The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL.

GENTLEMEN,
THE time is now come when it is fitting that you
should he made acquainted with every thing which may
affect your course in the selection of your Representatives in a
new Parliament, and I feel myself, therefore, called upon to
make known to you the desire which I have for sone time en-
tertained, to take this opportunity of retiring from your ser-
vice. It is now nearly sixteen years—sixteen not altogether
idle, not uneventful years—since i entered upon its duties;
and, honourable as it is, more honourable in my eyes than any
other in the Legislature of the country, it is one which propor-
tionably deinands a devotion of time, and a sacrifice of all other
pursuits, such as I feel no longer able, with satisfaction to my-
self and consistently with other duties which press upon me,
adequately to bestow. So far, proud of your service, and re-
jecting all other ties, I have served you willingly, heartily. I
am desirous of parting from you while I ran still say this, and
while you may be still inclined to acknowledge and sanction
the boast. I need hardly say what recollections I shall carry
with me into private life; recollections of friendships formed
amongst you, I hope never to be broken ; of kind and indul-
gent consideration even from opponents; of triumphs of great
principles, reaped and enjoyed upon a noble field, after strug
files warm and eaTer, indeed, during the encounter, but leav-
ing no rancour or bitterness behind.

I now bid you farewell, with every prayer for your prospe-
rity, every hop. that von may go on as you have done hitherto.
distinguished as much for your ardour in every good work as
for the energy and intelligence with which you push our coup-
try's commerce, with its civilizing influences, into every quir-
ter of the globe. In these labours I shall no longer take my
Part as vomit Representative. May that duty tall into abler
hands. If in any other Capacity it should be in my power to
contribute to your welfare, the name of Liverpool will ever be
a sufficient calm on my best exertions. I am, Gentlemen,
your faithful Servant,SANDON.
London, 29th May, 1847.

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the OPERATIVES
of BIRKENHEAD, convened by Public Requisition, and
held in the Theatre, Chester-street, on the Evening of SATUR-
DAY, the 29th instant,
Mr. JAMES BACH in the Chair,
the following, Resolutions were unanimously adopted :
Proposed by Mr. JOHN DAVIES. Operative, and seconded by
Mr. WM. Mori-I'l3lEn, Historian of the Hundred of Wirral,
Rexalved,—" That the present depressed condition of the
affairs of the township of Birkenhead is mainly attributable to
the total and universally acknowledged want of confidence in
the present Board of Commissioners ; and that, therefore, it is
essential to the best interests of the town, with a view to the
restoration of public credit and its general improvement and
advantage, that a change should be effected by the entire and
total rejection of those candidates who are favourable to the
party now unfortunately predominant at the Board, and the
restoration to office of the men under whose influence and
management the town had risen to the importance which
twelve months since it had attained."
Passed unanimously.
Proposed by Mr. F. R. WEnsvEn, Operative, and seconded
by Mr. JOHN IT I LTON,
Resolred.--.‘ That, with a view to carry out the foregoing
objects, this Meeting does hereby recommend the following
Gentlemen as fit and !wooer persons to serve the office of Com-
missioners; and, in pledging itself that every exertion shall
be used to promote their return, this Meeting would earnestly
entreat the Ratepayers to vote for the entire lists : namely,
Joseph IMallaby, gentleman, Church-street : Christopher Ben-
tham, merchant, Hamilton-square: John Howe Greene, mer-
chant, Canning-street; William Pike, gentleman, P.,rkfield;
Henrry Fox, shipbroker, Claughton ' • John Hicklin, gentleman,
Camden- street; and Henry James Nicholls, gentleman, Cam-
den-street."
Passed unanimously.

BACH, Chairman.
Mr. Bach having vacated the chai JAMES
r, Mr. Mortimer was called
thereto, when a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the prior
Chairman, and the Meeting adjourned until Mandav V.venins.

at Half-pa'st Seven o'clock

At an Adjourned PUBLIC MEETING of the OPERATIVES
of BIRKENHEAD, convened by Public Requisition, and
held in the Theatre, Chester-street, Yesterday Evening ;
Mr. JAMES KEATING in the Chair ;
Proposed by Dr. REYNOLDS, seconded by Mr. SHORE, and
passed unanimously,

Resolved.—" Th.'l7 the interests of Birkenhead have severely
suffered by the mismanagement of the present Commissioners;
that one-third of the houses are unoccupied, and its t-ade has
decreased ; and we therefore no longer repose confidence in
them as public men. but pledge ourselves to support Joseph
Mallaby, FAQ. and his colleagues."

Prop.Os'ed tiv Mr. fiAvis,seconded by Mr. STEWART, and
passed unanimously,

Resolved,—" Thad, with a view to, carry out the foregoing ob-
jects, this meeting'does hereby recommend the following Gen-
tlemen as fit and proper persons to serve the office of Commis-
sioners ; and, in pledging itself that every exertion shall be
used to promote their return, this meeting would earnestly
entreat the Ratepayers to vote for the entire lists : namely=
Joseph Mallaby, gentleman, Church-street ; Christopher Ben-
tham, merchant, Hamilton-square; John Howe Greene, mer-
chant, Canning-street; Wiliam Pike, gentleman, Parkfield ;
Henry Fox, shipbroker, Claughton ; John Hicklin, gentleman,
Camden-street; and Henry James Nicholls, gentleman, Cam-
den-street."

JAMES KEATING, Chairman.
Mr. Keating having vacated the chair, Dr. Reynolds was
called thereto, when a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the
prior Chairman, and the Meeting separated.

TO THE RATEPAYERS OF BIRKENHEAD.
rrHE LIVERPOOL JOURNAL, of this morning, reports
1 a Speech made by Mr. MALLABY, at the Craven Rooms,
on Thursday nig.ht of which the following is an extract:—

-- Allusion had been made to the construction of the docks
already opened. Now Mr. Hicklin might not be well ac-
quainted with the legal bearing of the case, but he (Mr. Mal-
laby) knew, and the Commissioners knew, that that dock was
made illegally, and that it was made out of money placed in the
hands or the Commissioners for other purposes. (Hear.) He
knew some of the Commissioners were very anxious that the
money so obtained should he nrnnprh,

_,„ UC expenen, tere
were others who well knew at the time whethero theybut wereh ex-
pend'ng that money for the advantage of the Township or the
advancement of their own private interests. Let those clear
themselves of that charge who could.".
The excavations connected with the Docks alluded to were
commenced soon after the laying of the Foundation Stone and
the Masonry for the gates early in the summer of 1816, and
resolutions passed fixing its opening, and that of the Bridge-
End Dock, to take place before the end of the same year.
Mr. Mallaby states, that he knew the Dock Commissioners
were acting illegally, I conceive it was, therefore, clearly his
duty, as Lnw-Clerk, to have advised them that they could not
proceed with the work, and if they did not then desist, to have
inserted on the minutes a written protest to that effect.
Mr. Mallaby ti'd not, however, inform the Commissioners
they were expending money illegally until near the end of last
year, when the dock in question was in a very advanced state.
The total amount expended on this Dock, up to this time,
does not exceed :€25.000, a most beneficial outlay to the Dock
Trust, to the Bondholders, and to the Town of Birkenhead.
The object of the present Commissioners has been not merely
to complete the Passage Dock and the Bridge-end Dock, as
insinuated, hut to penn up the Water of the Great Float of 150
acres, thereby providing accommodation for the reception of a
large Trade, by next Autumn, and benefitting the whole Town
of Birkenhead, from Woodside Ferry to the Upper end of the
Float.

Resolutions to this effect were past in January last, and the
necessary arrangements made with the Public Boards soon
after.

Individually. I give the most unqualified DENIAL to the
insinuations of Mr. Mallaby, should he mean them to apply to
your most obedient servant,

JOHN LAIRD,

35, Hamilton-square, May

29, 1847

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION

AT a MEETING of the REFORM ASSOCIATION, held at the Clarence Hotel, Manchester, on TUESDAY,
May 25, 1847,

GEORGE WILSON, Esq. in the Chair.
Resolved,—That this Meeting is of opinion that the Repre-
sentation of South Lancashire should be entrusted only to men

or emargect experience, established opinions, and fully; convey_
sant with the great commercial and industrial interests of this
important district. _ _

Resolved,—That the Requisition, signed by 8340 Electors of
this Division of the County, be presented immediately to the
Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., and that a Meeting of this Association
be held on Tuesday, Ist of June, to receive the Report of the
Deputation appointed to present the Requisition, and to take
into consideration the steps to be taken in reference to thenext
Election ; and that, in the meantime, the Electors be earnestly
requested to withhold their pledges from any other Candidate.
Resolved,—That the various Free Trade and Reform Associa-
tions in this Division of the County be requested to meet imme-
diately, with a view of cooperating with this Association.
GEORGE WILSON, Chairman.