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

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.
He was a well-Made young mai]; and resembled an Indian
party-coloured chief, the stripes being intended, we presnme,
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 side inscribed below,
" Lord Palmerston in disguise." He stood on a small stage,
carried on men's slroulders, 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 =opt 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 mornenf. At half-past three the
anxiety was every where great, though it had for a long time
before become apparent that the Whig-radical candidates had
not a shadow of a chance. The conservatives took the
lead at the commencement 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 leading streets, and they might be seen run-
ning to and fro filled with exultation at the large majorities
which had been gained 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 920 Palmerston
Cresswell ........ 912 I Walmsley 670
TEN O'CLOCK.
1846 I Palmerston
.. 1827 Walmsley 1453
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Sandon
Cresswell
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
... 3227 1 Palmerston
... 3167 I Walmsley 2678
ONE O'CLOCK.
... 3643 I Palmerston
... 3568 Walmsley..
TWO O'CLOCK.
Sandon .
I Cresswell 4238 Walmsley 3549
THREE O'CLOCK.
Sandon 5090 I Palmerston
Cresswell
FOUR O'CLOCK—FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Sandon
Cresswell 5650 'Walmsley
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-zoom, at the Queeti's Arms Hotel, to the residence of
Sir Thomas Brancker, in Rodney-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.

Sancion
Cresswell

Sandon
Cresswell

Sandon ..
Cresswell

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 .
Fr Mr. Cresswell 5650
For Lord Palmerston , 4318
For Sir Joshua Walmsley . 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 opposite 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 been 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 them, 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 obligations imposed upon them
by a constituency whose exertions raised them to the distin-
guished honour of representatives for Liverpool. (Hear,
hear.) 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 terse or industrious
occupation they pursue, they have all shown that they have a
single view to the interests of the community, and that they
have 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 you in the Amphitheatre, the crowded
meetings, or the public streets, you greeted 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 management 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 to hope that the example you
have set to the whole country will be a stimulus to other
constituencies to do their duty like you, in order that we may
be able to give a general colour and complexion to the future
destinies of the country. The noble lord here withdrew from
the window amid deafening shouts of applause.
Mr. CRESWELL next presented himself to the populace,
and the cheering was renewed and continued for a consider-
able length of time. At length silence being in sonic degree
restored, he proceeded as follows,:—Gentlemen, for a second
time you have conferred on me the highest honour to which
any man can aspire who
is desirous of moving in public life—
the honour of representing the second, if not the first, con-
stituency in this empire. You have conferred that honour
on me on the present occasion under circumstances which
render it more than doubly valuable ; for you have conferred
it at a time when your examplewas 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 (Hear, hear, and
prevail in this great constituency.
cheers.) Gentlemen, her Majesty 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 heard and answered in Liverpool, and
I know that you, as faithful subjects, have now given her that
advice which you believe to be for her and her country's
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, you, the assembled
and laughter)—and you___
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