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

MUNICIPAL ELECTION-(CONTINUER.)

Council possesses a man, at this moment, more fit for
the chair, than Mr. George Hall Lawrence, and I
shall have great delight in voting for him. (Cheers.)
This, gentlemen, has not been the only aspersion and
misrepresentation which I have had to suffer, but you have
now answered them, and lam content. (Cheers). I will
now only detain you while I state the numbers of the poll:
For my honourable opponent, Mr. Booth .. 229
For myself by your favours

Thus giving to me a majority of
(Cheers.) Such has been our majority; and I have had
great pleasure in voting myself for Mr. Morris, in Vaux-
hall Ward, an able, intelligent, and active man, who, I am
happy to tell you. has a majority of 31. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Holme concluded his address by again thanking the
electors ; and be shortly afterwards retired from the
window amidst the cheers of the multitude.
- We cannot conclude our account of this almost un-
precedented contest without tendering our warmest con-
gratulations to Mr. Holme upon his signal victory over
professed friends and unscrupulous enemies. In fact the
usage he experienced seemed to operate as a bond of
union for his return ; and we are happy to say that among
his supporters was that venerable man, the Rev. Mr.
Lister, Baptist minister, and other influential gentlemen
of the Reform party.

ADERCROM BY WARD.
In this ward the candidates were Mr. Thomas Kaye,
the retiring member, and Mr. Thomas Todd. This was
the hardest fought contest in any of the wards, the can-
didates being—up to within an hour of the poll closing—
almost neck to neck. Great exertions were made by Mr.
W. Earle and other leading radical gentlemen to secure
the return of Mr Todd, but to no purpose. During the
last hour, as will be seen. from our statement, the Con-
servatives rallied and succeeded in returning Mr. Kaye by
a majority of 25. At the close of the poll Mr. Kaye ap-
peared at the window of the Phoenix Inn, and returned
thanks to the assembled electors for baying a second drip
elected him their representative. He said his time for
twenty years had been placed at the service of the town,
and he would use his utmost exertions to improve its
sanatory condition, and especially to provide for every in.
habitant an abundant and constant supply of water. Mr.
Procter followed Mr. Kaye, and congratulated the ward
on having returned a gentleman so intimately acquainted
with the requirements of the town, and so well qualified
by intelligence and experience to meet them.

LIME-STREET WARD.
To the unfortunate apathy of the Conservative party in
this ward, in leaving to so late a period the selection of a
candidate, is attributed the loss of this election. Indeed,
the close run fully :shows that, had they been sooner in
the field, they must have been victorious ; and though at
the last hour no exertion was spared—all working as one
man—it is mortifying that so excellent and so qualified a
man as Mr. Saunders should be overlooked. Mr.
Saunders is not a man that had previously appeared in
public, and from his connexion as partner in one of the
leading commercial firms in our town, should not have
been objected to by those who profess to want men "ac-
quainted with our trade, irrespective of politics." But
the clique cared not; they did not want the trade of the
town represented, or even the ward represented; they
wanted their condidate to represent a particular interest.
At twelve o'clock Mr. Saunders was ahead, but the
Conservatives hung back, and Mr. Danson won.

ST. ANNE'S WARD.

The candidates for the Ward were Mr. Wm. Bennett,
and the retiring member, Mr. Joseph Hornby. In the
early part of the day the contest was exceedingly strong,
but at noon the Conservative party, whose exertions were
most exemplary, took the lead, and from that time to the
close of the poll they continued to improve their advan-
tage. The leaders of the Radical party spared no exer-
tion to return their candidate, but the result was such as
predicts the favourable posit7on of the ward. Mr. Ben-
nett, who had himself been at the contest throughout,
was loudly applauded by the assembled multitude when-
ever he was seen ; indeed the feeling evinced, was such
as to demonstrate the high estimation in which this can-
didate was held.
On the poll being closed, Mr. PARKER, who had been
indefatigable in his exertions, appeared, amidst enthusiastic
cheers, at the window of the committee-room, the Pon-
tack, in Christian•street, and stated that he had been de-
puted by the committee to announce that their fellow-
burgess and tradesman, Mr. Bennett, had been returned
by a majority of 44. (Cheers.) He congratulated the
electors on the victory they had gained. Truly might it
be said that the efforts of those mighty and brother col-
leagues, Mr. William Earle and Mr. Joseph Hornby, had
been pe, fectly abortive. The ward—and he was proud of
it—had shewn a determination to reject such men, and
elect those who, tradesmen, like themselves, could sympa-
thise with them, and at once comprehend measures that
would be beneficial to the interests of the ward. (Cheers.)
He was gratified that they had selected a tradesman ; for,
in doing so, they had paid him a high compliment, and
placed as their, representative a gentleman who, from his
knowledge of trade, from his power, his intelligence, and
his ability, would be no small addition to the various com-
mittees—more particularly the Health of Towns and the
Improvement Committees. Mr. Parker concluded by in-
troducing
Mr. BENNETT, who in a neat and appropriate address,
described the gratification be felt in the honour they had
conferred upon him, by electing him as their representa-
tive, by so large a majority, a majority larger than had ever
been obtained by any candidate in that ward. (Cheers.)
He could not fully detail to his fellow burgesses, his
fellow townsmen, and tradesmen, the proud position in
which he felt himself placed, and though he lacked words
to express his feelings, he assured them that their interests
should have his best attention. He was prepared to give
his exertions to forward every requisite reform, more
particularly that of sanatory reform. As he was, how-
ever, to many of the Electors, a mere stranger, he could
not address them with that confidence he would wish, but
he trusted that the time and attention he was prepared to
devote to the management of their affairs, would, on some
future occasion, give him a claim to more confidence,
than he felt he was then justified in claiming. After
recapitulating the prominent measures to be advocated,
he retired amidst vociferous cheering.
Mr. Woodruff, the chairman of the committee, then
addressed the burgesses, congratulating them on the vic-
tory they had achieved, and avowing that no man was
more likely to effect the improvements required in the
ward than the gentleman they had elected—a gentleman
who had been twenty years a leading tradesman of the
town, and who could give all the reforms they wanted ;
and bad the additional qualification of being a staunch
supporter of the institutions of the country. Mr. Bennett
had ability and the inclination to devote it to their in-
terests. Mr. Hornby had the ability but not the inclina-
tion, and had throughout his career neglected their busi-
ness. He was now, however, in the position in which he
should have been originally placed. Mr. W. concluded
an excellent and lengthy address, by exhorting the electors
to do their duty in another year as they had done on this.
The immortal Peter Stubbs, who was present with a
Powerful band, played many lively and suitable airs, and
being a burgess of that ward, spared no pains to sound the
gratification he felt.

WEST DERRY WARD.
Mr. G. H. Lawrence, the efficient chairman of the Fi-
nance Committee, walked over the course unopposed.
The radicals have generally offered no opposition in this
ward, but last year they ventured on a contest and brought
forward Mr. James Mellor—their candidate this year for
Exchange ward ; but Mr. James Plumpton was returned
by a majority of thirty-five.

NORTH TOXTETH WARD.
The miserable display of Conservative weakness in this
ward is attributed to the apathy of that party• There are

813 ♦oters on the register, and of those only 382 have
voted. The radicals polled all their strength, and out of
406 known Con•ervatives, only 135 recorded their votes
for Mr. Sheppard, notwithstanding that gentleman's
devotion to public affairs as chairman of the West Derby
Board of Guardians. Up to one o'clock Mr. Benn polled
three to one, and had at that time a majority of 100.
After that time the Conservatives held their ground, and
had plenty of strength unpolled to have won the election
even then, for the Hadical4, during the last three hours,
only gained twelve on the gross poll, so that had the Con-
servatives gone up at first as they did at last, a very
different result would have been the issue, as numbers
went away and declined to vote in such a hopeless cause.
We hope not many of the duplicate Conservative voters of
South Toxteth have polled, as their votes will be required
in that ward to-day, and we earnestly implore them to
record their suffrages at the earliest possible hour. There
are no doubt many excellent canvassers in other wards
who may be disengaged to-day, and if they can transfer
their services to South Toxteth, the Conservative com-
mittee will be greatly indebted to them, and the cause
they have at heart materially benefitted. Surely, such a
sterling Protestant as Mr. Glazebrook will not be de-
feated, but though we have every confidence that he will
not, every energy should be put forward to return him by
a triumphant majority.