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

SOUTH TOXTETH WARD

The candidates for this ward were Mr. John Sheppard,
gentleman, conservative ; and Mr. John Platt, iron-mer-
chant, radical. Very considerable interest was excited in
this ward, which was nobly contested by the conservative
candidate, who, though he has lost the day by a small num-
ber of votes, will, we trust, be triumphant on the next occa-
sion. Mr. Platt got ahead considerably at an early hour,
and though Mr. Sheppard gained rapidly upon him, particu-
larly towards the close, he (Mr. S.) could not entirely make
up his leeway. The folldwing were the closing numbers :
Platt
Sheppard....

Majority for Platt 6
It should be remarked that at a quarter-past three Mr.
Platt was but three ahead of Mr. Sheppard ; at half-past, 6 ;
and at a quarter to four, (as well as at the close), only 6.
Towards the close of the poll, several slight pugilistic en-
counters took place, but the police restored order. A good
deal of amusement was created by an old man, who had sa-
crificed largely to the rosy god, wishing to give his vote to
Sheppard, and whose vote was refused on he score of
his inebriety. He repeatedly found his way tot Mr. Shep-
Pard's committee-room, accompanied by his wife ; but his
vote not being received when he tendered it, he refused to
vote at all. As the polling-place is in the outskirts of the
town and the ward extensive, cars and coaches were employed
in considerable numbers by both parties in bringing up the
voters who had lagged behind. The contest was so close to-
wards the conclusion, that the appearance of these vehicles
was loudly cheered by the parties at whose committee-rooms
they drew up. It will be observed that the voters had be-
come nearly exhausted before the close.

NORTH TOXTETH WARD

In this ward the conservative candidate was Mr. Richard
Harbord, warehouse-owner; and the radical, Mr. William
kllVlurdo Duncan, merchant. Mr. Harbord took the lead
at an early hour, and kept it in good style to the close of the
Contest. Here, too, the election went off in a perfectly
Peaceable manner.
Harbord
Duncan...

Majority for Harbord

The police were on the alert during the day, without
Interfering with the:business of the election beyond the
necessary maintainance of order, when a breach of the
peace was threatened or had commenced. To some
of the wards only six officers were appointed, and in
o:tilers various numbers up to twenty, as the occasion
eerned to require. Inspectors superintended each
ward
; there were sections in reserve at various points,
in Case their services might be required; and we ob.
Served Mr. Whitty at various parts of the town during
the day, giving most efficient and impartial instruc.
tiens to those under his charge.

No means, however trifling, were disregarded by the
liberals to avoid the mortification of defeat. For in-
stance, circulars were sent round to gentlemen of their
mode of thinking, requesting them to interfere with
their servants, and others connected with them to in-
duce them to vote for the radical candidates. We,
Ourselves, saw one dated October 22, addressed by Mr.
Wilson Ledger,ito Mr. John Cropper, in which he
stated that he had been instructed by the central com-
mittee to request him to call upon John Dalton, of
Mill-street, and endeavour to prevail upon him to vote
for the reform candidate, in South Toxteth Ward, Mr.
Platt. The circular also gave the information that the
committee were sitting every day at Mr. Rathbone's
Office, No. 10, South Castle-street. This is an incident
not very important in itself, except as showing that
the mania for reform in Mr. Dalton and others was by
no means so strong as in the central committee them-
*elves, but that the persuasion and character of Mr.
Cropper were deemed indispensable to induce him to
I'ote for the radical candidate.

WIGAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
RETIRING COUNCILLORS.
Conservatives
Radicals..
ELECTED Nov. 2, 1840.
Conservatives
Radicals
PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL,
(AFTER THIS ELECTION).
Conservatives
Reformers
Ten of the reformers who are at present in the council are
aldermen, who were elected during the reform mania, when
the radicals obtained a large majority of councillors ; but
such as been the alteration in public opinion that the con-
ervatives were returned this year without opposition.

MACCLESFIELD

RETIRING COUNCILLORS
Conservatives
Reformers

ELECTED Nov. 2, 1840.
Conservatives
Reformers
PRESENT CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL,
(AFTER THIS ELECTION).
Conservatives (councillors 29) 29
Reformers (aldermen 12—councillors 7) 1J
The numbers once were—conservatives 3 ; reformers 45

Richard Roy, Esq., of Great Stanhope-street, West
Minster, has been lately canvassing Cheltenham upon thi
Conservative interest.

WEsLEYANISM OPPOSED TO CHARTISM.—A respectable
4.'rgYman in Wales observes, in correspondence with a
:riend I must do the Wesleyans the justice to say, that
p; the Chffair thed admirably, as I be-
ve they do artist
asa a body in allhave politicalbehave ve moments. In fact,
they
appear to me to feel a consciousness of their might in
etCountry, and to consider themselves more as an integral
r:r of tthe state, than as a sect with detached exclusive iren-
t rests. In this there is much wisdom ; this must be p-
r(l to a right perception of religious obligations, and a
esacrifice. of private feeling to a sense of public duty ; and I
ZP,a. satisfied this sacrifice does not go unrequited, as the
jesleyans certainly possess the confidence and the good will
the country." The gentleman to whom these remarks
i', The
addressed and who has forwarded them to us, adds-
4he Wesleyans in Wales, both North and South, are as
O rthYom of this character, as their brethren :in any part of the
Ingd."

PoitcsmouTH.—The Rapid, 10 gun brig, will shortly be
ZlMmissioned at this port. The following three-decked ships
atrdered to be commissioned immediately :—The Caledonia,
b`o, and Impregnable, 104, both at Plymouth, the former as
i'rt flag-ship of Admiral Sir Graham Moore, and the latter
Ic;r Service in the Mediterranean, to be commanded by Capt.
• Porrest. The Camperdown, 104, is also ordered for com-
Nlssion at Sheerness for the same quarter. It is confidently
tooured that the Queen, 104, flag-ship at this port, will be
tent
Pout to the Mediterranean as soon as her internal fitments
rc,-
I,'; completed ; and that the St. Vincent, 120, will supply her
• ce• A large number of 50 gun-ships are in course of
1411Paration for the pendant, amounting to 10 sail. The
at "fi,11,8 and Vengeance, 84 gun-ships, will be commissioned
Port about the 10th of November. Great dispatch is
m tisedlheir equipment for the pendant.—Brighton Gazelle.
toeftll4GT., L Alt AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The week
bein-re last, two sinkers were engaged by night in a coal-pit
the 'llging to E. Protheroe, Esq., in the Forest of Dean ;
y were sinking an air-pit from one measure or vein of
coall to another, and the pit was then about fifty feet deep.
Young man, Thomas Coleman, at the windlass or barrel,
Was sat down a few minutes, while the other at the bottom
• preparing other work. It being about midnight, he fell
so tP, and had a short unpleasant dream, which excited him
felitnuth that he sprang forward headlong into the pit, and
derf!lirut 25 feet, or midway down, where his life was won-
Of :` 3' preserved by his foot catching on one of the hooks
his khcart bridle, which pierced through the upper leather of
so,:oe and into his foot. near the large toe. He was there
asartoded for some time, completely out of the reach or
yoZance of the man at the bottom ; but being a very active
thitiog man, after several efforts he succeeded in reaching the
self. °ll Which he was hung, and ultimately disengaged him-
Although suffering much pain, he drew up his partner.
no 4.!' been unable to work since, but the wound is going
'two urably.—Bath Chronicle.