The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-19 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY.

Mr. Councillor RATHBONE rose in pursuance of, his. notice.
He had now the pleasure of bringing forward the subject of
which he had given notice at the last meeting of the council.
Ile had now very great gratification in moving "a grateful an 4
loyal address to his Majesty." To the first portion'of it he was'
sure there could be no objection ; it was to thank his Majesty,
for placing theta in that room. The next portion of it was con-
fidence in his Majesty's ministers, for which portion of it he did
hope for very large support in that room. rfhe next portion
was with reference to the situation of Ireland. Having them-
selves the blessings of Umnicipalreform, to pray that those bles-
sings might be given to Ireland, and also that measures be
adopted for the good government and tranquillity of Ireland.
Ile had left that portion of the address as wide as he could in
order to meet the' views of all parties; and except such persons
as wished to make two and two five he could not see how any
gentleman could differ from that address. There might be some
who would oppose it, who denied to one-third of the population
of this country their religion and their priests, that they might
convert them to christianity. lie was not one of those indivi-
duals; he wished that protestants should feel a sympathy with
the catholic population, and that they should give the best proof
of the correctness of their faith by the correctness of their chris-
tian principles. Ile would reserve to himself the right of reply,
and would take the liberty of reading the address he had pre-
pared; and he hoped they would either take or refuse the ad-
dress. He had taken a very great deal of pains with it, and he
did not think a large council like that was calculated to alter an
address. He did not wish it to be mutilated as some of their
acts of parliament were, and as the very act under which they
sat there was mutilated, by alterations in a large assembly. He
wished the address to be received as it was, or refused. Mr.
Rathbone then read the address as follows:
" May it please your Majesty, we your Majesty's dutiful and
loyal subjects; the Mayor, aldermen, and councillors, assembled
together in council, beg leave to approach your Majesty, hum-
bly to assure you of our faithful and sincere attachment to your
Majesty's person and family, and to the constitutional form of
government under which we have the happiness to live.
" We would humbly express to your Majesty our gratitude
for your paternal care in recognizing the great principles of
election, and responsibility in the local governors of corporate
towns, and for the important and beneficial powers conferred
by the act for municipal reform. We venture to assure your
Majesty of our humble but earnest wish to use the powers with
which we are entrusted in the way which may most effectively
conduce to the improvement and general welfare of all classes
in this large and important community.
" We would most respectfully tender to your Majesty the ex-
pression of our cordial confidence in Lord Melbourne's admi-
nistration, and our gratitude to your Majesty for selecting, as
your constitutional advisers, men who, by their liberal, enlight-
ened, .and pacific policy, have entitled themselves to the lasting
gratitude of the country.
Deeply sensible how essential the prosperity of each part of
the empire is to the welfare of the whole, we would humbly hope