The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-15 00:00:00

ST. PAUL'S WARD

A meeting of the conservatives of this ward was held on
Tuesday last. Joshua Edwards, Esq., is candidate for the
Ist November. We congratulate the electors on the choice
of so respectable and suitable a gentleman to represent the
ward in the Town Council, and wish him every success.
ST. PETER'S WARD. . _

On Monday, the Radicals of this ward held a meeting in
the Clarendon Rooms, when resolutions were adopted that
Mr. Woolwright, the retiring member, should again be put
in nomination. He will be opposed by Mr. Ebernezer Rae,
on the Conservative interest.

VAUXHALL WARD.
The radical electors of this ward met on Tuesday night,
and resolved on putting in nomination Mr. William Preston,
who was rejected at the last election.
GREAT GEORGE WARD.
Mr. William Rathbonp is the radical candidate for the re-
presentation of this war'. His friends met on Wednesdaynight,
night, at the George nrn, Bryden-street, when several
flaming speeches were . Mr. James Lawrence will be
Mr. Rathbone's oppr

E:kt,citu,n)F WARD.
Last evening, A.r. Henry Hol.nes met the radicals of this
ward, at Lindon'A Room, Hunter-street, when they passed
resolutions for again bringing him forward.

EVERTON WARD.
We understand that there will be no contest in this ward,
the radicals having discovered that they have not the slight-
est chance of success.

A VIEW OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

SINCE 1837

In the year 1837 the radical faction reigned triumphant in
this town. Candidates for seats in the council, as was justly
observed by one of the speakers at the Lime-street Ward
Meeting, were selected not for their fitness to assist in ma-
naging the affairs of the town, but because they " put up" at

the Angel. In that year their evil principles were found out,
and at every succeeding election they have had the mortifica-
tion of seeing conservatism advance, until it has at last ob-
tained a position which bids fair to annihilate radical domi-
nation and its consequent misrule for ever.

In November, 1837, the total numbers who polled on each

side were—

Conservative
Radical ....
The total number of electors polled was 6010 ; the gross ma-
jority of the radicals 146. The conservatives at this election
were successful in four wards only, whilst the radicals carried
the immense majority of twelve.
In 1838 only twelve wards were contested. On this occa-
sion the Conservatives returned six, and the radicals ten
councillors, whilst the Radical gross majority on the polling
was 223, as appears by the following statement :

Conservative
Radical ....
In 1839 the tables were completely turned ; the Radicals,
instead of having, as on every former occasion,a considerable
majority on the gross poll, were left in a pitiable minority.
In spite of the boasts of the Mercury ; in spite of the lavish
outlay of money through the medium of the Protector Soci-
ety, and of the influence of the (il-)liberal majority in the
Town Council, recklessly and tyrannically exercised, the
Conservatives triumphed. The total number of electors on
this occasion was 9406, of whom there were

3342
3148
Leaving a gross majority to the Conservatives of 194. The
Conservatives won eigit wards, with the further considera-
tion that the Radicals owed the return of no less a number
than three councillors to the casting vote of the mayor, Mr.
Hugh Hornby. That twelve constitutional men were not
carried was thus owing to the accident of a mayor being in
office holding liberal principles. Besides, on looking at the
majorities we have, no doubt that thirteen might have been
carried if the conservative forces had been a little more
judiciously disposed.

Conservative
Radical ....

The following is the final state of the poll in each ward at
the election of 1810 :

Majorities
C. L.

Everton Hodgson
Brown
Scotland Gladstone
Thornhi11..
Vauxhall..
Preston B6 .. 22 0
St. Paul's.. .. Hollinshead 177
AP Guffie
Exchange Sands
Wood
Castle-street .. Hope 206
Aikin
St. Peter's .... Rae
Priestley

Pitt-street Touhnin lB9
Rathbone
Great George's Cooper
Taylor
Rodney-street.. Birkett 269
Holland
Abercromby.. .. Proctor 314
Todd 277 .. 37 0
Lime-street.. . Kilshaw
Blackburn
St. Anne's Davies
Slater
West Derby.... G. H. Lawrence 156
Heyworth 9O .. 60 0
South Toxteth. . Sheppard l3B
Platt 144 0 6
NorthToxteth.. Harbord
Duncan 233 .. 7 0
Conservatives returned
Radicals 5

0 4

-16
Total number of Conservatives polled 3409
Total number of Radicals polled 3210

Total number of electors polled
Total Conservative majority...

Eleven conservatives were thus returned against five radi-
cals. We expected that twelve would have been carried ;
nevertheless we were well satisfied with the result. The
mortification of the radicals was without bounds. Some
time afterwards Mr. W. Wallace Currie died ; a conserva-
tive, Mr Alexander Smith, was returned in his stead, after
an obstinate contest with Mr. Rathbone, who had been pre-
viously defeated by Mr. Toulmin, for Pitt-street Ward. An-
other addition to the conservative number was made by the
substitution of Mr. Parker for the late Mr. Coglan, and a
third by the judgment of ouster against Mr. Quayle, who had
assumed the representation of Everton Ward, and the acces-
sion of Mr. Shand, thus making the relative numbers in the
existing council to stand thus :

Conservative
Radical (including 1G radical aldermen),

Radical majority

We know that a conservative majority in the next council
is, with the most ordinary exertion, beyond dispute. One
half of the present radical aldermen, whose names we have
given, retire. To secure the election of eight conservatives
in their room, will require eight conservative councillors to
he returned, which would give to us a majority of two in
the election of aldermen. But before the eight radical
aldermen retire, they will be entitled to vote in the election of
the chief magistrate. This is a most important consideration
which we trust will be a strong stimulant to universal exertion
in the approaching contest. To secure the election of the
Mayor TWELVE CONSERVATIVE COUNCILLORS MUST BE
RETURNED ON THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER, and reasoning
from the progressive majorities from 1838, we have no hesi-
tation in saying, this desirable consumation may be effected.
In concluding this brief and hasty summary, we call upon
all true Conservatives to carry on the good work, which has
for the last three years been so successfully progressing.
Let not either past or prospective victories lead either to
individual or collective supineness.

RETIRING COUNCILLORS.—The following are the names
of the retiring councillors :
Everton and Kirkdale Ward—Mr. John Holmes.
Scotland Ward—Mr. Isaac Holmes.
Vauxhall Ward—Mr. Thomas Case.
St. Paul's Ward—Mr. George Wright.
Exchange Ward—Mr. Henry Holmes.
Castle-street Ward—Sir Joshua Walmsley.
St. Peter's Ward—Mr. John Woollright.
Pitt-street Ward—Mr. Hugh Hornby.
Great George's Ward—Mr. James Lawrence.
Rodney-street Ward—Mr. Henry Lawrence.
Abercromby Ward—Mr. Robertson Gladstone.
Lime-street Ward—Mr. Thomas Morecroft.
St. Anne's Ward—Mr. James Parker.
West Derby Ward—Mr. John Shaw Leigh.
South Toxteth Ward—Mr. William M'Kee.
North Toxteth Ward—Mr. Alexander Smith, jun.

RETIRING ALDERMEN.--Mr. Jos. Hornby,
Shiel, Mr. Robert Roskell, Mr. Thomas Blackburne, Mr.
Thomas Booth, Mr. Robert Benn, Mr. George Holt, Mr.
C. H. Jones.