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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-03 00:00:00

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returned to England, where he expected to enjoy his
honours and estates with comfort and tranquillity but
his long absence having caused a division of part of the
estates into other hands, it was riot till after a 19ng,
tedious, and expensive process that he regained his
possessions. At an advanced period of life, he retired to
a house which, he had built on the banks of the river
Dee, near Chester,- where he died cn the 29th of
tSptertiber, 16,42, • and from thence Was conveyed to
He , was ii4Ceededi
.by Ist r 11,
Lord Stanley and Strange, who had in
'the House .of Peers several Parliaments
.wlien; his
father sat there-as Earl of Derhy.. It. was in the Earl's
time that the• house of Latham was besieged by ,the
,Parliament forces,,when a gallant resistance was made
by
.his 'Countess, then-left, governess,-.during her, hus-
band's stay, at the ale of, Man. The enemy, under the
0%11104 nfriSir,„TAernas ',Fairfax, ,being 41vanced
Sent, on the !lgth of tebrtary,.ltit4, te deAre
'a friendly' conference With the _Countess, to which she
consented; having in the meantime ordered all her sol-
-- diers to be nlaced in good order, that they might appear
-•-
Numerous and well disciplinen,_ __ • ' •
. Sir Thomas Fairfax, and the' gentlemed With nun,-
Mere received by the Countess with the greatest civility;
-'611611, after a shit they Warted her that they
were,cemniande,d. by the PiFliament Le. tedee.: tiicA house
to, their.ohedience, and were commissioned; to oter her
an honourable and tare remove, with her children, ser-
vants, and goods, (arms'' and' cannon excepted,}' to the
hens° at Knowsley; and'that 'she shohld enjoy ' one
-Moiety of her Lord's estates in England for the.eintpert
df 'herself and; :Children. ' ' The' 'COnntess. returned !for
. 'Ens we!--That'Shei ' teft tb ere fund dr tralSt
ci leYidiy and faith to her husband, the Other.
of. allegiance and duty to her • sovereign ; that, until
she had obtained their consent, she would not yield
and after several stratagems a siege was resolved upon
by Sir Thomas Fairfax and his officers, after the expira-
tion of fourteen days, during which time it-had-been
stated that her provisions would last., a demand was
sent that She should surrender, the answer to which she
returned was,—That as she -had not lost her regard for
the Church, nor her allegiance to her Prince, nor her
faith to bet- Leta; ,she could not ,give op that house.
The enemy having fourindliths before iiodse,
iri which tpiie (by,,the
,Ccirifessien Of PiisOneis,taked.in
the different Lilies) they had lost above twO.thonSaiid
Men, Rigby sent a summons to the CountesS, requiring
that she would forthwith deliver up-the- house to the
service of the Parliathent, Or expect the utmost severity
of war. To which she returned the following answer
" Tell that insolent rebel, Rigby, that if he presumes
to send any other summons to this place, I will hang up
the messenger at the gates."
Then occurred the siege of Latham-house, by Prince
Rupert,- and his attack atpon?Liverpool, which tiltittiately
OndedimAlie defeat of the Friaee; but, eventually, the
then Earl of Derby was taken prisoner, and he was
tried by court martial at Chester, where he was a pri-
Soner. The followingis a list of the judges appointed
for that purpose :---;Major Mytton ; Robert Duckenfield,
Henry Bradshaw,
_Thomas •Croxton, and George Twis-
tleton. Colonels; 'Henry, Birkenhead, Simon Finch,
and Alexander. Newton, Lieutenant-Colonels; James
Stoford, Samuel Smith, John Downes, John Delves,
John Griffith, Thomas Portington, Edward Alcock,
Ralph Powell, Richard Grantham, Ed4ard Stolfax; and
Vincent, Corbet, Captains; Mackworth, of Shrewsbary,
being president. He Was neither allowed counsel nor
books in Court for his assistance • vet., lidtWithStalteling,
he set tip,a• molt able defence,. ate that the
quarter for iife hini by Captain' Edge was a suffi-
cierit bar to a trial for life by a court-martial ; and that
it Was Maxim in war, that quarter given by the
'Mealiest •soldier (unless forbidden) obliges as far as if
the General had done it himself. His defence was over-
filled by the bench, - and he was sentenced to be exe-
cuted, which was carried into effect. • _ _ _

This nobleman was the seventh Earl of Derby ; and
by his marriage to Charlotte, daughter to the Duke de
Tremouille and Trovers, by Charlotte, daughter to the
renowned William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, he stood
allied to the kings of France, dukes of Anion, kings of
Naples and Sicily, archdukes of Austria, kings of Spain,
earls and dukes of Savoy, dukes of Milan, and to most
of the sovereign princes of Europe. lie left three sous
and three daughters ; Charles, the eldest, succeeded him ;
Edward and William both died young and unmarried.

Charles, eighth earl, was appointed Lord Lieutenant
of Lancashire at the Restoration ; and by Doretha
Helena, daughter of the Baron of NV, in Holland,, he
left at his 'death, in 1672, a sea and successor.
William Richard George, ninth earl, .married Eliza-
beth Butler, delight& of the Earl of Ossory, and died in
1702 without link issue, when the earldom passed to his
brother.
darnels, tenth earl, served in. the convention Parlia-
ment for 1688-9; married the daughter of Sir William
Morley, -K.8., of Halnaker ; but, dying without male
issue in 1735, the possession of the Isle of Man, with
the Barony of Strange, created in 1627, devolved upon
the Duke of Athol, and the Earldom of Derby'reverted
to Sir Edward Stanley, Baronet., of Bickerstaffe.
The eleventh earl, who married the only daughter or
Robert lesketh,,t sq., of Rufford, and, dying 'in 1676,
was saceeee:ded by his grandson,
flward, twelfth earl, who married Elizabeth, daughter
of Cames, sixth Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, by
'Whom, at his death in 1834, he left a eon,
The thirteenth Earl of Derby was Edward Smith
Stanley, who, in 1798, married his cousin, Charlotte
Margarette, ssalifid daughter of the Rev. Geoffrey
Hornby, by whom he had with other issue
THE PRESENT EARL OF DERBY,
who was born in 1799, at KnoWsley Park. ,Having
been educated at Eton aid' at Christ Church, Oxford,
Mr. Stanley, in 1821, became a member of the House
of Commons, in which, for the next twenty years, he
enacted a most conspicuous part. He seems tcehave
been in no haste to trespass on the attention of. the illus
trious assembly; but when he broke silence in 1824, his
maiden speech, though on a matter of mere local interest,
elicited a high eulogium from Sir J. Mackintosh; and
in the course of the same session his second oratorical
effort, on the subject of the Irish Church, exhibited the
readiness, aptitude, and ability of an experienced debater.
Mr. Macaulay remarked, that Mr. Stanley's knowledge
of the science of parliamentary defence resembled an
instinct, and that it would be difficult to name any other
debater who has not made himself a master of his art at
the expensenf his audience. Daring the brief Canning
and Goderich alministrations MrfStanley, as Under-
Secretary for the Colonies, was initiated into official
Mysteries, and on the, formation of Lord Grey's Govan-
Meat he was nominated to the then arduous'' post of
Chief Secretary for Ireland. But although the young
nobleman's political views were of the mast popular
Colour, the constituency of Preston preferred the claims
of Henry Hint; and the heir of one of the few houses
among our titled aristocracy whose, lineage can, without
mockery, .be called patrician, received a wholesome.
lesson in having to make way for a demagogue of the.
hour. However, Mr: Stanley found his' way into the
political arena through the borough of Windsor, and
and was ere long engaged in those single-handed con-
flicts with O'Connell and Sheil which for years excited
Parliament and alarmed the country. While the Reform
Bill was under discussion in 1832, his singular genius
for debate was often exercised With 'effect in defence of
its provisions; and about the same time he carried the
measure for National Education in Ireland. It was,
however,. during the session of 1833 that Mr. Stanley's
ability was most cottpicuous, and his voice most potent
in the battle of debate. At the opening of Parliament
lie overpowered the Irish Repeaters by 'his vehement
invective ; and, combining- the pride of patrician blood
with the pride of intellectual prowess, it would indeed
have been something novel in human nature if he had
not manifested a degree of scorn for his adversaries.
This tendency soon raised up a host of foes eager to
annoy him; but he neither asked nor gave quarter. The
complaint pf hauteur became so frequent that the leader.
of theippposition came to the rescue. "I have often,"
said 3.ltr R. Peel, " heard the right honourable gentle-
man taunted with his aristocratical bearing and demean-
our. I rather think I should hear fewer complaints on
that score if he were a less powerful opponent in
debate." This year Mr. Stanley carried the Church
Temporalities Bill, and the measure for emancipating
the West India slaies ; having for the latter purpose
-become Colonial Secretary and a member of the Cabinet.
But in 1834, alarmed at the ministerial project of still
further reducing the Irish Church gatablishment, Lord
'Stanley withdrew from office, carrying' Sir J. graham,
Lord Ripon, and the Duke of Richmond in his train.
He declined to take part in the administration fornied
by Sir R. Peel on Lord Grey's resignation ; but, after
acting in concert with the Conservative opposition for
seven years, he accepted the seals of the Colonial Office
in 1841, and occupied that post for more than four years,
in the course of which he was removed to the House of
Peers. But at the close of .1845, when Sir E. Peel
arrived at the resolution of abandoning the cause of
Protection, Lord Stanley, rather than desert his expressed
'opinions, retired from the Cabinet, and next year, though
wifh seeming reluctance, appeared as head of the Pro-
tectionist opposition, for which the industry of Lord
George Beritinck and the genieS of Mr. Disraeli gradu-
ally secured public recognition. Their struggle, if
Power was the object in view, at first appeared hope-
esess ; but at length, in 1851, the resignation of
.Lnrd J.
-ilussell brought the ConServatives to the very ghtes of
Downing-street; and after the Whigs had retained their
Offices for a year longer, in February, 1852, the Conser-
vative chief, who meanwhile had succeeded his father as
fourteenth Earl of Derby, accepted the responsibilities
of office, and constructed a Cabinet. His colleagues
certainly made the best use of their brief term of power;
I'aving, besides other achievements, carried measures of .
Chancery Reform, passed *the M i lit i a and formed
with the Emperor of the French that alliance which
circumstances subsequently rendered so popular. But
after the general election, Lord Derb, in. deference .to
that vote of the House of Commons hostile to the
flaneial schemes of the Chanceller of the Exchequer,
promptly
tendered to her Majesty the resignation of his
Cabinet, and resumed his former functions as leader of
OppositiOn. On ,the fall of the Coalition in 1855
the earl declined to undertake the duties of Government,
°a the ground that the only ministry he could'.have
fc'rtned-would have been dependent for existence on the
forbeaiance of foes. 'When the death of the Duke, of
Wellington took place in 1852; Lord Derby ,was elected
he of the University of Oxford. Since then
e for a short time occupied the high position of Prime
'Laster of England. ..

THE FUTURE EARL OF DERBY.
Of the sou of the present Earl, who at tha present
litnie occupies the distinguished post of President of the
-naja Board, .we have only to quote the same authority,
Men of the Time," and say :
lite is the eldest son of the Earl of Derby, and
~s born at Knowsley in the year 1826. Having been
e'leated at Rugby, and at Trinity College, Cambridge,
vb.ere he was first class in classics in 1848, besides taking
imathemitical honourS and gaining a declamation and
;iler prizes, the heir of the house of Derby unsuccess-
,,l„lll! Contested the borough of Lancaster in the eventful
spring Of 1848. It has been said that to be the son of
;,great man is to ,be born in the purple; and ,Lord
arja„nleY, when his political career opened, had that
antage ; for his father was the leader of a powerful
tarliamentary oppositiOn, with the prospect of, ere long,
gurit.ig as Prime Minister of England. But the young
Ratrician, far from seeking to avail himself unfairly of
pthe accident of birth, soon proved that he was One
osie men who, "if left poor and friendless on Salisim,iy
.(11, would, nevertheless, have found his way to fame
and
riches." Instead of dashingc, into fashionaWlit4
exhaustinglike e his energies in effeminate indulgeni*
big any of his age and station, ho fare4,lfortb,i
himselfZ; had done twenty-four years earlier, to make
state
of acquainte, b personal observation, with thi
on „_ e 0 affairs in Cany ada, and in the great Republi
in '1; o
other side of the Atlantic. During his, absence
America he had the flattering, flistinttien Or,b6i.tig
Actid'l,o
jiam„„„ Bentinek's successor as member_ of: par-
-mu rot the b
.prougq of and

tour in the West Indies, returned td England, lie
delivered, in the House of Commons, _during the
summer .of 1850, a speech :on: the subject of the
Sugar Colonies, which was highly praised by Lord
Palmerston and Mr. Gladstone. Lord Stanley, with
a laudable anxiety to prepare himself by study and travel
for the work of the state and the warfare of the senate,
next paid a visit to the East. and was still in India when
nominated, in March, 1852,- Under-Secretary of State
fdr Foreign A4aits in the Derby Ministry, At the
• genes 21 election h 9 4as dgaia fetnfned Meniber for Lynn ;
and
.11), :the spring ofi..lN'3„4Ving rriertinie resigned
witli 1;4 party; he siihniitted to the House Of Commons
a motion.. which, bad for its ultimate Object a More COlll-
plete reform of Indian affairs; than that conterniplated by
the Coalition Cabinet. It is
,chiefly, however,. as "a
social Reformci*" and.to his, indefatigable: ex,ertions out
of panliantent the intellectual improvement of the,
groat body
,Of the ~people, that:Lord Stanley.owes, the
public &rear which he now eafjpys, and the reputation
of being by far the ablest and most trtcl igent. scion. of
aristocrasy who has entered public life since the passing
of the Reform Bill. His conduct in this respect has,
indeed, been admirable. He has shown that, he has Cou-
'l- - truth, and the resolution to act on what
rage to face 1t... _ „
nonmetent to form an
be believes to be such ; and tew ' -
no.matter what may be their politieat
der., tliJt toiti,st pursed{ the leading put-
! taken, and the ict. I:Ofcl Strudel, in tegatd
to the encouragement of nteclianics'Astliiiies„the
blishm Cnt of public libraries, and the promgtion of popular
education, h'ave•well,entitled him. to the gratitude of his
couritri. Facts; indeed, speak• Tor themselves: • When,
1it•185.5 death! ofiSitiW. I.lolestfrorth created; a
vacancy in the Colonial Dffi9e„. Loid.tPahnoiston,:fsen-
'Bible of lend Stanley's talentd and, Popularity, fiffoed
the seals of that departinent to the indfistriouS and pro-
. mising young a -bleman ; but the latter, although under-
stood to be ambitious of serving his country as a minister
of the Crown, remained true to his party, and declined
the tempting bait: " The offer of the ColOnies to
Stanley," says the Illustrated Tunes, " was honourable
to Lord Palmerston and Lord Stanley both. It was a
recognition, on the Premier's part, of Lord Stanley's
known talents,_ and of another of his qualities, still rarer
mina his ,stlidions, devotion to statesmanship as
thol3iisinesi OthiS life. ,It ti,as heed,sd hitig the fashion
to rite e,4ll;tiiiiii, here by the ParlianiOntary Ataiid4frd
Drily, ;that statesmansliiP PrOper Scareely
have debates in Plenty, but no Aletteinichs nor Phe-Ster:.
„fields ; while ,of the ,earlier and,higher clasi of philo-
Sophie statesmen—men who studied history,., and at the
same time their awn. age as part of history,--a specimen
is, as . raxe , as., the capercailzie,. is .in, Scotland. rWithout
the, pedantry of .a doctrinaire, .Lord Stanley.
.has .the
speculative seriousness dr t student, And unites, 14.;ith
that a most attentive observation of the living time--
without which no man can be worth a straw as a prac-
tical politician. It is an unquestionable honour to him
to have been so selected by a veteran judge of men like
Lord Palmerston, whose forte is probably his knowledge
of mankind." .

Thus we conclude a history of the Knowsley estate
and the Stanley family, and proceed to give a detailed
description of THE REVIEW OP THE VOLTJNTEERS.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE REVIEW.

No sooner had the day been fixed--for the review
to take place, than every. Volunteer, company went to
*ork in good cattiest, to tender themselves as efficient
as possible the day. They have ‘liith :teal and
ardodr attended to theit drill 4 they have been on ptirade
at "the dawn of day .rind at "the cldse of eye." No
exertions have been spared .by eitfier Officers (*alien to
make themselves "their country's boast and pride." arid
from their soldier-like appearance in the park at Knows-
ley, the manner in which' they performed their evolu-
tions upon that auspicious occasion, it may truly be
said they have fully achieved the wish that has urged
them on; and while they have one and all reflected such
a vast amount of credit upon their commanding officers,
they have, by their own perseverance, industry, and in-
defatigability, most nobly distinguishei themselves and
are at once tat horionr not alinie to the Cotitit,i Of Lan-
caster, but to the kirigclottl at largei and, With itiCh Well-
disciplined troops at hence, " Old Engiatid may tong bid
defiance to the World." _

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THE TOWN IN THE FORENOON.
, The nieining preserited a lair appearince, arid con-
tinned So rip to about twelve o'clock, When the, clouds
lowered; and a very heavy shower of rain fehoried.
Rain continued to fall .at intervals up to about half-past
one ; but this did not, seem to have any effect upon the
general enthusiasm which prevailed. The great leading
streets Which divergefrom the Exchange, and Which are
usually very thronged with people, were much crowded
at an early hour, and the scene about the Exchange and

DALE-STREET
was.animated and exciting. Every sort of Yehicle that
could be procnred for ‘!. love Or nieney''---,aboth powerful
influences u their-'Way--were lei re4nisition,: find as
eatly•at nine o'clock- we sa* Ad less titan three large
ornibnses, crowded in and outside with females only,
_dash aleng tOWarcii the place of attraction. Spring carts
and gigs, whitechapels and • shandreys, wagonets and
hansoms, donkey carts and lorrevs, poured out from all
quarters, plethoric with liftman freight;' and if we had
just gone into a strange town and witnessed mich a scene,
without knowing the cense, we nio-st assiiredlY would
conclude that chaos had come again. The people, how-
ever, did not look like latatics---there was joy depicted
in their faceS. for some great event.was about to happen,
some wonderful sight to be seen, and they were going to
behold it. Business and traffic of all sorts (except in
public houses) , seemed, as if by a pre-concerted plan, to
Cease, and about one, o'clock aldlthe shops in

CASTLE, CHURCH, LORD, AND BOLD.,

STREETS
and other great leading thoroughfares were shut up
almost like magic. It was rather ludicrous, cerfainly,
to witness the porters, rushing in all directions,. with
shatters, bolts, bars, locks, and other implements of shop
fronts, and securing the windows and doors. - In the
evening such operations are natural enough. but in the
middle of a business day it had an extremely odd effect
which was heightened in the mind's 6St *hen one came
to think it was Saturday too. The scene generally
through the tovvit--the people sweeping out in all direc-
tions,—the excitement,—the closing of the shops, &c.,
put one in mind—now as an invasion is so currently
spoken of—that the enemy had landed at the large
stage, and were in full march anon the town. The
bustle lasted till nearly two o'clock ; and as after a.storm
followeth a calm, the transit, in this instance, Was re-
markable ; for about that time the streets were literally
deserted, and only a few pedestrians might be seen here
and there, pursuing the noiseless tenor of their way, in
wilderness of the thoroughfares. Vehicles had all
vanished; omnibuses had departed from their regular
routes—even the very dogs, that run about the streets,
despite the exciseman's eye, had departed—such was the
magnetism of Knowsley on the memorable first of Sep-
tember, a day that will stand in the chronicles of England
when all who participated in the operations shall have
mingled their dust with that earth from which it was
extracted. Unlifelike as the streets looked, there was a
variety of flags, banners, and ensigns displayed from the
houses in Church-street, Lord-street, Dale-street, Lime-
street; Bold-street, London-road, and many other places.
The public buildings, too, had: their flags out, and the
royal standard was raised' in the Town-hall. Numbers
of the ships in •
THE DOCKS
had out all their gayest bunting in konour of the occasion,
but the business had all but ceased, and itmaybe said with
truth that Liverpool had left town for the nonce. There
seemed to be a sort of infectious excitement amongst
all classes of our citizens, and hardly anything was heard
except " out to the review,—ceme on for Knowsley."
Men, women, and children—old, young, and of every
age—scrambling along in all directions towards the
Derby mansion. Exciteable people as we Liverpudlians
are, we believe that the mysterious personage "the oldest
inhabitant" never saw such an ovation as that of Satin.-
day, which added so much to the aforesaid feeling.
Having given thus a general outline of the' streets, we
come now to a place which became the centre of a d
tttrabcat-
tion for several hundred thousands of people, an
was

•
LIME-STREET STATION.
The most extraordinary scene we haVe ever witnessed,
or perhaps that any one alive will ever witness again,
was beheld on Saturday, at the Lime-street station. Any
one who would have wished to see confusion ten million of
times confounded, had only to place himself on the plat-
form at the Lime-street station on Saturday, and remain
there from before one o'clock until four in the afternoon,
and in this interval he would have witnessed a million
times more confusion than ever could have been at Babel,
or any place else, ancient or modern. On ordinary, or •
even on extraordinary occasions, we flatter ourselves that
we could convey to the reader-an idea of what we looked
uPoti ; but ve find that our powers„ however graphic,
would fail to depict even a centuple . of what took place
under-the canopy that shuts out daylight from the Lime-
street platform. We may mention some of the ingre-
dients that composed the most astounding agglomeration
that ever was heard or witnessed in the "good old town."
Without attributing more than ordinary blame to the
Railway Company, we are of opinion that they might,
by even a slight exertion, have prev#nted a scene of the
most disgraceful (to call it by a mild name) character.
Th e
we re was an abandonment of all order, and the thou-
sands—nay,may say the tens of thousands—that
rushed headlong into the station, not only appeared, but,
in fact, did what they liked, taking possession of every
carriage on the different lines without the least inter-
ference of any official connected with the station. There
were three or four policemen, headed by Inspector
Kelsey, but their efforts were about as effective as a drop
of water in the ocean. In fact the officials, porters, and
others connected with the station, appeared to have
totally abandoned all their functions, and either
wilfully, or otherwise, given up all control of the man-
agement, leaving it entirely in the hands of a wildly
excited people. The whole affair, for nearly four
hours, was a disgrace to every one connected with the
-railway company,and we trust that the abominable
scene of Saturday will never be repeated. No language,
hriwever strong that we could use, would be sufficient to
convey the most remote idea of the disgraceful, immoral,
and dangerous scene that lasted for nearly four hours at
the station. We could particularise hundreds of inci-
dents of the most disgusting character, but we content
ourselves by. stating that the manner in which the
thousands were allowed—without difference of sex--to
'cram themselves inside and outside--•on the tops of the
carriages—was not only most disreputable, but highly
dangerous to life, and
we fear that we shall
have to record accidents of a serious, if not
of a fatal. nature. The slightest attention :or
effort on the part of the officials would have prevented
what we complain of. Instead of allowing several
thousands to rush into the station and take possession of
every carriage that hands could be laid on, some hundreds
might have been admitted, then' close the gates until
these were dispatched, and so OH, everything would have
gone on regularly. In place of this, or something to the
same effect, many thousands rushed in, and the scene which
tgifown . 0
m Tehne
and shouting u t g
lasted nearly all through, pauperises all efforts at descrip-
tcue shircsitnugonf
g, or ratherthemen,
thee shrieking
rioting
iit
and
children, the
--fbr it was only half
a degree removed from one con-
inuous tfight—of, some thousands of both sexes hustled
together, as they madly seized on the carriages, was all
rushytippling, and the wonder to those who looked on
Was -that many were not actually crushed to death
on t'fie instant. Wo are sorry to say it—but truth is a
strict master—that the conduct of the f • ale. portion of
thetrowd, and their number em
waslegion, was all but as
bad, as that of the men-; and for once, at least, the lat-
ter,seamed to forget their gallantry and attention to the
opposite sex—we regret we cannot prefix thesubstantive
" fair" to that sex on this occasion, at least it would not
be appliCable to their behaviour. They flung aside the-
mantle of delicacy, and dashed in
to or upon the car-
riages With the utmost recklessness. It was a fearful
thing to look at the carriages covered with, human

beings, piled like sacks of corn on a lorry, from three to
five deep, regardless of decency,, and to the imminent
danger of head.?, dncfpgs.. .411 this might have been
avoided by a little fOrethciight e4rtion it,the station.
But the only thing the officials seetned td cal'e about, was
the taking of cash; and having obtained that, they turned
the masses loose to batter each other, like d idt,of Mad
bulls ! Hundreds of voices, of the more thinking, Were
raised against the scene, but these:were only laughed
at thousands, who looked for some time, and beheld the
danger to which they would be exposed, prudently
retired; trusting that'they would see an account of the
scaridalods s6erie, properly danitnented on, in the news-
It is eXtremely painful to be ceitlpellecl to
speak tht{s,. eftlier,df the peoplle or the railtay servants,
who are e&t4lly chil and efficient;-but on this
occasion they seemed td haVe to 4 all cdolnesi and exer-
tion, and alloWed,the people td dd ' 'they pleaSed,; and
sorry.we are to say that the conduct of the eoinilace—
at least at, the station, was a draWback on` the eharaCht
of that memorable day. ,We, might , say , more, but
6eitainit pothing less than this,, contingent on, strict
inipartiality add veracity. So much for the town gene-
rally in the forenooii cf gaturday.
DEPARTURE OF THE TR,O SFR .
LIVERPOOL.

~utz! to the programme, the whole of the Volun-
teer fait§ (torn • this town the immediate district
Vrcieeecleci from the Btation, at two o'cloCk,
fcir
,11013y.5, 'Stith 66 c±c'epticti/ ,if the fourth battalion
of artillery, enninia4ed b'37;lipiot Vif,alteti Which marched
direct:from :the B'irch6ld, Bittle4i Ilia Valloirs edrps
at half-past one rendeißoitied,iri,the ImWediale ifeic-
bourhood of Edge,hill Church, and a, 4td 'e
primer of ,-lkake-lame. The muster, we tie4l.lridt
was, in point/of ;lumbers of?the,most formidable descrfp.,
thin ; and a crowd pir ;spectators lined 'the whole of
Wavertree-road, tqttiess' their; 4parture. The wea-
ther, unfortunately, which had Ude gottrightt..and genial 4
in the earlier part of the day, • gave *ay nE about
half past one o'clock, and heavy. showers fell oh=
tinuously from that period till after the troops
had entered the different railway carriages assigned
to them. The men, however, bore the pluvial..
torrent with perfect equanimity and good humour, but
it was a pity to see that not one had been provided with
his great edit. IttOw, as from all expariettoeidtiteslesuitree
to kiretie*, We
refie lidpe that oii Mitre doCtsitirlS the
nied *Mho Provided t);ltb
.ibispAcCe at least, df
artnOnr, which could be rolled upp and ndirled di a
knapsack, and would serve to make then-I log. the irlore
d 4 miliNirc.
Although there, Was, some little, and we believe un-
avoidable, t dele,Yr--thanks, to . the, .eicellent, arrange-
nierits of the railway and: the. active super,
vision eiercised Tricia( Bri,,ght; to whom
this department dr dtitt °Meta:lit assigned
embarkation into the railway 6d1'1116 was
effected safely, matly, and with despatch. Previous
to their arrival- at the station, the troops had been told
off by their officers- in sections of five files, and entered
the carriages, heads of sections right or left wheel, a;
the case might be, from the extreme right. To avoid
confusion, something like a use was played upon the
concourse of spectators assembled to witness the depar-
ture, and rightly so, for their conduct was of the most
disgraceful description. - Although a cordon of police
had been fornied at the entrance, the rougher portion of
the crowd) by leaping walls and -other devices, forced
their Way into the ordinittx passenger station, rdnning
oacivronsisivtef7e
alsin4llan.tds thyosfAeedirf cstiiiide4tsc.t otrtlodainligecnifirtoignithimeier
the troops were being quietly tiled iipOn the Platt orm
behind the station, on the rails,, •
in fro of 'which the
•nt
carriages were drawn up, and Where, Without interup-
tion, the embarkation was quietly effected. They left
Liverpool as fast as the necessary engagements could be
completed, somewhat wet, but, in the best of spirits.
THE JOURNEY TO HUYTON..

Having wandered about the station for several hours,
for the gratification of onr readers, and to furnish them
With ever, jr COnceivrible kind of. inforniation
.relating, to
the
,great e;;.eiit at 11noweley, we will now for the same
laudable jitii•POst, face the itifn and off to Huyton.
,
We said we " will ;" but the Mim,ed' df dieitatles.which
present. theniselves to frustrate our object oblige ug to
add "if. possible." The probability of our obtaining a
seat in any carriage, without dislocating some useful
Meniber,of the ;body, .is, under present circumstances,
extremely sMall; Whilst the possibility of our getting
no set at all is as certainly very great. When we see
several Med *bolting thrthigh the wiridowii of A train that
has scarcely even entered the station, aiid inviting their
spouses to follow them-an order which is obeyed in
rather unladylike fashion—•we begin to tremble for our
Own physical nature, not that the prospect of crushed
hats or torn clothes disniays us : in the perfoimance of
our diity to the pUblie,, as , hiimble chropielers of the
tired; these niishaps,Wotild be diSigarcted—theY would
be nothing, proiided we could carry oat Mir intentions,
and so keep faith with our readers. But it is Useless to
speculate upon the chances of getting ourselves hurt
where there are so many thousands of people, all eager,
like. ourselves, and all as determined as we are to go to
'the.review; so, acting upon the. useful maxim that
"Where there's a wiil there's a way," we push to the
arid Might prevailing over right, we de eventually
far better' position than We dared at first to hope
for.ftieotn tl
tthe wiscioni of out deterniinatidn is hilniediattly
apparent, for here i's one of the .best chances of the
day : a break -van has been slily. attached to a train
which -is about to start, and it is, of course, at once
crowded with exciirsionists, ourselves among the rest.
We just secure a eert; arid cengratrilate each other Upon
our ,Ootid fertnrie, *heti the train starts, arid—
We don't. • We haVe the pleasant surprise Of discovering
that" the ennning railway officials have unfastened our
own waggon, and we are, of course, left bahind. Well,
there is nothing now bat to dismount as speedily as pos-
sible, which is done amid the hearty laughter of our
more fortunate companions who have obtained places
on two Other trains crowded with liYing cargoes. To.
One .of these *e, rid* proceed, hi the apparently train
hope of gatine; On. Happily We are tot dopined to
a second cruel disappointment; and after great exertion
we do obtain a seat on the top of one of the carriages,
without any material bodily harrh. But our position
is. even now scarcely
.enviable; we have just room
enough to seat our body, and our legs have to take care
of themselves—would to Heaven they could walk abdut,
instead of subjecting us to so much mental and physical
suffering' froni the reckless manner in which they are
being appropriated by the individuals on each side, who
appear determined at all hazards (excepting their own)
to make themselves comfortable. and take it easy. At
last, thank goodness, we are off, and have entered the
Tunnel. And raw commences a series of the most
,unearthly yellings that ever fell on mortal ears. There
is unlimited competition as to who shall mike the niost
noise. Some of the people are keeping up a Kentish
fire on the roofs of the carriages, to the great discom-
fiture of the inside passengers ; others ate vigorottsly
practising those musical w istlings peculiar to the
gods ;" whilst others are trying to sing the national
anthem. As the 'train nears the Edge-hill Station the
passengers begin to cheer ; and the first .call was three
cheers -for the Queen, which was responded to in a right
royal and loyal manner. Three hearty cheers were also
given for Lord Derby, and ever so many groans for the
Railway. Company. One individual roared lustily— '
withmthat object it is impossible to conceive--for three
cheers for Macduff, which was greeted with roars of
laughter. At Edge-hill, great numbers were "waiting
for the train," expecting to be taken up-s-an expectation
in which they were miserably taken in, Their looks of
disappointment -excited considerable • mirth among the
passengers, who 'showed their appreciation of their own
situation, and their want of sympathy for that of their
unfortunate brethren, by waving their hats and pocket
handkerchiefs, and exhibiting other symptoms of delight.
After a short stoppage 'the train proceeds; leaving be-
hind many thousands of would-be passengers. While
paseing, the grounds of Mr. Robertson. Gladstone, that
gentleman's extraordinary conduct in relation to this"
great demonstration was severely criticised, and, it, is
,almost unnecessary to state, universally condemned. IliS
opinions were certainly inimical to those of all who visited
Knowsley on Saturday. It is due. in justice to himself,
to state that some few did undertake his defence.
THE • ARRIVALS AT KNOWSLEY.
Knowsley Park has four principal .entrances—the
Huyton lodge, the Liverpool lodge, the Croxteth lodge,
and the Prescot lodge. The visitors froni'Livetiiiiel and
Manchester, and all the place-s along the London and
Norths Western Railway. after alighting at either the
Roby or Huyton stations, entered by the Huyton lodge ;
foot passengers freni Liverpool, after passing. through
the grounds of the Earl of Sefton, entered by Crox-
teth, the Liverpool lodge being chiefly appropriated for
the passage of vehicles, while visitors from Blackburn,
Wigan, Accrington, and other; places in that locality,
arrived at the Prescot entrance, and from St. Helens,
Ormskirk, and district, entered the park by the last
named lodge.
After the departure of the carriages from the Lithe-
street and Edge-hill stations, Liverpool, and the Vc-
toria station, Manchester, on the London and North-
Western line of railway, the immense masses of human
beings who adopted this mode of transit, were safely
deposited at •
THE ROBY AND HUYTON STATIONS.
At the former station, all the Volunteers from Liver-
pool and the surrounding suburban districts—almost
each and all of which can new boast with pride of its
company of Volunteers—left their carriages 'lithe same
well-disciplined manner as they had entered them. When
we say that Captain George Melly, of the Fourth Artil-
lery, who has rendered most invaluable assistance, so
that this inspection should pass over with the greatest
cdat, had the command of this station, as far. as the,dis-
embarkation of the troops- was Concerned,' we heed.
scarcely say that all was conducted with the greatest
possible success. At the Huyton station, the great
majority of the travellers by this railway conveyance
were safely deposited, and at once proceeded on their
way to Knowsley Park, which they entered by

THE HUYTON LODGE.
This lodge is situated about two miles and a-half from
the station, and to gain which passenger& have to pass
through the village of Huvton. It need scarcely be
said that from a very early hour in the morning of Satur-
day, all the inhabitants were astir—the shops were
rustically and tastefully decorated, while flags 'and
banners waved in the wind from every -available point,
and the :village bells pealed forth their merry notes,
as. the vast and
.gathering throng passed. through the
village on their way to Knowsley-hall. To .attempt to
give anything like the actual number of visitors who
passed through this entrance to the park would be a
work of .almost supererogation ; suffice it then to say,
that they kept continuously pouring in, in one vast
stream, hour after hour, until late in the afternoon, in
one perpetual throng. Over this lodge was displayed a
magnificent banner, extending quite across the road,
bearing the inscription, in large letters,
.WELCOME
• VOLUNTEERS.
And on dexter side of which was placed, most beauti-
fully emblazoned, " the Aims of the Derby Family."
It was at this lodge that by far the principal number of
the visitors entered the park ; and if there was one
thing more than another that must have given pleasure
and delight to the noble Earl for the invitation he had
given, it must have been in witnessing (and the noble
Earl did see it, for he andlis eldest son, Lord Stanley,
woineremin
, frgolfilin:rbrith
tmid-day, constantly on the grounds,
c his.guests, by whom they were both
most. enthusiastically and heartily cheered from time to
respectable but respectful demeanour, and their
joyful
each and all of whom expressed,
m
than words,
the. great gratification and de-.
time)oomorn
lnoedlt
countenances,eyh
deeply
p l hyap p y faces of such a vast multitude--their
n
light..they felt at having the opportunity of visiting,
free and uncontrolled, the beautafuYand grand scenery
which this'part of the county of Lancashire presents, hav-
ing every requisite to delight the eye of the wisoplisti-