The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-03 00:00:00

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has been officially confirmed, when, it is believed, the
Government will appoint a day of general thanksgiving
for the victory vouchsafed to Her Majesty's arms and
those of her allies. In such a demonstration Liverpool
must not be behind other towns, and it is said that
Manchester has resolved to render any rivalry with her
display of loyalty a difficult task.

WIGAN ELECTION.

Tim election for a Representative of this Borough in
Parliament, in the room of the late Mr. Thicknesse, took
place yesterday before the Mayor (Thomas Cook, Esq.),
with the usual formalities. Mr. Acton, the late Mayor,
who came forward on the Radical interest, was proposed
by Mr. Bevan, and seconded by Mr. Evans.
Mr. Powell, the Conservative candidate, was then pro-
posed by Mr. Thomas Woods, and seconded by Mr.
Daglish.

Both candidates then addressed the electors, when a
show of hands was taken, which the Mayor declared to
be in favour of Mr. Powell.

Mr. Bevan demanded a poll on behalf of Mr. Acton,
and it was appointed to be taken this day (Tuesday) at
eight o'clock.

DOINGS IN ST. ANN'S WARD

[PROM A. COILRESPONDENT.]

WE wonder what the Electors of St. Ann's Ward are
about, in permitting such proceedings, as are at this mo-
ment being carried on, to pass unnoticed. We can assure
the Conservative Electors, that, unless they use immediate
and most strenuous efforts to counteract the Radical
tactics which are now in motion to secure the return of
Mr. Joseph Kitchen, Ironmonger, St. Ann-street, as mem-
ber of council at the ensuing November election, they
will rue their lukewarm and listless conduct. In allusion
to present proceedings, we know how requisitions are
sometimes got up; but in the matter of the requisition to
Mr. Kitchen, how applicable for him would be the old
poet's exclamation—`,` Quorum pars magna fui." It is
matter of notoriety how the last contested election was
won. Take care, Conservative Electors, that one of the
best men in the Council—Mr. Raymond W. Houghton,
is not unseated by similar means. You have the ward in
your hands, if you employ the legitimate means still in
your power to futilize the efforts in progress against you.
And, remember, Mr. Houghton is a gentleman by birth
and education, and known to you all, whilst Mr. Joseph
Kitchen is unknown but as a man of brass both in sound
and polish. All parties who have promised their support
to Mr. Kitchen under the impression (fostered bye-the-
bye, by Mr. K.'s friends) of Mr. Houghton's non-attend-
ance on committees, are fully absolved from such promises
when they are informed that the statements put forward
are fabrications to serve party purposes. It is most likely,
however, that Mr. Houghton will personally visit the
electors of the ward, when they will have a fair opportu-
nity of testing the truth of the various statements of Mr.
Kitchen's requisitionists. In conclusion, we would ask
how Mr. Kitchen can now find time for his wished-for
council duties, the want of which he made the plea for
resigning office when he wanted to retire from his duties
as a select vestryman ?