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

THE FINNL CLOSE.
. 153

Majority for Shimmin =46
Shortly after four o'clock, Mr. Shimmin, accompa-
nied by his committee And a number of friends, assem-
bled at the spirit vaults kept by Mr. Johnson, Vauxhall-

road,, when -
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr. H. LAFONE,
said, he felt great pleasure in meeting them there on the
present glorious occasion. (Cheers.) Last night he
had his doubts, the week before he had his doubts,
but then he had to announce to them a certainty.
(Cheers.) They had achieved one of the most glorious
victories ever known in the ward. In four con-
tests they had not had such a victory, the 'greatest
majority being known at the election of Powell'
and Nicholson, when they had only a majority of
five., They then had a majority of 46. .(Great cheering.)
That showed that the Vauxhall Ward was not to be
bought or
,tyrannised over, or compromised from doing
its duty. He had much pleasure in saying that they
had again returned Mr. Shimmia to the Council, and
trusted that he would be long .spared to_do his duty,
and that at the end of three years they would again
return him. Mr. Shimmin had proved to the town
what sort of man he was—(hear, hear)—he would not'
pledge.himself to one party or the other, but was ready
tor
assist all who asked him, whether they voted for him
o
against him. (Cheers.) Ile (the chairman) assured ,
the electors that he felt it a °Teat honour to introduce
Mr. Shimmin to the Town Council. It was one of the
tlo h
proudest hours of his, life assisted with them all
in ' his return. (Cheers.) then introduced Mr.
Shimmin to the electors, and concluded amidst the
DIM vociferous applausez
Mr. SIIIMMIN, on eommg forward, was most enthusias-
tically cheered. He said, he assured them that he felt it
was a great pleasure for him to find that in Vauxhall
Ward Liberalism had triumphed over despotism.
They had that day given
proof, whatever might be
said to the contrary, that the electors of that ward
were not to be bought and sold like cattle in the
market--(cheers)—and he was pleased to say that he
had never seen an election carried on with better feel-
ing, for he had not heard 'a single angry word expressed,
in the ward, although he had been through the whole
of it. They had strictly avoided all personalities through-
out the contest; and it should be recollected that they
did not come out against their opponents, but their
opponents came out against, them. lie had told them
before that he would do his duty. He had done so, and
as they had done him the honour of again electing him,
he would tell them something that he had not done be-
fore, and that was, that he had had the offer of being
rehired free of expense for other wards ; but had pre-
ferred being elected for the Vauxhall Ward, which ward
had first done hitn the honour of returning him to
the Town' Council as their representative ; and
although -the contest had been severe, he felt proud that
he had contested it, and had thus proved his real
friends. (Cheers.) He would rather have been beaten

stain upon his character. "Lis oppo-
nents had not proved their liberality, but he and his
party had proved their lib

lity, while their opponent's