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London, England, 1826-02-13 00:00:00

IRE LIVERPOOL SERVICE OF PLATE,

PIUSJIIIID SO
OE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM HUSKISSON.

Tut Gentlemen acting as the Committee for presenting this
:o:ndid testimonial from the town of Liverpool to Mr. Hounslow,
r, Jay, inspected the same, at those eminent silversmiths, Mann.
GOURDS, in Panton-street, near the Haymarket, who were the
wlnufacturers. The most remarkable piece is that which bears the
6l'qwing inscription

The Service or Plate
Of which this Ca.ndelabruna is a part,
Was presented to
The Right Honourable WILLIAM HUSKISSON
By a numero►ts Body
Of the Mercha►►ts, Freemen, and Inhabitants of

LIVLSIPOOL)
As a testimony
Of their serise of the benefits
Derived to the Nation at large,
From the enlightened system
Of commercial policy
Brought forward by him
As President of the Board of Trade,
And of their gratitude
For the seal and ability with which,
As a Member for Liverpool,
He has watched over the interests of
His Constituents.

The base is circular, on which the inscription appears in two
p!ares, viz. the front and rear: Surmounting the base, rises a group.
of Bacchanalian figures, under a canopy of foliage. of peculiar sick-
ness in sculpture, from which arise the branches forming the ans.
ric!obrusts, and it contains eight lights. The whole forms a most
Firming and elegant design, and is executed In so masterly a man-
ner, both as to the beauty and correctness of the human figure, and
the fine art of the workman, as to evince the great and decided su-
periority of the present mode of Manufacturing silver over that of
lel preceding age.
The ice•pails are of the form of the celebrated Etruscan vases
discovered in Herculaneum, but the feet are in design grotesque;
they are formed of four dolphins entwined together. The bodies
el the vases are ornamented with, water-leaves and shell-work. The
tureens and the bottle-stands are admirable specimens of splendour
Zchasing, but all the other pieces of plate are so contrived as to
b:estd the useful with the agreeable;—indeed, in the whole outline,
that idea has never been lost sight of ; and, we may venture to add,
tat we never saw taete more judiciously applied.

V)e following cortespoildence took place in pre-
sc::Ling the plate s

6 Livraroot., Frs. 4.

" bly MAIL Sea—As Chairman of the Committee,. I have now
the honour to- request your acceptance of the service of plate pre-
crud*, you by this great commercial town. The motives which
led to this proof of public feeling are set forth in the inscription,
engraved on the centre ornament of the service. •

(Here a copy of the in,oription is inserted.]
" Notwithstanding the embarrassment and distress which gene-
ally prevail in trade and manufactures, I am desired by the Com-
mittee to assure you, that their conviction of the wisdom of the
mtssures introduced by you for the removal of conuturcLal re-
strictions, remains undiminished, sad that they confidently antici-
pate, from their matured operation, the most beneficial effects to
the country at large.

" It Is very gratifying to me to have been sekcted by my liberal
L:low-townsmen as their organ on this occasion ; and I have only to
drat I have the honour to be, my dear Sir. vcry.faithfully yours,
" JOHN BOLTON.

" To the Right Hon. Wm. Huskisson, &c."

FEMILVA ItY 6.

" Mt aria Sta—T have this d.iy had the honour to receive,
flora a deputation of the Committee of the merchants and inbalat-
tuts of Liverpool, theletter with which yea. as 'theirs Chahipan,
Aare been desired to accompany the presentation to me of the ask-
vl:e of plate, prepared under the direction of the Committee,in
coclpliance with the resolutions of the subscribers.
I receive with just pride, and acknowledge with the most

gratitude, this mark of their approbation.
However splendid this munificent testimony of their senti-
ments, the record of those sentiments, in the inscription upon the
plete,veill ever be considered by me as constituting its highest value.'
lu chi,: free counu yr, it is the best recompense of the services
of toy nuui, filling a high and responsible situation (be his station
is hie, odium Ise, what it may), to find himself supported by the
cordial concurrence of those who, by their intelligence, as well as
by the habits of their lives, are most competent to form a correct
j:Jsmeut, and whose welfare is most immediately concerned in the
✓esult of any important measures which it may be his duty to bring
turward iu Parliament.

1. Valuable as the expression of such concurrence and support
mut be at any time, it is doubly grateful to me under the present '
circumstances ; and I hope I may be allowed to add, (without
the imputation of vanity,) that the renewed decimation, by
the merchants and inhabitants of Liverpool, of their matured and
confirmed opinion, is not, under these circumstances, altogether
owlets to the public interest. Partial as their kindness to myself
west render that opinion in easier titnes,it will hardly be imagined
the in times of difficulty, like the present, they would allow a dis-
position to employ the language of compliment to overbear their
nand and ,ancere Conviction.
" To such vicissitudes as those which have recently occurred, the
commerce of this country has been at aU times liable. They are,
perhaps, the inevitable result of activity and enterprise, stimulated
by unbounded credit ; and by those perpetually increasing powers
Of machinery which ingenuity has created in aid of the natural
industry of our population.
But, by whatever causes the present stagnation may have been
occasioned, and however deeply I lament its pressure (more espe-
(ldly that portion of it which falls upon my constituents), I am
1,24 convinced that it has in no degree been produced or aggravated
ly the relaxing of any of those restrictions which Parliament
deemed it no longer expedient to retain.
" In this conviction I am supported, not exclusively by those
vets° generally approve the measures of the Administration, but by
other, of the greatest talents and authority, who look to those mea-
sacs with a leis friendly eye. By this coincidence of opinion, our

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p: went commercial system is (fortunately, as I conceive) withdrawn
from the range of those questions which divide the two great poli-
tical parties of the State upon other points of general policy ; and I
cennot but hope, that when confidence shall be again restored (as I
oust it soon will be) in pecuniary transactions, the like general
sty .e will prevail.,among persons practically engaged in commerce,
of the increased facilities and encouragement which the late changes
ri calculated to afford to the manfacturing industry and whole-
t„:l> trade of the country.
I cannot conclude without offering to you, my dear Sir, my
rust thanks, not only for the flattering terms in which you have
upessed yourself personally towards me on this occasion, bet for
unwearied kindness, and active assistance which I have expo.
*mud from you during the whole course of my connexion with
Lierpeol.
" I have the honour to be, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours,
W. HUSKISSON.
" To John Bolton, Esq. &c."

Tit Diorama is about to re-open with two new pie-
NU of great variety and interest. One of them represents the
kkrior or Rossiya Abbey, the other a view of the town and en-
*•:.:ts of Rouen. The latter will give, among other effects of light
a ili.kie, a perfect representation of the appearance and disap-
Pw Ince of a rainbow, with its reflection in .the sky and on the
art,.

THE ARMY. •
Orders have been issued for the troops 'tattooed at Dorchester
to march out of the town three days prior to tie election of a
Member for the county, which is about to• take place. The itd
Dragoon Guards will be removed to Radpok Barracks, Weymouth,
until three days after the election.
Friday, a numerous detachment of recruits for tie 914 Rashness(
marched from Edinburgh Castle to embark at Leith, to join their
Regiment in the West Indies.
Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
1 Westmorland.
_ _ .

Thomas Butler Cole, and Robert Grfeves, Buys. to be Deputy
TS

Westmorland Yeomanry Cavalry—Andrew Craig the younger,
Gent. to be Cornet.
Commission signed by the Lord lieutenant of the County of
Cumberland.
William liebson, Esq. to be Deputy lieutenant.