The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

To the EDITOR of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,—We are now on the eve of an election for two members
for the borough of Liverpool, to take the place of those who
have been unseated by the decision of the Parliamentary
Committee.

The first question, then, to consider is, n•ho are the most
proper men for us to return in place of Mackenzie and Turner?

When the former was brought out here, it is well known the
selection did not give satisfaction. On the contrary, an opinion
has been gaining ground that the town of the greatest import-
ance in the United Kingdom, and second only to the metro•
polis in its commerce and shipping, does not require strangers
at all to represent it ; but that having within itself men of
ability, talent, and experience, it prefers one known and tried
to any one that it must take at the recommendation of a
London clique.

I find that a requisition (which, by-the-bye, never appeared
on 'Change) has been hastily got up, asking Messrs. ilorsfall
and Liddell to stand ; but to me and many others, who
expected that Mr. Bramley-Moore and Mr. T. B. Horsfall
would have been brought forward, this selection is very
displeasing.

There is a very large section of the independent voters who
would prefer Mr. Bravoley-Moore to Mr. Liddell ; and why
should Liverpool return a stranger so long as we have a man
who, like Mr. Brantley-Moore, has so devoted himself to the
furtherance of her interests, that his acts have been appreciated
and approved by his fellow-townsmen?
One or two instances will suffice.

As a proof of the high sense entertained of his valuable ser-
vices by the community : in 1847, when the first term of his
dock-chairmanship expired, a memorial, signed in a few hours,
I believe, by 168 of the leading firms, (not individual signa-
tures,) was presented to him, praying him to consent to be re-
elected, where he continued to give, in my opinion, greater
satisfaction to those who could appreciate his services in that
capacity than any chairman who has preceded or followed him.
The Mayoralty which followed his occupation of the Dock
Chair, was one of the most satisfactory ever known; and,
during the same, it will be recollected, he originated and suc-
cessfully carried out a fancy fair in the Princes-park; and that
this was appreciated and enjoyed by a very great number, is
best estimated by the tens of thousands who for three days
turned out daily to witness it, and by the very satisfactory
results, as thereby a sum of nearly .ilO,OOO was realised after
deducting all expenses, and paid over for the benefit of three
of the leading charities.

Mr. Bramley Aioi;te has many admirers and supporters,
independent of the Constitutional Association; and some even
of those who hold different political opinions, do not hesitate
to acknowledge that he has done much for the town, as may be
gathered from the Liverpool Mercury, of Friday last, in which
it is stated, that when it was understood the two candidates
would be Mr. Horsfall and Mr. Bramley-Moore, it was received
" with approbation by a great body of their followers. The
heads of the party were complimented on having abandoned
their prejudices in favour of strangers," Sze.

'
There is, I repeat it, a very strong feeling Mr. Bramle
Moore would be more satisfactory to his fellow-townsme-
n
than Mr. Liddell. Many of us know the former to be a man of
ability, experience, and energy, well acquainted with the true
interests of the town, and well qualified to advance and de-
fend those interests as its representative ; whereas of the
latter we know little or nothing further than that, like Mr.
Cardwell,—of whom we have experience,—he was one of Sir
Robert Peel's followers ; and let us not forget to whom we are
indebted for the increased and increasing foreign tonnage in
our docks. _

I firmly believe the feelings of the town generally, and per-
haps not less since our experience of Mr. Mackenzie, will be
in favour of Mr. Bramley-Moore in preference to a stranger—
one who has shewn what he can do rather than one who has
given us no proof ; and, at the eleventh hour, who knows if
Mr. Bramley-Moore is brought out, that he may not be at the
head of the poll.—Your obedient servant, YINDEX,
Wed Derby, June 25th, 1853,