Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

TO THE BURGESSES OF SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.

GENTLEMEN,
tgAVING been solicited by a respectable deputation
to pvrmlt iilyseit to De nonilliateu as a UANDIDAIt. at
e ensuing Municipal Election, I have come to the resolution,
though with'much diffidence, Of acceding to the request.
From a residence in the Park of nearly 20 years, and from
the nature of my business engagements during that lengthened.
period, I trust I have gained a knowledge of its varied capabi-
lities and requirements. .
In matters of a practical nature affecting the value of pro-
perty, and the sanitary condition of the ward, I should be
enabled to confer benefit on the ratepayers beyond those whose
knowledge in this respect is purely theoretical.
Sprung from the people, it will at all times be my anxious
desire to promote the happiness and prosperity of my fellow-
townsmen, and particularly to advance, by all educational,
social, and recreative measures, the condition of the artizan
and labouring population.
I am of opinion that all public and private property should
bear a fair proportion of local taxation.

In politic-is I-am liberally Conservative, ready to extend to all
who conscientiously differ from me the same rights and privi-
leges and the same independence of action I claim for myself.
Though disposed to advance with the spirit of the times, and
to reform with unsparing hand all acknowledged abuses, I
trust I shall always be found the honest, though humble, pro-
tector of our admirable and time-honoured constitution.
Having ample leisure, I shall, if elected, devote my time and
energies to the service of the town to which I am under such
deep obligations, and where the results of my labours are prin-
cipally invested.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your
obedient, humble servant, ALEXANDER MILLER.
80, Miles-street, Toxteth-park, Oct. 22, 1859.

TO TIIE BURGESSES OF PITT-STREET WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
-AARequisition, numerously signed, has been presented
to me, inviting me to myself to be nominated as
a C NDIDATE to represent your interests in the Town
Council. I feel deeply sensible of the honour, and mat
cheerfully accede to that request, considering it both a duty
and a pm lege to endeavour to fulfil a public trust when
called upon in a constitutional manner. If, therefore, it be
your pleasure to elect me as yof r representative, it will be my
anxious study to discharge the duties of that important and
responsible position in such a manner as to promote the
welfare of the whole community.
The enforcement of sanitary regulations, the improvement
of the dwellings of the poor, increasing the number and
extent of parks and playgrounds for the people, shall have my
earnest support. But, as a preliminary step to all these
important questions, and in order that the Council and also
the people of Liverpool may know what means there are for
the accomplishment of these great works, I will join most
heartily in the efforts to obtain an early and complete state-
ment of the nature and extent of the corporate estate. This,
I think, is one of the first duties to which the attention of
your representatives ought to be directed. If returned to
the Council it will be my sole object, to the best of my ability,
to see that the public resources are exclusively and efficiently
employed for the public good.
Keeping this principle in view, I may state that the
widening of Park-lane and the improvement of Cleveland-
square Market shall have my earliest and best attention.
Being a large ratepayer in the ward, my interests, I may be
permitted to say, are bound up with yours, and if I can serve
you and the town at large, I shall be happy to do so.—l am,
gentlemen, your obedient servant, JAMES STEEL.
78, Duke-street, Oct. 8, 1859. 1