Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

ST. ANNE'S WARD.

Mr. KITCHEN, the retiring member, again came forward,
and was opposed by Mr. Clegg, a conservative. At the
opening of the poll, Mr. Clegg obtain ed a considerable lead,
the polling booth havii-g been packed by the friends of the
Conservative candidate The result of the first quarter of
an hcur, placed Mr. Clegg in a majority cf 20, ;he number
being, for Clegg, 26 ; fur Mr. Kitchen. 6 Mr. Clegg
maintained this position for upwards of an hour ; but
shortly after ten o'cloc',, Mr. Kitchen headed him, sad his
majority continued to increase to the close of the pelt,
when the numbers were for Mr. Ki then, 209 ; for Mr
Clegg, 177 • Majority, 32. The followirg is the hourly'
statement of the polling, :-
10 11 12 1 2 3 4
Kitchen..30..90..119..173..181..201.209
Clegg ...61..101..118..n4..159..173..177
A. fsw minutes after four o'cl el:, th 3 friends of the
successful candidate assembled at his committee rooms,
in Christian-street. Tnere were present, amongst others,
Councillors Hodson, Mellor, and Hayd ,ck.
The CIRIIIMAN 0# Mr. Kitchen's committee, having an-
nounced the numbers, which was received with much
cheering, proceeded to say th .t the electors had that day
fought well. They he I truly put •' the right man into the
right place"—(cheers;—a man -who had served them
well for the last three years, and he (the
chairman) trusted he would be spared to serve them
three e ears longer. (Chkers ) lie crncluded by thanking
them for their exertions, and calling f r three cheers fur
Mr. Kitchen. (Great applause.)
Mr. KIT. HEN then came forward, and after the applause
which greeted him had eub-ided, he said that the state-
ment which they had just heard from his much esteemed
chairman had shown them that, notwithstanding the
en, rmoas exertions which had that day bon made by
their opponents, and not only that day, but during the
last twelve months' hey had been at work to endeavour by
all possible means to unseat him on that occasion,—[here
Mr. Ciegg's band, in a carriage, ly-g n to play and
interrupted the speaker:l twithstendieg all the exert CDS
which had again been made by their opponents, he had
again been returned by a considerable majority. (Cheers.)
Ile could assure them. from all the reports which had
teen presented to him by the c mvessers, that
even among his cppor eats they gave him their assurance
that 're had discharged his duties in a manner ratisfectory
to all, and that on the present occasion they made the con-
test a political question, s ating that it was to decide a
principle. It certaiily Was a most extraordinary
mode i f deciding a principle, for it seemed to
be a principle with them, that after a man
had di charged his duties faithfully, to turn him
out (Hear, hear) Ho did not wish, on the present occa-
sion, to excite any feelii gs of alimosity. He woo d rather
advise them to shake hands with those who had been
opposed to them, and g r home; and, on the other hand,
he should again take hi- reat in the Council, and go on
pursuing the same line of conduct as he had hitherto
pursued ; and he sLuld endeavour, to the utmost
of his power, to serve them faithfully. (Cheers.)
He could only now say that be returned his warmest
tuauks to those friends wh ) had supported him on the
present occasion. With regard to those who had opp rsed
him, he had reason to b ;lieve that the opposition had
arisen from motives of a questionable character ; but, on
the whole, and notwithstanding that, he did give them
credit for having conducted this election in a better
spirit :has he had seen on forme • occasions. (Cheers ) He
again theriked them, and could assure them that he would
go on endeavouring to do his deity in a manner that thoy
would continue to approve of (Applause.)
Mr. Councillor Hoesort was then called upon to address
the electors, and on coming forward was warmly cheered.
Ile sail that he congratulated them on the return, that day,
of an old and faithful servant, who had endeavoured
to discharge the onerous duty committed to his care,
in a satisfactory manner. (Cheers.) He would not for a
moment say one word hostile to the gr-n lentan who bad
opposed Mr. Kitchen, for he believed it must have been
from a misconception of the strong' h of the party, and for
a want of that sound sense which must have told that
gentleman that he was totally unfitted for the office of
their rep7esentative. (Rear, and cheers.) It was to be
regretted that false frierds cfteu induced a man to stand
in a ridiculous position before his fellow-townsmen, and so
painful and humiliating must, that position have been to-
day to his friend, Mr. Clegg that he (Mr. Hodson) did
net envy him of it at all. (Hear, and laughter ) But it
h d been a hard political struggle—it had been a struggle
again to revive those old fends of political warfare
which he had thought were done away with in
this op The object of municipal institutions
Was to fix upon men of the best character and ability to
administer their affairs. wi Inert reference to their political
creed, and he had thought that Sr. Anne's Ward had come
to the conclusion of selecting men without reference to
politics. Bet he regret ed to say that, t n the other side,
they had brought a candidate ferwerd solely on political
grounds, an i they hod made a cat's-paw of a decent and
respectable tradesman, Mr Clegg. (Hear, hear, and cheers'
It was a well known fact that Mr. Lawrence had deelinoct

to have anything to do with it at all ; and again it was
clear that 'his old friend, Mr. MolyLeux—who threatened
to give him the cold shoulder next November— (a laugh)
—would not allow himself to be selected, or he would
have taken the field to-day. Reverting to Mr.
Kitchen, Mr. Hodson said it was their duty to may

round a man wino had supp3:tel their in op.
position to one who refused to support those who were in
want He would now conclude wi,h bFgging of them to
forget and bury in oblivion the contest of the day. lie
was quite satisfied that, from the satisfaction—the noble
satis'action—of having done their duty to day, they would
look back with plervure on an act wMeh reflected honour
on the poorest as well as on the best amongst
them. They had nobly come forward, without
drink and without money, to give their votes in fsvour of
the man whom they thJught t as the fittest to repi:esent
'heir interests iu the Council. It had been his study to
go along with his frond, Mr Kitchen, and to support
every measure of retrenchnect and reform to the best of
his ability. (Goad cheers.)

Mr. Councillor MLLLOR Text came forward, and said
ha cot watulated the electors of the ward on the Selection
of a man who woula do his best to promote the good of
the toyer, in general He bad worked wile Mr. Kitchen for
the Nit twelve months in the Conned, and he believed him
to be one of the most useful meeibers of it. He did not
make long epeechee, but he brought a deal of common
sense to be .r upon the duties of the office. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. FAIRIItritET next came forward and said, they had
had befo o theta Mr. Kitctien, a well known and tried
representative. and having g:ven them three years' service
they were en bled to judge of him by his acts. In Mr.
Clegg they had to judge more of promises. Node of that
gentleman's aetecedents had elv;wn that he was qualified
fir the duties of a public man, and ail they bad to depend
upon were his promises. 7:he duties of a representative in
the Town Council were by to :means of a light character.
They ofen required a considerable sacrifice of time, and
the posscse:on of abilities which few persons were blessed
with. The experience of t.e last three years had shewn
them that they had selected a proper man to represent them,
and now they bad again returned him for the rext three
years. On the part of Mr Kitchen's committee he might
say that they had polled quite as matey as they expected
en he occasion, considering the unwarrantable ruse which
had been practised by their opponents with the list of
voter.. There were 191 of the electors objected to by the
friends of Mr. Clegg, seven-eighths of whom wero as fully
enti•led to vote as Mr. Clegg, or any cf his party. (Hear.)
Altee a few mere remeeks trom one or two other gentle-
men,
the proceedings closed.