The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

question being put in the enquiry before the House of
Commons, he had told the committee that he bad the
honour of being one. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) lie then
reiterated hi 3 former statements, that. if returned, he
would do his utmost to promote the interest of this great
town, as he had always done. (Cheers.) With regard to
a bill which was expected to be introduced in the next
session of parliament, with reference to the employers and
the employed, he had not had an opportunity of seeing the
bill itself, and therefore did not know its provisions ; hat,
when he did Fee it, he should be haepy to have the opinion
of the shipwrights upon it, because he always wished to have
the opinions of practical men on all subjects he was called
upon to vote. (Cheers.)
A Voice : " You will not refuse to receive a deputation."
Mr. Horsfall : I will not refuse, as I never have done, to
receive a deputation, and I hope that the shipwrights of
Liverpool will not hesitate to come to me and state their
grievances, and I shall be proud of receiving them, and
proud to do all in my power to redress any grievance
they may have. (Cheers.)
Mr, Turner then came forward, and was greeted with the
greatest enthusiasm. He briefly recapitulated his political
sentiments on the chief topics of the day, which were the same
as he entertained in the year 1852, when he was so triumph-
antly returned, and he would say that he (lid feel mortified
at the result of the petition that had been presented by tin.
radicals for the purpose of unseating him and his
friend, Mr.*M'Kenzie, but he did not believe that that way
the ostensible object they had in view, by that petition—
it was the total disfranchisement of the freemen of the
borough. (Cheers.) Now at the present time he believed
that the radicals were very mild with the freemen, bet 1w
would not advise them to put their trust in their promises,
for they might depend upon it that they would ultimately
carry out their object. (Applause.) He in conclusion
expressed his earnest desire to answer any questions that
might be put to him, but after having spoken at 13 meetings
within the last few days, and fully explained his
sentiments, he did not think as that late hour it wa:
necessary to trouble them any further. In 1852 they had
returned him as their representative ; since then his
opinions, which were well known to them all, had not
changed, and therefore he hoped that, if they wished to
return him again, they would be at the poll early on
Saturday morning, and record their votes for his friend,
Mr. Horsfall, and himself. (Great cheering.)
It was then moved by Mr. Neil, the secretary to the
association—" That this meeting of the shipwrights, free-
men, and other electors of the borough and seaport of
Liverpool, pledges itself to use every legitimate means to
secure the return of Messrs. Horsfall and Turner at the
ensuing election." In doing so, he said that, after
the speeches that had been delivered there and else-
where, he would not enlarge upon the qualifications
that the two candidates possessed, because, if he did, it
would be only repeating what they had themselves so ably
explained. (Cheers.) All ho would ask the shipwrights
to do was to give their support to Mr. Horsfall, who had so
ably served them during the last four years—(cheers) and
to Mr. Turner, whom they had previously sent to represent
them—(cheers)—and to be early at the poll, and thus in
1857 confirm what they had already done in 1852 and in
1853. (Applause.)
Mr. Danton briefly seconded the resolution, and
earnestly called upon the freemen present to be early at
the poll, and do as they had done before, return Messrs.
Horsfall and Turner, by a triumphant majority.
The resolution was carried amidst the greatest
applause.

After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, three cheers
were given for Messrs. Horsfall and Turner, and the
meeting separated.

LIRE STREET, ST. ANNE'S, AND ST. PETER'S
WARDS.

A meeting of the Conservative electors and friends of
Messrs. Horsfall and Turner, connected with the Lime
street, St. Anne street, and St. Peter's Wards, was held
in the Concert Hall last night. The hall was densely
crowded in every part. Shortly after half past seven
o'clock, the hour appointed to commence the proceedings,
Messrs. Horsfall and Turner came upon the platform.
and were received with a vehement burst of applause,
which was sustained for several minutes, accompanied
by rounds of the " Kentish fire." Among the gentlemen
on the platform were Messrs. Ellis Jones, J. B. Lloyd,
W. Fisher, jun., H. Danson, Thus. Bold. R.W. Houghton,
G. H. Horsfall, Harmood Banner, C. Bushell, J. Crellin,
J. R. Cooper, T. B. Leatberbarrow, T. P. Holden, VV.
Jones, R. Pedder, T. H. Satchell, Hugh Melyneux,
Crosthwaite, Came, E. P. Jones, T. Brancker, Grimmer,
Lathbury, Rigby, Dooley, Bynon, Wilson, Bell, Brennall,
Briscoe, Jones, Greave, Brandreth, W. G. Bresby, J.
Hirton, E. Williams, J. Swift, &c. &c.
The chair was taken, amid loud applause, by Mr. Ellis
Jones.
The Chairman introduced the business of the meeting in
an address of considerable length, in which he called upon
Liverpool to sustain the character it has alma) s had of being
a Conserve ire town, and not to allow itself to be made a
Radical town. He eulogised briefly the characters and
abilities of Messrs. Horsfall and Turner, and de-
clar. d that he had not heard, in the whole course
of his experience in connection with the committees of
public charities, the name of Mr. Ewart mentioned.
He maintained that for every guinea Mr. Ewart gave for
charitable purposes, Mr. Turner gave two. Neverthe-
less, he declared that he did not intend to impugn the
character of their opponent or any of his supporters, and
strongly deprecated such a course of proceeding as
consisted in the)wing out imputations against the
characters of adversaries. Finally. he called upon the
meeting to support the return to Parliament of the two
candidates who stood before them.

Mr. W. Fisher proposed the first resolution. He
stated, in the course of his address, that the Liberals had
brought forward the most respectable man of their party,
and added, that he had no personal obj ction to Mr. Ewart,
but that he could not agree with the political views he
had put forward, and some of which he had been rather
shy of putting forward. (Laughter.) He differed still
more with the opinions put forward by Ewart's
supporters, who raised the cry of " Palmerston for ever."
He could not join in the cry of r Palmerston for ever," or
" Derby for ever." He would only support either party so far
as he thought right- It might be that there were some
opinions held by Mr. Horsfall with which he did not
agree, but he could only, as a man of sense, select from
the candidates those who came nearest to his own views.
As there were very few of Mr. Ewart's political principles
' in which hescould agree, he felt bound to give his support
to Mr. Horsfall, and with Mr. Horsfall to the gentleman
who approached most nearly to him in opinions—Mr. C.
Turner. (Cheers.) Mr. Fisher, after some further remarks,
concluded by moving the resolution, which expressed the
thanks of the meeting to Mr. Horsfall for his services as
a representative of Liverpool.
Mr. Nicksen seconded the resolution. Having passed
a brief encomium on the pablic and private character of
Mr. Horsfall and of Mr. Turner, lie proceeded to discuss
the public services of Mr. g wart, While be declared that
he could say nothing in disparagement of Mr. Ewart's
character as a gentleman or a merchant, he urged that
Liverpool could not safely trust her representation
into hie hands. He asked what had been Mr. Ewart's
conduct with regard to the. Town Dues Bill? But for the
position taken pp by Mr. Horsfall upon that question, the
representation of Liverpool would have Deep a nonentity.
He also reminded the meeting, that the attempt at spolia-
tion to which be alinded, came from that Liberal party of
which Mr. Ewart watt a peofezesed general supporter.
Moreover, he objected to Mr. Ewart, beeanse he was one
of those who would exclude the Bible from any system of
national edocatioo. (Cheers) Where was the use of
having one representatiie to support the principles pf their
national religion, and another to betray them ? (Cheers.)
He therefore urged upon the meeting never to hear pf any
coalition, but to support, and triumphantly return, their
own representative. He called upon them ail, while they
had pulses to beat, arms to raise, and tongues to speak, to
support the religion and liberty of the country. (Cheers.)
The resolution was carried by aeclaination, and amid
peals of "Kentish fire."
Mr. Horsfall then came forward, and was received with
the oiost enthusiastic demonstrations of applause. After
thanking the meeting fur their reeeption of him and the
resolution they had pasted, he said the electors knew his
principles when they did him the honour of electing him
in the year 1853. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Had he, or
had he not, advocated those principles in the Commons
Rouse of Parliament ? (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He.
believed that he b;d never swerved from the boldand manly
avowal of every one of them. (Cheers.) If they had any
doubt upon the subject, that he believed was the llith time
he had bad the honour of addressing the great body of the
electors of Liverpool, and they must know at least what
his sentiments were now, and they would have an
opportunity of comparing them with what they were in
1853. (Cheers.) They also knew what the sentiments
of Mr. Ewart were. (Hisses.) He was not going to say
one word to the disadvantage of Mr. Ewart, and he hoped
his Conservative friends would not be alarmed if he was
going to say something to Mr. Ewart's advantage
He bad heard n very important question asked just now
from the gallery—" Is Mr. Ewart married (Laughter.)
As he knew that the ladies of Liverpool had a great
influence at the election, he feared that his friend Mr.
Turner and himself would labour under very great
disadvantage, as being married men. (I,oud laughter and
cheers.) Mr. Horsfall then alluded to; and explained to,
vote upon, the China question, and on the question that the
estimate; be referred back, the question of the reduction of
the tea duty, that of the Town Dues' pill, and other subjects
referred to by him in his previous addresses. He then west
on to speak of a subject which be remarked possessed
much interest for many of the people of Liverpool. He
alluded to a certain clause introduced recently to thp
House of Commons regarding certain privileges to which
benefit building societies were entitled. The origin of
these societies was in a suggestion of Spring Rice, now
Lord Monteagle, to relieve the savings' bankslof a large