent, sistency and your principles. and no Methusela. (Renewed laughter ) After some Let me add, that these men are disposed—for further brief observations, the speaker proposed the the occasion, that is to say—to draw a distinction resolution. between some few of 'the Liberals and the rest of Mr. Pitts seconded the resolution, and alluded to the the body, " Mr. Thomas Reny, &c.," being called road hieing made at the north docks, and said, in his honourable men : and we are told they are the „„ini on , the axponce of ropairi,) 6 that Should be Dome by exception. not the rule. But, gentlemen, praise at the town council, and not by the township. He contended such hands must indeed be the deepest censure that Mr. Longton kn e w th e wan t s an d w i s h es o f t h e ep in disguise ; and I, w ith many o f you, s h a ll f ee l town better than Mr. Stitt, and, th ere f ore , was a more much sorrow if Mr. Rev, who has ever been found proper person to represent the w ar d. (Ch eers. ) a consistent Liberal, shall do any thing to deserve The resolution was put and carr i e d am id great it. It is said he is chairman of 'what was once the cheering. Joint Committee. T. D. Anderson, Esq., then addressed the meeting, But Mr. Reay must surely understand, that that and said it was rumoured be was opposed to Mr. committee was formed pu r p ose ly t o avo id t h e Longton hear, hear)—it was well known that he necessity of contests in the Wa r d, an d not t o bi n d signed a requisition to that gentleman to stand for the the members of that committ ee , w h o are Lib era l s , t o ward. (Hear, hear.) He dwelt on the knowl ege which support a Tory c an did a t e w h en a Lib era l can di date the candidate had, both of the locality and of th e town, and the great capacity for business ashich Mr. is Electors have no w t a k en t h e matter i nto theirin the field. Longton possessed, and said there were few men who T he possessed all these requisites in a higher degree than Mr. own bands, and thus have rendered the committee Longton. (Hear, hear) There was no doubt he would a mere name, and nothing more—in fact, have re manage their business honestly and faithfully. (Cheers.) moved all pretence for its existence. The com- He knew Mr. Stitt to be a very highly respectable mittee could only be intended to have force while young mai, but he blieved Mr. Longton had prior the Electors on both sides were content to submit claims, and he would support him, and give him any to their leadership ; but as that leadership is now advice he could in the Town Council. '(Cheers and utterly repudiated, the committee becomes resolved Kentisbfire.) into its original elements, and each member of it is Mr. Alderman Dover was called on, and addressed the relieved of all responsibility which had sprung meeting. He contended that Mr. Stitt ought to show from the original compact he was a better candidate than Mr. Langton. He It was no part of the bargain on the part of Mr. believed Mr. Stitt to be highly respectable, hut a very R ea y, or any other Liberal member of that com inexperienced young man. (Hear, and cheers) He eulogised Mr. Longton for his experience, his posses- mittee, to support a Tory candidate, should a man sinus in the ward, and his interest in the shipping, Ire of their own principles be brought out by the said Mr. Stitt had promised them all parks and libraries Liberal Electors, and therefore they have their in the wards, but if the local charges for one of these ,justification for giving a preference for their prin came to one penny in the pound, why, sixteen ciples when a contest invites them to the faithful of them would come to sixteen pence in the discharge of th e i r d u t y as h onora b le men. pound, and they were not prepared to do that. By supporting Mr. Lloyd, under existing circum (Hear, hear.) He did not object to parks and libraries, stances, they would simply be lending kheir weight but they would have to pay for them, and it should be to sustain the policy of which he is the represen • the great infancy of Mr. Stitt to advocate more (Cheers.) tative—pure, unadulterated Toryism—while, by so He alluded to a meeting of the burial board, and said it doing, they would abstrtict, to the extent of that was a packed meeting got up to oust the Protestant weight, the support which is due to the cause of members—not even the venerable rector was suffered to which, throughout their lives, they have been the belong to that board. (Hear, hear.) He did not object advocates. to Dissenters being on the board or in the council, but The exchange of a birthright for a mess of he objected to the factious opposition got up to the potta . ge would be a more honorable mode of church. And who got it up ? Why, Mr. Stitt and Mr. Jeffery, the two very men who were now disturbing the seeming the immortality of history than this. peace of Liverpool. (Loud cheers.) The next point AUDI. touched on by the alderman was the neglect of the Conservative body of Liverpool towards the Conservative press. He said, while their opponents came out strong every six mornings of the week, they spoke out strong, whilst the Conservatives came out only three times a week. (Hear, hear) He supported the Constitution— Queen, Lords, and Commons, and the fourth estate ought also to be supported. (Hear, hear) If the Conservatives neglected to support that estate, he did not know how long they would last. He did not wish to see the proprietors of newspapers going into the Gazette. He did not wish to see editors reduced to earn UNITY GENERA.L ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. The annual general meeting of shareholders was held yes terday, at the London Tavern—Mr. Borrett in the chair. The report stated that from the 30th of June, 1855, to June 30, 18.56, the number of policies issued was 1,219, assuring £401,091, and producing in new annual premiums £13,091 lls 31. The life losses amounted to only £5,652, and the premium to £30,075. The rtceipts for the year amounted to £101,171 Ils 2d; and the expenditure to £89,994 17s 101, leaving a balance of ,E 11,226 13s 41. The report stated that the first division of profits would take place in 1857, a:< , l that the directors would adopt every possible means to reduce the expenditure. At the extraordinary general meeting, held on the 11th Sep ember last, it was decided that Mr. Baylis, the managing director, should be appointed manager pro tem. ; but in consequence of dis agreements with the Board, Mr. Baylis di str ib uted of the mee ting to -day, in which he said h e thought it would be ng a circular amongst the shaerneheto,idaesrsheat felt t e into recommenddir direct and serious collision t theed he could not be better for him not to attend, p r esent " without com u in e g with the directors.' t i o o n f o a f the present board, a n d suggested aap modification d n fi m e e a U t provisional committee. The d . were prepared t o p ay, when t directors stated that they they could legally do so, the balance of 41,250 on the 4'2,000 policy of Mr. Atkins, and reco mmended that interest, at the rate . of 5 per cent., should be paid on the 30th Se tem paid up capital to . the P r her last. Mr. Jackson moved the adoption of the repo t• He criticised the circular of Mr. Baylis, and said that if the shareholders decides on retaining that gentleman, the present board would resign. As for himself, he should nQyer consent to meet Mr. Baylis in the board room again. The motion was seconded by Mr. Simons, of Birmingham. The proceedings were of a protracted and.,:somewhat angry character. their bread as penny-a-liners. Proprietors should be paid, editors should be paid, and the gentlemen who rendered their valuable assistance as reporters, could not exist on the wind—they ought to be properly paid. (Hear, hear.) How was this to be dune, except the estate was properly supported He wished to see the state free, not like the Republican state of America, nor that. of France, but based on the glorious old constitution of Queen, Lords, and Commons. (Cheers ) After exhorting the Conservative body to support the Conser vative press, and advocating the claims of Mr. Longton, he sat down amid loud cheering, having proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman The motion was seconded by Mr. Wise, and the meet ing having pledged itself to support Mr. Loneton, the meeting separated, cheering loudly for their candidate. THE QUARTER SESSION S , Y E STERDAY : sentences were passed by th e Recorder, penal servitude Gilbert following e b r er; Den ; deron, Esq :—James Thompson, six years' Caro line Stewart, six m on ths' imprisonment; eila servitude; Margaret Robert Daulby, Rix months ; Jane J o nes, five yearie, Mary A. Taylor, 6 teen s' : White. four years' penal s ervitude months' imprisonment ; Michael Croaker, six months ; J o h n Griffin, eighteen mouths. INFANTICIDE, NEAR PRESTON.—On Sunday a f ternoon two young me n, named Thomas and William Taylor, wer wa lking on Lea Marsh , near Preston, wh e n the attention of one of them was attracted by a piece of cotton print, which projected from the soil of a cop, and. on examining t, found the body of a female child. whi c h h a d t b h e ep e : buried ° only about two or three inches deep. There is no doubt that the child has been murdered ; and it is supposed to be the offspring of some tramp. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL, WEEKLY REPORT, October 15, 1856.—1n-patients Discharged : Cured, I 1. ; ; relieved, 0 ; at own reqnest, 1 ; i rregu l ar , 0 ; dead, 1_; entered, 25 ; under treatment, 65. O u t-patients : Cured , 46 ; entered, 45 ; under .treatment, 59. Treasurer . James Hought on, Esq. 'Visitors : J. F ar nworth , D E . s 1 : and S. M ar ti n, E sq. H onorary Chaplain : ze Barry, B.A. Ph ysic i ans and Surgeons for- tiv. Weey Dr. Came ron an d M r. Mi ns h u ll . H ou se Surgeons E. C, Garland an d M r . Willi am T o wnsend. S ic y ' A FECMAI. E.— MELANCHOLY CASE—Alice Smith, t hirty three years of age, comm i tted suicide on Sunday' taking a quantity of laud anum i n t h e h ou se of In i her other, n Iliwkstone-street Park. The facts of the case, as appeared in evidence before the Coroner yesterday, were these :—The deceased lived as servant at the house of a - doctor, at Woolton, and, as she stated to her sister-in-law, left because she was enciente by a married man, a mason, who resided in the locality. On Sunday sbe took a quantity of laudanum, and although a medical man Was called in she died from the effects. It would also appear that she had taken some herb in order to procure abortion. An inquest was opened on the body yesterday, but was adjourned in order to have the result of a post mortem examination.