The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-03 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANLIARD.

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. rentals unpaid, and a seditious priesthood teaching less we pre=suppose the existence, o
In consequence of a great ;n-t•' of local matter, we are obliged the people that their landlords were bound to pro- revilers, of direct persona anima
.:
towithdraw the communications of several correspondents, m
vide them with food in their eergency. Yet it is Hodgson has had thrown upon
w
which would otherwise have appeared. found that a liberty has to be taken with the Act of during his year of office, a respoos
Parliament, to enable the landlords to project any that of most of his predecessors; ant
Clic eiliberpoot &Mill:lad% thing really useful and profitable. The whole that responsibility to the perfect sa
_
TUESDAY MO RIVING, NOI7. 3, 1846. a hoax or something more—a thing to be made is nothing tangible which the bitte
_--- merry over by unfledged priests at presentment sors can lay to his charge. As the
'The result of the municipal election yesterday sessions, and the landlords of Ireland are to be the of our town, he has been most ac
-lightly surprises us. A victory in any encounter scapegoats of Ministerial inefficiency. partial. The united testimony of t
with Whig-Radicalism we know that we can win; With singular inconsistency, however, the tail of and Whig-Radica! agents for the
but a victory with unprepared, and—thanks to Sir his lordship's letter contradicts its commencement. municipal lists is evidence of the
Robert Peel—a divided force to bring into the field The poor Irish landlords were wrong, at first, and party leaning in the Mayor, whilst
against a well organised antagonist, is more than are all that is amiable at last. " I would here," important functions which the muni•
we should hive dared to hope for. Such, how- he says, upon him. In hi 3 capacity of hos
1 " Conclude this letter, which is. already too long ; but of our gracious Sovereign, he fu
ever, we cannot but consider the result of yester-
th
there is
t evil:, so
d.wiothsiot%tnefnpr,eesrstsnognsmo); conviction,t that_ most creditably to the town, whir
day's polling. Of the sixteen wards vacated, ten property in Ire- the honour usually rendered on si
have returned Conservatives. Three were uncon- land to meet ytheisrlifficulties fairly,t and submit to any sct-
that of knighthood—safficiently sill
tested—Conservatives in two, and a Whig-Radical crifices which the public good may require."
in another walking the course—and two more being The preceding portion led us to expect that they for no selfish end that he had worke
postponed until to-day, owing to the inability of the were anything but prepared to meet their difficulties We might say a word' or two t
aldermen of the wards to preside, as required by the fairly. nerous way in which his worship ha
municipal act. In three wards—Lime-street, St. upon, at the close of his office, by
The question who is to be the Mayor of Liverpool Whig-Radical contemporaries. If
Paul's, and North Toxteth-the Whig candidates
have been successful, and in eight contests the Con-
for the ensuing year has been tantalising our Whig will refer tre our own columns, the
and Radical contemporaries for some weeks past. not find, in, our remarks upon
serlfvaanything
ve
had won.been required to satisfy us that
In the absence of any difficulty as to the selection of of Whig-Radical politics, an! sue
a properly qualified party, we are told of " tricks spitefulness as' is contained in the
the constituencies of Liverpool are essentially Con-
and manoeuvres "to exclude a certain gentleman day, or Journal' of Saturday. Tas
servative, the result of this election would do so.
We repeat that we had not sufficient preparation for from the civic chair. Mr. George Hall Lawrence ever, and perhaps our contempor
a contest. Had we been properly generalled, is it is to he pitched overboard—his services forgotten— restrain themselves.
and, Mr. Bramley-Moore waiving his claim, we are
to be conceived as within the bounds of probability
to place "a creature of our own" in the Mayoralty r
that Mr. Henry Danson would have been permitted We have taken, hitherto, little si
" t pointed at by our con-
" this
h And who is "creature,''
to represent Lime-street, especially with so respect- troversy carried on with respect to
able ansl of cient an opponent as Mr. Saunders temporary of the Journal?' Mr. Thomas Berry
,merits of the Bala Lake and Rivingt
Horsfall—a man as little likely to be creature of
For St. Paul's, we are thoroughly convinced a vie- of supplying Liverpool with wate
faction as our contemporary is likely to discover the
tory might have been won had a candidate been however, been for want: of a due ap
Philosopher's stone, or to square the circle.
sufficiently early in the •field. Mr. Briscoe is an magnitude of the question at issue
Possibly our
unexceptionable man. As a tradesman he is re- Whig-Radical friends will concedeance to the interests of our fellow-te
to us the chance, at least, of being as well informed
spected by all who know him, and is most popular guesses, however, or information pi
as themselves. We can tell them that there is no
in the ward. Three days more opportunity of dom from pet enquirers, are not m
" clique" working one way or the other. Perhaps we his merits before the notice of the electors we are in the habit of deali
we might hint that Mr. George Hall Lawrence, who
would have made him safe. like either to hurry our iocal leg
,likely p
In North Toxteth, too, we lose, Radicalism hasre-well earned the honour, is to be pro- which we cannot warrant
moted to the mayoralty. Mr. Bramley-Moore's
turning Mr. Robert Berm, to the exclusion of a tamed facts.
; claim we thoroughly appreciate, but we never put it
tried friend of the ward, Mr. John Sheppard. In We give, however, in our column:
how-
It
put it
common charity, we hope the Council will autho- forwarwe really think is sufficient evidence
ever, be responded to in due time by his fellow-
rize Mr. Bents to weep over the Albert Warehouses. . the Council the propriety of at leas
Perhaps he can tell us why they cannot be insured; 1 townsmen. At this moment we do not know athey take any definite step in the
for is more whom
or, it may be that his tears, preserved by Mr. Eyre gentlemanlt is clear that the Rivington Pike z
i sacrfices ofand for time talent devoted to its inte-
Evans, may supply the means of counteracting any must be reconsidered, and all we n
rests, than it is to Mr. Bramley-Moore.
conflagration which may occur. tion, is to urge upon the Council
With respect to Mr. Horsfall, we are certain that
In Vauxhall, St. Anne's, and we expect to bea more careful examination of cs
able to add Scotland Ward, have C prospects.
_ _ __ he will never be placed in the position of compe-
we putonserva- p.:i tieing for the race of Chief Nlastrate foe Liver- 1

he place of Radical

less we presuppose the existence, on the part of his 813 voters on the register, and of those only 3.82 have
revilers, of direct personal animosity. Yet Mr. voted. The radicals polled all their strength, and out of
1350di n recorded ctohradte d theirntle
m sn votes,
s
Hodgson has had thrown upon his shoulders, for kivriiro wns
iCteoonraerrdy a ti vh
eostiarlijsta
during his year of office, a respoosibility exceeding devotion to public affairs as chairman .of the gentleman's
Derby
that of most of his predecessors; and has discharged Board of Guardians. Up to one o'clock Mr. Benn polled
that responsibility to the perfect satisfaction of the three to one, and had at that time a majority of 100.
After that time the Conservativesd held their ground, and
unbiassed majority of his fellow-townsmen. There
iad lox I rite g havettt last won
is nothing tangible which the bitterest of his cen-
ev' ednytiretnY of
for thestrengththree the
helectiono•ars
sors can lay to his charge. As the chief magistrate only gained twelve on the gross poll, so that had the Con-
of our town, he has been most accessible and im- seevatives gone up at first as they did at last, a very
partial. The united testimony of the Conservative different result would have been the issue, as numbers
and Whig-Radical agents for the revision of the went away and declined to vote in such a hopeless cause.
ha na
vy
eo
pf
ot hi l ee
dd uapsl itch% Convo
tes
se rwv
wilt
tli vbee vroe
required
cur
isr
eocfi
municipal lists is evidence of the total absence of
. \SVoeu thho To x tenott it:
party leaning in the Mayor, whilst performing the in that ward to-day, and we earnestly implore them to
important functions which the municipal act imposes record their suffrages at the earliest possible hour. There
upon him. In his capacity of host to the Consort are no doubt many excellent canvassers in other wards
of our gracious Sovereign, he fulfilled his duty who may be disengaged to-day, and if they can transfer
most creditably to the town, whilst his refusal of
mthietitre,.services tgoreSaotul
yt h i Idoexbtteetdh ,
to thet b
eCmo n s earnvda ttivbee
ecaournse-
the honour usually rendered on such occasions— they have at heart materially benefitted. Surely, such- a
that of knighthood—sufficiently showed that it was sterling Protestant as Mr. Glazebrook will not be de-
for no selfish end that he had worked. feated, but though we have every confidence that he will
We might say a word' or two tmon the untie- not, every energy should be put forward to return him by
nerous way in which his worship has been remarked a triumphant majority.
upon, at the close of his office, by certain of our W ATE R. SUPPLY.
Whig-Radical contemporaries. If these gentlemen The standing orders never relax; and as the parlia-
will refer tcyour own columns, they will certainly mentary session approaches, the problem of how the town
not find, in our remarks upon retiring mayors ii to be adequately supplied with water assumes a higher
of Whig-Radical politics, an 7 such exhibition of degree of importance. The necessity for action is urgent,
and, the question must be decided.
spitefulness as' is contained in the Mercury of Fri- report of the late committee of the Town Council
day, or Journal' of Saturday. Tastes differ, how- was barren, as all general documents must be. It was
ever, and perhaps our contemporaries could not intended to be barren, for reasons that ne. dno explana-
restrain themselves, tion ; and we can scarcely justify, though-we may pardon,
the impatient curiosity of the Journal to dive into details.
No doubt the committee have acted so as to best further
We have taken, hitherto, little share in the con- the solution of the question, having due regard to the
troversy carried on With respect to the comparative interests of the burgesses; and, for the present, we are
merits of the Bala Lake and Rivington Pike scheme content with what they have said, giving them credit for
of supplying Liverpool with water. It has not, the
We be best
must, h
intentions.owever i
,interpose with some observations
however, been for want of a due appreciation of the upon the relative merits of the several schemes-said to be
magnitude of the question at issue, or its import- under discussion. Two modes of supply are open to us.
ance to the interests of °try fellow-townsmen. Mere One is the good old fashioned plan of wells antlTninps, in
guesses, however, or information picked up at ran- favour of which Mr. Gage and the Mail are unusually
tovheer element
p 0 ol erant
ellsistto
dom from pet enquirers, are not matters in which zealous. The other impoundof
it oht
deine rt
oi stri
g
we are in the habit of dealing. We don't delivered aat vast fall by means of agenciesw h from
which modern
like either to hurry our iocal legislature to con- i engineering renders easy, safe, and caeap. The first plan
elusions which we cannot warrant by well. aster- is decidedly inadequate. in all respects it is inadequate;
tamed facts. besides, It would be the dearest, all points taken into con-
sideration. The other plan is by far the preferable. But,
as few plans escape opposition, and as competition leads
to comparative perfection, there arJ two sources suggested,
from which, upon this- principle,. Liverpool may obtain
the desired treasure. The first that we notice is what is
called " The Bala Lake Seheme;" the collection of waters
from the hills drained by the Dee a the second is to draw
the supply from the mountainous district contiguous tia
Bolton. _ _ _ _

We give, however, in our columns this day, what
we really think is sufficient evidence to suggest to
the Council the propriety of at least pausing before
they take any definite step in the water question.
It is clear that the Rivington Pike mode of supply
must be reconsidered, and all we need say in addi-
tion, is to urge upon the Council the propriety of
a more careful examination of our position and
prospects.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION-(CONTINum3.)