The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-29 00:00:00

BRITISH SHIPPING.

A return \Nas mane yesterday of the iiiimber and tan=
nage or British registered- vessels employed, solely as
foreign,groing ships, in the yearsoss, 1856, 1857, 1858,
and'lBs9, and the number of men employed. In 1858
the number of such sailing; vessels was 7,999, their ton-
nage 3,029,226 tons, and the number of Men they
employed 109,090; while the number of steam vessels
'was tortnag-e 257;861f and the numberof their
men i 7011.. Trite—tfnt yelr; 1669' tlic—ntlllberiA
Had diminished slightly, Athii6 the stt,thilers
employed had increased t 0.462, their.tonnage to 277,527„
and theiF, nieti to 18;719. In 1859, 374 steamers were:,
registered as soldl hOm6-trade ships, and 59 as partly
honie-trade and partly as fdteigii=ginng ships.

ROYAL VISIT To 'II,IE cLOTAIVORKERS
tOIViPANI2

A banquet on a grandicale, at which his Royal High-.
ness the Prince-Consort was guest,--en Tuesday evening,
was given by the' MaSter and Court of A'sikanti 'of this I
con-Taut; The_ inauguration ,of ,their: new -hall :in
Mincing,-larte fitrnished the occasion_of this festival by
Which ItF.! ))carnet in the annals rf avid liCs"pitality was
dtltllti t 1 C;1;
The Maoer.and Court of Assistants of,this„aneint,
company, .• whose charter of incorporation date'3' es•far
back Is the of Heri!lV., assembled'on Tuesday
evening to dispense noral :lliahness'llre .Princo-
Consort and about 150 other guBSts that ti,-vigfOf of
which by no means for the first time Royalty has partaken.
A guard of honour, consisting of-a captain, a dieutenant,
and, 00 rank and flier of the Hon: Artillery Company,
df whioi the Prince is, Captain-C-O*A, 4itcf Colo nel
'Were dtaivri iiP.oritgde tlfe hilikling to rtWalt'liia coming
and lined the corridor through which he had to Pass•
'His RoCal Higlinsi arrived shortly before 7 o'clook. '
The Master (Mr.' C: 'J: Bloaam), accompanied by the
wardens' of the company, reacivqd him at the portal.
Thence he Was conducted through-the entrance-halls
tvh±eh tea= a.tbiriited with lio,We,±:'
with lights—to the reeeptton-tooth, where lie 16s pie- I
qented with the freedom, of the-Livery, and one name
more
..Was
,added to the list of Royal Clothworkers.
This ceremony having been concluded,- his Royal
highness procec4 to the tringeting•hall,, *hare a
rhinieroiis edmott4.3, its
,cited big arrival: Anioni.., those
present were the Belgian Yini.,fet; M. van de
Weyer;
,t,4 Duke. ,of Somerset, the Martinis of
Salisbuiy,..Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Romney, Lord
Stanley, Lord Chelni-sf)rd, Sir S. Wood, General
Peel, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. M. GibsiOn, Mr. Kinnaird, Nra
Wyld, M. P.,, ?Alderman qabitt,,, Romilly,
'Sir V. Pollock, mid Mt. Justice Willis. The hall, which
*aB tastefully decorated with flowers thid gay,With flags,
present.ed ari apPearUne.e...ai once. tiri lat and.fresh: 'the
• band of the Hon. Artillery derripatiY, Perferiiieef &Meg
dinner. The Master :occupied the chair. On his right
hand sat. his 40yal Highness the PrinCe• Consort. Of
the banquet itself ail that need be said is that it was
iit,orthy of the dompilly, the locality, and its traditions.
Duriti its Ootftintiatie, ,:uiPetiv of music, under the
direction of Mr. Lockey, was perfornieri. of
ladieS, who assembled in considerablernimlms in the gal-
lery at-the-south-mid of the .hall,.also added iu no small
degree to the attractions of the festival. On the removal
Of the Cloth the usual lcyal. 650 were proposed. These
having been dui3; fiJ,li6-Yed; t'.llo " nen/th of the Prince
Consort " was given, who, in responding to flat Wad,
congratulated the company of tohicli he had just become
ii Member on the success which the bad achieved.
Then followed. thnhealth of " the-Army and Navy," to
which Getil Peel and the Duke of Somerset responded ;
'ail
ch flit M
those of „Houses
" the'cinses of Peers and Comnions," for
arcntig. of Elalisbttry and Mr. Disraeli
respectively retufned thanks: The toasts, of " Her
Majesty's Ministers" and Prosperity- to India'? tql-
lowed, and Were' responded to by Mr. M. Gibson and
Sir C. Wood.,i The -proceedings of the eyeningt closed
with the toast of " the ...Vroliiq,ct," which was proposed
by his RO'sal Highness the Prince Consort, and for
which thanks were• returned, amid cheers,. by
Angell himself; .