Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-12 00:00:00

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NAIIXRALL WARD.-MEETING OF MR

CEARNES" FRIENDS

TO.'] IrF. EDITOR OF THE IVORTIIERN DAILY TIMES

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S
iR, —Observing a report in a daily contemporary
to-day, I was much surprised on reading it. I
attended punctually at half-past seven o'clock on
'Monday night, the hour appointed to report the
proceedtings, and waitedi until after eight o',elDck,
when I was distinctly informed by Mr. Hearse
and. other gentlenien Mr.. eearnes would not be present
'that evening, and that no. public meeting consequently
woutd be held, unless a private one by the members of
the committee. I. stated! that I had no object-in view
only to give a fair and impartial report of the proceed-
ings. I was then again informed that I could not be
admitted—that the mestang was to be private, but that
a public one would be• held in a few days, of which due
notice should be given.; I then withdrew.

if the friends of Mr. Cearnes are anxious fot fair,
upright' dealing, rthirik they will accomplish the object
they have in view more effectually by a fait and free
admission to the reporters who attend their meetings,
than in making- any distinction between the representa-
tives of the daily journals.—l am, sir, yours truly,
YOUR: tarORTER.

Northern Daily Times Office
October U,. 1859.

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EVERTON AND KIRKDALEIVARD

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN HAPLY TIMES

Sin,—Accor2ing to the statement of your correspon-
dent, "An observer," still-more important, in accord-
ance with the proved facts established at nearly every
election for years past, Everton and Kirkdale Ward has
been a stronghold, indeed a bulwark, of Conservative
opinion and representation. In addition to all this, it
is known from the revision that the registration.-

list for Everton and Kirkdale is now more favoura-
ble to tho Conservative cause than ever. How, then,
does it happen that, so far as present public appear-
ances itdicate, a Radical " twaddler," in the person of
Mr. J. J. Stitt, is to be allowed to walk over the course
in this pro-eminently Conservative Ward ? Let us
b-- he 1-- " 'I- ^ ' tb

aope, for t aonour of the Conservative cause ant. ,at
credit of the Ward; that, on• the Ist proxiino, Mr. Stitt
wilt be relieved of the burdens and the duties of office,

and be replaced by a gentleman whose opinions and
views are more in unison with the wishes of the electors.
AN ELECTOR OF THE WARD.

BOROUGH REVISION

TO THE EDITOR GE THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

SIN-Mr. William Brumfitt having again appeared
in print, in the _Deity Post, permit me, in reply to his
second letter, to say that his information as to the length
of time I have resided in Liverpool, is of the same
nature as that which has led him to make the erroneous
statements ho has done on the subject of the Revision.
I have great pleasure in assuring Mr. Brumfitt that I
have resided in Liverpool • upwards of nineteen years -
quite a sufficient time, I think, to make myself acquainted
'with the "sayings and doings'' of the 'Reform Asso-
ciation."

It is not my intention to deny that some parties did
publish erroneous returns of the state of the poll at the
last borough contest; but that such statements were pub-
lished or authorised by the Constitutional Association I
have only Mr. Brunifitt's assertion in proof of, and he
must excuse me if I hesitate to acknowledge him as an
authority on which I can rely for information on that
subject. Perhaps Mr. Brumfitt will have a recollection
of the fact that, at the last contest for South Lancashire,
a plaCard, signed by the Chairman of the Radical Com-
mittee, was posted throughout the town, accusing the
Conservatives of issuing false returns of the state of the
poll at THAT election; and, within an hour or, two after

the posting such placard, a note was sent by the same
chairman, to the Conservative Committee, apologising
for issuing it, and admitting the correctness of the Con,

servative returns

With reference to Mr. Brumfitt's proposition, to
leaire the truth of the rival statements to be decided by
two members of each association, I most readily accede
to it ; and so satisfied am I that the result of the de-
liberations will be to confirm my statement of fil&
revision, that I shall have no occasion to avail myself of
Mr. Brumfitt's offer for me to choose the umpire. •
The last paragraph in Mr. Brumfitt's letter hardly
calls for a comment from me ; all, but the wilfully blind,
would see at a,glance the distinction made by me in the

two statements gave : the former had reference to the
number of voters actually struck of by Mc; and the
latter the reduction from that number of the deaths and
duplicates which, through struck off, do not absolutely
constitute a portion' of the majority on the revision.—l
am, sir, yours very repectfully, JOHN C. BRANCH.
Constitutional Association, Prince's-buildings,

North John-street ; 11th Oct., 1859

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UNITING LIVERPOOL WITH BIRKENHEAD.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES

STR,—The means of uniting Liverpool with her younger
sister, Birkenhead, has no doubt occupied many a schemer
within the last few, pears. lam one of them, and before
setting up the excellencies of my own plan, I am bound
to be sunk low enough to I.::CZL3 Impeain
to point out the disadvantages in those of other people ;
for instance, the idea-of-making a tunnel is coupled with
the difficulty of getting into it, as, if we suppose the tube
g
~.navigation of
the ri7z,r, both ends will be so far under ground, that to
1
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get at them' we must have either a corkscrew staircase,
a la prquel at the Thames tunnel, or what he wanted,
Ithere, a long slope like our St. James's Cemetery.
My scheme is, that we take advantage of the natural
sand bank deposited' at the bend in the stream near
Toxteth Park, and put out a jetty there, which would
only confine the stream to, what it wants to be, about
half its width. Two or three narrow landing-stages
would complete the chain, and join the railways between
Monk's Ferry and Wapping, besides affording a carriage
drive across, at a practicable level. This is high enough
up the river to be out of the way, and one of the stages
should be moved at times for the passage of flats and
other craft. I could be more explicit,.bnt that stern
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RACING FIXTURES,
.1859

OCTOBIM
19 Neiftiirket, it

Ipswich
KeLso

NOVEMBER,

Worcester Autuinn
Upton-on-Severn
Hereford

1 Liverpool Autumn....
4 Shrewsbury Autumn

NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING
THE pESAREWITCH DAY.

SZLLING HANDICAP

Amsterdam
Circassia „

HANDICAP SWP.EPSTAKES

Raspberry
Coxcomb..

CLEARWELL STAKES.

Aurora

CHSAREWITCH STAKES,