The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-10 00:00:00

• Wej she Mayon 'Recorder, :Aldermen,
Common Council, of the town of Liverpool, are an-
xious to testify the warm feelings of satisfaction which
we experience in
consequence of your visit to this
part of your native county. In common with the
rest of his Majesty's subjects we are impressed with
gratitude for the various and useful services which
have distinguished your official, life, and above all,
for the wise and judicious .measures by which you
have for ever associated your own name with the
amelioration of the laws and institutions of your
country.
" We are, therefore, anxious to have the honour
of enrolling your name in the list of the freemen of
this his Majesty's most ancient and loyal borough of
Liverpool. And we beg to present the freedom in
this box, as a durable memorial of our unfeigned re-
spect and esteem."
• This address was read by the Recorder from a
written paper, and Mr. Peel's reply, which was
the following, was delivered in a similar manner :
" Mt.- Mayor and Gentlemen—No distinction
could be conferred upon .me more gratifying to my
feelings.than the freedom of Liverpool, presented to
me on the grounds which you have assigned for the
presentation of that honour. Those who preside
over the administration of the law in this populous
and most important jurisdiction must be pre-emi-
nently qualified to judge of the effects of the mea-
sures which I have proposed for the simplification of
the criminal code, and the
.mitigation of its severity.
Your approval of them is a source of gratification to
me; but I cannot receive the valuable token of it
which you have this day offered without publicly
acknowledging how deeply indebted I have been,
throughout the whole course of my labours, to the
zeal, ability, and. professional experience, of others,
and to that generous concurrence and support which,
in the promotion of an object of high public concern,
disregarded the differences in political opinions, and
obliterated for the time all party distinctions. lam
proud of the enrolment of my name among the free-
men of this ancient and loyal borough ; and I return
you my cordial acknowledgments for having super-
added, to the many motives which already led me
to take a deep interest in its welfare, the ties and
obligations of local connections. If any thine. could
have enhanced the value of this token, it is the con-
sideration that I have received if through the in-
strumentality of a gentleman (the Mayor) who is so
highly and justly esteemed."
After the ceremony of the presentation, ices,
;champagne, and other refreshments, were handed
round to the company, who displayed none of that
disgraceful haste to partake of the good things pro-
vided, which has characterised the conducrof some
of the assemblies that we have witnessed in places
claiming to possess as high a degree of polish as the
inhabitants of Liverpool.
Mr. Peel and the members of the Corporation re-
paired to the council-room, Miele the Right Hon.
Gentleman was sworn in a burgess of Liverpool, and
had his name enrolled in the roll-books.
On his departure.from the Town-hall, Mr, Peel
was cheered (but rather faintly) by the populace
assembled• about the entrance. In the Exchange
news-room his reception by the merchants assembled
there was more enthusiastic. The company stood
up on the tables, and a burst of loud and vontinued
cheers followed from all sides. Mr. Peel appeared
greatly gratified by the cordiality of his reception,
and acknowledged it by repeatedly bowing to the
assembly. On his way from the Town-hall to the
Exchange news-room the distinguished visitor mi-
nutely examined the monument erected in comme-
moration •of Lord Nelson. This, as many of our
readers know, is a: collection of figures in bronze, the
prineipal,of which represents our great naval hero
stoking under the touch ',Meath, who lays his icy
skeleton fingers on the heart of Nelson at the very
moment when Fame is about to place immortal
crowns of victory on his head. Mr. Peel paused a

considerable time before this monument. From the
Exchange the Right lion, Gentleman was conveyed
in the Mayor's carriage to the school for the blind
and the Botanic Garden. He afterwards visited the
eastern part of the tunnel of the Liverpool and Man-
chester rail-way, and appeared greatly pleased by
this splendid undertaking,. Which was lighted ttp for
the occasion.
In the course of the day an address was presented
to Mr. Peel from the Guardian Society of Trade,
thanking the Right Hon. Gentleman for his exer-
tions in favour of the Bill for the better Recovery of
Small Debts, and expressing a hope that he would
not relax in his efforts to have it passed into a law.
The address was forwarded to the Right lion.
Secretary by Mr. J. Smith, President of the Society.
It is said that Mr. Peel goes to-morrow to Man-
chester, for the purpose of dining with the Commer-
cial Clerks'.Soriety. Mr. Hulton, of Hutton, takes
the chair.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. B.—Wind W.N.W.—High water
59 minutes past ten.—Arrived the Robert Russell, from
Quebec ; Christina Voss, Sawa], from Antwerp ; Lady
Florence, Bishop, Drogheda; Elizabeth, Kearns, from
Drogheda.
Vessels returned into Port this day—Huddersfie!d, for
Demerara ; France, Barbadoes ; John Viatvt, Lisbon ;
Governor Douglas, Miramiebi ; Trinidad Packet, Trini-
dad ; Elizabeth, Grey, Gibraltar.
for Phila•.
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Halifax, Firlay, for
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liam, Smith, Malta and Alexandria ;
Halifax, N.S.