Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

OCIOI3ER 31, 1859

THE DERBY BANQUET.

GREAT CONSERVATIVE
.)JEMONSTRATION.

Saturday, the tsienty-ninth day of October, eighteen
hundred and fifty-nine, will henceforth be looked to as
marking an epoch in the annals of the Conservative Polity
of Great Britain. On that day the Conservatives of this
--great commercial town of Liverpool ass_embled in the
Philharmonic Hall, to express publicly their adherence
to Constitutional principles, and the,ir unshaken faith in
the wisdom, energy, and prudence of the Earl of Derby
as their talented leader and uncompromising champion ;
and also to testify their entire concurrence in the course
of policy pursued by that noble lord, and his colleagues)

in the late Ministry. -
The event had been long looked forward to as one'
offering a much-desired opportunity of showing to the-
country that the Conservatives of Liverpool,
the
greatest commercial emporium in Britain, and of ,
Lahcashire, the largest and most extensive manufactur-
ing, community in the world,—are not only alive to'
the true interests of the nation, but that they are'
also energetic in pursuing those objects, and that
line of policy, foreign and domestic, which have
contributed so materially in raising this country tc:,
the important position which it holds among the
nations Of- the earth. Consequent on the prevalence
of this feeling, so soon as the intention of hold-
ing such celebration was made known, a few of the
leading men of Liverpool communicated with each other,
and having so far arranged preliminaries, a committee
was formed to carry the intention into effect. N.°
sooner was the committee formed than the great im-
portance of the movement became apparent. Appliee"
tions for opportamitie.sito participate in the demonstra-
tion poured, in upon the, committee long before the in-
tention had been reduced to any definite. form. One!
of the preliminary movements was the preparation of an
address from the Conservatives of Liverpool, expressive
of their confidence in the Earl of Derby as head a
the Conservative party, and indicative of their re-
liance on the ability and integrity of his lordship and
his colleagues in the late Ministry. It went further than
this, however: it expressed an opinion, and a strong one
the unpatriotic means adopted by the opponents ef--
Conservative principles to overthrOw the Government'
of Lord Derby. So strongly was this expression of
,feeling participated in,- that upwards .of seven thousand
signatures were soon appended to the address.
The gentlemen who agreed to act as the committee
and stewards of the great Conservative Banquet which
it was resolved to hold, as an ovation, at which the
Conservative cause should be at once recognised and pro-
, moted, and who took upon themselves the onerous duties of
this important office, discharged those duties So efficiently
and so satisfactorily, that their names. deserve to be 1--
corded, and will be found in the subjoined :

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John Bibby, Josias Booker, George Booker, 11. W. Banner,'
Richard Bell, Colonel Blackburn (Halo-Hall) C. L. CamPbe'-
James P. Campbel A. Castellaint-"lhomas 'Dover, Thomas
Dorodall, Richard 'Dennistoun, S. R. Graves hard C.
Gardner, James Holme, Samuel Holme, Georg, H. ellorAfall,
Robert Horsfall, Robert Hutchison, R. A. Houghton,e Hilton
Halhead, Roger L. Jones, ThomosLittledale Harold Little
dale, John B. Lloyd, .J. G. Livingstone, John'Saaw Leigh, T.
Turner, Saunders,
George
Edwards Moss Gilbert W. Moss, George eA. Mackenzie. S.
Morris, J. BraMley-Moore, Richard C -N
Naylor, , Lawrence Peel.
John
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John Parker Thomas Rialev, Robert-R
a James Robert-
son, Henry Parker,
Alexander Shand, Johnan aStewart, Charles
(Spoke), John G. Woodhouse, J. N. Walker.
,auJnamtones,
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The appointment of the committee and stewards/
although, in most other instances, it would- have been
equivalent to, a solution of the difficulties insuperable-
from the preliminaries of a banquet of a political
character, was in this instance only the first among
those difficulties. The applications for places by those
eager to take a part in the demonstration were so'
numerous and
so urgent, that-the committee were 'em-
barrassed by their rapid accumulation. Still, the leading
preliminary had. scarcely been carried out. The aeeePt-
mice of such a tribute by Lord Derby, had not been
made sure. The general feeling having been so favour-
ably and so strongly expressed, in regard to the form 0
the demonstation, the Earl of Derby was communicated
with, and assent was obtained. From this point all was'
`plain sailing, with the. exception of that Which
connected itself with the overwhelming number 0'
applicants for tickets.
-The Philharmonic Hall, the largest to be had In
Liverpool, and one of the most eligible and commodious
in the Kingdom, was, after mature deliberation:aml
inspection, secured. Sub-committees of the gentlemen
named were appointed to arrange the different matters
connected with the banquet, and in the face of many'aiffi-
culties the arrangements were proceeded with. Conse-
quent on the extraordinary number of applications f°i.
places, the task imposed on the committee was one so dell-
cate as almost' to border on individionsness. 'Nothing
daunted, however, the members sf the committee Prf;
ceeded in their allotment of tickets, and if not successl".
in obviating every complaint, they are at least entitled °
the merit of having most conscientiously apportioned tlf
accommodation placed within their control; and the gni"
in its general brilliancy of company and arrangements'
bore testimony to the judgment, good taste, and im-
partiality with which those harassing duties had been
discharged.
One feature, and an' important one, of the- deel°s
stration, was the desire that it should be participst
in by as many of the colleagues of the Earl of Derby
in the late Ministry as could possibly be got tegeth!l.
h.
Invitations were accordingly sent to all of them, and th"-j.
cheerful and ready acquiescence bore witness to the ea
feeling and cordial understanding which subsisted nn
still subsists between the members of the late Govern ;
ment and theii chief. Nearly every invitation wes.vso
once accepted, and such an 'array of administratlat
talent, and of individuals possessed of pre-enlinhe
political status, as was assembled on the " dais" in 01
Philharmonic Hall, on Saturday night, has sold
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before been witnessed on any festive occasion. Pre/nti
to the banquet, and of course in connection wit'oo
a large party of illustrious and distinguished Persoo
had assembled at Knowsley. The following.
the names of the Knowsley guests on this lit
morable occasion : —Lord Ravensworth, the R‘100;
Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., and Lady raking' 00
Sir W. H. G. Jolliffe, Bart., and the Misses Jolliffe ; 03
Earl of Hardwicke ; Lord Edward A. Yorke ; Lord ado
Lady Chelmsford, and the Hon. Misses Thesiger ; lof
Right Hon. B. Disraeli, and Mrs. Disraeli ; the Ear.
Eglinton ; the Earl of Malmesbury.; the lion.
.7,41 t
Lygon, M.P. ; the Marquis of Salisbury ; the Peter
Hon. Lord John Manners ; Sir Stafford Nortbe° :5
Bart; Seymour Fitzgerald, Esq., M.P. ; the ag
of Bath ; the Earl of Wilton ; and Lord GreY
Wilton, M.P. lf-Psst
• The Earl of Derby" left Knowsley-hall at he tor
four o'clock, p.M., in an elegant landau, drawn
by in
beautiful horses in state harness, and two postiboes, bf
state liveries, preceded by an outrider, and follow
in
five other carriages, containing such of his colleage;ts,
the late ministry as are at present his lordships C not
As the cavalcade drove along, it was impossible fair
to admire the fine sight. The postilions' liveries ;iv')
played to advantage by the noted " Billy Beecrsver
' are of blue cloth, almost covered with very ileactorbi
lace, having on the arm a costly emblazon of the J.:
sto,
crest, representing the eagle and child, and coronet
to
rounded by the garter and motto of the noble Orter,e'sty,
which his lordship was recently installed by her N. ins
ti?
The noble earl thus honoured the occasion by ar,omP
to the BanqUet with the same regard to extertia"r
is
as is used only on the highest state occasions' f,orol
the same carriage with Lori Derby were, tan..a tb
I of Malmesbury, the Marquis of Salisbury,
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