The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-24 00:00:00

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WA RD MEETINGS

SCOTLAND WARD.

A second meeting of the conservative electors of Scot-
land Ward was held at the house of Mrs. Barton, Bur-
lington-street, on the evening of Tuesday last. Shortly
before eight o'clock, the chair was taken, amid loud cheers,
by Mr. Alderman Houghton.
Mr. Councillor ASPIN ALL rose to propose the first re-
solution, and was, as usual, received in that spirit of un-
bounded enthusiasm which his public and consistent
character through life has so justly deserved. He said
that it afforded him intense pleasure to meet the electors
of Scotland Ward, and to encourage them to pursue that
onward course of conservative action which had so nobly
distinguished them on former occasions. He regretted,
however, to have to inform them that Mr. Thomas Wil-
son had declined the honour of becoming their candidate.
Ile was authorised to say that Mr. Wilson having received
a most respectably and numerously signed requisition to
allow himself to be nominated as a candidate for the ward
at the approaching election, and having maturely con-
sidered whether he could conscientiously accept it from
his numerous avocations requiring his constant attention,
had been reluctantly compelled to decline their kindness
on the present occasion. He (Mr. Wilson) begged to be
permitted specially to thank those who interested them-
selves on his behalf and signed the requisition. and to say
that having consented to become chairman of the com-
mittee for conducting the election of Thomas Vernon,
Esq.—(cheers,)—who had kindly allowed himself to be
nominated in his stead—(loud cheers.)—he most respect-
fully solicited their votes and interest in favour of that
gentleman, being fully convinced that he would do credit
to their choice and justice to their municipal concerns.
(Renewed cheers.) Mr. Aspinall then proceeded to des-
cant upon the merits of Mr. Vernon's character, undoubted
respectability, and staunch conservative principles, and
that he carried on the business of an engineer and boiler-
maker in the ward to a very considerable extent. He
concluded by proposing Mr. Vernon as a fit and proper
person to represent the ward in the Town-council. (Loud
cheering.)
Mr. RICHARD EDWARDS, in seconding the proposi-
tion, said lie coincided in all Mr. Aspinall had so justly
observed respecting the numerous qualifications of Mr.
Vernon.

The motion was then put And carried ananimously.
Mr. Councillor JONES proposed the second resolution,
to the effect that it was incumbent on the electors to
use every exertion to secure Mr. Vernon's triumphant
return.

Mr. G. KERFORD seconded the resolution, which was
also unanimously adopted.
Mr. Vernon here entered the room, and was hailed
with protracted cheering. He said that in consequence
of the retirement of Mr. Wilson he had been requested by
a very large and influential portion of the constituency to
become a candidate for the representation of their ward at
the approaching municipal election. The respectful and
urgent manner in which that request had been made,
coupled with his own sense of duty, had induced him to
comply—though very much opposed to his inclination.
He promised, in case they should do him the honour to
return him as their representative, to exert himself to pro-
mote every measure calculated for their benefit and that
of the town. (Hear, hear.) His political principles were
strictly conservative—(cheers)—hased upon the desire to
regard with reverence the sacred injunction of " Fear God
and honour the King," which led him to appose infidelity,
Popery, and radicalism, and to promote, by every means
in his power, Protestantism, true liberty, and scriptural
education. (Cheers.) But, notwithstanding his high con-
servative principles, yet, if any proved abuses should have
crept into those institutions, which had been rendered
venerable by antiquity. he was willing to rectify or correct
them ; and whenever he saw oppression, whether it pro-
ceeded from the radical or the conservative side, he
would ever be its most determined and decided enemy.
(Loud and continued cheering.) Mr. Vernon proceeded
at much further length with the enunciation of his
principles.

- Upon the motion of Mr. VERNON, seconded by Mr.
TnomAs ELLIOT, a vote of thanks was passed to the
chairman. and the meeting separated, after having given
several rounds of cheering and the Kentish fire.

GREAT GEORGE WARD,

Thi E LIVE ft ilOO i, STANDARD

(Cheers.) Mr. Hortiby, who was a staunch conservative,
had also authorised him to state, that he would support
inviolate the present system of scriptural education pur-
sued in the Corporation Schools, and would do his utmost
to carry it out. (Cheers.) He concluded by reading Mr.
Hornby's address to the electors, just then printed, (and
which will be found in another column ;) and said he
should be glad, on behalf of Mr. Hornbv, to answer any
questions that might be put relative to that gentleman.
No question was put, with the exception of whether
Mr. H. had any connexion with Mr. Hugh Horriby, which
was answered in the negative, amidst much cheering.
Mr. INGRAM, seconded by Mr. Sothern, moved the
thanks of the meeting, in complimentary terms, to the
chairman, which was carried by acclamation ; after which
the meeting gave three cheers for the chairman, the like
compliment to Mr. Royden, and three groans for Dan
O'Connell, and then separated.
The election for a councillor, in the room of Alderman
Lawrence, will take place to-morrow, (Wednesday.)

MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF

BIRKENHEAD

An adjourned meeting of the commissioners of the
township of Birkenhead, was held in the commissioners'
room, Birkenhead, on Thursday, for the purpose of confirm -
ing the appointment of a superintendent to the police
department, as well as that of a surveyor of buildings for
the township. The night was very stormy, and there was
but a thin attendance of members. Mr. Jackson, in the
absence of J. D. Case Esq., took the chair. The follow
ing members were present : Messrs. Wm. Jackson, Cole,
Adamson, Kerr, M'Nicoll, Appleton, Hinde, Hammond,
Dale, Pim, and Bentham.

Mr. IvIALLABY stated the object of the meeting, and
said that the committee appointed to fix upon a superin-
tendent of the police were unanimous in recommending
Mr. Samuel Moss to that situation. Mr. ;Wallaby then
read the report of the committee on the subject. It
stated the various duties which the superintendent would
have to perform. Independent of his services as super-
intendent of police, he was to act as collector of rates,
and treasurer of the township. His salary was to be £l4O
per annum, and he was to find adequate surety for the
due performance of his respective situations.
Mr. BENTHAM thought the arrangement a very good
one. He was, however, of opinion, that as the collector
on some days would only collect a few shilling, it would
not be necessary to give him the trouble of going over to
Liverpool to place it in the bank.

The CHAIRMAN said,ii;at there wonld be rex days in
which the collector would not receive £lO. The arrange-
ments, however, had been come to in order to put the
township to as little expense as possible.
Mr. H INDE said, that the collecting of taxes was always
a disagreeable occupation, and the less expense the town-
sbip was put to the better.

The CH AIRMAN said, that the committee bad come to
the determination of appointing Mr. Samuel Moss for a
certain time to see if he would answer. It was, however,
his (the Chairman's) opinion, that they could not find a
more suitable person.

Mr. BENTHAM begged to say, that when he had, on a
former occasion, opposed the appointment of Mr. Moss,
it was not that he thought that person unfit for the situa-
tion, but he thought his appointment at the time was
placing an improper power in the hands of the board. He
had, however, since come to the conclusion that they had
done right, and thought they could not find a more suita-
ble person.
The appointment of Mr. Moss was then confirmed.

STATE OF FEELING AMONGST THE PEOPLE
OF IRELAND UPON THE SUBJECT OF RE-
PEAL, AND THEIR PROSPEC'N OF SUCCESS
IN THE EVENT OF AN ARMED INSURREC-
TION.

In the present crisis of affairs in Ir

tions of every impart

lid the observa.

al observer of passing events 'and

character assume a tenfold value ; and v

therefore, no apology to our readers for offering to their
perusal the following condensation of the facts contained
in two highly interesting letters, which have just been
addressed to the editor of the Mornir►q Clironicl,, and
copied from the columns of that paper into the leading
journals of both parties, in England and in Ireland. We
may premise that the writer, whom we may assume to be
of Whig politics, had, before entering upon his inquiry,
arrived at the conclusion, from a contemplation of affairs
in Ireland as represented in the public press, that the agi-
tation for repeal was " a gigantic piece of blarney on
O'Connell's part," kept. up to save himself from pecuniary
ruin ; and that the object contemplated was, at the utmost,
the obtaining of an instalment of those measures which
he has been in the habit of clamouring for, as " Justice to
Ireland." His changed conviction, on visiting Ireland,
we give in his own words :

" It soon became apparent to me, after my arrival in
Ireland, that although this view of the case was perfectly
correct as far as O'Connell was concerned, the matter had
taken much deeper root. Other leaders beside O'Connell
either appeared on the stage, or skulked bt.liind the scenes ;
and, above all, it was evident that the great mass of the
Roman Catholic peasantry had thoroughly taken the mat-
ter to heart. The people were bursting with repeal. It
was not in the least necessary to put searching questions
to them in order to get at their sentiments. You could
not make the commonest inquiry without bringing on a
repeal discussion. If you asked the price of pork or fish
in the streets, the old women were sure to say something
of this sort after they had answered your question :
Well, sir, when are we to have our rights ? when will our
Parliament sit in College-green ?'
" The people, in short, were determined to have repeal
—by fair means, if possible—but, at any rate, repeal.
They had, moreover, fully made up their minds to the
sacrifices consequent upon a popular rising, and had fami-
liarised themselves to all the contingencies of an insurrec-
tion in an extraordinary degree. There was not a sinele
important point connected with the subject on which they
were not prepared with a good military answe, ; and, in
whatever part of the country the question might be
asked, you were sure of receiving the same answer in
substance, and, generally speaking, in nearly the same
words. The last-mentioned circumstance proves to de-
monstration that the plans of operation with which the
heads of the peasantry were filled did not originate with
themselves, but that they had emanated from some com-
mon source, and were, in fact, the instructions of superior
minds, which had been carefully prepared to suit the exi-
gency of the case, and had been afterwards disseminated
by means of some established organisation among the
people."