Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

NORTHERN

.ments_through life. up to the present, such..questioas were
.put to me, I could not answer them.
%Mr. Snotthall Then, if I have to go farther, it will be'pain-
-ful f4xcie to do so. • -
Mr..Maaasield: Go on. All you have yet cross-examined
`:her on';,Nlbreign to the charge she has preferred against the
-defendant. • '
. Crossexamtnition tesuuteff : I never was brought up to the
stage, nor was I ever a dancer at any theatre or amphitheatre.
I know the Parthenon, and paiff a visit to it, but it was
Mr. Leather took me there, Mr. Leather was the' first person
that ever brought me to a place of the kind. I never sustained
any injury from attending any theatre; I had.a sore knee, but.
it did not arise from that cause. I have learned dancing, but.
I never danced at theatres or amphitheatres...lt . was Mr.
Leather who first introduced me to Mr. Stoll of the Parthenon,
and he took me there for.the purpose of making a tool of me.,
I do not remember ever having lived is Stafford-street, nor
didi ever live in Houghtonstreet. I Might hive seen Mrs.
Gallagher, but I did not know her.
By Mr. Mansfield : I lived with my stepfather and . mother
until I was married.
. .
Mr. Dean : I cannot understand why Mr. Snoviball has
indulged in. this kind of cross-exarnihation towards Mrs.
Veber, 'who was her salcitorin the divorce Case:

Mr. Snowball : I was her solicitor in the. divorce case ; and
I never knew anything of the matters I have examined her
upon, anti Mr. Leather told me. I must go according to my
instructions, and do my best for my client.
Mr. Mansfield That is right and fair enough ; but it has so
'turned out that Mr. Leather was the main instrument in taking
thil lady to the improper places referred to, and he should
.have been the last to drag theni out. '
Mr. Dean : I shall put in the account book from the Court of
Passage; and then let the case be proceeied with.
Mr. Snowball: I ask the adjournment of this ease fora week:
Mr. Mansfield: Be it so; let this lady attend in the morning,
to swear her depositions, and the defendant must enter into
his own recognizance of £lOO to appear here again on this day
week. •

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
ST; ANNE'S WARD.
. ,
Last night, a meeting of the friends and supporters
of George Nickson, Esq., the Conservative candidate
for this
__ward, was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, St.
Anne-street. The meeting was called for eight o'clock,
at which hour the hall was literally crammed. Richard
F. Steble, Esq.; the chairman, presided on the occasion.;
and among, the, Other. gentlemen present, were Messrs.
Robert Hutchison, James Sykes, Drs. Swift and Whittle,
Meisrs. Clegg, Co4Per, ;Read, Haywood, Montgomery,
Charles Chalk; Bir4laall, Briggs, Brewer, Beck, Manger,
Reynolda, Morrisen, Hatch, and Edward Jackson (hon.
sec); ,

Mr. NICKSON, en entering t'ae room, was greeted with
bursts of applause.. ‘.
The CHAIRMAN opened! the meeting by stating that
.he had received letters of npolOgy from .several parties;
and
,particularly from Mr.' James Aspinall Tobin and
•Aldernian Bennett, regretting their inability to attend.
_He addressed them as electors and non-electors; and-
stated that when he last had the pleasure of meeting
them, he'llt4 thought that he would be called upon so
soon to'addiesa' them again. But so it was, and he was
proud atillhappy to meet such a meeting that evening.
(Applaald.)' was gratified to tell them that every
honest MAIO in the ward of ahy influence had assured
him and the committee that Mr. Nickson was the man,
and the only man, to :represent St. Anne's Ward.
(Loud cheers.) Their opponents at first endeavoured
to bring forth two or three candidates to oppose Mr.
Nickson, and failing in a choice, their last resource was
to pitch upon Mr. Clarke Aspinall. All he could say in
regard to Mr. Nickson, if they elected him, if he did
not please them, was, to turn him out and kick him
out. (Applause.) Mr. Aspinall had come forward, and
was, no doubt, a man of great ability. (Laughter.),
Why, when he made reference to the proceedings of this
gentleman, and the proceedings of the party who sup-
ported him, their inconsistency was impardonable. He
felt bound also to state that the Mercury newspaper, in
respect to St. Anne's Ward, had pursued a most extraor-
dinary course. At first it considered that three candi-
dates of the party which it represents, were sufficient in
the Council But no sooner did Mr. Nickson
present himself before the electors, owing to the
requisition that was sent him, than it raises the cry
of opposition, and only for opposition sake. (Cheers.)
The Chairman then went on at much length to refer to a
placard printed by the opposite party, and which pur-
ported to contain low insinuations against their. party ;
but he would only say that such a placard could only
originate from some clap-trap party ; but whoever made
such a speech, or got it printed, he would denominate it
as the last speech and dying declaration of some one—
would he say Mr. Clarke Aspinall ? (Loud laughter.)
Then Mr. Aspinall told them that he had a grandfather
and father. (Laughter.) Was their anything extraor-
dinary in that ? Yes, and that twenty-seven years ago
his father lived. (Renewed laughter.). But he recol-
lected that a mountain happened to be in labour in.
Abercromby Ward, and it produced 'a mouse ; and that
mouse was one whom they all knew, (Cheers.) He
was there to tell them that this candidate was a lion,
and he could say to them all, that he could.
roar well, too. (Applause.) They did not want a jester
in the Council, but they wanted a man who could both
work and speak to purpose. (Hear, hear.) He was
glad he saw Mr. Faris at the meeting, who was opposed
to them, and had threatened to put an extinguisher upon
his head ; but this he had failed to do, as his head was
still where it ought to be. (Cheers and laughter.)
Some caluminators had censured him for being Mr.
Nickson's chairman, and said that he was too young.
He felt proud in being chairman to such a man ; and he
could tell them that they had 260 bona fide voters, and
65 more were ready to stand by them when the day of
trial arrived. Mr. Nickson was their man ; and upon that
day let them show it, in returning him by a triumphant
majority. (Applause.) He called upon them to be
early, and place hini at the head of the poll. Let them
enter the contest as men—no bickerings—no personali-
ties—and let them show to the deputy-recorder of
Liverpool, who was, strictly speaking, a judge of
the land—let them teach him that as a servant of the
Queen—it was not his duty to mix himself up with
politics. He ?Ave Mr. Aspinall credit as a lawyer, but
not as a politician. After a lengthened speech, he
called upon Mr. Hutchison to speak on the Select
Vestry point that had' been thrown in the teeth of Mr..
Nicicson.

Mr._ Hirrcnisow then entered into a full and sati-
factory explanation of the matter.
Mr. Niessoor then was introduced by the Chairman,
and roe amidst bursts of applause. He said a msnth
had now elapsed since he first addressed them, and
acceded tc their request to allow himself to be put in
nomination for St. Anne's Ward. He then waived his
own feelings, and complied with their wishes. The
confidence and assurances of support which he had
received more than compensated him for all the trouble
and annoyance to which he had been subjected, conse-
quent upon the approach of - a contested election. He
hanked all present for their kind feelings towards him ;
and through the Press, those that were absent. He
had, on a previous occasion, told them what were the
'duties devolving upon a member of the Town Council.
He referred at much length to the Dock Estate, the
financial position Of the CorporatiOn, the health of the
town, as contrasted with what it was twelve years ago,
when the mortality averaged 37 to the 1,000, and the
great improvement in the sanitary state' of the boreugh
at the present day. He next entered into an able sta-
tistical account of Liverpool, and its various bran Ches of
trade, &c., and the sound education that the lower orderi '
were at present receiving, and how necessary it was to
improve their moral and social condition. Their secu-
rity as a nation did not consist in imperial greatness, but
more so in remedying the disordered and anomalous
state of society. The TOwn Council of Liverpool was
inferior to no other public body of men in the kingdom ;
and, should they elect him, he would do his
duty to serve them faithfully. (Applause.)
The Dock Estate he would have rated. It was an.
axiom of English law, that every portion of public pro-
perty should bear its legitimate proportion of taxation.
The estate realised about £639,000 per annum and if
it were rated it would reduce taxation from £40,000 to
£50,000 annually. (Loud cheers.) He would look
titrictly after the salaries of the Corporation servants,
and he would not be an advocate for depreciating the
h cower and authority vested in the lay magistrates.
Hear, hear.) He would be for extending education in
t e Corporation Schools, and for giving a sound re-
ligious education, based upon the Bible ; as he believed
that the truths of God's Word were interwoven into
the very fabric of the Constitution itself. (Applause.)
He had been designated by the Mercury as an orange-
man and a shopkeeper, and he was neither. Mr. Nickson
then went on in a most powerful and able strain to
castigate. his opponents for the low trickery and
cunning they had had recourse to, to prevent his
return for St. Anne's. Ward, and stated that if he
had not the forensic abilities of his opponent, he (Mr.
Nickson) at any rate knew less of legal quibbling and

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special pleading. (Loud diners.) And, _although—he,
was represented as being only fit for the counter, he
would tell Mr. Aspinall that he was not afraid to meet
the man-of the bar. (Renewed cheers.) Many Roman
Catholics ha 4 promised to support him, but if they did
they knew that they would be marked men. He called
upon them, in conclusion, to rally round him, and he
would endeavour to support the good and honest men in
the Town Council, in preventing the town of Liverpool
being made the hotbed of democracy. (Great cheering.)
After some excellent remarks from Dr. Swift, who
moved the usual vete, of confidence in Mr. Nickson, as a
fit and proper person to represent the ward, which was
seconded by Mr.. Manger, the chairman put the resolu-
tion to the meeting, .which was carried with unanimous
plaudits. L
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the
meeting separated with cheering lustily for Mr. Nickson
and Lord Derby.