The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

field-market, they armed themselves with the fragments,
and threatened further mischief. Many collisions took
place between the police and the people. The military
were under arms, and the mayor and magistrates hell
constant sittings at the Town-hall, when a great number
of the respectable inhabitants were sworn in as special
constables. On Friday, sack of the rioters as had been
captured were brought up at the Borough Court. The
first were quite boys, who had been apprehended whilst
assisting to break some windows and lamps, and they were
remanded. Another batch consisted of seven lads, who
were charged with rioting, they were committed to the
assizes for trial. On Friday evening there was a slight
renewal of disturbances in Ancoats, where a number of
lads, in all probability young thieves, tried to create con-
fusion by breaking and extinguishing the street lamps.
A party of police, however, were soon on their track • and
after a long chase, succeeded in coming up with them,'
and gave them some excellent reasons for remembering
the mischief in which they had been engaged. A party
of men, who attempted to rescue these young scamps from
the chastisement which they had earned, were also soundly
thrashed, and driven out of the streets, which have since
been tolerably quiet.
LANCASTER ELecTiow.--The nomination took place on
Wednesday, at the Town .hall. Mr. Robert Baines Arm-
strong, Recorder of Manchester, a thorough Liberal and
Freetrader, was proposed by Mr. John Gregg, and se-
conded by Mr. W. B. Bolden. Tne Hon. Edward Henry
Stanley, eldest son of Lord Stanley, was proposed by Mr.
Godson, M. P., and seconded by Mr. John Bond. Mr.
Armstrong in his address to the electors, declared himself
an enemy of the income tax, on account of its injustice,
and a friend to education and sanatory reform. Mr.
Stanley declared himself no advocate of the free-trade
system, and quoted the late Mr. Huskisson in support of
his notion that free trade will never do for a country sad-
dled with eight hundred millions of debt. He declared his
fixed resolution to maintain Church and State in all its
integrity, and also the constitution of his native land.
The show of hands being three to one in favour of Mr.
Armstrong, a poll was demanded on behalfof Mr. Stanley.
The polling took place on Thursday, after which it was
announced that Mr. Armstrong was returned by a ma.
jority of sixteen, the numbers being, for Mr. Armstrong,
636; the Hon. E. H. Stanley, 620. The contest was
close throughout the day, and the town was in a very ex-
cited state. Mr. Armstrong was formerly recorder of
Leeds. The polling commenced with uncommon activity,
and the happy result was that at nine o'clock, Mr. Stanley
headed his radical opponent by 25, and at ten, by no
fewer than 68. No one expected that this could be main-
tained, seeing that at the last contest the Rads won by a
majority of upwards of a hundred. Accordingly, during
the next hour, the country votes being pretty well polled
out, the Radicals reduced our majority, and got a small
advantage for themselves. At the conclusion of the next
hour, Mr. Stanley got ahead, but at one o'clock he fell
behind by four. As the constituency was pretty well ex-
hausted, the polling after this grew languid, votes dropping
in one or two at a time, the two parties running each
other neck and neck all the afternoon. A closer thing
was never witnessed, and so close was it, that during the
last hour, no mortal man could dare to say how the fight
would end. The result was, that the party who last sum-
mer triumphed by a hundred and three, now declared
themselves victorious by just sixteen votes. The triumph
is, however, likely to be short one ; for the Lancaster
Gazette, of Saturday, says,—" The poll-book has been
examined, and the result is that Mr. Stanley has a clear
majority of ten overhis opponent. The news has diffused
much joy. The Radicals are looking exceedingly queer,
whilst the smiling faces of the Conservatives testify to the
pleasure they feel in the prospect of having their arduous
services at last rewardea by victory."