The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—Mr. Daniel Crosthwaite boasted, upon a certain
occasion, that his election to the Town Council of Liverpool
was the triumph of intellect over ignorance ; and our excel-
lent mis-representative must certainly labour under the fond
impression that his opponents we wanting in the ordinary
attributes of common sense, if he thinks, for a moment, that
they are likely to be deluded by the very lame attempt be
has made to evade the stigma of "misrepresentation" that
I have cast upon his name. When Mr. Crosthwaite, at Mr.
Longton's meeting, on Friday last, stated that Mr.
Millward had been obtaining promises of support from
captain electors, by reprooouti.-.5 M.. 06it6 no the fa icua of AIL.
Crosthwaite, the latter gentleman knew that he was convey-
ing an impression unfavourable to thyself, and Calculated to
injure the prospects of Mr.-Stitt. It is useless for him to
argue that he referred only to a Mr. Millward, as my
brother is a south comparatively unknown, and my nosition
as the hon. secretary to Mr. Stitt's committee, would, as a
natural consequence, attract the imputation upon myself.
That it did so, is proved by the eagerness with which a
number of my personal friends sought my presence after the
meeting, and, fortunately, enabled me to meet Mr. Crosth-
waite's assertion with a prompt public contradiction. The
trick is, therefore, a despicable one, even if a Mr. Millward
did surreptitiously obtain promises of votes, but I am,
fortunately, in a position to prove that such was not the
case, and that my brother, in soliciting the votes of Messrs.
Riot and Penkeyman,' did not attempt to deceive those
electors by any misrepresentation. Being informed on
Saturday last that Messrs. Flint and Penkeyman were the
deceivedgentlemen, so pathetically referred to by Mr. Crosth.
waite in his eloquent speech, and, further, that a grand
aseault was about to be made upon my veracity, I deemed
it prudent to place myself in a state of defence against the
contemplated flank movement of the enemy, by arming
myself with the following letter, wherein the personal
friends of Mr. Crosthwaite speak for themselves:—

"When Mr. Millward solicited our votes for Mr. Stitt we
told him that we would not vote against Mr. Crosthwaite.
Mr. Mill ward then informed us that Mr. Crosthwaite was
already in the council, and did not require our votes, upon
which we consented to support Mr. Stitt ; but Iff.r. Millward
did not for one moment insinuate that Mr. Stitt was Mr.
Crosthwaite' s
.friend. " THOMAS PENKEYMAN•
(Signed) " THOMAS CADMAN FLINT."
October, 25th.
And now, sir, you will please observe that the above letter
was written and signed on Saturday last, but in the Daily
Post of this day, Mr. Crosthwaite triumphantly produces
another letter, purporting to have been written yesterday,
in which Messrs. Flint and Penkeyman are made to contra.
diet their own written declaration. I will not presume to
say that the document produced by Mr. Crosthwaite is a
fabrication or an extortion, but will merely refer your readers
to the above clear and distinct assertion of the gentlemen
whose promises, Mr. Crosthwaite publicly stated, were
obtained by representing Mr. Stitt as his friend.
Mr. Crosthwaite likewise informed the meeting at
Mr. Halliday's, that the deluded electors wore then
" all right," and would be amongst the first to poll
for Mr. Longton. In reply to this open assertion, I
can only state that Messrs. Flint and Penkeyman have
distinctly stated, that if they do not vote for Mr. Stitt,
they certainly will not vote for Mr. Longton ; that, in fact,
they will not vote at all—and so the matter rests—and so
much for Mr. Councillor Crosthwaite and his electioneering
tricks. In conclusion, permit me to inform Mr. Crosthwaite,
that I am quite as tenacious of my rood name as he is of
his own ; and that I can afford to laugh at his harmless
attempt at a little Joke about the "cap fitting;" assured,
as I am, that if his " intellectuality" is, next year, brought
forward for a " new trial" in a " superior court," I can
name another cap that would admirably " fit him for the
occasion."—Yours, &e. CHARLES MILLWARD.

Egerton, 28th Oct., 1856

BRIBERY AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—One of your cotemporaries, who seems to think
that ribaldry, closely allied to blasphemy—stories more than
bordering on the obscene—and falsehoods a thousand times
refuted, are all fair weapons against the Papists ; one,
mireover, who deems himself privileged to indulge in most
infamous libels against liberal candidates for Municipal
honours, has counselled his party to bribe and drench the
Burgesses, without stint, scruple, or apprehension ; inas-
much as, according to him, the Municipal Act contains no
provisions against bribery and corruption. The advice of
this Gamaliel is, in short, to do anything—everything—that
is vile and base, rather than permit Radicals and Papists to
achieve a triumph.

I hope the Tories, as a body, have the grace to be
ashamed of their champion. Ilis religion, whatever it is
called, must be a precious thing, if it produce no better
fruits than those which are exhibited in him ; and his
politics can scarcely be better than his creed--judging
his ends by his means. Lest, however, any of them should
be induced to follow his atrocious counsel, under the idea
that they can do it, as he tells them they can, with i'rn.
punity, I beg to inform them, through your columns, that
his statement is as gross a falsehood as any that has ever
appeared in the Liverpool Herald, and that is saying a great
deal, The Municipal Act contains the following clause :
`f That if 4Py person who shall have, or claim to have,
ix; veto in any election of Mayor, or of a Coun-
cillor, Auditor, or Assessor, of any borough, shall, after
wising of this Acc-,
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any money or othry

:ngirotr, other device,
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employment,
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agree
or =tract for any money,
other reward whatsoever, to give, or forbear to give, his
vote in any such election ; or if any person, by himself,
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or any person employed by him, shall, by any gift or re-
ward, or by any promise, agreement, or security for any gift
or reward, corrupt or; procure, or oiler to corrupt or procure,