The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-28 00:00:00

PITT-STREET WARD.

A meeting of the friends of John Taylor, Esq., candidate
for the representation of this ward in the Town Council, took
place on Wednesday night, at Mr. Atkinson's, Cumberland
Arms, Park-lane.
The resolutions, with the names of the proposers and
seconders, will be found in our advertising columns.
WATKIN WILLIAMS, Esq., was cant(' to the chair, and,
introducing Mr. Taylor, begged to congratulate the object of
their choice on the high position in which he stood, and
assured him of success. He (the chairman) had been a
citizen of Liverpool 40 years; he had an intimate acquaint-
ance with Mr. Taylor's father and family, and felt assured
that they were warm adherents to the church and institutions
of the country—(cheers,)—and that, if returned, Mr. Taylor
would not only be a valuable acquisition to the council, but a
strenuous advocate of the " poor man's church." (Applause.)
He would conclude by proposing three cheers for " Queen,
Church, and Constitution." (Great cheering.)
Mr. TAYLon. rose amid the most enthusiastic cheering.
He said he felt the sincerest gratitude for their kind and wel-
come reception, and assured them that had it not been for
their esteemed deputation, he would not have presumed to
offer his services at the approaching municipal election.—
(Cheers.) He was a conservative in the fullest sense of the
word. (Cheers.) He begged to assure them that lie was a
man of retired and domesticated habits ; and that it was only
from a proper sense of duty that he came forward, on the
ground of high and elevated principles of conservatism.
These were no ordinary times. Trade and commerce were
now suffering a severe depression ; but he trusted that ere
long sunshine would beam forth, and disperse the clouds
which had lowered over their ccmmercial horizon. (Cheers.)
He wished to be distinctly understood that he was no party
to any system of education unless it were based upon the
Sacred Scriptures, and he contended that education without
religious training could only find a parallel in a ship entering
an intricate harbour without a pilot. He thanked them most
cordially for the favour they had conferred upon him, and
begged to assure them that he would endeavour by close ap-
plication to his public duties to rnefit their confidence and
support. The worthy gentleman resumed his seat amid loud
cheers, which were followed by three times three for the
Queen and Sir R. Peel, and most enthusiastically given.
ARTHUR HENDERSON, Esq., proposed the next resolu-
tion, and in doing so observed that the thanks of the ward
were justly due to Mr. Aspinall and the other conservative
members of the Council for their indefatigable exertions and
immense sacrifice of time, which they would have more ad-
vantageously devoted to business. (Cheers.) He thought
the opposition party had put forward a phantom, and that
they had only announced the name of Mr. Fawcett as their
candidate for the purpose of throwing the electors off their
guard. (Hear, hear.) A struggle was at hand, he warned
them that the supposed candidate on the radical side was but
a weak invention of the enemy and intended only to divide
the energies of the electors. (Loud applause.) He urgently
requested the meeting to concentrate their powers into one
point, and that was to insure the return of the conservative
candidate. (Cheers.)
Mr. J. WILLIAMS seconded the resolution, which was
passed unanimously.
Three cheers were then given for Mr. Aspinall, Mr.
Toulmin, Mr. J. Taylor, Mr. J. Lawrence, and Mr. Proctor ;
after which a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, and
the meeting separated.