The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-02 00:00:00

THE MUNICIPAL ELBC.TIONS.

LlVERPOOL—Yesterday the election of members
for the Town Council of this borough took Place?
and the event passed off without any of those Pap
brawls which, unfortunately, have so bespattered
the elections of former years. Of course the elec-
tion had its " parties." The Tories sought in some
of the wards to oust the more advanced and liberal
candidates, but were signally unsuccessful; while
the Liberals held their ground, and also managed
to curtail the Tory element by securing a few wards
which hitherto have been represented by the
ancients." There were contests in nine wards'
MANCHESTER.—There was a rather more spirited
contest than for some years past, but there was 11°
atempt to give it a political complexion in ant
o f the wards. Amongst the new members electeu
is Mr. Edward Watkin, late M.P. for Yarmouth‘:
The fiercest battles were in St. Ann's and Ardwiel'
wards. In the latter ward Mr. Rumney has been
displaced by Mr. Hardy, a new man ; and in St'
Ann's ward Mr. Penny was said to have 248 votes
and Mr. Fitzgerald 247, but one of the terrace°
votes is doubtful, and in case it is rejected on n
scrutiny there may have to be another election.
SALFORD.—There were only four contests in this
borough, and the elections did not create ranch
interest.
OXFORD.—In two of the wards there was na con-
test, ; in the other three spirited contests were going
on throughout the day. The two gentlemen whoc
headed the poll in the East and South wards werelected against their will, expressed in handbills
distributed throughout the city. All those elected
are of moderate principles, except one who belongs
to the radical party.
SOUTIIAMPTON.—The municipal elections here
have been the most exciting that have ever been
known since the Test and Corporation Act We
abrogated. Every ward was keenly contested.
Sick and dying men were brought at
vote, and squibs and placards appeared, just as,
a parliamentary election. Election cabs, cair_b
voters to and from the polling places, have pete:r
about in great numbers throughout the day Althe
the elections were over, flags were hoisted and '
church bells set ringing by the victorious factionhs;
The divided state of the liberal party, and t
activity which this causes amongst the Conserve"
lives, go far to explain the extraordinary exelte.
meat which has been witnessed. Several new Te ,hem.,
hers of the town council have been elected, but e_
liberal party have gained one on the whole
tions. The following are the names of the Ile:
members of the common council—viz., Messrs.
drews (son of the late Alderman Richard Andrew
G. N. Cooksey, Bishop, Cocks, Brinton,
P. Payne, Passenger, Carter, Emanuel,
.and /3_ll Ai
lett. The contest for mayor, on the 9th t
ins
be a very severe one. To show the state of evilly!.
Lou in Southampton, it may be mentioned, thuds
many as 14 persons who voted in one of the lc Tu
were unable to write their mimes. Rogerj,e.

ASSESSMENT OF THE GREAT

WESTERN RAILWAY•

Yesterday, at a meeting of the representative
vestry of Paddington, the dispute between theloe'
authorities and the Great Western Railway C°111A:
pany, as to the assessment of the company's
to
perty within the parish, which was supposed to be
amicably adjusted by the company agreeing to en
he
assessment of £20,000, was re-opened.
the Rev. Archibald Boyle, having taken the elnui,'
a letter was read from Mr. Fuller, the vestrivor
solicitor, stating that on having an in_rterv,iern
with the solicitor to the Great w ee",h—e
Company. for the purpose of settling lit
matter in due form, he stated that
only meant to avoid litigation as to amount 01
certain rates, but not all, and not as points of
embracing questions of amount. Such were still
proceed, and to be contested before the court. Du
hearing this, he (Mr. Fuller) declined to accede ,
any agreement without an order of the vestry,
be should have fixed them to the amount of X2o,oueu
as the assessment on certain rates, and at the 139',1110
time have saddled them with further litigeto,„:
He had therefore got the appeals respited to the
Pir:Etow
January sessions.
a desire pELroLi
oc.nhga rtgheed
matter, upon thaenpda
er oxcphrieaslsseol i:it °r_
lief that there was no foundation for
Not only were the directors willing to settle the
matter, but the railway clerk said they weans
Poem. t give the vestry £5OO pintpenses
el-
or them. If the vestry would ap with him
two other gentlemen to wait upon Lord Stl
borne and Mr. Saunders, he believed the question
could be settled in ten minutes.
Mr. Fuller, the solicitor, was called before the
board, and, se
his letter,
On the motion of Mr. ROBINS, the subject
refer
Mred to the Finance cmmittee.
Mr. Sergeant GAZELMEoin. oved, and Mr. Rocre
seconded, a resolution that the clerk write,
to the
Great Western Company, expressing surP rieerth
their solicitor refuses to carry out the ag
as reenell
contained in their letter to £20,000
assessment.
The motion was carried unanimously.accept their

We are glad tk;
excellent system in the 6e:
observe the commencement of an
officials of that important ffepariMent are assisted ill the
assurance of their lives, the Postmaster-General tinder-_
oral Post-Office, by which the
taking the gradual collection of the premiums insmall sure .
of 6d. or Is. weekly, and paying it over quarterly to the in'
surance office. The system is confined to the half-do n
offices most popular among the employds of the departent,
foremost among which, as might be expected from its nlia.
meter, is the Provident Clerks' Association. We trust thie
excellent arrangement will soon be extended, not only 1?
every branch of the Civil Set vice, but also to all the gretiv
public and mercantile establishments. It would de wore t°
foster the spread of Life Assurance, among those who rape
require it, than any other plan that could be devised.