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

No. 16.—N0aTEI TOXTETII WARD.

Alderman—Thomas Chilton (c)
William Mann (c)
Councillors{ 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 and true," we'shall then have the Council
composed of

Conservatives
Radicals ....

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EVERTON WARD.

The radicals wisely allowed 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 warning to them thlt 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 f.uitless contest.

SCOTLAND WARD.
This ward, for which the candidates were Mr. Isaac
Holmes and Mr. James Brancker, was contested with
great spirit, particularly towards the close. 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 their 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 an 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 amusing only ; for
though the crowd increased at the top of Burlington-
street, where was the polling-booth, to many hundreds,
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-rooms to pre-
pare their papers, and the push at the voting place to have
the votes recorded became great arid exciting. At three
o'clock the reform candidate had turned the tables by
about nine votes, and the mass of those who afterwards
came up were also on his behalf, so that it became evident,
it the numbers were duly summed, that he would win.
Mr. Btancker's party, at his committee-room just below,
were very lavish in their shouting, but also withal so ex-
hausted in voters, that we observed no one tendering his
vote during the first few mit,u'es of the prescribed
time. At the close Mr. Brancker was declared (,hough
not as then officially) to be thirteen a-head of his oppo-
nent. We may here remark, that Mr. Holmes owes his
defeat to his extraordinary lukewarmness last year in the
cause to which he had so long previously attached him.
self. He then went the length of declaring that he 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 Ulm lachryma !" His opponent on th;s occasion,
though widely differing 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. Chaliner over Mr. Case at the
last election, we presume, induced the conservatives to
allow Mr. Preston to be returned unopposed. It should
be remembered, however, that Mr. Case only consented
to 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 feel persuaded that a
careful attention to the progress of 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 by 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. Hill, in
opposition to Mr. Stitt, the reform candidate.

EXCHANGE WARD.
Even the personal esteem which is entertained for such
a highly-respectable gentleman as Mr. Henry Holmes
was not 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 gain
of one to conseriatism, but for the untoward result of
Scotland Ward. The election of Mr. Middleton has
banished every representative of radicalism from this
ward, and we perceive, on referring to the list of the
council, that we have now no fewer than eleven ward■
thoroughly divested of such pernicious influence.

CASTLE•STItEET WARD.
We know not for what reason conservatism is allowed
to sleep here. It is true that hitherto we have never been
able to succeed, but we have good reason for thinking
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 ARD.
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-
m, the retiring Conservative candid3te, 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 clay, and
about the middle of the contest succeeded in reducing
Mr. Henderson's majority to two. His friends, however,:
then rallied, awl 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 unremitting exertions of
his friends, and for the honour done him by the electors
in thus re-electing him thrir representative in the Council.
Chamber.

PITT-STREET WARD.
All sorts of roanceuvres 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 representa-
tive of Radicalism, and so strong were his claims, that
after two bouts' polling, he actually succeeded in record-,
ing two votes! one of which we understand was his own ;
Mr. Aspinall having registered during that time no less
than 110 votes. Next year, of course, Mr. Fawcett will
be sent to condole with the other rejecteds over the fallen
condition of their cause.