The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

Well, another of our annual municipal struggles is over ;
and although the boasting swagger of Radicalism has
prophesied the annihilation of constitutional principles,
through the restless movements of Anti-Corn-Law
Spouters and the foolish rhapsodies of the disciples of
Anti-Monopoly Associations, Conservatism still lives—
lives! aye, increases in vigour, and spreads triumphantly.
All the speeches and tracts, and all the promises of de-
ceitful and interested parties—a:l the efforts of free-
traders at the registration-courts in the creation of faggot
voters, and in the vezatioua opposition to the rightful
claims of their opponents—all these have only
" back on themselves recoiled ; "
and our national and mu&cipal governments, although
elected by machinery created by Reform herself, are
composed of men professing strong attachment to our
apostolic church and to scriptural education, and reso-
lutely opposed to withstand every eff in to overturn the
principles on which our commercial and agricultural codes
are placed, and men who are confessedly competent in
every respect to fulfil the duties assigned to them. As
far as our local authorities are concerned, we need not at
present refer to any further proof of their capability to
promote the general welfare of the borough, in conjunction
with the iuter.sts of the corporate estate, than the annual
account just presented to the public; the gratifying state
of which, we. make bold to say, has been brought about
by the far-seeing intelligence and knowledge of business
possessed by the majority in our present corporation.
.•But to return to our recent struggle. A short time
.since we'scatcely ventured to anticipate such a glorious
result as we are about to record. We feared that the
untiring activ;ty or Itadicarsola combined with the-many
—alas. how many !--." heavy blows and great discourage-
ments" dealt. our to our Protestant friends by men from
whom they had a right to exeect a very different kind of
treatment,—we say we feared that these causes, and more
especially the last, would have so damped the energies of
churchmen, as to induce them, in instances not a few, to
hold back when their votes were wanted ; but, thanks to
their zeal and true-hearteduess, they have thrown perso-
nal affronts to the winds, and have stood manfully for-
ward at the right time.
Enough, however, on this subject; and proceed we
now to register the doings on Friday, arid a few remi-
niscences connected with them. Perhaps we canno-, do
better than present, first of all, the state of the poll at
the various wards which were contested at the election in
November last year, premising that Mr. James Aikin (it;
was then returned for Castle-street Ward, as was Mr. G.
H. Lawrence (c) for West Derby Ward, unopposed:—
Wards. Majority,
Everton ..... David Hodgson (c)...... 221
Chris. Rawdon (a)
Wm. Thornhill 00.-- 223
Thos. Vernon (c) . . 222.... 1
.. Thos. Chalmer (ft) 131
Thos. Case (c).. . .
.. R. B. B. H. Blundell (c) 179
John Deakin (a)
.. Thos. Sands (c)
George Holt (a)
.. J. A. Tinne (c) .. 261 .
This. Bolton (u) .. 233..
Pitt-street Thos. Toulrnin (c)
Great George

Scotland

Vauxball.

St. Paul's

Exchange

St. Peter's.

Rodney• street

Abercromby ...

Lime-street

St. Anne's.

South Toxteth .

North Tosteth

Robert Benn (R)
N
173.... 38
John Sothern (c) l5B
Thos. Taylor (R).
Vim. Birkett (c) ........ 279
Wm. Lassen (a)
.C. Boutflower (c)
D. Nei'son (c).
John Kilshaw (c)
Thos. Morecroft (R)
Jos. Ifornhy (R) 2lO
H. G. Harbord (c)..
T. T. Glazebrook (c)
John Platt (R) .
Richard Harbord (c)
Wm. Lockerby (R) 193.... 29

It will be seen from this statement, that last year
twelve Conservatives were returned to the Council-
chamber. and four Radicals. This year, as we shall
&tail more fully just now, we have been successful in
thirteen wards; and to show that these victories have
not been achieved by any influence acting, as did the
iieform Bill, with something like mesmeric power on the
public mind, it is only necessary to say that for the last
five years the number of Conservatives returned to the
Council at each election has been alo.ost precisely the
same. In 1840 we returned 12; in 1841, 13; in 1842,
13; in 1843, 12; and this year, 13 ;—and we may add
that on each of those occasions the Radicals were only
able to return their successful candidates by majorities
miserably small, as compared with the numbers in those
wards which returned Conservatives.
We now subjoin an hourly statement of the roll
contested wards at the election just closed. The
of the Conservatives are in italics:—

in the
tames

Wards. Time. 51.1kj0.
10. ' 11. 12. 1. 2. 3. 4. nty.
SCOTLAND.
James Brancker 24 45 67 87 115 161 217
Isaac Holmes .. 28 53 68 98 121 152 204 —l3
ST. PAUL'S.
R. B. Hill .... 24 41 55 83 102 133 152
James Stitt .... 16 39 53 65 .81 107 119 —33
Sr. PETER'S.
R. S. Henderson 43 96 119 160 176 228 269
Thos. Bolton .. 37 53 109 .138 162 205. 230 —39
RODNEY-ST.
John Pemberton 55 97 122 164 198 233 273
R. H. Harvey .. 45 91 122 138 166 204 222 —5l
LIME-ST.
J. B. 52 93 116 159 228 268 324
11. Holmes .... 48 87 124 161 212 252 282 —42
ST. ANNE'S.
James Parker.. 44 101 130 154 183 204 231
Wm. Elwin .... 36 87 116 141 179 191 216 —l5
S. TOXTETH.
R L. Jones.... 175
R. V. Yates.... ' 136'-39
N. TOXTETH.
Wm. Mann .... 2741
George H01t.... 214!-60

We had thus the very unusual number of eight wards
uneontes'ed, and for these the following gentlemen
walked over the course, for the opposition in Vitt-street
and Great George Wards was, as we shall presently chew,
anything but legitimate :

Conservatives unopposed. I Radicals unopposed.
Tho=. Shaw, for Egerton. I Wm. Preston, for Vauxhall
C. S Middleton, Exchange. I John Holmes, Castle-st.

James Aspinall, Pitt-street.
G. G. Flortiby, Gt. George.
.Lis. Procter. Abereromby.

J. S. Leigh, Wcrit Derhi.

We have thi. yet,r, therefore, returned thirteen mem-
bers to the Gaincil-chamber, and the Radicals three.
The Conscrv,,tivc voters paed amount to 2205, and the
Radicals to 1709. giving a majority of 496 votes for the
Conservative cause.

The following. is a lia of the Town Council as at pre-
sent con,titir ed. Ti-,e nntne,4 printed in itdlics are those
of new rren,berA, and t!w aldermen who retire on Satur-
next are distinguished by an asterisk prefixed to their
names 1— •

No. I.—EVERTON WARD.

Yrs. to serve.

Aldtra:ar,—*T. B. Barclay (u.)
Ti oma, Sh .w (c)
1 - 3
Councillor,' Div•4l 11,,,i..%.5.0ti (c) , 2
- l',ain::, Y0a(4.1 c)
Nu. 2 —Scwrr.AND WARD.
Aticrnlun—Rigl•aril flooq.! ton- (c)
Jonie. Brancker (n)
{ .. .. 3
Council`. ‘-'l, ill am 3-' ~: 1 !illlll (n.)
Richiliai 11,•.tuliton, jun. (c)
N. 3.--VAUXHALL WARD.
Alciern-au:—*Tomas b..11,y (a)
{ ~.vi;l7;:na Prr.,,ton (R) 3
Cout.cillors Tho,nas k .I!rtialer (a) .
Tinnris IPackburn (a)
No. 4.—Sp. PAUC,'S WARD.
Alderman—Richard Grlfith (c). . 3
R. B. Hill (c)
{ .... 3
Councillors H. B. 13. H. Blundell (c) . ....... 2
J. C. Thompson (c).
• . No. S.—EXCHANGE WARD.
Alilerman—*James I,,wrence (c)....
{C. S. Middleton (c)......
Councillors Thomas Sands (c) .. ....
John North (c) 1
_. _

No. 6.—CASTLE-STREET WARD.
Alderman—*Sir Thomas Brancker (c)
{John Holmei (a)..
Councilkrs Aikin (a)
Hugh Hornhv (a)..

, . .
N ~ 7.—ST. PETER'S WARD.
Alderman—John H. Turner (c) .. .
R. S. Henderson (c)
Councillors{J A. Tinne (c)
John Stewart (c)
No. S —PITT.STREET WARD.
Alderman—*W. P. Freme (a)
{James Appinall (c) ..
Councillors Thomas Toulmin (c) ..
Wiliam Fawcett (R) ..........
No 9.—GREAT GEORGE WARD.
Alderman—*Thomas Holt (a)
{G. G. Hornby (c)
Councillors John Sothern (c) .
Thomas Royden (c)
No. 10.— RODNEY-STREET WARD.
Alderman—R. S. Crook (c)
{John Pemberton (c) ..
Councilors William Bilkett (c) .
- J. N. Wood (c)
___
_ __

N •
NO. 11.—ABERCROMBY WARD.
Alderman—Widism Nicol (c)
(James Procter (c)...
Councillors Thomas Kay.. (c) .
lehristorher Bu-hell (c)
No. 12.—LIME-STREET WARD.
Alderman—J. B. Moore (c) . .
John Buck Lloyd (c)
Couneillors{John Kilshaw (c). .
Robert Rigby (c)
No. 13.—ST. ANNE'S WARD.
Alderman—Edmund Molyneux (c) ..•
{ James Parker (c)
Councilltir., Joseph Hornbv (n.)
Robert Jones (c)
___ ....... .....

No. 14.—WEST liERBIL" WARD.
Alterman—*Jarnes 'Moon (it)
{J. S. Leigh (c)..
Councillors G. IL Lrivcrcnce (c)
James Plumpton (c)

No. 15.—SOUTH TOXTETH WARD.
Alderman—*FA re Evans (a) ..
R. L. Jones (c)
Councillors
I.
T. Glnebronk (c) . ......
...
.
Ambrose Lace (c). .

No. 16.—NO?LTH ToKIETII WARD.

Alderman—Tnornas Chiron (c)

. .
{William Mann (c)
Counc4lors Richard Harbord (c)
John Sheppard (c)

Taking it for granted that the six retiring Radical al.
dermen will on Saturday be displaced by an equal number
of " good men a.:d true," we shall then have the Council
composed of

Conservatives
Radicals ....

54
10

EVERTON WARD.

The radicals wisely nlhwed Mr. Thomas Shaw to walk
over the course for this ward. The majority of 98 last
year for Mr. David Hodgson has evidently been a suffi-
cient warnivg to them that their sweet voices will not be
listened to in this aristocratic district, and they prudently
abstained from putting themselves to the trouble and ex-
pense of a ruitless contest.
SCOTLAND WARD.

This ward,. for which the candidates were Mr. Isaac

Holmes and Mr. James Braricker, was contested with
great spirit, particularly towards the dose. As at all the
other polling places, the voting in the early part of the
day was comparatively languid on both sides, but increased
as it advanced, both .parties being sanguine, and both
keeping so nearly together throughout, that ieir respec-
tive expectations were by no means unreasonable. At the
expiring of the first hour Mr. Holmes was four a-head ;
by the next he had gained eight in all ; at noon dropped
off to but one ; gained ten more by one o'clock, and lost
all his advantage by about
.aa hour afterwards. From
this time it was as " Greek meeting Greek," and the push-
ing and scrambling to get voting papers filled up and pre-
sented became truly amusing—and amusir', only; for
though the crowd increased at the top of Burlington-
street, where was the polling-booth, to many hundreels,
the greatest good humour prevailed. From three to four
o'clock a number of cabs, coaches, &c., with hurrying
voters, came up, cheered by their respective partizans as
they alighted at the contiguous committee.4ooms to pre-
pare their papers, and the push at the voting place to have
the votes recorded became great and excittng. At three
o'clock the reform candidate had turned the tables by
about nine votes, arid the mass of those: who afterwards
came up were also on his behalf, so that it became evident,
if the numbers were duly summed, that he would win.
Mr. Br ancker's party, at hi: committee-room just below,
were very lavish in their shouting, but also withal so ex-
hausted in voters, that we onseived no one tendering his
vote during the first few mieu es of the prescribed
time. At the close Mr. Brancker was declared (bough
not as than officially) to be thirteen a-head of his oppo-
nent. We may here remark, that Mr. Hoboes owes his
defeat to his extraordinary lukewarenness last year in the
cause to which he had so long previously attached him-
self. He then went the length of declaring that be would
not oppose .the return of Mr. Thornhill, and from the
breach of confidence reposed in him created by this avowal;
he may now, if he lament his discomfiture, exclaim—
"Hine ill e lachurna ."' His opponent on th's occasion,
though widely &tiering from us in politics, is a gentleman
of standing and integrity, and will, we hope, devote him.
self, so far as we can expect from his opinions, to the in.-
terests of the town.

VAUXHALL WARD.
The majority of Mr. Chalmer over Mr. Case at the
-last election, we preume, induced the conservatives to
allow Mr. Preston to. be. returned unopposed. It should
be remembered, however, lhat Mr. Case only consented
t.) stand at that time when all hopes of his success were
gone • and we hope on a future occasion the conservatives
will be prepared for action, as we teel persuaded that a
careful attention to the progress cf events in this ward
during the next twelve month- would, if not secure a
conservative's return, at least pave the way for success
at a future period:

ST. PAUL'S WARD.

The interest excited amongst the—voters in this ward
was Ly no means great, and the voting went on with com-
paratively little vigour, the conservatives contenting them.'
selves with merely securing the election of Mr. in
opposition to Mr. Stitt, the reform candidate.

EXCHANGE WARD.

Even the personal esteems which is entertained for such
a highly-re,pectable gentleman as Mr. Henry Holmes
was nor sufficient to induce him to contest this ward—so
utterly prostrate is radicalism. Mr. C: S. Middleton, a
gentleman whose services have already been of inestima-
ble value as a member of the Dock Committee, was re-
turned without opposition. This would have been a Rain
of one to con-er ..atism, but for the untoward result of
Scotland Ward. The election of Mr. Middleton lvis
banished every representative of radicalism from this
ward, and we perceive, on referring to the list of the
council, that we lv.ve now no fewer than eleven wards
thoroughly divested of stub pernicious influence.
CASTLE STREET WARD.

We know not for what rea,on conservatism is allowed

to sleep here. It is true that hi herto we have never been
able to succeed, but we have good reason for th'uking
that if the conservative committee were to put forth a
little more energy, even this " Gibraltar " might be
stormed. Mr. John Holmes was on Friday re-elected
without opposition.
ST. PETER'S WARD.
Considerable interest was felt as to the result of the
election here, as every effort was used to secure the re-
turn of Mr. Thomas Bolton against. Mr. R. S. (lender-
s in, the retiring Conservative candid,ite, and we believe
that the Radical canvass gave them a majority of forty,
FO that they opened the poll with very sanguine expecta-
tions, and certainly worked hard during the day, and
about the middle of the contest succeeded in reduc.ng
Mr.- Henderson's majority to two. His friends, however,
then rallied, ant at the close of the poll Mr. H. was re-
turned by a majority of 39: Mr. Henderson addressed
the electors at the close of the poll, expressing the high
sense of gratitude he felt for the uoremitting exertions of

his friend,, and fur the honour done him by the electors
in thus re-electing him their representative in the Council
Chamber.

PITT-STREET WARD.

All sorts of manoeuvres have been resorted to by the
meddling busybodies in this district to torment Mr.
Aspinall, the retiring candidate ; but the popularity of
that gentleman rendered all attempts fruitless and ri-
diculous. Some person of the name of Allan, of whom
we never heard before. was put forth as the ropresenta-
tive of Radicalism, and so strong were his claims, that
after two how s' polling, he actually succeeded in record-
ing two vote. ! one of which we understand was his own ;
Mr. Aspinall having registered during th it time no les,
than 110 votes. Next year, of course, Mr. Fawcett will
be sent to condole with th•.: other rejecteds over the fallen
condition of their cause.