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'(Cheers.) He hail also great-pleasure in observing the names
of fhOse-
.eentiemen who'hed recently become members of the
association. Several merchants and others.harl expressed their
wiliingness to become presidents. (Cheers.) Ile wttual im-
press upon the gentlemen present the great importance to the
'Were :ass of the -ass'oeiation of, heving gentlemen of influence
amongst its- members. He again expresied his teTatilieation
that they had the name of Hutton its the list of their members,
and'he should be glad to see others of equal influence joining
them.. . •
Sfr. CARSON seconded the resolution. He also was glad
that amongst the strangers who had honoured, them with, their
preeence this evening was Mr. Hutton, jun., of Hutton, whose
father, on all occasions, had been the uutiinching supporter of
canservative principles.
.slr. Hut:roe sail, the .first and most prominent feeling that •
anise in his bosom was that of gratitude. It was only that
morning that, being on the grand jury, he heard by chance that
suet! a meeting was to be held that eveniug. Not knowing
whetbei it might suit their convenience or meet their approba-
time hol, asked their chairman's opinion as to the propriety
Of his being present. 'fbat gentleman told him that as it was
notlikely that he would be taken for a radical he would not be
caiii,iered as an intruder. (A laugh.). A name was in many
caer 'but a vain and empty boast; he was not conscious, however,
thachis name carried with it anything discreditable. He there- '
fore. veetured to as.k leave to be present, glad as.he always was to
identiSyhimself with anything founder* upon conservative prin•
etples, particularly in times like these, when those who ought to
protect and maintain, not that only which was considered advan-
tagepes to the state, but that also which was advantageous to the
other and more prominent half of the constitution, the church;
when he saw ministers openly attacking, or. insiduously under-
mining, that better half of the constitution, he did- tint Shank it
was derogatory to himself, or intrusive upon them, to ask. them
for assistance in defending their holy and venerable church.
(Much applause.) Ile should not be far wrong in stating, that ,
the hour they, or any part of them, .or any caused
the church to be..seParated froth the constitution, in that self-
saMehour they dOg the grave of the constitution. ( Hear.) In .
loiakio.g, back to.former tones, he need scarcely remind them of
the ,nannes of Cranmer. Ridley, and Latimer,. who. did not
shrink in times of persecution, and when opposed ,by the per•
sons who then held the reins of government. They did not,
hesitate to stake their lives, or anything they possessed, for the
goiod of their country; nor wuuid he. (Loud cheers.) If by
God's
.blessing. he shonht, live to succeed his father, and his
estate, his person, or any mental -capacity he possessed, small
thOngh it might be,-should be required for the service of his
country, all should be freely bestowed. ( Renewed cheers.)
This promise he wished to put on record. He had already told
them he did not desire to catch them by idle words; hut- he
asked them silently and quietly to recollect his assertion; and
if, at. the end of his life, they found reason to upbraid him for
unfaithfulness to their cause and the cause of their .beloved
land, then let this promise of his, the first time he had had the
honour of addressing a public assembly its Liverpool, though
not the first time he bad attended a Conservative meeting in
Liverpool, be brought in remembrance agaidsthim. The longer
he liaed„ the more he had read radical papers, the more he had
leUrned.rb detest the principles they advocated, and to honour
aipOupport. the principles advocated by the Conservative
papers. Nor was it merely from the journals alone, though
perhaps the best means of ascertaining the sentiments of. Jai ge
masses of men, that -he took his opinion. We might ot en
doubt what we heard—svc could not disbelieve what we saw.
( Hear.) A remarkable observation hail been attributed lovely
to 1.1.0 rd Melbourne, to which, in conclusion, he wished to refer.
,
Lora Melbourne w,s.reported to have said, " that he was not
aware whether the Queen had the eye of the hawk of the talon
of the eagle." It was no disdainful compai 'son for a queen.
She ought always to be vigilant—always to have the eye of the
hawk,, to penet rate the hitlfrieis plans and purposes of her enemies,
the.Radit:als, that she.niignt he enabled to detect, to uproot. and
to crush then!—(loud cheers) —and she ought to have the talon
of,the eagle, to carry away that Lumb into, regions.unknovt n
(much laughter end clieers)—i hat when crossing, like Sinned,
to the ielend where he expected to find. diamonds, he might
drop and drown.in the sea. (Reiterated cheers.) He thanked
them for, the courtesy and kindness with which they had listelied
to him, and also for the datteripg manner in which they ,had
enrolled him amongst the gentlemen
,whom he saw around him.
The CHAIRMAN now proceeded again to the business of read-
irsks over the names of the new members proposed.
, . Bussis:es proposed the thanks of the meeting -to •the
Chairman, fir the manner in which he had presided over the
business of the meeting. (Loud cheers.)
r. lie LT° N. seconded the resolution.
..The CHAIRMAN begged to, return thanks for the honour which
!hay had conferred upon him. He assured them that, in the
first instance, knoviug his inability to fill the chair, his feeling
was one, of regret that souse more able individual hail not.been
apausiojed. Ile, had, however, come forward to de nie duty .to
the best of his ability. '(Cheers.) He was &lighted to hear
that. several gentlemen had been elected to fill the office of vice-
presidents, because he felt that the Conservative cause had suf-
fered by gentlemen keeping back. (Cheers.) tle was glad
that gr. LawrenCe,lslr. Gailstone,,and other gentlemen were
ready to fill the cheir whenever they were called upon.
(Cheers.) He was convinced, that, if gentlemen would enrol
themselves in the association, they would become a united
band, having strength to conquer, and to return, whenever it
sees, required, two Conservative members. ( Loud cheers.)
With these fete. observations, he once more thanked them; and
' 'whenever he was, called upon .to All the (Alive again, he pro-
' raised them he would do his duty to the hest of his ability.
Three cheers were given for the Queen, and the meeting
sepa rated.
The number of members enrolled et this meeting was 52.

".EXTRAOIIDINARY DEFALCATION."

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STAND✓IRD:

ANCHESTER, 2.11 March, 1838.

SlR,—The statement contained in your paper of Friday last,
under the head " Extraordinary Defalcation," is so much cal-
culated to mislead the public mind, and to injure private cha-
racter, that I feel it a duty, in the first instance, to place before
you. in juxta-position, a consecutive abstract of those state-
ments, and of the real facts, rind I presume your own sense of
justice will at once induce you to give publicity to the correc-
tion of your former publication, through the medium, and to
the extent, wnich inflicted the injury of which I think the
friends of the parties have much cause to complain..
I derive the means of making this communication from the
cireumstane that, upon the irregularities of his 'office being
made known to M .John 11. Stanway, he immediately proposed
to place all his affairs, and all his property, in the control of
three gentlemen representing the estates principally concerned,
of which trust 1 am one, as connected with Phillip Gdns.
I now refer }on to the following extracts from your publica-
tion, and—a statement of facts:
" The immediate cause of The meeting of com Mission•
bringing. to light the delin- ,eis on Saturday week, the one
queucies. as it at present an- alluded tn, was not attended by
pears, of Mr. S linnet Stanway 1111'. J. H. S., and conseqtient-
citify, was a meeting of corn- ly the statement " that he had
Missionersofbankrtipts, on S:i• neither funds nor nocumenti
Ittrday last, in order to declare belonging to the estate" was
aitividend on an estate to which not made— neither is it true.
Messrs. Stanway were account- Instead of £lOOO, the assets in
ants—of course whose presence the estate in 'question do not
amTfl not be dispensed with. amount to More than' .£320,
Mr. J. El. Stanway, however, and the deficiency appears
ivnl was in attendance—al- about £2BO.
though Mr. Samuel Stanway
had had the entire manage-
Inent of the estate—and on be-

lug -asked the amount of assets

in"hand, iiirormed the commis-

.inners that he had neither any

funds nor document s beltynging
to -the estate. This declara-

iiort, as may -be supposed, ut-
terly confounded the commis-
sioners—they having reason to
know that • something like
:£4OOO had come into the ac-

•eituntents' hands." ' •
"Mr.. Samuel Stanway (on It is true that Mr. Samuel
whom had for sonic time de- Stanway is not at present in
voiced the principal manage- Manchester; but it is not
meat of the concern) had be- so far as I or my colleagues
some non est inrentus, and it know or believe, that ativ pro-
is at this moment unascer- sedition, civil or criminal, has
tail:red the extent or number of been contemplated, or that
documentc and amount of mo- firers are in hot pursuit; nei-
ney he took with him. Officers, ther is ther?any reason to sup-
however, are in hot pursuit ; pose that he took anV docu-
but-with what success tints on- ments, or any money ttith him
ly can snow."

—the Net being a misappro-
priation, not an abstraction, of
money entrusted to his care.
"The eonseriative commit- - It is not yet ascertained that
'tee for the lite South. Lanett- any deficiency exists herein,
'Shire election, report says many sums having been paid
£3000." by Mr. S. S., a which the

committee have not had an ac-
count; and it is believed that
the balance will Ira in'favour
of Messrs. J. H. S. aud Bro-
thers.

." The committee of the Ope-
rative Conservatives £300."

J. N. S. and Brothers never
had such account, nor any
funds of theirs.
Amount ascertained to be
£290.

" Botanical Gardens E 100."