The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-29 00:00:00

TIIE LIVERPOOL STAINDARII.

NEW CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION, LONDON

A considerable number of noblemen, gentlemen, and trades-
men met on Tuesday at the British Coffee-house, Cockspur-
street, to establish -a club among the middle classes for the pur-
pose " of promoting by all lawful means the advancement of the
conservative cause—of collecting and affording information on
every subject affecting the interests of that cause—of diffusing
the principles of loyalty, goad order, and obedience—and of
supporting the constitution of the united kingdom, as establish-
ed by law, iu church and state."
Lord SANDON took the chair. -
His lordship, adverting to the objects of the meeting, said the
most important point was the establishment' of a club. or associ-
ation, amongst the middle classes, so that, independent of the
advantage which would arise from the diffusion of sound prin-
ciples amongst themselves, persons from distant parts of the
country would have an opportunity of coming to a place where
they would find friends, and meet with publications advocating
congenial principles, Subordinate to that object, and which
must depend for success on the means used, would be the pro-
motion of conservative associations amongst the labouring
classes all over the country. The first point, undoubtedly,, fur
the consideration of the Meeting would be to collect a sufficient
number of members, so ,as to afford a rallying point to those
who held similar principles, and, through their means, to ex-
tend those principles all over the country. There was nothing
secret intended—all was to be open and intelligible. Conser-
vatives were neither ashamed of supporting their principles nor
of avowing their objects. Institutions similar to the one pro-
posed to be established had already done a great deal of good;
in particular he could answer for one in Lancashire. In Li-
verpool, an assembly of conservative tradesmen, 1,100 or 1,200
in number. met together at one time, exhibiting thereby a body
of respectability and influence which . must have its weight in
public opinion. The operatives, as a body, were too numerous
to be combined in such a way; the only way would be to asso-
ciate them in, local assemblages. Besides, if the operatives
were combined, their numbers would 'naturally excite alarm.
With regard to associations of tradesmen,the matter would he
very different. Their numbers were sufficiently limited to do
away.with apprehension, while their intelligence and position
in society were capable of affording a large accession of real
strength and influence to the cause of conservatism.
Resolutions for the formation of the society were proposed
and adopted by the meeting.
In answer to a radical brator, who unsuccessfully attempted
to disturb the harmony of the meeting,
The Earl of Lincoln said, so far from the nobility wishing to
resist the diffusion of information amongst tha Feople; they
were most anxious to promote it, well knowing that by so doing
they would be affording the most effectual check to those profli-
gate anti mischievous doctrines which were threatening the na-
tion's welfare. It waahardly possible to suppose that the gentry
of England, who had attempted to spread education and reli•
gion over the most distant parts of the globe, should wish to
withold similar advantages from their own fellow countrymen.
The noble earl concluded by expressing his concurrence in the
objects of the institution. •