The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

_Municipal Elation.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. PETER'S
WARD.

GENTLEMEN,
With a grateful recollection of the honour conferred upon
me when I was first elected a Representative of St. Peter's
Ward, in the year 1552, and conscious of having assiduously
performed every duty allotted to me in the Council, I now offer
myself as a CANDIDATE for re-election. .

If you are pleased to favour me with a repetition of your
kindness and good opinion, be assured of a continuance of tny
best services.—l have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, res-
pectfully, your obliged and obedient Servant,
Oct. 6, 1854. HARAIOOD BANNER.

SAINT PETER'S WARD

RE-ELECTION OF HARMOOD BANNER, ESQ.

TO THE ELECTORS

GENTLEMEN,
The Committee earnestly request the favour of your
ATTENDENCE at Nine o'Clock To-morrow Morning, or as
soon after as possible, at the Polling Booth, No. S. School-
lane, to record your Vote in favour of Mr. BANNER..
I am, very respectfully,

bentlernen,
Your obedient Servant,
THOMAS BRANCH.

Chairman of Mr. BANNER'S Committee.
Committee-room, No. 4, School-lane, (nearly adjoining the
Polling Booth,) where attendance is given Daily.

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. PETER'S
WARD.

GENTLEMEN,

Having received 'a
numerously-signed Requisition from
influential Electors of the Ward, inviting me to become at
the ensuing Municipal Election a CANDIDATE for the office
of your Representative in the Town Council, I at once place
myself in your bands, and solicit your support.
-Having been a Ratepayer in the District now constituting
your Ward for thirty-eight years past, it cannot be needful
for me (as I am personally known to most of you) to say
more than that I will, if elected, sedulously, disinterestedly,
and to the best of my ability, fulfil the duties of the trust
cast upon me.

I am, Gentlemen, very respectfully,
Your most obedient Servant,

R. 'FRODSHANI

16, South Castle-street, fith October, 1854

TO THE ELECTORS OF ST. PETER'S
WARD.

GENTLEMEN,

I have been called upon this evening, most unexpectedly to
me, to allow myself to be nominated as a CANDIDATE to
Represent you in the Town Council.
While I am fully impressed with the honour of such a
Requisition, I feel some diffidence in acceding to it, con-
scious that there may be other gentlemen more entitled to
your support ; but if it be your wish to return me as your
Representative, I place myself at your disposal, and will
devote my active and honest exertions to your service.

In an address of this character I cannot, of course, enter
into all the details which I would desire to do. 1 will, there-
fore, simply say that I am an advocate of Liberal Progress
and Economy.

It will afford me pleasure to meet you at the earliest
occasion, and to gine to the Electors of the Ward an opportu-
nity of ascertaining my opinions upon all those points which
now engage the attention of this important community.
. __ ______ _._

A. H. WYLIE
Napier-terrace, Canning-street, 27th October, 1854.

TO THE ELECTORS OF EVERTON AND
KIRKDALE WARD.

GENTLEMEN,

Having received a requisition, numerously and respectably
signed, requesting me to allow myself to be nut in nomination
as a CANDIDATE for the REPRESENTATION of this
WARD at the ensuing Municipal Election, I have much
pleasure_in acceding to that request.

- - „
Should I have the honour of being returned to represent
you in the Town Council, I will devote myself with zeal and
industry, and to the best of my ability, to perform the im-
portant duties which will devolve upon me.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
DANIEL CROSTHWAITE.
Whitetleld-house, Everton, 12th October, 1554.

TO THE ELECTORS of ST. ANNE'S WARD
GENTLEMEN,

Having been requested to offer my services again, I deem
it right to inform you that many have signed a Requisition
to my opponent, under misrepresentations that I had
neglected my duties as a Councillor, and had no intention of
asking you for a renewal of the trust you placed in my hands
three years ago. Such are not facts, having only been absent
from one Council Meeting during three years; and at one
Committee I attended ninety-two days in the last twelve
months.

If it be your pleasure thnt I should continue as one of
your Representatives, you may rest assured I shall not abuse
the trust, but shall discharge the duties with the same zeal
for the interests of the Ward and the Town generally, as I
have hitherto done.

Thanking you for the kind support I have already received
during the Canvas,
I remain, Cattlemen, your obedient servant,
R. W. HOUGHTON.
Great Nelson-street, 16th October, 1554.

TO THE ELECTORS OF LIME-STREET
WARD.

GENTLEMEN,

Three years have elapsed since you did me the honour to
elect me a second time as one of your Municipal Representa-
tives, and as the term of my office is amtin about to expire, it
devolves upon me either to retire from public duty, or again
to solicit your suffrages.
At the request, however, of a large number of the Electors,
I am induced to PLACE my SERVICES for a third time at
your disposal; assuring you that if re-elected I will ever use
my best exertions to promote the interests of my consti-
tuents and the town at large.—l am, Gendemen, yours very
faithfully, JAMES JOHNSON.
97, London-road, 24th October, 1554.

MO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT GEORGE
WARD.
TO

GENTLEMEN.

The flattering incitation presented to me at the meeting on
Monday evening last, throne, the medium of a Requisition,
most numerous and respectably signed, requesting me to
offer myself for RE-ELECTION at the approaching Muni•
cipal Election, I can assure you I received with the greatest
pleasure, and do not hesitate at once to comply with your
wish.

It is indeed a gratification to me to find that in my humble
endeavour to serve you I have been s,) fortunate as to secure
the confidence of men of all shades of political opinion, judg-
ing,as I do, from the names I fiad attached to the requisition ;
and you may rest assured I will not relax in my efforts to
promote your interests and retain your good opinion.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
THOS. WAGSTAFF.
St. James's-street, 24th Oct., 1854.

TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT GEORGE
WARD.

GENTLEMEN',

Having received a request from a large number of the
burgesses of your ward, at a meeting held last evening, that
I would allow myself to be put in nomination as a CANDI.
DATE to represent you in the Town Council, in the room of
J. MlNicoll, Esq., I cheerfully respond to the call of so
numerous and respectable a body of voters.
I regret that the non-qualification of Mr. H'Nicoll should
be the cause of the present vacancy, for I am well aware that
in that gentleman you had a representative who devoted
diligently his time and abilities in discharging the duties of
his office.

Having passed so many years of my life as a merchant and
shipowner in the town, I take great interest in the judicious
management of the corporate estate; and the present agitated
question of the town dues renders it most desirable that
parties should be sent to the Council who will use their best
exertions to secure so valuable a property to the town. On
this point you will find me a decided opponent to any attempt
which may be made to deprive you of your rights.
Should I have the honour of being returned, it shall be any
study to fulfil, to the best of my judgment, the various
duties allotted to me, and entourage, as far as possible, the
improvements so much required in the approaches to your
ward.

I have the honour to be.
Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,
JAMES M. WOOD
Netherfield-road North, 24th Oct. 1854.

GREAT GEORGE WARD

At a numerous MEETING of the ELECTORS of GREAT
GEORGE WARD, held at the Great George Tavern, Upper
Pitt-street, on MONDAY, the 23rd of October, 1854, WILLIAM
ASHLEY CLAYTON, Esq., in the Chair, the following resolu-
tions were unanimously agreed to and carried by accla-
mation:—

—Moved by JOHN LAWRENCE, Esq., seconded by JAMES
BLAND, Esq.,
I.—That the best thanks of this Meeting are due, and are
hereby passed, to J. M`Nicoll, Esq.? for the valuable services
be has rendered to the Ward during the two years be has
been its representative; and regret that so trifling a cause
should have deprived the Burgesses of a Member so much
appreciated.

Proposed by THOMAS TOULMIN, Esq., seconded by C.
STunns, Esq.,
2.—That this Meeting do consider JAMES MARES WOOD,
Esq., Merchant, a fit and proper person to represent Great
George Ward in the Town Council.
Moved by D. M'KINLAY, Esq., seconded by WILLIAM
TuoarsoN, Esq.,
3.--That this Afeeting pledge themselves to nse every exer.
tion to secure the triumphant return of JAS. MARXZ WOOD,
Esq., and do constitute a Committee for conducting that
Gentleman's Election.

\V. ASHLEY CLAYTON, Chairman

AT a PUBLIC MEETING of the INHA-
BITANTS of the BOROUGH of LIVERPOOL, con-
vened by the Mayor, as one of the Commissioners-in-aid,
under Her Majesty's Royal Commission, for establishing a
PATRIOTIC FUND, held in St. George's-hall, within the
said Borough, en FRIDAY, the 27th day of October. 1854;
JOHN BUCK LLOYD, Esq. Mayor, in the Chair ;
It was moved by the Yen. Archdeacon Bitoolcs, seconded
by Colonel DERINZY. K.H., and .

Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting, acknowledging
the Glorious Successes which, through Divine Providence,
have attended Her Majesty's arms during the present War,
entertains the deepest sympathy for the sufferings which
have been endured by those engaged in it, and to a recur-
rence of which they must be still further exposed, and con-
siders that the Widows and Orphans of those who fall in the
service of their country are entitled to every assistance
which it is in the power of their fellow-countrymen to afford.
It was moved by T. B. HORSFALL, Esq., M.P., seconded
by JOSEPH C. ENV-ART, Esq., and
Resolved unanimously,—That Her Majesty, having been
graciously pleased to institute, by Royal Commission, a
Patriotic Fund, for the purposes detailed in the commission,
and to direct that Local Committees he appointed to aid Her
Majesty's Commissioners, it is desirable to establish a Local
Committee for the Borough of Liverpool.
It was moved by the RECORDER of Liverpool, seconded by
ADAM HODGSON, Esq., and
Resolved unanimously,—That such Local Committee con-
sist of the Magistrates and Council of the Borough; the
Clergy and Ministers of religion of all denominations; the
Local Military and Naval Staff Officers; and the Select
Vestry of the Parish, with power to add to their numbers,
and if necessary to appoint Sub-committees.
JOHN B. LLOYD, Mayor.

The Mayor having left the chair, it was moved by THOMAS
THORNELY, Esq., M.P., seconded by J. BRAMLEY-MOORS,
Esq., M.P., and
Resolved unanimously,—That the thanks of this meeting
be given to the Mayor for having called a public meeting of
the inhabitants, in order that the greatest publicity may be
given to the Royal Commission.

THE MERSEY STEEL AND IRON COM-
PANY, AND THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

At a MEETING of the EMPLOYES and Others connected
with the MERSEY STEEL AND IRON COMPANY, held
in the Works' new-room, on the evening of Thursday, the
19th instant, to consider the case of the Widows and Orphans
of our Soldiers and Sailors who have fallen in defence of their
country ; WILLIAM CLAY, Esq., Manager of the Works, in
the Chair ;
It was moved by Mr. B. EASTWOOD, and seconded by Mr.
D. DAVIS,
Resolved unanimously,
I.—That this meeting deeply commiserates the unfortunate
condition of the Widows and Children of those of Her
Majesty's forces who have fallen in defence of their country.
Moved by Mr. JOHN R. HUGHES, and seconded by Mr.
3IrNTON, _ _ _ _ _

2.—That this meeting, with the intention of ameliorating,
as far as possible, the temporal condition of the aforesaid
Widows and Children, pledge themselves, each man, to con-
tribute one day's pay to the fund now raising for the objects
beforenamed.

Moved by Mr. PETER EASTWOOD, and seconded by Mr.
Go ULDE
3.—That the sum subscribed be entered in the Lists of Sub-
scribers as from the Proprietors, Manager, Clerks, and Work-
men, of the Mersey Steel and Iron Works, being a contribu-
tion of one day's pay to the general fund.
Moved by Mr. THOMAS BODEN, and seconded by Mr. R.
WALLACE,
4.—That this meeting have observed, with admiration, the
gallant deeds of our Army and Navy, and are proud to find
that tLe race of heroes, of which England has such just cause
to be proud, is not yet extinct.
Proposed by Mr. B. EASTWOOD, jun., and seconded by Mr.
MEDD IN,

s.—Thit the thanks of this meeting be given to William
Clay, Esq.. for his kindness in presiding, and for his conduct
in the chair.

DANCING.—LIVERPOOL AND BIRKEN-
HEAD.—Messrs. HARWOOD and SON respectfully
announce to their Friends and Pupils, that their EVENING
CLASSES for Ladies and Gentlemen are OPEN every TUES-
DAY and THURSDAY. from Eight to Ten o'clock.

PRIVATE LESSONS every Evening.
JUVENILE CLASSES, THURSDAY and SATURDAY ; and
at the Craven-rooms, Birkenhead, every WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY.

42, Nelson-street, Great George-square,

11ILNERS' NEW PATENTS, 1851 & 1854.
MILERS' PH(ENIX (212°) SAFEWORKS, LIVER-

POOL,
the most extensive and complete in the world, employing
from two to three hundred hands, assisted by powerful,
original, and elaborate machinery and implements, adapted
for every branch of the work ; established for carrying out
the important improvements under MILNERs' NEC PATENT
of September. ISsl—the close of the Great Exhibition, to the
interior and exterior of their HOLDFAST and FIRE-RESISTING
SAFES, and for supplying to the public the strongest Safe-
guards against FIRE, ROBBERY, or VIOLENCE extant, at the
lowest prices consistent with the most perfect efficiency and
security.
The STRONGEST WROUGHT-IRON SAFEGUARDS AGAINST
ROBBERY and FLEE extant, of various sizes, suitable for all
Classes.
THE PATENTEES CAUTION THE PUBLIC AGAINST SPURI-
OUS IMITATIONS OF THEIR MANUFACTURES, UNDER DELU-
SIVE PRETENSIONS OF CHEAPNESS.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT HARPENDEN.
Harpenden, June 16th, 1854,

Gentlemen,—l have great pleasure in adding my testimony
to the value of your Fireproof Safes. Last Monday night my
house, warehouse, and premises were unfortunately burned
down. The fire raged very fearfully for about two hours.
and, owing to the great scarcity of water, the whole of my
premises and stock were consumed. The safe I purchasedo
you had a most severe test, in consequence of a barrel of
brimstone standing close to it, and melting with the heat o
the fire, the burning lava running all over and under the safe,
which greatly added to the intensity of the heat. It remaineel
in that position about four hours, and when with great diffi-
culty it was got out of the fire and opened, I found my books
and papers all uninjured.
You are at liberty to make what use you please of this in-
formation.—l am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
WM. WALKER.
Messrs. TllO6. Milner and Son, 47A, Moorgate- street, London

UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO BROW-UP MILNERS
" HOLDFAST" SAFE, AT BRISTOL.

Bridge-parade, Bristol, Augtist sth, 1854.

Gentlemen,—We, have to inform you that last night our
premises were entered by burglars, who blew open the strong
iron door of our wall repository by means of gunpowder, in
which was placed. the Milners' Patent Holdfast Safe you re-
cently supplied us with; this they got out and attempted to
blow open in the same manner. but without success. They
were well suppplied with picklocks, crowbars, &c., which are
now in possession of the police, but-the safe was too strong
for all their efforts. We have much pleasure in bearing tes-
timony to the immense strength and security of Milners
Holdfast Safe, of which we have had such convincing proof.—
We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants,
F. and J. AMORY.
Messrs. Oldland and May, Agents for ?Miners'
Safes. 28. Corn-street, Bristol.

THOMAS MILNER and SON select the following severe
cases of successful trial of their Safes from hundreds of cer-
tificates of utility, as instances in which they believe that any
other Safes than their own would have failed :

Extensive Fire in Union-street, Glasgow, Mr. J. Dodds.
Desperate attempt to blow-up Milners' Holdfast Safe with
gunpowder, Forrest and Bromley, Liverrool.
Great Fire in Belfast, Jas. S. Hunter, executor T. T. Major.
Great Fire at the Gutta Percha Company.
Great Fire in Haydon-square. Coubro and Potter.

Burglarious attempt at the Bridgewater Offices.
Great Fire at:the London and Northwestern Railway-station,

Coventry.
Great Fire at Cape Haiti, W. D. Roberts and Co.
Burglarious attempt at the Theatie•Royal,Mancbester.

Greit't Fire at Glasgow, Charles Boyd and Son.
Destructive Eire in Gordon-street, Glasgow, her, Doering

and Co.
Triumphant resistance to robbers, Glasgow, James Richard-

son And Co.
Great Fire in Market-street, Manchester,Thomas Haigh.
Destructivc Fire in Park-lane, Liverpool, Garniss and Co.
Entire Destruction of Offices at Birkenhead, including con-
tents of Strong Safe and Drawers, Milners' standing beside
it, red hot outside, but contents unsinged, J. & W. Walker.

MILNERS' FIRST-CLASS STRONG " HOLDFAST" AND
FIRE-RESISTING SAFES AND CHESTS.
HALF-INCH WROUGHT-IRON OUTSIDE THROUGHOUT.
Constructed in the strongest manner, fitted with the New
Patent Expanding Doors and Continuous Groove, at
extra cost.
MILNERS' STRONG HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING
SAFES AND CHESTS
Half-inch Doors; Quarter-inchi Bodies.
MILNERS' HOLDFAST AND FIRE-RESISTING SAVES
AND CHESTS.
Three-eighth inch Doors; 10 and 12 gunge Bodies,
ALL FITTED WITH MILNERS' NEW PATENT INVIO-
LABLE GUNPOWDER-PROOF SOLID' LOCK, WITH
RIFLE-BREECHED KEYHOLE.
MILNERS' Fl RE-RESISTING BOOKCASES AND CHESTS.
MILNERS' PORTABLE ONE-CHAMBERED FIRE-
RESISTING BOXES.
HOBBS' LOCKS, 10s. Each Extra.
SHOW ROOMS, 8, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE-STREET, CITY.

STANDARD GENERAL PRINTIN.G.
OFFICE,

4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT,

LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
LETTERPRESS PRINTING of every description,

including

PAMPHLETS, Folams, INVOICES,
SERMONS, BILLS OF LA.DING, CUSTOM-HOUSB
REPORTS, CARDS, ENTRIES,
CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, &C. &C.,
SHAREROKERS' POSTING BILLS OF
BOOKS, EVERY SIZE,
EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE.

In Stock, and Manufactured to Order,
LEDGERS, DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS
LETTER BOOKS, COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOOKS,
AND WASTE BOOKS,
IN EVERY VARIETY OF STYLE.

LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING

MACHINE RULING. &c

TO CORRESPONDENTS

We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica-
tions on subjects of local or general interest.
Boors, &c., FOR REVIEW, may be left at Mr. C. Mitchell's,
Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the
Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will
be forwarded and receive attention.
The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD
is 20s. in askance—or 225. on credit.

Ribtrpooi tanbarbf

TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 31, 1854

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

IT is a favourite topic among the peace-mongers
that war is destructive of the kindliest feelings,
and suggestive only of, the fiercest passions—
malice, hatred, and revenge. This is not only
untrue, but the fact is diametrically the reverse,
as recent events have strikingly proved. So far
from war rousing into activity the worst feelings
of human nature, the progress of it has stimulated
the fullest exercise of Christian virtues, and helped
to show that war operates as a refiner of the
grosser parts of man's disposition—presenting cha-
rity, kindliness, and benevolence, in beautiful con-
trast with the courageous hardihood by which
great victories are won. At the bombardment of
Odessa, the greatest precautions were taken to con-
fine the assault to the military works, and spare
the inhabitants ; the Russians who were taken
prisoners have been treated with a degree of libe-
rality and consideration for their personal comfort,
which have rendered their state of captivity pre-
ferable to that of their former freedom ; and even
in the siege of Sebastopol, which is now the turn-
ing point of the war, as the key to the whole of
the Crimea, Lord RAGLAN offered to let the
women, the children, and the helpless leave the
fort unharmed. There is hardly an anecdote con-
nected with the war which does not tell some tale
of kindly feeling, mingled with daring hardihood ;
and, after forty years' peace, we witness in our
gallant soldiery a return of the days of chivalry,
when gentleness and love were the distinguishing
characteristics of the most gallant knight. These
facts offer the best reply to the craven homilies of
the pretended advocates of peace, who, oblivious of
honour and virtue, would submit to tyranny and
aggression, rather than hazard a limb to vindicate
the cause of truth and justice.
But the redeeming qualities of war are not con-
fined to those who are actually engaged in the
strife of nations. At home there has been an
active emulation as to who should be foremost in

giving aid to those who suffer from the casualties
of war, adding to the comforts of the wounded,
contributing to the necessities of the wives and
children of those engaged, and providing for the
widows and orphans of those who have fallen.
The intelligence that the heights of Alma had not

been gained without a great sacrifice of human
life, led to the immediate issue of a Royal Com-
mission, in order that the gifts prompted by bene-
volence, which were being offered with such pro-
fusion by all classes, from the hundreds subscribed
by the princely merchant to the penny contributed
by the poorest, all in the same kindly spirit of
giving succour to the widow .and the fatherless,
might be entrusted to responsible almoners, and
administered with judgment and fidelity.

It was enough for the public to know that such
a demand was made on their liberality, to find a
generous and hearty response ; and we dwell upon
the circumstance, because it is gratifying to be
able to refer to such a commendable quality as one
of the most distinguishing characteristics of the
English people. Throughout the country the call

has been acted upon by crowded meetings to give
effect to it ; but in our own town it is entitled to
special notice, because it formed the practical
inauguration of that magnificent. structure, ST.
GEORGE'S HALL. It will be remembered that, at
the opening ceremonial, the Worshipful the Mayor,
JOHN Bucu LLOYD, Esq., declared in his brief
address, that the Hall would be used for public
meetings convened by the Mayor; and the first
occasion for realising the promise presented itself
on Friday last, when the townsmen of Liverpool

assembled to respond to HER MAJESTY'S Commis-
sion, and raise a contribution to the Patriotic Fund
worthy of their reputation for loyalty and muni-
ficence.

Our pleasing duty is not, however, ended, for
we have to notice an instance of benevolence which
will prove an example for many a large establish-
ment throughout the kingdom. It had been sug-
gested that a fitting devotion to the cause would
be shown by every individual contributing the
income of one day to the common fund ; .and the
honour of giving practical effect to the suggestion
belongs to one of those great concerns of which
Liverpool has good reason to be proud.

The MERSEY IRON AND STEEL WORKS, which
we have more than once had occasion to notice,
are, it is generally known, carried on by the family
of HORSPALL, which gives a worthy representative
to our Borough. It will be seen by our advertis-
ing columns, that a general meeting of the estab-
lishment has been held, from the head of the con-
cern down to the humblest employe, and, by una-
nimous resolution, the earnings of a day, amounting
in the aggregate to above £123, have been freely
surrendered, and spontaneously offered as a contri-
bution to the Patriotic Fund. We need not
enlarge upon it ;it tells its own tale. It is an
example worthy of the source whence it emanated,
and we allude to it, not only to give honour where
honour is due, but that the injunction may have
full force, " Go thou and do likewise."