The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-12 00:00:00

THE TOXTETH WARDS

The men in the employ of the Messrs. Horsfall walked
in front of the electors in this ward—bearing on their hats
ribauds on which were printed " Liddell and Horsfall."
They were preceded by a band. The shipwrights, riggers,
blockmakers, and others, who have ever been famous for
their attachment to the constitutional cause, walked with
these wards. They excited much amusement and inte-
rest wherever they appeared, as, in addition to banners,
they displayed a dummy scarecrow figure, with a broad-
brimmed hat,bearing on his breast a placard, on which
was printed—
" Purity Billy's Petition !
All Cry anti no Wool
Ratsbones! Rosettes ! and Sovereigns !
No go ! Billy, Ronald, Jeffery and Co. !"

On a board. carried alongside of this scarecrow, was
printed—" Pity the sorrows of a poor man from Green-
bank 1" On a second board was painted a wig, with the
inscription—" Clean shaving done here,W(h)igs dressed;"
on another—" A bad judge to come here." Much fun
was created by a glass of ale and a jug carried on the top
of a staff, underneath which were the lines—

" Drink XXX, boys, and he merry,
We cannot stomach sour Perry."
Close to this was carried the!model of a sirloin of beef,
and accompanying it were the following lines :

" The rats, like our beef, are done brown,
And basted, like meat, to afford us a treat,
For the good of ourselves and the town."

From the earliest dawn groups of people, including many
of the fair sex, gathered at the windows and on the roofs
of the houses along the line of the procession ; and the
whole town was pervaded by a feeling of expectant gaiety
and bustle. The procession, amidst enthusiastic cheers
from a vast concourse of people, started from the Adel phi
Hotel about nine o'clock, passing along Renshaw-street,
Bold-street, Church-street, Lord-street, and Castle-street
to the hustings, the sight being one of the most imposing
and magnificent ever witnessed in this town. The Libe-
rals, in some few cases, ventured a groan or a hiss at the
imposing spectacle ; but these were drowned in the exul-
tant shouts of the lookers-on—the ladies at the windows
waving red and blue colours, and thus adding much to the
pleasing aspect of the scene.
Castle-street was, as before, barricaded stoutly down
the centre, as far as Brunswick-street, a space being re-
' tained within the double row, in order to keep an effectual
division between the two parties. The police force, under
the immediate command of Captain Greig, was judiciously
distributed. The firo brigade surrounded the barricade in
front of the hustings.
The hustings were, as usual, erected in front of the
Town-hall, there being three compartments for the can-
didates. Messrs. Horsfall and Liddell, and their nume-
rous friends, were placed near Water-street, Mr. Bramley-
Moore and his friends were in the centre, and Sir Erskine
Perry and the leading Radicals near Dale-street. Over
the Conservative compartment was placed a large board,
painted red, and edged with gilt and dark blue, bearing in
gold letters the motto—
" Liddell and Ilorsfall,

" Our Protestant Religion—Ships, Colonies, and Com-
merce. The Town and Trade of Liverpool for Ever."
Over the centre of the booth was placed a smaller board,
in red and gold, inscribed
" John Bramley-Moore, Esq.,
. r.

" Our Townsman for EveL The People's Friend."
Over the eastern compartment of the hustings was the
blue and white ensign of the Radicals, with the words
" Sir Erskine Perry and Free Trade."

Sir Erskine Perry and his supporters walked to the
hustings quietly and without any procession. They were
the first to arrive. On the arrival of the procession of the
Conservativesit was received with prolonged and rapturous
cheering, which effectually silenced the howlings of the
Radicals over the way. From the carriage in which they
sat the Conservative candidates bowed gracefully to the
crowds on each side, and to the groups of ladies assem-
bled at the windows. Messrs. Liddell and Horsfall made
their appearance on the platform shortly after Sir Erskine
Perry ; and Mr. Bramley-Moore arrived last of all.
Shortly after eleven o'clock his Worship the MAYOR,
Mr. Samuel Holme, who was accompanied by Mr. Shut-
tleworth, the Town-clerk, and Mr. Mansfield, the Sti-
pendiary Magistrate, and presided at a temporary desk on
a raised platform at the back of the hustings, went through
the necessary preliminary proceedings. His Worship,
who was received with hearty applause on both sides of the
hustings, called upon those gentlemen who had to put
candidates in nomination to do so.
Mr. T. EDWARDS Moss came forward and nominated
the Hon. Henry Thomas Liddell, in doing which he re-
marked :—" It is to the success of our opponents in the
committee of the House of Commons that we are in-
debted for the specimen presented to us this day of the
blessings of annual parliaments—(hear, hear,)—it is to
them we are indebted for the present opportunity of cele-
brating the anniversary of the triumph of last July, in the
preparation for the contest—l hope I may say the victory
—of to-morrow." (Great cheering, and hooting from the
opposition.) " Mr. Liddell," he continued, "is not an
untried man—you know the services he has already ren-
dered to the seaports of England, and to the general in-
terests of British shipping. (Cheers.) Mr. Liddell's
sentiments on the subject of Maynooth admit of no
mistake; and those friends who heard his opening speech
to the electors on 'Change will acknowledge the soundness
of his creed as much as they admired the beauty of the
language in which its declaration was conveyed." (Great
cheers.)
Mr. F. SHAND had great pleasure in seconding the no-
mination of the Hon. I'. H. Liddell. There were two
objections made by his opponents, one that he was the
son of a peer, and the other that he was a stranger.
Neither was a disgrace. As to his being a stranger, it
came with a poor grace from their opponents, whose can-
didate was also, comparatively, unknown here. They had
been taunted with having brought forward a stranger; but
on looking back, he found that their most valuable mem-
bers had been equally strangers. Mr. Liddell bad been
the personal friend of the immortal Canning, and an ar-
dent admirer and coadjutor of the indefatigible Mr. Hus-
kisson. In their inestimable member, Lord Sandon, they
bad a stranger, and also the son of a peer, who had faith-
fully represented them in the House of Commons, and
was now equally their representative in the House of
Lords. Mr. Liddell would, in the same way, represent
their interests in the House of Commons, and would be
ready to serve them, as Lord Harrowby was now doing,
whenever he might be called to the House of Lords.
Mr. E. MOLYNEUX proposed, and Mr. J. A. Tonne
seconded, the nomination of Mr. Thos. Berry Horsfall.
The latter gentleman said the task which had been al-
lotted to him was a comparatively easy one, because Mr.
Horsfall was well known to every one amongst them, and
was not only known, but deservedly esteemed and re-
spected—(cheers)—he meant even by those gentlemen
who felt politically constrained that day to take part
against him. (Hear, hear.) It had been asked, would
Liverpool stand still, while all the rest of the world was
moving onwards ? He would ask, who would do more for
sound, practical progress, than Mr. Horsfall ? He would
ask who, more than Mr. Horsfall, was fitted to establish
all necessary reform ? (Cheers.)
Mr. EYRE EVANS said he had been called upon to pro-
pose Sir Erskine Perry. (Cheers and confusion.) It
was expected that Mr. William Brown would have dis-
charged the duty, but they had
appointed, unfortunately dis-
appointed, that gentleman not being able to be present.
GEORGE Hour, Esq., seconded the nomination, stating
that he did so in the unavoidable absence of Mr. Robert-
son Gladstone, from severe domestic affliction. His
strong reason for seconding his nomination was
that Sir
Erskine Perry was a supporter of the present govern.
ment, as distinguished from the government it succeeded
—a government which, from its wisdom and its talent,
was entitled to the universal confidence of the
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these realms, and more particularly of the people opf
verpoal (cheers,) for what it had done for the country.
In his conscience he believed it was the most honest
government that we had had in this country during the
present century (cheers) ; and, what was more, it was
the most harmonious government. The government it