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

MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The Ward Elections commenced yesferday morning, but
without any of that excitement which usually attends
imarairipal and parli irnentary car t: S`P. Out of the sixteen
wards, into which the borough is divided, eight were
contested, viz., Everton, Seotlane, Vauxhall, St. Paul's,
25t. Peter's, Ab_rcromhy, St. Anus's, and North Taxteth
Wards; but of these only six may he regarded as bona fide
contests; those in Ss. Ant e's and Vauxhall Wards being
considered " shams." Tae contett3, indeed we may say
She only contests, around which any public interest centre-d,
were those taking place in St. Peter's, Et erton, Abercramby,
and Scotland Wards, where the battle was fought, not
crdy on municipal, but also on political gron .ds. The
polling was very actively maintained in o cis.
In the following ware's the retiring members were
returned without opposition :
Exchange
Pitts reet .
great George T. Wagstaff.
Rodney-street
Lime-,treat
West Derby
South:nate' b .....J. Stewart.

In Castle-street Wart Mr. J. Ry'ey wa4 returner
without any oppos:tim, in the room of Mr. Hugh Hornby

EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD.

the candidates in this ward were Mr. Crosthwaite, the
retiring member and Mr. George Melly. At the com-
mencement of the poll Mr. Crosthwaite took the lead, and
Ilia majority rapidly increased throughout the day. The
polling was as follows :
T-n Eleven Twelve One Two Three C nee
Crosthwaite
..564
11.*By.

Majcrity for Crosthwaite . 146
nortly after f.,ur o'clock, the successful candidate and
his frietds as,embled at llaihday's Coffee House, Everton,
ibe candidate's head-quarters
Li THomte Cnivrox, jun., the chairman of his commit-
tee, after a brief address, in which he congratulated the
electors on the triumphant vxtory they hAd obtained,
introduced

Dir. CR )BTRWAITE, who was received with loud cheers.
Be comraznced by thanking the electors for the position
in which they had again placed him, as a member cf the
Town Council, by such an overwhelming majority. It
vas the greatest achievement thst had ever been obtained
in the ward. and it showed most unmistakeably, that the
electors of Everton and Kirkdale Ward would not be
?dictated to by an extreme clique. (Loud cheers.) The
rtardt further proved that the burgesses considered he had
hitherto performed his duties in the Council satisfactorily,
and that circumstance would encourage him, in resuming
his seat in the Council, to make, if possible, greater exer-
tions for the interests of the ward, than he had ever vet
dole. (Cheers.) After again thanking the electors for the
exertions they had made in his behalf, he retired amidst
ouch applause
Air EDWARD WHITLEY next briefly addressed the elec-
tors, and observed that the result of the contest provei
that the ward was still cmservative, when it was fairly
tested, and he hoped it would always continue so. (Loud
diem.)
Mr. Tnomas BRHARELL also addressed the electors, and
warmly thanked them for the exertions they had made on
behalf of Mr. Crosthwaite. He denounced strong politi-
cal feelirg being shewn in municipal matters, and said that
he and his friends in West Derby Ward had taken Mr.
Beckwith in hand and this year returned him without
opposition, although Mr. Br ck with was n.,t a Conservative.
(Hear, hear.) When Mr. Anderson again came before the
electors of Everton and K rkdale Ward next year he
hoped they would return him unopposed. (Cheers )
The newly elected member and his friends then went to
the Kirkdsle division of the ward, when Mr. Crosth-
waite again addresed the electora.