The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-25 00:00:00

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

LIME-STREET WARD.—On Tuesday evening an influ-
ential meeting of the electors of Lime-street ward was
held at the Swan Inn, London-road, for the purpose of
awarding to their retiring representative, Mr. John Bnck
Lloyd, a cordial testimony of the appreciation in which his
valuable services are held by his constituents, and
likewise to adopt measures for his return at the forth-
coming municipal election. The attendance was exceed-
ingly numerous, and comprised electors of all shades of
politics, who cordially met on neutral ground to demon-
strate their esteem and confidence in a gentleman who has
rendered such efficient services to the town. Mr. George
Riding, being called to the chair, briefly stated the object of
the meeting, when Mr. Byford rose to propose the first reso-
lution :--" That this meeting views with much satisfaction
the conduct of Mr. Lloyd during the twelve years that he
has represented the ward in the Town Council, and that the
best thanks of the electors are due to him and are hereby
given." The speaker proceeded in warm terms to eulogise
the conduct and able services of Mr. Lloyd during the
lengthened period that he had represented them in the
Council. ' Mr. E. Smith seconded the motion, which was
carried amidst loud applause. Mr. J. R. Cooper moved
the second resolution :—" That a deputation wait upon
Mr. Lloyd, requesting him to allow himself to be again
nominated as a candidate at the approaching municipal
election, and that the following gentlemen constitute the
deputation." (A list of names was here handed to the
chairman.) Mr. Cooper dwelt at some length on the
efficient and able services which had been rendered to the
ward by the great talents and assiduity of Mr. Lloyd. Mr.
Rimy, of Church-street, seconded the motion in an eloquent
address. He said, that when men of Mr. Lloyd's character
were brought forward as candidates for municipal honours,
it was their duty to sink all political differences and unite
together to secure their return to the Council. In Mr.
Lloyd they had a representative who was an honour to the
ward ; his past efforts in promoting their interests proved
him well worthy of their confidence and unanimous sup-
port ; a man of undeviating integrity, great ability, and
possessed of remarkable business capacities, he was in
every respect qualified to fill that high and honourable
position to which he hoped his fellow-townsmen would
shortly elevate him. The motion was carried with ac-
clamations, and, after a few other remarks, a vote of
thanks was accorded to the chairman, and the proceedings,
which were of the most cordial and enthusiastic descrip-
tion, were brought to a conclusion.
WEST DERBY WARD.—On Tuesday a crowded and
',enthusiastic meeting of the Conservative electors was held
; at Marshall's Coffee-house, Edge-hill, for the purpose of pro-
,moting the return of Mr. Francis A. Clint as representative
-of the ward. Mr. William Rowett occupied the chair, and
. amongst the gentlemen present were Councillors Hender-
son and Beckwith, Messrs. Bailey, Whatham, Brakell,
Sanders, James Gaskell, Ellis, Jones, and Abraham. The
chairman stated that Mr. Clint had consented to represent
the Nord in theTownCouncil ; and he thought that, when
they heard his sentiments, they would agree with him
that a-better man could not have been found, and every-
thing would be done to secure his return. Mr. Clint said
he placed his services most willingly at their disposal, and
added that he would not say a word in disparagement of
his opponent (Mr. William Earle), as he would by that
means only damage his own cause. Referring to the
course be should adopt, if elected, he said that the only
topic which now agitated the town was that of town =-
proven:was, tsnd, from. what he had been able to gather,
lie thought the feeling of the town was that such im-
provements should take place. He wonld assist in carry-
iimprovements, bearing in mind the most
tin the expenditure of the public money.
szlrignge out
stringent
economyoe
He would also promote economy, whether in improve-
ments, sanatory measures, or official salaries. In reply to
i question by Mr. Waken, Mr. Clint said that the system
fn operation in the Corporation schools was a system, as
he supposed, founded on the authorised version of the
Scriptures, and he should oppose any change in that re-
spect- The meeting was aftby
erwards addressed Mr.Gftskell, Mr. Whatham, Mr. Henderson, and Mr. Beck.
vo
mesareinett was he
hwealrdd
with, and a resolution was unanimously agreed to, .exp -
!ive
oofftMrhari. Celinndt's s f fitness Mr. Wm. represent
meet-
ing last night-
at Coombes' Hotel, Greenfield-street ; Wm. Brown, Esq.,
was present, And the meeting made up in enthusiasm
for lack of numbers.
§OIITIT TOXTRTTI WARD.—On Saturday a deputation
waited on the worshipful the Mayor, Samuel Holine, Esq.,
and requested him to allow his name to be put in nomina-
tion for re-election for this ward. The:following is the re-
ly of Mr. Holme to the deputation :-
1 FENTLEMEN,—I beg that you will do me the favour of
presenting to those electors of South Toxteth Ward whom
you represent, my cordial thanks for their continued
kindness and confidence. Retaining, as I do, a lively
recollection of the generous manner in which, three years
ago, they unanimously conferred upon me the honour
of reflecting their opinions in the Town Council, my
gratitude is enhanced by a tender of their continued
support. It is to their selection that I am primarily
indebted for the office which I now hold ; and the friend-
ships which I have formed, and the support which I have
received, I have looked upon as privileges to be exercised
for the good of the community. When I look at the mag-

nitude of the two great trusts committed to the municipal
representatives, and how intimately their administration
is associated with the interests of the inhabitants, whether
viewed in a social, sanitary, or commercial view, I feel the
resp:msibility which devolves upon those who undertake
the duties, and how vigilant and assiduous they ought to
be in the discharge of those duties. Released from much
occupation, and Lying leisure to attend the committees of
P
birPerser:rtoPS..outh Toxteth
the Council; and recognising the principlel tpliiaact,etomypsreeif-
serve our institutions, each man ought to devote a portion
his tiinm e cfe ,tahned his g
ain
the lrauis
ward, ready to serve them, if they deem my services
worthy of their renewed confidence. I have always had
the strongest repugnance to make political opinions the
only test of a mans qualification- for administering the
revenues ;and managing the local concerns of a conunu-
nity ; and I have never permitted my own opinions to
have any influence upon my judgment in a municipal
capacity. To promote the welfare of the port, by providing
for its increasing commerce; to obtain wider thorough-
fares, better paving, sewera,
c•e, and ventilation ; to keep up
a system of regularity and discipline, to aid in preserving
order and public peace, and to administer the public
revenues for general benefit, are properly the duties of a
councillor, and these may be used without the compro-
mise of peculiar opinions.
•• • I have nothing to add to the
sentiments I formerly expressed on the subject more
immediately connected with the timber trade. I think
still, as I thought then, that the Dock Committee have
not availed themselves, as they ought to have done, of the
facilities they possess in the
Harrington
estate, and that
their extension so far to the north has been an error.
And I need hardly say that I shall, as I have hitherto
done, give my support to every measure which can
develope the resources of the
centre and south end of the
town, conscientiously believing that, in doing so, I arn.
consulting the general welfare of this great and rapidly
extending community.
VAUXHALL WARD.—A numerous and influential meet-
ing of the electors of this ward was held last night, at the
house of Mrs. Hayes, Vauxhall-road. Alexander Shand,
Esq., was in the chair ; and among those present were •
William Nicholson, Esq., Alderman Dover; Messrs. Blun—
dell, Pickering, Tyson, Wilson, Murdoch, Glendinning,
Ring, Hayes, Browne, ST.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, said that Mr.
Nicholson had served them three years with honour and.
credit to himself ; he was willing to serve them again,
and he was sure that the gentleman who had been brought
out in opposition was in no respect better qualified, while he
was a stranger to the ward, which required much careful.
attention. The ward was much in need of better sewer-
age, better ventilation, and better supply of water and.
other things, which they might be sure Mr. Daniel
Powell would never see. Their opponent was said to be
in favour of civil and religious liberty ; but he was a man
of extreme opinions, and, coming before them as a wolf in
sheep's clothing, he was sure the electors could not do
better than re-elect Mr. Nicholson.
Mr. Nrcnoasoar, in addressing the electors, referred to
his opposition to the " Pike Scheme," and to his support of
economy in the Town Council. He did not see why he
was opposed, except on political reasons, and he trusted
that neither by offensive placards or personal observations
would any ill-feeling be excited during the contest.
Alderman Down moved the first resolution, which
conveyed the thanks of the meeting to IVir. Nicholson, for
his independent, honest, and efficient services as one of
the representatives of the ward in the Town Council,
during the last three years. He was sure that Mr. Nichol-
son's votes in the Council had never contradicted his ro-
fessions on the hustings. He had a large interest in p
the
ward, and though he had not often troubled the Council
with long speeches, he was a valuable man on committees,
where the red business was transacted. There was no
man who had been more regular in his attendance at the
meetings of the Council ; and, drawing a proper distinction
between wholesome economy and mere parsimony, Mr.
Nicholson had been a faithful supporter of the interests
and the property of the ratepayers. In this contest they
were not the opponents but the defenders of their rights,
and he was sorry to see that Mr. Powell was attempted to
be thrust into the Council on the shoulders of a political
party. The Council had not shown political bias ; for,
though the majority were Conservative, they had elected to
the mayoralty the recently deceased Mr. John Holmes,
whose merits had been overlooked by his own party, and
the chairmen of three of the most important committees
were of opposite opinions.
Mr. N. RING seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
Mr. TYSON moved the next resolution, by which the
meeting affirmed the call made on Mr. Nicholson, and
pledged itself to use every lawful means to secure his
re-electron.

Mr. Mcanocn supported the motion, and alluded to
the movement made three years ago, when Mr. Nicholson
was called upon by men of every shade of polities as the
fittest man to represent them. He was known to every
one of them, for he had carried on business in the ward
all his life, and so had his father before him. He referred
to the unworthy attempts which had been made by two
members of the Town Council to oppose the re-election of
Mr. Nicholson, and said he was sure that Mr. Powell would
regret that he had been made the instrument of Messrs.
Moss and Bradley. He could not understand the opposi-
tion, except on political grounds, as not one act had been
done by Mr. Nicholson in the Council to weaken their
confidence in him.

Mr. WILSON also supported the motion, and, in the course
of his remarks, referred to the fable of the old man and his
son, who tried to please every one. They carried their ass
on a pole, and lost him. Messrs. Moss and Bradley were
trying the same end by the same means, and would, he
trusted, meet the same fate.
The resolution was carried unanimously.
Mr. BLUNDELL moved the appointment of a committee,
which was seconded by Mr. PICKERING, and carried
unanimously.

Mr. ATicioLsox moved a vote of thanks to the chair-
man, which was seconded by Air. SAMUEL HAYES, and
having been duly acknowledged, the meeting separated.
PITT-STREET WARD.—An opposition has been got up
to the re-election of Mr. W. P. Jeffreys, and Mr. John
Smith, formerly connected with the Mercury, is the candi-
date selected by the Radicals. The latter gentleman has
published an address, in which he allows his name to be
used, but declines to take any part in the contest. The
electors ought to have no doubt as to their duty, which
will not be efficiently performed unless they re-elect Mr.
Jeffreys.
THE MAYORALTY.—The elevation of Mr. John Buck
Lloyd to the chief magistracy of Liverpool, on the ap-
proaching 9th of November, is an event so generally un-
derstood, that we have not before mentioned it, from the
difficulty of considering it a matter of news. It is almost
needless to say that no appointment would be more univer-
sally popular throughout the town.

POLICE COURT.-.YESTERDAY.

ROBBERY OF ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY Pot*lins:
CAPTURE OF THE TYREE IN AUSTRALIA..—JaMeS St.
Albin Quinn was brought up, charged with having, on the
30th of June, 1852, absconded from Liverpool, carng with him the sum of £1,160, the property of rs. When brought up he was dressed like a digghis
er, and iryi
n h
countenance gave indications of having endured considerie-
able vicissitudes of climate and adventure. He is about
twenty-four years age, and at the time above stated was
employed as a freight clerk and collector by Messrs. Train
and Co., of this town, and in that capacity had obtained
possession of the money alluded to, with which he and-
denly decamped. For many months nothing was heard
of him, when a gentleman from Australia gave information
to the police authorities here that he had seen him in Mel-
bourne. Warrants for his apprehension were immediately
procured from Mr. Mansfield, backed by the authority of
the Secretary of State, and the result is that Quinn wag
captured in Melbourne, and brought to this town on Satur-
day, in the ship Eagle. It appears that, after Quinn con►
mitted the robbery, he went to London, thence to the con-
tinent, and he afterwards had the hardihood to come to
Liverpool again ; and so successfully did he dupe the po-
lice, that he succeeded in sailing quietly for Melbourne in
the Great Britain, on the following 21st of August. He
stateshant that he has
at h t made Z5OOO in Melbourne as a general
merc, but he was taken away so suddenly that
he has been forced to leave it behind him. He had only
in his possession, when arrested, £3O, and a valuable gold
watch, both which he alleges have been stolen from him
by the passengers ; the greatest portion of whom, he says;
are " the greatest villains that ever lived!" th though,
1,
• oug 1, 0
course, his word, in such a case, is more than doubtful.
On being brought before the magistrate, just as the case
was about to he proceeded with, the prisoner said he had
not had an opportunity of consulting with his lawadviser;
and the case was adjourned till this day (Tuesday).
Several unimportant cases having been heard, the pri.
soners in most of them being discharged, the magistrate
proceeded to hear the
misaboesutofßal6ol,.. tithaeynor,
COTTON BILE-STEALING CASE.--"JaMeS Powell, who
appeared on remand from last week, was committed for
in Kitchen.
trial at the present sessions, charged with stealing six
property of Mr. Gregory,
street.
•
STEALING MONEY, THE PROPERTY OF Ms EMPLOYERS•
bales of
—David Gillies Barr, a respectably dressed young man%
shopraan with Mr. James Lamb, ironmonger, in Stanley-
fc°rotinthnili"ew:riei
street, was charged with abstracting the suns of £B, the
property of his employer, from an iron safe, on Friday last.
The prisoner, who admitted taking the money,and said he,
did so with the intention of replacing it, was committed
for trial at the present sessions.
ROBBERY FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE:Mary McGraw
and John Ellis were brought up charged with stealing a
coat and a silk handkerchief, from the house of Mr. Green-•
wood, in Falkner-street, on Friday last. It appeared that'
the female prisoner, on the morning of Saturday, offered a •
coat in pledge at the pawnbroking establishment of Mr.
Murdoch, and the shopman to whom it was offered, sus-
pecting it not to have been honestly come by, procured the
aid of a police-constable, and on being questioned, the girt
said she had been sent to pledge the coat by the male •
prisoner, who told her he had purchased it in Manchester.
He was outside, and both prisoners were taken into ens.
tody. The property was identified
by Mr. Greenwood and
and
his servant, who proved that the coat questionidrilid had an.
bee
other one, along with the silk han re
Mr. , „
been taken from the entrance-hall of
.Greenwood.
deposed to by a policeman and XI:
The other facts were
Murdoch's shopman. Both prisoners were committed for
trial at the present sessions.'
INTIMIDATING AND .ASSAULTING A WORKMAN
BEd.
ward Baldwin, shipwright, was charged with having-.
assaulted a fellow-workman, that morning, on the Land.
• tage. From the evidence it appeared that the oora..
ing-s
plainant is one who has rendered himself obnoxious to his.
fellow-workmen by non-compliance with some of their re.
gulations, and he was, consequently, known amon-
g: them
as a black sheep. The assault was clearly prov,
vu., and the
magistrate, after expressing the resolution. of the bench to
protect workmen in the free exercise of their ri ht to
work on what conditions they please, without bei g sb-
ject to the interference of others, sentenced gaid.win
n su
month's imprisonment with hard labour. too ne
AN OLD OFFENDER.—John Thompson .
of the term than one an old offender, , in more senses'
h being an old
man, and having been on three previ e .
victed of theft, pleaded guilty to St ".8 occasions sioliiser
onn
Thursday last, and selling it. He •dd g took sax he the coat,
as he was unable to obtain food : h
e was a gilder by trade,
and could not, he said,. get e 1
InP ornent. He was sen-
tenced to three mouths' Iraprisonmentz