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

LIVERPOOL ELECTION

On Tuesday, at an early hour, the town throughout gave
demonstration of the extreme interest taken in the event of the
coming contest, and of the active preparations made by both
of the contending parties. Flags and colours were seen
borne along to the various places of rendezvous, and bands
of music, and drums and fifes, were heard to sound " the
gathering of the clans" in every direction. The weather
was exceedingly fine, and the inhabitants, young and
old, 'of " the good old town," were " wide awake" two or
three hours before their accustomed time of bestirring them-
selves. Anon, flags were displayed from numerous club-
houses, inns, private dwellings, yards and works, indicative
of the political opinions of the inmates, and all presenting a
highly animated appearance of bustle and enthusiasm, which
continued to increase in interest as the day advanced, and
formed to those who made the circuit of the town a pano-
ratnic ,first scene of a contested election. The colours of the
conservative candidates were observed by every person greatly

to preponderate.
Commodious polling booths, so far as temporary wooden
buildings could be so constructed, were erected in the diffe-
rent wards, and one of these, of somewhat larger dimensions
than the others, though all too small for the accommodation
required, was, as usual, in front of the Exchange, to be used,
in the first instance, as a hustings for the nomination. The
police force, lest the temporary ebulition of party feeling

might result in some affrays, in consequence of the belligeren
feeling recently displayed by the Irish supporters of th
Liberal candidates, were reinforced, appointed, and instructe
by the head constable. It was arranged that the friends
the respective candidates should meet them and accompany
them to the hustings. They accordingly assembled at their
places of meeting in the several wards, and proceeded to the
two houses in which the respective candidates domiciled for the
time—the conservatives to Sir T. Brancker's, Rodney-street,
near the top of Leece-strect, to meet Lord Sandon
and Mr. C..,Clesswell; and the Whig-radicals to Ranelagh-
place, where Sir. J. Walmsley, with the invisible phan•
tom of Lord Palmerston, awaited their arrival. We
need scarcely say —and we say it • without a tincture
of partiality—that the.turn-out of the Radicals was paltry
poor, and poverty-struck, both in person, and in numbers, a
compared with the rank and file of the noble army of Con
servatives, who greeted with loud acclaim their respected ol
favourites, who arrived on the ground in continuous bodie
from their several wards, with banners flying, and, numerou
bands playing patriotic airs. They occupied nearly the whol
length of Rodney-street, though from six to seven deep, an
included, besides vast numbers of well-dressed operative:
nearly all the " broad-cloth" of the town. The other:
with spectators to boot, did not above half fill the little
triangular space opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and exhi-
bited a most pitiful account of conscript recruits of the
working classes, and a mere sprinkling of the whig-radical
noblesse par excellence. The comparative demonstration as
respected wealth, station, and talent, was ten to one on the
side of good old Church and Queen. It is almost impossible
to describe correctly the appearance and numbers of the
supporters of the respective candidates without some appa-
perent partiality, so extremely marked was the difference in
favour of the constitutional cause.
At a few minutes past nine o'clock the conservative pro-
cession—(which was received throughout with the strongest
demonstrations of attachment, when in ward bodies, in the
various streets through which they passed, and particularly
when en masse, in Rodney-street—the " west end" of our
town—with unusual marks of approbation by- " fair• ladies"
and others, from windows and " house tops")—moved on-
wards, in gay and .splendid array, towards the hustings,
by Leece-street, Bold-street, Church-street, Lord-street,
and Castle-street, amidst the universal acclaim of all who
saw them. A more respectable and gratifying display ol
well-clad artisans and workmen, and individuals of the
first station and distinction in the town was never before
witnessed. The few astonished Whig-radicals—we eyed them
from corners of streets and recesses—felt that wholesome
humiliation which assured them that they must " hide
their• diminished heads." The balcony and windows of Sir
T. Brancker's house, in which were " our worthy represen-
tatives," that were and are again, were crowded with ladies
and gentlemen ; and all the houses in the line and opposite
were equally peopled with the elite, and decorated with
flags, while handkerchiefs and flags of brilliant silk were
waved by the fair hands of hundreds whose hearts were en-
thusiastically warm in the cause.
Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell appeared in an open car-
riage and four, with two postilions, in blue and red. They
were accompanied by Sir Thomas Brancker, Ackers,
Esq., N. Robinson, Esq., and several other gentlemen. They
both stood uncovered, to avoid the necessity and toil of lifting
their hats, on the continuous and hearty salutations with whicl
they were greeted on all sides by male and female. They
looked remarkably well,—like men who knew their duty,
and had the heart and the hand to perform it. Throughout
the whole line of streets they were received with, if possible.,

increased enthusiasm.
The flags and banners carried in the procession were nu-
merous, beautiful, and appropriate ; and, we. May add, many
of them were new. Amongst them we observed one bearing a
full-length likeness of "the phantom candidate," in his native
character of Jim Crow, who had " jumped" with mountebank
agility through no fewer than nine administrations; also
one of the same notorious individual as a weather-cock. In
this he is represented bestriding a dung-hill cock, and racing
on toward the goal. but he can make no way in consequence
of the conservative gale that has set in against him,
allegorically conveyed by a figure of Lord Sandon, blowing
him back from a cloud above. The motto is to the effect—
" I can't come it this time ; but I may at the next Autumn
" Amongst the much admired flags, was a repre-
sentation of Nelson, and on the obverse, the death of that
naval hero ; the " Liverpool Arms," grouped with flags,
&c. ; a picture of the Custom House, &e. Amongst the
emblematical devices carried (independently of flags and ban-
ners), we observed a scraggy bone of beef, with a very small
quantity of dry and shrivelled flesh upon it, illustrative of
the " nourishing," plentiful aliment provided by the whig-
radical poor-law, for those who are necessitated to throw
themselves upon its tender mercies. On passing the
Conservative Newspaper offices, the members forming the pro-
cession hailed them by repeated and prolonged cheering. We
at proud to acknowledge, that at the STANDARD Office, from
which were pended two small royal standards, and several
other flags, the ladies and others at the windows were most
enthusiastically cheered. We
cheerful toil
our increased aan meet the debt of gratitude
we have thus incurred only bynd
in the furtherance of that cause which we shall ever conti-

meeting

nue to espouse.
The arrangements made in Castle-street to avoid con-
fusion, and avert any hostile contact of the two parties,
were admirable. A barrier was erected along the middle of
the street, against which policemen were stationed on either
side. The conservatives passed to the laustiugs on one side,
and the radicals on the other.
We should add, that a considerable body of the police
force (no doubt picked men), were mounted on horseback ;
accompanied the van of the two processions, more effectually
to clear the way, and afterwards remained on duty to pre-
serve order. The whole arrangements in this department
appeared to be judiciously planned and carried out.
The procession of Sir Joshua (solus as a candidate), was in-
deed a " phantom,"—miserable and transparent in numbers
and respectability. The " worthy" candidate appeared in a
carriage, accompanied by his subservient guide and fugleman
Mr. T. Atkinson, and a few of his diminutive knot of friends.
An estimate may be formed of the comparative strength of
the respective parties by the fact, that Lord Sandon and Mr.
Cresswell's procession occupied a period of 25 minutes to
pass our premises, and that of Sir Joshua only seven
minutes !

The crowd in Castle-street and the adjoining approaches
was, as might be expected, excessive. The conservative
members reached the booth at about ten o'clock, and poor
Sir Joshua at half-past.
During the delivery of Lord Sandon's and Mr. Cresswell's
addresses Mr. "Tinpot Atkinson placed himself-in -a conspi-
cuous station in front of the hustings, and interrupted, in
the most brutish manner, whatever carne from the respective
candidates to offend his vulgar taste.

should be extremely sorry if the time should arrive whim
a borough would be deprived of the services of the noble
.d, for he was decidedly of op►nion that we should never
his like again. (Great cheers.) He begged to second
e nomination of Lord Sandon. (Loud cheers,)
Mr. RICHARD LEYLAND then ruse and said that he had
cat pleasure in proposing Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., as a
and proper person as representative of this borough in
+rlia►nent, but from the noise which prevailed, and the low
ne of voice in which he spoke, we could scarcely catch a
ord of what he said. We understood him to observe that
Ir. Cresswell had executed the trust entrusted to him on a
,rmer occasion with great justice to himself and satisfac-
.ction to his constituents, and that his high standing at the
Ir, and his commanding talents, eminently entitled him to
►e distinguished honour of being a member for Liverpool.

Great cheers.)
Mr. CHARLES LAWRENCE next rose and said he would
)t detain theheany longer than merely to second the nomi-
stion of Mr. Cresswell. (Renewed cheers.)
WILLIAM EARLE, Esq. then stood forward, amidst ap-
lause and hisses, for the purpose of proposing Lord Pal-
terston. He said that there was a general impression in this
mvn that, in consequence of the line of conduct which our
rte representatives had thought fit to take with respect to the
reat measures which were so decidedly calculated to improve '•
he commerce of this port—(cheers, hisses, and cries of " Oh,
h !")—they were unfit to represent Liverpool in parliament.
'he reformers had long considered them unworthy, and that
eeling had now extended to the tories. (" No, no," and
Yes, yes.") If the party whom he should have the honour
and pleasure to nominate, and whom they were determined
o give the electors an opportunity of choosing, were returned
is the representative for this borough, he (Mr. Earle) was
confident that he (Lord Palmerston) would perform his du-
;ie's with zeal and ability, and represent the interests of com-
merce. One of the persons to be brought forward by the
Liberal party was our own townsman, Sir Joshua Walmsley—
(cheering)—a man of untiring industry, a staunch friend of
free trade, and one who had often been called out in behalf of
the people. The second candidate 'to be called out by the
anti-monopolists—the noble lord whom he should have the
honour to propose—was one whose name would live in the
page of history, and be handed down to posterity. (Cries
of " where is he?" and cheers.) He (Mr. Earle) had
waded through the addresses of Lord Sandon and Mr. Cress-
Nell, and if any one there had done the same, he was satis-
led that he would come to the conclusion that he (Mr. E.)
had arrived at—that he had wasted a great deal of valuable
;line. (" Oh, oh," and groans.) Never was there such a
issue of unmeaning words, and so great an absence of any
sentiment which could arrest the attention of mercantile
men. There was an angry and petulant attack upon the new
poor law ; but the conservative candidates seemed to have
forgotten that they had voted for every clause in it. (Cheers,
and cries cf " no, no.") There was also a declaration in
those addresses in favour of the corn laws, or rather of a
sliding scale, and this was followed up by an assertion that
the church was in danger, and ought to be protected. Now,
who wanted to injure the church'"? (" No one," and cries
)f " You and the whigs.") They (the whigs) wanted cheap
)read, and theywere met by the cry that the church was in
huger, and clerical canvassers went forth to proclaim this to
the people. (Groans, hisses, cheers, and expressions of
dissent.) Yes, he could assure Mr. Sands that some few .
clergymen had become political canvassers • but, to the ho-
nour of the clergy be it said, not many. (Cheers and groans.)
In the whole of the address of Lord Sandon, he (Mr. Earle)
had not found a single word about sugar. In a constituency
such as this, that question ought undoubtedly to have been
referred to; for it was one in which the town was much inter-
ested. (Much cheering and hisses.) No, the subject was
not a very sweet one., The abolitionists of Liverpool were
of opinion that the noble lord had full as much intention of
protecting the West India interests as the negroes, in the
course which he had adopted. In Liverpool, however, the
noble lord bad dropped the question, and he had no doubt
shown good generalship in so doing. (Hear.) Contrast
with this the conduct of Lord Palmerston at Tiverton,
which was situated in au agricultural district, and had
amongst its voters many persons interested in the corn-
laws. Lord Palmerston, however, did not therefore blink
the question of the corn-laws. (Cheers.) He came for-
ward boldly and said that he considered_ he was doing the
electors good service by bringing forward the question of the
corn-laws. (Great cheering.) Li consequence of that manly
conduct, the honest enthusiasm of honest Englishmen were
manifested in favour of an honest man. (Applause and
hisses") Another subject not alluded to in the addresses of
the conservative candidates was the finances of the country.
The tory accusation that ministers had injured the finances
was an unfounded one. (Cheers.) That ministry had taken
)ff a large amount of taxes, and a deficiency would never
nave been felt had it not been for the expeditions to China
ind to ,Canada ; and it was very fortunate for the country
that there was a liberal ministry in power when those expe-
ditions were going forward. (Cheers.) Judging from
past events, he should say that had there been a tory govern
ment, we should have had in addition a war with France,
and, perhaps, a general war. (Applause mingled with hisses.)
Instead of this, however, we are now on a good footing
with the European Powers, and by next advices he hoped
to hear that peace had been established in every quarter.
(Cheers.) With respect to the commercial measures pro-
posed by her Majesty's ministers, he must state, that if those
measures were not adopted, new taxes must undoubtedly be
imposed upon the country. (Cheers and hisses.) The con-
servatives objected to the policy of government, but they
themselves proposed no remedy—nothing in lieu of the mea-
sures which they opposed. (Cheers and groans.) As far as
regarded the West India proprietors—and he himself was
one, as well as others around him—it was his opinion that
the protective duties were of no benefit to them whatever.
But suppose they were, was it not a monstrous evil that the
whole community should pay so enormously for the advan-
tage of a few, and that the interests of those few should be
consulted in preference to that of the great multitude, who
had scarcely means of subsistence ? Those protective duties
were, under the circumstances, a crying evil ; and he did not
thank Lord Sandon for having protected him, or the in-
terests with which he was connected. (Applause and hisses.)
As the gentlemen on the other side were very impatient, he
should not occupy their time much longer. He should con-
clude by proposing Henry John Temple, Lord Viscount
Palmerston, as a fit and proper persouto represent Liverpool
in Parliament. (Tremendous cheering, mixed with groans
and hisses from the Conservatives.
THOM4S BROCKLEBANK, Esq., seconded the nomination
of Lord Palmerston, and in so ine, .spoke highly of the
character and abilities of the noble lord, of the free-trade
measures introduced by ministers, and of their general policy.
A more able and trustworthy administration this country had
not had for a long period. The noise was so great during the
whole of the time that Mr. Brocklebank was speaking, 41111
he spoke in so low a tone, that we were unable to give more
than this brief outline of what he said. At the conclusion of
his remarks, a most vociferous and animated round of al),
plause was given for Lord Palmerston, and it was immediately
answered by a counter cheer for Lord Sandon and Mr.
Creswell.
Colonel WILLIAMS rose, amid mingled cheers and hisses,
to nominate Sir Joshua Walmsley as a fit and proper verse!)
to represent this borough in parliament. When lie had fort
merly attended meetings in that place, the friends of social
order used to be extremely noisy. He found that the friends
of social order were present on this occasion, and that they
were as noisy as ever ; but he hoped the mayor would order
his policemen to have an eye on them. (Hisses.) If his
observations could not be heard within doors, hp would rid,
dress the crowd without. When the corn-laws had passed
the legislature, the people outside the doors of the House
of Commons vastly exceeded in numbers and intelligence the
collective wisdom Within, So it was on the present occasion.
(Great laughter.) Where was fair Themes 13rancker ? Oh !
he (the colonel) obseryed him close by his side. (Renewed
laughter.) Sir Thomas had said that he was under no pm:
barrassment in not meeting the noble lord, bppause the
gentleman had been a faithful and honest represeetative u
the borough- Sir Thomas was a religious man ; bat was
he aware of the gospel the noble lord had preached •.?
(Great and continued laughter,) It was very odd how Oil
same matter operated on different people, fie stood there
as an ancient freeman, and as a representative P€ the
most virtuous body in all England. (A pause, ferllowerl
by a cry of " Give him a chew of tobacco,") tlley
allowed him to take his own time, he would proceed, (Iron',
cal laughter.) He recollected having been interrupted by
the friends of social order when Canning gaud on the Bust.
ings ; but Mr. Canning said, on thatoccasion, that everything
might be brought forward at an election in the same way as
if they were debating a. question on the state of the nation
in the House of Commons ; •and, therefore, he (the colonel)
would make himself heard. (Ironical laughter.) At the
present era, when want of confidence was the order of the
day, he was specially filled with that want of confidence with
regard to the noble lord and his double—(cheers and hisses)
—Mr. Cresswell, to whom he had the honour of introducing
himself. There Were many objections on the ground of want of
confidence, to the vete el those very honourable men in their
way no doubt—kgreat cheep)----bilt not men that he thought
qualified to represent the heron* of Liverpool, (Hisses.)
His principal objection to ere noble lokd wee, prat hp F 44
one of that order—an order originating lin the darkest tin
of ignorance and barbarism. (Loud cries of " oh, oh 11•
groans and hisses.) He thought he bad a very good ground
of objection against the noble lord, therefore. (Renewed
W
groans, and cries of " hat is Lord Palmerston ?'') Yes,
they had some liberal lords, and the more honour was due to
them. (" W here is be?") But the nature of the order was
to be hostile to the people, (Loud groans and hisses.)
They had never known them to be in favour of the
people, and, as a proof of it, they were getting tirely
means of superfluity by adding to their rents on those in:
fernal questions of corn restrictions. (Loud groans and
hisses.) Aye, this was the character of those men who
were overrun with wealth, that they still extracted ad-
ditions to their income from the miserable bread-eater.
(Renewed groans, followed by a pause, and cries of " Go on.")
He was fearful of exhausting himself; but he had another
ground of want of confidence to the noble lord on the
ground of his tribe and his family. (Renewed groans.) The
whole of the Resent questions had arisen by reason of the
profligacy, the cruelty and the extravagance of the men who
had heretofore governed the aouptry. They had imposed on
the country by means of their sanguinary wars an addition
of five hundred millions of the national debt, and it we;; hie
burden of that debt and the necessity the people were undeF
of paying the interest of it, which had been the ground-
work of the liberal measures of the present administration
and when the noble lord observed in his address—he had
• got that address in his pocket and he would read a few ex-
tracts from it—that the present was an unprincipled agita-
tion on tire part of the government, he would say that this
was an unprincipled assumption on the part of the noble
lord. He (the eolorrel) called them the wise and liberal
gooroment, the
measures of the present only honest go-
vernment which had ruled the country for many years.
(Loud groans and hisses.) It was the e
only eeriest govern-
ment that lie remembered during the couFse
pf his Ipp
life ; because it should not be torg9tte that theiresenl
enorm
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and theontracto4boyle comp
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(Lotted groans.) The
riders who held the
onlyraiequal revenuec He should like to know the
grounds on which a levyl on
hadhe pelvic in the shape pf pros
se
uwpayato
morerelieevqe the pressre
tective rates onimposed. The " illus,
when he was in the ministry, had giverk it
time earn any been
necessary to enable the
trious duke,"
his opinion that tthheelcrorr'nenitas7 were
landlords to pay ICries qf " the tenauts, 31:04
M laughter an
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was the statesmanlike argument of the Duke of Wellington
momremsteinr
unjust
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the pockets of the overgrown landlord, which
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had
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out ,therehe pockets of the •
fore, never was a
ation of the noble lord than when he said that the conduct
of the government was an unprincipled agitation. (Hisses
and groans.) He must repeat that he was a freeman
of the borough, and that lie had the noble lord's guaran-
tee for being one of his
He had vainly best friends. (Ironical laughter.)
attempted to read the address of the
noble lord, when
time walls of the tit appeared in large characters on
town, but he read it in one of the
Tory newspapers,
met with such and he could safely say that he had never
Except a tissue of absurdity. (Groans, and grips of
your own.") He did
view of that
face that address, but he thought it showed upon its
the noble lord
knew lie was wrong when he was
writing it, and that it bore evidence of what had been pass-
that Sir GL
Colonel Williams concluded by moving
Joshua Walmsley was a fit and proper person to
represent this borough
Mr. wiin parliament.
•
ILLIAM BROWN seconded•the nomination.
The Al
Aiou, then asked if any othe • burgess
or freeman
had any other candidate to propose No answer being re-
turned, his
worship called upon
Lord SANDON, who was received with tremendous my,.
plause. I believe, said the noble lord, it has . usually been
the custom, at least for the last three elections, for those who