The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-11-02 00:00:00

RODNEY STREET WARD

In this ward it was quite apparent from the commence-
ment, that the conservative candidate was sure to be returned
by a large majority, and the result has sbewn that such has
been the case. From the opening of the poll up to 4 o'clock,
no reaction took place, and.theirconservatives performed
duty with firmness and spirit. As we have remarked with
reference to the election in another ward, the contest here
was between a member of the established church on the one
hand, and a socinian " gatherer of other mens stuff," to
retail before admiring multitudes of the movement party, who
listen to the sayings of Mr. Holland as the products of his
own enlightened mind.
At the close of the poll the numbers were—

For Mr. H. Lawrence
Mr. Holland....

Majority
This is the largest majority ever gained in this ward. In
1839, when the conservatives first gained the day, the ma-
jority for Mr. Wood was 49 ; in 1840 it was 58, and in this
year it is still further improved.

ABERCROMBY WARD.
Notwithstanding the previous defeats which the Radicals
have experienced in this ward, and which we expected would
have prevented any contest during the present year, our op-
ponents seemed determined to offer the most vexatious op-
position, however fruitless they must have known it to be.
For this purpose they brought forward a Mr. Cooper, of
whose qualifications for the office we know nothing; for we
believe few persons ever heard the man named before. The
Conservative candidate was Mr. Robertson Gladstone, who
for three years has incessantly devoted his abilities for the
promotion of the welfare of his constituents in every respect.
Though we know the estimation in which Mr. Gladstone is
held by every inhabitant of this district, was gratifying and
well deserved, we were not aware until the result of the
election yesterday, that he was so overwhelmingly popular.
From the returns of the first hour we saw that the contest on
the part of Mr. Cooper was a mere flash in the pan. As
will be seen from our tabular statement, Mr. Gladstone's
majority increased every hour, until at the close of the poll
it amounted to 131. A review of the elections in this ward
since the passing of the municipal reform bill, affords a most
gratifying proof of the steady reaction which has taken place
in favour of constitutional policy, For three years subse-
quent to the introduction of the act we have mentioned, the
Radicals succeeded in obtaining a majority; but in 1838,
when Mr. Gladstone presented himself as a candidate, the
ward was arrested from their unpopular domination, and
since then the majorities for Conservative principles have
kept increasing. We alluded in the STANDARD of Friday,
to the benefits conferred upon the town by the members of
the Gladstone family, and we are glad to see that whenever
an opportunity is presented, the inhabitants are ready to
show that their liberality and painstaking exertions are not
lost sight of. We need no further proof than the election of
yesterday, to give the lie to all the calumnies which the Ra-
dical press have delighted to put forward, in a vain endeavour
to injure the well-earned popularity of Mr. Robertson
Gladstone.

The Radicals, from the commencement of the polling
were in evident dismay, and nothing could exceed the
ludicrous countenances of the few stragglers around Mr.
Cooper's committee-room. They evidently were not pre-
pared for such-a display of Conservative voters as were con-
stantly congregated around the polling booth, and whose
cheerful appearance afforded a striking contrast to the down-
cast looks of their e opponnts. _
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We have no doit6t that if every ward in the town was
managed like this, the same result would crown the efforts of
those who would take the trouble to watch over the interests
of Conservatism. The exertions of Messrs. Muucaster,
Mellor, Weston, and a few others are incessant in Aber-
cromby ward, and we merely mention the subject and the
names of these gentlemen as a stimulus to the efforts of the
parties who have time at their disposal in the other districts
of the town.

It is a fact worth mentioning, that the majority for Mr.
Gladstone is the largest that appears in any other of the
wards. What will the Journal say to this? if Mr. Glad-
stone be as represented by, that " journal," the " most un-
popular tnember of the most unpopular family in Liverpool,"
is there not something anomalous in the fact, that he has ob-
tained such a majority as that which we have given above?
Only 20 merely duplicate voters, we believe, recorded their
votes in this ward, and these persisted in giving their voices
in favour of Mr. Gladstone out of personal respect.

At the conclusion of the voting, Mr. GLADSTONE spoke
from a window in the Phoenix Inn, and thanked the electors
for the support of him and the cause.
Mr. PROCTER was then called for, and congratulated the
assembled electors on the signal victory which they had
achieved, assuring them also of the willingness which he
should at all times feel to assist in carrying out those valued
conservative principles which placed him in the council
chamber for Abercromby Ward. He also assured them,
that Mr. Bushell would have met them on the present occa-
sion, but that he was occupied in St. Paul's Ward. Mr.
P. concluded amidst loud applause.
Mr. Gladstone was then escorted home by his friends,
where he again breefly thanked them for the honour con-
ferred upon him ; afterwards the electors separated, much
delighted with the result of the days labour.