The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-19 00:00:00

'T OWN COUNCILLORS,
r, ALDERMEN,
Regalia-and Officers of the Corporation.
Au (men Carnage and Four, containing the MAYOR, the
RECORDER, WILLIAM BROWN, Esq., and his brother,
DAMES BROWN, EN.'
'The Mayor's State Carnage, containing the Lord Bishop of
'Chester, the Archdeacon of Liverpool, the Rector of Liver-
pool, and the Town-clerk-.
The Mayor's Chariot, containing J. A. PICTON, Esq., the
Chainnin of the Library and Museum Committee, and the
Corporation Surveyor, I. WcIGHTMAN, Esq., who is the
Architect of the New Library and Museum.

INVITED GUESTS IN CARRIAGES.
There were six carriages, containing Lord Brougham,
Sir John Bowring, Mr. Wm. Ewart, M.P., Mr. George
llorsfall, Mr. Charles Turner, Dr. Hulmes, Dr. Raffles,
andother gentlemen.
The Clergy and Ministers of all denominations.
Members of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
The Trustees of the Derby Museum.
alembers of the Special Committee appointed by'the Council
on this occasion, not otherwise specified.
Members of the Select Vestry.
Deputations who have presented Addresses.
Members of Literary and Scientific Institutions.
Commercial Associations.
Clerk of Works, bearing Plans.
fabler and Officers of the Library and Museum.
entleitren in the employ of Messrs. Brown, Shipley-, and Co.
Townsmen generally.
Police.
it had been arranged that the inhabitants who desired
to join in the procession should assemble in North -Sohn-
street, and form four deep and proceed up Cook-street to
take their appointed position. In consequente, however, of.
the unfortunate character of the weather, the number of
inhabitants who followed the ptheessionorderly was very
small indeed. As on all each occasions, the general
crowd mustered strongly.
Now a few words es to the appearance of the men.
..A.s usual, they were all that could have been antieipated.
Inerience had made them even more soldierly in their
-deportment than they were at the Knowsley Review.
The steadiness of their march was remarkable., The
'mounted rifles appeared really exquisite. In all in-
stances the animals of mounted riflemen were spirited
'and handsome. The borough engineers looked very
'smart in their red uniforms with blue facings -trimmed
with white. They were greatly admired. The sailors
'attracted general commendation, - The boys of the
Blue Coat Schools were reinakably steady in the perfor-
mance of their' evolutions. We have had occasion to
notice their admirable bearing on more than one former
occasion, and we 'can only add that our estimation of the
industry and patience of the drill masters, and the apti-
tude 'of :the boys to master their drill is still greatly
iiticreased. • Yesterday their conduct merited the most
!MithtiSitisltic enconiums, and without in the least detradt,,
ling 'from the really perfect manner in which softie of
'the '" older" soldiers . performed their duties, we may
'say that their deportment may be studied with advan-
'4-age by the whole of the Liverpeel Volunteers. They
were quite at home on the efterch, not in the least
put out by orders to Wt., perfect in *heeling, and
in all else. Similar 'remarks may be advantageously
applied to the ibolrs .of the Liverpool Institute, the
collegiate cadets, 'the orphan boys, and the boys of the
Itoyal Institution. Nor can we
.forget the " little men"
of 'the 'industrial schools. If any attracted attention
'they 'certainly did : dressed in corduroy) they appeared
Tike a small army of the working classes in miniature.
'They seemed clean and -healthy, and much attention
Shad evidently been paid to trill.
At a few minutes after 'eleven o'clock the vast procession,
'in the order we 'have named, left the Town-hall. The
'route was 'down Lord-street, Church-street, Bold-street,
and along Berry-a4get, Great George-street, Parliament-
street, Itodetty-street, to London-road. Throughout the
swhole'df the route mentioned, the procession seemed to
'pass 'beneath arches of flags, decorated occasionally with
'evmgreens, and always bearing sonic appropriate motto.
kraeed this feeling permeated the .whole town; and
'tradesmen vied with each other in their 'eagerness to do
honour to the munificent donor) and to show their
appreciation of his munificent gift. Former events and
former celebrations of events may have called forth a
warm response from the people of this town, for Ve are
always ready to appreciate whatever is Vath appre-
ciating; but the greatest triumph of the Dicky Sams
was reserved for yesterday; and iy we could be per-
mitted 'to draw a comparison between the gift and its
.celehration, we would say that the gift was worthy of
the people, and, judging from the enthusiasm and good
feeling manifested. yesterday, thee people were equally.
worthy of the gift. The display of flags, of which we
have already given a descriPtion, was more protasis and
varied than we ever remember to have been the case
'on any previous celebration in this town—not only in
'the immediate neighbourhood throUgh which the probes
sing passed was this profuseness apparent, but din every
thoroughfare of any pretensions the -same atsiety was-
manifested to. give all honour to the great event., It
was our pleasing (perhaps we should say melancholy)
duty to survey the streets of the town as they appeared
in the small hours of the morning, before the grey
twilight had :called the earliest risers from their beds,
:and we may state that even then it could be seen`tat
no common day was breaking. The stillness.'of the
night was invaded by the sound of industrials hammers
wielded by so many industrious hands, which were
atriving to make their habitation% look gay for the
morrow. , The activity which our townspeople exhibited
in dressing their houses and shops was almost surprising.
Many large establishments were prevented by their busi-
ness arrangements from making, preparations on Wed-
nesday, yet the procession scarcely, passed a single place
of any pretensions which was not decorated'in a pleasing,
and very often in a most costly manner. Some establish-
ments which were passed by the procession call for more
than a passing notice. • Bakers, butchers, linen drapers,
chemists, and all others displaced their goads from the
shop windows, which were soon well stocked with human
beings anxious to get a good. view of the monster pro-
cession. Compton House was an exhibition in itself,—
* very " lovely " exhibition too. 'The place on the out-
side was profusely decorated with flags of every descrip-
tion ; and the gigantic windows were adorned by the
presence of we may say hundreds of the fair sex, for
whose accommodation' on this occasion the place had
been specially prepared by the liberal proprietors. The
Liver, Frisby Dyke's, and other large establishments
brought out displays of flags and other decorations
equally creditable to themselves. The appearance of so
many human faces in the large windows of the linen
'drapers' 'establishmnents was by no means the least
interesting of the sights which were to be seen
-yesterday morning. Messrs. Shellard and Hodgson's
'vas worthy of their well known establishment ; and
the same liberal style was pursued in the decorations
'which floated from the windows of Messrs. Woolwright.
Bradley Brothers maintained their position as patrons
'of the volunteer movement, and the appearance of their
'extensive establishment was unquestionably one of the
finest in the street. In Berry-street the displays were
not by any means less than those in the streets we have
just alluded to, but they were more confined, and, gene-
wally speaking, not so extensive. 'At the top of Duke-
street the cabinet manufactory of Messrs. Abbotts was
'decorated in a very attractive and-liberal style. , On a.
'white ground, in front of the building, was the sentence,.
4' All honoor to WM. Brown," and .there was a profuse
'display of flags from all the windows. The shop of
Mr. Squires, musicseller, in Gr eat Gl-eorge-street, is the
next that catches our' attention, as exhibiting a good
.arch of lags; and further on we come to the shop of
Mr. John Rogers, which was also liberally decorated.
'The drapery establishment of Mr. E. Lewis was,
bow-
'ever, one of, the finest sights in the street ; the large
shop windows presented an array of smiling faces which
extended to the' very back of the shop, and the windows
of the show-room showed to the enchanted spectators
a worthy continuation of the first storey. We could go
on specifying similar instances in which the "leviathan"
establishments presented themselves in a holiday attire
most creditable to our town, and a fuller account of
these will appear
.under the head " Flags and decora-
tions." On turning up Parliament-street we noticed
,a
very worthy display of flags from the South Lending
Library ; and the houses in Rodney-street should also
be commended for their activity in this respect. During
the whole of the ." marching past" the roads were
almost entirely impassable, even for pedestrians, so
'great was-the crowd of those who thronged to see. The
usual number' of " knell arms" and crackers were dis-
charged by those. industrious juveniles Who rarely lose
an opportunity of impresiing upon the general public
.(by the means. above mentioned) the immense import-
ance of their participating in demonstrations of this
'kind. Of the procession itself we can say no 'more than
has already been said. The churchyards along
.the
route and St. James Mount furnished excellent, views
of the whole line of procession ; but they were crowded
at an early hour of the day, and the late riser that
ventured to indulge the hope of seeing anything
beyond the opaque and ill-tempered rindividnal" before
him, must, to accomplish his wishes, have been either
supernaturally tall or superhumanly powerful. The
carriage in which Mr. William Brown was seated. in
company with his Worship the Mayor (T. D. Anderson,
Esq.), was vociferously cheered throughout the route,
and the waving of white handkerchiefs 'as well as the
rising buzz of admiration greeted the generous indivi-
dual whose munificence had given rise to the denionstra-
tion. In every part of. the town the same spirit of
enthusiasm was manifested, and all seemed eager, to
repay in some slight degree at, least the great boon
about to be conferred upon them. With respect to the
procession, ail agreed that it was the grandest which
has ever been seen in this town. :It 'would no doubt,
have been even larger than it was but for the drizzling
rain, which continued during the morning, and had
the effect of slightly thinning the ranks. This is the
first time on which the people of Liverpool have . had
an opportunity of seeing the whole, or nearly all, of the
-volunteers march through the town ; and the sight, we need
Scarcely say, was extremely imposing. Company after
'company, corps after corps, hundreds after hundreds, and
still the long line seemed tohe interminable. The march
was firm and steady, notwithstanding the (very often
severe) pressure from the surrounding crowds. It is
perhaps invidious to make distinctions, but we could
not help noticing the very superior appearance of 'the
4th Lancashire Artillery and Colonel Maclvees corps.
Amongst the "Rifles" the 15th appeared most nume-
rous, and attracted great attention. The Scotch High-
landers were also well worthy of notice, for thtiugh not
the largest' in point of numbers, in appearance they were
second to none. They were preceded by the pipers,
who played their national tunes with great spirit, and
added materially to the attractions of the scene. There
was one' very noteworthy and novel feature in the pro-
cession, which was the presence of the boy volunteers
from the Liverpool and Collegiate Institutes. , Their
appropriate dress is no doubt already, known to our
readers, as 'they have more than ogee been the Subject
of admiration in these columns. The whole procession
on reaching London-road proceeded to the library, amid
the vociferous cheering of the thousands who had
assembled on the steps of St: George's rfall and in the
neighbourhood of the library. The rain now com-
menced to fall heavily, and the tremendous crowds
-which had accompanied the procession and which accu-
mulated at the bottom of London-road slowly dispersed.
The procession proper, including that portion enume-
rated in another column, then proceeded to the library.
THE PROCEEDINGS, AT THE LIBRARY.
"A raised platform had been erected in front of the
portico, .and here it had been intended, with the wise
qualifying condition of " weather . permitting," that
the speeches should have been delivered. A shelving
gallery facing Shaw's, Brow was. crowded with ladies,
whilst the churchyard of St. John's presented a sea of
human faces. Immediately beloW the platform a body.
of• marines,' belonging to the Majestic were drawn up;
and here, on the arrival of •the processions the pupils
connected with the various educational institutions of
the town, also took their appointed station. 'The library
itself was profusely decorated with flags ; and the scene
would have been of the most imposing character but
for One little circumstance, the rain
.which had been un-
remitting' • during -the whole procession fell in a still
heavier shower, on Mr. Brown, with the other distin-
guished.upon the platform.
visitors, taking thejr.o-CPP
.& trumpeter of one of the rifle corps advanced and