The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-02 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 185/.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION, YESTERDAY.

From the nicely balanced state of parties in the Town
Council—so far as politics are concerned—it was scarcely
expected that we should have anything worthy of the
name of a contest in any of the Wards in the borough.
There were no particularly obnoxious men among the
retiring members, on either side ; and it was generally
thought that those amongst them, who did not choose to
offer themselves again, might be replaced without exciting
any material ebullition of feeling amongst the constituency.
In Vauxhall Ward it was, in the first instance, thought
that Mr. JONATHAN ATKINSON'S retirement would not
create a contest ; and that Mr. W. K. TYRER would be
fitly succeeded by Mr. F. SHAND. In most of the other
wards, where the sitting members presented themselves
for re-election, opposition was not anticipated. St.
Paul's Ward alone promised a contest between Mr.
T. GODFREY and Mr. SAVAGE, so little involving
political considerations—in fact so entirely personal and
local—that the Constitutional Association deemed it not
within their province to interfere. _ _

The brand of discord was first thrown in by the Radical
party bringing forward Mr. T. L. HODSON, under the
auspices of the Irish Romanist party, to contest the vacant
seat with Mr. F. SHAND. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE,
for Abercromby Ward, and Mr. W. EARLE for West
Derby, were next brought out to oppose Mr. BERNARD
HALL and Mr. ARTHUR. HENDERSON. Attack begot
retaliation ; and Mr. T. D. ANDERSON was started by
the Conservatives of Everton Ward to oppose Mr.
CHALMER ; Mr. SAMUEL TAYLOR in Scotland Ward to
oppose Mr. Jot's BIGHAM ; Mr. A. SHAND in Vauxhall
to oppose Mr. J. Moss ; Mr. J. MiNicom, in Great
George Ward to oppose Mr. J. ROGERS; and Mr.
HILTON HALHEAD in North Toxteth to oppose Mr. T.
LLOYD. In some of the wards in question the opposition
thus got up was regarded as merely intended to neutralize
the influence of the double votes. In Vauxhall Ward, we
believe, Mr. A. SHAND'S friends had never an idea of
achieving any result beyond preventing those votes being
transferred to other wards contested by the Conservatives,
although it will be seen he was very near winning. Of
course, as in all contested elections, opinions as to success
varied according to the positions and leanings of those
who gave them. In some wards, unfortunately, the
result has shown that the Conservative committees have
counted too much upon their past successes and the good
faith of their friends. This has been especially the case
in Abercromby Ward, where an able, amiable, and con-
sistent man, Mr. Hall, has been compelled to give place to
Mr. Robertson Gladstone, whose political career has been

"Nowise direct, but serpentine,
Like Mons. Corkscrew worming through a cork."

In St. Anne's Ward the Conservatives appear to have
been a little too cocksure, or to have miscalculated the
effect of Mr. Samuel Mellor's champagne suppers upon
the tailors and cobblers, and the cabbage and herring
venders amongst the cellar population of the ward. It
was a well understood fact throughout the day that Mr.
Hodgson must win, or that a certain friend and patron of
his would have to hand over as much of the metallic as
would suffice for a tolerably heavy Derby loser. Sad
breaches of faith have been committed by men, some of
them reputed to be respectable, whose cheeks will be
crimson with shame as soon as the treacherous liquids,
which have bemused their senses, have evaporated, and
left them to chew the cud of bitter reflection, as soon as
their eyes are sufficiently clear to
" Look on this picture and on that,"

on Mr. SH AND, a Conservative gentleman, a member of
one of Liverpool's oldest families of merchant princes,
by the side of the temporarily triumphant ex-parish doc-
tor, whose only merit is that he was backed to win a large
stake, and was made a horse of on the occasion.
We now proceed to give the proceedings in the various
wards :

EVERTON WARD.
In this ward, the retiring member, Mr. Chalmers,

Rarlical, was opposed by Mr. Thomas Darnley Ander-
son, a Conservative, and one of the mos' highly respected
merchants on 'Change. On the openning of the poll,
the Radicals took the lead for about twenty minutes,
but shortly afterwards an immense body of voters in fa-
vour of Mr. Anderson came up, and at ten o'clock that
gentleman headed the poll by upwards of twenty. For
the next two hours Mr. Anderson's majority continued
steadily to increase, and at twelve o'clock his opponent
was nearly fifty behind him. _

At the close of the poll the numbers were as follow :
Anderson ..
Chalmers

Majority

The result was hailed with loud and continued cheers.
Shortly after four o'clock a large party assembled at the
Everton Coffee House Hotel, when Mr. Roskell took the
chair amid loud cheers.
The CHAIRMAN said he met them with much greater
pleasure than he did some time ago, as he had now the
pleasure of announcing the triumphant success of Mr.
Anderson. (Loud cheers ) That gentleman had been
returned by a majority of 93. (Tremendous cheers.) He
was happy to say that Ward could no longer be considered
a Radical one. (Cheers and cries of "it never was.")
Well, for many years they had only been able to carry
their candidate by a small majority, but now he was
happy to say they were able to do so by the large num-
ber of 93. (Continued applause.) He congratulated
them on the result of the day's contest, and 'ne had no
doubt that the gentleman whom they had returned
would serve the town with credit to himself and honcur
to those who had sent him into the Council. (Cheers.)

Mr. ANDERSON then came forward, and was received
with three times three and Kentish fire. When it had
subsided, he said he scarcely knew how to thank them for
thehigh honour conferred upon him. (Cheers). Knowing
the Chairman, and seeing the very earnest exertions which
were being made in his favour, he (Mr. Anderson) con-
fessed that he expected to be returned, but he had no
idea that it would be by so large a majority. (Het.r,
hear.) He assured them he appreciated it very fully,
more especially as it was in a ward containing one of the
largest, if not the largest, number of voters in the town ;
and being so he thought it was an indication that he had
not been altogether remiss in his duty. (Cheers.) By
their votes they had called him into public life, and he
hoped by his acts to merit the favour they had conferred
upon him. (Loud applause.) And when the time arrived
that he should be called upon to resign the trust—high
and important as it was—into their hands, he trusted
that they would find that he had not been wanting in the
performance of his duty, or tarnished the honour con-
ferred upon him. (Loud cheers.) The speaker concluded
by thanking his committee and friends for their exertions
in his behalf, and assuring them and the company gene-
rally, that his best exertions should be used for the ad-
vantage of the Ward and the town generally. (Continued
cheers.)
Mr. STONE being called upon, also addressed the as-
sembly. He was received with loud cheers, When they
had subsided, he congratulated them on the glorious
majority they had obtained, which, he said, would not
have been obtained without considerable exertion, and
therefore he thought the canvassers and those friends
who had assisted them were entitled to great credit.
Mr. Anderson, in his usual mild manner, had said he
was determined to serve them to the best of his ability,
but he bad not at all spoken of himself. (Hear, and cheers.)
But when they saw so many excellent institutions
arising around them, to all of which he had most
munificently contributed, how would they arrive
at any other conclusion than that he ought to
occupy the distinguished position in which they had placed
him. Look at the church now building near the spot
upon which they stood. (Cheers.) Look at the various
schools which had been erected at his expense—(con-
tinued cheersl—and look at another school which he (Mr.
Stone) could point out, and to which he had liberally sub-
scribed, although his name did not appear before the pub-
lic,—but, above all, look at the establishment of Ragged
Schools, of which Mr. Anderson had been a most indefa-
tigable supporter as treasurer ; that noble institution
—an institution which gathered the poor outcasts out of
the streets and improved their morals, instructed them
in religion, and eventually placed them in a position to
obtain a profitable trade, so as to become useful members
of society. (Loud cheers.) The speaker concluded by
proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Chilton, Mr.Roskell,
and Mr. Marwood.
The motion was carried by enthusiasm.
The CHAIRMAN and Mr. MARWOOD acknowledged the
compliment; and, after a few words from Mr. J. M.
WOOD, the proceedings terminated.

SCOTLAND WARD.
In this Ward, that out-and-out Radical, Mr. John
Bigham, the retiring member, was opposed by Mr. Saml.
Taylor, a staunch Conservative. The Radicals calculated
upon an easy victory in this ward, but the polling very
soon convinced them that they were much mistaken. In
the first hour the votes given in favour of each candidate
were nearly equal, the Conservative candidate being in a
majority of three at ten o'clock. At half-past ten, how-
ever, the majority was increased to 17; and, without much
fluctuation, the relative numbers of the two candidates
remained much in the same position until a little before
twelve o'clock. At :that hour the Radical candidate
headed his opponent by four. Their positions, however,
were speedily changed ; for a little after twelve a number
of Mr. Taylor's supporters voted, and again placed him
in a majority of four—the same position held by his
opponent only a few moments before. At one o'clock,
Mr. Bigham was again in a majority, the number being
for Bigham 176; Taylor, 164. From this hour the Ra-
dical candidate continued to increase his majority ; and at
the close of the poll the numbers were—

For Bigham
„ Taylor .

Majority for Bight=
Mr. BIGHAM addressed the electors at considerable length
after the close of the poll, congratulating them on the
successful termination of the day's proceedings.