The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-11-03 00:00:00

LIME-STREET WARD,

The retiring member for this ward was Mr. Thos. Black-
burn, who came forward again on the radical interest. The
contest in this ward was looked upon as one of the most im-
portant of the whole sixteen, Mr. Blackburn being a man of
high standing in town, and one of the leaders of the liberal
party. He has, as is well known to the generality of our
readers, made himself conspicuous for his prominent advo-
cacy of the anti-scriptural system of education adopted in
the corporation schools. In fact, he has been on all occa-
sions, the apologist-general for that system, whenever it 110
been attacked. In apposition to this gentleman, the con-
servatives nominated Mr. John Kilshaw, a highly respectable
inhabitant of the ward, and who has filled, with honour to,
himself, and credit to the town, the important situation of
chief parochial officer of this parish. We believe that Mir'
Kilshaw has resided for upwards of thirty years in the ward'
and we know that he is universally respected, even by ,
political adversaries. The contest was looked to with the
highest degree of interest, and the excitement that prevailed
in the neighbourhood of the booth was only equalled bf
that which was witnessed in Pitt-street ward. The polling
during the first two hours was in favour of Mr. Blackburn.
After that time Mr. Kilshaw continued to gain rapidly on bis,.
opponent, and frequently headed him. At the conclusion 0'
the poll the clerks in Mr. Kilshaw's committee-room pro-
ceeded to add up the lists, and it was found that that gentle-
man was in a majority of four. Mr. Blackburn's committee,
in the mean time had given out that they had obtained anl3-
jority of two, and Mr. Blackburn addressed the audience
in
front of his committee-room, congratulating them on then;
success. Soon after this the crowd moved in the direction of
Mr. Kilshaw's committee-room, and formed a compact body
at the corner of London-road and St. Vincent-street. Ira'
mediately afterwards Mr. Stnhbs's band came down the latteT,
street playing the air of '' See the conquering hero comes.
At the call of several members of the committee who were
present,
Mr. LLOYD came forward to announce to the waiting
crowd the final close of the poll. He said that according t,,
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the returns with which the committee had been furnished,
and which had been carefully examined, Mr. Kilshaw 11".
obtained a majority of four over his opponent—(cheers)—tn`
number being for Mr. Kilshaw 391, and for Mr. Blackburn
387. (Renewed cheers.) He congratulated the electors 00.1.1
the noble manner in which they had vindicated the independ
ence of the ward, the character of the town of Liver-
pool, and the sacred cause of scriptural education. (Loud
and prolonged cheers.) He also congratulated the electors of
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Liverpool on the rejection of Mr. Rathbone from the rePre,
sentation of Pitt-street ward—(cheers)—and upon the sigi
victory they had that day achieved in several other ward
He believed that eleven out of sixteen conservatives had been . e
returned ;—(great cheering)—and concluded by informing the
audience that the accounts from Macclesfield, Wigan, Pres-
ton, and other places was of an equally cheering character.

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