The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

ICH ELECTION.-TUESDAY

k of day, this otherwise quiet part of the
nnstituted of the towns of Widmer, Deal,
bited the commencement of all the noise
to a contested election. Exactly as the
the polling commenced, the sun at the
nost brilliant manner, but for the first
s came to the booths. Till nine o'clock
ad without any obstruction, when the
seriously broken by a person in the in.
attempting to vote while in a state of
was resisted by the friends of Mr.
. the consequences was a general fight, which
;ly to terminate without the shedding of blood,
.es' staves being very freely used upon the heads
f the combatants. In the midst of this matee the
companied by Mr. Lindsay, interposed, and with
ale difficulty at length succeeded in restoring order
he combatants, when Mr. Lindsay and the Mayor
• cheered. At ten o'clock the majority of 34 for
was exhibited from the hustings, immediately
'r coaches from Ramsgate, laden with voters
-.servative candidate, arrived in the town,
.vith the loudest plaudits by Mr. Lindsay's
.sed the most evident consternation to the
countenances sufficiently indicated that their
s were that they were already defeated.
',need the state of the poll, at its final

His vot

)f the c

and convictio
'he MAYOR a

Mr. Hugh Hamilton Lindsay,
Colonel Charles Richard Fox.

red Mr: Hugh Hamilton Lindsay to be duly elected
in the present parliament for the borough
Tremendous applause.)

said, his triumphant return was an answer
any reaction in the country, for he, who three
a stranger amongst them, had triumphed over
e Administration, who had been supported by
e which the Admiralty, the Ordnance, and the

brief terms thanked his opponents for the
ch they had received him, and his friends
Is support which they had afforded. Though
to the efficacy of the ballot, the result of
:need him to make that experiment.
his duty in a short time again to present
'ages, and he felt confident he should do
result from that which this day's pro-

TATE OF TRADE

ESTER, MAY 12.—Not the slightest improvement
;sted itself in this market, On the contrary, the
absence of demand, and the consequent pressure
compel the holders to submit to lower and lower
ices, both of goods and yarns, are now, we believe,
lower on the average than at any former period,
seems to be no prospect of amendment, except
tided diminution of production. This week, we
d, ten of the principal firms in the neighbourhood
rn and Hollingworth, whose collective produce is
derable, have agreed to work only four days per
I similar arrangements are making in various other

kNNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 10.—
more buyers in the market to-day, and
sold than on last Monday; but the

There is a report in the

,
of another small manufacturer having stopped pay-
The wool market still continues in a very depressed

LD MARKET

MAY 11.—This was a very

iarket, in nearly all descriptions of goods, there being
ral flatness, quite unusual at this season, and little
tof an improvement. Prices are nominal. Trades-
rally look with great anxiety to the discussions in
-id hope that the crisis will result in some de-
s, to relieve the pressure on commerce. The
if the corn-laws, and a modification of the
, is all but universal.

A LUCIFER FACTORY.—On Tuesday
t alarm and confusion were occasioned
by a dreadful fire bursting forth from
a lucifer and congreve manufactory,
of Messrs. Truman and Hanbury's
to Mr. Parsons. The lucifer manu-
--- id, the orly portion of it remain-
- walls. The house, No. 13,
named Long, and tenanted
4 serious damage, a portion

of
ythe g
igniting
stated
theii e.l
(
c fe; so rsililnd
'e two butts of water in the place
.e flames, but so combustible wa
stment that as soon as one part wass
sere the tire had not reached, appeared
.rsons is not insured, and this makes the
y destroyed by fire within the last Month.
,d at a place called Chelsea, near Leighton
night cf Saturday last. A bullying fellow,
challenged to fight a man named James
.. The fight lasted a considerable time, and at length
...ler gave his antagonist a blow on the neck which ren-
.xed him insensible, and from which he never recovered,
bat died in the course of the morning. An inquest was held
on the body, and the jury returned a verdict of "Man-
slaughter against Butcher and the seconds," who were im-
mediately arrested and taken to prison.—Bedford Mercury.

1 lucifer f

tamed John B