The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-08 00:00:00

YORK

The election of councillors for the ancient city of York took
place on Tuesd.►y fait. The Conservatives laboured under
great disadvantages, having to contend ag.•inst 12t bad votes of
their opponents, which were retained on the registry by the
Lord Mayor and assessors having decided against the notices
of objection served by the Conservatives, although there is no
doubt that every notice was perfectly good, and every vote ob-
jected to was equally bad. Notwithstanding, they were deter-
mined, if possible, to rescue the city from the dominion of the
Whig;Radicals, and their efforts have been satisfactory, as the
fullowiug returns will show :

CUN SEE V ATIVIi.S.

" LutiatALs."

Boutham Word.

• Mr. W. Matterson.... 157 Mr. J. Allen 6O
* Mr. J. Harwood 155 Dr. Husband
* Mr. H. Graham
Casilegate 13 and
r. B. Crosby B5 I
• Mr. C. Watson. lO7
Mr. E. Gibson 7l * Mr. Geo. Leewah 101

,Guildhall Ward.

• Mr. W. Seawin
• Mr. H. BeHerby .... 126 1 Mr. H. Pearson . 80
Micklegate Wai.d.
• Mr. W. S. Clark.... I3' I • Mr. C. Robinson .... 129
Mr. J. Cattley

Monk Ward.

• Mr. Chadwick
I
* Mr. Jethro Hesseltine 165 Mr. 0. Allen 9B

I Mr. ti. WoOd 2
Walmycite Ward.
Mr. Tonge
Mr. Hartley l4l * Mr. l'oppleton
Mr. 1. 'faylor

Total 1819 ► Total 11:9
Those whose names are marked with an (*) asterisk have
been re-elected.

It thus appears that the Couservatives.have returned eight
councillors, and that the Radicals have only returned six. It
should he further observed, that in Castlegate. ward the Radi-
cals retained on the list of voters upwards of 30 bad votes, and
in Walmgate about 20, froth the illegality of the decision of the
Court of Revision, and by that means wily haVe they been able
to return anything like a proportionate number of representa-
tives. In four of the wards the Conservatives were at the head
of the poll; and to prove that the municipal electors of York
are, to a vast majority, Conservative, it it only, necessary to re-
quest our readers to cast up the number of votes given to the
respective candidates when they will End that Whilst the Con-
servatives polled 1,819 votes, the Radicals only polled 1,459,
being a difference of 390 for the friends of church and state,
notwithstanding their opponenta had foisted on to the lists and
retained 120 bad votes.

The return of Mr. Ballerby, the publisher of the Yorkshire
Gazette and York Chronicle, the two Conservative journalS in
York. and the rejection of Mr. W. Hargrove, the publisher of
two York Radical paper's, has been a source Of great vexation
to the Liberal party, and especially to good Mr. Hargrove him-
self.
The number of councillori is 36; of which 19 are Conserva-
tives, and 17 are Libeials.—Leeds Intelligence,.

LEEDS.
The election of sixteen councillors for this borough, took
place on Tuesday. the Ist of November, in compliance with the
provisions of the municipal reform act We stated last week
that only two of the wards were to be contested,. namely, Mill-
hill and West Wards, those being the only wards in which the
conservatives had fought the registration before the mayor and
assessors. For the Mill-hill ward the conservatives started Mr.
Edward Charlesworth, banker, one of the councillors for the
ward who retired by rotation, and Mr. Henry,Yerinins, Stuff
merchant; to them were opposed by the "liberal's," Mr. Jathes
Hubbard, woolstapler, the other retiring councillor of the ward,
and Mr. Samtiel Jowitt Birctiall, woolstapler. In
.the west
ward, the conservatives started Mr. Richard Brumley, cloth
Manufacturer, and Mr. Adam Hunter, physician; and the
whip proposed the two retiring Councillors of the ward, Mr.
Peter Fairburn, machine-maker, and Mr. Thomas George,
dyer. The elections for both those wards took place at the
Court-house; that for Mill-hill ward hefore Mr. Alderman Hall
and Messrs. Radford Potts and Thomas Flint, assessors; that
for West ward before Mr. Alderinan Musgrave and Messrs.
John Atkinson and John Yewdall, assessors. The conserva-
tives took the lead at the poll in both booths throughout the day,
the conservatives being generally from twelve to twenty a-head.
In the west ward the whigs came up very slowly, insomuch that
about noon the conservative candidates were fifty a-head.
This circumstance, encouraging as it was, we have no doubt
contributed to the ultimate loss of the battle, as it lulled Many
of the conservatives into a state of false security, and prevented
them from coining in to record their votes; whilst it had the
effect of putting the " liberals" on their mettle, and by the most
strenuous exertions they had suceeded iu reducing the majority
to about twenty at half-past three o'clock. At that tune the
bulk of the. voters who were rejected in both the Mill-hill and
West wards remainel unpolled; and, as the whigs then became
Satisfied that they could not win in Mill-hill, they poured all
their double voters into West ward, within the last twenty mi-
nutes of the poll, and at the close it was doubtful which party
ryas victorious in that ward. The alderman and assessors there-
fore counted the voting papers for the two parties, which were
easily distinguishable from their shape and colour, before hand-
them in to the mayor for examination preparatory to making
. iruir
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.............. . .
..22A561 I Bromley.. 245
Hunter. 245
his declaration, and they stated the numbers to be
CONSERVATIVES.
RADICALS.
I'b
the l In
examinationlh NI 11-h Ilowf
he
ward the
,
George
voting alderman
papers
themselves,
andi
saeslsveeszoar
and,
dundertook
!meammottmon of ths voting liapera themselves, and, after re-
jectiug several given for the conservative candidates, which
were defectively
filled up:they declared the numbers to be:—
CONSERVATIVES.
RADICALS.
Jennins
Chdrlesworth 275 1 Birchall .

SCNAOIt 70.11.
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The following is the state of the poll .
for new councillors .
Votes.
Edward H. Ilebden, banker.. .............. -. 162
Samuel Newton, maltster ................. 3,5
John Browutree, grocer.. 134
Samuel Beswit k. shipowner l2l
William Ho!den, furrier. .......... . ll7
William Tiukor, grocer t ....... 70
William B. Fowler, shipowner. ..................... 45
The three first are elected.