The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-08 00:00:00

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Lord CLARENDON with regard to the Liberty of the

ID COMMERCIAL.

Press in Belgium—the sooner the Aifance ends, the
'better it'will be for•thi-peiiee aed -happiness of

" •Li \--EttreoL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
There has licen only a small business done
in the Cotton Market to-day, the sales amounting
only to 6,000 bales, all of which have been taken
by the 'trade. No -change in prices.
A moderate business has been done in the Share
_ .

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The universe not be dictated to by France
and England, nor will the people, of either country
be parties to any such combinations as those which
would place, the destinies of Europe in the hands of
a few representatives, sitting in any Continental
capital. The House of Lords will not suffer the
prerogative of the British Crown, nor their own
Constitutional existence, to be stultified by any one
or two English Peers, who may be sent to a diplo
matic conference. The Alliance, to be binding .on
either party, must be guided by moderation, cool
discretion, and even-handed justice. If the French
Government would not continue with us in Ithe
war, the British Government is surely not to be
made participators in all the Cabinet of Paris may
think proper to dictate to other countries, many of
whom are like the French people themselves, our
best customers, and, therefore, our most desirable
Allies. The divided commands—the divided
opinions, and divided responsibility of the Allied
generals, governments, diplomatic agents, and
every mortal, however remotely engaged in the

Market, and 1)1 ices were steady, closing at
the . following quotations : - Aberdeen, 121. 13.
Chester and Birkenhead, 151 151.
.Caledonian,
30 308. Chester and, 11 olyhend, 15 16. Eastern
Counties, 9 15-16 10. East Lancashire, 14 19g-
Great Northern, 231 24. Ditto A, 9a- 9i.
Great Western, 62 62k. Lancashire and Yorkshire
Stock, 881 89. Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
16-1 171: London and North Western Stock, 1001
1001. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29 29i
Ditto Pref., 111 12. Ditto New 0 per cent. Pref , 7-16
9-16 p. Midland Stock, 741 741. North British, 8
11-168 13-16. North Staffordshire, 651 d. South East-
ern, 21l 211. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 19$
191. York and 'North Midland, 271 28. Leed
Capital Stock, 15a 151 Buffalo and Lake
Huron, 21 21p. Dutch Rhenish, 1 5-16 lip. Great
Western of Canada, 261 26a. Ditto New Shares,
3 11.16 31p. Ditto 2nd issue, 3 11-16 31p. Great
Luxembourg, 81 Bd.
We quote the following from the circular of
Messrs T. and H. Littledale and Co.'s circular,
issued to-day :-
The past month, wLi'st free from excitement of any kind,
has been one of increased demand ; and in some of our
leading articles of impost a large business has been done by
the home trade, by speculators and for export, whilst a
number of other products have been equally lifeless. Sugar
has been particularly active and freely operated in by all
classes of buyers, but without affecting the value beyond is
per cwt advance, and the imports being unusually heavy,
stocks have further increased 4,000 tons. Indigo has also
been much in favour, owing to the reduced estimate of crop
and light stocks here, but the largest operations have been
in cotton and wool, both of whom have shown a tendency to
advanced rates. Tire restoration of peace, the dec'ine in
breadstuffs, and the very general expectation of cheaper
money, have combined to give a considerable impetus to
trade. Die reports from the manufacturing districts are
highly satisfactory, and the chief dread at present seems to
he a scarcity of the raw material before the end of the year.
The position of the Bank of England has got worse instead
of better each week since onr last circular-the bullion has
declined from £10,449,333 to £9,723,130, and the reserve
of notes has also fallen to £3,630,455, being the lowest
point in both items since the panic year, 1847-but it is
We all remember how hard the London Times thought that the drain for Turkey must now be pretty well
closed, and that with our greatly increased exports, the
laboured a few weeks since to exasperate the current of bullion must shortly return to this country,
people of the United States to draw the sword which, aided by the liberal supplies cota'ng from Australia
against us, and now we find that the " leading week by week, will quickly show itself in the bank returns
probably have now reached the culminating point.
" journal" had no sooner failed, and bowed to the The rates of discount have varied little or nothing during
unanimous disgust of the public at its sanguinary the month, perhaps 1 per cent in favour of the borrower,
attacks upon the morality and consistency of our more particularly in long dated
paper-three months bills
can now be done at 61 per cent, which is 1 per cent below
kinsmen, than the Paris newspapers, and pain- the bank rate-a pretty sure test of the opinion in Lombard-
phleteers, took up precisely the same language and street as to the course of the bank by and bye ; but the
designs. The Emperor NAPOLEON has already issuedewnateinhdtserotfaktrianz oanhdthfuerCthoeurtilnnaenhst,haere d
ath
required
n
his fiat, forbidding privateering, and the French increasede
dm
e and for
new
elsewhere to balance the war account, must keep up the
people are asking-e-" What will the United States value of money for some time to come. Some little
says to the abolition of privateering in future ,uneasinesslehde,s
a s
twaso thfeelet a fortnight
Erectoft since
eheavy
" wars proclaimed by the Peace Congress?" Why, lossesaninn amongst
grain,the money
and seeds on the standing of certain parties known to be
they will merely answer, bah ! When war is deeply engaged in them, but the feeling appears to have
declared, all pre-existing obligations between the
id. edl, and t the
taretircltehsertehehmsuetlsves have probably
r
belligerent States cease, and if privateers are Letters from St. Petersburg mention that since
treated as pirates, why, all prisoners of war will the proclamation of peace, several new industrial
share the same fate. But what is a privateer but associations had been projected for the develope-
an armed vessel in the employment of a State. m
i ent of the resources of the country. It appears
that n this respect Russia hitherto has only pos-
They are no more than transports which carry
guns for offensive as well as defensive purposes. sessed two companies of any extent, one a maritime
assurance company founded in 1848 at Archangel,
Any nation who subscribe to the diplomatic folly and the other, an assurance company for steam-
of the day, have only to hire vessels, arm them, vessels navigating the Kama and Volga, founded at
put them into commission, and send the& to Perm in 1814. To these will now be added four new
enterprises, as follows :-Ist. A company for the pur-
sea to do all that privateers have ever done. But pose of eiving greater extensiouto themanufacture of
then we are informed that, if the Americans will beet-root sugar in the government of Pultava, with
not adopt the twaddle of the Conference, a capital of 400,000 silver roubles; 2nd. A corn-
" The French Government will be glad to have a . 1 any of the same character for the manufacture of
andglue from bones and
soap 2 and soda,
" pretext for combining all Europe into a solemn horns, with a capital of 400,000 silver roubles, in
" league and covenant against them. It is even 4,000 shares; 3rd: A society en contneandite for the
" said, gravely, that the Eurdpean Combination
of
cotton7soofooo a.lv e goads
roubles,
laets .
i n Moscow,2so
sharesw ith a
" might not only compel the States to accept the caardte-atho: -A. company for the navigation of the-
" European desire respecting privateering, but lower-Dneiper, capital 3,000,000 roubles, in 12,000
" even to cease to be ' a revolutionary stronghold,', shares.
" and, as such, an Object of dislike and terror to The Emigration Commissioners will receive
" all continental potentates." Is this to be the tenders on the 13th inst. for the hire of four ships,
to convey Indian emigrants from the East to the
future policy of the French and British Alliance ?"
West Indies. ..
The partisans of the French Cabinet have • Accounts from Hamburg state that the easy
already asserted through the Press that the United fsatavtnewoafbtlhee Money Market there has exercised a
States will at once be called on to give their sane- nce upon trade generally,
especially in purchases of coffee. Rio has been in
tion to the " new principle," or take the conse- demand at full rates, and sales of 5,000 bags Brazil
quences, and if they will not yield to persuasion, realised from 31 sch to 4 sch ; and 4,000 Laguayra
the combined rulers of Europe will, if compelled, from 5 to 61 sch. The imports ot:coffeaes during
the year up to the close of April, was about
force the States to do what they have done ! Such t3h3esc 3170ea0r00uiiib.the
and
de
the'l stock se ofonw
hand about
are the designsof the French Government, as dis- 30,500,000 lb., against 22 millions and 17
closed by the Paris journals, but is England, let millions respectively in 1855. At Amsterdam
us ask, about to suffer herself to be dragged into the Coffee marnknnhakneat was
was
diminishingapparently
quietfrom ;
dayb ut
the
the mire of war a second time, and before the to day, and the result of the sales during
wounds of her devoted and brave sons are healed, the month of April showed the large quantity
or the people have had their jubilee of peace ? of 271,571 bags to have changed hands. There
Have we just gone through the ceremony of a was not much alteration in prices; but the
demand for Brazil, of ordinary quality, was
national thanksgiving for the restoration of the
000 d.
world's repose, 'While intriguing statesmen are at Trade reports from Antwerp show that there is
work to plunge us into fresh scenes of blood? Is not much variation in prices in the principal
Europe prepared to engage in a war of institu- articles of import, but a very steady business is
tions, and pit herself against republicanism ? Let doing. There has been some large sales by auction
of coffee, which have rendered private" transactions
France, Russia, Austria, Prussia, and all Germany unimportant. The latter included 1,500 bags
embark in the enterprise if they will, but let no Brazil, and 600 bags St. Domingo and Java ; and
British Ministry venture to second a course which at the former the lots knocked down comprised
would cut off our American trade, leave our spindles 31,107655 bhaaggsaßsraaznitln,
sfronmom47cs2tioe 6tool c 6 ?leer; haalnfd
112°2;
without cotton, and our already half-famished mil- bags St. Domingo, from 68c to 69c. Cotton main-
lions without bread. When our Peers and Commons tains its improved quotation of last week, although
have exhausted their oratorical powers on what the the 'business transacted is unimportant. For good
Western Alliance has produced, let them look ordidnarydAdirn ' e:ic3astitn3tlc
3t06i32c per half kilo., and for
without a moment's delay to what its future policy goTo hemFundsshowedoa little flatness during a part
is to be. England and America are allied by blood, of the morning, but afterwards attained an advance
endeared to each other by a spirit of emulation of ito $ per cent. Some re-action ensued, and at
which knows no bounds, and united in either the closing quotations were only a shade better
peace or war, may laugh at the threats of the than those of yesterday, being 9219 to 93. A great
-
desire existed to learn the nature of the financial
world ; and continue to view with scorn that arrangements contemplated by government. The
mental prostration, sloth, ignorance, wretchedness, market is assisted at present by a rumour that the
and ctebauchery, with which self-willed tyranny next loan will be a small one, and discussions are
has deluged the Continent of Europe. Meanwhile, heard as to the probability of its being raised in
some other form than Consols. There was a fair
every Englishman's watchword must be-there general demand for money to-day, and the
must be no war with America! Bank rates appear to be generally maintained, but
the supply of Capital on offer is good. At Paris
to-day the Three per Cent Rentes closed slightly
lower, but the reduction does not amount to k per
cent. The Bourse is supported by the more satis-
factory appearance of the French Money Market.
The Corn Market to-day was firm at Monday's
prices. The Railway Share Market to-day was
devoid of important fluctuation, but on the whole
rather flatter, and closed at the following quota-
tions:-Caledonian, 591. 601. Eastern Counties, 9
13.16 9 15-10. East Lancashire, 76 78. Great
Northern, 95 951. Do. A, 791 781. Great: Western,
61a 621. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 888 88.
London and North Western, 10011 100 a. Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 29 291. Midland
Stock, 74,4 74a. North IBritish, 34i 351. South
Eastern and Dover, 711 71. York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, 78 79. York and .North Midland, 551 56.

business of the war, we are toll is the true
cause of Great Britain's consenting to
the terms contained in the Treaty of Peace. If
there be weakness in division it behoves us then

to beware of this Alliance. It is certain we are
not to receive one six pence for the 100,000,0001.
we have spent, or the 50,000 lives we have sacri.
ficed at the shrine of British manliness, and love
of justice. Such was the Allied policy, and we
are blessed, indeed, in being released from the
continuance of bloodshed on such terms, by the

restoration of peace-at-any-price. Yet it is not
the less imparatively necessary that we should see
that the policy of those who make peace with
Russia. on any conditions, is not that of fomenting
war in other directions.

THE COURT

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Tuesday.—Her Majesty and
the Prince Consort rode on horseback yesterday morn-
ing, accompanied by the Princess Alice, and attended by
the Hon. Emily Cathcart, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps,
Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain
Du Plat. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen. Prince
Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa, visited
the Botanical Gardens in the Regent's Park. The Queen
took a drive in the afternoon in an open carriage and
four, accompanied by Prince Arthur and the Princess
Louisa, and attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart. The
equerries in waiting were in attendance on horseback.
Prince Albert rode on horseback. attended by Captain
Du Plat. Her Majesty gave a dinner party in the
evening. The band of the Grenadier. Guards attended
and played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band
performed selections in the evening.

A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON TAB 29TIr 0V MAY.—We
are enabled to state that her Majesty's Government are
about to bring before Parliament a special act, providing
that the 29th be observed as a public holiday. The act
at present in force limits public holidays t) days
appointed for public thanksgi7ing and humiliation—
neither term applying to a simple holiday such as now

A deputation from the Inner Temple, had interviews
on Tuesday with the Right Hon. E. 15: Bouverie, at the
office of the Poor Law Board, on the subject of the
clauses in the Poor Law Amendment Bill relating to

contemplated

extra-parochial places.
A deputation on the subject of the City of London
Corporation Bill, had an interview on Tuesday with
Viscount Palmerston,
A deputation from the Manchester Commerci .1 Asso-
ciation, on'the subject of the Joint Stockf,Com pally Bill,
and the Partnership Amendment Bill, had an ilit.:rview
with Lord Stanley of Alderley and the Ri';ol
Robert Lowe on Tuesday, at the Board of Trad

A deputation had an interview with the Right Hon.
E. P. Bouverie, at the office of the Poor Law Board, on
the subject of the bills relating to the removal of Irish
, and Scotch paupers, and to vaccination.

ES..LIVIRPOOL,

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1.8F6

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

AMERICA AND DENMARIC

APPROACHING ARRIVAL of AN AMERICAN

SQUADRON

HAMBURG, WEDNESDAY.
Advices have been received, and ittetice offi-
cially given, of the expected arrival of an American
squadron in the 'Elbe, Copenhagen being men-
tioned as the ultimate destination.
This important event is supposed to be con-
nected with the expiration of the treaty with Den-
mark relative to the Sound dues.

THE EMBASSY AT ST. PETERSBURG

We have reason to believe that Lord Wodehouse
is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Rus-
sian Court. The noble Lord's known talents, and
his intimate acquaintance with the affairs of
Europe, eminently fit him for this important
post.

FRANCE,

PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING
I am informed from a good source, that England
and France, and even Austria, are pressing King
Bomba of Naples, to grant an amnesty to his
political writers in jail ; but that he mani-
fests the greatest relnctance, not to say refuses
positively, to do so ; also that they call on
him to make liberal political reforms, but that
he energetically protests against doing any-
thing of the kind. The poor man is evidently
mad, else he could not possibly act as he does;
for what will become of him if the Western Powers
say that he shall do what they demand, or if his
people rise in insurrection, or if both things
happen at the same time ?
The Austrian government has made Count
Walewski Minister of Foreign Affairs, a Knight
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen ; and the
decorations were presented to him this afternoon
by Baron Hubner, Austrian Minister.
Count Edgar Ney, I hear, is to be sent to St.
Petersburg forthwith. to convey a reply to the
announcement of the accession. to the throne of
the Emperor Alexander made by Count Orloff.
Count Morny is, nevertheless, also to go to St.
Petersburg, on an extraordinary mission, and is to
figure as Extraordinary Ambassador at the Czar's
coronation. His departure, however, instead of
taking place in the course of the present month,
as originally intended, will, it appears, not take
place until towards the middle of the next—
perhaps even later. He is to have an " unlimited
credit," and he is just the man to make use of it.
The King of Prussia has, it appears, expressed a
wish that he shall visit Berlin, and he will of
course comply with it.
The subscription for presenting an " homage "
to the Empress, and which are confined to from
one sou to five sous, (id to 20) are going on
favourably. In Paris alone, not fewer than 600,000
persons have taken part in them ; and if in the
provinces people contribute in the same propor-
tion, a very large sum will be raised. It was
originally intended to employ the money either in
building a palace for the Imperial Prince, on the
Trocadero, near the Champ de Mars, or in pur-
chasing for him the Chateau of Marengo, in Italy,
or the field of battle of that name. But the
Empress has declared (not officially, however),
that she will prefer to have the money spent in
building a new hospital for children, or in enlarging
the one she has caused to be constructed.
The King of Wurtemberg dined yesterday with
Prince Jerome, and afterwards went to the Grand
Opera. His presence here -excites no attention at
all amongst the public ; the truth is we have had so
many royal personages here lately, that, in
commercial phrase, they have become a drug in
the market.
One of the newspapers states that the budget
for 1857, now before the Legislative Body, amounts
to the enormous sum of 1,695 057,161 f—very nearly
68,000,0001 stealing. And this is the ordinary
budget, not including the expenses of the war,. if
there be war, or any unforeseen expenses. The
sum is 256,000,000 f (10,240,0000 more than in 1852,
the last year of the much maligned republic, and
more than three times more than the budget of
1801.
It was believed that the vines this year would
be magnificent, but it is announced the malady in
grapes has already appeared in the Var, the Her-
mitt, the Pyrenees, Orientates, and tithe Aude, five
of the principal vine producing departments.
Another year's scarcity in vine will be a sad
affliction to the French.
A telegraphic despatch from Warsaw says that
the Emperor Alexander has been obliged to post-
pone his contemplated visit to that city, fixed for
the 15th, owing to the serious illness of his
mother.

The'Canadian (s.s.) sailed yesterday for Montreal, with
the mails, a valuable cargo and passengers. •
Tua HOTEL ROBBERIES BY AMERICANS.—DanieI Branch,
the American, charged with robbing the Albion Hotel,
Manchester, and committed for trial, is now further charged
with the robbery of Mr. Nevins, an American gentleman,
whose trunk, with contents worth 2.000 dollars, was
stolen some months ago on the New York and Boston
railway. A gold watch, made by Mr. Roskell, of Liver-
pool, belonging to Mr. Nevins, has been found on the
prisoner, together with other valuables contained in the
trunk when it was taken.
SUDDEN AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS.—MYSTERIOUS CASE.
—William Cunie, aged 42, a man employed in the chemi-
cal works of Messrs. Hill and Sons, Vauxhall-road, was
found dead at that establishment on Tuesday evening,
under the following strange circumstances. It appeared
that for the last twelve years the deceased was not known
to sleep in a bed, but used to lie by the furnace in the
works, he used to take a great deal of drink when able to
get it, and at night would get over the wall and lie down
by the fire. There is a well of copperas water 12 feet
deep in the yard ; this is covered and crossed with beams
of timber. and o ie is about 3 feet under the surface of the
water. On Tuesday the deceased was missed, not hay
ing been seen from half-past eleven on Monday night'
when he left Jackson Vaults, Vauxhall-road, rather
" fresh " from drink. On search being made for him his
body was found in the copperas well, in an upright posi-
tion, with his head quite above the water, and his arms
resting on one of the beams. How he got there is at pre-
sent a mystery. An inquest will be held on the body this
day.---Edward Jones. a man in the employment of Mr.
Shepton, of the Duke's Dock, was at work there on Fri-
day, wheeling crates on a truck. He was cautioned as
to the carelessness of his operations. but he did not take
any notice, and soon afterwards fell back into the dock
and was fatally injured. He died in the Southern
Hospital on Tuesday night.—Laurence BUG-nth, a boy
three years of age, died yesterday in the Royal Infirmary,
in consequence of injuries received a few days ago at
Broadgreen, by accidentally falling out of a railway
carriage, whereby both his legs were broken.—lnquests
wilt be held on the above cases this day.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S: BALTIC, FROM
NEW Yonx.—Mr. and Mrs. A. Vanderpool, two sons and
servant, Mr. W. M. Thackeray and servant, Rev. Mr. and
Mrs. B. S. Schnee', Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kennedy, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Butler, Mr. E. H. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. John English, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Borranni, Mr. J. C. Stone, two chillren and two servants,
Mrs. Gorn, Mr. Anthony Spanier, Mrs. Magee and servant,
Lieutenant Woodhull (United States navy), Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Bruce and Iwo children, Mr. J. W. Sharp, Mr. R. E.
Ely, Misses R. A. and M. . Ely, Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Follett. Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Follett, Mrs. O'Sullivan,
Miss De Maclen, Mrs. Lambert, Misses Lambert
(2), Mrs. Rennie and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Williams, Mr. and Mrs. D ivid Barker, Mrs.
Lee, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grinnell,
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Corwin, Mr. and Mrs. John Carlisle.
Misses Maria and Susan Carlisle, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ball
and two children, Messrs. A. Burnett, R. M Grinnell, Mr.
Samuel Robinson, Very Rev. Joseph P. Machebeuf, Rev.
August Simon, Rev. Pedro Plana, Seinores Se-
bastian Fica, Francisco Martin, Diego Sanchez and
servant, Dr. J. J. Vanderkemp, Dr, Augustus Wil-
son, Messrs. James Glass, Hume, Greenfield, Thomas
W.
W. Evans, Samuel Hirschel, B. W. Mean s,
C. S. Halstead, R. L. Patterson, C. H. Sheeh. H
an,ott, JScohn
Wiley, F. P. Dimple', George Jones, P. L. Mills, jun.,
Thomas Grei,s, F. He wriquez, Lawrence Peterson, D. C.
Halsted, R. S. and B. W. Fellowes, Joseph Neuman. James
Acker, G. W. Thorp, William Allen, Spencer H. Haz
E. Block, W. J. Davis, Findlay M'Cance, W. A. Bull,
Solomon Kohustaurn, J. D. Nordlinger I. S. and L.
Armant and servant, R. W. Montgomery, E. H. Schwabe,
Henry Dernes, J. W. Easter, Edward A. Lesley, Horace
Vawthan, J. W. Radcliffe, A. B. Faessler, E. Loring, G,
A. Hearne, C. J. Sharpless, E. M. Needles, F. H. Goerg,
Herman Lochnis, E. B. Lalande, Marcellin Duplat, Jana(s
Hauser, C. C. Comstock, J. P. Deng, Philip Johnson, Thos.
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs: Abram Ellison, Captain
Henry Fairley, Mrs. Kirkaldy, Mrs. Webster, Mr. and Mrs.
George Ford and child, Mr. Fred. Bay ndham and child,
Mr. James O'Neill, Messrs. George Gnleg, Daniel Kneutcb,
John Gilmer, Robert Riddell, James Johnson, Seraphim
Bruggenitan, Wm. Loudon, George Tuttle, Oscar Loewi,
James Hook, 'Weise, Michael, Zachariah Oppeneim.

THE FORTHCOMING REVIEW AT WlNDSOR.—According
to present arrangements, the grand review of Crimean
and other troops, fixed for Thursday, the 29th instant,
will take place on the exercising ground in Windsor
Great Park, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, in
the presence of her Majesty, the Prince Consort,
the Royal Family, the Corps Diplomatique, and
her Majesty's Ministers. The Commander-in-Chief, the
Adjutant and Quartermaster Generals, and a large
, number of general and staff officers will also be present.
This early hour has been appointed in consequence of
her Majesty's drawing-room at St. James's Palace being
fixed for• two o'clock in the afternoon. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge will command the
line.