The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

EXCHANGE WARD

Last evening a meeting of the electors of this ward took
Place at the British Hotel, Moodieids, for the purpose of
"dopting measures to secure the return of Thos. Sands, Esq.
to the council. The room was completely filled, and the
utmost unanimity and enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. Sands was
wart -1
greeteu on entering the room.
D. BOLD, Esq. having been called to the chair, briefly
;'iat ed the purposes of the meeting, and regretted that the
mess of Mr. James Aspinall prevented him taking the
(-ir as anticipated on this occasion.
w Mr. T. B. IIonsFALL proposed the first resolution, which
as seconded by Mr. MYERS, to the effect—" That the lade-
P.endent conduct of Thos. Sands, Esq., and his attention to
the interests of the ward entitle hint to the warmest thanks
of the meeting."
Mr. SANDS then presented himself to the meeting, and
r.as received with tremendous cheering. He said that it was
gratifying to him to find himself received in such a
good old tlnglish fashion, as it was a proof that his
utal't conduct and his principles were approved of. Mr.
a';'sands adverted to the treacherous conduct of the whig
'actY, which had been promising everything and doing
I thing• Mr. Sands then referred to his past conduct in
li;e council and stated at length his future intentions.
e said if they wanted a representative who would advocate
riluniversal suffrage, he was not the man—or annual parlia-
Merits, he was not their man—or, in fact, if it was republi-
eanism they wished for, he would not suit them ! (Loud
fleecing.) He was one who would support to his utmost
Sands constitu
explained his vtion in church
iews as and statea
We. (Loud cheers.) Mr.
aands then sleyan, and he then
r,eferred to the warehouse question and denounced it as
'caught with danger, and as a measure likely to do the
greatest injury to the prosperity of the town. In conclusion
he hoped that the registration courts would be attended to,
11,,,,d success would he certain. (Loud cheers.)
rt. DAWSON, in proposing the next resolution, hoped
ne conservatives would put their shoulders to the wheel, and
success would then be certain. The motion he had to pro-
-I)°se was—" That this meeting considers the public charac-
ter and past conduct of Thomas Sands, Esq., eminently
Ina% him to be the future representative in the town
i,ouncil of this borough, and that the meeting pledges itself
to use every exertion to return him at the ensuing election."
Mr. JOHN WALKER SCCODded the. resolution.
Mr. BYFORD proposed the next resolution, which was se-
conded by Mr. HORNE, to the effect that a committee be
fanned forthwith for the purpose of carrying the former re-
solution into effect. Mr. Byford commented upon Mr.
Wood's address, and also upon the fact of the cellar popu-
lation being put upon the registry by the radicals. He then
ably and energetically called upon the meeting to support
Mr. Sands, and declared his conviction that the operatives
were for the most part
.conservatives, and were as warmly
attached to the cause as the richest men in the kingdom.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES proposed the next resolution, to the
effect that the meeting earnestly requested the attendance at
Pie Sessions-house of those electors who had been objected
tU by their radical opponents, and called upon each conser-
vative elector to use his influence to induce such parties to
appear at the revision, and substantiate their right of voting
at the election in November. Mr. Holmes spoke warmly in
favour
of Mr. Sands, and bore testimony to his efficiency in
Ithe council, and ably exposed the trickery of the radicals.
le then proceeded to comment upon Mr. Alderman Eyre
vans's testimony given before the House of Commons
°4 the warehouse question, and explained the part taken
Mr. Sands in reference to it. He then dwelt upon
Pe expulsion of the 'Bible from the schools, and alluded to
the expression of Mr. O'Connell at the late meeting on the
'°bject of the Welsh. Mr. Holmes then commented upon
the numerous objections made by the radicals, and hoped
that every man who was objected to would not fail to be pre-
Sent to substantiate his claim.
Mr. RowLANns seconded motion in a brief but stir-
ri
ng , address, recommending M the
r. Sands to his brother opera-
i',Tes, assuring them, that like Wellington sit the Battle of
'vaterloo, they had only to cry—" Up lads and at them"—
to ensure success. (Loud cheers.)
t„Mc. ADDISON, (an operative sail-maker), called attention
Part of Mr.. Wood's address, which he denounced as
I'l'4-scriptural, and pregnant with socialism and infidelity.
e speaker, in energetic terms, called attention to various
8
aZiects which excited constant cheering.
4c. JACKSON was then introduced to the meeting, and
addressed it.
fiik committee being proppsed by Mr. Arrowstnith, and
• iinaks three to the Chairman, the meeting separated,
ith:c givingcheers for the Queen—the Members—and
Duke of Wellington, &c.

b,,4WFULLY SUDDEN DEATII.—On Thursday last, a la-
to-urhig man of the name of John
sua Leather, residing in New-
utne to his breakfast' as Jos at o'clock in the morn-
baying been at his work. He and his wife and a lodger
th'eNe,si.tting. together in Leather's house, when Leather fell,
b_e. now on which he was sitting coining in contact with the
4akfast table and upsetting it. The lodger immediately
1!_to his assistance and lifted him up, while his agonised
tud', had not time to recover from the panic into-which the
bui uen I'4 of her husband had thrown her before her bus-
(laid was a corpse—the spirit had taken its exit from its
theT tenement without a struggle. An inquest was held on
Goa.9dY
thet following day, when " Died by the Visitation of
ahe verdict returned.

GREAT PROTESTANT MEETING AT THE

AMPHITHEATRE,

Last evening a large and enthusiastic concourse of the
shipwrights, coopers, and other classes of the free burgesses
of Liverpool, was held at the Amphitheatre, for the purpose

of forming at: Auxiliary Protestant Association for the di

trict of Toxteth Park, where the "old freemen" of Liver-
pool are chiefly resident. The meeting was announced to
take place at half-past six o'clock ; but long before that hour
the whole of the vast building was crowded in every part.
In the pit and boxes, as well as on the raised seats behind
the platform, there were a great number of respectably
dressed females, and not a few ladies, nearly the whole of
whom wore conservative favours, thus testifying their attach-
ment to the " good old cause," in defence of which the free
burgesses of Liverpool have stood forth so nobly and con-
The galleries also contained a sprinkling of