The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-07 00:00:00

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observed Lord
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The following is a
1841 :

st of the Whig Ministry in office in

First Lord of the Trea

Lord 'Melbourne

Chancellor ....... I ord Cotteoham.
President of the Council
Lard Privy t4eal . ' ' . ' Earl of Chirendon.
Chance
Lancaster nr of the Duchy of?
k .Sir George Grey.

Chancellor of the Exchequer

Air. F. T Baring

Colonial Secretary

uorcl Palmerston.
Lord John 11 us,' 11.
Mr. T. B. Macaulay.
Earl of Minto
Mr. I-I. I

.etary a

Ile Admiral

President of the Board of Trad
President of the Board of Contr

uchere

r Mr. E. J

Paymaster of the Forces,

1. in the Cabinet,_
Commissioner of Woods and 1 Lord Duncannon (now
Forests .. • I Lord Ilesborough).
Irish Secretary....
GOVERNMENT INTENTIONS.—In Lord John Russell's
address to the electors of London, offering himself fcr
re-election, occurs the following passage—" I trust that
the measures of commercial freedom which still remain
to be accomplished will not occasion the renewal of angry
conflict. The government of this country ont:ht to Ix-
hold with an impartial eye the various portions of the
community engaged in agriculture, in manufactures, and
in commerce. The feeling that any one of them is treated
with injustice provokes ill-will, disturbs legislation, and
diverts attention from many useful and necessary reforms.
Great social improvements are required; public education
is lamentably imperfect ; the treatment of criminals is a
problem yet undecided ; the sanatory condition of our
towns and villages has been grossly neglected. The ad-
ministration of our colonies

nds the most earnest
is have
of Irc-

and deliberate attention. Our rec
laid bare the misery, the discontent,
land; they are too clearly au then tics

extensive to b 3, treated by any but the most comprehen-

sive measures

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION.—On Friday a nu-
merous meeting of the friends of free trade and reform
took place at Eastwoods' Hotel, Dale-street, to devise
measures to secure the election of Wm. Brown, Esq.,
as representative in Parliament for South Lancashire, a
vacancy having occurred by the election to the peeraz,e of
Lord F - H 9. -

rancis Egerton. Konen Ellison —arvey, E-9.,
was called to the chair. He said they had now. for the
to firstse timecure ah
icsarnedtiudrant.e selected,il e an d a
the occasion which it presented of returning Mr. Brown.
congratulatedllthetyhelmiadontotdhoe wttS
ele-
vation of Lord F. Egerton to the Clouse of Lords, and
The requisition has been most numerously signed
they bad but to exert themselves to ensure success. ' and
Mr
Wm. Rathbone moved a resoluti.n .-1,,A,
to use every constitutional m

plugging the meeting
to effect the object in
itde exertion would be

view. He believed, lode
required, for he did not

ticipate

~ position. e
motion was seconded by Mr. J' H
ames olopmes, and carriThd.
unanimously. Mr. Blackburn paid a high compliment to
Mr. Brown for the cheerful manner in which he accepted
the requisition, and to his merits as a merchant and a
man. The duties would be onerous, and would require a
sacrifice from Mr. B. at his time of L__. .

_ considered as
agricultu,ral district. Mr.
Browne bad done much for flee tralie, and he (llr.
Blackburn) trusted that through their candidate they
would be enabled to celebrate the triumph of those princi-
ples. He moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Brown
for his prots4ptitude in accepting the requisition, which
was seconded by Mr. C. Holland, and carried with cheers.
The election of a committee and officers was next dis-
hcistsoedpp..:Nel, .bye—Mlrl.._Rßa:tilbinosnept
_r:hpoosperdo,poasfetdera
saawnaarmineneud:
logy, Mr. Rathbone as chairman. This was seconded,
ment their present chairman, Mr. Harvey, under whom-
and

rn divin

which V

n than as

nim alone, he would act as a committee-man. The
amendment was seconded l y Mr. hi ulleneux. A variety
of compliments and badinage was banded about, hoth
Mr. Rathbone and Mr. Hurvey declining the post of ho—
nour. Finally, Mr. J. C. Ewart was named, and con-
sented to serve. A committee was then appointed, and
after some routine business the meeting broke up. At a
previous meeting on Wednesday a requisition signed by
9000 electors was presented to Mr. Brown, when be con-
consented to become a candidate for the representation of
this division of the county.