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VISIT OF LORD PALMERST.ON TO
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 7.
•
It being ascertalne3 that Lord Palmerston would pay
a flying visit to this port, a special meeting of the Liver-
pool Town C Juncil was called this morning, at which
the following address was adopted : •
"To THE RIGHT HON. THE VISCOUNT PALMERSTON,
M.P., K.G., Sze., FIRST LORD COMMISSIONER
OP HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.
" May it please your Lordship,
" We, the Mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of Liverpool,
beg to otter our hearty conzra,tulations on the arrival of
your Lordship in this great commercial town.
" We aro sensible of the value and importance of your
long services to the State, and of the eminent ability with
which your Lordship for many years directed the foreign
policy of the country ; and we would especially refer to
the circumstances under which your Lordship assumed the
onerous and responsible duties of Prime Minister, in which
position, by imparting your energy and vigour to the vari-
ous departments of the Executive, youenabled her Majesty,
in conjunction with her august allies, to terminate a pro-
tracted war and to restore to Europe the blessings of peace.
" We rely confidently that the same vigour and firmness
will be displayed by your Lordship in bringing to a satis-
flctoty acj Istment any questions still rema'ning unsettled
in our relations with other countries,' so that the peace now
happi yiff 3eted may be secured on a permanent and honour-
able basis.

" We regret, that the time at your L#rdship's disposal is
too limited to permit you to inspect all the conveniences
already provided by the local authorities for the accommo-
dation of commerce at this great port, and'uow in progress
under their direction, to meet its rapidly increasingrequire-
ments ; but we feel sure that your Lordship will view with
satisfaction such parts of thoso works is you may be ena-
bled to visit, and which provide dock accommodation and
conveniences for shipping to an extent 'unparalleled in the
world.
•,/'
" We fervently hope that yont LoAslap may long be
spared in health and strength to benefit the country by
your counsel and experience, and that you may have the
happiness of seeing, the policy adopted underyourgnidance
conduce to the welfare and prosperity of all classes of her
Majesty's subjects.
" Given under the common seal of the said borough."
Lord Palmerston, accompanied by Lady Palmerston
and Sir B. Heywood, Bart., arrived at the Lime-street
station of the London and North-Western Railway at
20 minutes to 1 o'clock, and was received by the Mayor
(Mr. J. Stewart), Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. T. B.

Horsfall, Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P., Mr. Bramley-
__ _ . .

Moore, M.P., and some of the leading merchants of thr.s
town. He was first driven in the Mayor's state carriage
to St. George's-hall, which he inspected, and Mr. Bent
played a few staves on the great organ. Thence his lord-
ship was driven to the Town-bail, followed by a large as-
semblage of people, who cheered him enthusiastically.
At the Town-ball the members of the town-council and
the leading men of the town were assembled, including
Mr. C. Holland, President of the Liverpool Chamber of
Commerce; Mr. T. Bouch, ex-President of ditto; Mr.
C. Turner, Chairman of the Dock Committee ; Mr. F.
Shand, the Mayor elect ; Admiral Grenfel, Gen. Law-
rence, Mr. J. A. Tobin, &c.

His Lordship was conducted to the principal drawing-
room, where the Town Clerk (Mr. Shutileworth), Mr.
C. Holland, Mr. Graves, Chairman of the Shipowners'
Association ; Mr. Smith, Vice-Chancellor of ditto ; and
other gentlemen bad the honour of an introduction.
The MAYOR then addressing Lord Palmerston, after
lamenting the short stay he would make in the town,
read the address which bad been prepared by the corpo
ration.

Mr. C. HOLLAND, President of the Liverpool Chamber
of Commerce, stepping forward, said he had been deputed
by that body and the various commercial associations in
the town to communicate to his lordship the great gra-
tification which they experienced at seeing his lordship '
on this occasion, their only regret being that his lord-
ship's brief visit prevented them from making a more
formal recognition 4f the esteem in which his lordship's
distinguished services were held by this great commercial
community. Oa the part of the Chamber of Commerce,
he acknowledged the courtesy and attention a ith which
her Majesty's Gov.ernment had received any suggestions
from that body, and the readiness with which it had ever
signified its desire to accede to its wishes. His lord-
ship's brief stay prevented him from entering upon a
consideration of the foreign policy in which his lord-
ship's services had been much distinguished ; but there
was one question to which, if he consulted the wishes of
the mercantile community, he must especially refer. He
alluded to the question of the late difErence between
this country and the "United States of America. There
was only one expression of feeling among all, the mem-
bers of this community as to the manner in which his
lordship and her Majesty's advisers had disposed of a
question which might have involved this country in a
dispute with the United States—a mode which nut only
consulted the dignity of this country, but exhibited a
conciliatory spirit in meeting the question. (Cheers.)
Mr. S. R. GRAVES, Chairman of the Liverpool Ship-
owners' Association, also, in the name of that body, ex-
pressed their gratification at his lordship's visit, and in-
dulged in a hope that the cordial nature of his reception
would induce his lordship to pay a visit to the town on
a future occasion, when they would be enabled to accord
to him a greeting which should in some degree express
the feelings of the community. (Cheers.)
Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to the addresses, said—
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,--I beg to return you, not
merely for myself, but also in the name of my colleagues,
our most sincere thanks for the cordial manner in which
you have been pleased to receive me. You Lave been
pleased to say that, if circumstances had given you
more time to prepare a formal reception, that reception
might have been accompanied by some more formal de-
monstration of your goodwill. It is an established say-
ing that "second thoughts are best ;" but it is also a
truism that first impulses are best ; and having received
the expression of your first impulse, I am quite sure no-
thing c ,old add to the gratefulness of my reception,
even if time had enabled you to add more form to the
congratulations which you have now expressed. It must,
gentlemen, be peculiarly gratifying to those who are
charged with the conduct of affairs to receive expres
slops of approval of their policy in times of such immense
importance as those to which your observations have re-
ferred from a community such as that in which I now
have the honour to be, because if there is any comneu•
pity whose interests are more peculiarly affected by cir-
cumstances of peace and war it must be that great com-
mercial body whose transactions flourish in peace
and are likely to be crippled in war. It is therefore most
satisfactory to Government to have found, during the
continuance of the war in which we were unfortunately
engaged, that a sense of the justice of the cause, that a
sense of the necessity for the exertions which we called
upon the country to make, overpowered, in the minds
of the commercial community of this country, all con-
slderations of private interests, and called forth from
them that display of energetic patriotism which contri-
butes so greatly to the success of the contest, and which
reflected such honour upon the country at large.
(Cheers.) I may say to those I now have the honour
of addressing that the means which the commercial
marine of this country placed at the disposal of Govern•
ment contributed essentially to the'successful operations
in which we were engaged. (Hear, hear.) The vast
means of transport which the commercial marine placed
in the hands of Government had this effect—that our
armies—and when I speak of our armies I mean the
o
armies of France and England, for they were one upon
that (occasion—(cheers)—that the armies ,
truth,
u theth,
nearer
a allies,rer
which (at least our own) were 3,000 miles from the
re
to
oead those quarters
resourcesof i their
point
trcoef time and facilities thans, w
e

those of the enemy, who was fight;ng upon his own ter-
ritory. (Hear, hear.) Well, gentlemen, it waS not only
thus supported, but
satisfactory toto ussayt o t
hfiantd
all
tourselveshe
energy
o erg y
and zaal of her
Majesty's Government—and that energy and zeal were
uniform throughout the land—l am bound to say that
of the manner in which every member of the Adminis-
tration co-operated in the common cause, for that energy
and zeal, and the confidence with which we were ho-
noured by our Sovereign, the bravery of our army and
navy, and the cordial co operation of our allies would
have been unavailing if it had not been for that glorious
spirit which was displayed by the people of this country,
which not only backed up the Government in all its
efforts that were necessary for the war, but which .con-
vinced other nations, and more especially the Power
with whichme were contending, that our resources were
growing with the duration of the contest. (Applause.)
Instead of being •exhausted by the first year's war we
were only beginning to put forth our strength, and
that indomital,le spirit of England, instead of quailing
under difficulties, was . roused to additional exertion

by occasional impediments, and the national ardour in-
creasedtion of the conflict. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, we were not
inattentive
tetaod oofthdeirm iinnitsehreeds
tisn
besides those connected
with the grave translctions of war. It has been a sub-
jectna of great satisfaction to us to reflect that at the com-
mencement of that conflict the Government of England,
Ln concert with that bf Franca, made changes and-re-

laxations in the doctrines of war, which, without in any
degree impairing the power of the belligerents against
their opponents, maintained the course of hostilities, yet
tended to voitigate the pressure which hostilities inevit-
ably produce upon the commercial transactions of coun-
tended ; and, in the course of time, those principles of
exception, to hostilities by sea, so that
tries that are at war. (Hear, hear.) I cannot help hoping
that these relaxations of former doctrines, which were
established in the beginning of the war, practised during
its continuance, and which have been since ratified by
formal engagements, may perhaps be still further ex-
war which. are applied to hostilities by land may be ex-
tended, without
private property shall no longer be the object of aggres-
Ainre on either side. (Cheers.) If we look at the example
r',f former periods, we shall not find that any powerful
country was ever vanquished by losses sustained by in-
dividuals ; it is the conflicts of armies by land and fleets
by sea that decide the great contests of nations ; and it
is, perhaps, to be desired that those conflicts should
be confined to the bodies acting under the orders
and directions of the respective States. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, the Government certainly always felt deeply
indebted to these great commercial bodies who aro
kind enough to impart to us from time to time sug-
gestions for the remedy of existing evils. We know
well that no executive Government can be so per-
fectly informed of all the detailed operations of commerce
as to be able, without such assistance) to devise those
measures, which may be best calculated to set free the
industry of the country, and to give the greatest de-
velopment to commercial enterprise. We may recollect
---I think it was in the reign of Louis XIV. or Louis
X.V.—that the Government of the day applied to per-
sons engaged in commerce to know how it could assist
them. The answer was, " Leave us alone, don't govern
too much.'! (Hear.) That doctrine has, fortunately, of
late years, been the basis of commercial legislation and
administration ; but, without governing too much, and
leaving commerce alone, there still from time to time
may be measures which not only may leave commerce
alone, but may assist its development, and by that means
cotetribute to the growth of the wealth and prosperity
el the country. Gentlemen, this town must be remark-
able among the great communities of the laud. Your
fleets exceed in amount some of the fleets of former
kingdoms and empires. There is no sea upon which your
noble ships are not found, no shore washed by the most
distant ocean to which your great vessels do not carry the
produce of the industry of this great country. You:
have also done that which is especially connected with
one of the topics upon which you have addressed me
—a thing worthy of admiration, and accompanied with
immense advantage. You have, if I may say so, bridged
the Atlantic. You have connected, by establishir g
rapid intercourse, I will not say of two nations, for two
nations they are not, but two branches of the same na-
tion—(hear)—the opposite shores of the great Atlantic.
It was the remark of Mr. Burke, when discussing the
operations of the American war, that it was difficult to
carry on a war when seas rolled and months intervened
between the order and its execution. Well, gentlemen,
how changed aro the circumstances-from what they were
then I It is quite true that the same seas still roll, and
that they are lashed by the same conflict of the elements,
but the period of communication which was then counted
in months is now only numbered by days. (Hear.) But
a greater change may still be marked, for those orders
which Mr. Burke spoke of were orders for military ope-
rations, and the execution of those orders a bloody con-
fliet between men of kindred race. The orders that now
traverse rapidly the ocean in your vessels are orders for
peaceful commerce, the execution of which tends to the
mutual benefit of the nations inhabiting the two sides of
the broad Atlantic. I was sure that the policy which
we recently adopted in our difference with the United
States must meet with your approbation. (Hear, hear.)
We felt that while on one hand it was necessary to main-
tain the dignity of the country, and that while it was
equally necessary to show that the calamities of war with
a kindred race would prevent us from doing what was
right and just to ourselves, that we should still waive
a'l minor and petty considerations, that we ought not
to take advantage of circumstances which might perhaps
have justified the expression of angry feelings—that
it was more dignified to look at what we believed to be
the friendly feeling of the great mass of the people
of the United States than to take too much notice of
circumstances in a narrower sphere that might, perhaps,
have justified feelings of irritation. (Cheers.) The re-
sult, I think, has fully borne out the wisdom of the
course. lam persuaded that those opportunities of
frequent intercourse which are afforded to the people of
the two countries will, beyond anything else, contribute
to maintain between them that harmony which acquaint-
ance and personal intercourse form the best foundation
for—that the mutual interests which commerce esta-
blishes will be cemented by an intimate acquaintance
with each other ; and I am sure that, in proportion as
your prosperity increases—iu proportion as your enter-
prise is developed, in the same proportion may we look
to the cementing permanently those ties of friendship
and good-will which exist, and ought to be perpetuated,
between the people on the two shores. (Cheers.) I can
only wish, in conclusion, that this great community may
long prosper, and may long continue, by your enterprise,
by your skill, by your prosperity, to be an essential ele-
ment in the power and progression of this country, and
thereby contribute, as I trust it will, to the diffusion of
civilisation throughout the world. (Applause.)
The noble Viscount subsequently presented himself at
the balcony overlooking the Exchange area, which was
crowded by merchants representing the wealth and com-
mercial activity of the port, who cheered his lordship
most vociferously. He thanked them warmly for the
gratifying reception they had given to him, and stated
that the interests of Liverpool were bound up with the
interests of the countryat large, spoke of the importaace
of the port, and expressed a hope that it would long
continue to enjoy the fruits of the energy and enterprise
of its people.
After taking lunch with the Mayor in the Town-hall
his Lordship proceeded on 'Change, where he was re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm. He proceeded to
the newsroom, and there delivered a few words of thanks
for the cordial greeting they had accorded to him.
When he returned to London, he said, he should tell
his colleagues that Manchester and Liverpool were the
most important commercial cities in the world.
His lordship had subsequently a sail ou the river in a
steamer, which afforded him an opportunity of seeing
the extent of the docks and the nature of some of the
improvements on the Cheshire shore. Messrs. M'lver
and Co. had one of their vessels anchored in the river,
decorated with English, French, American, and Italian
flags, and as the steamer passed the Niagara she fired a
salute. His lordship afterwarde visited the Albert Dock
warehouses and the Sailors' Home.

Lord and Lady Palmerston and Sir Benjamin Hey-
wood were then conveyed to the railway station, return-
ing to Manchester by the 4.30 p.m. train.

ANOTHER GENTLEMAN DROWNED IN A BATH.—An
inquest was held before the coroner of Liverpool on
Wednesday, on the body of Mr. Capes Ashlin, the
treasurer of the Health and Water Committees of L;.cer•
pool. The deceased gentleman was highly respected in
the town. He was an applicant for the office of cerpo-
ration treasurer, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Wy-
bergb. He was 48 years of age, and appeared to enjoy
excellent health. On Tuesday evening, about 7 o'clock,
he went to the Pierhead Baths and ordered a warm bath.
It was instantly prepared for him, and he proceeded into
the dressing-room, locking the door as he went in. The
keeper heard no unusual noise or sound, and he took
for granted that all was right. After the lapse of half-
an-hoar, and not hearing any stir in the ante-room the
keeper became uneasy. He knocked at the door, and,
receiving no answer, his apprehensions increased, and
he at once burst in the door. The clothes were tiler?,
but Mr. Ashlin was not. On looking into the bath he
saw the body still there, and the head partially immersed
in water. The poor gentleman was dead. Mr. Morris, the
superintendent of the establishment, sent to Mr. Norris,
but he was not in, and his assistant ran down. The mes-
senger proceeded then for Dr. M'lntyre and Mr. Coun-
cillor Wagstaff. Both were promptly on the spot, but
their assistance was unfortunately of no avail. Dr.
M'lntyre stated that the cause of death was drowning,
the deceased having been seized with syncope and fallen
with his head into the water. Verdict accordingly.
A PARISIAN ADVENTURE.—A tradesman of La Cha-
pelle St. Denis recently made the acquaintance of a
pretty young woman whom he was accustomed to meet
in the street, and ou Saturday she gave him a rendez
vous in her chamber at a time when she said her Lim-
band would be absent. At the appointed hour he went
to her, and she, in receiving him, so contrived as to
cause him to stand with his back to a closet. After tuey
had changed a few words the closet door was flung open,
and the young tradesman was felled to the ground by
a violent blow on the head ; at the same moment a
man stepping from the closet began beating him with a
stick, and heaping abuse on him for, as he said, trying
to seduce his wife. The woman, in apparent terror, im-
plored him to spare the young man and take vengeance
on her, as she alone she said, was guilty ; but the man
pushed her from the room, and then, after making some
grand phrases about the wrong which the young man
had contemplated doing him, and about the right he had
to take terrible vengeance on him, he said it the other
would give him a bill for 300 f. he would let him go, and
would not even prosecute him before the tribunals. The
tradesman signed the bill and left, but he immediately
made a declaration to the police of what had occurred,
and they arrested the man. As it turned out that the
woman was not his wife, she alto was arrested.-04/ig.
nani.