The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-02 00:00:00

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

hi Nit-STREET W Xilik

In: this ward, as we anticipated from the Ira,
there was a very keen fight. The sole point to be
decided was, whether the candidate, Mr. J. P. IleywGrt,
was to supersede Mr. James, Johnson,. who was the
retiring councillor. It was said that Mr.'Heyworth
was only nominated by a few ardent friends, and that
he, like his venerated sire, eschewed all such pub-
licity, but in the absence of' a better man, a certain
Section of the *RadiCal party. (ietehnitied otherwise.
Throtighotit the day; from the opening of" the
books" at nine o'clock in the morning, there was
no mistake as to the earnestness of the friends of each
candidate. At half past, nine, d'clebk Mr. Johnson's
committee put mit a placard that he *as in a majority
of eletek and that ailnonricenient was received with a
niOst hearty reception. From that tinie a PerfeCt blank
appeared in the proceedings, so far as official returns
for the enlightenment of the general body of .electors
was concernek for no official statement of the numbers
polled was issued by either party until twenty minutes
past two O'cloCk, when Mr. Heyworth's committee issued
a proelaniatimi that the numbers Stood. —ll4. Iley4orth,
301 ; Mr. 3-dhoiciii, goo rhsjoiit for IleyWortli„ J.
That statement Will at once
.show that the contest in
this ward was one Of no mean character. Mr. Johnson
was the retiring councillor, and a. section; (for the
purpose of good- or evil) of the extreme radical party
had made a determination to oust him, because, as they
had alleged, he had connived at the escape of Luya, and
that he had been ousted from the high and honourable
post he occupied as the deputy-chairman of the Watch
Cominittee. Each of these objections had been fairly
and truly answered by the official proceedings of the
Council, who had confirmed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Johnson for the valuable services he had rendered to
the town. BUt, putting the merits of each candidate
aside, the question to be decided in the Lime-street
Ward was very simple: It was this ! Is Mr. J. R. Jeffery,
as a representative of that ward, to dictate to it P and
with all his poi:sling energy endeavour td thitst another
person upon the electors of the Ward kaitist their
wishes? To this question a small biit decisive majo•ity
has answered No. Up to ten minutes before four
o'clock, ;althoiih there were thousands Of , each. party
assembled in the front Of LiniefitiTet, hot due.eouid tell
who Was the Vidtor,,-,;-Was it Mf, Johnson of Was it Tvlr
Hepworth. It was rumoured that it was all up with
Johnsqn, but when that gentleman found that his oppo-
nent had been voting for himself, and had received the
cheers of his supporters, Mr. Johnson did the same, and
he was also greeted, and that most enthusiastically, by
his friends for pursuing the same course. A great
number of'persons, some 'of them most enthusiastic, had
assembled in front of the Swan Hotel, and 'after a brief
interval,

Mr. J. IL 0001'ER, tho oliairmar> of Ati. i-ohrison's
committee, came forward amichit, ti!e idea efithiisla,stic
applause, and said thatdie had is the Chairman ,df Mr.
Johnson's committee; the gieateg plegst(i4.l infoiniing
theol that Mr. Johnson had been, after a most Vehement
and extraordinary opposition agoin4 him, returned by
a majority of four, ''i.viost enthusiastic cheering.)
.r ern/A they would like to hear the number of votes
that had been recorded, and he would tell them ; it was
for Mr. Johnson 358, and for Mr. Heyworth 354, which
left a majority for Mr. Johnson of four votes. (Great
applause.) But he would tell them that Mr. Heyworth
had recorded two bad votes, which would make Mr.
Johnson's majority six. Mr. Cooper then went on to
say, as chairman of Mr.lohnson's committee, that they
had esche*edi, all personality but their opponents
had not pursued thesame coarse, for they had issued the
most .FGreat, ap-
rite;). lie oil say that the placards
'f t4oi opponents bad been "No iobbery." lie would
only simply ask, was there pa iobbery in the banquet
ribh ;1 ousiness. (Cheers.) Vim supplied the
for the banquet, and charged a terrific amount? It
was not Mr. Jeffery. (Laughter and cheers.) He (Mt.
Cooper), although asked, would not say a word about
the banquet tickets-7(cheers and laughter)—but he.
would conclude by saying that he felt proud of filling
the position that he held, because, while he had
been the Chairman of the committee for Mr. Johnson,
from,
ng .
that Committee there had been no scurrilous or
libelldisgraiieful Persthial.,iht4nks;;' , .PlO.
other side had not.he4tated to resort to that system to
damage their opponents.
- Mr. JAMES' JOHNSON then came forward, and amidst
the most enthuSiakic cheering of his friends and the
public assembled in front of the committee-room,
expressed his gratitude for the honour conferred upon
him in a most energetiespeech, in which be commented
chiefly onstle nature of .the efforts that had been made
to prevetit,his,rettird; The., successful candidate retired
amid the greateSt applange;
He was followed by Mr. Dent* the Chairman of !:I;,e,
committee, in a similar energetic strain, and the Meeting
dispersed after giving several rounds of hearty cheers
for Mr. Johnson.

EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD.
Not a little to the surprise of the ratepayers and
eleotots of thO Crkdale and Evertor warcl,.three gentle-
men; Messrs: ' tester; Mims;,tilid . put in
noniination papers on Monday evening, signifying tliei
intention of contesting the representation of the ward
with the respected and' Well-tried gentleman, who
occupied a seat for Kirkdale in the Council-chamber for
no less a period thin six years, Mr. Crosthviaite. How-
ever; When the day of election came two:of the candidates
retired, leaving the field tb be contested bet Ween Messrs.
Willlanis and CreSthWaitd. It need scaiaolY be said
that the contest was a bitter and furious one, the friends
of each party exerting every nerve and effort to return
their' favourite candidate. At four o'clock, the state of
the poll was ascertained to be in favour of the old
member, Mr. Crosilivraite, :showing% a majority. of 227
fdr that &denten:
The fdllowidg is tin hotirly rettirrt.of the gfai6-df the
poll :
• FOR 'AR. CROSTIIiVAITE. FOR MR. WILLIAMS. Majority
Ten o'clock 130 Ten o'clock..:: 83 .. 47
Eleven ~ 230 Eleven "„ .163 . : 67
Twelve • • 322 Twelve „ :219 ..103
Ort6 ;; ..7.. , :395 Onti- ::131

480ITAro „

. 527

Three s4slThree ....353 ..192
When the polling had terminated, a large and influen-
tial assemblage of persons collected outside of Halliday's
Coffee-house, in Rupert-lene, from the window of which
house Mr. Crosthwaite and members of his committee
delivered excellent practiCal, speeches. gr. Halliday's
house was surmounted with gay and fluttering flags,
bearing appropriate deviCeS:
The ehair was occupied by Mr. dtrwtor4, Who', in
opening the proceedings, stated that in the unavoidable
absence of Mr. Fosbery, the chairman of Mr: Crosth;
waite's committee, he had to occupy the position whieh,
he had no doubt; if Mr. Fosbery were present, would
be ably filled by that gentleman. He eulogised the
conduct of Mr. Fosbery, for his vigilance find activity
in managing the arduous duties of chairman of the
.committee. The sPeaker felt. proud for the horioilred
position which he then occupied,' viz., to have to
announce to that large and important assemblage of the
electors and - ratepayers. of the • Kirkdale and °Kvertori
Ward the triumphant return of their tried, faithful, and
and energetic representative, Mr. Crosthwaite. (Hear,
hear.) That fact shoWed that the people of the *afd
Were hot Ungrateful, and it showed that they valued the
services of proper men to represent them in the
municipal body, • It might be thought by sonie that it
was a light matter Who represented them in the Council,
but he could assure Ahern that if they had paid any
attlutiOn to the natter they would find that it was a
subject of more consequence than a great many sUp-
posed. (Hear, hear.) After a few other remarks, in
Which he paid a high enconiium to Mr: Crosthwaite for
the able and talented manner in which lie attended to
the affairs of the ward and the borough in Council; the
Speaker concluded a good address by introducing the
successful candidate to the meeting.
• Mr. CROSTILWATTE, on presenting himself at the
.window, was received with loud and enthusiastic
applauSe, again and again repeated. Silence being
somewhat restored, the talented gentleman proceeded to°
address the meeting as follows asked to be allowed
oh that mond occasion to return them his rifest heartfelt
thanks for the way in which they had Come forward
that day to vote for him. (Hear,. hear.) He might
say that it was a great triumph, and one of the greatest
triumphs that had ever been achieved in that ward.
'(Hear, hear.) He believed he might say that,' on
public grounds alone, it Was a noble and glorious
victory which they had then effected. (Cheer.) He
'had the great majority of. 227 over his opponent; and
frOth the very inmost recesses of his heart he thanked

them, the electors of that ward, —he thanked them for
placing him in that triumphant postion. (Applause.)
He hoped that the trust, unsullied and unstained, that
had been confided to his keeping, would by him be
again returned to them as stainless and spotless: (Loud
applause.) While in the council, he bad ever attended
to the duties calmly and quietly, and he had to the best
of his ability endeavoured to forward their interests in
that deliberative assembly. No more striking or con-
vincing proof of the opinion entertained for him by the
electors of the ward could be adduced than the fact that
he had received a requisition, signed by no fewer than
700 persons, calling on him to again contest the repre-
sentation of that ward. (Hear, hear.) This showed
that what he had done for that ward had been apprecia-
ted by the ratepayers, (Hear, hear, and applause,) A
voice, "What about the Welsh Jerry builders ?"
Laughter. Another Voice, " Give us a touch about the
Welsh ferries !" (Renewed laughter.) When the
auditory had recovered their self-posscssion from these
sallies, the speaker proceeded to say that when he saw
assembled in that meeting—mixed as that assembly
was, and mixed as he was always glad to see
such a meeting a bright galalty of the ladies
of Eve:ton, the beauty, wit, and charms of the
ward, being convened on the occasion, and also when
he saw the gay and handsome flag fluttering on his left
hand, which flag he believed was the gift of the` ladies
of the ward, he perceived on that flag a motto which he
thought was not a little appropriate upon that occasion
—that motto was "Fear God, honour the king, and
meddle not with, those that are given to change."
(Applause.) He was not given to change, never was,
and never would be. (Hear, hear.) He had followed
a certain straightforward course for, the past, .and that
course had been for the improvement of the ratepayers
and the ward generally. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
He had ever paid attention to their affairs, especially so
far as the taxation of the ward was concerned ; and it
had been always, and always would be, his desire to
reduce the burdens that pressed so heavily on the
shoulders of the electors. He also impressed on the rate-
payers that if any of them had grievances to complain of,
they should appeal to their representatives, and they
might rest assured that those abuses would be redressed.
If they had anything to complain of in the way of taxa-
tion, or any public nuisances, why, the proper course
was to make their grievances known to their representa-
tives. It was impossible, for instance, that he could go
over all the numerous streets, alleys, and lanes of Kirk-
dale and Everton, to inspect and look out for any nui-
sancesithat might be existing. Therefore, he repeated,
what they had to do was, to make their representatives
acquainted with their wrongs, and he for one pledged
himself that he should see that they were rectified.
(Hear, hear.) It had been urged against him that he
was a silent member ; but he begged to remind them
that they had too many talkers in the Council. (Hear,
and claeers.) He was glad to find that the people of
Kirkdale were true to themselves, and did not permit
themselves to be deceived and misled by any modus
operandi that might be adopted by their opponents.
(Applause.) They had fought a great battle, and
had come off triumphantly ; and they had reason to
congratulate themselves on their success. (Cheers.)
He thanked them for the support they had given him,
and assured them that he would do all in his power to
merit their approbation. As long as be was a member