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

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 yes

hat he was so overw

the par

:00per was a mere

ash in the pan

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, tl
Radicals succeeded in obtaining a rn

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 opponents.
We have no doubt 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. Muncaster,
Mellor, Weston, and a few others are incessant in Aber-
cromby ward, and we merely mention the subject and the
names of these gentleinen as a stimulus to the efforts of the

parties who have thin; at their disposal in the other districts
of the town.

Itis 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 member 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 theul,
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 the-n
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.

LIME-STREET WARD

The contest in this ward was highly animated throughout.
The greatest exertions were made by the Radicals to gain
the ascendant; but it was in vain, the Conservatives keeping
them at a distance throughout the day. The struggle was,
however, a strong one. At twelve o'clock the numbers were
For Mr. Lloyd
Mr. Morecroft

Majority for the former

4 - -
Peculiar interest was attached to this ward, particularly
amorygst the gentlemen of the legal profession, as both the
candidates are attorneys. Mr. Lloyd's return was anxiously
desired, as, independent of his talents, he is personally greatly
esteemed by every one who possesses the slightest intimacy
with him. Last year the candidates were so near together
on the poll, that both parties, at the close, claimed the ma-
jority ; but Mr. Lloyd this year has polled more men than
on any previous occasion, and has also increased the majority.
\Jaen the return of three o'clock was published Mr.
Lloyd was in a majority of 23, but in the next half hour this
majority was reduced to six, which inspired the radicals with
a few gleams of sunshine. From this time the voters con-
tinued to poll as fast as their names could be taken at the
window, but the conservatives mustered stronger than their
opponents, and at the close placed Mr. Lloyd in a majority
of eight. When the booth was closed there were about Live
and twenty votes still unpolled. The numbers were as
follow :

For Mr. Lloyd ...
Mr. Morecroft

Majority

Immediately after the close of the poll, Mr. Lloyd made
his appearance at the window of his committee-room, and
addressed the crowd congregked in front. He said he felt it
a high honour to .be returned as the representative of the
largest constituency of the town, and when he entered the
council-room, though he went perfectly unshackled. he would
devote all his energies to carry oat any representation that
be made for the purpose of forwarding the interest of
his constituents. He cxhorted all his friends to shew an ex-
ample of forbearance and good-will towards their vanquished
foes.—Mr. James Owen, the chairman of the ward, then
came forward, and in a humorous speech addressed the elec-
tors. He said there was "no mistake" this time, and than
in a " fair stand-up fight" they had beaten their opponents.
Mr. Owen was evideutly labouring under great debility.
About three o'clock the mayor and town-clerk drove up at
a rapid rate, and after a stay of only a few moments, set off
for some other ward.