The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-07 00:00:00

VAUXHALL WARD.

We feared until within almost the last hour that the
radicals would have been permitted to walk over the
course, but the day before the election Mr. Thomas Case,
who at one time represented the ward, and contested it
last year against Mr. Blackburn, was again brought for-
ward against Mr. Chalmer, who, in several wards of the
town has, during previous years, suffered defeat, but who,
owing to the apathy of the conservatives until the last
moment, was returned by a small majority over Mr. Case.

ST. PAUL'S WARD.
Mr. R. B. B. H. Blundell has rendered too much ser-
vice to the town to suffer any opposition to him to be
successful, though the radicals again brought Mr. Deakin
forward. The contest through the day was severe, owing
in all probability to a confidence of success on the part of
the conservatives by reason of their having won the ward
at the two previous elections with such comparative ease.

EXCHANGE WARD.
To this ward, which last year returned a conservative,
Mr. John North, without an opposition, an unusual de-
gree of attention was drawn, from the circumstance of a
rumoured split amongst the conservative party, a portion
of whom it was said would nominate another conservative
to contest the ward with Mr. Sands. A strong party,
too, it was supposed, would support Mr. George Holt,
who came forward on the whig.radical interest ; and, from
his well known predilections in favour of Mr. Alderman
Evans's dock warehouse projects, the strenuous aid of that
gentleman's party was confidently reckoned upon, espe-
cially when it was taken into consideration that the con-
servative candidate, Mr. Sands, in his place in the council
and as chairman of the Dock Committee, is just now
strongly at issue with the Evans clique with respect to
the proposed new docks north and south of the present
dock estate. The contest had therefore a twofold inte-
rest, as a trial of strength upon the subject of increased
dock accommodation, and as a test of the unity of feeling
existing amongst the conservative constituency of the
ward; and up to within a few days of the contest it was
very confidently predicted that the seat of Mr. Sands,
opposed by this double interest, would either be lost or,
if gained at all, be gained after a strenuous struggle, and
by a bare majority. The first two hours of the polling,
however, served very effectually to dissipate these antici-
pations. A spirit of energy and determination, which we
can scarcely remember to have noticed in any former
contest, appeared to actuate the conservative party; and
at ten o'clock Mr. Sands had polled more than double
the number of his opponent. He continued, hour by
hour, to increase his majority ; and at the close of the
poll at four o'clock, he had a majority of 89, a greater
number than was ever before gained in this ward ; the
numbers being—

For Mr. Sands....
For Mr. Geo. Holt

Majority,

CASTLE-STREET WARD

In this ward, for reasons, the propriety of which we are
very much inclined to question, Mr. James Aikin was
returned without opposition. The majority for Mr. Hugh
Hornby (the most popular man on the part of the radicals)
last year was only 35, a number which we verily believe,
in the improved state of the registry, was not sufficient to
justify the quiescence of the conservatives.