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The opening of the Albert Dock, heralded by salvos
of artillery, and followed by a de jeiiner, may be expressed.
in a word—it was the poetry of commerce. • The prac•
tical business of life gave way on the occasion to one of
those brilliant scenes that once witnessed are ever re-
membered—that live in the memory like the realisation
of the magic scenes which rise at the enchanter's wand,
and then sink, like Prospero's power, deeper than plum-
met ever sounded.
The banquet at the Town Hall showed how wealthy
merchants are able to entertain princes showed
that while commerce is the handmaid of civilsa-
tion, she brings in her train the refinements,
the delicacies, the luxuries of life. All that wealth the
most unbounded could supply,' all that taste the most
critical could suggest, all that fancy the most imagina-
tive could realise, was there—spread in profusion, and
offered without ostentation. It was a banquet fit to
feast kings—worthy of Britain's merchant-princes.
The procession—how shall we describe it—to
what shall we liken it ? We have heard royalty
proclaimed at Charing-cross seen it anointed
in Westminster Abbey. But to our taste there
was more genuine feeling in the bluff hearty
cheers of English artisans, each bearing the
emblem of his craft, that fell on the Prince's ear
on the morning of Friday last, in that long procession,
s‘hich would have extended for miles in a direct line—
more soul, more sympathy, than the congratulations,
more polite, it may be, certainly not more earnest,
which the proudest aristccracy in the world offered to
the Mistress of the Seas when she ascended the throne
of her fathers.

Liverpool, during the two days of the royal festival.
was pregnant with excitement. The holidays were ge-
neral—business was suspended, and every one, in the
gratification of an amiable feeling, seemed bent on en-
joying hicaswlf for the time being. I. this land of inter-
minable labour the misfortune is, that holidays, like
angels' visits, are so few and far between. If the hard-
worked sons of toil were enabled to appropriate two or
three days in the year to the indulgence of rest,
cominglid with the poetry of life, the world would
be better, happier, far—and commerce would suffer
little, if any, deterioration. The great law of human
existence—labour, and its concomitant, the sweat
of the brow, produce health, but do not pro-
hibit enjoyment. It is so rare, so gratifying, a
sight, to see humble industry relieved from its
drudgery—to witness the smiling faces, the happy
homes of those who minister to our wants, and
partake in our enjoyments, that all who look on
the dignity of nature with the feelings of phi-
lanthropy, regret that these occasions are so rare.
Royalty must have a strong hold on the affections of the
nation when it throws down the barriers which com-
merce and a money-making people erect in the pursuit
of a great purpose.
We honour the visit of Prince Albert, because it has
developed traits of character creditable to him as a man
and a Prince. We honour it, because it is associated
with a noble purpose—the elevation of the character of
the British sailor. We honour it, finally, because it has
contributed, as we believe, to his gratification, while it has
certainly been the means of furthering the enjoyment of
hundreds of thousands of human beings !

We have given elsewhere a sketeliy account of the
festivities in Liverpool, consequent on the visit of Prince
Albert. The v s't, in every point of view, was oppor-
tune, and has left behind recollections of the most pleas-
ing and gratifying character. The popular consort of et,
popular Queen corning to assist in the performance of a
work of charity—the foundation of a " Home" for the
sailor, was an occasion, in a great commercial mart, the
best ealculated of all others to make royalty respected,
and to call forth the warm and generous sympathies of
an intelligent people.
The Prince has many requisites that command respect.
He is young, handsome, affable, and possesses a figure
that " gives the world assurance of a man " Without
being stilted, his manners are dignified and prepossess-
ing. and in his countenance there is an expression of
bc,nhomie that conciliates esteem. When to high birth
and a tine person are added mental attainme.ats of the
most refined cast, it is easy to conceive that tteeir pos-
sessor rejoices in every accomplishment, natural and ac-
quired, that exalts and dignifies our common humtelity.
The human mind has a natural tendency to think well
of those who are placed above us by the accidents of
bit th c.r of fortuno. IVhen their private characters and
public conduct are in unison with the refinements of an
elevated civilisation, their. apprarance in public is sure
to command respect and elicit admiration. The feeling
at which we have glflzictd has not exclusive refer Price to
roTillty. It has been eliciftd by American Presidents— -
enjoyed by Earopeen Sovereigns. Buonaparte and
Washington, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, have
it is to secure the respect 4nd to -
found out how easy
command the homage of admiring millions.
During the seven or eight years that Prince Albert
has been allied to the British crown, his conduct in pub-
lic,
his character in private, have been marked by fine
taste, and the absence of any feelings that could com-
promise a gentleman or a prince. " Blest in thy genius,
in thy love, too, blest," was said of one every way his
inferior, as respects not only birth, but what the world,
even in aristocratic England, regards with higher esteem,
talent. The Prince is understood to rejoice in many
accomplishments that would make the fortunes of ordi-
nary poets, painters, and musicians. It is impossible to
look upon his expressive, ingenuous, manly features
without feeling that he is one of nature's nobility—one
who would acquire distinction in any field to which his
energies had been devoted.

LiVing in an atmosphere apart from the great world,
it is creditable to his sagacity and his practical know-
ledge of human nature, that when he does come in con-
tact with the great mass of mankind, he can " unbend"
in a manner which p'eases and delights all. The road
to popularity for Princes is smooth—for plebians rough,
with very awkward turnings !
Court et;quette forbids the introduction of genuine
English eloquence in the presence of royalty. During
his two days' sojourn in Liverpool, the Prince made
two or three speeches—terie, epigrammatic, and preg-
nant with sense and meaning. But he heard, in the
brief language of British merchants, comprehensive
views; he saw, in their bearing, suavity of manners;
he witnessed in their conduct, energy of character,
that, combined, have raised this country foremost in
wealth, in respect, and in prosperity, amongst the
nations of the earth. The respect which they conceded
to him, without any compromise of feeling, or a particle
of personal debasement, must have elicited in return,
admiration for men who trust their fortunes to the winds
of heaven, and with a noble self reliance on the triumphs
of science, and the truths of arithmetic, rarely lay their
heads on their pillows without being, more or less, as
regards station and wealth, at the mercy of the fickle
elements—those elements over which Britannia is said
to rule, but which frequently rise into sublime re-
bellion, in defiance of her fabled authority, and toss
the labouring barque of British commerce into a
thousand atoms.