The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL ELECTION COMMITTEE.

The Committee re-assembled at twelve o'clock.
The witnesses examined to-day were John Caldera/cow
William Allanson, Milligan Walthew, and James
thew. The two first proved the engagement of rooms I°4
the purpose of the election and the distribution
,"
ribbons ; the other two were called in respect to the sit'
Ration of letters of the petitioners having been kept bac';
James Walthew said he was employed at Pyecroft's, a,
Wheatsheaf Inn, for four or five days. The postir''
came with some letters the day before the nominattori,:
One man brought in letters between ten and elefe_7
o'clock. Mr. Clegg was in the room. Witness bi"
to refer to the Ward-book by desire of Mr. Cie l
.
while the postman was referring to the letters. Thi
e
were no others in the room. The postmancall;
the names of the letters over. and some of them Weil
marked. The witness referred to the ward book to St 4
they were for or against them, and the postman market
them accordingly. Those that were doubtful, or agagn...
them, had a mark put on, but those that were for WTI
had no mark put on, and then the postman took them
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away. Recollected the postman coming again the saws
evening. Mr. Turner and Mr. Mackenzie about
_,tl'4,
time were addressing electors in another room. Reu"nd
lected at that time two postmen coming with an afterl3°Ti
delivery into the committee-room. Witness was the on
person with them. The door was locked by some on
outside, and witness was left with them, The same 01",
took place as with the morning letters, and lists were 114
(erred to and letters were marked. Mr. Healey, ono ;
the committee, came in with two other parties, and 74
mained from five to ten minutes. The postma„n 1341
spirits and beer, which were ordered by Mr. Clegg. u°`;',.ll
not well remember names on any of the letters v'f,'!„'io
were marked, but there was one with the name of WWl'
Stamp upon it.
At the close of the cross-examination of Jas. Walthels'l
the committee adjourned.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS DAY.
15
ASCOT STAKES.-6 to 4 agst Lady Evelyn, taken; ICO t 0
tort
agst Nervous, taken; 8 to 1 agst Little Davie, taken; 9
agst King Pepin, taken; 10 to 1 agst Russborough ; 11 to 1 A.
Lucy Banks colt.

QUEEN'S VASE.-2 to 1 agst Pelion ;2to 1 agst Rataplan._ t
EMPEROR'S PLATE,-100 to 45 agst Stockwell; sto '
2 ag_.st
ST. LEGER.-5 to 1 agst Cineas, taken ;
Teddington, taken • 8 to 1 agst Defiance, taken ; 10 to 1 agst
Kingston, taken ; 12 to 1 agst Weatliergage, taken-
taken. 20 to
_I
DERBY, 1854.-20 to 1 agst Autocrat, taken freely ; ;CSC
to Wild Huntsman, taken ;20to I agst Dervish, taken
to 1 agst Ruby, taken ; 25 to 1 agst Julian, taken ; 25 to 1 ag
Marley Hill, taken ; 25 to 1 agst Woodcote, s to 1 agst Reivert

English Securities experienced an improvement
Effise
day, which was well supported prices
will FUNDS,hav nostability ST
difficulty
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olwyTa,ciinei
se.tspliri
tAhNe DEtaosSttehHreiA:
cßtlioi
satisfactory solution. The pressure in the Money market.,
gradually abating. Railways : The markets for '
heavy descriy„ „,
tions, and lighter speculative shares, have made further P.,%,"'g
gress towards recovery, the close showing better quotalw,i'd
than ruled at any period of the day. Mining, Land, and
Bank Shares well maintained the improved prices of Satuevr,
Crystal Palace in favour. Mexicans considerably better. P"
tuguese and Russian stronger in tone,

PRICES.
Bank Stock 229 SO,
Excheq. Bills, L. 8,-; S 2 6)3) 3

STOCKS.
Spanish Passives
Turkish . .
Swedish ....