The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

WEST DERBY WARD

Mr. Aitbur Henderson, the retiring member, was opposed
by Mr. John Aikin, and at the close of the poll, after a keen
contest, the numbers stood—for Mr. Henderson 284, for Mr.
Aikin 335.
NORTH AND SOUTH TOXTETH WARDS.
These wards were most hotly contested. Throughout the
day there was the utmost party violence displayed, each party
exerting their ut-r ost to get his favourite candidate returned.
In the North Toxteth Ward the retiring candidate was
Mr. Hilton Halhead, and at a meeting of the ratepayers it
was decided that Mr. Thomas Evans should be selected to
oppose him, he being, as it was alleged, the nominee of the
timber trade. Throughout the ward the most extensive ex-
citement prevailed, and the voters were all called upon to do
their duty by each party. From the following state of the
poll, at each hour from the commencement of the voting, our
readers will be enabled to judge how the popular feeling
extended :
Time lO. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3.

Ha'head ...... 81 136 184 229 273 293

Evans

95 111

In the South Toxteth Ward Mr. Horsfall was the retiring
councillor. He declined to come forward again, and Mr.
Farnworth was, by a requisition, requested to take his place.
In opposition to him, however, .at a meeting of the ratepayers,
it was proposed that Mr. M`Gregor should be elected, and the
greatest exertions were used to secure his return, but at the
close of the poll it was found that he was in a minority, as will
be seen by the statement, published each hour—
Time lO. 11. 12. 1. 2. 3.

Farnworth 77 113 158 200 237 257
M'Gregor
Up to the time of closing the poll the utmost excitement
prevailed in the two wards.
When the pool was closed, the successful candidates ad-
journed to the Royal Oak, the central committee for the two
wards, accompanied by a band of music and a large body of
electors. The chairman, Mr. Robinson, expressed the great
pleasure he felt in having to communicate to them that they
(the Conservatives) had gained a glorious victory, and stated
that it was a proof that the unanimity of feeling shown this
day was the feeling of the wards, for they found that the
persons selected to represent them by what was called the
dictating party were returned by the same numbers—indeed,
it might be said to be a neck-and-neck encounter between the
two wards. In the north ward they found that Mr. Flathead
had, at the close of the poll, 313 votes, and Mr. Evans 129,
being a majority; of 184. In the south ward Mr. Farnworth
had polled 267, and Mr. M'Gregor 83, also being a majority of
184 That was a peculiar instance, and showed that the feel-
ing of the two wards was in unanimity with the successful
candidates. Three cheers were then given for Mr. Halhead,
who came forward and stated that as the ratepayers had re-
elected him, after three years' servitude, he should pursue the
same course he had hitherto done, which was to benefit the
interests of the ratepayers of the town.
Mr. Farnworth, the newly-elected member for the southern
district, also stated that he would do his utmost to follow in
the footsteps of Mr. Halhead, who had served them for so many
years. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks was then passed to the
chairman, and the proceedings terminated.
THE COUNCIL AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED.

No. 1, EVERTON AND KIRK- No. 9, GREAT GEORGE WARD. 1
DALE WARD. Years Years
to serve. to serve.
Alderman E. Lansdale 1 Alderman Joseph Cooper 4
Samuel M. Mellor. 1 Alexander Shand
Daniel Crosthwaite .... ....... .2 Thomas Wagstaff 2
T. D. Anderson ........... .......3John Lawrence ....... ........ 3
No. 2, SCOTLAND. I No. 10, RODNEY-STREET.
Alderman William Bennett...l Alderman J. H. Turner 1
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John Woodruff ..................1 J. A. Tobin 1
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Archibald Charles: tewart ...2 Thomas Fleming 2
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Richard 5hei1......, ........ ......:3John Barnes Braucker 3
C. Gardner T.
4
Alderman 3W
William _Nicholson __ ..... ...11William Earle 1
Edward Bradley .......—.......21R. A. Thine
Roger Hay clock
No. 4, ST.. PAUL'. No. 12, LIME-STREET.
Alderman Thomas Bold .., 4 Alderman J. B. Moore... ...... 4
Oliver Holden
John R. M`Guffie ....... .........2,James Johnson 2
Thomas Godfrey 3'J. A. Picton 3
No. 5, EXCHANGE. No. 13, ST. ANNE'S.
Alderman James Lawrence...l Alderman Francis Shand 4
Charles Turner I,John Nicholson.... ......... .....1
Thomas Littledale ....... Voseph Kitchen 2
James. Tyrer .. ....... ....... ..... 3'T. Llewelyn H0d50n....... 3
Na. t, CASTLE-STREET. I No. 14, WEST DERBY.
Alderman Thomas Dover ...1 Alderman Sir John Bent 1
George Holt 1 F. A. Clint.. 1
Hugh Homily 2R. M. Beckwith ...............2
Joseph Gibbons Livingt!ton —3 John Aikin 3
No. 74 Sr. PETER S. I No. 15, SOUTH TOXTETH
Alderman James Parker ......1 Alderman Thomas Toulmin 4
James Holme .... ~. ....... .. ..... 1 James Robertson 1
Harmood Banner .„ 2 John Stewart...—. ........... ...2
J. C. Fernihough ..,... 3 John Farnworth 3
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NORTH TOXTETH.

No. 8, PITT-STREET. i -.-. _2, ..,
Alderman Thos. Robinson 1 Alderman Samuel Holme ...4
W. P. Jeffreys ....,• ~ „ 1 Matthew Gregson ......1
J. Gladstone, Jun ................2 Bernard Hall 2
William Mann ........,.„..,...3 Hilton Haihead 3

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MAxcursrEu.—The annual elections did not assume a
political complexion, and there were contests only in three out
of fifteen wards. For Exchange Ward, Mr. William Mount-
castle, hatter, was returned ; for Collegiate Ward, Mr. T. W.
Dyson, surgeon, was returned, and for St. John's, Mr. Alexan-
der M`Dougal, manufacturing
.chemist. The two first-named
are new members of the council.
SALFORD.—In the borough of Salford there were contests
in three out of eight wards, the election resulting in the re-
turn of the following :—Crescent Ward, Mr. Thomas John-
ston, painter, and Mr. James Parrott, gentleman ; St. John's,
Broughton, Mr. C. E. Cowley, C.E., and Mr. W. S. Birch.
Kersal Wartl, Mr. H. Myers and Mr. Henry Bowman. Messrs.
Johnston and Parrott are new councilors, and the following
gentlemen were also newly elected without contest : --Mr. R.
B. Robinson, grocer, St. Stephen's Ward; and Mr. Elkanah
Armitage, Pendleton New Mills, Seedley Ward.
NORTHAMPTON, Thursday Evening.—The revolution in the
municipal affairs of our borough, commenced three years ago,
has to-day been completed, and, for the first time, the Tories
have obtained by popular election a majority in our Town
Council. Yesterday, our corporation was composed of seven
Liberal councillors, six Liberal alderman, and eleven Tory
councillors, giving the Liberals a majority of two. Of the six
councillors who were to retire, four were Liberals and two
Tories. To-day, the wards have returned lye Tories and one
Liberal, so that the council is thus constituted : Liberal
councilors, 4; Liberal aldermen, 6 ; Tory councillors, 14 ;
working Tory majority, 4. The majorities of the winning
candidates are large in all the wards. The Tories intend to
restore at once all the civic state which was superseded twenty
years ago.