Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-25 00:00:00

• EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD.. .
TT HE COMMITTEE for conducting. the ELECTION
of CHARLES FREDERICK CARNE, EsQ., SITS
DAILY at HALLIDAY'S COFFEE-HOUSE, Everton, And
MR. MOLLOY'S QUEEN'S ARMS HOTEL, Kirkdale, where
every information may be obtained. . .
-- - - - THOMAS CHILTON, Chairman:
• EDWARD WHITLEY, Vice-chairman.
d . JOHN C. DREAPER, Hon. Secretary, ...

TO THE _ELECTORS OF -ABERCROMBY. WARD.

GENTLEMEN,
TllE.Period for which I was elected a Councillor for
your Ward will shortly expire, and I should not have
presumed to offer:myself again to your notice, had I dot been
solicited to do so by a deputation from a highly-respectable
body of Electors. may be excused being flattered by- this
compliment havin bn aid to m, and I aciede to their
washes with pleasure.ee
The kindness eof my brother townsmen
has been the cause of bringing me so frequently before. the
public, that My opinions are sufficiently well known, without
its being necessary for me to enter into amyeitplanation respect-
ing them on the present occasion.. • •
~. _I have always been a strenuous advocate for a Comprehensive
'lmprovement of the' Borough, so that its thoroughfares may
be r#nderetr more convenient for the buSiness transactions of
the public, ainkits dwellings more eoinfertahlemnd tiettlthy rof
the 'Labouring Classes, whose occupations compel them to
resisle within its boundary, . Above all otheiimprovements, I
shodld like to see such approaches .made to. our-Piers-and •
Landing-stages as would render them safe ant commodious to
tile public, and an ornament to our.existing dock Nfiorks: At
present they am in a Oatedangernim to all pedestrians, and
_a •
disgrace to our noble'port. It is high time that the Mersey
Docks and Harbsur Board and-the 'Town.Council should take
tls matter into their serious consideration, with the view of
effecting thiA loudly-ealled-for' improvement: • The Mersey
hocks and Harbour Board haveproposed aplan for facilitating
the transit of merchandise and cattle across the river, and -a
most judicious step it is ; but why has not some thought been
-lietowell on the convenience and safety of millionS of human
beings who cross the Mersey in the course of the year l The
facility given to tire transit of merchandise. and cattle
course, increase the danger and difficulties of which the publit
so justly complain. I defy the art of man to devise any plan
for forming.aveally good and unobjectionable approach to the
river, without the sacrifice or. George's- noels Basin. The
scheme is chiefly opposed,.l believe, by the shipowners, under,
the erroneous Impression that it would be injurious to the
dockipg of their vesselS. -X use the term "erroneous "-because
40 high authority for stating that the dreaded _injury is
• imaginarY, father than real. •Let those eminent engineers, the
Messrs. llartley, who have shown such wonderful_talent and
ingenuity in the construction of-ottr dock' works, tie directed to
design a plan upon the principle I have suggested, and I will
answer for it that every difficulty will vanish, excepting that,
perhaps, of 'providing' the funds to-meet the expenditure; but
I should be sorry to think that, with our boasted commercial
spirit and enterprise, even this difficulty may not be overcome.
If the lectors do me the konour of 'sending me again into
'.the CouncilThamber as their Representative, I shall support,
to the utmost of my power, as I have everdone, those measures
which may appear to me best calculated to eromote the welfare
and happiness of the vast and busy eommun,ty in which we
live.—l am, with much respect,' Gentlemen, your faithful
humble Servant,
WILLIAM EARLE.
Abercromby-square, Bth October, 1859.

TO TIIE tiURGESSES OF LIME-STREET WARD.
GENTLEME.I,'

T" period of my delegated trust as your representative
in the Town Council is about to expire. A deputation
of your body has done me the honour to wait upon me with a
view .to its renewal. With pleasure I accept their invitation
and deem .t therefore no less a Privilege than a daty to addrei
a few words to you on the occasion. Whether they shall be
parting words, or merely preliminary to a continuance of our
connection as constituents and representative, is a question for
your sole decision. '
My conduct as a member of the Tawn Council for the last
three years, i, before you. It is for you to decide how far that
conduct has exceeded or fallen short of your expectations.
But this I think I may venture to say—all that I promised,
when, in compliance with a numerously-signed requisition, I
placed my services at sour disposal, has been zealously and
faithfully performed. 'What I under .00k to do, if you con-
ferred upon me the bediour of representing you,, was simply to
discharge the important duties thereby devolving upon me to
the best of my ability. Perhaps I may be allowed to add,
without inentring the,tharge of presanirtion, that even
.yuur
opponents and mine cannot deny that this pledge has been
fully redeemed.
Should there be, however, any doubt on this point, I shall
be happy to render the fullest possible account of my steward-
ship, whenever and-Wherever the opportunity is afforded.
The matters to which I alluded three years ago, when, at
your reqocst, I .fferOd myself as a candidate for your suffrages,
have certainly not diminished in importance ; nor do they re-
quire less unremitting attention on the part of your represen-
tatives. • •

The Town Dues question has been settled, if not exactly as
we could have wished, and as justice demanded, still in a man-
ner far short of absolute confiscation. The part I took' in
effecting a compromise, when nothing less than such spoliation
was sought by. some of our envious opponents in the neigh-
bouring towns, is known to you all. For property held by as good
a right as that onivhich someof our assailants enjoy theirprivate
esta:eswe have obtained some compensation,though by no means
an equivalent. This question having been thus settled,it seems to
me a matter worthy of consideration, whether we should not
now endeavour to come to some similar arrangement with re-
• spect to the River Weaver. Tolls, 'Aid' are so heavy a burden
on one important branch of the trade of Liverpool. These
Tolls are far in excess of what is necessary to maintain the
navigation, and the surplus is applied to county purposes.
This . may be a very convenient arrangement "for Cheshire
ilanded proprietors, who seldom have to pay a county-rate of
_ mere-than a penny in the pound, but it is not exactly in confer-
ority. with the principle on which they assailed the Liverpool
own Dues.
fhe -precise informatiofi [relative to the Corporate Estate,
':;ordered to be furnished on. the motion of Mr.. Robertson Glad-
- stone, of the non-compliance with which order, after a lapse of
twelve months, I complained three years .ago, has -net yet -been
supplied. It is most important that, wherever tliehirth-
and whatever may be the motive for withholding it, thisinfor-
mation should be forthcoming ; and should you • again ,return'
me to the Council, will continue to use --my.best 'exertions to'
obtain it.

I have endeavoured, as you are aware,,to'prevent the-adop-
tion of a new mode of disposing of Corporate property,' which-
I consider most unjust to the present ratepayerfi; striae it
inflicts upon them increased taxation for ,the benefit- of, pos-
terity entirely. uncalled for; and,-failing in this attenipt, at
last. to insure publicity and fair, competition on all'aecasions
of sale or lease, so as to ohtain the best possible termt for the
public, and preventeven the suspicion of collusion and jobbery.
- -The, importance of; this question can hardly be, over-rated.
With, proper administration of •the Corporate Egtitte; annually
increasing in value, and-judicious economy in experiditnre, I
believe there will be no necessity fora borough rate ; but that,
otherwise; it will be unavoidable. - -
Although a complete separation between the Corporate and
Dock' Estates has been effected, the interests of the two are,
and must ever be, so interwoven, that a member of the Town
Council, anxious to do his duty, will -always hate to keep .a
watchful eye-on the proceedings-of the Dock Board; and the
Council-Chamber is certainly the place in which he should
direct the public attention to these proceedings whenever he
considers it necessary so to do. Aed this duty has become all
the More important since the transfer of its jurisdiction from
the Corporation to a body of gentlemen, many of whom have
no interest in the permanent welfare of either estate.
The time may not be far distant when some. determined_

stand again4t the extravagant expenditure of a body o con-
stitutbd will be, necessary, and especially on the part of the
owners of fixed pr9perty, wha are the persons most interested
in the proper management of the Dock Estate. Shquld such
necessity arise, I trust that I shall never be founa wanting,
either as your representative, or, if that honour be denied me,
as a simple member of this great community very largely in-
terested in its welfare.

I Being firmly convinced, after mueh inquiry and serious
I reflection, that the rating of the Dock Estate, and all other
public property, towards the support of the poor, is a measure
recommended not less by its justice than by its expediency, I
need hardly assure you that I shall persevere in the use of my
best efforts to accomplish that object, in whatever way they
may seem to be most likely to be available.
In conclusion, gentlemen, I venture to hope that no farther
exposition of my sentiments or intentions will be deemed neces-
sary from rue in this address. At your Ward Meetings, I shall
be happy to afford any other explanation which may be required.
For the present, therefore, I will only say that what you have
found me in the past, you will, if you think fit to renew my
trusteiship, find me in the future,—a zealsus and painstak-
ing friend and advocate of every measure calculated, in my
judgment, to promote the prosperity of the town and port, and •
the general wellbeing of the inhabitants.
I haVe the honour to be, gentlemen, yours, very respectfully.
JAS. R. JEFFERY.
Compton-house, October 3, 1859.

TO. THE BURGESSES OF EVERTON AND KIRKDALE
WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
BY Lapse of time, my occupancy of the honourable
and responsible position to which you generously elected
me three years ago as one of your Representatives in the Town
Council is about to terminate.

In reviewing my humble services during that period, whether
in committee or in council, I can confidently say that I have at
least faithfully and honestly endeavoured on all questions
affecting either the 'interest of the town in general, or your
ward in particular, to att up to my convictions of duty disin-
terestedly, impartially, and to the best of my-judgment.
_ Whether these endeavours have satisfied your reasonable
expectations, and desires is a question solely for your decision.
If permitted- to form an opinion from the requisition which
I have now had the honour to receive, so numerously signed
by persons of all shades of opinion, desiting me again
.to
permit myself to be nominated, I am certainly encouraged to
believe that the mode in which my duties have been dis-
Aarged has been satisfactory to the large majority of the
constituents. - - •
llnder any other conviction than this I should have heel-
Anted to accede to the flattering wish now expressed, and
shrunk from again seeking the suffrages of those whose good-
will I might unhappily have lost. .
Having no self interested ends to serve, I yield to a sense of
duty, and in placing myself again• your ' hands I beg to
assure you that, should it be your pleasure to re-elect me, my
best energies shall continue to be devoted-to the protection and
promotion of your interests, with the advantage of a more
enlarged and practical acquaintance with your varied wants
than I could boast when you formerly gavemeyour confidence.
I am; gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
• JOHN JOHNSON STITT.
Elm House 7th October, 1859. - •