The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

We have referred in another column to the merits of
the respective candidates for the representation of the
various wards in the Town Council, and shall here record
merely the rneetincrs which have been held since our last.
for the purpose of 'forwarding the interests of the several
candidates.
The friends of Mr. T. Chalmer, jun., met on Tuesday
evening, and passed a resolution pledging themselves to
support his claims, after hearing the candidate again ex-
plain his opinions.
On Tuesday the electors of Lime-street Ward heard
from Mr. Picton an exposition of his views, which are in
accordance with the popular opinions on the two great
questions which at present agitate the public mind. A
resolution approving of Mr. Picton as a candidate was
then proposed by Mr. Haigh, seconded by Mr. Gleave,
and carried unanimously. Mr. Picton will in all probabi-
lity be returned without opposition.
Mr. Arthur Henderson again met the electors of West
Derby Ward on Tuesday, and, after declaring his unal-
tered determination to oppose the Pike scheme, said that
with regard to the dock-rating question, it must be re-
membered that the principle had been admitted by the
Dock Committee themselves. In two years they had paid
£4,000 towards the parish rates ; it was generally admit-
ted that the remaining portion might be rated with no
detriment to the interests of the port. He thought that
if the Newsham-house estate had been converted into a
public park, the expense would have been better bestowed
than in carrying people over to Cheshire. Mr. Whatham
pr9posed a resolution to the effect that they had heard
with satisfaction the sentiments just expressed by Mr.
Henderson, and pledged themselves to use every exertion
to secure his triumphant return. Mr. Hardy seconded
the resolution, and it was supported by Mr. Robert Hen-
derson, brother of the candidate, and unanimously car-
ried.—On the following evening another meeting was held
to promote the return of Mr. Mather, but as that gentle-
man seems personally unconcerned about the result, Mr.
Henderson is justly the more popular of the two; and as
his votes will generally be given from considerations of
relieving the ratepayers, they will doubtless see the policy
of recording their suffrages in his favour.
A meeting of the friends of Mr. Clarke took place in
St. Peter's Ward on Wednesday. We are glad to see
that Mr. Tinne has been nominated, and we hope he will
be triumphantly returned. There is not a more useful
gentleman in the Council than Mr. Tinne : his exertions
on every committee with which his name was associated
have been always most active and persevering, although
he has not often figured as a speaker at the Council meet-
ings. We understand that he will return very shortly
from abroad.

On Wednesday a meeting was held in Vauxhall Ward,
to secure the return of Mr. Atkinson. Mr. W. Rathbone
has been put forward in opposition, but there is scarcely
a ward in the town where that gentleman is more unpo-
pular, and Mr. Atkinson will therefore most likely obtain
an easy triumph.