The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-06 00:00:00

INCORPORATED SOCIETY. OF
LICENSED VICTUALLERS.
Thursday a Special General Court of the members
of this Society was held at the Licensed Victuallers'
School, Kennington-lane, at eleven o'clock, for the
purpose of considering the propriety of altering the
by-laws relating to the quali:lcation of candidates for
tne Committee, in accordance with the followinc, re-
solution of the :4overnor and Committee, namely :--
" That no meinb:.r shall be qualified to serve on the
Committee of Management of the Incorporated So-
ciety of Licensed Victuallers while on the Commit-
tee of either the Licensed Victuallers' A,ylain or the
Licensed Victualler; Protection Society."
There was a very numerous attendance of the trade
on the occasion.
The GOVERNOR (Mr. Keaslev) presided. lie took
the chair shortly after el,even o'clock.

Mr. TAPLIN said, that having been informed by
the"r respected solicitor, Mr. Wire, that the motion
which he hid intended to submit to their considera-
tion, relative to the qualification of the gentlenieu to
serve on the Committee or :Management, would, in
fact, be an illegal proposition, and could not, there-
fore, be put to the Court, he be.gir,ed to withdraw it.
—(Deal., hear.) lie only rc4rezted that, under the
peculiar circumstances a the ease, so many gentle-
men bad been called from C.eir homes at so early an

hour.
WHIE said that Vs attention having been
drawn to the subject alludt d to by Mr. Taplin, he
(Mr. Wire) telt it to be his duty to wait upon the
Governor, and inform him that the proposed regula-
tion appeared to be a contravention of the charter,
inasmuch as it mrrowed the choice of the consti-
tuency, and imposed a disqualification on members
not contemplated by the charter. The Governor had,
upon hearing this opinion, kindly desired him (Mr.
-%% ire) further to consider the sulect. and to be pre-
pared to advise the, Special Court how to act. lie
(Mr. Wire) bad since then real over the charter and
the by-laws, and was fully prepared to advise the
Court not to receive or pass the resolution.
Messrs. Homer, Larby, Vousley, jun., Bryon, and
other gentlemen concurred in the view taken of the
subject by Mr. Wire. -Irpked such appeared to be
the prevailing feeling of the Court."
Mr. TAMAN begged to be allowed to withdraw his
motion, and it was withdrawn accordingly.
- The GovEnNou th,zn dissolvpl the 'Special Court,
announcing at the same time that a Quarterly General
Court would be held at one o'clock, for the election of
trustees, committee-men, and autlitov, in lieu of these
going out by rotation, and on other business. Ac-
cordingly, shortly after one o'clock,
The Governor again took the chair.
The S ECRETARY then rea I the usual periodical
accounts, which afforded considerable satisfaction,
showing, as they di 1, the in4rels?.d wolits of- the
Adcertiser, with a diminished expenditure,
arising from the careful revis'on.and improved ar-
rangements adopted by the management. They also
showed tint there w.,re now •ItV7 claimants receiving
weekly allowances from the fund* of the Society.
Mr. LARRY would tak9 that opporiun;ty of sug-
gesting to the Comm.:tie.? of Management the pra-
priety of adop'ing a plan by whieh an accumulating
fund would be created, the formation of which would,
in his judgment, materially adl to • the advantages
de-rivalite from being connected with the Incorporated

Society.
Mr.ol-tvra said the principle bad already been
acted on in reference to the subscriptions 4,f new
members, and he trusted it would yet be more ex-
ten iivelv carried out.
Mr. hingley and other gentlemen expressed their.
opinions In accordance with tho,e put forth by Mr.

Nv hen

Larbv,
The GOVERNOR said he was sure the very admirable
suggestions thus thrown out wadi...l not be lost sight of
by the Committee.
Mr. LAnny then congratulate 1 the Society on the
very gratifying stote of their affairs, and moved that
the a,ncomits be signed by the Governor, in the name
of the Court,
• This being done. the accounts were passed.
Mr. PERRY then drew the attention of the Court
to the subject of the admission of children into the
Taco!, with thJ view of recommending that, for the
future, the Governor, Trustee,:, and Committee should
not admit children into that Institution on account of
the Permanent Fund, unless the parents of the children
had been subscribers to the school.—(Hear, bear.)
Mr. LARDY most heartily concurred in the recom-
mendation in question, on the ground that the admis-
sion of children whose parents were not subscribers to
:the school prejudiced the election of other children,
vhose claim to the benefits of the Institution was

-morn legitimate.
• Mr. Vousley, sen., Mr. Homer, and other gentle
• men, perfectly concurred in this view of the case, and
Mr. Wieinnit (the Governor elect) said he was sure
that, after the feeling that had been so unanimously
evinced by the gentlemen prlisent, the Committee
would have great pleasure in acting in accordance with
the reeeminearda,tion made to them.—(Hear.)
. The conversation then dropped..
The election of three trustees, eight 112 W commit-
tee-men, and three auditors, were then proceeded
with, whea the following &entl m een were declared by
. the Governor to be duly c''•lecteil:—Messrs. Williams,
. Binning, and Franklin, for trustees; Messrs. Elt,
Avery, New, Hickman, Clench, Higgins, Berry, and
Lawrence, for Committee-men ; and Messrs. Butter-
field, Southall, and Perkin, for auditors.
The GOVERNOR having declared that the business
of the Court was concluded,
Mr. DINGLEY begged to move the thanks of the
meeting to the Gevernor, Trustees, and Committee,
and said that the accounts which had been read that
day were a sufficient proof of the zeal and ability
which they bad displayed in advancing the interests
of the Society of which they Were the executive.—
Agreed to. ,
The GOVERNOR, in expressing his acknowledg-
ments, said that it must be as gratifying to his col-
leagues as it was to himself, to find that their efforts
to advance the cause of the noble Institution with
which they were. identified were thus appreciated by
their fellow- tradesmen. He trusted that every suc-
ceeding Committee would be equally fortunate in re-
sieiving the thanks Of the trade ; and sure he was that
no greater stimulus could be given to anibody of men
to do their duty than the approbation of their fellow-
tra•lesrnen.—(Hear, bear.)
Upen the motion of Mr. EVANS, the thanks of the
meeting were given to the auditors; after which,
• Mr. 'VotsvEr, jun., proposed the thanks of the
Court to. Dr. Sheridan, the Editor of the Morning
Acfrertthei;, and to Mr. Smalley, the Secretary.
They ill knew the talent and ability with which Dr.
Sheridan conducted the Morning Advertiser.—
. • (Hear.) His merits we '.-e so well appreciated by
the gentlemen present, that he w as sure it required no
euloiutn- from him to induce them to accord their
thanks to that gentleman.—(l-Iser.) With respect
toe. Mr. Smalley, who owing to the unexpected de-
mist of the late Mr. Blake —and here he could not
but express a hope that they would not leave that
place until they had manifested their feelings with
respect to their late lamented Secretary—had but
recently hcen appointed to his present honourable
situation, he would only observe, that for many years
Mr.- Smalley bad held a responsible po-ition in con-
nexion with the Incorporated Society of Licensed
Victuallers—(Hear, hear)—this, together with the
manlier in which he had carried out the duties of his
office since he had been appointed to it, and par-
ticularly for his- earn-Net that day, which had given
such general satisfaction, was, he thought, a sufficient
geonrid for calling upon them to give that gentleman
their best thanks.—(Hear, hear.)
Dr. SHERIDAN, in expressing his acknowledgments
for this continued mark of their kindness and con&
dence, said that his greatest pride should be so to con-
duct the Morning Advertiser as to afford satisfaction
- -to its patrons and supporters, and to advance the in-
.tsrl-s4A of th se-hieh it was in ti-

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lit t'Ui ..xp,eteair.whif9statioa u &heir kind feefiryrs
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towards him. He, could r.S.4fre them that he was
quite. consc;ous of the loss Lich the Society- had met
with hi the nnexiieeted 4-his friend Mr; Blake :
but th:s he would s.y, that howeveir incepahle lie j
might he of rivalling the bwines= attributes of his
ceased friend, lie Woidd id the same tint .
no one in a ilesirs to advallee the. i,‘terec..."-e and/N pay to
mote the wele4se.-.;t. an institution_ the v-alueandi,io:-
pol•ta,nce of Ivhieh he was well acqnaiuted with. . •
Mr. iIiNGLEr then hog-41A in accordance with the
Sll'"eioti011 • tin O\\ ii 01. q hy is It i;:nd Mr. Voiniley, to
move-the following resolution :
"Ilfitt:t4ii,i Court cannot se=parate without express-
ing -cl:,,ep .ilegret at the sudden &eeat,c of its lute
lametitid Secretary, J. F. PlaLe, Esq., nor without
recording- tie: scliec entertainvd of the -faithful and
most valuable ierviees rendered by him during so
veers, which the Corporation and all con-
nected .with it Imre realised important benefits."
Mr.VOUSLLY seconded the motion, which was
unanitnOtbily adopted.
Upon the motion of Mr. DICKSON, a vote of thanks
Esq., the solicitor to the
was also Tiven to D. Wire,
Society, for his uniform attention to the welfare of
the ,Corporation.
Mr2SVntn, in expressing his thanks, said he had
only one wish, and that was to see their glorious In-
stitution flourish, and to see the children educated in
it go forth to the
,world, and, by their conduct, prove
themselves worthy of the care and kindness conferred
-upon them.—(Applause.)
The GOVERNOR adjourned the Court till the first
Thursday in July.

MARGATE.—The certainty of a railway and the
prospect of an improved harbdar, have already had a bene-
ficial effect upon the value of property in this town. Two
houses, in Cliff-terrace, which twelve months since were
offered for sale and bought in at 5501., were bona fide sold by
auction on Monday the 25th ultimo, by Mr. J. Staner, at the
White Hart Hotel, at 7501., after spirited competition._
Kent Herald.