The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-10-30 00:00:00

TO THE BURGESSES OF CASTLE-STREET
WARD.

GENTLEMEN,
LIAT important principle of the Mnnicipal Reform Act
I which imposes upon the Reptesentative the periodical
duty of appearing, before his constituents, for the purpose of
having his claims to be useful to his fellow-citizens tested by
the voice of public opinion, places me again in the position
of becoming a Candidate for your suffrages.
I have not the wish, even if the opportunity existed, to
avoid the ordeal of a public and searching examination into
my votes and conduct since I have been a member of the
Town Council. Differing, as I may have done, from some
of Inv constituents on questions which have engrossed the
attention, while they have divided the opinions of the public,
I may, perhaps, without incurring the charge of egotism, be
allowed to state, that, in alt the votes I have given, I have
been actuated by an honest and heartfelt desire to record
them in favour of those measures which I believed to be for
the best interests of this great and flourishing town.
Aware that the advocacy of general principles, whose truth
in the abstract is universally admitted, is not inconsistent
with a course of conduct tending to weaken, if not wholly to
destroy, their wholesome application to the institutions of the
country, I shall not shelter myself behind unmeaning and
vague expressions which allow a mental reservation of
opinions and views, in many instances of a personal and
selfish nature, and which are almost, -in every case, opposed
to the best and lasting Interests of the cutn►nunity.

I ant now as ever, the opponent of that party who, while they
possessed the power, denied to the People the extension of
civil rightS; but who, finding further resistance Nopeless,
have, changed their policy, and seek, by conforming to the
spirit of the age, to recovert hat position from which they have
been driven by the united voice of the people.
1 am more than ever convinced, that, in the absence of a
National System of Education, it is the first duty of the Cor-
porate Body to provide, from the public fonds, the means of
a sound Religious and Moral Education for the Children- of
the Poor, irrespective of the diffemuces of Political opinion
or of Religions Creed.
A knowledge, acquired from experience, of the capabilities
and expanding Commerce of this rapidly increasing Port
has caused me to arrive at the deliberate conclusion, that,
however large the amount of Capital employed in any de-
partment, it must not be suffered to paralyze the energies, or
check the resources, of an enterprising and growing Mercan-
tile Community. Prom this conviction I have recorded nay
vote in favour of building Warehouses on the Dock (luaus,
believing that, i doing so, I was consulting an enlightened
policy, which, carrying its views beyond the present, seeks
to secure the greatest amount of good to the greatest num-
ber.

Firmly believing, that nothing but the most searching and
vigilant controul of public opinion over the acts and votes of
the members of the Municipal Town Councils can preserve
in their full vigour the privileges which the Municipal Re-
form Act conferred upon the people, I am an advocate for
the unfettered expression of the constituency, through their
ward and public meetings, so as to preserve the utmost har-
mony and depeuce between the representative and the re-
presented.
Acting upon these principles, should I again have the
honour to be elected, I shall cary into the Council-chamber
a firm determination to discharge my duties to the cdnstituency
uninfluenced by personal considerations and entirely' free from
the bias of party.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your faithful Servant,
JOSHUA WALMSLEY.
87, Mountpleasant, 26th of October, 183 S.

WINTER FASHIONS.
MANCHESTER HOUSE,
No. 75, TOP OF Sr. JAMES%STEET.

WW ILLIAM S, SILK MERCER and general
• DRAPER, respectfully announces to his Friends
and the Public generally his return front the London, Man-
chester, and the Scotch Markets, where he has carefully se-
lected an extensive and valuable STOCK of WINTER
GOODS, the whole of which are now ready for inspection, and
which he can, with coLtidence, assert will be found to be uni-
que and unusually splendid, comprising a large Stock of Plain
and Figured Silks, a fair quality, 21i.; Black and Coloured
Satinets, 2s 41d. to 4s. 9d.; Double-width British Merinos,
Is. Old. to 2s. 9d.; splendid variety of Mousedelane Dresses,
ss. 9d. to 235. ; Plain and Printed Saxony Cloths; Printed
Merino Cloaks, full size, Bs. 3d. to 215.; Shawl Dresses;
new styles of .Bordered and Filled Shawls. His stock of
Printed Cambrics is unusually large, commencing 3s. 9d. per
dress, 9 yards.. • Ribbons in an immense variety; Fancy
Silk, Worsted, Cotton, and all kinds of makes in Hosiery,
Gloves, Muslin Work Collars, &c., &c.
W- W. begs leave to add, that he has always on hand an
extensive Stock of grass-bleached Irish Linens, Sheetings in
all widths, Table Linens and Covers, Witney and Bury Blan-
kets' Counterpanes and Quilts, Ticks, Window Blinds, Long
Cloths, Lawns, Diapers, and Damask, Ginghams, Welsh and
Lancashire Flannels, Haberdashery, &c., &e.

W. W., satisfied that he has olitaiued public confidence,
pledges himself to persevere in the same system of business
which he has hitherto found successful—that of selling the
best Goods at the lowest possible prices.
• Funerals completely Furnished, and every article in Family
Mourning.
P.S.—ln consequence of the small Profit charged on all
Goods, no Credit can be given.