The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-18 00:00:00

OPERATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION.

A general meeting of the Liverpool Operative Conservative
Association was held at their spacious room, Houghton-street,
on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of adopting congratu-
latory addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert on the birth
of the Princess Royal, receiving new members, and transacting
other business of importance. It was most numerously at-
tended, and the greatest interest and enthusiasm in the cause
were manifested by all present. Shortly after eight o'clock,
the newly-elected president Qf the society for the ensuing
year, DANIEL LEDSON, Esq., took the chair amid loud ap-
plause ; immediately after which,

Mr. O WEN, the Chairman for the past year, said, that when
last he addressed the members of the association, he pro-
mised to find a gentleman to act as his successor, who should
be superior in every respect to himself, and it now afforded
him considerable pleasure to say that he had succeeded in
gaining the consent of such an individual as Mr. Ledson to
act in that capacity. He had, therefore, to congratulate them
from the bottom of his heart in having so excellent a presi-
dent for the on.uing year, knowing Lc ma-that they all
were sincerely anxious for the welfare and prosperity of the
society. Mr. Owen concluded by reading a reply from the
Rev. Hugh Stowell, to the address presented to him by the
associasion, which was dated Nov. 23, and which has already
appeared in the public journals.
Three cheers were here given for Mr. Owen, and the names
of several new members of the association were read over and
admitted.

The CHAIRMAN then addressed the meeting for a con-
siderable time in a very animated strain, in which he alluded
particularly to the important matters which would be brought
before the attention of the members of the association during
the ensuing year.

Mr. SIDI4ON then proposed the adoption of the following
congratulatory address to the Queen, on the recent event
of her having given birth to a princess :
" May it please your Majesty,
" We, your Majesty's faithful and devoted subjects, the
members of the Liverpool Operative Conservative Associa-
tion, desire to express Our heartfelt satisfaction at the birth
of the Princess Royal, and -at your Malesty's subsequent
convalescence.

"Attached by early association, and confirmed by mature
conviction, as to the glorious character of the government
under which Providence has placed us, we rejoice with un-
mixed delight in the continued prosperity and succession of
the Royal House of Hanover. We pray that the Princess
Royal may be spared to enjoy days of unclouded happiness,
and that, if ever called upon to wear the British crown, she
may be distinguished as the unflinching defender of the Pro-
testant religioa, and the trusty guardian of our time-honoured
institutions.

" May the loyalty of the nation keep pace with your Ma -
jesty's solicitude as a mother, and may renewed affection and
regard towards your Majesty and towards your royal house
be the characteristic of our countrymen wherever British
valour and enterprise are acknowledged and respected.
" We hope that your Majesty's life may be one of indi-
vidual happiness and national glory, and that, confiding in
the loyalty of your Majesty's conservative operative subjects,
your Majesty may rest satisfied that we are as zealous to de-
fend the throne as we are to promote our country's prosperity.
" Signed on behalf of the Liverpool Operative Conserva-
tives in public meeting assembled.'

Mr. R. BATTERSBY seconded the afilbption of the address,
which was put from the chair and carried unanimously.

Mr. MACNAMARA proposed the adoption of the following
congratulatory address to Prince Albert:—

May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the members of the Liverpool Operative Conserva-
tive Association, beg to congratulate your Royal Highness
upon the birth of your daughter, a princess royal of England,
and at the same time to rejoice in the improving health of
your royal consort, our most gracious Queen.
" May the princess royal realise a parent's desire, and
fulfil a nation's hope. May her life he spared. May her
reverence for the Protestant religion and her attachment to
our laws procure for her the gratitude of our country whilst
she lives, and regard for her memory when at some distant
day she ceases to exist.

As Protestants, we love her. We remember that her
ancestors in England and in Germany took their stand on
behalf of our holy religion. As Britons, we bless her. The
memory of her illustrious forefathers is dear to our hearts,
and we clinz to her as one of their descendants. Should she
be destined ever to rule this free and happy land, may the
sword and the sceptre be equally efficient in her band ; may
justice guide the one, and mercy distinguish the other.
That she may be the ornament of her sex, the pride of our
country, and the happiness of our gracious Queen and your
Royal Highness, is the sincere prayer of the loyal operative
Conservatives of this large and important town.
" Signed on behalf of the Operative Conservatives in pub-
lic meeting assembled."

Mr. BACKUP seconded the adoption of this address, which
was also put and carried unanimously.
Mr. JACKSON rose with considerable pleasure to perform
at once an agreeable occupation to himself, and an act of jus-
tice to their late and very efficient chairman, Mr. Owen. He
was sure that to the gentleman named, the members of the
association were under a great debt of gratitude, and he was
satisfied that when the state in which they were at the time
Mr. Owen took office, was contrasted with their present high
and flourishing condition, they could not but feel that a great
deal of personal labour and time had been consumed in fur-
thering their interests. (Hear, hear.) He hoped, therefore,
they would, individually and collectively, return their best
thanks to Mr. Owen for his exertions in the cause.
Mr. LARRY seconded the proposition.
Mr. OWEN returned thanks for the compliment paid him
in neat and appropriate terms, and concluded by proposing
the thanks of the association to Mr. Holt, their treasurer,
and to Mr. Thompson, their late secretary.
Mr. HITCIICOCK seconded the motion, which was unani-
mously adopted.

Mr. THO-MPSON returned thanks for the compliment paid,
and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Ledson, for the very
willing manner in which that gentleman consented to become
the president for the ensuing year, and for his able conduct
in the chair on that occasion.

The motion having been seconded and carried by acclama-
tion,

Mr. LEDSON briefly returned thanks for the compliment
which had been paid him. He should be always ready when
called upon to do his duty. He was happy i❑ being able to
inform the members present that their association was out
of debt, and that they were now going to work vigorously ;
and if, added he, we do not astonish those who call themselves
radicals, then shall I place no faith in operative conservative
associations.

Three cheers were then given for Mr. Ledson, several new
members were enrolled, and the meeting separated highly
delighted with the proceedings of the evening.

We can, from experience, highly recommend Mr. Eggle-
ston's Vegetable Paste as a cure for the tooth-ache.—See adv.
NEW LIGHT-HOUSE OFF TILE KERRY COAST.—A new
light-house has been built by the corporation of Dublin upon
the north-east point of Valentia Island, off the coast of
Kerry, from which a fixed white light will be exhibited on
the evening of February 1, 1841, and thenceforward will be
lighted from sunset to sunrise. The light kept open will
lead clear of Reenadrolan Point, and also of the Harbour
Rock within the entrance. Shelving rocks, partly covered
at high water, extend three-quarters of a cable's length from
Cromwell's Fort. The light-house is erected within the old
building of Cromwell's Fort, on the western side of the prin-
cipal entrance to Valentia harbour.