The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

LIME-STREET WARD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN T 9 55•
Sir,—The two candidates for this Ward ha°
now appeared before the electors, and each_hae.
stated the grounds on which he thinks a rePre.
sentative should be elected. Into the long sttig°ll6
about Alderman Bold, I will not enter--bees—
it possesses no intrinsic worth, to entitle it to,five
fmoradtlelea. •
minutes' consideration—it is enough
electors that Mr. Lloyd, in their name,
present of municipal honours, intended
really deserving, to a man whose sole claim lay
in
the services he rendered during a Parliamentary
election, which brought Liverpool, and Liverpee
men, into
,a most discreditable notoriety
this remark, I therefore dismiss that branch
the subject. Mr. Lloyd affected an immense
ia •
of virtuous indignation at a statement .ma-7 •
Mr. Jeffery's address. Mr. Jeffery will heti"!
•
it, that the Council, as a body, are
nter
Ohara--
utter ignorance of the, extent and
()de
for. the
of .the Corporate Estate, and of the 111-
;lily
in which it is managed, and this he
tells the electors. Mr. Lloyd, the Councillor!):
fifteen years, cannot stand this at all, and he le
have it that the statement is a grievous libel o.'tv
. collective wisdom Modestly passing over sncre';
and one, he contents himself, with naming °role.
maining three of the sixty-four magnates of
err
Council as having made the Corporate Estate tn.
Bible, out
,of which they are prepared to quote ew'of
ter and verse when the spirit moves them. T°oel
these three are the present Mayor and Mr. SO
Holme; and they, with Mr. Buck Lloyd as °lila'
of alter ego, are the keepers of the Maticii'es'i
conscience. Admitting that the two forraer7oo
as much as Mr. Lloyd says they do, that is Jul /a•,
of the features of the case, which leaves the'e'
plaint substantially correct—unless, indeed,w9l9o(l.;
content with the necessary knowledge beingliita.,,e/ cl,
to those two: men. But we are not yet reu,,A,'"
to this extremity, for Mr. Lloyd himself caarePoll
as he tells us, a flood of light which will be AT. we';
to dazzle and delight us. Charge whom eLl3'
please with ignorance, but, pray, make hul;ear.
exception, for, was he not a partner, in the' Yda
1833, with the then Town Clerk, who had 111' It ,
out a schedule of the Corporate propertf,A,ak
then stood? He was a partner. He himse"..ii 0 •
not exactly speak German, but he once haid•
brother who could play the German flute•
these are the pegs on which his election
was made to hang. A something more he
~.sl°,oal
say and did say, but it was rather of a
character. He had been fifteen years their ".`ti ao''
sentative, and he wished, very earnestly iriet„4o;,,'
stand in the same character for three years' woe
they were such a respectable constituency; years'
would be so very much honoured by being,`";eor,.
the object of their choice. Of his shortconi,iiat
longcomings, as their representative, he sP9,ltare:,•
a word, nor of his intended conduct for the 1,7,i-bia
These matters were too vulgar to be intro - ;
where sentiment was the order of the day. 4.-01
Well, these recommendations may suit the 1:g- sll',
of some; but, good or bad as they are, they a'a. to
that Mr. Lloyd had to offer, or thought Prett-ailel.
offer, and we are thus left to speculate on WP7-ntit.
the real qualifications and duties of a represe.4o,,
tive. If we turn to the speech of Mr. Jeffe-i,ll'
are enlightened a good deal on this point ;
it we are reminded that political power I°LosiP
ferred on us for the purpose of protecting °l,n—cifit*''
and the interests of society. Mr. Jeffery' aer,r t 0
ledges the ,responsibility he would rest 110`..01'
us as our representative ; and in his past 11141111
we have ample guarantee that he means ;pot
says. He is one of ourselves, familiar With a' we',
wants, and familiar with the remedies; net, '11,16 it 3
taking the poorest man by the hand h 11
oppressed, and scorning political ties v 41011,101;
prevent him from pursuing the stern path of 3 00;
Really it is -an insult to the electors to be n131600'
to show their preference in a case where one '
parties is so complete a blank.
There was one gentleman present at Mr. -
meeting who seemed in at ease. I allude wiloo'
Thomas Reay ; and if he could but have seellibist
his new political acquaintances were thrusting 0014,
tongues in their cheeks at his innocence, he
have doffed at once the livery they have givenfacet,
and which he then wore, and flung it in the'rrflair,
" I am the chairman of the joint committee n'itealA,
street Ward," says Mr. Reay. Pray, ISri.,..ir;:sl.r,l.
whom does your committee represent ? "",cer F••,'
only the Tory electors, who are banded tog9"iol4'
support Mr. Lloyd, and who have trill:4)i! 001
into the position of Chairman, in the hope tunfira•el:
would operate as the decoy-duck to some in,,es" oft
the liberal electors who might be as unauel34;7o
as yourself. Retire, Mr. Reay ; retire in adotioir
save yourself from the lasting sense of ddraitistl2,'
which a more active support of a Tory egiilon.
man of your own principles will involve. We;
vote for Mr. Jeffery will be nothing here aor Tot!,
he can afford to lose it ; but, by supporting -aie.
against him, you lose what you can never 1000'
your self-respect and the respect of your Car'
tradesmen in the ward, be they Liberal or
servative. By this time you must have seelptdn
you have been duped ; your friend Jonas 1e Alf
many for you. You might have seen with,h-et °rot
eye that it was no compliment to yOll
intended when he moved that you 111 vs""
chairman of the joint committee ; and Yiiii;4l
forty Tories present at the meeting, and 9:0310,!4
Liberals, you accepted a post which simPlY`a
the Tory party to make use of you to ser/Litio's
own purpose. You did not take time to sietlo
and now you have no alternative, as a V 13004
man, but to transfer the office into tne.,olol°
of what you call the joint committee, o'oo.,
them to elect a Tory chairman to do Toll° fea'.
INvEsli°

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND ATTEM
MURDER NEAR YORT•

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A robbery, attended with circumstances of nwr-„,,ic e,etjnrs'
aggravation and cruelty, was perpetrated on Sattlru-0, the re,
last, on the high road leading to Hcslington, near t soh 00t,
liaises which were a short time ago used as a bleacb-i 111001,0
About half past nine o'clock in the evening Sam° saiAiol
a labourer, residing at the ivillage of Heslingt°' roce'air
had been at York purchasing some groceries, W3B Pebort erg
quietly on his way home. When he arrived a
nd 0 'to
taller) from the Quaker's Retreat' where the 111,ed tioft
lonely, a man passed him, and after lie had wa' orlrlo'for
yards further, this fellow gave two or three sharPrepsrsslll'
no doubt as an intimation to his companions to Pthei,
active operations. After walking a few yards fur joelit
son met two other men, whom he observed,
5. fling. 010
suspicions having been excited by the Wl'l the opft
thought, however, that lie was not a party wh(nta
likely to attempt to rob, and he therefore went be its- ort
without feeling apprehensive as to his safety, batbio!l,o
gone far before he heard footsteps approachins 09 slot of
when these appeared nearer, he drew himself P:tlie
the road to allow the parties to pass. 110 W 33 ni-f tbc°,gotii,
turning round to look at the persons, when one re cor'aistfr
him a blow on the head with a life preserver-0-'I3P" '112" sii
speaking, a life destroyer—and knocked him dool' die!: to
fellows then fell upon the poor man, and while Ope
tempted to rifle his pockets, the other continued to ,tiot*P
the most brutal manner over the head and face,ll°lwiloi.
that Ellison offered to give them all the none,' line,rEo°,s
poor fellow's cries attracted the noti •of other r .po's t 11"
co the - os
were returning to Heslington, and, hastening t°_,ay 0 ge,,
observed the two villians in the act of running 3" WO
0p
;
/
possible, one of them having jumped over a gate
fellow
by the road side. An instant chase after On 0,0313010,
commenced, and they were both run down anticaPgr. 04't0
of them in the field into which lie had jumPe ri, Svij
Stabler, and the other on the high road by -o '°l4 I
tern and Mr. Thomas Dixon. A life-preserver, uirynS
the or°
one used and thrown away by the robbers lo a
escape, was also found near the spot. an of
The prisoners were conveyed to Hesl.„.'";.l"l'frol„eilsi,
placed under surveillance at the Charles M-1- 'ical
village. Ellison, who is a man of great l'ilY_sing 11150,11Pil
appears to have borne his ill usage without le:d roviroßicei
btlity for a moment, his own natural vignur 1.1,v3e1e
the excitement attendant upon the attacks irt;le se'ith"o,3
him throughout. Ho walked home with a. -1 ee4l j,
medical aid was procured, and it was then lse()..00 1;la
injuries he had received were of the most dangel .for,
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may terminate fatally. W° pole pa
On Sunday afternoon the prisoners were. , ece
Castle, where they gave their names as bio jo
Thomas Jackson. These men, we heUri,ei:„, latter o 4
been lodging in Swinegate, in York, and cailor
of b? rd
known to the police under the cognomen c have „ell 0
He professes to be a glazier by trade, and sr
ale, P
he is a'6 ticket-of-leave man." Patrick lia'castle,
ltef)
viously convicted and imprisoned in I(nrk
them appear to bo about 24 or 25 years of ngdei,ranel°
On Tuesday evening a third man, panic
was apprehended on suspicion,