The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-10 00:00:00

MAYORS ELECTED YESTERDAY.

Borrotr.—On the motion of Mr. Alderman Wolfenden,
seconded by Mr. Greenhalf,;h, Mr. Alderman John Har-
wood was unanimously chosen Mayor of Bolton for the en-
suing year, and invested by the retiring Mayor with the
badge of office. On the motion of Mr. Edward Barlow,
seconded by Mr. Alderman Ferguson, a vote of thanks was
presented:to the ex-Mayor, Mr. Orton, for his services
during the past year.

BRADFORD.-Mr. Alderman Isaac Wright was re•
elected to fill the office of Mayor of Bradford for the en-
suing year. This re-election was all but unanimous. Some
gentlemen, while expressing the highest personal regard
for Mr. Alderman Wright, held that no gentleman should
be elected to the office for two years in succession, except
under extraordinary and peculiar circumstances, which did
not exist in the present instance.

HALIFAX.-Mr. Alderman Daniel Ramsden (Liberal)
was yesterday elected, on the motion of Mr. Alderman
Green, seconded by Mr. Alderman Brook. Thanks were
next voted to the ex-Mayor on the motion of Mr. Alderman
John Crossly, seconded by Mr. Alderman Dennis.
LEEDS.—Alderman James Kitson was elected to the
civic chair for the ensuing year. He was moved by Coun-
cillor Carter, and seconded by Alderman George.

LIVERPOOL.—Mr. S. H. Graves (Conservative) was
elected Mayor. It was thought there would have been
no opposition, but a number of the friends of Mr. J. H.
Turner insisted upon proposing him in council, though, in
a letter communicated to the papers, he had declined the
honour. Mr. Turner's friends were defeated by a majority
of 11 votes.

MACCLESFIELD.-Mr. Jeremiah Clarke was re-elected
unanimously. _ _

NOTTINGHAM.—The municipal elections having resulted
in increasing the majority of the Liberal section of the
Town Council, Mr. Alderman Cullen (Liberal) was yester-
terday elected Mayor, in the place of Mr. E. Patchett (Con-
servative), who has filled the office for the last two years.—
Mr. W. Lambert, lace dresser, of Clarendon-street, was
unanimously elected Sheriff.

OLDHAM.—The retiring mayor, Mr. Abraham Leach,
was re-elected unanimously.—The Mayor, in returning
thanks for the honour done him, gave a brief sketch of
what had been done in the past year; showing that £3,000
of mortgage debt on the baths, and £3,000 other debts, had
been paid off.

PRESTON.—Mr. Alderman John Goodair, cotton spin-
ner, was unanimously elected.

STOCKPORT.-On the motion of Mr. Alderman Orme,
seconded by Mr. Councillor Sanderson, Mr. Alderman
Edward Walmsley, of Reddish, near Stockport, was unani-
mously elected. A vote of thanks was likewise passed to
the ex-Mayor, Mr. Chapman.

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WAKEFIELD.—The Liberals of Wakefield, after a long
struggle, have succeeded in gaining a preponderance in the
Town Council, and yesterday Alderman Haigh, a Liberal,
was unanimously elected to succeed Mr. Brown, Conser-
vative, as Mayor of the borough. Only two Conser-
vatives attended the meeting. In the course of the sub-
sequent proceedings, Councillor Lamb protested against
the three gentlemen who, a day or two ago, presented the
Wakefield address to Lord Palmerston, having taken that
work upon themselves without authority, either from the
Council or from the public.

WARRINGTON.—AIderman Burgess was unanimously
elected Mayor, in the room of Dr. Smith. Like his prede-
cessor, be is an advanced Liberal.
WIGAN.—Mr. Reece Bevan proposed, and Mr. Thomas
Eckersley seconded, that Richard Taylor, Esq., be Mayor
for the ensuing year. This was agreed to nem. dir. Mr.
Taylor's name has been mentioned on two previous occa-
sions, but the claims of others have each time been preferred.
Mr. Taylor is a Liberal.

YORK.—Mr. Alderman Meek proposed, and Mr. Alder-
man Richardson seconded, Mr. George Leeman, solicitor,
for the office of Lord Mayor ; and to supply the vacancy in
the office of City Sheriff, Mr. Alderman J. Meek, jun.,
proposed, and Mr. Alderman Anderson seconded, Mr. Thos.
Cabry, engineer to the North-Eastern Railway. There
being no opposition, both these gentlemen were declared
elected. This is the second time that Mr. Leeman has
served the office of Lord Mayor.

The following mayors were also elected yesterday :
Birmingham, Mr. Ryland ; Chester, Mr. Trevor ; Nor-
thampton, Mr. Phipps ; Stafford, Mr. Buxton ; Wolver-
hampton, Mr. Clarke; Oxford, Mr. Sadler; Lincoln, Mr.
Harvey ; Doncaster, Mr. Sole ; Hull, Mr. Hodge; Beverley,
Mr. Almack ; Sunderland, Mr. Alcock ; South Shields, Mr.
Wallis ; Durham, Mr. Boyd ; Scarborough, Mr. Cross ;
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mr. Ingledew ; Gateshead, Mr.
Hewitt ; North Shields, Mr. Mease ; Newcastle-under-
Lyme, Mr. Cartwright ; Reading, Mr. Broome ; Sheffield,
Mr. Vickers; Hartlepool, Mr. Earles ; Salisbury. Mr.
Ottway ; Boston, Mr. Lewin ; Carlisle, Mr. James ; Ports-
mouth, Mr. Hallard ; Grimsby, Mr. Leppington ; Harwich,
Mr. Bowness ; Ipswich, Mr. Grimwade ; Yarmouth, Mr.
Nightingale ; Lynn, Mr. Jarvis ; Newport, Mr. Brown ;
Hertford, Mr. Gripper; Thetford, Mr. Salter ; Southamp-
ton, Mr. Coles ; Norwich, Mr. Brown ; Guildford, Mr.
Nicholas ; Winchester, Mr. Wooldridge ; Plymouth, Mr.
Luscombe ; Devonport, Mr. Rider ; Huntingdon,
Mr. Ward ; Exeter, Mr. Franklin ; Barnstaple,
Mr. Palmer; Shrewsbury, Mr. Trouncer ; Bridgewater, Mr.
Brown ; Derby, Mr. Boughton; 'Wisbeach, Mr. Young ;
Cambridge, Mr. Foster; Dartmouth, Mr. Cleland; Grant-
ham, Mr. Burbidge ; Romsey, Mr. Fluder ; Penzance, Mr.
Higgs ; Newark, Mr. Bett ; Louth, Mr. Norfolk; Bath, Mr.
Jolly; Truro, Mr. Windcatt ; Weymouth, Mr. Prowse ;
Retford, Mr. Fisher; Stamford, Mr. Johnson; Bedford,
Mr. Howard ; Chesterfield, Mr. Shipton ; Leicester, Mr.
Ellis ; Kidderminster, Mr. Turton ; Worcester, Mr. Wood ;
Derby, Mr. Cox ; Leith, Mr. Lindsay, Provost ; Aberdeen,
Mr. Anderson, Lord Provost ; Glasgow, Mr. Cloaston,
Lord Provost.

DEATH OF SIR CHARLES FELLOWS.—We have to
announce the death of Sir Charles Fellows, who expired at
his residence in Montague-place, Russell-square, on Thurs-
day night. The deceased was son of Mr. John Fellows, of
Nottingham, and was born in 1799. He received the honour
of Knighthood in 1544, as an acknowledgment of his services
in removing to the British Museum the Xanthian marbles
and antiquities previously discovered by him in Lycia. He
was the author of a " Journal in Asia Minor," " Disco-
veries in Lycia," &c.

THE LATE MR. BUTTERWORTH.—On Friday last,
the 2d inst., disappeared rather sxddenly by death from the
world of Literary Publishers, almost the father of them all
in the person of Mr. Henry Butterworth, the eminent and
wellknown Law Publisher of Fleet-street. Mr. Butter-
worth first joined his uncle Joseph Butterworth, M.P. for
Coventry, and afterwards for Dover, in the year 1801, and
since then has been, almost to the present time, actively
engaged in business concerns and matters of public useful-
ness. His death was immediately occasioned by a severe
attack of congestion of the lungs, in his 75th year. Mr.
Butterworth had long been a Fellow of the Society of An-
tiquaries, as well as a Commissioner of Lieutenancy for
London : and some years ago a requisition, very numerously
signed, was presented' to him to stand for the alderman's
gown of Farringdon Without—this application, however,
Mr. Butterworth, upon consideration, declined, contenting
himself with acknowledging the honour that had been
thereby paid him,
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