The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-06 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF ABERCROM BY WARD.
GENTLEMEN,
FJAVING accepted the invitation of a large and influential
body in your Ward, I offer myself a CANDIDATE,
and solicit your votes for the honour of representing you in
the Town Council.
My politics are Liberal, and I have always been found as-
sociated with those who range themselves under the banner
of Civil and Religious Liberty.
An ardent admirer of the Constitutioo9Under which we
have the happiness to live, I am of opinion that the unceas-
ing vigilance of the Reformer is essential to the maintenance
of its purity, and the undiminished enjoyment of its advan-
tages.
Though a member of the Established Church, I am of opi-
nion that no man ought to be deprived of, or limited in, his
Civil Rights by reason of his Religious Tenets, provided they
do not tend to the subversion of order and good government.
Believing Education to be the best mode of enabling men
to judge for themselves, and the surest protection against
the attempts either of power or faction, I will do all in my
power to promote its extension, which I think the Corpora-
tion Schools, as at present conducted, admirably adapted to
effect.

I consider the Corn-laws, as they now exist, to be equally
impolitic and oppressive, and will continue to contribute my
humble efforts for their amendment.
My opinion is, and always has been, in favour of Free
Trade.
To the proposal of erecting Warehouses on the Dock Quays
I give my cordial assent, and will do all in my power towards
forwarding that object.
Should the above sentiments meet the approval of such a
majority of you as would be the means of placing me in the
Council as your Representative, my unceasing efforts will be
directed to promote the good of the Town and the interests
of the Ward. THOMAS TODD.
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Abercromby-square, Oct. 3, 1840.

PITT-STREET WARD.
AT a MEETING of the ELECTORS of PI -
STREET WARD, held at the house of Mrs. C urn,
Park-lane, on Monday the sth instant,
WATKIN WILLIAMS, Esq., in the' tr,
On the motion of JAMES ASPINALI.. ~ seconded by
Mr. THOMAS RIMMER, it was resolved—
" That it is the opinion of this meeting that TnomAs
TotTrAnN, Esq., is a fit and proper person to represent this
Ward in the Town Council, and that he he put in nomination
as a Candidate for Pitt-street Ward at the ensuing general
Election."

Moved by Mr. ANDERSON, seconded by Mr. Roosr.—
" That this meeting, feeling that it is essentially necessary
for the good government and well-being of the loyal town of
Liverpool to have a majority of Conservatives in the Town
Council, pledge themselves, individually and collectively, to
use every lawful means to secure the election of Thomas
Toumlin, Esq., for this Ward, on Monday the 2nd of No-
vember next.':_

Moved by Mr. ISAAC HOLMES, seconded by Mr. HENRY
STEWART—

" That this meeting most earnestly wishes to impress upon
all Conservatives objected to by the Radical party the neces-
sity of their personal attendance at the Municipal Revision
Court, so as to be enabled, to substantiate their right to be
placed on the Burgess roll.
Moved by Mr. TATTERSALL, and seconded by Mr.
ANDERSON,—
" That the thanks of this meeting be given to W. Williams,
Esq., for his impartial and spirited conduct in the chair."
W. WILLIAMS, Chairman.

FLYING BRIDGES AND BOATS.—Some experiments with
flying bridges and boats were made a few days ago upon the
Rhine, near Strasburg. In the first instance, a bridge of
a new construction for the passage of troops was thrown over
in twenty minutes. Three flotillas of boats, supported by a
gun boat, were next brought forward in regular order to re-
present the passage and demarkation of troops. At the same
time a flying bridge, capable of bearing 300 men, came down
the stream, and, fixing its anchors in the middle, by the mere
force of the current expanded its arms, and in three minutes
reached from bank to bank. The next experiment was with
a bridge of boats, which, in an hour and a half would enable
an army to cross a wide river. The last experiment was an
attempt to pass under the bridge in very small and light
boats, so as to defy the power of the current. Several men,
after having directed their course to the bridge, lay down in
the boats, and passed rapidly and safely under the bridge.
THE QUEEN'S 13Rtwrn..—We understand that Mr. Chas.
Church, of Andover, the proprietor of an establishment by
no means extensive, has, through the interest of Lord Bruce,
been appointed " The brewer to her Majesty's household."
It appears the Earl of Errol (Lord Chamberlain) was desi-
rous of obtaining a better sample of malt liquor than had for
some time appeared on her Majesty's table. When Lord
Bruce was dining at the castle, he suggested to the chamber-
lain the propriety of permitting
immediately l‘
Ir.(rch.atcocowieasictedupionn.
him with samples, which was
Mr. Church appeareads,
aansda,t,o,phlei,s
tsourbperisacerlicvcielvdedasasnooonrdaeis-
quencc of this appointment the greatest
possible.f or 150
In hogsheads,consc
activity prevails in the immediate neighbourhood; the noble
proprietor, the Marquis o.rf Ailesburv, has con seated to erect
a brewery of sufficient size to enable Mr. Church to pro-
vide the necessary quantity of beverage for her Majesty and
visitors.—Gloucester Chronicle.