The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-22 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON.

(From the Cork, Constitution.)
" We are glad to perceive (says a Liverpool liberal paper)
that Lord Palmerston is taking a most prominent and active
part in the opposition to the tory ministry."
Glad to perceive ! Why what else was to be expected ?
With all his indifference to principles, he cannot adjust
himself to places with the easy equanimity of Lord Mel-
bourne. Salary no whig, ancient or " juvenile," likes to
lose, and though it were wiser to repress any manifestations
of disappointment. allowance must be made for a man in
whose official aehievments wisdom seems to have had any-
thing but a " prominent and active part". The opposition
of Lord Palmerston is thus naturally accounted for ; but it
would be more prudent were his admirers to suffer him to
sink silently into forgetfulness. There are few men who can
gain less by retrospects. His " opposition " speaks more
for his sensitiveness than for his consistency. There is
scarcely a measure of " the tory ministry " of which he has
not been at one time or other the supporter ; and had he
been fortunate enough to attract attention in the late arrange-
ments, he would be neither " active" nor " prominent in
" opposition" now. Poor protocol ! he slumbered long on
the sunny side of the hedge, and finding it hard to content
himself with the cold and comfortless shade into which he
has been cast, he is endeavouring to obtain a little warmth by
the unsual activity he has of late displayed. If he confined
it to the limbs (and he is about, it seems, to "tour " it
through Ireland) we could have no objection_but the tongue
"is an unruly evil," and needs a check. His censures of
others are condemnations of himself.

ANNUAL MEETING OF TILE LIVERPOOL
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' SOCIXTY.

The annual locating of this society was held at the large
room of the York Hotel, M'illianason.squ,re, on 'Wednesday,
when a numerous and respectable body of the members was
present. The chair was taken at four o'clock by Mr. James
Hamer.

Mr. JAMES ROB/NSON, the secretary, commenced by
reading the minutes of the proceedings for the past year, and
the report, which noticed an increase in the funds of the
institution. The report then went on to notice the clauses
of the Metropolitan Police Act affecting the interests of the
licensed victuallers, which had been defeated through the
assistance of the borough members. The committee had
awarded the sum of £3O to the Hull society for prosecuting
certain parties of the name of Hughes, who had been pro-
ceeding through the country and defrauding the licensed
victuallers extensively. A very handsome sum had been
realized front the ball at the Town-hall, and the committee
have set apart the sum of J-.;1000 for the purclrase of land and
buildings eligible for the purposes of the society. An in-
crease has been made to the allowance given to three children
of the late Mr. Milligan. The committee call earnestly upon
the members to unite for the general protection of the trade,
and affirm that had it not been for the vigilance of the society
their interests would have been materially affected by recent
attempts of legislative interference. The report concludes
by stating that the sum in the hands of the bankers is much
larger that year.
The SECRETARY next read a statement of the accounts for
the past year, from which it appeared that the receipts had
amounted to £533 4s. 2d., the expenditure to £283 9s. 10d.,
leaving a balance in bank and treasurer's hands of £1255
Os. sd.

Upon the motion of Mr. WHITE, seconded by Mr. Coun
cillor JONES, the report was received and adopted. _ _

The fourteen following gentlemen were proposed and se•
conded as the committee for the ensuing year :—H. W.
Gerard, J. Owens, J. L. Eyres, R. Jones, R. Edwards, J.
Wilson, L. Williams, J. M'Keverigan, Wm. Lawton, Robert
Bickerstaff, Win. Forde, Philip Brew, Thomas Jackson, and
W. E. Whiteman.

Mr. Thomas Clerke was continued in theoftice of treasurer
so also was Mr. James Robinson in that of secretary.

On the motion of Mr. BRYDZN, the quarterly meetings
were discontinued on account of the heavy expense of call-
ing the members, and their non-attendance.

The rules of the society are in future to be given gratis to
the members.

Some conservation was then held as to the purchase of
land for the building purposes of the society. One letter was
read from Mr. Musker, of Bootle, offering two field at Faza-
kerley, for £2400. Another offered to sell part of the pro-
perty of Kensington for £B5OO. No motion was, however,
submitted on the subject.
• In reply to a letter from Mr. Benwell, it was agreed that
his benefit at the Theatre Royal should be under the patron-
age of the society.
Mr. GREENE then brought under the notice of the society
the conduct of one of the trustees, who had, in his opinion,
been a great injury to the society. Many had refused to join
the society in emisequence of the connection of that trustee
pith it. Only for him 360 additional persons would be in the
society. He begged to move that the gentleman be expelled
from the trusteeship

Several voices : What's his name ?"
Mr. GREKNE.—His name is. Mr. Bryden.
Mr. JACKSON said he had worked with Mr. Bryden on
the committee, and he respected him as a gentleman, but he
must observe that he had had it thrown in his face in almost
every three places out of four, that, if Mr. Bryden remained
in the trusteeship, the members would not remain in the
society. Independent of this, Mr. Bryden bad, in London,
deceived their best friends—namely, the two members for the
borough, when be was there as a deputation from the society,
along with Mr. Robinson. It was a well known fact that
Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell had done all the good they
could for the society. He wrs glad to say that Mr. Robinson
had not betrayed his trust, but he felt bound to add that Mr.
13rycien had..

Mr. Br

AX_DEN then made a furious speech, in which he
characterised the present attack upon him as a matter of