The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-03 00:00:00

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FRANCE

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
A telegraphic despatch, to-day, from Trieste,
announces, on authority of Constantinople letters
'to the 26th, that Admiral Lyons had formally de-
vlared to the Russian Minister, M. de Bouteneiff,
that the English fleet would remain in the Black
Sea until the accomplishment of the Treaty of
Paris. The. same despatch says, that Russia had
exempted Persia from the payment of the portion
of the indemnity, remaining duo upon the war of

Reports have, for some days past, been current
that the German Credit Mobilicr is to be dissolved,
but they do not appear thus far to rest on any very
solid foundation.
The festivities of the Emperor and Empress at
Compiegne continue to be carried on upon the
grandest possible scale ; but the newspapers here
Say scarcely anything at all about them. The fact
is, that the Emperor does not wish them to be
talked about, lest they should seem a too flagrant
contrast to the distress of the population, and
`aggravate the existing political discontent.
truden the system of government which now
'dorm gates in France, it is not easy to ascertain the
real state of the country, as the newspapers are
'prohibited from speaking on topics disagreeable to
the Government. But I hear, on all sides, that
discontent is increasing amongst the peasantry,
and that, as customary, it manifests itself by an
usual number of cases of arson, highway rob,. '
bel'Y, murder, and other henious crimes.
According to a letter from Berne, the English
Government has proposed to Switzerland to
undertake, in conjunction with France, to take the
initiative in arranging the Neufchatel affair, in
such a manner as not to wound the amour propre
either of Prusf,ia or Switzerland.
We are tkeeatened with a hubbub in the Grand
'Duchy of:Luxembourg. part of the possessions of the
King of, Holland. This Duchy forms part of the Ger.
nal-A° confederation, and the King and his advisers
h?-ve proposed modificationsin the constitution, cal-
culated to make it of a more Germanic, that is to say,
a less liberal character. But in an address to his
Majesty, the Chamber of Representatives has pro-
tested against any such measure. Prince Henry
of the Netherlands, the King's representative in
the Duchy, has returned a very angry reply to the
Addresses, and accussed the Chamber of being
wanting in intelligence, to suppose that the King
could desire to diminish the country's liberties.
The Chamber has retorted by a formal vote of
want of confidence in the Ministers. In this posi-
tion the matter rests.

AMERICAN AFFAIRS

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NEW YORK, OcT. 21, 1856.
The public mind is at this moment entirely in-
terested in the result of the recent State Elections
ill Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
you will perhaps understand the case better if I
'explain. On the 14th day of October, or rather on
the third Tuesday of October, three great states of
the Union hold their State Elections, at which all
their local state officers are elected. This election,
in Presidential election years, is held just three
Weeks before the great National contest, and is
Watched with the most intense anxiety by all poli-
ticians as an indication of the final election.
Pennsylvania is a great state, and chosen 27 Presi-
dential electors; Ohio is another great common-
wealth, while Indiana is much smaller than either.
44 the present election Pennsylvsnia has been
regardedaustly as the battle-ground of the political
battle; if she goes for Fremont, he will doubtless
.:15e elected, and if she casts her vote for her
favourite son," James Buchanan, he will doubt-
less occupy the Presidential chair during the next
But thereis one curious feature respecting the
P
ennsylvania elections. H ere tofore, whenever
there has been a contest between slavery-extension
Andl slavery-prohibition, the enemies of extension
have invariably gained from the local election to
the Presidential, showing that there are always
,;(18119 Democrats who vote for local State officers,
:et who, nevertheless, vote for the presidential
candidate 1
holding the best anti slavery views.
'o4o-the State went Democratic in its local
' "inn, but opposite, three weeks later, for Presi-
qent• In 1848 it was partly Democratic and partly
:I)Position at the local election, and three weeks
(ter went for the opposition by 13,000 majority.
1i; that, if in the late election, the Democrats have
4tghtly triumphed, it is by no means certain that
1-i
ttlettihrt will not carry the State. Yet the
nan men now seem to have triumphed by
few
thousands. There are in the State several
ih°
usands of Quakers, who do not vote
HA ordinary election, but who will vote for
threlnont. There is hope yet among the friends of
4,e antislavery candidate, but in my opinion his
mttrlces are exceedingly small.
The, election in the State of Ohio, has resulted
3„ tan triumph of the Fremont party by, at least,
,ov,00() of a majority. This is a very decisive vote
tifar as that state is concerned. Indiana is
ghtly democratic, and she may be so in the
viteTien which follows. All rests with Pennsyl-
ai,llLia• If she can elect a Fremont electoral
se'et in November—enough ; other states will do
to elect him.
11°1:1'ere are, already, Fremont electoral tickets
4
vot nated in four slave states. Of course but few
th,ea will be polled in these states, but it is a novel
41,2 g to run an anti slavery candidate in slave
ItTbe President, after making a slight stay in New
-'41111:0slf *the ir,, has returned to Washington, where
le„!.e Was an attempt, on the part of the officials, to
Tl;lnif:acture an enthusiastic reception for him.
tes'. has been anything but the triumphal pro
tqual,°n usually accorded to a popular ruler. No
de- 41t5 been sufficiently low to insult the Presi-
be!lt, but those who have done him honour, have
in either officials or mean partisans.
attehe journals here are devoting considerable
Ge,e ration to a subject which has interested and
1141 Pied the English press—the invention of M.
ci4 senaer. There is, as yet, considerable scepti-
cs 411 aniong our scientific men as to its merits. It
11,0,,f,°ught that careful trials may prove it is less
11014 than many of its friends claim. It has,
atbzi ever, set the world of invention upon the track,
Ito a revolution in the business ofi manufacturing
,eitlLEttid steel may be reckoned on as certain,
lta,„,:t. at once through the Bessemer process, or
VI- Qv
ernents upon it.
\vas „e condition of our provision markets never
ever much better than at present. Plenty reigns
rate „‘",e land. Wheat flour is to be had at mode-
tee/letlees. The only trouble is that the middle-
IlotirStqlorb too much of its value. Good wheat
siell• sells in the west for 24 and 28 English
.41:41 "Rs the barrel; yet, through the transportation
4114.4Pnrcfits of the sellers, brings here, at retail, 36s
thtAC's• The transportation costs but a part of
Cat
A
lea,. vessel freighted at wholesale, at
1-4,lver'6°, and proceeding up the St. Lawrence to
,Jaes„-°°l. could well afford to sell its cargo
"reiZZr there than in New York, as it is usually
Market by lake, canal, and railroad. Our stock
at et, too • -
, eae , in a good state. Money is to be had
[gel rates, and there is enough of it for legiti-
;l? killisinees purposes. Many kinds of business
eh ',en account of the political excitement
Carpeltee up the attention of buyers.
PrEtn,,nter, late cashier of the Northern Railroad
„4,rge tt-e, Who recently fled to this country with a
hrnoUnt of the funds of that corporation,
4uollt 1060 had embezzled, was arrested last week,
1.1-41 is Miles from the city, by a countryman,
Ic/a of the in gaol awaiting trial. A large propor-
eveitriaegijleaemill_nds has been recovered.
bi
.ythin er. Texas, late from Nicaragua, reports
Oink, hi:i.,3inet there. General Walker was corn-
ettl the lerces at Granada, awaiting an attack
'aces combined armies of the Central American
th'ithe tra decisive battle was expected.
Z4ltio .(A Warrior, which arrived from Havana
I:lsi4we_erfitiog:2lst ult.), states that 6,000 stand of
I,lvakepublic.
eus la board a brig, to be taken down for
Spanish faction against the Domini-
to „ velything was prepared for the
that Alexico as soon as the expected orders
enee+ • ,
arrivea.

able motives

the contest,

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.--
-SAMDAY.

The great contestforlVlunicipal honours took place on Satur-
day. All eyes were centered upon Lime-street, Evcrton, and
Kirkdale Wards, but, contrary to general expectation, a show
of opposition was offered in St. Anne's and Rodney-street
Wards. Although sympathising with the feelings and wishes
of the Liberal Electors of these Wards, and earnestly desiring
a change for the better in their Municipal Representation,
we would have been better pleased to see the opposition
manifested in a more open and candid manner—in a way
that would not allow opponents to attribute dishonour-
We proceed to notice the main features of

Jeffery
Lloyd

Eleven Twe've
o'clock. o'c'ock.
—.183 270—,
...130 220—,

Jeffery
Lloyd

questions wbieli

vill have

THE NORTHERN

Jeffery by one o'clock, notwithstanding the obstruction
already alluded to. The following will show the state of
the poll, at the different hours mentioned.

One Two Three
o'clock. o'clock. o'clock.
...363 392.. 414
... 2 S 8 327 330

_ -
Majority ... 53
Four o'clock.

Majority for Jeffery 6B
By this it will bo seen the progress made, and that,
frorn'eleven to twelve o'clock, the Tories brought up all
their'forces, but the subsequent returns show that the
poorest and independent electors rallied their forces) and
from that hour, up to one o'clock) gained an
unsurmountable majority. At half past one the utmost
enthusiasm prevailed, for the election was virtually won,
and Liberalism had gained an accession of strength in
Lime-street, that no " Terrorism" can ever shake again.
Mr. Jeffery's friends had an orbnibus, drawn by four
splendid grey horses, and on the vehicle was Stubbs'
celebrated band, decorated with gay ribbons, festoons,
flowers, and the like. This attracted great attention, and
a large concourse of persons followed the cortege through
town—the band playing lively and appropriate airs during
the day.
Immediately after the state of the poll had been declared
an immense concourse of people assembled in front of Mr.
Jeffery's committee rooms, Victoria Hotel, St. John's-lane.
The crowd exceeded anything of the kind we have seen in
Liverpool, quite filling up the great open space in Lime-
street, and thronging the entrances, steps, and portico of
St. George's Hall. When Mr. Jeffery made his appear-
ance, accompanied by Mr. Haigh, and others of his sup-
porters, he was received with a perfect storm of cheering,
which was several times renewed. h..
balcony in front of the hotel with his friends,
signal for another equally enthusiastic burst.
Mr. Haigh, chairman of Mr. Jeffery's committee, said
Gentlemen, it is my happiness to congratulate you upon
the successful issue of this great contest. (Cheers.) It
has been one of no ordinary charaeter. The town Of
LiverNol has not seen such a one for many years. Gen.
tlemen, this contest may be termed a pitched battle for
the whole town. (Cheers). I have now the happiness
to introduce to you the man who has beaten in the fight.
(Enthusiastic cheers). Gentlemen, it has never been my
practice to boast beforehand. The same cannot be
said of our opponents. They have endeavoured
by all means to frighten us into defeat, but we
wore too strong for them. I should think we have
given such a beating to them as they will not soon forget.
not detain this large company any longer, but will
introduce to you our successful candidate,-now our repre-
sentative, Mr. J R. Jeffery. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Jeffery then came forward, and was received with
renewed and vehement cheering. He said—Brother
Electors and fellow-townsmen, at your solicitation I have
placed myself as a candidate for your sufferages, to repre-
sent you in the Town Council, as one of the members for
Lime-street Ward. (Cheers.) By your efforts, and by
the exercise of your own judgment, you have placed me in
the high and honourable position of one of the members of
that deliberative assembly. As our chairman has just told
you, this has, indeed, been a great fight. (Cheers.) Nay,
it has been a town's fight. (Loud Cheering.) Gentle-
men, it has been, in my opinion, far more than
that —it may be called a political fight. It has
been a municipal fight, but it has been a great
moral fight and a moral victory. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,
I have not the slightest desire to speak disrespectfully or
disparagingly of my opponent, but he has exerted himself
individually to the utmost of his physical and his intellec.
teal power and ability. He has waited upon a very large
number of gentlemen. I need not call to your recol-
lection the carricature of a candidate calling for
your vote and interest. Gentlemen, if I were to
be such a candidate, I could alter the sentiment, and
say, " Give me your vote for my interest," if I called
upon you for your suffrages. I have stood before you,
gentlemen, many a time. I have stood before you many a
time ere this. I have had the privilege of enunciating to you
my views upon various subjects. I was content to stand
before you upon these views, and to stand or fall by your
verdict and your decision. By that verdict, and by that de-
cision I stand before you to-night as elected for Lime-street
Ward. (Great cheering.) You have done me the honour
to place me in that high position, without, receiving from
me—nay, without asking or seeking in any way of me
the slightest pledge as to what I would do in the future.
I trust I shall never disappoint you. (Cheers.) The
responsibility upon my shoulders becomes greater
the greater as you show your confidence in my
judgment and in my integrity. Gentlemen, I
do not go into the Town Council as a delegate,
I go into the council as your representative—(cheers)—and
I hope the day will never dawn when you will have to say
to me that I have either sacrificed my past history for any
personal ambition, or that I have in any degree foifLited the
confidence which you have been pleased to place in me
to-day. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, there are many great
questions which will come before the assembly to
which your votes have returned me. There are many

Coming on the
was the

to be thorc

Lou brings out the truth, and

nighly ventilated,
by the aid of the

press, you are as well able to judge of the truth a, we who
are within the walls. By the wings of the press, therefore,
the views, the opinions, the arguments, the conclusions of
your representatives become known et your own firesides;
and, so far as I am able, I will take my part
in those discussions. I- will never flinch from
any question— I will never absent myself from
the Council Chamber upon a division. Igo there, gentle-
men, to do the duty which you have imposed upon me
to-day, to the best of my power and ability. (Cheers.)
And, whatever may be the necessities of that position, I am
prepared to encounter them, and I will carry my views for-
ward conscientiously, and with whatever ability God has given
me. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it is not desir Lble that I should
detain you long by addressing you here in this open
crowd. (Cries of go on—go on,) The vast assemblage I
see before me is an unprecedented spectacle. There never
before has been any assembly witnessed here like this,
upon any local effort. (Hear, hear.) I say to all my
brother tradesmen here, that their interests require itenre-
sentation in the Council Chamber. So far as lam able,
they shall have it, but not their interests exclusively, for
let us never forget that it is upon the increase of com-
merce in the port, that we all live. (Hear, hear.) Let
us not forget that all our interests depend in a great
measure upon the facilities given to that commerce. Let
us then not cavil at straws—let us never swallow
camels while we stick at gnats; but let us deal
with those great questions as a whole—let us deal
with all as one great estate. (Loud Cheers.) Let it
not be said, " you do this, and I do that, and he will do
the other thing," but let all be regarded as a great whole,
one common interest, and let us be united by one com-
mon band. (Hear, hear, and tremendous cheering.)
I thank you most cordially for assembling here to show by
your presence that this victory has been achieved by the
concurrence of the non-electors as well as by the votes of
the electors—(hear, hear)—and while I stand here as the
representative directly of the 429 electors, who have done
me the honour to vote for me, I nevertheless stand as the
representative also of the minority of 361. (Cheers,)
If there be any persons present who have exerted them-
selves most zealously to prevent me occupying this
proud position, they will yet find me as accessible to any
thing they may require as though they had been my
warmest supporters. (Loud Cheers.) Gentlemen,
this, as your chairman has told you, has been a great
fight. (Hear, hear.) Great excitement has been caused,
angry feelings have no doubt been aroused, but I am not
aware of one improper expression having passed the lips
of any member of our committee. I am not aware that we
manifested one angry feeling. (Hear, hear.) I hope, however,
that whatever may have passed at this conflict, all will now
be forgotten—that we ehall act as citizens of one great
commercial town, and that we shall sink again into that
feeling of brotherhood which existed in Lime-street Ward
before this. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I again thank you
most cordially,and bid you a very good night. (Applause.)
Loud and general cries were here heard for Mr.
Robertson Gladstone, and that gentleman not being pre-
sent,

The Chairman begged to introduce to the meeting Mr.
John Finch.

Mr. Finch, on coming forward, was enthusiastically
cheered. He said : Gentlemen, I heartily congratulate
you on this occasion in sending into the Council of Liver-
pool a man of Mr. Jeffery's qualifications—a man who
was so much wanted there—(cheers)—a man who, from
his intimate acquaintance with all your wants and
wishes, is so well qualified to represent you, and who,
from his ability, is able to express himself with eloquence
and clearness on all questions. (hear, hear, and cheers.)
I can, myself, speak from a long and intimate acquaint-
ance with Mr. Jeffery, that he is a man to be thoroughly
trusted on all occasions—(cheers)—and that he will act
honestly and faithfully towards you under every circum-
stance. I have taken an active part in this election
to-day, and I must say that, though it occasioned
a considerable amount of excitement in the town,
yet I never saw any election pass over with so
much good feeling—(hear, hear)—and I do trust that you
will now. quietly return to your homes—that if any irri-
tating remarks have been made, or angry feeling aroused,
you will forget them, and that to-morrow morning you
will arise in the enjoyment of that goodwill and quietness
to which we all are accustomed. (Hear, and cheers.)
I again heartily congratulate you on returning so
excellent a man as your representative to the Town
Council as Mr. Jeffery. (Applause.)
.

A. C. Stewart, who was loudly called on, also came
forward and said—Gentlemen, you have already been con
gratulated on one great victory to-day. 1 have now to
congratulate you on another. It is my pleasing duty to say
that. Mr. Stitt has beaten 'Moses." (Cheers.) Longton was
nowhere, and you have now got another good man in the
Council. (Cheers.) I hope that you will repeat to-day's
work this day twelvemonth, and that you will always
send into the council chamber men who have the good
of the town at heart, and who are willing and
anxious to work for it, so that those who have always
stood by your interests there, will be able to carry those
measures which they brought forward before but unsuc-

ce ;fully. (Hear, 11C;ar.) I congratulate you on behalf of
those gentlemen who have always fought for the interests
or the people of this town, that you have returned a gen-
tleman as your representative who is willing and able to
help us in the good work. (Cheers) I hope you will now
go. home. Rejoice over your victory, forgive your ene.
mies, and keep a bright look-out for next year. (Applause
and laughter.)

MR. LLOYD'S COMNfiTTEE.IIOOM.
Immediately after the close of the poll, Ali. Lloyd and
others addressed the electors from the window of the
Swan Inn, London-road.

Mr. Lloyd, on presenting himself to the electors, com

TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

meneed by thanking the ladies, and said, ever since he
had been connected with the ward, it had always been his
practice to give them precedence. Although he stood
before them as the defeated candidate, his heart was as
light as at the commencement of the struggle. If the
member just elected should devote as much of his time to
the interests of the Ward as he had done during fit een
years, all he could say was that he should be peilectly
satisfied, and if, at any time, the electors should require
his services be would willingly give them. In future the
opposite party must not boast of the purity of
elections. His opponent had not despised a good band,
he had not despised colours, nor had he despised good
breakfasts. On his own side, he said the election had been
conducted upon the purest principles, and during the whole
contest, neither he nor his committee had been guilty of
one dishonourable action. He would tell the electors,
however, that they had been under the spy system, for
the detectives had been set to watch their movements.
Mr. Lloyd here referred to his past connection with the
ward, and argued at some length to show that his conduct
had been that of an honest representative—one who studied
to promote the interests of his constituents ; and he defied
his opponents, notwithstanding their base insinuations, to
point to a single vote which he had ever given to disprove
the accuracy of his statements. With regard to the defeat
of that day, he was determined to retire into private life,
with the consciousness that he had done his duty.
Mr. Alderman Samuel Holme then came forward, and
spoke at some length, the only point in his ora-
tion being the sterling qualities of Mr. Lloyd,
his basin ess habits and honesty of purpose. He regretted
the decision of that day; but he would meet Mr. Jeffery,
as town councillor, in the best spirit, and hoped ha would
only approximate the sterling qualities manifested and
carried into practice by Mr. Lloyd.

Mr. Ferniho
strain, r( fleeting, in very s
which the contest hld been conducted.

Th also addressed the electors in a similar
•evere terms, upon the manner in

Mr. Lloyd proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. J. Gleavas,
which was carried ne2n. con., and the electors dispersed.

SCOTLAND WARD

The polling place was N. 237, Burlington street.—Mr.
Alderman Bennett presided. Mr. Woodruff, the retiring
councillor, came forward for re-election. An address was
published on Friday by Mr. Charles Callis, but that gentle-
man did not come to the poll, and Mr. Woodruff was elected
without opposition.

VA U:t fi ALL WARD.
The polling place was No. 167, Vauxhall road.--Mr.
Alderman Preston presided. Mr. William Nicholson, the
retiring candidate, was re-elected without opposition.

ST. PAUL'S WARD.

The polling place was the house of Mr. John Mather, St.
Paul's square.—Mr. Thomas Bold was the presiding Alder-
man. Mr. Oliver Ho:den, the retiring member, again pre-
sented himself, and had an uncontested reelection.

EXCHANGE WARD.

Alderman James Lawrence presided. The polling place
was the north end of the Sessions House, Chapel street.
Mr. Charles Turner was, for the third time, elected without
opposition.

CASTLE STREET WARD.
The polling place was at the Commercial Hotel, Dahl
street.----Mr. Alderman Dover presided. The outgoing
member, Mr, George Holt, did not present himself for re-
election. The only candidate was Mr. James Steains, who
had an unopposed return.

ST. PETER'S WARD

The polling plats was the public house, School lane,
the sign of the " Ring o' B All Parker presided
Ur. James llolme was re elected without opposition.

PITT STREET WARD

The polling place was at the committee rooms of the
South Corporation Schools, Park lane.—Alderman Robinson
presided. The retiring Councillor was Mr. Walter Powell
Jeffreys, who came forward for re-election. In the morning,
bills were extensively circdated among the voters, calling
upon them to poll for Mr. Henry Mathew ilaylock. Mr.
Haylock did not, however, contest the ward, and, no vote
being tendered in his behalf, Mr. Jeffreys was declared
elected.

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Captains of ships, officers in the army or navy
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times bare a large or small assortment of these Approved
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as to
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receive a wholesale price list, affording them an opportunity
of purchasing on the very lowest terms. English and
Foreign
almost daily, parcels from London, whence all articles of a
agency carefully conducted. F. G. J. receives
new kind may be procured free of carriage. Jones's, 5,
Paradise-street, third door from Church-street, and nearly
facing Lord-strcet.—Adr•