The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.-YESTERDAY.

The first meeting of the newly-elected Council took place
at twelve o'clock on yesterday, the MAYOR in the chair.
There was a very full attendance of members.
ELECTION OF MAYOR.

The MAYOR said : Gentlemen, as there are no proceedings
of any previous committee to be read, the first business of
the Council is to elect the Mayor for thennsuing' municipal
year. I am, therefore, prepared to receive any proposition
which may be laid before us.
Mr. Charles TURNER said I have been requested, Mr.
Mayor, to propose a gentleman as your successor, in the
high and important office to which you were unanimously
elected last year, and the duties of which you have dis-
charged with so much credit to yourself, and in a manner so
acceptable to the Council and beneficial to the public. (Hear,
hear). I will not, Mr. Mayor, in your presence expatiate
upon the manner in which you have performed those duties,
farther than to say that whether in dispensing the hospitalities
of the corporation, presiding over our deliberations in this
chamber, or administering justice upon the bench, you
have maintained, or I should rather say increased
the very high opinion previously entertained of you
by your fellow-townsmen, and that you leave this chair
with the respect and esteem of the whole of this great
community. (Hearn hear, and applause). In proposing your
successor, sir, it is most agreeable to me to be enabled to
name a gentleman who, eminently qualified for the office,
will, I venture to anticipate, be acceptable to the Council
and to the town. (Hear, hear). Mr. Lloyd is so well known
and so universally esteemed that I. feel I need not say any-'
thing to recommend him in this room to gentlemen with
whom he has so long acted in the service of the public. The
great good sense and discrimination evinced by Mr. Lloyd
upon all occasions, and the consideration for the feelings of
others with which he always expresses his opinions, render
him a most valuable member of the Council, and I think
especially qualify him for the duties of the chair, to the
honour and dignity of which his services well entitle him.
(Hear, hear). And, sir, I think it is especially fitting upon
the present occasion that we should raise Mr. Lloyd to that
honour, inasmnch as next year willprobably witness the com-
pletion of St. George's Hall, a building of which Liverpool has
reason to be proud, and over the erection of which Mr.
Lloyd, as chairman of the committee, to whom the duty was
entrusted, has watched with unwearied zeal and assiduity,
and with which his name is in a great measure identified.
Believing, sir, that he deserves that distinction at our hands,
and that he is eminently qualified to maintain the dignity of
the office and discharge its duties with efficiency, I have
great pleasure in nominating Mr. Lloyd as Mayor for the
ensuing year. (Applause).
Mr. HORNBY said he had great pleasure in seconding the
motion, that Mr. John Buck Lloyd be nominated as Mayor
for the ensuing year, and he was quite sure that the Council
could not elect a gentleman better qualified to become a
worthy successor to their present chairman, or one who would
be more likely to make them feel less sensitive as to the loss
they were about to experience in being deprived of that
gentleman's services. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lloyd had been
now for a great number of years actively engaged in dis-
charging the affairs of the Corporation, and the intelligence
and urbanity which he always displayed gave them, he
thought, a firm assurance that he would preside over the
deliberations of the Council, and discharge the various im-
portant duties incident to the office, in a manner which
would not only be satisfactory to themselves, but eminently
to the advantage of the great and important community over
which he would preside, and the interests of which it was their
first duty to promote. (Hear, hear.) He believed an
unanimous feeling existed in the Council upon the subject;
and when every member of the Council was as well satisfied
of Mr. Lloyd's merits as he was, he thought it would be
trespassing most unjustifiably upon their time if he were to
do more than express his entire approval of the motion
which Mr. Turner had proposed, and his hearty concurrence
in all which that gentleman had said upon the subject.
(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN asked if any other gentleman intended to
propose a candidate, and no reply being given, said : Then
I declare Mr. John Buck Lloyd duly elected to serve the
office of Mayor of Liverpool for the ensuing municipal year.
(Applause.)
Mr. LLOYD then entered the room, and was warmly con-
gratulated. Having taken the usual oaths, Mr. Lloyd was
then installed in the chair by Mr. Holme, who expressed his
gratification at the result of the election, and wished Mr.
Lloyd health and happiness.
The MAYOR then rose and said : Gentlemen, permit me
to offer you my sincere and grateful acknowledgments for
the very high distinction you have conferred upon me by
electing me Mayor of this great and important community.
I will invite you to aid and assist me by your countenance
and support in maintaining the authority of this chair ; pos-
sessing 'which support, I can assure you that, as far as lies in
my power, that authority shall be exercised with the most
perfect impartiality, and in the manner most conducive to
the interests of the inhabitants and the dignity of the Coun-
cil. (Applause.) Gentlemen, before we proceed to the
business of the day, it is my pleasing duty to remind you of
a good and ancient custom. On Sunday next, I shall pro-
ceed to St. Peter's Church, and I shall feel it as a compli-
ment to myself if you, or as many of you as can ilud it con-
venient, will honour me with your attendance there. (Loud
applause.)
ELECTION OF ALIMILICXN.

The MAYOR said : The business, gentlemen, to which I
have first to call your attention, is the election of eight per-
sons as aldermen to supply the places of the following
gentlemen :—Mr. Thomas Bold, Mr. James Parker, Mr.
Joseph Cooper, Mr. John Nelson Wood, Mr. James Procter,
Mr. John Bramley-Moore, Mr. Edmund Molyneux, Mr.
Thomas Chilton. Before we proceed to the election, I
should mention that I have received a letter from Mr.
Nelson. Wood, expressing his regret that his avocations
will not permit him to place himself in a position to be
again elected as alderman.
The members present then proceeded to write a list of the
gentlemen for whom they voted as aldermen. The follow-
ing are the votes :

lir. WOODRUFF : For Messrs. Samuel Holme, Edmund
Molyneux, James Parker, Joseph Cooper, Thomas Toulmin,
R. Gardner, Bromley- Moore, and Hornby.
Mr. LA.NGDALE : For Messrs. S. Holme, Gardner, Moly-
neux, and John Stuart.
Mr. Bioxwrrx : For Messrs. S. Holme, Cooper, Molyneux,
Gardner, Parker, Thomas Bold, and Bramley-Moore.
Mr. Pic-row : For Messrs. S. Hohne, Bramley-*oore,
Gardner, Molyneux, Parker, George Holt, Toulmin, and
J. B. Lloyd.
Mr. CLn.rr: For Messrs. Bold, Parker, Cooper, S. Holme,
Molyneux, Bramley-Moore, Gardner,' and Chilton. .
Mr. GARDNER:: For Messrs. S. Holme, Molyneux, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Procter, Toulmin, and Bold.
Mr. GODFREY : For Messrs. Bold, S. Holme, Parker,
Cooper, Gardner, Molyneux, Toulmin, and Procter.
Mr. PRESTON : For Messrs. S. Holme, Bramley-Moore,
Gardner, Parker, Molyneux, Cooper, and•Procter.
Mr. Moss : For Messrs. Molt, S. Holme, Robertson Glad-
stone, Gardner, Toulmin, and James .Holme.
Mr. LrrrLEDALE : For Messrs. Molyneux, Bold, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Chilton, S. Holme, and Toulmin.
Mr. JAMES HOLME : For Messrs. Cooper, Parker, Moly-
neux, Bold, Bramley-Moore, S. Holme, Toulmin, and Chilton.
Mr. HOLT: For Messrs. S. Holt, Bramley-Moore, Chilton,
Lloyd, Robertson Gladstone, Parker, Cooper, and Tobin.
Mr. JOHNSON : For Messrs. Cooper, Bramley-Moore,
Molyneux, Gardner, S. Holme, John Stewart, and Holt,
Mr. HODSON : For Messrs. Bramley-Moore, S. Holme,
Molyneux, Toulmin, Gardner, Parker, Cooper, and Procter.
Mr. W. P. JEFFREYS : For Messrs. Holme, Molyneux,
Parker, Cooper, Toulmin, Gardner, Bramley-Moore, and
Bold.

Mr. H. BANNER : For Messrs. S. Holme, Parker, Cooper,
Stewart, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, Chilton, and Holt.
Mr. HonsFALL : For Messrs. Bold, Chilton, Toulmin,
S. Holme, Cooper. Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, and Parker.
Mr. LAWRENCE : For Messrs. Molyneux, Parker, Cooper,
Bramley-Moore, S. Holme, Bold, Toulmin, and Gardner.
Mr. BENNETT : For Messrs. S. Holme, Parker, Cooper,
Molyneux, Bramley-Moore, Gardner, Toulmin, and Bold.
Mr. TOULMIN : For Messrs. Bramley-Moore, S. Holme,
Bold, Parker, Cooper, Molyneux, Gardner, and Fernihough.
Mr. SHAND : For Messrs. Bold, Parker, Cooper, S.
Holme, Molyneux, Brumlev-Moore, Chilton, and Toulmin.
Mr. Mc GUITIE : For Messrs. S. Holme, Bramley-Moore,
Bold, Holt, Robertson Gladstone, Procter, Gardner, and
Hornby.
Mr. ROYDEN : For Messrs. S. Holme, Molyneux, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Chilton, Boid, and Toulmm.
Mr. TYRER : For Messrs. S. Holme, Molyneux, Parker,
Cooper, Bold, Bramley-Moore, Gardner, Toulmin, and
Chilton.

Mr. Nicola, : For Messrs. S. Holme, Molyneux, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Gardner, Toulmin, and Bold.
Mr. TIENDERSON : For Messrs. Parker, Bold, Molyneux,
S. Holme, Chilton, Gardner, Toulmin, and Cooper.
Mr. GREGSON : For Messrs. Molyneux, Bramley-Moore,
Parker, Cooper, Chilton, Bold, S. Holme, and Stewart.
Mr. DOVER : For Messrs. S. Holme, Bold, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, Toulmin, and Gardner.
Mr. THomsoN : For Messrs. S. Holme, Toulmin, Cooper,
Parker, Gardner, Molyneux, Proctor, and Tobin.
Mr. TOBIN : For Messrs. Molyneux, Bold, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Chilton, S. Holme, and Toulmin.
Mr. NICHOLSON : For Messrs. S. Holme, Bold, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Gardner, Molyneux, and Toulrain.
Mr. ROBINSON : For Messrs. S. Holme, Molyneux,
Parker, Cooper, Bold, Toulmin, Gardner, and Braniley-
Moore.

Mr. CHARLES TURNER : For Messrs. Parker, Cooper,
Bramley-Moore, S. Holme, Toulmin, Molyneux, Bold, and
Chilton.

Mr. FERNIHOUGH : For Messrs. S. Holme, and Bramley-
Moore.

Mr. WAGSTAFF : For Messrs. Cooper, Parker, Bold,
Molyneux, S. Holme, Toulmin, Bramley-Moore, and
Gardner.

Mr. HOLDEN : For Messrs. Bold, Parker, Cooper, S.
Holme, Molyneux, Bramley-Moore, Gardner, and Toulmin.
Mr. JOHN GLADSTONE : For Messrs. Cooper, Parker,
Bold, Molyneux, S. Holme, Toulmin, Chilton, and Gardner.
Mr. S. HoLmE : For Messrs. Molyneux, Bramley-
Moore, Parker, Cooper, Bold, Toulmin, Chilton, and
Gardner.

Mr. lIALHEn : For Messrs. Bold, S. Ilolme, Parker,
Cooper, Bramley-Moore, Molyneux, Chilton, and Gardner.
Mr. FLEMING For Messrs. Molyneux, Cooper, S.