Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

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than profess; They would
knowledge of the world to know that
sanctity were unquestionably little
than'their neighbours; He had always, found that
i"-ors of liberality were in general more

illiberal than others

A' vote of thanks was voted to Mr: Rigby, for I
.ertioias on behalf of Mr. Jeffreys.

RlG:nx, in returning thanks, said that he had
used his small'influence to the best of his ability. to elect
their excellent representative. If he had not a good
opinion of Mr. Jeffreys he would net hare worked for
him in the way he had done. It was true that he had
not voted in that ward, but he with others had given
their votes in other wards where their assistance was re-
quired. Mr. Rigby concluded by again thanking them
for -the kind manner in which they. had received his
name, and concluded amid great cheering,
Some other gentlemen havingspoken, the proe--A.

that Che.oynsheardvawtiovxekeconsti-
tuency,calltheywere.the
although their opponents bad the presumption
• •
s. ANNE'S WARD. to
that. day, although it was a very severe one. He
The polling commenced yesterday morning, at the thanked ,them all ; and he should, he hoped, be
always
Pontack," Christian-street, -with great spirit among, found worthy of their confidence. (Loud cheers;). Ile
the electors, favourable to the ret Ira of Mr. Nickson,, could not conclude.without thanking the canvassers for
the Conservative candidate, forilie representation of thiS the manner in which they had exerted themselves.
ward in the Town Council, and by ten o'clock nearly Mr. ROBERTSON then moved a vote of thanks to the
double the number of votes was polled for Mr. Nickson canvassers, who had exerted themselves so well.
that had been in the same time for his opponent, Mr. Mr. LIVINGSTONE said he felt great pleasure in second-
Aspinall. The returns throughout the day showed an ing the motion.
increase in favour of Mr. Islickson, and at the close of Mr. BLAND having been loudly called upon from all
the poll he was declared to be returned by a majority of parts of the room, said it was not the first time that he
105. had received marks of their. approbation. They had
About four o'clock a large crowd had assembled out- always been victorious in Toxteth, and he hoped they.
side the house, notwithstanding the torrent of rain that always would. , (Applause.) . Why, they could hot
was falling at the time, and inside the Pontack was a think of defeat there. A defeat in, Toxteth would be
number of Mr. Nickson's more immediate friends, among calamitous. (Hear, hear.) There was one. fact which
whom were Mr. R. F. Steble, chairman, Messrs. R. D. could not be denied ; and that was,
,that they had that
Tidder, Jack, R. Morrison, juns Butcher, Read, Brewer, day added to the respectability of the 'Town Council.
Wilding, Ashley, Edward Jackson, hon. see. (Applause.), It was true they bad experienced some
On the arrival of the official return, Mr. STEBLE, difficulty, but a victory would be of no value' except it
addressing the people outside from a window on the had some difficulty connected with it. ' (Loud cheers.)
second -floor said :-Electors and non-electors, the con- He called upon them to stand by the good old Con-
test is now over, and the result I have no doubt is known servative cause, and never let their opponents triumph
to you all, but you may not be aware of the exact over them.
numbers. They are these :—for Mr. Nickson we have Mr. HILTON HALHEAD next addressed the electors.
polled 266, and our opponents 161, according to our They had always COMB off victorious in Toxteth Wards,
calculation ; thus leavinz us a majority of 105. We in returning good Conservative candidates to the Town'
leave it to you, whether in all our statements Council ; and, he was proud to congratulate them on the
that we made—in • all our proceedings, if we glorious triumph they had achieved that day. (Cheeri.)
have not been sincere. Electors, you- have done Mr. JOSEPH LAWRENCE said it would be useless in
your duty, you have returned the right man to the him to say another word beyond what they had heard
right place. We assured you at the beginning that we from the different speakers who had addresSed them,
commenced honourably, and you have behaved honour- but he could not but congratulate them on the result.
ably by us in returning. Mr. Nickson—(cheers)--by Let them-ever be able to show their opPohents in the
such a triumphant majority. (Cheers.) I have only, wards that they were always staunch and true to the
as the chairman, to thank you for the support he has Conservative cause, and never; suffer Radicalism to
received, and now beg to introduce him once more to prevail. , (Cheers.) They, had been drawn into
your notice. (Cheers.) the contest; and they had performed their
•
Mr. NrexsoN, on making his appearance, was- re- duty well. He besought them not to let the words' of
ceived with loud cheers; he said :—The battle has been the Earl of Derby be forgotten, which he spoke at the
fought--the victory has been won. (Cheers.) True to Conservative Banquet. So long as they , put their
your promises, you have placed me triumphantly at shoulders to the wheel, they,, could :always conquer.
the head of the poll. (Cheers). Coercion .and mis- (Applause.) It was well known, what they had mom.'
representation have done their work, but all in plished in days gone by ; and they had shown their
vain, and the hour of retribution is come. (Cheers.) opponents, that day, they could do the 'same again.
You have maintained your independence--you have (Loud applause.) ,
thrown off the tyrannous incubus, and you have Mr. HARRISON said they had been designated by the
vindicated your right to think and act for your- Radical party as a clique and a faction ,• belt he was
selves. Would that I had words to convey to this, great there to tell those who charged theta with being so, that
multitude the depth of my obligations for the exertions they were a very powerful clique. He trusted they
you have made on my behalf. I thank you for your would always pull well together, and do their "duty
support this day, and I thank my chairman and the hereafter, as they had done it that day. Such a
members of my committee and my honorary secretary victory as to-day's was only accomplished by great
for their indefatigable zeal and application to their labour and indomitable energy. He would urge
duties, whose conduct has placed me in my proud upon them the necessity, of paying attention to,
,the
position. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I will not detain you registration of voters, and canvassing in their diffe6nt
in this inclement weather, but will only assure you that localities, so as to keep up the list of. Conservative
I will endeavour so to act as to justify you in placing voters. Let them work well, and the Conservative
your confidence in me. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I cause was sure to, triumph.
bid you farewell, and lam extremely obliged to you Mr. JOHNS, honorary secretary, said, that the can-
all. (Loud cheers.) vassers had 'worked well, and deserved the greatest
Immediately adjoining was the committee-room of praise for their exertions. If, in future, their opponents
Mr. Aspieall;
,and at the close of Mr. Nickson's speech, tried to bring forward their Radical candidates, he
several parties entered. hoped they would be in a position to giVe them even a
Mr. ASPINALL said as there were several recent better " dressing." All they required was, to be firmly
arrivals who wanted to know how he bore his defeat, united; and by their united energies keep Toxteth free
he would tell theM that he bore it as every Englishman from Radical rule. .(Applause.)
should bear it—in the-most calm manner possiole. All After giving three hearty cheers. for Messrs. Robert-
he came into the ward for, was to oblige those who son and Livingstone, accompanied with rounds of
asked him to fight' for the principles which would have "Kentish fire," the meeting separated.
been trampled upon unless he had come forward to •
defend them. As they all knew, he eame at great per-
sonal inconvenience to himself, bat he tame because he BRITISH EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA.—The returns from
would not have been worthy of the name of citizen if the Board of Trade show a decrease of £116,913 in the
he had not come; and he had lost. Re 'did not come value of British exports to the Australian colonies dur-
with the full expectation of being returned. He was not ing the nine months ending, September 30, as compared
quite so juvenile as not to be aware that several gentle- with the same period for 1858, when the amount
men had been asked to stand before he had been asked. reached £5,030,717, while the declared value of enume-
Many would have said that it was no compliment rated articles for the same period of this
.year is only.
but he was not to allow such a paltry matter to influence £4,883,804.. The latter sum is made up under various
him. He said the canvass on the other 'side had been: items, of which metals form a total of £1,041,877, con-
going on ever since the election of Dr. Hodson, a year sisting of iron, machinery, &c. ; apparel and slop,
ago. The people, who had not much sense, had been £821,329; leather, £711,700; beer, ale, and spirits,_lnduced to sign a requisition to Mr. Nickson, under the X 58.30501; cotton, £480,367 ; haberdashery, £467,020;
impression that there was to be no opposition, and the woollens `:;6255,170 ; stationery, £214,789 ;, silk manu-
ethens-ef!uence was that they would not withdraw what factures .1.25,846 ; linens, £94,405 ; earthenware,
woman, y ad
and
dt theird hand
againstto.
ever
re
pcuattittiinognedtheeiNr'enryammeatno, .2r,LsiBn,i7n4a9
,T;ohori,ligiseeefdoeXt.3292.929; and soap, .418,195.

came to a termination

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more to say

Mr: MELLY thought, before this was mentioned at
,the 1-estry, it was due to him that Mr. Byford should
have sent him some information, by letter or otherwise;
to ask him if he had been correctly'reported, •nnd he
would haVe called upon Mr. Byford to explain: He
made a long speech, of sonic three-quarters of an hour's
duration, and only. a few sentences were pulAished of what
he said with regard to the vestry. These did not repre-
sent what he meant, though he would not say that he
did not say them. Since then, he had been called upon
to address a large public meeting,nt which he had made
the fullest explanation that he could have made. He
hoped lead to a public
nothing that he had said would , •,
discussion, as he had no intention of, saying anything to
give 'Offence -tO the 'members of the board, or any one
section of the board. He therefore hoped; as that was
the first personal -discussion th=.hall.taken place in that
room since he had the honour of sitting in it as a mem-
ber of-die-lvestry, that it-would not be continued, and
he expressed his regret that _anything that had fallen
from him should be the occasion of such a discussion
bein ...introduced. -

Mr. BYFOIp-If Mr. Melly will throw the onus on
the reporters, I am perfectly satisfied.
The CHAIRMAN—I think that Mr. Melly's explanation
ought to be perfectly satisfactory to every member of
thiiboard. Re cannot recollect the exact words that he
used 'at the time, and he says he wished to cast no reflec-
tion on the character of auy man.

.cftoring

in the- track of the "Woodside ferrY-bu'—ti
abut ha-d-been -come to with the. Birketillea_

way Company for r

Mr, ICI

LEX, moved the .confiill

which was

ion of the p

AS AND WATER 6031MITTEi

' This committee -recommended that the Commissioner';
old offices be taken for the gas and water department, i 0
a rent of £l6O a-year for the first five years, and £l2,
a-year for the second five years of the lease. The engillfer
had been instructed to extend the gas-mains in Ifiglo
and Lower Tranmere, so that those places might
lighted more effectively than they are at present. f
Tho proceetlings:;were. confirmed -op. the motion °t
Mr. 11PGILL.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE. 1
of
The LIBRARIAN had reported that the 1111"-.',f--.
borrowers, during the month, from the Lending Lig-n"',
had been 3,084 ; the number of readers in the Referell'i,
Library, 307 ; the total number of readers now on ,te
books, 1,540 ; and that the number of volumes ill
libraries was 6,162. • -

The proceedings, were confirmed on the motion of .Pr'

BSYLI;

THE BURIAL BOARD. -
The LAN-cLzalc reported that he had received fr°.l,
the Council-office the order of the Queen in Coupeir,.
appointing the Birkenhead Improvement Commissione f
a Burial Board for their district, under the provisions °
theM Act 20 and 2,1 Vic., cap. 81.
r-. BELL moved, and Mr. M'GILL seconded, that tie
Cemetery;Committee be constituted a committee of
eh,
Burial Board to take the necessary steps to call
act. The members are Messrs. Hind, Brad
M'Whirter, Bell, Rae, Gilbertson, aid Walthow• tyc
The motion as agreed to, and this concluded
business before the board. out

Mr. BYFORD—I think my character will bear inspec-
tion with any man's. It is all very well to make per-
sonal remarks at election meetings, but 'they cannot be
pa'sseq over.

LUCK TOO LATE.—A soldier 'belonging to 6i.t.
before
regiment of the line was tried a few days age f his
the military tribunal of Cour m ,ges for robbing one e_eive
comrades of a sum of 6f., and was condemned to t"ean,
months' imprisonment. On the"-very day of thi, rail'',
demnation he received -a- 'letter from his it! the
that a ticket which he had taken 'loft
lottery Des Orphelins had turnei-up a prize of 70 the
and that he had only to present his ticket to receive
money'. •
e-
th
THE HON. Mn;• BRUCE.- had
Bruce has -a the
finest opportunity distinguishing himself ever iewitir
possession of a diplomatist. -- His position was, act
out analogy—consequently he was at liberty 'gent;
without following precedent, as is usually bleu of
and the brightest idea he exhibited, from the date 35.
his arrival at Hong 'Kong to his arrival at Tako,arwto
U.) fellow his brother's pslicy—he does not aPPet
.00
have had a second idea. He concluded that 0011
Chinese were trying to humbug him, and the he
remedy. was to pitch into them. In this vie_l_ is
has been Supported by the larger portion of the pr'lbo.
this country,-but there is an exceptional reason for
__err
Mr. Bruce was appointed by a Conservative GO`with
ment,' and the Liberals being again in office-1 to
Lord Elirin in the Cabinet—Mr. Bruce escaP_l;tice
a great' --extent the censure of both the Conser'beitti,f
and Liberal journals ; these questions alwaYse knoW
turned to. party account, more or less, and 11,oses
that that portion of the 'press which uraeriti•
these matters without such influence is in the min thl
Had the Derby Government been in (Ace !iiheril
news reached this country,. the dressinc, the e wool'
influence would have administered to Mr.° 1310,.ras the
have been equalled only by his own conduct to!r4,,a novi,
Chinese. We believe his recall would have ii,e4oeateo
on its road, and not a small party would have ad, cool'
that he should be arraigned before the Rouse v
mons.—China Telegraph. have
appear`, , fell
STEAM RAMS.—The Admiralty, it
_iid steam
given an order for the construction of a see". ~.oilding;
ram.
Company's On e
yard,isbeing
Glasgow, has taken the con_ tract for the otlter englarau
Bbuairlktint g
CthreeekT;haamndes3fSr:lnisP:apiT.ebr,Ters,i
are to be broad vessels, of great tonnage, wit forth oi ay
THE LATE GALE.—Up to the close of Lloyd's on of 1,250 nominal
ousthe-power. It it clailne, tbe-ith
Saturday afternoon, intelligence was still coming in of that they will be rongly put together thot„eotv,
~r
casualties and losses during the -late great storm. Its run, stem on to another vessel, and sink her opl),".; fluot,atf
equal for violence and -terrible consequences has the lOss of only her false bow. This will P7.01-a-,,unt,
not bean experienced for the last twenty . years, outlay on old iron. A-shig coated with foi_leLoiilar scilio.,
and the boisterous weather of Friday night led to inch iron plates above water, with only her r quit onT' roil
some apprehension that there would be a renewal ling below, will roll so frightfully as to beea(Lrant to
ilie
of the gale. By a return made up to Friday evening, ageable in a sea-way. Next, if she were to,st,raeAion "i,„
of the result of the gale, we find the following :—Vessels down a vessel with a powerful battery, it.l A,recriess_.vii,
totally wrecked, 96; vessels stranded, and other casual- whether her antagonist would not stop
broadside' ''.lk.„Ttl_lei,
ties, 530—total, 626. Probable loss of life, including a well-directed raking concentrated-
..__: the shook
the Royal Charter, 600. Many of the losses will fall if she were driven against a large s!lil'of ear, ffer
heavily upon Lloyd's; and the various marine insurance would probably throw her_ engine outrara than to het
offices; but the bulk '(coasters) were principally insured perhaps do more mischief to the to have Oa
in clubs. Another shocking catastrophe happened on doomed enemy. As the rams are
sailers,.
r,
pthasesWengelserh
schoiasp,t,apatpaFreisnhtiguy anrfd.l,oTohoetownrse,ekbootftoamlaurgpe-
sbureehadvtheseoisf
wouldbea.m dtehseeyribewiall
eibreenistio_ONl
61"hea:tir di:tail:,
positionsic'ns
small
rollseit;tcotisntgorn afor
an
nvyotlleutgiownld
ni°ua
,vessel, „with good speed,
nwoi! intain a rii_,less
wards, was seen under the rocks at Aberbash. Ictohn:
was the Charles Holmes, 880 tons burthrii,
h roof, wuld' he li`cleeply
since been ascertained that the unfortunate ship A
26th, the morning preceding the put her hors de combat. These rains
manded by Captain Bowdley, which only left verpool the . rudder of the ram was,s 0 P will lie too
shoal
for Mobile on thenboats into
They
, and, vessels at se ..0
it would be impossible for any person on board to water, and they will be cumbrous ve,
lt anchor, as
storm • from the spot where the wreck was found, immersed to follow shallow draught gu
a. a
rote re
been ascertained perhaps sink her ; but if crippled in
Survive, the whole of the coast being a range of pre- might be steamed on to. a
.ship of war ,
cipitous rocks. At present it has not the p.
aides a
If their.no.
_v.
whether she had any passengers ; it is thought she had. pin would not be commensurate. of time, and',l„7.,, to
msabielreamfarnoytasoLuilvse.
rpAlotehl:ou
andh fiemrp6enbetarat bolee,irthirneypmreagynabbeiiiintyvahluaasbnine+iil atta eki , s
...i.
haTnehreAl crew,omsse ri e
willha however,
Ivpheruloievl rt: ship,wheoauu l ds.hi number

This concluded the proceeding?

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. MANSFIELD.)
CHARGE or SAIUGGLING.—John Bibby,-master of the
steam-tug United Kingdom was charged with having
some tobacco and cigars on board the steamer. Mr.
Tyndall appeared to prosecute, and Mr. Snowball de-
fended the prisoner.—An excise officer stated that he
went on board the steam-tug yesterday. -He found 34
lbs. of cigars, and 101 lbs. of .tobacco. - The prisoner is
the master of the boat, and acknowledged that it was
his. It appeared that the steamer had been tugging an*
American vessel.—Mr. 'Snowball: Did he show you
where the tobacco was? No.—Mr. Snowball said Mr.
Tyndall wanted a remand, which he could not iesist;
but he would ask his worship to'allow him out on bail.
—Mr. Mansfield said he might be bailed cut in the
usual way, by depositing the fine (£100) with the Bride-
well-keeper.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—Thomas Dorr, a carter,'
was charged, on remand, for having embezzled £1 16s. 6d:
and I.ls. 3d., the property of his master, Bernard Bop,
salt and sawdust dealer, Pitt-street. Mr. Cobb appeared
for the prosecutor, and Mr. Bluck for the prisoner. Tho
circumstances of the case appeared in • our paper a few
days ap;6. In addition to the charge of. £1 16s. 6d , for
salt and sawdust, there was a charge of 1 ls. 3d. made
against him. It appeared from the evidence of the pro-
secutor that the prisoner had received the 11s. 3d., which
he did not account for:—Mr. Bluck contended that the
prisoner had paid the £1 16s. 6d. whilst his master was
drunk, and called a witness to prove that he saw the
prisoner pay him the money in his own house in Pitt-
strect.—Detective-officer Redman stated that when he
took the prisoner into custody he said he paid the money
to prosecutor. in the stable when he was drunk.—Com-
mitted for trial ; bail was taken. for his appearance.

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