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

KIRKDALE MICHAELMAS SESSIONS

These sessions commenced on Wednesday last, before
the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, chairman, and a full bench
of magistrates. The calendar contains about the usual
number of prisoners, being in the whole 81 ; of this num-
ber six can read and write well, IS can read and wite im-
perfectly, 17 can read, and 36 can neither read nor write.
The following gentlemen were then sworn on the

GRAND JURY :
Josias Booker, Allerton.
Richard Gardner, Everton.
John Butterfield, North Meols.
Robert Newton, North Meols.
Richard Kaye, North Meols.
Richard Wright, North Meols.
John Davies, Great Crosby.
Robert Johnson, Great Crosby.
John Rawlinson, Great Crosby.
Abraham Gartside, Evertor'.
Thomas Banks, Everton.
George Pitts, Everton.
John Bent, West Derby.
Arthur Clegg, West Derby.
Thomas Lambs, Toxteth-park.
William Skirving, Walton-on-the-Hill
Edward Willmer, Liverpool.
Edward Bland, Houghton.
Joseph Culshaw, Houghton.
Thomas Watkinson, Liverpool.
Thomas Berry, North Meols.

The CHAIRMAN said he had looked over the calendar,
but was not aware of any case out of the common course,
all of them being of the ordinary character, with which
some of them were well acquainted, but if there should
be any point of difficulty, the court would be happy to
afford them every information. He was not aware of any
point upon which it would be necessary for him to address
them, excepting one circumstance, which he thought it
necessary they should he made acquainted with, as it af-
fected some points in the administration of justice, and
that was an alteration which had taken place during the
last session of parliament in the law of evidence. As it
stood before that time, persons could not be admitted
evidence who had been convicted and sentenced for any
criminal offence, or who were interested parties them-
selves. The legislature had thought proper to alter it,
and now no person was excluded either on account of
crime or interest. There were one or two exceptions
which related to the evidence of husbands and wives, and
also with respect to tenants against landlords in cases of
ejectment, where there was an immediate interest; but
the rule was generally that persons convicted of crime
might be admitted as evidence. He begged to remark,
however, that in all such cases it would
ebeelythseeephroevriendciet
of the jury to sift such evidence, and give
to it as it deserved. There was another act with regard
to the administration of justice, but it did not affect any
of the cases which were dealt with at quarter sessions.
The jury were then dismissed to their labours, and se_
veral bills being found, the trials were prneeeded with.

No snow falls lighter than the snow 6:4 age ; hut none is
heavier, for it never welts.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION

GLORIOUS CONSERVATIVE TRIUMPHS

Another Conservative victory was vouchsafed to us on
Wednesday ;—another crushing defeat inflicted upon poor
crestfallen Radicalism !—so utter, indeed, and decisive, as

to the scorn in which it is held by the great mass of the
community, that we are only struck with wonder that, in
past years, the same community can have been misled so
far as to pack the Council chamber with men whom they
now evidently despise and detest. Of fourteen wards
contested, the Conservative party have been successful
in eleven. Notwithstanding that in several scarcely
an exertion has been used ; and in those which have been
lost, we feel satisfied that, with a stricter canvass, and
earlier preparations made for the fight, a victory in the
remaining wards would have been as easy of achievement
as in those which have bee❑ carried.

We must confess that the result has surprised us. 'We
never anticipated it. We expected, in fact, a few weeks
ago, barely a majority of the 16 wards; and our dis-
appointment is therefore as agreeable as it is unexpected.
We imagined, in our simplicity, that that amazingly en-
lightened and industrious body of men, the Antimonopoly
Association, had so inoculated the great body of the con-
stituency with their free-trade views, that Conservatism
was about to be swamped for ever. A ghastly picture of
William Rathbone borne into the Council upon a trium-
phal car made soft by half-a-dozen pair of our friend
David M'Lellan's slop inexpressibles, haunted our visions.
We had a dim idea of seeing the burly form of Thomas
Bolton seated once more in his wonted place at the Coun-
cil table. We half imagined that the shriek of William
Earle was not to be for ever lost to us ; but, alas for
Whiggery ! alas for Rathbone, Bolton, Earle, and the
rest of the small and large fry, about whose superhuman
claims, our Mercury's and Albion'* vapoured and swag-
gered to the last! Some of these would-be champions
ingloriously fled the fight—cut and run—whilst the few
who stood up have been sent home so battered and dis-
figured that their best friends did not know them; and
some have not as yet recognised, in the elongated features
which presented themselves in their dressing-glasses, the
same smirki,ig and smiling faces which presented them-
selves in the same reflectors about half-past seven o'clock
in the morning of Wednesday.

Probably a brief state merit of the polling in each of the
wards last November will be interesting to our readers,
prior to offering any comparision as to the voting in this

and previous years

iVards
Everton

Majority
Mr. Francis Shand (C) elected.
No radical candidate.

Scotland Mr. R. Houghton (C) elected

138
104 34
186

No radical candidate

Vauxhall

Mr. Thos. Blackburn (R)
Mr. Thomas Case (C)....
Mr. J. C. Thompson (C)
Mr. John Deakin (R)....
Mr. J. North (C) elected.
No radical candidate.
Castle-street Mr. Hugh Hornby (R) .. 312
Mr. T. T. Glazebrook (C) 277
St. Peter's Mr. Samuel Holme (C).. 252
Mr. Adam Cliff (R) 137 115
Pitt-street ..... . Mr. William Fawcett (R) 190
Mr. John Taylor (C) 171 19
Great George.... Mr. Thomas Royden (C). 177
Mr. E. Chaloner (R)
Rodney-street ..Mr. J. N. Wood (C)
Mr. James Mulleneux (R) 132 85
Abercronaby .... Mr. C. Bushell (C) 172
Mr. James Downey (R) 24 148
Lime-street .... Mr. Robert Rigby (C)
Mr. Thos Morecroft (R)
St. Anne's.. ....Mr. Robert Jones (C)
Mr. R. E. Harvey (R) 202 8
West Derby .... Mr. James Plumpton (C) 182
Mr. John Smith
South Toxteth .. Mr. Ambrose Lace (C)
Mr. F. Jordan (R) .. 64 78
North Toxteth .. Mr. J. Sheppard (C) 278
Mr. W. Lockerby (R) 149 122

St. Paul's

Exchange

165 21

The conservatives, as will be seen from this statement,
contested last year the whole sixteen wards, and succeeded
in returning thirteen representatives of their opinions to
the Council, whilst the radicals were only able to elect
three members, and those, as will be seer► by the preced-
ing numbers, by majorities miserably small as compared
with the numbers in the wards which returned conserva-
tives. It is somewhat remarkable that thirteen conserva-
tive candidates were returned in 1841 and 1842, though
not precisely for the same wards, and this year we have
returned twelve, the same number as in 1840, which is a
gratifying proof that the change in the public mind since
the palmy days of whiggery is not evanescent, but is as
permanent as it is decided.

One or two reminiscences connected with the last elec-
tion are worth recording. The total number of electors
polled last year was 4730, and out of these the conserva-
tives had a gross majority of 828. The total number of
Conservatives polled at the present election is 2914, and
the number of burgesses on the roll for the fourteen con-
tested wards is 8354. Although the relative proportion of
representatives in the Council is not altered by the recent
election, yet the Radicals polled this year nearly six
hundred voters more than last year, whilst the numbers for
Conservatism are increased very little more than ahundred;
but this is, in all probability, owing to the circumstance
of the former party having, last November, left three
wards uncontested, whilst this year they had a candidate
in all but one. There is not much variation in the polling
at the various wards between last year and this. The
Conservative majorities, with two exceptions, are suffi-
ciently indicative of their overwhelming strength—their
highest majority being 98, whilst that of the Radicals and
that in a ward where no adequate exertion was made,
(Vauxhall) was only 38. Three years ago Mr. Toulmin
was elected by a majority of only one, whilst now he has
obtained oxer a very popular man of the Radical party a
majority of 38. In 1830 Mr. Joseph Cooper, in Great
George Ward, defeated Mr. Thomas Taylor by a majority
of only two, whilst, at the present election, Mr. John
Sothern polled, for the same ward, 94 votes more than
the same Radical opponent. At the previous election of
Mr. Sands he was returned by a majority of 31 over Mr.
Ottiwell Wood ; but he has this year succeeded in record-
ing 89 votes more than the rival candidate, Mr. George
Holt, one of the Radical pets. This year Mr. Morecroft
has polled 98 votes more than were registered for him last
year, which is a sufficient reason for the small majotity
of Mr.i Kilshaw, though that gentleman has considerably
more votes than were recorded last year for the Conserva-
tive candidate. The Conservative candidates for the two
Toxteth Wards do not appear to have polled nearly so
many votes as were mustered last year, though for what
reason we cannot say

The following is an hourly statement of the poll in the
respective wards : the names of the conservatives are
printed in italics : Ma-
Joni-
-4 I ty•

Wards,

1, Everton.
David Hodgson.. —lB7
Christopher Rawdonl39
2, Scotland.
William Thornhill 129
Thomas Vernon 's6
3, Vauxhall.
Thomas Chalmer
Thotnas Case 9
4, St. Paul's.
R. 8.8. H. Blundell33
John Deakin
5, Exchange. I
Thomas Sands
George Holt
6, Castle-street.
James Aikin
No opposition.
7, St. Peter's.
J. A. 7'inne
Thomas Bolton

Time.
1 21 3
-_l-

1671 189 199 221
88 102 116 123
106 142 180 223
109 148 177 222
68 78 111 131
48 62 70 93
88 125 153 179,
94 112; 140 162
183 2111 225 246
115. 1171 150 157

169 191 264
164 197 233

8, Pitt•stieet.
Thomas Toulmin
Robert Benn
9, Great George
John Sothern
Thomas Taylor
10, Rodney-street.
William Birkett .
William Lassell
n, Abercromby
C. Boutflower
D. Neilson

124
110
130

12, Lime-street.
John Ki'show ...
Thomas Morecroft

108 140
84 117

871 115'
531 70
901 134
971 144

1791
160

1921 235
1761 203

2641 337
2681 334;

13, St. Anne's.
Joseph Hornby ..
H. G. Harbord..

169 186 210
119; 152 174

14, West Derby
G. H. Lawrence
No opposition.
15, S. Toxteth.
T. T. Glazebrook.. 23'
John Platt .. ...... 18'
16, N. Toxteth.
Richard Harbord.. 27
William Lockerby.. 18
From these returns we derive the following summary
Conservatives returned
Radicals do.

48 60
461 55

87 951 117
74 79f 116
133 167 222
121' 1551 193

75 115
72, 94

No. of Wards.
Conservatives polled
Radicals do.

No. of Electors p011ed....
nlservative majority 384
The for ow is a complete list of the Town Council,
as at present constituted, distinguishing the politics of
the members, and the number of years which each mem-
ber has to serve :

No. I.—EVERTON WARD

Alderman—T. B. Barclay (R)...
David Hodgson (C)
Councillors {Francis Shand (C).
Thomas Shaw (C)

Yrs. to serve.
1
2
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No. 2.— SCOTLAND WARD.
Alderman —Richard Houghton (C)
Wro. Thornhill (R)
Councillors { Richard Houghton, jun. (C)
..
. Isaac Holmes (C)
No. 3.—VAUXHALL WARD.
Alderman—William Nicol (C) . . 4
r Thoxias Chalmer (R)..
Councillors Thomas Blackburn (R) . 2
l William Preston (R)
No. 4.—ST. PAUL'S WARD.
Alderman—Richard Griffith (C)
R. B. B. H. Blundell (C) 3
Councillors {J. C. Thompson (C) .
Joshua Edwards (C)

No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD
Alderman—James Lawrence (C)
f Thomas Sands (C)
Councillors {John North (C)
Henry Holmes (R)

No. G.—CASTLE-STREET WARD.
Alderman—Sir Thomas Brancker (C)
James Aikin (11)
Councillors { Hugh Hornby (R)
John Holmes (R)
No. 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD.
Alderman—W. P. Freme (R)
J. A. Tinne (C)
Councillors {John Stewart (C)
Ebenezer Rae (C) . .
No. S.—PITT-STREET WARD.
Alderman—John H. Turner (C)..
Thomas Toulmin (C)
Councillors { William Fawcett (R)
James Aspinall (C) .
No. 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD.
Alderman—Thomas Chilton (C)
John Sothern (C)
Councillors {Thomas Royden (C)
G. G. Hornby (C)..

No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD
Alderman—R. S. Crook (C)
Birkett (C)
Councillors J. N. Wood (C)
Henry Lawrence (C)
No. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD.
Alderman—Thomas Holt (R)
Charles Boutflower (C)
Councillors { Christopher Bushell (C)
Robertson Gladstone (C)
No. I2.—LIME-STREET WARD.
Alderman—J. B. Moore (C)
John Kilshaw (C)
Councillors { Robert Rigby (C)
John B. Lloyd
No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD.
Alderman—Edmund Molyneux (C)
Joseph Hornby (Ft)
Councillors{ Robert Jones (C)
James Parker (C)

No. 14.—WEST DERBY WARD
Alderman—James Moon (R)
{
G. H. Lawrence (C)
Councillors James Plumpton (C) ..... ..
J. S. Leigh (C)

No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTETII WARD
Alderman—Eyre Evans (R)...
T. T. Glazebrook (C)
Councillors{ Ambrose Lace (C)
S. L. Trottnan (C)

No. 16.—NORTH TOXTETH WARD.
Alderman—Thomas Bailey (R)
Richard Harbord (C)..
Councillors { John Sheppard (C)
Alexander Smith, Jun. (C)
Total Conservatives
.....
„ Radicals . 6
Conservative Councillors
Radical Do.
Conservative Aldermen
Radical Do.

Presuming, which we have every reasonable right to do,
that the Conservatives return next year the thirteen Con-
servative councillors who retire, and that then the re-
maining six Radical alderme❑ will be dispensed with, we
shall have the Corporation composed of fifty-four Conset-
vathes and ten Radicals after next November.

Though we must necessarily be brief in our notice of
any occurrences of interest in the various ware,s, we can-
not nevertheless resist the opportunity of placing upon
record a few of the more prominent circumstances.