The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-30 00:00:00

GREAT FIRE
YPStERDAY MORNING.

this ease, the upper one being held by one of the con-
stables, while the sailors- descended to the second. When
the men wetc.seen to cleSeend, they ware welcomed by
.the heartfelt ehe'ers of the crowd. Seyen men were also
rescued by Pt.' 511 (Law} and F.C.:.14 _Cliforris) from
-th—e uTpei storey window. About the time these men
were rescued, one of the InOst.daring acts on record was
perforthed by a citizen, the-se name unfortunately has
not been ascertained. A man in a. nude state was
aserired to stand on the top of the upper windoii--
ott the, east end of the building, -and the intrepid
fellew whom- we have mentioned- mounted. the ladder
with a lamplighter's, ladder in ,his hand Arrived at the
end of the first ladder, he bravely placed the lamplighter's
ladder-to rest npon-tris chest, and held it in that-position.
.whilst the Mai above deinded". step by Slop, and then
slipped along his back to the second, This unparalleled
. act"is certainly worthy the attention Nf. the Humane
Society; and the noble hero who perforMedit ought to.
receive the greatest reward that can be bestowed upon.
him. The other persons who 'nave been 'descliibed
clintrinm like cats to the_ walls Were rescued without
:receiving any injury. •
Ow.' of the constable 'oeribrinecran act Which, whilst it
did net equal the one of the Unnamed. citizen, was most
daringvand showed the greatest intrepidity. On the south
side of the building a man
.was discovered clinging to the
walls the constable iMniediately went up the ladder,
which did not reach, by the constable's length, the mart
above,' whereupon he attached himself by his hand to
the wall, .and 'permitted the man to slip down over
his shonlder to the top of the ladder 'at his feet, by which
extraordinary effort a life was saved.
RESC'C'E OF PAPERS FROM titt OFFICES.
DEATH OF ONE OF niE INMATES. -
; _ _ HEICIC.CONDUCT.

:/03: DESTRUCTION OF. TAE 'LIVERPOOL

SAILOi/S' Ir0.)1E.

AL_AP:MING LOSS OF TIFE

It.
2S "r Painful:duty-to record that the tiVerPoOl zneme was totally-destroyed by- fire yesterdaY
lafirsthig, Itottpanied by a lest of lifei% the &tent --of
• .Iwhich is tot Yot-knoWn. Before •ehter''_ni on a detailed
..••• isttoaiit td this disastrous event- itte must interest
• 41irreaders.te parnse the-fellowiug--- • - • - • --,
-Tais arliableilMilitllite,--:;hiell' Was inTtlie.•::-Elk.tir. liethai style of architeetie, 4toOi••••a;:s inastiersous .aree:
' • 4ijare, opposite theriait:ern pertieC,tSf--tliC-Cnstona-hOUse.
• Tlaefoundation-Stentg *issi•rEfUlii-Printe' Atber with
•great rejeicingi- ihez coat
:•• ,009, and was:OpeneilL•fr-Drabei,;'• 4850: -In the
-following Akira. Waif in It; which
X4'000.; and about the reanie Ume tlie experiments- were
• °li`illoted 'With the penduluni which so satisfactorily
adibited the earth's -rotation". The Mine was, and is,.
far as the Walls are -'doteerneet a tall trapezoidal-
..
eh aped building, and the internal :appearanee was just
4s striking as Was the etterior: The chief entrance was
at the West, leading to the-banlc.rkgristaing rooms and
-.•'•'• the interior. The interior hall, er /lane; was 9,2 feet long,
;32 feet wide at the one end, and 9* feet at the other. The-
:oof, which was of glass, - was 70 feet above the, floor.
-7 On bolting np, three tiers of east iron pilasters were seen
supporting four galleries:with handsome•iten railings in
•trant. In these' galleries:ware :the_ dormitories of the.
'houte, arranged hillocks ()flour, -eight feet by five; and-.
1644•11 feet high__ There were dining-rooms, with Ipists
lifts from +be kitchens below ; reading)4ad-
'lecture-rooms, waiting and payirg-roe,--t,-;; the who/WI
forming an exceedingly cam-pact ,11 bus'iness and
residence for seamen. The root Was fiat, and easily reached
c 76 cast iron stair—sr:4l7lllg the sailor to tell his yarn. and
zkehis pin:; aloft- The building was erected merely as s.•
home far sea:r.",--,n; but as it presented adequate accom-
. TiNiati.43.,:the Board a Trade established its offices
'"ader its roof, paying for, their use a large annual
rental.
The premises of the examiners of =asters and
:Mates were at the .east end. - •

lirithriTelaritaiiiies after the breaking out of the fire,
Mr. Hamer, secretary 'of the Herat, came upon the
stub of thecontagration, arid_ he, iurnediet4y-.4erted
himself towards rescuing the moneffrone the bank and
the papers from the offices. Polife-conetable 5.63 ware
stationed at the door of the bank; and the secretary,
a man ' named ' Clarke, . Police-constable 608, and
others, assisted in carrying away the papers to the
_house of Mr. Stanley, druggist, Hanover-st Oct. The
most valuable of the documents were secured in a short
space of time. Attempts were made to break open the
safe, said to contain 15.000, but the secretary
ahande-ned that measure. 'About half-pest two
o'clock the' internal reef gave: way with a tremendone
crash; carried before it apartment after apartment, until
at length 'it .brole through the ceiling of the bank..
The crash was heard, it appears,. by the secretary and
several other's, wlio =paged to -escape before the mass
came down. No seine:, however, htel they got out of
the room. that the joists broke a)wn, one end of thene
coming upon the legi of the man Clarke. Police-:
constable 536 also was knocked down and buried
in the but with-the—assistance:of a volunteer he
was taken away cOmparatiiely uninjnred, and sent home.
efforts -to extricate Clarke; who is-a natives of the
north- of Ireland, and had been staying at the Home for
some time, proved unavailing. Font ee eeye keet- of
debris lay "upon the joie!-; ee legs an.a there
he lay partially - Here another-
act -was- -pefferined by a • *lra cometable--
we believe Sititson, _tar. Unwilling 'to leave
the poor fellow in that helpiese. ondition, Simpson
voluntarily steed with him during the Whole of the time,
„.
experrencingthemest intense hest... Boiling water also
fell en Eat froin the-fire above,which scalded his iteck and
shoulders fearfully. Stimulante—:-brandy and wine—were
given to,Clarke in eider to leep up his spines.. The heat
in that portion of the buildinglwas se great,' that the,:
men could not proceed with opeiations for- the extrica-
don of Clarke until-about six o'clock, wlien about twenty
men with pieks and 'hovels set to work. A number of
jee,kscrews Were placed undet the_ jeistsebut, for.. some:
reason or another the weight could not be moved. At
-length saki-were Obtained, the joints Were,cut threugh,
and. then poor Clarke was relieved' from his perilous
position, and conveyed 'by the officer to the outside.
Here a very heart-thrilling scene ensued. No
sooner did the crowd hear that Clarke* teas
rescued, than they gave proof of the greatest satisfaction.
The sufferer was immediately sent to the Southern
Hospital, where he expired in about an hour.- 'The con-
stable *he had remained with him for so many hours
tinder such trying circumstances was also despatched to
the hospital, where his scalds were dressed, and, we ate.
happy to add, he is doing 'well.
OTHER REMARKABLE. INCIDENTS DURING
• THE FIRE.
When the fire had extended to the west end 'of the
building, and Was working its ravages there, police,toon-
.
Stable-Gray (645), stood for a"cOnsiderable space Of time
in the face of the fire and the heat, playing_upon the lames.
A man, named Martin, raotttecltb.e next higher:window,
and did a.`eitniiar-act. The acts of fireman Clampet, who
has been a seaman on hoard a man-of-war, were _worthy
of a Trojarl'i he is celebrated for. his activity and
daring at ' 'fres, and _we hope he in, common
with. all theotherefel,lowse who so nobly-exerted :: them-
selves, will receive, their rewards... There were other
acts of bravery performed, which We fear:
.ranst go
unrecorded. Everybody exerted himself most nobly in
his own sphere, -from the major at the head of the force
to the constable in, tbe -ranks. CiViliens also, and the
volunteers, did their best ; and they are worthy the
Most sincere commendatiOn.
About ten minutes to Seieneen. officer, who was on
duty at 'the entranCi the Arcade, heard a moaning
proceeding •frorna cellar Under the Home. He
diately proceed a heavy hanimer, broke the grid of the
cellar, entered it, and brought out two men and-a lad,
Vito appeared quits \exhausted ..incle worn out. The
officer heard also heard a moan in the directien
of a second -Cellar. —He* entered ibis again and
found in it a man, whom. he immediately rescued.
THE APPEARA4.-CE OF THE RUINS.- _
Yesterday afternoon the bare walls were left standing
! alone, the window's were broken and the Whole edifice lyas
a ruin. Here and there: the woodwork in the windows
still burnt slowly, and :a small amount of smoke curled
upWards. Inside the pl ace was all confusion. Furniture,
plastering, the woods:ork belonging to the galleries, and
an immense amount .of various sorts of debris lay in
heaps upon the basement floor. Several thousands
of persons-Visited the- place in the course of the-flay, and
each-took a peculiar interest in the noble ruins. The
crowd was ruly, and. the police had very little to do in
the way of keeping it back ; in fact, the conduct of the
crowd yesterday, as. well as during the Cie, reAtots
the higbest credit On-the inhabitants ofliveri3ool. •
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
HOME.--TIURTY-ThEE MEN MISSING.

• - ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.
v.tt Saturday night about 125 *souls; including seamen
e4cl Inrvants, retired to their: rest within the Home.
• -tea large
number
of the seamen were in a state of intc4l-
r*; etc', Mr. Williams, the manager, etperienced
geat diffienltyin getting them to bed. As has been
Idr. Nnelli
anis's custom for a number of years, he Al*
StaW:eVerythit.g apparently safe; and went to his room
e,4°rtiB after twelve, o'clock. However, hotwithstand-
rng all his,prepautions, the seaman °cc:aping Room :38:
f-Pth.lanclihg, in the middle part of the
•rhis4 the north sleet smuggled, it is supposed, PiPe
bedroom, lit it, and • fell asletp.whilsk smoking,' and
t sty, corium/tieat-6d fire to the -bedclothes_ About
...minutes to one o'clock ,as Mr. Williams was-
' lindressieg himself, the night .port6r gave the alarm;
' • and almest sirealtaneously Police-constables SOO, 802,-
and X 63 rapped at the doors. e• : •
e • ALARM. AND PROGRESS OF THE FIRE.
The Alarm of fire spread in . a .few minutes' throtigh-
, Tut the whole of the building, _ and some of .the
,tir'lates -rushed to the windows end other, down the
' •
telire; Constables and eiviliang • immediately- 'entered
Place, etc' succeeded in bringing a -large:number of
itztat, to the open air. _.Mr. Williams instantly
77°1 o= the fire with two hake,.supplied with
+rtefrom a cistern ,on the roof; ;. but . this
4-ereiteeed quits ineffectual. The .flames rapidly - ex-
°n. all. aides. - The heat in the building was
j.e.ln'i very. mat, and _eVen on, the Outside it was.
dy eppressive. Furrther 'efforts to get into the
."e't parts of the bailding proved frnitless. The poor
, . at- 4tes who were left amid the burning mass appeared
Vindowe; and, as the heat increased, and the flames
'extended, rushed through them, and stood, some in a
4E4 •
•, of nudity, upon the string courses which ran
l'aralial•with the sills. In about ten minutes the glass-
-I°o' gave way before the intensity of the heat, and
,:sinaultarieously -with the- crash - that followed; sparks
• field from the interior of the' building, and fell on
the roofs of the adjacent houses, and on the people in the,
etreets, literally. like flakes of snow in e snow-storm.
. •Just _before this took place, the reel from the Salt,house
• -teck .arrived, and Mr. Hewitt-brought an engine from
:.Hatton Garden, whichwes followed closely by the Seel-
- 4teeet station; the West of. England, and South Dock
'engines! The captain, of Hastings brought
~.Afteen. of his men, -Who, under hie directions, rendered
very great assistance. Major Grei; snperintencled -the
whole of the brigade arrangements. A number of riflemen
also did good service. The police, under the command
of their varions superintendents and inspector::-
_cwere
-most active. 3.1. X. chair man of the *Oct
rnittee, Superintendents
Horeb Quick, Ryde; Sibbild, and
y, were also on the spot. Thirteen were. immediately
-brought into gay : there
branch
abundance of water bat so rapi-dly did the fire ettilln,
teat the most energetic -eforts of the firemen appeared -1-If-fe ineffective. About this.-
time, :.Police-constable
table
.gerdacee (SU), who was attached to the reellrom
Salt ;
°use Dock, prepared to mount a ladder fifty'feet
"167•C'eturpote of-playing on the fire floin one c-tthe
''th-ldowt• Another constable' had ase'ended a dcizei or
cps
.before him, -to whom- aarclaore cried out,
don; Lthink I iinderstani a little more
toont ladders than you do; let me go up."
...554, slipped
'4,"rn; )Etardacre bravely' 'asceded, end :E6 was followed.
or two'otheri. Under this weight the ladder
ke, and Peer- Hardacre was precipitated to the
_base-
rnat below, hilaead and shotilders corning into contact
with the flags. He was instantly placed in-A car And
atm.?
eYed- to the Southeri "Hospital, Where he
Pired immediately after•his arrival. The flames
Ztere now mounting • -in lurid columns to the
"11.1:_eaS. above, which' the, :Illuminated with a horrid
Yet the scene was me of unequalled grandeur. The
„g"t in the streets ass sulciently great to allow
areil°us to read or . wrie with ease. The firemen cond.
'Proved tn..,,pour in volume on velume of water, but all
-I.veeci of very littler no avail. ••The windows on the
:nth ',de having b,en successively smashed by the heat
the'4te--e nmates, arwerful draught of air passed -through
uuilding,ntraug the elementofdesttnction.
'--eY 'nail did &flinty raanfu.lly Ind There appeared
.12
differSnee letweenthe• master and the ,man--all
•Ivo,rked
assisted at
4like, aid worked, energetically. The riflemen
naaayging the hose; the police kept the `crowd'
ba4k std the brigade-men endeavonsed to outdo each
er in' comnendable acts of hriVery. The fire was
'l'4 got Untie,
however, until six or half-past six o'clock,
el
ande th
eta lurnt on sometimes violently, until about
°en, When the place was completely gutted,
411•I'Pril..A.NCE OF THE CONFLAGRATION.
Slavt one o'clock, coming along Hanover-street, the
ho
o7S of the. Sire appeared to extend over the whole
r•6n." As we approached; ,the flames became
ts th the eastern towers telling dark against
• t'" •
a the
aid the south-westernhe houzes opposite tower in brilliant and •illuminated by the ire,
• ...ice,
l'as raging along the roof, and burstingi from the
Peer Widows of the smith side of the building. In
e-'site of the exertions of the firemen, 'the- flames spread
lee tl4 IreY; window. after wind-ow beeame successively
sated by the devouring 'element; crash after
;1414 iAi
of tie falling, floors, followed by curling clouds
Zg.hai11..,46 and another tier of--/Kadows one. by one
ecre,', IP, showed that the water had but little
e-Z it arresting the progress of destruction. f The
-c began to curl round the south-easteru. tower.
1,
ea flateareached the end of the baildittg,-buist through
6 1143" windows,spread through ttie intervening
Pertitieee
oy sk descended froze finot 'to floor', un
rria:76."l-et of the-water above the apartments of the
tttie4ager ; but, though delayed here, the process of d es-
eecotiee was little less certain thin it had been it the
but ',end- Here the progress of the flames was-einlilar,
tearille appearance was much more striking. The -firei
set. tlall descended, and as floors successively 'were
pia titled, the whole length of the bit/Ming was
'enveloped,in one mass of flamee, like an enormous
bur e' e• The. of the north-west tower was
tlap..E7glntt slowly, almost as if it -were' a beacon.. The
let trai in flames, and, After a while; toppled head-
t. the upper half, and then: :shortly efterwards
ll'a•n;•:;.!4ien;lere fell -into the street, to the imminent
f,4,c-:4 some individuals near the. entrance. As the z•
re, robe throe-e,
eera the.. T of the bank and other.'
Ills
in
f egi
Tngs
seele . rent of 'the building, the fire looked e.
f,- gigantic animal e- e lii• • • • - raging to escape
livingve
eandex77-Inent. The mullieni and transoms of--.;he
theb
"ueg ue assumed the appearanoe•of bars-ageinst which
break
nf
- 'teak the flame were darting -in a vain effort'
wseaetensie.dfreolnall3[ll;t resist the fireh
the windoWsel • the glass which
‘from ithin, and the
Anon
to 1, -
Peere d 'll, :.%.':ithetit,firemen and police ever and
re truduce
at • The
the ule, top "of long ladders, endeavouring
resist ed their
att, hose, but for a long time the' glass
!art ,f the baea: Ns. At about four o'clock the upper
.. thetaging monster g Was
almost entirely consumed, and
bbulitt the des4--Leuetee'ae'l'Pteilierecl-tO be comparatively quieted,
not less itevitaei n was still going.on less visibly,
a"
°I those little Y' u-ntil nothing but ruins were left.,
HE b p M ore than four bare wallse
F THEIEti DARING.
Tnireadiately fteNZEtPIDITY.
..tione were
;lt, their mutt_ r the ,brigade-men came upon the
-6 left 0 paid, as a matter a course, to
tires .ete n• or about the build e ores-
sine `-.'wded the 'pee. nee The poor
of the
e. !Vets on the top of the house, the
'were '-•":.•43u°llFP, and the -tri
the
!nest ng-courses. Many
,„;P4re•Pet.s by their
anger, literally hanging from
atteLbtre4gbt to the aril's The more easily secured
rnade to grttUrid first, and then many.
der s, Ott' 'gt at those who were on the:top
ee white other ellnoet.rinaecessible vote The I d
short tee
this proved• a -
b ''•uie Part of
'might y ong; to be exceedingly
v from the the business.' Five men -kvere
'''l7 coat I4P of the
mendable ex • structure through the
C 448), am seas, (1 Lions of P.C. Lees (90), Skuse
"1117 (126). Two ladders 14 •
ere umed

Yesterday the committee 'met within the Custom-
house Arcacle, where temporary offices for the tranas.c-
action of business have been
,opened. The .Mersey
Docks and HarboUr BoarO having placed their rooms in
the Revenue-buildings at the dispoSal of the- "inoal
Marine -Board, • the examinations of masters and mates
will be conducted there for the present: The committee
read over the roll containing the names of the men who
slept at the. Home on the night before-; thirty-three
did not answer to their names; hence .it is in-
ferred that they are embedded in .the mint.
Hope, however, would lest us to believe that a ;reit
number of the missing, men are 'lounging about the ton
in the public-houSes and. brothels—sailors being genes
rally very loose in their 'habits; and for that'reasois we
shall not be surprised to learn, to-morrow, that many of
them are-found. To-nxerro* men will•bis put to -Trerk
to clear away the debris from the building, end- we may
venture to say that something decisive knows as
to the fate of the maishag in a very short time. Mr.
Waitinan, •surveyOr ; Rishten, 114,_ Johnsen, and
Mr. Jones advised theecommittee to barrkacie the build-
ings, the walls of villich are considere"tO be in t very,
un.sefe condition.
INSURA.NCE OF Tlit HOME.
The building—was insured to the *Eimount of ;ten' thou-
sand peurds. an 4 tlte furniture to the extent of - three
thousand. Tbis, however, • will not Clear . half the
damage. The offices in which the premises were
insuredlre, • we tind'ers tend, • the, Globe, the; Royal, and -
Live.rpeel ,arid Lendom. and-another. • - -
NAMES OF
,SIIF FERERS SENT TO THE
SOETSJ.3RN HOSPITAL. _
Htth Bramley, *pi! of the .firemen attache'd to the
West of„.Engiaiid engni e, who sustained a -severe con-
,
•tused wound on the and de and leg by falling off a ladder.
John itPWilliam, label firer, residing in Blundell-street, .
'7llO received: a Mnd -on the— hand. f- Walter
Willmett, fractured :thigh and 'dislocated shoulder.
Richard'FleMing, Ist Tures, • residents% Forest-street;
-sustained a compound fracture the arm. ~ Aide6e
Black, a sailor residini ; at the Hensee who was aearly _
suffocated. •

An inquest will -be opened to-day at the coroner's
court before the borough coroner, Mr. P. F. Curry, on
bodies of the two- unfortunate men Hardacre and
Clarke.

NOTICE TO
,_SIIIPOWN:EIIS, MASTERS, AND SEAMEN.
TN consequence of the Destruction of the , Sailors'
Home, TEMPORARY OFFICES have been OPENED in
USTOM-HOUSE A]' CAD and the BnKinms of the
Shipping Offices will be conducted in them as mug This Day
and until further notice.. The entrance to the Paying-oif
Offices is in Custom-house Lane: , .

The Mersey Dc:clts and f ,arboUr Board having placed their
Rooms in •Revenue-buildings at the dispo6al of the Local
Marine Board, the x;xamlnatioai of Matters and-Mates will be
conductedlhere for the pyment.
•

Applicants can obtain the Form E.E. an application at No.
13, in the Arcade, on Tticadays,,, Wedzesdays, Fridays, and
Saturdays, between the hours of ['en an i Three.
137- Order of the. Local Marine Board,
JOHN THOMAS TOWSON, Secr►etary.
• Custom-house Arcade, Stith April, 1860.

` Lord Clyde will arrive in England in July.
The Queen held a &awing room on Saturday after-
neon,
Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening, -vie
Cork, to the GovernoriCieneral of Canada.
Notwithstanding the divitsion on -Friday night, the
Times asserts that the old Church-rate'is pre-eminently
a thing out of which growth and life and sap have long
Aeparted.
• The _Daily New receives with some doubts the
reported cause of Baron Brack's suicide ; and would
rather attribute it :o the despair of a statesman tasked
beyond his strengt.i, diven mad by the obstinacy ald
perversity of the tools and bigots whom he served, and
by the forecast of insormotsintable calamities,

THE VOLUNTEER DEMONSTRATION ;AT of gratitude. -- Thanking you, Mrs. H.airistal,for so Ali
:- . BIItkENHFIAta- la
.. representing Mrs. Presley, I shall now, with Ma or
7 .. • . • , .• ,
.• - - e efeaaaes e - . . . . e aaalidalnaaermissiet, ask the baglet &the Ist Cheshire
.. .
In our hat issue announced that the and vollintean to sound 'the first•eall -upon this bugle; which we are to
demonstration in the Park at Birkenhead was to come peeeee to eau wee ewe:. -
.__ . : •-
....
_._ . . .
off on Saturday afternoon, at the same thrie entering - -- Mr. Tohesoe, the- tangier of rite Corp;,' then received
into ..an elaborate reeetaea of -*bat was intended to be the bugle at the hands of his captain, and senaded the
been Made, that the i44unbe.4:--racfc4s .e.eiteral calls uPor... 'it, to the great- delight of Colonel
&Mee SO-carefillly and so clearly had the areangenients
_Oar anticipatory-. .-_-aviihrithaai, who e....aakied,- "CaPital ; ,eost excellent.„
notice to -have, t eels perfectly correct and, -indeed, so
eircemstantialas to reader an minute deacriptien of the The volunteers theiare-formed line, and,
.bavinabeen
squaii, .when Colonel WilbratiM briefly addieseed tl.eiii,
put through a few more evoliftions, were formed*.into• a
greet 'demonstration on Saturday unnecessary. The_ .
The gallant colonel said, when he entered the arentad he
weather was magnifieenf; the Park radiant with the verdure .
ofspringe the volunteers bore arraelike true soldiers; and on . Certainly was 'not prepared to - see- the beer
volunteers
arms-in the-Way they had done. They N;erea maanifl-
each face was stamped the sterucletermination of a Briton
to defend all that is dear to his heart; the spectators •
were proud of the -occasion and-of the men ivho can boast -cent-body of men and he felt proud of thee; , became,
unless their. whole heart had beau inthe great _work they
the highest tide to our esteem and regai-sd-il",;volantoeni'l : laid 'inideriakeite • they • ceuld•• not have- overcome the
the• ladies imparted • a .flel-e§§eol- eau softening infiuence atopeudons difficulties that • they had- naturally had to
on the occasion, and.the gentlemen out of uniform now contend with. . ...
...: . .
. .. .
!singed for the' opportunity to emidete a generous reveary,
BraskY, Mrs. 'Harrison,' and- Coloael_Wilbraham; and
Cheers were then given for the Queen, for Mrs toarboitruhto.26lo,:boooutpersoonos
wweerr;„.veoniutken... .
the various corps,- preceded by their bande, were March-id'
mit squagn ;16:intiniSaattgdUrdatillya,
teers—artillery and riflemen. - The streameofpaisengers off. the ground and returned to their quarters • • - frOm Liverpool, by the Woodside (eery, was .. enormous, Our reporter cannot omit 'to ackaoidedge
.• publicly
(in common with his cmfrere4) in the diecharee
from two to four o'clock ; but so admirable were. the the great courtesy and the invaluable assistance rendered - d.
arrangements' of M. M`teiVie that no. ccident accident- to him
The volunteers crossed in . speeiai boats—some to the of his duties, by Sergeant . Schultz of the Ist
Trannie"re and others to the Woodside- ferry. • Thor Cheshire,
were 31 companies present, and of these i 4, marched to I Press were committed.
1 airier,, to eVhose partionlar - care the gentlemen of the
• It were well if, un all public
the parks. preceded by thefts hands, the most imposing occasions; as much attention were paid
to po
the repro-
being those of Captain Bonsfielcre- corps, Captaiii Glad-. • sentatives of the Press in the discharge of their arduous
- - duties as it is our pleasing duty to' acknowledge to.
Stone's, . Captain Laird's, and Lieut.-Colonel Brown's.
The various eorpe-entered the round between the two , ,
,P,AIVaTET TO THE IfO',VNTEER Orricnns... .:
lodges -en the Upton road, and were received by a guard : - In the evening John Laird, Esq., gave a banquet lo
of honour; composed of detachments of the Ist and .2nd the volunteer officers at the:Monks' Ferry Hotel, et men
Cheshire Volunteers, under the 'command _of. Ensign rhe presided. . After the Customary toasts,, • ~ : .
. .
Conway. The reserve_ companieswere ...ranged in lite , The Ctietensiale gaveeae The healths of Colonel Wil-
•• - e / sbraham, Colonel Bogert, and Mater Axclidall." In the
round the reviewing giatentl, and were froni the follow- ,
...
course of his remarks, th '
chairman- .clthat •
. e . SRI he had
ing,-gerr : - • - • .- . met with nothing-but civility from the. regular officers in
co
ARTILLERY. . - -
1 - Ist Lancashire, Lieut.-Col: r. connection with the volunteerneovenient, and they had
•. -
Brown. always shown. the greatest desire to promote the move-
-2 4th Div. ditto (Lieut.-Col. Bourne's) Ma me;
me 1t when it was not so :popular as it is now. A
with. hind-a•Captaia Melly. . '''
deal had
great
~ been said about redtapisua .i the War-
.
. Captain Baron Wrigley. office, but he could say that theie was leis; obstrue-
• . Captain Bushby. tiveness in that
.office, and more desire to carry out
3 6th dittb. Captain McCulloCh. . the wishes of the country, than in any other public 4 lst Cheshire, Captain Harrison. office. with„ which he was acquainted. -He urged
• 5 3rd ditto' Captain Reynolds. • • -
that the volunteer corps should be established on a self-
_ 6 4th -- ditto -- Captain Grey.- -- -•--- supporting basis, and said that unless that was done the'
7 sth ' ditto Captain Laird. ! working men could not - be. expected to join. - Unless
nrensas. . . -- • they could so reduce the cost of the uniform as to enable
.• - .. , • •
8.. Ist Lancashere, Captain Robertson. . -, a
e working man, by sating a shilling a week for. twelve
e . 9-7 -e3th ditto Captain Tinley. ' - months, to obtain it, thq would not get, and ought not
: . lo- 114th ditto Captain Brady. to expect, the assistasice of the working men. There-
-11: 15th ditto Captain Tucker. . was some talk of the establishment of schoole of taus-
_ 2
,19th . (Scotch) Captain Mackenzie. , ketry; but he thought 4oVeintileitt. ought to contribute
-a 13 22nd (Exchange 1 Captain E. B. Bright. • towards the expense of _ the practice grounds. The
~ a two companies) ( Captain L. H. Parr. volunteers gave what. wassail important to ahem, their
e- 14 38th (Faire:eld) - Lieatenant .latin. . time, and Government ought to previei 1141 giber tillingll
.;. 15 39th (Welsh). •:. Captain Griffith. . - iOrthem. • • • •,,
- ' 16. 4-sth Captain Dove:
I'' Oliditr. ta the twat,. Colonel-.l.teteissna mid
.• 17 ...." 6th Cheshire Lieutenant Wilbrahiint._ - a, eaateet4.l44o. to ;bear mr.
L -18 6th ditta Captein' eerie-nee -- • I,.`"V 3. gerl.' sr 0t.0rf.7-Titx , •,„•
......., d
. _arse
-11aITU ki3ieehtat.,. elauthelritite aa . ar-o .ce an •19.-. Ith (litti.. ,_.- C4tate A. Brooke. • hVirat sure he iiii4ht: alanhaveleaid the -Horse. Guards
20 lli'n ditto -.- C;iptatii t cliarai: •
----were ready to do. all ia.their. power for the success-
e, -- „ 14th , ,
~,,.
‘1 - ditto, , tioitain-HOPe.ones• - - " dr-this movement. We' were living in very anxious
We Inez meattot thil-tnayoidable circiimetances pre- times,- 'he...thought it was impossible for any
-k`i'e•te,..i the attendance of Lieut.-Col. MacTyet's spkudid thoughtful . man to look around and not to feel that
- corps 'of artillery, but the LientaColonel and hie_officers Orr the eve of very -.great wars—
sat, might be . , .. ~. _
• - -- •tare mare vast and
wars—
arrived at Woodside in- the steam-tender Satellite, and :
(cheers.} D t a the last
he last generation. . ur nr,
marched up to the park to dp honour, by theirepresence,• French VrAri thanks ..to . ,thb eforts ..detila neat, eiti
to Captain Cadell and the gellant ast -Cheshire. The wete:ialeettiptetc •hi6isid`n. Of the Channel after the •
reserve corps.-were placed byCaptiiii. TfOot-,7itf:riii4 la year 1806, and therefore during the last nine years of
Cheshire Rides, by wheal the iidi'ioui 'duty was pre= that great war we were perfectly seente. at home.
-
ehely and rapidly perforined.
- • Without in the least hinting that our
.navy. was not as
. _ _ .
• • .
efficient as- ever--and he wive alai • toe hear ,Captain
The companies'
who wire to be. reviewed were all • • in b high el th •
Mends's-testimony that, it.: was very o_r_ era= -there
riflemen, and on the- ground formed a battalion of 10.1 was no Concealin4-froourselves the fact that the naval
~ ni companies, each 26 files (5,0 enen) ratikieg a total -force powere:of other nations had increased in a tremendous
of 500_rank and file. The battalion was thus formed.-.. -proportion within thelasetew Years. :Foifttiaillytheutivy
• No .- ._ es.
.. , . e • , . • Juana WING. •.' was th.ene popular service; in England, as it *As the •i
'1 Conipanv, Ist Lanceshire, Captain Bousfield. --- -rarrAaneeraeate Katie:el:lnt .it *Ai- j'st possible that i,l
.- 2 ' DO: .- sth Do. Captain. Gladstone. • Mir navy rnight-be--he would not say it *as probable;.!
.....-..,3_ : ._Do.. -4 4 th--- • Do. - ' Cilitaiii'T.-13iight. but just pasible-evtry -.,6fislderahly btit-numbered ;
4 Do. - 15th - Do; - Captain Hamilton. '-' and ther-Mie, ifs mist no longer trust to that. force
5 Do. 19th _DO.. captain Meawellt ' -tl'37':e.- Old, as -(e4aPttiiii Meitli had reniarked, it would he
_T.._ . ...
~..
. . LEts *1N••1...-", TT -' • . : .an additional . encoaragenteetatOfeel that( if- they were
6 Da ... 2nd • h'e.ehite, .- Captain. King. compelled even temporarily to give way before an enemy;
I Do. -Sid -:. Do. . . Captain Chanthees. , that the coasts. of England were
-not left undefended:
23 De. 4th - Do. Captain Jones. ' • (Cheers). Lancashire and Cheshire were two of the
I De. 7th - • Do. Captain Brooke., • .-- leading counties-in which - the volunteer • movement ori-
-. 10 Do. Ist - Do. Ceptain
,Catiell. ': ..
•-' ginated, and lativas-,--giadact see their success. He hoped
- The reviewing officer was Colonel Wilbraham..C.B. that the movement 'Paid- -ba;Pellttattent' because he
Major Archdall of the Fermanagh. Militia was .in did not
_think . there . was any prospect of the state q-
--tottithima -of '.4h6 battele-11, and Captain Sir?,;._ W. - e uers.l7dh.se,F.otni.pf. e 6 kranqukees ,to -.le.taliiiii tkl44 ;their
IL nor- gamely ; out he tilisted to a big.bor
Shackerley, Bart., of the sth C.V.R., acted as Caletel Zatiae on the part of the volunteers; and.
if it should
..,:Wilbraham'a aide-de-camp. -: Captain liVine (Fere .he hisepleasant and honourable duty in a few years-
managh Militia); wag the ictitig .Majoe s 'and Captain,. hntfeteiagain. to review the volunteers of the two counties,'
,parten, (Fernianagli Militia.); the acting Adjutant.- 7 be --felt' confident that he . should find an. increase: of
efficiency; he trusted an increase' of•nunabce's and he WU
.: illoitt halfepast four the review coliiineteed, aid the
. . arate sure no diminution in the. nal and -public apirA
following was the programme ee- • velobh I.o4.animated +h4iilli. i da, L
' - , e., . , a. y. t Laud cheers.)-
..
.s., .
Parade open column, right in front Colony Wrlalasßeat4eitiroteeand saiditevesalweve
Left wheel into line . . .. pleaking teaseldier tie.4mt ob.- the p.tql'sive after iatiig
Open order—General salute-:.elnspectien--'.Close order len the-defensiy%eatist having hia to anti* . two toasts,
,Open.eOlinun, right in front - re -iot noVltis pleasing duty to prOpose one. He had
..Marchapaet ia blow and quick time . e . • _ been allowed to propose the toast of the Cheshire Volun-
Left. wneel into line - tiers, coupling with it the -names of Captain Cadell, as
Line will advance,. covered by the .t,vo dankcorawies repiiSeiLting the rifles, and Captain Reynolds, as repre-
skirinishing,-SLirmishere advance close to isalutiige. sent.' tig,. -.the . artillery.. He wari• 00s61-.-ccainccted-withl
sag, and kneel down both Lanca4hire and Cheshire, and therefott he hoped
Hale • .. e • - . - any ieedarks he might make as to the efficiency of the'
Retire by right of companies (fonrs riglit—A.,ight wheal) 4, Cheshire portion might not be let -down to the scoreof
Front thr-being open column, right in front - • : • lear..ality. It had been a great pleasure to Ilia to set
roree. estnare on leading-company (No. 2) •• • - the he good feeling. • with which the two .counties
- - -
Prepare for Cavalry—Steady . - - worked- together ;to see the battalion formed, as it,Avas,
f aa)A
mbrs from both couptiee; and
.if the exnellent.
Re-form column and max bayonets, without word of Cnu 1.• •
coiiritand - way in which the ten companies Worked together was eat.
• - will extend - known from its infancy, and it had certainly notdone disse •
Skirmishers re.-form company, and do the same
Column will.retire.—Front turn, and close to tl,e. front
(on No. 2) , - • . .
Colnean will advance, and wheel to the left—S'o-irmi.sl-cis
Column will deploy into line on leislittg eompaay CYo. 2)
Skirmisheie close and resume places in line --- - . (Cheers.)
pkoof—as he hoped it was --s,:of th6liartte-gy ..N.ehieh eiistcde
between there., thtre wee nothis tell desire in that.
respect. (Ch'els.) The battalion formed near his own
restdeneee-that commanded by Sir C. Shakerley—he had _ ,
credit to the battalion in which it hadmee t.ivred that day. .
For the comfort of .voluntez `:- corps, who
Farm three sided square, two deep, on four -.centre
companies • • -
The "line" may look to their laurels, or the volunteers' - regretted that they were nate •able to•werk together Lit.
. . battalions, he might say that all that was necessary w.:•••
• • ' learnt as a company. Military • neea -- eonsidered thi--
ebripany as the unit of. the British . ' - - '' '
It/0Y t -.esitcl if-.;t A'ras
' will Plat them to the blush.. „That men.whe have led the • -oerly tho'reaghly gaoneded• In itseeltill;-it:Zien.d talte its
.peaceful life of merchants and tradesmen should so soots plate either in ae battalion, btigacie;-Tor division' with-
I
have attained to the proficiency shown.bythevoluateers in
the Birkenhead Park on Saturday, almost surpassetone's out the slightest fear of .making a Mistake.- The Qtly
person who had to -learn something new was the cap-
.
comprehension. No volunteers in tha world could have
tain . The company had only to obey. the .word of tom
excelled in paint of appearance and milita •
mend to work perfectly with any lai•gibody. He cemplis
w bearingethe• mented Captain 'Brooke* ..company, and its efficient
ten companies specified above. Lancashire and Cheshire perforniance in the battalion, which was - extremely.
hail good reason to be proud of their patriotic. volunteers. enoouraging. There 'might, be large towns where it would
'About halfepast five, a hollow square having been formed, dist
teraiey to brigade the volunteers, bat in scattered country
ets could be diffi_eult to accotnphsh.thet, Which
the presentation of a beautiful silver bugle (desigaed , was the most desirable because it 'giVe the *Mantee a
and manufactured hy the eminent house Elkington &' confidence tVheii. 'they Weic aecastomed to ratan
- -
Mason), the, gift of- Mrs. Brassey, to .the Ist Cheshire' in large bodies. - a-i; .?egrettecl. that ie had not'.hcen*
Rifle Volunteers • took, place. Amongst the gentlemen all offiCiitl .• lifsixatiaia .on able:rate-- 4.4eeltitsee :it wenede •
_. , , • , thin' have been ' his e lea-sant -ante, tiit' ello,tt to' the J
the
preseent Were T. D. Anderson, Esci.e-the Worshipful the
authorities the P • ,state' ' 're
.
very. efficient eofe e battalion
Mayor of Liverpool, John Laird, Eeq., Captain. -Lends, he •fled reviewed ; • but. if.-.WonaheFiii'.-iiisf--power •So
E.M..S.Majesdc, G. E. Horsfall, Esq., Seß..iloyd, Buie . write to the LoideLjeutenantaaavlaiela". of 'course; 'le William Field, Esq., T. M. Mackay, Esq.,,.Colonel should not ..fail to dead etell his lotdship he eyelid
Faulkner, &e., Bcc• ' -have been geatiteci-if helta-4 been able to.see..the way in
the volttiatiers -of his own county -were work•
Captain HARRISON, 'of the Ist Cheshire Artillery, which • ' .. .. - --"P -
those
of the • adjoining county. The . gallant
Volunteers,: introduced e
speaker concluded by giving the health of Captaiaa
Mrs. HARRION, Soho said—Captain Cadell, and . Cadell and Reynolds, and success to their .endeavourt. •
Volunteers of the let Cheshire Rifle Company, I have (Cheers.) . . •
been requested by the donor of the bugle now to, be Captain CADELL responded, and thanked the company
honour that had been oonfetred on • the First
for the. . , , .
presented to you, to act for her on this occasion, and to
- .Cheshire. The officers and men feltamost deeplv the
express the' great pleasure she feels in - thus testifying flattering terms in which Col. Wilbraham had elokeh.e
her interest in the volunteer- service, _ I deeply regret of them, but. they were conscious, of emanv and great- • :
that Mrs. ,Brassey has been unavoidably detained. in imperfections; but they wereanimated btatiii hope that'. '
Italy, and thus prevented from personally assuring you in a short time thorough ..ellicietiCy would ,' he achieVed,e... - ,
of her-..coimern in the proceedings of, this day. - She has and 'he was suro that one .of Ahie....oldeLsiineeea of.thae
strong eympathies with,
. r efficiency would be thenicl,-whichafte.v, thadim all ocoa,.
' Birkenhead, es the " place of ;.he
sisals received. (row theecifieeree of: he'rekillar army and
childhood, and nothing which tentletcYthe prosperity!°r: militia. -It • had been -his:privilege to be attachedfOr a
gratification of its inhabitants co: pace he indifferent to ehort.tititatp it7iii-'went._ Third' Ilteet York,
tiei.'l feet convinced that,- in-in with - all her and nothing could:-..9.74Prea fliekindneSs shoWn him eby
...
and. your friends,.•ehe . would, 4f have been. thq afEtcera oFatlie intereat: they evinoed in the enec,s
.
. ... .
ottheemovement • • - - , •
~
• .
' Imanner agreeably snrprieed and gratified hypo.4ktlfii
.
Catain' Revco:4l)e (Artillery) also returned thanks
in which you, and the. *ohinteer.•OrpS associated with and vide' there waseine thing &inflected with the Cheshire. . you, Lave perfortned the interesiing -manceuvres we volunteces which 'wee. es airily remarkable, namely,
have just witnessed. • Surprised; because without
.such . that usarly the whole of the companies were formed of
direct evidence it would hardly have been credited that artisans: It was a great thing to think •that; ,the classes
,- ,
f Society which had so frequently- been-antagonistic to
you had already attained .So much steadinesi and unity •
° Bch other -were now bound-together . -th cl . t ti ea
, in. e, . ObeS tea
of action ; and gratified, for Chid review indicates that, . o union. (Cheers,.)
you are really in earnest---that your work is net looked . _
..: Captain Brtootts, Chester, rernarked.that the perms- •
upon as mere amusement, but that in the event of. evure •Jiency, of the. movement depended entirely upon -the,
being unfortunately called upon to defend theashores -of volunteeee theineelves. There might boa a few who had .;
your country; you will not -be found wanting- in the ‘, - 'have:
uptstheir hearts to caletee . ,, .
.. 0
_.
- • - bii heart in it, and those who hailnot.ronA .oc weedfd:
•
qualities which characterise soldiers.' Permit me, -there- ; - chi ) .7•1t1t4 ' tthit •- de "th. •- -
.out. .( ers.- .• ,
~ en, ..wee.....orm, ~ e permanency:. -
in Mrs, Bressey's nanieeto present you with ,this.: bugle.,
, ~ of thainoVeinent ~,,,,sula be ,ensiirod.. -To ensure that,.
al a mark of her' appreciatiOns - of: von!, disinterested .;; .however, they mast • have :eflie*t •adjntanti .to each
zeal and patriotic spirit. We all tenet. that, its warning- "•I regimcateand sergeenfinFeisiis' Menet. be appointed to the
notes mayelever. he heard directing your anti against; j. differait-digtriefe, • (rlieers.. • -.- • e .
! . . Colonel WILTIRARA.W-.A permanent steffe• like • that o f
the invaders of your -country ; but, should it eVe be
.
.. •
thesmetit
~
las enla toe a smaller scale. .. • - • employed, wc feel convinced that' diinger;ediffiCtiltv, unit..
• -f -."' . • 'd alts --
of th
• -
.. , The' CHAIRMAN' then -propose - e .health, 0
death, will be cheerfully accepted..:. in - .electiting . the:. ' . -eraeoe of Chester. e(Clieers)- •••• ''.
. - ' ' e •
orders so conveyed, and that England may confide uPtiii-. •': :116-Meesost oe'Citeefren,-inretOrning thanks for-the
the fortitude and steady sense of duty of heriviunteers... toast, •:ellid the • displaV of -the, day was poefectionee.
Captain Centie, having reeci*cd -the. bugkl „said : ' .:_eiCcitt,-able. alike 10-,olEjeree and. Men. Referring to the
On. behalf, of the . ist --Cheshire -Rifle, Vieliiiiteers, I aspect of atflirS or the the
.Continente he said that, in spite
f he commerimaetreaty, the efforts to preserve Niece
have to return our most SinCere.thanks to. Mrs::Brasse7. with- one powerful and aggressive neighbour. must ultie
. .. . .
for the high honour she has this day conferred opon us. mately fail, and a dreadful strtiggle would he forced uponeis
We may well prize thia.bugle 'for its intrinSic .vaine and: ..(011).. He hoped that no false !economy would'‘bl
, .
beauty, but we ehall • prize it irunicaiurably . there On •-"
near
! perraitteci, to betray us into
.a false, security. . (
. hear.) • 'r he volunteers Must persevere in then effOrts,
account of the kind_feelings othieh dictated the -gift, -Reel •
. . - - --.. _ _se. _ ...._ --- - - ,because we not eenli er at peace, but as
the-flattering expressions of interest "ant-approver-Which. living: in a kind_of armed truce. We must depend more
have accompanied
_the presentation. •_ In Mrs. Brassey'ae than ever on our ironand wooden wills, on the, army and
absence, Which 'we ill so much deplore, I mast beg you, . militia, and last, but not'least,: en the.gloriouse-olunteer
Mrs. Harrison, to convey to her out deep sense of the, .1 forces. Of. this country. (Cheersey ~ . ;
-- 1 . Caption UADELL proposed " The Lancashire olunteer
dto assurethat •
honour
done us, an tier the Ist Cheshire. -
le ".• toastwhich, he said, ;worth;: f
.i , mite- a sate was o a honour.
• will always stave to prol7e tlieni selves worthy 0f..• ' I(Cheera) He
_rejoiced- at haviag- thee'hiiiimir Of ' . opating
it. The remembrance of -this day must ever lead : :the tOiat, becauk'Laneisbire was one of the firetcountiee
us to feel mots deeply at once the glorious prieilegee aside; in the kingdom:to .encourage the voltintcer movement,
-the solemn duties which attach to the position of British. I •anel when very feW of the people gave a thoughtsto'the
i movement, the men of Lancashire. wthe enrolling- them-
volunteers, enrolled for the, defence. of their Qeeen '
, ''dues in: the defence •of their country: He gave- the
and country. In• accepting as the gift
..of ' a Jade-, .i
, toast with pleasure. on :another ground,
.because they
so highly , esteemed as Mrs. Brassey, this bugle,- which _ 1 were such. near neighbours, and beentae he.felt sureehat
you have now. so gracefully, presented in the pre-- 1 the spirit of friendship and unanimity which et.ii?ted
sence of so many of our countrywomen, we cannot, between the volunteer corps of the- two counties evOld
long exist, • and that such.a. feeling should, exist aras
hat feel it as a proof and Only-one of, meey,' that they • ' ,.. -.,. s
..,
. ... essential to .ene.parmaneeee and essential to the effluence-
who-
admire all that is noble and good and true; have; .
's of raOveinent. (Cheere Th With ICI h•-•
• • e corpsw lc. e stamped with their approval the TlOlUnteer l'-'°'-'elilent ine a was immediately' connected'had beenhighlyhonoured by
this country. I would also most warmly thank our. ~, the presentation of that bugle and by the presence of so
brother volunteers who have
,honeueed us with their ',,: meny., of their brother officers, but he felt that that
..
a must look upon the union• of feeling and..
presence, an ,ofgreater importance than for the ureses
Occasion
.was
. ' of complutent-ehe hoped it was one which might he of
sympathy previding all this day as a e.aenestof that one
'
~, the kingdom. The gallant captain concluded ty.pro-
Engl4o. should occasion eveedemand their Cervices. To. .-; posing the• toast, coupling With
,it the naives of Major
Colonel Wilbraham; Major Archdall,andthe other ofse- t".l w alters and Captain ' Rousfield, who had .been of the
' ost tial service to the
eers-Of :the army and militia who': hove taken_ So warn_ `..: til ' esfafu -- 'ein a volunteretemotemene tee
kingdnn. • (Cheers.)
an' interest and occupied so prominent a position in the ~ . \ .. .
. Major WALTER eala it would be more consonant with
proceedings of this day, the volunteers owe a deep debt L
0 his feeling if Captain Bausfield, the older soldier, had
Ibeen the first to return thanks; but he yielded to that
order which governed all
.suoh matters, and took upon
himself to be the-first to address a few words to them
on behalf of the gentleman volnntseri of the sister county
._ _

Skirmishers retire, and form close columns of sections, and,
square, with axed bayonets; when N 0..: COMPity halts, and
as the other companies form in the square, they bayonete,
without word of command.