The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-29 00:00:00

EXCHANGE WARD

Last evening a meeting of the electors of this ward took
Mice at the British Hotel, Moortields, for the purpose of
adopting measures to secure the return of Thos. Sands, Esq.
to the council. The room was completely filled. and the
utmost unanimity and enthusiasm prevailed. Mr. Sands was
warmly greeted on entering the room.
N. D. BOLD, Esq. having been called to the chair, briefly
stated the purposes of the meeting, and regretted that the
11Ine4s of Mr. James Aspinall prevented him taking the
'flair as anticipated on this occasion.
Mr. T. B. HORSEALI proposed the first resolution, which
was seconded by Mr. MY ens, to the effect—" That the inde-
pendent conduct of Thos. Sands, Esq., and his attention to
the interests of the ward entitle him to the warmest thanks
of the meeting."
Mr. SANDS then presented himself to the meeting, and
;vas received with tremendous cheering. He said that it was
highly gratifying to him to find himself received in such a
good old English fashion, as it was a proof that his
Past conduct and his principles were approved of. Mr.
Sands adverted to the treacherous conduct of the whig
,Party, which had been promising everything and doing
the g. Mr. Sands then referred to his past conduct in
Ve council and stated at length his future intentions.
'le said if they wanted a representative who would advocate
universal suffrage, he was Lot the man—or annual parlia-
blents, he was not their man—or, in fact, if it was republi-
canism they wished for, he would not suit them ! (Loud
cheering.) He was one who would support to his utmost
the constitution in church and state. (Loud cheers.) Mr.
Sands then explained his views as a Wesleyan, and he then
referred to the warehouse question and denounced it as
fraught with danger, and as a measure likely to do the
greatest injury to the prosperity of the town. In conclusion
he hoped that the registration courts would be attended to,
and success would be certain. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. It. DAWSON, in proposing the next resolution, hoped
the conservatives would put their shoulders to the wheel, and
success would then be certain. The motion he had to pro-
Pose was—" That this meeting considers the public charac-
ter and past conduit of Thomas Sands, Esq., eminently
qualify him to be the future representative in the town
council of this borough, and that the meeting pledges itself
to use every exertion to return him at the ensuing election."
Mr. JOHN WALKER. seconded the resolution.
Mr. BYFORD proposed the next resolution, which was se-
conded by Mr. lionNE, to the effect that a committee be
formed forthwith for the purpose of carrying the former re-
solution into effect. Mr. Byford commented upon Mr.
Wood's address, and also upon the fact of the cellar popu-
lation being put upon the registry by the radicals. He then
ably a Id energetically called upon the meeting to support
Mr. S tnds, and declared his conviction that the operatives
were for the most part conservatives, and were as warmly
a.tathed to the cause as the richest men in the kingdom.
Mr. ISAAC HOLMES proposed the next resolution, to the
effect that the meeting earnestly requested the attendance at
the Sessions-house of those electors who had been objected
to by their radical opponents, and called upon each conser-
vative elector to use his influence to induce such parties to
appear at the revision, and substantiate their right of voting
at the election in November. • Mr. Holmes spoke warmly in
favour of Mr. Sands, and bore testimony to his efficiency in
the council, and ably exposed the trickery of the radicals.
He then proceeded to comment upon Mr. Alderman Eyre
Evans's testimony given before the House of Commons
on the warehouse question, and explained the part taken
by Mr. Sands in reference to it. Be then dwelt upon
the expulsion of the Bible from the schools, and alluded to
the expression of Mr. O'Connell at the late meeting on the
subject of the Welsh. Mr. Holmes then commented upon
the numerous objections made by the radicals, and hoped
that every man who was objected to would not fail to be pre-
sent to substantiate his claim.

Mr. ROWLANDS seconded the motion in a brief but stir-
ring address, recommending Mr. Sands to his brother opera-
tives, assuring them, that- like Wellington at the Battle of
Waterloo, they had only to cry—" Up lads and at them"—
to ensure success. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. ADDISON, (an operative sail-maker), called attention
to a part of Mr. Wood's address, which he denounced as
anti-scriptural, and pregnant with socialism and infidelity.
The speaker, in energetic terms, called attention to various
subjects which excited constant Cheering.
Mr. JACKSON was then introduced to the meeting, and
addressed it.
A committee being proposed by Mr. Arrowsmith, and
thanks being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated,
after giving three cheers for the Queen—the Members—and
the Duke of Wellington, &c.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATII.—On Thursday last, a la-
bouring man of the name of John Leather, residing in New-
tOn, Came to his breakfast as usual at S o'clock in the morn-
'"g, having been at his work. He and his wife and a lodger
were sitting together in Leather's house, when Leather fell,
the chair on which he was sitting coming in contact with the
breakfast table and upsetting it. The lodger immediately
ran to his assistance and lifted him up, while his agonised
wife had not time to recover from the panic into which the
,tudden fall of her husband had thrown her before her bus-
band was a corpse—the spirit had taken its exit from its
!lalrey tenement without a struggle. An inquest was held on
(),10e body te following day, when " Died by the Visitation of
was h
the verdict returned.