The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-11-05 00:00:00

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The annual election of Councillors took place on Friday
last, when about half of the Wards were contested, and
several of the struggles were close and animated. The
" Pike" and the dock rating questions were the chief
matters of interest to the constituencies; but the electors
seemed more desirous than last year to obtain gentlemen
of standing and intelligence, irrespective of their opinions
on any isolated subject. The following members were
returned without any opposition :—Mr. Preston for
Vauxhall, Mr. J. A. Tobin and Mr. T. Fleming for
Rodney-street, Mr. R. C. Gardner for Abercromby, Mr.
C. Turner for Exchange, Mr. W. P. Jeffries for Pitt-
street, Mr. W. A. Clayton for Great George, Mr. S.
Holme for South Toxteth, and Mr. M. Gregson for
North Toxteth. In St. Anne's. St. Peter's, and Everton,
the colitests were closely sustained, especially in the two
former, where for some time the respective candidates
were neck and neck. The following shows the state of
the poll in the various contested wards at the close :
EVERTON.
Mr. Mellor . .
Mr. Walthew
SCOTLAND.
Mr. Woodruff
Mr. Houghton ...,
ST. PETER'S.
Mr. J. Holme
Mr. W. Henderson
LIME-STREET
Mr. J. B. Lloyd
Mr. Liversedge

ST. PAUL'S.
Mr. Holden...
Dr. Games ......
CASTLE-STREET
Mr. Holt
Mr. Smith
ST. ANNE'S.
Mr. J. Nicholson ...
Mr. W. K. Tyrer
WEST DERBY.
Mr. J. M. Wood ...
Mr. Eyre Evans

Though we regret the loss of the services of such a
gentleman as Mr. Richard Harbord from the Council,
yet the result upon the whole ought to oe very satisfac-
tory to all who desire to see the municipal affairs of the
town placed in the hands of gentlemen competent to
direct them with honour and intelligence. We rejoice to
welcome again Messrs. Samuel and James Holme to the
Council, and several of the new members will be great
acquisitions. The Council is now constituted as follows ;
but on Friday two or three new aldermen will be chosen.
The retiring aldermen's names we print in italics :
Yrs. to serve. Yrs. to serve.
1. EVERTON WARD. 9 GREAT GEORGE WARD.
Ald. D. Hodyson. . Aid. J. Cooper 3
E. Langsdale
T. Chalmer
S. M. Mellor..
2. SCOTLAND WARD. 10. RODNEY- STREET WARD.
d. A. Swainson Ald. J. N. Wood.. 3
Thomson
Bigham . . . 2 A. F. Jones .
Woodruff 3 J. A. Tobin
3. VAUXHALL WARD. 11. ABERCROMBY WARD,
Ald. T. B. Horsfall Ald. J. Procter
T. L. Hodson
J. Atkinson ..
W. Preston
12. LIME-STREET WARD.
Ald. J. B. Moore
J. Johnson 1
J. A. Picton 2

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J.
J.
J.

4. ST. PAUL'S WARD
Ald. J. Holmes _
J. Briscoe . . ....
T. Godfrey

0. Holden
5. EXCHANGE WARD
A1d..7. Lawrence
T. Littledale
J. Tyrer
C. Turner

J. B. Lloyd
13. ST. ANNE'S WARD
Ald. E. Molyneux
1 W. .11. Freme
2 W. Bennett
3 J. Nicholson
6. CASTLE-STREET WARD. 14. WEST DERBY WARD
Ald. T. Dover 3 Ald. J. Bent
Hugh Hornby
T. Avison
G. Holt
7. ST. PETER'S WARD. 15. SOUTH TOXTETH WARD
Ald. J. Parker .
J. Ferguson 1 E. C. Hindley
J. C. Fernihough .. 2 W. J. Horsfall....
J. Holme
8. PITT-STREET WARD. 16. NORTH TOXTETH WARD
Ald. T. Sands Ald. T. Chilton ...... 3
T. Robinson .
T. Toulmin
W. P. Jeffreys
In the event of Mr. J. A. Tobin being made an alder-
man, as is expected, Mr. Thomas Lee, the West India
merchant, a dock-rater, and an opponent of the Rivington
scheme, will be brought forward for Rodney-street Ward.
The great majority of the Council are now of similar
sentiments. Twelve of the gentlemen elected on Friday
are Conservative in politics. It is said that Mr. Nichol-
son owes his election in St. Anne's Ward to the circum-
stance of Mr. Alderman Patter having voted tor him—so
popular is the latter gentleman among all classes of the
constituency. It is added that Mr. Hugh Hornby will
be made an alderman, and that Mr. Ambrose Lace will
come forward to supply his place, and he will no doubt
meet with strong and deserved support, as many gentle-
men are anxious to see him again returned to the Coun-
cil chamber. The result of the polling in West Derby
Ward must be galling in the extreme to Mr. Eyre Evans;
but that gentleman has taken the best means to make
himself unpopular among all classes of the community.
According to a good old custom in Rodney-street
Ward, the members elect and the committee and a few
friends dined together in the evening, at the Adelphi.

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The chair was occupied by the chairman of the com-
mittee, R. A. Payne. Esq., and the vice-chair by Robert
Procter, Esq. After a good dinner and the usual loyal
toasts, the meeting separated about eleven o'clock.
The newly-elected members for Toxteth Wards have
invited about a hundred of the principal members of their
constituencies to a splendid banquet, at the Assembly-
rooms, Great George-street, to-morrow evening.

BIRKENHEAD. LANCASHIRE. AND CHESHIRE

JUNCTION RAILWAY,

On Thursday the completion and opening of this rail-
way, between,.Chester and Warrington, was observed here
with considerable ceremony, the new route providing, in-
dependent of Liverpool, another route between Birken-
head, the western shore of the Mersey, the manufacturing
districts, and the Transatlantic trade; also opening up to
Birkenhead a direct and sole communication between
Manchester, Chester, and Wales.
The train left Birkenhead at 10 a.m., carrying the di-
rectors, shareholders, and a large number of the inhabi-
tants in 26 carriages, containing 400 persons, driven by
Mr. Rendell and Mr. Lister, the engineers of the line,
arriving at Chester at 10,45, soon after at Dunham, and
at Warrington at exactly 11.40, a distance of 17 miles.
The whole of this portion of the line will be opened in a
few days, and it will save a distance, as between Chester
and Manchester, over the present route by Crewe, of 14
miles. The train stopped at intervals in its progress over
the new line, the works of which, constructcd by Messrs.
Rondell and Lister, the engineers, have been of a somewhat
expensive chara'ter, having cost upwards of £40,000 per
mile. The stations, both at Birkenhead and elsewhere
along the line to Warrington, were decorated with flags
and evergreens. At 11 o'clock a train containing Mr.
Alderman Bancroft, the Chairman of the Company, the
Mayor of Manchester, and members of the corporation,
left Manchester and arrived at Warrington at 11.40,
where they were met by the train from Birkenhead, which
took them up, and returned with 500 passengers in 40
carriages at half-past twelve o'clock to Birkenhe ad. Up
to the present moment only eight acres of dock have been
opened for the reception of shipping, but during the pre-
sent month of November 45 acres more, now completed,
will be opened, and in the course of the new year a total
of 156 acres, for the accommodation and relief of the ves-
sels that now crowd the inadequate doekroom at Liver-
pool. To effect this there are now 3,000 men constantly
at work. The great hope of Birkenhead now appears to
be in the effect that the reduction of dock rates will have
upon Liverpool. The competition that the new docks
will bring into play will have the effect of compelling much
of the shipping trade to go over from Liverpool to Bir-
kenhead. The chief traders to be accommodated on the
Cheshire side of the river will be those who employ coast-
ing and steam-vessels, which pay no dock dues, and Bir-
kenhead is expected to have a large portion of this trade.
The overcrowded port of Liverpool will be relieved at
Birkenhead, combined with a saving in the amount of
dock dues. There will also always be on the Cheshire
side a constant supply of heavy freight, such as coals,
slate, and salt, in procuring and taking which on board
great delays are said to occur at Liverpool.
The banquet to celebrate the opening took place at the
large hotel adjoining the Birkenhead station shortly after
three o'clock, Mr. Alderman Bancroft in the chair, sup-
ported by Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. Brown, M.P., Mr.
Duncuft, M.P., Mr. Jackson. M.P., Mr. H. T. Hope,
M.P., and the Mayors of Manchester and Chester, with
several members of the respective corporations, the direc-
tors of the company, and other gentlemen. There were
also present the corporation of Liverpool, the Birkenhead
Dock Commissioners, and the High Sheriff and magis-
tiates of the county ; comprising altogether nearly 300
gentlemen.
The cloth having been removed, and after the usual
loyal toasts,
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing " Prosperity to the Bir-
kenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Railway," ' alluded at
some length to the magnitude of the works at Birkenhead,
and to the great local and national benefits their comple-
tion was calculated to confer. It was at all times the wish
and disposition of the directors to work in harmony with
all the lines in alliance with the Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire line (cheers), and to give the fullest acco-
mmodation now that their system of railway might be said
to be completed, to the requirements of the district.
(Cheers.) He glanced at the present and future prospect
of Birkenhead and its interests as identified with the com-
merce of the Mersey and the near manufacturing districts,
and pointed out in a pleasant:way the facility the newly-
opened line of communication would afford between
Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Wales.
The other toasts of the evening were, " the Commis-
sioners of Birkenhead," " the Dock Interests of Birken-
head," " the Railway Companies in connexion with the
Line," " the Chairman and Directors," " the Commerce
of the Mersey," " Manchester and the manufacturing
districts," " the engineer and other officers of the com-
pany," and '• Messrs. Brassey, the contractors."
The Liverpool band (Mr. Stubbs'), and Messrs. Ryall
and other vocalists, enlivened the ;entertainments ; and,
shortly before eight o'clock, a heavily-laden train, with a
large portion of the company,. left Birkenhead on their
return to Manchester, Chester, and other towns. The day
was observed as a general holiday in Birkenhead and at
all the other places on the railway.

THE LATE ROBBERIES.OF WATCHES.—On Thursday,
Joseph Wolfe, the man who, as stated last week, had
been apprehended, by Bates, of the detective force, on the
charge of receivthg stolen watches, was again brought be-
fore Mr. Rustston and committed to trial. Geo. Byres,
a watch-fidisher, Westmorland-street, Scotland-road,
(who becarsie acquainted with the prisoner at the house of
Martin Maguire, who was lately apprehended on sus-
picion 'of being concerned in the great plate robbery),
stated, that, for the last month, atter leaving his daily
ernl:o.oy with Mr. Sylvester Samuel, of Duke-street, he
ha'.4 been engaged in erasing names and numbers of
vtatches for the prisoner.