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

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little advantage. (Cheers.) He thought that a man I
who was able to get up in committee and enforce
the claims of his constituents was some sort of
qualification. (Cheers.) The claims: put forward by
his opponents, he considered as the weakness of
a cause that could not be longer sustained. (Hear, hear.)
He did not attach much importance to the form of a
speech, but the subject of a speech was one of impor-
tance, and could not be forgotten. It was of importance
that a man should think, and, at the same time, think
rightly and independently, and that a man should possess
the nerve to act honestly, conscientiously, and uprightly.
(Loud cheers.) The person whom they sent to represent
them would have plenty to think about, and should form
for himself principles of independent action in
regard to all the great finanical, commercial, and
social questions affecting the interests of this great com-
munity. (Cheers.) He placed the financial question first,
as affecting the interests of this great community. In
dealing with the financial question, it required a large
amount of theoretical and practical experience. The laws
of taxation and expenditure were reciprocal—a large
taxation involved a lavish expenditure, and a lavish
expenditure again involved an increased taxation, which,
by a wise economy, ought to be curtailed instead of being
augmented. (Hear, hear.) The principle to be observed in
taxation ought to be an equitable one, which should tax
all classes alike, according to the means possessed by
them—(hear, hear)—and this would be even-handed justice
to all. He then alluded to the cottage property in the
ward, and said he was very glad to see that sort of
property increasing in the district, as it would add to
the comfort of the working and industrious class, but they
should be governed by an equitable adjustment of taxa-
tion; and this would be one of the grand objects of his
exertions, to do equal justice to all parties. (Loud cheers.)
In reference to commerce, he said this was a commercial
age, and this country was a commercial country. (Hear,
hear.) This town rose with unparalleled rapidity, and held
at present a position beyond all the ports of the world, and
if it went on increasing, as he trusted it would, the pros-
pect was boundless. (Cheers ) It was the duty of their
representative to watch over it, and not let it become
like a Chester or a Bristol. (Hear, hear.) He proceeded
for some time in detail, and alluded to parks, public
libraries, education, &c., and then read the following
expenditure of the cost to the corporation for the
maintenance of the following parish churches.
St. Thomas's

St. George's
less seat rents

St. Michael's
less seat rents ... 'B5 13 9
and graves 2O 0 0

St. Luke's
less seat'yents

St. Martin's
less seat rents

779 14 2
218 17 3

789 7 4

105 13 9

871 6 8
149 17 10

857 1 4
27 0 0

683 13 7

721 8 10

830 1 4

fr, Cost to the corporation for the year .W 3,045 15 11

He said, if half the sum had been laid out in the
education of the poor, it would save the public more than
half of the forty thousand pounds expended in public
prosecutions. (Bear, hear.) After some further remarks,
Mr._ Stitt sat down amid prolonged cheering.
. ..

Mr. William Unwin was next-introducedto the meeting,
and was received with great applause. He said he did
not expect, nor did he desire, to have taken any part in
the present election, He had said that he would not do
so ; but he had resisted the entreaties of his friends, and
had come from the tea-table to do that which he conceived
to be his duty. (Cheers). This step he had been induced to
take from the course the other side had adopted in carry-
ing out this election. He had not heard any of the speeches
which had been delivered, but he had read some of them ;
and he had heard that one of the speakers liked silence
so well that he had said that he would not eat with a man
who would speak. (Laughter). They had heard the
speeches of the gentlemen who there came forward to
represent them ; they were, as far as he had read, most
intelligent and intellectual speeches. Some of them might,
also, have heard the speeches of the other candidate. He
had not ; and from what he had read of them, he did not
think he had lost much. (Cheers). He admired those
speeches ; and instead of calling him their candidate,
he did hope that they would call them their re-
presentatives. There were some people like a par-
rot, who did all their work by thinking, and,
from their inability to speak, no person could find out
what they thought. (Laughter.) For his part, he pre-
ferred a person who could speak, and show the index of
his mind—(cheers)—in preference to those who could not
speak—but there were some who could not speak—who
could not write—and who could not read—(laughter)—
but surely they would not select such a person, when they
could have a person who could explain his views, and so
eloquently dilate on the subjects that come before them,
as the gentleman had done on that occasion. (Cheers.)
He then related to the meeting a circumstance which had
taken place, on the previous evening, at a meeting at
Manchester, when a rev. gentleman (he would not men
tion his name) had, in the first instance, objected to such
a beautiful and splendid building being named the " Free
Trade Hall," and that was because the rev. gentleman was
opposed to free trade ; but when he found that it was
impossible to stop the tide of current opinion, he changed
hiq npininn. .na ho doo;snotod it as one of the finest
buildings he had ever seen, and was a nt omitting to De
dedicated as a monument of the late war. Such it was in
the present contest, when their opponents could not find
arguments to support their former assertions, they turned
round and supported that which was popular. After
expressing his opinion that it would be by far the wisest
course to select a man who could explain his ideas, and
enforce them with pure English language, so as to be
forcible, he moved the adoption of the following resolution :
—" That John Johnson Stitt, Esq., is a fit and proper
person to represent this ward, ad that this meeting
pledges itself to use all lawful means to return him to the
Council Chamber."
Mr. Ledger seconded the resolution.

Mr. George Holt had great pleasure in seconding the
resolution. He said that he ht.cl been led to do so, by the
speeches which he had heard during the last ten days,
and expressed it as his opinion that, if they selected a man
for his intelligence and his fitness to fill the situation of
their representative, they would choose Mr. Stitt.
Mr. Walker then came forward to support the resolu-
tion, and, in doing so, he begged to be allowed to congratu-
late the constituents of the ward, and the splendid
assembly he saw before him, at having such a candidate.
From the interest that had been felt in the meeting, it was
a proof that it was not a Shabolath, for, if it had, the
number would have diminished. In the most eloquent
and enthusiastic terms, he dwelt on the present movement,
and expressed his regret that their opponents should have
resorted to the means that they had done, by low scurrility.
He next dwelt on the necessity of educating the poor, and
of having public parks and libraries for the people, and
expressed a hope that the time was not far distant when
they would have a library in every ward, and a public
park at each end of the town. [Our space will not permit
of our giving this gentleman's speech at length.] .

Dr. Chalmers next came forward, and was received
with great applause. He explained that he had been most
unexpectedly called upon to speak to the resolution ; but
in the most forcible terms supported the election of Mr.
Stitt, and as he had already been a candidate from time
to time, expressed a hope that the electors would not be
deluded by promises, but be early at the poll, and record
their votes, and then go to work and get their friends to
do the same. He related an anecdote of one of the
contests at which he had been engaged, when eighteeen
persons had actually signed his requisition, but on the
morning of the election, in consequence of a well supplied
table of eatables, they had, before ten o'clock in the
morning, gone and voted against him.
The resolutions were then put and carried by acclama-
tion.

Mr. Robinson then came forward to redeem a pledge
given on the previous evening, and said he found that Mr.
Longton had contributed £6 to the charities of Liverpool.
Mr. Millward, in proposing a vote of thanks to the chair•
man, observed that, although Mr. Longton had stated that
he called three ships by Liverpool names, not one of these
vessels were built in Liverpool.

The meeting then separated, cheering loudly for Mr.
Stitt.

NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL THURSDAY

INAUGURATION OF THE JUNCTION OF THE
DUTCH, RHENISH, AND COLOGNE AND MIN-
DEN RAILWAYS.

THE BANQUET AT AMSTERDAM.
This event has been celebrated in Holland, in a style
commensurate with its importance to both countries. The
series of festivities commenced on Friday, the 17th inst.,
when the Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and several
other distinguished individuals—including the directors of
the Cologne and Minden, and German Union Companies—
were invited to Amsterdam to partake of a magnificent enter-
tainment provided by the Government. The town itself
presented a very gay aspect. The English party, so deeply
interested in the undertaking, were composed of Messrs.
Hesleden, J. E. Moss, W. Al!card, I. A. Tinne, G. E.
Taunton, R. Waterhouse, R. J. King, J. M. Still, J. S.
Moss, F. F. Goodwin, S. J. Arnold, James Robinson, Mr.
Mozley, the Rev. J. Jamieson, Mr. Dapledge, Mr. Beloe,
&c., 44c. The first oration was delivered by the Prussian
Minister, who said, that the junction of the two railways
could not but tend to the increased prosperity of both
countries, and proposed " The Health of the King of
Holland :" in reply, the Netherlands Foreign Minister
proposed " The Health of the King of Prussia."

- The Minister of the Home Depaitrnent, in an eloquent
speech, proposed the happy alliance of Prussia, Holland, and
England, and stated that it was mainly owing to the
perseverance of English talent and capital that they were
this day met to celebrate the junction of the two countries
by railway communication.

Mr. Faber van Riemsdyk spoke in energetic terms on the
perseverance of the shareholders, who had this day
completed all that they had undertaken to perform, and
having paid a compliment to the memory of the late Mr.
Donker Curtius, President of the Direction, proposed
success to both Companies.