The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-08 00:00:00

MR. BROWNE,

(LATE 13RO1N* AND. TANNER),
;AUCTION.EER, VALUER;, &q.,
3, UNION-COURT, CASTLE-STREET. •

Airß. BROWNE begs to intimate that, besides the
tir k SALE•by AUCTION of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,
Cellars of WINES, &c.. he has for many years devoted much
study and attention to the FINE ARTS, OBJECTS of TASTE
and VERTU, and LITERARY PROPERTY, and can confidently
undertake the Sale thereof, his personal attention being paid
to the careful armngin g and catalo'gning sales of this description
with which he may be entrusted. •

R. BROWNE begs also to intimate .that he:
MAKES UP INVENTORIES and VALUATIONS of
f.:Ousehold Furniture; Collections of Pictures, Silver Plate,
Jewellery, Articles of Taste and Vertu, Libraries, and all
descriptions of Moveable Property, for Probate and Administra--
tion Duties or other purposes, with great promptitude and.
convenience to parties employing him, and on moderate terms•

Val, ti(

HER MAJESTY'S RECEPTION =OF
-.THE VOLUNTEERS:

From ail early hour yesterday morning 'St. 'James's
Palace was all alive with preparations for her Majesty';.:
reception of the officers of the various volunteer' Corps
through-Mika tountry ; for front-nearly all the 'counties'
in England, if not from all, gentlemen who have never
before been in a position to avail themselves of a pre-
sentation to the Queen have flocked into Lonclon yrithjn.
the last day or two, full of excitement on account of the'
honour about to be conferred' upon them.
Amongst the earliest arrivals- at the Palace were the
lord-lieutenants summoned to attend the court. They
-entered-the-palace-by the -Ambassador's-court, -and passed
at once to the entree room. Thtrawve present also his.
Royal Highnesi the Duke of Cambridge, the Cora-
mattder-in-Chief ; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert,
M.P., Secreiary for War ; the Earl 'de Grey and Ripon,
Under Secretary for War; and Viscount Combeiniete,
G.C.8., Constable of the,Tower. ,
Her Majesty the Queen, and his royal highneas the
Prince Consort,-habited-as Colonel and-Captain-General
of the Hon. Artillery Cdrdpaq, proceeded direct from
Buckinghath Palace to St. James's, accompanied byhis
roial Mal:lnes! the Prince of Wales, habited as a .Colonel
of the truiversity of Oxford Rifle Corps (to which, he
was last-week gazetted by his grace the Duke of Marl-
borough, the Lord-Lieutenant of the coanty), Lord
Alfred Paget, the Hon. A. Hardiuge, mit a brilliant'
retinue.

First in the order of those who arrived at the Palace
were the Artillery and EtlgineeT officers And Mounted
itiflep,, The Hon. Artillery Company; (INfiddlesex) with
theii forilliant scarlet uniform, with blue facings, were
amongst the earliest to testify their loyalty to their
Sovereign. The principal officers who presented them-
-selves were :=Majors J. G. Middleton and W. T. Robin-
son ; Captains Peter Morrison, ,J. Biden, W. Bokenham,
W. C. Jay, W. J. Jordan, W. H. Rough, E. Ititchen, F.
Reviere; Lieutenants A. S. Lewis, G. B: Potts, H. G.
Bowra, G. Retherdon, T. Phillips, and J. M. Harrison. The
offiCers of the Middlesex Engineer Volunteers, who were
presented, were headed_ by the captain Commandant,
Macleod, 'of Macleod. Arnongst othet dfAcers of the
artillery and engineers Who attended were Captain Sir
H. Tonkin, Brd Devonshire ;! Sir,'J. G. Baird, Bart.,,
Major Commandint of the Midlothian Coast Artillery
Volunteer Corps ; Captain Richard B. Clelano; 6th
Devonshire; Captain Gustavus Smith, 2nd Company ;
Captain S. C. Marsh, 9th Norfolk ; Captain J. Estridge
(lieutenant-colonel), 6th Sussex ; Captaiti, W. Gladdisb,
11th Kent; Captain L. S. Magiiils, 4th Kent; Captain
Fred. Hunter; Itith borsetsliire.

Next came the Officers ..of the viiii-ons rifle corps
according to priority of formation, as far as it was
possible to carry that arrangement out. _ .
First amongst those who arrived were. the, officers
of the various Middlesex regiments, comprising a
host of names holding various ranks of military dis
tinction. There *tette Lieutenant-Colenels the Dtike
of Wellington (Ist Battalion or ' ArictOria Rifle
Corps), Viscount Etanelagh (2nd or South Midcllesei
Battalion), Lord Radstock (9th or West Middlesei
Corps), the Hon. C. Lindsay (11th or St. George's
Corps), Lord Elcho, M.P. (15th or London Scottish),
the 'Earl Grosvenor (22nd or Queen's Rifles), Captains
Sir J. Harrington, J. Chichester Kiwi, Lord J. Hay,
Josiah Wilkinson? R. W. Grey, &c. Following close
upon thote gentlemen came the DeVimshire corps,
consisting of. Major-Commandant Sir Edmund Saun-
derson Prideaux, Bart. ; Captains W. Denis Moore,
L. Trelawney Clark, It. Kellish Valiance, and A.
C. Chichester. The Surrey Rifles had amongst
their officers Major-COffiniatidant J. Boucher, late
of the ath bragoon , Guards, Lieutenant Andrew
,Steuart, M.P., the Hon. W. J. Monson, 11. P. ,Sir I.
Fletcher, -Bart., Sir C. T. Bright, Captain M. "tetrad,
Colonel i.. Oliphant... The Lancashire officers con-
' sisted of, amongst others, Captain Cornniandant Glad-
stone, Major 'Frank Ashton, and R. Horstall. ;The
Northamptonshire corps was one of the earliest Srdlich-
followed. lts captain, the Earl Spencer, liaded the
troop, and it was immediately followed by the second,
or Towcester companies, headed by Captain the
Earl of Pomfret, and Lieutenant J. Wardlaw, late
captain of the Xing's Own Militia. .11he officers of-the
Staffordshire corps Were headed by Captain H. Elwell,
and Lieutenant Sir F. E. Scott, Bart.; the City of
Edinburgh. by. the Lord Provost, Lieutenant-Colonel
James Moncrieff (Lord Advocate); Major Pavidsda,
Captain E. Strathern, 3. A. Macrae, S. Anstruther,
and the Hon. B. F. Primrose ; the Berkshire, by
Captains Sir Claudius J. P. Hunter, Bart., the .Hon.
A. Ruthven, and Lieutenant Charles • Stevens ; the
.Buckinghamshire, by Lieutenant G. H....Vansittart; .the
Lanarkshire, by Sir: A. J. Campbell, Bart. ; the
Pembrokeshire, by the Hon. R. F. 43-roille ; the gtts-
sex, ley Captain IL Monson; late Lieutenant-Colonel
of --tlw Scots Fusilier Guards; the Norfolk (sth) by
Sir Henry Willoughby Jones, Bart. These were
followed rapidly by the Bent (Major Edward 'Sdott)
Glamorganshire (Hon. C. R. 111: Talbot. 'M.P.) ;
the. Cinque "Ports- (the Hon. George Waidegrave,
and Mr. W. A. Mackinnon, M.P.) ; the Mompouth-
shire (the Hon. C F. Morgani Sir G. F. It. Walker,
and Captain lialdwyn) ' • Cornwall (Captain 'George
Borlase Tremenheere) ; Ross-shires (Sir .j. .7.11 V Mac-
kenzie, Baronet) ; Warwickshire f(the Hon/ Charles
Grantham Scott, late colonel of the Scots Fusilier Guards) ;
Captain Charles Ratcliffe, Ratcliffe Volunteers ; .flen-
bighshire (Sir, W. Wynn, Bart,. M.P.) ; Hetfordshire
(the
Cowper; and the Hon:' V: Coviper),7;i.Bergivick
(the Hon. A. P. Cathcart) ; Sutherland (the Marqdis of
Stafford) ; Isle of Wight (Sir J. Lees, Bart., Lieutenant
C.C. Clifford; M.P., and Sir J. Simeon, Bart.);,'Forres
(Sir 'A. I. G. Cumming, Bart.), and, many other
regiments.

At twelve o'clock "the various green Uniforms" were
to have met in the open space between the 'United Ser,
vice and the Athenasum clubs, in Pail,mall, whence
they *ere to proceed in marching order to the Palace.
The brass band of the St: George's Corps o:Tolanteers
was in attendan,;e; but the gentlerned themselves, not
yet. being accustomed in their military capacity to the
rigours of a Cold day in London, titeNtred reaching the
Palace by warnier nieatik t .4
'the scene, taken as a whole, was ,oriel 4f, tl e. most
brilliant which has been witnessed for matty'ye'ars past.

ROYAL VOLUNTEER BALL FAST NIGHT.

,The exchange of vouchers went on briskly on ,
ed T,ues-
day, and during tho afternoon. the vicinity of the Floral

Mtll was crow with d stlecessimi of carriages briqing
members of the aristocracy to view the: preparations.
The highest satisfabtion was expressed on all sides at
the completeness of the arrangements made for the
convenience of visitors ; and, by general acknowledg-
ment, it is admitted that the great numbers did not
occasion the slightest inconvenience to the company
present, owing to the immense amount of accommoda-
tion afforded by the Floral Hall and the adjoining
.Opera House, and the facilities which existed for passing
from one building into the other. " '
The hall opened at half-past nine, and dancing corn-
.
meneed at ten o'clock.

CoNF.bi.E.tw OF OttitOf3tEN.—On Monday evening
an inflnentials Meeting of clergymen and superintendents
Of :Sunday-schools was held at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-
street, Blaeldriars, for the purpose of considering the
present position of the Sunda -school systein in con-
nection with the Church of England, and to .provide
means for promotinTg
he its eciency.eferred to The Bishop
of
London presided. chaiffirman
importance of the Stinday-schoo, refer
It had
faults in the present Sunply_
consideiedthere were many _given a -great itnpuise to, the causeo of religion. Re
f Sund school.
endeavour to improve the system ,
o tenderay-
fourteen,m the object of the meeting was to
escahsioleyl, system,
.and.
training. Sunday-school children of a age
,were
ansiaxgteede;n
,b but
dwh
seventeen
nttheeeyi,
were d to
difficultex
many temptations, and were fowl . very to
atrrhiedyvel at - the ages of
mana
completely forgot the religious instruction Lev
received
b
~e;•and thousands of them at a more advanced age
in their youth, and formed part of the great un:Christian
community. It was, therefore, 'necessary to think of
some plan to prevent Sunday-schOol children .of an
Advanced age . from slipping through
the .hands of
clergymen and relapsing into a state of ignorance. The
Meeting was then addressed by other speakers, by whoin
several practical suggestions were thrown out. 2& code
of rules for the guidance of teachers having been, agreed
upon, the proCeedinas closed 'with a vote of thanks to
,0 .
'the 'ehaivna/4, ' •
. - .

EXTRACTED FRO4I THE "GAZETTE" OF FRIDAY,
• IS.IIIAItCH; 1660.. , „.
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- ()TICE is 'llerehy Gitrerii that the'-iiARTNER•i
slifP heretofore srilisliffrig-bef7c'een us, the iiiideiSigned
iton Robert Taal' and. .Witeeler Preaton;.iinder th
firni of " Richard W. Pfeston and Ccinipanf," as Wine and
Spirit Brtikers and gerAlatits,i at Litqrpool, is This Day
DISSOLVED by mutual consent.
Dated this .29th day of February. 1860.
• . • t • - E - ' CHARLTON R. HALL.
&aril :. , • r . '•S 1 "., .... , , , ~.-::110BERT W. PRLSION.