The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-07-02 00:00:00

THE CONTEST.

The poll opened at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning,
and the voting for both parties immediately commenced with
uncommon spirit and fervour, as will be. seen by the numbers '
recorded in the first of the hourly returns subjoined. Lord
Sandon and Mr. Cresswell took the lead from the very com-
mencement, with such indications of superior strength as
must have tended greatly to damp the hopes of the reformers.
The morning was bright and beautiful, so that both parties
had the invigorating influence of a fine day for their oper-
ations. Such was the determination of both parties to
secure a good start, that numbers of the electors were wait-
ing at many of the booths even before they were opened,
anxious to record their suffrages for the candidates whose
cause they espoused. The voters who thus came forward
were chiefly of the respectable middle classes, who are usually
the first to swell the numbers of the poll at all elections.
During the early part of the day the town presented an
appearance of bustle without any extreme display of excite-
ment. All men seemed busy, all active, and all intent upon
the business of the hour. The number of polling places open
separated the masses, and kept the multitude in a state of
dispersion. Though the crowds manifested the most intense
curiosity, there was, during the morning, but little shouting,
and not any considerable display of the boisterous enthusiasm
which was wont to attend electioneering operations. The
measures taken by Mr. Whitty, our active head constable,
were admirably calculated to prevent disturbance, or, should
it arise, to check it speedily. Large bodies of policemen
paraded those districts of the town where it was conceived
disturbance might possibly occur, and troops of mounted
officers moved about the town in various directions. Mes-
sengers on horseback were placed at proper stations to carry
immediate intelligence of any movements calculated to beget
a breach of the peace, while the officers were so stationed,
that they could be immediately concentrated to any one point.
Meanwhile, Mr. Whitty rode from one part of the town to
the other, exercising an active superintendence and control
over the whole force.
A number of the police force were mounted, and carried
their sabres or cutlasses, for the purpose of dispersing any
threatening assemblages. They were from twenty to thirty
in number, and were of great service throughout the day in
the streets in various parts of the town, clearing off mis-
chievous assemblages. Bodies of them were frequently
headed by Mr. Whitty, the chief constable, also mounted,
who, as well as his superintendents in that and in the force
on foot, took the most active and effectual means to disperse
the riots wherever they showed themselves. In pursuing a
mob in South John-street, and sharply turning the corner of
a street, Mr. Whitty's horse, and also that ridden by Mr.
Superintendent Keenan, (who had also been most serviceable
during the two days,) came down almost simultaneously,
throwing their riders. Mr. Whitty, though shaken by the
fall, almost instantly regained his saddle. Mr. Keenan was
less fortunate. He had one of his big toes broken by the
horse falling upon him, and was carried to the Infirmary,
where it was found necessary instantly to resort to amputa-
tion of the injured toe. We are glad to hear that he is doing
well.

During the day, various, but not serious, affrays took
place in the central part of the town, south of Dale-street.
In the northern part of the town, Mr. Superintendent
Brown was in command of the mounted police force. All
was pretty quiet until about one o'clock. At half-past one
disturbances broke out in Standish-street and Great Cross-
hall-street, the crowds being of a promiscuous character as
regarded parties, and comprising many mischievous boys and
women, many of the latter of whom were extremely violent,
tearing the red ribbons even from respectable females in the
streets. From that hour to the chse of the poll, the police
kept scouring the streets in every direction. The feeling
exhibited towards the body was, we regret to say, exceedingly
discreditable. They were assailed almost continuously with,
stones, brick-bats, and other missiles. At the top of Dale-
street, and in the neighbourhood of Manchester-street, the
mobs were very rough all the afternoon. A little before six
o'clock they became (chiefly Irish) still more outrageous in
Fontenoy-street, Great Crosshall-street, and other streets in
that locality, throwing at the police almost continued volleys
of stones and brick-bats. A considerable number of them
were apprehended, and were yesterday brought up before the
police magistrate, as will be found by our police intelligence.
Two of the police force were severely hurt in that quarter.
One of them was dreadfully cut in the head and face, and
Mr. Brown had seven stones thrown at him, six of which
took effect, but without inflicting much injury. A number
of the parties have been committed for trial at the sessions.
111 the south end of the town, comparative tranquillity
reigned until after the poll closed. The arrangements made
for the preservation of the peace in that quarter where the
ship-carpenters mostly reside, and are so generally assailed
by the low Irish were most judicious. Large bodies of police
were stationed near the several polling places, and a corps of
reserve, both horse and foot, in Great George's-place, in
readiness for any emergency. St. James's-street, Nelson-
street, the neighbourhood of St. James's Church and Park-
road (including three polling booths), were much crowded
throughout the day, but good humour generally prevailed.
Mr. Maxwell superintended the reserve body of police. Mr.
Whitty, mounted, was frequently in this as i 9 other districts,
and showed throughout almost a power of übiquity in direct-
ing his men, to act with energy and temper,—though we
must say with little thanks from the working classes.
In the afternoon the bustle increased and the crowds began
to exhibit grater demonstrations of enthusiasm than had been
visible in the early part of the day. Bands of music, with
processions of the friends of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell,
passed through the streets, cheering and giving audible de-
monstrations of the triumph with which they witnessed the
successful efforts made in behalf of their faourite candidates.
Those newspaper offices and shops in Castle-street, Lord-
street, and elsewhere, at which the hourly announcements of
the poll were exhibited, were surrounded by crowds of people
eager to ascertain the news. Each statement showed an
increase in the majorities of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell,
but still the polling on both sides continued with unabated
spirit, and the canvassers and others plied their occupations
with increased zeal and unremitted exertions.

Whilst the polling was proceeding some wags got out a lu-
dicrous representation of Lord Palmerston—a man dressed
in a sort of Indian garb of worsted, net, or stocking-work,
in alternate broad horizontal stripes of red, white, and black,
and the head and face covered with a black vizier or mask.
lie was a well-made young man, and resembled an Indian
party-coloured chief, the stripes being intended, we presume,
to represent the numerous changes under various adminis-
trations which the noble lord has undergone.. Over his

head, supported on two pillars, was a board, having a grin-
ning, dissimilar human visage on each sideinscribed below,
" Lord Palmerston in disguise." He stood on a small stage,
carried on men's shoulders, and appeared in various parts of
the town, waving a red flag, and occasionally bowing to the
constituency, to the infinite diversion of the conservative

voters, and the high displeasure of the radicals.
At two o'clock every body felt that the result of the con-
test was no longer doubtful, but this caused no relaxation of
ardour in the active agents of the respective parties, and the
contest became in appearance more animated than ever. As
the time became shorter the operations were necessarily con-
ducted with more energy. Speed now became an object, and
cars and coaches were everywhere in requisition. These
might be seen rolling about amongst the crowds of men,
women, and children, with fearful rapidity, carrying can-
vassers and messengers to and from the several committee
rooms and tardy voters to the polling places. The endeavours
of the Reformers seemed to relax considerably as the time

for closing the booths approached, for they had long before
been convinced that their case was hopeless.
Towards the close of the polling a vast number of carriages
were employed to convey the electors to the booths in all
parts of the town. The commotion was at its height from

one o'clock to the final moment. At half-past three the

anxiety was every where great, though it had for a long time
before become apparent that the whir-tactical candidates had
not a shadow of a chance. The conservatives took the
lead at the commeneement'of the race, and kept improving
it all day, until they finally distanced their antagonists.
At length all eyes were fixed upon clocks and watches, and
when the booths were closed, such had been the continually
increasing majorities in favour of the conservative candidates,
that no person entertained the slightest doubt as to the re-
sult of the struggle. Great enthusiasm was exhibited when
the final state of the poll was made known. The supporters
of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell had assembled in large

numbers in the leadingStr;e;,-lina they might he seen run-
ningto and fro filled with exultation at the large majorities

which had beekgained by their favourite candidates.
The following is a list of the numbers at the several hours
as issued by the conservative committee :

NINE O'CLOCK.

Conservatives. Radicals.
Sandon
Cresswell
TEN O'CLOCK.
Sandon 1846 I Palmerston
Cresswell .. ...... 1827 I Walrosiey .
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Sandon . . 2607 I Palmerston
Cresswell 2560 I Walmsley....
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
.. 3227 Palmerston ..
I . 3167 Walmsley 2678
ONE O'CLOCK.
. 3643 I Palmerston
. 3568 Walmsley.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Sandon
Cresswell

Sandon ..
Cresswell

Sandon 4335 Palmerston .
I Cresswell 4238 Walmsley 3549
THREE O'CLOCK.
Sandon 5090 I Palmerston
Cresswell 4960 Walmsley .. 4071
FOUR O'CLOCK-FINAL CLOSE. OF TILE POLL.

Sandon 5824 Palmerston
Cresswell 5650 I Walmsley .. 4512
MAJORITIES.
SANDON over PALMERSTON .. 1506
WALMSLEY .... 1312
• •
CRESSWELL over PALMERSTON .. 1332
WALMSLEY .... 1138
Shortly after the close of the poll, Lord Sandon and Mr.
Cresswell proceeded in .a carriage from the central commit-
tea-room, at the Quest's Arms Hotel, to the residence of
Sir Thomas Brancker, in h odney-street, whither they were
followed by thousands of the populace, who cheered them
most enthusiastically as they passed along. At Sir Thomas's
they were met by Mr. James Aspinall,'Mr. Samuel Holme,
Mr. Alexander Smith, junior, Mr. John Sheppard, and a
host of other staunch supporters of the constitution, who
severally shook hands with them, and greeted them most
cordially on the signally triumphant victory they had just
achieved. Both our distinguished members then presented
themselves at one of the front windows, and were hailed by
the multitude with loud and long-continued bursts of ap-
plause, which were again and again repeated. We should
imagine that there could not have been less than from fifteen
to twenty thousand present on the occasion. The windows
of all the opposite and the adjoining buildings were filled
with ladies, who continued throughout to wave red and blue
ribbands, the colours of the conservative party. An excel-
lent band of music was placed in the midst of the populace,
and:on either side several flags and banners, bearing appro-
priate mottoes and devices, floated in the breeze. The scene
was altogether one of a most animated and soul-stirring
description, calculated to awaken feelings of pleasure and
delight in every heart. Several cheers were given for
" Church and Queen," the " Duke of Wellington," " Sir
Robert Peel," and " the Gentlemen at the head of the poll,"
previous to the delivery of the speeches usual upon such an
occasion.

Lord SANDON then proceeded to address the multitude as
follows :—Gentlemen, you will first like, perhaps, to be
acquainted with the final state of the poll. It is this:—
For Lord Sandon 5824
Fr Mr. Cresswell
For Lord Palmerston
For Sir Joshua Walinsiey 4512
thus giving myself a majority over the highest of the oppo-
site candidates of 1312—(loud and continued cheers)—and
to our valued friend, and your valued representative, for we
now again may call him, as I am. the member for Liverpool
—(renewed cheers)—a majority of 1138 over the highest of
the opposia candidates also. (Vehement applause.) Gen-
tlemen, this comes from every man having been engaged in
doing his duty. (Hear, hear.) We have often exhorted
you to discharge such a duty on the present occasion, and
well and nobly have you responded to our call. (Loud
cheers.) In every department, whether among the chiefs
and leaders, or among those who have followed in the
rear, every man was at his post, and every man answered
to the call. (Hear hear, hear.) Gentlemen, a victory like
this is enough to decide the destinies of the country. (Loud
cheers.) It is enough to show to those who have endea-
voured to sow dissension and disunion between the towns
and the country, to support one class of the community at
the expense of another, and to rouse the feelings of the poor
against their wealthier neighbours, that their attempt is un-
successful ; for if it be not successful here, among this great,
populous, and enlightened community, where can they hope
it to be successful? (Hear, hear, and renewed cheers.) You
have now shown a cheering result. You have now been
reaping the harvest of that good seed which has been sown
among you for years past. (Hear, hear.) It is not in vain
that the ministers of the gospel have hien labouring among
you. (Cheers.) It is not in vain they have been teaching
you that the good protestant and the good churchman ought
to be at the same the good politician, and that if he wishes
to have the institutions of his country preserved, he must
support the men who are attached morally and religiously to
the church themselves. (Hear, and cheers.) No, gentlemen,
this good seed has not been sown in vain, and the fruits of
it have been exhibited, not only in the victory of to-day, but
in the order and the good behaviour of this great commu-
nity, which have been so signally evinced by your conduct
at the present election. (Hear, and cheers.) And while
you have been doing your duty here, your fellow-citizens
of London have not been wanting in their duty either, for
while you have been engaged in defeating the secretary of
state for foreign affairs, they have been engaged in ignomi-
niously defeating the secretary of state for the colonies.
(Tremendous cheering.) I believe ere long another oppor-
tunity will present itself, when another cabinet minister will
be ejected by a majority even more numerous than that with
which you have ejected Lord Palmerston • I believe the
noble secretary for Ireland, Lord Morpeth, an excellent
man in private life, but a desperately bad politician—(hear)
—will be ejected from the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the
same manner as you have ejected his colleague in Liverpool.
(Hear, and cheers.) All these ejections will show, even to
the dim sight of her Majesty's present ministers, who are so
slow at perceiving that the popular current is against them,
that public opinion is decided.in reprobating their policy. It
will convince even the m, I say, and it will be before their
eyes, that public opinion is against them, and that they must
be ejected from their official seats. (Cheers.) This is indeed
a glorious victory—a victory achieved without bloodshed or
violence. conducted in that manner which becomes men who
know their rights and how to defend them. (Renewed
cheers.) It is a testimony of gratitude to those who upon
so many occasions advocated the interests of this great town,
and who had not forgotten the oteligations imposed upon them
by a constituency whose exertions raised them to the distin-
guished honour of representatives for Liverpool. (Hear,
bear.) Gentlemen, the merchants of this town have done
their duty ; the shopkeepers have done their duty ; and the
freemen have done their duty also ; whether shipwrights,
sailmakers, -ropers, or whatever other trade or industrious
occupation they pursue, they have all shown that they have a
single view to the interests of the community, and that they
hare been determined to give an honest vote in support of the
opinions they profess. (Hear.) We may, indeed, in going
up to London, be proud of such a Constituency, not only
because of its wealth, power, and influence, but also because
of the honesty, the energy, and the good conduct which have
distinguished, under circumstances of great excitement, so
vast a population. (Hear, hear.) I need not go further, I
believe, than to thank you for the honour done us again.
We shall go up to London very shortly, I hope, to be assem-
bled in parliament, there to defend your rights and dearest
interests, and there to contribute, in conjunction with Sir
Robert Peel—(cheers)—Lord Stanley—(great cheers)—and,
the greatest name of all, the Duke of Wellington—(vehement
cheers)—in rescuing this country and our beloved Queen
from the thraldom in which they have been held. (Thunders
of applause, followed by a cry of " Down with Maynooth
College.") I beg also to thank you for the manner in which
you received us ever since we have been in Liverpool.
Whether we met
von in the Amphitheatre, the crowded
meetings, or the public
streets, yougreeted us with a cor-
diality and a frankness truly gratifying, We thank K you for
it, and we also thank you for the kind manner in which you
have been pleased to express your satisfaction for that small
discharge of our duty
which we have been enabled to offer in
the general managemen
t of your rights and interests. Once
more I beg to thank you for the honour you have done us ;
and in conclusion,
I have only t:,.hope that the example you
have set to the whole country"
be a stimulus to other
coTlohuer noblea nd cloomrdplheexrieo
withdrewn totiie future
from
constituencies to do their duty likel
_you, in order that we may
be able to give a general
destinies of the country.
the window amid deafening shouts of applause.
Mr. CRESSWELL next presented himself to the populace,
and the cheering
was renewed and continued for a consider-
able length of time. At length
silence e
:—Gentlemen,
being
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forso mae
seconddegree
restored, he proceeded as follows
time you have conferred.on_m9 the highest honour to which
any man can aspire who
n is desirous of moving in public life—
thei honour of representiney the
sieacvoendc,oniffen:roetathtehfiatrsitto,
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con-
stituency in this empire.
on me on the present occasion under circumstances which
render it more than doubly valuable _ ;_ for you have conferred
it at a time when
youroiampl.evas of the utmost importance to
the rest of the country,
and by such an increased majority
over that with which you returned me the last time, that the
country can be under no apprehension as to the feelings
which prevail in this great constituency. (Hear, hear, and
Majesty
cheers.) Gentlemen, her was advised to appeal to
the country when the representatives of the people in parlia-
ment declared that they had no_ confidence in her ministers.
That appeal has been heardananswered in Liverpool, and
I know that you, as faithful subjects, have now given her that
believe to be for her and her country's
advice which you
good. (Hear, hear.) Yes, it is a delightful thing to see
such a country as this, where the sovereign can appeal to her
people, and where she may rely on having honest advice from
them, if she has it not from those in official situations; and
I trust that the honest voices of the constituencies of this
country will be heard giving the same testimony as you have
given throughout the land—the same as has been given in
London, Bristol, Leeds, and by this time, 1 trust, in fifty
other places—all bearing testimony to the necessity of re-
moving from her councils those who have misled the coun-
try so long. (Applause.) On to-morrow we shall have the
town placarded, no doubt, with stories of bribery and intimi-
dation—(hear, and laughter)—and You—you, the assembled
multitude I see here, and thousands of voters who honoured
us with their presence yesterday, will be told that through
their cowardice or corruption the election has been lost by
the radicals—that, in short, you have been either bought or
frightened. Hear, hear, and renewed laughter.) Did you

plead guilty to the charge ? (Loud cries of " No, no.") Are
you, who are engaged iu an honest cause, afraid of any man ? ,
(Renewed cries of " No, no.") Is he, or he, or-such as he
(pointing to two or three able-bodied conservatives in the
crowd), to be easily frightened ? ("No," and laughter.) Are
honest sailors, or honest artisans afraid to look their masters
in the face, and to tell them how they voted? Are the mas-
ters in this town such tyrants as to feel displeasure because
their men exercise the franchise according to the dictates of
their conscience ? (Cries of " Fawcett is one.") In my heart
1 believe not. And do you plead guilty to the charge of sell-
ing your votes ? (Vehement cries of " No, no.") I defy
them to charye with justice one act of bribery on any of our
party. (Vehement applause.) But is the whole country
cowardly and corrupt ? Is Bristol—is Leeds—is London
corrupt ? (No, no.) Gentlemen, there are idle excuses for
that testimony which is upheld against them because of their
misconduct in office, and the evils which would have resulted
from the measures they supported. (Hear, hear, and loud
cheers.) And then we shall be told to-morrow, "Oh ! its
no wonder that Lord Palmerston was beaten, because he
didn't come down." (Laughter, and cries of "He is down"
—alluding to the figure of him which had been at an earlier
period of the day paraded through the streets.) Yes, you
are right, he is down ; you have put him down—(great cheers)
—thanks to you, and you may leave it to us, your represen-
tatives to keep him down. (Renewed cheers.) Allow me
again to thank you for the peaceable and orderly demeanour
you exhibited to-day. Will they tell us that we have pre-
vented any of their voters from going to the poll? (Hear,
hear.) No man, I believe, has sustained injury from any of
our party, for I myself visited every polling-place in the
town, and I can safely say that I heard no ill word spoken in
any quarter. (Cheers.) Let me entreat of you to observe
similar quiet and decorum during the evening. Rejoice you
will, and God forbid I should tell you not to rejoice, but let
no act of badness disgrace the victory you have achieved, by
which you have done honour to us again, and honour also
to the country. (Hear, hear.) It is by such conduct we
shall best maintain the dignity of the crown and the liberty
of the people, upon both of which the salvation of this coun-
try must depend. Allow me now, with feelings of heartfelt
gratitude, to take my leave of you. (Cries of " Go on, we're
not tired of you yet.") I hope you will keep me for many
years. I should be willing to talk for a long time, but my
lungs would fail before your ears, and I should be sorry to
weary you; but I have an excellent substitute who will ap-
pear before you instead of me—Mr. Holme. (Great cheers.)
Allow me, in conclusion, to bid you farewell, and to wish
you many years of prosperity, which I trust will follow from
a change in her majesty's councils. (Vehement and long-
continued cheering.)
Mr. SAMUEL HOLME then presented himself at the win-
dow, and was greeted most enthusiastically. He said—Gen-
tlemen, I did not, when I stood here twenty-four hours ago.
miscalulate the loyalty of my fellow-townsmen when I ven-
tured to prophesy that within twenty-four hours from that
period I should be able to congratulate you and the nation at
large on having returned Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell as
the representatives of the constituency of Liverpool. (Hear,
hear, and great cheering.) lam able to congratulate you,
and to congratulate myself at this pleasing moment, that the
arrival of every mail only brings us intelligence of the reite-
rated triumphs of conservative principles from one end of
England to the other. (Renewed cheering.) And gentle-
men, as Mr. Cresswell has forced me in some degree here, I
shall take the liberty of standing up for a moment for my
order. (Hear.) Let it be remembered that immediately
after the passing of the reform bill, when it was sufficient to
endanger a man's life to declare his sentiments, half-a-dozen
tradesmen met in a private room iu Lord-street, and founded
a conservative association of tradesmen, which went on in-
creasing from year to year, until that association numbered
2,300 of the tradesmen of Liverpool. (Hear, and cheers.)
We did our duty, and no more, in having formed it ; and I
rejoice to be able to say, that our operative brethren felt so,
and that they formed an association likewise ; and I think 1
may venture to claim for those two associations some degree
of merit, especially when I remember that the gentleman who
has now for a second time been returned, wastirst introduced
to Liverpool at a meeting of the Tradesmen's Conservative
Association. (Great applause.) But I congratulate you not
only on your victory, but on the protestant—the good, sound
protestant feeling which has caused it ; and 1 could not,
yesterday, in passing with the procession up Bold-street,
but be somewhat surprised at the cheering before me, until
we got opposite the Rotunda, and discovered there no less a
person than the Rev. Hugh M`Neile. (Tremendous cheers,
which continued for several minutes.) I feel satisfied that that
sound protestant feeling will have the effect of docking O'-
Connell's tail in the next parliament, and that while the pre-
sent will only be the fag end of the reform atministration,
O'Connell's tail will vanish to a mere stump. (Laughter.)
Far be it from me to say anything against our antagonist, Sir
Joshua Walmsley—(groans)—for 1 unhesitatingly declare
that he has been my friend from my boyhood ; but when the
principles of the British constitution are at stake, when our
rights are attacked, when the church, the monarchy, and all
we hold dear, is in danger, if my brother came forward on
the principles of Sir Joshua Walmsley, I would oppose him
as heartily as I have the other. (Cheers.) I will, however,
say this much of one of the candidates, that I think the libe-
rals of Liverpool, if they were desirous of having a Liverpool
man, might have found one equally well qualified as Sir
Joshuai Walmsley. (Hear, hear.) We, who are acquainted
with trade, know that valuable timber is of slow growth.
We know that timber which shoots up quickly does not
stand, and though you may see a tree which rises up quickly,
the first storm or tempest—such a tempest, for instance, as
we have had in Liverpool to-day—(cheers)—levels it with
the dust ; but the good old British oak—(great cheers)—
which is rooted and grounded in the affections of the people
—that can stand the storm, and be at once the pride and
the boast of England. (Vehement applause.) Far be it
from me to imitate the conduct of some of the Whig party,
who say it was " presumption" in Sir Joshua to come for-
ward. I say I feel for my friend on the present occasion
for the mortification he has suffered, but he has brought it
on himself, and I know not whether to blame his " presump-
tion" or to pity his fall. Quite enough has been said on the
subject of cheap bread, but I was delighted with what an old
freeman whom I took to the poll to-day said to me about it.
He said; " I never object to pay a good price for a good loaf
so long as I have plenty of work, and am getting good wages"
—(hear, hear) ;—and I tell you, my working friends—l tell
you as a tradesman, and you know I never misled you yet—
( cheers)—that the millocrats of Manchester are desirous of
having cheap corn here, that they may have to pay low
wages ; but they ought to be the last men that should be
against dear corn, many of them having realised fortunes
amounting to thousands of pounds under the present system.
(Hear, hear.) And I reiterate the sentiment of Lord San-
don the other night, when he said that it is impossible for us
to compare the state of the agricultural districts where the
aristocracy of the land are living, and administering to the
wants of those around them, and doing them good—it is im-
' possible to compare the state of those people with the state
of the population in the manufacturing districts, without
coming to this conclusion, that the morals of the latter
have been seriously neglected, and that those who have
liberty on their lips have, generally speaking, tyranny in
their hearts. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I shall say one word
about the abuse of the Queen's name. (Hear, hear.) It is
discreditable to the party who have made use of that name
to influence the present elections ; and I may be deceived,
but those who make use of her name on the present occasion,
to forward their own interests and those of their rotten cause,
would be the first to pour out the vials of their wrath upon
the head of our beloved Sovereign, if, with increased years
and increased wisdom, she should find fault with their mea-
sures, and call to her councils a conservative administration.
and give to that administration her support ; and Lventtire
to prophesy—and if it does not come true, set me down as a
false prophet—that some of us will live to see the day when
those who pretend to love her now, will be the first to find
fault with her acts. (Hear, hear.) I have one other remark
to make, and it is this, that I feel we are indebted to the
fairer portion of the community for our victory, and that I
shall not say a word more until you turn round and give
three cheers for the approving and beautiful faces I see around
me. Three hearty cheers having been accordingly given,
Mr. Holme proceeded :—lf it had been left to the females of
Liverpool to choose a representative, Lord Sandon and Mr.
Cresswell would have had the voices of nineteen out of every
twenty of the ladies of this town. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
And knowing the value of the female sex, and the extent of
their influence, I congratulate them, if possible, more hear-
tily than I congratulate you on the glorious victory we have
obtained. (Hear, hear.) I will not longer detain you; for,
what with the exertions of the day, and speaking to you so
Often, lam almost hoarse. I trust the Church of England
will be preserved ; I trust the monarchy of England will be
preserved • I trust the aristocracy of England will be pre-
served • 1 trust those glorious institutions, under which
England has risen to greatness unparalleled in history, will
be preserved ; and I do unfeignedly hope, and I am sure you
will respond to the hope, that we shall have national prospe-
rity, national happiness, and national security. Mf. Holme
withdrew amid the most enthusiastic applause. •
Lord SAN DON then called upon the assembly to give three
cheers for Sir Thomas Brancker, for the able mintier in
which he had conducted the election. Three loud elteers
having been accordingly given,
Sir THOMAS came forward and congratulated the electors
most cordially. on the glorious victory they had achieved in
such an orderly manner. The day was, he said, a proud one
for the town of Liverpool. (Cries of "We have the clergy
to thank for it.") It was still prouder, because the victory
had been gained in .so creditable a manner. He hoped it
would set an example to the whole empire, and that before
that day week.a glorious conservative majority would be re-
turned to parliament—a majority so large as to enable Sir R.
Peel and Lord Stanley to carry on the government as it
was in times of old, and not as it had been since the passing
of the reform bill. He quite agreed with Mr. Holme that to
the females of Liverpool they were indebted for their success,
for wherever lie had gone it seemed as if he had all the ladies
of Liverpool on his side. (Cheers.) As the electors and
himself had been often hard worked, he would detain them
no longer than to thank them for their exertions, and to wish
them all health and happiness. (Great applause.)
Mr. HOLME then proposed three cheers for Lady Brancker
and the mother of Mr. Aspinall, who were in the drawing
room windows, which was heartily responded to, and the
assembly quietly dispersed.
During the evening, several bands of music, accompanied
with appropriate flags, paraded several streets of the town,
and, so far as we could learn, every thing passed off in a
most orderly and decorous manner.
/Thus terminated one of the greatest victories ever achieved
within the walls of this ancient and truly constitutional
borough.

Towards nine o'clock, the Irish in Fisher-street, near the
lower part of Stanhope-street, and in that locality generally,
became extremely aggressive, pursuing and maltreating every
man and boy who wore a blue jacket, considering them to be
ship-carpenters, or connected with that body. In Fisher-
street, they maltreated a carpenter named William Harrison,
throwing him down a cellar, and afterwards battering him
with stones and peices.of bricks. He was taken up almost
insensible, and is still in a dangerous state. Another capen-
tcr, William Patterson, was also grossly assaulted and hurt.
The consequence was some slight retalliation ; but the police
succeeded in preventing any further serious distulhance in
that locality. Another serious riot was, however, afterwards
got up by a body of Irish in Canning-street, who attacked
the house of Mr. Casement, of Canning-place,
Salthouse
Dock, a publican and shipwright. The particulars will be
found in our police intelligence.

OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE STATE OF
THE POLL.

Yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, the mayor, accom-
panied by the town-clerk, proclaimed, in front of the Town-
hall, the final state of the poll to be as follows :
For Lord Sandon ...................... 5979
Mr. Cresswell ...................... 5792
~ Lord Palmerston .................. 4-131
~ Sir Joshua Walmsley .............. 407 -
The Town-clerk then declared that these were the num
hers when the poll was finally and legally closed, and that the
mayor, as returning officer, did make proclamation that the
Right Honourable Dudley Ryder, commonly called Lord
Viscount Sandon, and Cresswell Cresswell, Esquire, had
been duly chosen to represent this borough in parliament.
Loud cheers followed this announcement. Lord Sandon and
Mr. Cresswell then received the congratulations of their
friends on their success. Sir J. Walmsley was not present,
and, of course, Lord Palmerston remained a phantom.

The following table, which we have compiled from the re-
turns at the Town-ball, exhibits the numbers that voted for
each candidate in the whole sixteen wards. It does not,
'however, distinguish the freemen and the burgesses :