The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-03-06 00:00:00

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of Stock). Wm. Torr, Esq., of Ln.
the e❑ lent architect, of London ; R. L.
ng r; Mr. Alderman David Hodg
es .s. J. B. Lloyd, JohnA. Tinne, S. Holme,
James Tyrer, the Town Clerk, Messrs. George Grant, H.
Littledale, W. Rathbcne, Brocklebank, Brancker, Wm.
Moss, Banning, C. Saunders, A. H. Holme, A. Shand,
John Campbell, T. Bold, M. D. Lowndes, J. Wybergh,
J. Swift, W. Wagstaff, Brownell, W. S. May, C. Turner,
Dickinson, Bouch, Hamilton, Stringer, and other gentle-
men, altogether in number about 70. The Prince is a
noble and intelligent-looking man, tall, rather stout, and
appears to be about 32 years of age. His manners are
open and affable, and he speaks English with great
fluency. His Worship received his Royal Highness at
the foot of the Grand Staircase, and immediately after
his Royal Highness had entered the Drawing-room, and
some pr

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entations had taken place, dinner was announced.
It is not usual to report the speeches which take place at
our Town-hall banquets, but on an occasion like the pre-
sent we may be excused for giving to the public that of
his Royal Highness, and a few of the judicious remarks
of the Earl of Yarboroueh.

After the health of the Queen and Royal Family had
been drunk with due honours, the Mayor proposed the
health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, pre-
facing the toast with some elegant allusions, and express-
ing his great pleasure at the presence of the Prince in
this town, as one of his guests that evening.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS rose, and, after the applause
had subsided, spoke as follows :—Permit me, Mr. Mayor,
to take the liberty of offering my sincere and most cordial
thanks to you and to your guests for the gracious and
charming manner in which my name has been received.
Be assured that I very highly estimate the kindness and
good wishes of this noble nation. There is no flag that
is more endeared to my countrymen than that 'of Eng-
land. (Loud cheers.) My most gracious sovereign and
father served in the same army, and fought under the
orders of that most illustrious man, the hero of Waterloo
—the Duke of Wellington. (Cheers.) Nobody can be
more happy than I am to see the prosperity of your ad-
mirable country. English and Dutch blood have for-
merly flowed in the same cause. I hope in future that
the interests of the two countries may always be identi-
fied, and that their influence may ever be exerted for the
good of each community. (Cheers.) May we always
act for the public welfare and the public peace. And
now, Mr. Mayor, permit me also to say, that I feel a
deep interest in the prosperity of the inhabitants of this
great and most important community—a community
most enlightened, and remarkable throughout the world
for the extent of its commercial pursuits. In expressing
my feelings. I wish to include all classes in this town.
Gentlemen, in reiterating my good wishes for the welfare
and prosperity of all, allow me to propose to you the
health of your excellent chief magistrate. His Royal
Highness resumed his seat amidst a loud burst of cheer-

This was most warmly r

The Army and Nary were severally responded to by
the respective senior officers present. The Town and
Trade of Liverpool was ably replied to by Mr. GRANT.
The House of Lords was proposed in connection with the
health of the Earl of Yarborough.
His LORDSHIP said he should be wanting in his
duty if he did not rise to thank the company for
that testimony of approbation which they had shown
to the House of Lord

private nature, and being desirous of becoming better ac-
quainted with its importance, he would not make a re-
mark which could have the slightest political texture.
The Mayor had expressed his respect for the conduct of
the Peers, and his sense of the estimation in which the
House of Lords was held throughout the country, and he
had said that it was happy for the country that it
possessed a House of Lords. (Cheers.) That house had
certainly been a safeguard against hasty legislation (hear) ;
and its members were not liable to be biassed in such a
degree as many in the House of Commons probably were.
But as the country was increasing in wealth, in intelli-
gence, and, he hoped, in prosperity, it was desirable that
there should be a greater mixture of all classes—that the
peer,

be alive to the feelings of the country ; and,
if anything could afford pleasure, and produce informa-
tion, it must be a visit to a great town like Liverpool, for
it would be impossible to be long here and to remain ig-
norant of the ways of trade. The interchange of opinions
with such a community must be most valuable in after
times, and its opinions must not only be felt, but be con-
sidered of importance to the whole country. He had the
happiness of making acquaintance with all classes of the
community, and he felt that the prosperity of Liverpool
was linked with the prosperity of the world. (Cheering.)
He had been much connected with azriculture, and felt
its importance. Its success was essential to the success
of commerce and manufactures—they must stand or fall
together. And in expressing his wish that all might
flourish without rivalry or injuring each other, he con-

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eluded a well and gracefully-delivered speech, by express-
ing his hope that he might, ere long, renew his acquaint-
ance with such a community. His Lordship was greeted
throughout his speech by loud cheers.

The PRINCE of ORANGE then rose and said :—I hope
you will allow me the pleasure of proposing the next
toast, and that you will receive it in the spirit with which
I offer it to you. I give you " The British House of
Commons : and may it go on in its glorious steps, pro-
moting the welfare of your united empire."
The toast was received with loud cheers, and was ably
and humourously replied to by the Hon. Col. LOWTHER.

After the health of Mrs.• Bripley-Moore had been duly
honoured, that of Mr. Tite and the artists of Great Bri-
tain was given, and responded to by Mr. TLTE, who made
allusion to the obligatian which the world lay under to
Holland, for the many artists and painters which that
country had produced.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS immediately rose and said :—I
desire to thank Mr. Tite for the just compliments which
he has been pleased to pay to Dutch artists. I must
thank you, Mr. Mayor, for the kind manner in which you
have received me ; and this day will be put on record as
one of the most agreeable in my life. I shall be most
glad, whenever it is in my power, to return the kindness
which has been shown to me in this most important city
of the British empire. _ _

His Royal Highness then retired with the Mayor, and
the company followed them to the drawing-room. The
Prince having expressed a desire to view the whole suite
of apartments, the chandeliers were lit in the adjoining
ball-rooms, and he repeatedly expressed his great admira-
tion of their extent and magnificence, as well as of the
entrance-hall. The Mayor and many of the guests
accompanied his Royal Highness to the state carriage,
which conveyed him to the Adelphi Hotel, about half-past
eleven o'clock.

On Wednesday forenoon, his Royal Highness, accom-
panied by his Worship the Mayor„ Mr. J. A. Tinne, and
Mr. W. S. May, and suite, visited the British and North
American mail steamer Canada, in the Coburg Dock.
They also visited the dock-yards, and the Albert Dock
warehouses. His Royal Highness expressed himself
highly gratified and interested with all the objects that he
inspected, and was especially pleased with the Canada
steamer. At the dockyard he was particularly struck with
the working of Mr. Naysmith's hammer, this being the first
occasion on which his Highness had seen one of these
powerfulmachines. His Royal Highness was conducted at
noon by his Worship the Mayor to the steeple-chase. In
the evening, his Royal Highness and suite, the Mayor,
and a select party, dined at Briarley, Aigburth, the resi-
dence of J. A. Tinne, Esq.
On Thursday, the Mayor conducted the Prince along
the north docks, where they inspected the Great Britain
and other vessels. A little after twelve o'clock, his Royal
Highness visited the Exchange News-room, accompanied
by his Worship, the Dutch Consul, (Mr. D. Willink,)
and other gentlemen, and was received by Mr. M'Crae,
chairman of 4w h.,;kling
tary and treasurer. His Royal Highness, who was loudly
cheered by the gentlemen in the room, acknowledged the
compliment in the following terms, speaking excellent
English, though with a foreign accent :—" Gentlemen,—
I am exceedingly gratified by the reception which I have
met with both here and elsewhere, and I am proud to
find myself under your roof. I consider my reception,
not only as a personal compliment to myself, but also as
one to my nation. I trust that the friendship which has
so long subsisted between the two nations may ever con-
tinue, and I hope that the British Jack may ever wave in
friendship side by side with our own glorious colours."
There were then renewed bursts of cheering, and his
Royal Highness withdrew. In the evening, his Royal
Highness, suite, and his Worship, dined with Daniel
Willink, Esq., the Consul of his Majesty the King of the
Netherlands.

He left on Friday morning for Chester, 'intending,
should the weather and time permit, to visit the Conway
and Britannia tubular bridge, and afterwards returned to
London.