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

VAUXHALL WARD

The polling for this ward took place at eight o'clock
in the morning, and was continued with much spirit
throughout the day. The following is the stattka4 the
poll as returned at the following hourS

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Mr, Avison and Mr. George Melly also spoke.

ST PETER'S WARD,

In St. Peter's Ward the retiring member, Mr:James
llolme, was opposed by Mr. Henry Christie Beloe. The
polling during the day was more brisk than has been the
case tinnily in this ward, and the result of the poll was
the return of Mr. 13eloo, by a m '

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Shortly after four o'clock Mr. Beloe met his supporters
at the Brunswick Hotel, in Hanover-street, and the chair
was taken by Mr. Bowring. The CHAIRMAN congratu-
' lated the Liberal electors of St. Peter's Ward upon a
glorious and, a, great triumph—a triumph which they
had earned by their own intelligence, zeal, and indonaita-
ble lave of what was right and. proper; for the :gentle-
men they had beaten consisted of no fewer. than three
ex-mayors. (Cheers.) He believed they had now
crushed the spirit of Toryism in St. Peter's Ward.
(Cheers.) . Who was the man that would dare after
.this successful .contest to compete upon Tory
principles.. for the representation of the ward ?
(Hear, hear.) If the . Liberals brought out good
and true men, they had the wards in their own
handg,- On this occasion, the Liberal candidate had,
"notwithslancling the inclement state of the weather,
polled
31 vote?, being more than had ever been polled
,
by any candidate.. (Unc9rs.) Mr. James Holme had
polled '283 votes,-and the majority in -favour of Mr.
Beloe was, therefore, 48: (Hear, hear, and cheers.)

Mr. BELOE then addressed the electors. He gave
expression to the deep emotion that he felt when he
found that, although comparatively unknown to the
ward, he had been returned as its representative. He
had not one word to say ag?inst his respected opponent
Mr. James Holme, nor against the immense amount of
Tory influence that had been brought to bear to
prove that his (Mr. 13eloe's) remarks were balderdash.
The day would arrive when he hoped to be
able to carry out his pled'go that that income which was
fairly and honourably belonging to the present genera-
tion should be applied for their benefit from year to
year. (Applause.) And he would say to Alderman
Holme, that he was not at all afraid of his denunciations
or those of his party. (Hear, hear.) In spite of them,
he would boldly endeavour honestly and faithfully to
carry out that which he believed to be true, and which
he believed 'would tend to the interests of the town.
(Applause.) He was much indebted to his committee
for their exertions in his behalf. It was owing to their
energies, and not to his own qualifications, that they had
achieved the grert success
.that day of beating an ex-
mayor. (Cheers.) In conclusion, he would move a
vote of thanks to the chairman for the energy with
which he had conducted the election that day, and for
the excellent services that he had rendered to the town
during the period he had sat in the Town Council.
(Applause.)

Mr. JOHNSON seconded the motion, and in the course
of a long speech said that Mr. James Holme told a
friend of his some time ago, "I have retired from mu-
nicipal work." That was the fact, and the proof of it
was to be found in the circumstance that, during the last
twelve months, Mr. James Ho had only attended
three or four Council meetings. , The only reason why
Mr. Holme was brought out at this time was, that he
might vote for eight Tory Aldermen, but he trusted that
the result of that contest would deter the Tories from
again Attempting to thrust one of their party—even
though he were an ex-mayor—upon the ward.
The motion was agreed to. _

The CHAIR3IAN acknowledged the compliment, and
moved a vote of thanks to the two.honorary secretaries
—Mr. Brown and Mr. Rickarby.

Mr. HASTINGS seconded the motion, which was agreed
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to, and the two gentlemen referred to having acknow-
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ltohee. proceedings terminated scith

LIME-STREET WARD.
There was a poll in this ward. Mr. Jeffery, the out-
going, Councillor, and Mr. John Wilson, of Union-court,
Castle-street, were the candidates. The result of the
proceedings was to continue Mr. Jeffery in his place for
the next three years. The numbers polled were as
follow :
Mr. Wilson . . . . . 30
Mr. Jeffery • • • : . 264
Majority for Mr. Jeffery 234

PITT-STREET WARD,

In this ward the Radicals made the most strenuous
efforts to oust Mr. W. P. Jeffreys from the Town
Council, not for any fault that they could find with that
gentleman, but in consequence of some private preju-
dice. The gentleman selected to oppose Mr. Jeffreys
was one well known to the voters of the ward ; but, un-

fortunately for him, the majority of
good, thorough-going Conservatives.
ing: of the poll to the close, Air. Jeffr

a the open-