The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-16 00:00:00

WEST DERBY WARD.

A meeting was held, last night, at the Low-hill Coffee-
house, or "Coach and Horses," for the purpose of nomi-
nating a candidate to represent the constituency of West
Derby Ward. There were about 30 gentlemen present,
chiefly of the committee. After some preliminary conver-
sation, Mr. Thomas Tattershall was called to the chair.
The general opinion appeared to be, before the opening
of the meeting, that Mr. Arthur Henderson (if he had
consented to be nominated) would be the candidate.
After some little delay the chairman took his seat, and
first inquired whether any of the committee had to pro-
pose a candidate.
Mr. WHATHAM stated that Mr. Broadbent, Mr. Grant-
ham, and Mr. Miller had been named as to be solicited,
but that from various circumstances, (bad health on the
•
part of Mr. Grantham?) another candidate, Mr. Arthur
Hendersor, had been named, and he had had an interview
with the last-named gentleman.
Mr. HARDY said he had found a gentleman who was
willing to serve the ward, but be did not like to be prema-
ture, and would rather hear other propositions from others
of the committee. He said that he hoped he should be sup-
ported if he proposed a member of the community who would
rate the docas, and oppose the Rivington Pike scheme.
He passed a high eulogium on the character of Mr.
Arthur Henderson, in opposition to Mr. G. H. Lawrence.
He moved that Mr. Arthur Henderson be the candidate.
Mr. WHATHAM seconded the resolution in a neat
address. They must return an anti-Pike man, and a
rating of docks man. He approved of Mr. Henderson,
who, he believed, would work faithfully and earnestly.
Mr. BENTLEY said he had seen Mr. A. Hendersqn
that afternoon, and that he was quite agreeable to come •
forward.
The CHAIRMAN corroborated the statement that Mr.
A. Henderson had agreed to stand, if he were invited to
do no: and, if it were the wish of the meeting, his
placards would be out to-morrow.
Mr. MARSHALL said that Mr. Henderson's brother
was rather against his becoming a candidate. He pro-
posed Mr. Edward Hawley, of Edge-lane, in place of
Mr. Henderson.
This was seconded by Mr. LITTLER, but opposed by
another gentleman, on the score that Mr. Hawley was
infirm from attacks of gout.
The amendment was supported by but a few of those
present. The original motion in behalf of Mr. Henderson
was carried, and it was stated that lie would meet the
committee at the same house on Wednesday (to-morrow)
evening.
Mr. Thomas Smith has also issued an address to the
electors of this ward, announcing himself a candidate.

FREE TRADE INJURY TO BRITISH SAILORS.—At the
present moment a Swedish vessel is loading in the Bir-
kenhead Docks with English manufactured goods for
America.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF THE UNITED ICINHDOM.--,
The revenue authorities considering, with reference to the
recent orders of the Lords of the Treasury, establishing a
new mode of preparing the accounts of the imports and
exports of the United Kingdom, that further provision is
required with respect to goods removed under bond from
one port to another for the purpose of being warehoused,
or constructively warehoused only, have directed that on
the removal of goods from one port of the kingdom to
another for the purpose of being warehoused, in addition
to the endorsement on the entry of the quantity of goods
received, the collectors and comptrollers are to take care
that any increase or decrease which may htlYe z.ni.°oll, ;;;;Lice
the original importation of the goods be also endorsed
on the entry. And with regard to goods removed under
bond and constructively warehoused, with respect to
which a warehousing entry is dispensed with, under gene-
ral order dated Ist June, 1832, the collectors and comp-
trollers at the port of destination are to require from the
party entering the goods an additional document, which
are to be endorsed by the landing officers in the regular
manner, and regularly transmitted to the proper depart-
ment. The authorities have further directed the discon-
tinuance of the import and export accounts kept at the
outports, and also of the account at present transmitted
of duties collected on certain articles, for which remit-
tances have fallen into the Exchequer. In carrying these
regulations into effect, the officers at the several ports
have been directed to transmit an account, showing the
several particulars required by the present order, with
regard to any goods removed under bond for the purpose
of being warehoused, or constructively warehoused, for
which goods the letter of advice bears date subsequently
to the sth of July, and up to the period of this order com-
ing into operation.
THE BALLOT IN THE UNITED STATES.—Before I left
Watertown, after breakfast, I had an opportunity of see-
ing the manner of voting by ballot in the States. It was
the election for senator, sheriff, &c., altogether quite a,
field day. The evening before I had attended a meeting
of the 'Whigs—synonymous with Conservatives—in the
States, to arrange their proceedings for the morrow, and
there were some amusing speeches delivered, in which
the " loco-focos," or Radicals, were sharply handled. In
one of the lower rooms of the American hotel, a table
was placed opposite a door-way, the door itself was taken
off its hinges, across the door-way was nailed a board,
the voters came along the passage, " brought up" at the
board, handed over it their folded ticket (containing the
name of the candidate they voted for) to a man who
stood up beside the door inside, he slipped the ticket
through a slit in the box, like a large tea caddy, with a
handle at top, and which stood on the table. At the
table sat two clerks, who registered in books the names
of those who came forward to vote, whilst a fourth func-
tionary sat at the table, with a " tooth-picking air," and
apparently observing all those who came forward to vote,
and was ready to detect and check any irregularity.
There was no noise or altercation chile the busin6s of
balloting was going on ; well dr "ntly
attired voters came forward, all s with •
decorum. Many of the ticks iured
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had voted, the scrutineers opt
and counted the tickets, and r-
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