The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-07 00:00:00

TIIE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

On Wednesday the annual election of sixteen members
to serve in the Town Council was held in the sixteen
wards of the borough.
The eight contested wards were :—Vauxhall, St. Paul's,
St. Peter's, Great George's. Abercromby, St. Anne's,
West Derby, and Everton.
Everton the candidates were :—Mr. Francis Shand,
a conservative and anti-dock rater, and Mr. E. Langs-
dale, a liberal. The contest was a severe one throughout
the day, and at the close it was thought Mr. Langsdale
was in a majority of 17. A scrutiny, however, was de-
manded, and on Thursday it occupied the attention of the
Town-clerk for five hours, Mr. John Yates, jun. repre-
senting Mr, Langsdale, and Mr. Carson appearing for Mr.
Shand. It appears that there are separate voting papers
for Everton and Kirkdale townships, and that five of the
electors who voted for Mr. Langsdale and two who voted
for Mr. Shand used voting papers belonging to the wrong
township. The Town-clerk had doubts of the illegality
of these, hut, to save trouble, they were struck out, and
the result of the voting was declared as follows :—For
Mr. Langsdale, 352 ; for Mr. Shand, 338 ; majority for
Mr. Langsdale, 14.

In Vauxhall, Mr. Rathbonc was only able to obtain 35
votes,—the siivillest number we recoliect to have been
polled at any election where the contest was not carried
on in a spirit of mockery. He owes his defeat to the
advocacy of the Pike scheme, and his determined opposi-
tion to the rating of the docks. Tile successful candi-
date was Mr. T. L. Hodson, surgeon, who polled 133
votes.

A spirited contest was fought in St. Paul's Ward, be-
tween Mr. John Briscoe and Mr. I. R. McGuffie.
Towards the close of the poll, the struggle between the
respective candidates was remarkably close. It was a
sort of neck-and-neck race,—so much so, that it was said
an elector who had voted for Mr. McGuffie, at or about
tt:e time the clock was striking four, had made him and
his opponent equal on the poll, (184 each,) and that the
election was to be decided by the casting vote .of the
alderman of the ward, Mr. John Holmes, who was sup-
posed to have a leaning towards Mr. McGuffie. A
scrutiny was demanded, and after it had lasted about two
hours at the Town-hall, and the whole of the voting
papers had been gone, through, the numbers were found
to be ;—Briscoe, 185 ; McGuffie, 182. The former has,
therefore, been elected.

In St. Peter's Ward, Mr. Ferguson, of Bold-street,
headed the poll from the start, and was returned by a
majority of 84 over his opponent, Mr. John Stewart.
In Great George's, Mr. Wagstaff carried all before him,
beating Mr. Thomas Loyd by a large majority of 115.
Throughout the day unusual enthusiasm was manifested
for the successful candidate, who is very popular with all
classes in the ward.

In Abercromby, an unexpected victory was gained by
Mr. Hugh Neill, surgeon, that gentleman having only
become a candidate at eleven o'clock on Monday night.
He defeated Mr. William Earle by a majority of 4.1.
In St. Anne's there was a sort of mock contest between
Mr. Thomas Poole and Mr. Henry Adams, a pawn-
broker. Mr. Poole was triumphantly elected.
In West Derby Mr. R. M. Beckwith was also trium-
phantly elected over Mr. James Bourne by a majority of
125.

By this election, the Council loses Mr. Shand, Mr.
Rathbone, Mr. Lace, Mr. Earle, Mr. Stewart, and Mr.
Thomas Lloyd, and gains several untried men.

The Council is now constituted as follows. The Re-
formers' names are in italics :
No. 1, EVERTON AND Fears to No. 9, GREAT GEORGE Years

KIRKDA LE WARD. serve. WARD. to serve.
Alderman ►)avid Hodgson 2 Alderman Joseph Cooper .. 5
William Atherton
William Wa!thew
Edward La»gsdale
No. 2, SCOTLAND. I No. 10, RODNEY-STREET.
Alderman Anthony Swainson 2 Alderman J. N. Wood 5
James Holme 1 S. Ho'me
J. Woodruff 2 J. A. Tobin
James Thomson
No. 3 VAUXHALL. I No. 11. ABERCROMIIT.

Alderman T. B. Horsfall 2 Alderman James Procter.
John G. Morris

William Preston 2 R. C. Gardner
T. L. Hodson
No. 4, ST. I'AULN I No. 12, LT NIE-STREET,

Alderman john Holmes .... 5 Alderman J. B. Moore 5
James Stitt
Robert It. Hill 2 John B. Lloyd 2'
John Briscoe 3 James Johnson 3.
No 5, EXCHANGE. I No. 13, ST. ANNE'S.
Alderman James Lawrence:. 2 Alderman E. Molyneux
James Tyrer 1 William Bennett 1
G. H. Horstall 1 James Parker 2
Thomas Littledale 3 Thomas Poole 3'

No. 6, CASTLE-STREET. 1 No. 14, WEST DERBY.
Alderman Sir T. Brancker ... 2 Alderman John Bent 2
James Aikin 1 G. H. Lawrence l'
George Holt 2 Josias Booker 2
Hugh Hornby
No. 7, SAINT PETER'S. I No. 15, SOUTH TOXTETII
Alderman William Nic01.... 5 Alderman W. P. Bushby
John. A. Tinge 1 Witham Watson 1
R. S. Henderson .. 2 It. L. Jones

John Ferguson 3-E. C. Hindley 3'
No. 8, PITT STREET. ' No. 16, NORTH TOXTETH
Alderman Thomas Sands.... 2 Alderman Thomas Chilton
Thomas Toulmin ..... I Robert Henn 1
Richard Rimmer a William Mann 2
Thomas Robinson 3 William F sher 3

There are now 48 Conservatives in the Council and 16
Reformers.

ATTEMPTED IMPOSITION.

TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sir,—Several attempts at imposition, and, in some
instances, I regret to say, successful ones, having been
lately made upon very respectable parties in this town, by
persons producing begging letters and petitions with my
name forged thereto, I think it right, in justice to the
public, and for the better dete'tion of such "treacherous
dealers" thus publicly to notice the same, and to suggest
that it would be wise and safe, in future, for parties so
applied to by letter or petition, first to communicate with
clergymen or others whose names may be attached, before
they answer the demand so made upon their benevolence.
Delay, in such cases, would be safe, and would tend
greatly to the protection of persons whose generosity' is
readier in its outflow than their suspicion. I have, ,within
the last few days, seen my name thus fraudulently attached
to two documents, asVng aid for two individua s, styled,
(so far as I now recollect,) Blundell and Wilson.
Your's, &c.
W. M. FALLOON,
Minister of St. John's Church.
Nor. 6th; 1818.