The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-28 00:00:00

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TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1853.

THE REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL.
THE whole town was in a state of the greatest
excitement on Tuesday, as the decision of the Com-
mittee on the Election Petition was momentarily
expected by Electric Telegraph; and it was not
until late in the afternoon that we were enabled to
announce in a Third Edition that the report was
unfavourable to Messrs. TURNER and MACKENZIE,
although it completely exonerated them from all
blame, and vindicated the Constituency from the
foul aspersions which had been levelled at it.
The first and most important consideration was, as
to the selection of Candidates to supply the va-
cancy, particularly as notice was given for the issue
of the writ on the following Tuesday (this day);
and though two names had been already before the
public, and freely canvassed, no announcement was
made until the following morning, when the town
was posted with bills, declaring the Hon. HENRY
THOMAS LIDDELL and Mr. THOMAS BERRY
HORSFALL to be the Candidates intended to be
put in nomination on the part of the Conservatives.
While the inquiry was yet pending, we stated that,
should the result be unfavourable, as might be pos-
sible, from the constitution of the Committee, the

Conservatives could not make a better selection
than Mr. T. B. HOESFALL and Mr. J. BRAMLEY-
MoonE, both of whom were townsmen, well-
known, and appreciated, from their high standing
and intimate acquaintance with the commercial
interests of the town; and we have reason to believe
that this suggestion was favourably received by a
considerable number of the constituent body. It
appears, however, that a consultation of some of
the leading Conservatives led to a selection of one
of the names we suggested,—the propriety of
which must have been obvious to all,—and
the declaration of an opinion, that it was pre-
ferable to have a stranger of parliamentary
experience for the second seat; and, carry-
ing out this view, the Hon. HENRY THOMAS
LIDDELL was proposed, and at once accepted.
Since then, several Ward meetings have been held,
and no attempt has, as yet, been made to disturb
the arrangement. Indeed, the Radicals seem pa-
ralysed by their fruitless victory, and the opinion is
gaining ground that the Conservatives will be
allowed to carry the election without a contest. We
may state that the Hon. HENRY THOMAS LID-
DELL, who is the eldest son of Lord RAVENS..
WORTH., is in his fifty-seventh year, and was in
Parliament so far back as 1826, when he was re-
turned for the county of Northumberland, and sup-
ported Mr. CANNING, as minister, until the death
of the latter. He was returned for North Durham
in 1837, and in the last parliament sat for South
Shields, having defeated Mr. INGHAM, the chair-
man of the Liverpool Election Committee, who re-
turned the compliment at the last election. It will
thus be seen that he has had considerable experience I
in Parliamentary business; and his position, as a
member of the aristocracy, with the prospect of an
early succession to the peerage—his father being
nearly fourscore years of age—leave no reason to
doubt his eligibility for the distinction which is
sought at the hands of the electors.

While, however, we cordially concur in the pro-
priety of preserving that unity of action in the
Conservative body—which is the certain element of
success—so as to leave no point of which our poli-
tical opponents may take advantage, we see no
reason to alter the opinion which we have previously
expressed, that Mr. BRANILEY-MOORE would have
been, in every respect, a most eligible candidate.
His principles, his business habits, his commercial
experience, and the many good qualities which he
would have brought into the service of his fellow-
townsmen, must be too well known to need recapi-
tulation; and we shall content 'ourselves with the
reflection that we have done our part in calling
attention to them.

We cannot conclude these brief remarks without
paying that tribute of gratitude which is justly due
to Mr. CHARLES TURNER, for the services which
he has rendered to his fellow-townsmen during the
short time which he has represented them in Par-
liament ; and it is a feeling which we may confi-
dently say is shared by nearly the whole of his con-
stituents. He has been indefatigable in his attend-
ance in the House of Commons, and on all ques-
tions affecting the shipping and commercial inte-
rests of the port he has taken a prominent part in
the discussion ; his vote on every occasion has

been in direct accordance with the principles upon
which he was returned ; he has been accessible at
all times to all who required his aid or assistance ;
and his fitness to occupy the high position to which
he had attained, was fully recognised in the cordial
manner in which he was received by the leading
members of the great Conservative party, and the
respect with which he was always listened to in the
House of Commons. He returns to his consti-
tuents with his honour not only untarnished, but
rendered brighter by the ordeal which it has under-
gone ; and whenever the opportunity shall occur
of again returning him as the Representative of
Liverpool, his position at the head of the poll will
show the distinguished place which he occupies in
the good opinion of his fellow-townsmen.
Since writing the above, and almost at the in-