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o manycomforts and so much that was dear to them

he would not trespass further : he feared he had already oc-
cupied too much of their time, and would sit down merely
moving the resolution.

Mr. R. JONES, jun., said, he had great pleasure in second-
ing the resolution which had been so ably expatiated upon
by his friend on his left. To go into detail in reference to
religious subjects would not be expected from him. The
resolution had in itself sufficient to recommend it without
his feeble advocacy, and after what they had just heard, any
arguments which he could advance apreared still more unne-
cessary. He should content himself, therefore, with simply
seconding it, which he did with a good deal of pleasure. He
would,:with their permission, detain them for a few moments
on another subject. A report had gone abroad which was
calculated to increase an erroneous impression, and, as he
was cognisant of the facts, he would take this opportunity of
explaining, as, from the presence of some portion of the press,
the true state of the case would be made public. (Hear.)
The subject on which he was about to speak had reference to
the ward which their chairman represented. The report had
been made public through the medium of the Mercury, and
he had been identified with a transaction which had been dis-
reputable to him as a tradesman, and also in consideration of
the station which he had the honour to fill in the town. The
true state of the affair was, that Mr. Patten was the landlord
of the gentleman alluded to. He was also formerly the trea-
surer to the Reform Association. The license which the
publican had in James-street was given to him, not by the
present magistrates but by the tory magistrates, and it was
an understanding that he should, if he left the premises, be
allowed to have his license transferred to any other house that
he might fit up. Ttfe publican placed in the hands of the
treasurer to the Reform Association the sum of two hundred
pounds on interest. Some time afterwards the former took
other premises and went to considerable expense in fitting
them up with the view of taking his license to them. When
he was on the point ofleaving the house in James-street, the
£2OO which he had lent was repaid with the interest, and not,
as had been erroneously stated, paid for the license. Mr.
Patten observed, " you can do what von please with your
license, for I am the treasurer of the Reform Association, and
it does not matter to me." The result, however, was that
Mr. Patten kept the license to his house, and the publican
had a new one granted to his new premises in lien thereof.
Once more, he repeated, he had great pleasure in seconding
the resolution.

The CHAIRMAN put the motion to the meeting, and it was
carried unanimously.

Mr. INGRAm said, a resolution bad been put into his bands
which he had great pleasure in moving, and he was glad of
an opportunity of proposing to them a gentleman who was
one of the first promoters of that great and glorious institu-
tion with which all present were connected, and which had
wrought such powerful effects. They had much to be thank-
ful for : for their achievements had been very great. He was
glad that they had such au association in Liverpool, for it
had been the main spring of all their success. He was glad,
also, that they had such an association as the South Lan-
cashire Conservative Association;—(loud cheers) ; and he
was glad to :see its able secretary, Mr. Dawson, present
amongst them. (Loud cheers.) There were so many speak-
ers ready and anxious to address them, that he would not
detain them long ; but there were one or two other delin-
quencies appertaining to the Whig-radical ministry that he
would just touch upon. (Cheers.) They said, when they
came into office, that they would reduce their taxes. Lord
Althorpe was very full of the great reductions which he
would make ; but when he came to look over the list of what
the Conservatives had done, he (Lord Althorpe) did not call
them Conservatives ;—no, he called them Tories,—and a very
good name it was too. (Laughter and loud cheers.) When
he came to look over the list of the reductions made by the
Tories, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said they had done
so much that he could not do any more. (Cheers.) But
what had they done recently ? Had they reduced the bur-
dens of the -country ? Look at the assessed taxes. (Cheers.)
They had levied ten per cent. on the duties, and five per cent.
on the windows. Would the Tories have done this ? No.
Instead of levying ten per cent. on this, and five per cent. on
that, they wonld have taken 15 percent. off. (Loud cheers.)
He was happy to inform them, that at a recent meeting,
when he was present, they had ascertained by an accurate
calculation that they could, at any moment, return Lord
Sandon for this borough by a majority of 1,000, and Mr,
Cresswell by a majority of 600 votes. (Great cheering.)
Therefore he would candidly advise Sir Joshua to make his
sun stand still while he had the power to do so with a good
grace. (Laughter and cheers.) If he attempted to dim the
political hemisphere he would soon find that his star was not
in the ascendant. (Cheers.) The gentleman to whom he
wished to draw their attention was Mr. Wilkinson, their
tried and valued friend. He, therefore, proposed, that John
Wilkinson, Esq., be the treasurer to the association for the
ensuing year. It would be detaining the meeting too long to
dilate, as he deserved, upon his energy, activity, good sense,
and services. In these qualities there were none to equal
him.

Mr. KILSHAW seconded the resolution, which was carried
by acclamation.

The CHAIRMAN said, it was scarcely necessary to intro-
duce his friend. Mr. Ingram, to them, but he ought perhaps
to have done so- His honest face showed, that he.was.a tory.
He belonged to a knot of individuals whom they denominated
the Harrington Rangers, who bad done good service. He
need not say, after what they had heard from Mr. Ingram,
that they were a moat loyal body. _

Mr. TINNE proposed the committee for the current year,
and read over a list of their names.

Mr. WHATHAM seconded the resolution, which was put
and carried.

Mr. RICHARD DAcvsox said a resolution had been put
into his hand, and on moving it he would take the opportu-
nity to state that the town was much indebted to the exer-
tions made by that association. That they had not recently
been called together so often as at first was owing to their
having had numerous ward and other meetings, which ren-
dered the more frequent meeting of that association unneces-
sary. But a most important year was before them. It was
absolutely necessary that they should be up and stirring ; they
should have their eyes open to the machinations of the enemy,
and be prepared at all points to meet them. (Cheers.) He
therefore proposed quarterly meetings, and he hoped, they
would be fully attended. The resolution he had to move
was in these terms :

" That it' be recommended to this meeting to continue
their quarterly meetings, to take place in January, April,
July, and October ; the committee, or seven members there-
of, having the power to call special meetings, by giving the
secretary three days notice."

The motion was seconded by Mr. LEnsoN.
Mr. HOPE, with many compliments on the zeal and ability
of Mr. Robert Harrison, proposed the appointment of that
gentleman as secretary to the association. Seconded by Mr.
SINGLETON COOPER, and carried unanimously.

On the motion of Mr. THOMRSON; a vote of thanks was
passed to the conservative press.
Mr. DUNLEVIC regretted that their mutual friend Mr.
Gladstone, who would have done greater justice to the reso-
lution he had to propose than himself, had been obliged to
leave the room. But he had great pleasure in moving the
resolution which, conveyed an acknowledgment their late
chairman, in his opinion, was eminently entitled to. (Hear,
hear, and cheers.) It was " that the thanks of this meeting
be presented to Samuel Holme, Esq., for his services as
chairman of this association." It was a short and simple,
but a pithy resolution, and he was perfectly satisfied that it
required no comment from any man, when they remembered
that it was in favour of one who had rocked their Conserva-
tive Association in its cradle, and who left it in full health,
vigour and maturity. (Loud cheers.) In proposing it they
would agree with him that it was but a just trlbute to a man
who did honour to all the relations of public and private life.
(Cheers.)

Mr. GEORGE WRIGHT had great pleasure in seconding the
resolution. In doing so be alluded to the practices of the
radicals at the recent election for Noi tit Toxteth Ward. He
had been employed in canvassing amongst the alehouse-
keepers, but in every house that he went to he found that he
was dead-beat, Mr. Rathbone's party having been round be-
fore him promising licenses to every one who would vote for
them. Was this justice, he would ask, to the licensed vic-
tuallers, who had a great stake in the town ? How many had
got licenses in this way, he could not tell. In secondng the
motion, he need not say anything in praise of Mr. Holme.
They all knew him as a tradesman, a man of talent, and a
gentleman.
The motion was passed with three cheers for Mr. Holme.
On the motion of Mr. LEnsos, thanks were voted to Mr.
Smith, and the meeting separated.

Some imp of mischief, the other day, contrived to affix
against the portico of the principal railway-station one of
those interesting panel sketches of domestic felicity, entitled,
" Mangling done here on the shortest notice."

PHRENOLOGY.—A clinching argument, proving the truth
of the science, is, that a professor of the art recently fought a
duel down south, and had his entire organ of combativeness
shot off. Since then he has never wanted to fight again.—
American Paper.

The new refreshment and waiting rooms at Woolverton,
the line of the London and Birmingham railway, which are
fitted up with great taste and elegance, were opened on Mon-
day week under the superintendence of Messrs. Dethier and
Co. of the Euston hotel, Euston-square, London.
The tradesmen of Darlington, at a numerous meeting
lately held in the Town-hall, decided on shortening their
term of credit to their customers, from twelve to six months,
in consequence of the general curtailment of credit by the
wholesale houses.

LORD EGREMONT'S IMPORTANT SALE IN WILTS.—
Early in the spring Lord Wenlock's estate, called Beilby
Grange, near to Wetherby, in Yorkshire, was sold for 60,000
guineas. The lands were principally unlet, but the calcula-
tion made proved it to amount to about 31 years' purchase ;
in July the Kilnwick Percy estate, near York, was sold for
81,000 guineas, to Captain Duncombe, the son of Lord
Faversham. This was at least 32 years' purchase. During
the progress of Lord Egremont's sales on Thursday last Mr.
Robins observed that he was just old enough to remember
the three per cents at 471, and with the warlike feeling
lately exhibited in France it was not drawing very largely on
the imaginative powers to believe that the funds might again
be down to 60 ; while the very cause which should knock
down the funds will raise land in the same proportion.
Lord Egremont's sales are a sure criterion to go by ; it was
known that they were not experimental sales, but bona fide :
—Wick Down Farm, let at £5OO a year, land-tax deducted,
£3l lOs 6d, leaving a clear net rental of £468 9s 6d, sold for
12,700 guineas; 29 years' purchase. Broom Manor Farm,
let at £750, land-tax deducted, £6l 15s, leaving a clear net
rental of £685 ss, sold for £23,300 ; 35 years' purchase and
upwards. Lyddington Warrent Farm; let at £4OO, land-tax
deducted, £25 3s 6d, leaving a clear net rental of £274 16s
6d, sold for 7,450 guineas ; 29 years' purchase. Allington
Manor Farm, let at £620, land-tax deducted, £25 12s,
leaving a clear net rental of £594 Bs, sold for 19,150 guineas ;
35 years' purchase. Slaughterford Farm, let for £315, land-
tax deducted, £22 7s 6d, leaving a clear net rental of £302
2s 6d, sold for 10,460 guineas ; 37 years' purchase. Total
73,050 guineas. It should be remarked that in the first
and third farms a deduction of 20 per cent. has been occasi-
onally conceded to the two tenants. After this plain state.
went of facts, it will not be doubted that land is rising in the
market, because the soil throughout these farms, although
convertible, does not pretend to be of first-rate quality. The
tenantry are, however, unexceptionable., Joseph Neeld,
Esq., M.P. for Chippenham, purchased two of the farms for
29,610 guineas ; the rental £896 a year, which is 36 years'
purchase.