The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL MEDICAL INSTITUTION.

Dr. Vose presented the following address from the Li-
verpool Medical Institution :

TO 'WILLIAM BROWN, ZEQ., M P.

Sir,—We, the members of the Liverpool Medical Insti-
tution, deem it a duty and esteem it a privilege to address
you on this auspicious occasion. You have, for many years,
represented the southern division of the county in the Com-
mons' House of Parliament, with honour to yourself and
advantage to your constteents ; occupying a leading
position as a merchant in this large eonitn unity, you have,
by your integrity and uprightness, shed additional lustre
on this, your adopted town ; and by a liberal support of its
charitable and benevolent institutions, you have been the
means of allevia'ing much misery, want, and sickness ;
lastly, as a friend of education, of that which prominently
conduces to the eadvancement and well being of all classes
of society, you have, in a truly philanthropic spirit,
decided upan the erection of a noble structure for a
" Museum and Free Public Library." We sincerely con.
gratulate you on your success, during a long and eventful
career, but much more do we rejoice that, having through
a kind Providence accumulated wealth, you have been
favoured with a disposition to offer it in so munificent a
manner, foe the good of your fellow-townsmen and gene-
'rations yet to come. We pray that your life may be
spared not only to see the completion of the structure of
which the foundation stone is now about to be laid, but
also that you may have the gratification of witnessing for
many years the good which must result from your generous
and noble effort.—Signed on behalf of the members of the
Liverpool Medical Institution,
Jeues VOSE, M D. Vice President.
ROBERT GEE. M.D.. Treasurer.
JOHN CAMERON, M.D., Secretary.
Mount Pleasant, April 15, 1857.
Mr. Brown replied as follows :—To be honoured by an
address from the members of the Liverpool Medical
Institution upon the present' occasion is highly gratifying
to me, particularly as emanating from a body who make
great sacrifices of personal convenience, and of time, in
visiting the sick in their humble dwellings, where their
very presence brings consolation and hope, and where
they have not the most remote exp 'dation of fee or reward
—except froni the consciousness that they are performing
ants of great charity and kindness; and where, without
their aid, the poor creatures might have perished Your
position in society is a most important one, as your
profession necessarily leads you into great intimacy with
the families whom you visit, and where good advice and
wise counsels in many caeee greatly enhance the services
of your medical skill. You are necessarily gentlemen
of good education; and when opportunity serves, your
calling to the attention of the youthful mind such works
—whether in the library or out of it—as will tend to
their improvement, renders an important service to the
society in which we live. It is an imperative duty upon
us all to do what we can to smooth the path of life, by
improving the habits and morals of those with whom we
come in contact; and we know how z oilous your proles
sion is in carrying out this good work Permit me again,
gentlemen, sincerely to thank you for the honour you
have conferred upon me by presenting this address.
This was the last address. The company then with.
drew to the drawing room, and pr.oceeded to marshal
themselves in the order of procession.

THE PROCESSION FROM THE TOWN HILL.
Precisely at the time stated in the programme—namely,
half-past eleven o'clock—the procession issued from the
town hall in the following order, and formed on the street
before the entrance :

A Body of the Fire Police attired in full Uniform,
under the command of Superintendent Hewitt ;
a little in advance of which were
Eight men under Inspector Tomlison,
to open the way.
The Band of the Blue Coat Hospital.
Members of the Committee of Arrangement.
The Deputy M iynr,
SAMUEL HoLME, ESQ.,
Supported by
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester,
and
WILLIAM BROWN, ESQ., M.P.
The Rev. Rector Campbell.
The Invited Guests.
Magistrates of the Borough.
Members of the Council, four and tour.

,
The gentlemen who presented Addresses at the Town Hall

Police.
Towti's Gentlemen.

Police.

The arrangements of the procession inside the Town Hall
were under the superintendence of Mr. Alderman Bennett
and Mr. Kitchen, T.C., and were very well managed. The
affairs outside were arranged by Major Greig, chief superin-
tendents Quick and Ride, and Superintendents Sibbald
and Haymes, Inspectors Chew, Tomilson, Duggan, &c., with
a large number of men, and everything was done in the most
correct, and satisfactory manner. General Sir Harry Smith
was a conspicuous personage in the procession. About a
quarter before eleven, the band of the Blue Coat Hospital
arrived, and was stationed, along with the master, in front of
the Town Hall, and played the National Anthem, with seine
other favourite airs, whilst the procession was forming. The
appearance at this time of
CASTLE STREET

was gay and picturesque. The street was crowded to excess,
and the windows of the houses, and even the house tops

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

were quite full of people. Mdny of the houses, too, were
decorated with fl .s and banners of the gayest sort, with
national flags, &c. Tue Royal Standard floated at thy
Town Hall, and altogether every thing looked smiling—the
weather decidedly smiled on the work ; the gay
and gaudy bunting that floated about in the breeze,
and the faces of the people, all told of something co
a nature very unusual, and such as evidently caused
more joy than ordinary. Althrugh the crowd was great
the best humour prevailed. There *ere no wild bursts of
enthusiasm, but there was that which showed, on the
part of the people, that they felt they had an itnportant
part to perform in the proceedings, which will live when
the present actors in the eventful drama shall have long
passed from the busy stage of this life, and when the
founder of this national institution shall be revered even
more than at present—When future generations shall
bless his memory, and point to this great structure as
la's monument—nure lasting than marble, and more
endurable than brass. Everything being ready, and it is
pleasing to say the arrangements were like " crdek work,"
the procession started in the order just mentioned, the
Blue School band playing the popular air, " Red, white,
and blue," and en, amongst the congratulations of the
people; it passed en to
THE CRESCENT, "

where the Crowd was very much augmented by a large
concourse of people, who were waiting to see and welcome
the processionist=, which they did in hearty good style. As
the cavalcade (if we may call it so) passed down Castle
street, it was saluted with discharges from guns and small
arms, as tokens of joy and respect, and the leading person-
ages, as they were recognised, were heartily greeted.
Not the least conspicuous persons at the Town 1-1 di were
the two Parsee merchants, who were remarked at
several ,meetings during the late election struggle. On
turning from the °resent into
LORD STREET,
the scene was most imposing iu two respects. First, the
great mass of human beings that filled this great
thoroughfare, all anxious to get a glimpse at
the procession, and, if possible, to join in it ;
and in the second respect the shopkeepers and
iohAitarits all vied with each other to do honour to the
occasion. nom the majority of the houses floated flaz:s
and banners of all sorts, and the house of Messrs 'Frisby
and Dyke was dressed out in a style pleasing to look on.
The Windows Without eiteeption, were literally crowded
with specta,tots, and of -Course the Soft and amiable
portion of human nature were as lively and as numerous in
the windows as on the day thats her Altaks'y the Queen
visited her Northern metropolis. Looking either way at
Lord street—from the church downward, or from the corner
of Whitechapel upward, the scene was one of vast animation,
and one could hardly help putting the question either to himself
or his neigbbOur, "where did all the people come from ?" There
must have been apother feeling beside that of mere curiosity
which could have attracted so many people together, and it
must have been gratifying, o the more irntnedia'e actors in the
scene, to flag that the king-like mtini&ende of tho donor
met with such an universal and heartfelt response from -a
gra•eful people. As to the noble benefactor himself,
if he had any ambition to gratify--which the acts
of his whole Fre shows he had not—it be wished
to be placed on a pinnacle of earthly glory that monarchs
might envy, all was consummated here. But Mr. 'Brown
sought no glory, ha courted no applattse' he desired no
homage, and yet his reception was such—a free will offer-
ing at the hands of a grateful people—that even royalty
itself could not look on but with proud satisfaction. As
tho cortege went on it was swelled in numbe-s, and greeted
with applause, and on entering

CHURCH STREET
the thousands that met it at every step and every corner,
proved how ener-the general public were to pay a mark
of respect to Mr. i3-own, as well as td participate in this
great national—for it is nothing less than a n
eta tnal—
movement, and one of vast importance also. The houses
in this street were gaily dressed out with flags and banners,
and at Compton H mse the royal standard of
England " fluttered in the breezy," to the admiration
of the public. The windows and house taps were
full cf people, and as t'le procession passed along,
hearty greetings were heard everywhere to welcome
it. When the procession had passed on from
s )me of the streets that run into Church street from
the north, great crowds would run along and meet it• at
the next available place, cheer heartily, and again make
for another point along the line of route. It was really
astonishing to witness the great mass of people that bad
collected by the time the procession reached

PARKER STREET AND CLAYTON SQUARE,
and as the latter afforded ample space for thousands, it was a centre
of attraction, whore people certainly did most congregate, for
the entire square was chock" full. It was not a mob-
or rabble that collected here, but steady, will•dressed people
of bath sexes, who evinced laudable anxiety to witness the
interesting spectacle, that will riot indeed be forgotten by any
one who beheld it, and that will live in history.as long as the
house that was founded yesterday will endure. As in the other
streets, the square was decorated with flies and hannerets,
gay devices, &c., and the windows had their full compliment of
delighted spectators. Mr Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel, was
decorated in nice style, and elicited applause, whilst the balcony
presented an array of beauty and fashion. Passing from the
square the procession enters d

ELLIOTT STREET,
when the same general features were observable as on
the previous line. The crowd of people here was very
great. and the police had some difficulty to keep the way
open, but the people kept back with good natured pushing,
and with this exception there was no more inconvenience
than is necessarily experienced on such occasions. Tne
great centre of attraction, however, and the place that
might be called the focus of the whole affair, was