The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-25 00:00:00

GEORGE'S DOCK.

The North Harbour Master sent in a report on the work-
ing of George's Dock. One side of the dock had been alto-
gether appropriated to coasting- vessels, and it had been found
to work much better than if only 300 feet at one end had been
devoted to them. He suggested that if the whole dock were
appropriated to vessels not exceeding 150 tons burden, more
work would be done.

Mr. Honsvm.r, said the Harbour Master had in this re-
port exceeded his instructions ; and it' his suggestion were
acted upon, it would give great dissatisfaction to foreign
vessels.

The CH Atitm AN said the suggestion was ridiculous.
Mr. EVANS added that it was at least premature; and he
recommended that the report be referred.
The report was then referred.
RUNCORN DUES.

The dues received at Runcorn for the month ending on
the 24th instant were reported to be £34 6s. sd.
The committee then proceeded to the consideration of
financial affairs, and shortly afterwards separated.

REPRESENTATION OF SAINT ANNE'S WARD.

GLORIOUS CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY.

The election of a councillor for St. Anne's Ward, in the
place of Mr. William Slater, disqualified, took place on Wed-
nesday. Two candidates presented themselves for the suf-
frages of the burgesses, Mr. Brassey on the conservative
interest, and Mr. Chalmers on the adverse side. The contest
was very close during the day, and it terminated in a most
glorious victory for the conservative candidate. The polling
commenced at nine o'clock, and continued till four. The
following are the numbers who voted each hour, for the re-
spective candidates :
.•
C
Brassey. Chalmers. Conservative Radical
Jlajority. Itlajority.
Ten o'clock.... 46 37 9
Eleven o'clock. 31 17 14
Twelve o'clock. 15 30 15*
One o'clock.... 32 31 1

Half-past.... 11 18 23
Two o'clock .. 20 14 6
Half-past.... 21 22 1*
Three o'clock.. 21 11 10
Half-past.... 20 26 6*
Four o'clock .. 13 0 4

260 216 67 22
*Less Radical majorities. gained at 12, 1
half-past 2, and half-past 3 o'clock.. .1,

Final Conservative majority
The day passed over in the most orderly manner, and not
the slightest incident of any note occurred. A number of
policemen were placed in Christian-street, for the purpose
of preserving quiet, hut their services were little, if at all,
required. The alderman of the ward, Mr. Molyneux, pre-
sided at the polling-booth until the close ; and the assessors
consisted of Mr. G. H. Corless, conservative, and Mr. John
Helsby, radical.
The announcement of the final close of the poll was re-
ceived with tremendous cheering by the multitude who sur-
rounded the conservative committee-room. Immediately
afterwards it was announced that the newly-elected member
and others would address them from the windows of Mr.
Holden's house, in Richmond-row, whither they proceeded
in great numbers.

Mr. BRA SSEY having presented himself at one of the
windows, was hailed with loud and prolonged cheers. He
said he had not words to express what he felt for the honour
they had corferred upon him by returning him as one of
the members for St. Anne's Ward, by so triumphant a ma-
jority as forty-five. When he reflected for a moment that
he was an entire stranger in the ward--that he was known
to not more than ten or a dozen of the electors, and when
he locked on the many which were before and behind him,
hailing his return, he felt that it must have been the princi-
ples he professed which had won for him their support. He
acknowledged that he was a conservative in every sense of
the word, and he believed he had never been absent from the
post to which duty called him. (Applause.) His opponent,
Mr. Chalmers, had entered the field twice before, and, on
both occasions, had received a dressing from his friend Mr.
Parker. The present was the third time that gentleman had
come forward. He tMr. Brassey) hoped it would be the
last time that Mr. Chalmers would meet the constituency of
the ward, knowing, as he ought after so much experience,
the materials of which the conservative electors were com-
posed. (Great cheers.) The present had been a stand-up
fight, and Mr. Chalmers had not only been beaten, but
he had received at the hands of the constituency a good
sound dressing. (Loud laughter, and renewed cheers.)
It was not the province, however, of an Englishman to
rejoice over a fallen enemy, and therefore he lett Mr. Chal-
mers in the distance-15. He had one request to make, and
he was sure they would not refuse him that request—namely,
that on the Ist of November next they would be ready and
willing to be at their posts in order to place his friend and
worthy colleague, Mr. Jones, in a majority of 3 times 45.
Ile would not detain them longer, as he had been on his legs
from seven o'clock that morning, and felt a little fatigued.
Ile had, however, to return them his most sincere thanks for
the honour they had conferred upon him in returning him
that day as their third conservative councillor for their inilu -
ential ward ; and before they parted he had another request
to make—namely, that if, on their return home, they met
any of their political opponents, they would hold out the
right hand of fellowship to them, because they had met as
friends, and they should part as such. Mr. Brassey con-
cluded amid loud cheers, by reading the final state of the
poll, and by assuring the electors that he would ever use his
utmost exertions, in conjunction with Mr. Parker and Mr.
Jones, wherever and whenever the interests of the ward were
concerned.
Mr. Councillor PARKER then presented himself to the
electors and was most enthusiastically received. He begged
to return them thanks for the choice they had made in
selecting Mr. Brassey to represent them, and for having re-
turned that gentleman by so large a majority over his oppo-
nent. Mr. Brassey had told them that he was little known
in the ward ; but, it should be recollected, that few men
were better known in the town than Mr. Brassey, for those
sound principles which the conservative electors of St.
Anne's Ward so manfully supported. He (Mr. Parker) was
proud to say that the electors had sent a colleague into the
council that day who would carry out those measures which
were nearest to their hearts—measures in which St. Anne's
Ward had taken a deeper interest than almost any other ward
in the town. ht Mr. Brassey they would have a gentleman
every way qualified to fulfil the duties of their representa-
tive—a gentleman whose principles were sound and inde-
pendent, and one who would not flinch from the assertion
and maintenance of those sound constitutional principles
they all venerated so highly. (Hear, hear.) In refer-
ence to the all-important question, the school question,
in which he had taken a most lively interest in car-
rying out those views he held in conjunction with the
great majority of the members of the town-council, he
hoped the system would be carried out, and he was sure
it would, with every Christian feeling towards those who
differed from them on principle. They (the conservative
members) had been told that they had turned the Roman
catholics out; the walls were placarded to influence the elec-
tions in the last contest ; but the result had proved that
such statements were fallacious. He maintained that they
were at present imparting right principles to the youth of
this great community—(hear)—that with regard to those
principles the constituency at large were agreed—that the
members of the town-council were returned for the purpose
of carrying out the views of their constituencies—and they
ought to act consistently in the maintenance of the trust re-
posed in them, and support their church and the glorious
constitution on which that church was built. (Cheers.) He
would not, however, say a word to injure the feelings of any
individual who differed from him either in religion or politics.
lie thought there was no country in the world where more
real liberty of conscience was permitted than in Great Bri-
tain ; and here he begged to allude to those dissenters and
Roman catholics, with whom he had been at issue. He
could assure them that in all his proceedings, as their repre-
sentative, he felt true Christian charity towards all who
differed from him. (Hear, hear.) It was true the system
of education which the town-council thought proper to intro-
duce into the schools, was one to wnich the Roman catholics
were in general opposed. It was true also that the system
which was carried on in the schools before the conservatives
were in power, was one to which protestants conscientiously
dissented. The conservatives had now it in their power to
carry out the system on protestant principles. They were
bound so to do conscientiously, and as Christians ; and he
hoped the part he had taken met with the approbation of the
constituency of the ward. (Loud cheers.) He believed they
would have in Mr. Brassey a supporter of those sound, con-
stitutional principles to which they were so devoutly attached.
He concluded by congratulating them on the result of the
day's proceedings. lie would say nothing against Mr.
Chalmers, who was long resident in the ward, and highly
esteemed among his friends ; but he was not the gentleman
that the electors of St. Anne's would have as their represen-
tative. (Hear, and cheers.)
Mr. Councillor JONES then briefly addressed the electors,
after which they separated in the most quiet and orderly
manner.