The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-17 00:00:00

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1854

we cannot expect any authentic news until the
iend of the week: Many blame the delay, without
`tightest
the cause ; but none entertain the
`uthtest doubt of the success of th-

enterprise

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS,

411- near approach of the Ist of November, big
ntht the fate of sixteen wards, has naturally in-
wensified the excitement with reference to those of
h
aet!ell the representation will be contested; and
(life has been the canvass for the respective can-
tes, each of which is invested by his advocates
roal sufficient good qualities to create
thillanee• Perhaps the most se—
e subject which has been offered to the electors.
for them to choose such men as will not only do
edit to the Corpornf:- '-v their intelli-
sts of the

and zeal for the inte

a hero of 1

sible advice on

1, but, I

gence, activity,
to wll, battle worthily in defence of the ancient
tigon 11,t8 and privileges which are said to be threat-
diffieu Vith legislative extinction. We can have no
itslll.ltY endorsing this advice, which commends
pa'. to attentive consideration ; but many a rate-
prydner' 6n ding it impossible to disconnect political
Isoh,e—'etions with municipal privileges, will feel in
013''e doubt how it should best be carried out, when
ta,P°Sing candidates claim to possess equal qualifi-
134r1(t)ns• It •
Y Politics into the Council Chamber, where
'V local interests should
NI11(1

course, very imprope

ive infln

to carry

but we

Re
'vative is

of the

afforded oIh„
in the Town Council. I
tlatac'fer which nn Ipani

Cr confk

":s'i test in s
lets
luerable interest
tts ltnportant questic
t(3l' to JOHN BUCK ,
14) °f this borough. It is, however, premature
114 seuss it, until after the Ist of November shall
De shown the constitution of the Chamber ; but
ll:respondent of a Radical contemporary has
40,,t 1
ed some remarks upon the subject which
4147 not be suffered to pass unnoticed. He
shod the the monstrous proposition that Liverpool
411;4 Propitiate the Government, in the alleged
ToZelling struggle for the preservation of the
obj,:,,l)nes, by choosing a Mayor not personally
ED entertain
to the head of the Board of Trade.
Lelltertain no high opinion of the Right. Hon.
Of :44° CA.RDIVELL, but we should be ashamed
trtiviirselves to believe him capable of such base
grAk,.ling, as to be influenced in the decision of a
ti;4' question by the equally humiliating fact of
4bel.P°ol condescending to choose a Radical
thr.• This is, however, a Radical opinion of
ki.Prineiples and public virtue of a Radical
mP L.er,_ and he may well s

Save me from
The

tr, 1
;ritA enu.s." We scorn to libel him su.
~t amidst a list of names, evidently aims at
GEoRoE HOLT, and attempts to draw a corn-
t)a:l':34 With Mr. STEWART, whom he hints at as
iavourite of the Council. We would merely
e,,est that the decision will not rest with Mr
lari-,13.vv wi th /I, but with Parliamc
to the Upper House, and that, in respect,
sl.sonal influence, the qualifications of either of
%,4,1 Cal candidates named are of little weight
144'ed with those of Mr. STEWART.
AD'

,nt, more particu-