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LONDON :
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18. 1837.

We have received several communications from
highly respectable quarters, proposing plans—some of
them amusing enough—for the prevention of acci-
dents, and the gratification of the people, on the oc-
casion of her Majesty Queen VICTORIA'S first regal
visit to the City of London. The subject deserves
the consideration of all who desire to see cur young
and most gracious Sovereign the idol of a hippy and
grateful people ; and, in our opinion, will be best ac-
complished by the spontaneous efforts of these mas-
ters, employers, and other wealthy persons, vho may
have it in their power to enable those, whose means
and liberty are circumscribed, to participate in the
general rejoicing. We can think of only tvo mea-
sures which it is incumbent on the Government to
take—namely, to issue an Order in Council appointing
the 9th of November a general holiday ; and appoint-
ing that all bills payable on that day may loe paid
either on the previous or subsequent day, as may be
deemed by mercantile men most convenient. ouch a
regulation, if adopted, will prevent many abuses which
otherwise will inevitably take place. From eluting-
cross to the Mansion-house the shops must be all kept
closed ; and were any of the banking-houses in the Strand,
Fleet-street, or within range of the Royal cavalcade to
remain open, an Immense loss of property would be
among the least of the dreaded results. Of course
there will be no lack of swindlers, forgers of bills,
thieves, and pickpockets, on a day so auspicious to
the schemes of such depredators; and the only way to
disappoint them is to take the same precaution before-
hand which ensures the safety of property on the Sab-
bath. The most experienced banking-house clerks
could not be expected to possess the vigilance neces-
sary to defeat the deep-laid designs of swinders on
an occasion of this sort; and to hazard the experi-
ment would prove the temerity rather than the mer-
cantile prudence of the owners of such establishments.
As we presume that every employer giving a holi-
day to his workmen and servants will do so cheer-
fully—without making any deduction from their
wages—the only persons who can complain of such a
regulation will be the poorer class of shopkeepers.
But even they will be gainers by it ; for it is impos-
iible for them to attend the Royal procession, and
keep their shops open, without running the risk of
being robbed. The best thing, therefore, the
Government can do, is to declare the 9th of No-
vember a solemn holiday ; and thus afford the
citizens of London an opportunity of paying respect to
their SOVEREIGN, without detriment to their daily
avocations. Among other things we trust that the
comforts of the poor will not be overlooked—that the
affluent will, as the noblest test of their loyalty, make
• the day of her MAJESTY'S visit to London a day rich
in the performance of deeds of charity and benevolence.

The Tories of Liverpool celebrated the return of
the Members for that town, and for South Lancashire,
on Monday last. There was, as a matter of course,
a numerous squad of the advocates of corruption as-
sembled on this occasion. Of all the towns on
the face of the, earth Liverpool is acknowledged
to be the most abandoned, as far as political prin-
ciple is concerned. Norwich is a formidable rival,
but deeply stained as she is with the guilt of corrup-
tion, she is compelled to yield the palm to her western
competitor. We should therefore have been surprised
if the backers of the system which has prevailed so
long in Liverpool had not been able to muster a com-
pany, respectable for number as well as for the posses-
sion of that wealth which they very justly regard as
their only anchor of hope.
Mr. N. ROBINSON, Mayor of Liverpool in those
halcyon days when the Corporation was the very
citadel of corruption, was the gentleman chosen !e
preside at this entertainment. A more appropriate
selection could not have been made. Who so well
qualified to celebrate the triumphs of corruption as he
who had served a regular apprenticeship to the craft ?
The principal performers were Lord SANDON, and his
new colleague, Mr. CnEsswF,LL, Lord FRANGIII
EGERTON, and the Hon. BOOTLE 'WILBRAHAM!
the Members for South Lancashire. We are glad to find
in the speeches of these gentlemen a tone of moderation
which we were not prepared to expect. It is true they
say very little in which we can concur ; but, with the
exception of Mr. CRESSWELL) who does not seem to
have sufiieiently collected his ideas since the surprise
he received in finding himself a. Member of Parlia-
ment, they expressed their political views as gentlemen
do who in speaking of their opponents never forget the
respect due to themselves.
Lord SANDON is oting on as a public speaker.
His talents, to he
,Sure, aro but of a mediocre order.
He cannot take a statesmanh.:<e,
or even a business-
like view of a question, and is a considerable
quantity of surplusage in his style
yet he is wonder-
fully unproved in readiness, or rattle) volubility, since
M
he commenced his public career, and W
think it not